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00:00Clark did a very rude gesture to me on the way out walk, and I didn't appreciate it.
00:05Well, that doesn't shock me, Robbie.
00:07Yeah, I still don't like him.
00:17You know, Robbie, there are some people in this sport that we just never tend to have good words about.
00:24Some people that we don't like, some people that we never see eye to eye with.
00:27I certainly have a few, you certainly have a few.
00:30Well, Hiromu Takahashi has changed the minds of the viewing world on one man in particular,
00:36and it's the man that follows him from behind in Gero.
00:41Gero has become, within the past week alone, a massive cultural fan favorite here in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
00:48That's quite the turnaround from the darkness we've seen in the War Dogs.
00:52Who would have thought, huh?
00:54What an odd pairing these two are.
00:57The one is the first one, 2 points.
00:59This one, 2 points.
01:012 points.
01:01The Ballet Club War Dogs, Branny Hans, Get On!
01:10G.H.C. Junior Heavy Q Champion Time Bomber Takashi Hiromu!
01:29Horobu Takahashi, a man who has always sought to bring color to the world of
01:33pro wrestling, running this year's junior tag league alongside a man who has
01:38often sought to seep color out of it and what a dynamic right G.H.E.T.O. in all black
01:47who wrote me the man of multiple colors such a contrast just from looking at it
02:00talking about contrast and looking at something I wonder what direction Master Wato is looking in
02:08He also wonders what direction he's looking in
02:17It is Master Wato and Yoa for as many japs as you want to take Robby
02:23you have quite the history with these two as of recent those junior tag team titles being a part of that
02:29Yeah don't remind me they fluked out of victory earlier this year they defeated myself and Kosei Vegeta
02:38but it's a very short-lived tag team title run for them
02:43and yeah they've got the never six men championships right now
02:45No
02:55Ikena Shotsu
02:57Shinsen Taiichi
02:59Way to the Grand Master Master Wato
03:01Last time, Warton!
03:08Direct drive, Yo-o!
03:16Make him dance, make him dance, I love you.
03:19That's what everybody wants to say, dance, dance.
03:22I'm glad to know you've come to appreciate something about Yo-o.
03:26I'm sorry, I was in a trance.
03:28Oh, okay.
03:30We're glad to have you back, Robbie.
03:32Oh, yeah.
03:34Focused too hard on his chest on the screen that we're looking at.
03:41It is our main event, set for a 30-minute time limit to go for one fall.
03:47Referee Red Shoe Zuna, our A-block matchup of Warton and Yo versus Hiromu and Kero.
03:54Hey, Walker, I've got a question for you.
03:56Of course.
03:57Five years since Master Watto returned from his excursion.
04:01Still on the way to the Grand Master.
04:03That's true.
04:04How much closer to the Grand Master do you think he is?
04:08I think, in a way, you could say that Watto's on a spectrum.
04:12Right, okay.
04:14Right.
04:15So maybe he's at some point in the center, or you think he's closer to one end than the other?
04:20I think that Watto's the only one that would have the answer to that one.
04:23Cool.
04:24Bell sounds are underway.
04:25One fall, 30-minute time limit.
04:27We are getting started hot.
04:30Double Jawbreakers returning the favor.
04:35Everyone's jaws have been broken.
04:38These men are going to be drinking their meals.
04:41You know, a lot of what we've seen throughout this tournament for Hiromu and Gato.
04:46Only two points on the board for this makeshift team between the War Dogs and the Unaffiliated.
04:51And to be quite honest with you, Gato didn't want any part of this team whenever it was first announced by New Japan officials.
04:57Hiromu almost trolling Gato on social media in the lead-up to these matches.
05:03But Gato and Hiromu seem to have become quite good friends with one another by this point.
05:08At least Gato seems to tolerate Hiromu a little bit more than maybe Desperado did Watto a couple years ago.
05:14Yeah, tolerance.
05:16Tolerance is going around in a lot of these tag teams in this year's field.
05:19But what they're not tolerating is any more damage to the chin as Gato's beard does not.
05:26Gato does not protect him as much as people may think.
05:29No, certainly not.
05:30Yeah, cushion some of the blow, but you don't have to withstand that.
05:34You get a skull to your chin.
05:37It's kind of a double whammy because they're hurting their own heads at the same time.
05:41Hiromu and Yoh are fighting over a tag corner here, Robby.
05:45It is the main event here tonight, by the way.
05:47Watto is joined into the conversation.
05:49Red Shoes Udo trying to settle.
05:52Oh, and meanwhile Gato giving the signal to Hiromu to lay off.
05:59And look what Gato's done in the corner, Robby.
06:02What's he doing?
06:03Oh, the pad's gone, Walker. When did that happen?
06:06Oh, this is expert gamesmanship, believe it or not, out of Gato and Hiromu here.
06:13As a figure four leg lock is going to be dropped down on Watto tonight.
06:17Center of the ring, too. Perfect position.
06:19We saw a submission almost end the match prior.
06:22Can we get one early on?
06:24Great positioning in the ring.
06:26It's exactly where you want someone when you've got a figure four like that.
06:29And Watto has had his problems with his lower limbs, not just this year, but previously, too.
06:35Yep, you're right about that. A history of knee injuries for Master Watto dating back to his early days in the no-gate dojo.
06:41To the bottom rope, though. Watto's going to make it for the time being.
06:45Knees, I know he's had an ankle problem earlier this year as well.
06:48He's had that as well.
06:50Yeah, I think Gero needs the assistance here from referee Red Shoes Udo for the separation.
06:58Sometimes when you apply those holds on so tight, it is actually possible to unravel yourself.
07:04Tag made in the blue corner, here comes Hiromu Takahashi.
07:07Could you believe that this is only Hiromu's second Super Junior Tag League to be competing?
07:12What, really?
07:13Yes, competed his first one back in 2023 alongside Brushi.
07:17Now, 2025 alongside Gero.
07:21Hiromu, this number one Junior Tag Team Championship gold before.
07:27Has never won a Super Junior Tag League in his career.
07:31He's not going to do so along Gedo, already eliminated, but could play a massive spoiler to Master Watto and Yo.
07:37Watto and Yo are not fighting to be the top of Block A, but to tie at the top of Block A with House of Torture.
07:43And as much as we support Hiromu and Gedo at certain points, especially as fun as this team's really been, Robbie,
07:49if Hiromu and Gedo win here tonight, then, well, that means House of Torture are the de facto top of Block A,
07:55and that just can't stand.
07:57Oh, yeah. We want anything but that. We want to see it go to the wire.
08:03You know, I don't want to pick sides, but we also don't want to pick House of Torture's side, for instance.
08:09So, whatever the opposite to that is. So, we're looking for a Watto and Yo win, I guess.
08:14Yeah, I know for you this is definitely a lesser of two evils situation.
08:17Yeah, look, I've said it multiple times tonight on this microphone already.
08:21I'm not exactly paying attention to the A Block.
08:24This is actually my first time really getting a viewpoint on what's happening.
08:27It is late, but I'm concerned with what we're doing in the B Block first.
08:32We'll get through that hurdle, and then once we know that we're in the Finals,
08:35not that that's everything out, once we have confirmed we're in the Finals, then I can do my scouting.
08:40But at the moment, it looks like Ghetto is in full control of Master Watto.
08:48Yeah, it's been shocking to see how much Ghetto has been in full control all throughout this tournament,
08:53even if it hasn't led to victory.
08:55Oh, look at this. Watto, Watto, Fendeval.
08:58It could be inbound, and look at this.
09:01On Ghetto, Ghetto in a lot of pain.
09:03Center of the ring as close as he can get to it.
09:05Yo has disposed of Horomo on the outside, but not for long.
09:09I was going to point out, Ghetto almost ran himself into the corner that he exposed himself.
09:14Wow.
09:15And then when he missed that, I thought, you know, he was going to get back in control,
09:18and then he's in Vanderbilt, so.
09:20One pain strange for the other.
09:25Five minutes have elapsed, 30-minute time limit.
09:28We have not had a single match in this series so far.
09:31Go to a 30-minute time limit or any sort of double decision.
09:34We have even point scores all the way up and down on Block A and Block B.
09:38And it is certainly not Watto and Yo who are looking to set that trend.
09:43Seven points are not going to fly whenever House of Torture is sitting at eight.
09:48I believe Yo is proclaiming that it was an open-hand strike, but our monitor proves otherwise.
09:55Certainly so.
09:58Let's not pretend these aren't tactics that Ghetto would utilize in his career.
10:01Oh, and now Watto taking part.
10:04Oh, more knuckles to the head.
10:07Cover here for Yo, and that is not going to be acknowledged by Red Shoes tonight.
10:12Yeah, he saw those close fists just like we did, so they could say it's open-hand as much as they want.
10:17Oh, lots of tag teams like to make a wish tonight.
10:22Cover here for Watto, and it's two.
10:24I definitely think that speaks something to the point that you made earlier on about there being a lot of mismatcher, short-term tag teams.
10:39Who do you study?
10:40Who do you study?
10:41The people that have been at the top of this division the past few years?
10:43And would be yourself and Fugita, honors the Maloney and Akira and TJP.
10:48Yeah, maybe the ISB stands for the influential sweet boys.
10:53Cover here for Watto, and it's two only.
10:59As Hiromu and Ghetto could play massive, massive spoilers here tonight over Watto and Yo.
11:04Former junior tag team champions reigned earlier on this year.
11:08And Hiromu taking out of the blue corner.
11:11Ghetto, post to post, here comes Watto.
11:21Full body in on Ghetto, step up Yo.
11:24Poetry disarmed here.
11:27Oh, and a poke to the eyes.
11:30Jawbreaker from Ghetto.
11:32And another to Watto, Robbie.
11:37Well, I was just going to say, I actually think Watto and Yo do work quite well in combination.
11:47And then it backbite on them pretty quickly as I was having that thought.
11:50So I'm glad I didn't say it out loud.
11:52But here comes Hiromu Takahashi like a house on fire.
11:56And he's going to cross body everyone and everything inside.
12:00It has been a lot of what we've seen out of Hiromu and Ghetto in this tournament, Robbie.
12:03Hiromu setting Ghetto up for the big moments.
12:05That Superfly splash a couple of nights ago.
12:08That was a big surprise.
12:09Yeah, that set the building on fire.
12:11Whoa!
12:12That was a hell of an assist from Ghetto though there.
12:16As these two men looking to throw their weight around.
12:19And spoil Watto and Yo's dreams of winning this year's tournament.
12:23Corner.
12:24John Bomber.
12:25Out of Hiromu.
12:26Yeah!
12:27Bam!
12:28Dropkick.
12:29That signature timeout.
12:30Hiromu's getting the Sato Island crowd solely behind him right now.
12:44They're coming alive for Hiromu and Ghetto.
12:47Who would have thought I would say that?
12:49Right.
12:50I think Hiromu wanted time bomb there.
12:53Yo might drop a needle on the vinyl.
12:55Play some music here tonight in victory.
12:57Remember these two were in a Best of Super Junior's final against each other not that long ago.
13:02Oh, you're right about that.
13:04Lots of history between Yo and Hiromu Takahashi.
13:07Lots of fire.
13:08I'm sure it's bubbling to the boiling point.
13:14Meanwhile, Watto waiting and wait.
13:16Here comes the red corner zone.
13:18Former IWGP Junior Tag Team Champion.
13:22Current Never Open Week Six Man Champion.
13:24But never before a Super Junior Tag League winner.
13:28Meanwhile, you can't say the same for Yo.
13:30Record setting four times over.
13:33Hits Hiromu with that calf kick.
13:35Got up nice and high for her.
13:37The point of his heel.
13:38Could have smacked Hiromu in the jaw.
13:40So right now, he's in the birdies or whatever Hiromu Takahashi sees when he gets all dizzy.
13:47Watch Watto out of the corner now.
13:49No, Hiromu out of his own corner.
13:51Watto planted in.
13:52Geto in with the interception on the elbow.
13:54Corner bomb again.
13:55Then in for Geto.
13:57Complete shot.
13:58I love it.
13:59And a wheelbarrow.
14:00Jawbreaker.
14:01That is an awkward fall.
14:02An awkward position to have been in.
14:03Yo with the safe, but just barely.
14:04I'm actually quite worried for Watto's neck.
14:05Because the snap on that that they just had for that wheelbarrow and jawbreaker.
14:09Ugh.
14:10Disgusting.
14:11Keep our eyes on Watto's movement.
14:12Looking pretty good right now.
14:13We'll see for now.
14:14Jawbreaker.
14:15Jawbreaker.
14:16Jawbreaker.
14:17Burn Buster!
14:20Whoa.
14:21That's a hell of a call.
14:22But they got it.
14:23They nailed it.
14:24First time to charm.
14:25Cover.
14:26No, no, no.
14:27I'm a sick position to have been in.
14:28And here's the same.
14:29I'm actually quite worried for Watto's neck because the snap on that they just had for that
14:31I just had for it.
14:32.
14:33Yeah.
14:34It's disgusting.
14:35We're just keeping the right turn.
14:36Keep our eyes on Watto's movement.
14:37Looking pretty good right now.
14:38We'll see for now.
14:39Jawbreaker.
14:40Jawbreaker.
14:41Master Watto, no.
14:45Just barely with the shoulder up after the double, Brain Buster.
14:49Go, go, go, go, go.
14:54What are we seeing here?
14:55Normally that's the setup for the 3K.
14:59But what do these two do in that situation?
15:01Maybe a double thrust kick coming.
15:07Goodie, goodie, no.
15:10Horomo underneath, Gano inside.
15:12And even Gano's picked up a trick or two from Horomo.
15:15Get him, get him.
15:19He's seen it work for Horomo himself.
15:20He's gone to the well.
15:22Oh, you know what's coming next, Walker.
15:28Double thrust to the side from Gano and Horomo.
15:32Something about people's mothers, I think, is proclaimed before that kick lands.
15:43Might be a lost in translation kind of thing.
15:46Watch it, watch it.
15:48Watch it, watch it, double.
15:50The Ghetto clutches.
15:51Double Ghetto clutch.
15:53Whoa.
15:54And only one was counted.
15:57That was the shoulder of Master Watto.
15:59But both sides kick out of the equation.
16:01See, if Ghetto went to Master Watto and Ghetto was legal, I think that could have been it.
16:06Potentially so.
16:07The master of the Ghetto clutch, you know?
16:08You're right.
16:09Horomo-chan bomber.
16:10Turns him inside out.
16:12And sets up here, a time bomb inbound.
16:14Watch it, planet.
16:15Gone.
16:16It's at 1.5.
16:20No!
16:21Yeah, Watto's been in that position before.
16:23These two have had their fair share of battles.
16:25He knows how to withstand the storm when it comes to Horomo.
16:28He knows that there's more to come.
16:30He's just got to keep on getting that shoulder up, keep getting that body off him in that pin.
16:34Yeah, but there's only so many times that you're going to be able to do that in a matchup.
16:37Let's see how long it takes Watto.
16:39Going to the original.
16:41It's time bomb, the original.
16:43Cover, Horomo.
16:45Oh!
16:48There is four few better partners to have than Yo and Ghetto in junior tag team competition.
16:56And these two men are certainly leading their side here tonight, but Horomo finding a charge to the blue corner.
17:03It's Ghetto's time tonight.
17:05Oh, he's setting him up to go.
17:10Wait a minute.
17:11You know what?
17:12Here we get.
17:13Big Falcon Arrow slam from Horomo.
17:16You heard the man, Walker.
17:19For the first time in years in Sano Island.
17:24Oh!
17:25Oh, the knee's up!
17:28Ghetto got too cocky.
17:31Ah!
17:32Watto.
17:33Ah!
17:34In control.
17:38Firing himself back up.
17:40Oh, that suit Tinkaku German suplex.
17:43We're a long way from Osaka right now.
17:45Oh, he went back in the center.
17:46Yeah, Ghetto.
17:47Another figure four.
17:48That figure four locked in here for Ghetto.
17:50Oh, he pulls him back and scoots back to the center.
18:00Exactly where he needs him.
18:02That last war cry we got from Master Watto, that might have been here.
18:05He might not have anything beyond that.
18:07But Yeo's in need to break up once again.
18:15Oh, Horomo looking to hold Yeo at day.
18:17Meanwhile, it's Ghetto.
18:18It's Watto still center of the ring.
18:19Red shoes might have to make a call.
18:21I thought Yeo had saved that, but it seems like Ghetto never released the clutch on the figure four there.
18:27So, this will continue.
18:29We might get a submission in the center of the ring.
18:31Oh, wait a minute.
18:32Wait a minute.
18:33Yeo, Yeo, Yeo, just off the corner.
18:35What the?
18:36Just a straight fireman carry drop onto Ghetto, using his own partner.
18:45And Horomo is definitely one of the heaviest in this competition this year.
18:49Yeah, certainly so.
18:50Thickest body.
18:58Yeo now, wants Horomo to the feet.
19:02Oh, strike for strike, got the knee up.
19:04Oh, did Yeo.
19:05Super kick from Horomo.
19:06Oh, and Yeo will be back.
19:09Got it.
19:13He got it on the return.
19:14There's some extra momentum behind it.
19:16That could be Horomo going from the matchup.
19:18Flying Sketo up.
19:20Oh!
19:21Straight up strike.
19:22All right.
19:23Judo will kick up.
19:24Judo will kick up.
19:2515 minutes fast.
19:2615 minutes down and right on the money.
19:28And you know what they're calling for now.
19:30This is the combination that has won them.
19:32The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships before.
19:35Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
19:40Just throws Watto's boot into Yeo's face himself.
19:42Yeah, Geto, one of the smartest athletes in the world.
19:45Whoa!
19:46Let's see if the execution's there, though.
19:47Watto.
19:49Oh, Geto turns it around.
19:52Geto!
19:53Oh, Vachana!
19:55Oh!
19:56That might be lights out for Bloody Hands.
20:01Oh, Geto was absolutely prone.
20:02He had to just eat that complete super kick and a double for Hiromu.
20:07I thought he was gone before, but certainly lights out for Hiromu Takahashi on that one.
20:14And it might be lights out for Geto soon enough.
20:17Total elimination!
20:21Watto for the win.
20:23No!
20:27The bloody hand has still risen up and said,
20:30No, I'm not taking that defeat.
20:32You're gonna have to do more to me.
20:34Geto is a pioneer of this division.
20:36He's showing exactly why he's still wrestling in the New Japan ring now.
20:41Drop the needle on the vinyl.
20:44Play the music.
20:45It's gotta be over.
20:50Eight points on the board for Watto.
20:5316.26 seconds.
20:56Master Watto and Yo.
20:57Master Watto and Yo.
20:59So Walker, that means, House of Torture, Master Watto and Yo, neck and neck.
21:05Still neck and neck the same way that we started tonight is the way that we will end it.
21:09Watto and Yo and Doki and Sho.
21:13All four men, all two teams tied at the top of Clock A.
21:17The main event of Super Junior TAC League, A block, is 16.26 seconds.
21:24It's the winner of the Master Watto and Yo.
21:29So we're going into the second deck in the A block.
21:31And we absolutely are, especially knowing what the next matchup on both sides is set to be.
21:41Coming up on October 30th, night seven, the top two teams in Block A go head to head.
21:49The winner will be through to the final of Best of the Super Junior Tag League, 2025.
21:58Master Watto and Yo take on the IWGP Junior Tag Team Champions, House of Torture, Sho and Doki.
22:05That's all coming up in Fukui October 30th.
22:08You see, if Hiromu and Getter hadn't formed this bond that they've kind of come up with in this Super Junior Tag League,
22:25Hiromu wouldn't be so mad about the loss. He wouldn't be so caring for his partner's defeat.
22:30You're right.
22:31But they've really made something from nothing here.
22:36Do we see this teamwork continue on in 2026?
22:43Yeah, this is the question. Not just between Hiromu and Getter, but between the War Dogs, the Bullet Club, the unaffiliated.
22:51Hiromu and Getter.
22:54Bart Connors and the guy as well, just another showcase of how successful these two units can be with combined force.
23:02At least from an in-ring standpoint, but the results have not been there on either side.
23:09Oh, come on.
23:13Well, it's him, not us.
23:14Yeah.
23:15We can't get in trouble for that. We heard it. It's insane.
23:17That's true.
23:19Let's hear from Master Watto tonight.
23:21How was the Junior Tag League?
23:31How was the Junior Tag League?
23:33How was the Junior Tag League?
23:34How was the Junior Tag League?
23:35How was the Junior Tag League?
23:36How was it?
23:37How was it?
23:38How was the Junior Tag League?
23:39How was it?
23:40You made the championship in the 31st.
23:41It was great at the 31st.
23:43It was an incredible game of щit.
23:44It was really great.
23:54I'm going to win the Junior TAC League in this way.
24:05I want to get your JNR TAC League together.
24:12I'll catch you.
24:21I'll be here again.
24:25And keep watching the新日本プロレス here too.
24:32See you soon.
24:35Master Watto addresses Sado Island in the main event, and that's going to be recorded
24:48in history. The first time we've come back here in many, many, many, many years, and
24:54the last person to get the victory, the weight of the Grand Master, Eño. And that's going
25:03to be a feather in their cap. That's something that they can always look back at very fondly.
25:07You're right about that, but there is nothing that anyone is going to look back more fond
25:11on than a junior tag league victory in this division. You know that yourself. It is the
25:17goal for everyone who entered this tournament, but only a few teams remain. Master Watto and
25:24Eño stay among the top of the pack, the only two surviving in blockade today. Wrestling
25:32fans, if you speak Japanese, you can stick around for post-match comments. Otherwise,
25:35this has been it for us here in the English broadcast booth. The next time that we'll be
25:39joining you, October 29th, Block B competition to get underway in Fukushima, Sato, and Shibata,
25:46our main event of the evening. I can't wait. El Desperado and Kukai take on Taiji, Sumori,
25:51Robby X, plus Robby Eagles, yourself, Kosei Fujita, take it on Tiger Mask and Yamato, plus
25:56Kushida and Yuki Yoshioka, versus Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Tiktogo. It's all set to come on 24
26:03hours from right now, October 29th, in Fukushima Sun Village, Shibata. For Robby Eagles, I've been
26:08Walker Stewart, this has been New Japan Pro Wrestling, the King of Sports. Go King Kenyo, sayonara, and bye-bye.
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