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Kieran and Mark are joined by the mighty STRIGGA from Cagematch.net & Eastern Lariat to talk Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi from New-Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 10 on January 4, 2016, the whole Okada/Tanahashi rivalry and much more. Follow the project and podcast on Twitter: @MustSeeMatches http://linktr.ee/mustseematches Follow STRIGGA @STRIGGA and Eastern Lariat @EasternLariat AND Cagematch @CMCagematch Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.

Host the Man they call "Meathead" has joining him once again the Reigning and defending 2021 PWR Fantasy draft champ the M.O.T.S. Matthew Thomas to talk about all the happenings form the live Dynamite and Rampage tapings from Milwaukee WI and more for Thursday June 23rd 2022   https://store.collarandelbowbrand.com promo code "LindaKay" will save you 10%!

On this week's episode of Keepin' It Strong Style, Jeremy Donovan and the "Young Boy" Josh Smith are joined by Rich Latta for an early celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the Rainmaker Shock. The guys discuss the first four matches of the Okada/Tanahashi rivalry and the importance of the Rainmaker Shock. Jeremy and Josh also discuss Windy City Riot, NJPW STRONG Nemesis night 4, Lion's Roar Episodes 4, listener questions, and all the latest news in the world of New Japan Pro Wrestling.Get the official Keepin' It Strong Style t-shirt from Pro Wrestling Tees!Follow us on Twitter: @SocialSuplex, @KIStrongStyle, @JeremyLDonovanFollow us on Instagram: @SocialSuplexLike us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SocialSuplex/Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/QUaJfaCVisit our website for news, columns, and podcasts: https://socialsuplex.com/Join the Social Suplex community Facebook Group: The Wrestling (Squared) CircleKeepin' It Strong Style is the New Japan Pro Wrestling Podcast of the Social Suplex Podcast Network. Support the Social Podcast Network by leaving a rating and review on Apple PodcastsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/social-suplex-podcast-network/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this week's episode of Keepin' It Strong Style, Jeremy Donovan and the "Young Boy" Josh Smith are joined by Rich Latta for an early celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the Rainmaker Shock. The guys discuss the first four matches of the Okada/Tanahashi rivalry and the importance of the Rainmaker Shock. Jeremy and Josh also discuss Windy City Riot, NJPW STRONG Nemesis night 4, Lion's Roar Episodes 4, listener questions, and all the latest news in the world of New Japan Pro Wrestling.Get the official Keepin' It Strong Style t-shirt from Pro Wrestling Tees!Follow us on Twitter: @SocialSuplex, @KIStrongStyle, @JeremyLDonovanFollow us on Instagram: @SocialSuplexLike us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SocialSuplex/Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/QUaJfaCVisit our website for news, columns, and podcasts: https://socialsuplex.com/Join the Social Suplex community Facebook Group: The Wrestling (Squared) CircleKeepin' It Strong Style is the New Japan Pro Wrestling Podcast of the Social Suplex Podcast Network. Support the Social Podcast Network by leaving a rating and review on Apple PodcastsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/keepin-it-strong-style/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we review the penultimate nights of the NJPW G1 Climax for each block, plus give our top 10 G1 matches so far and more!The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. The vast majority of our coverage of the G1 Climax lives exclusively on the Patreon- every previous night of both tournaments that wasn't covered on a free episode, and all three nights that remain, are covered exclusively on the Patreon! Don't miss out on our coverage of the final shows of the G1! Plus, you can listen to every single piece of audio we've done since the start- including our Tokyo Dome series covering every single Dome main event of the 1990s! Feeling nostalgic about Okada/Tanahashi after their recent G1 match? Then check out our series covering the entire Okada/Tanahashi match series as well! And finally, don't forget that you get more full episodes too- every week there isn't a new show on the free feed, there's a full length episode exclusive to the Patreon! You can get all of this right now for only $5 at http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakaseJohn is joined by returning guest Jon Hernandez (@OldJonHernandez) as they start out by discussing all sorts of random stuff: how both of them have been attending all sorts of wrestling shows lately, how they're both attending the NJPW Strong tapings in Philadelphia this coming weekend as well, HOT TUBS, the return of the NHL, the NHL's weird recent history on national television, Charles Barkley, more Revolutionary Girl Utena and a little Neon Genesis Evangelion, and frankly some other random crap John's probably forgetting about now.Once that's all out of the way they get into the main topic, as they break down Nights 15 & 16 of the G1 Climax- the penultimate night of each block. They start with a great Night 15, including a third straight awesome Great-O-Khan main event. They then break down the many confusing different tiebreaker scenarios heading into the final night for A block. Then they turn their attentions to the unfortunately quite bad Night 16. John gives another EVIL rant right after promising they weren't going to do another EVIL rant, and they discuss how Kazuchika Okada apparently will explode if he wrestles a match under 20 minutes. They wrap things up by breaking down the much, much simpler scenario to decide who wins B block, and then giving each of their top 10 matches in the G1 so far.Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase!Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes!Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXdAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we review the penultimate nights of the NJPW G1 Climax for each block, plus give our top 10 G1 matches so far and more!The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. The vast majority of our coverage of the G1 Climax lives exclusively on the Patreon- every previous night of both tournaments that wasn't covered on a free episode, and all three nights that remain, are covered exclusively on the Patreon! Don't miss out on our coverage of the final shows of the G1! Plus, you can listen to every single piece of audio we've done since the start- including our Tokyo Dome series covering every single Dome main event of the 1990s! Feeling nostalgic about Okada/Tanahashi after their recent G1 match? Then check out our series covering the entire Okada/Tanahashi match series as well! And finally, don't forget that you get more full episodes too- every week there isn't a new show on the free feed, there's a full length episode exclusive to the Patreon! You can get all of this right now for only $5 at http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakaseJohn is joined by returning guest Jon Hernandez (@OldJonHernandez) as they start out by discussing all sorts of random stuff: how both of them have been attending all sorts of wrestling shows lately, how they're both attending the NJPW Strong tapings in Philadelphia this coming weekend as well, HOT TUBS, the return of the NHL, the NHL's weird recent history on national television, Charles Barkley, more Revolutionary Girl Utena and a little Neon Genesis Evangelion, and frankly some other random crap John's probably forgetting about now.Once that's all out of the way they get into the main topic, as they break down Nights 15 & 16 of the G1 Climax- the penultimate night of each block. They start with a great Night 15, including a third straight awesome Great-O-Khan main event. They then break down the many confusing different tiebreaker scenarios heading into the final night for A block. Then they turn their attentions to the unfortunately quite bad Night 16. John gives another EVIL rant right after promising they weren't going to do another EVIL rant, and they discuss how Kazuchika Okada apparently will explode if he wrestles a match under 20 minutes. They wrap things up by breaking down the much, much simpler scenario to decide who wins B block, and then giving each of their top 10 matches in the G1 so far.Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase!Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes!Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXdSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we break down Night 9 of the NJPW G1 Climax from Nagoya and the finals of NOAH's N-1 Victory from Korakuen Hall!The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. The vast majority of our coverage of both the G1 Climax & NOAH N-1 Victory lives exclusively on the Patreon- every previous night of both tournaments that wasn't covered on a free episode, and every single night of the G1 going forward until the next one, is covered exclusively on the Patreon! Don't miss out on our daily coverage of both tournaments! Plus, you can listen to every single piece of audio we've done since the start- including our Tokyo Dome series covering every single Dome main event of the 1990s! Feeling nostalgic about Okada/Tanahashi after their recent G1 match? Then check out our series covering the entire Okada/Tanahashi match series as well! And finally, don't forget that you get more full episodes too- every week there isn't a new show on the free feed, there's a full length episode exclusive to the Patreon! You can get all of this right now for only $5 at http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakaseJohn is joined by returning guest Liam McCann (@liam_d_mccann) as they start off with a discussion of sports heartbreak and fandom. This has been brought on by the fact that John is a Toronto Blue Jays fan and they were eliminated from the MLB postseason earlier on Sunday in about the worst way possible, but they touch on other sports too (mainly NHL hockey and Premier League soccer), and the whole discussion is probably pretty universal to the sports fan experience (they even compare it to some of what it's like to be a fan of a specific wrestler as well!). The conclusion: don't be a sports fan, do drugs instead, it's better for you.Once that's out of the way the two of them turn to the ongoing NJPW G1 Climax, specifically Night 9 (10/3) from Nagoya. John opens up with a bit of a rant on how different clap crowds can actually make a huge difference, no matter what anyone else has told you, before they get into a very good show with two strong matches at the end as the highlight. Liam disagrees a bit on Ibushi/Shingo and on Kota Ibushi's current arc in general, so there's quite a lot on that, but they go into every match in some detail. Then they give a standings update for the A block and look ahead to the next two nights of the G1.Then it's on to Pro Wrestling NOAH, as they discuss the final night of their own N-1 Victory tournament, also on 10/3 from Korakuen Hall. John & Liam review the entire show in detail including two great semifinal matches and an absolutely outstanding finals. Plus: confusing talk about age in the old fuck offer six-man! NOSAWA continues to book the juniors like an absolute mad man! And a look ahead to possible matches for January's big Budokan show, as John somehow forgets that Go Shiozaki exists and should be coming back soon! Look, they had a rough day.Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase!Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes!Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXdAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we break down Night 9 of the NJPW G1 Climax from Nagoya and the finals of NOAH's N-1 Victory from Korakuen Hall!The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. The vast majority of our coverage of both the G1 Climax & NOAH N-1 Victory lives exclusively on the Patreon- every previous night of both tournaments that wasn't covered on a free episode, and every single night of the G1 going forward until the next one, is covered exclusively on the Patreon! Don't miss out on our daily coverage of both tournaments! Plus, you can listen to every single piece of audio we've done since the start- including our Tokyo Dome series covering every single Dome main event of the 1990s! Feeling nostalgic about Okada/Tanahashi after their recent G1 match? Then check out our series covering the entire Okada/Tanahashi match series as well! And finally, don't forget that you get more full episodes too- every week there isn't a new show on the free feed, there's a full length episode exclusive to the Patreon! You can get all of this right now for only $5 at http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakaseJohn is joined by returning guest Liam McCann (@liam_d_mccann) as they start off with a discussion of sports heartbreak and fandom. This has been brought on by the fact that John is a Toronto Blue Jays fan and they were eliminated from the MLB postseason earlier on Sunday in about the worst way possible, but they touch on other sports too (mainly NHL hockey and Premier League soccer), and the whole discussion is probably pretty universal to the sports fan experience (they even compare it to some of what it's like to be a fan of a specific wrestler as well!). The conclusion: don't be a sports fan, do drugs instead, it's better for you.Once that's out of the way the two of them turn to the ongoing NJPW G1 Climax, specifically Night 9 (10/3) from Nagoya. John opens up with a bit of a rant on how different clap crowds can actually make a huge difference, no matter what anyone else has told you, before they get into a very good show with two strong matches at the end as the highlight. Liam disagrees a bit on Ibushi/Shingo and on Kota Ibushi's current arc in general, so there's quite a lot on that, but they go into every match in some detail. Then they give a standings update for the A block and look ahead to the next two nights of the G1.Then it's on to Pro Wrestling NOAH, as they discuss the final night of their own N-1 Victory tournament, also on 10/3 from Korakuen Hall. John & Liam review the entire show in detail including two great semifinal matches and an absolutely outstanding finals. Plus: confusing talk about age in the old fuck offer six-man! NOSAWA continues to book the juniors like an absolute mad man! And a look ahead to possible matches for January's big Budokan show, as John somehow forgets that Go Shiozaki exists and should be coming back soon! Look, they had a rough day.Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase!Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes!Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXdSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we kick off the NJPW G1 Climax with the opening two nights, along with some bonus coverage of the NOAH N-1 Victory!The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. The vast majority of our coverage of both the G1 Climax & NOAH N-1 Victory will live exclusively on the Patreon- every single night of both tournaments from now until our next free episode in two weeks will be covered on the Patreon in detail! Don't miss out on our daily coverage of both tournaments! Plus, you can listen to every single piece of audio we've done since the start- including an extensive G1 preview that can help you pick which nights to watch and which to skip (if you're looking to do that sort of thing), plus our Tokyo Dome series covering every single Dome main event of the 1990s! Feeling nostalgic about Okada/Tanahashi after their match this past weekend? Then check out our series covering every single Okada/Tanahashi match in history as well! And finally, don't forget that you get more full episodes too- every week there isn't a new show on the free feed, there's a full length episode exclusive to the Patreon! You can get all of this right now for only $5 at http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakaseJohn is joined by returning guest Harley Duncan. Harley's under lockdown still in Australia while John recounts their recent trip to western New York to see Niagara Falls and a bunch of other stuff- kind of mean on their part, really! Once that's out of the way John & Harley review both the opening nights of NJPW's G1 Climax 31! They talk a little about some of the dumb New Japan takes that have been out there lately (including some folks telling on themselves when it comes to how little they've been watching....), while breaking down each and every match so far in detail. It was a great start to the tournament, and they go over all of it, including the "big three" matches of Naito/ZSJ, Ishii/Shingo and Okada/Tanahashi!Then the two of them turn their attentions to NOAH's N-1 Victory tournament, specifically Night 2 from the empty arena. John & Harley discuss how difficult it was going from even a clap crowd New Japan show to the fully empty arena of NOAH, and then break down two subpar matches along with two better ones (one that was much better).Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase!Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes!Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXdAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we kick off the NJPW G1 Climax with the opening two nights, along with some bonus coverage of the NOAH N-1 Victory!The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. The vast majority of our coverage of both the G1 Climax & NOAH N-1 Victory will live exclusively on the Patreon- every single night of both tournaments from now until our next free episode in two weeks will be covered on the Patreon in detail! Don't miss out on our daily coverage of both tournaments! Plus, you can listen to every single piece of audio we've done since the start- including an extensive G1 preview that can help you pick which nights to watch and which to skip (if you're looking to do that sort of thing), plus our Tokyo Dome series covering every single Dome main event of the 1990s! Feeling nostalgic about Okada/Tanahashi after their match this past weekend? Then check out our series covering every single Okada/Tanahashi match in history as well! And finally, don't forget that you get more full episodes too- every week there isn't a new show on the free feed, there's a full length episode exclusive to the Patreon! You can get all of this right now for only $5 at http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakaseJohn is joined by returning guest Harley Duncan. Harley's under lockdown still in Australia while John recounts their recent trip to western New York to see Niagara Falls and a bunch of other stuff- kind of mean on their part, really! Once that's out of the way John & Harley review both the opening nights of NJPW's G1 Climax 31! They talk a little about some of the dumb New Japan takes that have been out there lately (including some folks telling on themselves when it comes to how little they've been watching....), while breaking down each and every match so far in detail. It was a great start to the tournament, and they go over all of it, including the "big three" matches of Naito/ZSJ, Ishii/Shingo and Okada/Tanahashi!Then the two of them turn their attentions to NOAH's N-1 Victory tournament, specifically Night 2 from the empty arena. John & Harley discuss how difficult it was going from even a clap crowd New Japan show to the fully empty arena of NOAH, and then break down two subpar matches along with two better ones (one that was much better).Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase!Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes!Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXdSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we take a completely randomized look back at the biggest party of the summer, SummerSlam!The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. Patrons get so much bonus audio that never hits the free feed, most notably two full length exclusive episodes per month. Right now we're in the middle of our series looking back at every Tokyo Dome main event in order- we just got through 1997, as we discussed the very memorable circumstances behind the start of the famous Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa feud. We break down each of these main events in detail but also go into lots of other notes and memorable moments from each and every Tokyo Dome show! Plus, our most recent Patreon exclusive full episode reviewed the NJPW WRESTLE GRAND SLAM in Tokyo Dome show in detail, along with all the major matches from the Summer Struggle shows from Osaka & Nagoya! You can also listen to all of our previous audio, including our various rivalry series (Okada/Tanahashi, Naito/Ishii, Naito/Tanahashi), our series reviewing matches submitted by Omakase patrons, ANIME OMAKASE, and much more, with access only costing $5 right now at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase!John is joined by returning guests Jeri Evagood (@The_JerriestJer) & Neil David (@chubby_cthulhu) for our SummerSlam Retro Roulette episode! As always for a Retro Roulette episode, we chose six random years and then chose a random match (all done through an RNG) from each one. You can see below for what we ended up with, or skip this and go right to the episode if you'd rather be surprised. All matches can of course be found on either Peacock or WWE Network, depending on where you live/are pretending to live.1991: The British Bulldog, The Dragon & The Texas Tornado vs. Power And Glory (Hercules & Paul Roma) & The Warlord1999: D-Lo Brown vs. Jeff Jarrett2000: Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho2005: The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton2008: CM Punk vs. John Bradshaw Layfield2013: CM Punk vs. Brock LesnarTopics that come up along the way include: who does and doesn't have nostalgia for early 90s WWF, The Dragon is maybe every Vince-ism combined, who cares about two titles when you have two large fake breasts to talk about, a very stereotypical Vince Russo finish, doing a 2 out of 3 falls match for literally no reason, THIS FEUD MUST CONTINUE (except it oddly didn't really!), a Taker vs. Orton match that nobody seems to remember (maybe for good reason), Bob Orton's fake wig makes Undertaker very mad, we swear we didn't fix the results to give us two CM Punk matches while his name is in the news lately (honest!), Punk's flaccid 2008 title run, Punk and Brock tear the house down, and finally: forgetting how much Paul Heyman was involved.Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase!Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes!Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXdSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we take a completely randomized look back at the biggest party of the summer, SummerSlam!The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. Patrons get so much bonus audio that never hits the free feed, most notably two full length exclusive episodes per month. Right now we're in the middle of our series looking back at every Tokyo Dome main event in order- we just got through 1997, as we discussed the very memorable circumstances behind the start of the famous Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa feud. We break down each of these main events in detail but also go into lots of other notes and memorable moments from each and every Tokyo Dome show! Plus, our most recent Patreon exclusive full episode reviewed the NJPW WRESTLE GRAND SLAM in Tokyo Dome show in detail, along with all the major matches from the Summer Struggle shows from Osaka & Nagoya! You can also listen to all of our previous audio, including our various rivalry series (Okada/Tanahashi, Naito/Ishii, Naito/Tanahashi), our series reviewing matches submitted by Omakase patrons, ANIME OMAKASE, and much more, with access only costing $5 right now at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase!John is joined by returning guests Jeri Evagood (@The_JerriestJer) & Neil David (@chubby_cthulhu) for our SummerSlam Retro Roulette episode! As always for a Retro Roulette episode, we chose six random years and then chose a random match (all done through an RNG) from each one. You can see below for what we ended up with, or skip this and go right to the episode if you'd rather be surprised. All matches can of course be found on either Peacock or WWE Network, depending on where you live/are pretending to live.1991: The British Bulldog, The Dragon & The Texas Tornado vs. Power And Glory (Hercules & Paul Roma) & The Warlord1999: D-Lo Brown vs. Jeff Jarrett2000: Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho2005: The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton2008: CM Punk vs. John Bradshaw Layfield2013: CM Punk vs. Brock LesnarTopics that come up along the way include: who does and doesn't have nostalgia for early 90s WWF, The Dragon is maybe every Vince-ism combined, who cares about two titles when you have two large fake breasts to talk about, a very stereotypical Vince Russo finish, doing a 2 out of 3 falls match for literally no reason, THIS FEUD MUST CONTINUE (except it oddly didn't really!), a Taker vs. Orton match that nobody seems to remember (maybe for good reason), Bob Orton's fake wig makes Undertaker very mad, we swear we didn't fix the results to give us two CM Punk matches while his name is in the news lately (honest!), Punk's flaccid 2008 title run, Punk and Brock tear the house down, and finally: forgetting how much Paul Heyman was involved.Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase!Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes!Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXdAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we once again take a completely randomized look at events from the Tokyo Dome!The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. Patrons get so much bonus audio that never hits the free feed, most notably two full length exclusive episodes per month. Right now we're in the middle of our series looking back at every Tokyo Dome main event in order- we're in 1995, in the midst of the memorable NJPW vs. UWFi trilogy. We break down the main events in detail but also go into lots of other notes and memorable moments on each and every Tokyo Dome show! Plus, our most recent Patreon exclusive full episode recapped both NJPW Summer Struggle in Sapporo shows in detail, plus previewed the upcoming WRESTLE GRAND SLAM in Tokyo Dome event and more! You can also listen to all of our previous audio, including our various rivalry series (Okada/Tanahashi, Naito/Ishii, Naito/Tanahashi), our series reviewing matches submitted by Omakase patrons, ANIME OMAKASE, and much more. You can get access to all of this and much more right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase!John is joined once again by returning guest and longtime friend Bryan Quinlan (@IM_NOT_QUINLAN). They start by apologizing for the fan in the background, which is quite loud, but it felt like 100 degrees in New York City when they recorded this and they didn't wanna die of heatstroke. They then get into the reason why they're here, breaking down six different randomly selected matches from six different randomly selected Tokyo Dome shows, in our second episode talking random Dome matches! They have six entirely different Dome shows from the last time around, so here's the full list of matches covered on the episode in order:SWS Wrestlefest: Mr. Perfect vs. The Texas Tornado, 3/30/91- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7rmbLEMMBcNJPW Wrestling World: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto, 1/4/99- https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00153_1_4NJPW Wrestling World: Toshiaki Kawada vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, 1/4/01- https://front.njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00157_1_6NOAH Departure: Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea, 7/10/04- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJWD1MCNcaENJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5: Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada, 1/4/11- https://front.njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00175_1_9NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7: Prince Devitt vs. Kota Ibushi vs. Low Ki, 1/4/13- https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00203_1_7Topics that come up along the way include: boy did we not expect to watch a WWF match on this, three people involved in this match are dead (and one of them is a pedophile), the iron claw is over at least, Kanemoto is a jerk, Liger doesn't sell the leg, why did they bother with this IWGP title tournament, Kawada and Tenzan just beat the absolute piss out of each other, everyone wanted to see Misawa vs. Mutoh but this is the best we got, some history on Taiyo Kea, this man looks nothing like Kazuchika Okada, how did Okada tear himself away from that TNA excursion to do this match, what in god's name is wrong with Low Ki, and finally: three ways are still bad.Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase!Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes!Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXdSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we once again take a completely randomized look at events from the Tokyo Dome!The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. Patrons get so much bonus audio that never hits the free feed, most notably two full length exclusive episodes per month. Right now we're in the middle of our series looking back at every Tokyo Dome main event in order- we're in 1995, in the midst of the memorable NJPW vs. UWFi trilogy. We break down the main events in detail but also go into lots of other notes and memorable moments on each and every Tokyo Dome show! Plus, our most recent Patreon exclusive full episode recapped both NJPW Summer Struggle in Sapporo shows in detail, plus previewed the upcoming WRESTLE GRAND SLAM in Tokyo Dome event and more! You can also listen to all of our previous audio, including our various rivalry series (Okada/Tanahashi, Naito/Ishii, Naito/Tanahashi), our series reviewing matches submitted by Omakase patrons, ANIME OMAKASE, and much more. You can get access to all of this and much more right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase!John is joined once again by returning guest and longtime friend Bryan Quinlan (@IM_NOT_QUINLAN). They start by apologizing for the fan in the background, which is quite loud, but it felt like 100 degrees in New York City when they recorded this and they didn't wanna die of heatstroke. They then get into the reason why they're here, breaking down six different randomly selected matches from six different randomly selected Tokyo Dome shows, in our second episode talking random Dome matches! They have six entirely different Dome shows from the last time around, so here's the full list of matches covered on the episode in order:SWS Wrestlefest: Mr. Perfect vs. The Texas Tornado, 3/30/91- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7rmbLEMMBcNJPW Wrestling World: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto, 1/4/99- https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00153_1_4NJPW Wrestling World: Toshiaki Kawada vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, 1/4/01- https://front.njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00157_1_6NOAH Departure: Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea, 7/10/04- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJWD1MCNcaENJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5: Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada, 1/4/11- https://front.njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00175_1_9NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7: Prince Devitt vs. Kota Ibushi vs. Low Ki, 1/4/13- https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00203_1_7Topics that come up along the way include: boy did we not expect to watch a WWF match on this, three people involved in this match are dead (and one of them is a pedophile), the iron claw is over at least, Kanemoto is a jerk, Liger doesn't sell the leg, why did they bother with this IWGP title tournament, Kawada and Tenzan just beat the absolute piss out of each other, everyone wanted to see Misawa vs. Mutoh but this is the best we got, some history on Taiyo Kea, this man looks nothing like Kazuchika Okada, how did Okada tear himself away from that TNA excursion to do this match, what in god's name is wrong with Low Ki, and finally: three ways are still bad.Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase!Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes!Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXdAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's a compilation of our two live reaction shows after each night of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15, previously available exclusively for Patreon subscribers but now here on the free feed as well! The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. Again, patrons were able to listen to our Wrestle Kingdom 15 coverage LIVE after the end of each show, and they got to hear the audio back on demand a full 5 and 6 days before this hit the free feed. You can also check out our now-completed 2020 Year in Review series, with Patreon-exclusive episodes covering DDT and Joshi. Plus, check out our ongoing series covering every Tokyo Dome main event in order, continuing throughout the month of January, and you can submit matches for our second round of patron-picked 1 Match episodes, coming in February! You also get instant access to everything else we recorded during 2020 too- tournament coverage, shows covering every Okada-Tanahashi and Naito-Ishii matches in order, ANIME OMAKASE, and a whole lot more. You can get access to all of this right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase! John is joined by not one, not two, not three, but FOUR guests to break down two fantastic nights of Wrestle Kingdom! VOW contributors Chris Samsa (@TheChrisSamsa, also of course from Sport of Pro Wrestling), Jeff Andrews (@Jeff_andrews21) & Jon Hernandez (@FatmansAlright) and also Liam McCann (@liam_d_mccann) from the Super J-Cast discord are all on the line for both nights. They break down every single match and moment from two huge nights of Wrestle Kingdom, again each recorded just minutes after each show went off the air. Some major arguments about El Phantasmo, EVIL and the nature of heel heat break down toward the end of Night 1, and in both cases you can actually hear the energy escaping from our bodies in real time at like 8 am on the east coast (without any sleep). A patron referred to them as "the Monster's Ball matches of audio: five competitors unable to sleep for 24 hours and then released", which is.....probably a compliment! It was definitely some unique audio, that is for sure! Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase it's a compilation of our two live reaction shows after each night of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15, previously available exclusively for Patreon subscribers but now here on the free feed as well! The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. Again, patrons were able to listen to our Wrestle Kingdom 15 coverage LIVE after the end of each show, and they got to hear the audio back on demand a full 5 and 6 days before this hit the free feed. You can also check out our now-completed 2020 Year in Review series, with Patreon-exclusive episodes covering DDT and Joshi. Plus, check out our ongoing series covering every Tokyo Dome main event in order, continuing throughout the month of January, and you can submit matches for our second round of patron-picked 1 Match episodes, coming in February! You also get instant access to everything else we recorded during 2020 too- tournament coverage, shows covering every Okada-Tanahashi and Naito-Ishii matches in order, ANIME OMAKASE, and a whole lot more. You can get access to all of this right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase! John is joined by not one, not two, not three, but FOUR guests to break down two fantastic nights of Wrestle Kingdom! VOW contributors Chris Samsa (@TheChrisSamsa, also of course from Sport of Pro Wrestling), Jeff Andrews (@Jeff_andrews21) & Jon Hernandez (@FatmansAlright) and also Liam McCann (@liam_d_mccann) from the Super J-Cast discord are all on the line for both nights. They break down every single match and moment from two huge nights of Wrestle Kingdom, again each recorded just minutes after each show went off the air. Some major arguments about El Phantasmo, EVIL and the nature of heel heat break down toward the end of Night 1, and in both cases you can actually hear the energy escaping from our bodies in real time at like 8 am on the east coast (without any sleep). A patron referred to them as "the Monster's Ball matches of audio: five competitors unable to sleep for 24 hours and then released", which is.....probably a compliment! It was definitely some unique audio, that is for sure! Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we bring you our annual Year End Awards episode, as John and five guests break down the best and worst of wrestling from the cursed year that was 2020! The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. We'll be bringing you LIVE COVERAGE via Youtube the moment that each night of Wrestle Kingdom 15 ends, exclusively for patrons! Even if you didn't see this in time to sign up for the live audio, you can still get access to it days ahead before the free feed does! You can also check out our now-completed 2020 Year in Review series, with Patreon-exclusive episodes covering DDT and Joshi. Plus, check out our ongoing series covering every Tokyo Dome main event in order, as we recently talked the second and final SWS Dome show with a divisive Hulk Hogan vs. Genichiro Tenryu main event, with more to come throughout the month of January. You also get instant access to everything else we recorded during 2020 too- tournament coverage, shows covering every Okada-Tanahashi and Naito-Ishii matches in order, ANIME OMAKASE, and a whole lot more. You can get access to all of this right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase! It's our annual Year End Awards episode, and John is joined by a great panel: VOW's Suit Williams (@SuitWilliams), Gerard Di Trolio (@GerardDiTrolio) and Harley Duncan, plus Monumental Pod's Mongo Ebooks (@mongo_ebooks) and One Wrestling Podcast's TJ (@aspir_). The year 2020 sucked real bad of course, but that doesn't mean we can't honor the best and bury the worst of what was still an eventful year in wrestling! Here's all the awards we covered on the show, in order: -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 -Tag Team of the Year -Match of the Year -Wrestler of the Year Each of the guests gives their picks before we give the overall winners of the Omakase Awards, voted on by the vast majority of the guests who appeared on the podcast during the calendar year 2020. New for this year, we also have separate award winners voted on by the Omakase patrons, so it was fun to compare and contrast the results between what the guests picked and the patrons picked (often similar, but not always!). Join us in a look back at how wrestling helped us all get through this incredibly crappy pandemic year. Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we bring you our annual Year End Awards episode, as John and five guests break down the best and worst of wrestling from the cursed year that was 2020! The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. We'll be bringing you LIVE COVERAGE via Youtube the moment that each night of Wrestle Kingdom 15 ends, exclusively for patrons! Even if you didn't see this in time to sign up for the live audio, you can still get access to it days ahead before the free feed does! You can also check out our now-completed 2020 Year in Review series, with Patreon-exclusive episodes covering DDT and Joshi. Plus, check out our ongoing series covering every Tokyo Dome main event in order, as we recently talked the second and final SWS Dome show with a divisive Hulk Hogan vs. Genichiro Tenryu main event, with more to come throughout the month of January. You also get instant access to everything else we recorded during 2020 too- tournament coverage, shows covering every Okada-Tanahashi and Naito-Ishii matches in order, ANIME OMAKASE, and a whole lot more. You can get access to all of this right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase! It's our annual Year End Awards episode, and John is joined by a great panel: VOW's Suit Williams (@SuitWilliams), Gerard Di Trolio (@GerardDiTrolio) and Harley Duncan, plus Monumental Pod's Mongo Ebooks (@mongo_ebooks) and One Wrestling Podcast's TJ (@aspir_). The year 2020 sucked real bad of course, but that doesn't mean we can't honor the best and bury the worst of what was still an eventful year in wrestling! Here's all the awards we covered on the show, in order: -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 -Tag Team of the Year -Match of the Year -Wrestler of the Year Each of the guests gives their picks before we give the overall winners of the Omakase Awards, voted on by the vast majority of the guests who appeared on the podcast during the calendar year 2020. New for this year, we also have separate award winners voted on by the Omakase patrons, so it was fun to compare and contrast the results between what the guests picked and the patrons picked (often similar, but not always!). Join us in a look back at how wrestling helped us all get through this incredibly crappy pandemic year. Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon)- @wrestleomakase! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we bring together the hosts of three different network podcasts, as John is joined by Rich & Joe from the VOW Flagship ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/podcast/voices-of-wrestling-podcast/ ) and Joel & Damon from the Super J-Cast ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/podcast/super-j-cast/ ) for our 2020 NJPW Year in Review episode! The Wrestling Omakase Patreon ( http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. Our 2020 Year in Review series will continue exclusively on the Patreon this coming week, as John will be joined by Jamie from DramaticDDT & JoJo for our DDT episode, and Taylor from Jumping Bomb Audio and Luke from the Apricot Pod for our Joshi episode! Plus, check out our ongoing series covering every Tokyo Dome main event in order, as we recently talked Ric Flair vs. Tatsumi Fujinami from the first NJPW/WCW show and Genichiro Tenryu & Hulk Hogan vs. The Road Warriors from the SWS/WWF event, both in 1991, with still much more to come. You also get instant access to everything else we recorded during 2020 too- tournament coverage, shows covering every Okada-Tanahashi and Naito-Ishii matches in order, ANIME OMAKASE, and a whole lot more. Finally, patrons can vote in our Omakase year end awards until January 1st! You can get access to all of this right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ( http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) ! New Japan had a controversial year- was it the beginning of the end for the peak era, a bump in the road, or was it #actuallygood? Opinions often diverged even here on the VOW Podcast Network, which is why people asked for this specifically- get all of the podcasters on this network who talk NJPW in one (virtual) room, and let's talk this out. John is thus joined by Joe & Rich from the VOW Flagship ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/podcast/voices-of-wrestling-podcast/ ) ( @voiceswrestling ( http://twitter.com/voiceswrestling ) ), and Damon & Joel from the Super J Cast ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/podcast/super-j-cast/ ) ( @thesuperjcast ( http://twitter.com/thesuperjcast ) ), for a slightly different format of Year in Review show; rather than going in chronological order and going through the shows, John sets some of the most discussed topics from New Japan's 2020 for the panel to go through together and try to reach some sort of consensus (or at least grudging disagreement!). Topics covered include: EVIL's championship victory, run-ins and interference in NJPW in general (and how much more is there really now vs. the past), is the overall in ring quality still the best in the world, the downswing in Western interest and how much of it can be blamed on the clap crowds/COVID in general, the FORBIDDEN DOOR with AEW, returning faces Great-O-Khan and Master Wato, and a whole lot more. Then the panel each give their picks for NJPW's award winners in 2020 across your usual major Observer-style categories (WOTY, Most Outstanding, etc.) and finally try to tackle as many of your mailbag questions as they can- should they REPLACE GEDO?! Has Will Ospreay regressed? Is New Japan leaving money on the table if Shingo Takagi never gets past the NEVER level? And more! It's a packed episode you won't want to miss! Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon ( http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) )- @wrestleomakase ( http://twitter.com/wrestleomakase ) ! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! ( http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 ) All donations are split with that week's guests. We really appreciate it! Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord ( https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 ) VOW Network Discord ( https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd ) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we bring together the hosts of three different network podcasts, as John is joined by Rich & Joe from the VOW Flagship ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/podcast/voices-of-wrestling-podcast/ ) and Joel & Damon from the Super J-Cast ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/podcast/super-j-cast/ ) for our 2020 NJPW Year in Review episode! The Wrestling Omakase Patreon ( http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) is your best source for coverage of Japanese wrestling, from yesterday and today. Our 2020 Year in Review series will continue exclusively on the Patreon this coming week, as John will be joined by Jamie from DramaticDDT & JoJo for our DDT episode, and Taylor from Jumping Bomb Audio and Luke from the Apricot Pod for our Joshi episode! Plus, check out our ongoing series covering every Tokyo Dome main event in order, as we recently talked Ric Flair vs. Tatsumi Fujinami from the first NJPW/WCW show and Genichiro Tenryu & Hulk Hogan vs. The Road Warriors from the SWS/WWF event, both in 1991, with still much more to come. You also get instant access to everything else we recorded during 2020 too- tournament coverage, shows covering every Okada-Tanahashi and Naito-Ishii matches in order, ANIME OMAKASE, and a whole lot more. Finally, patrons can vote in our Omakase year end awards until January 1st! You can get access to all of this right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ( http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) ! New Japan had a controversial year- was it the beginning of the end for the peak era, a bump in the road, or was it #actuallygood? Opinions often diverged even here on the VOW Podcast Network, which is why people asked for this specifically- get all of the podcasters on this network who talk NJPW in one (virtual) room, and let's talk this out. John is thus joined by Joe & Rich from the VOW Flagship ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/podcast/voices-of-wrestling-podcast/ ) ( @voiceswrestling ( http://twitter.com/voiceswrestling ) ), and Damon & Joel from the Super J Cast ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/podcast/super-j-cast/ ) ( @thesuperjcast ( http://twitter.com/thesuperjcast ) ), for a slightly different format of Year in Review show; rather than going in chronological order and going through the shows, John sets some of the most discussed topics from New Japan's 2020 for the panel to go through together and try to reach some sort of consensus (or at least grudging disagreement!). Topics covered include: EVIL's championship victory, run-ins and interference in NJPW in general (and how much more is there really now vs. the past), is the overall in ring quality still the best in the world, the downswing in Western interest and how much of it can be blamed on the clap crowds/COVID in general, the FORBIDDEN DOOR with AEW, returning faces Great-O-Khan and Master Wato, and a whole lot more. Then the panel each give their picks for NJPW's award winners in 2020 across your usual major Observer-style categories (WOTY, Most Outstanding, etc.) and finally try to tackle as many of your mailbag questions as they can- should they REPLACE GEDO?! Has Will Ospreay regressed? Is New Japan leaving money on the table if Shingo Takagi never gets past the NEVER level? And more! It's a packed episode you won't want to miss! Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter to submit questions for future episodes and get alerts every time new episodes go up (both free feed & Patreon ( http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) )- @wrestleomakase ( http://twitter.com/wrestleomakase ) ! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! ( http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 ) All donations are split with that week's guests. We really appreciate it! Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord ( https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 ) VOW Network Discord ( https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd ) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk an excellent show in the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors and a pretty good one from the DDT D-Ou GP, plus we take a dive through the recent history of the IWGP Tag Team Championship and more! The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is covering three big tournaments well into December: NJPW's World Tag League and Best of the Super Juniors, and DDT's D-Ou! We're in the home stretch now but all of the shows this upcoming week will be covered on the Patreon, so don't miss a second of the action! Plus you can get access to all of our previous coverage including daily audio from the recent G1 Climax, complete series covering every Okada-Tanahashi & Naito-Ishii match in chronological order, random match reviews submitted by patrons covering everything from late 80s UWF, early 90s WAR, early 00s AJPW and more, exclusive full 5 Matches episodes you can't get on the free feed, ANIME OMAKASE and a whole lot more! You can get access to all it right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase! John is joined by returning guest TJ (@aspir_) from the One Wrestling Podcast (@onewrestlingpod) as they start with what's new lately (not much, obviously) and then move quickly into these two shows, starting with the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Night 6. The two of them break down a great show, easily the best of the tournament so far, including an excellent Hiromu-Eagles main event and a whole lot more. Plus they discuss some of their favorite and least favorite performers in the tournament so far in general. Then they head over to DDT to break down Night 4 of their annual D-Ou Grand Prix, which thankfully is quite a bit better than nights 2 or 3, thanks mostly to an excellent Endo-Ueno match. They break down all the matches on the card including some funny comedy stuff and also discuss why Konosuke Takeshita's tournament isn't really working for them right now. Finally, they wrap things up with a brief mailbag, including a great question- "Dangerous Tekkers are the best tag champions in NJPW since (blank)". This question sends them on a long trip back through NJPW's quite inglorious heavyweight tag team champion history to find the answer! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk an excellent show in the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors and a pretty good one from the DDT D-Ou GP, plus we take a dive through the recent history of the IWGP Tag Team Championship and more! The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is covering three big tournaments well into December: NJPW's World Tag League and Best of the Super Juniors, and DDT's D-Ou! We're in the home stretch now but all of the shows this upcoming week will be covered on the Patreon, so don't miss a second of the action! Plus you can get access to all of our previous coverage including daily audio from the recent G1 Climax, complete series covering every Okada-Tanahashi & Naito-Ishii match in chronological order, random match reviews submitted by patrons covering everything from late 80s UWF, early 90s WAR, early 00s AJPW and more, exclusive full 5 Matches episodes you can't get on the free feed, ANIME OMAKASE and a whole lot more! You can get access to all it right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase! John is joined by returning guest TJ (@aspir_) from the One Wrestling Podcast (@onewrestlingpod) as they start with what's new lately (not much, obviously) and then move quickly into these two shows, starting with the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Night 6. The two of them break down a great show, easily the best of the tournament so far, including an excellent Hiromu-Eagles main event and a whole lot more. Plus they discuss some of their favorite and least favorite performers in the tournament so far in general. Then they head over to DDT to break down Night 4 of their annual D-Ou Grand Prix, which thankfully is quite a bit better than nights 2 or 3, thanks mostly to an excellent Endo-Ueno match. They break down all the matches on the card including some funny comedy stuff and also discuss why Konosuke Takeshita's tournament isn't really working for them right now. Finally, they wrap things up with a brief mailbag, including a great question- "Dangerous Tekkers are the best tag champions in NJPW since (blank)". This question sends them on a long trip back through NJPW's quite inglorious heavyweight tag team champion history to find the answer! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk two shows of very divergent quality: a not-so-great night in the NJPW World Tag League and an awesome opening night in the DDT D-Ou Grand Prix. The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is covering three big tournaments in November & December: NJPW's World Tag League and Best of the Super Juniors, and DDT's D-ou! It kicked off this past week with three shows exclusive for patrons, and it really goes into overdrive this coming week with SIX more shows covered exclusively on the Patreon! Plus you can get access to all of our previous coverage including daily audio from the recent G1 Climax, complete series covering every Okada-Tanahashi & Naito-Ishii match in chronological order, random match reviews submitted by patrons covering everything from late 80s UWF, early 90s WAR, early 00s AJPW and more, exclusive full 5 Matches episodes you can't get on the free feed, ANIME OMAKASE and a whole lot more! You can get access to all it right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase! John is joined by returning guest and VOW contributor Jeff (@Jeff_andrews21). They start out by talking a little bit about AEW and what they do and don't like in the promotion, before quickly moving over to the fourth night of the NJPW World Tag League. Unfortunately this was just not a very good show; John's been raving about the first three nights of the Tag League back over on the Patreon, but this was easily the worst night of the tournament so far. They break down all the tournament matches in detail, talking the few highlights of the night (SANADA & Shingo! Fale actually tries! FinJuice are good! Cobb & O-Khan are a cool new team!) and the lowlights (everything else). Plus, a look at where the Saku City General Gymnasium is in Japan and what shows NJPW has run there over the years, and it's an eclectic mix. Then they turn their attention to DDT for the opening night of the D-Ou Grand Prix, a great show that flew by. John and Jeff break down all the tournament matches, almost all of which were extremely enjoyable sprints. How the hell does Jun Akiyama still do this? How great are Yuki Ueno and Kazusada Higuchi? And a whole lot more. They also look ahead to the next night of the D-Ou and where the tournament might be going from here. And what's with all the aces in every company having depression now?? Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXdA Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk two shows of very divergent quality: a not-so-great night in the NJPW World Tag League and an awesome opening night in the DDT D-Ou Grand Prix. The Wrestling Omakase Patreon is covering three big tournaments in November & December: NJPW's World Tag League and Best of the Super Juniors, and DDT's D-ou! It kicked off this past week with three shows exclusive for patrons, and it really goes into overdrive this coming week with SIX more shows covered exclusively on the Patreon! Plus you can get access to all of our previous coverage including daily audio from the recent G1 Climax, complete series covering every Okada-Tanahashi & Naito-Ishii match in chronological order, random match reviews submitted by patrons covering everything from late 80s UWF, early 90s WAR, early 00s AJPW and more, exclusive full 5 Matches episodes you can't get on the free feed, ANIME OMAKASE and a whole lot more! You can get access to all it right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase! John is joined by returning guest and VOW contributor Jeff (@Jeff_andrews21). They start out by talking a little bit about AEW and what they do and don't like in the promotion, before quickly moving over to the fourth night of the NJPW World Tag League. Unfortunately this was just not a very good show; John's been raving about the first three nights of the Tag League back over on the Patreon, but this was easily the worst night of the tournament so far. They break down all the tournament matches in detail, talking the few highlights of the night (SANADA & Shingo! Fale actually tries! FinJuice are good! Cobb & O-Khan are a cool new team!) and the lowlights (everything else). Plus, a look at where the Saku City General Gymnasium is in Japan and what shows NJPW has run there over the years, and it's an eclectic mix. Then they turn their attention to DDT for the opening night of the D-Ou Grand Prix, a great show that flew by. John and Jeff break down all the tournament matches, almost all of which were extremely enjoyable sprints. How the hell does Jun Akiyama still do this? How great are Yuki Ueno and Kazusada Higuchi? And a whole lot more. They also look ahead to the next night of the D-Ou and where the tournament might be going from here. And what's with all the aces in every company having depression now?? Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXdA Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we break down the unique combined opening night of Best of the Super Juniors 27 and the 2020 World Tag League! The Wrestling Omakase Patreon will be covering three big tournaments in November & December: NJPW's World Tag League and Best of the Super Juniors, and DDT's D-ou Grand Prix! It all kicks off starting Monday 11/16, and you'll get four Patreon-exclusive show reviews this coming week alone! Plus you can get access to all of our previous coverage including daily audio from the recent G1 Climax, complete series covering every Okada-Tanahashi & Naito-Ishii match in chronological order, random match reviews submitted by patrons covering everything from late 80s UWF, early 90s WAR, early 00s AJPW and more, exclusive full 5 Matches episodes you can't get on the free feed, ANIME OMAKASE and a whole lot more! You can get access to all it right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase! John is joined by returning guest and longtime friend Quinlan (@IM_NOT_QUINLAN) as they start with the dour note of the second wave meaning they can't get together to watch this show like they planned, but thanks to the miracle of technology they can still do a podcast together on it at least! John and Quinlan do a bit of reminiscing about mid-to-late 00s WWE of all things and some of the shows they attended (with a lot of discussion about No Mercy 2004 for some reason!), and also react a little bit to the VOW flagship's big "New Japan sucks now" segment from this past week (they agree a little but also disagree!). They then turn to the main topic of the evening, breaking down all ten matches from the dual opening night of BOSJ 27/World Tag League 2020 in detail. It was for the most part a real good show (outside of maybe one match) featuring a ton of solid to good wrestling with an awesome main event at the end, and they break it all down for you. Plus, they look ahead to the upcoming second nights of both tournaments, making predictions on all the upcoming matches. It's a great way to kick off two brand new tournaments! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we break down the unique combined opening night of Best of the Super Juniors 27 and the 2020 World Tag League! The Wrestling Omakase Patreon will be covering three big tournaments in November & December: NJPW's World Tag League and Best of the Super Juniors, and DDT's D-ou Grand Prix! It all kicks off starting Monday 11/16, and you'll get four Patreon-exclusive show reviews this coming week alone! Plus you can get access to all of our previous coverage including daily audio from the recent G1 Climax, complete series covering every Okada-Tanahashi & Naito-Ishii match in chronological order, random match reviews submitted by patrons covering everything from late 80s UWF, early 90s WAR, early 00s AJPW and more, exclusive full 5 Matches episodes you can't get on the free feed, ANIME OMAKASE and a whole lot more! You can get access to all it right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase! John is joined by returning guest and longtime friend Quinlan (@IM_NOT_QUINLAN) as they start with the dour note of the second wave meaning they can't get together to watch this show like they planned, but thanks to the miracle of technology they can still do a podcast together on it at least! John and Quinlan do a bit of reminiscing about mid-to-late 00s WWE of all things and some of the shows they attended (with a lot of discussion about No Mercy 2004 for some reason!), and also react a little bit to the VOW flagship's big "New Japan sucks now" segment from this past week (they agree a little but also disagree!). They then turn to the main topic of the evening, breaking down all ten matches from the dual opening night of BOSJ 27/World Tag League 2020 in detail. It was for the most part a real good show (outside of maybe one match) featuring a ton of solid to good wrestling with an awesome main event at the end, and they break it all down for you. Plus, they look ahead to the upcoming second nights of both tournaments, making predictions on all the upcoming matches. It's a great way to kick off two brand new tournaments! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk three big shows from this past week: NJPW Power Struggle, DDT Ultimate Party and Tokyo Joshi Wrestle Princess! The Wrestling Omakase Patreon ( http://www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) will be covering three big tournaments in November & December: NJPW's World Tag League and Best of the Super Juniors, and DDT's D-ou! Plus get access to all of our previous coverage including daily audio from the recent G1 Climax, complete series covering every Okada-Tanahashi & Naito-Ishii match in chronological order, random match reviews submitted by patrons covering everything from late 80s UWF, early 90s WAR, early 00s AJPW and more, exclusive full 5 Matches episodes you can't get on the free feed, ANIME OMAKASE and a whole lot more! You can get access to all it right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ( http://www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) ! John is joined by returning guest Hayley ( @choerrycoloured ( http://twitter.com/choerrycoloured ) ) for three big show reviews! Before that they talk a little about the US election, so if you're really sick of election talk (understandable) just skip ahead about 10 minutes to start out. Once that's out of the way they begin their three big show reviews with NJPW Power Struggle, a show John really liked that also featured a major booking decision they weren't a huge fan of. Hayley, as the resident Kota Ibushi superfan, discusses her feelings on Ibushi being the first person to lose the Tokyo Dome briefcase. The two of them break down all six matches in detail, discuss Will Ospreay's (ahem) interesting presentation, and a whole lot more. They also break down the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors schedule and the Super J Cup tournament bracket. Then they turn their attention to DDT Ultimate Party, again reviewing all ten matches on the card. They talk about the emotional DAMNATION civil war, an awesome AJPW/NOAH throwback in Akiyama-Takeshita, losing a match because you tried to hit on a girl on Instagram, and a whole lot more! Finally, they wrap things up with a full review of TJPW Wrestle Princess, an outstanding show that might just be the show of the year. They talk about a truly amazing main event along with the rest of the show, with a lot of praise for the amazing Saki-Misao match as well. Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! ( http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 ) All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it! Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord ( https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 ) VOW Network Discord ( https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd ) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk three big shows from this past week: NJPW Power Struggle, DDT Ultimate Party and Tokyo Joshi Wrestle Princess! The Wrestling Omakase Patreon ( http://www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) will be covering three big tournaments in November & December: NJPW's World Tag League and Best of the Super Juniors, and DDT's D-ou! Plus get access to all of our previous coverage including daily audio from the recent G1 Climax, complete series covering every Okada-Tanahashi & Naito-Ishii match in chronological order, random match reviews submitted by patrons covering everything from late 80s UWF, early 90s WAR, early 00s AJPW and more, exclusive full 5 Matches episodes you can't get on the free feed, ANIME OMAKASE and a whole lot more! You can get access to all it right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ( http://www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) ! John is joined by returning guest Hayley ( @choerrycoloured ( http://twitter.com/choerrycoloured ) ) for three big show reviews! Before that they talk a little about the US election, so if you're really sick of election talk (understandable) just skip ahead about 10 minutes to start out. Once that's out of the way they begin their three big show reviews with NJPW Power Struggle, a show John really liked that also featured a major booking decision they weren't a huge fan of. Hayley, as the resident Kota Ibushi superfan, discusses her feelings on Ibushi being the first person to lose the Tokyo Dome briefcase. The two of them break down all six matches in detail, discuss Will Ospreay's (ahem) interesting presentation, and a whole lot more. They also break down the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors schedule and the Super J Cup tournament bracket. Then they turn their attention to DDT Ultimate Party, again reviewing all ten matches on the card. They talk about the emotional DAMNATION civil war, an awesome AJPW/NOAH throwback in Akiyama-Takeshita, losing a match because you tried to hit on a girl on Instagram, and a whole lot more! Finally, they wrap things up with a full review of TJPW Wrestle Princess, an outstanding show that might just be the show of the year. They talk about a truly amazing main event along with the rest of the show, with a lot of praise for the amazing Saki-Misao match as well. Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! ( http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 ) All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it! Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord ( https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 ) VOW Network Discord ( https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd ) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk a crazy 14-man elimination tag from Dragon Gate, a coming out party for a super rookie in STARDOM, a WWE classic from 2004, a rare good match for Yujiro Takahashi and an infamous TNA tag sprint from 2008. If you haven't listened to a 5 Matches episode yet, every week John and the guest each choose 2 matches to watch and talk about on the episode. Then we each choose a third match, which is put up to a vote on the @wrestleomakase Twitter account (or on the Patreon!), letting the listeners choose our fifth and final match of the week. It's a fun retro format featuring all sorts of different wrestling! Wrestling Omakase's Patreon (http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase) brings you tons of awesome bonus audio featuring both historical and current content. If you like 5 Matches episodes you can listen to four Patreon-exclusive full episodes right now from June & July, plus there's another one coming up next week with guest Todd Martin of the PWTorch. You can also hear our completed series covering every Okada-Tanahashi match in chronological order, plus our in progress series doing the same for every Naito-Ishii match as well. And for current wrestling, check out our exclusive Sengoku Lord review from next week, and upcoming tournament coverage of the King of DDT next week. Plus, Anime Omakase covering the wide world of anime and a whole lot more! All of this is yours for only $5 per month, so sign up today at http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase! John is joined by returning guest Andrew Rich (@andrewtrich), host of the VOW network podcast Music of the Mat. We talk a little bit about the neverending boredom of our current pandemic lives, because really what else is there to talk about, before John makes a brief but impassioned plea for everyone to #WatchHameFura. We then get into this week's 5 Matches, which in order are: 1. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Magnitude Kishiwada, Gamma, Cyber Kong, Genki Horiguchi & Jack Evans vs. CIMA, Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk, Anthony W. Mori & Matt Sydal, DG 4/17/07 (https://www.bilibili.com/video/av65526322/, Note: Does not work on mobile, only desktop) 2. Mayu Iwatani vs. Utami Hayashishita, STARDOM 9/24/18 (STARDOM World: https://www.stardom-world.com/set/1678/contents/1677?fcid=2) 3. Cactus Jack vs. Randy Orton, WWE 4/18/04 (WWE Network: https://watch.wwe.com/episode/Backlash-2004-11880) 4. Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi, NJPW 7/21/14 (NJPW World: https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00232_1_6) 5. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino vs. Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin, TNA 6/12/08 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuwyGtQSjlg) Topics that come up along the way include: clipping woes, Andrew the Move Name Robot, lots of flash pins, Utami impresses, Mayu bends, actual good WWE announcing, Mr. Socko or Barbie, Yujiro's awesome saxophone theme, Naito will never get his revenge, the most stereotypical theme song of all time, USA ack-pooey and a whole lot more. Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Missed any of the 5 Matches episodes or just want to revisit one of the matches discussed previously but aren't sure what episode it took place on? Here's a handy Google Doc with links to every single match we've discussed on this series so far, which will continue to be updated every week: https://bit.ly/3dv3BjF Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk a crazy 14-man elimination tag from Dragon Gate, a coming out party for a super rookie in STARDOM, a WWE classic from 2004, a rare good match for Yujiro Takahashi and an infamous TNA tag sprint from 2008. If you haven't listened to a 5 Matches episode yet, every week John and the guest each choose 2 matches to watch and talk about on the episode. Then we each choose a third match, which is put up to a vote on the @wrestleomakase Twitter account (or on the Patreon!), letting the listeners choose our fifth and final match of the week. It's a fun retro format featuring all sorts of different wrestling! Wrestling Omakase's Patreon (http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase) brings you tons of awesome bonus audio featuring both historical and current content. If you like 5 Matches episodes you can listen to four Patreon-exclusive full episodes right now from June & July, plus there's another one coming up next week with guest Todd Martin of the PWTorch. You can also hear our completed series covering every Okada-Tanahashi match in chronological order, plus our in progress series doing the same for every Naito-Ishii match as well. And for current wrestling, check out our exclusive Sengoku Lord review from next week, and upcoming tournament coverage of the King of DDT next week. Plus, Anime Omakase covering the wide world of anime and a whole lot more! All of this is yours for only $5 per month, so sign up today at http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase! John is joined by returning guest Andrew Rich (@andrewtrich), host of the VOW network podcast Music of the Mat. We talk a little bit about the neverending boredom of our current pandemic lives, because really what else is there to talk about, before John makes a brief but impassioned plea for everyone to #WatchHameFura. We then get into this week's 5 Matches, which in order are: 1. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Magnitude Kishiwada, Gamma, Cyber Kong, Genki Horiguchi & Jack Evans vs. CIMA, Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk, Anthony W. Mori & Matt Sydal, DG 4/17/07 (https://www.bilibili.com/video/av65526322/, Note: Does not work on mobile, only desktop) 2. Mayu Iwatani vs. Utami Hayashishita, STARDOM 9/24/18 (STARDOM World: https://www.stardom-world.com/set/1678/contents/1677?fcid=2) 3. Cactus Jack vs. Randy Orton, WWE 4/18/04 (WWE Network: https://watch.wwe.com/episode/Backlash-2004-11880) 4. Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi, NJPW 7/21/14 (NJPW World: https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00232_1_6) 5. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino vs. Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin, TNA 6/12/08 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuwyGtQSjlg) Topics that come up along the way include: clipping woes, Andrew the Move Name Robot, lots of flash pins, Utami impresses, Mayu bends, actual good WWE announcing, Mr. Socko or Barbie, Yujiro's awesome saxophone theme, Naito will never get his revenge, the most stereotypical theme song of all time, USA ack-pooey and a whole lot more. Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Missed any of the 5 Matches episodes or just want to revisit one of the matches discussed previously but aren't sure what episode it took place on? Here's a handy Google Doc with links to every single match we've discussed on this series so far, which will continue to be updated every week: https://bit.ly/3dv3BjF Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk three different Korakuen Hall shows from three different promotions, more on EVIL as champion so far, we set the table for the Sengoku Lord main event and we discuss a possible return to Japan by......*thunderclap* The Gamer. Wrestling Omakase now has a Patreon. Head to http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase where you can listen now to four exclusive 5 Matches episodes that you can't find on the free feed, plus our first episode in our new series covering every Naito-Ishii match in chronological order, all 14 episodes in our recently completed series doing the same for Okada-Tanahashi, 4 episodes of Anime Omakase, and more. Plus, Saturday night John and former Omakase guest Quinlan will be bringing you a same day reaction show to NJPW Sengoku Lord, exclusively for patrons! The only way you'll be able to hear John's thoughts on EVIL-Hiromu, Shingo-Desperado and anything else from Sengoku Lord is by signing up and checking out that episode. You can get access to all of our bonus audio for only $5 per month, so sign up today! John is joined by returning guest Hayley (@choerrycoloured) as they start by talking how hard an anime con season without any anime cons is for both of them. They quickly move on to the wrestling shows they're here to talk about, namely three Korakuen events, starting with NJPW's New Japan Road show from Monday (7/20). This involves obviously more EVIL discussion, plus a lot of El Desperado praise and a LOT of Master Wato talk. Seriously, a whole lotta Wato. Much of it might be hard to make out due to our combined laughter but we're sorry. We also do a quick preview of the top 3 of Sengoku Lord and where we think NJPW is going from here. Then we move over to the world of DDT and Tokyo Joshi for the first time in a long time, talking their Korakuen double-header from Thursday 7/23. On the Tokyo Joshi side we discuss Yuki Aino's big main event shot against Yuka Sakazaki, a spirited battle with Mina Shirakawa and Yuki Kamifuku and a whole lot more. We then talk DDT's Summer Vacation, talking how great Jun Akiyama in DDT is going so far, an awesome main event with Tetsuya Endo and Yuki Ueno, and some comedy that didn't quite land. Finally we wrap things up with a few of your questions, including: who will unseat EVIL, who will win the Tokyo Joshi Princess Cup and who will win King of DDT. Will Endo succeed in bringing the dreaded Gamer himself, Kenneth James Omega (NOTE: I have no idea if that's actually his middle name, it just sounds funny), back to DDT? Will the immigration authorities stop him? Will HAROLD intervene yet again?! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk three different Korakuen Hall shows from three different promotions, more on EVIL as champion so far, we set the table for the Sengoku Lord main event and we discuss a possible return to Japan by......*thunderclap* The Gamer. Wrestling Omakase now has a Patreon. Head to http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase where you can listen now to four exclusive 5 Matches episodes that you can't find on the free feed, plus our first episode in our new series covering every Naito-Ishii match in chronological order, all 14 episodes in our recently completed series doing the same for Okada-Tanahashi, 4 episodes of Anime Omakase, and more. Plus, Saturday night John and former Omakase guest Quinlan will be bringing you a same day reaction show to NJPW Sengoku Lord, exclusively for patrons! The only way you'll be able to hear John's thoughts on EVIL-Hiromu, Shingo-Desperado and anything else from Sengoku Lord is by signing up and checking out that episode. You can get access to all of our bonus audio for only $5 per month, so sign up today! John is joined by returning guest Hayley (@choerrycoloured) as they start by talking how hard an anime con season without any anime cons is for both of them. They quickly move on to the wrestling shows they're here to talk about, namely three Korakuen events, starting with NJPW's New Japan Road show from Monday (7/20). This involves obviously more EVIL discussion, plus a lot of El Desperado praise and a LOT of Master Wato talk. Seriously, a whole lotta Wato. Much of it might be hard to make out due to our combined laughter but we're sorry. We also do a quick preview of the top 3 of Sengoku Lord and where we think NJPW is going from here. Then we move over to the world of DDT and Tokyo Joshi for the first time in a long time, talking their Korakuen double-header from Thursday 7/23. On the Tokyo Joshi side we discuss Yuki Aino's big main event shot against Yuka Sakazaki, a spirited battle with Mina Shirakawa and Yuki Kamifuku and a whole lot more. We then talk DDT's Summer Vacation, talking how great Jun Akiyama in DDT is going so far, an awesome main event with Tetsuya Endo and Yuki Ueno, and some comedy that didn't quite land. Finally we wrap things up with a few of your questions, including: who will unseat EVIL, who will win the Tokyo Joshi Princess Cup and who will win King of DDT. Will Endo succeed in bringing the dreaded Gamer himself, Kenneth James Omega (NOTE: I have no idea if that's actually his middle name, it just sounds funny), back to DDT? Will the immigration authorities stop him? Will HAROLD intervene yet again?! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk New Japan's first two shows with fans since March, including one of the most shocking title changes in company history. Wrestling Omakase now has a Patreon. Head to http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase where you can listen now to three exclusive 5 Matches episode with VOW flagship co-host Rich Kraetsch, Alan4L from the PWTorch and Nate from Everything Elite, plus 13 episodes in our ongoing (and soon to conclude) series covering every Okada-Tanahashi match in order, 3 episodes of Anime Omakase, and our New Japan Cup pick 'em. Coming up next week will be another exclusive 5 Matches episode with former Brit Wres Roundtable co-host and current VOW Quiz Night host Robin Reid, the start of another set of episodes covering an entire match series in order (which series depends on the results of a soon-to-be-completed poll), and much more. You can get access to all of our bonus audio for just $5 a month! John is joined by returning guest Sean Sedor (@SASedor2994) to talk a very eventual two nights in Osaka Jo Hall. They start the show off with some thoughts on the end of Tetsuya Naito's title reign, and if you've heard some of John's previous rants and- let's face it- minor breakdowns on the air over Naito losses you may be a little surprised by their take here. John and Sean then get into breaking down each and every match across both nights, including the underwhelming NJC final, the awesome NEVER & IWGP Tag Title matches from Dominion, and finally the already controversial double title match. John also discusses why some of the takes on Naito-EVIL have really missed the mark, especially the ones about a supposed lack of crowd heat. We then get into your mailbag questions on the two shows, including lots of MASTER WATO~!!! talk and much more. Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk New Japan's first two shows with fans since March, including one of the most shocking title changes in company history. Wrestling Omakase now has a Patreon. Head to http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase where you can listen now to three exclusive 5 Matches episode with VOW flagship co-host Rich Kraetsch, Alan4L from the PWTorch and Nate from Everything Elite, plus 13 episodes in our ongoing (and soon to conclude) series covering every Okada-Tanahashi match in order, 3 episodes of Anime Omakase, and our New Japan Cup pick 'em. Coming up next week will be another exclusive 5 Matches episode with former Brit Wres Roundtable co-host and current VOW Quiz Night host Robin Reid, the start of another set of episodes covering an entire match series in order (which series depends on the results of a soon-to-be-completed poll), and much more. You can get access to all of our bonus audio for just $5 a month! John is joined by returning guest Sean Sedor (@SASedor2994) to talk a very eventual two nights in Osaka Jo Hall. They start the show off with some thoughts on the end of Tetsuya Naito's title reign, and if you've heard some of John's previous rants and- let's face it- minor breakdowns on the air over Naito losses you may be a little surprised by their take here. John and Sean then get into breaking down each and every match across both nights, including the underwhelming NJC final, the awesome NEVER & IWGP Tag Title matches from Dominion, and finally the already controversial double title match. John also discusses why some of the takes on Naito-EVIL have really missed the mark, especially the ones about a supposed lack of crowd heat. We then get into your mailbag questions on the two shows, including lots of MASTER WATO~!!! talk and much more. Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it: http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 VOW Network Discord: https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week on Wrestling Omakase we present our mid-year awards for 2020, doing what we can to highlight the best (and drag the worst) of this very strange and terrible half-year! We're returning to mostly covering current wrestling here on the free feed, but if you miss our 5 Matches format featuring discussion of older matches you can still catch brand new episodes at our Patreon! Head to http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase where you can listen now to a brand new exclusive 5 Matches episode ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2020/07/04/wrestling-omakase-153-5-matches-with-nate-everything-elite/ ) with Nate from VOW network podcast Everything Elite ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/podcast/everything-elite/ ) , as John gives their controversial (?) thoughts on the Kenny/Page-Young Bucks match from Revolution earlier this year. Plus we cover Naito-Tanaka from 2013, Tanahashi-Nakamura from 2015 (the G1 final), the WCW HARDCORE JUNKYARD INVITATIONAL from 1999 and a whole lot more! In addition at the Patreon right now you can find two more exclusive 5 Matches episodes from last month with Alan4L ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2020/06/13/wrestling-omakase-148-5-matches-with-alan4l/ ) & Rich Kraetsch ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2020/06/18/wrestling-omakase-150-5-matches-with-rich-kraetsch/ ) , 11 episodes in our ongoing series covering every Okada-Tanahashi match in order, 2 episodes of Anime Omakase, and our New Japan Cup pick 'em. You can get access to all of this bonus audio plus more to come throughout the month for just $5! Here in the strange and cursed year of 2020 John brings on an esteemed panel of VOW contributors to help them break it all down. The guests are: Andy ( @trillyrobinson ( http://twitter.com/trillyrobinson ) ), Paul ( @Darth_Dragon ( http://twitter.com/Darth_Dragon ) ), Ricardo ( @wallyrgr ( http://twitter.com/wallyrgr ) ), Taylor ( @tamaimbo ( http://twitter.com/tamaimbo ) ), Thomas ( @rasslinratings ( http://twitter.com/rasslinratings ) ) and Tyler ( @TheRealForno ( http://twitter.com/TheRealForno ) ). Below you can find all the awards we covered in their order of appearance on the podcast (everything up to Best Weekly TV Show was 1 pick per person and every award after that was 3 picks per person): -Worst Weekly TV Show -Worst Major Show -Worst Promotion -Worst Feud -Worst Match of the Year -Best Weekly TV Show -Best Major Show -Best Promotion -Best Feud -Most Outstanding Wrestler -Match of the Year -Tag Team of the Year -Wrestler of the Year Hear all of our picks for the best and worst of a very shitty year, this week! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! ( http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 ) All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it! Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord ( https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 ) VOW Network Discord ( https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd ) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we present our mid-year awards for 2020, doing what we can to highlight the best (and drag the worst) of this very strange and terrible half-year! We're returning to mostly covering current wrestling here on the free feed, but if you miss our 5 Matches format featuring discussion of older matches you can still catch brand new episodes at our Patreon! Head to http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase where you can listen now to a brand new exclusive 5 Matches episode ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2020/07/04/wrestling-omakase-153-5-matches-with-nate-everything-elite/ ) with Nate from VOW network podcast Everything Elite ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/podcast/everything-elite/ ) , as John gives their controversial (?) thoughts on the Kenny/Page-Young Bucks match from Revolution earlier this year. Plus we cover Naito-Tanaka from 2013, Tanahashi-Nakamura from 2015 (the G1 final), the WCW HARDCORE JUNKYARD INVITATIONAL from 1999 and a whole lot more! In addition at the Patreon right now you can find two more exclusive 5 Matches episodes from last month with Alan4L ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2020/06/13/wrestling-omakase-148-5-matches-with-alan4l/ ) & Rich Kraetsch ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2020/06/18/wrestling-omakase-150-5-matches-with-rich-kraetsch/ ) , 11 episodes in our ongoing series covering every Okada-Tanahashi match in order, 2 episodes of Anime Omakase, and our New Japan Cup pick 'em. You can get access to all of this bonus audio plus more to come throughout the month for just $5! Here in the strange and cursed year of 2020 John brings on an esteemed panel of VOW contributors to help them break it all down. The guests are: Andy ( @trillyrobinson ( http://twitter.com/trillyrobinson ) ), Paul ( @Darth_Dragon ( http://twitter.com/Darth_Dragon ) ), Ricardo ( @wallyrgr ( http://twitter.com/wallyrgr ) ), Taylor ( @tamaimbo ( http://twitter.com/tamaimbo ) ), Thomas ( @rasslinratings ( http://twitter.com/rasslinratings ) ) and Tyler ( @TheRealForno ( http://twitter.com/TheRealForno ) ). Below you can find all the awards we covered in their order of appearance on the podcast (everything up to Best Weekly TV Show was 1 pick per person and every award after that was 3 picks per person): -Worst Weekly TV Show -Worst Major Show -Worst Promotion -Worst Feud -Worst Match of the Year -Best Weekly TV Show -Best Major Show -Best Promotion -Best Feud -Most Outstanding Wrestler -Match of the Year -Tag Team of the Year -Wrestler of the Year Hear all of our picks for the best and worst of a very shitty year, this week! Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! ( http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 ) All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it! Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord ( https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 ) VOW Network Discord ( https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd ) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week on Wrestling Omakase we've got our first-ever all-NJPW 5 Matches edition, talking Naito-Omega II, Ishii-Shibata from the G1 and much more! If you haven't listened to a 5 Matches episode yet, every week John and the guest each choose 2 matches to watch and talk about on the episode. Then we each choose a third match, which is put up to a vote on the @wrestleomakase ( http://twitter.com/wrestleomakase ) Twitter account (or on the Patreon ( http://www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) !), letting the listeners choose our fifth and final match of the week. It's a fun retro format featuring all sorts of different wrestling! Wrestling Omakase now has a Patreon. Head to http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase where you can listen now to two exclusive 5 Matches episode with VOW flagship co-host Rich Kraetsch ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2020/06/18/wrestling-omakase-150-5-matches-with-rich-kraetsch/ ) and Alan4L ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2020/06/13/wrestling-omakase-148-5-matches-with-alan4l/ ) from the PWTorch, plus 9 episodes in our ongoing series covering every Okada-Tanahashi match in order, 2 episodes of Anime Omakase, and our New Japan Cup pick 'em. Coming up in July will be 2 more exclusive full-length 5 Matches episodes of Omakase (while the Omakase free feed transitions back to covering more current wrestling), another set of episodes covering an entire match series in order (and you'll be able to vote on which one!) and much more. You can get access to all of our bonus audio for just $5 a month! John is joined by debuting guest Sylvi ( @sylvisurfer ( http://twitter.com/sylvisurfer ) ) from the podcasts Friends at the Table ( @friends_table ( http://twitter.com/friends_table ) ) and Emoji Drone ( @emojidrone ( http://twitter.com/emojidrone ) ). Before getting into their picks John and Sylvi go off on an extreme Gundam tangent based on Sylvi's recent appearance on another Patreon, discussing some reasons why Gundam Wing isn't popular with certain types of fans and more. Then they get into this week's matches, which include: 1. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata, NJPW 8/4/13 ( NJPW World ( https://front.njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00211_2_5 ) ) 2. Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenny Omega, NJPW 8/13/17 (NJPW World: English ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00447_26_09 ) or Japanese ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00447_25_09 ) ) 3. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, NJPW 3/6/17 (NJPW World: English ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00429_1_07 ) or Japanese ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00428_1_07 ) ) 4. Tetsuya Naito vs. Hirooki Goto, NJPW 3/12/16 (NJPW World: English ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00379_3_09e ) or Japanese ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00379_3_09 ) ) 5. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Katsuyori Shibata, NJPW 7/5/15 ( NJPW World ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00330_1_03 ) ) Topics that come up along the way include: the greatest start to a wrestling match in history, how Sylvi escaped the horrors of WWE fandom, John forgot their own pick, The Shin Nihon Shawn Michaels, it's a good thing Naito and Kenny are on separate continents now because they were probably going to kill each other, Ryusuke Taguchi's bony ass, Hiromu's original rampage, the tragedy of Hirooki Goto, John brags about being in the building for Naito wins again, when the Laughter7 ends, and gross ankle sock tossing. Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! ( http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 ) All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it! Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord ( https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 ) VOW Network Discord ( https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd ) Missed any of the 5 Matches episodes or just want to revisit one of the matches discussed previously but aren't sure what episode it took place on? Here's a handy Google Doc ( https://bit.ly/3dv3BjF ) with links to every single match we've discussed on this series so far, which will continue to be updated with every episode. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week on Wrestling Omakase we've got our first-ever all-NJPW 5 Matches edition, talking Naito-Omega II, Ishii-Shibata from the G1 and much more! If you haven't listened to a 5 Matches episode yet, every week John and the guest each choose 2 matches to watch and talk about on the episode. Then we each choose a third match, which is put up to a vote on the @wrestleomakase ( http://twitter.com/wrestleomakase ) Twitter account (or on the Patreon ( http://www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) !), letting the listeners choose our fifth and final match of the week. It's a fun retro format featuring all sorts of different wrestling! Wrestling Omakase now has a Patreon. Head to http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase where you can listen now to two exclusive 5 Matches episode with VOW flagship co-host Rich Kraetsch ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2020/06/18/wrestling-omakase-150-5-matches-with-rich-kraetsch/ ) and Alan4L ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2020/06/13/wrestling-omakase-148-5-matches-with-alan4l/ ) from the PWTorch, plus 9 episodes in our ongoing series covering every Okada-Tanahashi match in order, 2 episodes of Anime Omakase, and our New Japan Cup pick 'em. Coming up in July will be 2 more exclusive full-length 5 Matches episodes of Omakase (while the Omakase free feed transitions back to covering more current wrestling), another set of episodes covering an entire match series in order (and you'll be able to vote on which one!) and much more. You can get access to all of our bonus audio for just $5 a month! John is joined by debuting guest Sylvi ( @sylvisurfer ( http://twitter.com/sylvisurfer ) ) from the podcasts Friends at the Table ( @friends_table ( http://twitter.com/friends_table ) ) and Emoji Drone ( @emojidrone ( http://twitter.com/emojidrone ) ). Before getting into their picks John and Sylvi go off on an extreme Gundam tangent based on Sylvi's recent appearance on another Patreon, discussing some reasons why Gundam Wing isn't popular with certain types of fans and more. Then they get into this week's matches, which include: 1. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata, NJPW 8/4/13 ( NJPW World ( https://front.njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00211_2_5 ) ) 2. Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenny Omega, NJPW 8/13/17 (NJPW World: English ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00447_26_09 ) or Japanese ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00447_25_09 ) ) 3. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, NJPW 3/6/17 (NJPW World: English ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00429_1_07 ) or Japanese ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00428_1_07 ) ) 4. Tetsuya Naito vs. Hirooki Goto, NJPW 3/12/16 (NJPW World: English ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00379_3_09e ) or Japanese ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00379_3_09 ) ) 5. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Katsuyori Shibata, NJPW 7/5/15 ( NJPW World ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00330_1_03 ) ) Topics that come up along the way include: the greatest start to a wrestling match in history, how Sylvi escaped the horrors of WWE fandom, John forgot their own pick, The Shin Nihon Shawn Michaels, it's a good thing Naito and Kenny are on separate continents now because they were probably going to kill each other, Ryusuke Taguchi's bony ass, Hiromu's original rampage, the tragedy of Hirooki Goto, John brags about being in the building for Naito wins again, when the Laughter7 ends, and gross ankle sock tossing. Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! ( http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 ) All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it! Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord ( https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 ) VOW Network Discord ( https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd ) Missed any of the 5 Matches episodes or just want to revisit one of the matches discussed previously but aren't sure what episode it took place on? Here's a handy Google Doc ( https://bit.ly/3dv3BjF ) with links to every single match we've discussed on this series so far, which will continue to be updated with every episode. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

