00:00Welcome to the House of Torture.
00:19Even in the fifth day, I had a pretty good showing yesterday, Whiskey Dick.
00:25Whiskey Dick was...
00:30Well, as what might often follow with Whiskey Dick, I think the will was there, even if the body gave out in the end, shall we say.
00:39And it was the X-Express that ended the night for Dick Togo, but you're absolutely right.
00:46I think this combination of, well, two of the hardly clean fighters, two of the dirtiest players in the game, but two of the most expert at it.
00:56As we said yesterday, 60 years or more combined of experience, more than me and you together probably.
01:04Oh, yeah, well, just about.
01:08Just about.
01:11You're 30, right, Chris?
01:12Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:14It's funny enough, I've been 30 for the last 11 years.
01:17Oh, that's how it works.
01:19I've been 20 for the last five years.
01:20I mean, I would have to say, if you are a young professional wrestler, if you're someone just starting the NJPW Academy, and certainly if you're thinking about tag team wrestling,
01:38you will certainly benefit from studying Panamara and Dick Togo over the course of this tournament.
01:48You'll also learn a hell of a lot from studying Robbie Eagles and Kose Funcher.
01:53They got on the board yesterday in the main event, convincing main event victory.
01:58And the new weapon for these two men, believe it or not, it is not Robbie Eagle's moustache.
02:10Oh, is it now?
02:10That is not the new weapon.
02:11The new weapon is the interceptor.
02:14The indoor, that's how it's called the new team.
02:16Yeah, that new double team move, they debuted yesterday, and they're planning to go undefeated through this tournament, and to do it with that interceptor and take Super Junior Tag League back-to-back.
02:46All right, so B-Block Action gets us underway here.
02:53As we've already said, Yuki Oshiyoko and Kushida, by benefit of a forfeit, they are at four points now, two and are undefeated.
02:59Robbie Eagles and Kose Funcher, they're the only other teams who have won yesterday, so if they win, well, we'll have two teams at the top.
03:08And if not, if Dick Togo and Yoshinobu Kanemaru win tonight, well, then Kushida and Yoshi Oka will be sitting on their own right at the top of the table.
03:19And I think that's what they want, Kushida and Yoshi Oka.
03:22Of course, you know, the competition gets more hard when everybody has the same point, right?
03:29Well, it gets hard for us with the announce desk, because we have to start thinking about tiebreakers and how the maths works.
03:37Yeah, yeah, I never understand anything about tournament, but...
03:42Well, way, way back in the day, and the archives, by the way, NJPW World Archives, we've been updating all the classic matches with historical insight introductions.
03:55Walk has been doing a great job getting you up to speed with what was happening in the moment at the time.
04:01Oh, come on!
04:02Oh, man, and the point system in the old tournaments was much, much more complicated even than it is today, yeah.
04:10You know, it seems too nice that this match will start normally.
04:13Well, thankfully, mercifully, simply, two points for a win, one point for a draw, zero points for a loss, and Moby Eagles fighting to get two more on the board for TNDK.
04:25Nice takedown.
04:26Nice takedown.
04:27Right over Dick Togo.
04:28Yep.
04:29It's a takedown kind of mark.
04:30Round out for Moby Eagles.
04:32He's doing a heel last night.
04:34But again, Togo behind.
04:36From the Eagles.
04:37Nice.
04:38Well-versed in taking down Yosinobu Kanemaru, 2-0 singles record against Kanemaru.
04:49And last year, Juarez.
04:53A little bit of a pump peak.
04:57You know, we talked about yesterday about Robby's new confidence, you know, this moustache, this new moustache gave him, you know, they increased his level of confidence by...
05:09I would say, like, probably 70 or 80 percent.
05:1270 percent?
05:1380 percent even?
05:14Yeah.
05:15Wow.
05:16There's a pretty, some cool moustache.
05:18Do you think some sideburns would make him even more comfortable?
05:22No.
05:23Should we pitch him to him?
05:24That's good.
05:25Well, Kanemaru, that's going to ruin your confidence in a hurry.
05:31Heelmaster going over to the left arm of Robby Eagles here.
05:37Now going to bring him into the apron.
05:42Last year's Super Junior Tag League, Ichiban Sweet Boys, Eagles and Fujita beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Sho that combination.
05:54And Robby Eagles, when Robby was teaming with Tiger Mask back in the day, he, well that combination was able to beat Kanemaru and El Desperado.
06:06Whether it's singles or tag teams, usually Robby Eagles has the upper hand, but...
