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Kaito Kiyomiya vs Kenoh - 60-Minute Ironman Match
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00:00We are live and direct from Kolakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, sending you the very best in pro wrestling NOAH.
00:24This is the main event.
00:27This is Kaito Kiyomiya's 10th anniversary as a pro wrestler.
00:33Decade of madness.
00:36You're listening to Stu Fulton alongside my verbal tag team partners Mark Pickering and Mike Shroudna.
00:41We are so ready for this main event.
00:43Oh absolutely, Kennel was always going to be the perfect rival, the perfect opponent for a match of this magnitude.
00:49And the stakes are higher than ever with a 60 minute Ironman match.
00:54Some people run out of restaurant and have a party, some people go on a trip.
00:58Kaito Kiyomiya celebrates by fighting everyone in pro wrestling NOAH.
01:04Kennel does not come to prove potential.
01:08He comes to validate pain, sacrifice, and ideology.
01:13This is a man forged in resistance, sharpened by anger and sustained by belief.
01:23Mr. Payne in the ass himself.
01:29Kennel for years has challenged not just opponents but NOAH itself.
01:35Tonight in a match built on endurance and cruelty NOAH steps into his natural habitat.
01:42Kennel loves this.
01:45Oh he thrives on it doesn't he? This is what he's here for.
01:49And he's been seconded interestingly by Marofuji, his new team mate now.
01:54The man of the moment, the man of the hour, the man bringing all the power here tonight.
02:09Kaito Kiyomiya, he's already wrestled twice tonight on this card and this, the third, the most difficult match possibly of his career so far.
02:26The culmination of a decade in pro wrestling NOAH from prodigy to champion to standard bearer.
02:34This is the man who has carried the future on his shoulders and now chooses to test himself.
02:41Test that future against the harshest mirror NOAH can offer.
02:4760 minutes, no shortcuts, no excuses.
02:51This is Kiyomiya asking himself just how great he really is.
02:55Former three-time GHC heavyweight champion Kaito Kiyomiya, the Prince of Madness, is the last man in the ring here tonight.
03:07And look at this, stay down here.
03:10This match is contested under 60 minutes.
03:16During the time limit victories are awarded via pinfall submission, DQ or ring out.
03:23And the wrestler with a greater number of victories at the end of the time limit will be declared the winner.
03:28Absolutely, this is a complete unknown territory for Kaito Kiyomiya, he's never gone 60 minutes.
03:35And if both competitors are tied in victories when the time expires, the match will continue into a sudden death over time under unlimited time one-fall rules.
03:47Astonishing.
03:49As you said, Mark, Keno has experience in these 60-minute matches multiple times.
03:57Absolutely, they were GHC heavyweight championships matches that happened to go to a time limit 60-minute distance.
04:03That was against Goshi Ozaki, that was against Katsuhiko Nakajima.
04:06First for Kiyomiya, his longest ever match was 40 minutes, 40 seconds, against one of his mentors, Yoshinari Ogawa.
04:12Keiji Muto, guest commentator on the Japanese side here tonight.
04:17And a man who has not only just slightly influenced the career of Kaito Kiyomiya.
04:23He's absolutely been at the forefront of it over the last few years.
04:27What a stare down we have though, building up in the center of this ring.
04:33Everything on the line right here, the future of pro wrestling Noah.
04:39So much history between these two men and even just in the singles realm.
04:45Yep, absolutely, and we've got the scoreboard and everything, we've got the countdown clock ticking already.
04:4960 minutes were on the board, and we've got 0-0 to start off.
04:54So in his first GHC heavyweight title reign, going back to 2017, into 2018,
05:00and his first defense after winning it from Eddie Edwards.
05:04Keno beat Kiyomiya by KO here at Korakuen Hall.
05:09The history is so intertwined, isn't it?
05:11So many title matches, so many epics, so many classics all over the country.
05:16Fast forward to Keno's second title reign.
