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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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83: Wrestling Omakase #83: 2018 VOW Match of the Year...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/02/02

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. Returning guests Sean Sedor (@SASedor2994 (https://twitter.com/SASedor2994) ) and Kevin Hare (@stan__hansen

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82: Wrestling Omakase #82: WWE Royal Rumble & DDT...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/01/29

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's out of the way they turn their attention to DDT, talking the 1/27 Sweet Dreams Korakuen

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81: Wrestling Omakase #81: NJPW/CMLL Fantasticamania,...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/01/19

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 lets us know his thoughts on the build up to the major matches and more. Then we move on to discussing

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80: Wrestling Omakase #80: 2018 Year End Awards w/...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/01/10

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, Best Weekly TV Show, Best Major Show, Most Outstanding Wrestler, Best Promotion, Best Feud, Match of the

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79: Wrestling Omakase #79: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/01/04

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 broadcast of Omakase, as we also interacted with some live listeners throughout as well. We cover every match

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78: Wrestling Omakase #78: NJPW Year in Review 2018...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2019/01/01

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 stuff you may have missed along the way. Then we discuss our picks from the promotion for the traditional

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77: Wrestling Omakase #77: DDT Year in Review 2018 w/...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/12/26

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, highlighting stuff you may have missed along the way. Then we discuss our picks from the promotion for

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76: Wrestling Omakase #76: ROH Year in Review 2018 w/...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/12/19

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, highlighting stuff you may have missed along the way. Then we discuss our picks from the promotion for the

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74: Wrestling Omakase #74: Joshi Year in Review 2018...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/12/03

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 order, highlighting stuff you may have missed along the way. Then we discuss our picks from the promotion

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73: Wrestling Omakase #73: WWE Year in Review 2018 w/...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/11/27

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 order, highlighting stuff you may have missed along the way. Then we discuss our picks from the promotion

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72: Wrestling Omakase #72: BJW Year in Review 2018 w/...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/11/21

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 can in chronological order, highlighting stuff you may have missed along the way. Then we discuss our

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71: Wrestling Omakase #71: Rating Every WCW Year From...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/11/15

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 Kraetsch of the Voices of Wrestling flagship ([@voiceswrestling](http://twitter.com/voiceswrestling)) and

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70: Wrestling Omakase #70: NJPW Power Struggle w/...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/11/08

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 Struggle card, which also goes into a number of different tangents including one on the apparent end of the

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69: Wrestling Omakase #69: FIP Everything Burns 2017...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/11/01

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's Jake ([@oatgan](https://twitter.com/Oatgan))'s pick for winning our 2018 Champions Fantasy Draft, and he chose to have us watch a rather infamous show: FIP Everything Burns 2017! At his behest we're also joined by the hosts of the now ex-podcast Everything Evolves, Aaron Taube ([@aptaube](https://twitter.com/aptaube)) & Aaron Bentley ([@aaronlikethecar](https://twitter.com/aaronlikethecar)). Journey back to 1/8/17 and the early days of the FloSlam

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68: Wrestling Omakase #68: DDT Peter Pan w/ Jesse &...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/10/25

This week on Wrestling Omakase we dive into the Dramatic Dream Team for one of their biggest shows of the year! John is joined by our two most prolific Omakase guests, Jesse (@K0jiii) and Taylor (@tamaimbo), as we break down all twelve matches on this massive 6-hour show. Hear us talk the controversial Dieno-Sasaki main event, the CIMA-Takeshita semi-main, Irie's final appearance as a DDT roster member, GIANT PANDA BATTLES, and much more! We also get a little into the upcoming D-ou Grand Prix,

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67: Wrestling Omakase #67: JOSHI-MANIA! Ice Ribbon...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/10/18

It's JOSHI-MANIA this week on Wrestling Omakase, as we cover two recent Korakuen Hall events from two undercovered joshi promotions, plus give an overview of the current joshi scene as a whole! First we cover women's wrestling in Japan in general, mainly focusing around the TV/streaming landscape and where you can watch various promotions, as well as some of what's been going on lately. Then we get into two specific show reviews: first Ice Ribbon's 10/8 show headlined by a tag team

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66: Wrestling Omakase #66: NJPW King of Pro Wrestling...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/10/09

This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by returning guest Kevin Brown (@darukinoi) to give a full review of New Japan's latest Ryogoku show, King of Pro Wrestling. Hear their thoughts on this very up and down but newsworthy show match-by-match, including why some stuff may just not be for them right now in New Japan. There's a lot of macro thoughts about NJPW's place in the wrestling world and what both want to see out of it vs. what they're actually getting at the moment

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65: Wrestling Omakase #65: Fantasy Draft 2018 Final...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/10/03

It's the final draft episode of 2018 this week on Wrestling Omakase! All the winners from past episodes compete: Winner of Vol. 1 (WWE Men/NJPW) Alex (@AlexWendland), winner of Vol. 2 (WWE Women/Joshi) & Vol. 3 (Indie Puro) John, winner of Vol. 4 (US/UK Indies) Jake (@Oatgan), and winner of Vol. 5 (Lucha) Mike Spears (@fujiiheya). This time around our draft board is EVERYONE IN THE WORLD, of any gender! WWE, NJPW, lucha, indies in America and Japan and around the entire world, joshi, no

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64: Wrestling Omakase #64: DDT's Big News Week, Road...

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/09/27

It was a massive week of news for the Dramatic Dream Team and we've got you covered this week on Wrestling Omakase! John is joined by returning guest Jesse (@K0jiii) to break it all down, starting with the major news that DDT is running their first ever show in the US next year during Wrestlemania weekend! We do some major speculation on how that might all work out, speculate even more about Mania weekend in general (also talking the rest of WWN, wXw, Wrestlecon, GCW and more), and discuss

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63: Wrestling Omakase #63: Fantasy Draft Vol. 5 (Lucha)

Wrestling Omakase ·

2018/09/19

This week on Wrestling Omakase we finally return to our Fantasy Draft series, with the penultimate draft of the year! We've covered WWE/NJPW, the Japanese indies, and the US/UK indies, so this week we turn our attention to lucha! John is joined by four participants this week, all returning guests: JR Goldberg (@wrestlingbubble), Skylar (@Twwitterdotcom), Mike Spears (@fujiiheya) and Andy (@trillyrobinson). All four will be selecting 25 picks each, with the requirement that the wrestlers must

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