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00:24So too many of them knew your amurra kicked off,
00:27We just saw the fantastic Never Overweight 6-man tag team title match.
00:35We also came in 20 in the Tokyo Dome picked up with a chaotic Tornado Rambo.
00:42So to remember, we were joined by Kaisei Takechi for the Rampage.
00:47It was an all-singing, all-dancing, spectacular entrance.
00:50Takechi is a spectacular athlete. On paper, this is a spectacular trio.
00:55There was a lot of criticism reserved by the veterans involved in that match-up for the younger man in that Tornado Rambo.
01:10A lot of shade being cast saying that while the younger guys didn't have the competitive spirit,
01:15nobody really wrestled like they wanted to win the match.
01:17They just wanted to show off in front of a sold-out Tokyo Dome crowd.
01:22I think Shotsuno YuYu Emerick took that to heart.
01:25There was a lot of vicious back and forth between these two and Tomohiro Ishii and Taichi.
01:33And YuYu Dash.
01:35Yeah, for a couple of guys in the same unit, they didn't really get along that well.
01:40Could be part of the reason because these two were not really Hontai to begin with.
01:46Yeah, you're exactly right there. United Empire, well, I would say, I would hold my tongue and say United Empire don't always get along all the time.
01:59But YuYu Yurimura and Shotsuno Umino did come through the Nogue Dojo system.
02:17They were Young Lions themselves. They were part of Young Lions Cups in the past.
02:24To get to where they are today. So it was Taichi and Somiuri Ishii that took a very, very different part.
02:30Came up not in New Japan, but in other organizations.
02:33Chose to move from those organizations into New Japan even while New Japan was probably in its worst point business-wise than any other point in its history.
02:45All the so-called Black Saints in New Japan pro wrestling for just that reason.
02:50And certainly Ishii and Taichi have known trials and tribulations.
02:55And Umino and Umura have not. They have that competitive drive, at least they say.
03:00And Umura and Umura do not.
03:06We will look to show here tonight that the veteran Will
03:17can still bring glory when the younger generation cannot taste.
03:21You see that look Taichi just gave Yuya.
03:40former stablemates.
03:44Exactly right.
03:45Taichi had really a sort of mentor and protege-like relationship between Taichi and Yuya Umura when they were part of the, not just four guys, just five guys.
03:58I think at some point there were six guys in that group.
04:00Yeah, just a couple guys.
04:02And they were just no guys and they became part of Hontai.
04:06But certainly Taichi had taken Yuya Umura under his wing.
04:11And now it really does seem, and it was a case of Ishii got in the face of Shotsu, you know, backstage in Ota, saying if you're ready to go any time, let's go right now.
04:21There was a big pull-apart brawl there, and that message, just like you said, Jay, you know what I mean, all four of these men saying, just because we're all Hontai doesn't mean we're all going to play nice and shake hands and have a great time.
04:35They're not in here to have a great match here.
04:37They're in here to fight and fight for the right to face the IWGP Taichi champ.
04:42That's some shit to Yuya.
04:50Looks like these two are going to start.
04:55Bill Sands earned weight.
04:58Sixty minutes on the clock.
05:00If he thinks that's all in charge of this one, I think he's going to have his work cut out for him.
05:18This is, at some point, going to get very violent, but Jay, oh, well, you see, Yuya Umura usually so classical in his approach, but throwing one of the first strikes here.
05:29When he strikes him.
05:41Yes, there's a classical work.
05:42Oh, and he's turning away the drop kick.
05:49Oh, wait for the money.
05:55He's got a message that he came to play.
05:58Definitely, as does Uminar, but I think Urimar specifically wants to get back to the Knockout
06:06Brothers.
06:07Urimar wants to kick up with things that left off with Yuto Ice, I think, in particular.
06:13And for Taichi and Tomohiro Ishii, they were the IWGP Tag Team Champions right when Knockout
06:22Brothers came back from Excursion and won the IWGP Tag Titans.
06:26I know, obviously, Unbound Company and New Ladies and Empire are not exactly on the best
06:31of terms, but you have to give the flow as to the current IWGP Tag Chance in Yuto Ice and
06:37Oscar.
06:38I'm sure we can give credit where credit is due, of course.
06:42Yuto Ice and Oscar have really tried to splash since they came back from Excursion.
06:482026 is going to be the year of the United Empire.
06:56Uminar has yet to win a gold or any gold in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
07:08And run right through Taichi, unsuccessful, finally does.
