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00:02G1 Climax 32, D-Block Koushiki, 30分, 1本勝負, Yoshihashi vs. Will Ostrade!
00:15On se termine la semi-final, G1 Climax, D-Block Koushiki, 30分, 1本勝負.
00:24So D-Block Chaos, Team Chaos, Project Chaos, whatever you want to call it. Operation Chaos, there we go. That's
00:31the official name. Are you getting t-shirts made for that, Kiv?
00:34Uh, no.
00:35Okay. It would also require Will Ospreay to beat Yoshihashi here tonight.
00:49See, Red Shoots doesn't fist bump with me.
00:52You're not as drinking, buddy.
00:54That's true. I'm off it.
00:59Well, I'm trying to think if, you know, who does a Yoshihashi or a Will Ospreay win?
01:06Who does that favor from your perspective, David, in this one?
01:11Yoshihashi is 2-2 right now, 4 points. Will Ospreay also 2-2, 4 points.
01:19But you and Yoshihashi yet to wrestle, but you've beaten Will Ospreay.
01:24Yeah.
01:24So, I mean, you'd have to assume you're in the tank for Ospreay for this one.
01:28Uh, yeah. I hope it takes Ospreay at 29 minutes and 59 seconds to beat Yoshihashi. So he's good and
01:34tired tomorrow and then I have a nice, easy win and I can take the block.
01:39That would be ideal for me.
01:42Yoshihashi's had a great tournament, Kevin, through this whole run. I think really since I put out there what was
01:48people's favorite G1 matches and a lot of people coming back with Yoshihashi versus Shingo Takagi back in also.
01:53Yeah. And I said, you know, who's your tournament MVP? And, and Yoshihashi got quite a few fan votes as
02:01well as our special guest, David Finley. So obviously the D block, I think a lot of people said on
02:08paper, oh, it's, it's Will Ospreay. Oh, it's Shingo Takagi. Well, everybody's involved.
02:20You guys see, you know, she's got his, uh, right shoulder taped up pretty heavily.
02:25Never a good sign. Who's had a history of shoulder issues.
02:30Oh, can't even get in the ring.
02:31Oh, can't even get in the ring.
02:33Oh, can't even get in the ring.
02:43What? So are you going to, do you have a game plan in mind right now for tomorrow against Yoshihashi?
02:51You're going to wait to see how things unfold here.
02:52I have a game plan, but I'm not, uh, it's not set in stone. We'll see how this goes. I've
02:57got the perfect seat to scout this match.
03:01But I think my game plan is pretty good.
03:14When Yoshihashi got to two and one, it was the latest he had ever had a winning record in a
03:19G1 Climax tournament.
03:22For Will Ospreay, thus far in two and two, I'm sure in terms of the Billy Goats standards,
03:29he's underperformed, but he has a huge target on his back.
03:35Not only the rep pro undisputed British heavyweight champion, but the IWGP U.S. heavyweight champion as well.
03:42I thought you handled that situation with giving him back his title about as well as anybody could.
03:48Well, I want it to be mine.
03:50In my eyes, I'm the uncrowned United States champion.
03:53And I think Will knows it.
03:55If you notice, he hasn't worn it since they gave it back to him.
04:01So we'll see what happens here.
04:04Every match important in the G1 Climax tournament.
04:16Yeah, what are you looking at?
04:19Focus on Yoshi!
04:21Will Ospreay!
04:34And those losses to you, David, as well as Shingo Tsukagi will be the biggest stings.
04:42And that main event in Osaka with Shingo was unbelievable from a performance standpoint.
04:49But obviously, not getting the win is very damaging to Will Ospreay's G1.
04:57Well, it looks like there's two layers of tape on Yoshihashi's shoulder.
05:01Do you have any insight as to what issue he has, shoulder-wise?
05:06I've asked him.
05:06He wouldn't tell me, though, which is probably smart.
05:10Could be anything.
05:11Could be labrum.
05:11Could be rotator cuff.
05:12Could be bicep, honestly.
05:14Could have forearm taped up, too.
05:16Yeah.
05:17All right.
05:17So the bell sounds, and we're underway.
