Short Time Wrestling Podcast

It's the return of Short Time Shots, a mostly nightly collection of scores and more from around the world of wrestling. I'm your host Jason Bryant, and the only bad jokes I know, are dad jokes. If you grew up in the 80s, you might like my references. Top Results: The first Division I dual meet of the year came and went in sunny San Diego, which is Spanish for something involving a whale. The sixth...

Episode 530: California's Al Fontes For over 40 years, California’s Bill Grant has hosted the Monterey Clinic of Champions. From October 25-27, Grant again hosts what’s become one of the most impressive collections of clinicians, not just around the country, but around the world. This year will be no different. I’m Hall of Fame wrestling writer and broadcaster Jason Bryant and today on the Short T...

Episode 529: Mallory Velte didn’t think Alex Glaude was going to make it. Years later, as the two sat in Tokyo, Japan at Makuhari Messe Event Hall, Velte and Glaude reminisced about the first time they stepped on the mat at Sacramento, California’s Christian Brothers High School. While no means a powerhouse wrestling school, the program would eventually produce a World bronze medalist in Velte and...

It's a special look back at 20 years of the Super 32 on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast! Back in 2000, I was still in college at Old Dominion. I was working on tracking down results from any and all high school tournaments and after attending my first USA Wrestling Cadet & Junior Nationals the summer prior, I started covering more off-season stuff for the first iteration of Mat Talk Online. This...

Coming back from Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan and the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, we get a little bit of an MMA insight with today's guest, former UFC fighter and Denmark native Martin Kampmann. Kampmann was alongside multiple-time World and Olympic Greco-Roman medalist Mark Madsen in Kazakhstan as Madsen was preparing for his upcoming UFC debut on September 29 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Kampmann,...

We’ve got electricians, we’ve got plumbing and we’ve got mouse ears! That’s right, the Short Time Wrestling Podcast is heading to Orlando. My wife and kids and I will head to Disney World. We’ll be hitting a few different places, spending time by the pool, sweating, having breakfast with Cinderella and everyt hing else that goes with it. My seven-year-old has been writing about this on the dry era...

Episode 525 is a little different as we take to Twitter and Facebook to ask fans about the stigma of "pro wrestling" and why "our" side of the sport seems to be less annoyed with the pro wrestling/sports entertainment side of it. So there's the question of the week! Next week's question: What's your favorite All-Star Classic match of all-time? If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-deman...

After 38 years, a new man will be leading Ursinus College into battle next season. Longtime coach Bill Racich passed away at the beginning of last season and Josh Mangle stepped in as the interim coach to close out the season. The 2019-20 season will begin with King's College alum and longtime Princeton assistant Joe Jamison taking the helm. Jamison had been coaching with the Princeton Wrestling C...

Team Nebraska coach Zac Dominguez on the growth of USA Wrestling programs in Nebraska, dealing with "farm boy" strength and balancing the difference between farm kids and city kids to create one team. If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and historical research AND you want to get some of that cool Compound gear, you can support this program by...

Live from Fargo and Herd and Horns with Earl Smith of The Open Mat, Willie Saylor of Flowrestling and Jason Bryant from Mat Talk Online. Want an ad-free version of the show AND the best in wrestling news from around the world? Sign up for the Daily Wrestling Newsletter presented by Resilite on Substack at https://www.mattalkonline.com/news   Links to Follow Join the Discord:  https://www.mattalkon...

Join Willie Saylor of Flowrestling, Earl Smith of The Open Mat, Julia Salata and Jason Bryant on an roundtable live from Herd and Horns in Fargo as we go 90+ minutes talking wrestling in Fargo. Coach Foca from NJ also jumps in, so does J.D. Rader from USA Wrestling. Don't look for a format, because we're all over the place. If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, f...

California's Mike Duran is an avid Angels baseball fan. He's also an avid developer of talent in the nation's most talent-rich women's wrestling state. On the latest #Fargo2019 episode, Duran talks about what makes California so successful, some of his favorite memories of the event and how he got into coaching girls and what is next for women's wrestling. We also chat about the Angels fanhood and...

