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00:00:00We are live and direct from Kolakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, sending you the very best in pro-wrestling,
00:00:25this is the main event, this is Kaito Kiyomiya's 10th anniversary as a pro-wrestler, decade of madness.
00:00:37You're listening to Stu Fulton alongside my verbal tag team partners Mark Pickering and Mike Stroudner,
00:00:42we are so ready for this main event.
00:00:45Oh absolutely, Kendall was always going to be the perfect rival, the perfect opponent for a match of this magnitude
00:00:51and the stakes are higher than ever with a 60-minute Ironman match.
00:00:55Some people run out of restaurants and have a party, some people go on a trip,
00:01:00Kaito Kiyomiya celebrates by fighting everyone in pro-wrestling Noah.
00:01:04Ken O does not come to prove potential, he comes to validate pain, sacrifice and ideology.
00:01:15This is a man forged in resistance, sharpened by anger and sustained by belief.
00:01:21Mr. Payne in the ass himself, Ken O for years has challenged not just opponents but Noah itself.
00:01:37Tonight in a match built on endurance and cruelty, Noah steps into his natural habitat, Ken O loves this.
00:01:46He thrives on it, doesn't he? This is what he's here for.
00:01:51And he's been seconded, interestingly, by Mario Fiji, his new teammate now.
00:02:04The man of the moment, the man of the hour, the man bringing all the power here tonight.
00:02:10Kaito Kiyomiya, he's already wrestled twice tonight on this card and this, the third, the most difficult match possibly of his career so far.
00:02:27The culmination of a decade in pro-wrestling Noah, from prodigy to champion to standard bearer.
00:02:35This is the man who has carried the future on his shoulders and now chooses to test himself.
00:02:43Test that future against the harshest mirror Noah can offer.
00:02:4960 minutes, no shortcuts, no excuses.
00:02:53This is Kiyomiya asking himself just how great he really is.
00:02:57Former three-time GHC heavyweight champion, Kaito Kiyomiya, the Prince of Madness, is the last man in the ring here tonight.
00:03:09And look at this.
00:03:10Stay down here.
00:03:11This match is contested under 60 minutes.
00:03:18During the time limit, victories are awarded via pinfall, submission, DQ or ring out.
00:03:25And the wrestler with a greater number of victories at the end of the time limit will be declared the winner.
00:03:30Absolutely, this is a complete unknown territory for Kaito Kiyomiya.
00:03:35He's never gone 60 minutes.
00:03:37And if both competitors are tied in victories when the time expires, the match will continue into a sudden death over time under unlimited time.
00:03:48One fall rules.
00:03:49Astonishing.
00:03:50As you said, Mark, Keno has experience in these 60-minute matches, multiple times.
00:03:59Absolutely.
00:03:59They were GHC heavyweight championships, matches that happened to go to a time limit, 60-minute distance.
00:04:05That was against Goshi Ozaki.
00:04:06That was against Katsuhiko Nakajima.
00:04:08First for Kiyomiya.
00:04:09His longest ever match was 40 minutes, 40 seconds, against one of his mentors, Yoshinari Ogawa.
00:04:15Keiji Muto, guest commentator on the Japanese side here tonight.
00:04:19And a man who has not only just slightly influenced the career of Kaito Kiyomiya.
00:04:26He's absolutely been at the forefront of it over the last few years.
00:04:31What a stare down we have, though, building up in the center of this ring.
00:04:36Everything on the line right here.
00:04:39The future of pro wrestling Noah.
00:04:42So much history between these two men and even just in the singles realm.
00:04:47Yep, absolutely.
00:04:48And we've got the scoreboard and everything.
00:04:49Then we've got the countdown clock ticking already.
00:04:5260 minutes were on the board.
00:04:54And we've got 0-0 to start off.
00:04:57So in his first GHC heavyweight title reign, going back to 2017 into 2018,
00:05:02and his first defense after winning it from Eddie Edwards,
00:05:06Keno beat Kiyomiya by KO here at Korakuen Hall.
00:05:10The history is so intertwined, isn't it?
00:05:13So many title matches, so many epics, so many classics all over the country.
00:05:18Fast forward to Keno's second title reign.
00:05:21He dropped the belt to Kiyomiya on his first defense.
00:05:24That one stung.
00:05:25Yeah, it always does, isn't it?
00:05:27A big match of that level of that ability.
00:05:30And these two forever, they've been arch rivals, and they always will be, it feels deep down.
00:05:33And Kiyomiya's first epic GHC heavyweight title reign, he defended his belt twice successfully against Keno.
00:05:42Eventually dropping it to Shiozaki, but two successful defenses against the incoming Keno.
00:05:47Yeah, that speaks volumes about the man that he was then, and what he's gone on to achieve since then.
00:05:52Ten years now, at the top.
00:05:55He went on to take the GHC heavyweight title again, this time from Keno in Nagoya back in September of 2022,
00:06:01to enter his second reign, where he defended it four times successfully, once against Keno,
00:06:07again on New Year's Day of 2023.
00:06:10And you highly recommend that match, don't you, Mark?
00:06:12Yeah, that's one of my personal favorites that was at Nippon Budokan, a real classic that was.
00:06:16Keno's birthday as well.
00:06:17Yep, indeed, Thursday January.
00:06:24Already going hard here, Keno.
00:06:27Into the corner goes Kiyomiya following up, stops him in his tracks.
00:06:31Second rope, but takes the opportunity with the German suplex.
00:06:36Keno did not get the memo, this is an Iron Man 60 minutes.
00:06:40From the top, turnbuckle!
00:06:42This is with the PFS.
00:06:43Blistering pace to start this off.
00:06:48It's all about timing and pacing, isn't it, in a 60-minute match.
00:06:50But Keno's coming in fresh, so he's going to try and get an early folio to take the lead against Kiyomiya.
00:06:56And he's going to lose, oh yeah.
00:06:56Well, one thing we can say about Kiyomiya and Keno is, Kiyomiya has not allowed Keno to get into his head anymore.
00:07:05Yeah.
00:07:06That may have been the case before.
00:07:07Absolutely.
00:07:08He's matured through that stage now.
00:07:09He's come out a better person, a better pro wrestler.
00:07:12But when we go back to early 2024, Keno launched a full-on harassment campaign of Kiyomiya.
00:07:19He showed up at a Monday Magic show in that t-shirt with Kiyomiya's young boy face on it when he had his shaved head before his debut.
00:07:26And he was talking about his family and everything.
00:07:29Oh yeah, he was really getting under his skin.
00:07:30But following the match they had in 2024, that really showed that Kiyomiya was now above all of that.
00:07:38And Keno's really played the role of YouTube influencer, instigator, if you will.
00:07:45Yeah.
00:07:46Really trying to get under everyone's skin these days, not only Kaito, but Kenta as well.
00:07:51They always bring up the best in each other, don't they, these two?
00:07:55Kiyomiya chose Keno as his opponent for his 10th anniversary main event here tonight.
00:08:01And this is not just any match.
