On June 10th at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, 14 Titan Mercury athletes claimed their spots on the 2023 USA World Team. This year's Final X was full of great match ups, surprises and huge implications as we move towards both the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games. It is expected that each [...]
The final 17 wrestlers to qualify for Final X, presented by Tezos, were determined during the Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, hosted on Saturday and Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The winners will compete in Final X against the 2023 U.S. Open champion on June 10 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Final X [...]
Several TMWC wrestlers will travel to Colorado Springs this weekend for the last chance to make the Final X. This weekend’s World Team Trials will feature 3 men’s Freestyle, 4 women’s Freestyle and 10 men’s Greco weight classes. The champion at each weight class will earn a spot in Final X, which will take place in [...]
Following the U.S. Open Championships, Titan Mercury Wrestling Club Founder and Chairman of the Board Andy Barth announced that Katherine Shai has been appointed to the club’s Board of Directors. Barth had this to say about Katherine joining TMWC’s board, “We are delighted to add Katherine Shai to our board. Katherine brings a wide array of [...]
Following the Titan Mercury Wrestling Club’s 10th consecutive U.S. Open Championships title, Founder and Chairman of the Board Andy Barth announced that Jonny Ruggiano has been named Executive Director of the club. Ruggiano’s promotion to the role of Executive Director is part of a long-term strategic plan to ensure the continued growth and success of the [...]
Kennedy Blades once wrestled in Adeline Gray’s brand of shoes. On Saturday night, on the raised platform with a 76 kg berth in Final X up for grabs, Blades scored a technical fall over Gray, one of her greatest wrestling influences. The rising young star beat a true legend, a six-time Senior World champion and 2020 [...]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - 2020 Olympic champion Gable Steveson finished off his comeback U.S. Open with a dominant technical fall victory over two-time World bronze medalist Nick Gwiazdowski in the 125 kg finals, and was named Outstanding Wrestler at the 2023 U.S. Men’s Freestyle Open on Friday night. And after rallying the crowd behind him, he [...]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The 10 U.S. Open Senior Greco-Roman champions on Thursday night have punched their ticket to Final X in Newark, New Jersey, May 10. Although many of the champions were familiar stars on the Greco-Roman circuit, there are some new faces Five Olympians were in the finals, but none were able to win [...]
There will be 13 2022 Senior World medalists who have committed to compete in the 2023 Pan American Senior Championships in Bueons Aires, Argentina, May 3-6. According to the 2023 Pan American Championships Team Selection procedures, 2022 Senior World medalists had until April 2 to declare their participation. The remaining weight classes on the Pan American [...]
Yelena Makoyed, a senior at North Central College, was elected as the inaugural winner of the USA Wrestling Women’s College Wrestler of the Year today. This was first announced on FloWrestling’s The Bader Show this morning. The award was selected by a vote from three major constituent groups: wrestling journalists, women’s college head coaches and the [...]
