00:00What is TMDK's Zack Sabre Jr. and Reola Hayoyawa who look to clutch themselves to semi-final
00:29spot going up very very soon but they are just like their opposition on the risk of elimination
00:35both teams in this match-up in a two or die spot right now fall in David Finlay and Hiromu lose
00:42then they're out of this year's tournament TMDK lose here tonight then they are out of this year's
00:47tournament I'm gonna keep an eye on whoever's sickening them
00:58I'm pretty sure it's Kato, achieving son of a quick
01:28It is the GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, Morobu Takahashi and this man has knocked a couple of hours
01:52David Finlay and Hiromu Takahashi walked in tonight four points on the board tonight Don
02:10and it is Hiromu you'll see puts it around in the right hand of Hiromu Takahashi it was the birthday present that David Finlay gave Hiromu in post-match comments it's a plus version of David Finlay of course
02:22Hiromu Takahashi celebrates his 36th birthday just the other day and David Finlay all he wanted was a present David Finlay gave him the most selfish present one can
02:34a little minifigure of himself
02:46I can't wait to get my hands on that
02:50Yeah I can't wait to get my hands on that
02:52Yeah I can't wait to get my hands on that
02:54Yeah I can't wait to get my hands on that
02:56and the Noah Jr. Grand Prix winner of the time above,
03:01Takashi Hirobe!
03:11Ballet Club World Rocks,
03:13The Levit,
03:15David Fidey!
03:20David Finlay and Hiromu Takahashi,
03:31four points on the board.
03:33TMDK, Zack Sabre Jr.,
03:35Ryoho Iowa also four points on the board.
03:37The winning team will continue on in this year's tournament.
03:41The losing team will say goodbye to any hopes
03:44of a World Tag League final to come your way
03:46in Kumamoto night 17.
03:49But World Tag League coming up on December 14th.
03:54Don, I gotta ask you,
03:55as we get into our semi-main event tonight,
03:57you don't have to let me too much into the strategy
04:00for yourself in House of Torture,
04:01but have you been keeping an eye on what's been happening
04:04in the opposite block while you're competing in block A,
04:06or is your intention mostly on your matches with Evil?
04:12We'd like to focus on the match at hand.
04:16And, you know, not every match is going to be the same.
04:20But, for example, we got the mastermind Yano and Ole coming up.
04:27Yes.
04:28And you can't think about anything else because, you know,
04:30those guys are very smart.
04:32Yeah, you're right.
04:33And their tactics are, you know, dirty.
04:36And, you know, as fair players...
04:38Hold on a minute.
04:39Just call out another team for dirty tactics.
04:40I mean, come on.
04:41We're talking...
04:42You're in House of Torture, Don.
04:43Are you blind?
04:44Hopefully you're blind.
04:45Well, okay.
04:46We'll put that conversation to bed.
04:48But, nevertheless, you know, you take every match, you know,
04:50match by match, moment by moment.
04:52You can't really focus on what's going on in block B
04:55because you're too busy succeeding in block A, I understand.
04:57For sure.
04:58For sure.
04:59Well, David Finley and Hiromu Takahashi throughout this year's
05:01tournament, in case you haven't seen it,
05:03have not exactly been as well-oiled of a machine as you and Evil
05:07have been over on the block A side.
05:09Finley keeps claiming that he is the leader of the team of himself
05:13and Hiromu, and Hiromu saying, well, you know,
05:16I've had more time here in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
05:19I'm your senpai.
05:20I should be leading this team.
05:21So, a bit of an interesting relationship Finley and Hiromu
05:25have developed for one another.
05:26But, well, Finley looking to capitalize early on in on Oyoa,
05:30two count only, and a back elbow senton combination to kick off
05:36for Finley against TMDK's finest.
05:38Cover here for David Finley and a two count only now.
05:45And a tag here now, Hiromu Takahashi, your legal man.
05:59And Hiromu, wait a minute, trying to toss Finley around.
06:04Finley going to send the junior right into Oyoa.
06:07You know, it's what we've been seeing a lot.
