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00:00I got my goal for the future
00:04I made the goal for the future
00:08The runner's life in the end of the year
00:14After that, the final line was the final win
00:20He was the winner of the match
00:25I had to do it all in the game
00:28I'm going to win the last fight before I beat him.
00:38Finally, I'm going to win the last time.
00:40I'm really excited.
00:42I'm going to win the company.
00:44I'm going to win the last fight.
00:47I'm going to win the last fight for the last fight.
00:52I want to win the last fight.
00:54How can I win the last fight for the last fight?
00:56The government Deutschen Gallery.
00:58I'm going to win the last fight with
01:15RID forces his goal.
01:20It's cool.
01:22He's like a visual.
01:24He's like an interesting music.
01:26He's got a character that was at the CMDK.
01:30He's my favorite character.
01:32He's so handsome.
01:34He's got a lot of human-like.
01:37This is the same thing.
01:38I'm a pro-fiber of the band.
01:40I'm a pro-fiber of the band.
01:42I'm a pro-fiber of the band.
01:46I always loved him.
01:48I was always loved him.
01:49I think this is the one that I love for the company.
01:53I'm not a supporter, but it's like the company I'm really a big fan of this.
01:58I'm a team who is the first part of the company.
02:00I feel like sharing that is all I can't just write but I'm not a person anymore.
02:06I love it.
02:09I love TMDK.
02:11I'm a superhero, so I have a really top guy.
02:19I got to ask him to come to the manager.
02:25He's going to have a job.
02:29I didn't want to take him to the manager.
02:32I was going to have to win.
02:37I want to win.
02:40Go A!
02:43If you want me to take a step forward, I'll take a step forward.
02:48I'll take a step forward.
02:51I don't think I'm going to kill you.
02:54I'm not going to kill you.
02:56I'm going to kill you.
02:58The final round of TANAHASH HIROSHI FINAL ROAD
03:01TANAHASH HIROSHI VS FUJITA KONG SEI!
03:10Well, a special shout out to everyone watching live around the world, Chris.
03:2611.30 in London.
03:296.30 a.m. in New York City.
03:323.30 a.m. on the west coast.
03:35Hey, the real ones.
03:38The archive will be free as well right here on NJPW World.
03:42And what a taste you're getting from New Japan Pro Wrestling.
03:45And what you're going to get on January 4th, 13 days from now,
03:49in the last dance for Hiroshi Tana has in the Tokido.
03:54But it might be TANAHASH's last dance here in Kofen Hall tonight,
03:58but it might be the very best dance for Kofen FUJITA.
04:03And all the poetry of being involved as FUJITA was in Katsuchiko Okada's last Kofen Hall match for New Japan Pro Wrestling.
04:14Nearly two years ago.
04:16And tonight to be the final opponent in this building for Okada's opponent in the Tokido.
04:22In the Tokyo Dome.
04:24The Japanese Young Punk, Fujita Kousei!
04:3386 singles this year.
04:36Career personal best including becoming the youngest ever winner of Best in the Super Juniors.
04:41And even that highlight might be equipped by this.
04:54Get up, Chris.
04:55Let's do it.
04:56Let's get the people.
04:57Let's get the people.
04:58Let's go.
04:59Let's go.
05:00Let's go.
05:03Let's go.
05:04He loves me, and I love him.
05:34We all love the Ace.
05:37Was that Ishii?
05:41Ishii in the corner, we saw him return earlier on.
05:45He touches Toshiko Jima.
05:49And well, I mean the added layer of significance.
05:54Fish on the TMDK side.
05:59The President at Heart, Shane Ace, Mikey Nichols that night,
06:04opposite Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, and Katsuki Koukada.
06:09Fuchita defeated at February 19th in Corcoran Hall.
06:14And tonight Fuchita looks to get that win, backed by Proxy,
06:18over the Ace, and in Tanahashi's Corcoran Hall career.
06:23This match number 2,995, with two to go.
06:31Right here in Corcoran Hall, Final Dome 1999.
06:39A special pair of exhibition debuts ahead of the Tokyo Dome event
06:45that happened the very next night.
06:47Hiroshi Tanahashi wrestled Shinya Makabe.
06:51Since then, 486 matches in this building, 85 of them, singles.
06:57And Fuchita is certainly not here to give Tanahashi his flowers.
07:05Well, Chris, if Hiromu failed and Despi failed,
07:09what are the odds for Fuchita to topple the Ace in his last match at Corcoran Hall?
07:14I think Fuchita would feel that they are very good indeed.
07:17And he is going to be on the offensive from the outset.
07:22Spring walks the ropes with his at all.
07:25Down goes Tanahashi, and Fuchita is going pedal to the metal here
07:31in our main event as well, he should.
07:37Into the cover here, it gets two, and
07:39the kick out.
07:41One more time.
07:47Oh, blissed, is it?
07:52Man, the rocket off.
07:54He's smart for going to the hot start, you know, surprise Tanahashi.
07:56Imagine he rolls him up in two minutes or something.
07:59Yeah, Tanahashi tonight looking for his 1,596th career win, 392nd singles.
08:06Certainly Tanahashi has wrestled the most extensive career or year in his career.
08:15He's going out, he's going out swinging.
08:20Yeah, no doubt about it.
08:2141 singles matches, easily.
08:29The most singles matches he's wrestled since he was a young lion or the way back in 2000.
08:36And in terms, I mean, it's been a great win percentage, LP, 65% winning record.
08:44That's the most since 2018, which was the last year he won the G1 Climax.
08:49And in terms of raw numbers, this is the most successful in terms of singles victories career
08:55that he's ever had in his career.
08:57Well, maybe you should, you know, psych everyone on Terry Funk and then come back with us next
09:02year.
09:03Let's have another year-long Tanahashi for a roll tour.
09:05Let's have a 50,000 people strong lion on J-Man 2.
09:10I don't think one person in that building would mind if he says, nah, psych, I'm going to do
09:14one more year.
09:16Some of the numbers here, thanks to our pal Chris Sampson, sportprowrestling.com.
09:24I know you've wrestled a few long matches here in Corcoran Hall over the course of your
09:28career, but Hiroshi Tanahashi has spent 111 hours wrestling in Corcoran Hall over the course
09:38of his career.
09:39By far, the most of all time in New Japan Pro Wrestling, more than 20 hours more than
09:45second on the list, which is Hiroki Gota.
09:50That's impressive for figuring that out.
09:52Was that a ChatGPT, Gemini thing, do you think?
09:55No, that's Chris Sampson.
09:56This is where AI is great.
09:58Sampson is the master of spreadsheets.
10:00No generative AI in this building, thank you very much.
10:08Well, let's go.
10:09Yeah, Fugito was on commentary the other night.
10:11Squash him, Tanah!
10:12Squash him!
10:13He said this is the one move he definitely doesn't want to take and he's going to be forced.
10:16Strip his ass!
10:17Oh!
10:18Oh, nice.
10:19Well, yeah, driven out to the audience, a young man.
10:21Cover and Sue says where she's in on.
10:24For it!
10:25For it!
10:26For it!
10:27For it!
10:28For it!
10:29For it!
10:30For it!
10:31For it!
10:32For it!
10:33For it!
10:34For it!
10:35And Tanahashi!
10:36Yeah!
10:37Yeah!
10:38Yeah!
10:39Yeah!
10:40Yeah!
10:41Yeah!
10:42Yeah!
10:43And Tanahashi!
10:44Yeah!
10:45Yeah!
10:46And it looks like he caught him under the chin.
10:47I thought it was the chest, but I guess it slid up.
10:49Yeah, I think that might be a...
10:50Caught him right under the chin.
10:51Got him right under the chin.
