Our wonderful brackets for the U.S. Open are finally here! And now that we're doing same-day weigh-ins, they're out just before the action begins Friday in Las Vegas. So let's get to the rapid reactions already! And special thanks to the sandwich taxonomist Wrestling Nomad for splitting up reaction duty with me. 

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57kg

All eyes are on Oklahoma State freshman Daton Fix as he makes his domestic senior-level debut. The Junior world champ comes in as the two seed and could get a former Cowboy in the quarterfinals. That is, of course, if Eddie Klimara can knock off one of our dark-horse picks in Daniel DeShazer.

Defending Open champ Tony Ramos is the top seed once again. In the quarters, he could see former Illinois All-American Zane Richards. Ramos and Richards had an overtime match at NCAAs the year Ramos won his national title. Likewise with Klimara though, Richards has a tough second-round match with Josh Rodriguez, who is now training at the Nittany Lion WC.

61kg

Cory Clark and Nico Megaludis in the round of 16? Well, that rules. Nahshon Garrett and AJ Schopp also in the round of 16? This weight class is incredible. By the time the semifinals roll around this afternoon, it's going to be pandemonium. Pretty much can't go wrong with any of these matches, but let's look at these hypothetical quarterfinals: Joe Colon vs. Mega, Cody Brewer vs. Brandon Wright, Garrett vs. Tyler Graff, and Seth Gross vs. Jon Morrison. 

Yes, that will do nicely. 

65kg

Coming out of the gate hot with Nick Dardanes vs. Anthony Ashnault in the first round. This will be the first time Ashnault has competed since becoming Rutgers’ first three-time All-American at NCAAs in 2017. 

The hits don’t stop coming in the second round with Jaydin Eierman vs. Jayson Ness on the top side and Joey Lazor vs. Robbie Mathers on the bottom side. Ness has not had a particularly strong last few months, going just 5-7 in his last 12 matches, but is as dangerous as anyone in the bracket. Lazor and Mathers should hit 20 points, easily.

The winner of that Ness/Eierman match gets Logan Stieber in the quarters, and while no one in their right mind is picking against Stieber, both of those guys could just make it interesting. Dardanes or Ashnault will get Joey Ward in round two, and then that winner gets Andy Simmons in the quarters. Simmons was third last month at the Bill Farrell, the first time he has competed in six years.

70kg

We could see a rematch of a tight Midlands match between Ryan Deakin and Matt Kolodzik that Kolo won 7-5 in the round of 16. The winner will likely get a match with #1 seed and Olympian Frank Molinaro. 

On the bottom half of the bracket, Alec Pantaleo and Dylan Ness offer an intriguing quarterfinals match between power and funk. The savvy Chase Pami will likely see the winner in the semis. 

74kg

The best first-round match is easy: Jake Sueflohn vs. Taleb Rahmani. The winner gets Evan Wick in the round of 16. Not a lot of juice here until tonight’s semis, as most of the best guys moved up or down in weight or are sitting out until next month’s world team trials.

79kg

As expected, Kyle Dake and Alex Dieringer are set on a collision course for the finals. Fourth-seeded Josh Asper will likely be Dake's toughest challenge before then. Dieringer will be tested by Nate Jackson in the quarters. 

86kg

Immediately jumping off the page is NC State redshirt freshman Nick Reenan against two seed Richard Perry in the second round. Perry is 3-0 all-time against Pat Downey—they should meet in the semis.

Also intriguing is the return of four seed TJ Dudley. A South Carolina native, Dudley has not wrestled freestyle in years.

92kg

Top-seeded J'den Cox has a pretty clear path to the finals but Deron Winn and Kenny Courts each bring a high level of athleticism that could give the Olympic bronze medalist problems. Throw in two-time All-American Cody Walters against Winn, a good value bet with plenty of signature wins, and we've got some solid early-round matchups.

Second seed Hayden Zillmer made both freestyle and Greco teams last year. In the semis, he could see Enock Francois, who is trying to accomplish the same feat this year, and is in the consolation semifinals for Greco and will wrestle both styles today. 

97kg

Kyven Gadson and Ty Walz are on opposite sides of the bracket and look like solid picks to make the finals. However, Blaize Cabell on the top side may have something to say about Gadson's title hopes. Likewise, Nathan Burak on the bottom half will have designs of his own on the Open championship. 

125kg

How will the 17-year-old junior world champ Gable Steveson handle wrestling senior heavies? We could see the prodigy in a match with Adam Coon in the quarterfinals. Sign me up for that, please. 

And how will 2012 Olympic champ Jake Varner do back in action and up at heavyweight? He will be tested early by the enormous Hofstra All-American Mike Hughes in the first round. Veterans Dom Bradley and Zach Rey are the #1 and #2 seeds, respectively, and would like to put a stop to both Steveson's and Varner's hype trains.