CLEVELAND — Real American Freestyle (RAF), the first unscripted professional freestyle wrestling league and the new home for the sport’s elite, today announced that its one-year anniversary event, RAF12, will take place at Cleveland’s Rocket Arena on Saturday, August 22, streaming live exclusively on FOX Nation.

You can purchase tickets at rocketarena.com.

Twelve events in. One year in. And the fastest-rising league in combat sports returns to where it all started.

RAF12 marks a full-circle moment for a league that has rapidly established itself as wrestling’s new main stage—bringing Olympic medalists, World Champions, NCAA legends and MMA crossover stars together under one platform, with real stakes, global reach, and a modern fight-night presentation.

“This is a milestone moment for RAF,” said CEO and Co-Founder Chad Bronstein. “We started this league to give wrestling a true professional home—and one year later, we’re seeing that vision come to life in a big way.” Bronstein, a Cleveland native, adds, “There’s no better place to celebrate that than Cleveland, where it all began, in front of one of the most passionate wrestling communities in the country.”

Rocket Arena—home of the Cleveland Cavaliers—will host RAF’s anniversary event as the city once again takes center stage in the sport. The NCAA Wrestling Championships took place in Cleveland in March of this year, that moment reinforced the city’s role as a cornerstone of American wrestling and a fitting backdrop for RAF’s continued rise.

As RAF returns, it does so with global momentum—elevating freestyle wrestling into a premier spectator sport and creating a destination where the best athletes in the world compete year-round.