Wrestling Omakase #299: NJPW BOSJ Nights 11-13 & Finals, Dominion Preview, TJPW 6/7, DG 6/4 & 6/5 Korakuens, AJPW 6/6 Nikko w/ Velkej

About this episode

John and guest Velkej discuss the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors tournament, preview Dominion, and review shows from Tokyo Joshi, Dragongate, and AJPW.

John is back on another Japan trip eve-eve, so they're filled with restless energy at the prospect of soon being back in a giant metal tube for 14 hours and they're pretty sure it showed! Thankfully returning guest Velkej is here to help them break down the end of the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors tournament, and boy is there a lot to talk about: the very divisive winner, who had the best and worst tournaments, the giant gap between A and B blocks, and a whole lot more! Plus, a preview of a very underwhelming-on-paper Dominion card for Osaka Jo Hall (not ideal when you're going to it of course!). Then it's over to Tokyo Joshi for nothing but unabashed praise (well, not quite as much from Velkej but hey) as John happened to think this random Korakuen show from them ended up being one of the very best shows of the year- from any promotion. They break down a MOTYC tag title match, a strong undercard with their young wrestlers once again showing out, and a surprisingly great main event. Afterwar they head back to Dragongate for a very mixed bag of two more Korakuen Hall shows, including the enormous news of Shun Skywalker's imminent departure. They break down the perplexing way…

People in this episode

Host: John

Guest: Velkej

Topics covered

• NJPW Best of the Super Juniors
• Dominion preview
• Tokyo Joshi
• Dragongate
• AJPW

Keywords

• NJPW
• Best of the Super Juniors
• Dominion
• Tokyo Joshi
• Dragongate
• AJPW
• Korakuen Hall
• Nikko

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NJPW, Tokyo Joshi, Dragongate, AJPW

Places: Osaka Jo Hall, Korakuen Hall, Nikko

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