Top Wrestling Tournaments of the Holiday Season Available Exclusively on B1G+

The fourth annual Soldier Salute  and the 61st annual  Ken Kraft Midlands Championships  will live stream exclusively on  B1G+ this holiday season. Fans can subscribe to B1G+ with an annual pass for $89.99 per year or a monthly pass for $12.99 per month.

Ahead of the tournaments, B1G+ is introducing a limited-time offer where fans can receive three months of B1G+ for $5.99 per month with code DUAL25. The offer is available through Sunday, Dec. 28, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

In addition to the Soldier Salute and the Midlands Championships, a B1G+ subscription includes access to more than 80 additional Big Ten wrestling events, 2026 Big Ten Wrestling Championships coverage and on-demand replays of televised duals. B1G+ users can watch up to four live streams/mats simultaneously on one screen at bigtenplus.com or with Apple TV, Fire TV and Xbox.

For the first time, fans also have the option to purchase a one-time pay-per-view pass on B1G+ to watch both tournaments. Each pass is available for a one-time payment of $7.99 and can be purchased at bigtenplus.com by selecting either the 2025 Soldier Salute Pass or the 2025 Midlands Championships Pass. The offer is available on web only and cannot be purchased via mobile devices. Fans can then watch the tournaments on bigtenplus.com, the B1G+ mobile app or on the following supported connected devices: Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Vizio, Xbox and Xumo.

Individual mat cameras will be available on B1G+ for all four sessions of the Midlands Championships coverage, Dec. 29-30. Set for its 61st iteration, the tournament will return to Ryan Fieldhouse on Northwestern’s campus in Evanston and will feature both men's and women's divisions.

Big Ten Network veteran wrestling broadcasters Shane Sparks and Jim Gibbons will anchor the Solider Salute coverage, Jan. 3-4, on B1G+. The tournament is hosted by the Iowa City Area Sports Commission and will take place at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa. Throughout all four sessions across both days, B1G+ will feature individual mat cameras along with whip-around coverage focused on the best action at a given moment.

Competitors from five Big Ten men’s programs are expected to compete across both tournaments, including a group of teams ranked in Intermat’s top 25 . The list includes No. 11 Illinois, No. 23 Indiana and Northwestern at the Midlands Championships, while No. 4 Iowa and No. 7 Minnesota are set to compete at the Soldier Salute.

Additional Big Ten wrestling coverage can be found via the @B1GWrestling accounts on X , Instagram , Bluesky and YouTube .

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