06:11Oh, hold on a minute.
06:12Hiromu has been trying to muscle around Finley all tournament long.
06:17Finley, ooh, doing a better job of throwing his weight around.
06:21But right when Hiromu succeeds in picking Finley up, I mean,
06:25can't even place him down where he needs to.
06:28If you don't work together as a team, this is what happens.
06:34Yeah, I mean, you know, Hiromu and Finley have been coasting by on, you know,
06:38pure God-given talent in a way.
06:40I mean, these men have not exactly found themselves on the same page at all.
06:43And imagine being in the position of, I know that you don't like him,
06:46but imagine being in the position of Gato trying to, you know,
06:50quell the forces of Hiromu and Finley together.
06:53I mean, it's a really difficult spot to have.
06:55Meanwhile, you don't often get to see Zack Sabre Jr.,
07:00one of the best technical wrestlers in the world today,
07:02tie it up with a premier junior in Hiromu Takahashi.
07:06And Zack going to try and tear apart those fingers of Hiromu here tonight.
07:13And that wrist as well on the left arm of Hiromu Takahashi.
07:17Tag made, here comes Oyewa back in here.
07:19You know, Don, Ryohei Oyewa, one of the newer returnees from Excursion,
07:33it was Oyewa right before the Knockout Brothers returning from Excursion
07:36back in September of 2024.
07:39What do you make of Oyewa so far in his young career that he's had in New Japan?
07:44I can see a bright future.
07:46He's still learning, still trying to find his way.
07:50But to go away and come back looking like that, you know, he knows how to work out.
07:57But I think the future's going to be huge.
08:00Certainly so. Oyewa has been an incredible power force in TMDK.
08:04And meanwhile, Zack Sabre Jr.
08:06For what Sabre Jr. doesn't have in power, he's going to have in the technical game.
08:10Hiromu Takahashi not going to have much of either right now against Sabre.
08:15As it is so impressive how Sabre Jr. can tore any human body into a pretzel.
08:21I mean, that is what we're seeing right now.
08:26Finley not exactly focused on trying to save his tag partner here.
08:31And finally going to take the shot into Sabre Jr.
08:34But Oyewa going to get the better of Finley on that one.
08:37Tag made. Here comes Oyewa back into the ring.
08:43And Hiromu trying to scramble and escape to the red corner.
08:48I mean, Finley has thrown Hiromu into the wolves here tonight, so to speak.
08:53It's been a hard battle.
08:55You can see a little bit of Oyewa techniques there.
09:11I'm pretty sure Zach's teaching him a lot.
09:14Yeah, you're right.
09:16Oyewa made his excursion over in pro wrestling.
09:18Noah studied under one of Zack Sabre Jr.'s finest trainers in Noah.
09:22Won't that be in a junior heavyweight, Yoshinari Ogawa.
09:26And Ogawa certainly taught Sabre Jr. a lot.
09:29Has certainly taught Oyewa just as much, if not even more.
09:34Going to be trained by only two of the finest wrestling systems you are going to find in Japan today.
09:40The Noge Dojo and the NOAA Dojo.
09:43I mean, Oyewa has positioned himself in a great spot for the future,
09:46but he's got to try and win some World Tag League matches.
09:49And right now, a 2-3 record for both teams.
09:52Not going to be enough to take you to the semis.
09:54You've got to win here tonight to stay alive.
09:56That's Horomo.
10:06Well, some of the hardest chops you'll find in the game right now from Horomo Takahashi.
10:10And a drop kick right to the basement of Zack Sabre Jr. off the ropes here.
10:16No! No!
10:19Horomo wanted that hurricanrata there falling.
10:23And it's Zack Sabre Jr. who are doing it around.
10:27Horomo's back into it now.
10:29And a tag made in the red corner, here comes David Finley.
10:36Yeah!
10:37Boom!
10:38Yeah!
10:39Yeah!
10:40Boom!
10:41Yeah!
10:42Boom!
10:43It's David Finley no str-
10:44Whoa, wait a minute.
