00:06music
00:34While Ryusuke Taguchi certainly feels the pressure heading into this league match on six points in block
00:40A competition against Kosei Fujita, Ryusuke Taguchi's focus seems to be more on
00:45the aesthetics of himself as well as the Japanese young puck than anything.
00:50Ryusuke Taguchi, a classy man who parts his hair to the right. Kosei Fujita,
00:55quite the opposite. A challenge laid out by Fujita yesterday for a new hairstyle, depending on the winner.
01:01Ryusuke Taguchi, 91kg, Miyagi Prefecture, Iwanawa PR Ambassador, Taguchi Ry
01:08usuke!
01:11Comb in hand, hair gel in the other. One man is walking away with a mid part in this match
01:18up.
01:42It is Kosei Fujita. As always, locked and loaded.
01:48Four points on the board, heading into in-ring competition here tonight.
01:53Fujita yesterday in post-match comments proposed a stipulation to tonight's match in KBS
01:58Hall.
01:59The loser must get a new hairstyle. Not a haircut, but a new part from the center.
02:05Fujita added that the loser must keep this hairstyle for exactly 69 days, as that is Ryusuke
02:12Taguchi's favorite number.
02:16Blue Corner official matches: 2 wins, 3 losses, 8.4.
02:20Best of the Super Juniors, last year's winner
02:24TMDK Japanese Young Punk
02:27Fujita Kosei
02:44A beautiful left part for Kosei Fujita in the hair department.
02:48Ryusuke Taguchi has long considered himself a right part man.
02:56From the moment you wake up in the morning to the moment you go to sleep at night, when you
03:00're doing media, when you're wrestling in a New Japan ring, when you're out on a date, wherever
03:04you are, all with the center part.
03:06For a little over two months, Kosei Fujita is a man who certainly believes he cannot afford
03:10such.
03:11Ah, he's strong for the cover. We may be seeing it. No, just the two count here tonight.
03:15And Ryusuke Taguchi looking for a quick heading to this one.
03:18This is a man who does not want a middle part to that beautiful black hair right there.
03:29I'll be honest with you wrestling fans, Fujita certainly didn't say it yesterday, and neither did Tag
03:34uchi,
03:34but both men seemingly look to be filled with the slightest hint of regret following the stipulation that was
03:41Made here.
03:42Not exactly something that's going to be enforced by the IWGP committee, but right now, K
03:47Osei Fujita is on the run here.
03:48And Ryusuke Taguchi certainly on the chase.
03:52And they're going to make their way right in front of me here in the English broadcast.
03:55And Fujita now, Fujita on the chase here, and Ryusuke Taguchi.
04:01Oh, what the hell is going on here? Kosei Fujita, I mean, we've got to try
04:04and get some control of this matchup.
04:08Even beyond the mid-part challenge, if you will, there's still two points on the line at Best
04:12of Super Junior.
04:13And now, we've got to try and get a camera to our locker room area.
04:24I have no idea what to make of this thus far, wrestling fans.
04:27Ryusuke Taguchi has very quickly disappeared from ringside, just the same as Kosei Fuj
04:32ita,
04:33all remaining right on the corner of the apron is that hair gel.
04:40And meanwhile, now, here we go.
04:42I mean, battle the locker rooms throughout in KBS Hall, and Taguchi and Fujita on the run
04:46now.
04:48Now, referee Marty Asami, I mean, we're doing another lap here.
04:51Marty Asami's got to start the count here.
04:53Both men could end up counted out and walk away with two center parts.
04:58Here we go.
05:04Kosei Fujita has long claimed the left part in the hair to be a little bit more
05:09classy than Ryusuke Taguchi's right part.
05:12I am a bit more of a right part man myself, but I'm also not Ryusuke Tag
05:16Uchi now, am I?
05:18Oh, no.
05:19Now, hey, come on.
05:20You can't do that.
05:21You can't do that until the match is over.
05:27Ryusuke Taguchi is very particular about his hairstyle.
05:32I think there's going to be a lot of conversation about this one if Kosei Fujita
05:35ends up the man with a middle part for the next 69 days.
05:39That is the agreed-upon number for both men.
05:41They did weigh the option of a full 365 days until Best of the Super Junior, 34 in 2027,
05:49but it was quickly shot down by Taguchi in favor of that 69 number.
05:53And one of these men will wear a midpart every single moment of their waking and sleeping lives until
05:59August 1st.
06:02Meanwhile, yeah, Kosei Fujita, let's keep in mind, this is a Best of the Super Junior
06:06matchup.
06:06Referee Marty Asami has completely lost control here.
06:10Six points on the board for Taguchi.
06:12Kosei Fujita hopes to match and surpass by the end of this one.