(CONTENT WARNING: We very briefly discuss the events of this past week in professional wrestling at the very start of the episode. We do not go into any detail on specific allegations and it's easily skippable, about 3 minutes or so. We stand with and believes all victims.) This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk some interpromotional matches from the mid-to-late 00s, a classic from NOAH in 2004 and much more. If you haven't listened to a 5 Matches episode yet, every week John and the guest each choose 2 matches to watch and talk about on the episode. Then we each choose a third match, which is put up to a vote on the @wrestleomakase Twitter account (or on the Patreon!), letting the listeners choose our fifth and final match of the week. It's a fun retro format featuring all sorts of different wrestling! Wrestling Omakase now has a Patreon. Head to http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase where you can listen now to our huge milestone 150th episode of Omakase, 5 Matches with Rich Kraetsch, where we talk Tanahashi-Suzuki from 2012, Bret-Austin from 1996, the famous NJPW vs. UWF elimination tag from 1986, and much more. Plus you can get another Patreon-exclusive full episode (148, 5 Matches with Alan4L), 7 episodes in our series covering every Okada-Tanahashi match in order, our 2020 New Japan Cup Pick 'Em episode with VOW contributor Tyler Forness, Anime Omakase and more! Get all of our Patreon audio for just $5 a month! John is joined by debuting guest Case Lowe (@_InYourCase) from VOW's resident Dragon Gate podcast Open the Voice Gate (@openvoicegate) as they start by discussing their attempts to get into Japanese baseball. Nippon Professional Baseball, the world's number two league, just returned this past weekend, and with the world's number *one* league seemingly as far away from returning as ever it's never been a better time to get into the NPB. They discuss the somewhat hilarious origins and state of Case's chosen favorite team, plus John talks a little about the NPB video game and enjoying it as a change of pace after many years of playing MLB The Show. Once that's out of the way they get into this week's chosen matches, which are: 1. Jado & Gedo vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii, NJPW 1/7/07 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gze6hk6fb7c&feature=youtu.be) 2. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino & Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk & Cyber Kong, DG 7/1/07 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nHljki0NJovM-SjNgx6mB0NmzNyKXusi/view?usp=sharing) 3. Go Shiozaki & Takashi Sugiura vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Milano Collection AT, NOAH 3/1/09 (https://youtu.be/IE6sQtAXxgU) 4. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA, NOAH 4/25/04 (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17q6ni) 5. Keiji Mutoh vs. Nobuhiko Takada, NJPW 1/4/96 (https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00141_1_10) Topics that come up along the way include: JACKED JADO, Case

