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Omakase means, literally, I'll leave it up to you. It's a term primarily used in modern Japanese in sushi restaurants, where you allow the chef to prepare their own personal favorites, leaving your meal completely in their hands. Wrestling Omakase, therefore, is a show where we place each episode into the hands of one or two passionate fans, from all across the wrestling spectrum. Our regular host John Carroll has over 20 years of diverse wrestling fandom to draw upon, and they will be joined by a revolving door of guests who will share their knowledge and passion for particular promotions or time periods. While our primary focus will be on modern Japanese wrestling, we will also at least touch on wrestling from all over the world, in addition to the occasional episode covering historical periods of various promotions. This is a journey with wrestling fans around the world, bringing you the promotions they know and love the best, and we hope you will join us!
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- 3 days ago2h 32m
Wrestling Omakase #321: TJPW 11/8 & DG 11/5 Korakuens, Sendai Girls 11/6 & Ice Ribbon 11/8 w/ John Bivins
John is back on the air with indie wrestler John Bivins to break down another big week in Japanese wrestling, starting out with TJPW's latest event from Korakuen Hall! John & John talk about a major title change (that neither of them seemed to expect), two new debuts and a lot more as the world of Tokyo Joshi just keeps on rolling, before getting into a bunch of upcoming shows in what's shaping up to be a busy end of the year from them. Then they head over to Dragongate to discuss their own latest Korakuen show, which also featured a couple of new champions being crowned. They discuss some of their ongoing frustrations with DG's booking this year as well, though, which also leads into a discussion on what they consider the worst promotion of the year in Japan to be as 2026 starts to head to a close (and that also dovetails into a brief review of the recent Naito/Kenoh GHC title match from NOAH!).After that it's back over to the joshi world for a review of Sendai Girls' 11/6 event from Sendai PIT, which featured the semi finals of their young wrestler tournament and some matches being set up for their own next Korakuen show on 11/22. Finally, they wrap things up with another show from Ice Ribbon, this time their 11/8 show from Itabashi, as they discuss another excellent main event, a surprising title vacancy, two literal children doing great things together and a whole lot more! A little shorter than usual for us but no less fun!Omakase 2026 Year in Review/WK Preview Extravaganza Sign-Up Form (Deadline 11/15!): https://forms.gle/iJgWpPpmjGEJCRzm6Follow Wrestling Omakase's Twitter account: http://www.twitter.com/wrestleomakaseFollow John on Bluesky: http://bsky.app/profile/justoneenby.bsky.socialAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- 1 weeks ago4h 26m
Wrestling Omakase #320: NJPW Power Struggle, STARDOM Crimson Nightmare, Ice Ribbon 10/25 & DDT Ultimate Party w/ Arametha
Omakase is back on the air as John is joined by returning guest Arametha, and fair warning: this starts with about 55 minutes of general jovial celebration about the US election results from this year. If this is not something that interests you, please feel free to skip it, but you've been warned! Once that's out of the way they get into some major wrestling shows from the past week or so in Japan, starting out with NJPW Power Struggle from Hiroshima. They discuss another strong recent number at the gate for New Japan, the state of Shota Umino discourse, Kenny Omega back in the saddle, and whether the build to Wrestle Kingdom was a little too predictable. Then they look ahead to some other upcoming shows, including Lucha Kingdom from Mexico and two unique Korakuen events.Afterward they head back over to STARDOM and briefly discuss a Korakuen show from 10/27 before then going into a full review of 10/29's Crimson Nightmare PPV from Ota Ward Gym, breaking down some very dumb attendance takes, a solid undercard, an apparently accidental Halloween costume match, the big STARS vs. HATE elimination showdown, marital comedy, and an awesome main event red belt match. They also talk a little about the start of the Goddesses tag league and more. Things stay in joshi as they head back over to Ice Ribbon to discuss their 10/25 show from SKIP City, featuring an outstanding tag team match and also some other matches that definitely happened. They then preview a big PPV from Itabashi with two title matches.Finally, they head back to the land of DDT for a review of their Ultimate Party show from Sumo Hall, featuring a very unique main event, an outstanding technical wrestling match, some other great wrestling up and down the card, some really funny comedy as well (one of which leads us down a para para rabbit hole), and a whole lot more. The episode then wraps up with a brief preview of the upcoming Korakuen show from DDT's sister promotion Tokyo Joshi!Omakase 2026 Year in Review/WK Preview Extravaganza Sign-Up Form (Deadline 11/15!): https://forms.gle/iJgWpPpmjGEJCRzm6Follow Wrestling Omakase's Twitter account: http://www.twitter.com/wrestleomakaseFollow John on Bluesky: http://bsky.app/profile/justoneenby.bsky.socialAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- 2 weeks ago4h 14m
