2009 US Open

April 8, 2009 - April 11, 2009

LAs Vegas Convention Center

Las Vegas, Nevada

Most of the best US Women's and Men's Freestyle as well Greco wrestlers will compete at this early season Open to set the rankings for the upcoming international season.

37 comments

Elias Fleishman 4 years ago

so did lester win?

Mak Kemp 4 years ago

wow wayne h ?Do you want to kill our sport altogether?If we put freestyle up to the front and take the spotlight off our collegiate h.s style,and that is what our country is pushing for public support etc.. then were in deep s8it.freestyle ,greco soooooo boring..The rerst of the world loves soccer,,so we should take our football that we play ,put it to the back of our efforts and push for regular soccer to be our main sport..?":? notttttttttt

Buttluv 4 years ago

Thanks and good info Cliff....I've been a frustrated wrestling junkie for twenty five years, and the fundamental problem with our sport is no big-picture-leadership. More than forty percent of D1 programs have been dropped since 1978 due to Title IX and there is a virtual media blackout of college and Freestyle wrestling in much of the country (I'm in Atlanta) until the semi-finals of NCAA's. Our sport is where college basketball was pre-March Madness, where the NFL was in '69 when it was G.Bay vs the Colts every year for the championship and there were about twelve pro football teams in the entire country. Until the wrestling community finds some bright, highly motivated people to play political hardball on Title IX, and start marketing the sport all season, nationwide, like the other 'major sports', very little will change. I must say though, that Flowrestling is one of the few bright spots where at least wrestling fans get a chance to see average-to-low quality video of a variety of matches.

Regards,
Wayne H.
Insurance Agent and middle school coach
Atlanta

Title IX isn't the problem. The problem is privileged men thinking they have gotten the shaft due to changes in the system that has brought about equity as opposed to a further perpetuation in masculine hegemony.

In regards to a national spotlight on collegiate wrestling goes there is a plethora of coverage via the likes of ESPN and the Big Ten Network, granted there is a dearth in quality commentary. We won't see a huge focus on international wrestling until we can produce dominant freestyle and greco wrestlers like Russia and the other former Soviet satellite states. That will not happen if we continue to have our male youth focus on the our country's folkstyle as opposed to what everyone else in the world tends to focus on more (i.e. Olympic styles).
Thankfully our women wrestlers know that freestyle is the way to go and hopefully if they ever do have women wrestle in college they will focus on freestyle or the U.S. women will continue to be dominated by the Japanese women like they have in the past two Olympic games.

John Mahar 4 years ago

Are we gonna get a video of Michalak Pinning Herbst for 3rd place...48 second pin...Would love to see it.

Wayne 4 years ago

While http://www.livesportsvideo.com did offer a free live video stream of the finals for this years Nationals, it is upsetting that the site does not offer any replay. I wouldn't be shocked if USA Wrestling restricts video coverage of their events in an effort to limit the amount of scouting footage that international opponents have of U.S. wrestlers.

It is interesting that JoeFlo is allowed to film Russian events and that might be due to the Russian's confidence that their wrestlers are superior to what the U.S. has to throw against them and I would have to say from the U.S.'s less than stellar performance in Beijing last summer the Russians should be more worried about wrestlers from the former Soviet satellite states (i.e. Kazakhstan, Georgia, Belarus, etc.) using the footage to their advantage than the Yanks.
In regards to Flo not being able to cover NCAA events like the Midlands, Big Ten matchups, the NCAA finals and even this year's High School Senior National Finals, well that is just simply about $. Big media companies like ESPN and the Big Ten Network are willing to fork over some bread to these athletic associations to broadcast big events on their stations and online networks. The bugger of it is we have to deal with biased uniformed douche cookies like ESPN's Quint Kessnick and the Big Ten Network's utterly mundane Ken Chertow while having to deal with crappy commercials and the possibility of not being able to view all the matches (http://www.ESPN360.com does not have all the finals matches from the High School Senior Nationals from a few weeks ago and if your internet provider isn't an ESPN360.com affiliate you are SOL......WTF!).

Thanks and good info Cliff....I've been a frustrated wrestling junkie for twenty five years, and the fundamental problem with our sport is no big-picture-leadership. More than forty percent of D1 programs have been dropped since 1978 due to Title IX and there is a virtual media blackout of college and Freestyle wrestling in much of the country (I'm in Atlanta) until the semi-finals of NCAA's. Our sport is where college basketball was pre-March Madness, where the NFL was in '69 when it was G.Bay vs the Colts every year for the championship and there were about twelve pro football teams in the entire country. Until the wrestling community finds some bright, highly motivated people to play political hardball on Title IX, and start marketing the sport all season, nationwide, like the other 'major sports', very little will change. I must say though, that Flowrestling is one of the few bright spots where at least wrestling fans get a chance to see average-to-low quality video of a variety of matches.

