The Bader Show

Bo Bassett just won the US Open at 65kg in both the U20 and senior divisions. He is already on the U23 world team and looks to make it on the U20 and senior teams as well. Bo is committed to wrestle at Virginia Tech and will move there this summer and prepare to be in the line up for the Hokies next year at 141 or 149. 0:50 - Junior Hodge Trophy Winner 1:45 - Wrestling two brackets at US Open 4:15 - Iowa, wait no, Virginia Tech 9:45 - Breaking down wrestling 2 brackets at US Open 13:30 - Bo vs Aden Valencia (Match breakdown) 24:00 - Final X & U20 best of three 29:00 - Challenges Real Woods presents 33:30 - Jax Forrest 36:00 - Rest and recovery 38:00 - Near-term and mid-term future for Bo 40:15 - 141 or 149 at Virginia Tech 41:45 - Reaching beyond wrestling 43:50 - Sweat it out (5 questions to make Bo sweat) 49:10 - How does Bo use AI? 50:30 - All-time favorite wrestler 51:10 - Wins and whoopins #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Askren and Donny Pritzlaff had a contentious rivalry back in 2007 and 2008. The two have gone on to become successful coaches, Askren with his AWA academies and Pritzlaff as head coach at Columbia University. The two join the show to talk through their past as competitors and share knowledge as coaches. In the end we see two former rivals become friends. 1:00 - Ben the content creator praised Donny the coach 1:35 - Ben watching Donny’s college career 3:00 - Donny learning who Ben was 4:05 - The mishap when Ben was recruited to Wisconsin 5:45 - Donny on Ben’s college career 7:45 - What it was like wrestling Donny 9:00 - What it feels like to wrestle Ben 9:50 - Warming up with the clinch pushouts everyday for a year 12:30 - Was it personal? 15:00 - Askren wants to know Pritzlaff’s coaching secrets 16:00 - Competitor vs paper boy 20:30 - Askren’s take on belief and confidence 22:20 - Don’t teach moves, put them in positions & figure it out 24:45 - Ben & Donny are now friends! #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recent college wrestling conference realignment has seen a rebirth of the Pac 12 as several teams leave the Big 12 to join the Pac 12. Chris Pendleton and Neil Erisman, head coahces at Oregon State and Little Rock have been a part of the Pac 12 for some time now. SDSU leaves the Big 12 for the Pac 12 and Nate Engel is the director of strategy for Pac 12 wrestling. The four wrestling minds join the show to share their excitement for the opportunities that lie ahead. 1:05 - The role of college conferences 2:00 - Chris Pendleton on Pac 12 changes since 2014 3:25 - How football and money has impacted college conferences 4:30 - Pac 12 experience for Little Rock 6:00 - SDSU experience in the Big 12 and why they are leaving 9:55 - Having voting rights in the conference 13:00 - When, how and why this conference alignment got going 17:15 - We need to be proactive instead of reactive 20:30 - Coming together and think outside the box 21:30 - What happens to the Big 12? 27:30 - How important conference championships can be for Mid Major schools 30:30 - Shifting more toward dual meets 36:15 - Having options and throwing all ideas out there 40:45 - Importance of collaboration 42:45 - Pendleton’s closing words 44:20 - Ability to host conference championships 48:15 - Damion Hahn’s perspective shift after leaving Minnesota 51:15 - Damion Hahn on the late great J Rob and how innovative he was in wrestling #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cesar Alvan captured the hearts of wrestling fans at the 2026 NCAA Wrestling championships when he was relatively unknown and came into the NCAA tournament as the #12 seed. He ended up fourth and attributes a lot of his success to Columbia head coach Donny Pritzlaff and his staff. 0:30 - Who the hell is Cesar Alvan? 3:00 - Loved wrestling and combat sports 5:00 - When Alvan went all-in on wrestling & college opportunities 7:30 - Eyeing the UFC in his future 8:00 - Why Columbia University? 11:30 - Out with the old coaching staff, in with the new 12:40 - Alvan recruited Pritzlaff (you read that right) 17:15 - First practice with Pritzlaff as coach 20:00 - Jumping levels under Pritzlaff 23:00 - Cesar & coaching staff LOVED his draw in the bracket 24:00 - Alvan pins Locket in OT, he was ready 26:40 - Being the Man in the Arena 29:30- Mitchell Mesenbrink 31:30 - Day 3 at NCAAs is NOT about who’s a better wrestler 34:00 - When it all sunk it, balling for an hour 36:00 - Mohammad Ali quote 37:55 - Alvan wants to continue to wrestle for Brazil, maybe RAF 41:00 - Wrestling wizard Jeff Buxton 42:10 - Artificial Intelligence 43:00 - Honey the night before a weigh in 44:00 - Who is Alvan’s all-time favorite wrestler? 45:00 - Wins and whoopins #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gabe Arnold had trouble with communication last summer which lead to trouble with the Iowa program. After thinking he was off the team, Arnold regrouped to help the Hawkeyes secure wins at 174, 184 and 197 this season. He capped it off with by earning All-American honors at 197 after losing his first match at the NCAAs. 0:40 - Gabe’s eventful morning 3:20 - Was Gabe kicked off the Iowa team last summer? 