Callum Newman vs Gabe Kidd - "G1 CLIMAX 34" A Block Official Match: NJPW G1 CLIMAX 34 (August 12, 2024)
カラム・ニューマン vs ゲイブ・キッド - 『G1 CLIMAX 34』Aブロック公式戦：NJPW G1 CLIMAX 34（2024年8月12日）
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00:00In the 4th match, G1 Climax A Block,
00:05we will have a one-on-one match for 30 minutes.
00:31I'm not wearing a hat right now, but if I was,
00:35you would have to take it off or tip it forward.
00:38To the youngest member in G1 Climax 34,
00:42in history outside of Los Alamos.
00:45Callum Newman, only at 21 years of age,
00:49walks in to do what many worked their entire lifetimes to try and earn.
00:54An entrance into G1 Climax.
00:57As he makes his final entrance for his final night of Block A action tonight.
01:04Callum Newman!
01:27War Dogs.
01:47It's back-to-back battles of countrymen for Gabe Kidd.
01:51Based off of Zack Sabre Jr. the last time he competed in Block A.
01:57Gabe Kidd wants to do my job for me.
02:05And Callum Newman right out of the gate going to kick this one off.
02:11If there's one thing that Callum Newman has done throughout this tournament,
02:15besides pick up multiple victories throughout,
02:17it is pick up a lot of knowledge.
02:19And this is part of it all.
02:21Newman risking it all tonight.
02:24We talk about another battle of countrymen for Gabe Kidd.
02:28Two of the UK's finest who have made their way to New Japan Pro Wrestling.
02:33But this battle for Gabe Kidd is going to be very different
02:36to the one that he had against Zack Sabre Jr.
02:39Just days ago, he joined you at the Oklahoma Budokan.
02:44And Newman making a little quick work here of Gabe Kidd.
02:47Now, look at that.
02:49Look at that.
02:52Well, this could be a very shocking ending to this match.
02:55Very different from Kidd's battle against Zack.
02:57Hold on.
02:58One of the odds cutter and Kidd immediately caught up.
03:02Oh, Newman, Newman.
03:04Trying to bring it right back down.
03:06And instead, right back onto his feet.
03:08Newman super kick connect.
03:11These two met back in New Japan Cup this year.
03:13And Gabe Kidd, just on that night, does so again.
03:16He clutches Newman from behind and back down.
03:19Back suplex.
03:21Oh, you'll notice that right there.
03:23Callum Newman has been battling neck issues ever since
03:25calling to Tetsuya Naito's Corriendo and Destino in full.
03:29It was hit twice on Newman in that five-minute matchup he had
03:33with the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.
03:35And it has been bothering Callum ever since.
03:38That is something that Gabe Kidd is well aware of.
03:43Callum Newman needed to walk into this matchup
03:45and is expecting to get dropped on his head a lot.
03:48Any time you see Callum Newman moving his fingers in the way
03:50that he does when he's on his back,
03:52he's trying to find feeling left in his arms and his spine as well.
03:57And Kidd now, rebound off the side here at East Lariat.
04:01Takes down Newman.
04:02Cover here for Kidd again, and it's only two.
04:07Got a hot start, hot continuation for this one.
04:10Kidd really wanted that pile driver,
04:13quick, quick work of Newman.
04:14Jackknife in. Jackknife sat in deep here, and it's only two again.
04:202-0 singles record.
04:22Springboard dropkick for Newman between these two.
04:26Gabe Kidd, once a young Gabriel Kidd, March 12, 2023.
04:31Red throw live in Sheffield.
04:34Kidd picked up a victory over Newman on that night in England.
04:37Eight minutes, 56 seconds.
04:38Took them nearly one year down the line.
04:41New Japan Cup 2024 Night 3, the first round.
04:44Gabe Kidd knocking out Callum Newman in his first ever tournament entry,
04:48and it could be Kidd who halts the momentum even further for Newman
04:52should history repeat itself tonight.
04:59And speaking of Rev Pro,
05:01Gabe Kidd will be returning to Rev Pro directly following G1 Climax 34 this year.
05:06Battle August 24.
05:08Moonsault connects out for Newman.
05:10And it's only two.
05:13Be coming up August 24, Rev Pro 12-year anniversary
05:16at the Copper Box Arena during All-In Weekend.
05:19Gabe Kidd takes on Donovan Dijak in a singles matchup.
05:25And that'll just be one week ahead.
