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00:00Thank you so much for joining us.
00:06We are going to do 5-5 Illumination Match.
00:10We are going to play with the ball and give up.
00:21We are going to lose the team from all teams.
00:28We are going to lose the team from all teams.
00:43We are going to do 5-5 Illumination Match.
00:58We are going to take a pin submitted or thrown over the top rope with both feet pinned to the floor.
01:03You are out.
01:04And the last team remaining will be the winners here tonight.
01:08It is a Kurokwon Hall favorite.
01:11It is a Los Ingobernables de Apon favorite.
01:14And a match that Shota Uno is coming into, believe it or not, for the first time in his New Japan Pro Wrestling career.
01:21Oh wow.
01:23A pair of Illumination Tag Team matches on his books for Pro Wrestling Noah and Way Way Back for Rev Pro.
01:31Her first time heading into it here tonight.
01:35It was his second IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Challenge, Chicago at Windy City Riot.
01:43And, well, it wasn't something to be smiling about.
01:50And despite being a birthday boy earlier on in this week, a grim expression, a hand dog expression on the face of Shota Umino.
02:00He wrestled Hiroki Goto for the world title.
02:04Usually a main event spot was bumped down to double main event one.
02:09And in Chicago, I don't think even Shota Umino would admit he did not have Hiroki Goto worried for very long.
02:24And so this Shota Umino second chapter will now have to pick up.
02:34And the best way for Umino to pick up pace will be against a fearsome dragon.
02:39In Shingo Takagi made the throw.
02:41Now, correct me if I'm wrong, Chris, but have we seen much interaction between just four guys and Hontai on the same team?
02:52Well, this is the first time we will.
02:54In fact, it was the last night of the New Japan Cup that Tanahashi made the appeal.
03:02And in the face of groups like War Dogs and House of Torture, Hontai has to come together.
03:08There was an invitation extended.
03:10Hands were shaken.
03:12And this is, you're right, the first time we're seeing the forces of Hontai and the forces of just four guys together.
03:20Here's three of the four guys.
03:22It's a lot of guys in Hontai right now.
03:25Tons of guys.
03:27Tons of guys.
03:28All the guys.
03:29And perhaps all the guys.
03:34And one of the biggest combinations of the guys will be next week.
03:40So if you said that sound.
03:42115 canavaitigh, and 80 to 60 weight.
03:49For the first time, right?
03:50And ...
03:51For the first time ever, Taichi and Tomohiro Yishi will be teaming together as a tag team!
03:57to Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi.
04:05He's actually the most experienced member of his side
04:08when it comes to elimination tag matches, 14 and 13.
04:12He's been in 27 of them.
04:14Most of those with Suzuki-Gun back in the day.
04:19Pretty sure I was in one of those.
04:22How'd that work out for you?
04:27Look, we don't talk about the result.
04:31Yu Yurimura wants people to talk about his results on this Don Takahashi tour.
04:37We'll be making a homecoming to Imanali later on in the series at a non-televised event.
04:43And planning in his adopted home of Fokoka to win the IWGP Global Championship.
04:49He's an Ehime boy, right?
04:51Ehime.
04:52I think there's a ranking order for Ehime boys.
04:57It's obviously Kosei Fujita number one.
04:58Number one's Hot Boy.
04:59Yu Yurimura's probably number two.
05:01Yep.
05:02And number zero, it's under three, it's way, way, way under three is Sho.
05:07That's the, you know, I mean, Sho being from there was Kevin Kelly's one sole reason for
05:13paving Ehime, saying it was number one terrible town in Japan.
05:16Oh yeah.
05:18Already some fans emotional and seeing Rishi's, perhaps, last performance under the New Japan
05:19Pro Wrestling banner here in Corrine Hall.
05:21It truly is the ushering of a new era, Chris.
05:22The platform of New Japan Pro Wrestling is going to change forever after these next couple of
05:27weeks.
05:28weeks.
05:29And that starts today.
05:29We saw Cobb's last match.
05:30And that starts today.
05:31We saw Cobb's last match.
05:32And we're really going to see that.
05:33It's all.
05:34Let's see.
