"It's the same material they use for professional wrestling mats," he said.

Associates say he is as likely to head for the negotiating table as to the wrestling mat.

He shows the same drive on the wrestling mat and the lacrosse field.

He had pushed his opponent's head through the wrestling mat, but the match went on.

The video opens with a scene of a circular wrestling mat in a dark warehouse.

"I guess you've got to face it," the doctor replied, walking up to the wrestling mat with a courage he didn't even begin to feel.

He sat on a log by the wrestling mat and just squinted at me.

Joe looked back at the bomb on the wrestling mat.

It must be all that grappling they do on the wrestling mats.

Now, for safety considerations a modern wrestling mat is preferred, placed atop an open or covered basketball court.