Michigan alum Domenic Abounader is one of several "international" wrestlers working out of the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club in Ann Arbor. A Lebanese dual citizen since birth, Abounader has started his international wrestling career representing the nation where his family grew up. Host Jason Bryant sits down with Abounader in Xi'an, China prior to the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships to talk about the process to represent Lebanon and what it means to him. Is it the easy way? What's he trying to accomplish? He also talks about the CKWC coach, legendary wrestling champion Sergei Beloglazov.Photo by , Amir Hoseini, Fars News AgencyThe World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the products can be found at www.worldwrestlingresource.com.Do you have a question or a topic you'd like to hear the World Wrestling Resource staff discuss? Drop us a comment on Facebook at www.facebook.com/worldwrestlingresource or on twitter at @WWRESO.The World Wrestling Resource is sponsored by DefenseSoap. The World Wrestling Resource Podcast is a presentation of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. SUPPORT THE SHOWAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today at www.patreon.com/mattalkonline. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.SUBSCRIBE TO THE WWR PODCASTApple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/world-wrestling-resource-podcast/id914055428?mt=2&uo=4&at=11ly5XStitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=52933&refid=stprSpreaker: http://www.spreaker.com/show/world-wrestling-resource-podcast_1iHeartRadio: http://www.iheart.com/show/263-World-Wrestling-Resource-P/TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/World-Wrestling-Resource-Podcast-p642915/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5YhejvCMYBxaOSYfm6MVeq?si=uDA_FGMXQwq5IKZNAkBl2A" Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Itxaaaxqv5bwr63ozzjyerujk4yRSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/1248643/episodes/feed

LeRoy Gardner and Robert "Hollywood" Hemingway are two of the handful of African-American head coaches in college wrestling. On Episode 68 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast, the pair talk about the differences and similarities in exposing the sport to wrestlers of all backgrounds, as well as explaining how wrestlers of color can find opportunities to compete beyond the Division I level.Where can the opportunity grow? Is it with the HBCU's, of which Allen is the only four-year HBCU in the country with wrestling. What resources can be put forth to increase the visibility of wrestling across every gender, race, color and creed? It's a level-headed discussion about things around the world and hurdles all types of coaches face, regardless of their racial or socio-economic makeup.Hemingway recently released a short self-published book called "I'm Black, Let Me Wrestle," which you can find at lulu.com.The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the products can be found at www.worldwrestlingresource.com.Do you have a question or a topic you'd like to hear the World Wrestling Resource staff discuss? Drop us a comment on Facebook at www.facebook.com/worldwrestlingresource or on twitter at @WWRESO.The World Wrestling Resource is sponsored by DefenseSoap. The World Wrestling Resource Podcast is a presentation of the Mat Talk Podcast Network.SUPPORT THE SHOWAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today at www.patreon.com/mattalkonline. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.SUBSCRIBE TO THE WWR PODCASTApple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/world-wrestling-resource-podcast/id914055428?mt=2&uo=4&at=11ly5XStitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=52933&refid=stprSpreaker: http://www.spreaker.com/show/world-wrestling-resource-podcast_1iHeartRadio: http://www.iheart.com/show/263-World-Wrestling-Resource-P/TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/World-Wrestling-Resource-Podcast-p642915/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5YhejvCMYBxaOSYfm6MVeq?si=uDA_FGMXQwq5IKZNAkBl2A" Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Itxaaaxqv5bwr63ozzjyerujk4yRSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/1248643/episodes/feed