05:35it truly is the ushering of a new era Chris the platform of new japan for wrestling is
05:47going to change forever after these next couple of weeks that starts today we saw cobs last
05:55match we're really gonna see here perhaps what just everybody's been talking about it
06:05what does lost in goblet albis del pong look like
06:08in the future with or without tix united with or without luci if their numbers dwindle
06:16does tanahashi offer them a spot i mean it could anything could happen 2025 has been
06:22a wild year even this week it's been a wild week
06:26yeah it's not even 1pm and we're at the main event in corrigan hall sold out
06:35they put me in the ring we nearly see we nearly saw someone's junk i mean it was
06:41unprecedented times chris
06:44we started tonight with veterans and young lions in tag team competition i talked about how
06:55there were men who embraced that position guys like megata kojima
07:02encouraging the traditions passing on knowledge to young lions but at the same time more is ready for another shot that might be a month from now might be a year from now might never come
07:13well that is not the style of tixinش hero müsste 하지만 let's see a night on the
07:32he is forging a path that nobody's ever seen before then that is the path that tetsuya naito
07:38is going to take and that is i mean i think there's a lot of speculation a lot of takes
07:43you can have but that's my take in terms of why naito elected not to renew his contract
07:51this is just a waiting game for the rest of us none of us can truly get in the head of
07:56one tetsuya naito so we don't really know what he's thinking even if he tells us we've been trying
08:02to figure out what tetsuya naito has been thinking over the last 10 years maybe it's just a monkey
08:08clapping those symbols quite possibly well similarly enigmatic similarly charismatic and similarly
08:18successful is yodosuji and should the call be made the lij will continue without naito and bushi and i
08:27think yodosuji being the centerpiece of that organization i think you can absolutely accept
08:35that you can just as equally accept shingo takagi just as equally accept yoro takahashi that's the
08:41strength of the faction that tetsuya naito has built from
08:44it's been his brainchild from the very beginning see what it's become now i'm sure what it's gonna
08:52evolve to well i mean you think about all the ways that tmgk has evolved over the years the longest
08:58running faction in all of professional wrestling at this point and it's because you've adapted to
09:03situations like this even if someone might be going to wwe someone might be going here someone might
09:08be going there it's something that's enduring and that's because of a similar mindset approaches to
09:14professional wrestling over the few years and a willingness to adapt
09:28to polish your love right you can't.
09:35here we see the last ten didero
09:38This is Derому
09:40Naito Tetsuya
09:58ザ・ドラゴン 高木慎吾
10:07IWGP GLOBAL HEAVYQ CHAMPION GENE BLAST
10:22STEAM YOTA
10:30Are we sure this is actually Tsuji this time?
10:32I think that is, well, I mean, it was absolutely Tsuji last time, both of them.
10:37Whether it was Yota or Shota was under some doubt, but that is definitely the real deal
10:43and the IWGP GLOBAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
10:49All right, well, across the lead here, the last elimination match for Naito and Bushi as part of AIJ
10:57but we cannot ignore that match between Tsuji and Uromura that's gonna take place May 4th
11:04the IWGP GLOBAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
11:07The main event in any building in the world is this feud between Tsuji and Uromura
11:13They've been tied at the waist literally since their debut
11:16And I remember being here in this very building in 2021
11:21when both had their last encounter before going on their respective excursions to the UK
11:26and to the US respectively
11:32We got to see them have their send off, which kind of happened behind closed doors before the first gong
11:37And now to see them in this position only a few years later
11:41It's been a very interesting evolution to see their development
11:46As a fellow pro wrestler, as a peer
11:48It's amazing to see these guys go and fight them as young lions to becoming themselves
11:54And, you know, this might not even be the final form of Yota Suji and Yuya Uomura
11:59It's just the current iteration
12:01They're gonna evolve beyond this that they have now
12:05But look at what Tsuji's already accomplished, global heavyweight champion
12:08Yeah, well that is the connection that our fans
12:12And there's nothing like it, especially here in Corcoran Hall
12:16That have followed these men since their debuts
12:19Followed their journeys, followed their progression
12:21That's exactly the same progression that the fans have followed with Tsuji and Ito
12:27For 20 years, here in New Japan pro wrestling
12:30And that makes moments like these all the more emotional
12:36Let's talk about elimination tag team history
12:40Being a Corcoran Hall favorite and an LIJ staple
12:44This is the 24th elimination tag team match for Los Ingobernables de El Pond
12:5111 of those 24 taking place right here in Corcoran Hall
12:57And actually a losing record for LIJ in this environment
13:0111 and 13
13:03Los Ingobernables de El Pond
13:05And we'll see if they can kick up their 12th win here today
13:08And Suji a little bit of Naito-like trolling
13:10Sees Yuya Uomura on the other side and says
13:13Nah, Naito's gonna stop
13:15It's one of those yeah, nah moments that we had back home in Australia
13:19Not a nah year, it's a yeah now
13:22Naito, Naito, Naito, Naito, Naito, Naito, Naito!