05:27From the Copper Box Arena to Washington, D.C.,
05:30Gabe Kidd defending the strong openweight championship
05:33against the man he called out back at Fantastic Mania USA,
05:36that being the Blackheart, Leo Rush.
05:40That's it.
05:41That's it.
05:42That's it.
05:43That's it.
05:44That's it.
05:45Newman.
05:46Oh!
05:49Come on, man.
05:50Come on, man.
05:52Put it up.
05:53Put it up.
05:54Oh!
06:01It was Gabe Kidd who went strike for strike
06:04with Zack Sabre Jr. in the center.
06:06And now it is head for head, skull for skull,
06:08underneath that right hook shot for Callum.
06:10Newman has Kidd fading, but that took a lot of energy
06:13out of Callum to drop down.
06:17Callum's got to stay on top of Kidd here.
06:19Make quick work.
06:20He's a strong openweight champion in this tournament.
06:23Use that speed to your advantage.
06:25Biggest asset underneath.
06:26Off the ropes.
06:27Oz.
06:28No.
06:29And it's up again.
06:31Oh, no.
06:33Oh!
06:34Oh, fuck.
06:37Let's try it one more time.
06:38Back handspring right over the back.
06:40Holy hell.
06:41Holy hell.
06:42German into the cover here for Newman.
06:45Wow.
06:48You talk about picking up new tricks of the trade
06:50in G1 Climax.
06:52If there is any tournament, you're going to turn the heat up.
06:55It is right here.
06:56It is right now.
06:59And Newman, that spinning heel kick has Kidd fading.
07:04Both men mathematically eliminate.
07:06We are playing for pride here tonight.
07:10Newman wants to match Kidd at six points.
07:12Finish off strong, and that strike right to the spine.
07:19And Gabe Kidd.
07:21It is a pile driver right through the center,
07:24and we're going to see it one more time.
07:26Drill a hole through Callum Newman.
07:29The cover.
07:30The cover.
07:33And the win.
07:55Tonight, history repeats itself.
07:58From Rev Pro Live in Sheffield,
08:01to New Japan Cup in Kofu,
08:04to now, wait a minute, what is Gabe Kidd doing here?
08:08The attack on Callum Newman wasn't enough
08:10when the bell was sounding.
08:11Gabe Kidd absolutely enraged here.
08:14Takes down Yasuda and Nagai.
08:16What the hell, Kidd?
08:18What are you doing?
08:19You're a mad man.
08:21God damn it.
08:27I can't go.
08:28Where am I supposed to go?
08:32There's no doubt about it.
08:42There's no rougher way to end your run in G1 Climax
08:46if you are Callum Newman.
08:48But Gabe Kidd trying to save whatever ego that man has left.
08:52The strong, openweight champion reigns supreme here tonight
08:55to kick off our action in blockade.
09:03Absolutely disgraceful.
09:07Hey, hey, what the hell just happened?
09:10Henare joining me in the English broadcast.
09:12Callum Newman was viciously attacked by Gabe Kidd
09:16following their blockade matchup.
09:18Kidd walked away with the win, and that just wasn't enough.
09:26We have our Young Lions and our officials out
09:30checking on Callum Newman here.
09:32That is a hard, hard loss for Newman.
09:34It's even a harder beatdown
09:36followed by the sound of the bell.
09:38This is...
09:40Whoa.
09:54Just go ahead, man. What the hell?
09:57Henare, it's been a...
10:00It was a very quick start to the matchup
10:02and it was a very sharp ending.
10:04Multiple piledrivers
10:06and a subsequent beatdown.
10:08This one is...
10:09Oh.
10:11Absolute coward.
10:17I didn't actually see what happened,
10:18but if I was here just a few minutes early,
10:20I swear I just left that last match,
10:22came back, and this match is over.
10:24It's over.
10:34Fans, as Callum Newman is brought
10:37to the back, to the locker room,
10:39this is a poor, poor way to go out
10:41at 21 years of age from your first ever G1 Climax.
10:44But what growth we have seen out of Callum Newman
10:48over the duration of this tournament.
10:51Both in the ring and outside the ring, man,
10:53he's matured quite a lot in this last month.
10:55Pretty proud to be one of his boys on the road, man,
10:58but still got a lot to learn.
11:01Still got a lot of those road miles to toughen up.
11:04But he'll get there. He'll get there.
11:06He's a golden boy, man.