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00:00Wrestling fans if you are a fan of Japanese junior heavyweight
00:29wrestling whether you believe it or not by the state of him in 2025 Yoshinobu Kanemaru is a silent influencer deep within this realm and it does not matter that he associates himself with a couple of bastards in house of torture. Yoshinobu Kanemaru still has what it takes to get the job done.
00:47He has been an influence on himself. You talk about some of the greats, some of the best junior heavyweight wrestlers. Kanemaru definitely on that list.
01:05Vegeta, what are the other young ones?
01:12Vegeta, one of the other young ones in this Best of Super Juniors Tournament this year.
01:37Kosei Fujita, a man who is gunning for the exact same thing in more ways than one that you are, Nick Wayne, to become the youngest ever Best of the Super Junior winner. You at 19 years of age could set that record from Block B. Kosei Fujita hopes to meet you in the final coming up in Block A at only 22 years of age. Already a former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and a hell of an athlete.
02:06The future of Junior Heavyweight Wrestling in Japan, but Fujita has to prove himself not as the future, but as the top dog, the best of the Super Junior, and another road step here tonight.
02:19Kanshaw Nihai Kachitan Roku, TMDK, Japanese Young Pan, Fujita Kosei!
02:29Oh, well...
02:31Common behavior in the house of torture members.
02:32Well, and...
02:36Had a Yostable Kata Moro even pre House and now Kosei Fujita is gonna be in.
02:39Kanshaw Nihai Kachitan Roku, TMDK, after a hell of a run here tonight.
02:45Great technique.
02:46On the bell sounds, we are officially underway.
02:49It is six points on the board for Kosei, and well, he put it away here.
02:53No.
02:55High bridge stock.
02:57Bridge in German.
02:59Signature move of Fujita's.
03:02Kosei Fujita just six points on the board.
03:06Kanemaru at four, and if Kosei Fujita can put Kanemaru away here tonight,
03:11he can meet you at eight points and place himself as the top of Block A.
03:18You know, you talked about Fujita wanting to meet me in the finals.
03:21I would love the same.
03:23You know, together, that would set the record as, I think,
03:25the youngest, best of Super Junior's finals match of all time.
03:28You're right.
03:29We talk about winners here, you know,
03:30I'm really looking to set the record at 19 years old,
03:33and I think it would be very hard to beat.
03:34You could believe if you chose that Kanemaru needed that full 18 count,
03:46or as Kanemaru will say it,
03:48a little extra time on the outside is not going to hurt you
03:51when it comes to recuperating.
03:53And, you know, we talked about it when you first joined us here
03:55at the English Broadcast Book.
03:57Kanemaru, just as well as everyone else in this tournament,
04:00is feeling the effects of what has happened throughout.
04:02Kanemaru has got to walk in frustrated,
04:13even more so than usual.
04:15Only a two-minute, six-second loss to Ninja Mac
04:19just a couple of nights ago.
04:26You know, Nick, one of those things about an AC joint injury
04:29like the one Kosei Fujita's had for really the better part of a year
04:33since G1 Climax last year is that no matter how much time you take off,
04:37they never truly heal.
04:39You know, from experience, I can say the same.
04:41I'm currently wrestling with a torn labrum right now on my right shoulder.
04:44So similar injury.
04:45Yeah.
04:46But, yeah, I know how it feels.
04:48I've had this for about three years now.
04:52Same thing.
04:52It's something that never fully heals.
04:55Right.
04:55Eight.
04:57Nine.
04:57Especially if you wear the shoulder tape the way Fujita
05:00and many of our athletes throughout this tournament have done.
05:03Well, it's just going to be a target
05:05put on the shoulder
05:07from Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
05:10You know, just like me and Fujita,
05:11we got a lot of heart.
05:12You know, we're young.
05:13We're very passionate.
05:14We got a lot of heart.
05:16That's why Fujita keeps wrestling with a shoulder injury.
05:18He's being taken away right now from Kanemaru.
05:22You know, one of the monikers that Kosei Fujita has taken on
05:25as a part of TMDK is the Japanese young punk.
05:28Some have called you a bit of a young punk yourself in AEW,
05:31I have to admit.
05:32Yeah.
05:33I can't argue with that, you know.
05:35I can be a little prick sometimes.
05:37Oh, well, Kanemaru.
05:39Talk about a prick in the side here.
05:42Really just continuing to wear down that left shoulder
05:45of Kosei Fujita.
05:48Even still, Kanemaru
05:54has done battle with Fujita before in singles action.
05:59Once when Fujita was a young lion,
06:01and once last year,
06:03Fujita has been able to put down Kanemaru before.
06:06Kanemaru has never defeated Kosei Fujita
06:09ever since Fujita has joined TMDK.
06:12Started learning under one of the greatest technical wrestlers
06:14in the world, Zack Sabre Jr.
06:16Yes.
06:16Maybe the best in the world, I would say.
06:21But so much of what Zack Sabre Jr. learned,
06:26he pulled bits and pieces from the established
06:30Yoshinobu Kanemaru playbook.
06:36And Kanemaru even still, yeah,
06:38over the top of the wrist lock here,
06:40grounding in Kosei Fujita.
06:42Fujita is not able to run,
06:44and Fujita is not able to take to the sky.
06:46They're going to have a difficult time.
06:50Trying to get the better of Kanemaru here,
06:52who has an impeccable ground game, as you're seeing.
06:55You know, when you have that shoulder tape,
06:57you know, as someone who used to tape their shoulder a lot,
06:59and currently with my neck tape,
07:00you know, it kind of sets a target for your opponent.
07:03They visually see you're in pain.
07:05They visually know that you need support somewhere on your body.
07:08You know, it kind of just creates a target for them.
07:10Kind of like Kanemaru's doing right now.
07:11You're absolutely right about that.
07:12We've seen people even come through this tournament before,
07:14and even if they have a left shoulder injury,
07:16they start taping the right shoulder
07:17to try and throw their opponent off guard.
07:20Kanemaru, yeah, we definitely know that this is not a case
07:23of what I just mentioned,
07:24because Fujita has had this thing taped since G-134.
07:28We're soon to approach G-135 following this tournament.
07:33And even still, Kanemaru's not willing to let go
07:36with this attack on the shoulder.
07:38Here's a cover, and it's two.
07:50Getting a little worried about Fujita.
07:53One of two matches that Kosei Fujita lost.
07:59The first one in this tournament coming in a grappling exchange
08:02that Fujita called on for for himself,
08:05that being against the head coach of the NJPW Academy, Kushida.
08:09Great match.
08:10That was a wonderful matchup for BJJ style.
08:14And even still, Fujita not afraid to test the moxie
08:18of a guy like Kanemaru in Kanemaru's own game.
08:20If Kanemaru wants to scrap, we're scrapping.
08:22Oh, and we're scrapping indeed tonight.
08:25So Fujita's arm gave out trying that suplex,
08:28perhaps a brain buster there.
08:29It's just the type of things that happens, you know,
08:31when damage is being dealt to an injury
08:34so heavy like it is right now.
08:36You're not able to use it.
08:37You're not able to plant for some moves.
08:38You're not able to base yourself for some moves.
08:40It's just, it's just what happens.
08:50Fighting through pain.
08:54Running chop with that bad shoulder.
08:55You can tell he's feeling it.
08:56We'll see what Fujita can dish out here.
09:00Up and over the top.
09:01The dangerous place to be when Kanemaru's concern
09:04creates the distance, finds it here.
09:07No, no, no.
09:08Oh, Asami.
09:10Oh, nearly taken out.
09:11Now Kanemaru.
09:12Oh, muscled in and planted down.
09:19Satellite DDT.
09:22Oh, Kanemaru just spikes Kosei Fujita.
