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00:00Well, tell us how we got here Walker cuz I think you were directly involved
00:08in how this became a Ryan Rigoca match in the first place.
00:11Yeah, well, good thing I've been studying up on my Nihongo, huh?
00:14Because Sonata hitting ringside just a few nights ago,
00:19meeting a translator, Joel Maloney said,
00:22do you agree to know DQ rules or
00:24else I'm gonna break this acoustic guitar over your friend's head.
00:27And Sonata's saying, well, I don't care about Kanemaru,
00:30but please don't break my guitar.
00:32That's not as stoic as ever.
00:36What's this all about?
00:41Whoa.
00:47No, wait a second.
00:51Wait a minute.
00:52If that's Sonata.
00:55And that other guy, Sonata, then who's driving this bus?
01:00What the hell is going on here?
01:06There you see in the hand, the acoustic guitar, one of many,
01:11Sonata has had on stock file.
01:14And a majority of that stock, Chris Charlton, has been driven straight through the head
01:18of Drill Maloney, even right here in Ryogoku, the last time we were out in this building,
01:23back for Sakura Genesis in April, when Sonata betrayed the War Dogs and turned his back on Maloney and the crew.
01:32And now, well, it's almost been sort of an identity crisis for Sonata ever since that point.
01:37What does Sonata look like in Hells of Torture?
01:40The fashionista certainly hitting Ryogoku Sumo Hall tonight with that intention, but
01:45I'm still trying to figure out who the hell, who the hell was that at ringside?
01:49I think Sonata's dragging someone shopping with him, as well as that guitar.
01:53Well, I'm not even sure who the real Sonata is.
01:59Yeah, I'm really struggling to figure this one out.
02:05Well, it all came down the other night in Saitama Walker, and you were right there.
02:10Drill Maloney said, make this in no DQ, no count-out match, or I'll smash this guitar
02:15as he'd taken off the Sonata over Yoshinoba Kanemaru's head.
02:18Sonata, not particularly concerned with Kanemaru, but definitely concerned over his guitar.
02:23Yeah, roundabout telling me to translate to Drill Maloney live in the arena on the evening.
02:29That guitar costs more than you make in a year.
02:34I don't think Maloney's here to deal with numbers tonight.
02:37Sonata!
02:41No, I don't think Drill Maloney's here to draw time, so I think he's here to draw blood.
02:45What the hell happened to that other Sonata?
02:48Yeah, I'm not understanding here.
02:50I mean, that was Sonata.
02:54I mean, it looked just like- No, I think this is Sonata, Chris.
02:58Short.
02:59I'm gonna hit that to the right.
03:08I'm gonna hit that to the right.
03:11That time is that time, this time, this time, this time, this time, this time.
03:16I'm 99% certain that this is Sonata.
03:19Yeah, that's definitely Sonata.
03:21But we are 100% on the spot.
03:25And Drill Maloney is the man to soon hit ringside.
03:28I don't know who that extra was.
03:30A lot of people are saying you could be a stand-in for Aaron Wolf if he's down one day.
03:35Enough Gaga, Drill Maloney all business here.
03:42Yeah, Street Fight attire here tonight.
03:45We're gonna try and keep it the best we can inside Ryogoku's small hole.
03:49And we're up among the people.
03:51I think they might be coming up this way.
03:5444 caliber, junior turned heavyweight, Drill Maloney.
04:00And we gotta get this belt sounded sooner rather than later.
04:02It is the Riot and Ryogoku matchup.
04:04No disqualifications, no count outs.
04:07And this all being board press off the back of Sonata,
04:10trying to run in every single encounter that Maloney and Sonata have had
04:15leading up to this series date.
04:17Yeah, you're right, you see the rules there, right?
04:20And Ryogoku, very, very simple.
04:21There aren't really any rules.
04:22No DQs, no count outs.
04:24All right, Sonata's gonna fall.
04:26Whoa, whoa, whoa, okay.
04:27All right, Abby.
04:30And Sonata, that fork in hand.
04:33And Joel Maloney gonna try and disarm and engage himself here.
04:36That blonde is gonna be covered here tonight.
04:42If Maloney has his way, I mean, Chris, let's be honest here.
04:45New Japan Pro Wrestling, no strangers to riots in Ryogoku's dual hall.
04:49Wow, and Drill Maloney, no stranger to this sort of environment
04:52has been fighting on the streets his entire life.
04:55Sonata, definitely a stranger to this environment.
04:58You know what I mean?
04:59He always, we always used to know him back in the old days in LIJ
05:02as the quintessential classical pro wrestler.
05:05When Hiroshi Tanahashi, you know, wrestled Kenta for the U.S.
05:09Championship in a street fight, you know, it was a Pyrrhic victory.
05:12He wanted to cleanse the palate.
05:13But he chose Sonata as his challenger because he wanted that classical style.
