07:42Look out.
07:44Dangerous driver Takagi.
07:47Shane Haste saying, well, when he was a young man,
07:50he was young lion and young boy for Kenta Kabashi
07:53and sees the potential in Oiwa.
07:56High praise, but dumped out on the floor here tonight.
08:02And that is a legendary comparison being made
08:05between Ryoho Oiwa and Kenta Kabashi.
08:07It was a rare cohesive sentence coming out of Shane Haste's mouth as well,
08:11I'll tell you that.
08:12Usain Haste did also say he's looking forward for Ryoho
08:15to throw some big boy clotheslines
08:18and can't wait to see him sling BBC all over Neil Goku.
08:21Yeah.
08:24Ryoho being slung into the guardrails.
08:26You know, Chris, I'm going to take you back to the press conference.
08:28I know you're well aware, but Ryoho acknowledging Takagi's plans
08:31to challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight title
08:34should he retain the never-openweight title here tonight.
08:37And the comments from Shingo Takagi almost waving that off
08:40and saying, I don't know what you're talking about.
08:47Well, Shingo is very good at posturing, but quite right in the end to say,
08:54well, for right now, all I see is you.
08:58But there is no doubt that Shingo Takagi knows that that never title could be used
09:04as leverage to get himself a World Heavyweight Championship shot.
09:07Now it's been put into the ether, put into the world by Hiromi Takahashi.
09:12He was the one that gave Shingo that idea, I think.
09:16There is nobody in this world that wants to see Ryoho Oiwa win this championship tonight
09:21than this corner man, Kosei Fuji.
09:24An offer put on the table for the Tokyo Dome.
09:27True openweight battle, Kosei Fuji to Ryoho Oiwa.
09:30I know a lot of people would love to see that.
09:31Well, Fujita and Oiwa debuted at the same time,
09:34debuted together during the pandemic in 2021.
09:37That means you're forever tied as allies and as rivals.
09:43And that's the dream.
09:44That's what you always talk in the dormitory.
09:47How about one day we wrestle in the Tokyo Dome?
09:50Whoa, whoa, whoa, right through, and a shoulder tackle from Ryoho Oiwa.
09:54Can you believe that man is only 25 years old?
09:57Incredible.
09:58If he wins, he would be the second youngest holder of the Never Championship
10:02in history behind Will Ospreay.
10:05That's bam.
10:07Right shot, Lariat here one more time for Ryoho Oiwa.
10:11So the non-dominant side knocking Shingo down.
10:15Southpaw is Oiwa.
10:20As into the cover here, could have a new champion and broken up.
10:24And let's not forget, as we saw in that opening video package,
10:27Oiwa wrestled Shingo Takagi when he was a young lion all the way back in 2021.
10:33And that has been the motivation for him ever since to compete on Shingo's level.
10:38And that one singles match on record.
10:40Look out.
10:41Oiwa from the top here.
10:43And a hard splash through Takagi.
10:46Cover.
10:46And it's two.
10:51Simple and effective.
10:53All of that weight.
10:54And that's a lot of weight.
10:55A lot of muscle.
10:57Onto the torso of Shingo now.
11:00Might be setting it up, Walker.
11:02Yep, we always see that sleeper hold into the southpaw discus.
11:06Oh, back to elbow.
11:08Got a left shot for Shingo.
11:20A lot of great singles matches for Ryoho Oiwa during his excursion in pro wrestling.
11:25Noah, most notably against the GHC heavyweight champion himself, Kaito Kiyomiya.
11:29But there is a world of difference when it comes to experience facing off against a man like Kiyomiya and
11:34a man like Shingo Takagi.
11:36Yep.
11:37And it's a world of difference just in the atmosphere of being in the New Japan ring as opposed to
11:42the Noah one.
11:44As we are live tonight at Ryokoku Sumo Hall.
11:48Up high.
11:49Oh.
11:49And Shingo not wasting any time.
11:53Shingo Takagi wants to take this one from the heavens.
11:57Superplex.
11:59And a double bounce tonight for Ryoho Oiwa.
12:06Shingo Takagi sat up.
12:09Sliding butter cover here for Takagi and still no.
12:20Now lower back, you're right, bounced off of the canvas.
12:24And now giving Oiwa an awful, awful lot of trouble here.
12:27I'm sorry, Chris.
12:28I only hear five minutes have passed in this matchup.
12:30I mean, we've seen about 20 minutes of damage in five.
12:34And now it's time.
12:35It's tea time, says Shingo Takagi.
12:38Shingo Takagi not afraid to turn it up the level,
12:40especially in a building like Ryokoku Sumo Hall.
12:50As we could see here, Chris.
12:53One in made in Japan, Oiwa.
12:55Smart to escape.
12:59Takagi off the ropes.
13:02Rolling elbow there for Oiwa.
13:04Don't turn your back on Takagi.
13:06Off the rope one more time.
13:07Pumping bomber attempt.
13:09Oiwa doesn't go down.
13:10Oh, beautiful.
13:10German suplex.
13:11The swiftness.
