Wrestling

1/23/2025 |  Tulsa to Host Top Collegiate Wrestling Event This Fall (SportsTravel) The 2025 National Duals Invitational collegiate wrestling event will take place at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from November 15–16 with more than $1 million up for grabs for the 16 Division I teams participating.
“We’re thrilled to have the inaugural National Duals Invitational in Tulsa,” said Joel Koester, Tulsa Sports Commission director of sports sales. “This prestigious event further solidifies Tulsa as America’s amateur wrestling hub and with its history of sustained success, there is no better partner than Oklahoma State. We’re so excited for Oak View Group and the BOK Center to host some of the best collegiate wrestlers in the country and can’t wait for two days of top-level competition.”

1/17/2025 |  NCAA Adds Women’s Wrestling as Championship Sport (SportsTravel) Women’s wrestling will be an official NCAA championship sport after the governing body approved its addition on the Division I, II and III levels at its annual convention this week in Nashville.
The NCAA’s first women’s wrestling championship will be in 2026. More than 1,200 women wrestlers are competing at NCAA schools today with 76 programs active in 2023–2024 with a projected 17 programs to be added during the 2024–2025 season.

1/17/2025 |  NCAA Adds Women’s Wrestling As 91st Championship Sport (First and Pen) Big news out of the NCAA on Friday as women’s wrestling was approved as the 91st championship sport across all three divisions.Women’s wrestling was classified as an Emerging Sport for Women, but after years of support from women’s wrestling advocates, it’s now a national collegiate championship for Divisions I, II and III.

1/10/2025 |  SEC charges former WWE boss Vince McMahon over undisclosed settlements with two women (CNBC Sports)

• The Securities and Exchange Commission charged former WWE boss Vince McMahon with failing to inform his pro wrestling company’s board of settlement agreements totaling $10.5 million with two women on behalf of himself and the WWE.
• McMahon has agreed to settle the administrative charges and agreed to pay a $400,000 civil penalty and reimburse the WWE $1.33 million after consenting to an order finding that he violated the Securities Exchange Act, the SEC said.

1/10/2025 |  Vince McMahon Settles for $1.7 Million With Federal Investigators in Hush Money Cases (Front Office Sports) The federal Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that it settled with WWE cofounder and former CEO Vince McMahon for two charges in his hush money cases.
McMahon signed two settlement agreements on behalf of himself and WWE without disclosing that information to the company, leading to misreported financial information, the SEC found. The 2019 settlement was for $3 million to a former employee to keep her quiet about her relationship with McMahon and any potential claims. The 2022 settlement was for $7.5 million to an independent contractor to not share her allegations against McMahon or any potential claims.