{"podcast":{"title":"Champ Media","slug":"champ-media-7507272","podcast_index_feed_id":7507272,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1070df374/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.collegesportsco.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44033221/44033221-1751996226788-ac0ba62b9b5e6.jpg","author":"College Sports Company","episode_count":137,"summary":"A Fresh Look at Michigan Sports with Champions Circle | A College Sports Company Brand","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T06:18:41.958807+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/champ-media-7507272"},"episode":{"title":"Michigan Wrestler Beau Mantañona on WWE, Team USA & Olympic Dreams | The Lab","slug":"michigan-wrestler-beau-manta-ona-on-wwe-team-usa-olympic-dreams-the-lab","published_at":"2026-06-25T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/champ-media-7507272/michigan-wrestler-beau-manta-ona-on-wwe-team-usa-olympic-dreams-the-lab","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/champ-media-7507272","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/college-sports-co/episodes/Michigan-Wrestler-Beau-Mantaona-on-WWE--Team-USA--Olympic-Dreams--The-Lab-e3l965u","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1070df374/podcast/play/121984638/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-25%2F426818434-44100-2-99962c6bd4837.mp3","summary":"Michigan wrestler Beau Mantañona joins The Lab to discuss his journey from California to Ann Arbor, representing Team USA at the World Championships in Budapest, wrestling in the Big Ten, building his NIL brand, and pursuing Olympic dreams.Beau also reveals how WWE videos helped him gain thousands of followers, what it feels like to wear the Block M, why Michigan wrestling is built to compete for national championships, and the goals driving him toward the next stage of his career.Chapters:0:00 Meet Beau Mantañona1:00 Why Beau Chose Michigan2:09 Big Ten Wrestling Realities3:24 Why Wrestling Became His Sport4:25 Match Day Preparation5:16 Scouting Opponents 6:08 Intensity of Nationals6:36 How WWE Made Him Go Viral8:31 Favorite WWE Legends Growing Up10:09 What NIL Has Been Like for Him10:27 Seeing His Own Trading Card16:23 Wrestling Without a Game Plan21:48 Graduating From Michigan23:40 The Hardest Part of Moving Across the Country24:44 Hearing "Go Blue" Everywhere He Travels25:07 Final Thoughts and What's NextLearn more about our partnership with Champions Circle: https://www.collegesportsco.com/news/champions-circle-and-college-sports-co-launch-champ-mediaFOLLOW CHAMP MEDIA HERE:► TWITTER | https://x.com/ChampMediaCo► TIKTOK | https://www.tiktok.com/@champmediaco► INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/champmediaco► YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/@ChampMediaCo► SPOTIFY | ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2tW4bh8jQggJuDCpDnVo9k⁠► APPLE | ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/champ-media/id1840236194► FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/share/1Dr7P6YEsv/?mibextid=wwXIfr#GoBlue #MichiganWrestling #NCAAWrestling","meta_description":"Michigan wrestler Beau Mantañona joins The Lab to discuss his journey from California to Ann Arbor, representing Team USA at the World Championships in B…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1557,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/champ-media-7507272/episodes/michigan-wrestler-beau-manta-ona-on-wwe-team-usa-olympic-dreams-the-lab/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/champ-media-7507272/michigan-wrestler-beau-manta-ona-on-wwe-team-usa-olympic-dreams-the-lab.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}