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00:00:00New Japan Cups, five World Tag League wins.
00:00:03Five?
00:00:03Five.
00:00:04Jeez.
00:00:30Six points on the board here tonight for House of Tortures, Don Folle and Evil.
00:00:45As Folle, the heavy hitter, Evil, the mastermind behind it all, the Never Openweight Champion,
00:00:50looks ahead not only to this World Tag League bout, but January 4, 2026, the pro wrestling
00:00:56debut of Aaron Wolf, gold medal Olympic judo athlete, taking on Evil for the Never Openweight
00:01:02Championship.
00:01:03That's going to be coming up in the Tokyo Dome, but before we get to the Tokyo Dome, we've
00:01:07got to run through World Tag League, and Evil and Don Folle are ready to run through Vishnu.
00:01:11Well, they've got six points, and they've got Don Folle, you know.
00:01:15I've known Folle for a long time.
00:01:17I wrestled a young Blue Justice teaming with Nagata, Folle, back in 2011 when, like you
00:01:23said, Suzuki and I won the Tag League.
00:01:26I've wrestled against Evil in different generations with Evil, obviously Evil and Sonata, and
00:01:32they faced Smith and I at the Tokyo Dome years ago.
00:01:40A lot of history with all four of these men that are in the ring right now.
00:01:43Well, I cannot wait to hear what you have to say about all of them.
00:01:46I mean, you know.
00:01:46Well, I can't say a lot of that on air, though.
00:01:48Oh, well, there you go.
00:01:49I mean, I guess I could.
00:01:50Well, you know.
00:01:51See if the, it's not really FCC rules here, huh?
00:01:53Oh, yeah, not at all.
00:01:54Okay, nice.
00:01:56There you go.
00:01:57I'm not going to answer to Asahi for it.
00:02:00Hey, it is Evil and Don Folle, six points.
00:02:03Hiroki Goto and Yoshihashi, four points.
00:02:05Oh, there you go.
00:02:05No time to break down numbers here.
00:02:08We're already getting started.
00:02:09Referee Marty Asami sounds for the bell.
00:02:11We're officially underway for our second block game match this evening.
00:02:15Oh, he's going to rip his nose off.
00:02:17Oh, good Lord.
00:02:17I mean, I wouldn't put it past Evil for attempting.
00:02:20He is Evil.
00:02:22Oh, you're right.
00:02:23He's got good hair, man.
00:02:28Well, that is probably the only good thing about Evil that you can say.
00:02:31But, you know, you talk about Goto and Yoshihashi being great tag team tournament wrestlers.
00:02:35We've seen that three years in a row, World Tag League winners.
00:02:39That's crazy.
00:02:392021-2022, and the last time you were here in this tournament, 2023.
00:02:44Yep.
00:02:46Missed out in 2024, but we're going to see if 2025 is the year for Vishima.
00:02:53On a mission to get back on track, I'm sure.
00:02:57You know that Goto and Yoshihashi would have loved to put a focus on the heavyweight tag team division,
00:03:02and that would have been if Goto was not too focused on the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
00:03:07Won the World Heavyweight title for the first time in his career back in February 11th of 2025,
00:03:12and now Goto got it away as the world title currently held by someone you're very familiar with,
00:03:19the Konosuke Takeshita.
00:03:20Oh, Takeshita's on the rise, man.
00:03:23With Don Cal's family, you know, that's usually a formula for success.
00:03:29Hey, Don.
00:03:30Just saying hi to Don.
00:03:31Hey, Don.
00:03:32Don't forget about your Don.
00:03:33Oh, no.
00:03:34Well, Goto and Evil here on the outside now, and it is Evil.
00:03:40Oh, look at this.
00:03:41Trying to wrap the ankle around that post right there, around that steel barrier.
00:03:48Well, if he breaks his ankle, he'd probably have to drop out of the tournament.
00:03:51That's not the first time that Goto would have had to drop out of a tournament.
00:03:54Yeah, you're right about that.
00:03:55Didn't even get to compete in this year's G1 due to an injury.
00:03:57Oh, well, and Evil asking Goto if he wants to give up here.
00:04:09Goto with a defiant no.
00:04:10Wouldn't this have become an I quit match?
00:04:12Well, Evil likes to try that sometimes.
00:04:15Thinks that maybe he could just walk away scot-free from it all.
00:04:18Well, I guess if he could get somebody to quit right away, it would be an easier night.
00:04:22Pays the same.
00:04:23Certainly so.
00:04:24It 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.
00:04:32As Fale going to take Goto back inside the ring here.
00:04:36And Goto absolutely helpless right now.
00:04:39Yoshihashi still trying to recover down in the red corner.
00:04:41And it is Evil on Goto here tonight.
00:04:44Oh, here comes the big boy.
00:04:47Oh, tag made.
00:04:48And it's Don Fale in.
00:04:50That's a lot of kilos, baby.
00:04:51You're right about that.
00:04:53Even more pounds if you count them like that.
00:05:01Uh-oh, uh-oh.
00:05:02He's standing right on his hamstring.
00:05:07Going for a serve.
00:05:10Wave was a little rough.
00:05:11Don Fale here on Hiroki Goto has been all the reason that Fale and Evil have found six points on the board so far.
00:05:24Fale has been absolutely instrumental for House of Torture in the latter half of 2019.
00:05:27Oh, right on that.
00:05:28Right on that hamstring.
00:05:32He's going to leave a deep hematoma.
00:05:38Fale with some choice words.
00:05:39Certainly so.
00:05:40Tag made out.
00:05:41Fale out.
00:05:43Evil in.
00:05:43Do you think Marty understood him, though?
00:05:45Oh, well, Marty's got a little bit of English to him.
00:05:47This is true.
00:05:48He likes to talk to you on the Kansas City Chiefs.
00:05:50Is that because he is little?
00:05:51No.
00:05:51You know one of his favorite things?
00:05:53He loves monster sauce.
00:05:55Oh, does he?
00:05:56With the hand gesture.
00:05:57Oh, that's disgusting.
00:05:58For the people listening, guess what the hand gesture is when you talk about monster sauce.
00:06:02Okay.
00:06:03Well, I don't want to guess.
00:06:05Oh, you know what it is.
00:06:06Yeah, I know what it is.
00:06:06Oh, you know what it is.
00:06:07Goto trying to make the bottom rope here tonight.
00:06:12He made it.
00:06:13And to the bottom, he gets there.
00:06:14He made it.
00:06:16A fighting spirit.
00:06:17You know, to talk a little bit more about Don Fale and House of Torture, as the man gets
00:06:24back in the blue corner here, Don Fale joining House of Torture alongside Chase Owens back
00:06:30at Dominion in June of this year.
00:06:31And, you know, it is truly the reason, you could argue, Evil even made it to the final
00:06:36of the G1 opposite of Kanolskate's Keshna back in Ariok Bay Arena.
00:06:40Don Fale, who wasn't even supposed to be on the tour, just showing up and helping Evil
00:06:44hand out wins left and right.
00:06:46Hey, you got to do what you got to do.
00:06:49Don Fale helped him get to those finals.
00:06:51That's a big, big thing.
00:06:52Yeah, you're right about it.
00:06:53Oh!
00:06:56He tried to take his wig off.
00:06:59You know, Evil might have made it to the G1 final.
00:07:01I'm not certain he's going to get to the World Dag League finals.
00:07:04Or if he's even going to get to Shizuoka after that, Lariat.
00:07:07Here comes Yoshi Ashi.
00:07:09Oh, big flying Yoshi.
00:07:10Big flying Yoshi.
00:07:12Big flying Yoshi.
00:07:14Oh, did he just kick him in there?
00:07:16Yeah, no.
00:07:16Nether regions?
00:07:17Yeah, it was a shot to the midsection, but a huge shot to the chest.
00:07:23Yeah, Yoshi Ashi.
00:07:26Big neck breaker there, center of the ring.
00:07:29Cover.
00:07:30Oh, one-two.
00:07:31Only a two-count.
00:07:32Yeah, two only.
00:07:36Marty's so small, you'd think his counts would be a little faster because he's so much closer
00:07:40to the ground.
00:07:41Right, yeah, like there's an aerodynamic to it.
00:07:43It's not aerodynamic, it's just short.
00:07:45Oh, well.
00:07:45Okay, one, two, three.
