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00:00All right, so, I mean, there's one thing, it's crazy enough that Hiromu Takashi's even teaming with David Finley in the first place.
00:11And, you know, I mean, they'll be playing at times again, so your thoughts on that.
00:15But Hiromu Takashi, on top of that, is part of Wild Tag League.
00:20He's also the G.H.C. Junior Heavyweight Champion.
00:22And yesterday, after he wrestled in Cochrane Hall, got on the Shinkansen to Sendai.
00:30Won Noah's Junior Heavyweight Grand Prix.
00:33And now he's come back into his first Wild Tag League match, right here, back down south.
00:39I mean, there's an insane team and an insane schedule for Hiromu Takashi.
00:45Yeah.
00:47I mean, it's okay to take a day off.
00:49You know, I don't know how much free time he has on his hands.
00:52I've got to play to him.
00:53I'll tell you who is quite happy to get in there because they're not playing by the minute.
00:57David Finley.
00:58He's quite happy to get in there and get out, bro.
01:01He's going to get the job done.
01:03You're not going to catch him doing that.
01:04So it's interesting.
01:06I feel like this War Dog and unaffiliated crossover is kind of strange because there's a common ground between Gabe and Yota.
01:16There's a common ground, if anything, a little bit of a bond between me and Shingo at this point.
01:20These two, they don't go together like salt on cereal, bro.
01:26I don't know how.
01:29Finley's not really a people person.
01:31I don't know if you've figured that out, Chris.
01:33Yeah, I've got it.
01:34And I don't really know how to explain this guy.
01:38He's strange.
01:39No?
01:41It was Gedo that arranged this for Hiromu.
01:44And it looked like he had fun.
01:54I was at home in England seeing the clips.
01:56It looked like Gedo had a hell of a time tagging with time.
01:58I mean, is this the, is this the, is this Gedo being mischievous then that he wants to, he wants this to happen?
02:04I mean, David Finley at one point in time was a people person.
02:08He was a very colorful personality.
02:09And that was before, you know, Gedo tapped into his killer instinct.
02:16I just keep seeing pictures of Hiromu kissing posters and Finley.
02:20I don't think they have one team picture together.
02:23If you want to talk about two people at the same page, they're in the same sentence.
02:26They might even be the same damn letter in the same way.
02:29Knockout Brothers, bro, since they joined the War Dogs, they didn't come to play.
02:32They've been selling merch like motherfuckers.
02:35It's the team.
02:35I mean, there has been, ever been a better match for a faction than Oscar and Yuto Ice with the War Dogs.
02:44And there's never been a match, better match for one another than these two as a tag team.
02:49Uncompeted as a duo, Yuto Ice and Oscar.
02:53And I think maybe you see it in the fact that individually they haven't scored any wins.
02:58But when they're together, they're unstoppable.
03:00That is why they are the IWGP Tag Team Champions.
03:04And I said when we had the official English New Japan podcast, wherever you get your podcasts,
03:10I said my pick is for the Knockout Brothers.
03:13No disrespect to yourself, but to go undefeated all the way through this turn.
03:16Well, no disrespect taken, but I wouldn't talk out against them odds.
03:25I mean, I'm going to always bet on me and Shingra.
03:27I'm going to bet on whatever I'm doing.
03:29But you're not out of line for saying that, Chris.
03:32And it's funny.
03:33It's funny because you mentioned that they can't get it done quite as well in singles.
03:40That reminds me of two other guys that joined the War Dogs.
03:43Two other guys that just hit it off off the bat.
03:45Me and Clark Connors were almost unstoppable as junior tag team champions.
03:49And we were a little bit lost with each other.
03:51But once we were in that ring together on the same night spending these tours together,
03:56you couldn't touch us.
03:57You couldn't touch us.
03:58And neither of us were almost seven feet tall.
04:00We didn't have that exact type of swagger that Yuto's got.
04:04And these boys came up in a dojo together.
04:07Me and Clark didn't.
04:08So you take me and Clark, you had a few kilos, you had a few inches of height,
04:12and you had a few more years of abundance, gone over to Germany,
04:14gone over to England, and came back to Japan.
04:17That's a deadly weapon right there, and they're with the War Dogs.
