Month: July 2020

By Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling

The ASICS/Las Vegas Open Wrestling Championships will return to the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev. April 16-19, USA Wrestling and the Las Vegas Sports Committee have announced.

It will be the 23rd time that the Las Vegas Convention Center has hosted the U.S. National Wrestling Championships. Organizers have re-imagined this year’s event with a substantial expansion of competition and an improvement in the event presentation.

The event will be produced by USA Wrestling, along with the Las Vegas Sports Committee (LVSC), Las Vegas Events (LVE) and USA Wrestling of Southern Nevada (USAWSN). Funds from the event will remain in Las Vegas to help build wrestling at all levels.

This year’s ASICS/Las Vegas Open Wrestling Championships will feature the following competitions

• Kids (Greco-Roman, Freestyle and Folkstyle)
• Cadets(Greco-Roman, Freestyle and Folkstyle)
• Western Juniors Regionals/Boys and Girls (Freestyle & Greco-Roman)
• FILA Junior Nationals(Freestyle & Greco-Roman)
• Seniors National Championships (Freestyle & Greco-Roman)
• Veterans National Championships (Freestyle & Greco-Roman)

As part of this upgrade of the competition, the title of the event has been changed from the U.S. Open and Western Junior Regionals, placing all of the tournaments under one name, the “Open Wrestling Championships.”

Top wrestlers in every age group and every style from all over the country will compete alongside our current and future Olympians. This is the first time USA Wrestling has provided wrestlers of every age and every style to wrestle in a single venue at the same event.

“Las Vegas and Southern Nevada is excited to provide the backdrop for this monstrous event. It is a privilege to host and share our town with the wrestling world,” said Robert Cate, Vice President and Events Director for USA Wrestling of Southern Nevada, “I can’t imagine the excitement of young wrestlers when they realize that they are wrestling on the same mats as their heroes.”

Every final match, in every style, in every division will be contested on raised mats in the center of a custom-built two-mat wrestling arena, called “the Golden Circle.”

There is a substantial change in the format of the U.S. Senior Open. Instead of holding one-day tournaments on the Senior level, all three of the Olympic styles will be contested over two days. On Friday, April 18, the Senior tournaments will run through the semifinals in all weight classes. On Saturday, April 19, all of the weight classes will be completed, with the championship finals in all 24 weight classes contested on two raised mats in the Golden Circle, starting at 6:00 p.m.

“Taking what we learned from the Keep Olympic Wrestling movement, we are making this year’s event more fan friendly,” said Event Director Larry Barnson of the Las Vegas Sports Committee. “This year’s Senior wrestlers will wrestle on a two-day format, giving us a better opportunity to showcase the finals on Saturday, April 19. The event will also give wrestlers of all ages the opportunity to see and wrestle alongside our future Olympians.”

Financial support from Las Vegas Events is allowing USA Wrestling to improve the production of the competition and include more athletes in more divisions in more events.

This concept will also provide the opportunity to build and improve the fan base leading up to the 2015 World Championships at the Orleans Hotel & Arena in Las Vegas.

Below are the websites for the competitions at the ASICS/Las Vegas Open Wrestling Championships:

U.S. Senior Open

Western Junior Regionals, boys and girls

Veterans Nationals

FILA Junior Nationals

Las Vegas Open Kids/Cadet

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MINNEAPOLIS — Scoring victories in seven of the 10 bouts, the No. 7-ranked Augsburg College wrestling team claimed a 29-13 victory over the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Friday night at Si Melby Hall.

Augsburg honored its three seniors in their final home dual of the season. Ryan Cook (SR, Wetumpka, Ala./Wetumpka HS), Justin Bowland (SR, Foley, Minn.) and Chad Johnson (SR, Ferryville, Wis./De Soto HS) were all recognized for their Auggie careers.

Action began at 125 pounds, where Augsburg’s No. 4-ranked Mike Fuenffinger (JR, Hibbing, Minn.) improved to 27-3 with a 17-2, technical-fall win over Ryan Osse. Fuenffinger is now 70-20 in his Augsburg career and has won 16 of his last 18 matches.

Augsburg’s Chad Bartschenfeld (JR, Amery, Wis.) scored a 7-1 victory for the Auggies at 133 pounds, but the Pointers were able to get on the board with a major decision at 141, which brought the team score to 8-4 in favor of Augsburg.

Will Keeter (JR, Twin Falls, Idaho) was able to score the only pin of the night for the Auggies at 149 pounds, when he posted a 5:46 fall over John Roycraft. With the win, Keeter moved to 25-14 on the season and 94-43 in his career. He is 11-4 since moving to 149 pounds from 157, with a 8-1 mark in his last nine bouts.

UW-Stevens Point countered with a pin of its own at 157 pounds, but Augsburg was able to claim decisions at 165 and 174 to go up 20-10 in the dual. Bowland was able to record a 4-0 decision at 165 to improve to 21-13 on the year, while Tyrell Martin (JR, Eagan, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) claimed a 6-2 win at 174.

The Auggies were able to claim victories in two of the last three bouts, with No. 5-ranked Matt Hechsel (JR, Apple Valley, Minn.) posting a hard-fought 5-2 decision over the Pointers’ Dustin Wozniak at 197, and top-ranked and two-time defending national champion heavyweight Chad Johnson (SR, Ferryville, Wis./De Soto HS) receiving a forfeit. A three-time All-American, Johnson is now 100-3 since the beginning of his sophomore year, and has not lost to a DIvision III opponent since his initial season.

Augsburg returns to action on Saturday (3/1) when the Auggies host the NCAA Division III West Regional at Si Melby Hall.

No. 7 NCAA Division III Augsburg (8-5) 29, Wisconsin-Stevens Point (10-13) 13
Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 — Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis, Minn.
Attendance: 117. Time of match: 1:24. Official: Tim Shiels.

Augsburg 29, UW-Stevens Point 13
125 Mike Fuenffinger, AUGS, tech. fall Ryan Osse, WSP, 7:00 17-2
133 Chad Bartschenfeld, AUGS, dec. Lance Fabry, WSP, 8-1
141 Jared Kust, WSP, maj. dec. Marcus Hamer, AUGS, 12-4
149 Will Keeter, AUGS, pinned John Roycraft, WSP, 5:46
157 Jamey Simmons, WSP, pinned Drew Randall, AUGS, 4:22
165 Justin Bowland, AUGS, dec. Logan Hermsen, WSP, 4-0
174 Tyrell Martin, AUGS, dec. Bill Langford, WSP, 6-2
184 Andy Borchardt, WSP, dec. Tom Teigen, AUGS, 4-3
197 Matthew Hechsel, AUGS, dec. Dustin Wozniak, WSP, 5-2
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It is being said that the contract or agreement WWE had with Ronda Rousey dates back to last summer despite what the company is publicly saying. Rousey even started training back then in anticipation of a Four Horsewomen vs. Four Horsewomen storyline that was actually shot at the Mae Young Classic tournament but the company aborted those creative plans.
Rousey’s merchandise is even being sold at live events as early as a few weeks back which is another indication that a deal was in place well before she appeared. Since WWE is promoting her contract signing for Elimination Chamber to help ticket sales, it is a huge possibility that that is the reason they can’t come out and outright say that she has already put pen to paper.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter