Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kevin Knight - Best Of The Super Junior 32 Block B Match: NJPW Best Of The Super Junior 32 Day 12 (5/29/2025)

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00:00NinjaChuck、You hear me,ステッキ?

00:11We are being joined now at this time by none other

00:16BlockA Competitor himself,NinjaMac

00:19NinjaMac、You have gone absolutely viral this tournament

00:22Thank you for joining us tonight and bringing it to the English booth

00:25Yes sir,It's a pleasure to be here

00:27NewJapan puts on some of the best tournaments

00:29Let alone the best of the Super Junior tournaments

00:32Showing the best junior pro wrestlers in the world

00:35And you alongside 19 other men have been included in this

00:40Best of the Super Junior tournament

00:42And well we are heading right into the finish line so to speak

00:47BlockA is well and done

00:49We knowKosei Fujita has topped out the block you competed in

00:53And now it is time to see who tops out BlockB

00:57And look at this star

01:02One of the newest signees to All Elite Wrestling

01:04Dual contracted is Jet2Fly Kevin Knight

01:08Yes sir,BBlock is about to put on a very good show tonight

01:17We got the chance,Congratulations sir,I saw your post for Mr. Stardom

01:20Oh,I appreciate it

01:25It is getting busy in the Bushiroad fight system

01:29We'll have a little stardom plug at the end of the night for what's to come for them

01:32But good lord it has been a wonderful time in Best of the Super Junior

01:37Some of my matches of the year already taking place in this tournament

01:41And you know I gotta be honest with you

01:43A lot of people doubted Ryusuke Taguchi

01:46When it came to competing in this year's Best of the Super Junior

01:49We know that when Taguchi wants to go

01:52That's a guy that can go inside that ring

01:54But Taguchi more often than not

01:56Tends to be all fun and games

01:58What do you say?

01:59I think this tournament he showed his experience coming through

02:03He can turn it on when he wants to

02:05When he wants to get serious

02:06He can really let the crowd show what he can do

02:08The guy's got years and years of experience on the rest of the tournament

02:13So you know he can capitalize on the funny game

02:17The serious game

02:18He's such an all around competitor

02:20Now fill me in

02:24I was so focused on the A block

02:26Starting off the B block tonight

02:28Yeah

02:29Where we sit in the point standing

02:31I'm sure you're asking as well

02:33Plain and simply Kevin Knight and Ryusuke Taguchi

02:35Already eliminated from the tournament

02:36Both men sitting at six points tied

02:39Are Kevin Knight and Ryusuke Taguchi

02:41But I feel there's a little bit of personal motivation

02:44The world is watching

02:45We know for a fact that

02:46AW's own Tony Khan

02:48Has to be watching here tonight

02:50And Kevin Knight's got to impress

02:51Every single one of his bosses

02:53And make sure he doesn't leave empty handed

02:55From Best of the Super Junior

02:56Has to walk away with a win tonight

02:58Of course

02:59The guys

03:00They're all prideful

03:01They want to go out there

03:02And put on their best performance

03:03Even mathematically eliminated

03:04They want to go out

03:05You got hundreds and thousands of people here today

03:08So

03:09You hear that crowd right now building

03:11And it is

03:19The rules of the tournament

03:20You'll see right there

03:21Translated for you

03:22Two points for a

03:24Definitive victory

03:25One point for a draw

03:27And zero points for a loss

03:29We've yet to see a draw throughout this

03:31Entire tournament

03:33And it would

03:34It would be a hell of a move

03:35If we saw it here tonight

03:36But

03:37Kevin Knight's drawing up something else

03:38Inside the ring right now

03:41Hey show what you got

03:42Show what you got

03:43The guy looks like he's in phenomenal shape

03:45It puts that time in the gym

03:47I don't think Kevin Knight sees the muscle definition

04:01On Ryusuke Taguchi tonight

04:05As we're gonna test the strength here tonight

04:07We see Kevin Knight definitely has that size advantage

04:10One of the largest men to compete in the tournament overall this year

04:13Oh it very well might favor him against Taguchi

04:19Kevin Knight's a complete package

04:21He's got size

04:22He's got the athleticism of a junior

04:24He's got the strength of a heavyweight

04:26There's not many wrestlers with that combination in the world right now

04:31Oh Taguchi fighting back right here

04:33Yeah this is Taguchi

04:35Trying to work out his element as Knight

04:37Yeah that's gonna bring you back to the LA Dojo

04:39Every single one of those neck bridges

04:41Coming into play shoulders down

04:43And it's only two

04:49Oh

04:50Oh

04:54I know we call Ryusuke Taguchi the funky weapon

04:56But

04:58Oh

05:06Oh

05:07Oh

05:08Oh

05:10And that right there

05:13Is an advantage taken by Kevin Knight

05:15The first time singles matchup between these two men

05:21Have met before in previous tournaments

05:25Super Junior Tag League 2022-2023

05:28But never once before one on one

05:31Kevin Knight knows what it's like to be able to have a partner in the corner to tag out to

05:35He's never known how to deal with Taguchi while completely on his own

05:46Fund to Steel,is that what he saying Fund to Steal?