04:23Oscar, six, seven, in his stat check.
04:27Yuto Ice, six, seven, in his swagger.
04:30Yeah, right.
04:36And, well, the main event with a lot of intrigue, right here.
04:42Hiromu, as we said yesterday, wrestled down in Sendai-na.
04:45It's not an inconsiderable journey.
04:49And wrestled two singles matches yesterday on the way to that junior trophy and no one.
04:54You've got to wonder if that piss is spinning off a little bit because here we are in the New Japan Pro Wrestling.
05:01And no disrespect, New Japan is the top company in Asia.
05:04It's the top company in the East.
05:06It's the top company inside the world.
05:07It's one of the most legendary companies that's ever existed in the world.
05:10You're coming into this tag team tournament after two singles matches yesterday for another company.
05:15There's no way you're as 100% charged as you could be.
05:18You might be able to feign it for a bit, but come on.
05:21Two singles matches in one day.
05:22Nobody feels great the day after.
05:24So, Finley's came in fresh.
05:26Finley took the day off yesterday.
05:27Finley went to the gym.
05:29Finley got a good wrestle.
05:30This guy was going to wrestle him for another company.
05:33He came in arguably a little bit beat up.
05:35I can't help but think that's going to piss Finley off a little bit.
05:40Good point.
05:41Hiromu has targeted Utah Ice Island.
05:45Hiromu has been open since this collaboration with Bulldogs and Affiliated.
05:50He's had the chance to share a couple of meals, share a couple of drinks with Ice and gets on very well.
05:58A little high praise for Ice, but more business here.
06:04It seems to me, Dan, that the biggest question of all of it, I could understand why Yoda, Suji, and Gabe Kidd shook hands in the Yogoku.
06:13I'm like, whoa, okay, put a pin in that.
06:14I think this is the aspect that David Finley enjoys about this tag team, is using Hiromu as a weapon.
06:24Yeah, a straight tag.
06:26I don't know if Hiromu enjoys it as much more.
06:28You didn't see the tag?
06:30You didn't see the tag?
06:32I tagged.
06:33There was a tag.
06:35There was a tag.
06:35No cheese, he's getting up there in years at this point, I think.
06:44Yes, easy fix.
06:47Down across the hands.
06:52Ice certainly likes to use that.
06:56His fist is a weapon, so it makes sense to target him if he can.
07:05Good time for Finley to kind of quality test his new additions to the War Dogs too.
07:11You know, that's our leader.
07:13We haven't got to square off against each other.
07:16I think the only War Dog I've ever put hands on is Gabe two nights ago in Karaka.
07:20Finley recruited these two into the team, and you know, we've already had recruits that came in and screwed us over and left.
07:27The staple marks in my head are testament to that.
07:30So for Finley to bring these two in from their excursion and put his stamp on them, that's pretty big news.
07:36That's a level of trust that, you know, has had to be built back in Finley's own mind after what I farlay did to us,
07:41after what I chased it to us, after what I sanada did to us.
07:44Now he's going to get to check, do a little bit of quality testing on these boys and see if they feel as good to fight as well.
07:49They feel as good to fight as they look.
07:51Do you think that that puts the champions under a little bit of pressure?
07:55Almost a dandy if you do, dandy if you don't situation.
07:58You don't want to offend the boss, but at the same time, I mean, if you don't hit him hard enough,
08:02then, you know, David Finley's going to give you a receipt.
08:07I think there's a common understanding.
08:11I think the code is, there you go.
08:14You think if Oscar's trying to stay in anyone's good graces, that's what he's going to do?
08:17But we are War Dogs, we operate a bit different.
08:19If you want to get in Finley's good graces, do to Finley as Finley will do unto you, bro.
08:24Boot!
08:25The champions in War Dogs right now as Oscar holds up the boot, and Hiromi's going to get run into it.
08:34I can't help but think having two singles matches in one day is nothing compared to this.
08:47It's having a tag.
08:48Yeah.
08:49Up against the knockout, brothers.
08:51Up against, you know, seven foot six, six foot seven, I mean, might as well be seven foot six.
08:58And all the weight and the force and the impact of that German monster.
09:06Yeah, he's not a skinny six foot seven either.
