00:04Well, wrestling fans, we are back here tonight for our final preview tag team match of the evening.
00:10My name is Walker Stewart. I'm being joined here on the evening by the sauce himself, Alex Zane.
00:15Welcome to the booth.
00:15Hey, thanks for having me. I'm always happy to be here, even though things didn't go our way tonight.
00:22Well.
00:22You know, I just want to touch on that real quick.
00:25Okay.
00:25The next time that the Knockout Brothers see us in the ring, there won't be a little Dane there for them to take advantage of.
00:32Certainly not.
00:34Well, Alex, you and Lance Archer currently sit with, oh, what about four points on the board?
00:41Still alive in the running. You're going to have to hope for a victory coming up.
00:44We're still in it.
00:45Well, we're going to see exactly what happens when we make our way on December 7th for Block B action.
00:50Here's our main event on that night.
00:55It is six points on the board for these two men.
01:06It is six points on the board for these two men.
01:06Sanada sold out Narita Rea.
01:14Six points on the board.
01:25And they stole every one of those points.
01:27Well, they absolutely did, Alex.
01:28I have to agree with you.
01:29I've been watching it all on every single night, whether it's been all on NJPW World or right here in the booth.
01:34And I can tell you first and foremost that that's how Sanada, Ren and Narita, and really all three of the House of Torture teams in this massive tournament, playing on winning the whole thing.
01:45Let me see an House of Torture in action in our opening Block A matchup of the evening here tonight.
01:54Before we get there, Shota, Umano, and Yuya Uemura walk in here tonight.
01:59Six points on the board.
02:01And we'll stand alongside Young Lion's Shoukato.
02:04You got him, Kato.
02:13It is Umano and Uemura who walked in here tonight.
02:25Victories over Tadahashi and Phantasmo.
02:27Victory over Finley and Hiromu.
02:29Back in our last main event, Block B.
02:31And, well, sorry to say it, a victory over yourself and Lance Archer.
02:35Hey, you know, there's no shame in losing to a great tag team.
02:39That's true.
02:41Me and Lance, we've been out of the tag scene for a little while.
02:45And, you know, we finally got the wheels back on the wagon here.
02:50And we're going to bring it home from here on out.
02:54The 133cm roughneck, Umino, Shota!
02:59And we're already getting started here tonight.
03:04Sonata, Rennerita, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
03:07They should know better.
03:08Yeah, they certainly should at this point.
03:10Shota, Umano, Yuya Uemura, and Young Lion's Shoukato tossed out of the ring here.
03:14It is all Uemura still in the jacket on and all here tonight.
03:17And going to be targeted here by Yajalas.
03:20It was Uemura who found victory over David Finley and Harola in the last pain event.
03:27We're going to see if Uemura and Udo can keep that track up now.
03:31And hope for yet another victory.
03:33Put themselves on for eight points in this tournament.
03:36That's a warm drag.
03:37Yeah, Uemura so flush with his technique.
03:40Nice and quick.
03:41On the money.
03:45Rennerita, not so much.
03:47Yeah, well, I mean, Rennerita, for all intents and purposes, is an incredible technician, a great striker.
03:52Not a lot that we get to see nowadays.
03:54Kind of a jerk.
03:55He's been ruined by the house.
03:57And if you remember, it was, well, your last World Tag League outing with Lance in 2023 where it would all change.
04:04It was Rennerita and Shota Uemura who walked into that year's tournament as a team and following their last loss, it would be Uemura who would suffer pinfall after pinfall after pinfall.
04:13Rennerita turned his back on Shota Uemura on the whole world and joining House of Torch.
04:19You hate to see it.
04:21Yeah, you certainly do.
04:22I mean, you can look at it as a waste of potential.
04:25You can look at it as a variety of things.
04:27But Rennerita on a mission to show, yeah, I made the right decision two years ago.
04:31Whether it's by putting down Uemura and Uemura, two multi-representatives, or whether it's by capturing World Tag League overall.
04:39That's not going to happen.
04:40Yeah, well, still in the running here, so there's a little bit of a chance.
04:46Meanwhile, Sonata and Uemura, a lot of pressure between these two back in their days and just five guys.