07:12Goes over.
07:13And hold the Emperor.
07:14Soto came up, fired up today.
07:15Yeah, well, look at Ishii.
07:16Yeah, when he walked out here, he had a look on his face.
07:17He was not here to bullshit around.
07:18Yeah, I don't think Ishii has ever been in the mood to bullshit around.
07:19Have you ever seen Ishii bullshit around?
07:20No, I have not.
07:21No, I have not.
07:22That is a very Ishii-like, Ferenciro Tenmu-style combination.
07:26Shots and forearms in the corner.
07:29And now Taichi is standing them all, but in multiples.
07:37The volume of those strikes grinding down Taichi in the corner here.
07:45And now Taichi is standing them all, but in multiples.
07:54The volume of those strikes grinding down Taichi in the corner here.
08:00The champion is in the corner of the cannon.
08:07Nono and Ureme-ra twice have wrestled the knock-out brothers both to defeat Spencer Nio-goku,
08:13King of pro wrestling.
08:15Ooh, and then again, during Walt's ugly.
08:19You'll have to go through Taichi and Ishii to get to them.
08:22That was one.
08:26And you see the difference, you know, to that point.
08:29JJ, to that point, all of those strikes that Umino had to deal to Taichi in the corner,
08:34and it was one head kick, and no, Umino's still not moving.
08:37Yeah, sometimes you've got to sucker people in a little bit,
08:39because you know that you can just hit them so much harder.
08:43Shoto might be out. This might be it.
08:46Main event over.
08:47I don't think Taichi really wants to end it that way.
08:49I think that shot to the spine there was designed to wake Umino up.
08:53The crowd trying to will Shoto awake as he's sleeping on the job right now.
09:10Recover. He gets one, and Umino kicking out really on instinct here,
09:15but instinctively tried to crawl to his corner, instead crawl closer to Tomohiro Ishii.
09:20That goes back to what I was talking about earlier.
09:25You get hit, you forget where you're at exactly,
09:28and you don't know where your corner is, even when they're color-coordinated.
09:35It doesn't help when you're seeing about three or four corners at once,
09:39regardless of where you're looking.
09:43Umino now trying to will himself.
09:45I think now he's been woken up by the chops.
09:47I mean, he's stuck in the back.
09:53Yeah, stone pitbull for a reason.
09:55I mean, it's like...
10:00And that one was in the throat, I think.
10:04Ishii gonna try and make Shoto Umino talk like Todoraki Homa.
10:10Crush the larynx.
10:11And Umino flying right back, and it feels...
10:22Oh, man.
10:22Ishii got in line here.
10:23All right, he's gonna try and clear the decks,
10:25and he will very, very forcefully.
10:27Of Umino.
10:30Ishii did not take kindly,
10:31I think it's really Oscar and Ice liking what they're seeing I mean
10:49there's a level when you're in these faction versus faction these these interior these
10:54these unit derbies I guess you can call them and I mean there's a level here you're seeing
10:58especially in Hontai it's the more traditional the most traditional of all the units you're carrying
11:03the young lion the lion mark all the way through the the young lions have up towards the veterans so
11:09you have that that seniority of Japanese society you've never skipped to your
11:14oldest like the the senpai will always have you know the pull rank over the kohai here and
11:19I think that's what we're seeing in this in this match-up now and certainly Uno getting
11:24well under the the boot of Taichi Inishi you know it's starting to feel like they're fighting
11:30for more than just the opportunity of the tag championships but fighting for who's going to
11:34lead Hontai so many times you see that generational fight we've spoken to it or spoken about it since
11:44the first match of this evening how hard you have to fight you know even to get a win over your senior
11:51in the dojo and here you're seeing Uno really having to fight fight hard and you've seen guys like
11:59you know I mean Hiroshi Tanahashi was never really recognized as a top guy here in New Japan Pro Wrestling
12:05until he was able to beat Yuji Nagato so he beat the the class above here and I think Taichi Inishi in a way they
12:12want Umino to fight harder they want Umino and Umino to bring their best here
12:20yeah 100 percent with all the wars that they've been in they need these younger guys to prove themselves
12:32voice of karate kicks there
12:34it's actually another person you know you know your history Jay and Taichi labored under the gun of Toshiaki Kawada
12:43I mean he's a guy that knows tough love is Taichi
12:47yeah I mean he spent years under Kawada literally getting the kicked out of him
12:53and he had to just eat it and say thank you
12:55everybody in the back then I'm gonna win this long hit Dude
13:04to find himself in that spot right now
13:14Audience Member I game to the oils and
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13:20theцы are that made it easy for me and
13:23Oh, nice and high went Umiro.
