Voices of Wrestling · March 4, 2026 · 3h 13m

Wrestling Omakase #285: NJPW New Beginning in US Live Report, STARDOM 2/28 & NOAH 3/1 Korakuens, DG 2/28 & 3/1 Osaka w/ Paul

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WrestleMania ticket sales

Mania itself I guess is kind of bombing this year. I heard they're like 10,000 tickets below where they were at this point last year.

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Will Ospreay NJPW return

It seems like Will Ospreay has a lot of influence even in New Japan because he seems like he's made a deal to come back to return for them when he's back from injury.

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Stardom Vegas show

Stardom dropped their talent roster for their show in Vegas this year and it was way better than their talent roster last year. This year they dropped the talent list and it's literally 15 people.

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David Finley NJPW status

If this is David Finley's last night, he took some gnarly bumps in this that he did not need to take. I'm approaching it like he's probably gone, but I guess we'll see.

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AEW signings

Jordan Oliver and Alec Price recently signed with AEW. I do think they should have gone to Japan instead. I think both of them desperately need a bit more seasoning.

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Andrade El Idolo career trajectory

Andrade has completely flipped the narrative about him. He's working hard and he's willing to do jobs. It reminds me of Hideki Suzuki after he left NXT where suddenly he's willing to do jobs and stuff.

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WrestleMania plans

I am now going to WrestleMania weekend for the first time. I basically had that moment where I was like, who gives a fuck when my birthday is? I could just go two weeks earlier and say it's my birthday trip.

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NJPW title management

They pledged to stop defending the Strong Openweight title in Japan because Japanese fans are complaining about too many titles.

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Yota Tsuji NJPW push

I think the Yota Tsuji booking has actually been very strong. They made fans want him as champion really badly by the time they delivered it.

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NJPW World TV Title controversy

I suggest that Takeshita should be stripped of the title, as should be El Phantasmo, and the title should be held vacant to be determined in a tournament at a future time.

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