09:09He's filling out that frame, getting more jacked by the tour.
09:13My first tour here, he was just finishing up as he didn't lie.
09:17I don't know how high-calorie the peers are in Germany, but
09:21he came back stocky as hell on a six foot seven frame.
09:25He was swinging a lamppost into his chest.
09:44I remember Takashi damage goods at this point, and
09:47I know he's a long, long way out to a corner.
09:51I mean, it's one thing where you're buried in a corner in a situation like this,
09:56and it's quite another in Hiromi's case where you're buried in a corner,
10:00and you're not sure whether the person in that corner is going to tag you if you do get there.
10:05There is that, but there's also, would you be spending this much time in the corner
10:08if you weren't sorting too much as yesterday?
10:10Yeah.
10:11And you're even more sort out.
10:17You heard the sound of those impacts.
10:20Oh, you're going to hear this as well.
10:27Boom, look at that!
10:28Here it comes.
10:32Boom, boom, boom, boom!
10:33Indeed, Chris.
10:37I've heard you throw that word around a few times, Chris.
10:40I like it.
10:41It's my favorite.
10:42What do you got?
10:43Come here, man.
10:45A nice patois expletive coming out of that fine British grill of yours, Chris.
10:55You can't talk to the Uber Eats people like that no more.
10:58This is Japan, Chris.
10:59Yeah, I've had a terrible Uber Eats right in the United Street.
11:02Mosca.
11:04Man, we've got how many guys that can just step over the top rope?
11:07Exactly.
11:08This is disgusting!
11:09It is something.
11:10It is something.
11:11You know what I mean?
11:12This is a monster's ball of a tag league right now.
11:16The biggest monster of them all has Hiromu up high.
11:19Oh, Hiromu hanging on for dear life.
11:23Like the facehooker from Alien.
11:25A lot of kids don't want to go to school.
11:27Oh, no.
11:28Now here's the tag.
11:29Oh, there's the tag.
11:30Oh, and this is-
11:31Wait a second.
11:32Who's worse, your opponent's or your partner?
11:37Come here!
11:38That's it again!
11:39Oh, no!
11:40The cannonball of sorts.
11:42Oh, he's not-
11:44Oh, no.
11:51The cannonball of sorts.
11:53Oh, he's not going to.
11:57Watch for him.
12:00Oh, poor Hiromu.
12:03With Finlay on top.
12:05Cover it, too.
12:07That's incredible.
12:11That's one of the best things I've ever seen happen on this.
12:17I mean, it's a great double team offense.
12:20Look at this.
12:22You're not going to be able to throw Oscar.
12:24I don't know.
12:25I mean, I know how strong you are, Dan, but I would say David Finlay pound for pound,
12:30the strongest wrestler in New Japan Pro Wrestling, but unable to hoist Oscar.
12:35Aloha, Oscar.
12:41One more.
12:43Boom.
12:45That was a long reach up to Majora, and a long way down for Finlay.
12:51Oh, man.
12:57A bit of a Germanic connection between Finlay and Oscar.
13:02Oscar is a native of Germany.
13:05David Finlay spent his formative years there.
13:09Tenzan tells the story of how when he was an excursion in the camps, he would babysit
13:26a young David Finlay while Fit Finlay was working on these European tournaments.
13:30Dude, I bet that put Tenzan off having his own kids for a very long time.
13:37Here's that sleeper, and this is a lethal one on David Finlay.
13:46When it's put guys like Tomahyuni straight out, may do so to the rebel king, Finlay fading.
13:57Trying to get his fingers in what hold that there is there.
14:01That is in tight.
14:04Oh, it's even tighter, but that desperation, a draw jacket there.
14:13Whoa, my God, that strength, but not quite enough.
14:19Yeah, boom.
14:23And underneath, he's got it again.
14:25He's got that sleeper again, and Finlay.
14:28Yeah, I don't know how well Finlay would have been choked out.
14:36He's got it.
14:37Someone he's given a specific role to.
14:45It's one thing to pin him out, it's another thing to put him on Dream Street.
14:49Let's see, is Ice able to put Hiromu on Dream Street?
14:52Hiromu charges him with all the hours left in his body.
14:55Here's that little bit of scary psychosis out of Hiromu Takahashi.
