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Wrestling Omakase

Wrestling Omakase

Omakase means, literally, "I'll leave it up to you". It's a term primarily used in modern Japanese in sushi restaurants, where you allow the chef to prepare their own personal favorites, leaving your meal completely in their hands. Wrestling Omakase, therefore, is a show where we place each episode into the hands of one or two passionate fans, from all across the wrestling spectrum. Our regular host John Carroll has over 20 years of diverse wrestling fandom to draw upon, and they

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174:15

Wrestling Omakase #122: Joshi Year in Review 2019 w/...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/12/08

This week Wrestling Omakase's third annual Year in Review series continues! Each week from now until the end of the year we will recap the 2019 of a specific promotion, promotions, or type of wrestling, covering all their major shows and moments and giving our picks for the major award categories. It's a great way for you to catch up with wrestling you may have missed this year and identify matches you may want to watch or rewatch before doing your end of the year awards voting!What an

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161:53

Wrestling Omakase #121: WWE Year in Review 2019 w/...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/12/01

This week Wrestling Omakase's third annual Year in Review series continues! Each week from now until the end of the year we will recap the 2019 of a specific promotion, promotions, or type of wrestling, covering all their major shows and moments and giving our picks for the major award categories. It's a great way for you to catch up with wrestling you may have missed this year and identify matches you may want to watch or rewatch before doing your end of the year awards voting!Oh boy folks

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122:41

Wrestling Omakase #120: DDT Year in Review 2019 w/ Jamie

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/11/25

Welcome to Wrestling Omakase's third annual Year in Review series! Each week from now until the end of the year we will recap the 2019 of a specific promotion, promotions, or type of wrestling, covering all their major shows and moments and giving our picks for the major award categories. It's a great way for you to catch up with wrestling you may have missed this year and identify matches you may want to watch or rewatch before doing your end of the year awards voting!We kick things off

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143:36

Wrestling Omakase #119: AEW Full Gear, NOAH 11/2,...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/11/13

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/everythingelite). We're here to talk four shows from four very different promotions, starting with the AEW

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154:40

Wrestling Omakase #118: NJPW Power Struggle, DDT...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/11/07

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 Kingdom. We discuss a somewhat controversial final segment setting up the double title match, Hiromu

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169:31

Wrestling Omakase #117: Mega Puro Weekend Preview...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/10/28

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 events at Sumo Hall, so we discuss his trip as well as give some thoughts and memories from John and

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67:15

Wrestling Omakase #116: 2019 Worldwide Fantasy Draft...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/10/21

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 joined by two guests from Voices of Wrestling, Music of the Mat host Andrew Rich (@AndrewTRich) and

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124:25

Wrestling Omakase #115: NJPW King of Pro Wrestling &...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/10/14

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 everything from Love Live to some recommendations for the new fall season and more. Once they get into

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163:18

Wrestling Omakase #114: 2019 Wrestling Observer Hall...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/10/05

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 candidates including Bill Goldberg, CM Punk, Edge, Randy Orton, Sgt. Slaughter and more. Then we dive

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145:34

Wrestling Omakase #113: NJPW Fighting Spirit...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/10/01

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 to past US shows (including the ROH/NJPW shows in some of the same buildings), and of course break down all

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148:57

Wrestling Omakase #112: NJPW Destruction in Kobe,...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/09/25

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 talk all about the Destruction in Kobe event. A lot of time is spent on the Naito-White main event as John

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130:24

Wrestling Omakase #111: NJPW Destruction in Beppu &...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/09/18

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 event. Then we talk Destruction in Kagoshima, a much better effort all around and featuring KENTA vs. Kota

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118:59

Wrestling Omakase #110: AJPW 9/3, NJPW Road to...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/09/08

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 between AJPW and the other puro companies and whether things feel stagnant right now. But there's

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72:48

Wrestling Omakase #109: AEW All Out & NJPW Royal...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/09/01

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 that was going great until it suddenly wasn't, and finally two awesome main events that really

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135:04

108: Wrestling Omakase #108: DG Dangerous Gate, TJPW...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/08/26

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 quite a while away. What was the highlight of the show, and what matches didn't quite work as well

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127:38

107: Wrestling Omakase #107: NJPW G1 Climax 29...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/08/14

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 gives a passionate defense of Naito fans from the many people attacking the group. We talk lots of other

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127:09

106: Wrestling Omakase #106: NJPW G1 Climax 29...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/08/04

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 stuff we absolutely adored (including one FULL FIVE and two that were damn close) but also some of the

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126:56

105: Wrestling Omakase #105: G1 Climax 29 (Nights...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/07/21

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 featuring Ibushi-Ospreay, Ishii-Moxley, Okada-Ospreay and more! Hear their thoughts on some of the biggest

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127:33

104: Wrestling Omakase #104: G1 Climax 29 (Nights 2 &...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/07/15

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, upcoming attendances that look like they'll be even worse, how they got to this point and what

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83:06

103: Wrestling Omakase #103: G1 Climax 29 Opener Live...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/07/07

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 bottom including four awesome G1 matches (plus, uh, one more), the entire undercard, live thoughts on

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