00:07:47Each, the sun.
00:07:48I don't know if this is smart by Evil.
00:07:59Trading shots.
00:08:02Nice.
00:08:07Uh-oh, uh-oh.
00:08:08I'm going to let him load up.
00:08:10Oh, what a focused sternum.
00:08:26Come on, right?
00:08:28Hey, pull his eye out.
00:08:30Yeah, well, that's a lot more effective than a chop, I'll tell you that.
00:08:33Yeah, it definitely would be if he actually got his eye completely out, like, Big Vader style.
00:08:38Pop right out of his head.
00:08:41If Fale squishes you, that'll happen for sure.
00:08:43Oh, yeah.
00:08:44Like a bug.
00:08:45Don Fale.
00:08:46Wait a minute, Yoshi Ashi out of the corner here.
00:08:50Yoshi Ashi definitely did want to lose his eye.
00:08:54Off the road, set in.
00:08:56Watch the sunset.
00:08:57No, Fale, Fale.
00:08:59That's a hard man to topple.
00:09:01Oh!
00:09:02Oh, I thought he was just going to sit on him.
00:09:03Fale misses the elbow drop, and Yoshi Ashi, why, and wait.
00:09:08Kicked the inside of his head.
00:09:13I remember when Fale had hair.
00:09:17Now he's got that cool tattoo on his eye.
00:09:25I don't know if those forearms are going to do much against Fale.
00:09:27Fale!
00:09:29Fale!
00:09:30Fale!
00:09:32Oh, no, no, no.
00:09:33Nice, nice, nice, nice, nice.
00:09:34Tripped up at ringside there by Evil.
00:09:36Evil comes in for the shot to Goto, and it is House of Torture.
00:09:39They are going to have their way with Yoshi Ashi tonight.
00:09:45Yoshi Ashi!
00:09:47Oh, he moved.
00:09:48Oh, he jumped in.
00:09:50Oh, nice clothesline in the corner.
00:09:52That's the mark of great tag team wrestling.
00:09:57Boom.
00:09:58You've got to be there when your partner needs you.
00:10:00Goto was there.
00:10:02Let's see what we can do.
00:10:04A little top rope action.
00:10:05Rest in the leg sweep.
00:10:06Egg breaker.
00:10:07And Yoshihashi now on the cover on Don Fale.
00:10:12Two count only.
00:10:13Oh, it's going to make a lot.
00:10:15Yeah, still holds on.
00:10:16Knee bar, knee bar.
00:10:17Knee bar.
00:10:17Yeah, you're right about that.
00:10:18Still holding on to that knee.
00:10:19That's a great way to take down the giant in Don Fale.
00:10:23Meanwhile, Goto has Evil up in the corner, and Marty Asabi's got to focus on Don Fale right here.
00:10:31We could have a tap sometime soon.
00:10:32Yeah, I know.
00:10:33What if he taps while he's not looking?
00:10:34Does it count?
00:10:36Oh, we've got to have an official to call for it.
00:10:41Oh, wait a minute.
00:10:42What's going on out here?
00:10:44Oh, Dick Togo.
00:10:46Oh, he's back.
00:10:47And what the hell is going on here?
00:10:49I thought that was a member of the production crew.
00:10:51Oh, that's, oh, that's Show.
00:10:54Oh, he's going to choke him.
00:10:56He's going to choke him.
00:10:57He's choking him.
00:10:57He's choking him.
00:10:57Yeah, Show's choking the life out of Yoshihashi here.
00:11:00He was sitting right next to you, Lance.
00:11:02You didn't see him?
00:11:02I wasn't looking.
00:11:03Oh, come on.
00:11:04I'm sorry.
00:11:08Well, Show is choking the dear life out of Yoshihashi here.
00:11:13Oh, and House of Torture are on track to steal away another two points.
00:11:17Oh, and here comes a young lion taking out again.
00:11:21Magic killer.
00:11:26This will be eight points?
00:11:28That's going to put him to that point, but it's on Fall 8.
00:11:32Marty's back.
00:11:33He didn't see any of it.
00:11:34Got to put the end in here.
00:11:38Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:11:39Yoshihashi take it down Fall 8.
00:11:43It's over.
00:11:43It's over.
00:11:45Miss Saman, take it.
00:11:46Oh, but they ran back on him.
00:11:52Sworn losers.
00:11:54Get out of here, he said.
00:11:59Get out of here.
00:12:00House of Torture put the attack in on poor Yoshihashi.
00:12:04All he did was win the damn match.
00:12:07Six points on the board from Vishima.
00:12:09They don't look like winners right now, though, Lance.
00:12:11Oh, ho, ho, ho.
00:12:17Low blows from Goto and Matsumoto.
00:12:19It is six points on the board from Vishima, but, oh, good lord, have mercy.
00:12:39I'm starting to worry a little bit about Yoshihashi.
00:12:41He has barely moved an inch in that blue corner right here.
00:12:43Yeah, we might need to get a little bit of help out here for Yoshihashi and Soroki Konzo and Tatsu Matsumoto.
00:12:53House of Torture are not good sportsmen, are they?
00:13:03The Itadakikari for a victory here tonight for Yoshihashi.
00:13:07Wrestling fans, we are soon to move on to our semi-main event of the evening.
00:13:18Vishima currently sit at six points.
00:13:20The ceiling right now, six points in block A, and there are a lot of teams currently there.
00:13:25Malia, move right on and into your next match of the evening.
00:13:28Gabe Kidd and Yodosuji take on El Desperado and Shuji Ishikawa.
00:13:32We are guaranteed to have one of those two teams, who passed six here tonight, at the least.
00:13:39We'll talk all about it in our semi-main event right here on NJPW World.
00:13:43We'll talk all about it in our semi-main event of the 7th match of today's semi-final World TAC League A-Block match.
00:13:59We'll play a win for 30 minutes.
00:14:06Old Desperado, old teammate of mine.
00:14:13Old Desperado, former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, a former Super Junior DAC League winner, standing tall alongside a man who's going to stand even taller.
00:14:356'5", Shuji Ishikawa, former All-Japan Triple Crown Champion, stands alongside Desperado, six points on the board here tonight.
00:14:446'6", 195cm, 130kg, Ishikawa, Shuji!
00:15:006'5", L. Desperado, old teammate of M. Desperado, old teammate of M. Desperado, old teammate of M. Desperado, old teammate of M. Desperado.
00:15:077'9", nine, nine, eight, nine, 10.
00:15:097'12", old teammate of M. Desperado, old teammate and M. Desperado, old teammate of M. Desperado and T
00:15:33You know that El Desperado and Shuji Ishikawa,
00:15:35big fans of the death match wrestling scene.
00:15:37Desperado and Ishikawa have been very heavily at,
00:15:41talking up a storm about the potential of getting hardcore
00:15:45with getting Kid and Yodosuji here tonight.
00:15:47I don't doubt it, that's for sure.
00:15:49Be interesting to see, especially in a new Japan room.
00:15:52Yeah, well, Kid is the one who threw out the challenge himself
00:15:55back in the preview tag team match that we saw.
00:15:58Gave a steel chair to every single member of the matchup
00:16:01and said, let's just go to war now.
00:16:02Yodosuji, however, the one who tried to calm things down,
00:16:06said, this is New Japan Pro Wrestling, we don't do that here.
00:16:09Well, I don't think Shuji is going to be able to control Kid,
00:16:12whether they're friends now or not.
00:16:13I don't think anybody's ever going to be able to control Kid.
00:16:15That Kid's crazy.
00:16:17Yeah, you're right about that.
00:16:21We are going to see if we get hardcore tonight or not,
00:16:23and it's Gabe Kid and Yodosuji.
00:16:26Shuji, your IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion,
00:16:29and soon it could become the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion,
00:16:34the number one contender to face off against Konosuke Tukachita
00:16:37at Wrestle Kingdom 20.
00:16:39Pietro Talks hat.
00:16:48Aye, gorgeous.
00:16:50Gabe, thank you very much.
00:16:51Gabe is looking lean and mean, baby!
00:16:55Global Heavy Coach Champion, Gene Blasto, Tsujim Yota!
00:17:06Referee, Marty Asami.
00:17:08Oh, good lord, and we're already getting started here tonight.
00:17:11And this is not a sanctioned hardcore matchup, at least not as far as I've been informed of.