(CONTENT WARNING: We very briefly discuss the events of this past week in professional wrestling at the very start of the episode. We do not go into any detail on specific allegations and it's easily skippable, about 3 minutes or so. We stand with and believes all victims.) This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk some interpromotional matches from the mid-to-late 00s, a classic from NOAH in 2004 and much more. If you haven't listened to a 5 Matches episode yet, every week John and the guest each choose 2 matches to watch and talk about on the episode. Then we each choose a third match, which is put up to a vote on the @wrestleomakase Twitter account (or on the Patreon!), letting the listeners choose our fifth and final match of the week. It's a fun retro format featuring all sorts of different wrestling! Wrestling Omakase now has a Patreon. Head to http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase where you can listen now to our huge milestone 150th episode of Omakase, 5 Matches with Rich Kraetsch, where we talk Tanahashi-Suzuki from 2012, Bret-Austin from 1996, the famous NJPW vs. UWF elimination tag from 1986, and much more. Plus you can get another Patreon-exclusive full episode (148, 5 Matches with Alan4L), 7 episodes in our series covering every Okada-Tanahashi match in order, our 2020 New Japan Cup Pick 'Em episode with VOW contributor Tyler Forness, Anime Omakase and more! Get all of our Patreon audio for just $5 a month! John is joined by debuting guest Case Lowe (@_InYourCase) from VOW's resident Dragon Gate podcast Open the Voice Gate (@openvoicegate) as they start by discussing their attempts to get into Japanese baseball. Nippon Professional Baseball, the world's number two league, just returned this past weekend, and with the world's number *one* league seemingly as far away from returning as ever it's never been a better time to get into the NPB. They discuss the somewhat hilarious origins and state of Case's chosen favorite team, plus John talks a little about the NPB video game and enjoying it as a change of pace after many years of playing MLB The Show. Once that's out of the way they get into this week's chosen matches, which are: 1. Jado & Gedo vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii, NJPW 1/7/07 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gze6hk6fb7c&feature=youtu.be) 2. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino & Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk & Cyber Kong, DG 7/1/07 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nHljki0NJovM-SjNgx6mB0NmzNyKXusi/view?usp=sharing) 3. Go Shiozaki & Takashi Sugiura vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Milano Collection AT, NOAH 3/1/09 (https://youtu.be/IE6sQtAXxgU) 4. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA, NOAH 4/25/04 (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17q6ni) 5. Keiji Mutoh vs. Nobuhiko Takada, NJPW 1/4/96 (https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00141_1_10) Topics that come up along the way include: JACKED JADO, Case