Gene Zannetti of Wrestling Mindset returns to the World Wrestling Resource Podcast to give an update on the growth of the business and update listeners as to what Wrestling Mindset has been able to do within wrestling and beyond.Founded by former Penn wrestlers, Wrestling Mindset evolved from a fitness brand to a mindset training company that employs over 75 mindset coaches in a variety of sports. Find out more about Wrestling Mindset at WrestlingMindset.comThe World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the products can be found at www.worldwrestlingresource.com.Do you have a question or a topic you'd like to hear the World Wrestling Resource staff discuss? Drop us a comment on Facebook at www.facebook.com/worldwrestlingresource or on twitter at @WWRESO.The World Wrestling Resource is sponsored by DefenseSoap. The World Wrestling Resource Podcast is a presentation of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. SUPPORT THE SHOWAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today at www.patreon.com/mattalkonline. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.SUBSCRIBE TO THE WWR PODCASTApple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/world-wrestling-resource-podcast/id914055428?mt=2&uo=4&at=11ly5XStitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=52933&refid=stprSpreaker: http://www.spreaker.com/show/world-wrestling-resource-podcast_1iHeartRadio: http://www.iheart.com/show/263-World-Wrestling-Resource-P/TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/World-Wrestling-Resource-Podcast-p642915/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5YhejvCMYBxaOSYfm6MVeq?si=uDA_FGMXQwq5IKZNAkBl2A" Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Itxaaaxqv5bwr63ozzjyerujk4yRSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/1248643/episodes/feed

While in Trnava, Slovakia for the 2018 Junior World Championships, we got a chance to talk with Pedro Silva, the President of the Wrestling Federation of Portugal. Silva's been around the sport for decades in a number of roles and he'll talk about that background and the culture of wrestling in Portugal.Silva is also running for a position on the UWW Bureau and he explains what he would like to bring to that panel as well as his insights on what the last five years have meant for international wrestling.The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the products can be found at www.worldwrestlingresource.com.Do you have a question or a topic you'd like to hear the World Wrestling Resource staff discuss? Drop us a comment on Facebook at www.facebook.com/worldwrestlingresource or on twitter at @WWRESO.The World Wrestling Resource is sponsored by DefenseSoap. The World Wrestling Resource Podcast is a presentation of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. JOIN THE TEAMAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today at www.patreon.com/mattalkonline. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.SUBSCRIBE TO THE WWR PODCASTApple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/world-wrestling-resource-podcast/id914055428?mt=2&uo=4&at=11ly5XStitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=52933&refid=stprSpreaker: http://www.spreaker.com/show/world-wrestling-resource-podcast_1iHeartRadio: http://www.iheart.com/show/263-World-Wrestling-Resource-P/TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/World-Wrestling-Resource-Podcast-p642915/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5YhejvCMYBxaOSYfm6MVeq?si=uDA_FGMXQwq5IKZNAkBl2A" Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Itxaaaxqv5bwr63ozzjyerujk4yRSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/1248643/episodes/feed

Episode 65 talks with one of the world's top wrestling photographers, Tony Rotundo of www.WrestlersAreWarriors.com. A native New Yorker who did a little bit of international wrestling in his youth, Rotundo has become one of the most versatile shooters in the world. Rotundo has covered a number of World Championships and the 2016 Olympic Games and his shots have graced the covers of nearly every major wrestling magazine and website over the past decade. Rotundo talks about the feel of international wrestling, covering events abroad, how he got into photography and what it was like to land a coveted Olympic credential.For a full breakdown of the images we talk about in this episode, go to www.mattalkonline.com/tonyphotos.Follow Tony on Twitter at www.twitter.com/tony_rotundo.The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the products can be found at www.worldwrestlingresource.com.Do you have a question or a topic you'd like to hear the World Wrestling Resource staff discuss? Drop us a comment on Facebook at www.facebook.com/worldwrestlingresource or on twitter at @WWRESO.The World Wrestling Resource is sponsored by DefenseSoap. The World Wrestling Resource Podcast is a presentation of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. JOIN THE TEAMAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today at www.patreon.com/mattalkonline. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.

Episode 64 of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast visits with Vinay Siwach, a sports journalist for The Indian Express in New Dehli, India. Siwach has covered wrestling for the paper the last five years and he'll talk about the dynamic of Indian wrestling, how Olympic medals won by Sushil Kumar kickstarted interest in the sport in the country, the popularity of the mud wrestling dangals as well as the impact the movie of the same name had on the sport. Siwach will also explain the potential of Kumar during the rest of his career and recap the drama that was the Narsingh Yadav-Sushil Kumar Olympic battle from 2016. Siwach will also explain the Indian Pro Wrestling League. The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the products can be found at www.worldwrestlingresource.com. Do you have a question or a topic you'd like to hear the World Wrestling Resource staff discuss? Drop us a comment on Facebook at www.facebook.com/worldwrestlingresource or on twitter at @WWRESO. The World Wrestling Resource is sponsored by DefenseSoap. The World Wrestling Resource Podcast is a presentation of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. SUBSCRIBE TO THE WWR PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Spotify | Google Play Music | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.

