00:00Mais coming up next,
00:01ce qui est un match remarquable de la wrestling.
00:04Ce sera un match.
00:05Sonata prend en Zack Sabre Jr.
00:08Le G1 Climax Tournament est en place.
01:00Le G1 Climax Tournament
01:30Le G1 Climax Tournament
02:21Le G1 Climax Tournament
02:31Le G1 Climax Tournament
02:33Le G1 Climax Tournament
02:34History made here tonight folks
02:35And the journey just getting started
02:37We will have coverage of all the Saturday events
02:42Same day live
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03:00In the blue corner
03:02From Suzuki Good
03:04His precious heavyweight champion
03:08The mission master
03:11Duck's favorite
03:13Shooter
03:14So Rocky Romero as Zack Sabre Jr. enters the ring
03:18About to start his third G1
03:20Got an 11 point average in the previous two
03:22And was right there on the doorstep last year
03:25I gotta say Zack Sabre Jr. is one of the best tournament wrestlers in the company
03:32Possibly in the world
03:34I am always a supporter
03:36And the fact that this is a man
03:38Who will do damage to his opponent throughout the tournament
03:42And is a game changer
03:45You get Zack Sabre Jr. early
03:48It's gonna be a tough, tough tournament for you
03:51Well, while the tournament began
03:54To your point
03:57Tanahashi was the first match victim of Zack Sabre Jr. two years ago
04:02It was the final night of last year's tournament
04:06Where Tetsuya Naito was the victim
04:09And it was the victory via the Zack driver
04:12That eliminated Tetsuya Naito
04:16Preventing him from winning the block
04:19And a familiar foe for Zack Sabre Jr.
04:24As Sonata gets set to begin his G1 journey
04:29And there is the man who came so, so very close
04:41To defeating Tsuchika Okada in the New Japan Cup
04:46Earlier this year
04:49Within inches
04:53Of taking that cup
04:55Home
04:56Back to Niigata Prefecture
04:58Where he's from
05:01And I re-watched that match today
05:04On the Heavy Rain special on AXS TV
05:06And we talked a lot about in that match
05:09The fact that he had had four matches in the tournament
05:12And it had taken a toll
05:13For Sonata
05:14Early in the tournament
05:16Is always the best
05:17And he's been fantastic out of the gate
05:24But their most recent encounter
05:26Was very recent
05:27On June 29th
05:28As a matter of fact
05:29A victory
05:30A successful
05:31Title defense
05:32To the British Heavyweight title
05:34For Zack Sabre Jr.
05:40When Sonata made his G1 debut
05:42He also submitted
05:44Tanahashi
05:45Just like Zack
05:46In his first
05:47G1 match
05:48But it was last year
05:50That he fell
05:51To Tetsuya Naito
05:53So many
05:55Just so much
05:56Symmetrical
05:57Comparisons
05:58Between Sonata
05:59And his style
06:01And Zack Sabre Jr.
06:03And his style
06:04Right
06:06The Mexican influence
06:08For Sonata
06:09The British influence
06:10With ZSJ
06:11Correct
06:12Correct
06:12It all derives
06:14From that old school
06:17Professional wrestling style
06:19That obviously started to morph
06:22And change over the years
06:26Depending on where you learned it
06:27You know
06:28Whether it is in Mexico
06:30Where the submission game
06:33Started to be
06:34A little bit more
06:35Flamboyant
06:36And then
06:37What you stick to
06:38Like Zack style
06:39Which is
06:39The old school
06:41Catch-as-catch-can style
06:42The British style
06:43Which is very rough
06:44Tough and dirty
06:47Oh no way mate
06:48Zack with a
06:502-1 record
06:52In head-to-head
06:52Singles matches
06:53Sonata's only victory
06:55Over ZSJ
06:56Oh by the way
06:57Was last year
06:58In the G1
06:59With Sonata winning
07:00A beautiful counter
07:01To the European clutch
07:03From Zack
07:0510 minutes and 45 seconds
07:06That was
07:08Beautiful
07:08Japanese leg clutch
07:09Hold
07:10And then the first time
07:11That they wrestled
07:12Actually went
07:1325 minutes
07:1435 seconds
07:15With Zack being able
07:16To tap out
07:17Sonata
07:18New Japan Cup
07:192018
07:20Yeah that victory
07:21By submission
07:21Orienteering
07:22With Napalm Death
07:23A lot of unique
07:24Names to the
07:25Submission holds
07:26From ZSJ
07:29And Zack had
07:30Declared that