15:07What's up?
15:12Well, Sam, what's up, Tice?
15:14What do you got?
15:15And well, he's got that.
15:16Oh, brother.
15:20He stepped in his mouth, bro.
15:22Yeah, I think we're gonna have to go looking for Hiromu's teeth.
15:27And even Hiromu feeling around to see whether...
15:29Hey, Jimmy, you guys are like that!
15:33He's okay, dentally.
15:34And meanwhile, he's trying to get in the head of Hiromu mentally.
15:40Come here!
15:42He's trying to feel that high he talks about.
16:06He's just starting to match his head.
16:09Come here!
16:10Come here!
16:11Come here!
16:12Come here!
16:13Come here!
16:14Come here!
16:28It's like a gunshot.
16:30And a second.
16:33And still Hiromu.
16:36It's loud but unbroken, not down.
16:49And neither man is thinking.
16:51And they both feel it.
16:52Oh!
16:53And Hiromu not thinking anything right now.
16:56No serve up here, Hiromu.
17:05Oh, brother!
17:07You saw the head recoil from that knee.
17:11And just barely two.
17:13Barely two.
17:24Oh, man.
17:25So take the big man out of this situation here.
17:27Uh-oh.
17:28Oh, man.
17:29I don't like...
17:30I don't like to look at this.
17:31Yeah, Finley's definitely gonna dive out.
17:32Yeah, he ain't gonna dive but Hiromu's expert at it.
17:35Oh, brother!
17:45This is a...
17:46I've never seen a game plan like this one.
17:47This is wicked.
17:48It's effective, I think, but David Finley not the legal man right now.
17:52Hiromu is and he's out on the floor.
17:54And now here's the test and we'll see if Ice can pass it.
18:04Oh, man!
18:05Oh, man!
18:18He's just lit him up.
18:21He might become David Finley's favorite wardrobe.
18:23That's what I'm saying, like.
18:25Finley's spout him.
18:26He's got a spout, man.
18:27But you see Finley's eyes light off at this stuff, man.
18:33Oh, one hit the Cruella boot.
18:35Got ducked out the way.
18:38Into the forearm of Ice.
18:40Here's the straight right.
18:41Watch it.
18:42No!
18:43Irish curse.
18:44Hiromu is the legal man called in to take advantage here.
18:58Up we go.
18:59Time bomb Q.
19:00The time bomb Q.
19:01And gets Sue.
19:03Only two.
19:04That's Hiromu Takahashi.
19:05The damage done by Finley.
19:06The advantage pressed by Hiromu.
19:07Up on the shoulders again.
19:08No!
19:09That will definitely do it.
19:10The actions of a man who's been playing on the streets fighting for money since the age
19:11of 15.
19:12The buzz saw.
19:13The block is off on Hiromu.
19:17And that is the cover.
19:21And she has the Bournemouth.
19:22Be%, theическая voice for himself.
19:23Cause, no, no.
19:24No, no, no, no, no.
19:25No, no, no, no, no.
19:29No, no, no.
19:30No, no.
19:31No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
19:34That will definitely do it.
19:35No, no, no.
19:36No, no, no, no!
19:37That will definitely do it.
19:38The block is off on Hiromu, and that is the cover, and Shawnault can see the welts, the discoloration.
19:51All shades of red, blue and purple on the chest of ice.
19:57Those same colors coming out the head of Hiromu at any moment now, Cruella denied.
20:03Hiromu badly needs to make the tag.
20:19And Oscar makes sure that does not happen.
20:21I think now Hiromu's realized he's SOL in this way.
20:32He's SOL in this one.
20:42It's not looking good for Hiromu right now, is it?
20:44It definitely is not. I would think that is a major understatement.
20:50And it will be...
20:52Oh, he's the tombstone with the kick, the KOD.
20:56No, wait.
20:58Somehow Hiromu's survival instincts kicking in here.
21:00Low bridge, out goes Oscar.
21:02Now it's down to 101.
21:06There was a tag, but I don't think I saw it.
21:18Ice strides up and fires.
21:20Cruella, Cruella, it's got it.
21:22It's over, but he's not the legal man.
21:24Finlay's the legal man.
21:26Finlay's the legal man.
