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Real American Freestyle
Real American Freestyle (RAF) is an American freestyle wrestling promotion owned by Real American Wrestling, Inc. and headquartered in Tampa, Florida. It was founded in 2025 by Chad Bronstein, Terri Francis, and Hulk Hogan.
Competitors include current and former high school wrestlers, collegiate wrestlers, Olympic wrestlers, and mixed martial artists. The promotion provides an opportunity for wrestlers to compete and profit from the sport, as amateur wrestling historically does not permit compensation. A partnership with USA Wrestling allows current NCAA wrestlers to compete and receive compensation through NIL sponsorships.
Fox Nation is the official broadcast home of the promotion's flagship events. A weekly RAF television series is currently in development and being shopped to networks.
Terri Francis was general counsel for Anheuser-Busch InBev, where she also served as their vice president of investment and innovation until 2022. Chad Bronstein was president of Carma HoldCo until 2023, where he helped the company partner with Ric Flair to launch his Wooooo! Energy line of energy drinks.
Bronstein and Francis partnered with Hulk Hogan to launch Real American Beer (RAB) on June 13, 2024, a light beer manufactured by City Brewing Company that carried Hogan's likeness. The beer's name was a nod to "Real American", Hogan's longtime WWE theme song. WWE is a minority owner of Real American Beer.
Bronstein's son Chase Bronstein attended a Chicago wrestling camp in 2024 that was led by renowned coach Izzy Martinez. Bronstein and Hogan were impressed by Chase's progress after the camp, and they began to develop plans with Martinez for a new sport wrestling venture.
Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff announced the formation of Real American Freestyle on April 30, 2025. The freestyle wrestling promotion is backed financially by Left Lane Capital and the venture capital fund Cassius, with $3.5 million raised at launch. Chad Bronstein serves as chief executive officer, Bischoff as chief media officer, and Izzy Martinez as chief operating officer.
Hogan and Bischoff said their goal with the promotion was to elevate and develop top-level competitive wrestlers into stars. They planned on doing that by emphasizing the backstories of each athlete like The Voice does for its singers. David Sahadi was hired as the promotion's multimedia producer to accomplish this, having previously worked with Bischoff.
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Real American Freestyle
Real American Freestyle (RAF) is an American freestyle wrestling promotion owned by Real American Wrestling, Inc. and headquartered in Tampa, Florida. It was founded in 2025 by Chad Bronstein, Terri Francis, and Hulk Hogan.
Competitors include current and former high school wrestlers, collegiate wrestlers, Olympic wrestlers, and mixed martial artists. The promotion provides an opportunity for wrestlers to compete and profit from the sport, as amateur wrestling historically does not permit compensation. A partnership with USA Wrestling allows current NCAA wrestlers to compete and receive compensation through NIL sponsorships.
Fox Nation is the official broadcast home of the promotion's flagship events. A weekly RAF television series is currently in development and being shopped to networks.
Terri Francis was general counsel for Anheuser-Busch InBev, where she also served as their vice president of investment and innovation until 2022. Chad Bronstein was president of Carma HoldCo until 2023, where he helped the company partner with Ric Flair to launch his Wooooo! Energy line of energy drinks.
Bronstein and Francis partnered with Hulk Hogan to launch Real American Beer (RAB) on June 13, 2024, a light beer manufactured by City Brewing Company that carried Hogan's likeness. The beer's name was a nod to "Real American", Hogan's longtime WWE theme song. WWE is a minority owner of Real American Beer.
Bronstein's son Chase Bronstein attended a Chicago wrestling camp in 2024 that was led by renowned coach Izzy Martinez. Bronstein and Hogan were impressed by Chase's progress after the camp, and they began to develop plans with Martinez for a new sport wrestling venture.
Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff announced the formation of Real American Freestyle on April 30, 2025. The freestyle wrestling promotion is backed financially by Left Lane Capital and the venture capital fund Cassius, with $3.5 million raised at launch. Chad Bronstein serves as chief executive officer, Bischoff as chief media officer, and Izzy Martinez as chief operating officer.
Hogan and Bischoff said their goal with the promotion was to elevate and develop top-level competitive wrestlers into stars. They planned on doing that by emphasizing the backstories of each athlete like The Voice does for its singers. David Sahadi was hired as the promotion's multimedia producer to accomplish this, having previously worked with Bischoff.