11:00 - Gabe wanted to wrestle 174 at the start of the year 13:30 - Getting to where Arnold was “locked in” 17:00 - Endene left, what did that mean for Gabe? 19:00 - Angelo Ferrari got hurt, Gabe fills in 22:00 - 197 for Big Tens or nah? 25:20 - Confirming with coach Brands on 197 27:40 - Pretending he liked NCAA brackets and seeds 31:45 - Iowa’s challenging season 37:10 - NCAA first round loss and the long road back 44:30 - Overwhelming emotion of earning All-American 49:30 - Gabe will wrestle 79kg at US Open 53:10 - 174 next year for the Hawkeyes #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forrest, Vega and Robideau all just won NCAA titles for Oklahoma State as true freshmen, helping the Cowboys to a second place finish at the NCAA Championships. Jax Forrest and Sergio Vega both finished the season undefeated, which had never been done before in the modern era. 0:55 - Coming home to Stillwater 2:25 - Robideau flipping from Minnesota to Oklahoma State 4:45 - Vega flipped from Cornell to Oklahoma State 8:00 - When Jax knew he wanted to wrestle at NCAAs 9:30 - Culture and development at OSU 14:25 - A lot of freedom at practice 15:30 - Robideau, Mike Meyers - Halloween - walkout 17:40 - Is Robideau a serial killer? 19:05 - When did each guy believe he could win NCAAs? 24:00 - NCAA Championship 26:15 - Robideau on semifinal vs PJ Duke 28:45 - Brock Hardy 31:15 - Jax vs Seidel 32:20 - Vega vs Jesse Mendez 39:25 - Robideau vs Antrell Taylor 45:10 - Jax vs Ben Davino 52:40 - Jax crazy story, got trapped in the arena! 56:10 - Freestyle season 57:10 - Sweat it out 1:02:30 - All-time favorite 1:03:15 - Wins and whoopins 1:08:00 - Final word #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Tony Robie just won the ACC Championships for the second straight year as head coach at Virginia Tech and qualified all 10 wrestlers for the NCAA Championships. 1:30 - Robie’s 2009 VT interview on Flo vs VT today 7:25 - Turning points for Robie at VT 11:30 - Likes, challenges and concerns of National Duals Invitational 16:10 - ACC Champions, back to back 17:50 - Aaron Seidel 19:50 - Jax Forrest vs Seidel 23:20 - Eddie Ventresca 26:50 - Free admission to VT wrestling matches 29:45 - Bo Bassett 34:40 - Dealing with the lineup log jam 35:50 - Would Robie consider having a recruit leave high school early 37:20 - How does Robie use AI in his daily life 39:00 - Sweat it out 42:30 - All-Time favorite 44:00 - Wins and whoopins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was announced that Cal Baptist University will drop their wrestling program at the end of the season. Senior wrestler Timothy Cowan joins the show to shed some light and share his perspective on the situation. 1:10 - The experience and brotherhood of CBU Wrestling 4:25 - Finding out the program got cut, being blindsided 7:20 - Coach Moore and others talking after finding out 10:30 - What are potential solutions? 12:00 - KeepCBUWrestling.com 13:40 - Wearing singlets inside out. Then being silenced. 16:20 - Senior night and all the drama from meeting with admin 21:15 - The intense 5 minute meeting before the dual 23:40 - Administration silenced them 27:50 - Coby Merill Waving the shirt after winning CA State title 29:40 - Community support 31:30 - Tim’s opinion of CBU 34:00 - Finishing his career is bittersweet #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brock Hardy is a 3x NCAA All-America and NCAA finalist from the University of Nebraska and is entering the final stretch of his college career. 0:50 - Brock is youngest of like 20 cousins that wrestled 2:30 - Wrestling clicked against Braxton Amos at Reno Worlds 6:30 - Watching Brock’s 10U, 100lbs Reno finals 9:00 - 4x State Champion 12:00 - Juggling recruiting with potentially taking a 2 year mission 14:40 - Brock’s two year mission in Rio de Janeiro 19:30 - Surround yourself with the right people 21:30 - Back to wrestling after 2 years off the mat 24:25 - Wrestling is completely opposite than the mission, BE selfish 26:25 - How age has impacted Brock Hardy. It’s a mental battle 31:05 - Sergio Vega 36:25 - Jesse Mendez 39:00 - The spladle seen round the world 42:00 - How will experience help Brock in March? 45:25 - What’s next for Brock after graduation? 47:00 - How does Brock Hardy use artificial intelligence? 49:00 - Sweat it out - 5 TRIVIA questions 1:00:00 - All-Time favorite 1:01:15 - Wins and whoopins 1:04:15 - Wrestling is fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donny Pritzlaff is the head coach at Columbia University, they won the IVY League dual title for the first time since 1982. 0:30 - It’s Pritz-laugh not Pritz-loff 2:00 - Establish mentality and culture 4:45 - Most important time of season is March 6:50 - Highlights from last year, 5 NCAA qualifiers 9:00 - Beat Cornell first time in 40 years 11:25 - Big moments this season 14:20 - Sebastian Rivera, Jeff Buxton and coaching staff 20:10 - Goals and expectations are high 23:10 - Realistic long term goals 25:10 - What AI tool would Donny build? 27:20 - Sweat it out 30:25 - Wins and whoopins 35:18 - Donny Pritzlaff’s all-time favorite wrestler 36:35 - NYC is a unique place to to live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rutgers head coach Scott Goodale has lead the program for 19 years and had one of the biggest wins of that span when they beat Minnesota for the first time in program history last Friday night in front of a big crowd at Jersey Mike's Arena. 1:00 - Big moments over the years for Rutgers 3:15 - Jersey Mikes Arena on Friday night 5:00 - Pep Talk! Let’s go party on these guys! 8:45 - Goodale is obsessive about dual meets, match ups, strategy 10:10 - Second half of Minnesota 11:30 - Halftime routine 12:30 - Momentum 14:20 - Winning the dual at 197 16:05 - Jersey MIke’s Arena went Bananas! 19:06 - Water dumped on coach Goodale 21:25 - - B1G Dual season is a grueling roller roaster 26:00 - Taking Rugers from no fans in a gym to 5,000 fans in an arena 29:40 - Sweat it out 32:15 - Anthony shot him down 33:35 - Wins and whoopins 35:00 - All-time favorite wrestler 36:20 - OneWord Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Casey Swiderski was an NCAA All-American at Iowa State and transferred to Oklahoma State for this season. He defeated former ISU teammate Jacob Frost last weekend as Oklahoma State beat Iowa State in their Big 12 dual. 0:40 - Casey’s introduction to wrestling and his hard-nosed dad 3:30 - Wrestling Dylan D’Emilio in the blood round 6:30 - Swiderski has swagger and wrestles with a chip on shoulder 7:30 - Looking to get your butt whooped 9:40 - Casey and Frost 10:30 - Why Casey went to Iowa State 11:30 - Why did Swiderski leave Iowa State? 