2022 PBA World Championship presented by Pabst Blue Ribbon Stepladder Finals (WSOB XIII)

The stepladder finals of the 2022 PBA World Championship presented by Pabst Blue Ribbon feature Kris Prather, Tommy Jones, Jason Sterner, Jason Belmonte and Jakob Butturff.
Originally aired live on FOX March 13, 2022 from Bowlero Wauwatosa in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Part of the 2022 PBA Tour on KZbin presented by Kia.
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[@austinsunnyy27]

I lost my arm in Iraq in 05. Then I had vessels removed from my other arm that same year. My remaining arm was very weak. As therapy, my doctor suggested I find a way to strengthen it with hand exercises and light weights. One day I decided to go bowling because I could use the lighter kiddie bowling balls to start and it wouldn't put to much of a strain on me. 6 months in and I was using much heavier balls and feeling strong. I developed a spin and it became consistent. 1 year and 5 months after my surgery I bowled a 248 and I still get happy thinking about that day. I haven't been able to eclipse that mark but gotdammit, I'm a bowler.

[@dylanfry7978]

Thats awesome! I love bowling.

[@DJ-tn9zk]

We coached an army vet who was blind could only see in black n grey shadows into shooting 300. Keep going sir... and yeah you a bowler 😎

[@trharrington22]

You're a legend

[@cobikremer6389]

Beautiful story man!

[@robertwestover2125]

Lost both hands; it sux …

[@mrtoast178]

This is one of the best televised tournaments I’ve ever watched

[@thxnvfx5562]

amazing performance from jason sterner honestly. Incredible consistency and simply putting it, he’s insanely good

[@GMilstead102]

Sterner is so good for the tour. Such an electric personality.

[@andrewphillips2179]

it was a fantastic performance by both Jason Sterner and Kris Prather

[@louiscsanko3673]

Great match Guys. There was no losers in this amazing game. This match was why the P.B.A. Bowlers are the Best in the World.

[@GoodnotGreat88]

I was cheering for Sterner from the start, what a heart-breaking ending.

[@Ironfangzu]

As a huge Prather fan, I lived and died with him that last match. Those back to back 10 pins at the end were so painful to watch. Like him, I thought he had lost for sure. Poor Jason Sterner stepped up needing just a 9-spare-strike to win, and a strike would have won it outright, and he almost threw it into the gutter. He was lucky to get an 8 count to force the rolloff. Sterner had bowled great all night, but with his first major almost in hand, he threw his worst ball of the day. I rooted for Prather, but I felt Sterner's pain too. Not everyone can step up and make that clutch shot. Clearly, the moment got to him.

[@Michael-lu7xp]

I've never seen anybody switch to a 3 step approach for 1 lane. That's impressive

[@travishanson166]

I practice it every week, you never know when it will be useful.

[@eoghainlebioda1396]

@@travishanson166 its a great drill for keeping your timing good too

[@robertwestover2125]

Timing must be impeccable …

[@Ironfangzu]

It's much more common than you think. Watch more PBA bowling and you will see it. Anyone who plays very deep from the left gutter, with a big hook, has to make some form of drastic adjustment like this. I've seen quite a few pros do it. Watch Kyle Sherman, for example.

[@surgemeister182]

I believe Chris used this tactic also when he won his first championship.

[@jerek6812]

Wow the nerves got to Sterner. Crazy.. Congrats to Prather

[@trharrington22]

Sadness ensues 😭😭 wanted Sterner to win so bad. Congrats to Prather! Insane match to finish

[@avexplicits9632]

Belmo vs Sterner matches are always fun and entertaining

[@andrewphillips2179]

the 1st, 2nd, and title matches of the Pba World Championship had fantastic finishes

[@alexischeeseman4699]

Congratulations Kris🥳🎉🎊

[@gvolight271]

I just started bowling league for the first time a few months ago. My average is only a 118, but a few days ago I made a new high score of a 189, was so pumped after. Going from Pool to Bowling was pretty challenging but I love bowling now

[@NFLFilmSession]

Congrats on the PR!

[@trharrington22]

Match 2 was INSANE

[@therealdealoneill]

how about that spare shooting huh

[@sxnchou]

that had to be the luckiest way ive seen anyone convert a 6 7 9 10. belmo did it his 3 4 10 perfectly though

[@timothytan2018]

Big congrats to prather. But let's not forget sterners 3 wins including one againts belmo with an amazing spare

[@wafieynorwawi7597]

congratulation prather..congratulation sterner..you both won this game

[@1981troublemaker]

It’s a big surprise when you think negative & it comes out positive because when you always think positive & push yourself you end up making mistakes. This is not just for bowling, this is for life & a lot of people take life as a game, most of the time it hurts & sometimes it pays off like it did here. Congratulations on the win but it’s not over….. yet.

