00:00You know I wanted to give you a little reference point. I like to do that every now and then.
00:21Take you back in time about 30 years, 1995, in Ryogoku Sumo Hall, Shinya Hashimoto defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against a man who had less than 25 matches in New Japan at the time. Only 25 years of age.
00:42That man's name was Lord Steven Regal. Regal did okay for himself. Calum Neumann at 22 could be set to do better than Kazuchika Okada at an older age.
00:59Could be set to do better than Shinsuke Nakamura who was the youngest ever at 23 years and 9 months to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
01:08And it could well be Calum Neumann. He's got more than a punches chance tomorrow against Yuoki Goto.
01:15Jacob Austin Young!
01:20IWGP Tag Champion Team Fate Grand Order Sponsor and G-Score Ambassador Dominator Great Ouka!
01:38How about, Walker, those comments from Calum Neumann yesterday at the press conference?
01:45Oh, they were as determined as you'll ever see. Calum Neumann.
01:53Started by being, oh, I'm a little bit nervous and then, well, saying, no, that's not the point. All my entire life I've been told how to stand, how to breathe, how to act. And now it is my time.
02:02Newman said to Goto, you have never faced anyone like me.
02:12you have never faced anyone like me.
02:22...
02:24It is Hiroki Goto that walks in to this very building, this very ring.
02:5424 hours from now, seeking out his fifth defense of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
03:01But you could very well argue, Chris Charlton, there is no one Goto has faced off against in this title reign that has been hungrier and more determined than Cal Newman presents to be.
03:24Look at that, the new member of Bishamon Walker, Yusuke Teguchi.
03:31He's got a stick, that means he's in the teamwork.
03:40I don't think that's how that works.
03:42This is a little bit...
03:44I admit Teguchi's pole is a little bit floppy, slightly lacking in girth, but it's what he does with it that counts.
03:55Well, having a stick doesn't make you a part of Bishamon, having a microphone doesn't make you a commentator, so...
03:58The stick on my box says ex-commentator.
04:05Who knew?
04:30You know, Cal Newman Chris has made an entire career off of his speed.
04:37We call this man the Prince of Pace for a reason.
04:39It was one of the driving forces that he so quickly made it to the ranks of New Japan Pro Wrestling.
04:47Brought in by former United Empire member Will Ospreay and now looking to take the charge of United Empire.
05:04take the charge of united empire and not just that the charge of new japan pro wrestling itself
05:08at only 22 years of age it would be almost unheard of yeah indeed yeah it's uh yeah speed
05:15literal and figurative but uh calum newman saying you know he knows he's not going to be the fastest
05:22wrestler alive forever but his biggest weapon that you cannot beat is calum newman's heart
05:30and his drive his determination his will to win and his will walker to be a killer that's what
05:35will osprey brought him in and newman saying here when i spoke to him the other week wanting to bring
05:41that killer instinct back to united empire wanting to bring that dangerous nature back and if he can
05:47tap into that hiroki goto's in danger but yeah on the counterpoint and this was goto's point in the
05:53press conference yesterday calum newman is 22 years of age hiroki goto is in the class of 2002
06:03he's been you know he came in the door in 23 years ago and his debut 22 years ago he was working to be
06:11world heavyweight champion longer than calum newman has been alive right and that means he is nowhere
06:16near ready to give it up yeah asking you shall receive from hiroki goto
06:34you think about where united empire came on will osprey within chaos tired of working under the
06:49gigantic glass ceiling that kazuchika okada imposed on that faction and well a mean way about it to
06:59finally get his win over okada was bringing in great okan was bringing in v priestly into the fold
07:05and that was the genesis of what united empire became and then from there adding in jeff cobb adding in
07:12henari all of them dangerous dangerous individuals and he saw in a young kid who was playing football
07:20and wrestling on the weekends but he saw something of a killer something of a dangerous individual within
07:25newman in there somewhere and wanted to bring that killer out and we'll see if it comes out tomorrow
07:35well from the conversation about calum newman to the conversation surrounding great okan
07:43great okan walked into the road to wrestling don talk who is njpw world television champion and will not
07:48be leaving the same we have a new tv champion once again crowned elf phantasma yeah a lot of back and
07:54forth the great okan gains one championship the iwgp tag titles but loses another and we in fairly
08:02convincing style i would say as well against dale fantasma the back half of that match for the world tv title
08:09and speaking of the world television championship that's a title we'll see on the line
08:14a new addition to the card
08:15as koto a little bit of combination offense here out of bisham on it well
08:24the bye to the try here's ryusuke taguchi involved as well
08:28the high hat walker well we all play to the beat of our own drums sometimes ryusuke taguchi just happens
08:48to be a little different about it looks a bit funk
08:59the future for great okan looks to turn the attention away from the njpw tv title focus on that
09:06alongside calum newman of the iwgp tag team championship
09:10oh no oh the sun at the bum oh gosh
09:18well i'm not sure
09:22so you she usually has to pay for that
09:24all right well okan on the cover and it's not enough
09:39i'm not sure how much more we could really add to that one chris