Longtime coach and current Iowa USA Wrestling State Chairman Mark Reiland's seen a lot in his time. Now officially out of coaching, the 1991 NCAA champion from the University of Iowa is spending more time here in #Fargo2019 on his leadership role. Reiland explains what his role is now and some of his best memories. And yes, Brett Haas' bracket is again discussed. If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW...

Gary Brownell is known more by his nickname "Gimp" in wrestling circles. He's attending his 42nd USA Wrestling Junior & 16U National Championships. He's held a variety of roles in wrestling, but technology has been something he's been an innovator. We talk with Gimp about his fond moments and how technology has shaped wrestling and how much easier it is to follow an event like #Fargo2019. If you'd...

The shows from #Fargo2019 begin as the theme this year is to talk about your favorite "Fargo" memory, whether or not that actually occurred here. First up is Illinois coach Pete Kowalczuk, who talks about coaching and his favorite memory. Patrick Kelly of Kansas, host of the Air Time Podcast, also sent in his top memories. If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, fr...

1999 – First Year Was working at a KFC in the Grafton section of Yorktown, Va. Got a call from Mike Newbern. “Twink, Gary Alcon (ref) can't make it, do you want to go to Fargo?” That right there changed it all. Everything. Stayed in Reed Johnson Hall. Virginian Christian Smith made the Cadet Freestyle finals at 83.5 pounds. He ended up being a 3x state champion and NCAA qualifier for Duke and Libe...

Comedian Adam Hunter rejoins the Short Time Wrestling Podcast while he was in town to do a run of shows at Rick Bronson's House of Comedy at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. A New York native, Hunter wrestled through high school and for a short time in college before setting out to pursue a career in comedy. On this episode of Short Time, we'll talk about his coaching season at the m...

The Short Time Wrestling Podcast is back in the lovely confines of New Brighton, Minnesota where you always know the weather. Episode 514 talks with the Hawkeye Wrestling Club's Forrest Molinari, a two-time women's world team member about her start in wrestling and her recent performance at Final X. Molinari recaps her journey to Iowa City, what life was like in Bristol, Tennessee at King Universi...

Session 2 Final X Athlete Press Conference from Lincoln, Nebraska. Athletes included are Cohlton Schultz, Mallory Velte, Sarah Hildebrandt, Kyle Snyder, Jordan Burroughs, Isaiah Martinez, Kyven Gadson, Katherine Shai, Kayla Miracle, Adam Coon, Joe Colon, Ryan Deakin, Adeline Gray, Daton Fix, Thomas Gilman, Precious Bell, James Green and Tyler Graff. If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on...

Session 1 Final X Athlete Press Conference from Lincoln, Nebraska. If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and historical research AND you want to get some of that cool Compound gear, you can support this program by making a small monthly contribution to the network at patreon.com/mattalkonline. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supp...

Friday at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Honors Weekend is one of the most important days of the year in wrestling. That Friday, the plaques are unveiled and the award winners are introduced to the public. An informal gathering, Friday is one of those days every wrestling fan should experience. Episode 511 talks to a dozen individuals who were involved or attending Honors Weekend. We'll kick...

With four months to go until a new school year starts, Little Rock head coach Neil Erisman will return to the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. Episode 510 talks with Erisman about the construction of the Hatcher Wrestling Facility as well as the recent news the Trojans wrestling program will be wrestling in the Pac-12 Conference this upcoming season. Coach Erisman also talks about the process of hiri...

Behind every good man is usually a good woman. In the case of Northern Iowa head coach Doug Schwab, the saying is an understatement. On Episode 509 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll meet Allyson Schwab, wife of the Panther head coach and mother to four children. We'll go into how Allyson and Doug first met, their travels around the globe, the trials and tribulations of being an athlete's...

The NAIA has grown considerably over the past decade. The college wrestling opportunities in Kansas have also grown during that span. This is why the announcement that came from Kansas Wesleyan University on May 14 was a stunner to many - the school was dropping wrestling after only four seasons. On Episode 508 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, KWU head coach Jason Schweer, who'd been on the jo...

Wrestling official Laura Conway sits down with fellow officials Zach Errett and Casey Goessl during the U.S. Open in Las Vegas to discuss a couple of variables within wrestling officiating and how they're called. Among the topics discussed include what negative wrestling is in Greco-Roman, the challenge procedure and how out of bounds gets called at various points during a match. This show is a pi...