00:58Well, Yoshihashi said it himself in post-match comments.
01:06Don't call it a comeback.
01:08Four points on the board for Koto and Yoshihashi in World Tag League 2025 Block A.
01:15We'll be teaming up alongside one another and taking on one of the darkest forces here in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
01:22Two of the senior members of House of Torture and Evil and Dot Fale,
01:26who currently sit at six, Lance.
01:28Definitely.
01:29You know, Bishamon's probably one of the most dangerous tag teams in all of, especially World Tag League history.
01:38You know, you kind of look at them and you go,
01:40all right, I don't know if these guys are going to be that dangerous, but they are every single time.
01:44Now, I have to say that last year, Monstersauce beat them, and they were champions at the time.
01:49And Monstersauce never got its tag team title shot.
01:53I know we didn't win the league, but we had that win over them, and they kept the title.
01:57We definitely deserved it, but hey, it is what it is.
02:00Goto's got to be one of the greatest tournament wrestlers in all of New Japan Pro Wrestling.
02:12You're certainly right about that.
02:15G1's New Japan Cups, five World Tag League wins.
02:18Five?
02:19Five.
02:20Jeez.
02:50Big ol' Don Folle.
02:55Six points on the board here tonight for House of Tortures, Don Folle and Evil.
03:01As Folle, the heavy hitter, Evil, the mastermind behind it all, the Never Openweight Champion,
03:06looks ahead not only to this World Tag League bout, but January 4th, 2026,
03:11the pro wrestling debut of Aaron Wolfe, gold medal Olympic judo athlete,
03:16taking on Evil for the Never Openweight Championship.
03:19That's going to be coming up in the Tokyo Dome, but before we get to the Tokyo Dome,
03:23we've got to run through World Tag League, and Evil and Don Folle are ready to run through Vishal.
03:27Well, they've got six points, and they've got Don Folle.
03:30I've known Folle for a long time.
03:33I wrestled a young Blue Justice teaming with Nagata, Folle, back in 2011 when, like you said,
03:39Suzuki and I won the Tag League.
03:42I've wrestled against Evil in different iterations with Evil.
03:46Evil, obviously Evil and Sonata, and they faced Smith and I at the Tokyo Dome years ago.
03:56A lot of history with all four of these men that are in the ring right now.
03:59Well, I cannot wait to hear what you have to say about all of them.
04:02Well, I can't say a lot of that on air, though.
04:04Well, there you go.
04:05I mean, I guess I could.
04:06Well, you know.
04:07See if the, it's not really FCC rules here, huh?
04:09Oh, yeah, not at all.
04:10Okay.
04:11Nice.
04:11There you go.
04:13I'm not going to answer to Asahi for it.
04:16It is Evil and Don Folle, six points.
04:18Hiroki Goto and Yoshihashi, four points.
04:21Wow, there we go.
04:21No time to break down numbers here.
04:23We're already getting started.
04:25Referee Marty Asami sounds for the bell.
04:26We're officially underway for our second Block A match for the evening.
04:31Oh, he's going to rip his nose off.
04:33Oh, good Lord.
04:33I mean, I wouldn't put it past Evil for attempting.
04:37He is Evil.
04:38Oh, you're right.
04:41He's got good hair, man.
04:43Well, that is the only good thing about Evil that you can say.
04:46But, you know, you talk about Goto and Yoshihashi being great tag team tournament wrestlers.
04:51We've seen that three years in a row, World Tag League winners.
04:55That's crazy.
04:552021-2022, and the last time you were here in this tournament, 2023.
05:00Yep.
05:02Missed out in 2024, but we're going to see if 2025 is the year for Mishima.
05:09On a mission to get back on track, I'm sure.
05:13You know that Goto and Yoshihashi would have loved to put a focus on the heavyweight tag team division.
05:18That would have been if Goto was not too focused on the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
05:23Won the World Heavyweight title for the first time in his career back in February 11th of 2025.
05:28And now Goto got it away as the world title currently held by someone you're very familiar with,
05:35the Konosuke Takeshita.
05:36Wow, Takeshita on the rise, man.
05:39With Don Cal's family.
05:40You know, that's usually a formula for success.
05:42Let's see.
05:43Hey, Don.
05:46Just saying hi to Don.
05:47Oh, come on.
05:48Hey, Don.
05:48Don't forget about me, Don.
05:49Oh, no.
05:51Well, Goto and Evil here on the outside now, and it is Evil.
05:56Oh, look at this.
05:57Trying to wrap the ankle around that post right there, around that steel barrier.
06:02Well, if he breaks his ankle, he probably had to drop out of the tournament.