Lúcás Ó'Ceallacháin, the interim High Performance Manager for Wrestling Canada, has spent the last five years heavily involved in wrestling. On Episode 63 of the World Wrestling Resource, we'll talk to the native Irishman about his background in sports management, how it developed based on his linguistic skills and what the last five years have been like after roles with United World Wrestling and as the competition manager for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. He'll also explain how he ended up in Canada and North America in general after living outside of his native Ireland for much of his adult life. The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the products can be found at www.worldwrestlingresource.com. Do you have a question or a topic you'd like to hear the World Wrestling Resource staff discuss? Drop us a comment on Facebook at www.facebook.com/worldwrestlingresource or on twitter at @WWRESO. The World Wrestling Resource is sponsored by DefenseSoap. The World Wrestling Resource Podcast is a presentation of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. SUBSCRIBE TO THE WWR PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Spotify | Google Play Music | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.

Olympic champion Ben Peterson and World Wrestling Resource co-founder Jon McGovern join host Jason Bryant on the latest edition of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast to break down Peterson's vision of leadership. Peterson talks about his background in what he believes makes good leaders and how he's presented his leadership speech over the years around the world. The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the products can be found at www.worldwrestlingresource.com. Do you have a question or a topic you'd like to hear the World Wrestling Resource staff discuss? Drop us a comment on Facebook at www.facebook.com/worldwrestlingresource or on twitter at @WWRESO. The World Wrestling Resource is sponsored by DefenseSoap. The World Wrestling Resource Podcast is a presentation of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. SUBSCRIBE TO THE WWR PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Spotify | Google Play Music | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.

One of the larger stories that came out of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia was the one of Kevin Wallen. The president of the Jamaica Wrestling Federation, Wallen competed at 86kg in freestyle and won his opening match 11-10 over a wrestler from the Bahamas. At 48 years old. On Episode 61 of the World Wrestling Resource, we'll catch up with Wallen, who was raised on the island nation of nearly 3 million people before moving to Canada and discovering wrestling. It was a means to keep him out of trouble and give him a pathway to a post-secondary education. What is Wallen doing to grow wrestling in his homeland, and what in the world possesses a 48-year-old man to go out and scrap with wrestlers, in some cases, 20 years younger? We'll find out in this amazing episode of the World Wrestling Resource Podcast. The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the products can be found at www.worldwrestlingresource.com. Do you have a question or a topic you'd like to hear the World Wrestling Resource staff discuss? Drop us a comment on Facebook at www.facebook.com/worldwrestlingresource or on twitter at @WWRESO. The World Wrestling Resource is sponsored by DefenseSoap. The World Wrestling Resource Podcast is a presentation of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. SUBSCRIBE TO THE WWR PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Spotify | Google Play Music | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.

While at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Jason Bryant caught up with the Treasurer of Wrestling Australia, Lazarus "Larry" Papadopoulos. Papadopoulos has been working the GC2018 Games as a color commentator for the television broadcasts and he also works with the rugby and Aussie rules football leagues to work wrestling techniques into their respective gameplay. We go over a number of topics, including developing wrestling in Australia and Oceania as well as the involvement of other sports into wrestling and vice versa. The World Wrestling Resource has a slew of resources for wrestlers and coaches from all levels and information about the products can be found at www.worldwrestlingresource.com. Do you have a question or a topic you'd like to hear the World Wrestling Resource staff discuss? Drop us a comment on Facebook at www.facebook.com/worldwrestlingresource or on twitter at @WWRESO. The World Wrestling Resource is sponsored by DefenseSoap. The World Wrestling Resource Podcast is a presentation of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. SUBSCRIBE TO THE WWR PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Spotify | Google Play Music | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.