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00:00It's Monday in Manchester. It's World Tag League right here on NJPW World.
00:13Labor Day weekend here in Japan, but we're putting the work in here tonight.
00:16We're getting started with Monstersource.
00:27Here in the decks, the Young Lions are ringside.
00:29Alain Sancho will do that for us.
00:43Four more Tag League tournament matches to come.
00:48This time from A-Block.
00:50The second match is an air campaign.
00:52We're going to get started with some six-man previews of Tag League.
00:56Tag League action to come tomorrow night in Fukushima.
01:01We're going to look ahead to this one.
01:12One Sancho and Alex Zayn will be facing Guido Khan Academy even tomorrow night in Fukushima in World Tag League action.
01:18And an extra look here today.
01:23Zayn J joining Monstersource as he has.
01:26Oh, here we go baby!
01:27We're running the tour as well to face the United Empire.
01:32Reunited in sneer quotes.
01:34Calum Neumann, Greater Khan, Jacob Austin Young.
01:37We welcome you to the broadcast once again.
01:39I'm Chris Charlton.
01:40And Lance Archer for my sins will be joining me right here on the desk a little bit later on.
01:51But for right now, Calum Neumann, Greater Khan, Jacob Austin Young about to make their entrance a sorrid start to their World Tag League campaign.
02:05Just two days ago in Fugisawa, it was Ryohei Oiwa and Zack Sabre Jr. able to put away the United Empire side who are, well, United it seems in name only.
02:18We have talks at length so far over the course of the tour, but if this is your first time joining us, United Empire have had, well, a difficult year to put things mildly and not a lot of success since a surge of momentum in the wake of some departures earlier on in the spring.
02:40Calum Neumann tapped into a chip on his shoulder in the months of April and May to become IWGP Tag Team Champion, not just once with Jeff Cobb, but twice alongside Guido Khan.
02:58But they dropped those titles as quickly as they won them.
03:00And Neumann, impressive but defeated when he challenged for the IWGP while they were in Championship in May.
03:07Since then, impressive G1 showing to the side.
03:12In the team respects, we're just not a lot of interest when it comes to the Prince.
03:23Nor for that matter, when it comes to the one-time Dominator in Great O'Khan.
03:30Grand Order sponsored,並びに G-Store ambassador, Dominator, Great O'Khan!
03:42I think this is JAY, Jacob Austin Young, feeling perhaps a little bit anxious.
03:48Because as much as Great O'Khan and Calum Neumann have said, yes, well, if we're able to produce in World Tag League, and if we're able to come away with those trophies,
03:58or shot the IWGP Tag Team Championship that comes with it, then there may be big things.
04:03There have been big talks about the potential future of the United Empire behind closed doors.
04:08But at the same time, part of those talks have been, well, if we can't produce in World Tag League, then maybe it's time to shut up shop.
04:18When it comes to the faction that O'Khan and Will Ospreay formed back in the year 2020.
04:25Lance Archer wants some of Great O'Khan to start, so we'll see what happens.
04:28Let's go, let's go!
04:30Let's go, let's go!
04:31Oh, yeah!
04:32Oh, yeah!
04:33I'm gonna put you in the floor.
04:34I'm gonna take you down.
04:36Here we go!
04:37Here we go!
04:38You ready?
04:39Here we go.
04:40The closest that these two teams have come together in the past we take back to the 2023 World Tag League Tour and it was Monstersauce teaming with Minoru Suzuki. They put away Rado Khan, Callum Neumann and Hinari on the night.
05:00Tonight Zane J joining the Monstersauce side, Jacob Austin Young, the United Empire side. We'll see if there are any differences. The bell has rung. Monster Ant sound off, it's here. A trio of shoulder blocks takes down the Empire.
05:16Zane J some rough times, Zane as well, but even rougher for Guaido Khan.
05:24They've got it. It's an A and two Zs, but Art Archer keen to point out that this team is not as Zane J has put it.
05:44Show me what you got.
05:46A lot of talk. Lance Archer and Alex Zane a couple of years ago took a young Oscar Loibe under his, under their wing rather.
06:01Now Oscar won half of the IWGP Tag Team Champions. So on a low bridge there that Jacob Austin Young held the door open and Zane J tumbled out of it.
06:11Zane hoping to have a similar level of education here over the course of this World Tag League series.
06:18And there will be some lumps to come along with that.
06:21Jacob Austin Young very, very aggressive and very impressive.
06:25And that behooves him because it could be at this point.
06:29Let's face it, Jacob Austin Young might be fighting for a job.
06:34The floor underneath him, talking about Jacob Austin Young, has shifted dramatically really in the last 12 months.
06:49And may yet shift further. Cover there for Guaido Khan on Zane J who gets the shoulder up.
06:56The United Empire was formed in 2020 when Will Ospreay was joined by Bea Priestley and Guaido Khan to put a beating on Kazuchika Okada in the G1 all the way back then.
