00:00A wrestling fan, six man tag team action coming up right here on NJPW World as United Empire
00:25makes their way down the ringside.
00:27I'm Walker Stewart alongside Chris Charlton.
00:30Being joined at the booth with us right now, Rocky Romero.
00:33Rocky, welcome back to the broadcast.
00:35Hello, gentlemen.
00:37What an amazing win that was here in the second match tonight.
00:42Myself and my great partner, the Alpha Canosta Tepesha of the Dog Callison Family
00:46just once again showing how dominant we are.
00:48What do you think, Chris?
00:49Oh, wow.
00:51That is very impressive.
00:52Some of the cats are very impressive.
00:54I mean, you were very impressive.
01:00Well, certainly a lot of new impressions to be set here tonight.
01:08It is the return of Francesco Aguirre to a professional wrestling ring the first time in six months for the Nova Fireball.
01:17Well, I mean, there is all of a sudden a lot of money around the United Empire.
01:29And a lot of that money, Rocky, coming from the new investor, the power broker that is Andrade El Idilo.
01:37A hundred percent.
01:38A lot of legal aid as well.
01:48A lot of legal aid as well.
01:48You're not supposed to bring that up.
01:52One hundred.
02:00A lot of legal aid as well.
02:04Well, a sold-out Tokyo Dome 24 hours ago was certainly a heavy night of loss
02:25for both the War Dogs and a majority of the unaffiliated.
02:29This combination here tonight, Clark Connors losing out in an ever-six-man ramble
02:33alongside the knockout brothers.
02:35Gabe Kidd going to follow suit, and here comes Hiromu Takahashi.
02:43Hiromu Takahashi suffering his, well, second straight loss of 2026 yesterday in the Tokyo Dome.
02:54Had a match for the year contender.
02:56Hell of a match for the Max over in pro wrestling.
02:58You know it, but on the losing end.
03:00And then yesterday, Rock, on the losing end of that 10-man tag team match.
03:08It's still early in the year.
03:10It's only been a couple of days.
03:12Anything can happen.
03:14This is New Year's Dash.
03:16Maybe Hiromu can get the win for his unaffiliated War Dog brothers.
03:22First?
03:23I think he's playing around.
03:24I'm on a beat for the first solo game.
03:25I'm going to watch this show.
03:26Now we're trying to use the game.
03:28Now we're trying to do him.
03:29I feel too.
03:30Ho, ho, ho!
03:33We're trying to get to do it.
03:35We're trying to do it.
03:38Then we're trying to do it.
03:39Chris, you've got to wonder what it is done,
03:42and we're trying to do it.
03:44So you've got to be the game.
03:45Then we're trying to do it.
03:47I'm going to deal with a different situation.
03:48Chris, you gotta wonder what's going through the mind of Gabe Kidd after what was yet another stab through the heart, yet another betrayal from Jake Lee defecting away from the War Dogs and joining United Empire. Yet another tag team partner loss for Gabe Kidd in his career.
04:08Oh, very sore memories for Ota and Gabe Kidd. Remember last time we were in this building, Gabe Kidd had to say he was withdrawing from G1 Climax early this summer, and yesterday, yeah, that betrayal of a tag team partner appears in Jake Lee over to the United Empire. I've got a feeling that he's going to be going straight for the man, the back of the money that put up the money for Jake Lee to be the hired guy in the United Empire and the hired leader of the United Empire.
04:38I think Gabe Kidd is going to go straight after Andrade in this one.
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06:20Young pure assistance here alongside Andrade El Idolo as it is Akira is gonna keep that attack on a role on the outside work
06:27There's no controlling United Empire at this point. No, I mean
06:32Yeah, it's a frantic pace at this moment and
06:36Definitely you got to give the edge to the United Empire
06:38I think it's ever since that new attitude that
06:43Callum Newman really developed really taking a lot. What's that kids do you?
