Recent News

Iowa Becomes First Power Five Institution To Add Women's Wrestling

Iowa becomes first Division I Power Five school to offer women's wrestling, beginning competition in the 2023-24 season.

There are now over 100 colleges that have added women’s wrestling programs, including over 40 at the NCAA level.

Preseason Girls National High School Pound-For-Pound, Top 25 Rankings

Five wrestlers ranked No. 1 at the end of last season are ranked No. 1 again: Ava Ward of Missouri (100), Audrey Jimenez of Arizona (106), Korina Blades of Illinois (138), Kylie Welker of Wisconain (164) and Eliana Bommarito of Michigan (225).

Wrestle Like A Girl's "She Can Wrestle" Campaign Features Sports Enpowerment Festival, Celebration Gala

The She Can Wrestle campaign runs through November 5, 2021, and will be headlined by the Celebration Gala and the first-ever Sports Empowerment Festival, featuring exhibition matches with athletes from Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Wrestle Like A Girl's "She Can Wrestle" Campaign Encourages, Supports Girls Wrestling

Every Wednesday, we are asking wrestling clubs to swing open their doors to girls who either wrestle or want to wrestle. Our goal is to get 200 wrestling programs participating nationwide.

Gable Will Have His Own Beer Brat at Hy-Vee

Hy-Vee announced it is partnering with SingleSpeed Brewing Co. to offer Gable Beer Brats, made from SingleSpeed's Gable beer, a Munich helles lager.

2021 George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame

WATERLOO, Iowa – The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum announced on Thursday that Mark James is the 2021 recipient of the Jim Melby Award from the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Hall of Fame Relaunches Website

Following a complete redesign by USA Wrestling, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame relaunched its website on May 9.

The new website interacts with the kiosks at the Hall of Fame’s museums in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Waterloo, Iowa.

Zembiec An All-American In Many Ways

“He loved his country and he made the ultimate sacrifice by dying for it. It’s too bad we couldn’t keep him here longer because he’s such a great leader and a great person.”

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