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00:00Oh my goodness
00:10I think we'll have her we'll be leaving Kobe with no arguments over who the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion
00:19Truly is and truly belongs to there's a lot of controversy perhaps over
00:24Where the NJPW World TV title should reside it was yeah, I was there on the call in Corcoran Hall
00:32Jeff Cobb and Yoda Tsuji were having an absolute banger, but it went the full 15-minute distance
00:40And just as
00:42Tsuji was telling Cobb and Cobb agreed that
00:45Well, we're not done with just a 15-minute draw who should come up from behind but red narrator ruined that whole situation
00:51And now it has been injured ever since no one's seen him
00:56That's left the world TV title in a little bit of a doubt a little bit of a pickle
01:02There's one thing I know for certain
01:04It's that I think not only myself the fans at large would love to see Jeff Cobb and Yota Tsuji
01:09Tie it up one more time whether it's Corcoran Hall or any other dome new Japan pro-wrestling has to offer
01:15But if we head into this matchup Chris goes to go without his day home versus United Empire
01:20It is almost a theme for some of our top matches of the evening
01:24Not only great O'Connor the United Empire versus Tetsuya Naito Bell IJ for the world heavyweight title
01:30But coming up later as well Shingo Takagi Hinare never open weight championship on the line. Yeah
01:36They're lucky enough for Corcoran as well. Hiromi Takahashi and Hinare. Oh my god. They went to war
01:44Just barely didn't have enough Hinare had
01:48Just enough manner on the night, but we'll see whether he has enough manner to deal with Shingo Takagi
01:53Yota Tsuji's got whole bags of manner
01:57Believe that was just Marlowe pudding Chris. Oh, I had some yesterday for the first time. I broke my Marlowe pudding cherry
02:05It was delicious
02:08Cherry pudding. No, it wasn't. It was tiramisu actually. Oh
02:11I
02:13highly recommend
02:15The last does Yota Tsuji, but a lot of recommendations can be made some of them come
02:21With the idea of victory in mind who she had almost Takahashi Yota Tsuji
02:25Every single member of this matchup this matchup more important than some might recognize with it being
02:30Second on the card why because it sets the pace it is the omen in the building here tonight in Kobe
02:36Will Li J stand atop United Empire? Will it be vice versa? We find out here
02:41Let's not forget that these three are former never overweight six-man tag team champions themselves never six-man titles on the line later on tonight
02:53I don't think it would surprise me one bit if the winners of this little six-man bout might
02:59Have something to say with whoever comes out as champion
03:11You
03:41You
03:50Walk I know you and Jeff Cobb you were Pali Pali or backstage earlier you were talking about something
03:56What do you put this scoop? What is the scoop that Jeff Cobb gave you?
03:59I mean
04:00There's been a lot of conversation between Jeff Cobb and I but the one that he probably wants me to bring up on the broadcast
04:06Here tonight is well the World Television Championship situation as you called it
04:10I don't think Jeff Cobb is entirely
04:12Settled with the fact that he only went 15 minutes, but he is especially unsettled by that attack from Renner
04:19It's odd. He was looking all throughout the arena earlier today. Where's red is red?
04:23Here is red cleared trainers couldn't give him an answer
04:26No one's giving him an answer Jeff Cobb wants his hands on Renner. It's a plain and simple
04:31Rest of you remembered all of that. We need thermal prints over here
04:35a
04:38Francesco Akka has been putting in the work
04:42For a lot of the juniors over the summer Walker would take in the summer off getting back into
04:47Tip or maintaining tip-top shape. Don't he was doing a lot of work in Mexico Francesco
04:52Akira all the way through the undercards of the g1 to his work
04:55You're trying to wrestle get the mileage in because he had that knee injury to invest the super juniors
05:01Sometimes it helps to keep yourself working. Keep that knee limber, right? And that was the logic at least
05:14At his best of the super junior run stolen away from him by that knee injury
05:31Immediately
05:46How exciting is this Francesco Akira immediately steps to her almost a cash
05:50Yeah
05:51It's been a lot of accurate step into Rami Takahashi over the live events and little comments back and forth
05:56And as Francesco Akira has seen it it's nothing but Haramu Takahashi ducking him for the past few years
06:02I'm sure as well. You know, I mean accurate I think sees, you know
06:06He sees look at what don't he did finally getting his win over here
06:09I mean Takashi that being the first win the big three put him on course to the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
06:14You know, I think my accurate could very very easily
06:18Rocket himself towards a junior heavyweight championship match with doki or Kanemaru
06:24Whoever it may be if he can beat her on it tonight. I think it's an easy path for Francesco Akira to take especially
06:30He's proven himself ever since that injury in best of the super junior all throughout g1 climax
06:38Majority of the victories for United Empire on the undercard of these g1 events came from Francesco Akira's the fireball knee strike
06:47I think like I could definitely could stake a claim with Doki Natsuji
06:52Definitely has a claim to go again against Jeff Cobb
06:58You know that Jeff Cobb wants that rematch has that rematch in mind but just as much as he does
07:03Ren Narita sits in the dark corner of Jeff Cobb's brain. I
07:13Think Jeff Cobb feels like Walker that he has Yoda Suji's number
07:17You saw all the way through towards that closing stretch
07:21Or that 15-minute draw. Yeah, it went to the distance, but Jeff Cobb was in control
07:26Going towards that 15-minute mark and even Suji admitted
07:29Hey, if there if the match was five seconds longer, I might have lost that night, but it wasn't and I didn't
07:35Jeff Cobb busting out his own Marlow crash