07:31Strong style
07:32Was dead
07:33And that
07:34Long live
07:35Saberism
07:39This is going to be
07:40A very
07:41Very
07:42Different pace
07:43From the last
07:44Two
07:46G1
07:46Matches
07:47That we saw
07:50The style
07:52Going to be
07:53Very
07:54Technical here
07:57And the
07:58Connection with
07:59Tanahashi
08:00With both men
08:00Of course
08:01Not just limited
08:01To the G1
08:02He was in the
08:03New Japan Cup
08:04Earlier this year
08:06That
08:07Zack got caught
08:08And they have
08:09Taken Tanahashi
08:10Lightly in the
08:10Quarterfinals
08:11But Sonata
08:12Was able to
08:13Defeat
08:14Tana
08:14In the semis
08:16Beautiful
08:16Beautiful
08:18Wrestling
08:18But Zack
08:19So quick
08:20With the
08:20Counters
08:21And Sonata
08:23With
08:24Whoa
08:24With the
08:25Counter
08:25Of his own
08:26There
08:28Wow
08:30That was
08:31Outstanding
08:31What an exchange
08:32From both men
08:34Fans
08:34Fans here in Dallas
08:35On their feet
08:48So we talk about
08:49The last two meetings
08:50Of these two
08:51Here in New Japan
08:52For wrestling
08:54One
08:55Match just going shy
08:56Of 11 minutes
09:00And the other
09:01Going 25 plus
09:04So just with that
09:05I mean
09:05The match could end
09:06Just like that
09:07You know
09:07It could be
09:08Technical counter
09:09Counter counter
09:10Boom
09:10One two three
09:12Could take time
09:13Zack could wear you down
09:14Wear you down
09:15Take out one of your limbs
09:16I mean
09:17So many options here
09:18Yeah of course
09:19The submission home
09:19For Sonata
09:20Would be Skulland
09:21Of course
09:22And for Zack
09:23He's got a variety
09:24Of them
09:24But he's yet to
09:26Defeat Zack
09:26With that Skulland
09:28That's the difference
09:29There between
09:29Probably any other
09:30Opponent that he faces
09:32Where Zack
09:33Probably has a gazillion
09:34Counters
09:35For Skulland
09:37And also
09:39Should point out
09:40That Notaka
09:41Michinoku
09:42In the corner
09:42Of Zack
09:42Yes that is true
09:44The hype ban
09:44Not here in Dallas
09:46Whoa
09:47Wait a minute
09:48Watch his shoulders
09:49Now
09:51Whoa
09:52And just like that
09:53Could be a three
09:53At any second here
09:56Nobody can grab a hold
09:57And maintain control
10:01Uh oh
10:02Paradise Lock
10:04No
10:06What a counter
10:07For the Paradise Lock
10:08But they're not done yet
10:09One two
10:12Wow
10:13Another stalemate
10:15Another stalemate
10:20Sonata gonna take a second
10:24A test of cardiovascular
10:26Conditioning
10:27Flexibility
10:28And wrestling skill
10:42Sonata needing a
10:44A break
10:46A little sip of water
10:50We'll get you another one
10:58Sonata taking his time here
11:04Sonata looking a little leaner
11:05Than usual as well
11:10You can tell the athletes
11:12Have come in this year
11:13In peak shape
11:15For this tournament
11:17And you talked about it
11:18The Open Rock
11:19So grueling
11:20Yes
11:20The nine
11:21Singles batches
11:23That these men will have
11:24Across
11:2618 events
11:28The 19th event
11:29The finals
11:30Over one month
11:32Yeah most of the wrestlers
11:33In the tournament
11:33They had the best of Super Junior
11:37Off
11:37So they took the time
11:39To train
11:42Incorrectly
11:42They're not touring
11:43So it's a little easier
11:45To watch the diet
11:46Go go go go go go
11:47Get the proper sleep
11:48That you need
11:50And you can tell
11:51Sonata
11:52And Zach
11:53Both did that
11:56Sonata has
11:58Garnered
11:58Eight points
11:59In all three
12:01Of his G1 Climax tournaments
12:05And now he's using a claw
12:07At least
12:08Had it for just a moment
12:09That's a finger lock
12:10Well he had a claw
12:12On the head
12:13It looked
12:13Oh
12:13Zach
12:14That was a top
12:15Top finger lock
12:16He's just
12:17Against the head
12:21Now Zach
12:23There's that
12:24That dirty style
12:27That Zach has
12:34Using his elbows
12:36His chin
12:42Now Sonata
12:43Back at his feet
12:45He'll reverse
12:53He has the
12:54Stranglehold applied
12:55Now Zach
12:56Will
12:56Try to reverse
12:57But Sonata
12:58Keeps him right there
13:07Zach said
13:08Yesterday
13:09As Sonata
13:10Keeps him planted
13:10Zach Saber Jr.
