Wrestling Omakase

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's a deep dive through the highlights of the entire AJPW Champion Carnival and more! John is joined by returning guest Thomas Fischbeck (https://twitter.com/rasslinratings) and first time guest Gerard Di Trolio (https://twitter.com/GerardDiTrolio)  as we go night-by-night through the best matches of the entire Champion Carnival, all the way from Night 1 through...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we debut a brand new concept! Inspired by the annual STARDOM Unit Draft that just took place, we bring this concept to New Japan Pro Wrestling with the first-ever NJPW Unit Draft! John and four guests each take up a different leader of a New Japan unit as we go round by round and draft the entire rest of the roster into a fresh landscape. Joining us for this project...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's a special bonus episode breaking down the last two big shows of Mania weekend! John is joined by returning guest and Music of the Mat (https://twitter.com/musicofthemat) host Andrew Rich (https://twitter.com/AndrewTRich)  as we start with a brief recap of Andrew's Mania weekend, including his full ranking of everything he attended and thoughts on the VOW...

This week on Wrestling Omakase I'm joined by my longtime wrestling travel companion Bryan Quinlan (https://twitter.com/IM_NOT_QUINLAN)  to discuss the highs and lows of two packed days of wrestling at Mania weekend! We give you all our thoughts from attending these shows live, in chronological order, including a decent EVOLVE show featuring a good first half and a not-so-hot second; a pretty b...

This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by first time guest Kevin Kelly (@realkevinkelly (https://twitter.com/realkevinkelly) ), the English voice of New Japan Pro Wrestling! Kevin discusses what it's been like calling NJPW play-by-play in his nearly three-and-a-half year stint from the beginning, including what some of the biggest adjustments he had to make were, what he thinks of the J...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we finally finish our trip through the New Japan Cup and talk some more great Japanese wrestling as well! John is joined by longtime returning guest Taylor Maimbourg (@tamaimbo (https://twitter.com/tamaimbo) ) to break it all down, starting with our wrap up of the NJC. We talk the last two 2nd Round matches we had left from last week (Cabana-Yano & Suzuki-SANADA)...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk an eclectic mix of wrestling. I'm joined by returning guest and my longtime wrestling travel companion Bryan Quinlan (@IMNOTQUINLAN (https://twitter.com/IM_NOT_QUINLAN) ) as we start in the land of World Wrestling Entertainment, breaking down a pretty decent Fastlane show and some of the more confusing aspects of the Wrestlemania build-up. Once that's...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's more New Japan action as we continue tracking their hot March. John is joined by first time guest Lorien (@divingmeteora (https://twitter.com/divingmeteora) ) as we break down the NJPW Anniversary Event from Ota City Gymnasium and the first three nights of the New Japan Cup. It all starts with the Anniversary Show, as we discuss two big junior title matches,...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we present our first ever live pick 'em roundtable! John is joined by returning guests and VOW contributors Damon from the Super J Cast (@thesuperjcast (https://twitter.com/thesuperjcast) ), Nate (@epitasis (https://twitter.com/epitasis) ) from Everything Elite, Suit Williams (@suitwilliams (https://twitter.com/SuitWilliams) ) & Andy LaBarre (@trillyrobinson...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's a giant puro blowout! There were about a million pretty big shows that took place over the past week or so in Japan and we decided to just try and cover them all (or at least the major matches). Joining us to do it is first time guest and relatively new VOW contributor Thomas Fischbeck (@rasslinratings (https://twitter.com/rasslinratings) ), as Thomas like J...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we jump back into the world of the Dramatic Dream Team to talk two big Ryogoku shows! I'm joined by longtime returning guest and VOW contributor Taylor Maimbourg (@tamaimbo (https://twitter.com/tamaimbo) ) as we first start with the return of MUSCLE after 9 years. It's a four-hour comedy show that happens to have a few wrestling matches on it but we break dow...

This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by returning guest Emily Pratt (@emilyofpratt (https://twitter.com/emilyofpratt) ) of Uproxx to discuss an eventful NJPW New Beginning tour! John and Emily break down all the major matches across the entire tour, from the Road To shows to Sapporo to finally Osaka, and discuss in depth Jay White's IWGP Heavyweight Title win as well as what we though...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's time for us to cover the 2018 VOW Match of the Year (https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/columns/2018-match-of-the-year/) poll! John is joined by a roundtable of six guests, each MOTY voters (and from a wide range of wrestling backgrounds), to each discuss their own ballots and where the matches ultimately finished in the final poll. Return...

