00:00You are looking now at the heart and soul of professional wrestling.
00:17And while that heart may stop beating inside the ring.
00:22You said it yourself, Chris, that soul is everlasting.
00:26The impression Hiroshi Tanahashi has made on every single one of us.
00:30Thank you so much for your support, thank you so much for your support.
00:36Hey, he'll still be there.
00:41First in the office every morning, last to leave at night.
00:47He'll still be there, Walker, signing our paychecks and telling you off from time to time.
00:56I don't think I'm the one.
00:59Well, I've got more talents off from him than you have to be fair.
01:07And he'll still be here making New Japan a better place, making all of us better people
01:13have just been knowing.
01:25On every single night, on the final road for Hiroshi Tanahashi, all of 2025.
01:36From the largest of the arenas to the absolute most barren landscapes we've reached in Japan,
01:42Tanahashi has reached out and extended the hand to every single fan he could get his hand on.
01:48And those people reach back to him as well.
01:50Tanahashi has a lot of bodies to get through here tonight in the Tokyo Dome and we're going to be here through it all.
01:57And soak in every single moment.
01:59This is one I wish could last forever.
02:13Rock Wilco and I were texting back and forth this morning and just sharing Tanahashi stories.
02:19One story I have was when we were in London a couple of years ago and, you know, I went over to see my dad over there.
02:29My dad was up with us in London and stayed in the same hotel.
02:33Tanahashi comes down and, you know, my dad doesn't know Hiroshi Tanahashi from Adam, but in an instant made this connection with him.
02:43And before, you know, before breakfast was over, he was inviting my dad to go work out with him.
02:50And it's, you know, it's one of those touching stories that just, you know, I mean, it just...
02:56The unbelievable innate ability he has to just reach out and touch someone and put a smile on somebody's face.
03:04There's not, I mean, I know there's a lot of people that don't like you.
03:08There's a lot of people that don't like me for sure and probably for Walker as well.
03:12All right.
03:13There's nobody that hates Hiroshi Tanahashi.
03:14There's not one single soul on this earth that has ever said anything.
03:19A magnetic soul.
03:25We are a long ways removed from our final bell that we've had here tonight at WrestleKingdom 20.
03:27And by this point in the evening, well, a lot of people that don't like me.
03:34We are a long ways removed from our final bell that we've had here tonight at WrestleKingdom 20.
03:42And by this point in the evening, well, a lot of these stands would be cleared out, a lot of these seats, a lot of these people would have already made their way to the stations.
03:49And every single individual in the Tokyo Dome today on their feet, still in the stands, and still waiting for the final bell from the Ace of the Universe.
04:02Oh, wait a second.
04:09So the Ace should be leaving through the cut and maybe that final bell should have been there, right?
04:22Gentlemen, what it-
04:27Wait a minute.
04:32What in the world?
04:47What in the world?
04:54Oh my gosh.
04:57We're allowed to take videos, the first and last showing of the Acemobile.
05:06Ladies and gentlemen, for your information, from now on...
05:12What we said earlier on, it'd be a hell of a struggle for Moroshi Tanahashi to hit every single corner, every single gate and section of the dome, to shake hands with our fans.
05:24I think we've found a hell of a way to circumvent that tonight.
05:27Good night.
05:40No, thanks for joining us today.
05:46Thank you very much for your time, and thank you very much for your time.
06:16Of course, you want to be, do this the horse power.
06:21You got to get bolts, you know, like an Aaron Wolf, that's a push.
06:28Walker, get down there, start pushing.
06:29Yeah, man.
06:30Well, I might as well be useful one way.
06:32All right.
06:35Gentlemen, I'll tell you this,
06:36as we're sharing personal stories about Hiroshi Tanahashi,
06:39I'm the newest out of anyone at this desk to join the New Japan Pro Wrestling family.
