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Bader Show: Brooks Wheelan & Gabe Dean

Bader Show: Brooks Wheelan & Gabe Dean

Bader and Bray sit down with comedian Brooks Wheelan and Senior Nationals champ Gabe Dean.

Oct 20, 2020 by David Bray
Brooks Wheelan & Gabe Dean

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Bader and Bray sit down with comedian Brooks Wheelan and Senior Nationals champ Gabe Dean.

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Bader and Bray sit down with comedian Brooks Wheelan and Senior Nationals champ Gabe Dean.

Order of Show

0:01 Brooks Wheelan’s early wrestling career

0:04 The eastern Iowa wrestling scene was insane when Brooks was growing up

0:09 Growing up in Iowa during a Hawkeye dynasty

0:10 The time Terry Brands hit Brooks’ brother with his shoe

0:13 Dan Gable’s motivational speeches

0:14 Brooks was excited for Zalesky to take over at Iowa

0:16 Wheelan’s friend was Brent Metcalf’s chemistry partner

0:19 Brandon Mason was a legend because he was from Western Iowa

0:20 Wrestling intermural tournaments at Iowa

0:21 Brooks got to see his youth wrestling buddies have major college success

0:24 Wrestling led Brooks to finding success in comedy

0:26 How Brooks became good at comedy

0:29 Dealing with adversity in comedy

0:31 Brooks plans comedy shows around wrestling events

0:32 Morningstar had a stack of brackets in his room

0:33 Studying biomedical engineering at Iowa

0:36 Brooks tried to wear a Waterloo West Wrestling shirt on SNL

0:38 How Brooks connects with people he has never met

0:41 Brooks Wheelan’s wins & whoopins

 

0:42 Brooks Wheelan asks Gabe Dean how he’s feeling after coming out of retirement

0:44 Gabe Dean asks Brooks Wheelan how he fell in love with comedy

0:45 The time Gabe Dean pretended to be paralyzed after being headlocked by a girl

0:48 When Gabe Dean knew he would compete in the 8-man bracket

0:49 How hard training felt after having been coaching

0:54 The adjustments Gabe needs to make between now and the 8-man bracket

0:56 How coaching helped Gabe in competition

0:57 How competing helped Gabe approach his coaching

0:59 Losing an uncle gave Gabe a fresh perspective on competing

1:01 Gabe’s last tournament in 2017

1:03 How Gabe got over the struggles at the end of his career

1:05 Gabe knew he could compete again

1:06 Dake and Gabe’s unique approach to solving hard positions

1:10 Gabe’s thoughts about his path through the bracket

1:12 Gabe liked what he felt when he wrestled Lujan at Senior Nationals

1:13 Who does Gabe think will come out of the bottom side of the bracket?

1:17 Gabe Dean’s final word