15:25 - From training with dogs to training with wolves 16:30 - How Oklahoma State has helped 18:15 - Casey lost the first four matches of the season 19:30 - Oklahoma State vs Iowa State 22:05 - Pheasant hunting story 23:10 - Looking forward to the NCAA Championships 25:00 - Sweat it out 28:30 - Wins and whoopins 32:30 - Casey Swiderski’s All-Time Favorite Wrestler 34:00 - One Word Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Princeton head coach Joe Dubuque joins the show after Princeton lost the IVY MAC Rivalry dual to Rider 20-19 after losing a team point when a Princeton wrestler's headgear landed on the mat after a match. 1:00 - Princeton vs Rider the IVY MAC Rivalry 5:00 - Princeton battled injuries prior to Rider dual 7:34 - Dubuque “thanks the refs for keeping everyone safe” 8:00 - We need to use common sense 9:00 - Only sport where they can take points away 10:50 - Watching the controversy of the headgear hitting the ground 12:25 - Calling the IVY ref assigner at the end of the dual 14:45 - A point of emphasis for the referees 17:05 - There’s other ways Princeton could have won that dual 19:20 - Dubuque in his third year as head coach 22:20 - NIL, Transfers, Social Media - College athletics has changed 26:50 - Coach Dubuque still scraps, Princeton coaches all run practices 29:10 - Princeton opened the season in a great dual against Pitt 33:00 - Dubuque wants their wrestlers to be optimized for NCAAs 35:30 - Fun dual meets Dubuque wrestled in 39:00 - Sweat it out - 5 questions designed to make you sweat 42:20 - Joe Dubuque’s All-Time Favorite wrestler 45:10 - The final word Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stanford wrestler Nico Provo knocked off returning NCAA Champion Vincent Robinson of NC State over the weekend. 1:05 - Nico’s dad, brother and sister all wrestled 5:05 - Nico went to Greens Farms Academy prep school 10:00 - Development at GFA in wrestling and academics 12:50 - Effort is more important that being smart in school 14:10 - Treating an exam like a wrestling match 17:00 - Originally committed to Cornell, followed Rob Koll to Stanford 22:00 - You’ll know when you know 23:10 - NCAA Championship experiences, being unprepared 25:20 - Nico wrote a note to himself 28:25 - Rob Koll leaves Stanford, Ayres and new staff come in 30:45 - Internal health issues kept Nico out last year, no training 32:00 - Forced to the sideline, blessing in disguise 34:30 - Nico beat NCAA Champion Vincent Robinson 44:50 - Sweat It Out TRIVIA | 5 questions designed to make you sweat 49:05 - Nico Provo’s All-Time Favorite wrestler 50:10 - Wins and Whoopins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ty Snook was a Delaware state champion, he wrestled at the University of Maryland and became a member of the Delaware police department. Just before Christmas he was killed in the line of duty. Iowa assistant coach Bobby Telford was very close with Ty and the Snook family. Telford joins the show to tell stories and honor his fallen brother. 1:30 - When Bobby forst met Ty 3:00 - Ty went out a hero 4:15 - Bobby, Ty and his buddies at Tyrant Wrestling 6:50 - Ty picking Bobby up after a lossl 9:15 - Ty was the ultimate gas man! 11:15 - Ty had to work hard for success 12:20 - Ty broke his leg and won states the same year 13:30 - Snooks are salt of the Earth people 15:55 - Be a lumberjack Bobby 18:15 - Keeping in touch over the years 22:10 - Ty went into the police academy right after school 24:15 - How Ty defused a situation 28:00 - Who would you let date your sister? 29:30 - Ty Snook was the American Dream 33:20 - Club wrestling and playing together like a family 37:35 - Last time Bobby saw Ty 41:45 - Prayer for Ty’s family and thank yous Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aeoden Sinclair wrestled at Askren Wrestling Academy and values that experience. He is now a redshirt freshman at Mizzou and is ranked #2 at 184. 0:45 - Aeoden ran 7 miles this morning 1:30 - Aeoden was too rough for football, so he wrestled 3:20 - It was more fun when he got beat up less 4:10 - Meeting Askren’s & Tristan Moran 5:55 - Wrestled Mitchell Mesenbrink in state finals 8:50 - Patient Panda 11:00 - Learning from Askrens & love for AWA 17:30 - Aeoden hit a deer on the way to practice 20:30 - Recruiting and deciding on Missouri 23:00 - Crazy stories about Keegan O’Toole 26:00 - Wrestlers are funny and that makes it fun 28:30 - Disagreements and trust, you need both 30:15 - Aeoden’s redshirt year 34:15 - Wrestling 2 age groups and weight classes at the US Open 37:45 - Aeoden’s perspective on Ben getting sick over the summer 43:30 - This season is going well 46:15 - Ferrari and McEnelly at National Duals Invitational 53:25 - Attending the NCAA Championships and feeling the energy 54:45 - Sweat it out 1:01:45- All-Time favorite wrestler 1:02:50 - Wins and whoopins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jaxon Joy is a 3x state champion from Ohio who is now the #2 ranked wrestler in the NCAA at 149 for Cornell University. Last weekend he won first place at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite. 0:58 - Jaxon’s introduction to wrestling and love for it 3:40 - Wrestling loft at his parent’s house 8:15 - How did Jaxon develop his wrestling style? 