05:19Yoshihashi versus Will Ospreay in the D-Block.
05:2330 minutes are on the clock, as they are with all G1 Climax tournament matches.
05:28And a collar and elbow tie-up.
05:33And is that a case where putting tape on your injured body part, is that kind of a last resort
05:39kind of scenario, drawing attention to it?
05:41Yeah, ideally, you don't want attention drawn to it, but sometimes you kind of got to, you don't really have
05:46a choice.
05:47Otherwise, you're going to hurt yourself.
05:50Is that a decision that you get to make?
05:54Are you the final say in that?
05:55Training staff makes their recommendations.
05:57How does that work?
05:59Yeah, I get the final say.
06:02Basically, if I want tape, I go, hey, can you tape this up?
06:04And if I don't want tape, I just don't even go.
06:07So you avoid the trainer's room during this time?
06:11I only go when I absolutely need to.
06:15But I will peek in and see who else can do that.
06:17Oh, that chop, man.
06:23And is that something, are there sort of any...
06:25Oh, my goodness.
06:28Any ways you try and take care of yourself at this point in the game?
06:32It used to be the fashion a few years ago of guys doing cupping, things like that.
06:38Are there any sort of special techniques that you guys use at this point in the game?
06:41Hold that thought.
06:42Let's count at one.
06:44How do you handle...
06:45Like, your shoulder's been worked on a few times in this tournament, David.
06:48Yes.
06:49And we've talked about the fact that shoulder will never be right.
06:51So are you seeking treatment for that?
06:55Yeah, I actually just went and saw a physiotherapist yesterday.
06:58A lot of ice, a lot of stretching, a lot of deep tissue massage,
07:03a lot of banded rehabilitation work.
07:07Oh, my goodness.
07:11Sometimes he hits like that now, if his shoulder was 100%.
07:14I know.
07:17That's one thing I'm not looking forward to tomorrow.
07:20Yeah, it's going to be something else.
07:23On his shoulders, here we go.
07:24Watch this.
07:25Across the top strand, here comes Ospreay.
07:27Oh, man on the move.
07:30They're so fast.
07:41And of course, Will Ospreay has been making headlines all throughout this tournament, Chris.
07:47Always the provocateur, trying to get a reaction out of wrestlers not just here at New Japan Pro Wrestling,
07:53but all around the world, it seems.
07:55Yeah, he's a machine.
07:56And of course, that's gotten him noticed.
07:58United Empire will be part of the AEW Trios Tournament starting next week on Dynamite.
08:05And it's going to be Will Ospreay and Aussie Open making that trip to the States after the G1.
08:11So, I mean, I think partly sometimes that's Will Ospreay trying to be a provocateur,
08:17get those big matches in every promotion in the world, get paid, get all that attention.
08:23But I wonder whether that, you know, distracts him mentally at times from getting the big results.
08:30Oh, wait a minute.
08:30That's why he's only two and two.
08:31Look at this.
08:32Oh, good God almighty.
08:37David, you wondered if maybe Yoshihashi was dealing with something with his bicep,
08:42and that was part of the targeting there for Will Ospreay.
08:46Yep.
08:47Knees straight to the muscle.
08:57Oh, and that one directly to the shoulder capsule itself.
09:00That ring post is unforgiving.
09:05And Ospreay rolling in.
09:10You do what you have to do to win at this point.
09:14Absolutely.
09:15There's too much on the line.
09:19That's been Will Ospreay's philosophy, certainly, ever since he founded the United Empire,
09:25of just doing everything it took to gain victory, getting a killer instinct.
09:29I think that's almost unlike pretty much anybody on the New Japan roster right now.
09:34Everything he does is designed to maim.
09:38I mean, his change in attitude won a world championship.
09:41No doubt about it.
09:42So, you can't argue with the results.
09:45I'm going right back to the right arm.
09:52And do you think, did you feel that he was a changed man even since, you know,
09:56you faced him in the semifinal of the New Japan Cup a couple of years ago?
09:59Yeah, for sure.
10:02He was way meaner, way more aggressive.
10:04He's got a new confidence to him as well.
10:08He absolutely knows he's one of the best wrestlers in the world.
