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00:00The sixth match will be a one-on-one 30-minute tag match.
00:30Shingo Takagi was celebrating himself, of course, yeah.
00:34It's been about 20 years since the start of Taiji Ishimori's Japanese career.
00:38He just got started in Mexico in Toyomon.
00:40In 2002 he debuted, right?
00:42Indeed. And in 2004 with Toyomon in Japan,
00:46made his Japanese debut in the Tokyo Dome.
00:48Not many people can say that about Taiji Ishimori and Gino Gambino.
00:53One exclusive club.
00:55So Ishimori didn't wrestle in Japan for the first two years of his career?
00:59He was mainly out of Toyomon through that time in Mexico.
01:02But only Toyomon in Mexico.
01:03Yeah, yeah, exactly.
01:09And part of that training that he had...
01:22Under the guidance of the great Jorge Rivera,
01:25sharing a maestro,
01:28the IWGP junior heavyweight challenger coming up Wednesday,
01:32and the champion.
01:34Yes, I'm very excited for the next IWGP junior heavyweight title match.
01:39I was overjoyed when Doki won the championship.
01:43Long time coming.
01:45Obviously another man that spent his formative years in Mexico,
01:49but in a completely different context from Ishimori.
01:52Because he did it, you know, really scraping by and making it by himself.
01:57Absolutely from rung one of the ladder.
02:02And there is no doubt that Doki has put in the work
02:06to be the IWGP junior heavyweight champion.
02:09And still all the way through, it was an upset in July.
02:12Nobody had Doki down to beat El Desperado to win that championship.
02:17It was the first time Doki ever beat Despe.
02:20Despe.
02:21It was the first time in Best in the Super Juniors
02:23that Doki ever beat Hiromu Takahashi.
02:27It was the first time earlier in the tournament that Doki ever beat Robbie Eagles.
02:31But the one man in that big three of junior heavyweight wrestling,
02:35Hiromu, Despe, Ishimori,
02:37Doki has never beat Taiji Ishimori,
02:40and he has to do it Wednesday in Sendai.
02:43And that generation of juniors, the three you just mentioned,
02:46will go down as all-time junior heavyweight greats in New Japan.
02:51But I think if Doki is able to beat them and then really carve a path
02:55as the future of the junior heavyweight division,
03:00I think it's going to be very exciting.
03:05Have you got any Mexican hand gestures you'd like to use, Chris, in day-to-day life?
03:08I don't know much about, you know, I mean,
03:10you've only been in Mexico fairly recently.
03:13What have you picked up? What can you teach me?
03:16Well, I mean, it depends if I want to bankrupt myself on the swear jar.
03:19Oh, no. Yeah.
03:20I mean, you can do it with a hand gesture.
03:22There we go. Good one.
03:26Oh, my goodness. Yeah, how about that one?
03:29That's quite filthy. I won't do that again.
03:34We taught you that. Here, just settle.
03:39I think that was Mistico.
03:41Mistico.
03:42Mistico, in the meantime, actually threw out a challenge to Doki
03:46when they tagged together in San Jose.
03:48Oh, we're going to start fast here.
03:50That was a fantastic main event in San Jose.
03:54Going to be too fast to call.
03:56Oh, good over. There's that Lucho Libre influence.
03:59You can see Lucho Nessu on full display Wednesday.
04:02Great use of the feet, changing levels does Doki.
04:05Now, here we go. Going to make him run over.
04:08Overhead blast. Perfect.
04:12You see a lot of wrestlers utilize a handspring,
04:14but I don't think anyone hits the ropes with such force as Ishimori.
04:21I'm glad that we get to see him topless now as well.
04:23Well, that's exactly it.
04:24A lot of people would like to see Doki topless.
04:27Yes, well, especially after the, what's the end of year?
04:31Concurso. Concurso, yeah.
04:34People want to see Doki shirtless,
04:36and they want to see a match entirely composed of the Doki drop.
04:40Maybe that might just be me.
04:41Daybreak denied.
04:44Look at his biceps bursting out already.
04:49And Ishimori, how in the world from that position,
04:53cipher attack he denied.
