The Bader Show

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...

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 lin...

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 fo...

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...

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....

Austin Gomez was an All-American at Wisconsin, and NCAA runner-up and Michigan and wrestled in the Olympics for Mexico. He joins the show to talk about his transition to Mexico, beating Nick Lee at the Olympic Qualifier and his upcoming bout with Bryce Andonian at FloWrestling Night In America. 1:15 - Wrestling for Mexico 6:00 - RBY and Team Mexico 7:47 - First Olympic memories & Olympic qualifier...

Bader and Reid dive back into the series as things start to heat up in the dual meet. We get some background on so many of the wrestlers who grew up competing and training together in the Iowa wrestling circuit. Many of them became friends in little league and remain close to this day. On the mat, Iowa State lead Iowa 16-5 but Iowa had big hitters taking to the mat in Marty Kistler, Ricco Chiappar...

Former head coach at Iowa State Jim Gibbons and 2x NCAA Champion for the Iowa Hawkeyes Royce Alger are in studio guests to give first hand accounts of all the action and drama that went down on that fateful night in 1986 in one of the most epic dual meets to ever take place! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We get into the second episode where Iowa State has a 6-0 lead in the team score after a big upset pin of the Hawkeyes at 118. This episodes dives deep into 126, 134 and 142. A big match at 126 between Brad Penrith of Iowa and Bill Kelly keeps the excitement of the meet going. Gable lays the hammer down as he makes a couple of his wrestlers run the arena stairs after losing. We get into two matche...

#1 Iowa vs #2 Iowa State in 1986 is one of the most epic and legendary dual meets of all time. THE DUAL is a 6 part series that dives deep this dual meet. Flo's Mark Bader and Reid Connell sit down to talk about episode one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2x NCAA All-American from Nebraska Ridge Lovett joins the show on the heels of a big major decision win over Penn State's Shayne Van Ness. 0:45 - Starting at Team real life & getting hooked 4:15 - Setting lofty goals from a young age 6:30 - Getting recruited while at Cadet Worlds 10:00 - Jordan Burroughs and James Green 12:10 - Mentality and progression 14:15 - Holding back 16:45 - Optimal level o...

Bo Bassett joins the show to talk about the personal brand he has grown and the public recruiting process he is going through. 1:02 - Building a brand via social media 4:21 - Hiccup during mindset webinar 6:00 - The recruiting process and graphics 10:30 - Recruiting trips 14:30 - Making cuts to the recruiting list 16:20 - Learning business 17:30 - Posting and accountability 19:30 - Timeline on pic...

Alex Clemsen is the head coach at University of Maryland and they just had their biggest win under his leadership last weekend knocking off #10 Michigan. 1:30 - The belief and vision in Maryland  5:20 - Light bulbs went off at Tuesday practice  7:55 - Breaking down the Michigan dual 11:40 - Concede the tech falll 14:40 - Celebrating a big win 17:50 - Clemson’s exchange Casey Cunningham 22:11 - Imp...

Meyer Shapiro is a U20 World gold medalist and NCAA All-American from Cornell. He joins the show to chat about his journey through wrestling, his U20 world title and his run at the 2024 NCAA Championships as a freshman. 1:00 - Getting hooked, learning levels to this 6:27 - High School and Wyoming Seminary 11:03 - Recruiting unraveled fast 16:11 - Folkstyle or freestyle 19:00 - U20 World finals 30:...

Olympic Gold medalist, 2x NCAA Champion and 2x Hodge Trophy winner Gable Steveson joins the show to chat about WWE, NFL, his return to college wrestling and more. 0:01 - 2023 Final X but not worlds 0:02 - The WWE 0:04 - WWE training 0:09 - Football 0:16 - Comparing WWE, Football and Wrestling 0:19 - College wrestling  0:23 - Progressing back to optimal wrestling 0:29 - Freestyle wrestling 0:33 - M...

