Kyle Snyder is the pound-for-pound best wrestler on the planet, and Saturday night in Lincoln, Neb., he cemented his shot at a fourth-consecutive World or Olympic title. He defeated 2015 NCAA champ Kyven Gadson – the man who pinned Snyder for the title at 197 kg in Snyder's freshman year – in consecutive matches at Final X, the new-and-improved version of the best-of-three finals of the World Team Trials process.
Snyder was guaranteed a spot to Final X as the defending world champion. Gadson earned the right to challenge Snyder by defeating U.S. Open champion Austin Schafer in the finals of the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament in Rochester, Minn.