Wrestling Omakase

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's our final "normal" show of the year before our Year in Review series gets kicked off, and we go out with a bang talking four big shows! John is joined by returning guests Taylor ( @tamaimbo ) and Aaron Bentley ( @aaronlikethecar ) of Everything Elite ( @EverythingAEW ), here to plug his new Patreon to that VAST Omakase audience ( http://patreon.com/e...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's time to talk three gigantic Japanese wrestling shows! John is joined by returning guests Taylor ( @tamaimbo ), Thomas ( @rasslinratings ) and Jack ( @packerman120 ) to break down all the shows from this past weekend. We start with New Japan's Power Struggle show from Osaka, as we talk all the major matches and angles on the last major show before Wrestle...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's our full preview of the upcoming Mega Puro Weekend! John is joined by returning guests Taylor (@tamaimbo) and ex-Burning Spirits co-host Kevin Hare (@stan__hansen) to preview four huge shows from Japan. Before they get into the shows there's a bit of Japanese travel chat as Kevin will actually be heading overseas for the first time to attend the three ev...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's our 2019 Worldwide Fantasy Draft! That's right, our fantasy draft is back but this year for one episode only, as we bring you our first-ever FIVE-WAY worldwide draft! Any wrestler in the world, for any promotion, who has wrestled since the start of September 2019 is eligible to be drafted, which gives all our participants a lot to work with! John is join...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's time for King of Pro Wrestling! John is joined by first time guest Hayley (@choerrycoloured) to help break down NJPW's biggest show of the fall. But before we get into KOPW Hayley talks about how she got into wrestling in general and NJPW specifically (which coincidentally involves John and they had no idea) and there's also some more #animetalk on e...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's once again time for Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame talk! John is joined by the CAPTAIN Rich Kraetsch of the Voices of Wrestling flagship (@voiceswrestling) to once again break down every candidate in the Modern US/Canada and Japan categories. It's quite the dichotomy, as first we try our best to make a case for any one of a historically weak batch of US...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk two New Japan US shows that we attended live, plus chat some DDT! First John is joined by returning guest Bryan Quinlan ( @IM_NOT_QUINLAN ) to talk NJPW's Fighting Spirit Unleashed shows from NYC & Philly. Hear us discuss 90 minute ambulance delays, unruly fans, much nicer fans, who was over and what the crowd reactions were like in general compared t...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we look at the end of a tour and two tournaments. John is joined by returning guest TJ (@aspir_) as they start by discussing their upcoming weekend, including two meet-ups ahead of NJPW FSU (NYC 3 pm at Pioneers Bar, Philly noon at Toll Man Joes!) and also a little bit of #animetalk. Once they actually get to the wrestling they start with New Japan, as John and TJ ta...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's all about Japan's two oldest promotions! John is joined by returning guest and VOW contributor Gerard Di Trolio ( @GerardDiTrolio ) to discuss two shows from NJPW and the opening round of AJPW's annual Oudou Tournament. First we discuss New Japan's Destruction in Beppu, a not very good show that at least is nice enough to have an awesome main eve...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we're joined by returning guest and VOW contributor Thomas Fischbeck (@rasslingratings) for a trip around Japanese wrestling! It starts with a deep dive into All Japan based around their 9/3 Summer Explosion Korakuen show, though we also talk at length about their booking at the moment, Kento Miyahara's title reign, why we'd like to see more cooperation b...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we hit a double dose of action from across the Atlantic! John is joined by returning guest Quinlan to talk two big shows from the same day, starting with NJPW Royal Quest live from London. Hear their thoughts on a rocky live stream experience from FIVE TV marring what seemed like a good undercard, another pretty whatever IWGP Tag Team Title match, a NEVER title match...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we've got a wide variety of Japanese wrestling to talk about, both men's and women's! John is joined by returning guest Taylor (https://twitter.com/tamaimbo) to break down five full shows. First they discuss Dragon Gate's latest big show from Tokyo's Ota Ward Gym, Dangerous Gate, a bit of a mixed bag of the show and John's return to DG after q...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's time to finally put a wrap on the 29th G1 Climax! John is joined by returning guests Andy (https://twitter.com/trillyrobinson) and Sean (https://twitter.com/SASedor2994) to break down the final five nights of the G1 and then talk macro thoughts on the entire tournament. This includes of course much talk of Tetsuya Naito coming up short yet again, and John gi...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's our big giant G1 Climax catch-up special as we head into the home stretch of wrestling's biggest tournament! John is joined by returning guest Hannah (https://twitter.com/HannahYoleau) to talk about SEVEN NIGHTS of G1 action from New Japan, covering Nights 8 through 14. We're making up for one week off as we cover a ton of matches, everything from st...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we continue our coverage of New Japan's biggest tournament of the year, plus talk DDT's big summer show! John is joined by returning guest Thomas Fischbeck (https://twitter.com/rasslinratings) as we start by breaking down four more nights of the 29th G1 Climax: Night 4 from Hokkiado featuring Naito-Taichi and then Nights 5 through 7 from Korakuen Hall featuri...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we've got a packed episode on a ton of different topics! John is joined by returning guest and VOW's resident ROH expert Sean Sedor (https://twitter.com/SASedor2994) , and we open up the show with a long discussion on that very promotion. More specifically, we discuss ROH's ongoing attendance woes, including their 30% drop from last year so far in 2019, u...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we're live from Dallas with a full review of the G1 Climax opener! John is joined by four guests who were all at the show: VOW contributors Jeremy (https://twitter.com/jeremysexton) , August (https://twitter.com/augustbaker12) and Jack (https://twitter.com/packerman120) plus Quinlan (https://twitter.com/IM_NOT_QUINLAN) . We break down the entire card from top to...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we're proud to present our 2nd annual Mid-Year Awards! At the exact halfway point of 2019 (this episode was taped on 6/30/19 in fact) John is joined by five returning guests to pick the best and worst of the year so far: VOW contributors Gerard (https://twitter.com/GerardDiTrolio) , Lawson (https://twitter.com/LawsonComedy89) , Paul (https://twitter.com/Darth_Dra...

