01:00Well, there is a fine, fine line wrestling, fans, between a victory earned and a victory stolen.
01:08But for some of us in the world of professional wrestling, we choose to live in the middle of the gray area.
01:12And right now, the green and gold on Great O'Conn is looking a lot more gray than usual.
01:18After what we saw between Great O'Conn, Calum Newman, and yes, that man right there, a dangerous participant in what took place 24 hours ago.
01:28Jacob Austin Young with an interference in the middle of league competition, allowing for the first two points to be put up for O'Conn and Newman.
01:36The Prince, Calum Newman.
01:50And the Dominator, Great O'Conn, two points on the board, walking into preview tag team competition here tonight.
02:07And that is going to be two even opposite the two men they face off against coming up on November 28th.
02:14And that is going to be two even opposite the two points on the board.
02:44Young Lion's Shomakato hits ringside,
02:54looking to steal the attention away from World Tag League competition this year.
03:01Those are as close to direct words as we're going to get out of Shomakato
03:04from both fans' comments.
03:05Meanwhile, the two men who gave it their absolute all and everything
03:09in our main event 24 hours ago,
03:12and it was all for naught.
03:13An incredible performance leading to no advantage on the board tonight.
03:18Yuya Uemura and Shelton Umino lock in on two points.
03:21Uemura Yuya!
03:43Uemura Yuya!
03:44Uemura Yuya!
03:48A controversial ending to last night's league matchup for United Empire to say the very least.
04:01Calum Newman, Grado Khan and Jacob Austin Young feeling a massive play into the pressure.
04:10Two points put on the board for United Empire for the first time in this tournament.
04:16It is a one-in-one record in league competition heading into tonight for both teams.
04:31was Uemura Uemura and Uemura managed to put down Tanahashi and El Phantasmo back in Fujisawa.
04:36Could not, however, put down Ryohei Oyoa and Zack Sabre Jr. last night in Fukushima.
04:41Grado Khan and Calum Newman also failing to Ryohei Oyoa and Zack Sabre Jr., but picking up that win over Alex Zane and Lance Archer.
04:52But the nature of that victory hugely being called into question thanks to the presence of Jacob Austin Young at ringside.
05:02And J.A.Y. is going to be a legal competitor in this matchup here, but once again will not be heading into November 28th
05:10when we get live with block beat competition once again, this time coming out of Aomori, Japan.
05:15We kick off here tonight, one fall 20-minute time limit.
05:19Yuya Uemura battling it out with Grado Khan, and Uemura still has to be in a world of pain.
05:24Went one-on-one with truly the best technical wrestler in the world, and by my money, maybe the best pro wrestler in the world in Zack Sabre Jr. 24 hours ago.
05:35And with Yuya Uemura putting his technical skills to the test against one of the best, if you have to be looking at maybe second best, third best, fourth best, certainly top five in the world,
05:43you have to look to the multi-disciplinary student that is Grado Khan when it comes to the technical realm.
05:51Whether it is Sambo, Judo, any other O that you can throw into the conversation, Grado Khan certainly knows his way around all sorts of mixed martial arts, all sorts of technicalities.
06:06And Uemura, well, a technical deficiency here, as an elbow shot can be thrown by Uemura off the ropes first.
06:14And Callum Newman right to the back, shoulder tackle from O'God, and United Empire going to assert their dominance here over the kingdom of Sendak.
06:25Yeah, look at this.
06:26Oh, good lord, J-A-Y taking it right to Shomakato.
06:30A lot of bad blood between those two over the past calendar year.
06:33Meanwhile, Callum Newman straight to Shota Uemura.
06:35The exact same conversation that he had, dating all the way back to last year's G1 Climax,
06:41and G134 between Callum Newman and Shota Uemura.
06:46Oh, but O'God, huge uppercut shot there on Uemura.
06:50No need to keep things technical all the time, but.
06:55Yuya Uemura certainly finding that fact out for himself.
06:58And look at this, J-A-Y and Callum Newman putting the boots right in, thanks to Great O'Kahn.
07:03J-A-Y striking up a conversation with referee Yuya Sakamoto.
07:08Yeah, there is no reason for this.
07:09Sakamoto now drawing the ire of Shota Uemura.
07:13And it's Great O'Kahn who wants to put the finish in here.
07:16Cover one more time, two count only.
07:19And for all that Great O'Kahn has managed to do within the tag team division,
07:30a four-time IWGP tag team champion.
07:33Multiple alongside Jeff Cobb and alongside Callum Newman as well.
07:37And for all that work put in, it may be deserving of a good rest here tonight.
07:41Tag in the corner, here comes Jacob Austin-Young back into the conversation.
07:50And it really changed the entire game just 24 hours ago.
07:55Putting two points on the board for Callum Newman, for Great O'Kahn.
08:11Yes, it was Newman and O'Kahn, the only legal members of that matchup.
08:14But don't ask anyone in the United Empire about that, it seems.