05:19He dropped the belt to Kiyomiya on his first defense.
05:22That one stung.
05:23Yeah, it always does, doesn't it?
05:25A match of that level of that ability.
05:27And these two forever, they've been arch rivals and they always will be, it feels deep down.
05:32In Kiyomiya's first epic GHC heavyweight title reign,
05:36he defended his belt twice successfully against Keno.
05:40Eventually dropping it to Shiozaki, but two successful defenses against the incoming Keno.
05:45Yeah, that speaks volumes about the man that he was then,
05:48and what he's gone on to achieve since then.
05:50Ten years now at the top.
05:52He went on to take the GHC heavyweight title again.
05:55This time from Keno in Nagoya back in September of 2022 to enter his second reign,
06:01where he defended it four times successfully once against Keno again on New Year's Day of 2023.
06:08And you highly recommend that match, don't you, Mark?
06:10Yeah, that's one of my personal favorites that was at Nippon Budokan, a real classic that was.
06:14Keno's birthday as well.
06:15Yep, indeed, Thursday January.
06:22Already going hard here, Keno.
06:25Into the corner goes Kiyomiya following up, stops him in his tracks.
06:29The second rope, but takes the opportunity with the German suplex.
06:34Keno did not get the memo, this is an Iron Man 60 minutes.
06:38From the top, Turnpukko!
06:40This is with the PFS.
06:42Lister and Pace to start this off.
06:45It's all about timing and pacing, isn't it, in a 60-minute match,
06:48but Keno's coming in fresh, so he's going to try and get an early fall here
06:52to take the lead against Kiyomiya.
06:55Well, one thing we can say about Kiyomiya and Keno is,
06:59Kiyomiya has not allowed Keno to get into his head anymore.
07:03Yeah.
07:04That may have been the case before.
07:05Absolutely.
07:06He's matured through that stage now.
07:07He's come out a better person, a better pro wrestler.
07:10Yeah, when we go back to early 2024,
07:12Keno launched a full-on harassment campaign of Kiyomiya.
07:16Yes.
07:17He showed up at a Monday Magic show in that T-shirt with Kiyomiya's young boy
07:21face on it when he had his shaved head before his debut.
07:24He was talking about his family and everything.
07:27Yeah, he was really getting under his skin, but following the match they had in 2024,
07:32that really showed that Kiyomiya was now above all of that.
07:36Yeah.
07:38Keno's really played the role of YouTube influencer, instigator, if you will.
07:43Yeah.
07:44Really trying to get under everyone's skin these days, not only Kaito, but Kenta as well.
07:49They always bring up the rest of each other, don't they, these two?
07:53Kiyomiya chose Keno as his opponent for his 10th anniversary main event here tonight.
07:59And this is not just any match.
08:00This is a punishing 60-minute Iron Man format.
08:04And to deliberately name Keno under these stipulations, these conditions,
08:10can be seen as a sign of deep trust in him as a rival, as a competitive wrestler.
08:15Yeah, that'll have been a deep sign of respect, as you say.
08:18And that would have been a huge motivational factor for Keno as well.
08:21He wants to come out here victorious tonight and topple Kiyomiya on his coronations 10 years at the top.
08:27You have to ask yourself, though, is Keno the right person to go in with?
08:31Very masochistic on the part of Kaito Kiyomiya to ask for a match of this level
08:36against this caliber of opponent.
08:38Very dangerous place he's walking into, especially off the back of two matches already tonight.
08:44A milestone match for Kaito Kiyomiya here tonight.
08:48And yes, naming Keno to bring him in as his main event opponent
08:55says everything you need to know about Noah Bourne, Kaito Kiyomiya.
09:00Absolutely.
09:02Given the occasion, I reached out to all-time great three-time WWE Hall of Fame champion
09:06Bret the Hitman Hart, an Iron Man specialist, regarding the mental and physical demands of this match.