05:17This, anything, nothing could be further removed.
05:20No, no, no, no.
05:22Maloney, that steel chair in hand.
05:24Sonata's already, he's already busted.
05:26Yeah, this isn't good.
05:29This is exactly what Joel Maloney wanted, Chris.
05:31And we've been saying it leading all the way up to this date and time.
05:34I don't think it's about getting the win tonight for Joel Maloney.
05:37Maloney wants to find that acoustic guitar right at ringside.
05:40There you see it on your screen and bust it over Sonata's head.
05:43If Driller Maloney gets the win without breaking that guitar,
05:47then he won't be happy.
05:49Conversely, I mean, if he loses the match, but he smashes that guitar,
05:53Driller Maloney will still be, he'll find something to celebrate about tonight.
05:57And not a lot of no disqualification experience for Sonata.
06:02He's won a couple matches in 2013 for All Japan Gold against Rhea New 3rd.
06:07You have to think back to the Dog Palette still cage match.
06:10Welcome back in May of this year.
06:11Yeah, you're right about that.
06:14My goodness, Driller Maloney.
06:17We're in a way, ringside seat of humanity scattering here, New Goku.
06:21Yeah, I don't think Driller Maloney cares much one way or another,
06:24whether New Japan Pro Wrestling gets banned from Rhea Goku for another few years.
06:28Again, yeah.
06:30Well, good luck.
06:31It might happen soon at this rate.
06:33All right, we gotta be careful here.
06:34Yeah, we gotta make sure our fans are kept safe.
06:37And what the hell is Maloney doing here?
06:40That's the question we've been asking for a long time about this man.
06:42Well, Driller Maloney has been, you know,
06:44he's wearing that T-shirt all during this tour, RIP Sonata,
06:48with that date of death being October the 13th, 2025.
06:52You know, I mean, I think quite frankly,
06:54Maloney is finding a burial spot for Sonata right here.
06:58Oh, no.
07:06Well, Driller Maloney now, not just one, but two wooden folding tables
07:11from that steel frame as well in the undercarriage,
07:13and we know exactly where he's going with them.
07:15Well, there's the old myth of Japanese tables, Walker.
07:22Well, I'm saying myth.
07:23It's a very, very accurate statement.
07:25Nothing like tables that are made in Japan.
07:29Good old Japanese construction as solid as you can imagine.
07:34Well, Maloney's not exactly taking up construction science
07:37in his spare time here.
07:38You can see he's been hit in the gym.
07:40He's been eating cleaner than ever.
07:42Come on, I need it.
07:43Driller Maloney, I mean,
07:44it's all been in preparation for this.
07:46It's all been in preparation for the blood to be shed.
07:48You're right, Rio,
07:49because Maloney has had an incredible 2025.
07:52That transition to heavyweight, great success.
07:54Beat Shingo Takagi back in February.
07:56Incredible G1.
07:57Whoa, whoa, whoa.
07:58Means nothing if he can't beat Sonata.
07:59No, no, no.
08:01And Sonata slipping right over the top here.
08:03Might be blinded by his own mask.
08:04Wait, wait, wait.
08:05Oh!
08:08Sonata did everything he could to try and deflect the damage.
08:12And still, it wasn't enough.
08:19And this is a matchup that we talked about
08:20as soon as the rules were confirmed, Chris.
08:22We were live there in Takoto Zawa.
08:24I was, at least, saying live on air.
08:26Well, this is something that you'd think
08:28with Driller Maloney's intensity would favor him.
08:30But right now, you also have to think about the presence
08:33somewhere in this building of House of Torture.
08:35Yeah, you're absolutely right.
08:36I mean, hopefully, the rest of the War Dogs
08:39are cognizant of that as well.
08:42Maloney has certainly said he expects there to be interferences.
08:46Bring it on.
08:47Bring as many people as you want.
08:48Yeah.
08:49Maloney wants to be the one-man record of Sonata.
08:53That's one man with the boot up in Maloney.
08:55No, look out, look out.
08:56Watch it, watch it.
08:57Watch it.
08:59There is no give to those wooden tables.
09:03The only deformable structure Walker in that exchange was the spine of Driller Maloney.
09:08I mean, landings like that have not only shortened but ended careers before.
09:20Absolutely, absolutely.
09:21I always think back to Shawn Michaels situation back in the day.
09:27That was a very similar spell.
09:32Sonata now.
09:33Yeah, really wants something.
09:35And it's something so simple, but the give certainly giving for Driller Maloney.
09:43Yeah, it's very rare, Chris, you've been seeing Driller Maloney's career for a long time,
09:47back to his dates, on the English independent scenes.
09:50It's rare you hear his cries of agony from Driller.
09:53Always Driller Maloney, you know what I mean?
09:55We say from junior heavyweight in a new Japan sense,
09:58junior heavyweight to a heavyweight competition.