10:10If you ask him, he'd say he's the best.
10:13I think if you say, if you ask a lot of experts, they're going to agree with you.
10:18Yeah, there's not too many arguments against it.
10:21But even the best wrestler in the world can be beaten.
10:25And we've seen it twice thus far in this tournament.
10:30Shoulders are up.
10:37Perhaps just forestalling the inevitable,
10:39which will be Will Ospreay getting the victory here.
10:42Yoshi veteran instinct rolling it to the outside.
10:46Or at least to the apron.
10:47Saturday night, terrible weather outside,
10:49but it's like a nice Sunday drive for Will Ospreay right now.
10:54He's cruising to victory here.
10:57Yeah, he's in control.
11:17A lot of soft tissue being targeted as well.
11:24Man, I feel for Yoshi.
11:26That sucks.
11:27Yep.
11:27I know how that feels.
11:30One thing about Yoshi, though,
11:31he's kind of too stupid to know when to quit.
11:33He just keeps playing.
11:37Heavy elbow smash.
11:41Trappings of success for Will Ospreay in the United Empire.
11:46Incredibly famous designer, Justin Davis,
11:51working with the United Empire, creating specialty merchandise and gear.
12:00Hang on.
12:01Can he do it?
12:02Yes, he can.
12:04Nice.
12:05Got that bunker buster off.
12:07Can all change in an instant.
12:15Can Yoshi do enough damage to Will, though?
12:19At least enough to get a bit of a break.
12:22Yep.
12:25He's creating an opening.
12:26It might be enough.
12:27We'll see.
12:34The right arm dominant.
12:36Yoshi Hashi.
12:37Let's see how he can function.
12:39Oh.
12:40Oh, smart.
12:41Drop kick to the knee.
12:44Head hunter.
12:45Die.
12:49Nice.
12:49He's holding his right shoulder.
12:52And that's going to take away.
12:53He's got a really impressive lariat.
12:56That's going to take that away.
12:57Maybe make it difficult to sink in the butterfly lock.
13:00Difficult to hit Kumagurashi.
13:02Difficult to get karma.
13:04Really difficult to get anything for Yoshi Hashi.
13:06That's really good for me tomorrow.
13:08Oh.
13:10And Ospreay hung out to dry.
13:12Here he comes.
13:13He's motoring across.
13:16Ospreay down.
13:17Yoshi Hashi not content.
13:20Another one right to the top of the head.
13:22The leg is hooked.
13:23Brett Schuess is there.
13:24And Ospreay rolls that shoulder up.
13:36Yoshi Hashi, by all right, so many times told that he shouldn't be here.
13:41Failed the Noguei Dojo tryouts three times.
13:45Only joined because people dropped out.
13:48And he kept plugging away.
13:50Kept plugging away for 12 years before he won his first championship.
13:54And ever since then, never six-man champion.
13:57And IWG beat tag champion.
13:58He wants to be a singles champion when you're uncorked.
14:01Also, another good thing to mention.
14:03I believe his first 2-1 Climax match ever, he beat Kenny Omega.
14:06Yep.
14:07Watch out.
14:08Watch out.
14:08Look at the aggressive Ospreay.
14:10Oh.
14:10Who attacks on that planter.
14:13Drives his body down.
14:15Will really knows how to open himself up on that and just make himself so much heavier.
14:19Yoshi Hashi certainly beat one best belt machine, but odds are long against another here tonight.
14:34And another feather in the cap of Ospreay, another five-star match, courtesy of Dave Meltzer, against Shingo Takagi.
14:43That's now 20 in his career.
14:46And that's tops of foreign athletes in Japan.
14:50Oh, man.
14:51A rocket shot with the forearm.
14:54And now the leg hooked two.
14:57And Yoshi Hashi kicks out.
14:59Again, Chris, you talk about the hurdles and obstacles that Yoshi Hashi has faced.
15:04David, that, to me, makes him so tough to beat.
15:07Yeah.
15:08Because he won't take no for an answer.
15:10He will not.
15:10He's stubborn.
15:15But this is trying to get in Chelsea Green.
