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00:00Guerrero Reunario
00:03Dice
00:16Well, wrestling fans, we are live here tonight,
00:18continuing with our action on NJPW World.
00:21Our first of three, our top three matches of the evening,
00:24all Block 8 competition for Super Junior Tag League 25,
00:27and we kick off two points on the board for Jacob Austin Young
00:31and Templario as United Empire.
00:33My name is Walker Stewart, I'm being joined by my guest
00:35and this time TMDK Zone, top of Block B, Robbie Eagles.
00:40G'day Walker, thanks for having me.
00:43Don't want to talk over these reintroductions, so I'll let him breathe.
00:47Let's get us J.A.Y. Jacob Austin Young
00:51Big J.A.Y.
00:55Big J.A.Y.
00:56L.G.R. Reunario
00:58Templario
01:01Now, Walker, I think it's a little bit of bad luck.
01:07Every time I come out here to do commentary with you,
01:09I'm coming off a frickin' loss, man.
01:11Yeah.
01:12So, I'm gonna have to start saying no to these opportunities.
01:14Oh, well, it's a payday gone, my friend.
01:16I don't care. I'd rather win.
01:18It ain't much of a payday anyway.
01:20Well, says you.
01:21What?
01:22Let me show you my paycheck after this.
01:24Take that, Gino Gambino.
01:27Yeah, I'll trade with you.
01:32The catchiest theme song of all of Super Junior Tag League.
01:38Dragon Daya!
01:42Oh, now it's ruined.
01:44Ruined!
01:46It is a remix.
01:48It is a second time competing in this Super Junior Tag League.
01:53Super Junior Tag League.
01:552024 and 2025 back-to-back years.
01:58And, well, I know you yourself are fond of Super Junior Tag League 2024
02:02as the winner of that year's tournament.
02:05That's a very special place in my heart.
02:08First-ever tournament final, first-ever tournament win for yours truly
02:12and to be alongside the Japanese Young Punk.
02:15Oh, couldn't get better.
02:17Funky Karatsu.
02:19Dragon Gate.
02:20Mugen Dai Karatsu.
02:21DRAGON DAIYA!
02:29180cm.
02:3091kg.
02:31Miyagi-ken.
02:32Iwanuma VR大使.
02:34Taguchi Ryusuke!
02:39Okay, Walker, clear me up on this.
02:45What's their tag team name?
02:46It is Funky Carrots.
02:48Carrots?
02:49Carrots.
02:50Like the vegetables?
02:51Well, more like a jewel.
02:53Infinite Carrot Diamond, the moniker for Dragon Daiya.
02:57So they're funky.
02:58They're funky together, Robbie.
03:00I was like, yeah, I've eaten my fair share of funky carrots before,
03:04but surely they're not a tabby mono tag team.
03:08Right.
03:09But maybe they are.
03:10I don't know.
03:11Have you asked them?
03:12No, I personally haven't.
03:14Okay.
03:15I'll tell you this.
03:16Two teams here tonight.
03:18Two points on the board in Block A competition.
03:22You know, it was just a few nights ago that we eliminated two-thirds
03:25of the entire playing field in Block A.
03:28Four teams eliminated on one night.
03:30There are only two teams alive in this tournament,
03:32and we're going to be seeing them in our semi-main event
03:34and our main event.
03:35House of Tortures, Doki and Sho, as well as Master Watto and Yo,
03:39I'm sure you would be interested in facing and getting victories
03:42on either side of that equation.
03:44Oh, yeah.
03:45We suffered losses to both teams.
03:47Mm-hmm.
03:48One defending the championships and losing them,
03:50and then one in our opportunity to try to regain those championships
03:53we never should have lost.
03:54So, lots of scores to settle on the A-block side,
03:57but we're just focusing on the B-block.
03:59We want to whitewash, and we're on our way to do that.
04:02Two more to go.
04:03What is it?
04:05Templario and Jacob Austin Young, two points on the board
04:08against Dragon Daya and Ryusuke Toguchi, also at two points.
04:12And it is playing for Pride here tonight to kick off Block A competition.
04:16Dragon Daya, a Dragon Gate star of his own right,
04:20current Tag Team Champion to open the Twin Gate titles over in Dragon Gate right now.
04:25And it is Templario, a lot of championship gold to him, his name as well.
04:29Strong openweight Tag Team Champion over in the American sector of New Japan.
04:33Champion in CMLL and MLW as well.
04:35Templario looking to add Mainland Japan gold.
04:38These two are going to be so evenly matched.
04:43You've got to remember, Dragon Gate originally started as Toriumon.
04:47Yep.
04:48And Toriumon has the Lucha Libre influence.
04:50That's what differentiates Dragon Gate from the rest of Japanese rest.
04:53Absolutely.
04:54And you can sense it throughout this entire tournament, Robbie.
04:56There's multiple, whoa, multiple entrants in this tournament.
05:01Some of it on your side of the block that are Dragon Gate stars.
05:04Yamato being one of them.
05:06Yuki Yoshioka another.
05:07And Dragon Daya returning in Block A off the ropes.
05:11Tope, whoa, whoa, whoa.
05:13Whoa, the strength of Templario, one of the strongest in the Junior Tag League this year for sure.
05:18Look at this.
05:19Face first on the apron after catching the Tovecon Hilo with minimal effort.
05:26Meanwhile, we're back inside the ring here.
05:28Here's Jacob Austin Young and Ryusuke Taguchi.
05:31Can you talk to me a little bit, Robbie, about the position Jacob Austin Young finds himself in?
05:36Up until recently, some might still consider it the United Empire Youngboy as a Junior Heavyweight
05:41getting his first opportunity in a tournament like this.
05:44Well, an opportunity is just an opportunity.
05:46You've got to turn it into something.
05:48He's got to turn it into gold if we're going to stick with that carrot pun from earlier.
05:53So he has to win matches.
05:55He has to prove himself.
05:56He's doing a hell of a job so far, but with minimal points on the board.
06:00It might be back to the drawing board, back to carrying the bags for the United Empire.
06:04You want to ask about his position?
06:09His position was Taguchi's ass in his face about 30 seconds ago.
06:12It's been a lot of block A's position this tournament.
06:14Oh, no.
06:15Yeah, this is...
06:16I felt this first.
06:17And yes!
06:18J-A-Y, great support player here tonight, playing interception.
06:23Here's Templario now.
06:24Yeah, he intercepted the A-S-S.
06:26Yeah, he did.
06:27Oh!
06:28Oh!
06:29Oh!
06:30Oh!
06:31I think...
06:33Oh, I thought we were going to see a little Taguchi inspiration in Jake Boston, but I like this a little bit more.
06:39Well, he's got the short boys on, but he ain't packing too much heat in that badonkadonk, so...
06:44He probably realized his boots would do more damage.
06:46Oh.
06:47Don't blame him.
06:48Oh, I'm on fire tonight, Walker.
06:51Yeah, I'm loving it.
06:54Do you really think Templario is under the 100 kilo limit?
06:57Sometimes I doubt that.
06:58Well, we've been saying that about a couple people over the years in the junior division.
07:02Joel Maloney, Shingo Takagi, you can name them.
07:04Oh!
07:06Straight kick into the floating rib.
07:08That's going to take the wind out of here.
07:11And wind is super important for someone like Dyer.
07:14He requires that to fly.
07:15He needs the stamina.
07:16He needs the cardio to be behind him.
07:20If he's struggling to breathe, he can fly back, but he won't be quick on his feet.
07:25Dyer, the smallest member of this matchup by a long shot here.
07:28Has to try and survive.
07:29Watch this.
07:31Underneath Templario, double drop toehold from Jay and Templario here.
07:38And a double drop kick meeting in the middle.
07:40Basement cover, and it's two.
07:43Double drop kick equals four boots to the face.
07:46Yes, it does.
07:48Feels much worse than two.
07:50Not as bad as six.
07:52Quick math.
07:53I got to tell you, I think Jacob Austin Young has done a phenomenal job as far as I've been observing this blocking side of things.
08:04Setting himself apart.
08:05Trying to prove that he's not just the guy who carries the bags.
08:08He's not just the lackeys.
08:09He's not just the guy brought in by TJP when TJP skips off to go elsewhere.
08:14It's Jacob Austin Young who's looking to stand on his own in this tournament.
08:19But you've got to continue to put results up on the board to do that.
08:23See, that's what Dyer's able to do.
08:24He creates something out of nothing so quickly because of the pace that they set in Dragon Day and the way that they train their wrestlers.
08:30Jacob Austin Young is not ready for that.
08:32I mean, you look at all four of the men that are involved in this matchup.
08:37All of them very, very different backgrounds.
08:40Taguchi out of the New Japan.
08:41No gay tojo system.
08:44Tim Gladio out of the CMLL Arena Mexico stands.
08:47Jacob Austin Young off the American Independence.
08:52You have a big clash of styles here.
08:54Cover for Jay.
08:56Two count only.
08:57And that was a little dangerous because it was starting to float a little high and could have been a discotheby.
09:01It could have been a disqualification, but Marty Asami is saying that that was S-A-F-E.
09:06I'm just going to start spelling everything out because of J-A-Y.
09:08You could, yeah.
09:09Only for this one.
09:13Tim Gladio, one of my favorite luchadors that we often see come over through the Fantastica Mania alliance with CMLL.
09:20That was Nasty Walker.
09:21The body splash to the arm and with Taguchi belly down, he hit the point of elbow right at that hyperextension point.
09:28And that's something that you will feel, even if not immediately, when you go to bend your arm in the gym,
09:33when you go to work out or warm up before the next couple of matches, you're going to feel that tightness,
09:37restrictiveness, such a smart, subtle move from Templario.
09:41I love it.
09:42Long-term effect, long-term game here for Templario and Jacob Austin Young as it's going to be Jay who tags back in
09:48and is trying to call the shots with his Lucha counterpart here.
09:55Watch Taguchi now.
09:56Oh, holds onto the rear though, does United Empire.
09:59Double-chop sends Taguchi out.
10:03Oh, they made a wish.
10:05Oh, that looks awfully familiar.
10:07Oh-ho, J-A-Y on the cover.
10:09Been watching some Ichiban Sleep Boys matches, huh?
10:12Well, I'd like to say the same for the A Block Walker, but like I said, I've been focused entirely on the B Block first.
10:19I'm not sweating any of these makeshift teams in the A Block or B Block.
10:23Well, obviously, it's been working for you.
10:25You and Fujita sitting at the top of Block B heading into your semi-main event coming up in Fukushima.
10:33It's Jacob Austin Young, Taguchi.
10:35All four of these men know that they are out of the running, but they do not want to be bottom of the pile.
10:40A little bit of confidence here out of J.
10:54Oh, no.
10:55We don't want to see that.
10:56Too much confidence out of J.
10:58It's going to show too much of something else now.
11:00That's all right.
11:01He's giving it right back to him.
11:02That's what I would have done in the same situation.
11:04Put a little bit more hip into it, J.
11:07Oh, how about this?
11:09Awful.
11:10I never want to see that again.
11:12Talk about showing ass in pro wrestling, Rob.
11:15Oh, jeez.
11:16Well, you want to show some ass?
11:17Whoa.
11:18There's a healthy dose right there out of Ryusuke Taguchi.
11:27Rolling hip attack resets the match into potentially drag and die to take offense here for the first time since the beginning.
11:37Oh, look at this.
11:39So difficult to game plan for.
11:41Templario, if there's anyone who's going to have the experience gaming for it, though, it's going to be this man out of Mexico.
11:47Here's where the pace crickens.
11:49All around the world.
11:50These two are going at it.
11:51Deja vu, head scissors.
11:53Absolute perfection from Dragon Dier.
11:58And watch Dier now, full speed out of the red corner, shot in on Templario.
12:07Sure is one of the smallest in this field, but he uses all of his body on attacks like that running elbow in the corner.
12:13Does it differently to everybody else, comes off his feet so that you feel the full force of his body.
12:18Not just the point of the elbow in your jaw, but you get the wind knocked out of you as well.
12:24What is going on here?
12:25Wait a minute, wait a minute.
12:26Templario, walk the line.
12:28Talked down, Dragon Dier.
12:31Cover.
12:32Broken up by Taguchi.
12:34It's like an inverted doomsday device.
12:38Yeah, absolutely, with a little bit of lucha flair out of Templario.
12:41These two men have found themselves to become a really cohesive team.
12:46They had never teamed before alongside one another up until this year's tournament, Robbie.
12:55Now Jay trying to turn things around on Dier.
12:57Taguchi, though, touching the corner.
12:59I don't think Jay's aware of it.
13:00He's going to find out soon, though.
13:02Step up, hip attack.
13:07The flying Ketsu does all the damage.
13:09And the flying Dier with the Acai Moonsault to the floor takes out Templario.
13:15This is the opportunity that the Funky Carrots have needed since the very beginning of the match.
13:20Taguchi may be thinking Dota.
13:23No.
13:24Jay with the victory roll.
13:25Cover.
13:26Cover.
13:27Back on it.
13:28Taguchi.
13:29Jay one more time.
13:30Roll through Taguchi again with the tights.
13:33He got him.
13:34Two more points.
13:35Funky Carrots.
13:36It's the勝利 9 minutes.
13:37It's the勝利 of Taguchi.
13:38It's the勝利 of Taguchi.
13:39The勝利 of Taguchi is the勝利.
13:41The勝利 of Taguchi is the勝利.
13:42The勝利 of Taguchi is a genius.
13:43That's the inexperience of Jacob Austin Young coming through.
13:48He's done a hell of a job.
13:50He's taken this opportunity by the absolute horns.
13:53But he's still showing that he's learning.
13:55And unfortunately tonight, he learned a new lesson.
13:58lesson don't give to gucci an inch because he will show a mile of your back side
14:09big big victory in our opening block a match tonight
14:19and jacob ox in the office beside himself here and gladio can't even believe it either
14:24these two men thought they had it in the bag but you can never underestimate
14:28dragon daya and ryusuke tiguchi your winners here tonight
14:44i don't think there's ever a single point where daya stops smiling
14:47you should introduce dragon daya to shomakato oh yeah i might be sick right
15:02well tiguchi and daya with the victory here tonight frustration continuing to build within united
15:08empire this is the only ue representation that we've seen this whole tournament
15:14outside of california every now and again and you can feel the heat continuing to turn up in the
15:21green and gold here in new japan
15:27so jacob needs to take that frustration that he's got throwing that little plush tiguchi doll
15:33and he needs to turn it into something in the ring he's still got lots to learn jacob still got lots
15:39and they still have one more match in the league right yeah they absolutely do they might not have
15:54a chance to make that top spot they might not be mathematically still in it but they still have
16:00a possibility to make an exclamation point on their tournament
16:04end on a win that's how you recover that's how you keep your momentum going and that's how you get
16:09that confidence back up yeah well that matchup is going to be coming up very very soon for templatio
16:14and jay it's going to be against a man well a team rather we're going to be seeing coming up
16:19in our semi main event right now carl connor is in daikina guy versus jay and templatio on october 30th
16:26but in just a matter of minutes carl connor's and daikina guy take on the iwgp junior tag team
16:33champions house of torture doki and show points on the line right here in block a for super junior
16:40tag league 2025.
16:44oh faguchi's giving the fans the tanahashi treatment
16:46the tiger bats treatment earlier too oh brother sorry to tie
16:52you
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