This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by returning guest Skylar (@Twwitterdotcom (https://twitter.com/Twwitterdotcom) ) to discuss WWE and DDT! First the two of them talk the WWE Royal Rumble 2019 PPV, discussing all the matches and major takeaways from the show, from Becky's big win to an awesome Brock-Finn match to some stuff on the card that they weren't so hot on. Once that&#39...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we're talking the three biggest wrestling companies in the world! I'm joined by returning guest and longtime friend/travel companion Bryan Quinlan (@IMNOTQUINLAN (https://twitter.com/IM_NOT_QUINLAN) ) as we start with a preview of the WWE Royal Rumble card. Quinlan is one of the few people left on earth who actually watch RAW & Smackdown every week, so he...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's time for our second annual year end awards! A panel of 48 Omakase guests from 2018 voted to decide the best (and worst) of the year, and we announce the winners as well as discuss our individual picks in the following categories (in order of podcast appearance): Worst Weekly TV Show, Worst Major Show, Worst Promotion, Worst Feud, Worst Match of the Year, Bes...

It's a special bonus episode of Wrestling Omakase this week! John was joined by co-host of the Brit Wres Roundtable Robin Reid (@BritWresRound (https://twitter.com/BritWresRound) ) and VOW contributor Jack Beckmann (@packerman120 (https://twitter.com/packerman120) ) just minutes after all three had finished watching Wrestle Kingdom 13 live. Listen to their thoughts on this special live broadca...

This week on Wrestling Omakase the Year in Review series comes to a conclusion with New Japan Pro Wrestling! Back for another year, the Year in Review series will focus on a different promotion each week and get you all caught up on them. Didn't see a ton from their year? Feel like you need a refresher course? We go through as much of the year as we can in chronological order, highlighting stu...

This week on Wrestling Omakase the Year in Review series reaches its penultimate episode as we cover the Dramatic Dream Team! Back for another year, the Year in Review series will focus on a different promotion each week and get you all caught up on them. Didn't see a ton from their year? Feel like you need a refresher course? We go through as much of the year as we can in chronological order,...

This week on Wrestling Omakase the Year in Review series marches on as we look back at an eventful year for Ring of Honor! Back for another year, the Year in Review series will focus on a different promotion each week and get you all caught up on them. Didn't see a ton from their year? Feel like you need a refresher course? We go through as much of the year as we can in chronological order, hi...

This week on Wrestling Omakase the Year in Review series continues, as we head to the wide world of joshi! Back for another year, the Year in Review series will focus on a different promotion (or type of wrestling) each week and get you all caught up on them. Didn't see a ton from their year? Feel like you need a refresher course? We go through as much of the year as we can in chronological or...

This week on Wrestling Omakase the Year in Review series rolls on, as we get this one out of the way early. Back for another year, the Year in Review series will focus on a different promotion (or type of wrestling) each week and get you all caught up on them. Didn't see a ton from their year? Feel like you need a refresher course? We go through as much of the year as we can in chronological o...

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's a reunion from another former VOW podcast, as we kick off our 2018 Year in Review series! Back for another year, the Year in Review series will focus on a different promotion (or type of wrestling) each week and get you all caught up on them. Didn't see a ton from their year? Feel like you need a refresher course? We go through as much of the year as we...

It's another trip through wrestling's past this week on Wrestling Omakase! This is the sequel episode of sorts to our previous rating every year episode ([#62, Rating WWF/E From 96-06](https://audioboom.com/posts/7004096-wrestling-omakase-62-rating-every-wwf-e-year-from-1996-to-2006)), as this time around we look at World Championship Wrestling! John is joined by returning guest Rich Kraet...

This week on Wrestling Omakase we're joined by a first time guest to break down NJPW's big November show, Power Struggle! Jasmine ([@bigsadboii](https://twitter.com/bigsadboii)) first introduces herself to Omakase by going a bit into her own history- both as a fan of wrestling in general and NJPW in specific. We then turn to a match-by-match breakdown of this past weekend's Power Strug...