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00:00Please do your best, Doki-man.
00:05That potty mouth needs to pack that in.
00:08I don't know if you've noticed, but a resplendent footstool has arrived to our right here.
00:16A resplendent it is, covered in a gorgeous orange-red doily.
00:20I'd say it's more pink.
00:25Could it be that a resplendent footstool and a resplendent doily is there for the G1 Grimax
00:37trophy?
00:38And welcome back to Kosei Foodstuff and Shoulder Injury, and oh yes, a warm G1.
00:57A tablecloth is going down.
01:00Great recovery from Kosei Foodstuff off a shoulder joint consent.
01:19I know you were in that competition, you want it so badly of course, as everybody does.
01:24All that field of 20 wants that trophy, but you have to have a little bit of national
01:30pride for Zack Sabre Jr. to pull it.
01:31The first Brit to ever win it, yeah of course.
01:36And Zack Sabre Jr. broke with tradition, says he does not want to wait until January the
01:414th at the Tokyo Dome.
01:42He wants his shot against the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, whoever that may be, October the
01:4914th at King of Pro Wrestling, and he wants his first defense to be at Royal Quest, October
01:5620th at Crystal Palace, njpwuk.com for tickets.
02:01On pace to sell out, and will be very well over capacity if ZSJ has the World Heavyweight
02:07title.
02:08And for right now, the championship is round the waist and in the corner of Los Ingobernables
02:13del Pom.
02:15Oh he's in pink today, he's in all sorts.
02:25Here we go, another 20 minute entrance, let's go.
02:34That IWGP World Heavyweight Championship right now is around the waist of this man.
02:45Oh it's not, he drags it along the floor, how horrible.
02:51Some might say that Tetsuya Naito has been dragging himself for the best part of his
02:58matches over that World Heavyweight title and through the G1 Climax, and that might
03:04be the logic behind Zack Sabre Jr.
03:08Says he doesn't really mind, as Zack Sabre Jr., whether it's Gredo Carm or Tetsuya Naito
03:14that has that title.
03:16Zack knows that he can beat both, and he knows that he can certainly beat Tetsuya Naito.
03:23In the corner, Los Ingobernables del Pom, 172cm, 83kg, Bunshin!
03:31The more physically damaged Tetsuya Naito is, the stronger he is mentally, the more
03:39dangerous he is as a competitor, and that is something that Sabre knows all too well.
03:47IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, 180cm, 102kg, Tetsuya Naito!
04:17He's on my screen!
04:18I didn't realise he was over there.
04:23See, he gets a Bunshin.
04:25Yeah, why does he get a sheet and a nice little thing on camera, I just got a...
04:29Oh, you know what?
04:31You won't be able to read it.
04:33I don't want one, I'm dyslexic, I can't read nothing.
04:39We're getting an extra guest here at the English announce desk as the G1 Climax trophy
04:44has joined us.
04:48Tetsuya Naito!
04:52Tetsuya Naito!
05:17Yeah, he said before he wants to take that belt to the smaller towns and show them...
05:25I guess like the style that New Japan is, especially with that belt and what he can
05:29bring to them towns, but with the heavyweight title on the line, Bud is just going to have
05:35to put all his efforts into that.
05:38Yeah, Tetsuya Naito asking politely.
05:42And Zack Sabre Jr. complies, and here we go.
05:50And it was a great main event yesterday in Yamanashi, Takagi's 20th anniversary.
05:56We'll stay spoiler free for anybody waiting for the English coverage on that one, but
06:00we definitely encourage you to check it out.
06:12You can hear it in this crowd normally in Korakuen Hall, the overwhelming Naito Naito
06:17calls.
06:19I would say about half and half between Zack and Naito here tonight.
06:30Ibushi from behind, that was certainly the game plan you had to think.
06:36Unspoken telepathic contact.
06:41Oh my goodness.
06:42Doesn't seem to matter.
06:43Nice double overhead.
06:49And a big running boot.
