00:00Every single event in New Japan Pro Wrestling over the last year
00:29There's been a little signboard out in the arena lobbies that say how many days are left in the career of Hiroshi Tanahashi
00:36We're down to just 72
00:3872
00:40It's coming closer and closer
00:44It is indeed
00:45And it is going to be a happening Wrestle Kingdom 20 in the Tokyo Dome
00:50The fastest selling Wrestle Kingdom of all time
00:53NJPW1972.com for you to be a part of it
00:57And a little bit of past, present and future here in this special 6-man tag
01:05Originally was going to be 2-2
01:08Has turned into 3-3
01:11And 2 of those 3, Tanahashi and Yuki Oshiyoka in the Blue Ground who made his New Japan debut yesterday
01:21Residents of Ogaki City in Gifu
01:27Went to school in the town of Gifu, both played baseball as kids
01:32And with a common history
01:35For the Dragon Gate event last summer, Hiroshi Tanahashi allowed Yoshioka the honor of being able to use the High Fly Flow
01:43So we might have double High Fly Flows in this matchup tonight
01:46That could be the thing
01:47And you know, I don't know how many Koraken Hall are left
01:53But I feel very privileged to see it from ringside
01:57You know, one of the...
01:58Yeah, absolutely right
01:59It's only...
02:00Well, for New Japan Pro Wrestling only 2 more times this year
02:03We'll be here at Koraken Hall
02:04Once for World Tag Lead
02:06And then for Road to Tokyo Dome
02:09Again
02:10And when you're in the Tokyo Dome
02:12But especially the Cathedral of Pro Wrestling in Japan
02:16Is Koraken Hall
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02:19Just click the banner at the top of your screen
02:21And you can join us
02:23Right here in Koraken Hall
02:25Now here's the other wrinkle
02:27For this 6-man tag
02:28Robbie X of War Dogs
02:30Teaming with Yodosuchi and Shingo Takagi
02:34And this isn't something that Robbie X was expecting
02:36When he woke up this morning
02:38Not at all, I think not at all
02:39And when I...
02:40You know, when I realized
02:42When Abe-san announced this match before
02:45It's still weird, you know
02:47Bullet Club and...
02:53Yeah, Mushozoku
02:54Yeah
02:55But I...
02:56I don't know the English term for Mushozoku
02:57The un-affiliated
02:58Un-affiliated
02:59Un-affiliated
03:00Sorry
03:01Yeah
03:02I don't know what the Italian name term is, so...
03:05Yeah
03:06Un-affiliated
03:07Oh, well, that's definitely...
03:08You had thought
03:09Good movement
03:13I'm sure Tanash is not gonna like today's...
03:15Suji's outfit
03:16He didn't like it yesterday
03:17Oh...
03:18He didn't like it yesterday
03:19He didn't like it yesterday
03:21It is a very, very nice jacket
03:23And certainly capping it off is the white and gold of the IWTP Global Heavyweight Championship
03:32And finally...
03:33Let's go
03:34Finish it!
03:35And finally...
03:37I won't!
03:38Nice!
03:39Just like to say this
03:40That's awesome
03:41I won't be happy
03:42Thank you
03:43Thank you
03:44I won't be happy
03:45You'll be happy
03:46Now I have thought
03:47I will enjoy my忍
03:48Thank you
03:49Thank you
03:50Come on
03:51Oh, if you all
03:52We are certainly still figuring our way around this whole collaboration, I guess
03:55You could call it between unaffiliated and the war dog
03:57between Unaffiliated and the War Dog.
04:10Some very interesting comments from Clark Connors
04:16as well as Hiromi Takahashi yesterday backstage.
04:19We'll get into that as our broadcast continues.
04:25And for now, despite the unique combinations we're seeing here,
04:31what this is all about is one and one, nine days away,
04:38in Gifri, Yoda Tsuji versus Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Global Headway Challenge.
04:45We mentioned it yesterday, a lot of Dragon Gate in this tournament,
04:49you know, even in Shingo, of course, he's a New Japan Pro wrestler now,
04:52but one of the biggest legends of Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling.
04:58Yeah, I mean, this is quite an interesting collision of past and present of Dragon Gate.
05:06Shingo Takagi wasn't expecting to see Yoshioka tonight.
05:10He wasn't expecting to team with Robby X.
05:12We're gonna see if, you know, these Unaffiliated and War Dogs collaboration is already well working.
05:23It did work well yesterday for Gedo and Hiromi.
05:26Well, yeah, for half of the combination it sort of worked.
05:29I mean, this is, yeah, this is the first time we've truly had a mixed team against a different team.
05:36And it's interesting that Robby X will be starting here.
05:42We're starting to get the feeling this all started just because the Unaffiliated guys just like to bark.
