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Real American Freestyle Returns October 25 with Kyle Snyder vs. Mason Parris at RAF02
Olympic & NCAA champs will collide in live co-main event at Penn State’s Rec Hall, streaming exclusively on FOX Nation
Tampa, FL (September 11, 2025) – Real American Freestyle (RAF), the first unscripted pro wrestling league featuring the world’s top athletes, today announced its first co-main event for RAF02: Olympic champion Kyle Snyder vs. NCAA champion Mason Parris, live October 25 from Penn State’s Rec Hall. Tickets will be on sale via Ticketmaster on September 18, with the event streaming exclusively on FOX Nation. Following a blockbuster debut in Cleveland, Real American Freestyle returns with a highly anticipated heavyweight matchup between two of the most decorated wrestlers in the sport.
Kyle Snyder, one of the first athletes to sign with Real American Freestyle, is the youngest wrestler in history to win the NCAA, World, and Olympic titles in the same year. A three-time NCAA champion, Snyder became the first Olympic gold medalist to return to college and win another NCAA title, and later served on the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition. Mason Parris, a U20 World Champion and NCAA national champion, made a surprise appearance at RAF01 – issuing a challenge to anyone willing to face him. That call will be answered on the main card. A 2024 Olympian, Pan Am gold medalist, and Hodge Trophy winner, Parris represents the next generation of American freestyle heavyweights.
“Snyder vs. Parris is a main event anywhere in the world,” said Chad Bronstein, co-founder and CEO of Real American Freestyle. “This is the caliber of fight we built Real American Freestyle for, and we’re excited to bring it to Penn State.”
RAF02 will feature a full card of elite matchups during the family-friendly program, including returning champions and new challengers. Additional co-main event bouts and full fight announcements will follow in the coming weeks. Penn State’s Rec Hall is one of the most iconic venues in wrestling, home to 14 NCAA team titles and a full slate of Olympic and world-level athletes. The Nittany Lions have produced three Real American Freestyle wrestlers: Bo Nickal, Aaron Brooks, and Beau Bartlett.
Real American Freestyle is a new platform for freestyle wrestling – blending elite competition with high-production value and storytelling built for the next generation of wrestling. RAF works in partnership with UFC, USA Wrestling, and NCAA/NIL organizations to provide athletes at every level a path to compete, earn, and grow.
For more information, visit www.realamericanfreestyle.com or follow @RAFWrestlingUSA. Tickets for RAF02 will be available at Ticketmaster.com.
About Real American Freestyle
Real American Freestyle is the first unscripted professional wrestling league showcasing elite athletes through unscripted, high-stakes matchups in a live event format. Founded in 2025 by Chad Bronstein,
Eric Bischoff, Izzy Martinez, and Hulk Hogan, the league was created to give wrestlers a true platform to compete, earn, and build their careers. With events streaming live on FOX Nation and a growing national footprint, RAF is reimagining what’s possible for the sport one matchup at a time. For more, visit realamericanfreestyle.com and follow @RAFWrestlingUSA.
About FOX Nation
FOX Nation is a direct-to-consumer on-demand streaming service designed to complement the FOX News Channel experience with a members-only destination for its most passionate and loyal super fans. Featuring more than 10,000 hours of content, the subscription service includes lifestyle and entertainment content, as well as historical documentaries and investigative series from a multitude of FOX News personalities. Morning Consult named FOX Nation as one of the top 10 fastest-growing brands in 2023 among Gen Z adults, with the platform placing in the top 15 overall. Launched in 2018, FOX Nation is available at foxnation.com and via app for iOS devices, Android devices, Fire TV, Apple TV, Google TV, Android TV, Roku, Xbox One, FuboTV, Vizio TVs, and Samsung TVs, as well as DIRECTV, DIRECTV STEAM, YouTube TV, Comcast Xfinity, Cox Contour, The Roku Channel, DISH and SLING.
About Penn State
Under the leadership of Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Patrick Kraft, Penn State has one of the nation's most comprehensive and successful athletic programs, featuring 800 student-athletes across 31 varsity programs (16 men's, 15 women's). The Nittany Lions' 31 programs are tied for the fourth-highest number of sports sponsored by a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institution. Penn State student-athletes earned a record-tying 93% NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and 11 programs earned perfect 100% ratings in the 2024 report. This is the eighth consecutive year the Nittany Lions have posted a record or record-tying performance in the classroom. Penn State is one of only eight schools that have won at least 10 NCAA Championships since 2013 and earned at least a 90% GSR in the 2024 NCAA report (California, Florida, North Carolina, Stanford, USC, UCLA, Virginia).