10:45Oh, come on.
10:46Finley, you can't keep doing this.
10:49Just tossing around his own tag team partner.
10:52Boom!
10:53Well, you could say that's teamwork.
10:54Well, I mean, yeah, I guess in the mind of Finley.
11:01Finley has been, oh, good Lord.
11:04We're going to keep this going all night, it seems.
11:07It's Horomo crashing right on top of Sabre.
11:10Cover here for Finley.
11:12Two count only.
11:14You know, we saw Alex Zane being thrown around by Lance Archer.
11:17That was consensual.
11:18But, I mean, this situation,
11:20Horomo wants nothing to do with David Finley right now.
11:23And David going to keep on the attack of Zack Sabre tonight.
11:28Yeah!
11:29Yeah!
11:30Whoa!
11:31Finley no stranger to putting down Zack Sabre Jr.
11:33in tournament competition.
11:34It was the semifinal in Shizuoka for New Japan Cup earlier on this year.
11:38And these two men had an incredible war of a matchup
11:41where Finley would walk away with the victory.
11:43Sabre Jr. looking to redeem that tonight in World Tag League competition.
11:47Oh, no, Sabre Jr. caught out by Finley here.
11:59Come on, Zack.
12:01Come on.
12:02Come on.
12:03Come on.
12:04Come on.
12:05Let's move.
12:06Let's move!
12:07Yeah.
12:08Come on, Zack.
12:09Come on.
12:11Come on.
12:12Come on.
12:13Come on.
12:14Yeah.
12:15Come on.
12:16Come on.
12:17Hit him.
12:18Hell right.
12:19Hit him! Kill him, Kelly!
12:22Let's move!
12:25Come on, come on, come on!
12:29Hit!
12:32Go on!
12:35Come on, come on, come on!
12:38It's Finlay and Sabre Jr.
12:41Back and forth when does the pendulum stop swinging
12:44between these two men?
12:47And the answer is going to be when we have a bell sound
12:50and the match is over.
12:51These two men are going to fight like hell up until that point.
12:55Oh!
12:57Sabre Jr., here we go.
12:59Zack Driver denied.
13:00David Finlay.
13:03Oh, that shot to the left arm.
13:05Going to disarm Finlay now.
13:07Oh, not for long.
13:11Into oblivion.
13:13David Finlay has knocked Zack Sabre Jr.
13:16And a look to both corners now, Valle.
13:25Hiromu in the red.
13:26Oyewa in the blue.
13:27Both of these men want this tag.
13:33And tags made on both sides.
13:35Who's going to win out in World Tag League 2025 tonight?
13:38Those are massive hands on Rio Hale.
13:52Oh!
13:57Oh, shit!
14:03Oh!
14:04Oh!
14:05Oh!
14:06Oh!
14:07Oh!
14:08Oh!
14:09Oh!
14:10Oh!
14:11Oh!
14:12We said it earlier on, her almost greatest weapon in a heavyweight bat
14:18tends to be these chops, but Oyewash shaking him off for the time being
14:23and delivering back twice as heavy.
14:42Oh, and Oyewash runs right through that chop from Hiromu,
14:56takes down the junior heavyweight.
14:59And it is Oyewash who's got to try and keep the momentum rolling here.
15:12Great combination of power and technique on this man in Oyewash.
15:15And now you can see it right here in the flesh volley.
15:19With all of his body weight on the spine of Hiromu and still knowing,
15:23hey, I can tweak an arm here, I can pull this out of socket.
15:27Oh, and Oyewash now the arc clutch locked in right here.
15:45Center of the ring for Oyewash and Hiromu meanwhile.
15:48Zack Sabre and Finley trying to battle it out in the red corner.
15:51And Finley trying to do it again to save his man here, Don.
15:56What's he got to do?
15:57Ah.
15:59Ah.
16:00Ah.
16:01Ah.
16:02Ah.
16:03And Sabre Jr. back on Finley.
16:07And Hiromu might be forced to attack right here.