09:11And he told me that the hardest match of his career was his 1996 Iron Man match with Shawn Michaels.
09:17Tested and challenged him to his absolute limits.
09:20Took months to prepare and months to recover.
09:23Unbelievable. Tapping into the greats to find out about what it takes to excel in a match like this.
09:30This is no ordinary match.
09:33Yeah, that's the thing about this 60-minute Iron Man format.
09:37Keno, he questions whether Kiyomiya has the stamina for this.
09:42He's never gone longer than 40 minutes, I believe.
09:44Yeah, 40 minutes, exactly.
09:45So that's a fair question that is from Keno.
09:48But Kiyomiya, he doesn't do things in an ordinary way, does he?
09:52He has to have two matches before doing the Iron Man match tonight.
09:56Exactly, and I think we mentioned this before, but that's never been done as well.
10:00Yeah.
10:02Speaking of doing his own things and being stubborn on Keno's channel,
10:08he spoke to Shiro Tomoyose, who was a former wrestler, had to retire due to injury.
10:14And Tomoyose said that he was around when Kiyomiya was training before his debut and going into his debut,
10:22and he would never wear underwear.
10:24And there's this famous video of Kiyomiya at Costco getting the shopping in for the dojo,
10:32and he bends over and his ass cracks hanging out.
10:35Oh, my goodness.
10:36He just wouldn't, despite being told by his senpai to wear underwear, he wouldn't do it.
10:40Stubborn.
10:41Yeah.
10:42Those dojo days.
10:43He walks his own path, does Kaito Kiyomiya.
10:45For sure.
10:47Keno says he's here to educate Kiyomiya on the elite level of the wrestling world,
10:52because this is a rite of passage, this format.
10:55This is a match that Kiyomiya has never done before.
10:59Yep.
11:00All the legends around the world.
11:01Brett Hartz, Shawn Michaels, all done 60 Minutes on Broadway.
11:06Oh, straight into a deep arm drag there onto the left arm of Keno now.
11:11And like we said, shades of fingerprints of Yoshinari Ogawa.
11:16Yeah, that pace, that technical ability and control.
11:20Yeah, just look at the, he's adjusted it now, but the shin bone over the jaw,
11:26holding onto the arm, just completely shutting Keno down.
11:29That's what you have to do against somebody like Keno, because if you give him an inch, he'll take a whole damn yard.
11:35Yep.
11:36And then when he starts opening up and starts firing off with his striking ability as well, so proficient.
11:44Speak of the devil right there.
11:45Yeah, there we go.
11:46We saw a great preview of this match out in Shizouka last week.
11:52A tag team match with neither of the two getting pinned, but they went at it.
12:00As expected.
12:01And they really got to tap into some serious strategy because we're only 52 minutes into this one.
12:05Yep.
12:06Eight minutes.
12:07Yep.
12:08You got it.
12:09Tumbling onto the outside, crashing into the guardrail there.
12:15Kiyomiya finds himself on the wrong end of Keno.
12:24Boop to the face from Keno.
12:29Keno with just so much experience behind him.
12:32I mean, pretty much double the number of in-ring appearances as Kiyomiya.
12:40Keno going way back 2008 when he made his debut.
12:43Kiyomiya, of course, 10 years ago at the age of 19, December 2015, the first time he appeared in the ring.
12:53And we welcome two new heavyweights tonight.
12:55As I said earlier, they'll be looking to try and break the record set by Kiyomiya.
12:59The youngest GHC heavyweight champion in history at 22.
13:02But also the youngest tag team champion in history as well.
13:05We don't often talk about at 22 years of age.
13:07Yep.
13:08Two times he held the GHC tag team championship titles.
13:10His first reign alongside Goshi Ozaki.
13:12Yep.
13:13The second with Masakita Miya.
13:15Oh!
13:17Unceremoniously Spartan kicked out of the ring off the apron.