05:50Fund to Steal?

05:51Heard of rock hard abs,this is rock hard ass

05:57And again-

05:58The definition of insanity here

06:02We're warming up,getting a little strength going

06:09All right,a little bit of cardio tonight

06:21That's good!

06:24That's good!

06:26oh and the headlock taken by kevin knight

06:35and we're gonna test kevin knight's cardio and endurance here

06:41oh it's misguided here knight gonna hit every single rope in the building tonight

06:47well it's a gucci not able to keep up ninja

06:53i think i'm a little dizzy watching that you and i both

06:56you know you're a man who does a lot of flips i don't know how you don't get dizzy

07:03doing this it's the mask you know the mask keeps the vision focused for me

07:09kevin knight oh taken to the sky what a huge play did you see that air he cleared over the top rope

07:17you look at the size of kevin knight one of the largest junior heavyweights in pro wrestling today

07:37six foot one right at that hundred kilogram mark

07:41just low enough on the number to make it into entry for this tournament

07:46with my uh with my american kicking in 100 kilos turns out to 100 kilograms turns out to what in

07:52pounds oh yeah i gotta be honest with you i don't know i think about 225 yeah something something

07:56something around that point yeah that's a big fumble on my end here's kevin knight

08:02oh look at that shoulder tackle gonna find right through here's knight for the cover and it's only one

08:10i think i think kevin knight should uh take advantage and put this match out save himself as he goes back to aw in a complete

08:26well kevin knight is trying to play ryusuke taguchi's game here

08:30as it is a funky weapon shot from the jet

08:32oh

08:51ryusuke right through did you see that head went back yeah kevin knight feeling every single ounce of

08:59ass here from taguchi

09:15and taguchi on the run of it bam

09:22no knight hanging on by a thread here on the middle rope

09:25we're gonna get a fly back to gucci oh man maybe we've seen it throughout the tournament here

09:34triangle

09:41gucci got some air off that rope

09:45he's got the crowd behind him right now sees it move kevin when you get a chance

09:50neither man has a shot at making it into the final of this tournament we are playing for pride tonight

10:03and taguchi a funky weapon right off the top kevin knight in a world of trouble here's a pin for taguchi

10:11and it's not enough

10:17what is he setting up for

10:21that's the king of strange style ryusuke taguchi

10:24out of the corner running the bum aye and instead knight super kick from the side

10:39and taguchi's gonna meet right back in the middle roll through it kevin knight no no no

10:43he got caught he got caught one of that spike ddt but taguchi's so so deadly with this oh my

10:49and gar ankle lock all throughout the tournament and it's one he pulled him back this could be it

10:54he pulled him back it could it very well could knight trying to find the way out victory roll for

10:59knight cover two

11:03well action's starting to pick up right now yeah we are heating it up in the building

11:07mid-air drop kick caught him oh you saw right where it got him on the rear end and the spike ddt

11:20from kevin knight oh he's moving to the top is this it yeah that's not going to be it yet

11:27kevin knight innovated this in this year's tournament found him his first win and it might find his last a

11:35little bit of flavor a little bit of flavor you have oh splash

11:40one two three that's it

11:47kevin knight finishing with a point block b

11:51what a bright future kevin knight has a very dangerous wrestler right there the future is now

12:11kevin knight a dual contracted athlete between new japan pro wrestling and all elite wrestling and it

12:16wouldn't shock me if kevin knight sought gold in every single company even on the independence kevin

12:21knight has been killing it inside the ring has found results in this tournament just not enough

12:27to make it to the final

12:31show of respect between both athletes right now yeah you got to give it up to

12:35ryusuke taguchi a lot of people expected comedy chicanery shenanigans and well we got a little bit of

12:42that we got a lot of it in this matchup but taguchi has really been locked in throughout the back half

12:48of 2024 and into this end of 2025. i am very excited to see what comes next for ryusuke taguchi in new japan pro

12:57wrestling

13:21well that is all for kevin knight and ryusuke taguchi but from

13:25mathematic eliminations to mathematic eliminations teton will take on nick wayne coming up next

13:30neither one a shot through to block b final we're playing for pride in singles action in block b

13:35coming up right now

Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kevin Knight - Best Of The Super Junior 32 Block B Match: NJPW Best Of The Super Junior 32 Day 12 (5/29/2025)

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