This is Part 2 of our episode on Japan, as we talk the second half of our most recent trip. Check out Part 1 first for lots of discussion on how to travel to Japan. Here we discuss the Dragon Gate 6/6 Korakuen, Tokyo Joshi & HARD HIT from Shin Kiba on 6/8, NJPW Dominion (including a long discussion of the Naito-Ibushi controversy), NOAH in Osaka, Michinoku Pro's Korakuen and DDT at Kyoto K...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk all about how to travel to Japan to watch pro wrestling and more! An episode so packed we had to split it in two! Fresh off their latest Japan trips John is joined by longtime returning guest Taylor (https://twitter.com/tamaimbo) as they break down everything you need to know before going yourself: how to find cheap flights (and what times of year are best fo...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we're live from Japan for our one hundredth episode! John is joined by an all star panel including many past guests: Taylor (https://twitter.com/tamaimbo) , Quinlan (https://twitter.com/IM_NOT_QUINLAN) , Paul (https://twitter.com/Darth_Dragon) , Kelly (https://twitter.com/comicgeekelly) and Albert (https://twitter.com/heyhorseneck) ! Just minutes after attending...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk the debut show of AEW and some great junior heavyweight action from New Japan! John is joined by longtime friend Bryan Quinlan (https://twitter.com/IM_NOT_QUINLAN) to first break down All Elite Wrestling's Double or Nothing, a mixed bag of a show featuring some really good wrestling, some very bad wrestling, a very weird main event, a decidedly WWE lite f...

This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by returning guest Aaron Bentley (https://twitter.com/aaronlikethecar) from VOW podcast Everything Elite (https://twitter.com/EverythingAEW) to talk an eclectic mix of topics! We start things out with some general talk on AEW and how both NJPW and ROH have dealt with the aftermath of the Elite leaving before turning our attention to STARDOM's 5/16...

This week on Wrestling Omakase John welcomes back longtime guest Jesse (https://twitter.com/K0jiii) for her first apperance of 2019! We catch up a little at the start including talking the big KO-D Openweight Title win of Tetsuya Endo from DDT's US show last month before turning our attention toward King of DDT. John and Jesse break down all seven first round matches, the special Loser Resurre...

This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by longtime returning guest Taylor Maimbourg (https://twitter.com/tamaimbo) to talk both men's and women's Japanese wrestling! First we talk New Japan's two Wrestling Dontaku shows (Friday 5/3 & Saturday 5/4) as we break them down match-by-match, talk some big debuts and future teases, and discuss where it looks like things are going fo...