00:17:16Things change ought to win here, but...
00:17:19Give me a fucking chance.
00:17:21Gabe Kidd, Yota Tsuji against...
00:17:23Gabe wants more change.
00:17:24There's a hell of Desperado with Tsuji Ishikawa.
00:17:27We've seen plenty of Desperado in hardcore situations.
00:17:30Defended the junior heavyweight title back in, I believe around June or July,
00:17:35against Chun Kasai in a death match in Corican Hall.
00:17:39That's why half those scars on his body are still coming.
00:17:49Gabe's ready to go, man.
00:17:51Turn hand.
00:17:52Yeah, Yota Tsuji says we're not doing any of that here tonight.
00:17:54I mean, this is the one point where Tsuji and Kidd, for all they may agree upon, they're not going to exactly see eye to eye here.
00:18:07Kidd wants to go to Wardog.
00:18:08He's in Wardog.
00:18:09He's in Wardog.
00:18:10He's in Wardog.
00:18:11He's in Wardog.
00:18:12A little choice words.
00:18:13You know, sometimes you can't tell whether Gabe is talking that way to his opponents or to his own tag team partner.
00:18:21Sometimes, maybe even to himself.
00:18:23Yeah, right?
00:18:24A little nuts.
00:18:25A little crazy.
00:18:34The bell has sounded.
00:18:35One fall 30-minute time limit in our semi-main event of the evening.
00:18:38Two teams tied at six points apiece coming in here.
00:18:42And one of these teams will advance to eight by the end, should we go to a pinfall or submission tonight.
00:18:49Eight points?
00:18:50Eight points here in the league.
00:18:51And this will automatically, the winner of this match, will take the lead for Block A.
00:18:58As it is Yota Tsuji who stares up a mountain of a man in Shuji Ishikawa.
00:19:03He is a big old boy.
00:19:04Yeah, you're right about that.
00:19:05Imagine the heavyweight battle team I can have.
00:19:08Ah, good lord.
00:19:12We very well could see it in the final if things go here in Alex's way.
00:19:16Yishikawa in Despe's way.
00:19:18Oh, it's Yota Tsuji taking down there with a shoulder tackle.
00:19:22Yota Tsuji, I mean, this is a man who is well aware of how you try and take down a giant.
00:19:34I mean, you know, I'm a larger man myself.
00:19:36I'm not a pro wrestler.
00:19:37Yep.
00:19:38You, as a larger man and a professional wrestler.
00:19:40I try.
00:19:41Talk to me about, you know, what it's like being the biggest person inside a ring,
00:19:45inside a room let alone, and knowing that everyone's going to try and cut you down to their size.
00:19:50Well, we don't fit in most of the rooms here in Japan.
00:19:52I'll say that much.
00:19:53Yeah, you're right.
00:19:54Well, I hit my head on a lot of things.
00:19:56But in the ring, it's always an advantage because a lot of times guys try to be,
00:20:00they want to be powerful.
00:20:01They want to be strong.
00:20:02They want to try to take you down to the way they normally do with other people.
00:20:05And it just doesn't work, which then you start to see what you saw where they're trying to take out your knees.
00:20:10They figure if you can't walk, you can't fight.
00:20:12And that's actually really smart.
00:20:14But, oh, here we go, here we go, here we go.
00:20:19The fighting spirit.
00:20:21If Tsuji doesn't want his partner to use a steel chair, then Kidd has two lethal weapons registered for hands.
00:20:27And El Desperado, ooh, going to feel them here tonight.
00:20:31Oh, that's always fine, but nope, nope, nope.
00:20:34Oh, we're going to take a chunk out of the mask of El Desperado.
00:20:37Oh, little sidestep knocked him right out.
00:20:40And Tsuji going to take the action to Ishikawa here.
00:20:42And Kidd, I mean, hey, opportunity to get hardcore on the outside right now.
00:20:47Oh, right into the bell.
00:20:49Face first into the gong tonight.
00:20:51That was not the end of the match.
00:20:52That was just Desperado's face on the bell.
00:20:53That is dangerous.
00:20:54Referee Marty Asami getting in there to check now.
00:20:55Meanwhile, we're trying to follow the action from our booth here.
00:20:56Ishikawa.
00:20:58Oh no, that was loud, though, I'll tell you that much.
00:21:07Oh, he went right up.
00:21:08Second Man Man Man You know
00:21:20How sometime.
00:21:22You know, paid kid, a force that, you know,
00:21:24in new japan pro wrestling you've dealt with a few times here in new japan pro wrestling and now kid
00:21:28finding a lot more action over in aew over in the united states now a threat to both
00:21:33locker rooms really yep you know there's times where you start to wonder if kid even recognizes
00:21:38where he is he's just looking for a ring to fight in at any point he just wants to fight
00:21:42that's the beauty of the relationship that is aw in new japan pro wrestling because you never
00:21:46know who's going to show up just like me being here yet again in the tagline
00:21:50there's el desperado wait a minute oh swung for the fences missed though
00:21:58wait gabe gonna miss no oh right in the gut no no no steel chair
00:22:03right across the spine of el desperado
00:22:08here comes ishikawa where the hell's the referee he's gonna let me go though yeah i mean i don't
00:22:15think yeah asami saw that one and now you saw that one too i mean this one could end it as a
00:22:20disqualification and we don't want to see that here but i mean it would cost you your points you
00:22:24don't want to do that especially knowing you're sitting damn near at the top of the league right
00:22:28now would they just get no points well no the disqualified team would get no points and
00:22:33well the other team would get two oh okay they both tried to use the chairs though yeah you're right i
00:22:39mean at that point it's a draw we'd go one and one they'd both go to seven but
00:22:44i mean if it's a double dq though would there be any points awarded to anyone if the double dq is
00:22:50where you would go to the draw but i mean asami can throw it out entirely no contest that's what
00:22:55i'm saying yeah there you go then we get no no points but kid cover here and a one count only
00:23:01well i think i'm just gonna let it go you know he heard all the chatter before the the match and
00:23:06he he understands that they want to fight and he's gonna let them do whatever they're gonna do
00:23:10if our officials here in blue japan pro wrestling they're gonna have the long leash when they know
00:23:16that they need to have it and asami's leash a little bit longer than most anyway so i mean he
00:23:22knows the fans don't want to stand in a new contest or dq or anything like that you're right
00:23:26these guys would bring chairs and weapons and tables lions and tigers and bears oh my you know
00:23:33you know lance you've been a part of the new japan pro wrestling roster you know for quite some time
00:23:40for many many years you've seen so many top champions come and go and well i don't think
00:23:46we're gonna get to have any conversation here with the way game kids bringing furniture out
00:23:51japanese tables out i was gonna ask you your thoughts on yoda suji and you know him being
00:23:57potentially the next iwgp world heavyweight champion where do you see new japan going
00:24:01if suji holds the gold by the end of the tokyo though i mean he's been very vocal about the idea
00:24:07that it should be somebody within new japan pro wrestling and these outsiders should not be the
00:24:12ones that are holding those titles now tikesha does have a double contract both with new japan
00:24:16and aew so i guess he's considered part of new japan but he also didn't come up through the new
00:24:21japan system he wasn't in their dojo he wasn't one of their young lions and he's kind of become
00:24:26out he's an outsider in his eyes and suji's been very very vocal about that so i think he's very
00:24:31motivated already holding one title oh to become the iwgp heavyweight champion and bring it back in
00:24:37the sense to new japan pro wrestling you're right you're right about that oh yeah ishikawa gets a
00:24:44two-for-one combo there and that's why you can't take your eyes off the big boys you do and that
00:24:49stuff happens oh he's setting up the table see you should call it has competed many a times in the
00:24:56big japan pro wrestling spaces a prominent death match organization here in japan he's figuring that
00:25:01table ishikawa wants to drive gabe kid through this table yoda suji though i mean at a certain point
00:25:12suji is gonna have to start playing ball with the three other members of this matchup everyone else
00:25:17wants to use weapons suji's got to drop the good guy act and get hardcore here tonight
00:25:21kicking him all the way out into the crowd i mean that's one way to take care of your opposition
00:25:38you know lance i gotta ask you know who the legal man is because i think we're struggling to figure
00:25:42it out here let's say these guys are yes they are game kid on desperado and maybe not no mario
00:25:48sabi says no how does marty even know well yeah that's that's difficult i mean kid is so embroiled
00:25:56in this rage against del desperado two men who are going to bring the best of the fight out of one
00:26:01another
00:26:01despy's a tough little son of a bitch man yeah certainly so under minora suzuki for all those
00:26:10years and anybody that's been under minora suzuki knows you have to be a tough son of a bitch to
00:26:14survive that oh
00:26:15game kid now off the ropes basement drop kick there from a desperado
00:26:33game's not the biggest but anybody's knees get taken out they cannot move they cannot bite
00:26:39oh here's the big man tag made it's shuji ishikawa
00:26:42game it yeah okay put a boot up
00:26:46oh no no no no watch it now kid
00:26:50uh-oh what is this what's going on here ishikawa is sandwiched kid between the middle ropes
00:26:55kid's stuck there lance
00:26:57i probably broke a couple ribs
00:27:02oh good lord ishikawa cover in two
00:27:05he's still kicked out i don't know if he can breathe but he kicked out
00:27:08i don't know what he said but people did certainly spelling the end here oh looking for the giant
00:27:20driver
00:27:21kid on wobbly legs here yeah he's lucky he's still standing
00:27:33oh oh oh those ain't work
00:27:37i don't know oh dragon suplex
00:27:43and kid here has ishikawa stumble but ishikawa up
00:27:49oh good lord i don't know who got the worst of that one
00:27:53i think these two men went knee to knee tonight
00:27:56he might have blown his back out
00:28:08they'll five and f1 that's one
00:28:10i don't know what desperado is he's not even wearing a crown if he makes that excuse me though
00:28:22yeah yoda suji your legal man now iwgp global heavyweight champion
00:28:26ishikawa ishikawa ishikawa ishikawa and one of these two teams will stand on top block A by the end of the night
00:28:37who is it gonna be suji or ishikawa
00:28:39Oh, backbreaker there from Ishikawa.