00:08:02This is a punishing 60-minute Iron Man format.
00:08:06And to deliberately name Keno under these stipulations, these conditions,
00:08:12can be seen as a sign of deep trust in him as a rival, as a competitive wrestler.
00:08:17Yeah, that'll have been a deep sign of respect, as you say.
00:08:20And that would have been a huge motivational factor for Keno as well.
00:08:24He wants to come out here victorious tonight and topple Kiyomiya on his coronations 10 years at the top.
00:08:30You have to ask yourself, though, is Keno the right person to go in with?
00:08:33Very masochistic on the part of Kaito Kiyomiya to ask for a match of this level against this caliber of opponent.
00:08:40Very dangerous place he's walking into, especially off the back of two matches already tonight.
00:08:46A milestone match for Kaito Kiyomiya here tonight.
00:08:50And yes, naming Keno to bring him in as his main event opponent says everything you need to know about Noah Bourne, Kaito Kiyomiya.
00:09:01Absolutely.
00:09:03Given the occasion, I reached out to all-time great three-time WWE Hall of Fame champion Brett the Hitman Hart,
00:09:10an Ironman specialist regarding the mental and physical demands of this match.
00:09:13And he told me that the hardest match of his career was his 1996 Ironman match with Shawn Michaels.
00:09:19Tested and challenged him his absolute limits.
00:09:22Took months to prepare and months to recover.
00:09:24Tapping into the greats to find out about what it takes to excel in a match like this.
00:09:32This is no ordinary match.
00:09:35Yeah, that's the thing about this 60-minute Ironman format.
00:09:39Keno, he questions whether Kiyomiya has the stamina for this.
00:09:44He's never gone longer than 40 minutes, I believe.
00:09:46Yeah, 40 minutes, exactly.
00:09:47So that's a fair question.
00:09:48That is from Keno.
00:09:50But Kiyomiya, he doesn't do things in an ordinary way, does he?
00:09:54He has to have two matches before doing the Ironman match tonight.
00:09:58Exactly.
00:09:58And I think we mentioned this before, but that's never been done as well.
00:10:01Exactly.
00:10:02Yeah.
00:10:04Speaking of doing his own things and being stubborn on Keno's channel,
00:10:10he spoke to Shiro Tomoyose, who was a former NOAA wrestler, had to retire due to injury.
00:10:17And Tomoyose said that he was around when Kiyomiya was training before his debut
00:10:22and going into his debut, and he would never wear underwear.
00:10:27And there's this famous video of Kiyomiya at Costco getting the shopping in for the dojo.
00:10:34And he bends over and his ass cracks hanging out.
00:10:37Oh my goodness.
00:10:38He just wouldn't, despite being told by his senpai to wear underwear, he wouldn't do it.
00:10:42Stubborn.
00:10:43Yeah.
00:10:44Those dojo days.
00:10:45He walks his own path, does Kaito Kiyomiya.
00:10:47For sure.
00:10:49Keno says he's here to educate Kiyomiya on the elite level of the wrestling world,
00:10:54because this is a rite of passage, this format.
00:10:57This is a match that Kiyomiya has never done before.
00:11:01Yeah.
00:11:01All the legends around the world.
00:11:03Brett Harts, Shawn Michaels, Holden, 60 Minutes on Broadway.
00:11:08Oh, straight into a deep arm drag there onto the left arm of Keno now.
00:11:14And like we said, shades of fingerprints of Yoshinari Ogawa.
00:11:18Yeah, that pace, that technical ability and control.
00:11:22Yeah, just look at the, he's adjusted it now, but the shin bone over the jaw, holding onto
00:11:29the arm, just completely shutting Keno down.
00:11:32And that's what you have to do against somebody like Keno, because if you give him an inch,
00:11:36he'll take a whole damn yard.
00:11:37And then when he starts opening up and starts firing off with his striking ability as well,
00:11:42so proficient.
00:11:46Speak of the devil right there.
00:11:47Yeah, there we go.
00:11:48We saw a great preview of this match out in Shizouka last week, a tag team match with
00:11:55neither of the two getting pinned, but they went at it.
00:12:01As expected.
00:12:03And they really got to tap into some serious strategy because we're only 52 minutes into
00:12:07this one, eight minutes, tumbling onto the outside, crashing into the guardrail there,
00:12:17Kiyomiya finds himself on the wrong end of Keno.
00:12:26Boat to the face from Keno.
00:12:30Keno with just so much experience behind him.
00:12:34I mean, pretty much double the number of in-ring appearances as Kiyomiya.
00:12:42Keno going way back 2008 when he made his debut.
00:12:45Kiyomiya, of course, 10 years ago at the age of 19, December 2015, the first time he appeared
00:12:53in the ring.
00:12:54And we welcome two new heavyweights tonight.
00:12:57As I said earlier, they'll be looking to try and break the record set by Kiyomiya, the
00:13:01youngest GHC heavyweight champion in history at 2020, at 22, but also the youngest tag team
00:13:06champion in history as well.
00:13:07We don't often talk about it at 22 years of age.
00:13:09Yeah.
00:13:10Two times he held the GHC tag team championship titles.
00:13:12His first reign alongside Bo Shiozaki.
00:13:14The second with Masakita Miya.
00:13:17Oh, unceremoniously Spartan kicked out of the ring off the apron.
00:13:26He's an unceremonious kind of guy, Keno, isn't he?
00:13:29He is.
00:13:30In his own way, it's a ceremony.
00:13:32Christmas as can be.
00:13:33He's in the 10-point mark now.
00:13:40A long, long way to go.
00:13:43Just full of hair.
00:13:4410-0 on the attack.
00:13:46Stands Kiyomiya into the guardrail.
00:13:49Files up with a running boot.
00:13:51Tumbles him over the guardrail into the crowd.
00:13:56Front row seats there getting treated to.
00:13:59A kick from Kiyomiya inadvertently.
00:14:01Not afraid to take things to the danger level are these two men.
00:14:12This one in particular launching the kicks into Kiyomiya's chest
00:14:16as he has it up against the front row of the south stand.
00:14:20Countdowns are alive here, right?
00:14:22This is something for those to both worry about.
00:14:25You can't win this match early.
00:14:26You have to survive it early.
00:14:28And right now, all the questions are being asked by Keno.
00:14:30Kiyomiya is in a world of trouble right now.
00:14:3410 minutes in here.
00:14:40Vacating the front row seats.
00:14:41Whoa!
00:14:42Dumped him over the guardrail there.
00:14:45Into his ribs.
00:14:47Kenneth wants a cameraman to take a good look at this.
00:14:50What fucking about those days or days?
00:14:51Is he still?
00:14:52Yeah, he's checking if he's wearing underwear.
00:14:56He is.
00:14:58He's wearing underwear.
00:15:00He's wearing something in 10 years.
00:15:02Much to Keno's surprise.
00:15:06Oh!
00:15:08Boots him.
00:15:10Right in the ass.
00:15:13Mr. Payne in the ass.