06:51Zack Sabre Jr. promised the fans in London in Red Crow's 12th anniversary, next time
06:56he's in the UK he will be IWGP World Heavyweight Champion and has said he wants to defend that
07:02title at Royal Quest.
07:03I know you're going to be at Royal Quest.
07:05Do you have anything in mind for the people in Crystal Palace?
07:12I don't know, you get to see my fancy new jacket.
07:16Fancy new jacket.
07:17Fancy Tejeras.
07:20Fancy high flying Kokose.
07:22Bridgestone, look out!
07:24No.
07:26Still not safe is Naito.
07:34Oh my god, Kokose Fujita.
07:39What an incredible year long stretch that Kokose Fujita has had.
07:44It was really just about a year ago that Fujita was put on a global tour by TMDK.
07:56Tell you what, in New Japan I genuinely believe Fujita has the hardest chop.
08:02I've wrestled everyone and Fujita's chop hurts the most.
08:08That is high praise indeed.
08:11Look at the strength as well, hoisting the World Heavyweight Champion to his feet.
08:20T-shirt on as well and you still get that horrible sound.
08:24Oh look out, look out, look out.
08:26Horrible sound indeed is the sound.
08:29And that ACL potentially popping.
08:32Basement dropkick from Tetsuya Naito.
08:38Fujita was a, during a tag team match in fact against Los Ingobernables de Apon.
08:45And was that shoulder injury sustained?
08:47A little bit of ligament damage in that left shoulder joint.
08:52We thought at first it might have been a broken collarbone, that was not the case.
08:57But we can see heavily taped, Calum, is that left shoulder.
09:02And can be a difficult game to play.
09:05I know guys, especially guys your age, you want to come back very, very quickly.
09:09But that can have a price tag.
09:13Everyone tells you, oh you heal fast when you're young.
09:17All the older guys will say, oh don't worry, you're young, you'll heal quick.
09:21So when you hear that you think, oh it still hurts a tiny bit, I'll come back now.
09:25Then I'll just heal as I go.
09:27But no, you come back and it hurts.
09:29Hurts even more.
09:35Perhaps argue that that mentality is what kept Tetsuya Naito going and going and going.
09:40I'll heal as I go, I'll heal as I go.
09:42And now here we are.
09:45Yes, IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.
09:48But certainly bears the physical toll of all those battles.
09:52But the drive to be again the winner of the main event in the Tokyo Dome.
10:00The drive to main event in Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima.
10:05The drive to perhaps wrestle Hiromu Takahashi in a champion versus champion match.
10:10All of those goals that Tetsuya Naito has inside of him.
10:14He won't let go of those, he's too stubborn to.
10:18And when he has those goals to work toward, he will not let go of that IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
10:25Just like he's not letting go of Fujita there as Mardy Asami ordering the hole to be broken.
10:31The hole to be broken.
10:44Not much on those forearms.
10:46And the chop's still there though.
10:50His brother always gets spanked.
10:52But going to the other leg now.
10:55Come on, come on, come on.
10:59He's still trying to put the brakes on.
11:06Now back the other way.
11:07Oh my god.
11:08Oh my god.
11:12Yeah.
11:17I looked up for a second.
11:18I don't know if the cameras could have done it justice.
11:20But that was a right foot right upside the head of Tetsuya Naito.
11:24And Zack Sabre Jr. not helping matters.
11:27Shoot the whip, non-reversal.
11:28Here we go, brakes on.
11:30Cobra twist in tight.
11:32Naito trying to sit away and now a hip block.
11:37Zack trying to bridge, does.
11:45And again.
11:46And again.
11:49And his head trauma.
11:52Number 4567 in a long series for Tetsuya Naito.
12:06Zack Sabre Jr. twice New Japan Cup winner.
12:09Earned title matches in Ryogoku Sumo Hall.
12:12But did not convert them to the title.
12:15Twice beaten by Kazuchika Okada.