10:53It might be one last tooth knocked out
10:55in Tanahashi's career perhaps.
10:58He's lost a few over the years.
11:07If there's one person I don't want to be chopped by
11:10in New Japan right now, it's Vegeta.
11:14House show, no TV, TV, pay-per-view, doesn't matter.
11:18That kid hits you as hard as he can every single time.
11:23And it sucks.
11:24From the left side as well,
11:26completely catches you unaware.
11:28Springboard drop kick there.
11:29Fujesteck going to get into the cover, hook of the leg.
11:33Yeah, maybe that's what it is.
11:35He's southpaw.
11:36So you're expecting the right hand
11:38and then he hits you like backwards
11:39and it flinches you out a little bit.
11:43Well, Fujesteck got into the cover there
11:46knowing that Tanahashi was going to kick out.
11:48He forced the ace onto his stomach
11:50and now he can apply this Nemo special.
11:52This submission hold that has
11:54got him a lot of victories,
11:56including in Best of the Super Junior.
11:57But can he get in on a man the size of Tanahashi?
12:01He's also very close to the ropes.
12:03Mm-hm.
12:04Which means Tanah just has to pivot his body a little bit.
12:07And he's right there to get the ropes and get a break.
12:09There you go.
12:11That's exactly what he did in the end.
12:13Five minutes gone, and usually I would say the longer this match goes,
12:25the more I would favor Fujita because of his cardio and conditioning.
12:30But I'd actually say the veteran presence of Tanahashi would give him the favor
12:34the longer this goes because he has more experience
12:38in these longer matches and know how to pace himself.
12:40And I think that's exactly what the key was to going the distance
12:46over the TV title in Neo Goku with yourself and Tanahashi.
12:49And then also this, this steady picking away with the knee,
13:03the leg, the base of Kosei Fujita.
13:09And Fujita has to know, LP, that he's giving up size,
13:13giving up power to Tanahashi.
13:15His best hope is to use his feet to stick and move.
13:19And well, Tanahashi taking that weapon away from him here.
13:23Yeah, if you're Fujita, you want to be faster than Tanahashi,
13:27which is not hard at these days, to be honest.
13:30But you know, Tanahashi using that ring IQ,
13:33getting some dragon screws, slowing those legs down.
13:36You know, maybe prevent one of those springboard dropkicks
13:39later on down this match.
13:41Well, not only that, but you wear away, you take away the base.
13:44It's going to make it harder for Fujita, should the time come,
13:49to roll out the way.
13:50It's going to give Tanahashi more time
13:52to find his footing on the top rope, hit a high fly flow.
13:56Tanahashi going to try and squat down deep.
13:58Tanahashi going to try and squat down deep.
13:59And now, look at that.
14:00Oh.
14:01Oy.
14:02Hey, it's okay.
14:03Hey.
14:04Hey.
14:05Hey.
14:06Hey.
14:07Hey.
14:08Hey.
14:09Hey.
14:10Hey.
14:11Hey.
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14:36Hey.
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14:42Hey.
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14:54Oh, the bridge! Look at him! Right on the nose!
14:57Oh, Tanahashi kicked out the shoulders.
15:00Heart in mouth there for Kosei Fujita.
15:07And certainly Hiromi Takahashi, El Desperado,
15:09they had all the mileage of World Tag League.
15:11They went through that series and Fujita did not.
15:16Maybe that's something we overlooked from the start of that.
15:18Fujita has everything that Tanahashi doesn't.
15:23Whoa!
15:26There's Poki in the back.
15:28High Fugita Flow.
15:30Ah!
15:32Ah!
15:37Go it! Go it! Go it!
15:41The people sure don't want to see the ace
15:45go down to a high-five row by Fujita.
15:48Yeah!
15:49How cathartic would it be to send the funds home happy
15:53with one more final high-fly flow of Kourken?
15:57Yeah, one more.
15:59We can only hope.
