USA Wrestling executive director Rich Bender has consistently called this a golden age for American wrestling. And if you look at the output at the senior international level — he’s right.

Gable Steveson took his shoes off and placed them in the center of the mat after he won the 285-pound title at the 2022 NCAA Championships in March. It symbolized his final competitive match and it marked a new chapter in his athletic career. Steveson signed a multi-year contract with World Wrestling Entertaining (WWE) that could make the 2020 Olympic gold medalist a global superstar. He even made an appearance with fellow Olympian Chad Gable (real name Chas Betts) at this year's Wrestlemania.

The Final X era of the World Team Trials Challenge tournament has a brief but memorable history. A tournament was held in 2018 and 2019 to determine which wrestlers would face each other for the World team spot in each weight class. The format was scrapped for the 2021 World Team Trials since the Olympics were held the same year due to the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games.

In which we provide a quick guide to the men's freestyle weight classes at the USMC US Open.

From WIN Magazine:

The 2022 NCAA Division I Championships are over. Here are five things we learned.

College wrestling’s crown jewel event had been around for 56 years when the Dan Gable-coached Iowa squad buzzed through the 1986 NCAA Championships, becoming the first team to capture five individual titles.

Soak it all in as this will more than likely be the last time collegiate/international wrestling fans will be able to watch Gable Steveson in a non-WWE or special exhibition wrestling match. Gable should smash everyone, but I know I will make it a point of emphasis to watch all five matches.

What if I told you that there weren’t just multiple returning NCAA champions in the top three weights at the Big Ten tournament, but multiple Olympic medalists? Because that’s exactly what we’ve got at the 2022 Big Ten tournament!

Below is a full listing of FloWrestling's Top 100 American Wrestlers of All Time along with college wrestling affiliations. Several went to multiple colleges, which is why a wrestler may be listed more than once.

Friday night will be headlined by the dual of the year in Penn State vs Iowa. Don’t let that amazing event distract you from the others going on Friday night. 12 other duals are going down including the historic Princeton - Harvard rivalry!

Dual season is upon us and it is glorious. This Friday evening, myself and David Bray, along with you all in the app chat, will be tuning in and hanging out via watch party.

The countdown continues as FloWrestling releases its top 100 greatest American wrestlers of all time. The inaugural episode was released on November 4 and will end with the announcement of the greatest wrestler of all time on January 10, 2022.

Just how tremendous is the 2021 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational going to be? We haven't had one since 2019, so its mere existence is pretty tremendous in and of itself if you ask us.

With Gable Steveson going to the WWE after winning his Olympic gold medal, wrestling fans thought they might never get to see Gable defend his title. And with Iran's Amir Zare cementing himself as the new baddest man on the planet by dominating his way to a World title in Oslo, there became no match wrestling fans needed more. That all might change, however, with the announcement of Team USA vs Team Iran on February 12, 2022, at Globe Life Field.