Wrestling Omakase #319: WON HOF 2026, Marigold 10/24 & NOAH 10/25 Sumo Hall, AJPW 10/22 Korakuen, OZ 10/25 Yokohama Budokan & Sendai Girls 10/24 w/ Paul
John is once again joined by Paul from the Emerald FlowShow as they start things out with quite a lot of Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame talk for this year! They strictly cover the only two regions John votes in which are Modern US & Japan, breaking down who they voted for, who they consider real contenders and which names on the ballot really don't have much of a case at all in a detailed discussion.Once that's out of the way they then turn to a loaded lineup of shows, beginning with a pair from Ryogoku. First, it's Marigold's 10/24 event which featured not a lot of fans, some very talented young wrestlers showing out as always, and some truly, truly horrendous booking. Then it's over to NOAH for their own event the next day, a much better effort than they put on in the same building back in the spring, but with a bit of a controversial main event!Afterward they head back to All Japan for their latest Korakuen show, which also set in motion some major directions to their own biggest show of the year on 12/31! Speaking of biggest shows of the year, they make a rare touchdown in the very wild world of OZ Academy to talk about a truly insane show from Yokohama Budokan, featuring a 10 woman tag iron man match with VERY SIMPLE rules, Suwama on the three person side of a 3 on 2 match, Evil!Saori Anou does some things to Natsupoi that it seems like she possibly could have charged her for, and more! Finally, they wrap things up with a staid little show from Sendai Girls at ShinKiba 1st Ring, because why not I guess!Omakase 2026 Year in Review/WK Preview Extravaganza Sign-Up Form: https://forms.gle/iJgWpPpmjGEJCRzm6Check out the Emerald FlowShow: https://redcircle.com/shows/the-emerald-flowshowFollow Wrestling Omakase's Twitter account: http://www.twitter.com/wrestleomakaseFollow John on Bluesky: http://bsky.app/profile/justoneenby.bsky.socialAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- 3 weeks ago2h 47m
Wrestling Omakase #318: STARDOM Path of Thunder & 10/20 Korakuen, NOAH 10/15 & DDT 10/18 Korakuens w/ Velkej
John and Velkej are back for another episode of Omakase which starts out with SPARROW DRAMA. Yes. Then they get into a wide-ranging discussion on the World Wonder Ring, as they discuss how everyone seems pretty down on STARDOM right now (and how this seems to happen this time of year every year now), discuss some of the reasons why and which ones they do and don't agree with, before heading into reviews of two recent shows. First it's Path of Thunder from Utsunomiya featuring a divisive main event, a great semi-main, and a pretty good undercard. Then they break down the 10/20 Korakuen that finally saw the return of Sayaka Kurara (thank god), and some strange new announced teams for the upcoming tag league.Next up is the first Pro Wrestling NOAH talk on Omakase in a very long time, as John & Velkej review a surprisingly-not-that-bad 10/15 Korakuen. They also preview the upcoming Wrestle Odyssey II show from Ryogoku next week. Finally, they wrap things up with a very underwhelming DDT Korakuen from 10/18 as they discuss a not particularly great show that did at least have some newsworthy aspects to it, before previewing their own upcoming big show from Ryogoku, 11/3's Ultimate Party.Omakase 2026 Year in Review/WK Preview Extravaganza Sign-Up Form: https://forms.gle/iJgWpPpmjGEJCRzm6Velkej's Uncultured & Illiterate podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UnculturedandIlliterateFollow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter: http://twitter.com/wrestleomakaseFollow John on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/justoneenby.bsky.socialAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- Oct 14, 20264h 41m
Wrestling Omakase #317: NJPW King of Pro Wrestling, STARDOM 10/11 & Marigold 10/10 Korakuens, Sendai Girls 10/10 & AJPW 10/11 Sendai w/ Arametha