9:00 - Learned penetration step and leg riding at the same time 10:00 - Cradle innovation 12:30 - Thinking about wrestling 13:25 - Recruiting process and choosing Cornell 14:50 - Training with Ian Miller helped prepare for college 17:45 - Grey shirt year after graduating high school 20:35 - First time competing overseas 21:35 - Stressing himself out over winning, lesson learned 27:40 - Expectations 30:00 - Assessing his performance at CKLV 31:30 - Tech fall over Kaleb Larkin 32:35 - Watching his CKLV finals match 36:40 - Boost of confidence, finally winning a big tournament 40:00 - Sweat it out - 5 questions designed to make you sweat 43:10 - All-time favorite wrestler 43:45 - Wins and whoopins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MJ Gaitan is a 2x NCAA qualifier at Iowa State. He recently had a big win over Patrick Kennedy in the CyHawk dual which helped propel Iowa State over Iowa for the first time since 2004. 0:50 - MJ did jiu jitsu first, then started wrestling 3:10 - MJ made a big jump and went all in on wrestling during COVID 8:15 - Gaitan made a break through at Super 32 9:30 - How MJ developed his tricky/funky style 13:20 - Committing to CBU, eventually deciding on Iowa State 15:45 - Wrestling at NCAAs and the blood round on Friday night 19:50 - The CyHawk rivalry 23:45 - The chirping at Carver 26:30 - What Gaitan was doing all dual meet 30:10 - Gameplan for Patrick Kennedy 31:45 - Scrambling and beating Kennedy 34:40 - Stalling to send it to overtime 37:50 - Forget the big win and start to focus on Vegas 39:15 - Confidence boost 40:40 - Sweat it out 44:35 - All-time favorite wrestler 45:00 - Wins and whoopins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaleb Larkin is a redshirt sophomore at Arizona State University. He is taking college wrestling by storm and is currently ranked #2 at 149. 0:45 - Wrestling in first home dual at ASU 2:00 - Early years during his dad’s Sunkist practices 4:00 - Dad as his youth coach and work arounds to that 6:00 - Valiant Prep 7:30 - Kaleb didn’t fall into love with wrestling until 11th grade 10:50 - Getting into ASU room and wrestling at Bill Farrell were big 12:00 - Training a lot without competing a lot 14:00 - Thinking about wrestling when off the mat 15:20 - Knowing the positions and not being stressed 16:15 - Wrestling hard in positions that matter 18:35 - When Kaleb started to beat his dad, a Hodge Trophy winner 22:00 - Injuries 23:30 - Kaleb likes college wrestling and longer matches 24:50 - Wrestling Lachlan McNeil at National Duals 26:00 - Never pressure to win, just pressure to wrestle hard 31:40 - CKLV on the horizon 32:30 - Attending NCAAs in the past 33:27 - Adam Satiev is his all-time favorite wrestler 34:30 - Wins and whoopins 36:35 - Optimum level of arousal 37:45 - Kaleb is big for 149 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State freshman Ben Davino had an impressive weekend at National Duals which included a win over 2x NCAA finalist Drake Ayala of Iowa in the finals which helped propel the Buckeyes over the Hawkeyes for first place. 0:40 - Ben started wrestling at the age of 5-6 and cried a lot 2:45 - Consistency and always showing up 3:50 - Goals and state titles 4:55 - COVID and missing the 8th grade state championship 6:40 - Development during COVID and the barn tournament 9:10 - Going in on freestyle 10:00 - Experience at U17 World Championships 13:20 - Rebounding from Worlds at WNO 14:00 - Recruiting process 16:15 - Adjusting to college wrestling 17:00 - Deciding to redshirt 19:30 - Improving mentally 21:15 - Mental reps are just as important for improving 23:00 - Watching his practices afterward 24:00 - National Duals 25:55 - Prepping for Iowa and Drake Ayala 27:00 - Learning to keep things simple 29:00 - Watching Bouzakis get a pin against Iowa 30:50 - Breaking down his win over Drake Ayala 36:55 - Dual meets are awesome! 39:10 - What makes Jesse Mendez great? 41:30 - Potential eventual match with Lucas Byrd 42:50 - Feeling fresh all season 44:30 - All-time favorite wrestler 45:50 - Wins and whoopins #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trent Hidlay and Parker Keckeisen have wrestled three times and gone back and forth. Their alma maters, NC State and UNI, will wrestle first round at National Duals. The two talk about their history on the mat and the upcoming first round dual. 1:10 - Parker was runner up at Bill Farrell over the weekend in NYC 2:35 - Trent got McDonalds breakfast last time he wrestled in NYC 4:00 - Trent says it’s not fun wrestling against Parker 6:30 - Parker on what it’s like to wrestle Trent 9:25 - Trent and Parker preparing for each other 12:20 - Trent has wrestled several UNI Panthers 14:00 - Memorable college dual meets for Trent and Parker 20:00 - Who could have a breakthrough performance? 25:45 - Where is there upset potential? 29:50 - Trent’s John Gunderson story, strongest man alive 31:40 - 125 lbs Trever Andersen vs Vincent Robinson 34:15 - The throwing the headgear rule will be highly emphasized 35:45 - Predictions for NC State vs UNI 39:20 - Predictions - Who wins the whole thing? 41:40 - Competing well together as a team 45:00 - Watching their teams wrestle this weekend, Trent will be on the call #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zack Ryder won four NY state titles who skipped his senior year of high school to train at M2 Training Center in PA. He went on to wrestle at Penn State for a year before transferring to Oklahoma State. 1:00 - Three older sisters beat up Zack growing up 3:45 - Zack got hooked in 8th grade 4:45 - 7th grade Ryder sister changed the law 5:10 - Lost to Stevo in 7th grade state finals 6:20 - Zack met David Taylor and eventually moved to train at M2 his senior year 9:15 - Penn State was a no brainer 10:45 - Maturing at Penn State 11:45 - Rocco Welsh coming to PSU 13:00 - Transferring to Oklahoma State 14:20 - Zack finally learning how to wrestle 15:45 - How much does Zack think about wrestling? 