Final X was a freestyle wrestling event that took place on June 19, 2026, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
It will be the twelfth Final X event produced by USA Wrestling, and will air live on FloSports.
Background
Tickets for the event went on sale through Ticketmaster on February 17, 2026.
Finalists in each of the twenty weight classes will wrestle a best-of-three series, and the winners will represent Team USA at the 2026 World Wrestling Championships.
Eight finalists were awarded automatic bids for having won medals at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships: Helen Maroulis, Real Woods, Kennedy Blades, Kylie Welker, Levi Haines, Zahid Valencia, Trent Hidlay, and Kyle Snyder.
Twenty finalists qualified through winning their respective weight classes at the US Open in April 2026: Katie Gomez, Cristelle Rodriguez, Everest Leydecker, Amanda Martinez, Luke Lilledahl, Abigail Nette, Marcus Blaze, Adaugo Nwachukwu, Kayla Miracle, Bo Bassett, Bella Mir, Ridge Lovett, Alexandria Glaude, James Green, Dymond Guilford, Chance Marsteller, Kyle Dake, Michael Macchiavello, Stephen Buchanan, and Wyatt Hendrickson.
The remaining twelve finalists qualified through winning their respective weight classes at the 2026 World Team Trials tournament in May 2026: Morgan Turner, Elena Ivaldi, Areana Villaescusa, Alexis Janiak, Macey Kilty, Jennifer Page, Amit Elor, Spencer Lee, Jax Forrest, Zain Retherford, David Carr, and Mason Parris.
Amit Elor won her 72 kg series by forfeit after Alexandria Glaude withdrew from the event due to injury.
The 92 kg series between Trent Hidlay and Michael Macchiavello took place at Freedom High School on June 13, 2026.
Prior to the main card, True-Third Place matches in ten weight classes will occur. An additional ten members of Team USA will be decided in single-match bouts between these 2nd and 3rd-place runners-up from the 2026 World Team Trials tournament: Felicity Taylor, Samara Chavez, Alex Hedrick, Amani Jones, Austin DeSanto, Ben Davino, Emma Bruntil, Reese Larramendy, Joseph McKenna, Beau Bartlett, Latifah McBryde, Jasmine Robinson, Landon Robideau, Caleb Henson, Evan Wick, Patrick Kennedy, Parker Keckeisen, Aeoden Sinclair, Dustin Plott, and Seth Shumate.
Real Woods withdrew from the event on June 15, 2026 due to injury, and requested his 65 kg series with Bo Bassett be delayed. Kylie Welker also requested her 76 kg series with Dymond Guilford be delayed. Kennedy Blades also requested her 68 kg series with Bella Mir be delayed.
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