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk three very different joshi matches, plus a 2004 NJPW blodobath and some UWFi! If you haven't listened to a 5 Matches episode yet, every week John and the guest each choose 2 matches to watch and talk about on the episode. Then we each choose a third match, which is put up to a vote on the @wrestleomakase ( http://twitter.com/wrestleomakase ) Twitter account (or on the Patreon ( http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) !), letting the listeners choose our fifth and final match of the week. It's a fun retro format featuring all sorts of different wrestling! Wrestling Omakase has launched its new Patreon. Head to http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase where you can listen now to episode 148 of Wrestling Omakase, 5 Matches with Alan4L ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2020/06/13/wrestling-omakase-148-5-matches-with-alan4l/ ) , our first Patreon-exclusive full episode. Plus you can get 6 episodes in our series covering every Okada-Tanahashi match in order, our 2020 New Japan Cup Pick 'Em bonus episode with VOW contributor Tyler Forness, Anime Omakase and more! And next week's Patreon-exclusive episode will be Omakase #150, a major milestone, featuring VOW flagship co-host Rich Kraetsch. Get all of our Patreon audio for just $5 a month! John is joined by returning guest Taylor Maimbourg ( @tamaimbo ( http://twitter.com/tamaimbo ) ), who of course has been on Omakase many times before, but this is his first appearance of 2020 and his first one since starting his own VOW network podcast Jumping Bomb Audio ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/podcast/jumping-bomb-audio/ ) ( @JBombAudio ( http://twitter.com/JBombAudio ) ). John and Taylor talk a bit about adjusting to the work at home life in New York (where they both live) and when and how they expect to be heading back to the office, before they begin discussing this week's 5 Match picks. Here they all are in order: 1. Ayako Hamada vs. Misaki Ohata vs. Arisa Nakajima, WAVE 5/14/18 ( Youtube ( https://youtu.be/i3-QZO0_8Lk ) ) 2. Io Shirai vs. Kairi Hojo, STARDOM 1/17/16 ( Dailymotion ( https://www.dailymotion.com/video/kxyaEvdMPGE3aJf5M2S ) ) 3. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Gary Albright, UWFi 8/5/92 ( Youtube ( https://youtu.be/LhHdN3pDIjg ) ) 4. Yuji Nagata vs. Kensuke Sasaki, NJPW 1/4/04 ( NJPW World ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00164_1_13 ) ) 5. Akira Hokuto vs. Meiko Satomura, GAEA 4/29/01 ( Youtube ( https://youtu.be/x4h-wbBfKK0 ) ) Topics that come up along the way include: John's girlfriend thinks Taylor cheated, the ultimate in wrestling hipster-ism even for this show, Io and Kairi beat each other's asses in a way they definitely can't do in WWE anymore, why did no one ever give Gary Albright a shot in the US, UWFi fucking rules, not all mid-00s NJPW is bad and right here's your proof, Sasaki's weird history leaving NJPW with Choshu and coming back and then immediately leaving again for the entire rest of his career, yet another thing COVID took from us, GAEA Girls, and much more. Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! ( http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 ) All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it! Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord ( https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 ) VOW Network Discord ( https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd ) Missed any of the 5 Matches episodes or just want to revisit one of the matches discussed previously but aren't sure what episode it took place on? Here's a handy Google Doc ( https://bit.ly/3dv3BjF ) with links to every single match we've discussed on this series so far, which will continue to be updated with every episode. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk three very different joshi matches, plus a 2004 NJPW blodobath and some UWFi! If you haven't listened to a 5 Matches episode yet, every week John and the guest each choose 2 matches to watch and talk about on the episode. Then we each choose a third match, which is put up to a vote on the @wrestleomakase ( http://twitter.com/wrestleomakase ) Twitter account (or on the Patreon ( http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase ) !), letting the listeners choose our fifth and final match of the week. It's a fun retro format featuring all sorts of different wrestling! Wrestling Omakase has launched its new Patreon. Head to http://patreon.com/wrestlingomakase where you can listen now to episode 148 of Wrestling Omakase, 5 Matches with Alan4L ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2020/06/13/wrestling-omakase-148-5-matches-with-alan4l/ ) , our first Patreon-exclusive full episode. Plus you can get 6 episodes in our series covering every Okada-Tanahashi match in order, our 2020 New Japan Cup Pick 'Em bonus episode with VOW contributor Tyler Forness, Anime Omakase and more! And next week's Patreon-exclusive episode will be Omakase #150, a major milestone, featuring VOW flagship co-host Rich Kraetsch. Get all of our Patreon audio for just $5 a month! John is joined by returning guest Taylor Maimbourg ( @tamaimbo ( http://twitter.com/tamaimbo ) ), who of course has been on Omakase many times before, but this is his first appearance of 2020 and his first one since starting his own VOW network podcast Jumping Bomb Audio ( https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/podcast/jumping-bomb-audio/ ) ( @JBombAudio ( http://twitter.com/JBombAudio ) ). John and Taylor talk a bit about adjusting to the work at home life in New York (where they both live) and when and how they expect to be heading back to the office, before they begin discussing this week's 5 Match picks. Here they all are in order: 1. Ayako Hamada vs. Misaki Ohata vs. Arisa Nakajima, WAVE 5/14/18 ( Youtube ( https://youtu.be/i3-QZO0_8Lk ) ) 2. Io Shirai vs. Kairi Hojo, STARDOM 1/17/16 ( Dailymotion ( https://www.dailymotion.com/video/kxyaEvdMPGE3aJf5M2S ) ) 3. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Gary Albright, UWFi 8/5/92 ( Youtube ( https://youtu.be/LhHdN3pDIjg ) ) 4. Yuji Nagata vs. Kensuke Sasaki, NJPW 1/4/04 ( NJPW World ( https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00164_1_13 ) ) 5. Akira Hokuto vs. Meiko Satomura, GAEA 4/29/01 ( Youtube ( https://youtu.be/x4h-wbBfKK0 ) ) Topics that come up along the way include: John's girlfriend thinks Taylor cheated, the ultimate in wrestling hipster-ism even for this show, Io and Kairi beat each other's asses in a way they definitely can't do in WWE anymore, why did no one ever give Gary Albright a shot in the US, UWFi fucking rules, not all mid-00s NJPW is bad and right here's your proof, Sasaki's weird history leaving NJPW with Choshu and coming back and then immediately leaving again for the entire rest of his career, yet another thing COVID took from us, GAEA Girls, and much more. Support Wrestling Omakase with a donation through Red Circle! ( http://bit.ly/2o42FP6 ) All donations are split with that week's guest. We really appreciate it! Wrestling Omakase has dedicated channels on TWO Discords! Come join either one where you can chat with John and show guests and submit questions for future episodes! Super J-Cast Discord ( https://discord.gg/zWEgNK5 ) VOW Network Discord ( https://discord.gg/rGTXwXd ) Missed any of the 5 Matches episodes or just want to revisit one of the matches discussed previously but aren't sure what episode it took place on? Here's a handy Google Doc ( https://bit.ly/3dv3BjF ) with links to every single match we've discussed on this series so far, which will continue to be updated with every episode. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