16:00And then he gets to 55.
16:03Pierre wins here in Kourken Hall.
16:07The very building where he made his debut
16:10is the site of his very last match before retirement.
16:13Tanahashi is sling-blade.
16:14Sling-blade, shoulders down, and, whoa!
16:22The right shoulder went up, but, oh, no!
16:25No!
16:26Danger!
16:27Do it, baby! Let's go!
16:29It was all Fujita could do to kick out, but
16:33he's rolled into position for the high-fly flow here.
16:36Tanner!
16:38Tanner, high-fly flow, oh, no!
16:42Oh, no!
16:43Fujita!
16:46Sucked him in!
16:48The deadlift, the bridge, the cover, the two, the goal!
16:53Yeah!
16:57The ripple of thunder in Kourken Hall.
17:02They're stepping their feet.
17:05Here's where that cardio comes into play.
17:09He's not wasting any time.
17:11Oh, but can he force Tanahashi away on any level?
17:17Would Tanahashi be forced to abandon hope?
17:20Which was the move that Fujita was going for there.
17:25Tanahashi has been the absolute symbol of hope for
17:28New Japan Pro Wrestling for so many years.
17:41He's gonna keep wrist control.
17:43Three, three, three, four!
17:47That's Tanahashi.
17:48Whoa.
17:53There's that southpaw.
17:56There's the sing blade.
18:01And Fitcher, Fee fires up.
18:03Fires up, it's taken a hell of a lot of damage here.
18:08Look out.
18:10We're trying to lose the fingers.
18:14Can he get it?
18:16No way.
18:18A classic here, the straitjacket.
18:20Oh, right on the neck.
18:23One more time.
18:38Foochita to his feet, Aston's a high, trying to fly, down goes Foochita.
18:52One more, get up there, give the people what they want, does he have one more in him?
18:57The fans will make sure he does.
19:02One more sacrifice for his own body to put away Foochita, and that is it for Tanahashi and Corcoran.
19:16One more, because of Tanahashi and Corcoran.
19:30With every last high-fly flow that Tanahashi has hit this week, so much to read in the
19:50face of the ace, the physical pain, eclipsed by emotional distress.
20:00And after a pause to think, a nod to his opponent here tonight, Kosei Fusha was awesome.
20:15In 12 minutes and 10 seconds, Tanahashi was better.
20:23And now, after 2,995, only one remains.
20:30That's Chico Okada, January 4th.
20:37You know, we're never gonna know what they said to each other, and I love that.
20:44A message from the ace.
20:51To what may be the future ace.
20:52And only they're gonna know what they said.
20:53And that's special.
20:54And that's special.
20:55Sammy and Heidi.
20:56Sammy and Heidi.
20:57And that's special.
20:58Sammy and Heidi.
20:59And that's special.
21:00And that's special.
21:01Sammy and Heidi.
21:02And that's special.
21:03And that's special.
21:04You know, we're never gonna know what they said to each other, and I love that.
21:09But that's special.
21:10If you think, a message from the ace.
21:12To what may be the future ace.
21:14And only they're gonna know what they said.
21:19And that's special.
21:20Sammy had the emotional effects on Fusha.
21:25And Vintana, she's already crying.
21:29crying and to be honest i'm starting to get a lump in my throat now
21:36we've still got the retirement the actual day to come in 13 days time
21:43but it isn't just an exhibition that'll be on january the fourth it is another fight the new
21:49japan pro wrestling pride the president of this organization against a man who left to compete
21:58elsewhere it is new japan pro wrestling versus all elite wrestling on january the fourth not even
22:04that it's chana versus his greatest rival i think it is the greatest the b to his a you know
22:13the greatest in-ring rivalry of all time anyway period one last time
22:28and in 25 years we can look back on this moment when fujito retires how poetic would that be
22:41when he wrestles the next
22:43you did good kid you did good
22:52keep your head up head up high head up high baby head up high
22:58well they're not going to let him leave are they
23:08look at this guy what a worker what a worker
23:12that's it
23:35no
23:37This is the last event for New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2025.