13:27For many a year, we've talked about how there is more behind Tetsuya Naito and his career than in front of him
13:36But that he places the importance on the resolute urgency of now
13:42And quite what that now holds
13:46And quite what that immediate future holds
13:49We will just have to be on tent hooks to find out as Boushee will get started
13:54And Boushee will get started
13:57Subterfuge from LIJ here to start us off
14:01Now we talked about that, you know, I mean, much like many a young lion, countless, countless draws it was
14:08Between Uomura and Suji in the early part of their career between 2018 and 2019
14:13After that they would constantly trade wins back and forth
14:16No one getting the upper hand over the other
14:19And that's continued since they made their returns from excursion
14:23And three times last year they faced off
14:27Once in the Tokyo Dome, Uomura was up there
14:29So Suji had to go one up, not just get his win back but take the hair of Uomura
14:35That was last February
14:36And then Uomura, well, I mean, that really hurt Uomura's forward momentum
14:42He recovered Robbie in the G1
14:44Just had his feet underneath him
14:46Finally got that win back over Yoda Suji
14:48But in the process tore his triceps and was off for three months
14:53So I think we can call them even pretty much
14:56Oh yeah
14:57You know, in these two
14:58And they've always been even since the first day they stepped foot in the wrestling ring
15:03And learned how to run ropes
15:06Definitely locked into a stalemate no matter who's had what win at what stage
15:11This next one could be the most important of the ball
15:14It has the highest stakes for sure
15:17It's gonna set the tone for the rest of this rivalry as Yuya hits a fantastically picture-perfect arm drag
15:24Locking on the arm bar, keeping Goji Suji growing
15:28So Yuya, excursions, we always talk about how excursions shape a professional wrestler
15:33And both of them taking such different paths through their times overseas
15:39Uomura focusing on perfecting the fundamentals
15:43Suji taking a much more dynamic approach in his pro-wrestling style
15:49Down goes Takemichi Noku
15:51And here comes L.I.J.
15:54Remember, not one fall to have finished this one
15:57In his elimination style
15:59If you're pinned, submitted, or out, or over the top rope in this case
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16:40Into the corner there,
16:47following up, and drop kick from IWGP tag team champions will be facing.
16:54Are we gonna get it?
16:56Here it comes, here it comes, no one escapes, Tendadero.
17:01Here's the cover, that's gotta be, gotta be.
17:04And Taco Robbie kicked out at Tendadero.
17:10You can perhaps delay the inevitable.
17:15Once that move is hit, but
17:18the inevitable shall come, and Tendadero invariably needs to victory.
17:23And I remember my first ever Best of Super Genius tournament.
17:27These two were facing off in block action right here in Corrigan Hall.
17:31And it was getting to a absolute steaming heat when Taka suffered an unfortunate injury.
17:40Bought him out of the tournament for the rest of the block matches, but.
17:44Sent him out of the company for real.
17:45Yeah, he did actually, he was exiled, right?
17:47Exiled!
17:50All right, Shingo.
17:53Commanding applause for taking out Shotsu Umino there.
17:56And the tag made to Bushi.
18:03I should say this is sound strategy in this situation to try and
18:08get the early advantage you isolate the, I mean, you don't wanna say Taka's the weaker link
18:13of the five here, but perhaps the more beatable opponent and try and get that five on four powerplay advantage out.
18:19Yeah, it's definitely about eliminating strength from the other team.
18:24And like you mentioned, we're not saying that Taka's weak by any means.
18:27He's a wily veteran.
18:28He knows his ins and outs in the ring.
18:30But he's, by stature, the smallest member of his team, so therefore poses the least force of strength for his team.
18:38for his team.
18:45And Hiromaru telling Red Shizuno that Taichi is trying to get in.
18:47He is not.
18:48And...
18:53The political persuasiveness of Hiromaru Takahashi costing Takenichi no Kudu.
18:57That's one thing about Tetsuya Naita.
19:02I mean, you can certainly say he's played the political game over the last couple of decades here in New Japan.
19:07And Taka makes a much needed tag.
19:12Here comes Taichi.
19:14Taichi and Naito, a lot of previous here.
19:18We'll see more added to that legacy next week at Red Zone.
19:21And Tsuji trying to make the save.
19:24And Tsuji trying to make the save.
19:28And Tsuji trying to make the save.
19:31And Tsuji trying to make the save.
19:34You can never isolate one man on an LIJ side without the rest of them making the assist.
19:47Ibushi gets out of dodge, doesn't get cleared out by Taichi there.
19:52Whoa, there's a strange angle for that Russian leg sweep, but he got him down nonetheless.
19:56Sweep that knee, that neck rather, of Tetsuya Naito.
20:01I don't think you're wrong though.
20:02It could have actually done damage to the knee, and you gotta remember Naito's knees,
20:05they've been a problem ongoing for him.