13:13Oh, big bomber.
13:14And Oiwa up.
13:15Oiwa's up.
13:17Olympic slam.
13:18He got him.
13:20We are seeing the grit and the drive in that young man,
13:24Yohei Oeiwa, here tonight.
13:34Listen to the Okoku Walker.
13:37It is the people that are going to bring the best and the biggest out of you.
13:41And we need that on the stage for Ryohei Oeiwa tonight.
13:45We're seeing if Oiwa can hang in this environment.
13:48And he definitely can.
13:49And he might put Shingo away.
13:57Oh, discus, no, hold on, hold on.
14:00Made in Japan.
14:02He got him.
14:03Takagi, no.
14:04No.
14:08No.
14:10New Japan born, Noah raised.
14:14Oiwa wanted to use that rolling elbow.
14:18And I got a signature move for Mitsaru Misawa.
14:23And he got blasted for his troubles.
14:27Oiwa, Oiwa, Oiwa, Oiwa, Oiwa, Oiwa, Oiwa.
14:31Shingo Takagi, Dragon Gate, born and raised.
14:34And now a New Japan mainstay.
14:37Oiwa.
14:41All the credit in the world.
14:42Oiwa is not fading easy.
14:44The rights and the lefts and the rights and the lefts.
14:47To the jaw.
14:48Wait a minute, wait a minute.
14:48Captured German Suplex.
14:50The cover.
14:52No.
14:54That's the difference of an all-Japanese amateur wrestler,
14:56Walker, as Oiwa was.
14:58That swift, that pivot, the duck under, the hips.
15:01And now the sleeper can set up the grip.
15:04Shingo is going to want to fight out of this one.
15:06You'll feel the panic start to set in.
15:11It's not the sleeper that's going to beat you, Shingo.
15:13Now it's going to be what comes after.
15:17Here we go.
15:19The Gron-no.
15:21Oh.
15:22Go.
15:22The Grip.
15:30Takagi.
15:32Is he looking for that Dr. Bob Walker?
15:34It is Dr. Bob Walker.
15:34Yes, he got it, he got it.
15:36He's the new champion.
15:38No, no, no.
15:42It is hard not to be in the corner of Ryoho Ayoa right now, Chris.
15:47He wants it all and he wants it right now.
15:51And he just might take it.
15:53That Dr. Bob put a lot of people away in Noah,
15:56but he didn't put down the never champion.
15:59Oh, the talk of the new generation.
16:01Ryoho Ayoa wants to stand out above the rest.
16:04The super new generation.
16:08Here it is.
16:08Ayoa, the grip.
16:09No, no, no, Takagi.
16:11Pumping Bomber captured in.
16:13Cover, cover.
16:14And it's two.
16:22Shingo Takagi, it's your last rites.
16:26No.
16:27Oh, underneath.
16:28And the way we started is the way we ended.
16:31Drop kick from Oyoa.
16:33One more time.
16:34The grips, no.
16:37Oh.
16:40And Oyoa, with all he can,
16:43getting to his feet out knocked down.
16:45Bumping Bomber.
16:51Shingo Takagi.
16:53Oh.
16:54Powerbomb folded in.
16:56Two.
16:59It's Shingo Takagi's own route
17:02to get into your tenure
17:03with that soul powerbomb.
17:16Shingo wants to build up Steve.
17:19Oh, big Bomber.
17:24Oh.
17:30Shingo on the shoulders.
17:34Last of the trackers.
17:51Oh, man.
17:53Oh, man.
17:54No, hey, what do you want?
17:55Said this wasn't as much about challenging
17:57for the never gold as it was challenging
18:01the strength of Shingo Takagi.
18:04We saw every bit of that strength
18:06in that pumping Bomber Walker.
18:09And then last of the dragon
18:11to seal the deal.
18:13I'm not sure I've ever been more impressed
18:15with the singles return from Excursion
18:17than I have just seen
18:18out of Ryohei Oyoa.
18:20Very few veterans of this sport
18:22can stand toe-to-toe with Shingo Takagi.
18:24And Ryohei Oyoa, 25 years old.
18:29What did Shingo say to Fujita there?
18:32Hard luck you didn't get your shot
18:34or you may still get it one day.
18:37I don't think we've seen the last of Oyoa
18:40in Shingo Walker, not one bit.
18:42Not at all.
18:51If we're being pragmatic,
18:54I think a lot of people
18:56wanted to see Oyoa walk out
18:57with a championship.
18:59But they needed to see if he could hang.
19:02And there is no doubt
19:03that he can hang in there with the best.
19:08It's got to be a disappointing walk out tonight
19:11for Ryohei Oyoa and Kosei Fujita included.
19:17Hopes of a clean sweep tonight
19:19for TMDK's squander.
19:21But a victory here tonight
19:23for Shingo Takagi.
19:25Los Incombenables de Hapod
19:27are on a roll.
19:282-0.
19:29The isu.
19:312-0.
19:312-0.
19:323-0.
19:32The isu.
19:34The isu.
19:36The isu.
19:38The isu.
19:38C'est parti.
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