“THE DUAL” is a multi-episode documentary featuring a classic college wrestling dual meet that originally aired live on Iowa Public Television in 1986.
The Dual: Episode 1 (Wrong Place, Wrong Time)
Jan 27, 2025
It’s February 1986. The stage is set in Ames. Dan Gable and the Iowa Hawkeyes have been dominating college wrestling for nearly a decade. Iowa State’s Jim Gibbons is in his first season at 26 years old and is one of the youngest head coaches of all time. Both former NCAA Champions at Iowa State, Gibbons and Gable share a fateful car ride in rural Utah exactly one year prior to The Dual. An unlikely hero gets things started with a BANG!