21:27Finlay's the legal man.
21:28Finlay's got it.
21:29With his people.
21:31Oscar can't believe it.
21:32Hugo Ice can't believe it.
21:34And there was a woman only under this Fafs Driller when...
21:37There was a legal tag, that Red Seas didn't see.
21:39Yeah.
21:40The Red Seas saw that final tag, right when it mattered the most.
21:44And Finlay's was the only one that made the most.
21:45And there was a moment early on in this Vance Driller where there was a legal tag that Red Seas didn't see.
21:53The Red Seas saw that final tag right where it mattered the most.
21:58And Fiddley was the only person who knew what was going on.
22:01Now they understand why there's a hierarchy in Ward Arms.
22:04Now they have a taste. Now they know why the leader is the leader.
22:08Can't replicate experience. Doesn't matter how much you fought on the street or how angry you are, how much you spent on a chain.
22:14I love both of those kids in the ring, but you cannot buy that experience.
22:20Finley just showed him who really is the boss around here.
22:25Hey, Yuto looks kind of angry, but man, you want to be careful how you handle this loss.
22:32Because that man's getting you in the position to get your checks cashed.
22:38No Fiddley, no Wardhucks, man. Mind your neck in. Mind your temper.
22:44I think Oscar's trying to be the man to cool ice down a little bit here.
22:50He is steaming, and I think he has every right to be.
22:55You say that Oscar's beat.
22:56Yeah, now Oscar's steaming.
23:00But could direct your aggression at an inanimate object, not the leader, because you'll get amended real quick.
23:04Well, I think this is someone they can direct their aggression at in a couple of days' time.
23:09Please, in fact, do that on the street. We don't even need to see that in the tournament, in the league matches.
23:13We can get that done on the street to go to Handa right by my hotel if you want.
23:16I'm on the fifth floor, good for you with the street.
23:19You guys in King of Pro Wrestling was bloody enough.
23:21I think Ice is going to tear Sonata and Ren Marieta apart from the No Cow Brothers.
23:29That's the No Cow Brothers' first loss to tag team there, huh?
23:31Yeah.
23:34And Yurova has been unconscious this entire time.
23:37Are you sure he hasn't got a train to catch some other company to go and wrestle some other people?
23:41The trains aren't going to run for too long, especially the Shinkansons, Chris.
23:48I don't think this is going to be a unique post-match coming.
23:52Fujisawa!
23:57Fujisawa, hey, not bad for our first tag team outing.
24:00What do you say, people?
24:03Here's the thing.
24:06There's a million different ways that I could have beaten KOB,
24:09but being the incredible leader that I am, I chose Mercy.
24:15But I promise you this.
24:18To every other team that we face in this tournament,
24:21I guarantee they will not get that same treatment.
24:32Now, my partner Haromu here has had a busy schedule,
24:34so I'm just going to ask him some questions if you don't mind.
24:37Haromu, first question.
24:41How do you feel?
24:51Haromu says,
24:53Cho Genki.
24:53All right, next question.
25:00Out of all the tag team partners you've had in your career,
25:03who is your favorite?
25:11He said Kato.
25:13He said Kato.
25:16Well, I would hope so, but I think I hurt him too much.
25:18So, all right, Haromu, who is winning this year's World Tag League?
25:29He said Chinle and Haromu.
25:36Now, Haromu,
25:37these people came all the way from wherever the fuck they came from
25:41to see us.
25:42Do you have a message for them?
25:51Haromu says,
25:53Kampai Mas!
25:54I think he was speaking more for the stomach,
26:08which is now permanently lodged in his book.
26:13We've got to meet him in the ring more.
26:14Is somebody going to come as great tomorrow?
26:16I'll get the giant spatula.
26:18They have it under the ring.
26:19Do you know what I'm saying?
26:25All right, well,
26:26I guess there'll be no translation needed on my part
26:31from the backstage comments,
26:32unless Haromu is feeling more loquacious.
26:35So, I guess that's going to do it here
26:37in Pugisawa.
26:38Fini and Hiro,
26:39this, well, dynamic duo,
26:42will be taking on El Phantasma
26:43and Hiroshi Tan Ashi
26:44on Tuesday night
26:46in Pugisawa.
