Kyle Snyder lowers his level against J'den Cox in 2022 Super Match in Detroit.

Kyle Snyder lowers his level against J'den Cox in 2022 Super Match in Detroit. Photo by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors

Excitement is building for Final X at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Saturday, June 10. There will be 30 best-of-three series (10 in each discipline), with the winners earning a berth on the U.S. Senior World Team which will compete in Belgrade, Serbia in September.

In order to provide some context for the fans following Final X, we dug into the USA Wrestling results database to identify recent matches between the competitors in Final X at the Senior level in the international styles. Some of the athletes have extensive histories, others have a few past matches, while others have never met. An attempt was made to document all of the past meetings, but there could be additional ones. (Should we identify any missing results, this article will be updated).

Who ya got in Final X? Here is some past history for you to consider.

Past Women’s Freestyle matches

50 kg – Sarah Hildebrandt (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/New York AC) vs. Audrey Jimenez (Tucson, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC)
None

53 kg – Dominique Parrish (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC) vs. Katie Gomez (Van Nuys, Calif./Sunkist Kids WC)
None

55 kg – Alisha Howk (River Falls, Wis./Sunkist Kids WC) vs. Jacarra Winchester (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/USOPTC)
2019 U.S. Open semifinals – Winchester tech fall Howk, 10-0
2021 Captain’s Cup – Winchester tech fall Howk, 10-0
2022 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament – Winchester tech fall Howk, 11-0

57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC) vs. Xochitl Mota-Pettis (Humble, Texas/Rise RTC)
None

59 kg – Michaela Beck (New York, N.Y./Sunkist Kids WC) vs. Jennifer Page (State College, Pa./Titan Mercury WC/Nittany Lion WC)
2019 Senior Nationals – Page tech fall Beck, 11-0

62 kg – Kayla Miracle (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC) vs. Adaugo Nwachukwu (San Jose, Calif./Titan Mercury WC)
2022 U.S. Open semifinals – Miracle tech fall Nwachukwu, 10-0

65 kg – Mallory Velte (Corvallis, Ore./Beaver Dam RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Macey Kilty (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids WC)
2021 Captain’s Cup – Kilty tech fall Velte, 11-0
2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (April 2021) – Kilty dec. Velte, 4-2

68 kg – Forrest Molinari (Mesa, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC) vs. Emma Bruntil (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/USOPTC)
2018 U.S. Open – Molinari pin Bruntil,2:51
2021 World Team Trials Challenge (bout one) – Molinari dec. Bruntil, 4-3
2021 World Team Trials Challenge (bout two) – Molinari dec. Bruntil, 9-0
2022 Ivan Yaryguin Grand Prix – Bruntil dec. Molinari 4-2
2022 Yasar Dogu – Molinari pin Bruntil

72 kg – Amit Elor (Walnut Creek, Calif./New York City RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Joye Levendusky (Avon, N.Y./Southern Oregon RTC)
None

76 kg – Kennedy Blades (Chicago, Ill./Sunkist Kids WC) vs. Adeline Gray (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)
2023 U.S. Open finals – Blades tech fall Gray, 12-2

Past Greco-Roman matches

55 kg – Brady Koontz (Dubuque, Iowa/Titan Mercury WC/Dubuque RTC) vs. Dalton Duffield (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP)
2019 World Team Trials Challenge – Bout One – Koontz dec. Duffield, 6-4
2019 World Team Trials Challenge – Bout Two – Koontz dec Duffield, 5-0
2021 U.S. Open semifinals – Koontz pin Duffield, 5:09
2022 World Team Trials Challenge semifinals – Koontz pin Duffield, 2:00
2023 U.S. Open finals – Koontz tech fall Duffield, 9-0

60 kg – Dalton Roberts (Fountain, Colo./Army WCAP) vs. Ildar Hafizov (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP)
2018 Greco-Roman World Team Trials (Bout 1) – Hafizov dec. Roberts, 4-3
2018 Greco-Roman World Team Trials (Bout 2) – Roberts tech fall Hafizov, 10-2
2018 Greco-Roman World Team Trials (Bout 3) – Roberts dec. Hafizov, 4-3
2021 World Team Trials (Bout 1) – Hafizov dec. Roberts, 3-3
2021 World Team Trials (Bout 2) – Roberts dec. Hafizov, 5-3
2021 World Team Trials (Bout 3) – Roberts dec. Hafizov, 9-0
2022 Bill Farrell International finals – Roberts dec. Hafizov, 6-5
2022 Final X New York (Bout 1) – Hafizov dec. Roberts, 11-7
2022 Final X New York (Bout 2) – Roberts dec. Hafizov, 3-2
2022 Final X New York (Bout 3) – Hafizov dec. Roberts, 4-1
2023 U.S. Open finals – Roberts dec. Hafizov, 7-6

63 kg – Hayden Tuma (Nampa, Idaho/Suples WC) vs. Xavier Johnson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP)
2019 Armed Forces Championships – Tuma tech fall Johnson, 8-0

67 kg – Robert Perez III (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids WC) vs. Alejandro Sancho (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP)
None

72 kg – Justus Scott (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) vs. Patrick Smith (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm)
2023 U.S. Open finals – Scott dec. Smith, 6-4