Regards,
Wayne H.
Insurance Agent and middle school coach
Atlanta

Buttluv 4 years ago

where can I find the results?

http://www.trackwrestling.com

Lucas Santiago 4 years ago

where can I find the results?

socal 4 years ago

is cejudo retiring? i hope not he could really make a run like smith did, and build usa wrestling back on teh national scene

Buttluv 4 years ago

To my understanding Flo isn't allowed to film so I doubt it. I was talking with JoeFlo the other day and he made a funny point. That he was more free to film over at the Russian nationals than USA Wrestling lets him film here a lot of times. That is kinda scary.

My guess is you'll see very little if any video coverage of this event by USA Wreslting. Theyg will release a couple lame press releases about things with no good mulit media coverage of any kind about it.

While http://www.livesportsvideo.com did offer a free live video stream of the finals for this years Nationals, it is upsetting that the site does not offer any replay. I wouldn't be shocked if USA Wrestling restricts video coverage of their events in an effort to limit the amount of scouting footage that international opponents have of U.S. wrestlers.

It is interesting that JoeFlo is allowed to film Russian events and that might be due to the Russian's confidence that their wrestlers are superior to what the U.S. has to throw against them and I would have to say from the U.S.'s less than stellar performance in Beijing last summer the Russians should be more worried about wrestlers from the former Soviet satellite states (i.e. Kazakhstan, Georgia, Belarus, etc.) using the footage to their advantage than the Yanks.
In regards to Flo not being able to cover NCAA events like the Midlands, Big Ten matchups, the NCAA finals and even this year's High School Senior National Finals, well that is just simply about $. Big media companies like ESPN and the Big Ten Network are willing to fork over some bread to these athletic associations to broadcast big events on their stations and online networks. The bugger of it is we have to deal with biased uniformed douche cookies like ESPN's Quint Kessnick and the Big Ten Network's utterly mundane Ken Chertow while having to deal with crappy commercials and the possibility of not being able to view all the matches (http://www.ESPN360.com does not have all the finals matches from the High School Senior Nationals from a few weeks ago and if your internet provider isn't an ESPN360.com affiliate you are SOL......WTF!).

Buttluv 4 years ago

Is it just me or does the U.S. open seem week is certain weights this year, and lacks overall depth? 121 and 185 especially

It isn't uncommon to see top athletes take some time off from competing during the first year after an Olympic games. This might be due to lagging injuries, age, or financial difficulties due to Olympic style wrestlers not accruing much financial assistance from USA Wrestling and the OTC. Don't count out the no shows from not competing for a spot on the 2012 US team for the games in the UK.

Anthony Martinez 4 years ago

Mo is injured he will be there next year and he will win it.

BHiatt 4 years ago

Hrovat was there.

not just you 4 years ago

no cejudo, abas, gallick, bza, espo, pritzlaff, askren, tyrone lewis, hrovat, mo, hahn, cormier, rowlands and joe williams. just to name a few.

socal 4 years ago

Is it just me or does the U.S. open seem week is certain weights this year, and lacks overall depth? 121 and 185 especially

4 years ago

livesportsvideo.com still has live matches going on right now. i just watched zad, then bono, then metcalf..............awesome.

TJ X 4 years ago

Any chance Metcalf wrestles Caldwell this weekend? If so, any predictions? I personally think Caldwell will win because the freestyle format favors more explosive but less conditioned athletes whereas collegiate favors marathon type wrestlers. Just my opinion. Caldwell would only need to explode for 4 minutes, claim the first 2 periods, and then be carried off the mat in a stretcher for the victory.

John 4 years ago

LSV from what I have heard is only providing the host site, everything else the video and the "commentary" is being done by USA Wrestling so be mad that USA Wrestling not LSV. they are doing us a favor!

Cliff Fretwell 4 years ago

To my understanding Flo isn't allowed to film so I doubt it. I was talking with JoeFlo the other day and he made a funny point. That he was more free to film over at the Russian nationals than USA Wrestling lets him film here a lot of times. That is kinda scary.

My guess is you'll see very little if any video coverage of this event by USA Wreslting. Theyg will release a couple lame press releases about things with no good mulit media coverage of any kind about it.

4 years ago

are there gonna be any matches at all?

4 years ago

trackwrestling.com has all the results!

4 years ago

yes any wrestler can enter.

U.S Open 4 years ago

Can any wrestler sign up for this tournament ?

My son wrestles D3, but I am worried about his off-season work ethic.
Any help would be great.

4 years ago

try here for results
http://openmat.invisionplus.net/?mforum=openmat&act=idx

Ron DiLeo 4 years ago

Jon Tush National Champ congratulations

4 years ago

Anyne know where i can get some results?

job 4 years ago

While your out there how about you get some Western Junior Matches.
112 pounds Eric Devos vs. Alex Cisneros

cen-cal 4 years ago

lets go josh vanhaster

4 years ago

The other thing is that you can walk up to the wrestlers and actually talk with them other than those pro-athlete premadonnas

John M 4 years ago

Michalak should put a scare into some 211.5lbs-ers...

more than fair 4 years ago

Seriously, it costs over $50 just to get a crappy seat at a pre-season NFL game. But you pay half that to get into this tournament and you're right on the floor with olympians, 10 feet away from some of the mats depending on how fast you run over there. They can't and shouldn't lower the prices because the quality would suffer.

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