13:28He's got to make his way.
13:35He's got to make his way southwest here.
13:38Umiro into the red corner and he does.
13:41Umiro gets the tag.
13:43Umiro, Umiro!
13:52Body slam to his former mentor.
13:54And...
13:55Whoa!
13:57Here's Ishii.
13:58I thought for a second I was going to question Jey the wing positioning on that body slam,
14:02but using touches, the steps gets Ishii.
14:06And right back out.
14:08And he remembered what happened earlier in this matchup.
14:13Umiro with the receipt here.
14:18The receipt, and we've spoken about shoulder injuries all night.
14:22Talked about it with Kosei Fitcher, talked about it with Bolton,
14:25but that is a shoulder that was dislocated and emerged in the U.S. for Ishii.
14:34A surgery was recommended to Ishii.
14:37Ishii denied it and has continued to gut it up, taped up.
14:40Took a couple minutes off.
14:42Still got to be hurting.
14:46Oh no!
14:47That's two.
14:48Not again to Sata.
14:5010 minutes past.
14:5210 minutes down.
14:53Time not really a concern here tonight.
14:54We've got 60 minutes on the clock.
14:55Certainly in the knockout pace they're going.
14:56I don't think we're going to threaten that time.
15:08There's a lot still to go here.
15:10Still to go here.
15:24Good pick there, driving Ulmer down.
15:27From the champion's perspective, Jay, there's a lot of talk.
15:34emotional work, certainly enjoys working with children,
15:38working with the fans, and the view from the Knockout Brothers
15:42is Urumura is simply too nice to be part of this business.
15:45Yeah, you can't be a professional wrestler
15:48and be too nice.
15:49You're literally fighting people for a career.
15:54And if you want to be successful,
15:55you have to be able to put people down.
15:57No!
15:58No!
15:59No!
16:01No!
16:02No!
16:04Big charge from Urumura.
16:05Means the backhand of Taiichi once, twice,
16:08and the third again, Iri.
16:13Nothing nice about that.
16:19So-called Son in New Japan.
16:21Again, there's light stand here.
16:23Speaking of dim lights, Soto Urumura is out on the floor.
16:24Taichi is out on the floor, he hasn't moved since he made the tag.
16:27Yeah, Taichi earlier, so there's going to be no assistance.
16:32Here it comes, Chris.
16:36Kyle Pisa.
16:42That's how you know Taichi means business is when his pants come off.
16:45Exactly.
16:46The sum is the straps going down.
16:48For Taichi it's the pants coming off.
16:50Oh, but look at that.
16:52Slick work to get to the hamlock.
16:54Oh, Ishii right behind him.
16:55Oh, stiff kick to the back.
16:58And Uminot was able to stir and clear the decks for Ishii.
17:02And now he's got that.
17:04He's got it in.
17:08Got that arm, hamlock behind his back.
17:10He is in great room position right here.
17:12Got his foot wrapped around Taichi's side.
17:14It's hard for him to see where the ropes are.
17:19Great point, great call.
17:21Taichi trying to navigate based on feel.
17:23Trying to inch his way closer.
17:24And Urumura now repositions.
17:27Hits his body in between Taichi and the ropes.
17:32And Taichi's been in this hold for a long time now.
17:36Finally gets a toe.
17:37I bet the tag champs are loving this.
17:53Seeing these guys just tear each other apart for an opportunity to challenge them for the titles.
17:58And certainly it's going to put them in a strong position come February the 11th.
18:04New beginning in Osaka.
18:05That's when the title match will take place.
18:07And you could certainly argue that just about two weeks, not enough time to heal for the match of this caliber.
18:14Urumura flies back.
18:16Urumura flies back.
18:17Taichi right there.
18:18Another Galangiri.
18:21Urumura down.
18:23Really, I think all four men down.
18:25Ishi and Urumura on the floor on the other side of the ring here.
18:29We think they want to make a tag, but with their partners just as beat up as them.
18:37Don't really know what might be the move to seal the deal.
18:40To win.
18:41Right now there's nobody to tag to.
18:48It's going to be Taichi and Urumura.
18:52Taichi delivered a harsh, harsh lesson to Urumura during the G1 Climax.