13:22He's an unceremonious kind of guy, Keno, isn't he?
13:27He is.
13:28In his own way, it's a ceremony.
13:30Yes.
13:31Ficious as can be.
13:32Oh!
13:35Reaching the 10-point mark now.
13:38Long, long way to go.
13:41Just full of hair, Keno on the attack.
13:44Kiyomiya into the guardrail.
13:47Fires up with a running brute.
13:49Tumbles him over the guardrail into the crowd.
13:52Front row seats there getting treated to.
13:57A kick from Kiyomiya.
13:58Yep.
13:59Inadvertently.
14:00Not afraid to take things to the danger level are these two men.
14:10This one in particular launching the kicks into Kiyomiya's chest as he has it up against the front row of the south stand.
14:17Countouts are alive here, right?
14:20Yeah.
14:21This is something for those to both worry about.
14:23You can't win this match early, you have to survive it early.
14:26And right now all the questions are being asked by Keno.
14:29Kiyomiya is in a world of trouble right now.
14:32Ten minutes in here.
14:37Vacating the front row seats.
14:39Whoa!
14:40Dumped him over the guardrail there.
14:42Into his ribs.
14:45Keno wants a cameraman to take a good look at this.
14:48Talking about those dojo days, is he still?
14:50Yeah, he's checking if he's wearing underwear.
14:52He is.
14:55He's wearing underwear.
14:58He's wearing something in ten years.
15:00Much to Keno's surprise.
15:06Oh!
15:07Boots him.
15:08Right in the ass.
15:11Mr. Payne in the ass.
15:13He is Mr. Mendoczai himself.
15:16He will not let it lie.
15:18Whatever it is.
15:19Yep.
15:20That's the thing with Keno.
15:21He's been in almost every match setting possible, isn't he?
15:23Whether it's 60 minutes, whether it's N1 finals.
15:26He's been in no GQ matches with Daisuke Sasaki from DDT.
15:32That's why Kiyomiya needs to do this tonight.
15:34Yep.
15:35If he is going to reach that next level in his career at the ten-year mark.
15:38Sure.
15:39The decade of madness.
15:40It has to be against somebody like Keno.
15:42No, not somebody like Keno.
15:43It has to be against Keno.
15:45Specifically.
15:46He still gets framed as being the future when tonight.
15:50He needs to show that he's the present.
15:52He's gonna shake that.
15:53Yeah.
15:54Shake that mantle off.
15:55Yeah, he's gonna become a successor here tonight.
15:58In a way, Keno is really trying to drag that intensity out of Teomiya right here.
16:06He's trying to force him to be the man he needs to be to lead Noah into the future.
16:11Yeah, only someone like Keno.
16:13Yep.
16:14With his heavy striking, his brutal pacing, his mental pressure.
16:18This is stamina warfare tonight.
16:20Yeah, absolutely.
16:24Keno knows and appreciates that what's best for Noah is a top-level Keno and a top-level Kaito Kiyomiya.
16:32Supposed to bring their A-game and then some tonight.
16:39Oh, dive in, double knee drop into the midsection from Keno.
16:43Keno, the man who dethroned Ozawa back in July of this year for the heavyweight belt.
16:51Yeah, that tyrannical reign.
16:56And incredibly dropping it the next day to Kenta.
16:59He was his own worst enemy, wasn't he?
17:01Accepting that challenge from Kenta the very next day.
17:05His fourth reign ending in less than 24 hours.
17:08Yeah, honestly, what a wild, wild sequence of events that was.
17:12A moment that have broken most wrestlers.
17:15He just poured the momentum in and is just trying his best to rebuild Noah by
17:19breaking down Kaito tonight.
17:25Kaito hinted at winding down Keno's career with this match.
17:30Yep, yep.
17:31He didn't say he was gonna retire him, but he said this is gonna be a match that
17:34is going to turn things into a downward spiral in Keno's career towards retirement.