00:28:42That's the old backbreaker.
00:28:44Now, tag made.
00:28:45Here comes Desperado back into it.
00:28:48A junior heavyweight in a heavyweight world tag league.
00:28:51Punch him right in the face.
00:28:56Back to action.
00:28:59Desperado with the back elbow.
00:29:01In comes.
00:29:02Oh, Ishikawa.
00:29:06And watch this.
00:29:07Fluid Desperado.
00:29:09Double stomp right to Suji.
00:29:11Oh, it's going to come heavier.
00:29:13It's going to come heavier.
00:29:15Oh!
00:29:18Cover here for Desperado.
00:29:21Two count only.
00:29:30El Desperado here.
00:29:32Going to try and put down the global heavyweight champion.
00:29:34And, oh, the humbling of Yoda Suji.
00:29:37This will be an absolute embarrassment to tap to the Boston Crab here tonight.
00:29:41It's an oldie but a goodie.
00:29:43Oh, you're right about it.
00:29:45Suji in the Boston Crab now.
00:29:48He's going to make it.
00:29:49He's going to make it.
00:29:50He's going to make it.
00:29:51He's going to make it.
00:29:52He's got to try and get to the bottom.
00:29:53He's got to get to the bottom.
00:29:54He's fading.
00:29:55Closer.
00:29:56Closer.
00:29:57Oh, Despy's got to get deep too.
00:29:59Oh, no, no.
00:30:00He made it.
00:30:01He made it.
00:30:02To the bottom.
00:30:03Suji forces the break here.
00:30:04Each guy just got rid of Gabe though.
00:30:07Suji's all alone.
00:30:10Stay on him, Despy.
00:30:12Stay on him, Despy.
00:30:14Desperado coming into this tournament with a sprained back.
00:30:16And you can certainly see it right now.
00:30:19Oh.
00:30:22Desperado.
00:30:23No, no.
00:30:24Oh.
00:30:25Embrador.
00:30:26Right on there.
00:30:27Yeah, we talked about that sprained back just moments ago.
00:30:29And Yota Suji sees it as a target.
00:30:33Oh, that trainer's tape all the way up and down.
00:30:36The back of El Desperado certainly serve it as a bullseye for Yota Suji here.
00:30:41Yeah, might give you a little brace, but if you get dropped on it, it don't even matter.
00:30:45The tape's not padding.
00:30:48Yes, watch Suji here.
00:30:50Oh.
00:30:51Right on the jaw.
00:30:54Yota Suji here to put it away.
00:30:57Mar, low, crash.
00:30:59No.
00:31:00He missed, he missed, he missed.
00:31:02Oh, you just headbutt him in the gut?
00:31:06Yeah, it only takes one.
00:31:08Desperado.
00:31:10Oh, no, no, no.
00:31:11I almost ran in right of mine.
00:31:12Oh, no, no, no.
00:31:13I almost ran in right of mine.
00:31:14Yeah, nearly.
00:31:15Oh, no, no, no.
00:31:16And now, Desperado with a German.
00:31:17But Marty Asami's out of here.
00:31:18He wasn't the biggest German, but it worked.
00:31:19And a spear.
00:31:20Nice.
00:31:21Nice.
00:31:22Nice.
00:31:23Nice.
00:31:24Spear from the junior heavyweight to pin the global champion.
00:31:25But wait a minute, we have no referee.
00:31:26There's no ref.
00:31:27Can't win if nobody's there to count it.
00:31:28Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.
00:31:29Oh, and Kid's gonna get what he wanted from the beginning.
00:31:31Steel jam across the skull of Desperado.
00:31:35Oh, and Isikawa.
00:31:37Ishikawa and Kid.
00:31:38Little chair fight.
00:31:39Oh, oh, he's gonna get what he wanted from the beginning.
00:31:43Steel jam across the skull of Desperado.
00:31:49Oh, Tsuji saying what the hell are you doing here?
00:31:54Oh, it took too much time there.
00:31:58A little western lariat.
00:31:59Oh, and Isikawa.
00:32:00Ishikawa and Kid.
00:32:02Ishikawa, Ishikawa and Kidd.
00:32:04Little chair fight.
00:32:09Oh!
00:32:11Two can play at that game.
00:32:15From the height and strength that Ishikawa has, you know,
00:32:18that's a different animal.
00:32:20Uh-oh.
00:32:21Uh-oh.
00:32:22The table.
00:32:23No, no, no, no.
00:32:24We would have forgotten about that table entirely here,
00:32:26and Ishikawa has just noticed it again.
00:32:28Has Gabe Kidd on the apron.
00:32:30What are we doing here, Lance?
00:32:31Uh-oh.
00:32:34I don't think Gabe's realized what was going to happen.
00:32:36He's trying to fight it.
00:32:38Oh!
00:32:41The pile driving through the table?
00:32:43Oh, no, no, no. I can't believe it.
00:32:44Oh, you got him up. You got him up.
00:32:45Getting to it.
00:32:46No, no, no, no.
00:32:47Too big. Too big.
00:32:48Oh.
00:32:50Kidd is a very strong athlete.
00:32:51No doubt about it.
00:32:52The demon released on the knee.
00:32:56Oh, no!
00:32:57He got it. He got it.
00:32:58Oh.
00:32:59Come here as well.
00:33:01Oh, oh.
00:33:02Ishikawa.
00:33:03Ishikawa says this is going to be it here.
00:33:12Oh, and a steel chair to the skull of Gabe Kidd,
00:33:16and that's going to be perfect for Ishikawa here.
00:33:19Oh, no, no, no.
00:33:21To put it away.
00:33:24Giant driver.
00:33:29The giant driver through the table.
00:33:32I think Ishikawa was stuck though.
00:33:38This one has been an absolute cluster from the beginning.
00:33:41Gabe Kidd has been spiked through this table.
00:33:44I don't think Gabe's getting back up.
00:33:50Now Suji's kind of been left all alone.
00:33:56El Desperado and Shuji Ishikawa here.
00:33:59Marty Asami waking up and realizing what's happened.
00:34:01It's not going to call this one off.
00:34:03Suji's got to battle this one alone.
00:34:05Oh.
00:34:08Fighting.
00:34:09A lot of fighting now.
00:34:11Suji, no, no, no.
00:34:13Spiracad.
00:34:14One more from Despe.
00:34:17Ishikawa.
00:34:18Oh.
00:34:19Feed of the jaw.
