00:26Two guys who have failed to fire up Montai and fire up the New Japan Pro Wrestling Team 2026 and beyond Shotsu Uymano, a new Euro Nur.
00:42As Shoma Katzau will round out this trio here, some very, very interesting scenes yesterday or two days ago, I should say, in Fujisawa.
01:04And we'll get into that. But before that, this. Happy to be joined on the announced desk.
01:09How are we doing? What's up, man? Can you hear me all right?
01:12I can hear you just fine, my friend.
01:14Weeds. Business just picked up.
01:27As Shota, I knew you were emerged successful two days ago with Fujisawa put away.
01:32You know, she's trying to ask you now, Phantasma. They want two points.
01:39It was what happened afterwards that was the source of a lot of interest.
01:43What happened? What happened?
01:45Well, Shota Umino said, and I said it on the air as I was translating, it seemed a lot like, leave Hontai, the New Japan Court Force, leave it to me.
01:55Now, I went back, and I heard it, and I slowed the video way down, and I managed to pick up, and some people said it.
02:02Well, maybe that knee was leave Hontai to weave me, he and Urimuro.
02:07Okay.
02:08But after that comment, Shota Umino bowing down, very, very humble towards Tanahashi and El Phantasma.
02:14Respect.
02:15Urimuro, did you want to show that respect?
02:17I wonder why.
02:18Well.
02:19A little jealousy?
02:20It might be something, it might be nothing, but we'll see what happens.
02:26OIWA and Zack Sather Jr. are also successful in their one match.
02:33As were yourself, fans, AJ, a couple of days ago. Congratulations.
02:42Yes, yes.
02:49So tell me about this TMDK guy.
02:51I don't even know who this guy is.
02:52Well, yeah.
02:53Well, yeah.
02:54OIWA would have been...
02:55No, no, no, no, no.
02:56The other gentleman.
02:58You got Hartley Jackson.
03:00Yes.
03:01That young, that strapping young, fired up, white meat, break-me-faced Hartley Jackson.
03:04I don't know him.
03:05Tell me about him.
03:06Well, Hartley Jackson has been around a long, long time.
03:09Okay.
03:10He actually originally got his New Japan debut, believe it or not, was in 2006.
03:14Oh, wow.
03:15Okay.
03:16And it was him and Mikey Nichols.
03:17Okay.
03:18You know, because they had L.A. Dojo connections back in the time.
03:20Okay.
03:21In Okidojo.
03:22And, well, it was a case of, well, we'll call you.
03:26Okay.
03:27And they did call Hartley Jackson.
03:28It's just that they took him about 18 years to call him back, but then he called him back.
03:32Maybe he changed his number.
03:34Well, Hartley's been a stalwart in the Japanese wrestling scene for decades.
03:40Wrestled for Heat Up, All Japan, all the way around there.
03:43Okay.
03:44And then got the core back and has really been, you know, I mean, the core that's held TMDK together.
03:51Really?
03:52Because he's pretty much everybody you know in Australian professional wrestling was trained by Hartley in some way.
03:56Okay.
03:57There you go.
03:58And that's why he's such a great Papa Jag, as they call him.
04:03Papa Jag.
04:04Keeping everybody safe on the road in the TMDK side so they don't stir up trouble.
04:09Well, they're going to with Zach out there.
04:11That's true.
04:12Trying to get him going.
04:17As well.
04:18I mean, it's been a couple of years, you know, since we've seen you here, Lance.
04:28And Lance, you've had a look at these guys.
04:30I mean, you were coming here for your last World Tag League.
04:34Yep.
04:35While Shota Umino was, I think, in his first.
04:37That was that whole situation with Ren Narita that turned askew.
04:40You know, how you were, was a young lion back then.
04:42Yeah.
04:43I mean, how have you seen these two kids grow up?
04:45That's the crazy part is, you know, the amount of time that I've been around in Japan starting in 2011
04:50and watching all the different young lions that have come through and then come back and have been so successful.