17:40Looking to push Keno out of the title picture.
17:43Many have tried.
17:46He always keeps coming back up, finding his way to the top, finding a new route.
17:52One, two, three, four.
17:55Kiyomia fresh off a GHC heavyweight title challenge in November.
18:01Yeah, that was a great tilt, wasn't it?
18:03We have to mention the distraction tactics from Ozawa on that day.
18:08Slingshot double knee drop there.
18:11Brutal from the heavens.
18:13Because Keno doesn't have the expression holding back in his active vocabulary.
18:19Not at all.
18:20Looking to demolish Kiyomia's ribs right there.
18:23Crowd on their feet.
18:25Reeling Kiyomia back into this one.
18:27It's interesting that Keno doesn't go for a pinfall attempt yet.
18:30As he playing the long-term game, he wants to gradually, piece by piece,
18:34break down Kiyomia to the point where he cannot come back.
18:37Well, Keno's supremely confident.
18:40You know, he doesn't need to rush anything.
18:42He feels that he just needs to bring his absolute violent self
18:48to the ring here tonight, and he'll get victory.
18:51Keno only knows one way, doesn't he?
18:54All out from the outset, regardless of the match duration.
18:57Fifteen minutes in, and the Prince of Madness is starting to wake up.
19:01And when we see that happen, that's when the magic happens.
19:04Yeah, when that flick switches.
19:06We first saw that against Okada.
19:08We saw it against Ozawa.
19:14But as you said earlier, Mike,
19:15it's a case of accumulation damage, isn't it, for Kiyomia now.
19:19Oh!
19:20Comes back with a flying laureate.
19:23That was a hard landing for the former Supernova.
19:25Yeah, Kaito's staring up into those lights right now, questioning.
19:30Yes, why did I do this?
19:32Their 14th singles match here tonight.
19:39And you know, some fighters, they need to get hit to be woken up.
19:43They need to have that dragged out of them.
19:46And Kaito looks like he is waking up right here, right when he needs to.
19:53Dropkick.
19:55He could level that head to head series here as well.
19:58And the kip up.
19:59Fifteen minutes in, and he can still kip up.
20:01Incredible.
20:02We need a kip up counter on the screen, don't we, as well?
20:07We do, yes.
20:08It's going up top already.
20:14Kaito Kiyomia from the top turnbuckle, missile dropkick.
20:20Keno took that flush.
20:22One, two, getting close.
20:27Now, bottom left of the screen, just under the counter.
20:31Kiyomia's name is on the left, Keno's name is on the right, currently on zero and zero.
20:36The head-to-head numbers are in the favor of Keno, who leads 7-6.
20:42But crucially, it's Kiyomia who has won the last four outings between them.
20:47We could see 7-6 tonight, anything's possible.
20:50Anything's possible.
20:51Kiyomia looking for his textbook here.
21:00We saw him use this earlier in the eight-man tag match in the co-main event.
21:05No less.
21:06It was Miyawaki who was attempting to tie his foot legs, but then Kiyomia used it to pin Miyawaki.
21:12Oh, look at that.
21:14Kiyomia scouted in.
21:16Little angle dropkick to the leg.
21:18That's just a follow instinct, isn't it?
21:20Countered by Keno onto the toehold.
21:24Countering the Shining Lancer.
21:28Kiyomia gets a penalty kick.
21:31Keno off the ropes, straight into a dropkick from Kiyomia.
21:35And PK flattens him, Keno drops to his back also.
21:40What offense there from Keno, given it is all collapsing in a heap.
21:47Pure exhaustion already, only at the 18-minute mark of this match.
21:53Kiyomia!
21:54Kiyomia!
21:55Kiyomia!
21:56Kiyomia!
21:57Kiyomia!
21:58Kiyomia!
21:59Kiyomia!
22:00Kiyomia!
22:01Kiyomia!
22:02Kiyomia!
