00:00Pro Wrestling fans, we are live here tonight.
00:04History will be made.
00:06It is sold out in the Tokyo Dome, and the world is filing in.
00:10As my name is Walker Stewart, alongside the incredible Chris Charlton.
00:13Chris, for the kickoff here tonight.
00:17Yeah, we're throwing one extra in there for the paying people.
00:20Sold out in the Tokyo Dome.
00:21A specially added kickoff tag team match up here tonight.
00:25Featuring our young lives.
00:27Special kickoff, Yorosuke.
00:29Will Yorosuke again at the top of the hour?
00:32Yes, we will.
00:32All right, we'll be live at the top of the hour, but
00:35we're starting us off here with special young lion.
00:38We're gonna say goodbye to Yoroshi Tanahashi here tonight.
00:42We're gonna start with the futures of professional wrestling.
00:47That is the team of senior young lion,
00:49Katsuya Morishima, alongside Masa Toriasa.
00:51And meanwhile, this young man, Tatsuya Hatsumoto, has been making a hell of a name for
00:56himself as, well, the newest member of the Goto Revolutionary Army, alongside Goto and
01:00Yoshihashi.
01:01Masa Toriasa.
01:03Look at it, Walker is a unit.
01:05Look at that physique.
01:07That is a Tokyo Dome built physique right there.
01:10173cm, 97kg.
01:12Kato Shoma.
01:16And the other senior most member of the Noge Dojo, outside of Katsuya Morishima,
01:20this is Shoma Kato.
01:21The question being, Chris, I mean easily, and I mean easily, the biggest stage, not only
01:25are young lions, but you, I, anyone else in this building, for the most part, have ever
01:29been on, is gonna be here tonight in the Tokyo Dome.
01:32Look at you, you were on the big screen up there.
01:34You didn't even notice.
01:35Yeah.
01:36Well, how about that?
01:37Milano Collection AT was here as well.
01:38Well, which pair of the young lions, Chris, the question being, they are going to be the
01:43ones that make their own history for tonight, write their future.
01:46We're kicking off 2026 in the biggest way one possibly can.
01:49Well, I mean, you couldn't think of a more important stage to get the first win of the
01:55year on.
01:57I remember back in the day, you know, I was watching a lot of these old Tokyo Dome shows
02:02and the very first match of 2010 was a young lion, Kazujuku Okada, in tag team action.
02:09The very first match of 2020, the last time we were talking about 40,000 plus, and the
02:14very first dark young lion tag match then was Ronyo Tsuji and is in the main, well, in the
02:20double title match, semi-main event here tonight.
02:23So you never know what any one of these four men could turn out to be.
02:27Asatori Yasuda taking credit tonight, Walker, for getting this tag match on the cards, but
02:32it's Murashima and then Matsumoto tying up here.
02:36And Katsu Murashima, the senior member of the no-gay dojo outside of Kato, which one of
02:40these two seniors will be the one to lead their own team to victory?
02:44We're going to find out, but you mentioned it earlier on, one Kazujuku Okada will be meeting
02:49Hiroshi Tanahashi.
02:50It is the reason that we are all here today to say goodbye to the Ace of the Universe in our
02:54main event here tonight.
02:55That's Yasuda looking at the screen there and tying up with Shomakato, who owes his career
03:00to Kazujuku Okada.
03:01When Okada had a reality TV show here in Japan, enlisting young men to be part of the no-gay
03:08dojo, Shomakato won that TV show and has made great strides as the young lion here, pushed
03:14up against the ropes by Masatori Asada.
03:20You could argue Shomakato has the most TV personality about him here.
03:24We're going to be live on terrestrial broadcast television on the Japanese side, by the way,
03:27first time in many, many years.
03:29Yeah, it's going to be, well, not quite live as live, but as live in prime time, and that
03:34is a tremendous honor for all the people that are going to be part of that event.
03:45As it is, Shomakato looking to take control here tonight, the first of two kickoff matches.
03:49Soon after this, we're going to be following up in a big, big way.
03:52A lot has gone down between El Phantasmo and Chris Brooks.
03:55We'll be talking about the NJPW World Television Championship in just a matter of moments.
04:00As bam, beautiful suplex there, reversed in by Masatori Asada.
04:05As the people continue to file into a sold out Tokyo Dome here tonight.
04:09Suplex one more time, cover here for Asada.
04:12And a two count only on young lion Shomakato.
04:15That's it, Asada, part of a wrestling family, second generation wrestler,
04:21as well as his twin brother, as well getting into professional wrestling.
04:26As tag made in the corner, here comes back young lion at Murashima.
04:32I got to tell you, Katsy Murashima, for my money, Chris, has a lot of potential,
04:36maybe the most potential out of anyone that we're seeing inside the ring,
04:38and it's still early days for all of them.
04:40Cover here for Murashima.
04:41You've just seen this man turn into an absolute spark plug over the last time.
04:44Yeah, yeah, I mean, for a long time, Murashima had everything but the energy,
04:47but that spark, but he's really gained it.
04:49Murashima was the last personal attendant for Hiroshi Tanahashi,
04:53you know, who's retiring, of course, here today.
04:56And a lot of these veteran wrestlers have, you know,
04:59young lions that help them on the road, that wash their gear, carry their bags,
05:04this, that, and the other.
