Liberate balkans, persuade greece to join in and open up the games in olympia, nemea, delphi and isthmia. Always to repeat there in that same place, no shuffling around the world nonsense.
Wrestling naked, pankrateon and more, much more fun. Sure its a cash and factory produce eater to set up everything from transports to accomodation and more. All for variable prestige, mostly for the builder but also for others. Esp for middling powers flailing to get prestige elsewhere. And then that all important INFLUENCE.
Perhaps soldiers even become good box.. puglist.. sry pankrationists. Giving the chinese boxers later some actual challenge in that field when they get uppity against honest naked imperialism. Or maybe chinese even start going on new travels to the west. Walking all the way from their village to this strange place place of the greatest masters in power to see if they are good for anything.
...maybe even deciding who gets to rule earth, the outlands or the middle kingdom..

Damn a meme.. broke op rules. Test your might, who is the strongest!?
And a alternative way to deal with violent pubfight murderers. Your country needs you.. or be hanged.