Final X is the wrestle-off that pits the top two contenders in the country against each other in a best two-of-three series to see who will represent the United States at the World Wrestling Championships. Who's Number One is the premier high school event that matches up the top two contenders to see who will start the high school season ranked number one. 

Therefore, it should come as no surprise that this year's Final X, taking place Saturday, June 14, in Newark, NJ, will feature a large number of wrestlers who previously competed in Who's Number One. 

You can see the matchups for this year's Final X in the tweet below. 

Watch Team USA decide its world team in men’s and women’s freestyle wrestling teams Saturday, June 14, starting at 2pm Eastern! @USAWrestling @BeattheStreets pic.twitter.com/POJqWrFC5B

— FloWrestling (@FloWrestling) May 20, 2025

And you can check out our archive of results from every Who's Number One in history here. 

Final X Men's Who's Number One Alumni

57kg Luke Lilledahl 2021

61kg Jax Forrest 2022, 2023, 2024

65kg Joey McKenna 2013

70kg Yianni Diakomihalis 2015

74kg David Carr 2016, 2017

79kg Levi Haines 2021

86kg Zahid Valencia 2014

92kg Trent Hidlay 2017

92kg Josh Barr 2021, 2022

Jax Forrest has won at Who's Number One the last three years in a row, and, as he's still a high school junior, has an opportunity to match the record Anthony Knox set last year and win his fourth WNO bout this fall. A trip to the World Championships may preclude that possibility.

We're not trying to make anyone feel old, but Joey McKenna was featured in the first-ever Who's Number One event all the way back in 2013. 

David Car is also a multiple Who's Number One winner, having won in consecutive years at WNO in the days before Final X existed. 

Levi Haines, strangely enough, beat his former teammate and fishing partner Josh Barr in 2021. Barr was unable to get a win at the following Who's Number One, but has made several level jumps in the meantime. 

Watch Haines vs Barr below:

Trent Hidlay had one of the most memorable post-match celebrations after his WNO victory in 2017. A teammate tossed him a hoagie, upon which Trent had a chomp before getting his hand raised, thus beginning the legend of Hoagie Hidlay. 

Final X Women's Who's Number One Alumnae

50kg Audrey Jimenez 2021, 2023

53kg Brianna Gonzalez 2021

55kg Everest Leydecker 2022, 2023, 2024

65kg Macey Kilty 2017, 2018

68kg Kennedy Blades 2018

76kg Kylie Welker 2020

There is a good chance Audrey Jimnenez would've been a three-time WNO winner, but obligations with the 2022 senior world team kept her from accepting a 2022 invite before her high school junior year. Jimenez won WNO bouts in 2021 and 2023. 

Two-time world medalist Macey Kilty was in the first-ever female matchup at Who's Number One. She lost to Gracie Figueroa in 2017 but then redeemed herself in 2018 when she defeated Kennedy Blades (who is also a WNO/Final X competitor) 6-5. 

Watch Kilty vs Kennedy below: 

Everest Leydecker has already matched Jax Forrest with three Who's Number One victories, and, like Forrest, has another year of high school and an opportunity to match Anthony Knox, assuming senior-level responsibilities don't get in the way (which, of course, would be perfectly understandable). 

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