00:15L'injury bug a hit New Japan Pro Wrestling's roster pretty hard when you think about it.
00:20et une de la plus recent injuries
00:22qui s'est sidelisant une half de l'IWGP
00:25des tag team champions
00:27qui est-il, qui est-il,
00:29qui a fracturé l'orbital de la bone
00:31repair surgiquement.
00:33Le fait de l'IWGP des tag team titles
00:36est-il de déterminer,
00:37dépendant de combien il va être out,
00:38mais c'est une action pour Sonata
00:40pour ce qu'il n'est pas.
00:43Sonata a été un très grand
00:44pour le premier,
00:46nous avons parlé de lui
00:47de l'athlétisme,
00:48il a commencé à faire ça.
00:50Sonata !
00:56Sonata va face Chucky T
00:58de Chaos
00:59en l'opening round
01:00de la Coupe du Japon.
01:02Le action se déroule
01:04sur le 9 de mars.
01:06Je trouve Chucky T
01:07c'est déroué, par le fait.
01:08Il y a beaucoup de gens,
01:09il est, c'est déroué.
01:11Il est, je pense qu'il est,
01:12Je pense que si vous demandez Beretta,
01:13il s'agirait.
01:16Il s'agirait.
01:16Il s'agirait.
01:16Il s'agirait.
01:17Il s'agirait.
01:23Il s'agirait.
01:27Il s'agirait.
01:29Il s'agirait.
01:31Il s'agirait.
01:33Il s'agirait.
01:34Il s'agirait.
01:48Il s'agirait.
01:51Il s'agirait.
01:52Il s'agirait.
01:53Il s'agirait.
01:54Il s'agirait.
01:54Il s'agirait.
01:56Il s'agirait.
01:56Il s'agirait.
01:57Il s'agirait.
01:58Il s'agirait.
01:59Il s'agirait.
01:59Il s'agirait.
02:05Il s'agirait.
02:06Il s'agirait.
02:09Il s'agirait.
02:12Il s'agirait.
02:13Il s'agirait.
02:14Il s'agirait.
02:14Il s'agirait.
02:15Il s'agirait.
02:16le tournament, il va face
02:18à la fin des champions
02:19qu'il souhaite.
02:21J'ai l'impression que le
02:22le tournament va
02:23contre Okada.
02:25Je ne sais pas pourquoi
02:26il faut faire autre chose.
02:27Le seul qui peut avoir
02:29un autre feeling
02:30est Hiroshi Tanahashi.
02:34Pourquoi ?
02:35Qui veut faire une mesure
02:36de l'arrivée contre
02:37Manoro Suzumi.
02:40Il vaut la fin de l'intercontinental.
02:42Je ne sais pas, je ne sais pas.
02:43Je ne sais pas.
02:43Et c'est un stretch
02:44as far as I'm concerned.
02:46I agree with you.
02:48Yoshihashi.
02:49No slight to any of the
02:50other champions.
02:51But if you've got an opportunity
02:53to face Kazuchiko Okada
02:55for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship,
02:58I don't care if you're in
02:59the Chaos faction.
03:00You take it.
03:02I mean, it can literally,
03:04anyone can be beat on any given day.
03:06We know that.
03:07So why wouldn't you roll the dice
03:09to get in there with Okada?
03:10Test yourself.
03:11108cm, 102kg, Yoshihashi!
03:15Because being a good teammate
03:17and then there's making the right decision
03:19for you and for your family.
03:21So you've got a harpoon
03:22that he brings to the ring?
03:23What is that?
03:24He's got a collection of them.
03:25How do you get that through
03:26security at the airport?
03:27Well, he lives here.
03:28It's kind of easy.
03:29Yoshihashi!
03:30So it's a one-on-one match
03:32instead of what would have been
03:33a tag team encounter
03:34as Yoshihashi faces Sonata.
03:37And these two have history dating back
03:38to their early days
03:40when they began training together.
03:42They tried out the dojo.
03:44Exact same day.
03:46Dojo! Dojo! Dojo! Dojo!
03:50Sonata sporting the Mexican
03:53Sugar Skull design on his tights
03:55from El Dia de las Muertes,
03:58the Day of the Dead.
03:59Very famous holiday in Mexico.
04:02The match begins with a good,
04:03strong collar and elbow tie
04:05up in the center of the ring.
04:09Sonata with a, I would say,
04:11decided strength advantage, Kevin.
04:12Would you agree?
04:14I would agree with that.
04:17I would suggest a decided
04:19athleticism advantage.
04:22No doubt there.
04:28Although, Yoshi's been showing
04:30a mean streak, Kevin.
04:31He is.
04:31And I think where Yoshihashi
04:35may have an advantage
04:36is only in consistency.
04:38Because Sonata can be the premier athlete
04:41that we know he is,
04:42and then other times
04:43he gets a little lulled to sleep.
04:45Now, he brought everything out
04:47when he faced Okada
04:48for the IWGP Heavyweight title.
04:51New beginning in Osaka.
04:57That's the problem when you're so gifted, Kevin,
05:01that it's easy to just give 20%.