05:05Murashima was the last person, and that means he learned under the tree,
05:10and no better learning tree than that of Hiroshi Tanahashi.
05:13And Murashima looking to capitalize, but got bowled over there by Itachi Matsumoto.
05:18Yeah, young lion Matsumoto makes the tag.
05:19And while we're on the subject of former Tanahashi attendants,
05:22he looked at the IWGP World Heavyweight and Global Heavyweight title matches
05:25soon to come later on here tonight.
05:27And Yota Tsuji, yet another Tanahashi attendant back in his own days.
05:31Yeah, the lineage, the legacy of Hiroshi Tanahashi will go on long, long, long into the future.
05:37And there's a lot to talk about when it comes to, you know, how Tsuji perceives that legacy.
05:43But in the meantime, look at, look at this.
05:45Matsumoto there, former personal trainer, a lot of strength, great body,
05:50finished very well in our concurso bodybuilding contest,
05:53and repeated body slams there into the cover.
05:55Cover here one more time, two count only for Young Lion Matsumoto.
06:01And I'd argue out of all the Young Lion certainly built the most steam for himself over our most recent series,
06:06that being World Tag League 2025, that being serving underneath Gotoh and Yoshihashi on that run.
06:11And we're gonna be seeing Gotoh, Yoshihashi, a plethora of characters later on here tonight.
06:15The Never Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship to be on the line in our yearly Rambo,
06:20but a little bit of a twist this year.
06:21Yeah, right, and Team Rambo this time.
06:24Three men at a time are gonna enter that at one-minute intervals,
06:28and you can be pinned, submitted, or thrown over the top rope,
06:30and that would eliminate your whole team.
06:32Last in standing will be the Never Openweight Six-Man Champions,
06:35and that is gonna kick off our main card right at the top of the hour,
06:40wherever you are around the world.
06:42Yes, here we go, Katia Morishima takes Matsumoto off the ropes,
06:45and a massive back body drop.
06:48Cover here for Morishima one more time.
06:51Still not gonna be enough.
06:53Nice stuff there, though.
06:54Murashima quickly followed up with the cover.
06:56There was no wasted motion.
06:58Murashima's really got the in-betweens down,
07:00and that's gonna be a challenge-walker for Aaron Wolfe
07:03in his debut match later on in the Never Openweight Championship match.
07:06Whoa!
07:07You're absolutely right about that.
07:09Evil and Wolfe one-on-one for the Never Openweight title tonight.
07:11Look at this, though.
07:12This might be a future Never challenger.
07:14Bam!
07:15Murashima stampede!
07:17Just plussing in Tatsu Matsumoto here tonight.
07:22Yeah!
07:23And Murashima, this will be the biggest,
07:25easily the biggest victory of any of these men's careers.
07:28Well, I think a lot of talk about our young Lions wanting to move up,
07:32take the next step in their career,
07:34maybe go overseas for a learning excursion.
07:36Murashima might earn himself this ticket if he can submit Matsumoto.
07:41You know Hiroki Goto is watching on with a stern eye on the monitors.
07:45Walker.
07:46Oh, it's Kato making his way in, trying to save the side for his team.
07:51Here comes Yasuna now to try and change that equation as well.
07:54These four young Lions, giving it their all.
07:57Yes!
07:58And a massive dropkick there from Yasuna.
08:00Murashima still has this Boston Crabbs center of the ring.
08:03And Matsumoto, the youngest of these young Lions by debut time.
08:08Oh, yeah!
08:11It's over, it's over, Murashima's done it.
08:15It was all in the leg strength, Walker.
08:21The thousands of squats put that Boston Crabb in extra tight,
08:25and then those squat jumps at the end are what did it for Matsumoto.
08:29You know, he really kicked Murashima's right on the verge of moving up,
08:33moving, graduating out of those black tights.
08:36And often our young Lions will go overseas, go to a different country,
08:40get their reps in an entirely different situation.
08:43I kind of think Murashima's right on that precipice walking.
08:46No doubt about it whatsoever, I'll tell you right now.
08:49Murashima Katsuya, Yasuda Masatura Group.
08:56As a young Lion, and the ceiling that is put on you as a young Lion
09:00here in New Japan Pro Wrestling, this right here for Murashima and Yasuda
09:03has to feel like winning the World Heavyweight Championship.
09:06And truth be told, there is only going to be one man in this building
09:10feeling that here tonight.
09:11People continue to file in here to the Tokyo Dome.
09:14We are still out.
09:15I'm just looking here, it's a sea of people.
09:17And we're half an hour, but I've got chills,
09:20literal chills going up all over my body here.
09:23Just an unbelievable sight and there's a lot of hyperbole.
09:28Wrestling announcer hyperbole I know is a very real thing,
09:31but this is a night in history.
09:33This is something people will talk about for generations to come.
09:37There we go.
09:40There we go.
09:41Net場.
09:43excellenco馬 struggle.
09:44Nice, job, I left here!
09:45There we go.
09:46There's a challenging time.
09:47It's fun.
09:49What am I wrong with you to reach outside to our start?
09:52A beautiful thing for you to retire!
09:54It's really nice and beautiful.
09:56I'm so pleased I friend and dad.
09:59All right, everybody, compared to Americaworld,
10:00what are we?
10:01No way at all.
10:02I'm well.
10:03I'm Present in the gorn and fried.
10:04All right, it's aubersy.
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