13:11Said that his goal
13:12In this tournament
13:13Is
13:14Well while winning
13:16The G1
13:16I'm sure he wouldn't mind
13:17He just simply
13:18Wants to defeat
13:19Okada
13:19In the body
13:20Of the tournament
13:22And he wants
13:23His title shot
13:27On August 31st
13:29In London
13:30At the Copper Box
13:31Whoa
13:32Another great reversal
13:33Wow
13:33Hey
13:34Put him right back
13:35In the same hole
13:37No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
13:39Go, Zach
13:40Go, Zach
13:43Wow
13:44Zach Saber Jr.
13:46Ladies and gentlemen
13:51Uppercut forearm connects
13:52The first strike of the match
13:53Thrown by Saber
13:57So we'll talk about it
13:59As the tournament develops
14:00Of course
14:01But
14:01As a champion
14:03And Zach is the
14:04Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion
14:07Anytime a challenger
14:09Has beaten a champion
14:11There's usually opportunity
14:13For a title match
14:14Following
14:16The tournament
14:17Yeah, for example
14:18Sonata gets a win here
14:19In this G1 Climax tournament
14:21He would be in line
14:22For a future title shot
14:25And that speaks to
14:27Zach's point
14:27Looking for Okada
14:29And now Sonata will look to
14:33Oh, Saber Jr.
14:35Taking a walk
14:35And getting away
14:36Creating some distance
14:37We understand that
14:39The pro matchmakers
14:41Will adhere to that
14:44As well
14:46You know they're watching
14:47Very closely
14:49The results of the tournament
14:51Will affect
14:56And now Sonata providing
14:59The invitation
14:59That Zach Saber Jr.
15:02Gave
15:03To Cold Skull
15:05Earlier on
15:10Zach certainly wary
15:11Not willing to
15:12Take the risk
15:19Case is slowed now
15:32He's letting all the air
15:34Out of the ball
15:34He'll stay out here
15:35As long as he can
15:49I apologize
15:51To fans at home
15:53Oh, they've all seen that before
15:55Alright, now the Paradise Lock
15:59Rocky, you know this
16:01Felt it last year
16:02During the tournament
16:04I still don't know the calendar
16:09A lot of collection
16:1018 back in Japan
16:12Oh
16:13We'll try it again
16:16Oh, wow
16:17Oh, into an arm bar
16:18He's going to snap
16:19His army too
16:26Wow, Sonata
16:27Just being able
16:29To barely get
16:30His right leg
16:31On the bottom rope there
16:33At the 10 minute call
16:34Sonata found himself
16:35In trouble
16:36Trying the Paradise Lock
16:37Look at this helicopter arm bar
16:38Beautiful technique
16:39Holy cow
16:42Back live
16:44Zach catches
16:45Sonata kicking that arm
16:50It looks like
16:51Zach Saber
16:52Has found his target
16:57At least for the moment
16:58Yeah, that target
17:00Could change
17:01The body part
17:02Could change
17:03He's on a whim
17:05He is that fluid
17:07Where most wrestlers
17:09Will continue to attack
17:10One body part
17:11Zach Saber Jr.
