00:00What is the opportunity of a lifetime, and it is one that has certainly been fought for.
00:22You are looking at two of your finalists for this year's World Tag League Tournament.
00:26On your right, Ryohei Oewa Center Stage, former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, Zack Sabre Jr.
00:33And it was TMDK that put down the most dominant tag team in modern-day New Japan today in Bishamon to secure their spot in the final coming up in Kumamoto on December 14th.
00:45We are one match away from finding out who takes on these two men in our final on that night.
00:50We're out of line.
00:52Bish Jag, Hartley, Jagson!
00:56Yadda!
00:59World Tag League 2015 U.S. Championship Championship Team, The Grip, Oewa Lyohei!
01:11The Frontman, Zack Sabre Jr.
01:17Junior!
01:47It is the NJW World Television Champion, El Fantasmo,
01:59teamed alongside Hiroshi Tanahashi back in Block B competition.
02:04And will team alongside tonight, Block A competitors in Tai Chi and Satoshi Kojima.
02:13Oh, yeah.
02:16Nice.
02:18I wonder if Kojima can see.
02:21Whoa!
02:23Let's go, baby!
02:25Let's go, baby!
02:26Let's go!
02:28No, I'm going back on.
02:29And there he is!
02:31Well, El Fantasmo having some fun here tonight.
02:36And one more time, we hear the music echo of Satoshi Kojima and Satsuma Zedak.
02:42We're set for six-man tag team action here.
02:47Our semi-main event to come your way right here live on NJW World.
02:53He's not singing today.
03:00He's not singing today.
03:02He's not singing today.
03:04He's not singing today.
03:04He's not vocal.
03:06He's not singing today.
03:08He's not vocal.
03:08He's not vocal.
03:08He's not vocal.
03:09He's got to save it.
03:10New Japan World Nite TV Champion, The Head Banga ELP!
03:22183cm, 108kg, Kojima Satoshi!
03:35Referee Marty Asami
03:38I'll tell you right now, I mean, I don't know if you two really kept up with a majority of El Phantasmo's antics throughout this year's World Tag League.
03:47We've been saying goodbye to Tanahashi in town after town after town.
03:51Phantasmo's really found himself being an incredible cheerleader for what you call the previous generation.
03:57Something like Satoshi Kojima and Taichi tonight.
04:01Yeah, he's a cheerleader.
04:03Explain yourself.
04:05Well, Phantasmo has been hyping up every single crowd for Tanahashi's final road.
04:11Now getting Kojima's music played here tonight.
04:13Phantasmo taking a selfless approach, I guess I should say.
04:16I gotcha, I gotcha.
04:17He's just in there enjoying the legends.
04:20Oh!
04:21Oh!
04:22Oh!
04:23Oh!
04:24Okay, there we go.
04:25Okay, Robert!
04:26Okay.
04:27My champion.
04:28Okay.
04:29You champion?
04:30Me?
04:31You champion?
04:32Okay.
04:33What's that?
04:34What decision was made?
04:37Well, I think...
04:38I didn't follow.
04:39He was just telling me he was champion.
04:40Oh, okay.
04:41He's just bragging.
04:42Very selfless.
04:43Yeah.
04:44Oh, this is going to be something to keep your eye on.
04:47If there was any duo in New Japan Pro Wrestling, we said, oh, one day these two men will win
04:52a World Tag League together.
04:54It was Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi.
04:56Reigned multiple times as tag team champions.
04:58Never once hitting a World Tag League final.
05:00It would take some new blood alongside Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oyewa for Zack to get to this point now.
05:13Okay.
05:14Okay.
05:15All right.
05:16Here we go.
05:17Oh.
05:18Bulldog TMDK.
05:19Kojima!
05:20Kojima!
05:21Kojima!
05:22Kojima!
05:23Kojima!
05:24Kojima!
05:25Well, I don't think Fantasma wants to really kick off this match.
05:28He championed.
05:29Well, he did say so.
05:30Yeah.
05:31I had a conversation with El Fantasma earlier on in the evening, and I'm sure this is going
05:35to be something expanded on by Fantasma a little later on in post-match comments.
05:40But Fantasma a little bit miffed, a little bit unhappy about the fact that he hasn't been
05:45able to defend his World Television Championship as of recent.
05:48I think that Fantasma may have some ideas, maybe for the Tokyo Dome, maybe for OTA, something
05:51coming up in the new year of 2017.
05:53I think Fantasma has some ideas for the Tokyo Dome, maybe for OTA.
05:56There's something coming up in the new year of 2026.
05:58I mean, this is a tag tournament, so he can't be too upset.
06:03Get the belly going.
06:08It's looking plump.
06:11It is Fantasma and Hartley-Jackson, and even with Fantasma transitioning from junior heavyweight
06:17to heavyweight, still a little bit outsized by Jack tonight.
06:20Jack's got a little junk in the trunk.
06:23And the boot for Canadian LP.
06:27Oh, and that might have worked against a lighter opponent.
06:42You know, we're talking about a long-time in-ring veteran of Hartley-Jackson.
06:47And a scoop and a slam on Fantasma.
06:51Scoop and a slam.