07:15But it grew with the addition of men like Jeff Cobb, with the addition of Hinnarek.
07:22The invitation, albeit one that was later refused after the fact by Drilla Maloney.
07:31And then the invitation of Callum Newman.
07:34All with the expectation that United Empire was a group of killers, at least in Callum Newman's mind.
07:41As Jacob Austin Young hopes to leverage some killer instinct and only gets one before Lance Archer breaks it up.
07:47Callum Newman feels that United Empire has gotten away from their core philosophy.
07:53And said, well if some are unwilling within the United Empire to have that core philosophy, well I will have to lead by example.
08:02The only problem is when one is acting under their own motivations or their own thinking and not bringing the team with them.
08:14Well the results don't necessarily follow.
08:16All in one right now, Guaido Khan and Callum Newman.
08:21We have Monster Sauce coming up tomorrow night in Fukushima.
08:25It is a very very demanding tour this year's World Tag League.
08:30We've started on Thursday.
08:32It was match day off, match day off.
08:35And then match here tonight in Machida.
08:38All in the Greater Tokyo and Kanagawa area.
08:42But tomorrow, a long trip on the road to Fukushima.
08:48And then, you know, it would be a series of, well if there are days off, there are travel days.
08:53Will be up in the country, Aomori, Akita.
08:56And travelling around towns like Hiroshima as well.
08:59A lot of travel for all of these teams.
09:02And so, if you are feeling sort of alright, if you are one of the participants over the first three days, well things are going to get an awful lot harder after Labor Day today.
09:12Up goes Callum Newman who has a lot of spring.
09:15As does Alex Zane rather.
09:17And that corkscrew there.
09:19Yes!
09:20Yes!
09:21Yes!
09:22Yes!
09:23Yes!
09:24Yes!
09:25Yes!
09:26Yes!
09:27Yes!
09:28Yes!
09:29Yes!
09:30Yes!
09:31Yes!
09:33Miller's game as a round of nine feet to the net.
09:37A newHamli too.
09:38In this case, very hungry for results, as well as Cuisine.
09:39Shoved away there.
09:40He didn't get to get it out.
09:41Nice!
09:42Up we go!
09:43To the top, and down goes Callum Newman.
09:47Oh my God!
09:49Yes!
09:50Jacob Austin-Young, hungry for results as well, wants to make waves, but here we go as Lawrence Huxher comes in .
10:00It's good to be bad.
10:02And Lowbridge took out Lance Archer there, and wow! Effective combination.
10:22Could get even worse for Alex Zane here. Watch Calum Heumann's going to fly off the top rope.
10:27One is to drive those feet through the abdomen of Alex Zane who got out of the way just in time.
10:34And two for the price of one double to Harris.
10:37Down go United Empire. Double drop kick as well.
10:50Zane J, another one with an awful lot of hunger and awful lot of pride.
10:53Somebody who has leveled up considerably in the last couple of months with every rep that he gets.
11:00Takes down. Callum Newman there with the drop kick.
11:08A lot of hype, a lot of size on Callum Newman to try and leverage over it. Newman says no.
11:23Now on the suplex as well.
11:29There's the head kick. And oh my goodness, the vertical right there.
11:34Incredibly impressive and that ought to do it. Yes it does.
11:42Great vertical leap, great hops. Puts down Zane J.
11:48And it's United Empire up to start the evening off here in Machida.
12:03The great Okan knows as he puts on the claw.
12:07Alex Zane.
12:08But it's two points on the board that are key. And this might be the key to that matchup.
12:14Both Great Okan and Lance Archer masters of the Iron Claw.
12:19That EVD version that Lance Archer carries.
12:23And they set up to the Eliminator for Great Okan.
12:25So we'll see whether that's the decisive move.
12:29Coming up tomorrow night in Fukushima.
12:31Martin Zane, 1-0.
12:35Victoria's over Red Knight and Sanada.
12:39Saturday night.
12:44Newman and Okan yet to get on the board and really yet to get or stay on the same page for long.
12:53But we'll see whether United Empire can strike back tomorrow.
12:58Tomorrow.
13:03Certainly not sticking around to celebrate is Great Okan.
13:06This has been the story of, well, the entire team.
13:11Specifically over this World Tag League Tour to date.
13:18Team United can never be divided.
13:20But it doesn't seem particularly United coming out together.
13:25They aren't leaving together.
13:27But we'll see whether they can leave tomorrow night with a couple of points on the board.
13:31We're underway here in Manchester.
13:32Thank you for joining us.
13:34Live English coverage right here on NJPW World.
13:37And up next, Jado, El Fentesmo, Hiroshi Tanahashi will be taking on Gedo.
13:41And the surprisingly successful Hiromi Takashi and David Finlay.
13:44We'll talk all about it coming up next.
13:45We'll talk about David Finlay.
13:46We'll talk all about it coming up next.
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