04:55As Rennerita sends Uemura right into those barricades down here in front of us, we're going to keep our eyes on Sonata and Uemura.
05:01And these red chairs here.
05:04When we were against House of Torch, this is one thing Lance and I talked about.
05:07You know, Lance has an imposing size.
05:09And we're like, just don't let them take us into the crowd.
05:12You know, that's their territory.
05:14Yeah, you're right about that.
05:16That's something that Uemura and Uemura are definitely aware of.
05:19They're two individuals who like to keep the fight inside the ring for the majority.
05:23Especially you're going to look to Uemura to try and prevent Sonata and Uemura.
05:26If they want to find victory over the Hontai team tonight, they're going to have to find a way to push them outside of their comfort zone.
05:33Oh, and there is no comfort there.
05:37Krios double count tomorrow on Uemura.
05:39This is our final preview match of the evening.
05:43Six points on the board.
05:44Uemura and Uemura, six points on the board.
05:47Renderita and Sonata.
05:50Meanwhile, take a look at this.
05:52Kanemaru.
05:53Oh!
05:54Oh, my.
05:54Oh, there he goes.
05:55Yeah, drive-by shot.
05:57It's a double impact there.
05:58The drop there from Kanemaru and the drop thanks to gravity.
06:02Right in his beautiful haircut.
06:03Yeah, that's painful.
06:05I hate to get kicked in the haircut.
06:07Oh, really?
06:08Three.
06:09Four.
06:11Five.
06:12Six.
06:13We're starting the standing 20 count on the outside now.
06:15Eight.
06:16Yeah, it would be a shame if this match ended the count out here tonight.
06:19These people want to see it continue.
06:21Twelve.
06:22Thirteen.
06:23House wouldn't mind, I don't think.
06:24You know, they're sitting on six.
06:28That's Narita.
06:31Oh, wait a minute.
06:31Wait a minute.
06:32What the hell is that?
06:33That's the ring hammer.
06:35He hit someone in the audience with it.
06:36Good Lord.
06:37That just hit that.
06:38That's a child.
06:39That was.
06:39It might have been a child.
06:40I'm a little worried.
06:42Oh, no.
06:43All right.
06:43We're going to keep our camera off that.
06:46That is Kanemaru in Narita now.
06:49Cover here.
06:50One more time.
06:51Two count only.
06:55There it is.
06:57Yeah, Kanemaru.
06:57You can only hope that he's drunk.
06:59Yeah, I mean, the amount of whiskey that man drinks, I mean, wouldn't be too shocking.
07:05His tolerance is crazy.
07:08It's cheap whiskey, though.
07:09Right.
07:10Yeah.
07:10Right at the loss.
07:12I don't know that myself.
07:14He's a cheap guy.
07:14Well, I have seen.
07:16Have you seen that house?
07:17Good Lord.
07:17Yeah.
07:18Yeah, Sonata.
07:19Now looking to take Uemura on a trip to paradise.
07:21It's a place Uemura's been before.
07:24Uemura now.
07:25Here we go.
07:26Sonata.
07:27Oh.
07:28There it is on his feet.
07:29Yeah.
07:29Yeah, even still.
07:30Oh, he made it through.
07:31Tag made.
07:31Here comes Zoumano.
07:32Yeah, Shota definitely more of the power athlete than Uemura has been working on that power
07:39game back ever since the beginning of this year, his loss in the Tokyo Dome.
07:44And it has been a true metamorphosis for Shota Uemura in 2025.
07:49Can he capitalize?
07:50That drop kick.
07:51And find victory here.
07:54Drop kick is not tasty.
07:57You're a man who know.
07:59I know all about it.
08:00Tastes a lot like wrestling boot.
08:05Oh, no.
08:05That's not good.
08:07Oh, Sonata here.
08:08Whoa.
08:10That's awesome.
08:12Uppercut into the suplex cover.
08:14Something just too good about seeing Sonata get his ass kicked.
08:18You know, I think a lot of fans may not remember this.
08:21It was back in November of 2024.
08:24And if I'm getting my history here right, it's all too recent history.
08:28Sonata would follow the show to Uemura in singles action back right here in Osaka, in this building, the main arena.