Wyatt was a 2x NCAA 3rd place finisher at Air Force Academy. After graduating from AFA he transferred to Oklahoma State where he is wrestling for David Taylor. 0:01 - Hunting and training 0:03 - Getting hurt in the world finals 0:07 - Special exemption to transfer 0:12 - Recruiting process , only original visit was OSU 0:14 - Rumors about DT 0:15 - Wyatt wanted to quit in 8th grade 0:20 - Adjustme...

Chance Marsteller joins the show one day after his FloFilm, CHANCE, premiered worldwide. 0:01 - The response to the film 0:03 - Helping at least one person 0:06 - Go through this so others don't have to 0:13 - Asking for help 0:17 - Stuffing down his trauma 0:20 - Favorite FloFilm 0:24 - Can you make it back? 0:28 - Getting clean 0:33 - How to handle this with his kids 0:38 - Public speaking oppor...

Lock Haven head coach Scott Moore joins the show to talk about his own career, Chance Marsteller and coaching at Lock Haven. 0:01 - Growing up wrestling in PA 0:04 - Going to Penn State 0:10 - Prolific pinner 0:15 - 51-1, 34 pins 0:20 - Interim head coach at Lock Haven 0:25 - Chance Marsteller 0:36 - Chance seemed done 0:40 - Chance as a coach 0:47 - Final word Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Reece Humphrey is a 3x World Team member and current coach at Princeton and the NJRTC. 0:01 - The Genre podcast and music 0:03 - U23 world championships 0:08 - Jordan Burroughs 0:14 - Japan’s Ono 0:18 - Coaching coaches 0:28 - Upcoming Chance Marsteller film Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2024 Olympic gold medalist Amit Elor joins the show. 0:01 - Life changes 0:06 - WWE 0:09 - Olympic process 0:11 - Burnout 0:17 - Rising to the occasion 0:21 - Olympics vs Worlds 0:30 - Paris weight cut 0:33 - Winning gold 0:48 - Paris was happiest two weeks of her life 0:50 - FloFilm about Amit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Nolf, 3x NCAA Champion from Penn State, moved to Texas and joins Bader in the studio to unpack a bunch of topics. 0:02 - Moving to Texas, bjj, business and Nolfpack 0:08 - 11th grade Jason Nolf interview 0:17 - Loving being in the wrestling room 0:22 - Different types of wrestling training 0:25 - Wrestling to get better vs wrestling to win  0:30 - Nolf liked folkstyle more 0:33 - Hayden Hidl...

NCAA champion Parker Keckeisen joins the show to talk about his upcoming main event match against Carter Starocci at the NWCA All-Star Classic on November 16. 0:01 - Askren brothers 0:08 - Snug Life 0:12 - Identity 0:16 - Dominance, surrender results 0:18 - Sticking to the game plan 0:21 - Carter Starocci 0:31 - Top 3 favorite wrestlers 0:33 - Wins and whoopins 0:36 - Joke Time Learn more about yo...

Johnni DiJulius joins in a wildly entertaining show discussing his Ayahausca celebration and role in Anthony Robles' movie, "Unstoppable". 0:03 - Ayahausca retreat 0:19 - Conversation w his dead mother 0:27 - Does Johnni have a job? 0:31 - Playing Matt McDonough in Unstoppable Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3x NCAA Champion and Hodge Trophy winner Alex Dieringer joins the show to talk about his recent retirement from wrestling. 0:00 - Welcome to retirement 0:02 - Getting hooked on wrestling 0:07 - Recruiting process 0:10 - Grapple on the gridiron 0:13 - DSJ 0:14 - Thiekle & Ringers 0:18 - Golden era 0:22 - 2019 Final X vs Dake 0:24 - JB 0:27 - Retirement 0:32 - Sergei & Smith 0:36 - International tra...

2024 NCAA Champion Caleb Henson of Virginia Tech joins the show. 0:01 - Getting hooked 0:05 - Fan of wrestling 0:08 - Recruiting process 0:10 - Expectations 0:14 - Mental training 0:15 - Injury before ACC’s 0:22 - Not on the mat before ACCs 0:30 - NCAA finals 0:40- Wins and whoopins 0:44 - Joke time Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices