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00:00In February 2026. Looks great. A lot of dives, I like that.
00:07El Hijo del Stuka Jr. Look forward to that. From Shuryo, Valiente Jr. as well.
00:16And very, very often we've seen El Desperado part of the Fantastica Mania lineup.
00:24I don't think Suji Ishikawa would really fit in that mindset.
00:28But here he is, him while tagging himself. Who really knows?
00:42Incredibly enough, 50 years of age, is Suji Ishikawa making his New Japan Pro Wrestling official debut here tonight.
00:49Does this mean that Dusty Sana is out of the juniors to heavyweight now?
00:59Well, Hiromu Takahashi is in World Tag League, still a junior heavyweight.
01:03In fact, Hiromu Takahashi and Tetsuya Naito won World Tag League, while Hiromu was still a junior heavyweight.
01:10So, even though El Desperado is among the beefier of the juniors, still a junior heavyweight as far as you know,
01:16but with a super heavyweight. So, the average dances out.
01:20Yeah, yeah. That's what I was wondering. Does one have to average out the other?
01:24I think I would have to team with Don Fale or something.
01:27Great.
01:35The track game, if ever there was one, to have in your first league contest.
01:40Torriano, Ever the smart man, Colton Oleg, Ever the strong man.
01:47Torriano and Volton very, very nearly made the finals last year. In fact, it was a three-way tie in their block.
01:58They had to have a special play-in.
02:00Torriano, Volton, huge shoulders, but put the target on his shoulders.
02:05Torriano is getting us ready
02:17for Mistco being in Fantastica Mania, because his introduction takes as long as a Mistco Exit.
02:26He's got a lot of history to cover every single day.
02:29Speaking of Wrestle Kingdom week, sellouts will be sold out in Embrientis January the 2nd.
02:34A special live podcast. Myself and Walker Stewart will be happy to see some of our fans right there
02:40at January 2nd in Embrientis. The Wrestle Kingdom New Year part.
02:47As well, we're about to get on the way here.
02:54What's your familiarity, Alex, with Shijiu Shikawa? Is this your first time seeing him?
02:58Uh, live for sure, yeah. Yeah, first time.
03:06I mean, Despy, say what you will. Say what I will without him, right?
03:10He's not a dumb guy, so I'm sure his choice of partner.
03:13Well, certainly not. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, certainly his choice of who to start this matchup.
03:19They're just going to collide here. Ishikawa and Bolton. This is what we like to see.
03:28The knee is slapping here in Corcoran.
03:34Oh, watch the knee.
03:35Uh-oh.
03:37And down goes the big man from Kazakhstan. Big shoulders, but a hurt shoulder.
03:46Guys bolting down. Shijiu Shikawa got his start. He is a near 30-year veteran.
03:53He got his start in DDT around the turn of the millennium. And from there, has wrestled really all over.
04:01All Japan Pro Wrestling is Triple Crown Champion. Pro Wrestling know it from the Hardcore Champion there.
04:07And, well, a tag team.
04:09Oh, okay. The Double Tordobuck.
04:11Right. Even with the taped shoulder, still got him.
04:14Yeah, but Despy was bowled over by that one. His shoulder's not big enough.
04:17Exactly.
04:19Ishikawa has been a tag team champion wherever he has been. Big Japan Pro Wrestling tag team champion there.
04:25Former world tag team champion over in All Japan Pro Wrestling as well.
04:30And this is, well, his first tag team. First time ever teaming with El Desperado.
04:37In fact, Despy and Ishikawa were on opposite sides of the tag team match while they were celebrating.
04:46Smart move going after the shoulder that just took him, put him on his ass.
04:51They were celebrating the anniversary event.
04:57Over in DDT Pro Wrestling, Karakuin Hall earlier in October.
05:01And after the match, Ishikawa challenged Desperado to a singles match.
05:05So Desperado was like, well, singles, Shiji Ishikawa, no thank you.
05:09But how about we tag together instead?
05:11Smart move.
05:12That's where we are.
05:13Smart move.
05:13Smart man.
05:14Desperado to be in a one-sleeve shot here offering some protection at least, but oh no, it's all gone.
05:21It's all gone, and you see why.
05:24Smart move for Desperado to be in a one-sleeve shot here offering some protection at least, but oh no, it's all gone.
05:35Oh no, it's all gone, it's all gone, and you see why.
05:40And see, not only does he put a target on his back quite literally.
05:44Well, I mean, you see why he had that shirt on to cover up that back brace.
05:53He also tweeted about the back problem.
05:56Yeah, El Desperado was supposed to be part of a live event Sunday, had to pull out a short
06:03motus because he had a sprained back, and just about got cleared here for this one.
06:10We got a long tour ahead of us.
06:21All through this year, Desperado's back has been driven off of ladders through glass boards and this,
06:29that, and the other, so I mean, a sprained back or a slipped disc, that was, well really, if anything,
06:36I mean, lucky, here comes the shake, Ush, Tert, Bias.
06:48Desperado held in a hand basket in the hands of the big man from Kazakhstan here.
06:56And then in a world of trouble.
06:58They're bolted, directing traffic, telling Desperado to use the exposed turnbuckle,
07:10but not really in his repertoire.