77 kg – Kamal Bey (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) vs. Aliaksandr Kikiniou (Poway, Calif.)
2023 U.S. Open finals – Bey tech fall Kikiniou, 9-0

82 kg – Spencer Woods (Colorado Springs, Colo./Army WCAP) vs. Ryan Epps (Cannon Falls, Minn., Army WCAP)
2022 Bill Farrell Memorial – Woods dec. Epps, 8-1
2022 U.S. Open semifinals – Woods tech fall Epps, 8-0

87 kg – Alan Vera (Jersey City, N.J./New York AC) vs. Zachary Braunagel (Belleville, Ill./Illinois RTC/Illini WC)
2023 U.S. Open semifinals – Vera tech fall Braunagel, 9-0

97 kg – Josef Rau (Chicago, Ill./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Christian DuLaney (Shakopee, Minn./Minnesota Storm)
2020 U.S. Open semifinals – Rau tech fall DuLaney 10-0

130 kg – Cohlton Schultz (Parker, Colo./Sunkist Kids WC) vs. Adam Coon (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/New York AC)
2019 Final X (match 1): Coon pin Schultz, 1:42
2019 Final X (match 2): Coon dec. Schultz, 5-1
2021 Matteo Pellicone – Coon dec. Schultz, 10-5
2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (match 1): Coon tech. fall Schultz, 10-1
2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (match 2): Coon dec. Schultz, 3-3
2023 U.S. Open finals – Schultz tech fall Coon, 11-2

Past Men’s Freestyle matches

57 kg - Thomas Gilman (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Zane Richards (Champaign, Ill./Illinois RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
2019 U.S. Open quarterfinals – Gilman tech fall Richards, 12-2
2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gilman tech fall Richards, 11-0

61 kg - Vitali Arujau (Ithaca, N.Y./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Nahshon Garrett (Bethlehem, Pa./Titan Mercury WC/Lehigh Valley WC)
2020 RTC Cup (round 3) – Arujau dec. Garrett, 14-9
2020 RTC Cup (semifinals) – Arujau dec. Garrett 7-5
2023 U.S. Open quarterfinals – Arujau dec. Garrett, 9-2

65 kg – Yianni Diakomihalis (Rochester, N.Y./Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Nick Lee (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Lee dec. Diakomihalis, 16-8

70 kg - Zain Retherford (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Tyler Berger (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennsylvania RTC/Sunkist Kids WC)
2020 World Team Trials bronze bout – Retherford tech fall Berger, 11-0

74 kg – Kyle Dake (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Jason Nolf (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
2021 Nittany Lion Card 5 – Dake dec. Nolf, 5-0
2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Dake tech fall Nolf, 11-0
2022 Final X (match 1): Dake dec. Nolf, 4-2
2022 Final X (match 2): Dake dec. Nolf, 2-1

79 kg – Jordan Burroughs (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennsylvania RTC/Sunkist Kids WC) vs. Chance Marsteller (Hoboken, N.J./New York City RTC/Titan Mercury WC)
2021 World Team Trials quarterfinals – Burroughs dec. Marsteller, 4-1
2022 Yasar Dogu – Burroughs dec. Marsteller, 8-0
2022 Final X (bout 1) – Burroughs dec Marsteller, 4-0
2022 Final X (bout 2) – Marsteller dec. Burroughs, 2-2
2022 Final X (bout 3) – Burroughs dec Marsteller, 5-0

86 kg - David Taylor (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Aaron Brooks (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)
None

92 kg - Michael Macchiavello (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Zahid Valencia (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC)
None

97 kg - Kyle Snyder (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. J’den Cox (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)
2015 U.S. Open way semifinals – Snyder dec. Cox, 4-3
2022 Super Match (bout 1) – Snyder dec. Cox, 5-5
Super Match (bout 2) – Snyder dec. Cox, 7-1

125 kg – Gable Steveson (Minneapolis, Minn./Gopher WC-RTC) vs. Mason Parris (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)
2023 U.S. Open semifinals – Steveson tech fall Parris, 12-1

ABOUT FINAL X/BEAT THE STREETS BENEFIT

It is the second straight year Final X will serve as the Beat the Streets New York Annual Benefit. This year’s event will be the 13th BTSNY Annual Benefit. These unique and electrifying annual events help BTSNY raise more than $1 million each year to support local youth wrestling programs which empower young people in New York City. The BTSNY Annual Benefit after-party will follow the conclusion of Final X.

Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages (Final X plus exclusive after-party celebration access), that also provide the best wrestling-event seats, are available at give.btsny.org/beatthestreetsbenefit2023. For more information on ticket packages, email Katrin Pokalyukhin at katrin@btsny.org.

Proceeds from Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages will directly help BTSNY, which provides a safe, positive atmosphere for student-athletes to learn the essential life lessons of discipline, perseverance, self-reliance, humility and a strong work ethic through wrestling.

Event-only tickets for Final X without access to the BTSNY after-party celebration are available on Ticketmaster.

FloWrestling will serve as the host broadcasting partner for Final X, presented by Tezos.

Check out past results between the 2023 Final X opponents in all three styles

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