00:29there is righting the wrongs, and there is righting history.
00:34Taiji Shomori wrote the wrongs from the final,
00:37the best of the Super Junior 31 with a victory over El Desperado
00:40back in Corcoran Hall.
00:42But to right history is to take the final the next year,
00:46this year, best of the Super Junior 32,
00:49and do what he could not do at 31,
00:51that is win the whole damn thing.
00:59The Bones Soldier, Taiji Shomori,
01:06the Bones Soldier, Taiji Shomori!
01:10The Bones Soldier!
01:25When you get into talking about..
01:27doing things they never have done before, Walker Titan,
01:31Something he's never done before, he's beat Taiji Ishimori.
01:34Ishimori 2-0 against El Immortale.
01:37And I feel that Taiji Ishimori has cracked a code that so many of pro wrestling have not been able to do.
01:47A Campeon Universal winner only in CMLL.
01:52And albeit that opening loss to El Desperado, the only block on his record,
01:59in my mind, the biggest player in the tournament so far,
02:02that unbelievable finish to that match from now, just two days ago.
02:07Taiji Ishimori is feeling good and could perhaps third time might be the charm opposite of Ishimori.
02:15His leg is going to be the same as an overall champion.
02:18But this player should be an issue as a team,
02:22with very close back to the team against El Immortale.
02:33Taiji Ishimori.
02:35You know Chris, it's on to my personal top match of the tournament.
02:38You know, Chris, it's on to my personal top matches of the tournament list so far,
02:46and we are only really relatively in the early goings of this tournament,
02:49even still on night five.
02:52Teton taking on Mal back in Corican Hall.
02:54That closing stretch just really showed so much of what Teton is about
02:58in Best of the Super Junior,
03:00how determined he is to make it back to the stage,
03:02which he could not compete and complete against.
03:05That is the final of Best of the Super Junior 30.
03:07Well, Ishimori, for his part, has been in that final position twice before
03:12and has not been able to win at the final hurdle.
03:17All the times we talk about Taiji Ishimori in that junior heavyweight big three.
03:22Hiromi Takahashi, El Desperado, Ishimori.
03:24Ishimori the only one that has yet to win a Best of the Super Junior trophy?
03:32Taiji Ishimori, only two points on the board,
03:34coming at the expense of the current IWGP junior heavyweight.
03:37Champion on May 15th, that being a victory over El Desperado.
03:41Teton on the other end, victory over Ryusuke Toguchi back on night three in Corican Hall.
03:46Followed up with a victory over Mal the last time we joined you on NJPW World.
03:50How about that?
03:51Teton, the only person to have beaten Toguchi and the only person to have beaten Mal in this tournament.
03:55How about it?
03:56I mean, that's more, it says more about a surprise of how well Toguchi's been doing more than anything else.
04:02Should it come to the place, Teton, maybe a conversation piece regarding tie breaks and the final point add-ups for Best of the Super Junior 32.
04:11Yeah, I think often in this situation, it isn't just the wins, it's the quality of the wins.
04:18Who you're beating.
04:19It's one thing to beat those quote-unquote winnable matches if there are any in this tournament.
04:25But if you beat someone of the caliber of Taiji Ishimori, that's going to be a very big tiebreaker for you later on.
04:32And anyone who beats Teton can say the same.
04:35Raquel?
04:36Teton, one of that tornado DDT.
04:38Ishimori thinks otherwise, hits the ropes, back and forth, misdirect.
04:42And it is takedown here, Tehenis style.
04:45Teton to Taiji Ishimori, and I think Teton is looking to fly tonight, Chris.
04:52Oh.
04:54Ishimori ducks underneath, he knows it.
04:56And Teton, no, cut down to size by Taiji Ishimori.
05:06It's that game of mental chess, you're two, three, four moves ahead.
05:10And here's one of those situations, I think Mal was speaking in his backstage comments yesterday,
05:18and one thing that has really hurt him is that Mexico is the one country he hasn't been to in his career.
05:23Taiji Ishimori started his career in Mexico.
05:26Even before he wrestled here in Japan.
05:28And that level of experience against someone like Teton, he knows the positioning of the man.
05:34He knows where he might be going for a dive.
05:36And keep this in the back of your mind, what he's doing with that turnbuckle pad.
05:48Well, Teton looking to make this one back inside the ring,
05:51but Taiji Ishimori is going to stand as the ring's captain.
05:56We talked about the country of Mexico, Teton, Guadalajara native in his own right,
06:10out of Jalisco, but Teton here tonight not representing Los Ingobernables de Japón
06:16as we have seen many times in the past.
06:17And I think that's something to factor in when it comes to motivation for Teton.
06:21Teton's not here as an LIJ member.
06:23He's here representing CMLL as Universal Campeon Tournament winner, right?
06:28So the pressure's going to be there for Teton to find some very quality wins
06:32and help win the whole thing to guarantee you're not just brought back as a CMLL roster member.
06:38You're brought back as Bessie Super Junior.
06:40Geez, yeah, I mean, like, you don't have an automatic, well, LIJ need a tag team partner for this series,
06:46so we need to bring Teton in or we'll give the core to CMLL.
06:50Of course, Teton is tremendously successful over in his home country
06:54and can make a ton of money over in Mexico,
06:58but we want him here in New Japan Pro Wrestling
07:00and for him to stay here, though, he's going to have to, yeah, he's going to have to produce.
07:15Ishimori going nowhere other than that elbow,
07:18which is taped up under the sleeve there.
07:24No further conversation to be had about the idea of utilizing KT tape
07:29in tournaments of this nature.
07:31I know some athletes who go as far as to avoid KT tape
07:34just so that way their opponents have no idea where to target.
