TAKAみちのく & タイチ & DOUKI vs ドリラ・モロニー & クラーク・コナーズ & 石森 太二：NJPW G1 CLIMAX 34（2024年8月17日）
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00:30The bone soldier Taiji shimori has been ever since his loss in the main event of Dominion
00:47against El Desperado in the finals of Best of the Super Junior 31.
00:52But that was all up until Chiba came and went.
00:58We got into our playoff situation and Taiji Shimori
01:01wanted to play off something in his own right. Laid down a challenge
01:05to the IWGP junior heavyweight champion Doki, which Doki promptly accepted.
01:10All right let's not bury the lead here. Walker,
01:13Connors, Driller, Maloney back here and look how shredded Driller's gotten.
01:18Even more so since the last time we saw him.
01:27Unless you might not like them as individuals.
01:43I would have to say the most dominant force in the junior heavyweight tag team scene that we
01:48have seen in a long long time and we mentioned it earlier on. The holder of the most lethal
01:54move in professional wrestling today and that is Driller Maloney. But yeah you're right Taiji
01:59Ishimori throwing out that challenge to Doki which has been accepted.
02:04And it's going to be a long long autumn for the IWGP junior heavyweight champ.
02:24So
02:55look amongst the moon and the stars and you see those who shine the brightest.
03:00And just as you look over the right shoulder of Doki you see the man who holds the IWGP junior
03:06heavyweight championship in all its glory. Standing alongside his just five guys brethren
03:12in Taiji and Takumi Shinoku. You know that Doki is walking into this matchup here tonight. Six-man
03:18tag albeit to make a statement against Taiji Ishimori and other champions in the junior
03:24heavyweight division with what is set to be coming up Super Junior Tag League.
03:29Yeah but before that there's plenty of other action before you even get to Super Junior Tag League.
03:37We're going to be on the road to destruction through Kobe then on King of Pro Wrestling in
03:43October. Doki's not going to be shying away from any comers.
04:01Mistico going in his face.
04:05San Jose a couple of months ago and he would take that fight. Ishimori going in his face
04:10Thursday. He would take that fight as well. There's a lot of people that would be barking
04:16up Doki right now for the junior heavyweight title. Especially if you look at our injured reserve.
04:21See who makes their way off of that anytime soon. Yoh had his junior heavyweight championship
04:26challenge basically cut short within a minute. Yeah no doubt about it. Master Wato as well. We're
04:31expecting him to be on the comeback very soon. Clark Connors who tore apart El Desperado Jr.
04:37and Best of the Super Juniors. That's a great argument. Drillo Maloney. You know I mean these
04:41guys tag team champions. Yeah but I mean they could easily have a request for singles gold.
04:46An awful lot of competition but when it comes I think to Ishimori it's all the more important for
04:54Doki. You look at the guys that he beat to get to where he is today. Finally getting that win over
05:00Hiromi Takahashi right. Finally getting his first win over El Desperado to win that championship.
05:06Two of the big three that we talk about in junior heavyweight wrestling. The third of the big three
05:10is a man he's still never beat and that's Taiji Ishimori. Sure to defeat the staples is to
05:15be able to crown yourself the true best junior heavyweight in professional wrestling today.
05:22And then meanwhile of course you talk about Hiromi Takahashi and you have to also mention
05:28Mustafa Ali and they'll be facing each other August 30th in Washington DC. Ali saying if I win
05:34Hiromi you have to acknowledge me as the best junior heavyweight in the world. I think we're
05:38seeing the best junior heavyweights in the world in the ring right at this second. Mustafa Ali has a
05:44separate claim to make to that statement. Tickets are available right now for Capital Collision
05:50August 30th. Ticketmaster.com, New Japan Pro Wrestling. Doki, Taiji Ishimori a little bit of a preview
05:56for not confirmed yet but what you can imagine soon to be set some sort of junior heavyweight
06:01championship challenge. I think you're going to see a lot of cards announced look out
06:05coming up on Monday as soon as we know who the G1 Climax 34 winner is.
06:15Can't wait we're going to be you know hitting parts of Japan we don't normally
06:19hit. It'll be great to be back in Kobe Wild Hall in September and then we're going to go
06:23on to it before that around Hokkaido. Ishimori slipping out sliding through
06:31and brings it right back off the top huge senton.
06:37Popping the coast from east to west here's Taiji Ishimori shirt right around that throat of Doki.
06:43Oh look out look out. Added his Bullet Club tactics as ever for Taiji Ishimori toward Doki.
06:49Clark Connors meanwhile right in front of us on the outside driving Takumi Shinoku directly into
06:54the the post. You know I felt you know speaking of Hokkaido back in June when Robbie Eagles and
07:00Kosei Fujita made their challenge he really felt for them that this was the time that they would
07:05be the one to unseat Connors and Maloney and they couldn't do it. I don't think that there
07:09is a junior heavyweight tag team anywhere in the world that can beat these two guys I really don't.