00:34:21Cover for the win.
00:34:24Oh, he kicked out.
00:34:26El Desperado came this close to pinning the IWGP Global Champion.
00:34:35We want to know what fighting spirit looks like.
00:34:39The cover here for Desperado.
00:34:42Oh, oh, oh.
00:34:45And Gabe Kidd, oh, gushing from the skull here.
00:34:48You don't know what the definition of fighting spirit is.
00:34:57These boys have it.
00:34:58Certainly so.
00:35:07Gabe Kidd is bleeding dangerously here on the outside.
00:35:10Oh.
00:35:11I caught it.
00:35:13Oh.
00:35:14Oh.
00:35:15Oh.
00:35:17Did you call that the Demon Knee?
00:35:19Oh, yeah.
00:35:20The own E activities flash.
00:35:21Yeah.
00:35:23Get out of this game.
00:35:24Get it.
00:35:26Oh.
00:35:28Oh.
00:35:29Oh.
00:35:30Desperado.
00:35:31No, out of midair.
00:35:33Kwλο.
00:35:34algunos out of midair.
00:35:35Gabe Kidd is a mad man.
00:35:36And everyone here in Yamanashi's going to know it.
00:35:40Kidd's going to show it out here.
00:35:42Sheen Blaster!
00:35:49They've done it!
00:35:50Sheen Blaster!
00:35:52Sheen Blaster!
00:35:53Sheen Blaster!
00:35:54Sheen Blaster!
00:35:55Sheen Blaster!
00:36:10An absolutely incredible roar here tonight!
00:36:13El Desperado and Shuji Ishikawa have fallen short!
00:36:21Tonight, Yodosuji and Gabe Kidd stand atop Block A!
00:36:26Eight points on the board!
00:36:35Oh, and all the blood has been shed to do so here!
00:36:43Shuji may not like the way that it got done, but Gabe Kidd wanted this one hardcore!
00:36:49He got this one hardcore!
00:36:54The World Cup League A Block is 17, 15 seconds!
00:37:00Tsujiyyousa is the winner of Gabe Kidd!
00:37:13T-Tree!
00:37:14Sykesia is the winner!
00:37:15T-Tree!
00:37:16T-Tree!
00:37:17T-Tree!
00:37:18T-Tree!
00:37:19T-Tree!
00:37:20T-Tree!
00:37:21T-Tree!
00:37:22T-Tree!
00:37:23T-S-Tree!
00:37:24T-Tree!
00:37:25T-Tree!
00:37:26T-Tree!
00:37:27T-Tree!
00:37:28T-Tree!
00:37:35Eight points on the board for Gabe Kidd, and Yota, Tsuji and wrestling fans!
00:37:41We are going to move right on and in to your main event here tonight.
00:37:47Team 100, Satoshi Kojima and Taichi take on the Lord Dragons in Shingo Takagi's home prefecture.
00:37:56It's Takagi and Maloney coming up here live on NJPW World.
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00:39:23On Thursday.
00:39:24Yes.
00:39:55It is Taichi and Satoshi Kojima on the risk of elimination here tonight for World Tag League 2025.
00:40:16Team 100 with only two points on the board.
00:40:19Well, I have a lot of history with both these men.
00:40:29Taichi was a teammate of mine for many, many years, Suzuki-kun.
00:40:34Kojima was probably one of my biggest adversaries when KES was coming up, winning the IWGP Tag Team Championships from him and Tenzan a few times,
00:40:42them beating us a few times, part of one of the most historical tag teams in all of Japanese and pro wrestling, Tenzan a Kojima.
00:40:49So it's kind of surprising to me, considering, you know, the history that both these gentlemen have, that they only have two points.
00:40:57And another spectacular performance from Taichi here tonight.
00:41:10I don't know if that's him singing or not.
00:41:12How dare you question the musical ability of Taichi?
00:41:15I don't know.
00:41:16I've been here enough for many years.
00:41:17I've never actually saw him singing.
00:41:18I've never seen him sing.
00:41:48It's about five years.
00:41:49I've never seen him sing.
00:41:50I've never seen him sing.
00:41:51I've never seen him sing.
00:41:52He's never seen his songs.
00:41:52I've never seen it.
00:42:06He's so happy.
00:42:07He's got my friends' love in the world.
00:42:10He's got my friends' love in the world.
00:42:15It is four points on the board for the War Dragons, Takagi and Maloney look to advance
00:42:24to a very, very packed deck at six here, which would put them at second place here in Block
00:42:31A. Meanwhile, Satoshi Kojima and Taichi in the middle of the ring right now, just trying
00:42:36to, well, hope for survival at this point.
00:42:39Yeah.
00:42:39But, like I said, with the understanding of tag team wrestling that Kojima has, I think
00:42:49you can never overlook him, what he's done in this business, the amount of times he's
00:42:53been tag team champions, the amount of times he's been singles champions in multiple companies.
00:42:59I mean, the history that this fan carries is, if you overlook it, that's a very dangerous
00:43:04thing.
00:43:09One of the most impressive physiques right now.
00:43:17Oh, yes.
00:43:18One of the most impressive physiques.
00:43:37Yamanashi-ken, Chuuoshi Shushi, Rampage Dragon, Takagi Shingo!
00:43:45Oh, Ross!
00:43:50Oh, Ross!
00:43:51Oh, Ross!
00:43:55Lance, it was my last time that I was sitting right here in this spot, in this building,
00:44:00in IMSA Yamanashi.
00:44:02We were celebrating the 20-year anniversary since Shingo Takagi's professional wrestling
00:44:06debut here in Yamanashi.
00:44:07Okay.
00:44:07Yep, and Takagi here tonight, a lot has changed in the past few months for Shingo Takagi.
00:44:13Gone is LIJ, Los Ingobernables de Japón.
00:44:16Gone from the New Japan landscape.
00:44:19And now, the unaffiliated, which is not even a real unit, truly, just a group of individuals
00:44:23that do not want to join Hontai or United Empire, or God forbid, House of Torture, have
00:44:29now unified with the Bullet Club War Dogs.
00:44:32I mean, and this has been one of the biggest treats out of that entire pairing overall.
00:44:36Two power hitters in Takagi and Maloney.
00:44:40Well, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
00:44:47And it is Jerome Maloney who's going to kick things off in the blue corner.
00:44:54And we will start off with Taichi in the red.
00:44:57Team 100, two points on the board.
00:45:00With the War Dragons at four, the bell sounds, it's our main event of the evening.
00:45:03See where this goes, man.
00:45:06You know why they're called Team 100?
00:45:08Why are they called Team 100?
00:45:10Because it is the combination of their ages.
00:45:1245-year-old Taichi, 55-year-old Satoshi Kojima.
00:45:15You can thank Kojima for coming up with that one.
00:45:18Man's always thinking.
00:45:19Right?
00:45:21Mostly about bread, but yeah.
00:45:23Yeah, there you go.
00:45:24You brought up the conversation earlier about Satoshi Kojima being a legendary tag team wrestler.
00:45:30All the bouts that you had against him and Hiroshi Tenzan.
00:45:33And I think that one of the big comparisons you can make between Tenkoji and Taichi and Kojima
00:45:38is the fact that Tenkoji got along.
00:45:41Yes.
00:45:41Satoshi Kojima and Hiroshi Tenzan were the best of friends, inseparable at the point.
00:45:45I don't know.
00:45:45I don't know.
00:45:46Well, okay, at points.
00:45:49When they held championship gold together, Lance, I mean, hey.
00:45:51Well, you can't help to be cool with each other when you're a champion.
00:45:53Well.
00:45:54But meanwhile, Satoshi Kojima and Taichi have not been able to really get on the same page.
00:46:00And that's been a story we've seen a lot throughout this tournament due to so many teams just being mismatched, so to speak.
00:46:07So what you're saying is Taikoji is not as good as Tenkoji.
00:46:09Yeah, Taikoji hasn't gotten better yet.
00:46:12You should pitch that name to Kojima.
00:46:13That's a little bit better.
00:46:15Come on!
00:46:16Definitely doesn't age it.
00:46:17No, certainly not.
00:46:21As Taichi manages the sumo takedown on Maloney.
00:46:25And if we're scoring on points.
00:46:27Oh, but he got knocked down.
00:46:28Yeah, Taichi would be up one.
00:46:30Maloney would be up another.
00:46:33A little standoff here.
00:46:37This is probably one of the biggest differences between...
00:46:39People always ask me, you know, what's the difference between, like, an American audience and the Japanese audience?
00:46:44And the Japanese audience, like you could see just a second ago, get extremely quiet.
00:46:48And it's not because they don't like what they see.
00:46:50It's because they're very, very attentive and respectful of the fighters that are in the ring.
00:46:55Right.
00:46:55And American fans are just always in that constant buzz.
00:46:58They're ready to be entertained.
00:47:00They're entertaining themselves while being entertained by the wrestlers in the ring.
00:47:03It's just something that kind of never stops.
00:47:05And that's kind of the biggest difference between Japanese fan base and American fan base.
00:47:08Man, that's a great analysis there and really something that you're going to do a lot in this matchup.
00:47:13You know, it's almost an anxious anticipation from our fans as well just to see, hey, who is going to come out on top here?
00:47:18We paid good money to be here.
00:47:20We're watching live on NJPW World.
00:47:21Who's going to win the main event?
00:47:23And will Satoshi, Kojima, and Taichi stay alive in this year's tournament?
00:47:27It is an automatic out of World Tag Team 2025 should Kojima and Taichi lose here.
00:47:33So if they lose, they're out.
00:47:35Yep, certainly so.
00:47:38Two points on the board currently for Team 100.
00:47:41War Dragons, four points up.
00:47:45Oh, Takagi blows right into Kojima.
00:47:49Kojima doesn't even budge.
00:47:50Knocked him down.
00:48:15A little flexing.
00:48:17A little bread flexing.
00:48:18Yeah, Satoshi Kojima certainly carbo-loaded here tonight.
00:48:25Yeah, it's putting the chops in on Shingo Takagi.
00:48:28Oh, and Shingo chops.
00:48:30Oh, Maloney going to have to eat some here tonight, too.
00:48:36Oh, more, more, more, more.
00:48:38Yeah, things aren't over for Takagi yet.
00:48:40It's Kojima and Taichi really coming into this match here tonight with a lot of fire.
00:48:48He didn't let him finish.
00:48:54Yeah, not at all.
00:48:55Fans aren't happy about that.
00:48:56Yeah, certainly not.
00:48:57Takagi.
00:48:58Yamanashi knows whose time they want to come sooner.
00:49:06You know, it was the preview tag team match that we saw back at Akita, Lance, that had a very special change to it.
00:49:13Similar to Zack Sabre Jr. not being here tonight to preview Block B competition.
00:49:17And Kojima actually missed out on Block A preview back in Akita.
00:49:22He was competing in a previously scheduled bout in a pro wrestling festival over in Sheba.
00:49:28Okay.
00:49:29Singles competition.
00:49:30Taichi for the cover here.
00:49:31Or rather, Maloney for the cover here on Kojima.
00:49:33Good Lord.
00:49:34You know, the question that I have to pitch to you, you know, if you're in the middle of the world tag league,
00:49:38you know that your team is on the fence.
00:49:40And then you look to the right and your partner has gone all the way down to Sheba
00:49:43and has left you with a couple of young lions to preview the tag action.
00:49:47Your main event to come up.
00:49:48Right.
00:49:48I mean, wouldn't you be frustrated, too, about that?
00:49:51I would probably be a little upset about that.
00:49:52Yeah.
00:49:53I mean, it is a business.
00:49:55Right.
00:49:55When you make business decisions, and obviously if decisions were made to be other places,
00:49:59and they were made in the past that could have kind of overstepped here,
00:50:04then, yeah, you got to do what you got to do.
00:50:06But, yeah, if I was my tag team partner, I'd be honest.
00:50:09Yeah.
00:50:09And Kojima, that is not to disparage the name, but, you know, Taichi may be rightful
00:50:14to be a little bit cold toward Satoshi Kojima here tonight.
00:50:18Even still putting his best foot forward here.
00:50:20Would love to get a tag here on Kojima.
00:50:25And still Joe Maloney continuing to put the hurt in.
00:50:28It makes the tag.
00:50:29Here comes Yamanashi's own Shiko Takagi.
00:50:32He's from Yamanashi?
00:50:34Yes, he is.
00:50:34I don't know.
00:50:35He celebrated his 20th anniversary of pro wrestling earlier on this year in this building.
00:50:44Meanwhile, Taichi taking out here.
00:50:47Taichi celebrates 23 years of pro wrestling today.
00:50:49Nice.
00:50:52Oh, and would love to celebrate with a victory, but Joe Maloney going to make that a little
00:50:58difficult here.
00:50:59I've got a little over 25 years.
00:51:01Oh, well, there you go.
00:51:02Going to have to have your anniversary show here in Japan.
00:51:05Yes, Kojima.
00:51:09Would love to DDT Maloney here.
00:51:11Not going to happen.
00:51:12Suplex instead, maybe.
00:51:14No.
00:51:17And a DDT finds the mark here tonight for Kojima.
00:51:20Oh, nice.
00:51:21There it goes.
00:51:24It is our main event tonight.
00:51:25Two points on the board.
00:51:27Taichi and Kojima fight for survival.
00:51:29And you can feel a dangerous backdrop from Taichi.
00:51:34You're talking about the little bit of division between Taichi and Kojima.
00:51:37Do you think some of that has to go back to when Kojima Goon existed?
00:51:42Oh, yeah.
00:51:42That's something we've been talking about a lot throughout this tag.
00:51:45It's a great call there, Lance.
00:51:47Kojima Goon and the way that things ended left a bad taste in really everyone's mouth
00:51:51in that equation.
00:51:52It was a long time ago, and sometimes you've got to let things go.
00:51:54But sometimes they linger.
00:51:57Taichi said himself.
00:51:58He said, hey, I'm willing to give it my best shot.
00:52:00And keep in mind, Satoshi Kojima, a last-minute replacement
00:52:04for who was going to be Tomohiro Ishii teaming along.
00:52:08In this year's full attack.
00:52:09Ishii getting injured at an AEW event.
00:52:12We wish Ishii the best.
00:52:13But Kojima coming in at a last-minute.
00:52:15That's why he had that previously saved date for that pro wrestling festival in Chiba.
00:52:20It was a last-minute affair here for Kojima.
00:52:22We'll see.
00:52:22You can't get mad at him, man.
00:52:23Yeah.
00:52:23So now Taichi back inside the ring here, putting the pressure on Takagi.
00:52:32Hook of the leg.
00:52:33One and a two, and a two is all it's going to be for now.
00:52:36Oh, right in the spine.
00:52:50There's another one.
00:52:52Another one.
00:52:54Takagi wanted more, but I don't know if that was very smart.
00:53:01Yeah, certainly not.
00:53:02Here comes Kojima now.
00:53:04Red corner out.
00:53:05Satoshi Kojima.
00:53:07We talked about all the championships that this man has.
00:53:09One has never, though, won a World Tag League in his career.
00:53:12No?
00:53:13No.
00:53:13Won many a G1 Tag League.
00:53:15Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:53:16Back in the day.
00:53:17That's what Suzuki and I won.
00:53:19Yep, you're right.
00:53:192011.
00:53:20Oh.
00:53:21Kojima has competed in a final in the World Tag League.
00:53:29That was alongside here to Yoshi Tenton, but we're going to see if Kojima can inch a little
00:53:34bit closer.
00:53:35I mean, the final a long way away as far as Kojima and Taichi are looking, because tonight
00:53:39they're just trying to survive in the tournament.
00:53:42Tag made again.
00:53:43Here comes Taichi back.
00:53:45So if they get the win, are they kind of back in the mix?
00:53:48Yeah, I mean, they survived for the time being, but still, I mean, going to be as close
00:53:53to the bottom as you can without being eliminated then.
00:54:13I don't know if this is smart by Taichi.
00:54:14He should be doing more damage and less talking, and that's why.
00:54:23The time to talk is when he has the points on the board already.
00:54:26Oh, but Shinko's not going to do much talking now.
00:54:31Knocked the words out of his mouth.
00:54:32Here comes that stretch plumb from Taichi here.
00:54:36And Kojima, oh, similar idea here.
00:54:41Double submission at the center of the ring, Lance.
00:54:44For all their differences, they seem to be on the same page right now very well.
