CLAW Wrestling | The Bader Show (Ep. 455)

Eric Brugel was an All-American at Penn State and is one of the founders of the professional wrestling league CLAW.

0:45 - World Championships & Penn State talk

2:00 - How CLAW got started

3:45 - Modified rules

4:50 - Pylon on the mat

7:40 - Matches are four rounds, every point counts

9:00 - Match points and team points

12:35 - We call stalling FAST

14:20 - All dual meets, willing to explore new concepts “Half ton challenge”

19:00 - CLAW draft

19:40 - Upcoming events

21:00 - Athletes getting paid

22:00 - How to make CLAW sustainable

24:15 - Dual meets are exciting

27:20 - General managers

28:30 - Adapt innovate Market (AIM)

31:25 - Fantasy wrestling

34:00 - 15% in NCAA pins come from top/bottom wrestling

38:40 - More action, more scoring, more strategy