22:03Kiyomia!
22:04Kiyomia!
22:05Kiyomia!
22:06Now we, all three of us, have experience competing in other realms of combat sports,
22:10but it is incredibly difficult to explain to anyone what it takes to go through a 60-minute Iron Man
22:19Real match like this. Yeah, I was thinking about this earlier still you thinking of all combat sports
22:24You're thinking of football and rugby. You're not doing that 60 minutes non-stop. There's no setting that you would do 60 minutes non-stop
22:30Now this is only here. You will see this the level of conditioning that these two men are at
22:37unbelievable
22:38Yeah, that's the word right there. It's actually unbelievable. If you have never done it, you can't truly believe it. Yeah
22:44It's not just that conditioning too, but they have to be mentally able to take all of this pain and dish it back out to one another over the course of an hour
22:55mentally physically emotionally
22:57But this is one of these matches that win or lose both could be taking a trip to the ER room. Oh, yes. I would expect that
23:08We could have a scene where their fist bump and at the hospital shades of Rocky Balboa between these two
23:13So it's always epic, isn't it?
23:15Just watch and listen to the snap of the kicks of Keno
23:20Kaito almost inviting it. Almost saying, give me your best shot there.
23:27European uppercut from Kaito replies with a kick.
23:30Keno, here we go, trading their big shots.
23:33An incredible rally of exchanges here tonight between Keno and Kaito Kyo-Nia.
23:55Words can't do those exchanges justice, the sounds tell you everything.
23:59And somehow they're still standing.
24:04Sweats flying everywhere.
24:08Kicks and fists ricocheting all over the ring here.
24:12They're gunning for a KO, both of them.
24:15Yeah, and a KO wouldn't even end the match, that would just decide our first fall.
24:22So dangerous.
24:2720 minutes into this main event, another 40 minutes to go.
24:32Kaito, Kaito.
24:34Chance of Kaito.
24:35Kaito, Kaito, Kaito.
24:37On his knees, as Keno follows up off the ropes.
24:41PK.
24:43One, two for the first pin fall, no, says Kiyomiya.
24:54Took an unreal amount of offense there, did Kaito.
24:58Somehow found a way out of the pin, but would we be able to avoid it now?
25:03Unusual attack from Keno there.
25:07Yup.
25:08Looks like a falcon arrow execution there.
25:11It could take something special from either one of these men to seal a single fall,
25:17and a single fall could decide it the way we're going.
25:20Keno going up to the sixth floor.
25:25Oh!
25:26But Kiyomiya drug kicks him in the face, mid-air!
25:30Pinpoint execution right on the chin.
25:32Keno could be out here.
25:34Oh, man, I want to see a replay of that.
25:38Keno in serious trouble, collapsed on the mat there.
25:42Barely moving.
25:43Incredible accuracy from Kiyomiya.
25:45This is his third match, and he's 21 minutes into this one.
25:49There it is.
25:51That has to be it.
25:53Oh, not quite.
25:56In the end, he couldn't keep the pressure as much as Keno just collapsed.
26:01They both couldn't sustain the escape and the offense.
26:05Keno just slumped out of that.
26:07Kiyomiya couldn't keep the bridge.
26:09Yeah.
26:12Absolute war of attrition here.
26:14Yeah.
26:15When you start to tire, when that fatigue starts to set in,
26:17and the sweat's pouring down your body,
26:20that's when your technique starts to slip as well.
26:23Yeah.
26:25Lands it.
26:26Shining Lancer.
26:27Can this be the first fall?
26:28One, two.
26:29No.
26:30He wanted that with Keiji Muta looking on right there.
26:35How poetic would that have been?
26:37The Prince of Madness back on the attack, Keno off onto one shoulder.
26:50Yeah, shoulder break up.
26:51Set him up nicely with that.
26:55Now, Kaito Kiyomiya going up top.
26:59Going big.
27:02Kiyomiya from the rafters.