00:15:14He is Mr. Mendoxai himself.
00:15:17He will not let it lie.
00:15:19Whatever it is.
00:15:20Yep.
00:15:21That's the thing with Keno.
00:15:22He's been in almost every match set impossible, isn't he?
00:15:24Whether it's 60 minutes.
00:15:27Whether it's N1 finals.
00:15:28He's been in no GQ matches.
00:15:30With Taesuke Sasaki and Dick from DDT.
00:15:34That's why Kiyomiya needs to do this tonight.
00:15:36Yep.
00:15:36If he is going to reach that next level in his career at the 10-year mark.
00:15:40Sure.
00:15:40The decade of madness.
00:15:42It has to be against somebody like Keno.
00:15:44No, not somebody like Keno.
00:15:45It has to be against Keno.
00:15:47Specifically.
00:15:50He still gets framed as being the future.
00:15:52When tonight, he needs to show that he's the present, Kiyomiya.
00:15:54He's going to shake that.
00:15:55Yeah.
00:15:56Shake that mantle off.
00:15:58Yeah, he's going to become a successor here tonight.
00:16:00In a way, Keno is really trying to drag that intensity out of Diyomiya right here.
00:16:08He's trying to force him to be the man he needs to be to lead Noah into the future.
00:16:14Yeah.
00:16:14Only someone like Keno with his heavy striking, his brutal pacing, his mental pressure.
00:16:20This is stamina warfare tonight.
00:16:26Keno knows and appreciates that what's best for Noah is a top level.
00:16:30Keno and a top level Kaito Kiyomiya.
00:16:34Close to bring their A-game and then some tonight.
00:16:37Oh, dive in, double knee drop into the midsection from Keno.
00:16:48Keno, the man who dethroned Ozawa back in July of this year for the heavyweight belt.
00:16:53Yeah, that tyrannical rain.
00:16:58And incredibly dropping it the next day to Kenta.
00:17:01He was his own worst enemy, wasn't he?
00:17:03Accepting that challenge from Kenta the very next day.
00:17:08His fourth rain ending in less than 24 hours.
00:17:10Yeah, honestly, what a wild, wild sequence of events that was.
00:17:14A moment that have broken most wrestlers.
00:17:17He just poured the momentum in and is just trying his best to rebuild Noah by breaking down Kaito tonight.
00:17:23Kaito hinted at winding down Keno's career with this match.
00:17:32Yeah.
00:17:33He didn't say he was going to retire him, but he said this is going to be a match that is going to turn things into a downward spiral in Keno's career towards retirement.
00:17:42Looking to push Keno out of the title picture.
00:17:47Many have tried.
00:17:51He always keeps coming back up, finding his way to the top, finding a new route.
00:17:58Kemi are fresh off a GHC heavyweight title challenge in November.
00:18:03Yeah, that was a great tilt, wasn't it?
00:18:05We have to mention the distraction tactics from Ozawa on that day.
00:18:10Slingshot double knee drop there.
00:18:13Brutal from the heavens.
00:18:15Keno doesn't have the expression holding back in his active vocabulary.
00:18:20Not at all.
00:18:21Looking to demolish Kiyomiya's ribs right there.
00:18:25Crowd on their feet.
00:18:27Willing Kiyomiya back into this one.
00:18:29It's interesting that Keno doesn't go for a pinfall attempt here as he plays in the long-term game.
00:18:33He wants to gradually, piece by piece, break down Kiyomiya to the point where he cannot come back.
00:18:39Well, Keno's supremely confident.
00:18:42You know, he doesn't need to rush anything.
00:18:44He feels that he just needs to bring his absolute violent self to the ring here tonight and he'll get victory.
00:18:52Keno only knows one way, doesn't he?
00:18:56All out from the outset, regardless of the match duration.
00:19:0015 minutes in and the Prince of Madness is starting to wake up.
00:19:03And when we see that happen, that's when the magic happens.
00:19:06Yeah, when that flick switches, we first saw that against Okada.
00:19:11We saw it against Ozawa.
00:19:16But as you said earlier, Mike, it's a case of accumulation damage, isn't it, for Kiyomiya now?
00:19:21Oh!
00:19:21Oh, comes back with a flying Lariat.
00:19:25That was a hard landing for the former Supernova.
00:19:28Yeah, Kaito's staring up into those lights right now, questioning.
00:19:32Yes!
00:19:32Why did I do this?
00:19:38Their 14th singles match here tonight.
00:19:41And, you know, some fighters, they need to get hit to be woken up.
00:19:46They need to have that dragged out of them.
00:19:49And Kaito looks like he is waking up right here.
00:19:54Right when he needs to.
00:19:58He could level their head-to-head series here as well.
00:20:00And a kip-up.
00:20:0115 minutes in and he can still kip-up.
00:20:04Incredible.
00:20:06We need a kip-up counter on the screen, don't we, as well?
00:20:09We do, yes.
00:20:11Kiyomiya is going up top already.
00:20:16Kaito Kiyomiya from the top turnbuckle.
00:20:19Missile dropkick.
00:20:22Keno took that flush.
00:20:24One, two.
00:20:27Getting close.
00:20:29Now, bottom left of the screen, just under the counter.
00:20:33Kiyomiya's name is on the left.
00:20:34Keno's name is on the right.
00:20:36Currently on zero and zero.
00:20:38The head-to-head numbers are in the favor of Keno, who leads 7-6.
00:20:44But crucially, it's Kiyomiya who has won the last four outings between them.
00:20:48We could see 7-6 tonight.
00:20:52Anything's possible.
00:20:53Anything's possible.
00:21:00Kiyomiya looking for his textbook here.
00:21:02We saw him use this earlier.
00:21:04Yep.
00:21:04In the eight-man tag match.
00:21:06In the co-main event, no less.
00:21:09It was Miyawaki who was attempting the Tiger Suplex, but then Kiyomiya used it to pin Miyawaki.
00:21:15Oh, look at that.
00:21:18Kiyomiya scouted in.
00:21:19Little angle dropkick to the leg.
00:21:21That's just a follow instinct, isn't it?
00:21:24Oh, go!
00:21:24Countered by Keno.
00:21:26Onto the co-hold.
00:21:28Countering the Shining Lancer.
00:21:31Kiyomiya gets a penalty kick.
00:21:34Keno off the rope.
00:21:35Straight into the dropkick from Kiyomiya.
00:21:37And a PK flattens him.
00:21:40Keno drops to his back also.
00:21:42What offense there from Keno.
00:21:46Giving it his all.
00:21:47Collapsing in a heap.
00:21:50Pure exhaustion already.
00:21:52Only at the 18-minute mark of this match.
00:21:55Kiyomiya!
00:21:56Kiyomiya!
00:21:57Kiyomiya!
00:21:58Kiyomiya!
00:21:58Kiyomiya!
00:21:59Kiyomiya!
00:22:01Kiyomiya!
00:22:02Kiyomiya!
00:22:05Kiyomiya!