A huge milestone for the show. It's a shame Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) didn't realise it at the time because they'd missed one of the Okada-Tanahashi matches before recording and correcting! The second straight match to come from PWG's show in Reseda, but an all-European clash between the mouthy lad from Kent Zack Sabre Jr faces the stern Austrian WALTER. No conforming to sterotypes in the seirous world of indie wrestling! lmtyspod@gmail.com

So we made a little screw up. We're sure you're all shocked. We got a little mixed up with the multiple Okada-Tanahashi matches and which match was rated what. So we're turning back the clocks a couple of years to play catch up and watch another match in what may come to be seen as the greatest rivalry in pro wrestling history. Will Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) contain their embarassment enough to provide qualitative analysis on what was billed at the time as Tanahashi's last chance to win the IWGP title from Okada? There's always a first time for everything!... lmtyspod@gmail.com

Lots to cover this week as Chris (@BrasilianFury) returns to help Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) break down the 3 big happenings at Wrestling Dontaku: the surprise appearance of Chris Jericho smashing Naito, the debut of Taiji Ishimori as Bone Soldier, and the thrilling end of the Okada / Tanahashi rivalry. They also talk about All In, how the quick sellout benefits the entire wrestling business… and how wrestling Twitter could use a heaping spoonful of positivity. Opening theme by Lemi and the Captain. Closing theme by Ayumi Nakamura (@ayumi_nakamura). Sponsored by WrestleCrate (@wrestlecrateusa).

Welcome to the penultimate episode of the Okada Tanahashi feud! Now, we know that there's been two more matches between the two, but we're focusing on Okada's rise to become the Ace. In this episode, we cover Wrestle Kingdom 9, a show produced by Global Force Wrestling, that includes Joey's Bullet Boy, gift giving, and of course, Time Splitter Jim Ross! All this and more on the silliest wrestling podcast, Sober World of Sports.

This week on the Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast Joe and Rich review NJPW's two Wrestling Dontaku shows including what is likely the final chapter of Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi's historic rivalry, callback throughout the match and why Dave Meltzer's 5.5 star rating does a disservice to the match.  Other topics include a review of WWE Backlash 2018, a discussion on WWE main roster output woes, Rich's crazy indie show weekend including Warrior Wrestling, Game Changer Wrestling, Ring of Honor and the All-In Press Conference. Lastly, we review results of a recent ROH-centric Twitter poll we conducted.  Support our sponsor Dollar Shave Club at http://www.dollarshaveclub.com/voices.  Support our sponsor ForHims at http://forhims.com/vow. Support us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/voicesofwrestling. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/voices-of-wrestling-flagship/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, the fellas break down Okada/Tanahashi, the Backlash PPV, the upcoming Money In The Bank, and a whole bunch more. Brought to you by Seoul Taco and JJ Twigs on Hampton, STL. 

Waiting for the boys to record a new episode? Fear not, as we still have content (sort of....). This is a compilation of cut content from the first half of the Okada Tanahashi Feud storyline arc. Featured in this episode are: 2012 New Beginning, Okada in TNA, 2012 Dominion, and Wrestle Kingdom 7. We hope to be back soon to finish up the arc, as well as possibly record more bonus episodes.

After a few month hiatus, the boys are back with Round 5 of the Okada Tanahashi feud! This episode covers Day 8 of the 2013 G1 Climax Tournament. During the show we cover the prior days of the tournament, past events, and Joey asks the age old question: How do you use a Tenga Egg? All this and more on the silliest wrestling podcast, Sober World of Sports!

Episode 17 brings us back to Ryogoku Sumo Hall for New Japan Pro Wrestling's 2013 Invasion Attack. A weird audio glitch occurred, but that didn't stop the boys from recording. In this episode, we cover Round 4 of the Okada Tanahashi feud, as well as a conversation about Time Lord, Kojima as Bread, the better of two Centaur songs, and the return of Sober World Theater. All this and more on the silliest wrestling podcast: The Sober World of Sports.

It's Round 3 in the Okada Tanahashi feud! Episode 16 takes the boys back to the Tokyo Dome for Wrestle Kingdom 7: Evolution! After Winning the belt back at Dominion, Hiroshi Tanahashi returns to the Dome to defend his title once again against Kazuchika Okada. Enjoy the silliest wrestling podcast out there: Sober World of Sports!

The 1st official episode of 2017, and we're going forward afterwards with a new name: Sober World of Sports! This episode, the boys cover the 2012 Dominion show, which includes Round 2 of the Okada Tanahashi 2012-2016 feud. Though the drinking has stopped, the silliness will continue.

Episode 14 brings you to the Osaka Prefectural (or prefectual how they spell it in the show) for the New Beginning in Osaka 2012 show. It's round 1 of the Okada Tanahashi feud. The boys discuss the matches leading to the show, as well as the usual nonsense, such as wiener holes and singing theme songs. All this and a wee bit more on the surliest wrestling podcast out there: The Dramatic Drunk Team!

We welcome you to Season 2 of Dramatic Drunk Team! After taking a small break, the boys decided to start up again, tackling the Okada Tanahashi feud, chronologically from show to show. Part 1 of this story arc is Wrestle Kingdom VI: The Prelude to the feud that would spark three 5* matches, and created a new star in Kazuchika Okada. We also bring up what's been going on with the show, as well as Manny and Joey's new occupation. Very Uncensored Ice Ice Baby by Waldfield Memorial - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjIIPDxSIdkGRzEOHG3p-DQ

After a one-week hiatus, the flagship Voices of Wrestling podcast returns with an extensive look at New Japan Pro Wrestling's King of Pro-Wrestling 2015 event, where New Japan goes from here, why Okada/Tanahashi hasn't been overdone and what to look forward to for NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 10. We then turn our attention to Pro Wrestling NOAH, discuss recent happenings in the company, who their savior could be and if the product is finally starting to show positive signs. Last but not least we got stateside to talk NXT TakeOver crowds, the EVOLVE/WWE deal and what it means for both companies. Support us on Amazon: voicesofwrestling.com/amazon or WWEShop: voicesofwrestling.com/wweshop Subscribe to the Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network: iTunes: voicesofwrestling.com/iTunes Stitcher: voicesofwrestling.com/Stitcher TuneIn Radio: voicesofwrestling.com/TuneIn RSS: voicesofwrestling.com/podcast-rss Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/voices-of-wrestling-flagship/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by returning guest Eyean (@skrongstyle) to discuss the latest from All Japan Pro Wrestling! John & Eyean start the episode off with a recap of the Champion Carnival and some thoughts on their favorite matches from this year's league, including of course the Miyahara-Marufuji final. Once that's done we then turn our attention to May 24th's big Korakuen show, which again saw Miyahara take on Marufuji, this time for the Triple Crown! We go match-by-match discussing the entire card, which also included Jake Lee's big return from injury. Once we're done we do a bit of a puro grab bag segment as we discuss recent happenings in Big Japan and thoughts on Okada-Tanahashi in New Japan, among other topics. It's another fun trip through puroresu, this week on Wrestling Omakase!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wrestling-omakase/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.

Rich is back hitting you with the real on WWE Backlash with full predictions and card rundown, WWE burnout, Brock Lesnar, The list of wrestlers left off of Backlash, Kenny Omega vs Hangman Page & Okada vs Tanahashi thoughts before their IWGP title match.  Check out the website’s columns, and the network’s podcasts, such as One Nation Radio, The Outsiders Edge, and New Japan Pro Wrestling show, Keepin’ It Strong Style. All shows are available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, and Stitcher - rate and review on the app of your choice. @Richlatta32 @JamesBoyd87 DOWNLOAD THE ANCHOR APP http://www.ANCHOR.FM/RICHLATTA   SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/dangerrichSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/social-suplex-podcast-network/donations