Final X is Saturday, June 14 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and will be streamed LIVE on FloWrestling. Final X determines the 2025 U.S. Senior World teams in two Olympic disciplines: men’s and women’s freestyle.

Below is a women’s freestyle preview of the 62-kilogram match between Adaugo Nwachukwu and Kayla Miracle.

Key Credentials

Adaugo Nwachukwu, 22
2025 Zagreb Open champion
2025 U23 National champion
2024 Military World champion
2022 U20 World bronze medalist
3x NAIA champion (2022-24)
4x age-level World Teamer

Kayla Miracle, 29
2025 US Open champion
2x Olympian (2020, 2024)
2x World silver medalist (2021, 2022)
4x Senior World Teamer (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
4x WCWA champion (2015-18)
4x age-level World medalist

Match History

Miracle leads, 4-0

2025 US Open final: Miracle over Nwachukwu, 4-0
2023 Final X, Match 2: Miracle over Nwachukwu, 10-3
2023 Final X, Match 1: Miracle over Nwachukwu, 6-1
2022 US Open semifinals: Miracle over Nwachukwu, 10-0

How They Reached Final X

Miracle reached Final X by winning the 2025 US Open. She entered as the one seed and won 10-0 over Makayla Correa (R16), 12-1 over Samantha Barragan (quarters), 10-0 over SaVannah Cosme (semis), and 4-0 over Adaugo Nwachukwu (finals). 

Nwachukwu reached Final X by winning the 2025 World Team Trials challenge tournament. She entered as the one seed and won 10-0 over Samantha Barragan (quarters), Alara Boyd (semis), and by fall over SaVannah Cosme (finals). 

What Should You Expect? 

Nwachukwu has come a long way since she faced Miracle for the first time in the 2022 US Open semifinals as a teenager. The former Iowa Wesleyan star was fresh off her first NAIA Invitational title and new to senior-level competition. 

Miracle turned a go-behind into a trapped-arm gut-wrench for a 10-0 tech in under a minute. Nwachuckwu eventually finished third but became a college superstar, wowing fans with her spectacular moves and high-aplitude throws. Fans naturally gravitate to her mat, expecting something grand. 

They have faced off three times since, with Miracle winning them all, but the scoring gap has closed. The Culver, Indiana, native scored off of two carries during their most recent match, but her arsenal is deep and diverse. She’s just as good at counters, scrambling, and turns. 

Nwachukwu has been more active this year, winning the Zagreb Open and then taking bronze at the Muhamet Malo Tournament. She split matches with World champion Bilyana Dudova, proving she can compete at an elite senior level. The San Jose, California, native is among the bright stars in the Army's World Class Athlete Program.

Miracle took a break after the 2024 Olympics and didn’t compete until the 2025 US Open. She considered retiring, but reignited her flame in the Valiant College Prep room. The former Campbellsville star is a mathematics teacher there and trains with Helen Maroulis, Michaela Beck, SaVannah Cosme, Everest Leydecker, and the boys’ high school team.

This Final X series is a clash of styles, and each is impressive. Overaggressiveness against Miracle is a mistake, but a heat-seeking missile from Nwachukwu could change the tide of a match. 

Scoring once on Miracle is difficult. Doing it multiple times in a best-of-three series is the ultimate challenge for Nwachukwu.

Nwachukwu won in the closing seconds over World champion Bilyana Dudova

Miracle posted a quick win over Jennifer Page in the 2022 US Open finals