USA Wrestling struck gold with the concept of “Final X“. Historically, US World and Olympic teams in freestyle and Greco-Roman were determined by wrestling through a massive tournament in one weekend. A defending World medalist could sit in the finals while their opponent had just wrestled multiple matches against the best in the country just to get to them. Questions arose as to whether or not this was the most effective way to put together an optimized team. From a marketing perspective, it was difficult to hype up those finals matches. Thus, a standalone event for the finals, Final X was born. Final X Rutgers marks the first half of World team wrestle-offs for 2019. Check in throughout the day for live updated Final X Rutgers results.
The winners of the following best two-out-of-three series will go on to represent the United States in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan in the 2019 World Wrestling Championships.
Final X Rutgers Results
Session 2 (Men’s and Women’s Freestyle, Men’s Greco-Roman) 6 PM EST
The second session will be available live on FloWrestling to subscribers.
Women’s FS 65 kg – Forrest Molinari (Hawkeye WC) vs. Maya Nelson (Sunkist Kids/OTC)
Match One: Nelson def. Molinari 5-3
Match Two: Molinari def. Nelson 12-2
Match Three: Molinari def. Nelson 4-1
Men’s GR 77 kg – Kamal Bey (Sunkist Kids/OTC) vs. Pat Smith (Minnesota Storm)
Match One: Bey def. Smith 11-2
Match Two: Smith def. Bey 2-1
Match Three: Smith def. Bey 6-3
Women’s FS 68 kg – Tamyra Mensah-Stock (Titan Mercury WC/OTC) vs. Alexandria Glaude (McKendree Bearcat WC)
Match One: Mensah-Stock def. Glaude (FALL)
Match Two: Mensah-Stock def. Glaude 10-0
Women’s FS 50 kg – Whitney Conder (U.S. Army WCAP) vs. Victoria Anthony (Sunkist Kids)
Match One: Conder def. Anthony 7-4
Match Two: Conder def. Anthony (FALL)
Men’s FS 125 kg – Nick Gwiazdowski (Wolfpack RTC) vs. Gable Steveson (Minnesota RTC)
Match One: Gwiazdowski def. Steveson 4-4
Match Two: Gwiazdowski def. Steveson 3-3
Men’s FS 65 kg – Yianni Diakomihalis (Finger Lakes RTC) vs. Zain Retherford (Nittany Lion WC)
Match One: Retherford def. Diakomihalis 10-4
Match Two: Retherford def. Diakomihalis 6-6
Men’s FS 92 kg – J’den Cox (Titan Mercury WC/OTC) vs. Bo Nickal (Nittany Lion WC)
Match One: Cox def. Nickal 4-2
Match Two: Cox def. Nickal 5-0
Session 1 (Women’s Freestyle and Men’s Greco-Roman) 12 PM EST
The first session was streamed LIVE and FREE by FloWrestling on all forms of social media. Archived content may be available on Facebook.
Men’s GR 87 kg – Joe Rau (Chicago RTC) vs. Ben Provisor (Nittany Lion WC)
Match One: Rau def. Provisor 2-1
Match Two: Rau def. Provisor 5-1
Women’s FS 72 kg – Alyvia Fiske (Titan Mercury WC) vs. Victoria Francis (Titan Mercury WC)
Match One: Francis def. Fiske 7-2
Match Two: Francis def. Fiske (FALL)
Men’s GR 82 kg – Kendrick Sanders (New York AC) vs. John Stefanowicz (U.S. Marine Corps)
Match One: Stefanowicz def. Sanders 8-5
Match Two: Stefanowicz def. Sanders 3-2
Men’s GR 55 kg – Max Nowry (U.S. Army WCAP) vs. Brady Koontz (Ohio RTC)
Match One: Nowry def. Koontz 3-0
Match Two: Nowry def. Koontz 11-5
Men’s GR 67 kg – Ellis Coleman (U.S. Army WCAP) vs. Jamel Johnson (U.S. Marine Corps)
Match One: Coleman def. Johnson 9-1
Match Two: Coleman def. Johnson 6-0
Women’s FS 57 kg – Becka Leathers (Tar Heel RTC) vs. Jenna Burkert (U.S. Army WCAP)
Match One: Burkert def. Leathers 4-2
Match Two: Burkert def. Leathers 5-0
