The US Open is one of the marquee domestic senior-level wrestling events every year. This year will be no different, and has the potential to be even better than usual with the updated World Team Trial procedures and number of returning World/Olympic medalists at the same weight category for Team USA.

Men’s & Women’s Freestyle

The US Open winner gets to advance to Final X at the same weight category in which they won.

• If a weight has a returning World/Olympic medal winner, Final X is then set. If there is no returning medalist at the same weight, the 2nd Final X participant will be determined at World Team Trials.
• If a returning medalist is changing weights, they are not eligible to accept a Final X bid, they must go through the US Open or World Team Trials Challenge Tournament.
• Champions from the US Open are not eligible to compete in the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament.

Greco-Roman

The US Open is being used as World Team Trials + Final X for Greco. Meaning, the winner of the US Open is the World Team member. For this reason, the finals will be a best-of-three series for Greco and Greco only.

You can read the full World Team qualification procedures on USA Wrestling's website HERE.