The Wartburg Knights wrestling program is one of the most successful programs in the NCAA Division III. They are a member of the American Rivers Conference and wrestle for Wartburg College. Wartburg has an NCAA DIII leading 15 National Championships while finishing as a runner-up nine times. They have also won 12 NWCA National Duals titles. History Wartburg wrestling began in 1955. It took until 1996 when Wartburg would win their first ever National Championship. Since then Wartburg has won an NCAA DIII leading 15 NCAA wrestling National Championships. Since 1995 only two teams have won a DIII NCAA wrestling team title, those two being Wartburg College and Augsburg University. Both teams have gone back and forth throughout the last 28 years which created one of the greatest rivalries in any sport. The rivalry gained national attention when it was placed front and center on the New York Times sports section in 2012. The two teams meet every year and wrestling for a belt in a dual aptly named "Battle of the Burgs", with Wartburg winning the last 8 straight and most recent in 2023. In 2022, Wartburg would go on to win its NCAA leading 15th National Championship by beating Wabash by one single point 79-78 Home meets Home meets are held in the Levick Arena in Waverly, Iowa. Championships NCAA team championships NWCA Team Championships 2021 (no NCAA Championship was held due to the COVID-19 Pandemic) ARC/IIAC Conference Championships 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 NWCA National Duals Championship 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020 NCAA individual champions Dean Gavin 1989 Tom Hogan 1993 Lance Christensen 1993 Zane Braggs 1994 Tom Smith 1996 1997 Dusty Rhodes 1997 Ben Shane 1998 1999 Zac Weiglein 1999 2000 Heath Ropp 2003 Wil Kelly 2003 LeRoy Gardner III 2003 Dustin Hinschberger 2004 2005 2006 Bart Mehlert 2004 Ryan Sturm 2004 Akeem Carter 2004 2005 Tyler Hubbard 2006 TJ Miller 2007 Blake Gillis 2007 Jacob Naig 2008 Aaron Wernimont 2008 2009 Romeo Djoumessi 2008 Justin Hanson 2009 Byron Tate 2010 2011 2012 John Helgerson 2011 Kenny Anderson 2012 2013 2014 Kodi Silvestri 2012 Landon Williams 2012 2014 Cole Welter 2014 Kenny Martin 2015