09:26Skull first right on the top of the dome with that DDT.
09:30That's going to send a shockwave through to that shoulder
09:32unlike any other, Nick.
09:33Yes, it does.
09:34Through the neck, down to the shoulder.
09:35I was just about to say,
09:36everything in your body is connected,
09:38but your neck to your shoulder.
09:39Very close.
09:40You know, when you feel those jolting pains down your neck,
09:42surely it goes down your arms as well,
09:44going through that injured shoulder of his.
09:46Oh, wait a minute.
09:47Wait a minute.
09:47Kosei Fujita.
09:49Oh, he's going to want that modified camel clutch.
09:51That's special.
09:53And if the Fujita special can be locked in here tonight.
09:57Oh, he wants to wrench back on that left.
10:03Snatch the arm.
10:04What a try and tap out.
10:06One of the most prolific technical athletes
10:08in Jr. heavyweight wrestling.
10:10How could one escape this?
10:14Oh, it's all through power and sheer will,
10:16and I don't know how much Canomaro has left.
10:21Oh, Canomaro.
10:24The showcase on how to escape,
10:26and that's going to be exactly where we find it.
10:29Kosei Fujita, one of that German suplex, and it's not going to come easy.
10:47Canomaro off the rope, popped up, caught in, high angle.
10:51Fujita, German suplex, the cover.
10:54No.
10:57Again, like we were talking about, with the neck and the shoulder,
11:00high bridges like that, same type of thing can send jolts and pains down your neck
11:04into your already damaged shoulder.
11:09And risking it all.
11:10High risk, high reward from Fujita.
11:13Kosei, what an abandoned hope.
11:14Canomaro got the shoulders down instead, and it's two only.
11:17Now, and a victory roll for Canomaro.
11:22No.
11:24Yep.
11:26Spin kick by Fujita.
11:30Fujita looks to set himself apart from six points to eight to top out block A,
11:35and he has to beat Canomaro to do it.
11:38Come on.
11:39Oh, wait a minute.
11:41Oh, Fujita wants that thrill ride, and...
11:44Oh, well, Sho taking Fujita for a different ride tonight.
11:47I can't stand Sho.
11:49I can't stand any of these rat bastards here.
11:53They like to call themselves a unit.
11:59Canomaro, you don't need this.
12:03Oh, touch out.
12:05Brain buster, the cover, and the win.
12:10Dammit to hell.
12:12Unreal.
12:17And, well, that's going to keep Kosei Fujita exactly where he is,
12:30and somehow there are more people at the top of block A
12:34than there are at the bottom of block A.
12:37Dragon Daya, Hiromu Takahashi, Kosei Fujita, Kushida, Master Watto, Robby X,
12:44now added.
12:45Yoshimu Kanomaru, seven out of ten men in block A.
12:49Sit at the very top of it.
12:50He's sitting at the top, six points each, correct?
12:59Yeah, you're right about it.
13:01Keep my eye on that.
13:02This is what is set to come on May 24th.
13:16Talk about a new generation taking over.
13:19Kosei Fujita looks to take on the young upstart in Dragon Daya.
13:24Coming up in block A on May 24th.
13:27Meanwhile, talked about it earlier on.
13:29We'll see it again.
13:30Hiromu Takahashi, Yoshimu Kanomaru.
13:32We will be live coming up on May 24th
13:35with English coverage for Best of the Super Junior Night 9.
13:43Man, I hate to say it, Nick, but whether you love him,
13:46whether you hate him, whether you want to face him in the finals
13:48or otherwise, Kosei Fujita got screwed here tonight.
13:51You know, everyone can agree with that.
13:55He did get screwed.
13:55His shoulder's in bad shape right now.
13:57I know he's going straight to the trainer's room
13:59to get treatment on that shoulder right now.
14:00I would too.
14:01You know, I don't blame him.
14:02He's still got, what is it, three, four more tournament matches
14:05to compete in?
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