06:43And, you know, as an international talent,
06:46especially one who's not in the locker rooms like yourself, Rocky,
06:50it's a little difficult to make connections with some of the Japanese wrestlers on the roster,
06:53especially given the language barrier.
06:55First Japanese wrestler to pull me aside, ask me my name, ask me how I'm doing,
07:00check in and make sure that I'm all set and good.
07:03My first tour here in Japan is that man right there, Hiroshi Tanahashi.
07:07That's the man who gave me the confidence.
07:10That's the man who instilled it in me to be able to reach out and
07:13breach the gap to other members of this roster.
07:16Hiroshi Tanahashi has changed my life and all of our lives in more ways than I
07:22have any language skills to be able to explain here tonight.
07:28And for that, I know personally, I'm forever thankful.
07:31And yet, for everything and forever humble, as he said, going into this night, he saw himself, yes, I drew the house, but...
07:38And yet, for everything and forever humble, as he said, going into this night, he saw himself, yes, I drew the house, but...
07:49For me, from Tanahashi's perspective, he said, my job here tonight is to connect every single fan to the wrestling of the future.
07:56To connect every single fan here, not to Hiroshi Tanahashi one more time, but to Yojutsuji, who became double champion here earlier on tonight.
08:03To Aaron Wolfe, just debuted, a Phenom, no doubt, and the new Never Overweight Champion.
08:10To Kosei Fuji, to El Desperado, who won that full-way here tonight.
08:15It's an easy one, easy one.
08:17To Aaron Wolfe, just debuted, a Phenom, no doubt, and the new Never Overweight Champion.
08:21To Kosei Fuji, who won that full-way here tonight.
08:24It's even to show, even to Evil, even to House of Torture, to connect them to the people that we'll see in just a few hours' time at New Year Dash in Ota, Walker.
08:44You're absolutely right about that, Chris.
08:47And Hiroshi Tanahashi, just like every other promise he's made in the sport of professional wrestling,
08:55fulfilling that promise and that duty here tonight.
09:04Arigato.
09:05Arigato.
09:31Arigato.
09:32Arigato.
10:03There will be many men who come and go in the sport of professional wrestling.
10:24For this man right here, well forever and always, the New Japan Pro Wrestling's true ace.
10:36Never to be duplicated. Never to be replicated.
10:54And they're still not leaving one.
11:1143,000, 41,000, nearly 47,000 people.
11:15They're all right here.
11:17They want this moment to last forever.
11:19The people are seated for the final parade of Hiroshi Tanahashi as they were.
11:31For his match against Kazuchika Okada in our main event.
11:35And that says everything about the man that Tanahashi is.
11:39A man who transcends professional wrestling and I'd argue professional sports as well.
11:49I love you, AJ.
11:52The Walker and End is a start.
11:56And we don't put up the final credit roll and say so long from Tokyo Dome.
12:04Because the action continues right here on NJPW World tomorrow.
12:10Less than 24 hours away in New Year's Day.
12:12And in more ways than one, a completely different New Japan Pro Wrestling
12:17as we walked into it here today in the Tokyo Dome.
12:19Ota General Gymnasium.
12:21A mystery vortex.
12:22A lot of names already announced.
12:24What order?
12:25What matches?
12:26What are we going to see on the evening?
12:28Well, that's still to be determined.
12:38Well, gentlemen.
12:40What a night.
12:41What a night.
12:42What a night.
12:43Well, this one will go down in the history books.
12:46Wrestle Kingdom 20.
12:49Everybody will say, where were you?
12:52Yeah.
12:52We were right here.
12:53We had the best seats in the house.
12:54Yes, we did.
12:56For an incredible moment.
12:59A night to honor.
13:04Just one of the greatest professional wrestlers that the world has ever seen.
13:09And he did it in style.
13:14I've never seen the parade.
13:15That was the first.
13:16That's a first for me.
13:18I bet KJ Moodle wishes he would have thought of that.
13:20Yeah, Liger didn't get a parade.