10:00Driller Maloney started his career as a heavyweight, slimmed down to junior
10:05so he could be the most dominant junior in that division.
10:08And now bulking back up, always Maloney,
10:12the most dominant fighter in any fight.
10:15Maybe not this one, though.
10:16Now, maybe Sonata cover here, lateral only into two.
10:21And as much as Sonata might be reeling a little bit from a lack of blood,
10:25that should be inside of his skull.
10:27Driller Maloney, that lower spine, certainly feeling the damage.
10:31Yeah, I think all the blood coming out of Sonata external,
10:34I think there has to be a lot of internal bleeding on the part of Maloney right now.
10:39Yeah, for so long, we were just still, it's so hard to get an insight into the mind of Sonata,
10:53and just what he's thinking never says it.
10:55You know what I mean?
10:56You can only go by his actions.
10:58So I think the one solid, the one defining point is how much he enjoys wailing on Triller Maloney.
11:05Oh!
11:06Oh!
11:07Well, that was absolutely intentional.
11:11Doesn't even have to pretend nowadays.
11:13No disqualifications here tonight.
11:15Come on, come on, come on.
11:18Sonata will try and convince himself that he's rightful, that he's righteous.
11:22But still, Maloney with the hops, beautiful.
11:25Yeah, that's beautiful indeed.
11:26Maloney now, look at this.
11:30Hasn't missed a step.
11:32That sliding drop kick to the outside.
11:34He's still trying to power through.
11:38I think clutching at that kidney area.
11:42This has been a long time coming since November of last year.
11:49Nearly one year to the day.
11:51Jerome Maloney has wanted this one-on-one with Sonata.
11:54Maloney's always said, go to hell, Sonata, or rather, go to Hellbone.
11:58Got it.
12:00Cover here for Maloney.
12:02Two count only in Ryokoku.
12:04They're doing all of that, Warga.
12:13You see the grimace on his face, gritty teeth.
12:16The adrenaline can only take you so far, far enough to beat Sonata.
12:23We'll find out.
12:26This is something we haven't seen landed at all throughout this series.
12:29Never on Sonata before.
12:30It's that Drilla killer, Chris.
12:32It's just not gonna happen, not gonna happen after that spine driven through
12:37those tables at ringside.
12:42Maloney, more than certainly the aggressor in this matchup.
12:45Sonata trying to wrestle the smarter game here.
12:47It's gonna be evasive from Sonata.
12:49Bring it back inside the ring, back to the outside.
12:52And it's been all mind games from the sound of-
12:54This is exactly- Oh, no.
12:55Goddamn it.
12:56Come on.
12:57Knew it.
12:58No give in this acoustic tonight.
13:01Sonata absolutely controlled the pace on that exchange.
13:06They tip Maloney in, and another time.
13:09How many is that now?
13:10Four, five?
13:11Yeah, I mean, but this time, this time that guitar not shattering over the head of Maloney still.
13:15He's got that fork again, Walker.
13:17Might even be more brutal.
13:18Here's that fork.
13:19Oh, good lord.
13:20Maloney now busted.
13:21Oh, and you see the pile of blood on the ground next to Maloney's body.
13:26Yeah.
13:27Oh, good lord.
13:30This is- this is uncomfortable.
13:36And we- listen, I understand these two want to tear each other apart, Chris, but at a certain point you have to have limits to human decency.
13:42This is- yeah, you can see that is a distressing puddle.
13:47I think cut right, you can just about see right above the temple of Driller Maloney, and he is absolutely leaking right now.
13:57The sight of your own blood can do one of two things to you, Chris.
14:01This sport has proven that to be the case.
14:03It could tear you down, or it's gonna fire you up to maximum.
14:06Well, Maloney has had that sight more than a few times, courtesy of Sonata.
14:11The sight of his own blood for Driller Maloney, driving him to a riot in Ryugoku tonight.
14:20No, no, and this has gotta stop.
14:25This has gotta stop.
14:27This has gotta stop sometime soon.
14:28Sakamoto can't end this match like this, Chris.
14:30He's not gonna be able to just call this one off.
14:33Well, can you imagine if he did?
14:37When Maloney would be, you know, I mean, we'd have to get Sakamoto out here pretty damn quick,
14:41in a car out the back of this building before Maloney got his hands on him.
14:45Sonata now, in the meanwhile, ascending to the top rope.
14:48Here comes Maloney.
14:50And Locks Zaito.
14:52That four.
14:53Good God.
14:54This much blood shed already within a ten minute period.
15:01Now look at this.
15:03Almost a cruel mockery.
15:05Wow.
15:06With his mentor, Keiji Muto.
15:09Blood-soaked Shining Wizard.
15:11And now this is the classical Sonata.
15:15This is what we've come to know.
15:17Sonata, grounding body press, missed out.