06:47Yeah, I want to know well, I think you know, I mean Callum has always said that Will Ospreay recruited him into United Empire and
06:55Ospreay's original intention for the Empire was to be a group of killers hard and tough guys and
07:00Now Callum Newman really kind of wants to bring United Empire back to its original roots
07:17Oh
07:27Tag comes in the blue corner here comes Jacob Austin Young into the conversation
07:32And you know, it's been truly a trickle-down effect for this and Rocky all throughout
07:36From Callum Newman's added attitude. It's trickled to great Okan. It's come to Jacob Austin Young as well
07:41And I think really anyone who's needed that extra edge in the entire Empire has been Jacob Austin Young
07:47He's really been thriving in this environment. Yeah, I mean Jacob Austin Young was left off in the lineup for Best of the Super Juniors last year
07:55Really took that to heart and that, you know, made him very angry made him very hungry as well
08:01And then during World Tag League, you know, it was a situation great Okan of Callum Newman said
08:05Hey, if we don't win this thing, then this entire faction is done
08:08I think that was almost an aspect of self-preservation for Jacob Austin Young to take matters into his own hands
08:16Speaking of hands, certainly getting on the good side of the investor here tonight. It is Andrade Aligual
08:22Andrade Rocky has that history with Hiromu Takahashi in a sense via Los Ingobernables de Opon
08:37We don't talk about them anymore
08:39Well true, but Hiromu has done and Hiromu said well when Andrade was La Sombra
08:47That was the first man to invite Hiromu, uh, Tetsu Naito rather, into what became Los Ingobernables de Opon
08:54And that faction now disbanded, but Hiromu felt it was a betrayal for Andrade to be the new investor
09:00Oh
09:02Oh
09:04Well, let me tell you something about Andrade, he's all about the almighty Dawe
09:08Oh, you would know
09:09Oh, I know
09:10Call to United Empire Rock yesterday
09:17Said United Empire is now the best faction in all of Japan
09:22No more Bullet Club, no more War Dogs
09:25United Empire right at the top of the game
09:27I want to argue with him here tonight
09:29They definitely got the attitude of the show there
09:33But it's all gonna come down to wins and losses, as it usually does, and who controls the championship
09:41Well, Francesco Akira coming closer than most to a victory over Hiromu Takahashi tonight
09:48And a cover and a kick out at two, a third straight loss for Hiromu Takahashi
09:52Where would that bring Chris Hiromu in the mental game here to kick off 2026?
09:57Yeah, I think Hiromu was asking himself those exact same questions just last night
10:03Feeling a lot of frustration
10:05Need to win, need to win badly here this year
10:09Oh
10:11I like this
10:12Extra fire out of the Nova here tonight for Francesco Akira
10:16You know, Ota General Gymnasium, Chris, you and I were talking about it earlier on today
10:26It's always been a special arena for Akira
10:28The site of his All Japan World Junior title victory
10:31All those years ago
10:32It's the last building he wrestled in in Japan before injury
10:35And it's the one he makes his return to here tonight
10:37Last March he challenged Yald Esparado right here for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
10:49Wants to make his way to the top of that title contention list
10:54It's imperative that Hiromu makes that tag
11:12Oh, both sides
11:14Yeah
11:16God!
11:17God!
11:18I'm driving!
11:25Oh, yeah!
11:28Oh, fuck you!
11:30Oh, ho, ho, ho!
11:32Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho!
11:34Constant movement from Gabe Kidd on the evening
11:39Move of the force of
11:40Holy
11:41Jet engine here tonight
11:42Here tonight, Gabe Kidd is certainly pushing through Andrade Alidolo, and Andrade's got to push a little harder
11:48Not enough though as Kidd here
11:51Look at the leg deep for it. Two count only
11:55I mean you and I were right at ringside when we saw Gabe Kidd and Jake Lee butt heads during
12:01The G1 Climax and it was a wild brawl, but it ended in beers being shared and they became
12:09best buddies. Yeah, I think Gabe Kidd starting to get to that position in his career where he realizes
12:14the only person he can bet on is himself
12:20Talk about betting on yourself
12:22Andrade Alidolo has certainly revitalized his career doing that here at MJPW
12:29He has made his millions and millions by betting on himself and it consistently paying off today
12:39The G1 Climax game looks amazing
12:45Oh
12:51G1 Climax game
12:54Get, get, get, go
12:55I think you have to think a little pose like that is gonna anger Hiromu even more as well.
13:10That's if we're almost conscious enough to see it right now, Chris.
13:14That's true.
13:15He's been through the ringer the past few days.