06:07That's not the first time that Goto would have had to drop out of a tournament.
06:09Yeah, you're right about that.
06:10Didn't even get to compete in this year's G1 due to an injury.
06:21Oh, well, and Evil asking Goto if he wants to give up here.
06:24Goto with a defiant no.
06:26Wouldn't this have become an I Quit match?
06:28Well, Evil likes to try that sometimes, thinks that maybe he could just walk away scot-free from it all.
06:34Well, I guess if you could get somebody to quit right away, it would be an easier night.
06:38Pays the same.
06:39Certainly so.
06:40It would put two more points on the board for Evil and Don Fale, and that's the name of the game here in this tournament.
06:48As Fale going to take Goto back inside the ring here.
06:52And Goto absolutely helpless right now.
06:54Yoshi Hashi still trying to recover down in the red corner.
06:58And it is Evil on Goto here tonight.
07:00Oh, here comes the big boy.
07:03Oh, tag made.
07:04And it's Don Fale in.
07:06That's a lot of kilos, baby.
07:07You're right about that.
07:09Even more pounds if you count them like that.
07:18Uh-oh, uh-oh, he's standing right on his hamstring.
07:21Oh!
07:21Oh!
07:22Going for a serve.
07:26Wave was a little rough.
07:27Yeah, yeah.
07:28Well done.
07:31Don Fale here on Hiroki Goto has been all the reason that Fale and Evil have found six points on the board so far.
07:40Fale has been absolutely instrumental for House of Torture in the latter half of 2020.
07:43Oh, right on that.
07:44Right on that.
07:45Hamstring.
07:45Oh!
07:48It's going to leave a deep hematoma.
07:50Shut the fuck up.
07:51Hit!
07:51Hit!
07:52Hit!
07:52Hit!
07:52Hit!
07:53Hit!
07:53Hit!
07:54Hit!
07:54Hit!
07:55Hit!
07:55Hit!
07:56Hit!
07:56Hit!
07:57NCAA made out Fale out Evil in.
07:59Do you think Marty understood him though?
08:01Well, Marty's got a little bit of English to him.
08:03This is true.
08:04He likes to talk new about the Kansas City Chiefs.
08:06Is that because he is little?
08:07No.
08:08You know one of his favorite things?
08:09He loves Munster sauce.
08:11Oh!
08:11Does he?
08:12With the hand gesture.
08:13Oh, that's disgusting.
08:14The people listening, guess what that hand gesture is when you talk about Munster sauce!
08:18Okay.
08:19Well, I don't want to guess.
08:20Now you know what it is.
08:21Yeah, I know what it is.
08:22Now you know what it is.
08:23Goto trying to make the bottom rope here tonight to the bottom, he gets there.
08:30He made it.
08:32A fighting spirit.
08:35You know, to talk a little bit more about Don Folley and House of Torture as the man gets back in the blue corner here.
08:42Don Folley joining House of Torture alongside Chase Owens back at Dominion in June of this year.
08:48You know, it is truly the reason, you could argue, Evil even made it to the final of the G1 opposite of Canole Skate to catch the back in Ariok Bay Arena.
08:56Don Folley, who wasn't even supposed to be on the tour, just showing up and helping Evil hand out wins left and right.
09:02Hey, got to do what you got to do.
09:04Don Folley helped him get to those finals.
09:06That's a big, big thing.
09:08You're right about it.
09:09Oh!
09:12He tried to take his wig off.
09:14Evil might have made it to the G1 final.
09:16I'm not certain he's going to get to the World Tag League finals.
09:19Or if he's even going to get to Shizuoka after that lariat.
09:22Here comes Yoshihashi.
09:24Oh, big fire, Yoshi.
09:25Big fire, Yoshi.
09:27Big fire, Yoshi.
09:28Big fire, Yoshi.
09:29Oh, did he just kick him in the nether regions?
09:32Yeah, it was a chop to the midsection, but huge chop to the chest.
09:37And Yoshihashi, big neck breaker there, center of the ring.
09:42Cover.
09:43One, two.
09:44Only a two count.
09:45Yeah, two only.
09:47Marty's so small, you'd think his counts would be a little faster because he's so much closer to the ground.
09:52Right, yeah, like there's an aerodynamic to it.
09:54Not aerodynamic, he's just short.
09:55Oh, well.
09:56One, two, three.
09:57Each Nissan.
09:58I don't know if this is smart by Evil.
10:12Trading shots.
10:15Nice.
10:18Uh-oh, uh-oh.
10:21Gonna let him load up.
10:25Oh, oh, oh.
10:28Not a bogus turner.
10:30Come on, Elena.
