{"id":6746,"date":"2023-06-30T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.monsterjam.com\/could-a-wow-factor-moment-help-rookie-chris-koehler-win-world-finals\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:59:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:59:38","slug":"could-a-wow-factor-moment-help-rookie-chris-koehler-win-world-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/news\/could-a-wow-factor-moment-help-rookie-chris-koehler-win-world-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Could a &#039;Wow Factor&#039; Moment Help Rookie Chris Koehler Win World Finals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure role=\"group\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chris Koehler\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8e8e7986-e3ad-4116-bd72-90a4c723716f\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/063023-chris-koehler-1.jpg\" \/><figcaption>Chris Koehler (Monster Mutt)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rookie Monster Jam competitor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-US\/drivers\/chris-koehler\"><strong>Chris Koehler<\/strong><\/a> (Monster Mutt) is one of three drivers making their first World Finals Main Field appearance this year, along with Armando Castro and Ryan Disharoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among Chris\u2019 competitors will be his father Jim Koehler (Avenger), who has earned the nickname &#8220;Mr. Excitement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not only has the younger Koehler embraced this family reputation, but he believes that a \u2018Wow Moment\u2019 \u2013 of which he\u2019s had a few in 2023 \u2013 could make winning the World Finals Freestyle Championship a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited. Everyone keeps asking if I&#8217;m nervous. I don&#8217;t really have any nerves. I mean, once the show starts, maybe, but I think, to me, I&#8217;m kind of going into it with the same mentality of it is another show,\u201d explained Chris. \u201cI definitely got better every show we did on tour, and it was a long tour so I learned a lot. I didn&#8217;t do great on points. I scored a little toward the bottom. But to win the World Finals, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s going to be the guy who won a tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it&#8217;s going to be the guy who can pull out the wow-factor moments and do the big moves that people aren&#8217;t willing to do. And that&#8217;s what my tour kind of was. I wasn&#8217;t as consistent, but I have done crazy things. I got the crowd going and hopefully I can carry that momentum into this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Chris is aiming to do well in Freestyle, he adds that there is reason for Team Scream fans to be optimistic about their Racing chances as well and \u2013 while he\u2019s a rookie \u2013 he is aiming big in both competitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think if you\u2019re here and not going for the win, you shouldn\u2019t be here. I think everyone should be going for the win. Personally, just to even be here is an accomplishment. But the goal for this weekend is definitely to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the one event if I were to shoot for a single event would be Freestyle. I think that one would mean the most to me, I think we&#8217;re more of a Freestyle team.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, even Racing, I mean the track\u2019s long and fast. I think our trucks are gonna pair well with this track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-US\/world-finals\"><strong>Monster Jam World Finals<\/strong><\/a> action begins at 1 p.m. CT on Saturday, with Racing and Freestyle action starting at 6 p.m. CT, in which Chris hopes to bring home a championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just excited to be here. I mean, I did good on tour. So I don\u2019t see why I can\u2019t do good here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Koehler (Monster Mutt) \u00a0 Rookie Monster Jam competitor Chris Koehler (Monster Mutt) is one of three drivers making their first World Finals Main Field appearance this year, along with Armando Castro and Ryan Disharoon. \u00a0 Among Chris\u2019 competitors will be his father Jim Koehler (Avenger), who has earned the nickname &#8220;Mr. Excitement.\u201d \u00a0 Not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6746","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\/ -->\n<title>Could a &#039;Wow Factor&#039; Moment Help Rookie Chris Koehler Win World Finals? 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