17:25 - Developing and learning quickly 18:20 - Predicted he would major Jaxon Smith 19:00 -Watching Zack Ryder vs Jaxon Smith 27:45 - National Duals 28:15 - Potential match between Ryder and Angelo Ferrari 30:30 - Amazing training partners in Stillwater 31:30 - Stilly Boys 34:30 - Did Pyles leave Ryder hanging? 35:25 - What Zack learned at All-Star Classic? 36:00 - No longer win by 1 38:00 - Nicknames! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kylie Welker just won a U23 world title for Team USA. She also is the main character in the series HAWKEYES: The First Season With Iowa Women's Wrestling. 0:45 - Another world title 1:30 - Won her 2nd senior World Bronze, a little disappointed 2:55 - First international trip 5:00 - Kylie finally has her process down! 8:00 - Kylie can flip that switch and be mean 10:10 - Was very confident she would win U23 gold 11:00 - Watching her Gold medal match 14:40 - Kylie will take some time off the mat 17:20 - Being followed by cameras all season 19:20 - The dramatic final scene in HAWKEYES! 23:40 - Being vulnerable and sharing personal things 26:30 - Lilly Luft’s story was heart wrenching 28:15 - Watched episode 2 in Serbia one day before World Championships 28:58 - Kylie is dating Austin Gomez 29:30 - Ella Schmit is goofy as they come! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Askren continues to make progress. He updates us on his recovery, talks building a club/business, National Duals, coaching philosophies and more. 0:40 - Had a great workout and more good days than bad 3:00 - How sensitive is his chest/scar? 4:20 - Coaching from the chair 6:15 - AWA success, make the kids enjoy it 8:55 - Don’t cut any/much weight 10:00 - Don’t over compete 10:50 - LIttle to no 8th grade national success 12:15 - Mitchell Mesenbrink, take days off 13:20 - Making the wrestling room a place they love being in 14:00 - Dan Gable philosophy was meant for adults 16:20 - “They don’t go hard enough” (Stand up to the parents) 17:35 - Reading athletes and knowing what they need 19:15 - Adults talking to adults vs adults talking to kids 21:35 - Sinclair vs Ferrari at National Duals 23:44 - RAF02 28:50 - If you build it they will come 33:50 - RIP Duke Rufus #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wyatt Hendrickson won and NCAA title, won the Hodge Trophy and make the US World Team. He fell short and Worlds and learned a big lesson this summer which will take him far. 1:00 - Dustin Plott bruised his face 1:30 - Reaction to FloFilm “The Year of Wyatt Hendrickson” 2:25 - Wrestling camps, hectic schedule, not ideal situation 4:00 - Subtle art of not giving a F#%K 5:00 - Not sleeping before Worlds, questioning himself and doubting 5:55 - Head pinch instead of go-behind 6:45 - Camps vs training 7:45 - RTC coaches treat you like an adult, let you make decisions 9:30 - Wyatt would do it all again the same way 11:50 - Put too much pressure and expectation on himself 12:45 - Should have reached out for some emotional support 15:00 - Comparing this situation to sophomore year NCAAs 17:30 - Always room to learn more 19:20 - Remember how you feel right now 22:00 - NCAA vs Worlds lead up and training 23:00 - 2025, Wyatt’s freshman year on senior level 25:00 - Wyatt’s whole next year is mapped out 27:15 - No one else cares. Wyatt was in his own head 28:45 - Wyatt needs to have fun and be easy going. He wasn’t that way at Worlds 33:00 - RTC athletes don’t micro manage, this was Wyatt’s fault 35:50 - This is Wyatt’s first interview since Worlds, finally ready to be honest 38:45 - Wyatt’s advice; watch the losses and learn from your mistakes #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trent Hidlay just won a UWW World title at 92kg. He was a 2x NCAA runner-up and a 5x All-American for NC State. 0:45 - Has it set in yet? 2:20 - Best seats in the house for WWE RAW 5:30 - Trent first wanting to be a world champ 8:20 - Age level world experience 10:40 - Always the bridesmaid, never quite first place 14:44 - Confidence and mental process 18:40 - Calm down before the match 21:20 - Princeton match where Trent learned about approach “messy, not perfect” 24:00 - Competition anxiety and 2021 US Open 26:55 - The pressure of folkstyle and college wrestling 29:00 - Only brothers to be 5x NCAA All-Americans 29:50 - Ramping up for World Championships, being a leader 31:50 - Big fan, looking at brackets and the Worlds 34:50 - The gameplan for the finals 35:30 - Watching the World Gold medal match 50:50 - Reflecting on all the losses after the big win 52:25 - Not making results your identity 55:35 - The match represents Trent and his whole career 56:45 - Olympic weight for 2028 57:30 - What’s next and competition schedule 59:15 - Payday for winning Worlds! #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zahid Valencia is fresh off a world title where he dominated the field going unscored upon through the entire tournament. 1:00 - Zahid vs Dean Heil 89lbs at Tulsa 2:30 - Feeling less pressure to be the best, doing it for himself 4:13 - High school freshman Zahid interview 6:10 - Consistency 9:00 - Prepping for Ghasempour 10:30 - Zahid breaks down World semifinal vs Ghasempour 20:15 - Zahid wants to wrestle a lot of matches this next year 21:30 - The Final Word #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is this CLAW Wrestling League all about? Eric Brugel was an All-American at Penn State and is one of the founders of the professional wrestling league CLAW. 0:45 - World Championships & Penn State talk 2:00 - How CLAW got started 3:45 - Modified rules 4:50 - Pylon on the mat 7:40 - Matches are four rounds, every point counts 9:00 - Match points and team points 12:35 - We call stalling FAST 14:20 - All dual meets, willing to explore new concepts “Half ton challenge” 19:00 - CLAW draft 19:40 - Upcoming events 21:00 - Athletes getting paid 22:00 - How to make CLAW sustainable 24:15 - Dual meets are exciting 27:20 - General managers 28:30 - Adapt innovate Market (AIM) 31:25 - Fantasy wrestling 34:00 - 15% in NCAA pins come from top/bottom wrestling 38:40 - More action, more scoring, more strategy #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Max McEnelly was 3rd at the NCAAs as a freshman this year for Minnesota. He recently won Gold at the UWW U20 World Championships at 86kg. He will start off the NCAA season ranked #1 at 184. 