20:07They're strapped up at all times.
20:08Yeah, in certain way, his knees, his neck, his eye.
20:11I mean, the bump card on Robbie Eagles.
20:16For Robbie Eagles rather, the bump card for Tetsuya Naito.
20:19So full he's had to apply for a second and a third at this point.
20:24It's like those coffee loyalty ones where you get them punched out.
20:29His doesn't even exist anymore.
20:32The smallest speck of the card is left.
20:36Oh my goodness, what?
20:38That's another stamp on Bushi's.
20:40And a rocket of a boot to the draw there as Yoshihashi gets in and seeks to take advantage here.
20:48Again, just like the LIJ side isolating.
20:53Takemichino could try and take away the smaller member of the side here.
20:59The drop kick always dangerous, and here we go.
21:01The non-verbal communication so effective for LIJ.
21:06And Yoshihashi didn't go over the top and...
21:11Oh, scattered him perfectly.
21:14Bushi was charging up for that Tope Suicida.
21:18Never want to eat a Bushi rocket.
21:22Yoshihashi now.
21:24No, Bushi escapes.
21:26Well, it's the foot in Seguri and the rewind kick there.
21:30One thing that rat, Rocky Romero, will be upset about is he won't get royalties from Bushi anymore.
21:36In theory, double superkick.
21:38From Taka and Yoshihashi, what a combination that we've never seen before.
21:41Incredible, yeah.
21:43And now on the Hontai side is trying to play keep away as Yoshihashi has that butterfly lock and Bushi.
21:52Naito asks Bushi if he needs assistance.
21:55Taka is running, he's doing laps.
22:04Taka is the playmaker here.
22:07Great work from Taka Minchinoku.
22:09Kept Naito out, kept Tsuji out, and Bushi has tapped.
22:13For five and four, the advantage goes to Hontai and Jasper Geist.
22:21But that was a great call, Robby.
22:23The assist had to go to Taka Minchinoku on that one.
22:29Shoujo now.
22:34Putting the boots.
22:35This is the first time we're yet to see him legal, Robby, in this matchup.
22:39Yeah, I was just about to say Shoujo has been the least active member of his team at this point in time.
22:44Taka!
22:49Says he wants to lead Hontai, so a match like this is definitely an opportunity for him to lead by example.
22:56Nice, not making great inroads yet.
22:59And Yoshihashi might be making inroads to the locker room here.
23:03Over the top he went, tries to get driven down.
23:05Oh!
23:06Oh!
23:07And one disaster into another.
23:09Could be another!
23:11That's gonna be bad for Hontai morale, but they're gonna have to persevere and keep going.
23:16Watch the left, Yukon, Lariat.
23:19That dragon spirit Lariat drops Semino down.
23:22And, well, I mean, Robby, Shoujo is gonna have a team talk with himself here.
23:28After that short range jab from Shingo, you have no idea where you are.
23:37Some people try to instinctively duck, they get caught with a DDT.
23:40You stand up, you're caught with that Yukon Lariat.
23:43Yeah.
23:44There's no answer.
23:45A 10-year combination now in Shoujo Minho, who is getting in danger of being run out of the gym here by Shingo Tsukagi.
23:55Our red shoes should make Shingo wear gloves.
23:58Those punches, not legal.
24:00One, two, three, four.
24:02Takagi style, twist and shout.
24:05It has been all Shingo, no Shoujo.
24:07The cover, the two, and the kick out.
24:10I wonder whether Shoujo Minho was the one that issued this challenge to Shingo Takagi for that special singles match May 3rd at Zontaku.
24:18Because Shoujo knew I've beaten Shingo twice before, in the G1 and in the New Japan Cup.
24:24And having lost to Goto for the World Heavyweight Championship, the best way to get myself on track would be to beat Shingo again.
24:32But it's not working out well for him so far.
24:36Until they come to that singles meeting, any bit of momentum that he can take into that is going to be so important.
24:44His confidence has been shaken.
24:47Two failed attempts at the big one, in very quick succession too.
24:52Yeah.
24:53Losing his hair to Great Okan.
24:56It has been stop and start, to say the least, when it comes to Shoujo Minho.
25:03And I don't blame the kid for being frustrated.
25:08You've got to turn that frustration into results somehow, some way.
25:13And that is what Shoujo Minho needed.
25:16Watch the snap, watch the suplex, watch the bridge.
25:18And gets two from Ren Shizuno.
25:20And now Shoujo Minho starts to cook.
25:23STF applied here.
25:27You've got to check the positioning that he's in with this.
25:29He's got his back to the blue corner where LIJ is based.
25:33It's not the greatest way to be.