16:10It would take Finley and Hiromu out of the tournament.
16:13No, no, no.
16:15Ah.
16:16Oyewash might score a huge win tonight.
16:18Ah.
16:23Ah.
16:24No, no, no, no, oh, and Sabre breaking up the hold of Oyewan Hidomu.
16:34And that was a last-ditch effort from David Finley.
16:37And really the most Finley has aided his partner throughout this entire matchup.
16:47Oyewan, Zach Sabre playing ping-pong now with Finley, meeting in the middle there.
16:51And that's going to take the leader of the Bullet Club out of competition.
16:59We don't see this all too often.
17:01Oyewan from the top, crushing, splash on Hidomu.
17:08Two.
17:12Two and two only.
17:14Come on, Hidomu!
17:15And Oyewan now wants the grip.
17:27That discus lariat misses out, though.
17:29Yeah, Hidomu's got to be faster than Oyewan.
17:32He's got it.
17:32No, no, no, no, no, no.
17:33Oyewan captured the hurricanrana.
17:35Super kick right to the chest.
17:41And it's Oyewan.
17:45A massive drop kick.
17:46Everybody's down.
17:58Tag made from Oyewan to Sabre, Jr.
18:02And Zach not nearly as much spring in his step tonight.
18:04P.K. for the cover on Hiromu.
18:09Two count only.
18:14Don, I'm starting to feel like Hiromu Takahashi is a man who can't be put down at all.
18:18All right, Hiromu might be the pudding.
18:22No, no, no.
18:23Sabre turned again on the shoulder, too.
18:29Sabre for the cover.
18:32Finley in to turn it around.
18:33Finley in to turn it around.
18:35Still not enough.
18:40Should be getting some fire, doesn't it?
18:43No, no, no.
18:44Hiromu driver.
18:47Hiromu driver for the win.
18:49Still.
18:52And Zach survives here tonight.
18:57Watch Hiromu now.
18:59Hiromu-chan bomber.
19:03To stay alive in World Tag League.
19:07Hiromu's got to put Sabre down now.
19:09Oh, well, Oyewan in to turn it around.
19:13Finley in for the interception.
19:14We are 15 deep.
19:18Something tells me we won't need the full 30.
19:20And a crushing lariat from David Finley again.
19:34Oh, no, no, no.
19:36Just when Hiromu's ready to celebrate, there's still no work to be done.
19:40Oh, a cover.
19:41Oh, a cover.
19:42A cover for the win.
19:43Zach Sabre stays alive in World Tag League.
19:47That teamwork didn't work.
19:48Imagine if they had worked properly together.
19:53David Finley and Hiromu Takahashi have not been able to see on the right side throughout this entire tournament.
20:12A loss for David and Hiromu means an elimination from World Tag League 2025.
20:22Oh, and just like every other time, Finley and Hiromu have lost.
20:49David Finley's going to blame that on the junior heavyweight.
20:52He's going to take the same.
20:55Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
20:57Keep the place there always made targets.
21:00Too late.
21:02It's too late.
21:04Now you're late.
21:05I'm not going to be.
21:07I'm not going to be.
21:09I'm not going to be.
21:11Oh, oh, oh.
21:13I'm not going to be.
21:15I'm not going to be.
21:17Zach Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oyoa stay alive in World Tag League competition.
21:22Six points on the board now for TMDK.
21:25Dang.
21:27Okay.
21:28One quote.
21:30All right.
21:34Oh.
21:38Let's go through.
21:51Well, John, as it sits right now, we're about set for our main event of the evening.
22:01There is only one team tonight on eight points at the top of Block B. That's Cal Newman and
22:07Great Okas. But our main event competition, two teams on six points looking to top out
22:14alongside United Empire. Ren Narita and Sonata take on Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura. And our
22:21main event. We know who's going to win that one. Oh, well, I'm not too certain. I already
22:26know. Oh, no. Wrestling fans, our main event comes up right here, right now. Shota Umino
22:34and Yuya Uemura take on House of Torture, Ren Narita and Sonata. And it's our main event
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