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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Hidlay NCAA semifinal 0:38 - Beating Jordan Burroughs at the Trials 0:46 - Dake joining the NLWC 0:51...

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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 travel 0:40 - Folk vs free 0:43 - Michigan recruiting coordinator 0:45 - Wins and...

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

Olympic bronze medalist Kennedy Blades joins the show to talk about her impressive performance out in Paris as well as her move to compete for the Iowa Hawkeyes. 0:01 - First Olympic memory 0:03 - Adeline Gray 2023 0:06 - Transferring To Iowa 0:11 - 2024 Olympic Trials vs Adeline 0:14 - Nerves can take away all the hard work 0:15 - U23 Worlds injury got in her head 0:23 - Gold medal match 0:29 - MMA eventually? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Northern Iowa All-American Ryan Loder just won The Ultimate Fighter reality show and joins Bader to talk about his experience with it along with some memories of Doug Schwab and West Gym. 0:01 - Doug Schwab 0:04 - West Gym 0:07 - MMA interest from COVID 0:16 - Training and evolving in MMA 0:23 - Taking a loss 0:25 - The Ultimate Fighter 0:49 - Wins and whoopins 0:52 - The final word Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donny Pritzlaff was named head coach of Columbia University and joins the show to talk about his college rivalry with Joe Heskett, his past coaching career and what is ahead for him and the Columbia University wrestling team. 0:02 - Joe Heskett 0:05 - Andrew Howe 0:07 - Howe vs Burroughs 0:14 - Thought he would be Wisconsin head coach 0:16 - Michigan vs Rutgers 0:20 - Head coach, finally 0:24 - Learning from Cornell 0:28 - Columbia coaching staff Buxton, Rivera 0:30 - NYCRTC and Kendall...

Northern Iowa assistant coach and wrestling junkie Lee Roper joins the show to talk about all things from the 2024 Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The new Oklahoma State recruiting coordinator joins the show to talk about his time at Penn State under Cael Sanderson, coaching experience and new role with David Taylor at Oklahoma State. 0:01 - Arriving in Stillwater 0:02 - Wrestling at Penn State 0:04 - Coaching gap at PSU 0:06 - Cael taking over at Penn State 0:14 - Cael agreed to wrestle at Worlds 2011 0:26 - The Penn State Dynasty 0:27 - Coaching at West Point 0:33 - UPenn associate head coach 0:37 - Relationship with David Taylor 0:43...

Joe Rau competed in his third straight Olympic Trials finals, winning in three matches over Alan Vera and earning his first trip to compete in the Olympic Games. 0:01 - getting hooked 0:05 - first world team 0:06 - 2016 olympic trials champion, no olympics 0:10 - just want to go to olympics 0:14 - Pan Ams and COVID momentum stopped 0:16 - 2021 controversy and retiring 0:19 - Lying to myself about retiring 0:24 - peace heading into 2024 trials 0:28 - Olympic Trials 2024, 2 out of 3 0:40 -...

The 4x B1G Champion and 4x All-American from Iowa joins the show after announcing his retirement from the sport. 0:01 - Retirement 0:04 - Physical and mental toll 0:06 - Two torn ACLs 0:09 - 2020 & COVID 0:12 - Reflecting on his career 0:16 - The BULL 0:18 - Coaching and a different perspective on the sport 0:22 - Wrestling defining and not defining him 0:27 - Coaching the youth 0:32 - David Taylor 0:39 - Wins and whoopins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

J'den Cox had an illustrious career winning three NCAA titles and two World titles. He announced his retirement at the 2024 Olympic Trials and joins us to talk through his incredible journey through the sport of wrestling. 0:03 - Fall in love with wrestling first 0:05 - Retiring 0:12 - Dreaming big 0:19 - Mike Eierman 0:22 - Moments he will miss the most 0:25 - Who did he like wrestling? 0:28 - 2021 Olympic Trials fiasco 0:33 - 2023 Final X and the emotional fallout 0:45 - What’s next Learn...

NCAA Champion Richie Figueroa joins the show to talk about his up and down season, catching fire at the end and how he gets himself into the zone. 0:01 - Wanting to be an NCAA Champion 0:04 - The Courtney Courtney  0:06 - Selma 0:09 - Ups and downs of the year 0:12 - Almost quit 0:14 - Confidence through the roof 0:18 - Don’t take it too seriously 0:20 - NCAA Finals match 0:23 - Finding the zone 0:28 - Olympic Trials Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adaugo Nwachukwu won the 2023-2024 USA Wrestling Women's College Wrestler of the Year award. She was the national champion at 136 and went 21-0 with six pins and 15 tech falls for William Penn University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iowa Hawkeye 3x NCAA Champion Spencer Lee joins the show to talk about his FloWrestling film Spencer & Austin: Wrestletown, USA. 0:01 - Wrestletown, USA 0:03 - Austin’s always been aggressive 0:09 - Wrestling w no ACLs 0:13 - Learning about yourself 0:17 - Post match interviews 0:23 - Austin showed up after his NCAA loss 0:29 - Last time he was this healthy? 0:35 - NCAA’s and being a celebrity 0:37 - Training with Gilman at Iowa 0:40 - Freestyle vs folkstyle Learn more about your ad...

Ava recently won her NCWWC regional and will wrestle in the National Championships next week, 0:01 - Following her brothers into wrestling 0:03 - Teacher told her girls don't wrestle 0:07 - Watching women wrestle in the Olympics 0:09 - Going to Wyoming Seminary 0:13 - Preparing for college 0:16 - The Iowa vision 0:18 - Developing a culture 0:21 - National Championships and North Central 0:24 - Ava's NIL deal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NC State associate head coach Adam Hall has been announced as the head coach at Utah Valley University starting one day after the NCAA Championships. 0:04 - Why coaching? 0:07 - USAW internship grassroot RTCs 0:11 - Coaching at Columbia 0:13 - Wanting to be a head coach 0:15 - NC State producing head coaches 0:21 - NC State memories 0:24 - Read the person read the room 0:26 - Growing the fanbase, growing UVU 0:30 - Putting together a coaching staff 0:33 - Vision for the UVU 0:38 - Sweat it...

Little Rock head coach Neil Erisman is having a break through season with his program in their fifth year of existence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sergio was a 4x high school state champion and wrestles at Michigan. Last week he upset and majored #1 ranked Real Woods of Iowa 14-2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vito Arujau joins the show on the same day his film, VITO: Out Of The Shadows debuts. We also talk about Vito's return to NCAA wrestling including his loss to Crookham and his quest for the Olympics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices