Wrestling Omakase

This week on Wrestling Omakase, John is joined by first time guest Kyle (@ThroughMyKyes) of Sheet Sandwich to discuss WWE Backlash. The two of them break down each and every match on this truly wretched, no good, horrible show, from the very good opener to the very, very bad main event. Once they're done burying that awful piece of crap, they move on to a briefer discussion of the two NJPW Wre...

A new series begins on this week's edition of Wrestling Omakase! Imagine, if you will, a fantasy world where some gigantic corporation has purchased both World Wrestling Entertainment and New Japan Pro Wrestling, the two largest wrestling companies in the world. John and their three guests have been named the General Managers of four new brands, and this draft is being held to create their ini...

This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by first time guest Jahmale (@RealHero12089) to discuss the AJPW Champion Carnival so far! They break down each and every match that's taken place in All Japan's answer to the G1 up through now, from the 4/7 kick off show through 4/18\. Hear their thoughts on Yuji Hino's reign of FUCKING BOMB terror, Naomichi Marufuji coming back to where h...

This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by first time guest Bryan (@MurderBryan) from the self-proclaimed "#1 anarcho-comedy radio show" [Street Fight](http://www.streetfightradio.com/)! The main topic discussed is Wrestlemania, as the two of them talk in great detail about every match on the main show, WWE's night of insane booking decisions, some good matches and some fun bad o...

Wrestling Omakase reaches its 40th episode as John is joined by the first ever member of the 5-time guest club! Jesse (@K0jiii) makes her latest appearance on the show to discuss all things DDT. First the two of them talk the big 3/25 Sumo Hall show match-by-match, everything from the dark matches through the big Takeshita-Ishikawa main event, then of course the surprising return of Shigehiro Irie...

Wrestling Omakase returns this week on location from Southern California! John is joined by their longtime friend and returning guest Sean Williams (@TheDragonSuplex) as the two of them record from a hotel room in Long Beach hours after seeing NJPW Strong Style Evolved. Hear their thoughts on the venue, the setup inside, the fans, and of course the show itself, match-by-match. We discuss an incred...

On this week's Omakase John is joined by first-time guest Jamie (@JamieOD), longtime runner of the popular English fan blog Dramatic DDT (@DramaticDDT), to preview DDT's biggest show of the year! The two of them break down DDT Judgment from Sumo Hall, DDT's yearly anniversary show, match-by-match, giving you all the storyline information and build-up to help get you hyped. We discuss:...

This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by first-time guest Chris Charlton (@reasonjp), author of 2015's _Lion's Pride: The Turbulent History of New Japan Pro Wrestling_ and the forthcoming _EGGSHELLS: Pro Wrestling in the Tokyo Dome_ (@esbooked) to discuss the very topic of his upcoming book! After a brief introduction and some discussion of how Chris has watched the Western purores...

Wrestling Omakase is back with a very special episode! John is joined by two returning guests: Michael Spears (@fujiiheya) of the Open the Voice Gate podcast and Rich Kraetsch of the Voices of Wrestling flagship (@voiceswrestling)! On this episode the three of them discuss their shared history with a quirky little thing called e-wrestling. All three of us came of age in a similar time, as we discu...

Wrestling Omakase returns to break down this past weekend's big Honor Rising shows. John is joined by their longtime friend and wrestling traveling companion Bryan Quinlan (@IM_NOT_QUINLAN) to discuss all of the matches and major news stories coming out of the two surprisingly good joint NJPW/ROH Korakuens. They talk the Golden Lovers reunion, Cody, the Beer City Bruiser's breakout weekend...

Wrestling Omakase is back with another historical episode, as John is joined by returning 3-time guest Andrew Rich (@AndrewTRich) from the Music of the Mat podcast to discuss a period of WWE both of them still remember well. We discuss Andrew's childhood formative days as a wrestling fan, starting around mid-2003 and going through WrestleMania 23 in 2007; a period where John attended quite a f...

Wrestling Omakase returns after a brief period off with an exciting new episode looking at the entire history of the World Wonder Ring, STARDOM! John is joined by returning guest Sean Williams (@TheDragonSuplex), author of the STARDOM Project blog, and new guest Tara Wrist (@ae2501maeth), longtime STARDOM and joshi fan, to discuss the entire history of this incredibly interesting joshi promotion!...