00:22:06Now, we, all three of us, have experience competing in other realms.
00:22:12Of combat sports.
00:22:13But it is incredibly difficult to explain to anyone what it takes to go through a 60-minute Ironman rule match like this.
00:22:22Yeah, I was thinking about this earlier, Stu.
00:22:24You're thinking of, well, combat sports.
00:22:26You're thinking of football and rugby.
00:22:28You're not doing that 60 minutes non-stop.
00:22:30There's no setting that you would do 60 minutes non-stop.
00:22:32Now, this is, only here you will see this.
00:22:35The level of conditioning that these two men are at.
00:22:39Unbelievable.
00:22:40Yeah, that's the word right there.
00:22:42It's actually unbelievable.
00:22:43If you have never done it, you can't fully believe it.
00:22:46Yeah.
00:22:48And it's not just that conditioning, too, but they have to be mentally able to take all of this pain
00:22:54and dish it back out to one another over the course of an hour.
00:22:57Mentally, physically, emotionally.
00:23:00But this is one of these matches that, win or lose, both could be taking a trip to the ER room today.
00:23:05Oh, yes.
00:23:06I would expect that.
00:23:07We could have a scene where they're fist bumping at the hospital shades of Rocky Balboa between these two.
00:23:15It's always epics, isn't it?
00:23:17Just watch and listen to the snap of the kicks of Keno.
00:23:26Kaito almost inviting it, almost saying, give me your best shot there.
00:23:30European uppercut from Kaito replies with a kick.
00:23:32Keno, here we go, trade in their big shots.
00:23:35An incredible rally of exchanges here tonight between Keno and Kaito Kyo-Nia.
00:23:57The words can't do those exchanges justice.
00:24:00The sounds tell you everything.
00:24:01Somehow, they're still standing.
00:24:09Sweats flying everywhere.
00:24:11Kicks and fists ricocheting all over the ring here.
00:24:16They're gunning for a KO, both of them.
00:24:21Yeah, and a KO wouldn't even end the match.
00:24:23That would just decide off their fall.
00:24:2520 minutes into this main event.
00:24:32Another 40 minutes to go.
00:24:36Chance of Kaito.
00:24:40On his knees.
00:24:42As Keno follows up off the ropes.
00:24:44PK.
00:24:441, 2 for the first pinfall.
00:24:49No, says Kyo-Nia.
00:24:56It took an unreal amount of offense there, did Kaito.
00:25:01Somehow found a way out of the pin, but wouldn't we be able to avoid it now?
00:25:08Unusual attack from Keno there.
00:25:10Yeah, yeah.
00:25:11Like Falcon Arrow execution there.
00:25:15It could take something special from either one of these men to seal a single fall.
00:25:20And a single fall could decide it the way we're going.
00:25:25Keno.
00:25:27Going up to the sixth floor.
00:25:29But Kyo-Nia!
00:25:30Run kicks him in the face.
00:25:32Mid-air!
00:25:32Pin-point execution right on the chin.
00:25:35Keno could be out here.
00:25:38Oh man, I want to see a replay of that.
00:25:41Keno in serious trouble.
00:25:43Collapsed on the mat there.
00:25:45Barely moving.
00:25:46Incredible accuracy from Kyo-Nia.
00:25:48This is his third match, and he's 21 minutes into this one.
00:25:53There it is.
00:25:54Suplex!
00:25:56Oh, not quite.
00:25:57In the end, he couldn't keep the pressure as much as Keno just collapsed.
00:26:04They both couldn't sustain the escape and the offense.
00:26:08Keno just slumped out of that.
00:26:10Kyo-Nia couldn't keep the bridge.
00:26:15Absolute war of attrition here.
00:26:17When you start to tire, when that fatigue starts to set in and the sweat's pouring down your body,
00:26:23that's when your technique starts to slip as well.
00:26:25Kyo-Nia lands it.
00:26:29Shining Lancer.
00:26:30Could this be the first fall?
00:26:31Two.
00:26:32No.
00:26:34He wanted that with Keiji Muta looking on right there.
00:26:38How poetic would that have been?
00:26:48The Prince of Madness back on the attack.
00:26:51Keno off onto one shoulder.
00:26:53Shoulder breaker.
00:26:54Kyo-Nia.
00:26:54Kyo-Nia.
00:26:54Kyo-Nia.
00:26:54Kyo-Nia.
00:26:54Kyo-Nia.
00:26:54Kyo-Nia.
00:26:54Kyo-Nia.
00:26:54Kyo-Nia.
00:26:55Kyo-Nia.
00:26:55Kyo-Nia.
00:26:56Set him up nicely with that.
00:26:58Now, Kaito Kyo-Nia.
00:27:00Going up top.
00:27:03Owen Peig.
00:27:05Kyo-Nia.
00:27:07From the rafters.
00:27:09Oh!
00:27:09Misses.
00:27:10No water in the pool for the Stanglock elbow.
00:27:13That was a mistake, wasn't it?
00:27:14A big mistake.
00:27:15They can't.
00:27:16Oh, special applied.
00:27:19No.
00:27:19A tap.
00:27:20Oh, no.
00:27:21Oh, that was very close to a tap there.
00:27:23Oh, that looks nasty.
00:27:27Oh, that looks nasty.
00:27:27It might actually be wiser for Kyo-Nia to tap now and to recover, rather than this could
00:27:33be damage inflicted that he can't recover from for the remainder.
00:27:36Yep.
00:27:36The longer he holds on to this, the more is drained from him, the more damage is accumulated.
00:27:41Still 36 minutes to go.
00:27:43Whatever happens from this submission.
00:27:45Could his spirit handle it if he tapped out?
00:27:48I mean, does that swing things the other way for Keno?
00:27:50Keno.
00:27:54Digging deep.
00:27:56Gets his boot to the bottom rope.
00:27:59And the break.
00:28:01Gutsy effort from Kyo-Nia.
00:28:05Somehow, someway found that rope.
00:28:09But at what cost?
00:28:10I mean, his neck was wrenched at a horrible angle right there.
00:28:14Yeah, you can see he's struggling.
00:28:16He's barely able to move that right arm.
00:28:20Keno straight in with the kicks, though, wasting no time unleashing those brutal kicks of his
00:28:27with that Shorenji Kenpo background.
00:28:30And he didn't just train in Kenpo, right?
00:28:32I thought he was the All Japan Champion, the youngest senior champion.
00:28:36Practiced there at major universities as well, on the top sports universities in the country.
00:28:40Keno has the back.
00:28:43O'Connor roll.
00:28:44Rolls him through into the bridge to...
00:28:47Oh, no.
00:28:51Deep arm drag.
00:28:53Pooch up the leg.
00:28:54Can I get the three count this time?
00:28:55Keno says no.
00:28:57Keno now.
00:28:58What a transition.
00:28:59Beautiful transition into the Keno special for the second time here tonight.
00:29:03No, this has to be it.
00:29:05There's only so much pain he can take here.
00:29:07There's only so much pain he can take here.