04:56So to see these kids doing so well now and headed to where they're going in this Tag League right now
05:01and coming up to Wrestle Kingdom, it's just a really cool experience to be able to see them come into the business,
05:07grow, and start to succeed.
05:09So Patel had just debuted in the World Tag League two years ago when you were last year.
05:14Now, really, yeah, on the verge of...
05:18He wants to head on excursions, been doing a lot of talk, wants to head to Mexico if he can.
05:23Me, by the way.
05:25Over there, Kenta Sato gets just a one.
05:29Oniohe Woiwa.
05:30You know, in all my years of professional wrestling, a little over 25 now, I've only ever wrestled in Mexico twice.
05:36Wow.
05:37Twice.
05:38Once for AAA way back in, like, 2008, and then most recently, AEW, with that relationship with CMLL, did a big show at Arena Mexico.
05:45That's the two times only that I've ever wrestled in Mexico.
05:49And that relationship with AEW and CMLL, and especially, I mean, AEW for New Japan Pro Wrestling as well, but...
05:55Yeah.
05:56I know that having the chance for the AEW wrestlers to head south of the Bellator to wrestle in CMLL is a big honor for a lot of the boys there.
06:02Yeah.
06:03You know, the relationship with CMLL and New Japan has been years.
06:05Yeah.
06:06With Fantasmania and everything that's going on.
06:08You know, like I said, even though I was with New Japan, I still never got to go over there.
06:12So it's just a cool experience seeing all the different companies working together.
06:15The amount of different talents that are coming in and out from both companies, or excuse me, all three companies.
06:20It just makes professional wrestling fun, especially with New Japan.
06:23Fantasmania will be back on the schedule February of 2026.
06:28Look forward to that.
06:30And it's Zack Saber Jr heading to work on Shoma Castle.
06:35So this is, you know, a match-up yourself and Zayn will have to contend with Zack Saber Jr and Yohei Wairopa.
06:42I mean, you know Zack very well.
06:44Yes, very well.
06:45G1s, tag leagues, combination matches, you name it, we've done it.
06:49And we've teamed together.
06:53The old Suzuki-Gun connection.
06:55Is Cravat being applied to Shoma Castle?
07:05Zack's joint manipulation is second to none in pretty much all of professional wrestling.
07:10Probably considered one of the top technical wrestlers in all of professional wrestling right now, no matter what company you pick.
07:15Yeah, I mean, I think there was certainly a time, two times, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.
07:21So, I mean, there was a period there and defended that championship twice in a row.
07:26Wrestle Kingdom and Wrestle Dynasty this year.
07:29Against Shota Umino and then against Ricochet back-to-back.
07:32Nobody has ever done that before.
07:34So, I mean, you used to put all those qualifiers on Zack Saber Jr.
07:38Best technical wrestler, best British wrestler, best non-Japanese wrestler.
07:41And really, you could just say, well, best wrestler in the world.
07:44A lot of people would make that argument.
07:46Yohei Wairopa coming in and taking down Yohei Wairopa.
07:49Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho.
07:51Double jacks.
07:53Yeah!
07:54Big jack taken down by Urimo.
07:57Fired up.
07:58Look at the hair.
07:59Yeah!
08:01Oh!
08:02Yeah!
08:03Yeah!
08:04Yeah!
08:05Oh!
08:06And Urimo on the charge here into the cover on Zack Saber Jr. gets two and two and a half.
08:12Could have easily been through.
08:14Urimo is a really interesting case.
08:17A lot of people, though, you know what I mean, he would see himself as very distinct from Hiroshi Tanahashi.
08:21But in terms of his personality, you know, he's somebody that always wants to...
08:27Every town he's in, every off day isn't an off day for Urimo.
08:31He does charity work.
08:32He goes up and...
08:33Oh!
08:34Zack just about ripped his head off.
08:36Well, I think we need to open up some charity account for you, Urimo.
08:40Yeah.
08:41Maybe get a GoFundMe for him right now.
