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00:00It always pays to be the winner, folks.
00:27And last year in Super Junior Tag League, Kosei Fujita and Robbie Eagles were fighting like the rent was due.
00:35And it certainly was.
00:36The payment went through and there was no declining the wrestling card of Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita.
00:49But now Super Junior Tag League 2025 defending tournament winners are Kosei Fujita and Robbie Eagles.
00:57There's a standard to uphold in TMDK for Junior Tag Team Wrestling.
01:02Will it be upheld when all is said and done?
01:05Fujita Kosei!
01:10The Sniper of the Sky, Robbie Eagles!
01:14And that sweet Australian stash on Robbie Eagles has led to four points on the board for each of our sweet boys.
01:36Manius! Go! Manius! Go! Manius!
01:45One!
01:46Two!
01:51My ass.
01:55Cor8!
01:56It is the Ace of the Universe, whose days we continue to count down.
02:17And a man who has now a very close tie to the Ace of the Universe, Yuki Yoshioka, tag team
02:30partner for this tournament to Kushida.
02:33It is Yoshioka and Kushida undefeated.
02:40But the Ace of the Universe on the road to the final road, and the final road is upon us.
03:07That road is going to travel all the way to Kifu, it's going to travel all the way to
03:11Kumamoto for the World Tag League final.
03:13And it's going to travel all the way to the Tokyo Dome, January 4th, 2026.
03:19But the first step in a long journey, and rather the latest step in a long journey, comes for
03:25Tanahashi to face Yota Tsuji.
03:27That's still to come November 2nd.
03:29The IWGP Global Heavyweight title will be on the line on that night.
03:33Potentially the final ever opportunity for Tanahashi toward an IWGP branded championship.
03:43And meanwhile, we'll talk a little bit about the gift from Hiroshi Tanahashi to Yuki Yoshioka
03:49earlier on this year.
03:51The connection between both men, the connection of Yuki Yoshioka to Kushida.
03:54And man, let's be quite honest with you.
03:58Quite the lack thereof for a connection with Yuki Yoshioka and Kushida.
04:01Both of these men admitting that fact in post-match comments.
04:05But also quite as well, seeing how greatly these two get on as a tag team.
04:12As the bell sounds, and we are officially underway.
04:17Kushida and Robbie Eagles one-on-one.
04:20Robbie, Robbie, Robbie!
04:24Robbie, Robbie!
04:25Robbie!
04:26Robbie!
04:27Robbie!
04:28Robbie!
04:29Robbie!
04:30Robbie!
04:31Robbie!
04:32Robbie!
04:33Robbie!
04:34Robbie!
04:35Robbie!
04:36Who needs a cheerleader when you have Robbie Eagles, folks?
04:38And, let's not minh warts about it.
04:43Robbie Eagles, he's going to get the crowd behind him.
04:46He's going to get the fans in his corner.
04:48but they don't have to stay in his corner throughout.
04:50Robbie Eagles gets his one in, and all of a sudden,
04:52well, Eagles zog to another level.
04:54There is a different level, a different plane of existence
04:57when it comes to professional wrestling from a technical standpoint,
05:00something that TMDK rightfully puts on the map constantly.
05:04Heavyweight division with Zack Sabre Jr.,
05:05and even men like Ryohei Oyoa in that power submission style.
05:09When you look to the junior division,
05:10there is none better than Robbie Eagles,
05:13unless you put him across from Kushida.
05:16Then you're talking 1A and 1B in technicality.
05:19Zane J. found that out the other day,
05:21was reminded of it back in Corcoran Hall 24 hours ago.
05:25Kushida looking to remind the world
05:28as these two teams of Yuki Oshioca and Kushida
05:31and Ichiban Sweet Boys, Kosei Fujina and Robbie Eagles,
05:35tied up at four points.
05:37There is a tie break to come tomorrow in Niigata.