17:13Attacks all limbs
17:14At all times
17:15And the vegan Hydra
17:16Has
17:17Sonata
17:18In some difficulty
17:19In some difficulty
17:19As he traps the arm
17:21And stomps away
17:21On the tricep
17:30And now it's Zach's game
17:34So great at controlling
17:36The pace
17:40When we've seen Zach slip up
17:42Is when he's
17:44He's so good at dictating
17:46The pace
17:46That he starts to
17:47Once he gets to the edge
17:49He starts to
17:50Play games
17:51Yeah, maybe get a little
17:52Overconfident
17:53We saw that in the New Japan
17:54Cup against Tanahashi
18:00Uppercut forearm connects
18:01Just as Sonata
18:02Was starting to
18:03Come back
18:04Now the hip toss
18:05Oh
18:09Then that arm out
18:10Just perfectly
18:11Did Sonata
18:13And Zach Saber Jr.
18:14Traps him
18:17Hip toss
18:18Finally gets it there
18:22Abdominal stretch
18:23The Cobra twist
18:24This is called
18:25New Japan
18:26Had been applied by Zach
18:28Another forearm
18:29Backs up Sonata
18:30Hip frog
18:32Reverse hip frog
18:33Drop kick
18:37An NBA
18:40Modeled vertical leap
18:42From Sonata
18:46Twisting up that shoulder
18:48Marty Asami
18:50Is calling for a break
18:52Oh, went for that kick
18:53Against the arm
18:56And now
18:57Sonata is going to
18:59Try the paradise lock again
19:01Yep
19:02Different version though
19:05They'll tie him up
19:06Right into the rope
19:10And now
19:11Zach Saber Jr.
19:12Cannot believe it
19:17It must be so strange
19:19For Zach Saber Jr.
19:20To be tied in a knot
19:22Right now
19:24I wonder if the
19:26Key is the same
19:28As the traditional
19:29Paradise lock
19:30We'll see
19:33He'll say yes
19:34Yes
19:36Rocky, you stay away
19:38From Sonata this year
19:39I will be in the third
19:40Go at all times
19:45Oh, going high risk
19:46And connecting
19:49And connecting
19:52Sonata stayed with it
19:54Was eventually able to tie up
19:56Zach Saber Jr.
19:58In a varied version of the paradise lock
20:03And now slinging
20:04Zach Saber Jr.
20:05In
20:05Can Sonata capitalize
20:06Again, two points are on the line here
20:08And if it goes to a time limit draw
20:11It would be one point apiece
20:21Backdrop suplex
20:22Standing switch
20:24He'll get it
20:25One of the moves he used
20:30To nearly unseat Okada
20:33From the New Japan Cup
20:36Remarkable finals match they had
20:41Okada victorious
20:43Went on to
20:45Madison Square Garden
20:46Where he defeated
20:47Switchblade Jay White
20:48To become the IWGP Heavyweight Champion
20:50For the fifth time
20:57You have a reversal
21:00Sonata goes
21:01Oh
21:01Right to the top
21:03Goes up and over
21:03TKO
21:05No
21:07Manji got him
21:08And an octopus hold
21:09From Zach Saber Jr.
21:13And in great position
21:16To block
21:17He's bending that
21:19Arm down
21:20All the weight
21:21Of Zach Saber Jr.
21:23Being carried by Sonata
21:25And now he's got the legs locked
21:29Putting the pressure
21:31On the head
21:32Oh Zach
21:33Turning it into an arm bar
21:34Trying to now
21:35He's got both arms
21:37Preventing Sonata
21:38From getting to the ropes
21:39He might have been able
21:40To reach out
21:41But Zach had both arms trapped
21:43Wow
21:47Sickening arm bar
21:49That is sick
21:50A tap out could come
21:52At any moment here
21:56Also blocking the body
22:02Sonata trying to stretch out
22:04That leg
22:06And Zach trying to get a hold
22:07Of that leg
22:08That's where he becomes
22:09So dangerous
22:13And Sonata finally able
22:14To get the boot
22:15On the butt rope
22:16The more Sonata squirt
22:18The deeper he got
22:19In that hole
22:23That took a lot
22:25Out of Sonata there
22:31We've seen Sonata have
22:33Some issues
22:35Pins and needles
22:36Going down the arm
22:37Yeah suffered a stinger
22:38A couple of years ago
22:39In the G1
22:49Zach trying to create
22:50Another opening
22:50Connects the uppercut forearm
22:52Again
22:52Sonata answers
22:53With one of his own
22:56Where opponents of
22:57Zack Sabre Jr.