18:57The first time they were able to meet one-on-one since Urumura's excursion.
19:02Taichi put away Urumura and Sapporo.
19:05Urumura doesn't want to go down to his mentor again in Corcoran Hall.
19:11Oh, there's Urumura at the back door.
19:14Great, good work in here to get back into the ring.
19:18When Urumura needed it.
19:21And Ishi fighting up.
19:22Ishi with the assist instead, it's going to be, oh no, oh no.
19:33And we see it every now and again.
19:37Oh, communication breakdown.
19:38Urumura and Urumura have been so great for each other.
19:55There's a tag team over the last six months or so.
19:58And they're still not, they still don't have that synchronicity 100% there all of the time.
20:05That nearly spelled disaster.
20:09Urumura! Urumura! Urumura! Urumura! Urumura! Urumura! Urumura!
20:15Urumura now finally, I think for the first time in this matchup, brings Taichi into the red corner.
20:19Finally, it feels like the younger men in this matchup might have an advantage here.
20:24Gong72!
20:31Come on, go up!
20:33He's looking for something big now.
20:35I've got a feeling they might be looking to a tag team classic, if Urumura is willing to get with a follow up.
20:44Take a look at this. Taichi is up high.
20:46up high. And look for the superplex. Where is the power? And here comes the glory. Oh
20:57man, got it. Power and glory. The cover. And a flying save from the stone pitbull. Oh
21:13high and tight right down on that busted shoulder of Ishii.
21:27And well this is Feast of Famic. The Dragon Suplex. The Lariat. Dragon Riot inbound. Now Taichi kicks away.
21:36Next bomber from Taichi.
21:41Beautiful. Beautiful.
21:46It was such an impactful suplex. He didn't get enough from the bridge on the back end.
21:56Will that cost in here. He's trying to build some momentum looking for the deadbolt.
22:00They're going to try and shut the door on Taichi. Taichi putting the brakes on. Grabbing what he can.
22:14If that arm gets pinned to his side, he's going for that ride. Going for that deadbolt suplex.
22:18Going for it now. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
22:22Oh, sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Oh.
22:26As close as you can get.
22:34Dangerous. Back up, Batman.
22:36Give it up. Give it up.
22:38Dangerous. Back up. Oh, no.
22:41Whoa.
22:53Daichi. Daichi! Daichi! Daichi! Daichi! Daichi! Daichi! Daichi! Daichi!
23:02And JueLin Chan soon and Corcoran, it feels like Taichi.
23:05In the Lions'Chair with a support.
23:08the support tonight just might be taichi's house here in corkin it could well be and it might just
23:23be taichi and issues started the iwgp tag team championship going to roll back no
23:38and yet again in this matchup both men in the ring down difference this time
23:47luno and ishiya made their way to the apron
23:54and the first person to get the tag will have a major advantage in this matchup
24:03it's ishii it's luno here we go
24:08oh
24:18rocker wasn't cheated on that one in the strike
24:20oh my god
24:31rock show terminal
24:40at stake here now may have been
24:44no chance to wrestle the knockout brothers february the 11th in osaka
24:48either way
24:49whoever wins this matchup a hell of a preview for what's going to be a hell of a title match in your
24:55beginning
24:55you see gonna hoist
24:58moving off from the tedious rope
25:01the higher-end district all the way down with the superplex
25:12that's gonna be a good matchup
25:14you see
25:18that he might look for the cover
25:19and he's looking to finish him
25:23and he looks to knock his block off
25:27Nishi on the run, here we go
25:30no
25:31rolling elbow there
25:36Nishi
25:38dancing knee, might be on the button there
25:41might be unconscious
25:43Nishi
25:51Nishi
25:52Nishi
25:54Oh
25:56Nishi
26:00Nishi
26:02Nishi
26:04Nishi
26:07Nishi
26:08This is why Kirakan Uo brings out the very best of everyone here in New Japan.
26:24Again, this is just for the chance to challenge for the championships.
26:34That's how much those titles need to both these teams.
26:38That's how much the status has been raised by the current champions,
26:44the knockout brothers.
26:48Sandwich in the ropes there on the Larian.
26:51Yishi keeps moving.
26:54Moving on.
26:56Able to add a little bit of extra spice to that dropkick.
27:04Yishi fighting with his back against the wall here.
27:14Brain Buster.
27:16He's been alone in this ring for a long time.
27:21Beautiful photo for the Butterfly Suplex.