25:35You would rather be turning, facing front on, so that if you feel like you're in danger, you can call out to your teammates.
25:40Whereas at this point, he's not gonna see it coming.
25:43Shingo near the ropes and makes it.
25:49This is an elimination tag team main event here.
25:55And the current advantage, numbers-wise, is to LIJ.
26:01A couple of eliminations as Shingo taken for DDT ride, denied.
26:14Second elbow and the third.
26:17Shingo Tsukagi.
26:26We're talking about Shoujo being frustrated.
26:29I think the thing of his inexperience that still spells out is he doesn't know how to turn that frustration into what it needs to be.
26:36He lets it get the better of him and he makes the wrong move.
26:40Maybe you can see that right here in trying to stand with Shingo Tsukagi.
26:45Shingo Tsukagi has a lot of strengths.
26:48A lot of strengths.
26:49But the stand-up is not one of them compared to the Dragon, who now roars in.
26:53Lariat now.
26:54Oh, this is a strength for Shingo.
26:56Watch the Lariat.
26:57Here it comes.
26:58And the collision and neither man go down.
27:00Both men wobble.
27:01A second time there.
27:04Third time lucky for Shingo.
27:06No.
27:07Watch the right.
27:08Here it comes again.
27:09They're back the other way.
27:12They're trading them back and forth.
27:13Neither man staying down.
27:16Shoujo is looking glassy-eyed though.
27:19Locks in.
27:20Upstairs.
27:21Great change in levels.
27:22Fatshingo Tsukagi roars in.
27:25Shoujo is up again.
27:27Watch it.
27:29Lost position for Takagi.
27:31No.
27:32DDT.
27:33Got it.
27:34Didn't quite get the swing that he likes, dude.
27:36Oh, that was the swing already.
27:38No way.
27:39Practice clothesline.
27:40They're both out of it.
27:42Both men gone in an instant.
27:45Both men taken over the top rope.
27:47Both men eliminated.
27:50LIJ still hold the advantage here.
27:52Who have we got left on each side?
27:54Yodosu, Jin, Kuromi Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito for LIJ.
28:01We're down to just Yuya Omura and Taichi.
28:06And Taichi, yeah, you're right.
28:08Omura.
28:09Three on two.
28:10Trying to make the best of a bad situation here.
28:13Going back to those fundamentals.
28:14That Chris Bamba, that beautiful drop kick.
28:17He's rumbling.
28:19Clouds are forming, but what comes out is not thunder.
28:24Oh, my goodness.
28:25Oh, Suji didn't want to go.
28:27He went anyway.
28:28There's the cover.
28:29It's true.
28:37Long has Suji said that I need Yuya Omura to be challenging me.
28:42I need this to be the main event.
28:44I need this to be the kind of feud that brings New Japan Pro Wrestling
28:48to sold out Tokyo Dones.
28:50And one, two, what's the combo?
28:53Three, nope.
29:00Off the draw from Suji.
29:01Here comes Yuomura and that's where the numbers advantage helps.
29:05Otaku's trying to get involved again even though he's eliminated technically
29:09from this match already.
29:11Somebody needs to give him a nudge.
29:18Now, Suji dangerous when it comes to this corner.
29:25A lot of different options.
29:27We've seen him hit Spanish fries from up there.
29:30See, the smarter option in this position would be to just shove you off from that top rope.
29:36You know you want to try and get the kill shot.
29:38You might want to try and get the pin to make a statement, but this is not the match to risk it.
29:43That's a hell of a point.
29:45And this is a high risk environment for Yuomura, but it's Suji that goes timber.
29:52Finds his footing.
29:54And a final.
29:59You talking about kill shots?
30:01Yep, right on the top.
30:02Over you go.
30:03See ya.
30:04By one hand, one hand saving him.
30:08What in the world?
30:11What is Suji thinking?
30:12Don't eliminate yourself.
30:14Suji up on the top.
30:15He's going for that stomp, maybe?
30:17Are you kidding me?
30:18No.
30:19Danger for both men.
30:30Yeah, they're hanging on by a thread here, both having gone over the top rope in a technical format.
30:35Any of them slips on the wrong step.
30:40Spells disaster for their team.
30:42Spell disaster could mean that global title match could mean disaster for that as well.
30:48You don't think deadbolt, he wants it.
30:52We could send him straight to the floor with this one if he gets those arms locked.
30:56Yeah, I mean, I would have to say it would take him to the floor as well.
31:01Whoa, they both out.
31:05So it is, well, Taku is still in it, I think, Robby, right?
31:12It's two on two.
31:13I am confused.
31:25Whoa, that was a double clothesline.
31:27That was nowhere near a 10-0.