Arametha is back with John for the second straight week as they discuss an enormous week in Japanese wrestling! After touching on a notable and highly recommended match from Dragongate (for a change lately!), they dive right into the biggest story: NJPW King of Pro Wrestling from Ryogoku, and the apparent decision to go with an NJPW vs. AEW theme for the upcoming Wrestle Kingdom. Both give their takes on the pluses and minuses of that vision, whether or not they're excited for the specific choices, and of course review what ended up being a quite great show with another incredible main event. This takes up a huge portion of our overall runtime this week, so if you're looking for some King of Sports discussion you've definitely come to the right place!Then it's back to the world of joshi as they first discuss STARDOM's most recent Korakuen Hall show, talking about a pretty good show that also left them with some questions about the overall booking direction of the promotion (as usual lately). After that they check in with the turbulent world of Marigold as they review their own latest Korakuen and discuss a frankly baffling main event choice of a very poorly booked and promoted upcoming Sumo Hall show. Finally, they discuss another Sendai Girls Big Show in Sendai where both of them disagreed quite a bit on the overall quality.After that it's time to go back to men's wrestling, as they break down AJPW's latest event, also from Sendai this past weekend. They discuss two very long tag title matches, one of which hit for them and one of which very much didn't, as well as look ahead to what's coming up next in the world of Zen Nihon.Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter: http://twitter.com/wrestleomakaseFollow John on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/justoneenby.bsky.socialAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- Oct 6, 20264h 19m
Wrestling Omakase #316: TJPW Wrestle Princess VII, DG 10/2 & STARDOM 9/29 Korakuens, Shinjuku FACE Final & Ice Ribbon 10/3 Kamata w/ Arametha
John is back on the air on their own podcast feed, joined by returning guest Arametha! They start things out with a wide-ranging first hour that covered a ton of random wrestling and non-wrestling topics alike (honestly more than I can even remember trying to write this at the end now....) before getting to the actual show reviews of the episode, beginning with TJPW Wrestle Princess VII from Ota! They discuss a bit of a mixed bag of an attendance number, another fantastic show from TJPW in a long series of them this year, and a lot of discussion on just why their wrestling style stands out so much in the current landscape.Then it's over to Dragongate to discuss their very newsworthy 10/2 Korakuen show, which featured an enormous title change and the first actually funny Jiro Shinbashi match in ages. Still in Korakuen, they also discuss a bit of a meh event from STARDOM from last week, with a lot of talk about the big unit movement that caused all sorts of controversy on social media.After that it's time to discuss the final show that will ever be held at (the original at least) Shinjuku FACE, an interpromotional affair from 9/30 that was emotional and hilarious. Finally, they wrap things up with another check in on Ice Ribbon as they review their 10/3 show from Kamata.Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter: http://twitter.com/wrestleomakaseFollow John on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/justoneenby.bsky.socialAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- Sep 29, 20264h 24m
Wrestling Omakase #315: AJPW Oudou Finals, NJPW Destruction in Kobe, DDT 9/27, Sareee-ism Chapter XII, Sendai Girls 9/23 & TJPW 9/27 Shinjuku FACE, Ice Ribbon 9/22 Yokohama w/ John Bivins
John & John reunite for the first time in months, and unfortunately the first topic they have to discuss is something no one wanted to be talking about: the incredibly tragic and sudden news of PAC passing away. That's right at the start so wanted to make sure I noted it for anyone listening who isn't ready to hear that sort of thing- it does come up a few more times in the episode as well. RIP to an incredible professional wrestler and, by all accounts, an even more incredible man.They then have to make an awkward transition over to discussing the imminent closing of an iconic Japanese wrestling venue, Shinjuku FACE, as John takes you through some of their own personal history with the venue and talks about how much they're going to miss banging their head on the bathroom ceiling, ahead of discussing a bunch of final FACE shows later in the episode. But first they head over to the thankfully not closing