08:20I have no idea what has gotten into the mind of J-A-Y of Newman.
08:24We've rarely understood what's going through the mind of Great O'Kahn.
08:27But this idea that, well, the entirety of the Empire could be riding on the success
08:33or lack thereof of United Empire in World Tag League this year.
08:37Will there even be a unification between Newman, O'Kahn, J-A-Y, Francesco Akira
08:42when he returns from the shelf even?
08:45If things do not go the way of the Empire in this year's World Tag League?
08:49That is the question that is, well, it's currently sitting on everyone's mind right now.
08:54Yeah, Newman. Yeah, I'm going to force that even further down the throat of everyone listening.
08:59As talked about it, Numerous times and post-match comments.
09:02United Empire needs the win, but the need to solidify Hontai underneath turbulent times.
09:10The soon-to-come exit of Hiroshi Tanahashi from the sport of pro wrestling.
09:14Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura need to try and establish a front,
09:18and that front's got to come here in World Tag League.
09:20Here comes Umino.
09:26J-A-Y and Great O'Kahn are looking to slow down.
09:29Umino, not going to happen here.
09:30Pass by and a massive shoulder tackle on the left side for Jacob Austin Young.
09:35Dropkick follows him instead.
09:40As good as gold here tonight looks Shota Umino.
09:47And worse for wear right now is Konichiro Tenryu-inspired offense coming out of the way of Shota tonight.
09:54Was not too long ago Shota Umino making an appearance for the Tenryu Project organization here in Japan.
10:02As Umino using that to gear up for World Tag League this year and two points on the board to show for it.
10:09Wrestling fans, we got to tell you, we say only on the board, but it's still anybody's ball game.
10:15We are still very, very early on into competition here.
10:20And soon enough, days away, we will be reaching that midway point in the blocks around the kickstart of December.
10:28And that is going to be the time where, well, you got to sense a little bit of urgency out of every single team.
10:33If it wasn't already there, there's the urgency out of Newman.
10:37Shota Umino took his eye off the ball for a minute too long.
10:40And now, well, look in the red corner, look in the blue corner.
10:44The young boy and the young lion.
10:46Jacob Austin Young and Shoma Kato, everyone wants their tag.
10:50And we're going to see it here. Here comes Kato, here comes Young.
10:53Shoulder tackle blows the way out of Shoma Kato, blocks the shot.
11:02And a big chop to the chest on Jay tonight.
11:07Drop kick as well, beautifully done.
11:09Cover here for Shoma Kato again.
11:12Two count only.
11:14And Jay, why may have a fractured nose at the very least, has not let his hand go from it once.
11:19But here and there, there you go, Shoma Kato and Shota Umino.
11:25Back inside the ring here on Jay.
11:31Body attack there from Ulamour.
11:34Forearm shot from Kato again.
11:38Up and over, suplex away.
11:41One more time on Jay, cover again.
11:44Kick out at two.
11:45Kick out at two.
11:47And kick out rather a break up at two.
11:50Going to change the trajectory of this whole match overall.
11:53Yuya Umura and Sho Domino clearing the flight deck right now for Shoma Kato.
11:58Keep things grounded though, my friend.
12:00That Boston Crab will do you good.
12:02Not good enough yet.
12:05Not good enough yet.
12:07As J-A-Y.
12:09Beautiful sling blade there out of Young.
12:13As Jacob now.
12:15Oh, just dumping Kato in the back of his neck.
12:20And what are we going to see here?
12:21Jacob Austin Young.
12:23Looking to innovate here tonight.
12:25Oh, kneeling down right into the spine.
12:28Pressure on the knees of Shoma Kato.
12:31I haven't seen that out of Jay before.
12:33This one's over.
12:37Oh, and we're going to see it a little bit longer than intended.
12:40Young.
12:41Young's not letting go.
12:48Oh, good lord.
12:49What the hell is this about?
12:56It's one thing to get desperate.
12:57It's one thing to need to put points on the board for the first time.
13:02There is no need to put your hands on our young lions.
13:05Especially after the bell.
13:06This is sickening.
13:07You know, that right there is the sort of thing that wrestling fans have found frustration in.
13:23When it comes to House of Torture here in New Japan Pro Wrestling United Empire.
13:27Well, read it from the wrong playbook, certainly.
13:33Well, fans, if you want an up close and personal conversation with Calum Newman,
13:38we're going to be having one soon enough here in the English Broadcast with Calum.
13:42Newman is guaranteed if he wins this matchup here tonight, he'd be joining me.
13:46And, well, Newman has found success here on the evening.
13:49That means we're going to be seeing him coming up later on in League Competition.
13:53I certainly have a lot of questions for what's gotten inside the mind of the Empire in the latter half of 2025.
13:59But even to come, Calum Newman and Great Okan versus Shota Pumino and Yuya Uemura.
14:05It's coming up in our morning, November 28th.
14:08Live right here with English coverage on NJPW World.
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