00:29:10Adjusts.
00:29:15Rolls into it.
00:29:17And back into it.
00:29:17Look at Keno, he's putting on a submission clinic tonight.
00:29:23Very smart strategy from Keno.
00:29:26Anybody watching around the world on Wrestle Universe who knows someone who needs introduced
00:29:33to pro wrestling, show them this match.
00:29:43They're great.
00:29:46The spirit, the belief of Kyo Miya that he can take this.
00:29:51If he doesn't tap out, he might pass out.
00:29:53He's fading.
00:29:54It's all about the resilience for Kato Kyo Miya.
00:29:59Does he have that resilience at the next level here tonight in this milestone match of his career?
00:30:08One last push.
00:30:11Look at Keno.
00:30:11Great adjustments.
00:30:15Nasty.
00:30:15That's the first point to Kyo Miya.
00:30:25Kato immediately grabbing the neck.
00:30:29So many sequences of that.
00:30:31So much pressure on the neck.
00:30:33So Keno goes straight back to it.
00:30:35Now he should go straight.
00:30:36But that's a mission once again.
00:30:37All pinfall attempts.
00:30:38One, two, 26 minutes in and Keno has the first point of this Ironman match.
00:30:48But it's not in Keno's MO to compete defensively now, is it?
00:30:51He's going to go for a second victory here.
00:30:54Second decision.
00:30:56Yeah, he's just going to keep ramping it up.
00:30:58Look at that.
00:30:58He just throws him back with the hair.
00:31:02Put it to the face.
00:31:05Oh, beautiful.
00:31:06Oh, almost Capoeira style kick there from Keno.
00:31:10Constantly adding to his attack in Arsenal, isn't he?
00:31:12Practicing different martial arts and visiting different dojos.
00:31:17He's had some masters on the Keno channel recently, teaching him all sorts of exotic techniques.
00:31:26Dragon suplex.
00:31:27And oh, with a dragon suplex into the hold.
00:31:30High bridge on that.
00:31:32Kyo Miya just gets out.
00:31:33Did not look like Kyo Miya was going to get out of that one.
00:31:36Kyo Miya in a world of pain right now.
00:31:42Keno looking like he's about to run the scoreboard up.
00:31:46The crowd behind Kyo.
00:31:48Rallying him back into this match as Keno has a fistful of hair again.
00:31:52Looking for that dragon.
00:31:58Kyo Miya has got plenty of time to fight back as well.
00:32:01Still 32 minutes to go.
00:32:02Not even at the halfway point yet.
00:32:05Nice to elbow his way out of that.
00:32:06But he's breathing heavily now as Kyo Miya running the ropes.
00:32:09Kyo Miya running the ropes.
00:32:10Oh!
00:32:13That was huge!
00:32:16A scary fall.
00:32:18Kaito, from 20 feet up in the air, looked like he fell straight on his head.
00:32:24How will Keno approach this now?
00:32:25Will he try and inflict more damage on the outside?
00:32:28Will he let the referee try and start the count?
00:32:30I think he's answering the question now.
00:32:32Did you hear the roll from the crowd, followed by a moment of silence as they were like, oh, shh.
00:32:38That was horrific, wasn't it?
00:32:40People at elevation sent over with authority by Keno.
00:32:44He's so much in the ascendancy now.
00:32:47The rebel, the realist, Keno, unashamedly confrontational and definitely uncompromising.
00:33:06Launching massive kicks into the chest of Kyo Miya once again.
00:33:12Strike in efficiency, the tempo shifts from Keno.
00:33:15It's just a joy to watch.
00:33:25Oh, he's got a hold of the corner pulse, but Keno is waiting patiently.
00:33:32Oh!
00:33:35He must have broken his leg.
00:33:37Surely broke his foot with that.
00:33:40You could hear that echo around Koraku and Ho.
00:33:44This could change everything now.
00:33:45That, yeah, that could be a game changer right there.
00:33:48If Keno's foot is severely damaged, that's one of his major weapons taken out of the game,
00:33:54and we are halfway through the 60 minutes.
00:33:57He was so much in control, overcommitted there, went for everything.
00:34:03What damage has he done to his foot, to his ankle here?
00:34:05One of his most potent weapons, of course, is striking, and his kicks in particular.
00:34:14Flying knee.
00:34:16Dropped him just as he got back up.
00:34:19Amazing, the momentum shift we have here.
00:34:22Oh, he's in the Prince of Madness mode right now.
00:34:24Oh, I'm on the way in!
00:34:28Keno's got the back!
00:34:30Dragon Suplex on the outside!
00:34:32On the outside!
00:34:33On the outside!
00:34:34You can see his head print there.
00:34:38Kaito, visibly stunned.
00:34:40And Keno somehow pulls it out.
00:34:43It's almost like pain just does not register for Keno.
00:34:53There's no such thing as pain in the world of Keno.
00:34:57It's staggering, isn't it?
00:35:04Long-time rivals.
00:35:07Almost ideologically opposed to each other in many ways.
00:35:10Keno thriving on suffering.
00:35:14And he refuses to bend or concede in any situation.
00:35:20Speaking of suffering, what do we have?
00:35:24What's he going for right now?
00:35:26Good gosh!
00:35:28Keno is up on the top turn.
00:35:31Booker!
00:35:34PFS on to the outside!
00:35:38Further damage in his own ankle foot.
00:35:40It's when smashing into the steel turnbuckle.
00:35:44Throws caution to the wind.
00:35:50At this stage of the match, it's all about momentum.
00:35:54Yep.
00:35:55There were no early pinfalls.
00:35:59Keno got the first tap out.
00:36:02But we're now into the second half, the latter half of this match.
00:36:07Keno grinding time away.
00:36:11Can Kiyomiya dig deep and search for those emotional surges which do him so well?
00:36:17Absolutely.
00:36:18If Keno could get one more follow and take a 2-0 lead,
00:36:22Kiyomiya would have so much to do to come back.
00:36:25We may have a D2 on our hands right here.
00:36:27Or a count out rather.
00:36:2917!
00:36:2917!
00:36:3118!
00:36:3218!
00:36:3419!
00:36:35Oh, can he make it?
00:36:37No!
00:36:382-0!
00:36:392-0!
00:36:402 points to Keno!
00:36:422 points to Keno!
00:36:422 points to Keno!
00:36:42Keno!
00:36:46We're going big with that PFS!
00:36:49Definitely seems to have paid off for the man.
00:36:54As he hobbles around in the ring right here.
00:36:58So the first decision for Keno was that Keno special 34 minutes and PFS to the outside.
00:37:06Kyomiya couldn't answer the call, count it out, 2-0, Keno goes after 27 minutes.
00:37:14This is all about accumulated damage, this is the currency that Keno trades in.
00:37:20Absolutely, and now for Kyomiya, the clock is just as much of an opponent as Keno is.
00:37:28This is where we really find out what Keno Kyomiya is made of.
00:37:37He's got to somehow rally here, he needs to get his sixth, seventh, his eighth win.
