*Hopefully the link posts normal. April 21st is the start of it all. Should be a busy and successful international season for the NLWC
World team selection process 2026
- Thread starter Misalorales
- Start date
*Hopefully the link posts normal. April 21st is the start of it all. Should be a busy and successful international season for the NLWC
Current PSU wrestlers already qualified for World Team Trials in May:
Liledahl
Blaze
SVN
Duke
Kasak
Messenbrink
Haines
Henckel
Welsh
Barr
Connor Mirasola
Cole Mirasola
Recruits that are qualified for World Team Trials Already:
G.Burnett
J.James
* Please add guys if I missed any.
Liledahl
Blaze
SVN
Duke
Kasak
Messenbrink
Haines
Henckel
Welsh
Barr
Connor Mirasola
Cole Mirasola
Recruits that are qualified for World Team Trials Already:
G.Burnett
J.James
* Please add guys if I missed any.
There's an important caveat in the link you posted
There will be no WTT Challenge Tournament at the following weights. The Open Champ will face the returning medalist at Final X as long as that defending medalist chooses to compete.
65kg - Real Woods 2025 Bronze
79kg - Levi Haines 2025 Silver
86kg - Zahid Valencia 2025 Gold
92kg - Trent Hidlay 2025 Gold
97kg - Kyle Snyder 2025 Gold
Blaze may have the option to go 65kg at the Open, win and he faces Woods. Lose and he may be able to go 65kg at the WTT.
I'm curious to see if SVN tries to make the cut to 65.
Does Levi start to descend to 74 for an Olympic run in '28.
Not sure Van Ness is interested in freestyle. Hasn't wrestled freestyle in a while
USABracketing says Last Chance Qualifier 2021, it's been a while. Before that it was 2019 Cadet Worlds.
Quarters: Evan Henderson, TMWC over Shayne Van Ness, BWC (TF 11-0 ())
Joshua Saunders over Shayne Van Ness, BWC (TF 10-0 ())
Shayne Van Ness, BWC over Brock Zacherl, CWC (F 3:58)
Shayne Van Ness, BWC over Sean Fausz, CCRT (TF 19-8 ())
I thought it had been a while. I wonder why, just doesn't like freestyle? Focusing on getting & staying healthy? If I remember right he's been a little injury plagued going back to highschool? Feels like he'd be a pretty good freestyle guy
Does this mean these guys probably won’t be at US Open in Vegas in April?
That’s where I live so I was going to check it out
Levi is already in Final X. So it looks like others either need to win the US Open or WTT? So many will probably be there?
Last edited:
I honestly have no idea. I'm not any sort of insider at all. I'm literally the only person in my life I know that watches college wrestling lmao. A previous post from someone who seems to know much more than I do references the fact certain weights won't be contested at WTT and such. Hopefully my hope for starting the thread at least, other much more knowledgeable and connected posters will hop in and spew their knowledge and help us all out lol
Seems like everyone but Levi has a good reason to go to US Open
Final X Match to determine the representative pits the winner of US Open vs winner of WTT. So two chances. Levi is already qualified for Final X
Weights with guy already in Final X will only wrestle at US Open. US Open winner will wrestle guy already in Final X. No WTT for those weights. All weights with nobody already in Final X will wrestle US Open and WTT with winner of each meeting in Final X. So all weights wrestled at US Open but not at WTT.
Clarify? You seemed to think Levi would stay down at 79 for ‘26 and possibly ‘27 even if he wanted (needed probably more accurate) to go 86 in ‘28 when I asked in the odds and ends thread. And this is the ‘26 thread.
Last edited:
I was responding to the poster's last sentence asking if Levi would descend to 74 kg in 2028.