RAF 01: Preview

Saturday night is opening night for Real American Freestyle Wrestling (RAF)! The organization’s first offering will be a ten-match card (RAF 01) held at Cleveland State’s Wolstein Center.

This card is a star-studded offering that features five wrestlers who have won Senior World/Olympic medals, plus some up-and-coming stars who could make that list increase in the future. In addition, we have some wrestling legends who have turned their focus to other athletic ventures but have now returned to the mat to compete at RAF 01.

So let’s look at the card itself, match-by-match in our preview. The bouts have been listed in the order they are scheduled to take place.

Bantamweight (135 lbs) - Nathan Tomasello vs. Matt Ramos

The evening will get underway with this scrap between a pair of former national finalists at 125 lbs. Nathan Tomasello was a national champion as a freshman on Ohio State’s NCAA title-winning team in 2015. He would go on to capture four Big Ten titles, making him the second Buckeye wrestler to accomplish the feat. In four NCAA appearances, Tomasello never finished lower than third.

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