06:12Oh!
06:13Come on, already?
06:14I think we can say Kanemaru has the upper dip right now.
06:17Dick Togo choking away on Kose Fuchita as Kanemaru is making sure Kento Sato doesn't see this mug in here.
06:25Come on, referee.
06:38Yeah, the cameras don't see it, but you and I did. Now you do.
06:43Dick Togo removing the corner pad.
06:52Like again, same old tactics, but they, they worked.
06:55You know, House of Torture is on the top of the junior heavyweight division right now.
07:00Oh, what is this now?
07:01Oh, what is this now?
07:02Kanemaru is drawing the referee again.
07:04This could be...
07:06Oh, he's gonna break his wrist, Frank.
07:08He's gonna...
07:09Oh, my God!
07:10My goodness!
07:11That may well have broken the forearm of Robby Eagles here.
07:17In that steel chair.
07:23And now, pulled up...
07:25Oh, no!
07:26He's not done with him.
07:31This could be very, very serious indeed.
07:35You know, I wonder what actually could do Togo in the good side of pro wrestling, you know?
07:47If he weren't in the House of Torture team, you know?
07:50Believe it or not, once upon a time, Dick Togo was almost like a global ambassador for professional wrestling.
07:57I mean, he's brought pro wrestling to countries that had never seen it before.
08:01Yeah.
08:02Taken pro wrestling to places like Cuba to places like Bolivia.
08:06He was at...
08:07He came to Italy also, like, something like 20 years ago.
08:11And, like, all my trainers have some really good memories with him, you know?
08:17I don't believe what he became.
08:20All of that being used for evil and wine, more ways than wine,
08:25as now Kanemaru going further and deeper, hammerlocking that arm,
08:29which was really, really torn to shreds, could well be fractured,
08:36thanks to that steel chair from Dick Togo earlier on.
08:48And watch this.
08:50Body slam, right onto that arm.
08:52Ooh.
08:53Oof.
08:54All Robby's weight went on his arm.
09:02Togo now.
09:06And just watch them cut the ring in half.
09:11Kanemaru is...
09:13And Togo, they're not gonna let the Eagles go further than the line mark in the center of the ring.
09:18They're gonna keep him right there.
09:21And even if they...
09:23You know, it's the first time they're tagging together in the Super Junior tag.
09:26You know how, as you mentioned, they keep him right in the blue corner.
09:31And as soon as he escapes, they bring him back.
09:34That's some really high-level tag team work.
09:36You know, that's what me and TJ used to do.
09:38That's what the War Dogs used to do.
09:39And this is certainly...
09:42Hardly, the way they got to this point, you can hardly commend, but as I said, if you're a young wrestler, if you're a young tag team, then you need to be watching Dick Togo and Kanemaru very, very closely over the course of this tournament.
09:59And this is a severe, severe situation for Robbie Eagles here.
10:08And left arm and left forearm could very well be fractured.
10:14And then you'd be thinking breaking potentially two teams who would be in question for the rest of this tournament.
10:26We hope that Ishimori will be better by the next B-Block match on Sunday.
10:31Now Eagles has to rally over Suplex, but this is a difficult situation.
10:40He's going to have to get over Kanemaru to get to Fuchita here.
10:44And I think that Suplex rocked Kanemaru enough to let him go, and you know Fuchita enters.
10:51But it's still two on one.
10:54Hardly in the plus position, but Fuchita relatively fresh.
10:57Oh, there goes Togo.
11:05Oh, in goes Kanemaru, Togo barreled down.
11:08Now it's down to a one-on-one situation.
11:11Blistering leg lariat, Koseg Fuchita on fire here in Corkway.
11:16Looking for a springboard drop he could execute it yesterday.
11:29Can he do it today too?
11:30Hell of an impact. There's the cover.
11:35Kenta Sadowix there gets to two.
11:39Koseg Fuchita, Yoshinomu, Kanemaru over the course of their careers one-on-one in a singles environment.
11:44But this is tag team is the name of the day here.
11:50Kanemaru out the back door.
11:52Oh, and there's the rake of the eyes.
11:54Oh, beautiful.
12:01Put the brakes on, Chester.
12:04Just a split second early.
12:07And there you see the result.
12:09I'm ready for the figure four, you know.
12:11They worked...
12:13They worked Robbie arms so far, and now they're working Fujita's leg.
12:17So you're trying to work limbs to limbs.
12:21You know, as a junior your legs are fundamental to you.
12:25So...
12:26And Fujita used them a lot for sure.