27:25Oh my god, Butterfly Brain Buster.
27:28Next ball for this.
27:31Oh!
27:34The only way she needed it most.
27:36Taxi making the save.
27:39Bruno drives, winds and fires with Larian.
27:42And now we do have all four men down.
27:45And seven mountains get one in, one out on each side.
28:10I think at this point, the two men in the ring are both found on their feet.
28:17Yeah, it looks to me that Ushiri might have a busted nose.
28:22Who knows what else?
28:26Bruno waking himself up.
28:29Watch the charge.
28:31Wow.
28:32Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
28:35Wait, wait, wait.
28:36Wait, wait, wait.
28:37High kick.
28:38Taichi with the assist.
28:39So powerbomb.
28:40Shoulders are dead.
28:42Two.
28:43Oh, Dio with the save.
28:45Last second save.
28:54Which way is this gonna go?
28:56There is.
28:57Certainly no chance this can go on for much longer.
29:02One knockout blow will seal it.
29:04It might come from Ishii.
29:05Now he's gonna go on the charge.
29:07Watch the Lariat.
29:08Bang.
29:09Bang.
29:11Both legs are hurt.
29:13And again.
29:14Again, Umino kicking off.
29:16Bang!
29:20Bang!
29:21Bang!
29:22Bang!
29:23Bang!
29:24Bang!
29:25Bang!
29:26Here it is, Jay.
29:27Yeah!
29:28Looking for a finish.
29:29Vertical drop.
29:30Oh, my God!
29:31Oh, God, that was nasty.
29:33Oh, that was nasty.
29:35Oh, that was nasty.
29:37Vertical drop, brain buster.
29:39Turned into a DDT right on the top of the dive.
29:42Oh!
29:43Oh, my Lord.
29:44She shrank another couple of centimeters.
29:54Courtesy of show to Umino.
29:56And fired right back with the Lariat.
29:59And Umino again.
30:01On behalf of his partner.
30:03Oh!
30:04Oh!
30:05Oh!
30:10Oh!
30:13It's rare we see a headbutt.
30:15Yeah!
30:16Out of the classical monster armor.
30:18Digging down deep.
30:21Yeah!
30:22Is Uya here tonight?
30:24Oh!
30:25Yeah!
30:26Yeah!
30:27Yeah!
30:28Oh!
30:29Strike knee!
30:30Oh!
30:33Strike knee!
30:34Umino keeps tights here.
30:36Oh!
30:37Powerbomb!
30:38Beautiful powerbomb!
30:39Covered!
30:402-8-0!
30:42Oh!
30:47We are 25 minutes deep into this.
30:53They've come by and it flashed.
30:556-8-0!
30:566-8-0!
30:576-8-0!
30:586-8-0!
30:596-8-0!
31:006-8-0!
31:016-8-0!
31:02Runa wants the knockout ball.
31:03Watch the Lariat.
31:04Here it is.
31:05Winds and fires.
31:06No!
31:07Another headbutt.
31:09A breeze block.
31:11To the jaw.
31:16Bang!
31:18Here we go.
31:192-8-0!
31:21No!
31:24Still not it!
31:32Oh!
31:33But that has to be.
31:35The strike knee.
31:36And they'll set up.
31:39The second and final chapter.
31:42Up we go!
31:43Oh!
31:44No!
31:45Oh!
31:46Ishii escapes tattoo there again!
31:51Oh!
31:54Cora Granholic is shaking.
32:02No!
32:08Jumping high.
32:09Shakes tight.
32:10Not for long.
32:11Oh!
32:12You heard the crack.
32:15Can you feel that?
32:16Oh!
32:17Samzuno down, sliding area, here we go.
32:24How many times have we seen those saves?
32:27These guys will not quit.
32:40Oh, Taichi all the way up.
32:42Over the top rope goes Yama.
32:47You see the damage and Taichi still somehow has enough left within him to taunt Tiyuta Ice.
32:54And say now we're going to get our rematch.
32:57The IWGP Tag Titles.
33:00Oh, look at them go!
33:02Oh my god, what a spike power driver!
33:05Is he in the recover?
33:07Hook to both legs!
33:08It's over, it's still over!
33:10God damn!
33:12Oh, that was ugly!
33:19I don't think it's going to take much more, Chris.
33:25I don't think I can take much more.
33:29Yeah!
33:31The Black Mephisto will serve up Ishii into the vertical.
33:35Drop a little more!
33:37Again with the save from Yuya.