07:15Definitely a bold claim and one that we are going to have to see if it pays off anytime soon.
07:22One thing's for certain though Chris Connors and Maloney they'd 100% agree with your state.
07:27Well I mean it pays for me to say nice things about them so they don't beat us up afterwards.
07:34Oh Connors off the line and coming in here for Connors off the cover as well it is only going to be two.
07:44Connors and Maloney party animals in their own rights it's not just Game Kid and Jake
07:52Lee and the War Dogs like themselves to have a good time. It's all about how you back it up
07:58inside the ring though to be able to spend that winner's purse on whatever celebration you choose.
08:05Certainly they consider themselves in many a sense throwback individuals
08:10and that doesn't just come with kicking arse in the ring but
08:15living a little bit large arguably some might say too large outside of it.
08:28Here's Dokey now and Clark Connors beautiful scoop slam.
08:36Taking it on the rebound was Clark Connors.
08:40Tag made Drella Maloney legal once again. Really taking the wind out of Dokey here
08:58wrestling in Ryogoku for the first time since winning that junior heavyweight championship.
09:03A lot of people around Japan haven't had the chance to see Dokey yet as champion
09:09and if Ishimori has his way then Dokey won't have that chance.
09:15As covered once again for Maloney only to immediately back up onto his feet you see
09:20the gears turning inside Drella Maloney's head. I always talk all the time as well about the
09:28difficulty getting over the first championship defense especially as a first time champion
09:33in New Japan Pro Wrestling. They always do say the first defense is absolutely the hardest
09:40and it's a position that Dokey has never been in before but will have to be sometime very soon.
09:46Dokey great instincts there able to escape sand disaster he was going for that driller killer
10:04man and you see just how it could come from absolutely anywhere one of the most
10:08impactful moves I've ever seen and Dokey DDT.
10:14Spikes Drell Maloney right down on his neck and everyone's going to be looking for the tag right
10:18here Chris. Tag made and Tai Chi missed out on this year's G1 Climax a travesty in many people's minds.
10:38Oh
10:54these two men jockeying for the leverage
10:58oh and it could be Tai Chi that puts Ishimori flat on his back.
11:01Getting done.
11:05It's a victory in the sumo world right? Indeed. I love it here. I didn't hear the bell sound.
11:14Oh Maloney oh backhand turns to the back kick from Tai Chi
11:19step up it's a giri from Maloney Tai Chi does not go down.
11:22Oh Tai Chi just the scales put Driller Maloney in the junior heavyweight ranks he is definitely
11:38the hardest hitting of all the junior heavyweights but that was heavyweight power
11:41that put Maloney to the ground there from Tai Chi and here comes Taka.
11:45Yep Taka Tai Chi Ishimori legal men off the ropes drop toe hold here so simple
11:51from Taka Mishinoku so effective just face lock broken up immediately by Cork Connors.
12:00Oh nice miss direct hey Ishimori can he recreate the magic here we go just face lock once again
12:08in the center of the ring just face lock for Taka Mishinoku and Connors right there to break it up.
12:15Ah but Taka whoa catches the boot down and just face lock from Taka the junior tag champ.
12:30That's the hop shining wizard.
12:36And immediately right out into that just face lock.
12:40We're in right here in Miyoko Kusuma Hall. Oh no could be the bone locking coming and here it is.
12:47This is where Taka made a name for himself on the world stage for the first time Super J Cup
12:53first stage way back in 94. Yep. I don't think your parents had even met yet Walker.
13:01And it's a lariat that doki is gonna blow right through Ishimori and a super KKX.
13:11Could be. Mishinoku does not work out rip cord in here we go.
13:18La Mystica bone lock locked in right here from Taiji Ishimori.
13:32It's all very well to make that verbal challenge Walker that Ishimori did on Thursday you have to
13:38act and back it up and Ishimori getting a impressive victory here tonight.
13:46So
14:05big win on the return for the IWGP junior heavyweight tag team champions
14:11and for who seems to be set as the number one contender to the IWGP junior heavyweight
14:17championship Taiji Ishimori Bullet Club went out here and once again the trend continues to be set
14:25of Bullet Club victory after victory this smells good things in the air tonight for David Finley
14:32in our semi-main event the semi-final block B bout between Finley and Yota Tsuji. Yeah you gotta
14:39think it's going to be a party atmosphere in the War Dogs locker room tonight they might have
14:43started the celebration early. And it is all in God's graces for Taiji Ishimori.
15:10So
15:18coming up next folks final tag team match of the evening until we get to the meat and potatoes
15:23it is Los Ingobernables de Japón, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and the IWGP world heavyweight champion
15:29Tetsuya Ito versus United Empire Francesco Akira, Great Okan and Hanare.