08:34And that was one of the trigger points for Sonata to turn his back on the War Dogs.
08:38He joined House of Torture.
08:39Yeah, so might be something still to that for Sonata.
08:45Sonata here now.
08:46Oh, a trip to paradise for Uemura.
08:47Uemura, the place he's been one too many times.
08:50Meanwhile, referee Kenta Sato chopped up in the corner here.
08:55Oh, good Lord.
08:55And now that pad comes off.
08:58Oh, no, not in the butt.
08:59Oh!
09:00Right in the butt.
09:00Well, the key has been inserted, and the paradise lock is open.
09:05Hey, yo.
09:06Whoa.
09:09And Sonata now up on the shoulders here.
09:12Would love to drive out Uemura.
09:13Uemura says no.
09:15Whoa.
09:17Got him high on that one.
09:20Watch Uemura.
09:21Step up.
09:23DDT.
09:24It's unpredictability like that from Shoto Uemura that might have cost you and Lance in league competition.
09:33We don't have to hope it does for the house.
09:35That'll hurt the neck bone, that's for sure.
09:37Yeah.
09:38Tag made on both corners.
09:39Here comes Shomakato.
09:40Here comes Josh Tomokanomaru.
09:44Oh.
09:45Oh, Kato takes the shot to the radius.
09:48Kato, a hometown boy here tonight, Osaka.
09:50Oh.
09:51Yeah.
09:52Osaka boy.
09:53Yeah, it has a lot to show out for here in a sec.
09:55That's why he's so handsome.
09:57Oh, that makes sense, actually.
10:00Oh, right in the pocket.
10:03And Kato here would love to drive out and shoot your heavyweight standout.
10:07Kanomaru right to the eyes.
10:10Oh.
10:10Oh.
10:12That tricked me.
10:13Yeah, that drop kick did not get to connect here.
10:18Kanomaru may be thinking brain buster, that touch out.
10:21He's going to bust his brain, I think.
10:23Oh, I hope not.
10:24I need to.
10:25Oh, Kato.
10:26Oh, bust his brain.
10:28Turns it around.
10:32And it's.
10:32Oh, and Mora takes out right in the arena.
10:35Shomakato has an opportunity for the biggest win of his career right here tonight.
10:39Shomakato, Boston Crab, and the Kanomaru immediately to the bottom line.
10:51Nothing as tasty as a Boston Crab.
10:53Yeah, oh, certainly so.
10:58Oh.
11:02Ooh.
11:04Kato again.
11:05Oh, right down to the basement here.
11:09I mean, Kato in a world of pain now.
11:11That left knee.
11:12And again, Kanomaru set a target here, Zane.
11:15Oh, yeah, he did.
11:16Yeah, he did.
11:16And that's the hard part about, you know, these six-man tags.
11:20You're not used to having a third man on your team.
11:23And when you do it, you try to rely on him.
11:26You know, it's after you've been beat to death.
11:31Yeah, you can see it.
11:32You can feel it.
11:33Kato, oh, a heartbreaking loss to have to tap in his home pre-victure.
11:39Right in front of his elementary school teachers.
11:42Every single one of them.
11:44Every single one of them in attendance tonight.
11:46In both grades that he passed successfully.
11:49First and second, yes.
11:51Shoma Kato with a loss here tonight.
11:54An embarrassing one, but it is a humbling experience to be a young lion, Alex.
11:58I know you've known many in your career.
12:00Yeah.
12:01It is certainly yet another step in Shoma Kato's road.
12:06But the main reason we're here tonight to talk World Tag League, Sonata and Renderita.
12:12That's how you learn right there.
12:15Sonata and Renderita here tonight.
12:16Six points on the board.
12:18Battle show to Umano and Yuya Uamora in our main event to come on December 7th.
12:23We'll be live right here in English on NJPW World.
12:26And you are not going to want to miss a moment.
12:29Wrestling fans coming up in just a matter of minutes.
12:49Block A action kicks off right here for World Tag League 2025.
12:53Team 100, Satoshi Kojima and Tai Chi take on it.
12:57House of Torture, Jace Owens and Yujiro Takahashi is right here live on NJPW World.
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