13:17Andronic, big suplex there, and it's not gonna end with one.
13:21Zero-sum game thanks to Gay Kid there.
13:51Man, oh man, Clark is fired up tonight.
14:03That fire's gonna burn all the way to a victory on the evening.
14:09Clark Connors running, got it.
14:11Oh, wow, way too much running.
14:13Here we go.
14:14No!
14:15No!
14:16J-A-Y and Francesco Akira in to break it up.
14:20Clark has been, or he said it last December, Walker.
14:23Clark's such a great team player for the War Dogs on the back half of 2025.
14:28But I wanna see a selfish Clark Connors in 2026.
14:31And it might start with a big win on his own over Andrade El Idolo.
14:36And here comes J-A-Y and Francesco Akira to ruin the fun.
14:39Yeah!
14:40Yeah!
14:41Ah!
14:42Ah!
14:43Ah!
14:44Ah!
14:45Ah!
14:46Ah!
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15:03Ah!
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15:05Ah!
15:06Oh!
15:07Ah!
15:08Gentlemen, I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say Andrade...
15:10No
15:11No!
15:12Wait!
15:13Wait!
15:14Wait!
15:15Hold on to...
15:16Such a commanding force inside that thing.
15:17Oh!
15:18And landing out with ease...
15:19Yeah!
15:20Off it...
15:21On his off foot there, and just Clark Clark right in the face.
15:29And here's a favorite...
15:32One, two, three!
15:35One, two, three!
15:43At 3, 1, to 8, 1, to 8, 1, to 8, 1, to 8, 1, to 8, 1, to 8, 1, to 9, 1, to 8, 1, to 9, 1, to 9, 1, to 10!
15:54Gentlemen, that is a former IWGP Intercontinental Champion, by the way.
16:00Yeah, exactly right.
16:01And boy, oh boy, has he come back from New Japan with something to prove and show the right thing there.
16:08I mean, as a financial expert yourself, Rocky, where do you see United Empire headed with Andrade El Idolol as the big backer in 2026?
16:22Sky's the limit, baby.
16:23And of course, Andrade has business ventures all over the world.
16:43He might want to tell the people, Walker, what his plans for the year are.
16:49Wait a minute, wait a minute.
16:50What, Gabe Kidd with a quick interception there.
16:58There's nothing else to say.
16:59You got something to say.
17:01Let's fucking fight about it.
17:05You want to fight?
17:08Yeah, come on.
17:09You want to fight?
17:10Come on.
17:14And we're not done here, gentlemen, not by a long shot.
17:17I should speak louder than words sometimes, gentlemen.
17:24Come on.
17:25You want to fucking fight?
17:26Yeah.
17:27Come on.
17:33Come on.
17:39Hey, give me the money.
17:43Hey, give me the money.
17:44Yeah.
17:44Whoa, he's kicking off over to our right now.
17:59I'm gonna talk, watch the night, I'm gonna speak to these people.
18:062013, you're Lusomba.
18:11IWGP, Intercontinental Champion.
18:16Yes, yes.
18:19All right.
18:21Today, IWGP, Global Heavyweight Champion.
18:31Mm, what global?
18:33Now, Suji, Suji's my dog, but I want my title back.
18:39February 11th.
18:42What?
18:43In Osaka.
18:44In Osaka.
18:45Andrade, L, whatever the fuck, gay kid.
18:49Winner against Yorosuji, IWGP, Greenwood and IWGP.
18:55I like the sound of that.
18:58Two former holders of iconic white belts.
19:05The former Intercontinental Champion, Andrade Alidara.
19:12The former Global Heavyweight Champion, Gabe Kidd.
19:16And the winner, the winner wants the new Heavyweight Champion in Yorosuji.
19:22I'm so used to gay kid acting on emotion.
19:27I thought that he was targeting Andrade, guys, because he felt Andrade had hired Jake Lee over to United Empire.
19:34Such is not the case.
19:35I think he senses opportunity in the form of beating Andrade, perhaps getting a shot at Yorosuji in the Global Gold, right?
19:43I love it.
19:44New Year means new opportunity.
19:56One man is going to capitalize on it all.
19:58And it very well may happen on February 11th and new beginning in Osaka.
20:04Day, day, war, ring.
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