05:58I mean, they just like the noise, they like making noise to go.
06:03But, you know, in Japanese it wouldn't be even woof.
06:05It would have been one.
06:06Yeah, one-one.
06:07One-one.
06:08I want to hear the crowd here, one-one.
06:10All right, so, well, this is definitely an intriguing start to this contest.
06:22Yoshioka and Robby X, of course, it was supposed to be Yoshioka and Kishida facing Robby X and Taiji Ishimori,
06:28as we said at the top of the broadcast, Ishimori spiking a fever,
06:31there's a little bit of flea going around the locker rooms,
06:33and that has led to Yoshioka at short notice being moved to a six-way tag along with Robby X.
06:47I'm sure Robby's not gonna like this.
06:49Well, I think it's all over the pro wrestling world right now.
06:53There's a lot of...
06:54What you would call it in Japanese, I suppose, Hagehara.
07:00Oh.
07:01Bald harassment.
07:02Bald?
07:03This is a new one.
07:04The go between Robby X and Ricochet, this, that, and the other.
07:08Oh, execution.
07:10Denied there.
07:12You know, I don't like Robby, but you cannot deny his flowers.
07:16He does everything that looks so easy, but he's not.
07:19I can tell you he's not.
07:21He looks effortless.
07:23X-Express got him the win yesterday over Dick Togo.
07:27Wow.
07:28Talk about effectiveness.
07:29Man.
07:31Fantastic.
07:32Right in that bold hand.
07:35How dare you, Hagehara.
07:37Oh, Kato chance today.
07:47Oh, Kato chance.
07:49Oh, he wants Shinnyo Tsukagi.
07:54Oh, he wants Shingo Tsukagi.
08:03He's definitely playing with fire here, Kato.
08:12All right.
08:14We spoke about it yesterday with St. J.
08:16He wanted to make a name for himself, make his mark on Shingo Tsukagi.
08:21He's the guy.
08:22Shingo's the real gatekeeper you want to try and take down if you're a young wrestler.
08:33Oh, no messing with Shingo tonight.
08:43Oh.
08:46Oh, man, he said it with all of our young lions.
08:50I think Kato especially is another guy that's put on a lot of size, a lot of mass and a lot of power.
08:56I was about to mention that I haven't seen him like in a couple of months, but, you know, he's pretty good in size to size against Shingo.
09:04I thought at the beginning of his career when he joined New Japan, he would have been a junior.
09:09Right, exactly.
09:10I would have said the same thing.
09:11Not sure right now.
09:12Yeah, yeah, definitely.
09:13Yeah, definitely.
09:14And I think now a trending heavyweight, I think Taji Hiroshi Tanashi got a little bit of a snug hit from Shingo Tsukagi.
09:22And trying to shake that off on the floor here as the...
09:27I don't know what we could call this trio, the unaffiliated dogs.
09:32Kitchen sink.
09:33Beautiful kitchen sink from Suji.
09:37I'm gonna go to work.
09:38Shot my kato here.
09:40You know, I've seen Suji wearing blue today, and of course he talked many times about the Celestian blue of the New Japan match.
09:52Yes.
09:53He wants to be the future of the company, he wants to be the present, and has a lot of pressure on him.
09:59Yeah, yeah, that's Cerulean blue which...
10:02Whoa, my goodness.
10:03One time a chance meeting with Hiroshi Tanashi.
10:09And Tanashi said, you're a big guy.
10:12You should be a pro wrestler someday.
10:14Yodosuji took him up on it years later.
10:17And Tanashi might repay the favor by taking away the global title of Final Homecoming in Gifu.
10:25Here we go.
10:27It's gonna be Tanashi versus Suji 101 for that global gold next Sunday.
10:34And I think Tanashi, after coming short to Gabe earlier this year, is gonna be more motivated, especially in his hometown.
10:43He's playing home, so...
10:45Yeah.
10:46Last time.
10:47Well, I think the common thread is Gabe Kidd, you're right.
10:50Yodosuji wants to do what Gabe Kidd did, and that's beat Tanashi with his first defense.
10:55Oh, he squashed him like a bug for two and two and a half, says referee Sakonata.
11:02Tanashi!
11:03Tanashi!
11:04Tanashi!
11:05Tanashi!
11:06Tanashi!
11:07Tanashi!
11:08Tanashi!
11:09Tanashi!
11:10Tanashi!
11:11Tanashi!
11:12Tanashi!
11:13Tanashi!
11:14Tanashi!
11:15Tanashi!
11:16And now on the road.
11:17He's thinking Sling Blade.
11:18Yodosuji had another thing coming.
11:21Right here in Korak and Hall, we celebrated this month.
11:2620 years ago was the e-debut of Tanashi-san, right?