31:28All right, well, I mean, Ueno must have it right.
31:31He's letting Taku still take part in this match, so he must still keep it legal.
31:35Taku, Taichi, Hiromu, and Naito.
31:42This is the situation we've seen.
31:44It's several of those Suzuki-gun versus LIJ elimination tags.
31:49He in the corner blocked.
31:54It goes the other way.
31:56Tahiris, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
31:58Just facelot.
31:59He's got it.
32:00Dead center.
32:01We could have a submission victory for Taku Minch over here.
32:03Oh, Winch is in right back.
32:13Right, so we're making a much-needed save.
32:16Tried to get Taichi over the top instead through the second and third.
32:21And could it be?
32:23We might see it.
32:24No, that was a double clothesline.
32:26So was that, that was a double clothesline.
32:28It wasn't gonna be 10-0.
32:29No one escapes 10-0.
32:31That was a double clothesline as well.
32:33Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
32:35Oh, oh, oh, oh.
32:37Oh, the unnamed.
32:39The roll, the roll.
32:41And now, if you thought Gobi and Taichi was out before,
32:46he's definitely out now.
32:47Naito Tetsuya and Takashiro are two players, and Taichi is one player.
32:53I've got to be honest, it's a lot more easy to understand who's in and who's out when you're in these ones.
32:58Watching it from this position, I think I know.
33:01Ten-nerero!
33:07That's the only certainty for Taichi here. One on two.
33:12And in a handicapped position, Taichi has to come up with something.
33:19As former IWGP Tag Team Champions.
33:23Watch the spike DVT, here it comes.
33:25Whoa.
33:27Well.
33:28Not quite how he wanted it, but still effective nonetheless.
33:31I mean, he still dropped Taichi on his bonds.
33:34Why not take it?
33:36Or maybe, why not take one more, says Naito.
33:40Instead, leaving it up to Hiromu.
33:47Ooh, no.
33:49I mean, that's a difference between a junior and a heavyweight there.
33:55Oh, they're getting closer and closer to that top right.
33:58It's dangerous for Hiromu.
33:59They are, they are.
34:00Now Naito sees the danger.
34:02Naito into Hiromu.
34:03Hiromu is out of here.
34:06Payback for the way that Yoshihashi was eliminated earlier in the contest.
34:11Clash between teammates inadvertently sends Hiromu onto the floor.
34:17And Taichi, with a smile on his face, knows that we are all even.
34:21One to one.
34:23Perhaps in what might be Tetsuya Naito's last match in Corcoran Hall in the Cerulean Blue.
34:32Come on Taichi, take the pants off.
34:34Get your games out.
34:35This is a pants off situation.
34:37If ever I saw it, Taichi's first opponent as a heavyweight was Tetsuya Naito.
34:43His first trademark victory as a heavyweight during the G1 Climax was over Tetsuya Naito.
34:53So much connecting.
34:55Both of these two men and maybe the last connections being forced on this tour.
35:00He just slugging out in the center of the ring.
35:14There we go, Taichi goes low to the knees.
35:16Evil kicks from Taichi is exactly what he needs to bring in this standup contest.
35:25Taichi is absolutely brutal.
35:30And especially with someone with two bad wheels such as Tetsuya Naito,
35:35who's going to try and swing and try and promote.
35:39Pay the price, perhaps.
35:42Whoa, he's hitting there, man.
35:47Look out, look out.
35:49Taichi trying to size up Naito and...
35:52It's not gonna be here.
35:59It wasn't a pretty way of getting there.
36:01But the Axe Bomber connected the cover two and two and a half.
36:04Not quite what he wanted to start with, but he got it nonetheless.
36:08Sliding variation of the Axe Bomber from a senior position.
36:12This could be it.
36:13Where could it be?
36:15Gonna hoist up Naito Brain Buster?
36:18No.
36:19Naito now trying to figure out what his next move would be.
36:27My goodness, he talked about cranking the neck.
36:30Yeah.
36:31That was an ugly weight.
36:32He's gonna need some work done on him regardless.
36:35Naito, come on, come on.
36:38We didn't wanna take him off, but they're coming off already.
36:41That's true.
36:43And now Naito in his wheelhouse hammering those elbows to the neck.
36:54It takes him.
37:01See, normally it's in celebration, but this is almost in defeat that he's de-pantsed himself.
37:06That is exactly right, and Esperanza could be the goal.
37:10Oh, it's a victory.
37:11No, it's instant.
37:12By one hand, Tichi and Naito.
37:15And those eliminations can come from anywhere over the top rope.
37:19Naito in danger.
37:21His last potential match in New Japan in Kirkland Hall.