07:16I think an Irish rep into a protected turnbuckle from Bolton Oleg holds just about as much as
07:42whipped into an exposed buckle by any other athlete.
07:46Those chops certainly, oh, what the?
07:51I think Dusty's nipple is in the front row.
07:55That's a hell of a souvenir.
08:01Never in his life has Desperado wanted to see Shuja Ishikawa more.
08:06I didn't, he's seeing about five of everything right now, and he's calling into the wrong corner.
08:11Well, maybe, maybe, maybe it was the right one.
08:15That corner's still exposed, Alex.
08:17A little rope and dope.
08:21Ah, he ain't open here.
08:22Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
08:23Where is he?
08:23Yes.
08:25He got him there.
08:30And that wouldn't have happened if he had taken Yano's advice and sent him to it in the first place.
08:36Fair enough.
08:37A far cry from Daisuke Sasaki's anniversary of it is here in World Tag League.
08:44Got a very different set of opportunities for Shuja Ishikawa.
08:48Approached through the double straightdown.
08:50Look at that.
08:51There it is.
08:51Maybe we can finish Ishikawa in Fantastico Mania.
08:55Big Lucha.
08:56From a Triple Crown champion.
09:03Loves it.
09:04Loves the kitchen sink.
09:05Beam.
09:06Have an ass kisser.
09:07Kicker.
09:08I almost said have an ass kisser.
09:09I don't think Ishikawa is a very big ass kisser.
09:11All right, yeah, I thought it was.
09:16That was awesome.
09:18Look at that again.
09:23Again, you need to be careful.
09:24Run as a replay of that.
09:26We have that button.
09:28The four guys in the truck.
09:31You need to be careful about saying you want to see more of certain things.
09:34I mean, these could be your opponents in the semifinals.
09:37Could be your opponents in the finals of this tournament.
09:40I don't want to see a move.
09:41I don't want to see a move.
09:42Climb shiver.
09:43And Bolton throwing right back.
09:55Big boys.
10:00Ishikawa on the run.
10:02Oh, Bolton not to be bowed.
10:04So a shoulder and all on Bolton Olin.
10:18Thanksgiving next week, Alex, but a lot of meat on the table here tonight already.
10:24Got a little pregame here.
10:26Who's going to get it?
10:27Both men want it.
10:28Oh, my God.
10:29Oh, Bolton got it.
10:35What's his weight?
10:38A lot.
10:39A lot of weight.
10:40Tips, the scales, and a lot.
10:41Does Ishikawa.
10:43I don't like should have done that.
10:54Big brain, smart as mine, but didn't get the three count.
10:59Good Toriano.
11:02Ishikawa instead.
11:04Well, they ran out.
11:06Ishikawa has too much height for that to really work there, and the Bernards were not
11:12reached by Toriano on that exchange.
11:14The victim.
11:18The victim.
11:19Victim right in the bell of us.
11:29Well, now, Ishikawa calling in desperate.
11:35Ishikawa is, well, he has a history of, well, he likes to use his opponents as weapons from time to time.
11:41His tag team partners as weapons, I should say.
11:48Dusty riding on adrenaline here.
11:53I thought he was going to suck on, smart man.
11:55Oh, well, that was, that double stunt was bad enough.
11:58This one, Brett's stroke, the deadliest stroke, the deadliest, oh, stubs on, jeez, good lord.
12:06And Bolton making the save.
12:13I don't think he'll get many thanks to Toriano.
12:16I think Jano was done after that stomp.
12:18Yeah, I think he didn't want.
12:19He doesn't want any more because he doesn't want what's coming next.
12:26Big old knee out the corner, there's the trembler, there's the cover.
12:29It's two and one.
12:30Nearly, nearly.
12:43There's a play evidently they've been talking about.
12:45They've got this plan.
12:48Watch the back, watch the back.
12:53Turn your back on Bolton Oleg.
12:55Maybe it'll work on Bolton instead.
13:08Let's be using Ishikawa's award.
13:15Oh, but it doesn't face Bolton.
13:17Jano, oh, my monitor.
13:20What's happened?
13:22Oh, oh, oh, oh.
13:24The double roll up.
13:25Jano, Jano.
13:34How the hell did that happen?
13:36Ingenuity.
13:38See that?
13:39Jano, big brain.
13:42Okay.
13:47But Desperado said that there was a.
13:48Well, he's claiming that there was a punch in the giant bernard to Shuji Ishikawa.
13:55I find that hard to believe.
13:57I couldn't see my monitor went out.
13:59They had all of these replaced when Kevin Kelly left.
14:02But you know what I mean?
14:02This one's on the fritz.
14:03The referee's decision will stand, and we have our first two points on the board.
14:18Torriano, Bolton Oleg.
14:20First two points of tag league.
14:26What's their tag name here?
14:27Have you got one for them?
14:30What's their tag name here?
14:32The Khazak.
14:48Might have been the most physical fight that they've had, and it's going to be a physical fight next.
14:54And Ishikawa and Desperado face Maloney and Shingo Takagi.
15:01That's coming up in Machida.
15:03Well, tag league is underway.
15:05Desperado better get some ice on it.
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