11:29Right.
11:3026 years.
11:3126 years ago.
11:32He was right here, Korak and Hall, October 10th, 1999.
11:38Oh, man, here's a celebratory pudding.
11:40Here we go.
11:41Marlowe crashed Tanashi.
11:43Tanashi saw it coming.
11:45Uh-oh.
11:46Watch this.
11:48Facebreaker into the German.
11:52No.
11:56Oh, rocked him with an E.
12:00Sling Blade.
12:01Sling Blade is there.
12:02Sling Blade is right.
12:14It looks like Yoshioka is ready for Tanashi.
12:17It's ready for Tanashi if you can get there.
12:19In the one corner.
12:20And look.
12:21Well, look at this.
12:22You know the world?
12:24Yeah.
12:25I mean, it's a trope done to death in some cases.
12:32Can they coexist?
12:33Can they work together?
12:34But suddenly it seems like Robby X and Shingo Takagi had a little bit of an argument on the apron here.
12:40And now we have the past and the future of Dragon Gate.
12:45Yoshioka up high.
12:47Shingo out the way.
12:49In fact, I think, Frankie, way, way back.
12:54Shingo Takagi.
12:55Oh, look at the power of Yoshioka.
12:58Wow, that was very impressive.
13:01When Yoshioka was just about starting his career, Shingo Takagi was still a part of the Dragon Gate organization.
13:08I think they wrestled one-on-one just one time back in 2017.
13:14Wow, I saw his high-flying agility, but I didn't expect him to be this strong and to pick Shingo Takagi up like that.
13:24Wow.
13:25I didn't see Shingo Takagi at one time as a junior heavyweight.
13:30And that was very debatable.
13:32Yoshioka, heavyweight power and junior heavyweight frame.
13:37Look at the power to weight ratio.
13:40Shingo closes the distance.
13:42Here we come.
13:44Pumping low.
13:45Oh!
13:50Loving ball.
13:51Oh, Yoshioka doesn't want to turn around here.
13:55Man!
14:03Hey, Yoshioka back up and takes Shingo Takagi down with a lariat.
14:08Wow, what an exchange.
14:10And now Somakato wants in.
14:13And Shingo, who was fighting over the tag earlier.
14:18And now Takagi really has no choice but to bring in Robby X here.
14:22Here we go.
14:23Ooh.
14:24Strong chopper.
14:25Beautiful dropkick.
14:26Man, right to the ear.
14:27That's gonna qualify the left ear if Robby X, no doubt about it.
14:30Over we go.
14:31Vertical suplex, no escape.
14:32Wow.
14:33Usual dirty tactics.
14:34Beautiful, nicely done arm drag, kept hold of the arm of Robby X.
14:47And there's the souffle.
14:48You cook of both the legs and gets two.
15:04And I, correct me if I'm wrong, but I, Kato's one of the most experienced young lion, right?
15:19One of the, he made the debut probably with Murashima, the oldest guy.
15:24It will be, when World Tag League turns around, it will be two years.
15:28Two years, wow.
15:29Since Kato debuted.
15:30Right opposite Murashima on the same day as Murashima.
15:33Whoa, man, X doesn't mark the spot there.
15:36Gets two at the schoolboy.
15:38Kato's surprising Robby X.
15:40Robby X surprises Kato.
15:42Overhead we go.
15:45Execution.
15:46There it is.
15:52Well, if Robby X covered him, it would be over.
15:55But he wants to add a little bit extra.
15:58The train leaves the station.
16:00The X express.
16:03Cover.
16:04And that will do it.
16:13Well, except some miscommunication at the tag moment.
16:17I mean, they seem to working pretty well together.
16:20Well, no tags need to be talked about on November 2nd.
16:30Just nine days separating Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yoda Tsuji, and a battle for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship.
16:37We've said it a lot over the course of the year, Frankie, but I think here it's really applicable.
16:43This may well be, in fact I think it probably will be, Hiroshi Tanahashi's last chance at a championship in his whole career.
16:52And Tanahashi knows it, he knows he's going to be in front of his own crowd, and he knows he has the opportunity to win his career with the IWGP Global title.
17:01Exactly, and you know, he has nothing to lose, he has everything to gain right now.
17:05Of course, you cannot deny his legendary career, but he wants maybe to win the Global Championship and hang it in Gifu City Hall.
17:16There you go.
17:17The President in New Japan may as well make him the mayor of Gifu as well.
17:22They should make him, they should make him the major, the major of Gifu, you know, despite his achievements.
17:35Making the prime minister, I'm outing.
17:39I think Shingo Tsukage will be outing.
17:43We'll leave the, we'll leave that talk before it gets too messy.
17:52All right, five Super Junior Tag League tournament matches are up next.
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