Short Time Wrestling Podcast

It's been 20 years since a group of wrestling-minded fans, parents, promoters, and media-types got together and formed the Virginia Challenge, a youth-based wrestling group aimed at building wrestling in Virginia. One of the notable events that's come out of the formation of the Virginia Challenge is the annual Holiday Duals, held in Virginia Beach. Now in its 18th year, the VAC Holiday Duals is r...

No cheeky intros. No elaborate song lyrics sprinkled through. Today, it’s just wrestling. I’m Jason Bryant and this is Short Time Shots, a sometimes daily rundown of the day’s wrestling scores and more. There will be more on the AWL in other episodes, since this show concentrates on the college levels of the sport. Highlights though were Jordan Oliver knocking off Zain Retherford, Alex Dieringer b...

Jonny Ruggiano of Titan Mercury Wrestling Club and the Executive Director of the American Wrestling League comes on Short Time to talk about the idea behind the upcoming AWL and to answer questions about the long-term viability of the league, why it's in the current format, its future prospectus and more. Lots of Q&A here and it should fill in plenty of gaps for fans willing to find out more. The...

Sure enough, the first full day with the new car, and I have to take my wife’s Pontiac G6 down to Maturi Pavilion. Why? I don’t quite yet know how to park our new monstrosity and her car fits in better places. Yup, it’s a Sunday in college wrestling and we’ve got some real fun stuff to discuss. I’m Jason Bryant and this is Short Time Shots, a look at the day’s happenings in college wrestling from...

If you recently listened to the episode of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast where Kyle Klingman and I talked about our experiences 10 years ago with the Wrestling 411 project, you’ll know that year, I totaled my car and had to buy a new one. Well, it’s almost fitting that we put a bow on that year in an episode and my trusty 2008 Chevy Trailblazer finally got retired. My wife and I said the last t...

Friday night saw some tremendous action around the country, but most of it centered in Big Ten Country. That’s right, to hell with your high school football playoffs - except for Poquoson - Go Islanders - it’s wrestling season and we had some fun stuff on Friday night. This is Short Time Shots, a sometimes relevant look at the day’s scores and more in college wrestling, I’m Jason Bryant and Schell...

Short Time goes into a deep dive into 10 years of podcasting with Jason Bryant and Kyle Klingman. In November of 2008, Wrestling 411 launched in what was supposed to be a three-pronged attack on wrestling promotion. A television show, a radio show and a web presence. Funding was ultimately dooming the project even before the hosts knew it, and it turned into one of the most interesting lame duck w...

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! (I made this part up on the fly) This is Short Time Shots, a comically unfunny wrestling podcast aimed at giving you, the wrestling fan, everything you need to know about the day’s happenings in college wrestling. I’m your host Jason Bryant, and here’s something about me, November 11 marks the 10-year anniversary of my first ever podcast. That was called Wrestling 411 with my...

Pretty full plate of college wrestling action going down on Saturday, but first, my oldest Lucy still isn’t feeling good, but my wife survived her 20+ hour trip back to the U.S. from Singapore just in time to make dinner. I’m actually kidding. We picked up dinner on the way home from the airport and I do most of the cooking because I have the job that has the home office. She’s also like, super aw...

Two things are notable today - first off, because of the generosity and sheer awesomeness of the Patreon contributors to the Mat Talk Podcast Network, I’m talking into my brand new Shure SM7B. Yes, it’s the microphone you see on a lot of these podcasts, including Joe Rogan, but I’ve had my eye on it since ever since, to quote my friend Cliff Fretwell. The other important thing is a happy birthday...

With the college wrestling season here, we'll head to Laramie and talk with Wyoming head wrestling coach Mark Branch. As a competitor at Oklahoma State, Branch has the unique distinction of winning the NCAA Division I title as a freshman and coming into the tournament with a losing record. Branch talks about the legacy his family had in Stillwater, what role basketball had in that legacy, what it...

I found bags for the leaves. YES! It took about two and a half hours to clear the yard, but at least I got it all done before the rains came. I would litter this episode with lyrics inspired by Annie Lennox, but that’d be painful for you, just like walking on broken glass. This is Short Time Shots, a mostly unfunny podcast that recaps the day’s happenings in college wrestling. I’m your host Jason...