[@Zurround]

This is the first time I have ever seen 2 pros have to do "sudden death" to resolve a tied game.

[@jgilliam953]

Belmo is the Wonder from down under. God Bless

[@lukereyes9263]

Have never seen so many split spare conversions!!!!

[@mikescalise8380]

Jason Sterner is Marshall Teague's double. lolol.

[@jamesdavis5818]

Amazing match

[@stevewest7260]

Thanks

[@krenbenz6991]

I love Jason Sterner representing Western New York baby!

[@Mr007troy]

Every time they get a six pack the bowler should go over to a fan and get a Pabst and pop it open and take a sip! haha

[@lonpearson2134]

Great finish.

[@jamesjin8839]

I've been watching PBA since 2007/08. Dug through a couple of even olders shows. And this just is just better than all those. I actually don't give a flip about those silly things on TV in the past. I mean, some of the more "aggressive" guys on shows are definitely catching more people's attention to bowling. It's only good for exposure that's it. And I much prefer matches like these. No shits like "bottle bi***" and then missing easy spares. No "who do you think you are I am", but surgically remove splits one after another. Huge power and revs, trademark classy styles one after another. extreme high quality matches. It's just a wonderful display in all. Unfortunately, the nature of sports only allow one winner. Or else Jason sure earned it with the performance thoughout.

[@Michael-lu7xp]

Want to know how you should release a bowling ball? Just watch Prather bowl. He has in my opinion the best release in professional bowling right now.

[@cameronhall0921]

His release has always been super smooth, his dad is a great bowler as well. Happy Kris followed his dreams and is finding success

[@rolfedrengen]

Sterner lost and won at the same time! What an entertaining 1 hour and 30 minutes!

[@chipotlelover217]

Sick intro

[@l.c.m7809]

LETS GO BELMO

[@davealbertsen9387]

Hey....tenth frame of Sterner vs.Belmonte; they missed the PBR 6-pack !

[@Skdjdjdjsjxjxjd]

I was bowling on my league yesterday/last night fighting for first place while they were bowling for the cup 😂. I bowled a 169,211,212 for the 3 games then for the tie breaker I shot a 189 which I could have easily gotten another 200+ game but we had already won the tie breaker/roll off an we all just wanted to go home. I’ll be on TV soon an ive only been bowling for 2 and a half years 😂. Thanks to Belmo for inspiring me to start bowling. (Obviously I ain’t nothing compared to these bowlers BUT that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t be able to keep up with them on the lanes. I MAY NOT win BUT I think if I can bowl good enough to keep up with them then I’m going places 😂. Thx to Belmo for inspiring me to bowl as of rn im going places in a couple of years with this bowling career of mine.

[@P5Y-]

I could take you, just promise to have another game like that one, lol

[@johnm6798]

Have Prather and Belmo ever gone heads up for a championship final before?

[@pepelincecum]

Kris is very quickly becoming a favorite of mine!

[@ejerl9107]

heard that thumb for the roll-off

[@kd_ss]

sterner had it easy! i was shocked when he beat belmo!!

[@aa-kd4ud]

I am glad to see sterner beat belmo

[@badruszaman5468]

Sterner defeated Belmo with a split coversion magic shot in frame#4

[@garla5851]

16:05 Randy explains axis tilt vs rotation ,enjoy!🙄

[@BowlerScott]

27:36 --> Orange, New Thouth Wales

[@Golden_Ezh]

Я за Джейсона Бельмонте

[@pauleverton4036]

What is up with the licking of the hand and wiping it on the bottom of his shoes..

[@spencerdavis3346]

So damn stressful

[@rebel5218]

Seriously PBA Bowling? 720p resolution?

[@ChanceOfOne344254]

it was broadcasted in 720p instead of 1080i

[@rzz9594]

Jakob seems to always have an errant ball that results in a very difficult split winding up in an open frame.. 😤😤😤. Hope he does win this year tho’ …

[@cgrant4520]

Rest in the good news 💐🌑👍 Okay bye

[@garla5851]

08:15 Maybe you shouldn't explain things when the crowd is goin crazy and we can't hear you.

[@garla5851]

34:15 Yeah Randy that plastic ball won't deflect!🙄

[@drakedbz]

Right? I thought most people pick up the baby split like that, so getting the extra pin is barely any different.

[@indianasb59]

Does anyone realize the crowd sounds are fake? Kinda like Friends or all the other shows like that, but cheers here keep repeating.

[@aydengianes2515]

The new USBC logo on the pins look so stupid

[@strangefolk666]

Rand being a narcissist and giving out wrong information. Oh Randy.

[@jameslong9564]

Butt turf.

