RAF 01: By the Numbers

We’re less than 48 hours away from the debut of Real American Wrestling and the RAF 01 card. The ten-match event has to be one of the most star-studded standalone cards our sport has ever seen. Don’t agree? Below, we have some impressive numbers to help demonstrate that assertion. 

Remember, RAF 01 takes place Saturday at 7pm (eastern) on the Fox Nation app. 

2 = # of four-time NCAA champions on this card: Dake and Diakomihalis

2 = # of Dan Hodge Trophy winners competing on Saturday: Dake and Nickal

3 = # of RAF 01 competitors who made the 2025 US Senior World Team: Blades, Hendrickson, Woods

5 = # of Senior World/Olympic medalists in action: Blades, Dake, Diakomihalis, Hildebrandt, Punia

6 = # of Olympians on the mat in Cleveland: Blades, Dake, Elders, Gomez, Hildebrandt, Punia

6 = # of RAF 01 participants who qualified for Final X 2025: Blades, Dake, Diakomihalis, Hendrickson Wick, Woods

18 = # of NCAA Championships won by wrestlers on this card: Dake (4), Diakomihalis (4), Nickal (3), Nolf (3), Caldwell (1), Hamiti (1), Hendrickson (1), Tomasello (1)*

24 = # of NCAA finals appearances combined from this card: Dake (4), Diakomihalis (4), Nickal (4), Nolf (4), Caldwell (1), Gomez (1), Hamiti (1), Hendrickson (1), Palmer (1), Ramos (1), Tomasello (1), Woods (1)*

45 = # of NCAA All-American honors for wrestlers on this card: Dake (4), Diakomihalis (4), Nickal (4), Nolf (4), Palmer (4), Tomasello (4), Cardenas (3), Hamiti (3), Hendrickson (3), Wick (3), Woods (3),Caldwell (2), Gomez (2), Ramos (2)*

*Blades won NCWWC national titles at Iowa in each of the last two years. Hildebrandt was a two-time WCWA national champion at King University