{"id":44768,"date":"2026-07-02T13:53:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/?p=44768"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:55:05","slug":"five-drivers-who-could-win-the-bkt-freestyle-world-finals-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-au\/news\/five-drivers-who-could-win-the-bkt-freestyle-world-finals-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Drivers Who Could Win the BKT Freestyle World Finals Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<section \n  id=\"main-custom-content-block\"\n  style=\"padding-top:px;padding-bottom:px;background-color:;color:;\"\n>\n  <div class=\"container container-c\">\n    <div class=\"split\" style=\"gap:px;\">\n                        <div class=\"side\">\n\n                                          <p>With Monster Jam World Finals XXV taking place this week, here are five drivers who could leave Salt Lake City with the BKT Freestyle Championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-au\/\">Chris Koehler<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The Mayhem driver earned the right to compete for the BKT Freestyle World Finals Championship by having the best season of his Monster Jam career, finishing third on Stadium Championship Series East. Koehler threw down multiple jaw-dropping freestyle runs this season including a chaotic hometown ride in Detroit that led to one of his three wins on the year. A fourth in Salt Lake City would lead to Mayhem in Salt Lake City and of course to the first World Finals win for the second-generation driver.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-au\/\">Zack Garner<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Who can forget the epic run Garner had in Salt Lake City last year that gave him the silver medal? Now Garner is coming off arguably his best season, yet which saw him win five BKT Overall Event Championships in what was a banner year for Wild Side in Monster Jam. Garner has the skill and grit to reach the top of the podium one year later. In fact, fans on social media are clamoring for the kid out of Fortville, IN, to top his performance in 2025 and leave with the gold.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-au\/\">Mike Pagliarulo<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The youngest Pagliarulo son just missed the podium one year ago, finishing fourth in his World Finals debut. In Excaliber\u2019s second year back in Monster Jam, Pagliarulo lived his \u201cNo Guts, No Glory\u201d motto by earning four Freestyle wins against a stacked Stadium Championship Series East lineup. With more confidence and momentum, I expect Mike Pagliarulo to come out of the tunnel at Rice-Eccles Stadium expecting to win, and he just might make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-au\/\">Ryan Anderson<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The five-time World Finals Champion is looking to add a few more trophies this Fourth of July weekend. Anderson and Tyler Menninga had a great rivalry in 2026, which culminated with Ryan winning Stadium Championship Series West. Known as one of the best closers in the sport, Ryan Anderson could very well cap off Son-Uva Digger\u2019s 15<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary with his sixth Monster Jam World Finals win.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-au\/\">Matt Cody<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Cody lived his dream last year when he was co-winner of the JCB Last Chance Qualifier and found himself in the main field at World Finals for the first time in his career. Grave Digger Stars &amp; Stripes will return to Salt Lake City looking to improve on last year\u2019s performance. Cody led all main field competitors in 2026 with 22 Freestyle wins, which could give him the edge to lead the Stars &amp; Stripes to a historic win on Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the BKT Freestyle Championship on Friday July 3<sup>rd<\/sup> and Saturday July 4<sup>th<\/sup> wherever you stream Monster Jam.<\/p>\n                          \n          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monster-jam-world-finals","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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