Something a little different in the Rocky Mountain high … and no, that isn’t a pun about the state of Colorado’s laws about a said controlled substance. No lying in the weeds here, this is Short Time Shots, a somewhat daily look at the happenings in college wrestling - I’m your host 11-time award winning wrestling broadcaster and journalist Jason Bryant, and I’m not just blowing smoke. Speaking of...

Oh, it’s about that time, it’s about that time, it’s ABOUT THAT TIME! The whistles of college wrestling season didn’t actually blow for the first time on Thursday night, they actually started in September with the California Community Colleges. But the four-year programs and the rest of the junior colleges got underway this week and this is your daily dose of the wrestling scores and more, that’s...

Episode 470 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast comes at you from Budapest, Hungary with Michigan head wrestling coach Sean Bormet as he talks about the international makeup of the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club and his three athletes competing in two styles for three different nations. David Habat (Slovenia) and Domenic Abounader (Lebanon) in men's freestyle and American heavyweight Adam Coon in Greco...

On Episode 469 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Cliff Fretwell and I go longform as we have a lengthy conversation about social media marketing, professional leagues, a bit of smack talk, the evolution of wrestling marketing and media as well as how advertising and the value of wrestling has changed over the years in wrestling. Take notes, because there's a lot of stuff here to pick through. C...

In preparation for #Budawrestle2018, we'll talk Greco-Roman wrestling with U.S. National Team coach Matt Lindland on Episode 468 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. Lindland just arrived in Hungary as Team USA looks to finish up training and works through acclimation for the time difference between Colorado Springs and the competition site. Lindland will talk about the training and break down the...

Drew Manning became one of the most-talked about personal trainers in the country seven years ago when he put himself through a mind-boggling process to gain 75 pounds and then try to lose it. On Episode 467 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Manning will talk about his wrestling career at Centreville High School in Northern Virginia and his short college wrestling career at Southern Virginia Un...

Erkin Tadzhimetov came to the U.S. as a competitor for the Junior World Championships back in 1998. He was in line to be the representative for Uzbekistan in upcoming senior level championships, but then things changed. Years later, he sits as the associate head coach at Utah Valley University and is on the coaching staff at the Junior World Championships for Team USA in Trnava, Slovakia. Tadzhime...

It's been four years since Eric Olanowski last appeared on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. On Episode 465, we talk with Olanowski, who is working full-time for United World Wrestling as the organization's Web Content and Social Media Coordinator in Slovakia prior to the 2018 Junior World Championships. We find out what it's been like to move from the "private sector" back into a world of wrestli...

Keeping with the theme of financial health and well-being, we talk with Lyndsey Beasley, a certified public accountant and wife of George Mason head wrestling coach Frank Beasley. We follow along with last episode's financial planning with what wrestling people need to consider with taxes when it comes to coaching, starting a club or whatever side hustle that's being worked. Topics on this episode...

Jarrett Yehlen doesn't have much of a wrestling background, but he does have a background in college athletics. He also went to high school with me back in Virginia. On Episode 463 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Yehlen, a financial planner with Northwestern Mutual here in the Twin Cities, talks about some strategies that might help coaches of every level work on saving for retirement and wha...

Mike Moor has been a visible figure with the branding behind Wrestling Mindset, a mindset training brand that originated out of the brains of the Zannetti brothers. At the NWCA Convention, we caught up with Mike Moor, one of the guys with boots on the ground at wrestling events nationwide pushing the Wrestling Mindset program. Moor has an interesting backstory, growing up in Long Island and findin...

Cliff Fretwell has always tried to innovate the sport of wrestling. He's had a successful club in Georgia with roots growing around the country, a popular gear company and now, a growing combine system that recently showcased young wrestlers at the annual NWCA Convention. We jump in with Cliff and Robinson (Va.) coach Bryan Hazard to capture some sights and sounds from the latest Compound College...

Karen Langston is the Senior Associate AD for External Affairs and Capital Projects at CSU Bakersfield. She's also the chair of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee. During the NWCA Convention in Daytona Beach, Florida, Langston sat down to talk about the makeup of the committee, how rules and things work together with the NCAA, her role at CSUB and on being the first woman chair of the committ...