07:37I mean, I've heard people, I've heard of situations
07:39where they will tape up parts of the body that aren't hurt.
07:42Right.
07:42So, you know, I mean, they're suckered into a different direction.
07:47I mean, at a certain point, you have to do what is right
07:51to try and get yourself through the next day.
07:59And it says something, Teton has an incredible predilection for pain
08:05in a very, very high pain threshold.
08:08It says a lot that Teton is very badly struggling
08:12with that right elbow here.
08:14Watch it.
08:16Now on the shoulder, shoulder breaker from Taiji Ishimori.
08:20I mean, really, really competing on that whole left side here.
08:25Taiji Ishimori is to Teton.
08:33And Ishimori calling for it out of the corner.
08:36Could it?
08:36Yes, indeed.
08:37La Mistica attempt.
08:38Teton's had it scouted for a while now.
08:40Trips the leg up.
08:41And here's Teton on the rebound.
08:43Now, I don't think you try La Mistica on someone
08:46that's tasted it a ton of ties with the Originator.
08:51And now Ishimori's in danger.
08:54Ishimori was a step ahead before.
08:55Will he be this time?
08:58And Teton!
09:00Teton back on Hiro!
09:02To the outside!
09:03To the outside!
09:03It's never just one thing with Teton.
09:25Always strikes in combination.
09:27Even a Teton back on Hiro.
09:29Precursor to the splash off the top.
09:31That's going to do it, Walker.
09:32It could be!
09:33No!
09:33No!
09:45He could feel as this match is wearing on it.
09:47It's getting harder for Teton to see, harder for him to breathe.
09:50He's having to loosen up the mask on his own head.
09:53Oh, and Ishimori is going to help with that loosening here tonight.
10:02Frakes right at the eye of Teton.
10:05Yeah!
10:05Whoa!
10:07Matrix style!
10:08Caught on the rebound, and it's Teton back in the control.
10:12Not for long, though.
10:13Superstar-esque from Ishimori.
10:15A pair of hard, hard impacts to the head.
10:39It might be a case of whoever can get to their feet first.
10:42It might be the one walking away with two points at the end of this.
10:46And it's Ishimori getting to his feet first.
11:01And Teton off the middle rope, wanted to step up.
11:04Ishimori with great strength here.
11:06And watch out if you're Teton underneath German Suplex.
11:14There was no telling when that was going to come.
11:18So great, so adept at changing levels.
11:21Is Teton Ishimori at the same time?
11:23I mean, Teton wanted a snugger grip on the DDT,
11:26but that left elbow hurting him badly.
11:29And it's rare, but not entirely uncommon for Ishimori to use a 450 from here.
11:34And Teton right out of the way of it.
11:39Oh, rapid fire.
11:41Floria strikes from Teton.
11:43That's what I said, everything in combination.
11:47Never just won, but three, four, five.
11:49Oh!
11:51And he'd forgotten all about it,
11:53but Ishimori reminded in a harsh way.
11:56You know what he likes to do here.
12:02Dangerous game.
12:04High risk and high reward right through the heart of Taiji Ishimori.
12:09And Teton's not done.
12:11A hammer at gloria, and now...
12:14Oh!
12:17Right through the center,
12:19into the heart of Ishimori.
12:21The cover.
12:22No!
12:23No!
12:25Many, many opponents of Zetan have fell
12:28to that double stomp off the top.
12:37And Zetan having to reassess.
12:40Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute.
12:55Ishimori, Ishimori.
12:56No, nearly got it.
12:58Oh, right off the dome.
13:02That was a knee strike for someone who knows
13:04just how painful, just how dangerous
13:06Yave Immotel is.
13:08And now Ishimori center stage.
13:11Oh, Cypher, no!
13:12Oh, Teton!
13:14Oh, those transitions.
13:17He knows every single way possible
13:19of getting into this.
13:21Teton's so fluid.
13:23If he bridges back, it's over.
13:25Ishimori.
13:26No, no, no.
13:26Wait a minute, wait a minute.
13:28Bone lock.
13:28Bone lock inbound.
13:30Teton's in trouble.
13:31Teton's in trouble.
13:33Bone lock's locked in.
13:34Get up!
13:36Oh, full control right to the center.
13:41Ishimori has Teton right where he wants him.
13:48You're going to have to rely on that high pain threshold.
13:53There are limits for any man.
13:56Bloody cross.
13:57No!
13:58Oh, Teton!
14:00Should have stayed with the hold.
14:02Look at this.
14:03Oh, what a...
14:05Oh, it's like a version of Tetonica.
14:13Teton tries to keep the footing.
14:15Ishimori...
14:16Oh, man!
14:17Oh, the pain!
14:19Oh, he's got it.
14:21He's got it.
14:22And he does.
14:22And Ishimori's out.
14:23And now, as it stands, there is only one name that you will put.
14:48But rather, two names you're going to put alongside the top contenders in Block B.
14:54It is not only Ryusuke Taguchi, but it is Nick Wayne, and it is Teton, all sitting at six points here tonight.
15:02And now, the B block is the winner of the B block.
15:06It is the winner of the B block.
15:08It is the winner of the B block.
15:10Well, this is not the run, this is not the campaign Taichi Ishimori had envisioned.
15:34And still, not at risk of elimination right now is Taichi Ishimori, but you have a long road ahead of you if you hope to see the final of Best of the Super Junior 32.
15:46Yeah, I mean, obviously, he can mathematically absorb that, but it's going to be a very difficult climb, and we'll see whether he can make it.
15:58He's going to have to more than just climb Taichi Ishimori, he's going to have to fly against Kennan Knight in Hachiyoji.
16:04He's going to have to fly against Kennan Knight in Hachiyoji.
Be the first to comment