10:43Pull his eye out.
10:45Yeah, well, it's a lot more effective than a chop, I'll tell you that.
10:48Yeah, it definitely would be if he actually got his eye completely out with Big Vader style.
10:53If Fale squishes you, that'll happen for sure.
10:59Oh, yeah.
11:00Like a bug.
11:01Don Fale.
11:02In a minute, Yoshihashi out of the corner here.
11:06Yoshihashi definitely didn't want to lose his eye.
11:10Off the road, set in.
11:12Once the sun set.
11:13No, Fale, Fale.
11:15That's a hard man to topple.
11:17I thought he was just going to sit on him.
11:19Fale misses the elbow drop, and Yoshihashi lying wait.
11:24Kicked inside of his head.
11:29I remember Fale had hair.
11:33Now he's got that cool tattoo on his head.
11:40I don't know if those forums are going to do much against Fale.
11:48Oh, no, no, no.
11:49Nice, nice, nice, nice.
11:50Tripped up at ringside there by Evil.
11:52Evil comes in for the shot to Goto, and it is House of Torture.
11:56They're going to have their way with Yoshihashi tonight.
12:03Oh, he knew.
12:04Oh, he jumped in.
12:06Oh, nice clothesline in the corner.
12:09That's the mark of great tag team wrestling.
12:11You've got to be there when your partner needs you.
12:15Goto was there.
12:18Let's see what we can do.
12:19A little top rope action, resting leg sweep, neck breaker.
12:25And Yoshihashi now on the cover on Don Fale, two count only.
12:29Oh, it's going to make a lot.
12:31Yeah, still holds on.
12:32Kneebar, kneebar, kneebar.
12:33Yeah, you're right about that.
12:34Still holding on to that knee.
12:35That's a great way to take down the giant in Don Fale.
12:40Meanwhile, Goto has Evil up in the corner, and Marty Asami's got to focus on Don Fale right here.
12:46We could have a tap sometime soon.
12:48Yeah, I know.
12:49What if he taps while he's not looking?
12:50Does it count?
12:52We've got to have an official to call for it.
12:57I mean, wait a minute.
12:58What's going on out here?
13:01Dick Togo.
13:02Oh, he's back.
13:03And what the hell is going on here?
13:05I thought that was a member of the production crew.
13:08Oh, that's Show.
13:11He's going to choke him.
13:12He's going to choke him.
13:12He's choking him.
13:13Yeah, Show's choking the life out of Yoshihashi here.
13:16He was sitting right next to you, Lance.
13:17You didn't see him?
13:18I wasn't looking.
13:19Oh, come on.
13:20I'm sorry.
13:24Well, Show is choking the dear life out of Yoshihashi here.
13:29Oh, and House of Torture are on track to steal away another two points.
13:34But, oh, and here comes a young lion taken out again.
13:39Magic killer.
13:42This will be eight points?
13:44That's going to put him to that point.
13:45But, it's on Foley.
13:48Marty's back.
13:49We didn't see any of it.
13:50Got to put the end in here.
13:54Oh.
13:54Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
13:55Yoshihashi.
13:56Take it down Foley.
13:57Oh, wow.
13:58Oh!
13:58It's over.
13:59It's over.
14:01This is on Ticket.
14:05Oh, but they ran back on it.
14:08Sore losers.
14:09Get out of here, he said.
14:15Get out of here.
14:16House of Torture putting the attack in on poor Yoshihashi.
14:20All he did was win the damn match.
14:23Six points on the board from Vishima.
14:25They don't look like winners right now, though, Lance.
14:27Oh!
14:27Oh!
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14:38Oh!
14:38It is six points on the board for Vishima, but oh, good lord, have mercy.
14:55I'm starting to worry a little bit about Yoshihashi.
14:57He has barely moved an inch in that blue corner right there.
15:02Yeah, we might need to get a little bit of help out here for Yoshihashi,
15:05as Roki Koto and Tatsu Matsumoto.
15:09House of Torture are not good sports, you know that.
15:19Well, the Ippodaki Kani for a victory here tonight for Yoshihashi.
15:23It's a huge winch for Yoshihashi.
15:28Wrestling fans, we are soon to move on to our semi-main event of the evening.
15:34Yoshihashi, I'm currently sitting at six points, the ceiling right now.
15:37Six points in Block A, and there are a lot of teams currently there.
15:40the lead move right on and into your next match of the evening.
15:44Gabe Kidd and Yota Suji take on El Desperado and Shuji Ishikawa.
15:49We are guaranteed to have one of those two teams move past six here tonight.
15:54At the least, we'll talk all about it in our semi main event right here on NJPW World.
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