12:28You know, he has a really strong chops.
12:30But that's not what usually makes him win the match.
12:33You know, his explosivity, his agility, that's what he does.
12:39And so let me explode him up right now.
12:41Dix Ogo making sure that every spare millimeter
12:46He's in the hands of the house of torture.
12:48Finally, the referee does his job.
12:52How dare you?
12:54It's usually my job to insult Kenta Sato.
12:56Oh, really? I'm sorry.
12:58I promise you.
12:59I promise I'm gonna do at least two or three more times.
13:03Poor Kenta Sato has just gotten off probation.
13:05I'm looking across.
13:20As well as Aaron Wolf over in the far corner.
13:24Aaron Wolf sent Dick Togo, Yoshinomu Kanemaru flying, and Ryo Goku a couple in to go.
13:29Aaron Wolf in EVO at WrestleKingdom 20.
13:34Oh, the medalist winner.
13:37Debut in the biggest arena in Japan.
13:39Oh, wait. Look out.
13:41Nice.
13:45Beautiful.
13:46He caught an ounce of roll and now right into the cross face.
13:58You see the forearm, Frederick Togo, grinding against the cheekbone of Jose Fujita.
14:06You have to, like, Togo is double age, but Fujita is probably more, right?
14:14Right.
14:16He still looked like he was 40 or less.
14:25Oh, Fuster definitely under the gun here.
14:27Dick Togo turned away.
14:29Wow.
14:30Out of nowhere, it's Harris.
14:32Now, Jose Fujita tries to get rocking, but the pace weakened.
14:37Can't deliver that tournament suplex.
14:39Whoa.
14:41Great tag team work here.
14:44They're two in the two of them.
14:47Fujita has two functioning arms.
14:49Robbie Eagles has two functioning legs.
14:51They make a complete human being between them.
14:54Sweepbuster, no.
14:56Oh, no.
14:59Whoa.
15:00This is it.
15:02This is it.
15:03This is it.
15:04Oh, no.
15:05It's not just yet.
15:09The whiskey missed.
15:12Falling the face of Jose Fujita.
15:15And right now, Fujita's blind.
15:16You cannot see.
15:17You know, that whiskey burned your eyes.
15:19I took it before.
15:20Oh.
15:21The duck's under.
15:22Still the instincts.
15:23Absolutely on point.
15:24Even if you can't see.
15:26He's tied up the arms.
15:28He's tied up the arms.
15:29He's tied up the legs.
15:30He's tied up the legs.
15:31He's got in.
15:32And they're not special.
15:35And then Robbie.
15:36One mirror special right there.
15:38Oh, how about this?
15:39Oh, how about this?
15:44Togo.
15:45He's got a snap.
15:46If he doesn't tap.
15:47And he does.
15:54Well, Fujita cannot see.
15:56But he can certainly hear.
15:57He can certainly feel.
15:59You know, as you said, they made one body.
16:04Between both of them, you know.
16:06And they, there was enough to get the win though.
16:10And that means that it won't be.
16:13Yoshioka and Kishida alone at the top of the table.
16:16Joined tonight.
16:20Robbie Eagles and Kose Fusche, Ichiban's sweet boys,
16:24have gone to four points.
16:29And what that also means is that already only two matches deep,
16:41but Whiskey Dick might be looking out of this one.
16:45They're on 0-2, and that means they are on the bubble.
16:49They need to win.
16:50They need to beat El Desgrado and Kukai coming up Sunday in Igata
16:54if they're going to have a chance at survival in this tournament.
16:59So, the chances of having a House of Torture final
17:02are getting more far.
17:06You might be lucky enough to not see them.
17:08Yes.
17:09There's some bright spots.
17:11Well, up next Sunday night for E-Block.
17:26Eagles and Fugster will have a little preview tomorrow.
17:31But on Sunday, it is going to be the Intervent sweet boys
17:37against Yoshioka and Kishida.
17:39So, both of those league leaders are going to collide.
17:43Somebody's going to be at the top, right?
17:45After that.
17:46Yeah.
17:47They're going to have one team at the top of E-Block
17:50after the action Sunday.
18:012-0.
18:02Well, it seems in this company, the roster has a bit of a whiskey dick problem.
18:10But not in TMD games!
18:13Hard and strong all night long, Kosei Bush and Robbie Eagles.
18:20But can they stay that way against Kushida and Yuki Yoshioka?
18:23That's coming up Sunday in Igata right here on MJPW World.
18:30More Super Junior Tag League action up next.
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