15:18Yoshi Hashi doing whatever it takes to try and twist away from it.
15:24Oh.
15:27Oh, my goodness.
15:33See the welts on their chest?
15:35Yeah.
15:39Oh, fuck.
15:43Still, that jump is still there.
15:45Oh.
15:46Oh, man.
15:49Unstoppable at that point.
15:54Oh.
15:56Oh.
15:58Oh.
15:59Oh.
16:02Oh.
16:04Oh.
16:05Oh.
16:06Oh.
16:10Oh.
16:15Oh.
16:16Oh.
16:24Oh.
16:24Oh.
16:26Oh.
16:28Oh.
16:29Oh.
16:30Oh.
16:30Oh.
16:31Oh.
16:31Oh.
16:32Oh.
16:32Oh.
16:33Oh.
16:34Oh.
16:34Oh.
16:34Oh.
16:36Oh.
16:37Oh.
16:38Oh.
16:38Including being flung from off it if Yoshihashi gets his way here.
16:44Very true.
16:45This is going to be tough on Osprey,
16:49but really bad for Yoshihashi as well
16:52because he's going to land square on his right shoulder.
16:55His tape's coming off, I don't know if it's a smart move,
16:58but the G1 Climax is on the line.
17:02High risk, high reward.
17:04Uh oh.
17:04Oh no, oh no, oh.
17:06Oh, came down hard on that shoulder.
17:13Whoa, blindside shot.
17:16Not so phenomenal for Yoshihashi, and now...
17:21Falcon arrow.
17:23Look at the snap on that.
17:25Two, and Yoshihashi kicks out.
17:30Osprey can't believe it, but Yoshihashi proving time and time again
17:35he can be beaten, but it takes a whole lot to get it done.
17:44Going back to the Oscutter.
17:45Here we go.
17:47Os.
17:47No.
17:52Dragon suplex there, but Yoshihashi immediately clutching that right shoulder.
18:00At this point, he's got to be damaging himself to do anything.
18:09I would say that from the looks of that right shoulder, the clavicle is out of place.
18:18It's almost like he's trying to hold it in position as he goes for that.
18:22Oh, no.
18:25Watch out for this thrust kick.
18:27It's on the money.
18:31Yoshihashi's pinpoint accuracy with those kicks.
18:34Uses that for Nelson to set for karma.
18:36Turns him in.
18:43She's actually trying to get his head out of the way.
18:46Trying to time those elbows.
18:48But Osprey catches him flush that time.
18:55What's your mindset in this situation, David, when somebody hits you as hard as they can and then expects one
19:01in return?
19:01What are you thinking in that position?
19:04Hit him back as hard as I can.
19:06And hopefully that knocks him out.
19:10It's a real source of pride, though, right?
19:12Yeah.
19:13He's daring you, saying, come on, come on, hit me.
19:17Yeah, absolutely.
19:18They're basically being called out.
19:28This is one of those anything-you-can-do-I-can-do-better moments.
19:42Oh, brother.
19:44Oh, did Will hang on?
19:51Will hang on to the wrist.
19:52Yes, he did.
19:53And this gives him the advantage now, back in the stand-up.
19:56Oh, but-
19:57Oh, maybe not.
19:58Karma!
19:58Karma!
19:59Karma!
20:01Can't cover.
20:02Can't follow up.
20:02You got to cover.
20:05After karma, the leg is hooked.
20:09Two.
20:10No!
20:12If he could only have made that cover.
20:15Oh, what could have been for Yoshihashi.
20:21So halfway through our 30-minute time limit, but this is not going to go more than a minute.
20:27I cannot believe that these two men are still fighting after they've got an incredible 15-minute pace.
20:38Let's see how the shoulder is on the lariat.
20:41Oh, it's enough to turn Ospreay inside out.
20:44It might be killing Yoshihashi, but he delivers.
20:47Second time.
20:48Karma!
20:48Here we go!
20:49That's the end.
20:50No!
20:51Oh, no!
20:53Oh, no!
21:00Look at the welts.
21:01Here we go!
21:03Oh!
21:04Cover!
21:13He got all of that Oscutter, and there's still a little heart left in Yoshihashi.