12:18Now Zack wants to return to Ryogoku,
12:21the site of his biggest disappointments
12:23and his biggest accomplishment
12:25to become world heavyweight champion.
12:27Will Naito have the belt of world-grade Okan?
12:29A long, delayed neckbreaker.
12:37And slow again.
12:39Tranquilo into the cover.
12:40Zack Sabre Jr. picks out at two.
12:43I mean, we spoke earlier on about guys
12:46that are so good at dictating the pace
12:48and you know so well with your matches
12:51that you've had with Naito
12:52that the champion is expert.
12:56He's very good at manipulating your body
13:00into slowing down.
13:02That very slow, very long neckbreaker.
13:05Brother's pulling back on your chin
13:07so you can't breathe.
13:08So as you start to kind of fade out,
13:10that's when he drops you to the neckbreaker.
13:12Oh, Zack wanted the overhead, was denied.
13:14But instead, Double Leg Nelson will bridge back.
13:17Got it, got it, got it.
13:20No.
13:22There's the take down.
13:26That's a mulled over look.
13:27Here he goes.
13:30Oh my god.
13:31Gross.
13:32Zack did not want to go.
13:34Tried to put the brakes down,
13:35brakes on, but had no choice.
13:41And now Naito wills himself to Bushi
13:46in the red corner.
13:48Zack cannot get to Fujita.
13:51Bushi will accelerate the pace.
13:55Down to the base.
13:56Fujita there to make the save.
13:58Much needed.
14:02Down goes Fujita.
14:06Oh, down goes Zack.
14:07Look out, buddy.
14:09That's it.
14:10Bushi rocket.
14:11Oh.
14:18The crown of Bushi's head
14:20right into the chest of Zack Sabre Jr.
14:22and then a spine into the guardrail.
14:28Bushi has beat Zack Sabre Jr. in the past before.
14:34Now, shoots the G1 winner into the corner.
14:36Back elbow following up.
14:39Here we go.
14:40Fishman straight.
14:41No.
14:42Around the other side.
14:43Guillotine.
14:44Guillotine.
14:45Straight to the floor.
14:46Hooks are in.
14:47Bushi has no leverage now whatsoever.
14:49Especially not in the junior heavyweight.
14:51Not going to stand up.
14:52Tetsuya Naito.
14:53Much needed.
14:57That was a hard boot.
14:58Fujita.
15:01Nearly landed on top of Bushi.
15:03Yeah, nearly.
15:04Absolutely severed the Achilles of Bushi there.
15:08And in the meantime, Zack driver inbound.
15:10No.
15:11Bushi.
15:12Backslide.
15:13Bushi roll perhaps.
15:14No.
15:15Pique misses.
15:20Oh.
15:21And traps the big four.
15:23One in fable.
15:24No way.
15:27You are not going to get a submission finish
15:29on Zack Sabre Jr.
15:31The most brutal, agonizing of bow and arrows.
15:35And now every single body part.
15:38Except the left arm to tap.
15:59The momentum of Zack Sabre Jr.
16:01Perhaps unstoppable.
16:06The G1 has indeed come home.
16:08But will the IWGP world heavyweight title
16:10on October 14th be a program
16:12that will not be seen more.
16:14It will either be Tetsuya Naito
16:16or Greg O'Conn
16:18that puts the richest prize in professional wrestling
16:20along the line
16:22against Zack Sabre Jr.
16:32He's getting all the time.
16:34He's getting all the camera time, isn't he?
16:36You might be a world heavyweight champ.
16:45No matter how handsome you are,
16:46I'm beautiful, man.
16:51That means at least on average
16:52our table is a five.
16:55I'd say a seven at the push.
16:57Oh, thank you.
17:05And the winner is
17:07Zack Sabre Jr.
17:09of the 9'53'' weight class,
17:11from Kosei, Fujita.
17:34Zack Sabre Jr.
17:41Zack Sabre Jr. making sure to have words
17:43with Greg O'Conn as well.
18:05Semi-main event coming up next
18:07in Corcoran Hall.