Korakuen Hall to discuss the finals of an eventful AJPW Oudou Tournament, discussing the first of two bonafide MOTYCs, a homegrown wrestler finally winning the big one, and more. They also look ahead to an upcoming AJPW tour that really spreads the wealth around a bunch of different shows, so to speak.Then it's over to the King of Sports to discuss a somewhat underwhelming Destruction in Kobe show, at least until a fantastic main event saved it somewhat. There's lots of speculation about where things might be headed into Wrestle Kingdom season too, as they look ahead first to the upcoming King of Pro Wrestling show (and two Korakuen title matches as well).And then they finally get to the whole load of final shows for each promotion at iconic venues, starting with DDT (maybe the promotion most synonymous with the venue of all!). They discuss a final title challenge, Daisuke Sasaki's incredibly high memorabilia valuation, and more! Afterward it's time to finally leave the men's wrestling behind and shift into joshi, first with Sareee-ism Chapter XII, a fantastic show with another bonafide MOTYC in the main event. Then they discuss the final Sendai Girls show from FACE which featured a big debut and John Bivins describing how much he loves Spike Nishimura.John (Original) then goes it alone for two more show reviews, first the final TJPW show from FACE that also serves as their go home show for the big Wrestle Princess VII event next week (which they also dutifully preview). Finally, they wrap things up with another Ice Ribbon review, this time the second half of a doubleheader from Yokohama. A packed episode!!John Bivins' InstagramFollow Wrestling Omakase on TwitterFollow John on BlueskyAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
- Sep 22, 20262h 59m
Wrestling Omakase #314: Marigold Dream Star GP Night 8 & Finals, Ice Ribbon 8/30 & 9/6, AJPW Oudou Tournament Nights 3 & 4, DDT 9/21 Korakuen w/ Eric
Wrestling Omakase is back on the airwaves and thankfully for John they're not solo this time, as Eric from Joshi'ing Around once again joins them! And boy do they joshi around to start this episode, with around 90 minutes (!) of Marigold talk! They break down a very exciting final two nights from Korakuen Hall for the Dream Star GP in detail, reviewing all the tournament matches, talking about who really stepped up from their younger generation, and a whole lot more. Plus, rankings of every block by their performances and favorite matches from each block!Then it's over to Ice Ribbon to discuss a pair of shows from a little while back now, their 8/30 show from Yokohama and their 9/6 from SKIP City. There was a match that may have been one of the most surprising bangers of the year, so be sure to listen to find out which one!Once the women's coverage is finally over it's time to talk some men's wrestling, beginning with All Japan, as our ongoing coverage of the Oudou Tournament continues! They discuss four second round/quarterfinal matches, all from Shin Kiba. Finally, they wrap things up by reviewing a DDT Korakuen for the first time in eons, as they break down a MAO title defense, some surprising cash-ins, and a very underrated wrestler getting some flowers!Joshi-ing Around podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/1309343e-3781-4750-9209-4efbc9976ab6Social Suplex newsletter: https://www.socialsuplex.com/newsletter/Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter: http://twitter.com/wrestleomakaseFollow John on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/justoneenby.bsky.socialAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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About Wrestling Omakase
Omakase means, literally, I'll leave it up to you. It's a term primarily used in modern Japanese in sushi restaurants, where you allow the chef to prepare their own personal favorites, leaving your meal completely in their hands. Wrestling Omakase, therefore, is a show where we place each episode into the hands of one or two passionate fans, from all across the wrestling spectrum. Our regular host John Carroll has over 20 years of diverse wrestling fandom to draw upon, and they will be joined by a revolving door of guests who will share their knowledge and passion for particular promotions or time periods. While our primary focus will be on modern Japanese wrestling, we will also at least touch on wrestling from all over the world, in addition to the occasional episode covering historical periods of various promotions. This is a journey with wrestling fans around the world, bringing you the promotions they know and love the best, and we hope you will join us!
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