00:37:44We've seen him go through rough stages of his career, that whole episode where he was trying
00:37:49to overcome Keiji Muto and he eventually did, that was a tough, tough time in his career.
00:37:54And another count is almost reaching 20 here, 17, he's got to make this one.
00:38:03He doesn't want to go three down, he has just made it back in.
00:38:07Keno is still up two on the scorecards.
00:38:11One, two straight to the pinfall attempt, Kyomiya kick side.
00:38:15So calculated, Keno immediately going for the pinfall attempt.
00:38:18That would surely have wrapped it up at 3-0.
00:38:20Oh, the war cry.
00:38:26All right, so right back into the fire here.
00:38:30No escape.
00:38:33Keno back up to the top there, but Kyomiya just manages to get up and put the anchor down on that attack.
00:38:40What do we have happening here?
00:38:48We have deep, murky waters with dangerous undercurrents.
00:38:56Crumples down, but gets right back up.
00:38:59That's the Prince of Madness right there.
00:39:01That is what we need to see from Kaito Kyomiya.
00:39:06With every strike, you just feel like Keno is hoping the Prince of Madness comes out.
00:39:12You know, and when we talk about the Prince of Madness, I think we can really run it way back to before he was even known as the Prince of Madness.
00:39:18That kick to the face at Tokyo Dome right next door, Okada.
00:39:25What can you say about that?
00:39:26Career-defining moment for Kyomiya.
00:39:29And we may have another one right here.
00:39:33Oh, Lordy Lord!
00:39:35Goes down hard!
00:39:36Avalanche reverse DDT.
00:39:39Risked everything, Kyomiya.
00:39:42Desimally trying to find a way back into this match on his 10th anniversary.
00:39:45He's got a crumpled.
00:39:51He has it all to do now, Mike.
00:39:53That's two down.
00:39:56And he's already damaged severely by the hands of Keno.
00:39:59Exactly, yeah.
00:40:00He's got to find a way back into this one and quickly.
00:40:06And this Mad Prince move was fueled by so many moments in his career, in his dojo.
00:40:12And one I can think of was when he was actually run down in the car park at a venue by the great Muta, no less.
00:40:18And he was bloodied and battered and sent to the hospital that night.
00:40:21Yep, you can still see that video online.
00:40:31What a war we are witnessing right here.
00:40:34What has Kyomiya got left here?
00:40:37Is he physically spent?
00:40:42Oh!
00:40:45Great.
00:40:46To the bread basket again goes Keno.
00:40:48Oh, Keno.
00:40:49Oh, Keno.
00:40:50Drag and screw.
00:40:53Had to do something to turn the tide there.
00:40:55It did feel Nia.
00:40:58I thought Keno was one high kick away there from Sekirin's third point.
00:41:03Ten years into his journey, proving legitimacy here tonight, moving from future to present.
00:41:16And again, with the dragon screw going to town on that right leg, that dangerous weapon of Keno.
00:41:21And CEO just saying we're moving from the president to the future right alongside us at the ring.
00:41:32We have those newcomers, those rookies that are watching on here, watching this greatness unfolding,
00:41:38learning in real time what it takes to be part of the NOAA ring.
00:41:45Oh, Kyomiya lands it hard over the logo.
00:41:49One, two.
00:41:50He's got to be conscious of the time left now, isn't he? 22 minutes on the clock.
00:41:58He's two down and he's doing everything he can to try and engineer a way back into this main event.
00:42:06Confronting his greatest rival by choice here tonight is Kaito Kyomiya.
00:42:18What is he doing here?
00:42:22Loaded up.
00:42:24Keno gets out the back door.
00:42:27He's on unsteady legs there.
00:42:28Low angle drop kick to that right leg, but Keno still with a double footstop.
00:42:36Keno's midsection thoroughly pummeled over the course of this match.
00:42:47Oh, backdrop.
00:42:49Somehow finds a way to get some offense in.
00:42:53Almost Olympic Slam-esque then, wasn't it?
00:42:55Keno's midsection.
00:42:56Oh, no, no.
00:42:59Aaaaaaah!
00:43:02Got wrench now.
00:43:03Up and down!
00:43:04Into the power bomb!
00:43:06Can I get the three here?
00:43:08No!
00:43:12I will not fold to anything.
00:43:15So damn tough.
00:43:19Signals the elbow.
00:43:20Can he land it this time?
00:43:26Kaito Kyomiya.
00:43:28Going up to the heavens.
00:43:29Skywalk elbow!
00:43:31One, two, three, he gets one back!
00:43:38He's on the ball.
00:43:41I needed that.
00:43:42He desperately needed that one.
00:43:4420 minutes to go.
00:43:47Keno onto Kyomiya on one.
00:43:52Half the deficit now, Kyomiya.
00:43:59Now the question becomes, does it have it?
00:44:00Does he have it in him to tie or does he have it to win?
00:44:04Can Kyomiya get two more wins?
00:44:07Thus far, Keno has been virtually unstoppable.
00:44:12Took 40 minutes to get one.
00:44:15As the time ticks down, Pride becomes heavier and heavier.
00:44:24Kyomiya back on the attack now.
00:44:26Up onto one shoulder.
00:44:28Keno Akane gets out the back door looking for the dragon, but still.
00:44:31No, he crumbles.
00:44:32Oh, writhing in pain there.
00:44:36He's in trouble.
00:44:39Kyomiya doing the right thing there and smashing his way out of that attack.
00:44:43As soon as he realized it.
00:44:44I don't think Kyomiya could have survived another dragon suplex either.
00:44:53Tries to whip him into the corner, but Keno just crumples down.
00:44:56He's in a bad way right now.
00:44:58Yeah, referee checking on him.
00:44:59Serious problems here for Keno.
00:45:07Keno has pulled through situations like this in the past.
00:45:10We have seen him tested in full 60-minute matches more than once.
00:45:16We know what he's capable of.
00:45:17The modified Shining Wizard.
00:45:22Keno sends him over straight back to his feet.
00:45:27Kyomiya!
00:45:29Tiger suplex.
00:45:31Keno back to his feet.
00:45:33Screams in his face.
00:45:35Slapping each other now.
00:45:36Ringing each other's bells in the phone booth.
00:45:45It's a war.
00:45:52Looking for the head kick.
00:45:53He's down.
00:45:57Neither of them can stand right now.
00:45:59And it was a knockout artist.
00:46:02We know that.
00:46:02Good boy.
00:46:09Surely this would seal it.
00:46:10This has to be it.
00:46:11From the top top buckle.
00:46:13Professional Food Storm lands it hard.
00:46:16The one, the two.
00:46:22Kyomiya kicks out incredibly.
00:46:24How did he do that?
00:46:26How did he find a way?
00:46:36We're in the deepest of deep waters right here.
00:46:4143 minutes into one match.
00:46:44This is the longest match of Kaito Kyomiya's career.
00:46:47Longest night of his life, right?
00:46:51This is where the roundhouse takes the legs away from him.