05:41Meanwhile, you were talking about a former Super Junior Tag Team Tournament winner
05:49in Kushida.
05:512012 alongside Alex Shelley is the time splitters.
05:56It could be a two-time run of it for Kushida.
06:00But 13 years down the line alongside this man, Yuki Oshioca.
06:09And tag out in the blue corner comes Kosei Fujina.
06:12Kosei Fujina!
06:13Fujina! Fujina! Fujina!
06:15Fujina! Fujina! Fujina! Fujina! Fujina!
06:21It was not too long ago that Hiroshi Tanahashi competed
06:25in a Dragon Gate Japan Pro Wrestling ring
06:28in a matchup that involved Yuki Oshioca.
06:31That is a man that has long utilized the frog splash,
06:36the body splash from the top rope, if you will.
06:38Tanahashi, gifting the name of the high fly flow
06:42from himself to Yuki Oshioca,
06:45said that as I continue to end out my career,
06:48transition my phase into a managerial role
06:51here in New Japan Pro Wrestling full-time.
06:53Someone needs to keep that high fly flow name alive
06:55in Pro Wrestling.
06:57And it's long been an interesting conversation
06:59to have since that day
07:00that the individual that Hiroshi Tanahashi
07:03quote-unquote granted that name to
07:05was not a New Japan Pro Wrestling wrestler,
07:08but rather one of a Dragon Gate variety,
07:10a junior heavyweight, and Yoshi Oshioca
07:12cover here only finds one.
07:15And we are back to the side headlock
07:16for these two men right now.
07:18But if you have never seen Yuki Oshioca before,
07:23you need to have in the back of your mind
07:25the signature, the status of that high fly flow,
07:29be gifted from a man like Hiroshi Tanahashi,
07:32says all you need to know about the level of talent
07:34that Yuki Oshioca possesses,
07:36there's a reason he's in a New Japan Pro Wrestling ring tonight.
07:40Give it to him.
07:43Give it to him.
07:43And from Super Junior Tag League 2024,
07:48best of the Super Junior 32,
07:51less than six months down the line,
07:54Kosei Fujita,
07:55if it hasn't been El Desperado,
07:57has dominated junior heavyweight wrestling
07:59in the last 365 days.
08:01Junior Tag Title reign in the midst of it all.
08:07Oh, good Lord.
08:08Kosei Fujita.
08:11Watch this.
08:12Turn it around.
08:13Yuki Oshioca.
08:14Not going to happen here.
08:16Off the ropes.
08:17Look at the speed.
08:18Intercepted by Kosei.
08:19Underneath now by Fujita.
08:21Drop kick on the mark.
08:22And that is the power of one Yuki Oshioca.
08:30Oshioca reigning open the Twin Gate champion
08:32alongside fellow tournament-entrant Dragon Daya.
08:35Has found success in tag team tournaments before.
08:39Kushida and Oshioca.
08:41Bam!
08:41Three weight.
08:44And a triangle of baseball slide dropkicks.
08:48Yeah, Kushida wanted to make a tag there to Yuki Oshioca.
08:58Referee says,
08:58hey, you got to find that one in the red corner.
09:04Now we bring things back inside the ring.
09:06It is all Oshioca and Kosei Fujita center stage.
09:13Oshioca, his first ever Super Junior Tag League here tonight.
09:15Found success in tag tournaments before Dragon Gate's
09:19Rey de Perejas 2023 tournament.
09:22The king of friends, the king of allies.
09:25Cover here.
09:27And a two count only for Yuki Oshioca.
09:32Meanwhile,
09:34Kosei Fujita certainly has that youth advantage to him.
09:38We're going to see what Yuki Oshioca can try and
09:39cultivate up here tonight.
09:41Bam!
09:42Right on the jaw though.
09:43Courtesy of Fujita.
09:45Robbie Eagles to come in for interception.
09:48Takes Tadahashi and Kushida down.
09:50And it's all on the Japanese young punk.
09:59Back into the blue corner.
10:04Oh, my gosh.
10:06And a confident tag out from Fujita to the Eagles.
10:18And it's a circle of strikes here.
10:20And you do not want to be on the wrong side.
10:21A big jag.
10:24Oh, crushing.
10:25Chop right to Yuki Oshioca.
10:27And Hartley Jackson has this one in a bad, bad way.
10:34It is our final preview tag team match before we hit the road
10:38to block A competition.
10:40Our top three match of the evening still to come.
10:43And Hartley Jackson is going to extend this one as long as he has to.
10:47Here comes Eagles and the Senton trains running.
10:49Kosei Fujita, like father, like son.
10:53Pop a jag inbound.
10:54Oh!
11:02Jackson for the cover.
11:05Two count only.
11:06Big Jag is going to have to do a little bit more than that.
11:09Kosei Fujita tags in now.
11:18Best of the Super Junior.
11:19Super Junior Tag League.
11:20Less than a year apart from one another.
11:23Victorious in both.
11:24Tag team in singles divisions put on notice by the Japanese young punk
11:28at only 23 years of age.
11:3122 back in Super Junior Tag League.
11:34And to go for the two-peat, the repeat, second time.
11:38Oh, but Fujita goats in, or is attempting to at least,
11:43the ace of the universe.
11:45Oh, and Tanahashi is going to fall victim.
11:51We've long said Fujita is a Japanese young punk for a reason.
11:57Antagonistic by nature and certainly it was something that was driven into him
12:01by his TMDK counterparts, especially Robbie Eagles,
12:04when he gets in a sour mood.
12:06And we know just how much more dangerous this team can be.
12:13Yeah, Nihongo wakaranai.
12:17Nihongo wakaranai.
12:18Yeah, Nihongo wakaranai.
12:19That is, I don't really understand Japanese from Robbie Eagles.
12:25And I know that saying a little bit too well myself.
12:33Eagles trying to pretend he doesn't know Kentosato's call for it,
12:36but the aggression certainly needed from TMDK
12:40to try and keep the foothold that they have.
12:43You cannot rest on your laurels, your confidence
12:45from being a former tournament winner
12:48for converting that win into a junior tag title reign.
12:53Kushida's been there before.
12:54He's done that.
12:55Yuki Yoshioka may be the future for it.
13:00Yoshioka, look at his speed here.
13:02Blocked the shot from Eagles.
13:04Turns it around.
13:05Lifting dead up.
13:07Dropped out Robbie Eagles.
13:08And everyone on every side
13:17going to be looking for a tag here.
13:19Kushida hits the red corner.
13:21Eagles not close enough to the blue.
13:23And it's Kushida on Eagles.
13:31Watch it.
13:32Backhand spring.
13:33Excellence.
13:33Excellence.
13:33Oh, look at this.
13:43Kushida cartwheel dropkick.
13:46Fujida didn't see it coming.
13:49Man, and Hartley jacks.
13:51I don't know if Kushida too comfortable with that one.
13:54Yeah, Robbie Eagles, though,
13:55going to try and take advantage
13:57off distraction from Jackson.
13:58That's a great call there.
14:00Sunset.
14:02Rolled through all the way.
14:03Around the world.
14:05Where do we stop?
14:06Nobody can tell me.
14:08Keep it rolling all around.
14:10Kushida.
14:12As Robbie Eagles feel it upside down.
14:15Cover.
14:16Two.
14:19Robbie Eagles is already upside down.
14:21He's Australian.
14:24The whole world's upside down over there.
14:26Robbie Eagles.
14:27Oh.
14:27And Kushida both looking for tags
14:30in opposite corners.
14:31Oh, no, that's not your tag partner.
14:46Eagles ducks under.
14:48Roundhouse connects to Kushida.
14:50Caught with the Pele.