27:06Misses.
27:07No, water in the pool for the skywalk elbow.
27:10That was a mistake, wasn't it?
27:11A big mistake.
27:12The can, special applied.
27:16No, that was very close to a tap there.
27:20Oh, that looks nasty.
27:25It might actually be wiser for Kiyomiya to tap now and to recover,
27:29rather than this to be damage inflicted that he can't recover from for the remainder.
27:33Yeah, the longer he holds onto this, the more is drained from him,
27:36the more damage is accumulated.
27:38Yeah.
27:39Still 36 minutes to go, whatever happens from this submission.
27:42Could his spirit handle it if he tapped out?
27:45I mean, does that swing things the other way for Keno?
27:48Digging deep.
27:52Gets his boot to the bottom rope.
27:56And the break.
27:58Gutsy effort from Kiyomiya.
28:00Somehow, someway found that rope.
28:06But at what cost?
28:07I mean, his neck was wrenched at a horrible angle right there.
28:10Yeah, you can see he's struggling.
28:12He's barely able to move that right arm.
28:15Keno straight in with the kicks though, wasting no time unleashing those brutal kicks of his with that Shorenji Kempo background.
28:27And he didn't just train in Kempo, right?
28:29Thought he was the All Japan Champion, the youngest senior champion.
28:33Practiced it at major universities as well, on the top sports universities in the country.
28:37Kiyomiya has the back.
28:40Can I roll?
28:41Rolls him through, into the bridge, two.
28:44No.
28:45Deep arm drag, hooks up the leg.
28:51Can I get the three count this time?
28:52Keno says no.
28:53Keno now.
28:55What a transition.
28:56Beautiful translation into the Keno special for the second time here tonight.
29:00This has to be it.
29:02There's only so much pain it can take here.
29:04Adjusts.
29:08Rolled into it.
29:14Into it.
29:15Keno, he's putting on a submission clinic tonight.
29:17Very smart strategy from Keno.
29:22Anybody watching around the world on Wrestle Universe,
29:27who knows someone who needs introduced to pro wrestling, show them this match.
29:33They're great.
29:44The spirit, the belief of Kiyomiya that he can take this.
29:49If he doesn't tap out, he might pass out.
29:51He's fading.
29:53It's all about the resilience for Kaito Kiyomiya.
29:56Does he have that resilience at the next level here tonight,
30:00in this milestone match of his career?
30:05Flying his way to the rope.
30:07One last push.
30:08Oh, look at Keno.
30:09Great adjustments.
30:11He's tapped!
30:14That's the first point to Kiyomiya.
30:18Kiyomiya.
30:22Kiyomiya immediately grabbing the neck.
30:26So many sequences of that.
30:28So much pressure on the neck.
30:30So Keno goes straight back to it.
30:32Now he should go straight for that submission once again.
30:34All pinfall attempts.
30:35One, two, 26 minutes in, and Keno has the first point of this Iron Man match.
30:44But it's not in Keno's MO to compete defensively now, is it?
30:48He's going to go for a second victory here.
30:50A second decision.
30:52Yeah, he's just going to keep ramping it up.
30:54Look at that.
30:55He just throws him back with the hair.
30:57Boot to the face.
31:00Oh, beautiful.
31:02Almost Capoeira-style kick there from Keno.
31:06Constantly adding to his attacking arsenal, isn't he?
31:09Practicing different martial arts and visiting different dojos.
31:12He's had some masters on the Keno channel recently, teaching him all sorts of exotic techniques.
31:19Dragon suplex.
31:20Keno with a dragon suplex into the hold.
31:27High bridge on that.
31:29Kyomia just gets out.
31:30Did not look like Kyomia was going to get out of that one.
31:33Kyomia in a world of pain right now.
31:37Kyomia, Kyomia, Kyomia!
31:39Kyomia looking like he's about to run the scoreboard up.
