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It's time for the first-ever Wrestling Omakase Year End Awards! Our awards panel consisted of each and every guest we had on Omakase in 2017 (with everyone but one submitting a ballot), and we've tallied up the results and share them with you on this show! It's basically a mini-Observer awards with the same basic rules (5-3-2 balloting, the old December-November calendar, etc.) as our panel of guests picks winners in the following categories: Best Promotion, Feud of the Year, Most Outstanding Wrestler, Best Major Show, Best Tag Team, Match of the Year, and finally Wrestler of the Year/MVP! Hear who won each and every award, plus some one vote only bonus categories like Worst Promotion & Worst Major Show! 

In addition to announcing the winners on this episode, John is joined by an outstanding panel of NINE prior Omakase guests who share their own selections as well as their thought process behind them. These guests are (in order of their appearance): Sean Sedor (@SASedor2994), Michael Spears (@fujiiheya), Connor Dunphy (@isalrightnow), Dylan Harris (@DylanZeroSky), JR Goldberg (@wrestlingbubble), Jesse (@K0jiii),  Alexandra (@NOAHs_Savior), Lawson Leong (@LawsonComedy89) & Kevin Brown (@darukinoi). A very wide variety of wrestling opinions is covered with our eccentric panel, as we give picks ranging from the obvious to the not-so-obvious, covering all across Japan, Mexico, America, and Europe! It's one of our most ambitious episodes yet and I hope you'll tune in and hear us give one final goodbye to 2017!

Tranquilo! Assen na yo. On this episode of Music of the Mat, Andrew is once again joined by Chris Novembrino to discuss the themes of New Japan Pro Wrestling's popular stable Los Ingobernables de Japon: Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI, and Hiromu Takahashi.

Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) discuss the week’s topics in wrestling business news: 

00:00:00 Wrestle Kingdom 12 thoughts, attendance, NJPWWorld subscribers

01:07:50 The intersection of aesthetics and economics in wrestling

01:14:28 205 Live house show canceled

01:19:46 WWE succession plans, upcoming George Barrios talk

01:41:21 Wells Fargo sets $43 stock target for WWE

01:50:19 Observer awards, Sheety awards

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Three hours, one topic: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12. The most comprehensive audio review of Wrestle Kingdom 12 you will get anywhere as Joe and Rich break down each and every match from all angles, look at the fallout from the results and discuss happenings at the next day's New Year Dash show. What's the next step for Tetsuya Naito? Was this the best match of Chris Jericho's career? Who had the surprise performance of the night?

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With Damon on the line from Tokyo, we give you our bite size thoughts on what we thought of Wrestle Kingdom 1 as well as the fallout from New Year Dash! A full length episode covering WK 12 in its entirety will be uploaded later in the week.

Sarah and Sarah attempt a quick an easy year in review show covering their feelings and thoughts on the wrestling they attended & watched in 2017.

A wide array of topics this week on Shake Them Ropes. We know you come here for hot NJPW coverage, and this week we don't disappoint with the most comprehensive and last minute Wrestle Kingdom 12 preview you will find anywhere on Earth! Plus, WWE TV and the first teams for Mixed Match Challenge. Oh, and JOHNNY GARGANO IS MAIN EVENTING NXT TAKEOVER!

The KING OF BANTER Joe Lanza joins the Aarons for a look back at the year that was and a look ahead to the year that will be. We give out our 2017 awards, discuss EVOLVE’s business in a post-Flo world and break down where the promotion is headed next. This includes a conversation on the merits of the new Club WWN streaming service, a look at the wrestlers poised to move up the card in 2018 and a chat about why EVOLVE fans might be seeing more of Will Ospreay than we’d have thought.

Plus, you’ll hear the story of a bizarre WrestleMania Weekend weed run, an update on Zack Sabre Jr.’s horniness levels and an opening segment our regular listeners are bound to love.

The Year in Review series has finally reached our last episode this week on Wrestling Omakase. John is joined by Joe Lanza of the VOW flagship (@voiceswrestling) and NJPW writer/match of the month organizer Lawson Leong (@LawsonComedy89) as the three of them give a thorough look back at NJPW's 2017! First they break everything down month-by-month, discussing all the major events, title changes, booking decisions, and more. Following the monthly breakdown they give their picks for NJPW's MVP, Most Outstanding Wrestler, Best Tag Team, Best Major Show, and of course their Match of the Year picks. Finally they answer some of your mailbag questions on NJPW's 2017. It's a packed three-hour episode that you won't want to miss!

As a reminder, Joe and Rich's Patreon is now open. Please check it out for more VOW Flagship content: https://www.patreon.com/voicesofwrestling.

Open the Voice Gate returns for our final episode of 2017, and Milo is back to complete the trio! All three hosts break down the last two shows to make tape in 2017, the 12/20 Fan Appreciation Korakuen and the 12/23 Final Gate PPV! They break down every single match on both shows, including the Doi Darts 10-man tag and all the major title matches from Final Gate. Plus get bonus perspective from Milo who was there live, and Milo's friend Kaitlin (@starrfait on Twitter) who went to her very first wrestling show with him stops by to give her impressions as a new fan! Finally, the three answer your questions including: hottest wrestlers in current DG, hottest all-time unit, what the color scheme should be when VerserK undergoes its upcoming shift, and more!

Remember that you have until Sunday January 7th at noon EST to get your ballot in for the 2nd Annual OTVG awards! Go here to make your picks: http://bit.ly/otvgawards. We'll announce the winners on our very next episode!