Omakase is back for a rare second time within a week as we break down the 2017 VOW Match of the Year poll! John is joined by five guests, all of them VOW MOTY voters, for a roundtable discussion: Josh Robinson (@MisterJoshDude), Suit Williams (@SuitWilliams), Michael Spears (@fujiiheya), Kevin Hare (@stan__hansen), and Kevin Brown (@darukinoi). Each of us go through our own top 10 match-by-match,...

Wrestling Omakase returns with an episode talking three big shows from this past weekend, and this time we're joined by two brand new, first time ever guests! Kara (@QaraKoyunlu) & Aaron (@AaronWrotkowski) join John to help them break down the two NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo shows, and then the WWE Royal Rumble. First from Sapporo, we discuss all the matches and the major happenings, inc...

Wrestling Omakase returns this week with a jam packed show full of variety! John is joined by returning guest Taylor (@tamaimbo) who last appeared during the live Omakase from Japan. The two open things up by reminiscing a bit on their trip to see puroresu live together, and give some advice to those of you who might be planning trips later this year for the G1 and such. They then move on to a rev...

Wrestling Omakase is ready to kick off our 2018 season in earnest, and we start things out with the first of two weeks focused on current puroresu! There's quite simply a ton of shows making tape from Japan in these two weeks, so we're here to break down a lot of it and give you our thoughts on some awesome Japanese wrestling! It starts this week as John is joined by 4-time returning guest...

It's time for the first-ever Wrestling Omakase Year End Awards! Our awards panel consisted of each and every guest we had on Omakase in 2017 (with everyone but one submitting a ballot), and we've tallied up the results and share them with you on this show! It's basically a mini-Observer awards with the same basic rules (5-3-2 balloting, the old December-November calendar, etc.) as our...

The Year in Review series has finally reached our last episode this week on Wrestling Omakase. John is joined by Joe Lanza of the VOW flagship (@voiceswrestling) and NJPW writer/match of the month organizer Lawson Leong (@LawsonComedy89) as the three of them give a thorough look back at NJPW's 2017! First they break everything down month-by-month, discussing all the major events, title changes...

We're nearing the end of the road in the Wrestling Omakase Year in Review series, and in our penultimate episode we talk all things Big Japan Pro Wrestling! Our guest is Brennan Patrick (@bren_patrick) of fellow VOW podcast Burning Spirits, as Brennan and John break down Big Japan's entire year month-by-month. Hear them talk the deathmatch exploits of Takeda, Takahashi and more, the strong...

The Year in Review series marches on this week on Omakase, as we take a critical look at where Ring of Honor stands in pro wrestling in 2017! John is joined by longtime ROH fan and host of many podcasts Joe Gagne (@joegagne) & VOW's ROH reviewer extraordinaire Sean Sedor (@SASedor2994) as the three of them try to parse what ROH's year was really like. We go deep on the current roster:...

The Year in Review series heads into the realm of joshi (women's) puroresu this week on Wrestling Omakase, as John is joined by returning guest Alexandra (@NOAHs_Savior) of Squared Circle Sirens to help them break down a number of promotions' respective 2017s! We discuss Sendai Girls, Oz Academy, SEAdLINNNG, STARDOM, Ice Ribbon, and more, as we break down each promotion's various stren...

It's time to get back to the Year in Review series this week on Wrestling Omakase, and we have a hell of a promotion to cover: Dramatic Dream Team! John is joined by Mort (@mortenvh) of the award-winning Real Hero Archive and Drew Wardlaw of fellow VOW podcast Burning Spirits (@_burningspirits), both returning guests, to break down a promotion all three of them love! We go month-by-month highl...

We take a break from our Year in Review series this week on Omakase to take another look at another American independent wrestling mainstay: California's Pro Wrestling Guerrilla! John is joined by two fans who have been attending PWG for years: Eric (@superjew1) who has been attending since 2013, and Brian (@BrianDaBrain) who has been attending since 2006. Brian also started the PWG trading ca...

Our 2017 Year in Review series continues this week with everyone's favorite promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment! John is joined by the only two members of the VOW family who can be reliably counted on for WWE PPV roundtables, Kelly Harrass (@comicgeekelly) & August Baker (@augustbaker12), as we break down WWE's 2017! We discuss what the top WWE and NXT contenders might be for vari...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we begin our Year in Review Series! Each episode will recap a specific promotion's 2017 with passionate fans/viewers of the company, giving you match recommendations, picks for various awards (MVP/Most Outstanding/Show/Tag Team/etc.), and an overview of what the past year has looked like. It's a great way to wind down 2017, and it starts this week with All Ja...