26:48It is David Finlay
26:49and Hiromu victorious.
26:51They're on two points
26:52at the top of B-Block.
26:53Shoto Umino, Uyuyo, Urumura
26:55also on two.
26:57Moiwa and Zack Sabre Jr.
26:59And then we have
27:02Monster Sauce
27:02are your victors here tonight.
27:05We'll be back with you
27:06Monday night
27:07in Machida.
27:10And any final thoughts?
27:12Shuji Ishikawa
27:13and El Desperado
27:14up next
27:14for you and she.
27:17Just a handful.
27:20Desperado really didn't hide
27:21having a bad back too well.
27:24That lower back's connected
27:25to that middle back,
27:26connected to that upper back,
27:27connected to that neck.
27:28Here's the thing,
27:29KOB.
27:29You're a very good tag team.
27:32Matter of fact,
27:32they're the best tag team
27:33in this division.
27:34and I knew they would be.
27:37And that's why I recruited them.
27:39But here's the thing, boys.
27:42You've never even been in a tournament.
27:45Everything that you've done,
27:46I've done in more.
27:46I've done better.
27:48So of course I'm going to outsmart you.
27:49Of course I'm going to beat you
27:52at the wrestling game.
27:53Of course.
27:56It might be a little bit
27:56of an odd couple,
27:57but I guarantee you
27:58we are your next
27:59World Tag League champions.
28:02Hiromu,
28:03here's the thing,
28:03I do all the talking out there.
28:05I know you got a lot to say.
28:07The floor is yours.
28:08Let's go get some beers.
28:10Oh, he said beers.
28:11Chris, I'm out here, bro.
28:12It's been a pleasure, dude.
28:13All right, thank you.
28:21Well, the floor is Hiromu's.
28:23The floor is literally
28:24Hiromu Takahashi's best friend.
28:26And that is going to be
28:28how we leave it with you
28:29here in Fujisawa.
28:32Thanks for joining us.
28:34There you see the B-block
28:35outings here.
28:37Shotsum no Yu Yuuromura
28:38over El Phantasmo
28:40and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
28:41I think there's a lot today
28:42section of that little
28:43post-match interaction.
28:45David Finley, Hiromu Takahashi
28:46victorious tonight.
28:47A big surprise over Oscar
28:49and Yuto Isaac.
28:50Zaybett Jr. and Ryo Hayoiwa
28:52got the win over Callum Neumann
28:53and the great Okan.
28:54And Lance Archer and Alex Zane
28:56were victorious over Sanada
28:58and Ren Narrator.
28:59I think in just a few seconds
29:01we're going to be seeing
29:02the A-block standings.
29:04And it is A-block that is
29:06next here on Japanese
29:08Labor Day weekend on Monday.
29:10It will be
29:10well we're going to have
29:13Bishamon facing Chase Owens
29:15and Yujiro Takahashi.
29:17Taichi and Sadoshi Kojima
29:18are going to be taking on
29:19Bolton and Toriyano.
29:21That's going to be an
29:21interesting one.
29:22Ishikaran Desperados
29:23we said against
29:24Drilla Maloney and Shingo Takagi
29:26and our main event
29:27Gabe Kidd, Yoda Suji
29:29will be taking on
29:30Dom Fale and Evil.
29:32So a hell of a start
29:33to B-block here
29:34in Machida.
29:35My thanks to Drilla Maloney
29:37who has gone for
29:38Victory Beers
29:39with David Finley
29:40and the War Dogs.
29:41We'll catch you next time.
29:43It will be myself
29:44Lance Archer will be joining me
29:45on the call on Monday.
29:47And for all of
29:48Walker Stewart's
29:49very many fans
29:50he'll be on the
29:50call
29:51he's warming his way over
29:53and he'll be
29:53on the tour
29:54starting Tuesday
29:55in Fukushima.
29:56So we hope you
29:57bear with us
29:57all the way through
29:58World Tag League
29:59right here.
30:00Live English coverage
30:01every match
30:01every moment
30:02wherever you are
30:03be there
30:03with the king
30:04of sports streaming.
30:05Thanks for joining us
30:06on NJPW World
30:07until next time
30:08go kigenyo
30:08sayonara.
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