31:42Kyomia, Kyomia!
31:43The crowd behind Kyomia rallying him back into this match as Kyomia has a fistful of hair again.
31:49Looking for that dragon.
31:53Kyomia's got plenty of time to fight back as well.
31:58Still 32 minutes to go.
31:59Not even at the halfway point yet.
32:01Managed to elbow his way out of that, but he's breathing heavily now as Kyomia running the ropes.
32:07Oh!
32:10That was huge!
32:13A scary fall.
32:15Kyomia, Kyomia, from 20 feet up in the air, looked like he fell straight on his head.
32:21How will Keno approach this now?
32:23Will he try and inflict more damage on the outside?
32:25Will he let the referee try and start the count?
32:27I think he's answering the question now.
32:29Did you hear the roar from the crowd followed by a moment of silence as they were like, oh!
32:34Like, yeah, that was horrific, wasn't it?
32:38He were elevation sent over with authority by Keno.
32:42He's so much in the ascendancy now.
32:45The rebel, the realist,
32:52Keno, unashamedly confrontational and definitely uncompromising.
33:04Launching massive kicks into the chest of Kiyomiya once again.
33:10Strike in efficiency, the tempo shifts on Keno, it's just a joy to watch.
33:15Keno, Keno, Keno, Keno.
33:24He's got a hold of the corner post, but Keno is waiting patiently.
33:30He must have broken his leg.
33:34Surely he broke his foot with that.
33:38You could hear that echo around Koraku and Hall.
33:42This could change everything now.
33:44That could be a game changer right there.
33:46If Keno's foot is severely damaged,
33:49that's one of his major weapons taken out of the game,
33:52and we're halfway through the 60 minutes.
33:55He was so much in control, over committed there, went for everything.
34:01What damage has he done to his foot, to his ankle here?
34:04One of his potent weapons is, of course, his striking and his kicks in particular.
34:08Flying knee, dropped him just as he got back up.
34:15Amazing, the momentum shift we have here.
34:20Oh, he's in the Prince of Madness mode right now.
34:24Oh, and the way in, Keno's got the back.
34:29Dragon Suplex on the outside.
34:30On the outside.
34:32You can see his head print there.
34:36Kaito visibly stunned.
34:39And Keno somehow pulls it out.
34:41It's almost like pain just does not register for Keno.
34:51There's no such thing as pain in the world of Keno.
34:55It's staggering, isn't it?
35:02Long time rivals.
35:05Almost ideologically opposed to each other in many ways.
35:10Keno thriving on suffering.
35:13And he refuses to bend or concede in any situation.
35:18Speaking of suffering, what do we have?
35:22What's he going for right now?
35:24Good gosh, Keno is up on the top turn.
35:29Buckle, PFS on to the outside.
35:36Further damaging his own ankle foot.
35:38Which went smashing into the steel turnbuckle.
35:42Throws caution to the wind.
35:48At this stage of the match, it's all about momentum.
35:51Yep.
35:53There were no early pinfalls.
35:57Keno got the first tap out.
36:00But we're now into the second half, the latter half of this match.
36:04Keno grinding time away.
36:09Can Kiyomiya dig deep and search for those emotional surges which do him so well?
36:15Absolutely, if Keno could get one more follow and take a 2-0 lead,
36:20Kiyomiya would have so much to do to come back.
36:23We may have a DQ on our hands right here, or a count out rather.
36:2617.
36:2717.
36:2818.
36:3018.
36:3219.
36:33Oh, can he make it?
36:34No, 2-0, 2-0.
36:38Two points to Keno.
36:45They're going big with that PFS.
36:47Definitely seems to have paid off for the man.
36:52As he hobbles around in the ring right here.
36:56So the first decision for Keno was the Keno special 34 minutes and
37:03PFS to the outside.
37:04Kiyomiya couldn't answer the call.
37:06Counted out 2-0, Keno goes after 27 minutes.
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