37:25Naito might be losing.
37:27No, it's dead.
37:28No, it's dead.
37:30Tichi, Tichi.
37:32Tichi over the top now.
37:33Hang it on.
37:38Tichi wants the bragging rights.
37:40If this is Naito's last appearance in Kirkland Hall for New Japan by wrestling,
37:44he wants those bragging rights.
37:45I'm sending him home a loser.
37:46He's gotta get in the ring.
37:47He's gotta get in the ring to do it.
37:49Still in danger.
37:50Stunned now is Tichi.
37:52It's over.
37:53It's over.
37:5424 minutes.
37:59Naito's first match is Naito's first match.
38:03Tichi, Tichi, Tichi, and Naito's second match.
38:13Lots of what we would say back home is
38:15Aji-Baji going into that final moment between Tichi and Naito.
38:21I don't think either of them were hitting the game plans
38:23they had created in their heads.
38:26But a victory nonetheless for Tetsuya Naito
38:29and LIJ
38:31to stand tall
38:33as a unit
38:35with Bushi and Naito in tall
38:37here at Kirkland Hall.
38:39for what could be
38:41the final time in this building
38:43and maybe
38:44we'll get some insight
38:46from Naito
38:49if not
38:50in the ring here
38:51maybe backstage
38:52after the match
38:53or
38:54I have a feeling
38:55Naito will be
38:57as mysterious as ever.
38:59surely not.
39:01Give us something.
39:02One thing we do know
39:03May the 4th
39:04the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
39:06on the line
39:07and there you see it
39:08Yodosuji
39:09has the high ground
39:10and has the white belt for now
39:12but for how much longer?
39:14They meet
39:15semi-main event
39:16Night 2
39:17in the Fukuoka International Center
39:19for Wrestling Tontag
39:20for Wrestling Tontag
39:24It is
39:25as soon as
39:28bombshell announcements
39:29were made this week
39:30tickets
39:31moved
39:32at an incredible pace
39:33and we are damn near
39:34a sellout
39:35and we'll have the best seats
39:38in the house for you
39:39right here
39:40on NJPW
39:41World live in England
39:42the main event
39:44and the time-musei-gen
39:45elimination match
39:46is
39:4724-41
39:50Naito Tetsuya
39:51Tsujimota
39:52Kakashi
39:53Kakashi
39:53Kakashi
39:54Kakashi
39:54Kakashi
39:55Kakashi
39:56Kakashi
39:57Hey, May the 4th
39:59You think Yoshiashi
40:00trades his staff
40:01for a lightsaber?
40:02Why not?
40:04I'd like to see it
40:05Hey, if he doesn't
40:06I will
40:09Maybe I'll have to
40:10pull my old Jedi robe out
40:11Maybe that's why
40:20I drill them alone
40:21you will bring the forks
40:22to the rest of the world
40:23Ahhhh
40:24There you go
40:25The forks are strong
40:26within you
40:30This is what happens
40:31when we have an event
40:32that ends at 1.30pm
40:36Well, you know what
40:37that means
40:38It's night time somewhere
40:42Night time in the U.S.
40:43Yeah
40:44Yeah, that means
40:45Tai Chi is going to go drinking
40:46Might have to join him
40:48Not physically
40:49just in the sense of
40:50it's time to drink
40:51It's been a long day
40:53and it's only just getting started
40:55It's only just getting started
40:59I still have the whole afternoon
41:00Chris
41:01I know, this is great
41:02I love it
41:03The wind down
41:04The wind down is going to be strange
41:07Do I go to bed at 2pm?
41:10Nothing better
41:12Tetsuya Naito I think will hold court
41:14and drink in the atmosphere
41:16Ammestphere
41:17Ammestphere
41:18Ammestphere
41:19Ammestphere
41:20Ammestphere
41:21Ammestphere
41:22Ammestphere
41:23Ammestphere
41:24Ammestphere
41:25Ammestphere
41:26Ammestphere
41:27Ammestphere
41:28Ammestphere
41:29Ammestphere
41:30Ammestphere
41:31Ammestphere
41:32Ammestphere
41:33Ammestphere
41:34Ammestphere
41:35Ammestphere
41:36Ammestphere
41:37Ammestphere
41:38Ammestphere
41:39Ammestphere
41:40Ammestphere
41:41Ammestphere
41:42Ammestphere
41:43Ammestphere
41:44Ammestphere
41:45Ammestphere
41:4627 minutes.
41:48There is no doubt that he can, certainly Shingo Takagi can as well.
41:51But there is more actions to do the talking.
41:54Next week at Red Zone, Taichi and Ishii will be facing Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi.
