ASICS SPLIT ELITE
- Premium
- General training
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Product details checked against available sources.
Specifications
Our verdict
An ASICS wrestling shoe with a built-in shoelace garage, a flexible upper and flexion grooves in the outsole, per ASICS. It suits wrestlers who want their laces kept tucked away in training.
ASICS UK describes the SPLIT ELITE as a shoe that "transitions from practice to matches". It lists a flexible upper construction, flexion grooves in the outsole, an EVA sockliner and a mesh insole. Its shoelace garage, ASICS says, "helps laces to stay tucked and tied during matches".
The name suggests a split sole (made in separate heel and forefoot pieces), but ASICS's UK page doesn't say how the sole is built, so the sole construction is not confirmed. ASICS doesn't name the upper materials or the cut height either.
For competition, UWW's Uniform Regulations (January 2026 version) require laces to be covered by adhesive tape and/or elastic fabric so they cannot come undone, no hard eyelets, and soles with an absence of metal. The shoelace garage alone doesn't show the shoe meets the lace rule, and ASICS doesn't document a metal-free sole or the absence of hard eyelets, so check your event's rules before you compete in it.
Training, for wrestlers who want a built-in place to tuck the laces away and the flex features ASICS describes.
You are on a budget (see the adidas HVC PLUS or the ASICS MATFLEX 8). You are buying it for a split sole: ASICS doesn't say the sole is split. You need a shoe for competition: ASICS doesn't document the metal-free sole that UWW requires.
Pros
- A built-in shoelace garage, per ASICS
- A flexible upper and outsole flexion grooves, per ASICS
- Sold directly by ASICS's UK store, with sizes up to UK 15 listed
Cons
- ASICS doesn't say how the sole is built, so a split sole is not confirmed
- The upper materials are not named on ASICS's UK page
- A premium price
Why we rated it this way
Materials & Construction (Not rated): ASICS describes a "flexible upper construction" but doesn't name the upper materials or say how the sole is built, so the build can't be rated.
Fit & Movement (4): ASICS names two flex features, a flexible upper construction and outsole flexion grooves, plus a built-in lace garage to keep the laces tucked away.
Value (3): A premium price for a shoe with a flexible upper, outsole flexion grooves and a built-in lace garage to keep the laces tucked away, per ASICS. That is what wrestling shoes at this price normally offer.
Sources
- Manufacturer — ASICS's own UK product page - "transitions from practice to matches", flexible upper construction, shoelace garage that "helps laces to stay tucked and tied during matches", flexion grooves, EVA sockliner, mesh insole, UK 4 to 15 listed, and the GBP purchase route. No statement that the sole is split.
- Technical documentation — UWW Uniform Regulations, version January 2026 (printed; the file name says jan2025, and UWW announced it to federations on 21 January 2026). §4 shoes: no rough seams or hard eyelets, non-hazardous lace tips, laces covered by adhesive tape and/or elastic fabric so they cannot come undone, and flexible soles with no roughness and an absence of metal. No sentence makes shoes compulsory.
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Last reviewed 2026-10-21 · Last verified 2026-10-21