21:23Well, we'll see.
21:25It could be time for the hidden blade or the Chelsea grin.
21:31Oh, he's got so many ways to go here.
21:34Watch this.
21:35He's doing for the blade.
21:37Oh, swing and a miss.
21:38Yes!
21:39Another cross kick.
21:41Ospreay didn't go down this time.
21:43Oscutter.
21:43Oh, my God!
21:45Oh, my God!
21:46Oh, my God!
21:54Oh, Destroyer!
22:00Is this enough?
22:02Two!
22:03No!
22:04See how exhausted Yoshi is.
22:14Oh!
22:14Couldn't get a full cover.
22:15That could have been it.
22:20Now he's...
22:22He has it gone with the butterfly lock.
22:26Instead, now, going to look for, once again, Karma.
22:31He got a head and arm now, trying to get to that Phil Nelson.
22:34Here we go.
22:37Oh, man.
22:37A hook kick.
22:38Oh, a hook kick.
22:39Ah!
22:41Ah!
22:41Ah!
22:42Ah!
22:43Ah!
22:44Ah!
22:45Ah!
22:47Ah!
22:47Oh, a second.
22:50Uh-oh.
22:51Ooh!
22:52Oh, Yoshi reversed it.
22:54Oh, he did!
22:55He did!
22:55He did!
22:56How in the world did he do that?
22:57He did!
22:57Kuma!
22:58Kuma!
22:58Kuma!
23:01Kuma!
23:02Kuma!
23:03Kuma!
23:03This time, full cover!
23:05Full cover!
23:06No!
23:07His will barely fits out.
23:12That sound, you're hearing that rumble.
23:15It is in the reign of Typhoon Mary.
23:18It's the people stomping their feet here in Machina.
23:21No.
23:22One, two, one, two!
23:24Keep playing!
23:25Keep playing!
23:25Keep playing!
23:28Be playing!
23:29Keep playing!
23:29No.
23:29Thank you!
23:30Alright, so now, Yoshi has got it through the pain in his right shoulder.
23:37One, two!
23:38One, two!
23:39Hey, almost had it.
23:40C'est parti !
24:10Chaos is still alive, and David, you got exactly what you wanted.
24:14Will Ospreay beat Yoshihashi, and he beat Yoshihashi to the point I'm not even sure he'll make it to tomorrow
24:23in Nagano.
24:25Hey, I guarantee you one thing.
24:28If they've got to roll Yoshihashi out to that ring in an iron lung, he's going to answer the bell.
24:33Yeah, he'll show up, no doubt.
24:36I've got my work cut out for you for sure, though.
24:45That stop is a two-match skin for Ospreay.
24:50Yeah, hang on to it.
24:52Make it nice and shiny.
24:58After the G1, he says.
25:05Yes.
25:13So David, obviously, the U.S. champion giving something to think about.
25:23That belt is mine.
25:25I've been chasing it for years.
25:27Will Ospreay doesn't even like America.
25:31I've been saying it for a while.
25:32This is my year.
25:33This is my time.
25:35I want that championship.
25:36That championship is mine.
25:39The moment he defends it, I am first in line.
25:41But your G1 is far from over.
25:43And tomorrow, Yoshihashi.
25:46Yep.
25:48Who's being carried out right there.
26:02Thank you for giving me back my property.
26:05Just know after the G1, like you said, you're first in line.
26:10If you notice, I might just turn that man's labor room.
26:14You know all about that, don't you?
26:17And everything about your family.
26:19I'm going to expose those weaknesses.
26:22I'm going to rip you apart, Blake.
26:25Yeah, you can talk all you want, Will.
26:27I beat you once, I'll beat you again.
26:29Let's me talk.
26:30I beat you once, I beat you again.
26:33One more.
26:33It took me 15 minutes.
26:36That's all.
26:49Kevin, I don't know how you feel about Will, but I despise him.
26:52I have great respect for Will Ospreay as an athlete.
26:56He's unlike any other.
27:01And beating him once, twice.
27:06Quite a feather in your professional cap.
27:08Absolutely.
27:10He's undeniably great, but undeniably obnoxious.
27:15I don't know.