0:50 - Quit hockey to start wrestling 2:10 - Football was Max’s favorite sport 3:10 - Winning Fargo put wrestling at #1 4:45 - 7th & 8th grade state qualifier 6:15 - Huge jump in weight 7:35 - Freshman state champ 8:55 - Expectations going into college 9:40 - Minnesota all the way 12:00 - Carter Starocci 15:40 - NCAA Semifinals atmosphere 16:35 - Watching his semifinal vs Parker Keckeisen 18:50 - Battle back for third 21:30 - Won Fargo in his 3rd freestyle tournament 22:38 - Setting a goal to be world champion 23:55 - Watching U20 Gold medal match 34:40 - Rolling back into the college season 36:05 - Angelo Ferrari 38:30 - Wins and whoopins 40:25 - All-time favorite wrestler #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luke Stanich just won a U20 World title at 65kg. He was an All-American for Lehigh University and has three years of eligibility left. 1:00 - Introduction to wrestling 5:00 - Taking wrestling to the next level 7:30 - Stages of goal setting 10:00 - Recruiting and going to Lehigh 13:05 - Really good at re-attacks 15:10 - Freestyle wrestling 16:55 - Stanich was confident he would make the team and win worlds 18:30 - Wrestling overseas 20:15 - Climbing a ski slope in Bulgaria 21:30 - Huge comeback from down 8-0 at Worlds! 35:00 - Luke has his own custom shoes! 36:05 - Bunch of funny tattoos 38:30 - Wins and whoopins 40:50 - All-time favorite wrestler #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American Top Team's head MMA coach Mike Brown was a state champion in Maine, wrestled in college at Norwich University before beginning his MMA career where he became the WEC Featherweight Champion. 1:10 - Mike Brown wrestled and LOVED it, hs state champ, college wrestler 3:55 - UFC tape brought Mike to college wrestling 6:20 - MMA training and his first fight 10:10 - Mike didn’t fight growing up, but was fascinated by it 12:10 - Becoming the champion 16:35 - After you’re not the champion anymore 18:15 - Time to retire 19:30 - We had to fight for the money 20:00 - Coach Mike Brown 21:20 - Steve Mocco 24:30 - Bo Nickal 29:25 - Askren-Masvidal and coaching teammates 33:45 - NCAA Wrestlers not as dominant in MMA 38:50 - How to become the best MMA fighter from a young age 40:00 - Aaron Pico 41:00 - The evolution of the MMA industry 42:40 - This SHOULD be the biggest sport in the world 45:30 - Mike Brown the wrestling fan 47:10 - Wins and whoopins 53:00 - All-Time favorite wrestler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American Top Team's head MMA coach Mike Brown was a state champion in Maine, wrestled in college at Norwich University before beginning his MMA career where he became the WEC Featherweight Champion. 1:10 - Mike Brown wrestled and LOVED it, hs state champ, college wrestler 3:55 - UFC tape brought Mike to college wrestling 6:20 - MMA training and his first fight 10:10 - Mike didn’t fight growing up, but was fascinated by it 12:10 - Becoming the champion 16:35 - After you’re not the champion anymore 18:15 - Time to retire 19:30 - We had to fight for the money 20:00 - Coach Mike Brown 21:20 - Steve Mocco 24:30 - Bo Nickal 29:25 - Askren-Masvidal and coaching teammates 33:45 - NCAA Wrestlers not as dominant in MMA 38:50 - How to become the best MMA fighter from a young age 40:00 - Aaron Pico 41:00 - The evolution of the MMA industry 42:40 - This SHOULD be the biggest sport in the world 45:30 - Mike Brown the wrestling fan 47:10 - Wins and whoopins 53:00 - All-Time favorite wrestler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Troy Nickerson was and NCAA Champion at Cornell then coached the Finger Lakes Wrestling Club in Ithaca. From there he went on to be an assistant at Iowa State before becoming the head coach at Northern Colorado. This summer he was announced as the new head coach at Army West Point. 0:45 - Troy just moved in to his new house 1:30 - Co-head coach of Finger Lakes Club at Cornell 5:00 - Time and dedication it takes to be a good coach, 80-90 hours a week 6:25 - Differences between Cor nell and Iowa State, scholarships 9:10 - Importance of donor relationships 10:20 - Kyven Gadson losing his father 13:30 - Originally was not interested in UNC head job 15:20 - Early mistakes at UNC 18:55 - Troy heard from Associate AD at West Point 20:00 - What makes West Point different? 21:25 - Don’t want to work for the man, want to be the man. Set up for life 25:30 - Setting goals 27:35 - Military training during the summer 30:00 - West Point is the original NIL 32:00 - Wins and whoopins 34:40 - All-time favorite wrestler 35:30 - HS senior photo and frosted tips! 37:05 - BEAT NAVY #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Izzy Martinez is working with Real American Freestyle to bring their first card to Cleveland, OH on August 30. 1:00 - RIP Hulk Hogan 3:00 - Izzy meets Hulk, then Chad Bronstein 10:40 - How can RAF avoid pitfalls of other pro leagues 14:30 - Showmanship 15:30 - Belt and champion system and match ups 19:20 - Two small freestyle rule changes 22:25 - Match bonuses 26:00 - Jordan Burroughs? 