[11] Ashnault was initially unable to compete as a senior and missed the whole season due to an injury.

[22] Ashnault went on to compete at an exhibition bout at the annual Beat The Streets against 2017 World Championship runner-up James Green.

When Green was rolling Ashnault's legs to get back exposure points, Ashnault suffered a knee injury which led him to a 0-10 technical fall loss and was forced to medical forfeit the second bout, awarding Green the next victory he needed to win the best-of-three.

[24][25] After recovering from the injury, the defending champion competed at the Pan American Championships in his first competition of the year.

Last year's results were repeated as Ashnault defeated every opponent he faced to become a two-time Pan American Champion.

[28] After the Olympic Trials were postponed for next year, Ashnault had been slated to compete against Luke Pletcher on July 25 at FloWrestling: Dake vs.

[30] Ashnault was scheduled to wrestle Austin O'Connor at the THWC Open I, on December 4,[31] but was unable to compete due to conflicts with FloWrestling.

[33] After a close criteria win over '20 US National finalist Evan Henderson, Ashnault was soundly defeated by three-time World Championship medalist Bajrang Punia and '20 Cerro Pelado International champion Alec Pantaleo.

[34] To start off the year, Ashnault wrestled the 2020 Pan American champion (65 kg) Yianni Diakomihalis on January 8, at the SCRTC I.