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Joe Dubuque & The Headgear Controversy | The Bader Show (Ep. 470) Jan 27, 2026

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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

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Nico Provo | The Bader Show (Ep. 469) Jan 23, 2026

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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

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Honoring Ty Snook | The Bader Show (Ep. 468) Jan 23, 2026

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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

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Aeoden Sinclair | The Bader Show (Ep. 467) Jan 23, 2026

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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

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Jaxon Joy | The Bader Show (Ep. 466) Dec 11, 2025

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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

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MJ Gaitan | The Bader Show (Ep. 465) Dec 02, 2025

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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

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Kaleb Larkin | The Bader Show (Ep. 464) Dec 02, 2025

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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

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Ben Davino | The Bader Show (Ep. 463) Nov 19, 2025

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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

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Trent Hidlay & Parker Keckeisen | The Bader Show (Ep. 462) Nov 19, 2025

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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

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Zack Ryder | The Bader Show (Ep. 461) Nov 05, 2025

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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