Final X 2025: Trent Hidlay takes Match 1 over Josh Barr with chippy ending

Trent Hidlay and Josh Barr squared off for the 92 KG spot for Team USA at Final X Saturday, with Hidlay winning 6-1 in Match 1. The former NC State star and the 2025 Penn State NCAA finalist were getting after it, to say the least.

Hidlay’s always been a physical wrestler and Barr wasn’t afraid to give it back. The two got a little chippy at the end of the match with Hidlay clapping emphatically with four seconds left.

The good news for the fans is these two will wrestle again Saturday, with Barr needing two wins to represent the USA at the World Championships this year. You can see the ending sequence below.

Trent Hidlay takes match one of the 92kg Final X series with a 6-1 win over Joshua Barr.

He was feeling himself — fired up and clapping in Barr’s face as time expired. #FinalX pic.twitter.com/om779R7eji

— Saturday Night Lights (@WrestlingSNL) June 14, 2025

The results up through Hidlay and Barr’s matches can be seen below. Two wins are needed in the final to win the starting job in each weight class for Team USA, men and women.

Hidlay was a five-time All-American and two-time NCAA finalist for NC State, with his career ending in 2024. Barr recently just made it to the NCAA finals in 2025 during his first year as a starter for Penn State, losing to Iowa’s Stephen Buchanan.

Hayden Hidlay beats Josh Barr in Match 1, more to come in Final X

Men’s Freestyle Final X

57 KG: Spencer Lee (Hawkeye WC) vs. Luke Lilledahl (Nittany Lion WC)
65 KG: Joey McKenna (Cowboy RTC) vs. Real Woods (Cliff Keen WC)
70 KG: Yianni Diakomihalis (Spartan Combat) vs. PJ Duke (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club)
74 KG: David Carr (Cyclone Regional Training Center) 1-0 (4-3) Mitchell Mesenbrink (Nittany Lion WC)
79 KG: Levi Haines (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club) 1-0 (10-0) Evan Wick (Askren Wrestling Academy)
86 KG: Zahid Valencia (Cowboy RTC) vs. Kyle Dake (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club)
92 KG: Trent Hidlay (Wolfpack RTC) 1-0 (6-1) Josh Barr (Nittany Lion Wrestling Club)
97 KG: Kyle Snyder (Nittany Lion WC) vs. Hayden Zillmer (Gopher Wrestling Club)
125 KG: Wyatt Hendrickson (Cowboy RTC) 1-0 (10-0) vs. Trent Hillger (Gopher Wrestling Club)

Women’s Freestyle Final X

50 KG: Audrey Jimenez (Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC) vs. Erin Golston (New York Athletic Club)
53 KG: Felicity Taylor (Titan Mercury Wrestling Club) 1-0 (2-1) Brianna Gonzalez (Iowa Women’s WC)
55 KG: Cristelle Rodriguez (Tiger WC) 1-0 (12-8) Everest Leydecker (Thorobred Wrestling Club)
57 KG Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md.) vs. Amanda Martinez (Cardinal WC)
59 KG: Abigail Nette (U.S. Army WCAP) 1-0 (6-4) Jacarra Winchester (US Olympic Training Center)
62 KG: Adaugo Nwachukwu (Army WCAP) 1-0 (14-8) Kayla Miracle (Valiant WC)
65 KG: Macey Kilty (Iowa Women’s WC) vs. Aine Drury (New York AC)
68 KG: Kennedy Blades (Hawkeye WC) vs. Brooklyn Hays (US Olympic Training Center)
72 KG: Alexandria Glaude (Beaver Dam RTC) via FF (Amit Elor withdrew from Final X)
76 KG: Kylie Welker (Iowa Women’s WC) vs. Dymond Guilford (US Olympic Training Center)