42:00And certainly the future of the IWGP Tag Team Championships will be part of that equation.
42:07The new champions will be crowned in our main event that night.
42:11That will be the next time we see you right here live in English on NJPW Wild.
42:15First, some words, probably in Spanish and some Japanese, Tetsuya Naito.
42:20Please translate, Chris. I will have no idea what's happening.
42:23No, not the Spanish part.
42:25Ganbatte.
42:26I think that was a good afternoon.
42:36First of all...
42:40First of all...
42:44BUSHI, can you talk a little bit?
42:47Oh, I have to hear from BUSHI first.
42:51BUSHI!
42:56BUSHI!
42:57BUSHI!
42:58BUSHI!
42:59BUSHI!
43:00BUSHI!
43:01BUSHI!
43:02BUSHI!
43:03BUSHI!
43:04BUSHI!
43:05BUSHI!
43:06BUSHI!
43:07BUSHI!
43:08Since the situation is what it is, I should...
43:10BUSHI!
43:11BUSHI!
43:12BUSHI!
43:13BUSHI!
43:14BUSHI!
43:15BUSHI!
43:16BUSHI!
43:17BUSHI!
43:18I have trouble with it.
43:20It is not my pleasure, not that I have to worry.
43:21There was a lot of thought had to go into this but I don't regret the decision that I made.
43:26In the last 10 years, I said that I didn't change my feelings when I was in the beginning.
43:41I really felt that my wills and intentions will never change.
43:46This is still the end of the season.
43:52I want to thank you so much for being able to join the team in the league.
43:59I want to thank you so much for coming to the ring in New Japan Pro Wrestling with a ton of gratitude.
44:09So that didn't really clarify anything.
44:11Nope.
44:12Great, classic L.A.J.
44:16Today we are opening the Road to Wrestling Don'taku.
44:27Me and Bush will leave the New Japan Pro Wrestling ring on May 4th.
44:42Me and Bush will be back in the New Japan Pro Wrestling ring again someday after that?
44:57So, the answer is of course, Tranky.
45:03You didn't think he was going to tell us everything right here, come on.
45:08Come on, I was hopeful.
45:11So, let's do the first L.A.J. Roll Call.
45:15So, for now, have a little roll call.
45:19And this will be the first L.A.J. Roll Call in 2015.
45:25It's the first L.A.J. Roll Call in 2015.
45:27It's the first L.A.J. Roll Call in 2015.
45:31Do you want to prepare for your preparation?
45:34Do you want to prepare for your preparation?
45:40The last L.A.J. Roll Call in 2015.
45:42The last L.A.J. Roll Call in 2015.
45:44You will also have the last L.A.J. Roll Call in 2015.
45:46Of course, it's definitely the last L.A.J. Roll Call in 2015.
45:47That's obviously the last L.A.J. Roll Call in 2015.
45:50Bush.
45:52Hiron Moon.
45:54Takagi.
45:56Titian.
45:57Yota, E. Naito, NOSOTROS, LOS INGOVERNAMENT, DE HAPA!
46:27Naito, Naito! Naito! Naito! Naito! Naito! Naito! Naito!
46:38Tenshya Naito has always said that pro wrestling is at its very best when everybody has kept guessing.
46:46And when it comes to the future of Naito Ibushi and Los Ingobinados de Apon,
46:51well, for sure, we're going to be kept guessing,
46:55and maybe kept guessing for a long, long time.
46:59And there is no doubt if this is the last tour for Naito,
47:04we'll never see another one like him.
47:08There is also no doubt that Hiromu Takahashi is one of one,
47:12that Shingo Takagi is one of one, and that Yodosuji is one of one.
47:16And that is why L.I.J. has been consistently the top unit in New Japan Pro Wrestling for a decade.
47:29And why we're all on tenterhooks as to just what's going to happen in New Japan Pro Wrestling
47:38in the coming months, in the coming years, well, in the coming tour.
47:45Routo Dantaku is underway.
47:48We will be back live in English for you next week.
47:52Wrestling Renton for the first time in Hiroshima.
47:55Brand new IWGP Tag Team Champions will be decided.
47:59Cal Newman of Greater Khan versus Bishima.
48:02Nioshi Ashi and Hiroki Goto in our main event.
48:08And new additions to the NJPW World Streaming Calendar.
48:12Two extra events on the road so Dantaku will be bringing with you.
48:17And of course we can't ignore April 29th, Tizen no Kuni.
48:21The NJPW Street Boys will be looking to extend their reigns, Rob.
48:25Long for B3, Chris.
48:27As Bushi takes one more reflective look out on the Corcoran Hall card.
48:39We will await the words of Tetsuya Naito backstage.