15:19Here comes Maloney now.
15:20Wants it.
15:21Got it.
15:22German.
15:23No.
15:24Sonata on his feet again.
15:25Oh, no.
15:26Come on.
15:27No, no, no.
15:28Well, it's not gonna make any difference.
15:30You're right, but no one's gonna count the cover.
15:32No one can end this matchup.
15:33Sonata might be trying to end it right here.
15:35It might save Maloney in the end.
15:37No, no, no.
15:38Maloney, Maloney.
15:39On the shoulder.
15:40But there's no referee, Chris.
15:46There's no one to call this match out.
15:50And the fans counting eight, nine, and here comes the cover.
15:55Yeah, eight or nine different assholes in House of Torture.
15:58I cannot believe this.
16:00Only two for the time being, but the rest are around here, certainly.
16:04Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Katamaru.
16:20Sonata, I mean, this is a mockery.
16:25It's a mockery of the stipulation, of the rules, of the cover, and it's a two.
16:31A mockery of the rules, Walker, there aren't any rules.
16:34You're right.
16:35I hate to say it, but you're right.
16:38This is exactly what I was talking about.
16:40When Triller Maloney made this situation, he played directly into the hands of Sonata.
16:45Now, Carl Connors running his way back from the showers.
16:48You're right, it's Connors.
16:49Mark Connors at ringside, inside, taking out Katamaru.
16:53Shot to Dick.
16:58And it would be.
17:00Clark's dog for really, really.
17:04Whoa.
17:05Clark's dog for really, really.
17:08That's the newest member of the War Dogs, Chris.
17:10Look at that.
17:14Tire shots to Dick Togo and Yoshinobu Katamaru.
17:17Joe Maloney has been tired enough of Sonata for two down long.
17:23We've been all tired.
17:26All of us have been waiting for this day for House of Torture to rue.
17:30Sonata, the loss of blood leading to an early fade here.
17:44One last pathetic swing.
17:47Yeah, pathetic indeed.
17:48And look at this.
17:49There's that acoustic.
17:50This is the tune Maloney's been wanting to play for nearly a damn year.
17:54And for good reason, he's gonna get that opportunity.
17:57Go ahead.
17:58Get him, Trilla.
17:59Well.
18:00As soon as Sidada sits up, stands up.
18:05He's not gonna like the tune that's gonna be played.
18:07For too damn long.
18:12Hell yeah.
18:14Maloney.
18:16Trilla killer.
18:22One, two, three, two, three.
18:27It's over.
18:3113 minutes.
18:32It's over.
18:33It's over.
18:34It's over.
18:35It's over.
18:36It's over.
18:37It's over.
18:38It's over.
18:39Well.
18:40Sweet.
18:41Sweet.
18:42Sweet.
18:43Peter catharsis.
18:46Riot in Ryugoke was exactly the right name for this one.
19:05A six month vendetta.
19:07Vigilla Maloney finally at an end.
19:12Riot in Ryugoke is the winner of Moroni.
19:21Trilla Maloney has won your Riot in Ryugoke.
19:33The hope for Maloney, the hope for the War Dogs now.
19:36And we're gonna wait some post match comments for confirmation, but certainly so.
19:40To leave House of Torture in the past.
19:42To leave Sonata in the past.
19:44This is gonna open up the floor now.
19:46The next two to three months to set the stage for the War Dogs, Maloney and Quater specifically.
19:52If there's a route to the Tokyo Dome,
19:54Joe Maloney might have just paved it for himself tonight.
19:57I would certainly think so.
19:58Joe Maloney now finally putting away Sonata.
20:02Has cemented in my view, Walker.
20:05A completely successful transition between your heavyweight to heavyweight.
20:09Openweight, whatever you call it.
20:11Any division.
20:12Drilla Maloney has to be one of the most dangerous players in any field you put him in.
20:17Well, we're gonna have a little bit of time for our next matchup, Walker.
20:36We got a lot to clean up over here.
20:38Yeah, you're certainly right about it.
20:40As we sent Drilla Maloney off to the showers, it's gonna be a very long shower to wipe.
20:44Oh, that specimen off Maloney.
20:48Nice.
20:49Hashtag NJKOPW to talk all about the action.
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20:54And we are moving right on in to your next match of the evening soon enough, Chris.
20:58Hiroki Koto's return.
21:00Excuse me.
21:01E-Honda's debut in Pro Wrestling.
21:05Hiroki Koto's back tonight.
21:06Well, Honda versus Zhang Yim, perhaps.
21:09Hardy Jackson on the other side.
21:10TMDK versus former members of Chaos.
21:13Why doesn't Aaron Wolf have a broom?
21:15He was a great sweeper the other night.
21:17Well, we already have had a cleaner here in New Japan Pro Wrestling, so.
21:22Well, true.
21:24Six-man tag team action coming up very soon.
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