27:15 - Ben Askren 31:30 - Future RAF events 33:00 - Measuring success 38:45 - Main event 40:00 - Real American Beer and an after party #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zahid Valencia beat Kyle Dake at the US Open and then again in two straight matches at Final X and will wrestle for Team USA at the World Championships. 1:25 - Simple life in Stillwater, OK and Cowboy RTC 3:30 - Deepest waters Zahid goes to in training 4:30 - DT, coaching and training partners 7:20 - The mental game and tactics 9:20 - Wrestling Dake in 2018 at Final X 12:00 - Keeping it light 15:30 - Zahid vs Dake at Final X 2025 23:45 - 2018 vs 2025 26:00 - Focus on wrestling at practice, but not a lot otherwise 27:40 - Preparing for the rest of the world 29:20 - The great wrestling minds meet at the Olympic Training Center #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Bader gives an update on Ben's current situation from going into the hospital in Nevada, to getting transported back to Wisconsin and eventually getting on the transplant list. It's time for the wrestling community to rally around a man who has given so much to this sport. DONATE - https://t.co/IAfq4TwPM0 Rudis Shirts | All proceeds go to medical and transplant costs - https://t.co/CaYDn0Fkh7 0:55 - Going into the hospital in Nevada 8:00 - Transport flight 10:20 - Wisconsin hospital 12:25 - Ben woke up! 14:45 - Ben is listed 17:00 - Astronomical costs associated with lung transplant 25:30 - Share your Ben stories #BenAskren #TheBaderShow #AskrenStories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vito Arujau won a world title in 2023 and was bronze in 2024 at 61kg. He will wrestle Jax Forrest in a delayed Final X wrestle-off on July 14 in Fargo, ND. 1:00 - Vito’s reaction to Final X results 5:55 - Long layoff since 2024 World Championships 9:15 - Delaying Final X series with Jax Forrest 12:55 - Being the hunter vs hunted 16:10 - Preparing for Jax Forrest 18:50 - Training with Anthony Knox 20:00 - Masanosuke Ono 26:00 - Trying to win second NCAA title and now second World title Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jax Forrest recently won the US Open in the men's senior division as just a junior in high school. He will wrestle Vito Arujau in a best of three series on July 14 with the winner to represent the United States at the World Championships this fall. 0:30 - Started wrestling at 5 years old 1:40 - Jax called his own pin 2:40 - Relationship with dad hooked him on wrestling 5:30 - How does Jax develop so quickly? 7:30 - Wrestling at restaurants and odd places 8:30 - Bishop McCort 10:20 - College recruiting process 14:00 - Slowing things down on the mat 15:20 - Folkstyle vs freestyle 16:00 - 2025 US Open 20:40 - Jax watches US Open finals vs Seth Gross 31:50 - What if…. U20’s? 33:10 - Lee Roper 34:30 - Vito is up next 37:20 - Vito series pushed back a month 39:40 - Wins and whoopins 42:50 - Jax all-time favorite wrestler #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trent Hidlay was a 2x NCAA runner-up for NC State. In April he won the US Open at 92kg and will be wrestling Josh Barr at Final X. 1:30 - Becoming a wrestling commentator 5:10 - Being a wrestler vs being a fan of wrestling 6:45 - A lot more free time with wrestling freestyle full time 9:45 - Trent likes freestyle better 12:15 - You can’t just gas out the foreigners 13:45 - Wrestling with emotion 15:20 - It’s cool care so much you give your max effort 17:35 - Trent needs to lay off the intensity sometimes 20:20 - Moving up to 92kg 26:00 - Trent breaks down his US Open finals match 35:50 - When Trent thought US Open title was possible 37:45 - Watching the World Team Trials and Josh Barr 40:45 - Difference between environments at US Open vs Pan Ams 44:10 - Real American Freestyle 46:35 - Trent’s all-time favorite wrestler 48:45 - Trent would fight his brother Hayden at practice #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yianni Diakomihalis is a 4x NCAA Champion from Cornell, he was a 2022 World Silver medalist and will be wrestling PJ Duke at Final X on June 14, 2025. 1:00 - Yianni’s dad has coached him forever 3:05 - Dad fell ill Yianni's senior year of college 8:40 - Toughest parts of dad being sick 12:35 - 2024 Olympic Trials and weight issues 16:10 - Did Yianni consider retiring? 20:00 - Bumping up to 70kg 23:05 - PSA about the advantage/disadvantages of cutting weight 27:27 - Takatani told Yianni “I just didn’t want to lose weight” 29:00 - Yianni vs James Green at the US Open 38:15 - PJ Duke 42:45 - A lot of turnover in USA Wrestling this year 48:44 - Yianni’s all-time favorite wrestler 51:07 - Practicing a different style 53:20 - Yianni’s takes on Vito vs Jax and Dake vs Zahid 55:08 - Carr vs Mesenbrink 57:10 - Real American Freestyle - Hulk Hogan, call Yianni! #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nahshon Garrett didn't start wrestling until high school and was a 4x All-American and NCAA Champion for Cornell. in 2018 he won Final X at 61kg and just recently announced his retirement from the sport. 1:20 - Early career 2:40 - 103 pound Nahshon match video 5:40 - Expectations and confidence 8:50 - Wrestling at Beat The Streets in 2014 11:50 - Nahshon’s FloFilm 18:00 - Becoming an NCAA Champion 24:15 - 2018 Final X vs Joe Colon 31:20 - What will Nahshon chase next? 33:50 - Going to finally live with his wife 37:20 - Retirement was premeditated 41:20 - Nahshon on Jax Forrest 43:00 - Nahshon vs Jax Forrest 48:20 - Nahshon on Vito vs Jax at Final X 51:20 - Folkstyle or freestyle? 53:50 - What’s next for Nahshon 58:00 - All-time favorite wrestler 1:00:00 - Memorable win, whoopins and opponents 1:13:30 - The Usual Suspects: Gross, Gilman, Megaludis, Ramos, Colon etc. #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nico Megaludis was a 4x All-American and NCAA Champion at Penn State. He went on to have a solid senior level career and just retired after the US Open last weekend. 