23:54Thank you for showing up to the supporters.
23:57Finally, somebody really doesn't want it to retire.
24:14I am happy to hear those words.
24:24I am happy to hear those words in my heart.
24:32I am happy to hear that I am happy and happy to hear those words.
24:46I am happy to hear those words.
24:51so that we can all enjoy ourselves in the Tokyo Dome.
25:01This is something that's been doing all the way through the road to the Tokyo Dome,
25:05is when we've got to practice our waves before the Tokyo Dome.
25:14I got you, Daddy.
25:16Okay.
25:21I'm ready.
25:26Ready?
25:27Okay, I'm ready.
25:29Let's go.
25:36Thank goodness for our Phantasma.
25:39One more, one more.
25:46Here he comes.
26:03PMP!
26:04PMP!
26:05PMP!
26:06PMP!
26:07PMP!
26:08PMP!
26:09PMP!
26:10PMP!
26:11PMP!
26:12PMP!
26:13PMP!
26:15PMP!
26:16PMP!
26:17PMP!
26:18Workout for all your trud blanks.
26:21Now...
26:22Now I feel that I'm ready, and I feel that you guys are ready as well.
26:28And I'm sure we'll be ready to light it up at WrestleKing.
26:52Robin.
27:04Okay, go, go!
27:06Ah, I'm too late.
27:08Ah, ah.
27:22Okay, go again!
27:34Go again!
27:36Go again!
27:38Go again!
27:40Yeah!
27:42Oscar!
27:43Come on.
27:44Come on, do it.
27:45I'm the east of the United States
27:47I'm the east of the region
27:48I'm the east.
27:50Me therefore.
27:50Come on.
27:51Come on, I'm the west
27:53I'm the east.
27:54Till the east of the north
27:56We have bra情报
27:58Time and motivation
28:01I'm the eastward
28:02That's the eastward
28:04And выпane
28:05I'm the east?
28:06I'm the west desert
28:08Everyone why heard
28:09Antoine
28:10I'm the east
28:11I'm the eastnde
28:12Let's go!
28:36Let's go!
28:42Let's go!
28:58Let's go!
29:00Let's go!
29:02Let's go!
29:04Let's go!
29:06Let's go!
29:08Let's go!
29:10Let's go!
29:12Let's go!
29:14Let's go!
29:16Let's go!
29:30Let's go!
29:32Let's go!
30:02Can I say more, can I say more, can I say more, can I say more, can I say more?
30:13I'm trying to tell her she is the greatest.
30:17Could not be more accurate.
30:28Yeah.
30:32Oh.
30:35Oh.
30:37You guys, when I came to this, I had no support board.
30:43There were signs that did it.
30:47There were signs that had broken him.
30:49Oh, thank you.
31:10For him to be with us, the most, the happiest experience that anybody can have in their lives.
31:16I'm wearing a shirt like that.
31:17I'm going to go to the best.
31:18I'm going to go to the best.
31:19I'm going to go to the best.
31:20And finally, the best.
31:21I love you guys.
31:22I love you guys.
31:23I love you guys.
31:25I love you guys.
31:29Ta-Nehashi.
31:30I love you.
31:31There may be some time someone that might approach in their own way Tanahashi's level but there will never be another to eclipse.
31:52There will never be another Hiroshi Tanahashi.
31:58It's a white Christmas here in Corcoran Hall, as is the custom.
32:12As we did a fun farewell from Corcoran.
32:21The sun will come up over the Tokyo Dome on January the 4th, 2026.
32:35And when it finally settles, the sun will come up over the Tokyo Dome on January the 4th, 2026.
32:49And for one of, and arguably the greatest of all time, it will be the last time.
32:56Tanahashi Okada.
33:03In their house.
33:08In the house that Tanahashi built.