07:40Suji's going to take a lot of resolve
07:43As Jeff Cobb BAM beautiful shoulder tackle takes down Yota Suji
07:50It's no sweat off the back of Jeff Cobb
07:53Nothing is sweat off the back of Jeff Cobb. There's a little bit of sweat off the back in that 15-minute time limit
07:59You remember we know that Yota Suji was willing. It's capable just like this. We saw this back in Cork at all
08:07Wow
08:09See what I mean and just tossing
08:12Go to Suji around this way. It is just not fair
08:18It's not camera tricks folks. Yota Suji is no small man. Not by any definition
08:27Suji now gonna hit those ropes
08:29Swinging them out could be a bit of a spin cycle survey says no Suji out beautiful
08:36Suji meets at the shoulder tackle of his own and that's something that
08:39Like a lot of people try to undervalue in his core can all matchup that he had Suji can match strength with Jeff in some
08:45Ways, yeah, I mean I think
08:49Suji if he
08:50Doubled down if he min-maxed on power
08:52He could be as strong as Jeff Cobb and certainly he can't be as fast as Jeff Cobb
08:57But there's nothing that's a complete package like the Imperial
09:00Oh
09:08And it is bushy that is the legal man here
09:25Calvin Newman the legal man talked a lot about the
09:30impressive growth Talman would show throughout g1 climax and
09:34now is taking the time to rest off of such a
09:37Devastating tour that that is to the body and you can see the full form here out of Calum Newman
09:44Yeah, I mean exactly one year ago
09:51Calum Newman made his debut this shy little Essex kids in Coraclean Hall and the
09:57Transformation he's undergone getting comfortable in his own skin getting comfortable wrestling here in Japan
10:03Being in the g1 your joint youngest entrant of all time
10:07Sky's the limit for the kid no doubt
10:14Trying to put a stop to that up to that middle row Perkin Ron and take down for Boushey
10:19And
10:24Boushey gonna look for the tag. Here's the normal Takahashi immediately takes that shot at Akira Cobb off the apron
10:37Tries to get quicker and Calum Newman immediately back up to its feet Takahashi full steam ahead in the corner
10:44Off the ropes BAM big dropkick keeps Newman down
10:51Where do you think normal Takahashi is sitting at mentally following that loss of his challenge with an ever-opening time
10:57Yeah, I mean obviously it wasn't just the the championship itself
11:01It was the prospect of a match with Tetsuya Naito right and now they something to sort of reset in every bit of that regard
11:09I
11:11Look out now we're getting faster. We're picking up the pace and a super kick from Haramu Newman
11:19immediately falls in with the insecurity
11:25Akira wants son of Hiromi he has been itching for this moment and Akira is finally getting it tonight
11:39I
11:48Don't show whether this is a smart idea for Francesco Akira
11:55Rubble Takahashi
11:57Heavy-handed as always you can see the welts forming on the chest of Akira. Good lord
12:02It's still Akira seeing red as red as his chest
12:09Oh
12:11Off the ropes underneath whoa half down
12:18Snap German suplex, but a little bit slow on his feet is accurate there
12:23Starting to see that limp a little bit. Oh my god. We talked about that knee injury earlier on Chris, but
12:29Jeff
12:32Over uppercut in
12:34Newman up as well
12:36And right to the back of the head of Haramu, I'm loving it
12:41man
12:43So it's about the never sixes look out cover here
12:47And it's two only
12:49Might be either one of these two teams who make great never six-man champions in my book
12:53They never open weight six-man tag titles around the line later today
12:57Tanahashi Yano and Oleg versus house of torture once again
13:00Oh
13:03God wants that shot instead Suji. Whoa
13:09That's what Suji has over Jeff Cobb's sheer unpredictability
13:12Oh my god hammer and sickle down and out moonsault connects for Jeff Cobb. It's just not fair
13:23And this leaves the match that Francesco Akira has wanted for the longest time Akira hood over
13:31Don't move up on the shoulders. Nope. Oh
13:35Out of speed fight here, I was going for time bomb it
13:39Akira drop down it. Yeah that knee shot. No. No, no, we saw the pressure earlier on but now
13:51No and that left knee
13:53Bushi rocket to the outside
13:56Takes out Callum Newman. What's this? I'll walk up Suji held back by
14:01Submission attempt here from that's like a standing figure for
14:05What's the version of the figure for leg lock and a cloverleaf?
14:11Good god
14:15Yeah, Francesco Akira has no option this matches over
14:20Look at the cold look in the eyes if you ever attack acid
14:33It's something that attitudinally Walker
14:37Reminds me of that attitude you only carried with Robbie Eagles during best in the super junior
14:44It's just about to say that
14:49I
14:52There is a heavy confidence exuded out of but almost akahashi
14:59Talk sometimes about your losses being some of your biggest games and maybe that lost to Hinari
15:04But I never open weight title lit something different under her almost
15:08Well, obviously something you
15:11Is in the back of Hiromi Takahashi's mind at the moment. He saw weakness in accurate
15:16He went for it and in the meantime our cameras haven't picked it up, but Suji and Jeff Cobb and Jack controls over here
15:27Only one of these men reigns as world television champion
15:31But a difference of three seconds could have changed that narrative completely back in Cork at all
15:41And they have to go they have to go again Walker surely
15:46It's all a matter of when and where Chris
16:17It hasn't been a great series real IJ when it comes to tile success
16:23Maybe a good omen
16:27When it comes to our never overweight and world everweight championship matches later on tonight
16:32Star of Kamen Rider Hiromi Takahashi
16:43Well folks we're about set to head into what is a special singles matchup
16:48And it is one that David Finley has motivated Gabe Kidd to put forward beyond any of the other
16:53Champions of the world
16:55And it is one that David Finley has motivated Gabe Kidd to put forward beyond any of the other
17:01Hiroki Goto takes on the madman here tonight live in Kobe