14:51Both of these teams undefeated
14:57in Super Junior Tag League so far.
15:00It's a short tournament.
15:01It is a burst tournament.
15:03You have to fight in every single encounter
15:05like you never have before.
15:07Here's Jackson.
15:07Here's Tanahashi.
15:08Tanahashi now.
15:15Tanahashi now.
15:19Out of the corner.
15:21Jackson bursts right through the ace.
15:23And another one.
15:24Jackson number one.
15:29Watch this.
15:30Jackson out of the corner.
15:32Crushing in on Tana.
15:33And a straight right lariat cover here.
15:38Two.
15:42Tana.
15:43Oh, bad position.
15:44That jagged edge inbound.
15:46That Death Valley driver.
15:47And Kushida trying to be the one to separate this.
15:52They're calling in for backup.
15:54Jackson can drop Tanahashi in an instant here.
15:56No, but he's not going to do so.
16:00Jackson wore out.
16:02Robbie Eagles now in the center of attention.
16:04Kusei Fugida though.
16:09And a plancha.
16:10No, no, no.
16:11In stereo.
16:13Moonsaults to the outside.
16:16Like it's nothing.
16:19And now the ace goes up.
16:21Jagged edge.
16:22Jagged edge.
16:23No.
16:30Hardly Jackson's put down many a young lion as of recent with that maneuver.
16:35But the ace of the universe is a whole different beast.
16:38A different breed of athlete.
16:44Jackson lariat.
16:45No, no, no.
16:47Sling blade.
16:48Yeah.
16:50Yeah.
16:53And he might have passed it on to Yoshioka.
16:57But this career is not over yet.
16:59Tanahashi from the top for the end.
17:03High.
17:04Fly.
17:06Low.
17:08It's over.
17:09There is no better momentum to be riding than that of Kushida and Yuki Yoshioka tonight.
17:37Great win for the ace of the universe on the roll and on the run.
17:52To potentially becoming your next IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion.
17:56Closing out his career as a champion at the Tokyo Tome to come.
17:59Oh, but Fujita.
18:03Fujita and Yoshioka have drawn the ire of one another.
18:06And we've long known about the issues of Kushida and Eagles.
18:15It all comes down to tomorrow's main event.
18:19One of these teams will find themselves undefeated when all is said and done.
18:23And the other will have to play second fiddle for the rest of the tournament.
18:29All right.
18:59The victory tonight for Kushida, Yuki Yoshioka, and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
19:21And we move right on from talking about tomorrow's main event Nikata
19:27to our opening block A match of the evening.
19:31The Funky Carrot team of Ryusuke Taguchi and Dragon Dia sits on the board
19:36opposite the War Dogs unaffiliated duo of Clark Connors and Daikinagai.
19:42That's going to be coming up just now, right here, live on New Japan World.
19:47We're going to see which of these teams finds elimination here on the evening.
20:03Go!
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20:39Wrestling fans, we want to remind you, as the Ace of the Universe makes his way around ringside,
20:44tickets are still on sale for the Tokyo Dome coming up,
20:47where you can see Hiroshi Tanahashi wrestle his final career matchup,
20:52January 4th, 2026, njpw1972.com.
20:57You can find your tickets on that website.
21:00Be a part of one of the most historic events to kick off the year of 2026.
21:05And join us live and in living color to say goodbye to the Ace of the Universe on January 4th.
21:14And as Tanahashi continues to make his way back to post-match comments,
21:19we are going to be moving right on in.
21:21Clark Connors and Daikinigai taking on Funky Carrot, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Dragon Daya.
21:28One of these two teams finds a certain elimination here tonight.
21:35The final match is the title for the串田 talentu,
21:40in the cup of down cast, and the winner of Shikazaki.
21:42The winner of Shikazaki's team with Akiko's team,
21:47and the winner of Shikazaki is Shikazaki.
21:52You get your chance to win!
21:52You get your chance to win!
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