33:10In the house that one of the greatest all time rivalries suddenly built.
33:16And in the house where Tanahashi finally, and the last step of his career has sold out.
33:25The biggest wrestling event in this country in the 21st century is Wrestle Kingdom 20.
33:37Tanahashi, Tanahashi, Tanahashi, Tanahashi, Tanahashi!
33:42the end, no doubt, of a chapter in the annals of professional wrestling history.
33:56It will also be the beginning of a new chapter.
34:06The new volumes to come.
34:09Will it be Yojutsuji or will it be Konosuke Takeshi that leads a new era, a new generation?
34:21What are the professional wrestling debut of Van Wolf as an Olympic gold medalist, challenges
34:29for the Never-Overweight Championship?
34:36Will it be Shuri or Sayakamitani who takes a step towards immortality as a double women's
34:43champion in the Tokyo Dome?
34:47Will Callum Newman, the new money of Andrade El Idolo, their mystery partner and a resurgence
35:00of the United Empire, do what Callum Newman, the Prince, has set out to and end the war
35:08and the unaffiliated.
35:15Who advances how the Never-Overweight six fans, Tornado Rambo.
35:20There's Kaisen to catch.
35:22Let's join forces with Shoto Ermino and Yu Yuura Mura tonight.
35:26And so much more in what is gonna be a chaotic match indeed.
35:32As our Junior Heavyweight Champion has done every single thing under his power to escape
35:42the Tokyo Dome, who will leave as the number one contender.
35:47As Chris Brooks has invaded New Japan Pro Wrestling from DDT, will he capture and abscond with the
35:59NJPW World Television Championship?
36:06There are so many questions that will be answered in 13 days.
36:16And the safe bet is on whether or not there will be a dry eye in that sold-out house in the Tokyo Dome
36:24on January the 4th, and I can tell you for sure with 100% certainty.
36:30My own eyes included.
36:32There will not be.
36:36Hiroshi Tanahashi has tonight wrestled in Corcoran Hall for the final time.
36:41I can't recall a scene like this.
36:49Everybody on their feet, everybody to the barricade.
36:54To send off.
36:59One in a century talent, one in a lifetime talent.
37:09And still, our boss.
37:18Hiroshi Tanahashi.
37:25Hiroshi Tanahashi.
37:27The ace will make his rounds and he'll want to take a picture and shake hands with every single one.
37:39The 1,511 people in attendance.
37:47If he's able to, he'll do the same to 50,000 people on January the 4th.
37:54And he will do the same for every one of the hundreds of thousands.
38:01They'll be watching at home.
38:03Around the world and NJPW world.
38:07They'll be watching on the first terrestrially broadcast New Japan Pro Wrestling event in prime time.
38:17In over 20 years.
38:24For every single person.
38:26That tuned in through their television screen that has an NJPW world subscription.
38:32Or that has set foot in a wrestling ring.
38:39Or it has worked and put in their effort to make these events happen.
38:45You have made Hiroshi Tanahashi happen as well.
38:49You have made the career the greatest doll of all time possible.
39:02Because he is us and we are him.
39:07We've been on all of the ups and downs.
39:13Some of us for all 26 years.
39:16Some maybe just starting today.
39:22If you've been on this ride for any amount of time.
39:29You cannot help.
39:33You have a lump in your throat.
39:36You cannot help but have a world of love for Hiroshi Tanahashi.
39:44Because the love in Tanahashi's heart stroke is 10 times larger.
39:51And the love he has in his heart is more than enough for us all.
39:58What a moment.
40:11Then we'll...
40:13Let's get some words from Tanahashi backstage.
40:22Choking back the tears as he's done at different points all the way through.
40:312025, but there is just one more of those roller coaster rides that he'll put us on.
40:43Thanks to El Phantasmo for being with us on commentary here tonight.
40:58Thanks to everybody for tuning in on MJPW World, here is Tanahashi.
