#302 Jason Bryant - Hall of Fame Announcer and Sportswriter

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Jason Bryant is a hall of fame broadcaster and sports announcer. He’s announced the Olympics, World Championships, NCAAs and countless other events. In the late 1990s he founded Mat Talk and re-launched the company as the Mat Talk Network in 2014. Since, he’s hosted and produced thousands of podcast episodes on the great sport of wrestling. Jason is a pioneer, a mentor and a friend. Enjoy! (Photo: Tony Rotundo / Wrestlers are Warriors) * PRESENTED BY SPARTAN COMBAT The Spartan Combat Nationals are returning to Jacksonville, Florida, this April 8-10. Wrestle a different style each day. Register Now at SpartanCombat.Com. * FANS If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews! * TEXT THE SHOW –Keyword: Wrestle –Number: 224-54 * FOLLOW the PODCAST Twitter: @Ryan_N_Warner Instagram: Wrestling Changed My Life Facebook: Wrestling Changed My Life Website: wrestlingchangedmylife.com Shop merchandise at our Online Store: Store.WrestlingChangedMyLife.com *** ABOUT Presented by Spartan Combat, the Wrestling Changed My Life Podcast features long-form interviews with amateur wrestlers - past and current - MMA fighters and titans of industry. New episodes are released every Monday and Wednesday, where host Ryan Warner talks college wrestling, Olympic wrestling and more with some of the biggest names in the sport. Wrestling Changed My Life also produces original audio documentaries including Slaying Saitiev, The Smiths and Gable the GOAT.

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0:00.0	Wrestling fans, when I was a kid, we would travel hours to go to this tournament just because
0:05.1	they had the coolest trophy.
0:07.0	When I was Spartan Combat, they're hosting a national tournament this April and they
0:10.8	might have the coolest trophy in wrestling.
0:12.8	It's a Spartan helmet shield with feathers coming off and it's beautiful.
0:17.8	You get it for winning the Spartan Combat Nationals taking place this April in Jacksonville,
0:22.4	Florida.
0:23.4	Register now at Spartancombat.com and get one of the coolest trophies in wrestling.
0:28.1	You're at the world's most famous arena and they've never been in there for the first
0:31.5	time.
0:32.5	And the last time I was in that building was in 2002 when Ed Alla Verdi was was blurt
0:35.8	now.
0:36.8	Bulgaria.
0:37.8	When Barzekov beat the beer, I mean, it was, you know, those iconic calls.
0:40.6	It's just like, there were the, again, the pressure wasn't about the event because I've
0:44.7	announced hundreds of events by this point.
0:47.2	It was the fact that there are 18,000 people in here waiting for me and Brian to screw up.
0:55.3	They can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.
1:01.1	Wrestling gave us that ability.
1:02.3	I would say that nothing in life has impacted me or the things wrestling has taught me in
1:07.2	terms of self-reflection, resilience, toughness, some guys have it, some guys don't.
1:13.4	Adversity, 100%, how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
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