00:46:55That figure four style pin is handed down to him by Ogawa.
00:47:10And he ties things up now.
00:47:112-2 is 17 minutes remaining.
00:47:13So well executed.
00:47:16What a comeback.
00:47:17Display of pure heart has been from the Mad Prince Kaito Kyomiya.
00:47:21And he only brings that pin out in the most dire of circumstances.
00:47:27I remember he pinned that.
00:47:28He pinned Charlie Dempsey with that one a few months back.
00:47:30That's right.
00:47:32All the momentum is with Kyomiya.
00:47:34Keno looking to take control.
00:47:46Across to his knees, Kyomiya.
00:47:52Taking its toll now is this match on the younger Kaito Kyomiya.
00:47:57He's third out another night for the 29-year-old.
00:48:05Opened up the crowd here today against the man who he debuted against.
00:48:09Hitoshi Kumano went on to wrestle in the whole main event in an eight-man tag match.
00:48:15And now this war of attrition.
00:48:26Kyomiya says bring it to me.
00:48:31Kyomiya digs deep with that but there's some sting taken out of his shots.
00:48:34Kyomiya digs deep with the edge and the power there.
00:48:41Not much left for either of these men.
00:48:44The strikes are nearly not as crisp as they they were starting up the match but
00:48:50they can land one more.
00:48:52You get the feeling like that's it.
00:48:55Big slap from Keiko.
00:48:58That one shocked Kyomiya.
00:48:59He wasn't expecting the power behind that and he smiles at him.
00:49:03That's what he wants.
00:49:04That's what he came for.
00:49:05That's dangerous when you see that reaction from Keno.
00:49:08Oh yes.
00:49:09You're in the firing line then.
00:49:11A purveyor of the finest violence.
00:49:14He is a danger monger through and through.
00:49:26Another big palm strike from Kyomiya.
00:49:29Kyomiya.
00:49:30Keno replying with the kicks.
00:49:32Chest caving shots from Keno.
00:49:3545 minutes in.
00:49:36Unbelievable.
00:49:43Burning shots.
00:49:46Sweat spraying up into the rafters here at Korakuen Hall from Keno.
00:49:51Following these huge strikes from Kyomiya.
00:49:55Drops him.
00:49:56Almost drops him.
00:49:57Sends him stumbling back.
00:49:58Does he know where he is at this point?
00:50:00He's out of his feet.
00:50:05That could be a flash KO.
00:50:06Yeah absolutely.
00:50:08You're right still.
00:50:11He takes another huge shot.
00:50:12He's knocked.
00:50:13How many of these can he take?
00:50:16Legit question.
00:50:17I think there's your answer.
00:50:18Three.
00:50:19That's three.
00:50:25Referee might have to protect Kaito Kyomiya from himself.
00:50:30Keno is clearly not interested in points right now.
00:50:33He wants to knock him out.
00:50:35He wants to knock him out.
00:50:37There it is.
00:50:38What?
00:50:39There it is.
00:50:41The look in the eyes of the Prince of Madness.
00:50:47Nothing will stop him now.
00:50:57Look at Keno.
00:50:58Looks like he's seen a ghost almost doesn't he?
00:51:02You can't blame him.
00:51:04When you're launching everything you have at your opponent.
00:51:07He's winding up and putting everything into these shots isn't he?
00:51:10And he just loops into your eyes and smiles at you.
00:51:13Rapid fire now from Keno.
00:51:14Off the ropes.
00:51:17Frankensteiner!
00:51:19And close the strikes into Keno's face from the mount position.
00:51:25He didn't even go for the pin attempt.
00:51:27Like a man possessed.
00:51:32The Prince is now a madman.
00:51:33Oh, he is in full on kill mode right now.
00:51:50He is in full on kill mode.
00:51:52Pure rage.
00:51:53Lanz the Shining Lancer.
00:51:56Fistful of hair.
00:52:01Jumia is reveling in it now.
00:52:03Look at his face.
00:52:05Oh, to the back of the head.
00:52:11Autopilot I should say.
00:52:13The Prince of Madness has flicked the switch.
00:52:19Autopilot Madness activated.
00:52:25Keno gets back up.
00:52:27Huge kick on that.
00:52:28The elevation clipped him.
00:52:30Around the side of the ear.
00:52:33Oh, he's draped.
00:52:34That's hurting.
00:52:39Reanimated like a zombie.
00:52:44What is he concocting here?
00:52:50Sleeper hold.
00:52:52Drags him up.
00:52:55Holding him by his neck over the ring.
00:53:00Let's him go and crumples down.
00:53:02Kyomia.
00:53:04A mad look in his eyes.
00:53:06Poised on the top turnbuckle.
00:53:09Look at the distance though.
00:53:12Kyomia from the sixth floor.
00:53:14But caught with a kick on the way in.
00:53:16I saw it the whole way, Keno.
00:53:21Penalty kick to the head.
00:53:27One, two.
00:53:28I winced as that kick connected then.
00:53:34Coming up to the last 10 minute mark here.
00:53:36Both still on two points.
00:53:43If this lands, this has to be the game.
00:53:46Kyomia has his second wind right now by the looks of it.
00:53:50From the rafters diving professional foot stomp lands it square on the ribs of Kyomia.
00:53:58Hooks up the leg.
00:53:59The one, the two to take another point.
00:54:01The shoulder comes up before the three.
00:54:03Oh, just in the nick of time.
00:54:05I don't know how he found a way out of that.
00:54:11The longest match of his life.
00:54:14The third match of the day.
00:54:16Kyomia is now into completely untested waters in his so far 10-year career.
00:54:22Absolutely.
00:54:22Kyomia has lived these moments before.
00:54:28This far into a match of 60 minutes.
00:54:31Oh no, could it be?
00:54:32Kyomia with the head ring!
00:54:38But it looks like it hurt him more than it hurt Kyomia who is completely knocked out by the looks of it.
00:54:43Now we can capitalize.
00:54:45One, two, three!
00:54:49Kyomia moves up to three points!
00:54:51Kyomia regains the lead.
00:54:55Wow!
00:54:57The end ring, the flaming circle, rarely pulls out that.
00:55:06Kyomia has taken an ungodly amount of damage this match.
00:55:10And it doesn't look like it's about to stop anytime soon.
00:55:14Looking for the Cano special.
00:55:17And he has stopped so many people.
00:55:20Incredibly tough heavyweights with this.
00:55:23And look at the location as well.
00:55:24Right in the center of the ring.
00:55:26That's deliberate from Cano.
00:55:33I dare say Kyomia will not tap out again here tonight.
00:55:37He knows that a tap out here will make it almost impossible to defeat Cano on points.
00:55:45Does he have the energy?
00:55:46Does he have the wherewithal to get to that rope?
00:55:51Kyomia said it himself before this match.
00:55:53He says when he gets into the ring, he cannot see or hear anything outside of it.
00:55:59He becomes this little closed world of silence where he's in his own bubble.
00:56:04Yep.