06:16Six points to four.
06:19Oh, and Taguchi, a massive, funky weapon right here.
06:25And a huge chop to the chest of Kosei Fujita.
06:33I mean, wrestling fans, could you imagine Kosei Fujita with a middle part in his hair?
06:38I mean, Fujita already has the entire left side of his skull shaved down.
06:49Something about that would just look completely unnatural, now, wouldn't it?
06:52I think Kosei Fujita, not just in the point department, but also in the hair department,
06:56certainly has a lot more to lose here than Taguchi has to gain.
07:01Fujita loses this matchup.
07:02He very well would be, I guess you could say, very close on the bubble when it comes to elimination
07:08and block A.
07:10Ryusuke Taguchi loses this matchup.
07:11He's still alive with a chance in block A competition.
07:16Yes, Taguchi, wow, wants that cross-arm and immediately do it.
07:20Fujita right to the bottom rope in to break that up.
07:25Kyusuke Taguchi closed out his post-match comments yesterday, threatening to cover Kosei
07:31Fujita head to toe in hair gel.
07:33I had to argue that only the head really needs the hair gel, but I digress.
07:40Taguchi a lot of tape on that lower spine.
07:42A lot of damage that's been done over the course of not just one, but 22 separate best of
07:47The Super Junior Championships.
07:49Oh, that is a nasty landing for Kosei Fujita.
07:51An even nastier here.
07:52Oh, my, and Garankalok locked in.
07:54And immediately, Fujita knew the danger he was in.
07:59And right to the bottom, he makes it.
08:03You can talk a little bit of match history here.
08:05All of which happening during Kosei Fujita's days as a young lion.
08:09Ryusuke Taguchi, a 2-0-1 record over Fujita.
08:13Two shocking for Taguchi back in 2021 and 2022.
08:172023 saw a 10-minute time limit draw for Fujita against Ryusuke Taguchi back on
08:23the New Japan Road Series that year.
08:25Really, Ryusuke Taguchi three years down the line has never faced off against this level of a
08:30Kosei Fujita.
08:31A Fugita who has won best of the Super Junior just the way Taguchi has.
08:36As Ryusuke now rolls back down and into the cross arm.
08:39Fugita folds in here to an immediate back out cross arm breaker for Ryusuke Taguchi.
08:49Oh, and Taguchi takes control of that left ankle.
08:53The Oh, my, and Garankalok in.
08:55Funky weapon right to the body of Kosei Fujita.
09:09Kosei Fujita may be going home with a middle part in that beautiful long hair.
09:15And now Taguchi.
09:16Oh, ho, ho.
09:17Fujita turned it around with the Enzigiri.
09:21The King of Strange Style.
09:23Oh, down to the canvas.
09:26The cover, the cover, he's got the tights.
09:30It's over.
09:48It was a lot more than best of the Super Junior on the line for Kosei Fujita.
09:54If Kosei Fujita had that middle part, Kosei Fujita could have had a career
09:59-The ending moment is right there.
10:00You can't show your face again with the middle part in New Japan.
10:05Certainly, Ryusuke Taguchi is going to have to ride the rest of this best of the Super
10:10Join with one.
10:13And Kosei Fujita denying the claims of using the tights for the roll-up.
10:19Kosei Fujita, six points on the board.
10:22Stays alive in best of the Super Junior 33 action.
10:31And there you see that hair gel.
10:34And now the ceremonial undoing of Ryusuke Taguchi's effervescent style.
11:03No, no, no, no, this is, this may be the worst thing to happen to Ryusuke Taguchi
11:09since that bike accident.
11:26Ryusuke Taguchi will be forced to hold a middle part in his hair for the next 69
11:32days and counting.
11:42Somebody start the daily Twitter account on social media.
11:45How many days left until Ryusuke Taguchi loses the middle part?
11:51Oh, good lord, this is an awful sight.
11:54Now I'm talking a little bit about what I see behind Taguchi, more so than in front.
12:03Coming up next for Kosei Fujita, staying alive in tournament competition, will make his way to Ts
12:07Ubame City, Niigata, Japan.
12:09May 29, Kosei Fujita takes on Bounty and Tate Jr. one-on-one.
12:22Meanwhile, for Ryusuke Taguchi, this is a heartbreaking day in our sport.
12:33Wrestling fans, you're going to have to stay tuned until August 1st to see the final day of
12:38Ryusuke Taguchi with a middle part in his hair.
12:4069 days and counting.
12:42As coming up next, May 29th, Robbie X takes on Ryusuke Taguchi.
12:46And coming up next tonight, Ryusuke Taguchi to the back.
12:49Robbie X takes on T-Todd.
12:51One-on-one.
12:51Thank you.
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