08:43Working on the neck vertebrae.
08:46Oh!
08:47He's gonna rip his wrists off.
08:50Tork his elbows out.
08:51Oh, no.
08:52Oh!
08:53Oh, yeah.
08:54T-broke that was gone.
08:55Oh!
08:56Oh!
08:57Oh!
08:58Oh!
08:59Oh!
09:00Oh!
09:01Oh!
09:02Oh!
09:03Oh!
09:04Oh!
09:05Oh!
09:06Oh!
09:07Oh!
09:08Oh!
09:09Oh!
09:10Oh!
09:11Oh!
09:12Oh!
09:13Oh!
09:14And some of the up-of-the-UK World Heavyweight Champion.
09:15So that's not the case.
09:16Even though they're good at all.
09:18It's new like Don Talas, family member.
09:19Wow.
09:20T'Chesta.
09:21I wanna pit your brains on that.
09:22Okay.
09:23Well, we'll get into that later on I think.
09:24Alright.
09:25Especially on our main event.
09:26Very nice.
09:27Beautiful dropkick there.
09:28Took it out of him though.
09:29A lot of energy to get that drop kick off.
09:31Now he's down.
09:32Both of them are down.
09:33Now Show McCartell wants in.
09:34I think he wants in on the plus position.
09:36Because I don't think that Show McCartell wants any of Hartley Jackson.
09:39I don't know if he's paying attention right now.
09:41right now that's the thing about the young lions they're all spirit not a lot of brain at first
09:45he got splatted classic low cross from harry jackson he didn't have to jump very high
09:54the generosity to go into recover and not usually his uh go-to sense on there meaning that will come
10:15later on i have made the appeal several times to different new japan pro wrestling oh wait here it
10:21is here it is this is my first time so what's going on too much time yeah it was like the old piano
10:29falling from the uh falling from the ceiling or a cartoon ambit luckily you know we're getting
10:35out the way i made the appeal several times to different uh new japan pro wrestling patients
10:39that we need we have best of the super juniors okay i think we should have best of the super heavy ones
10:44let's do it you get you in there get hartley yep don't fall a oscar it'll be great yeah
10:51oh reinforce the ring that's really monsoon would say i mean i guess you could say the g1 is that but
10:59the g1 is kind of morphed into a very hybrid exactly initially i think it was a super heavyweight style
11:05tournament but because the way the business has changed and the amount of wrestlers that are coming
11:10from like the different companies we've talked about the cmlo the us aw new japan like it's truly become a
11:16hybrid so yeah uh-oh uh-oh oh he's got oh no oh yeah show makatsu doesn't miss leg day but he needed a few
11:23more there and instead well wait a second oh he's got him he's got him right could be it was not that
11:30that would have been a big win that was a big lariat instead that's a meaty that's a meaty and it will
11:38be a death valley bomb that's it and say good night show makatsu
11:43is that it i think it is so it's going to be a main event tomorrow in kutishima
11:59zach sabre jr two points on the board as do so tumino and yurumura so someone's all has to go
12:08someone has to be handed their first loss tomorrow on the one hand between hoyo and urumura a rematch
12:19one of the best g1 climax matches that we've seen this year and in the other a rematch
12:24the u wrestle kingdom 19 made a bit between zach sabre jr and schotter yeah
12:36vermino and homo beat zach sabre jr
12:41and yo heyoi were lost here we'll see whether this ain't happens this year fukushima tomorrow smile for
12:47me
12:54and we're going to get
13:22and we're going to get into world tag league action coming up next is shimon will be taking
13:28off shay sois and yujo takash
13:35all right well
13:37well on the one hand on the one hand
13:40klaus gets catched our iwgp world heavyweight champion going to be
13:43defending against the iwgp global heavyweight champion yonazuji
13:47in one of the main events the wrestle kingdom 20 for all the goals and then that's a lot of gold
13:55that is a lot of gold well wave goodbye to harley jackson on the night see you later harley
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