05:02I mean, I've lived this my whole life.
05:04That's a cross.
05:05Oh, look at that.
05:06Oh, man.
05:07Yoshihashi going for broke.
05:08And that's what he needs to do, Kevin.
05:10He needs to take it to Sonata.
05:14What's he waiting for?
05:15Yoshihashi was disappointed.
05:18Came up short against Naito
05:19in that special singles match in Osaka.
05:23So he gets another opportunity here
05:25in a singles encounter
05:26against another member
05:27of Los Ingobernables de Japón.
05:29And he doesn't want to come up short again.
05:38Oh!
05:43Watch out, cameraman.
05:45Watch out, ringside photographers.
05:48Reversal of Fortune into the barricade goes
05:50Yoshihashi.
05:51Not what he had planned.
05:56Sonata charges.
05:59The athleticism comes into play.
06:01There you go.
06:01Dragon Sleeper.
06:03Can't win with a skull end out on the floor,
06:05but you certainly can do a whole lot of damage.
06:12Referee Marty Asabi screaming behind them.
06:14Get back in the ring.
06:16Yeah, what I would do here is I would hang on to that hole,
06:20get him a little bit on Dream Street, and then try to get the count out.
06:24Drag him to the top balcony if you can do it.
06:31Sonata so measured, very Mudo-esque in his movements,
06:34but then can explode on a moment's notice.
06:38And while Yoshihashi is in a lot of trouble here on the floor,
06:44Yoshihashi passed the test, became part of the New Japan Dojo.
06:48It's not the case for Sonata, so he began to train with Mudo.
06:53And Keiji Mudo is a huge influence on the career.
06:56Sonata has adopted the moonsault.
07:00And like you said, a lot of Mudo-esque movement from Sonata.
07:06So instead of taking a count out or even attempting one,
07:10he rolls back a weakened Yoshihashi under the bottom rope.
07:13And will now work from the offensive advantage,
07:16having done damage out on the floor.
07:24He's got a great field of 16 in the New Japan Cup.
07:32Who are you picking?
07:34I'm wrong every year, so why bother?
07:37Well, that's why I asked you who you're picking,
07:38so I know who not to pick.
07:40Last year, my pick was Omega.
07:42He lost in the first round.
07:45I'm tempted to say Ishii, believe it or not.
07:48But I don't want to jinx anybody.
07:50I'm looking forward to Bad Luck Fale and Archer.
07:52What about Chuck E.T.?
07:54I don't like his chances.
07:56I'm taking Juice Robinson on their record.
07:58Not a bad pick.
07:59No, no.
08:00Juice was my way too early pick to win the New Japan Cup.
08:04So I got to kind of stick with that.
08:06But again, don't want to pick because it's jinx.
08:10I know Voice of Wrestling, a lot of sites.
08:12Lions marks, they're doing t-shirt contests for the winners.
08:19Try to pick a winner.
08:20It's fun.
08:21It's a knockout tournament format.
08:26Win and advance.
08:29Yes, Yoshihashi is being ground down into the dirt by Sonata.
08:33But somehow, some way, getting back to a vertical base, at least attempting to.
08:45Drop kick to the knee.
08:48DDT stands Sonata on his head.
08:50And that spiked him.
09:00That shoulder of Yoshihashi clearly bothering him.
09:08And Sonata's had a troublesome neck ever since last year's G1.
09:14suffered a stinger during that tournament.
09:17Fought through it.
09:23Oh!
09:25Oh!
09:29Oh!
09:32Oh!
09:33Oh!
09:34Oh!
09:36Oh!
09:39Oh!
09:42Oh!
09:43Oh!
09:44Oh!
09:47Now he's gonna take him out to dry.
09:50Wow!
09:53Oh!
09:54Oh!
09:57Oh!
09:57Here is a cover.
09:58Marty Asami right there, two counts.
10:00Santana kicks out.
10:01Oh!
10:01Oh-oh!
10:02Oh!
10:02Oh-oh!
10:03Oh-oh!
10:03Oh-oh!
10:04Oh-oh!
10:04Oh-oh!
10:05Oh-oh!
10:05Oh-oh!
10:06Oh-oh!
10:06Oh-oh!
10:14Il n'y a pas beaucoup de travail.
10:15Il n'y a pas beaucoup de travail.
10:17Je pense que c'est pas Kota Ibushi pour Yoshihashi
10:20C'est pas un ordre d'or.
10:26Il a très difficile d'opposition.
10:30Mais, c'est toujours un tournoi
10:32avec des upsets.
10:34Man, man.
10:36Il n'y a plus facile, Kevin.
10:38Il y a plus.
10:42Le même que Yoshihashi
10:45a donné à Sanada.
10:46Il y a plus.
10:47Il y a plus.
10:49Non ?
10:51Non, tranquilo.
10:53Il n'y a plus.
10:57Sanada.
10:58Il y a plus.
11:00Il y a plus.
11:04C'est bon.
11:07Il y a plus.
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12:38Beautiful side of suplex.
12:40Too nice of a guy?
12:41Yeah.