41:04Thank you so many people have been here tonight and given me so much support. Thank you.
41:15Thank you so much for watching.
41:19In the year 2000, I was able to do the Korokane Hall.
41:28There was a one point in my career.
41:31You know what I mean? It came from just hoping that we can sell out Korokane Hall once.
41:39And from those standpoints to steadily put those building bricks together.
41:45I was able to sell out all of Korokane Halls as we've sold out tonight.
41:52And in the year before starting the next with a sold out Tokyo Dome is special.
41:58It was a tough one.
42:03This year has been a tough one.
42:06This year has been a tough one.
42:08This year has been a tough one.
42:1326 years of hard work.
42:1526 years of hard work.
42:19It was a tough one.
42:20I've been a tough one.
42:26It was great.
42:29I'm glad I had all of this.
42:34It's not that easy.
42:37But today's KORAKEN HALL, and the Tokyo Dome match,
42:44and the Tokyo Dome match,
42:49I think Tanahashi was a pro wrestler.
42:57I mean, it was moments like tonight here in Corakone Hall and moments that we'll see in the Tokyo Dome.
43:03Selling out that Tokyo Dome, having everybody united that really made me feel there was a meaning to becoming.
43:12There was a meaning to choosing this path. There was a meaning for this road that I was put on.
43:18Sinyon Plus is the most powerful team, and I'm going to be able to do it with my staff, so I'm going to be able to do it right now.
43:32Thank you very much for your support, and thank you very much for your support.
43:35The Rainmaker Shock was a long time ago, mainly the Tanahashi Shock was a strike, and that will be the start of 2026.
43:46And everybody in New Japan Pro Wrestling, myself included as president, will make sure 2026 is our best year yet.
43:54The last words of Hiroshi Tanahashi here in Corakone Hall, once again, thank you so much for being with us.
44:03If you have friends that missed it here tonight, let them know.
44:06Our archive will be free as well right here on NJPW World.
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44:11Dip in to all of New Japan Pro Wrestling, what we present, because
44:15what's coming up next, January the 4th, you do not want to miss it.
44:18Just 13 days away from the biggest event in professional wrestling in this country in the 21st century.
44:27It is going to be one that we talk about for years, decades, generations to come.
44:34Kazuchika Okada versus Hiroshi Tanahashi.
44:36One more time, Tanahashi's final match.
44:38The IWGP Global and World Heavyweight Championships, both on the line.
44:42Yota Tsuji versus Konosuke Takeshita.
44:45Shou, Kosei Fujita, El Desperado, and Taiji Ishimori to determine a number one contender for the Junior Heavyweight Championship.
44:52United Empire, including the new backing of Andrade El Idolo, will face David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Drilla Maloney, Shingo Takagi, and Hiromu Takahashi.
45:02The IWGP and NJPW Strong Women's Championships, a double title match.
45:07Who will leave with all the gold as Shuri, the IWGP champion, faces NJPW Strong Champion, Tokyo Sports MVP, Sayakami Tani.
45:16The never six-man Rambo has had more teams added to it, and we've had a new match determined just tonight.
45:23The World Television Championship will be on the line as El Phantasmo takes on Chris Brooks.
45:28It is one part of a massive Wrestle Kingdom week.
45:31Comes to a head, New Year Dash as well, January the 5th.
45:34Don't miss December 29th.
45:37At we underscore r underscore stardom.
45:39Be a part of Dream Queendom, December 29th in Niohgoku Sumo, all live in English on pay-per-view.
45:46Next, it's, there's nothing left.
45:49Have a very Merry Christmas.
45:51Enjoy the rest of the year, because coming up next is Wrestle Kingdom week.
45:56It is going to be the biggest of all time, and we want you right there with us.
46:00Thank you for being a part of New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2025.
46:04Until the next time, I'm Chris Charlton.
46:06Go Ki-geen Yo!
46:07Sayonara.
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