00:56:11He's in the toughest of tough places right here.
00:56:14No escape, seemingly.
00:56:18His only hope is that Cano doesn't have the strength to wrench back.
00:56:23That's optimistic.
00:56:26Oh, readjusts.
00:56:31Cano put absolutely everything into this.
00:56:34Kyomia looked like it was about to tap now.
00:56:36Yeah, seemingly no way out here.
00:56:38Kyomia, Kyomia, Kyomia, Kyomia, Kyomia, Kyomia.
00:56:42The crowd here at Korakuin Hall firmly behind Kaiko, rallying him in his 10th year anniversary main event match.
00:56:54Right across the eye socket.
00:56:57Knuckles digging across the face.
00:56:59All the pressure on the underside of the nose, the orbital of the eye.
00:57:07It's just a horrendous thing.
00:57:08Never mind the right arm itself and the shoulder.
00:57:12It's impressive that Keno could even hold that submission for so long as well.
00:57:15Yeah, that burns your arms out.
00:57:23Seven minutes on the clock.
00:57:25Keno has to be thinking right now.
00:57:31He cannot allow Kyomia to get one back on him.
00:57:34He has to stay on the attack.
00:57:37Yeah, that's the only way he knows, isn't it?
00:57:39Does not take a backward step, Keno.
00:57:42Yeah, he's not interested in winning on points.
00:57:44I've said it already.
00:57:45He does not care about points.
00:57:47He wants to finish that things off.
00:57:49So there's absolutely no doubt who is the better of the two.
00:57:55He said you're losing.
00:58:01Is this okay for you to keep going like this?
00:58:06You're losing.
00:58:09He's actually trying to motivate and fuel the comeback here from Kyomia, his opponent.
00:58:14Yeah, that is the beauty of Keno.
00:58:16Yeah, he wants the fight.
00:58:19He wants the pure, the prime, Kaito.
00:58:23Oh, he's not interested in easy matches and easy defeats, says Keno.
00:58:26He is sadistic.
00:58:30Spinning kick to the midsection as well.
00:58:32Oh, Shining Wizard.
00:58:35Almost decapitated Keno then.
00:58:37In the air.
00:58:38Yep, very impressive.
00:58:44Feels his way to the ropes.
00:58:46Kyomia in trouble.
00:58:48Oh, wow, another modified Shining Wizard from the corner.
00:58:53One, two.
00:58:56So close.
00:58:57So close to evening things up.
00:59:00Five and a half minutes.
00:59:05Five and a half minutes for glory.
00:59:12Incoming.
00:59:14Shining Lancer.
00:59:15One, two, three.
00:59:20You guys said.
00:59:21Three.
00:59:22Just like that.
00:59:23A piece.
00:59:24They are tied with five minutes left.
00:59:28And into the championship round we go.
00:59:33This is anyone's contest now.
00:59:35Welcome to the battlefields of pro wrestling law and welcome to the figure four leg lock inherited by Keiji Muto who is ringside here tonight.
00:59:53A tribute, a testament.
00:59:55What would it mean if he could take this down right here?
01:00:00One of a few moves gifted to him by Keiji Muto following his defeat over him at the Nippon Budokan.
01:00:09Yeah, that was a classic, wasn't it?
01:00:11Such a monumental moment in the career.
01:00:13Kyomiya to finally conquer the great Keiji Muto.
01:00:17Kind of struggling yet.
01:00:18And don't forget he rattled his foot.
01:00:22He nearly, it might have broken his foot against the ring post earlier in the match.
01:00:27Really cranking it now is Kyomiya.
01:00:28It makes sense for him to keep this figure four submission on for the remaining minutes in time we've got left now.
01:00:40Yeah, as long as he can.
01:00:45Keiji Muto looking on.
01:00:50The madness in the eyes of Kaito Kyomiya still.
01:00:55He just drags him by into deep waters.
01:00:57Keno's got the wherewithal to drag Keno away from the ropes.
01:01:03Both men came in with a game plan but it's about willpower now in these closing minutes.
01:01:11The crowd rallying behind Ken all here now.
01:01:14Kaito Kyomiya might be the prince of madness but I think it's safe to say that both of these two men are off their rocker.
01:01:21Two huge crowd favorites, two legendary heavyweight competitors.
01:01:27Three minutes left.
01:01:34Do these two men even have the mental capacity to acknowledge that there's three minutes left?
01:01:38Are they even aware of that at this point?
01:01:40I don't think they even know what the scores are on the points.
01:01:43Still hacking away at each other's faces right here.
01:01:58Ken all screaming out.
01:01:58He can see the rope but he just can't quite get to it.
01:02:02He's there.
01:02:05Kyomiya wrenching for all his life.
01:02:07He's there.
01:02:09Got it.
01:02:15Twisted up in the middle of the mat.
01:02:1958 minutes deep.
01:02:20Can you believe it?
01:02:22Tied three to three.
01:02:24Kyomiya surely.
01:02:27He's going straight back on the attack now.
01:02:31Two minutes and counting.
01:02:32Kaito Kyomiya back on the attack.
01:02:35He's got that over under.
01:02:44Just can't get it going though.
01:02:46Not Ken all actually headbutting his way out of this reverse.
01:02:50Headbutts three in a row.
01:02:51And a kick.
01:02:52Wow the roundhouse kick to the temple.
01:02:54I can sense that coming then.
01:02:58Keno's going big.
01:02:5990 seconds left on the clock.
01:03:06Watch out now.
01:03:09He could win this with a KO now.
01:03:12That one could have done it.
01:03:14Yep.
01:03:14Kyomiya's out.
01:03:15He is looking despondent.
01:03:20He's up the leg.
01:03:21Two.
01:03:21Can I get the three?
01:03:23No.
01:03:23No, no, no.
01:03:32It was.
01:03:32It was awarded to it.
01:03:37Keno on four.
01:03:38Kyomiya on three.
01:03:40And the clock is ticking down.
01:03:41We're into the last minute.
01:03:43Keno winding up.
01:03:44Misses with a PK.
01:03:46Kyomiya has his back off the ropes.
01:03:49He's a throw.
01:03:50Corner row.
01:03:51Into the next two.
01:03:53No.
01:03:5450 seconds.
01:03:5530 seconds to go.
01:03:56Inside cradle.
01:03:58One, two, no.
01:04:02Staying on the attack.
01:04:0320 seconds.
01:04:04Backslide.
01:04:05One, two, no.
01:04:0820 seconds.
01:04:10Shane and Lancer.
01:04:13One, two, no.
01:04:1710 seconds.
01:04:1910 seconds.
01:04:2010 seconds.
01:04:22Five, four, three.
01:04:26Shane and Lancer.
01:04:29But the bell rings.
01:04:31It's all over.
01:04:35He had to have gotten up.
01:04:3710-0 takes the victory, but pushed to the absolute limits of the limits.
01:04:49I have never seen a match like that.
01:04:53What intensity, ferocity for both of them.
01:05:0060 minutes.
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01:05:01To be.
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