33:41Oh, nicely done!
33:43Frankensteiner!
33:45Ishii now finally rolling away for now.
33:50And Taichi calls out Yuya.
33:52Yeah!
33:53Yeah!
33:54Yeah!
33:55Oh!
33:56Mintori protege.
33:57Who wants it more?
33:58Yeah!
33:59Yeah!
34:00Yeah!
34:01Yeah!
34:02Yeah!
34:03Yeah!
34:04Yeah!
34:05Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
34:07Good ball.
34:08Yeah!
34:09Yeah!
34:10Yeah!
34:11Yeah!
34:12Yeah!
34:13Sister strength!
34:14Humor!
34:15Yeah!
34:16Go ahead, but for Yuya!
34:17Yeah, frantically.
34:20They're trying to colorplay the ear, knock out the brain cells.
34:23Knock out Taichi stopped that momentum at last.
34:24And they'll have no choice but if they're going for the rune.
34:25Get ball suplex!
34:26Oh, but Ishii is legal.
34:27Ishii is scared.
34:28Ishii's suppressed.
34:30Knock out the brain cells. Knock out Taichi. Stop that momentum at last.
34:35He'll have no choice but he'll go for the ride. Get both suplex.
34:40Oh, but Ishii is legal. Ishii is still legal.
34:56Oh, huge integrate.
35:00He's forming a superhuman, but Ishii goes down. Dragon Riot.
35:05Dragon Riot takes down Ishii.
35:14Warrior left in.
35:17What a barrier.
35:19And a clattering side.
35:23Taichi's trying to drag himself in there.
35:25And the last words.
35:27In the second chapter.
35:31Taichi quarrying.
35:33And he will not make it.
35:38Man.
35:39Yes.
35:52Over half an hour.
35:55The limitations of human endurance results right.
36:00And the unit, the limits of bonds and brotherhood, and desire and will to win.
36:20Roll the song and dance in Tokyo, though, for this U Show tag.
36:27It was all go and no show here tonight.
36:30But what a show we saw here at Corcoran Hall.
36:38You gotta think and wonder what the tag champs think about it.
36:43Certainly I don't think Oscar is very happy.
36:46Well, I think Soto and Junior have tapped into something here tonight.
37:02Weston turns in how many times we saw one come to the A to the other.
37:08How many times they kept getting knocked down and kept coming back up.
37:17And I think for the first time here tonight, I think we've seen something from Soto and Yu Yuromura.
37:26And it says they can beat the Knockout Brothers.
37:30And they'll get that shot February the 11th in Osaka.
37:38For that February 1st and 2nd, we'll be back here in Corcoran Hall.
37:43Tickets on sale at jpw1972.com.
37:45You can buy tickets in English.
37:46Hit the banner at the top of the page.
37:50And what we've seen here today, Jay, the infection, loyalty, put all that aside.
37:55We've seen the level of competition that you only see here.
37:59The level of professional wrestling you only see in New Japan, you only see here in Corcoran Hall.
38:04Yeah, absolutely.
38:05This is why New Japan is the king of sports.
38:10Nobody, nobody on planet Earth, no wrestling company, does what New Japan can do.
38:18And has done for years and years and years.
38:21It is from last period of the year.
38:39Thanks!
38:41It's a tough love when Taichi Ali are in the contest.
38:58Showed to him now his first words to Taichi afterwards.
39:01You can still go at the highest level if you want to do it again.
39:11What an awesome main event.
39:29You gotta wonder how much damage competitors take and go into a title challenge healthy.
39:39You can physically see the damage that was on Hishiwi's face.
39:43But it's the internal damage you gotta worry about.
39:49On the other hand, sometimes you can say the calluses they've earned here tonight will harden over the next couple of weeks.
40:01And mentally, I think that the biggest victory is in the mental here for Soto and Yuya.
40:09And we'll hear from her right now.
40:13Taichi, and Ishii.
40:16Taichi and Ishii.
40:18Thank you so much.
40:23Thank you so much.
40:30You've got time for your team, and this is the best for your team.
40:34And surely we want to do this again.
40:38Basically, thank you for kicking our ass, is that what he's saying?
40:41Yeah, pretty much.
40:42The Strong New Japan Pro Wrestling exists because of you and because of Ishii and because of all of us.
41:07We need you all and we especially need you.
41:09Let's get started in the next season!
41:14We absolutely want to and need to face you again.
41:23That's very sweet, but they should be focused on the champs.
