NFL star Tristan Wirfs could be set for heavyweight wrestling clash
The All-Pro offensive tackle accepted a challenge from Real American Freestyle Heavyweight Champion Wyatt Hendrickson on Saturday night.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs was a state wrestling champion during his high school days, and he could be set for a return to the mat in a massive way. Wirfs, a four-time All-Pro selection and starting lineman for the Buccaneers, was in attendance at a Real American Freestyle (RAF) event on Saturday night, when current RAF Heavyweight Champion Wyatt Hendrickson called him out. And Wirfs did not seem to want to back down from the challenge.
"Listen, we know you be Gable [Stevenson], we know you're Captain America, but you ain't wrestled 340, I know the Bucs wouldn't mind me whooping your a**," Wirfs said. Captain America calls out 4x NFL Pro-Bowl Offensive Lineman Tristan Wirfs of the Bucs, and he accepts! Wirfs was a 2017 Iowa 2A State Champion at Heavyweight.
šŖš¼ #RAF07 pic. twitter. com/i3wIYIy45j ā The Wrestling Room (Pat Mineo) (@MrPatMineo) March 29, 2026 Hendrickson said he wanted to see "some big boys like this get a real taste of wrestling" and looked ready to lock up with Wirfs right then and there, but no action commenced on Saturday evening.
But when pressed on the matter, Wirfs seemed to confirm he was interested in making the match happen. "I don't know, he called me out," Wirfs said. "What do we think?