06:54Got both.
06:55Oh, okay.
06:56He didn't get that.
06:57Yeah, it's now Fantasma.
06:59Magistral inbound.
07:00No.
07:01No.
07:02No.
07:03A little bit of a different attempt.
07:06Crucifix.
07:07Not going to happen.
07:08It's a heavy boy.
07:09Hartley-Jackson certainly showing it right now.
07:11Roll-ups don't have the same effect sometimes.
07:13Oh, watch it.
07:14Watch it on the shoulders.
07:15Oh, oh, oh.
07:16There's the sunset.
07:17Gravity.
07:18Almost got him.
07:19Yeah, Jackson nearly looking for that Death Valley driver.
07:21He calls it the jagged edge.
07:22He's been using it to put down a lot of men on the undercard.
07:25Oh, oh.
07:26Oh, oh.
07:27Jackson.
07:28Jackson.
07:29Sat in.
07:30Oh, oh.
07:31Two count.
07:32Oh.
07:33Geez Louise.
07:34Whoa.
07:35Oh.
07:36Oh.
07:37Oh.
07:38Oh.
07:39Geez Louise.
07:40Whoa.
07:41Oh.
07:42Oh.
07:43Oh.
07:44Fantasma rolls up in a two count again.
07:46Oh, he got it through nothing.
07:47Oh, again.
07:48One more.
07:49Two only.
07:50Go with the momentum.
07:51And Magistral.
07:52Will it work this way?
07:54Oh, oh.
07:55Oh, oh.
07:56Oh, oh.
07:57Oh, oh.
07:58Oh.
07:59Oh.
08:00Jack nearly.
08:01Still in a win over the world TV champion.
08:03Oh.
08:05That mega lucha spot like me.
08:07Oh.
08:08Oh.
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08:48Oh.
08:49Oh.
08:50One more time.
08:52Zack Sabre, one of the greatest NJPW World Television
08:54champions, held that title first in the history
08:58of the championship.
08:59Held it for a little, well, I think
09:01right on the 365 day mark.
09:03I wrestled him in the first round of deciding
09:08who would be the TV champion.
09:11I remember that.
09:12I almost had him.
09:14You get him this year.
09:14Cover, cover, Fantasmo.
09:16Zack wants it.
09:17Oh.
09:18Oh.
09:20Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
09:21Nope.
09:21Come back here.
09:22Oh.
09:23And Fantasmo got it on the rebound that time.
09:25Ryo Oyoa makes the tag from behind.
09:27And Fantasmo not quick at up.
09:30Ducked underneath there.
09:31Watch Oyoa.
09:32This is a smart shot here from Oyoa.
09:34Take out the partners of LP.
09:36And that's going to allow Oyoa to keep the ring cut in half.
09:40Yolki's been in there all the time for his team.
09:43He's, well.
09:45Fantasmo, Fantasmo, superhuman efforts here.
09:49Almost got it.
09:51No, no, no.
09:51Oh, oh, back's out.
09:52Oh, oh, oh, oh.
09:57Outsmarted.
09:58What a dingus.
09:59Ryo Oyoa there.
10:04And Fantasmo leaps into the tag.
10:07Here comes Taichi.
10:09Oh, crowd likes Taichi.
10:10Oh, and Zack Sabre Jr. is former Dangerous Techers partner now, saving his current tag team partner
10:25in Oyoa.
10:26Oh.
10:27And a big boot chop right to the neck of Jackson, and Taichi feeling himself here.
10:32Kofun kick up, five minutes, five minutes pass.
10:36Kofun kick up.
10:37Kofun kick up.
10:38Kofun kick.
10:39Cover here for Taichi again, and still not going to be enough on Oyoa.
10:43And things are going to roll right on here tonight in Satsuma Senda.
10:46And not a hair out of place, might I add.
10:48Yeah, not a note out of place either, Taichi.
10:50Incredible vocalist.
10:51Such an angel.
10:52I've been to karaoke with him.
10:53Oh, well.
10:54Not so good.
10:55He only knows one song I've heard, and it's his entrance to the song.
10:57Yeah, this is true.
10:58Oh.
10:59Yes.
11:00And Oyoa.
11:01Oh, no, no, no, no.
11:02Who's going to get it?
11:03Hips underneath him.
11:04A suplex.
11:05Big suplex from Oyoa.
11:07Oyoa has never won a tournament here in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
11:10He's going to get it.
11:11He's going to get it.
11:12Hips underneath him.
11:13A suplex.
11:14Big suplex from Oyoa.
11:16Oyoa has never won a tournament here in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
11:19Before, made his return from excursion in September of last year.
11:23And now, his second World Tag League entry alongside Sabre Jr.
11:28Could be the money.
11:29Oh!
11:30Oh!
11:31There's Taichi.
11:32Watch it.
11:33Drove in by the dropkick there.
11:34You said he was at NOAH, correct?
11:35He wasn't Pro Wrestling NOAH for his excursion.
11:36Did he hold any titles with NOAH?
11:37He did not, but he did win a Victory Challenge Tag League, it was called in 2024, alongside Kaito
11:48Kimbeyan.