41:26I've won the Umiro and Uemura.
41:32Today, Mi and Umiro are victorious.
41:35Today, me and you are victorious and next, it's going to be KOB, we are your next challenges.
42:05Are we going to hear from the champs?
42:18I'm going to go to the ring.
42:25We want to hear what Yuta has to say, once the champion's in the ring and well...
42:33Yeah, I think Ice and Oskar...
42:43I don't think these guys, KOB, would ever take a chance not to run down, shelter at Yuya.
42:48Yeah, sure. I think you're asking for trouble when you want to put Ice on the mic.
42:55Oh, you guys are high now.
42:59Yeah, I'm starting to get high.
43:02Ishii and Taichi, are you stronger?
43:06Have you gotten stronger?
43:07Ishii and Taichi the most strong?
43:10Let's see who's stronger, and let's get high together.
43:16You don't have to think anything, you just have to feel.
43:23Let's get high.
43:27Big up.
43:28Yeah, it's already set for the 11th in Osaka.
43:44Nice hit, February 11th in Osaka.
43:58Do you think knockout brothers have ever experienced recreational drugs before?
44:04It's a bit of a lot of pressure.
44:05The decline is coming.
44:06Ah...
44:07That's the only thing we played so far.
44:12Wow, there's a little bit of back and forth here.
44:14I'm so sorry to be back and forth, and I'm so sorry to be back and forth here.
44:28Aren't you frustrated about the losses you took?
44:31I'm so sorry to be back and forth.
44:33Thanks to the Kilt-Nokar brothers in the past, and I'm feeling definitely frustrated.
44:38I'm feeling the pain of those losses.
44:40We have to carry that frustration with us to turn things around and take those titles.
44:51We have to carry that frustration with us to turn things around and take those titles.
44:56We're going to find a show to...
45:02I'm sorry.
45:08And of course, there is no way I don't feel the pain of those losses.
45:13There's no way I don't feel frustrated.
45:15I don't feel the pain of those losses, I don't feel frustrated.
45:20I have been wondering, I have been lost, I have been upset.
45:27All of those feelings, feelings that I've never felt before, are going to be unleashed.
45:36I'll fight together.
45:38And just for that purpose, let's fight together.
45:48If you've got this power, I'll be able to win.
45:54I'll be able to win.
45:57I'll be able to win.
45:59I'll be able to win.
46:00I'll be able to win.
46:01If that's the feeling we have, then we should be all set.
46:06I'll be able to win.
46:08I'll be able to win.
46:09And Sochi's going to close us out here.
46:11I'll be able to win.
46:12I'll be able to win.
46:13I'll be able to win.
46:14I'll be able to win.
46:15I'll be able to win.
46:16I'll be able to win.
46:17I'll be able to win.
46:18I'll be able to win.
46:19I'll be able to win.
46:20I'll be able to win.
46:21And thank you for the whole time.
46:23Thanks, Faye.
46:24Everybody in here, in the building, everyone watching our home and world.
46:28This isn't about just putting up airs and saying something cool.
46:49I never thought myself as a cool guy in the ring.
46:56I've never thought of myself as a cool guy out of it.
46:58I've always felt that the people that try their hardest are the coolest and people that never give up are the coolest.
47:12That's what I'm feeling right now. I won't want to give up.
47:25And that desire, that drive is what brings us into professionalism.
47:32Coming into this life, into this business, I have felt hardship, frustration, defeat over and over and over again.
47:43It's now time for me to turn away from focusing on my defeats.
47:56It's now today time for me to use and energy as a weapon.
48:03It's to turn that into strength and to move forward.
48:11It's now time for me to move forward.
48:18I am here because of my defeats. I am here because of my failings.
48:25And I am here to turn that into enjoyment and love and fun here in professional wrestling.
48:32I mean, FLJ SHOTO had a lot to get off his chest in those closing comments.
48:39Yeah, I'm sure after the physicality of that match, you get to a point where you're going to be a match.
48:46I'm sure after the physicality of that match, you get to a point where you're going to be a match.
48:51That you just got to kind of let everything out.
48:52And maybe SHOTO can wake up tomorrow a brand new person, almost.
48:57True.
48:58I'm sure after the physicality of that match, you get to a point where you're so drained that you just got to kind of let everything out.
49:14And maybe SHOTO can wake up tomorrow a brand new person, almost.
49:19Truly a second chapter.
49:22Yeah, I think that second chapter has had ups and downs.