00:54:50Fans are coming alive, though.
00:54:54Team 100 have their backs against the wall.
00:54:56The pressure is on.
00:54:57You've got to adapt or you're going to die trying.
00:55:00Kojima and Taichi trying to put down Shingo Takagi.
00:55:06Takagi, oh, good Lord.
00:55:07I mean, this would be a PR disaster for Shingo Takagi and Yamanashi.
00:55:12He falls in his own hometown to a submission.
00:55:14Good move there for Taichi, trying to put the shoulders down to the mat instead of letting Red Shoes make the call.
00:55:30He should have just never let go of the hold.
00:55:32Let him just pass out.
00:55:33Let the ref call it.
00:55:42Little shitty kicks.
00:55:44Oh, he's getting fired up.
00:55:58Oh, right in the gut.
00:56:02Watch Taichi here.
00:56:03Oh.
00:56:04Elbow to jaw.
00:56:05Right hand.
00:56:07Oh.
00:56:08Got him the second time and a south ball lariat.
00:56:11Rutsukagi blows right through Taichi tonight.
00:56:14Little western lariat.
00:56:17Here come the people.
00:56:19They want it.
00:56:20They want him to make it.
00:56:21Maloney, get to him.
00:56:22Get to him.
00:56:23Get to him.
00:56:23Here comes Maloney.
00:56:27Takes the shot to Kojima as well.
00:56:29And it's Maloney all alone in there with Taichi tonight.
00:56:31Oh, miss.
00:56:44Oh.
00:56:46Missed.
00:56:48Oh.
00:56:49Oh, boot the face.
00:56:53Nice drop kick
00:56:56Now here we go
00:57:02The trains roll and watch Maloney
00:57:04Basement drop kick outside
00:57:07Yeah
00:57:07Like a wrecking ball
00:57:09Getting fired up
00:57:11And Taichi back inside the ring here
00:57:13Joel Maloney going for the lateral press
00:57:16Cover here
00:57:16Still not enough to put Taichi down on the evening
00:57:20At least he tried
00:57:22You know Lance you wouldn't be able to tell
00:57:25By looking at him right now
00:57:26But Joel Maloney not too long ago
00:57:28Was considered a junior heavyweight
00:57:30He's had a hell of a transition
00:57:32From junior to heavy
00:57:33In this year's world tag league
00:57:35Flying action
00:57:38Oh
00:57:40Oh
00:57:43Oh
00:57:44Oh
00:57:45Just kept trading strikes
00:57:52Until somebody went down
00:57:53Which was both of them actually
00:57:54Taichi got a little fight in him
00:58:00Everyone's going to be looking for a tag
00:58:05Everyone needs their way
00:58:06Taichi by the way
00:58:07Might think that his time has come tonight
00:58:10Here it is
00:58:11Whoa
00:58:13I've been waiting all night for that Lance
00:58:18I haven't
00:58:19Oh
00:58:19One of that super kick
00:58:22Maloney captures
00:58:23Oh no no no
00:58:25Power
00:58:26I can't believe it
00:58:27No
00:58:28Oh that didn't work
00:58:29That didn't work
00:58:30Oh
00:58:30On a sliding lariat for the win
00:58:33Two
00:58:33Mike's had that scouted
00:58:35And Maloney wanted that pile driver
00:58:38Calls it the drolla killer
00:58:40And drolla
00:58:42Nearly put down
00:58:43Taichi with it
00:58:44Taichi has other ideas here
00:58:46Oh
00:58:48Here comes Kojima by the way
00:58:51Boom
00:58:53Oh
00:58:53Out of the way
00:58:54Here's Takagi now
00:58:55Maloney
00:58:56Planting out Taichi
00:58:59Takagi
00:59:01In stereo
00:59:02What are we thinking here Lance
00:59:03Little double double
00:59:05Little double double
00:59:06Oh
00:59:07Elbow drop
00:59:08Elbow drop
00:59:09And another
00:59:10Takagi Maloney
00:59:11The cover here
00:59:12Two
00:59:14Getting his people up
00:59:23All the time has been denied here
00:59:31Kato clutch
00:59:33Cover
00:59:33Two
00:59:34Didn't work though
00:59:35Almost had him
00:59:36Taichi
00:59:38Oh
00:59:38Alabama slammer
00:59:40Nope
00:59:41Little pile driver action
00:59:43Nope
00:59:43Someone's gonna get dropped
00:59:44On their head
00:59:45A bad
00:59:47Spine on the pine
00:59:49On Anderson
00:59:51He's proud of that
00:59:52Can he make the tag
01:00:02He's got it here
01:00:03Hold on boy
01:00:06Yamanashi's own
01:00:07Shingo Takagi
01:00:08To show out here tonight
01:00:10Wants to advance to six points
01:00:12In World Tag League 2025
01:00:13Oh
01:00:17You can see it
01:00:18Takagi in his element right now Lance
01:00:20Boom
01:00:23Boom
01:00:23Oh
01:00:23Tai
01:00:36Tai thought he was tough
01:00:37One minute there
01:00:37Yeah that might be the last time
01:00:39Tai Chi talks down
01:00:40Oh
01:00:40He moved
01:00:40Oh
01:00:42Like
01:00:42Insegure
01:00:43On the side of the head
01:00:44Well Tai Chi is inched his way
01:00:50Ever so closer
01:00:51To the red corner here
01:00:53Satoshi Kojima
01:00:54Would love to make that tag right now
01:00:56But
01:00:56Reaching for it
01:00:57He's gotta get there first
01:00:59And he does it
01:01:02Maybe
01:01:02Machine gun chops
01:01:11He's been there way too many times
01:01:21Yeah
01:01:22Kojima he's gonna go all night Lance
01:01:25Oh no no no Maloney stopped him
01:01:35Maloney stopped him
01:01:36He's holding
01:01:37He's holding
01:01:38Teamwork
01:01:39Teamwork makes the dream work
01:01:41Uh oh
01:01:43Oh
01:01:45Oh man
01:01:47That was a good combo
01:01:49I think that's it
01:01:49One two three
01:01:50It could be
01:01:51No no
01:01:52Still not enough
01:01:53That's a hell of a combo though
01:01:55Satoshi Kojima
01:01:58Even at 55 years of age
01:02:00The resilience
01:02:01Unlike any other
01:02:03The time has come though
01:02:07Maloney and Takagi
01:02:09Might put it away here
01:02:10Squish
01:02:14Squish
01:02:15Oh
01:02:18Super kick connects
01:02:21And a sliding bomber
01:02:24For the win
01:02:25For the cover
01:02:26Two
01:02:27Nope
01:02:29Nope
01:02:30Like I said
01:02:31Kojima's been here
01:02:32Way too many times
01:02:33A little combo
01:02:41Oh no he ducked through
01:02:43Oh
01:02:44Oh no
01:02:45Maloney sent to Takagi
01:02:46Cutter
01:02:47Koji
01:02:49Koji
01:02:49Cutter lands out
01:02:50To the second
01:02:51Cutter
01:02:51It does
01:02:52Koji
01:02:54Cutter times two
01:02:55Oh
01:02:55And a roundhouse shot
01:02:57From Taichi
01:02:57To stay alive
01:02:59In this year's tournament
01:03:00Does he pull the pad?
01:03:05Oh
01:03:06He gets this clothesline
01:03:08That's it
01:03:09It could be
01:03:10Oh no
01:03:11No
01:03:11Counter
01:03:12Punch
01:03:13Punch
01:03:14Punch
01:03:15To the other
01:03:15P
01:03:28Oh
01:03:28Koji
01:03:29Moe
01:03:30Moe
01:03:30Moe
01:03:32Moe
01:03:33Moe
01:03:35Moe
01:03:36Moe
01:03:36Go
01:03:38Moe
01:03:38Moe
01:03:39Moe
01:03:39Moe
01:03:40Moe
01:03:41Moe
01:03:41Moe
01:03:42Moe
01:03:43It's time for a war.
01:03:53Could we see it?
01:03:55Made in Japan, in Birmingham.
01:03:59Oh, save, big save, big save.
01:04:02Oh, Taichi.
01:04:03Just in the nick of time.
01:04:04Yeah, surviving here are Taichi and Kojima,
01:04:07but for how much longer?
01:04:09Meloni and Takagi have hit some of their best shots.