11:49No titles for Oyoa though.
11:51Yeah, meanwhile it is Zack Sabre.
11:55A lot of history of championship gold over in Pro Wrestling NOAH, Lance.
11:59You know that yourself.
12:00Yes, yes.
12:01Possibly still the longest-running tag team champion.
12:04Maybe so.
12:05Or waiting up the longest-running most title defenses.
12:07Right.
12:08Ooh!
12:09Oh!
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13:00He's going for it.
13:01Oh, well, he was at least.
13:04Not anymore.
13:05Oyewa and Jackson able to turn the tide here,
13:07and Satoshi Koljewa in trouble.
13:10Double shoulder tackle there for Jag.
13:12Splash by Oyewa.
13:16Oh, held in tight.
13:17Oh, wow.
13:19Twist and squish.
13:20Cover here for Sabre Jr. again, broken up by Fantasma.
13:30You have to know, Sabre Jr. and Oyewa waiting for bated breath
13:34toward our main event to come tonight.
13:35They're going to find out on the evening
13:37who is going to face off against them in the final.
13:39And Kumamoto, Koji, Koji Cutter.
13:43Koji Cutter.
13:47And Fantasma here going to take the shot to Hartley Jackson
13:50and take Jag off the ringside.
13:52Oh, and Fantasma Cutter.
13:59Oh, Fantasma, that's a better name.
14:00Yeah, that's okay.
14:02Goes either way.
14:02I mean, I think they want to see Taichi later Cutter.
14:06I don't know.
14:06Taichi Cutter.
14:10Oh, whoa.
14:12Stole a man's pants.
14:13You don't rip a man's pants off before he's ready.
14:16Yeah, he wasn't ready.
14:17Yeah.
14:18Well, he's going to follow up anyway.
14:23Oh, and the elbow pad comes off, and it's dangerous time.
14:27Oh, whoa.
14:31Shoulder tackles out, Koji, but Taichi inbound.
14:34Yeah.
14:35Oh.
14:36Oh.
14:37Yeah.
14:38Yeah.
14:39Oh.
14:40Oh.
14:41Yeah.
14:42Yeah.
14:43Oh.
14:44Got the boot up.
14:48Fantasma, DDT.
14:50Big DDT.
14:54Little nip for style.
14:55Yeah, come on.
14:57Oh.
14:58Come on, Josh.
14:59Come on, Josh.
15:00Come on, Josh.
15:01Come on, Josh.
15:02Come on, Josh.
15:03Come on, Josh.
15:04Come on.
15:05Come on, Josh.
15:06Come on, Josh.
15:07Oh.
15:08Oh.
15:08Jima eating stuff.
15:09Oh.
15:10Oh.
15:12Maybe not a good idea.
15:14Saber, Saber.
15:14Oh.
15:15Oh.
15:16Oh.
15:18Satoshi Kojima able to withstand the Lariat.
15:21Saber Jr. wants one more shot.
15:23Oh.
15:26Extends the right arm.
15:28Zack Saber Jr. crumbles.
15:33He's a machine.
15:34Oh.
15:35He's a fire.
15:36Watch Kojima now.
15:37Oh.
15:38Kicked the Lariat out of his arm.
15:41Caught up.
15:42Zack Driver.
15:44Zack Driver for Saber.
15:46It's over.
15:46Two.
15:47Three.
15:47It's done.
15:48Wow.
15:4910 minutes, 20 seconds.
15:54Zack Saber Jr. won't win.
16:06It is TMTK victorious here tonight.
16:10And that is certainly a good omen set, gentlemen, for Zack Saber Jr. and Ryohei Oyewa on the
16:19road to our final.
16:20We'll be live here on NJKW World from Grand Messe Kumamoto on December 14th.
16:26And it will be Zack Saber Jr. and Ryohei Oyewa taking on either the Knockout Brothers or Gabe
16:33hitting Yodosuji.
16:34We'll find out who.
16:35Coming up next.
16:36Here we go.
16:41Today's final is the winner of the ZACK Saber Jr. and Ryohei.
16:45The winner of the ZACK Saber Jr. and Ryohei.
16:46The winner of the Hartree Jackson.
16:57Thank you very much.
17:27Wrestling fans, our final for World Tag League 2025 is set to come on December 14th,
17:56live in Kranmese Kumamoto, the question being, who will TNK take on in our main event on that night?
18:03We're going to find out right here in your Satsuma Sendai Nagosuma main event.
18:08It is Gabe Kananiyo Tsuji taking on the Knockout Brothers, Oscar and Yudo Ice,
18:14and it's coming up live right here on NJPW World.
18:17Selfishly, we want the Knockout Brothers to take it all the way so that we can ultimately dethrone them.
18:25But, that's a tall order tonight with Gabe Kidd and Tsuji.
18:30Yeah, well, Ryohei Oyawa just off the back of Big 3 here tonight, joining the Japanese broadcast booth.
18:37That is a man who is never going to take any off time, it seems.
18:41He is still suffering from a serious case of Cutie Patootie Syndrome.
18:46Oh, my.
18:46Well, what's hard the Jack is suffering from right now?
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