On this episode of The Bader Show, Bader and Bray catch up with breakout star Noah Adams and Darrion Caldwell, who wrestles Luke Pletcher on July 25.

Order of Show:

0:01 Noah Adams’ start in wrestling

0:07 Traveling and winning helped boost Noah’s confidence

0:11 Noah Adams’ recruiting process

0:12 Noah’s goals when he came to college wrestling

0:13 Adams talks making focused changes for improvement after his freshman year

0:17 It was destiny for Coach Flynn to get the job at West Virginia

0:21 Making mental adjustments

0:23 Noah’s confidence built throughout the season

0:26 Adams’ thoughts about Kollin Moore

0:27 Noah had no idea NCAA’s would be canceled

0:29 Noah’s quarantine and expectations for next season

0:31 Noah’s thoughts on the Dake vs Chamizo event

0:33 Adams’ wins & whoopins

0:34 Does Noah Adams get nervous when he competes?

0:37 Noah Adams asks Darrion Caldwell what made him want to come back to wrestling

0:39 Darrion Caldwell asks Noah Adams about his goals post wrestling

0:42 Caldwell would have kept wrestling if it paid as well as MMA

0:44 Comparing wrestling and MMA training

0:46 Caldwell’s addiction to wrestling training

0:49 Caldwell is way more technical than people realize

0:52 Visualizing wrestling in high school

0:53 Caldwell’s last wrestling match

0:55 Darrion didn’t know what style the match was when he took it

0:56 Darrion made a national team in ’09 with very little training

0:58 Memories from the Metcalf match and a golden era of 149

1:04 Caldwell hasn’t followed wrestling too much since he retired

1:05 Caldwell’s thoughts about Luke Pletcher

1:07 are we looking for headlocks and spladles?

1:08 Darrion’s training camp for Pletcher

1:09 Darrion says he’s the safe bet for this match

1:10 When Caldwell trained with Hidlay at NC State

1:10 Wins & whoopin’s

1:14 What it felt like to get to the top of a stacked 149