22:58Have found favor
22:59Is if they decide to
23:00Try to rough up
23:03The windy band
23:07Stand in the ring
23:08Trying to match him
23:09Hold for hold
23:11CSJ's going to find
23:12Ways to win
23:13CSJ not moving
23:14From his power game
23:16But now Sonata's
23:17Got skull in
23:18But Zach looks like
23:20He's got the counter
23:21Yes
23:22Sonata with the strike
23:25Oh
23:27Twisting DDT
23:28Low twisting DDT
23:30Very different
23:30Very unique
23:31And now a skull
23:33End of his own
23:34From CSJ
23:38Now he's got the arms
23:39Hooked
23:44Applies pressure
23:49He's got it in deep
23:53And now Sonata trying to push up
23:56Wow
23:58Stands up with him
24:00Whoa
24:01TKO position
24:03No
24:04Another great counter
24:06By CSJ
24:07And he is all over Sonata
24:09He is hanging on Sonata right now
24:21Dallas crowd trying to help Sonata
24:23To find his way free
24:25Tests that arm out
24:26That's a good start
24:30Going to have to use some power here
24:32Go
24:35Driving
24:36Zack Sabre Jr. down
24:43Okay here we go
24:44Could be TKO
24:46Yes
24:46TKO in the center of the ring
24:51Shoots the half
24:52Turns him over
24:53Two
24:53And Zack
24:54Slithers out
25:01Here we go
25:02Mootsal press on the way
25:05Whoa
25:06Shades of KG Muto
25:07Comes up
25:09Short there
25:13Wow
25:17K2
25:19Almost a flying backslide
25:21But the PK
25:22On the money
25:23Delivers
25:26Zack Sabre Jr.
25:28Has put Sonata down
25:29Can he put him away?
25:43Oh
25:43Strangling
25:45Sonata
25:46Looking for the Zack driver
25:47It's not on the back
25:49Scully
25:55Will he be able to
25:57Break the vertical base
25:58Of Zack down
25:59And get Scully
26:01Fully applied
26:02Here we go
26:06Zack tried to
26:07Clasp his pants
26:10Around the back
26:11Looking for a reversal
26:12His mentor was
26:13KG Muto
26:14Oh
26:15Oh
26:16Oh
26:17Triangle hold
26:2220 minutes gone
26:2410 remain
26:25Sonata tried to end things
26:27With the Muto Mootsalt
26:29Zack doing a great job
26:31Of controlling
26:32Sonata's right arm
26:35Meanwhile
26:35Sonata is fading
26:4120 minutes into this match
26:43Kevin
26:43Being strangled like this
26:46Is awful
26:48Another kick
26:49To the arm
26:51To the arm
26:52Gets the elbow up
26:54But just barely
26:56Whoa
26:57Moodsalt into the skull
26:59Land
27:01Gotta look at
27:04ZSJ's arms
27:05Oh
27:06Starting to fade though
27:10Zack goes limp
27:11For just a second
27:12But now
27:13He'll try to power
27:16His way out
27:16And does
27:17Whoa
27:18Japanese leg clutch
27:20Hold
27:20European clutch
27:22To
27:24Skully no
27:25Oh
27:27What a counter
27:29To
27:30KG
27:40There is your winner
27:43Sonata
27:48A win
27:50For Sonata
27:52Eerily reminiscent
27:53To the path to victory
27:54He got over
27:55ZSJ
27:56Last year
27:57Sonata is losing
28:00His 5th
28:0112 seconds
28:02These two
28:04Are so perfectly matched
28:06It's insane
28:09At any second
28:11It could go any which way
28:12And it did
28:14Here tonight
28:15Go in the way
28:16Of Sonata
28:19Beautiful
28:20Oh
28:21Oh no
28:21Backline
28:22My God
28:23Backline
28:23Zack's got the referee
28:27So incensed
28:28By the three count
28:29By the loss
28:31To Sonata
28:32The petulant child
28:34Comes out
28:35In Zack
28:50And now he's got
28:52Just a little over a week
28:54To get his head
28:56Back in the game
28:59And
29:00Oh no
29:01Come on
29:04Well Zack
29:05Sabre Jr
29:07Falls victim
29:09To Sonata
29:10Who gets two points
29:11And a
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