12:43You never were accused of that.
12:45No.
12:57TKO.
12:59Yo.
13:00In the center of the ring, the leg is hooked and Yoshihashi kicks out at two.
13:10But not a surprise that he was unable to get the three count.
13:29People want the moonsault.
13:36Not gonna get it because he's gonna tap him out right here.
13:39No.
13:52Got him.
13:53Now Yoshihashi's gonna try it.
13:58What a reversal by Sonata.
14:01Yeah.
14:02Skull End.
14:03Skull End.
14:04No.
14:06Yoshihashi slipped out.
14:11Lung Blower now both men are down.
14:22Let's take a look here before Skull End could be applied.
14:29Yoshihashi kept this match alive for him.
14:31It would have been certain doom were it not for that match saving maneuver.
14:46Gonna look for the Swanton here perhaps.
14:53Oh.
14:55Sonata got the knees up though.
15:06Sonata needing the time to recover.
15:08And now springs.
15:10And now goes up.
15:11There it is.
15:12No.
15:13Missed it.
15:14Missed the moonsault.
15:21Too much time it elapsed for Sonata before he was able to go to the top.
15:25Yep.
15:27And we're back to both men being down.
15:33Another sellout from New Japan Pro Wrestling.
15:36It's the 46th anniversary.
15:38And we're live on NJPWworld.com.
15:40A special singles match.
15:41Yoshihashi versus Sonata.
15:44It's anybody's ball game.
15:48Five, six, seven.
15:51Sonata rang his bell missing that moonsault.
15:54He's on Dream Street.
16:13Not much on that.
16:18The WWE.
16:20The WWE.
16:28Wow.
16:29It was a lot on that.
16:31Face chalk.
16:38Sonata only goes down to a knee.
16:44That woke him up.
16:48Before the discus, the thrust kick connects.
16:59Big uppercut.
17:06So much taken out of Sonata, though, too.
17:11Sonata has been weakened by the offense of Yoshihashi, reverse.
17:21O'Connor roll.
17:24Rolls through, scull in.
17:28Wait a minute, inside cradle, inside cradle, too.
17:30Just about got it.
17:38Western Lariat, cover, two, wow, so close to three.
18:06Powerbomb in the middle.
18:07In the center of the ring, he is stacked up and just a two, just a two.
18:13And Sonata kicks out.
18:15Go, go, go.
18:18The right there, the butterfly lock.
18:24Long way from the ropes, too, Donny.
18:27He is, and he's got that bad neck we talked about earlier.
18:31Look at the pain after the face of Sonata here as he tries to work his way out of this
18:36submission hold.
18:39.
18:43Great move by Yoshihashi, creeping the back of the knee to put him back down.
18:51.
18:56Driving, really driving his hips into it.
18:58Sonata is fading fast, or is he?
19:06Man, does he need a break in the worst way?
19:12No.
19:16Yoshihashi needs to sit back on this a little more.
19:20Again, it puts tremendous pressure on the neck.
19:25He might be out.
19:27He's quitting that carotid artery, Kevin.
19:30Yep.
19:31Fading into oblivion, but no.
19:33Wow.
19:34Last desperate gasp.
19:36Great fortitude there by Sonata to get the ropes.
19:43If I'm Sonata now, I try to roll out, take a powder.
19:53Here we go, now he's gonna try Karma.
19:57Skull in.
19:58Skull in.
19:59That's the other way to go.
20:01Put your submission hold on as quick as you can and hope to tap out Yoshihashi.
20:06And the key here is he's got that body scissors locked in, nowhere for Yoshihashi to go.
20:16He came close to submitting Okada, did Sonata, to capture the IWGP
20:20Heavyweight Championship.
20:22Will he be able to do it here to Yoshihashi?
20:30He's across those legs, there you go, got that body scissors cinched in.
20:35And I think this might be all.
20:56Yoshihashi is fading, he can feel it, he's getting desperate.
21:02His body, his arm is going limp, he's out.
21:11Now he's gonna hit it, Don.
21:14Nailed it, moonsault, cover, two inch over.
21:21I think the man was already out, but he wanted to hit that moonsault for the people.
21:26And he nailed it.
21:32So can Sonata earn a rematch if he wants against Okada?
21:40He's just gotta outlast 15 others in the New Japan Cup.
21:45Is that all?
21:45Yeah, that's pretty much it.
21:47Yeah, that's pretty much it.
21:48He's gotta win four matches.
21:52Here's your winner, Sonata!
22:09The next time Okada defends the title, it probably will be on April the 1st at Sakura Genesis.
22:19If he is victorious, he will tie Hiroshi Tanahashi's record of 11 consecutive title defenses in a given range.
22:30That's not the mark in the history book that you want.
22:35But Sonata will take it if it means getting another opportunity at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
22:40A title he is destined for, perhaps.
22:44Let's do it, Jordan Jiha.
22:44did an blinking sun紅 veil before his eyes but you didn't have enough energy to
22:44be hated.
22:44New Dan, and Ipmav worse.
22:44career he's pretty understood how to reflect it.
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