01:04:11That could have put Kojima down
01:04:13if Taichi had not come for the save.
01:04:15Now what?
01:04:32Hilarious.
01:04:33That's it, baby.
01:04:33One, two, three.
01:04:34Beheading Takagi.
01:04:36Two.
01:04:37Oh!
01:04:38Still staying alive here tonight.
01:04:40How did he kick out of that?
01:04:43The only thing I can say is that Kojima didn't have to full steam ahead
01:04:47like he normally does when he hits that close-up.
01:04:49Because normally he knocks about two or three teeth out a little bit.
01:04:52Taichi and Kojima here.
01:05:04Oh, no, no, no.
01:05:07Here comes Maloni again.
01:05:12Let's go, Jima, drill up.
01:05:18Oh, he escaped.
01:05:19He escaped.
01:05:20Sandwich Maloney in the middle.
01:05:25Taichi and Kojima, they may not have been on the same page throughout the tournament,
01:05:31but they surely are now.
01:05:32They must have gotten something right.
01:05:34Kojima.
01:05:35Oh, he broke.
01:05:36He broke.
01:05:37Oh.
01:05:38And a shot from the south from Shingo.
01:05:41Oh, he missed.
01:05:42Oh.
01:05:43The Big Bomber.
01:05:46Two.
01:05:47Oh, he got it, he got it.
01:05:50Kojima's still in it.
01:05:53How?
01:05:54How?
01:05:55Oh.
01:05:56Oh, here comes the dragon.
01:06:00Cool.
01:06:01Oh, he needs to take a kill.
01:06:05All right.
01:06:06Jigote.
01:06:07Shingo Takagi.
01:06:10Driving away, Kojima, burning dragon.
01:06:13It's over.
01:06:18What a fight.
01:06:19Kojima and Taichi are done.
01:06:22And he's got two points.
01:06:30Taekoji.
01:06:33Done.
01:06:41They sure as heck did not give up at any moment.
01:06:45Now, if there's one thing you can say about that veteran attitude from Satoshi Kojima and Taichi,
01:06:51there is no give in that fight whatsoever.
01:06:55Something had to give eventually, the bodies of Kojima and Taichi,
01:06:59beaten and broken and now eliminated from World Tag League 2025.
01:07:03Drill Maloney and Shingo Takagi are victorious in their main event here tonight.
01:07:08Six points on the board for Takagi and Maloney.
01:07:21Today's main event, World Tag League A-Block is the winner of 27 seconds.
01:07:28Takagi Shingo, Drill Maloney and Moroney.
01:07:31Well, six points for Takagi and Maloney.
01:07:35And Lance, I want to thank you so much for joining us here tonight in the English Broadcast booth.
01:07:40And I'm going to allow you to take your leave. I'll close up shop here.
01:07:43I know we've got a long drive back.
01:07:45We do have a long drive back here tonight.
01:07:47And we've got to, Monster Hunter's got to kick some ass tomorrow.
01:07:49We've got to take down Tanahashi and ELB.
01:07:51I'm excited for it.
01:07:52So I can get ready for that.
01:07:53Yeah, we're going to get ready for it.
01:07:54Thank you so much.
01:07:55We'll see you next time.
01:07:56Good night. God bless.
01:07:57And wrestling fans, you heard it there from the Murderhawk Monster himself, Lance Archer.
01:08:04Action continues tomorrow in Shizuoka.
01:08:07We'll talk all about that after this.
01:08:10Hold on a minute.
01:08:13Says Shingo Tsukaku.
01:08:15If you think about it, it was the first time we fought with you in the last 10 years ago.
01:08:21This is the Y-Mexe Yamalashi.
01:08:29I might have won today, but I didn't win today.
01:08:37Let's go, Kojima!
01:08:40Let's go again.
01:08:45I'm so young and I'm so tired.
01:08:51Kojima, you're 55!
01:08:56You're so great.
01:08:57You're like 50.
01:09:00That's right, Taichi!
01:09:02Taichi, wait.
01:09:04You're probably 40 years old.
01:09:09Let's take a look at theipper and we'll get better.
01:09:12We'll do it now.
01:09:15We'll do it now, too.
01:09:16We'll do it now.
01:09:17We won't even play with you guys during the ring.
01:09:18Thank you so much for the time!
01:09:22Thank you so much for watching in the ring, so thank you so much for joining us today.
01:09:26Thank you so much for joining us today.
01:09:30I'm going to debut for 23 years today, and I'm going to debut for 23 years today.
01:09:37Well, Taichi is saying that this is his 23-year anniversary since his pro-wrestling debut.
01:09:46And Shinro Takagi giving a massive shout-out to that fact,
01:09:51who is Taichi the absolute best, not the way that he wanted to end his 23-year anniversary, but...
01:09:57Hello everyone, I'm from Yamunashi.
01:10:01We've got a great victory for Moroni and Moroni!
01:10:10I'm a friend that I've been working on this week.
01:10:15I'm going to introduce you to me, my friend, Dorina Moroni!
01:10:21This is my friend, Joel Maloni!
01:10:23Something?
01:10:24Yeah, just a little, please, Moroni can speak!
01:10:28We're going to hear a little from Joel Maloni.
01:10:31Sorry, I only know a little Japanese.
01:10:34I'm sorry, I only know a little bit of Japanese.
01:10:38Thank you very much, Yamanashi.
01:10:42Shinro Takagi is the number one famous from Yamanashi.
01:10:53Shinro Takagi!
01:10:54Shinro Takagi!
01:10:55Shinro Takagi!
01:10:56It's the time for the World Dragons!
01:10:59Shinro Takagi!
01:11:04We're going to win this with Moroni.
01:11:07We're still going to win.
01:11:11We don't have to win.
01:11:14We're going to win this year's Tokyo Dome!
01:11:17We're all going to win.
01:11:22We'll win a win.
01:11:24I don't know how many tickets are going to win.
01:11:27I don't know how many tickets are going to win.
01:11:31We have to win a win.
01:11:31But I don't have a card with Moroni!
01:11:36I don't have a card with Yamalashi, but I don't have a card with Yamalashi,
01:11:40but I don't have a card with Tokyo Dome!
01:11:44I don't have a card with Moroni, right?
01:11:53And one more thing...
01:11:56I'm a junior junior junior high school.
01:12:02I heard that I'm going to get in the new Yon Plus.
01:12:09I'm going to get in the new Yon Plus.
01:12:13I don't have to say anything about it, but I don't know if I'm going to get in the new Yon Plus World.
01:12:20I don't know if I'm going to get in the new Yon Plus World.
01:12:22It's the day of the day of the day of the day of the day of the day of the day of the day.
01:12:29You guys are here today.
01:12:31Everyone, remember that.
01:12:33Let's say that to my family and friends.
01:12:37Well, I'm going to get to the world tag league.
01:12:41We're going to get to the world tag league win.
01:12:46Let's get started!
01:12:52Well, it is six points on the board to end the action here tonight for the War Dragons, Joel Maloney and Shingo Takagi.
01:13:16Wrestling fan is going to be all for us here in the New Japan Pro Wrestling.
01:13:21Shingo Takagi, victorious in his hometown.
01:13:24My name is Walker Stewart.
01:13:25For Lance Archer, this has been NJPW with Kinder Sports.
01:13:29We'll see you next time.
01:13:30And Shizuoka, 24 hours from now, for night 10 of World Tag League 2025, go kigenyo, sayonana, and bye-bye.
01:13:38We'll see you next time.
01:13:51We'll see you next time.
01:13:53I'll see you next time.
01:13:54You guys are calling me to Shingo Takagi.
01:13:56But this is more than 3 months ...
01:13:58I swear to you in the day of the day of the day of the day.
01:14:00It is never to go for you.
01:14:01But I'll see you next time.
01:14:03I'm the king!
01:14:05Come on!
01:14:07Come on!
01:14:13We will save you!
01:14:15We will save you!
01:14:17We will save you!
01:14:23War Dragons,
01:14:25Itenyo Tokyo-Dong!
01:14:27We have!
01:14:29We have!
01:14:31The champions!
01:15:01The main event is the Wild Attack League A Block.
01:15:06It's the title of the 21-17.
01:15:08The Driller of the morning,
01:15:10is the winner of the K-Shin'o.
01:15:13The final one!
01:15:15The final one!
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