49:25And sometimes SHOTO added frustration, you know, that might be coming out and expecting a completely different reaction.
49:33But he earned the chance, the support, and the love of the people here today.
49:38And using those defeats and those upsets, those frustrations to make you a better person is a key part of life.
49:48And a key lesson that SHOTO has learned.
49:51And like I said, I think now, finally we've seen, and it's SHOTO and YUYA, it's seen that can beat the champions.
49:59It's going to be February the 11th, a new beginning in Osaka.
50:03SHOTO and YUYA take on Oscar and Yuta ice.
50:06And thanks for joining us here for our first trip to Cochran Hall in 2026.
50:13The action keeps rolling on tomorrow.
50:15And thanks for joining us here for our first trip to Cochran Hall in 2026.
50:30The action keeps rolling on tomorrow.
50:35And thanks to some of the cards being determined by our results here tonight,
50:40we'll have the full card available for you tomorrow morning.
50:43NJPW1972.com
50:48And I'm sure some of it is Jacob Austin Young in the United Empire causing trouble.
50:52Am I working tomorrow?
50:53I don't know.
50:56You'll let me know though, right?
51:01Well, we'll find out one way or the other, I'm sure.
51:04Also, you got my shirt, yeah?
51:07You picked one up?
51:08Yeah, yeah.
51:09I'll pick one up.
51:10All right, good.
51:11Thanks for your shirt.
51:13Take on SHOTO Global.
51:15One thing we do know for sure, Young Lion Cup continues tomorrow night.
51:25Shoma Kato will be taking on Masutori Asura in one semi-final.
51:31And the other semi-final, you see Katsuma Ashura taking on Daiki Nagai.
51:37We're advanced.
51:38Well, thanks to a disqualification.
51:43Well, they left that sentence hanging in the air, Jacob Austin Young.
51:46Thanks to a disqualification, Zane Jay was disqualified earlier on tonight.
51:49Is that what happened?
51:50That's what happened.
51:51Pallon Newman gave Zane Jay a chair, and Zane Jay busted it over the head with Daiki Nagai.
51:57Again, I feel like it's a matter of perspective, Chris.
51:59Like, you're spinning a narrative.
52:02And, you know, I don't really appreciate that.
52:05I'll watch it back.
52:07I wasn't there.
52:08I didn't see it live.
52:09I was getting ready for my match.
52:11So I really don't appreciate the narrative that you're trying to spin around United Empire.
52:15Especially my friend, Caleb.
52:17Well, I mean, I hear a lot of great things of being done with AI these days.
52:20But I certainly saw something with my own two eyes that seemed very definitely real.
52:29Isn't AI just terrible?
52:31Can we talk about that?
52:33I mean, I think that's one thing we can agree on.
52:36I think that's one thing we can agree on.
52:44Meshmer and Daiki Nagai in one semi-final tomorrow.
52:48Kato and Masatori Asta in the other.
52:50The winners of those matches will face off certainly the first in the online cup finals.
52:55We also got two championship matches coming up tomorrow, people.
52:58IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Tattles.
53:01Kosei Finster will defend their championships against Yoshinoba, Kanemara, and Sho.
53:08And our main event, Doki El Desperado, one more time for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
53:15So it's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
53:22It's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
53:25with the people you your mirror as well these guys really put in extra hours
53:31over time well
53:36maybe then I might I might ask for an extra little something something in
53:40that brown elbow and looks at the other end of the night but for him and I know
53:44it's the love of the game and the love of the people
53:47envelopes Chris it's direct deposit
53:53this isn't an Indy
54:00you can look at your pace sorted out with our AR
54:17well we'll stay around we'll see whether certainly I will whether the show to him
54:26on you your mirror have words to say on tape
54:28I probably won't I'll probably get out of here
54:32at this point yeah yeah I don't get paid by the hour Chris
54:36thanks I guess I appreciate it thank you for being well at least somewhat well
54:42behaved and not dropping any f-bonds on here at least
54:45yeah I'm like kind of human
54:48yeah it's a little foul-mouthed rat a little bit
54:52Chris have a good night okay thanks to Jacob Austin Young
54:58congratulations show to him and our you you're the winners the main event here
55:03tonight in Corcoran Hall and a lot of memories being made with our young fans
55:08all the way around the building thanks to everyone for tuning here
55:15now folks in they're repeating those things
55:22here's the sign off
55:24you
55:26you
55:28you
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