09:43i think great okan added all there is i think he added too much quite well
09:47and a shot right to the job
10:08everybody in united empire loves to sit me and you are sitting right here i'm i'm enjoying this
10:13oh and i believe that is great okan and is shoving the thumb in the mouth of ryusuke taguchi that cannot
10:23to me she's getting high off his own supply that's returned to sender right there for
10:28ryusuke taguchi i wouldn't be making that tag if i was jay but
10:33jacob austin young making the tag here hey talk about this a little bit with me chris
10:37best of the super junior who had the opening and the opening could have gone to jacob austin young but
10:42results just were not there over the year cover here instead going to robbie x of full club yeah
10:49well sometimes that's the way it goes you can't get too hot about it you've got to try and turn
10:57that upset into aggression into results
11:02one off the rear there and the cover here again for jay only leads to two we talked to jacob austin
11:08young a little bit earlier on in the evening said that is his motivation going into this year's
11:13tournament should he be announced for any undercard action yeah i mean he's got to be you know even
11:18here tonight with to gucci he's got to try and make sure he's last opposite to gucci he's got to try
11:23and make sure he pins to gucci and then shows the best of the super junior committee
11:27here's the cover that hey you screwed up by putting to gucci in and leaving me out
11:36and if not that then the road to best of the super junior 33 starts for jacob austin young
11:41mate oh yeah newman heavy and aggressive on that forearm to go to meanwhile trying to fight the stand
11:55here with to gucci and no stand no longer rolls through it and a drop kick right to the midsection
12:01of calum newman one of the aspects i think i'm going to be intrigued by to see tomorrow night is
12:10how long the match goes with goto and calum newman goto has liked to keep his defenses quite short
12:17quite impressive bring it home under 20 minutes and i think one underrated muramasa there
12:23and driving calum newman high angle high reward the cover again and it's only two for hiroki goto and
12:34well an underrated aspect i think a newman's game might be his wind has been trained to play professional
12:42soccer over a 90-minute period you know longer than a 60-minute timetable albeit you know a different
12:48workload but i think newman it might favor him to go long against goto
13:05and a larian could have drive right through the number one contender to the world heavyweight title
13:25we know that speed is going to be a factor on both sides in this matchup
13:28from calum newman to go jacob austin young goto to come to yoshihashi we're going to make some tags
13:36here and we're going to find a winner
13:50actually living dangerously here
14:10oh
14:16Change your levels right down to the bed basket there, back of the head.
14:24This is a lot of aggression from Jacob Austin, young Walker.
14:28That's exactly what I like to see from the guy.
14:40I'm not exactly sure what I'm seeing with these two.
14:46That is a gentleman's game, Chris Charlton.
14:53Not that you'd know anything about that.
14:55Fredo Kahn misdirected and Hilaria from Hiroki Goto.
15:03Newman, Newman caught here and not going to be able to capitalize with Yoshihashi and it might be academic.
15:10Here we go.
15:16Jacob, trying to give a little bit of a fight here is Jay.
15:22Doing a hell of a job of it.
15:23No, no, no, no, caught Jay.
15:35Violent flash.
15:38And above my A to boot.
15:43Here we go for it.
15:51Uh-oh.
15:52Bedtime for Jacob Austin Young.
15:54Exalt!
15:55Jay!
15:56Chantal!
15:57Chantal lights out for dangerous J-A-Y.
16:01This one is over.
16:04Well, things not going the way for Jacob Austin Young means things have not gone the direction for Calum Newman here tonight.
16:20And at 22 years of age, his first ever IWGP World Heavyweight title match, Chris, something as little as a loss like this in the preview could be enough to throw Calum off the mental game.
16:32The mentality has to be there going against Goto in the world titles on the line.
16:37Yeah, well, I'm going to have to disagree with you on that point, Walker.
16:40Yeah.
16:41There was a chance there for Calum Newman to storm in, put himself in danger, put himself in harm's way in order to save Jacob Austin Young.
16:49And he held back a little bit, and I think that's been smart on the part of Calum Newman.
16:54Yes, it's been a loss, but Newman has been driven through this tour knowing that the big match is tomorrow.
17:02It's a little bit of a lighter pay packet tonight, Walker, but tomorrow is where you get the big green.
17:08And I think that is the focus. I think I've never seen it from Calum Newman like I've seen it in the last week.
17:27The wins have been relatively few for Newman over the course of this tour.
17:32And when they've come, they've come big. They came with the IWGP Tag Team Championships.
17:36Could come tomorrow for the World Heavyweight Championship.
17:39The time for United Empire has come to reset, regroup, and could see Calum Newman crowned the new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion in 24 hours time.
18:04And boy, oh boy, we're talking about championship action. A lot coming up on the horizon, including even tonight, Chris.
18:14Sons of more action still to come. We're going to start with our first, well, our only title match of the night.
18:24You love TV, Walker? I know you do. You love championships. I know you love that. So how about we put some championships in your TV?
18:33Well, how about it? The NJPW World Television title on the line. Coming up next, El Phantasmo Champion, Konosuke Takeshita Challenger.
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