[@Shawnkula11b]

Never seen someone so lucky as much as sterner was didn’t even deserve out of the second round

[@vikings844]

The PBA has definitely cheapened up the trophies! I would hope being a major that trophy was real crystal but it looks like it is acrylic!

[@pamelacass9642]

I'd rather have the money than the trophy.

[@bryanvanloo5454]

Commentators need psychiatric help.

[@maxsanchez2339]

Glad to see we’re getting back to real bowling with only one 2 handed bowler making the finals.

[@Drockaggie25]

Not that two handed bowling isn't real bowling. It's just new.

[@brandonharrington1422]

Prather outbowled Sterner by a mile.

[@dustingarwood6180]

Not really, sterner was guaranteed a win with the strike in the 10th, prather was looking down knowing he was about to lose bc sterners been on fire

[@brandonharrington1422]

@@dustingarwood6180 that has nothing to do with Prather hitting the pocket more than Sterner... which he did.

[@lostnparadise3178]

Randy's nose has gotten so much browner, I can smell it way over here

[@user-rl2wx6jw4n]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ제이슨스테너 존나 개못하더만 이런데 그냥 쳐올라가있나!!!!!

[@kokohalin]

부끄럽다...

[@Dooly-ABBA]

이런건 중국어로 쓰세요

[@lelandmcshane4795]

I hope Jason Belmonty loses

[@dustingarwood6180]

Typical, hate on the best bc they always win

[@garla5851]

21:55 When are they going to ban spitting/ licking your hands and rubbing it on the bottom of your shoes, f@cking up the approaches for the rest of us! PLUS VERY UNSANITARY, WHAT WAS ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SHOE, IS NOW ON YOUR HAND AND TONGUE 👅 🤢🤮 59:00 STOP !!

[@andresrenteria-rios9567]

Weirdo 🤣

[@ChanceOfOne344254]

it reduces the slide on the bottom of his shoe and creates tackiness for his hand. It removes residue from his shoe and the lane. Hands are washed when finished. Lots of bowlers do the same thing. They're professionals, they know what they're doing.

[@garla5851]

@@ChanceOfOne344254 dat splains it ,, tanks!! 🥹

[@nishanthadda8824]

Jason Belmonte losing his touch?Lost two competitions in a row

[@johnsikora4235]

You are not losing your touch when you lose with a 255 effort which includes solid pocket hits on his last 2 shots, a 10 pin and a 9. His 10 pin hit was a hair week, and the 9 pin hit a hair strong. There was no choke in the B Mo. Sterner was fabulous until he missed the head pin when it mattered most in the final. All his fault, he had it. He's really good. He will overcome the disappointing loss.

[@johnsikora4235]

weak.

[@MrIncrysis]

Love it when Belmo loses. Two-handed is shit.

[@RCSxMaverick]

Jelly much?

[@echban7491]

bro still hatin on two handed LOL lifeless

[@cobrakaiX]

Bowling would be dead if not for the two handed style injecting some life back into it.

[@rayfarr7336]

one or two who cares he's got no class love it when he gets n beat

[@Frostecy]

Someone is mad because he looses to two handers 🤣🤣🤣

[@barryfields2964]

Is Jason using his cheater balls this week?

[@isaacjackson3801]

What are cheater balls?

[@tylerm7408]

stop hating, and no he doesnt cheat

[@nishanthadda8824]

@@tylerm7408 he lost 2 tournaments in a row

[@tylerm7408]

@@nishanthadda8824 AND? He has 14 majors and is probably going to go down as the greatest bowler of all times.

[@drakedbz]

They're not cheater balls. They're only restricted from use in a small number of tournaments, perfectly fine in the PBA and literally everywhere else. Personally, I think USBC's reasoning is pretty dogshit. The hardness rule was created to stop people from soaking their ball back in the day to get the hardness down by like 20, not the fractions of difference they're caring about now. Also, those balls were perfectly fine before the USBC rule change that happened somewhat recently (they went from 72D hardness to 73D hardness being the minimum). A 1D difference in hardness is almost completely irrelevant. If those balls were showing up as 5D below the requirement, sure, but from what I understand, they're all within 1-1.5D of the minimum. Also, these balls were certified by USBC before, so they've only recently changed their mind on them. Not only that, but the USBC certification testing isn't really even that thorough. They test the balls prior to the manufacturer polishing them. Polish can change the hardness, so they should be testing at box finish. Any testing they've done since then, as I understand it, is done on balls that have been bowled on for a while, so of course they're going to be different. Pre-polish and post-play are such different scenarios, they ought to have different requirements for each situation.

[@Raaaa10331]

Really hope likes-it-in-the-butt-ruff doesn't make it passed round one. Makes me feel ill watching him for a full game , let alone 2.

[@jonathondoey7801]

Prather is a crybaby. Sterner was the better bowler that day.