Upsets are one of the greatest aspects of wrestling. Seeing an underdog become the favorite, or the young buck take the torch from a veteran, it never gets old.
May 23, 2018
With the World Team Trials challenge tournament finally upon us, all eyes are on 125kg. The deepest and most interesting weight at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas carries over to Rochester, Minnesota this weekend.
May 19, 2018
We've got the brackets. All that's left to do is weigh in. The 2018 UWW Junior World Team Trials brackets are live in FloArena, and as expected, the fields for this weekend's challenge tournament in Rochester, MN, are much smaller than the ones at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas last month.
May 18, 2018
The best wrestlers in the U.S. are looking to get one step closer to claiming a spot on the 2018 senior world team as they clash this weekend at the World Team Trials challenge tournament in Rochester, MN.
May 17, 2018
For some, any 97kg bracket in America that doesn't feature Kyle Snyder is glossed over. If that was you, then you missed the Cinderella story that came out of Las Vegas last month.
This weekend in Rochester, Minnesota, 10 young men's freestyler's will earn the right to represent America at the Junior world championships. Starting on Friday, May 18th, and culminating with the finals on Saturday, May 19th, the UWW Junior world team trials will be used to determine who gets to go to Trnava, Slovakia this September.
The passion and optimism for USA Wrestling is glowing.
May 16, 2018, Pro
The next four days just may be the most tremendous stretch of American freestyle wrestling in the history of the universe. To help you better plan your next couple four days, we've created this handy schedule! Is that whiteboard clear enough for you? Probably not. So here's what's going down, in chronological order.
May 16, 2018
The second phase of the road to Final X is nearly upon us. All of the qualifying tournaments have been completed. Every weight class has one Final X participant locked up. Who will be their challengers? We find out in Rochester, Minnesota, this weekend.
The presence of two new weights and same day weigh-ins has created a layer of intrigue this entire freestyle season that will reach its penultimate point in Rochester, MN this weekend. New this year is 92kg, a weight with a ton of potential for the tweeners too big for 86kg and too small for 97kg.
May 15, 2018
The U.S. Open was a revelation.
May 15, 2018, Pro
World Team Trials week is here, and the challenge tournament kicks off this Saturday in Rochester, MN. At 86kg, there will be no one sitting in the finals, as all competitors will have to go through the field to get to David Taylor.
May 14, 2018
What a fun time of the year it is to be a wrestling fan! Starting this weekend and running through Fargo, we will see Cadet, Junior, U23, and Senior World teams decided at the inaugural Final X series and stop signs handed out in the Fargo Dome.
May 10, 2018
The presence of two new weights and same day weigh-ins has created a layer of intrigue this entire freestyle season that will reach its penultimate point in Rochester, MN next weekend. The first of those weights on the men's freestyle side was a no-brainer, creating a 79kg spot between 74kg and 86kg.
May 9, 2018
Three-time Cadet and Junior World Champion Gable Steveson is going to have a busy weekend soon. The #1 overall recruit for the class of 2018 has plans of wrestling at the Junior and Senior World Team Trials, back to back. These two competitions will occur between May 18-20th.
May 8, 2018
