NEW YORK - s4story -- USA Wrestling's flagship Senior-level event, 2026 Final X, presented Kerberos Capital Management, will be held on Friday, June 19, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, alongside the 2026 Beat the Streets New York Annual Benefit.

Final X will determine the 2026 U.S. Senior World Team in two-of-three international disciplines—men's freestyle and women's freestyle. In total, 20 weight classes will be contested, 10 in each discipline. The top two U.S. athletes in each weight class will wrestle a best-of-three series at Final X to determine the U.S. representative for the 2026 Senior World Championships in Manama, Bahrain.

This event will serve as the 2026 BTSNY Annual Benefit, its 16th to date. These unique electrifying events help BTSNY raise critical funds each year to support local youth wrestling programs, which empower young people in New York City. The BTSNY Annual Benefit after-party takes place at the conclusion of Final X.

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BTSNY provides a safe, positive environment for student-athletes to learn essential life lessons of discipline, perseverance, self-reliance, humility and a strong work ethic through the sport of wrestling.

Session times for Final X will be 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time. An exclusive presale for Final X event-only tickets will start at noon on Thursday, February 12. The general public sale begins at noon on Tuesday, February 17, on Ticketmaster. Fans can also make a generous donation to BTSNY while purchasing wrestling-only tickets on Ticketmaster.

BTSNY Annual Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages, which include access to premier seating at Final X, plus the exclusive after-party, are currently available at btsny.org. Donations and BTSNY Annual Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages directly help BTSNY make a lifelong impact on New York City youth in need.

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Eight U.S. wrestlers won a medal at the 2025 Senior World Championships and are eligible to advance directly to the Final X best-of-three series. These athletes must accept their Final X berth and compete in the same weight class in which they won a World medal last summer. The deadline to accept the automatic berth to Final X is Monday, April 13.
Athletes eligible to advance directly to Final X include Real Woods (65 kg), Levi Haines (79 kg), Zahid Valencia (86 kg), Trent Hidlay (92 kg) and Kyle Snyder (97 kg) in men's freestyle, plus Helen Maroulis (57 kg), Kennedy Blades (68 kg) and Kylie Welker (76 kg) in women's freestyle.

For more information about Final X, please visit https://TheMat.com.