0:55 - Feeling of retirement 1:55 - Nico’s first match ever 5:00 - Nico’s amazing coaching and training situations 10:00 - Cael to PSU caught Nico’s eye 13:50 - Cael’s “cheesy” daily speech, are actually meaningful 17:55 - The year Penn State red shirted everyone 21:50 - Pressure of never having won it going into senior year 26:20 - Nico knew this would be his last year competing 29:50 - Nico has trained with Jack Forrest a bunch 34:10 - Nico’s favorite wrestler of all-time 36:30 - Favorite/memorable/good/bad matches over a career 42:45 - Talking through competitors: Delgado, Gilman, Gross, Nahshon, 45:00 - Spencer Lee, teammate and then competitor 52:00 - What is Nico most proud of from his career 53:45 - Nico punished himself with a workout after losing at Nittany Lion Open 56:40 - What wrestling has taught Nico Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iowa's Kennedy Blades names Women's College Wrestler of the Year! 2:05 - The 8 finalists for Women’s College Wrestler of the Year 3:00 - And the winner is….. Kennedy Blades, University of Iowa 4:25 - Kennedy’s reaction to winning 6:40 - Going from Olympics to college 8:50 - Kylie Welker from rival to teammate 11:30 - Decision to go down to 68kg 16:30 - Traveling with college team vs traveling internationally 18:40 - Iowa coaching influences 22:00 - Being a role model 24:30 - Kennedy Blades’ all-time favorite wrestler 28:30 - Kennedy Blades will be at the US Open on April 24-25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Robinson won an NCAA title as a freshman at NC State #thebadershow 0:30 - Transfer Portal News! 1:50 - Harvey Twisters 5:48 - Getting hooked on wrestling 8:15 - Losing state finals in 9th grade 11:15 - Harvey Twisters can change lives 13:30 - Recruiting to NC State 16:00 - Adjusting to college life 17:30 - Two T-bone steaks before U23, whoops! 21:00 - Expectations for start of last season 24:00 - 2025 NCAA Championships 29:00 - Winning semifinals then cutting weight 32:15 - Wrestling Troy Spratley in the finals 35:38 - Watching clip vs Spratley in the finals 38:15 - Backflip celebration 41:40 - Got a tattoo sleeve right before NCAAs (close up look at it) 44:00 - Vince Robinson all-time favorite wrestler 45:44 - Wins and whoopins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wyatt Hendrickson just upset Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson in the NCAA finals. It was one of the greatest upsets in NCAA history. 1:15 - Shaved the mustache 2:15 - 2022 NCAAs, over confident 6:20 - 2023 NCAAs 8:48 - Rate of improvement in a world class program 10:50 - Roles have reversed vs Coach Taylor 12:20 - Controlled chaos 14:40 - Zero focus on Gable or Kerkvliet 17:00 - Being an “iPad kid” ignoring the environment 19:00 - Approach for Gable and Kerkvliet 20:50 - Wyatt during Hamiti’s final 24:20 - Mindset to beat Gable Steveson 25:40 - Gable crowding Wyatt before the match 28:55 - Watching the final takedown over Gable Steveson 31:50 - The gravity and history of the upset 34:15 - Cinderella Story and the President of the United States 36:30 - Life changed overnight 38:30 - Merchandise forthcoming 39:20 - Wyatt will be at the US Open, eyes 2028 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sammy Sasso recently retired from college wrestling. He was a 2x NCAA runner up for Ohio State who suffered a gunshot wound in 2023. He made a comeback this season but wasn't able to get back to his prime form. 1:10 - Back in the wrestling room 2:30 - Progression from PT to wrestling 5:30 - The nerve damage was the toughest part 7:45 - Belief he will be back 10:25 - Getting back in the Buckeye line up 11:45 - Deciding to hang it up 13:38 - Freestyle in the future? 17:05 - Having good perspective 18:20 - Tough times 19:35 - Reflecting on time in the hospital 22:30 - NCAA Championships 24:10 - Watching Mendez win NCAAs 26:00 - Sasso wants to coach college 27:26 - Sasso’s coaching attributes 29:40 - Struggle and growth 32:12 - All time favorite Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2x NCAA Champion and U20 World Champion David Carr joins the show after his recent win over reigning Olympic silver medalist Daichi Takatani of Japan. 1:58 - Nate Carr story 5:35 - First NCAA’s as a fan 6:30 - 1st NCAA Championships 9:50 - Target on back, being scouted 11:55 - Adversity presents you to yourself 13:03 - The Keegan O’Toole rivalry 23:40 - Freestyle only focus now 26:45 - Prepping for Takatani 27:45 - David Carr vs Daichi Takatani 38:15 - US Open and beyond  39:20 - All-time favorite Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2022 World Team member and 2018 NCAA Champion Seth Gross joins the show to talk about his upcoming match against Austin DeSanto at FloWrestling Night In America on February 26. 1:50 - Seth Gross update, Mat Pack wrestling club 4:30 - Teaching new kids vs college kids 8:36 - Seth’s unorthodox style 11:40 - Seth’s training, like mma fight camp 14:05 - College vs senior level, patience 19:15 - Austin DeSanto 21:10 - Watching 2023 vs DeSanto 32:00 - Lee vs Ono 35:40 - Injury right before 2024 Olympic Trials 37:15 - Seth Gross’ all-time favorite wrestler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the fifth episode of The Dual we start with the Hawkeyes finally pulling even with Iowa State for the first time all dual, knotted 16-16. It all comes down to heavyweight where Heropoulos of Iowa State is up from 190 and Iowa's Sidlinger is just coming off of a football bowl game for the Hawkeyes. Winner take all with the dual meet on the line! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices