Wrestling

9/5/2024 |  HVAB partnering with Penn State Wrestler Carter Starocci (SportsTravel) The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau has announced a new partnership with Penn State wrestler Carter Starocci as he pursues a fifth national championship as part of a comprehensive marketing strategy to capitalize on opportunities to work with student athletes in the NIL era.
Carter’s Drive and dine for Five is a YouTube series that will chronicle Starocci’s wrestling goals competing at a higher weight class as he and guests dine at some of Happy Valley’s most popular restaurants. The partnership with Starocci is the cornerstone of the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau’s NIL marketing focus that will include another high-profile campaign later this month.

9/3/2024 |  Milwaukee to Host USA Wrestling Junior National Dual Meet Championships (SportsTravel) USA Wrestling’s Junior National Dual Meet Championships will be heading to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the next four years through 2028.
Known as the Junior National Duals, the event features boys teams from USA Wrestling state associations competing in dual meet competition in freestyle and Greco-Roman. The event is supported by Sports Milwaukee.

8/1/2024 |  WWE’s SummerSlam to be filled with action - and lots of sponsors (Associated Press (AP)) Just days away, WWE is gearing up for this year’s SummerSlam, which promises to bring lots of action - and sponsorships. The live event will have 12 total sponsors and six sponsorships for matches, both records for a non-WrestleMania premium live event.
Sponsorship revenue is also booming, surging more than 60% compared with last year’s SummerSlam, according to the sports entertainment company.

7/6/2024 |  10 Russian wrestlers decline Olympics invitation (United Press International (UPI)) July 6 (UPI) -- Ten Russian wrestlers who received invitations to compete in the Paris Olympics later this month declined to participate, saying the selection process was "unsportsmanlike."
The Russian Wrestling Federation on Saturday announced their refusal to compete in the Olympics after the International Olympic Committee invited 10 of them to compete under a neutral flag. 

5/30/2024 |  Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Coalition Announces Regional Sites (SportsTravel) The Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Coalition has announced the sites and dates for the eight regional competitions in 2025 that will serve as qualifiers for the national championships at Xtreme Arena in Coralville, Iowa, from March 7–8, 2025.
Women’s wrestling is an NCAA Emerging Sport for Women at all three NCAA divisions. The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics recommended in February 2024 that Divisions I, II and III sponsor legislation to add a national collegiate women’s wrestling championship, with the projected first NCAA championship occurring in winter 2026.