04:54Here we go. Here we go, suplex.
04:56Hype him up. No.
05:04Backside collapse. No, no, no.
05:05Here we go, push.
05:06That's a Doki Choki.
05:07A Doki Choki.
05:09I'm too much of a purist.
05:10I said I have to call it the Italian shirt.
05:14And a bone lock.
05:15A bone lock applied.
05:16It tapped out Takamichi Noki the other day.
05:25And Takamichi save.
05:26A lot of people said, Zack,
05:28that if Doki had taught you the art of the Doki Choki
05:31while you were both in Suzuki Gang,
05:33you would have won the G1 a lot earlier.
05:35Oh, that's where I was at.
05:37At the root of all my failures.
05:42I got trauma from the Okikoki song.
05:46So I can't put myself in that situation.
05:49That's a story for another time as well, Chris.
05:51Doki's going to be a part of Royal Quest IV in London
05:53October 20th.
05:54Bloody cross, look out.
05:57NJPWUK.com for tickets.
05:59And a ticket round the world there for Ishimori.
06:01Classic of Junibre right there.
06:08Ties up.
06:10Figure four knot all the way in.
06:11And Ishimori makes the work.
06:13We've seen a very different style of match.
06:16Well, perhaps the style that they're both more comfortable with,
06:19but something we rarely see in IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match-ups.
06:23You're going to see something special, I think, Wednesday in Sendai.
06:26Well, I think they're both the epitome of Lucha Wrestle, aren't they?
06:29But sometimes it's thrown around a lot.
06:31But they're authentic representations of the mix here
06:35between Lucha Libre and Japanese pro-wrestling that you can get.
06:39Ishimori as well will have...
06:40Oh my goodness, the misdirection there.
06:42Will have the home field advantage.
06:46Doki actually requested to wrestle Ishimori in Sendai.
06:51Wanted the away game.
06:54Well, he's carving a path for himself, isn't he?
06:56This is the last of the top three.
07:02And Taka charges in on Gedo.
07:06Oh, two masters of the dark arts.
07:09Sweet shin music.
07:13Schoolboy, here we go.
07:19Sunset flick, cover to Gedo.
07:21Back the other way.
07:24Oh my goodness.
07:26Again, the sweet shin.
07:29Pastrel, no.
07:31Stuffs him.
07:33So close.
07:42Self-destruction.
07:43Gedo clutch, Gedo clutch.
07:45Oh, great timing, Doki.
07:48And again.
07:49Here we go.
07:50Doki Choki is in.
07:52Geno pacing in his den.
07:54Oh, just face lock from Takamichi Noku.
07:59Fantastic stuff.
08:00Come on, yes.
08:01There we go.
08:03Come on, Doki.
08:04Keep down a little bit longer, mate.
08:05Keep down a little bit longer.
08:09Very well.
08:10Wow, when was the last time that we had Takas beaten?
08:13It's been a long, long while.
08:15It's been a long, long while.
08:18And in the meantime, the headline is that Italian stretch.
08:24Ishimori now trying to get the boots in on the IWGP junior heavyweight champion.
08:29But the headline is the last statement before Wednesday in Sendai.
08:34Is the junior heavyweight champion standing tall over his challenger in two days' time?
08:42I mean, that is a different Doki in the ring right now.
08:44That's the IWGP junior heavyweight champion.
08:49The journey and the path that Doki has had through professional wrestling.
08:57Will certainly make for a unique reign.
09:03A unique future for the junior heavyweight division.
09:07But it's a future that has to be paid.
09:10It has to be paid at the expense of Ishimori Wednesday.
09:19Overjoyed for Doki.
09:20No question that I'll be cheering him on in Sendai.
09:34He's cool, isn't he?
09:37He'd be cooler if he took a shower.
09:39Yeah, he should. Take it on. Get your boys out.
09:41Get your boys out.
09:43I think you should tell him, Chris.
09:45He won't listen to me.
09:47He won't listen to anyone.
09:57But will he walk away with the junior heavyweight championship?
09:59We'll find out Wednesday.
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