13:21I see you got your notebook full of Rocky Romero retirement tour ideas.
13:25Well, you know.
13:27I don't think mine will be as grand.
13:29What do you mean?
13:30I'll be lucky if my mom shows up.
13:34Let's be honest.
13:35Not even Don Callis?
13:39Ah, probably not.
13:40Probably especially not Don.
13:42I probably have Don.
13:43You've turned on a lot of tag team partners.
13:45Ah, there you go.
13:46Are you on there?
13:54Gentlemen, at the rate we're going, I think we might get one more lap.
13:59And I'll be honest with you, I'm not going to deny it one bit.
14:03Well, gentlemen, I think I sign off here.
14:18All right.
14:19I appreciate you all.
14:21Fans worldwide.
14:22Thank you for joining us here in New Japan Wrestling.
14:25Always welcoming me.
14:27Hi, everyone.
14:27Gentlemen, thank you for always welcoming me.
14:29Whether you want to or not.
14:31Hey, man.
14:32Ron Callis may have put some strings to get me here.
14:35I think Walker and I both throw our wrestling careers to two people.
14:41One of them is leaving out the back door right now.
14:44And one of them is trying to get his ass off of commentary.
14:49As much as you are a bastard sometimes, God bless you.
14:54I love you.
14:55Hey, I love you too.
14:57You too, Walker.
14:58Well, thank you, Rock.
14:59We'll see you next time.
15:00And I love you all fans worldwide, even though you hate me.
15:03See you at Wrestle Kingdom 21.
15:06All right.
15:08Well, Chris, I'm sure I'm not speaking out of turn when I speak for both of us here.
15:13The statement I'm about to make.
15:14Hiroshi Tanahashi has had an incredibly storied career.
15:17And, you know, over the past two years of my involvement calling legendary aces matches here in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
15:24Big, small, and everything in between.
15:26And many more years than that for yourself.
15:28We can only hope we've done justice to the man who has made professional wrestling for us, both as fans of this great sport.
15:35And as people within New Japan Pro Wrestling office today, Hiroshi Tanahashi has given everything he has to New Japan Pro Wrestling for over 25 years.
15:48And we're going to hear one more call from the Ace of the Universe tonight.
15:52And that will be a call we've heard many a time before.
15:57And never has it run through it.
15:59And we'll hear it right now.
16:03I love you doesn't even come to fully translate.
16:07The meaning of Tanahashi's famous catchphrase.
16:24Right now.
16:28Just say one thing that.
16:37There is one thing that I've resolved to do in my heart.
16:52I am so, so happy.
16:54I fell in love with professional wrestling.
16:5626 years.
17:1126 years.
17:11It wouldn't be Tanahashi without the mouth full of marbles once in a while.
17:22It's because of every single fan and their support that has brought me this incredible life in professional wrestling.
17:35I have done absolutely everything.
17:48I have done absolutely everything.
17:51I have given it my fullest.
18:04And just at the end here.
18:07It's because ofיך seis over the life.
18:09Where should we attack?
18:11We are still here.
18:12We are still here.
18:13Yeah, it's so high.
18:18What?
18:19I cannot speak in a hyperbole when I say this here.
18:46God's greatest gift to professional wrestling.
18:49He is standing right before you today.
18:53And his name tonight and forever will be.
18:59The ace of the universe.
19:01Morochi Tata.
19:02Morochi Tata.
19:03Morochi Tata.
19:16Wrestling fans, that's been all for us here, live from the Tokyo Dome.
19:42This has been Wrestle Kingdom 20.
19:44This has been the end of an era.
19:46And the start of a new.
19:49We will see you all less than 24 hours from now tomorrow in Ota General Gymnasium.
19:55The world will be watching when New Japan Pro Wrestling presents New Year Dash.
20:03For Chris Charlton, Maraki Romero, I've been Walker Stewart.
20:07Saying so long from the Tokyo Dome.
20:16Take care.
26:52We're right back.
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