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00:00we've talked so much about championship matches here tonight Yoshitatsu this is
00:11the one match on the card here at WrestleKingdom 10 where no title is at stake
00:16yeah that means it's important for the story
00:20I think this is a key for this year Yoshi you've been talking about your
00:32displeasure with Bullet Club and what they've done to the wrestling here in
00:37New Japan what are your thoughts on Naito and the Innoberables and how they have
00:43turned their back on the New Japan fans
00:48he looks like he doesn't care anything right so but but I think he care
00:57I think
00:59interesting
01:00now take a look at the show that is being put on here on the entrance way
01:09I'm gonna butcher that one
01:16Yoshi take a stab at it
01:19Innoberables
01:20yeah how do you say it in Japanese
01:23I have no idea well there you see the face of evil
01:29yes the former Takaki Watanabe who he was part of uh you know New Japan was sent an excursion to
01:39America competed in Ring of Honor and then left and all of a sudden came back when he took off his mask
01:45at King of Pro Wrestling to reveal himself as the ally of Naito it was a moment of shock I will never forget
01:53yes last year I saw Watanabe in the United States
01:57he was good guy but what happened to him yeah what happened to him as well that mask right there is
02:04significant in in latino culture um the day of the dead I did a lot where it is it just and the
02:12Sith that he's walking with here all of these things have a feeling of darkness of ending of death of
02:18mortality if you will and there you get a look at Tetsuya Naito
02:23I'm sure they will try to do something tonight oh sure six foot one 225 pounds 10 years of pro but the
02:33transformation in the last year or so of Naito has defined his career in my opinion do you agree
02:39I do and again it's that the athleticism he did everything the right way he fought with honor he fought
02:46with pride he gave everything to the fans and yet they responded to him negatively they denied him the
02:53opportunity to main event at Wrestle Kingdom they boot him out of buildings in Osaka he he goes places
02:58even when he was trying to do things the right way and it wasn't making people happy so he he changed
03:05he changed yeah told them he changed it yeah but you know what and Yoshi you know this and I'm the first
03:10one to tell you you can make people happy you're gonna spend your whole life trying to make people
03:14happy you're gonna spend a very sad existence I kind of like what Naito is doing here he's kind of
03:20flipping off all the haters which I'd love to do and saying look I'm gonna do what I want to do and
03:24if you have a problem with that step to me and I'll slap you in the mouth I kind of like this from
03:28Naito I like this attitude but the one part I think and and Yoshi and I were talking about this
03:33beforehand that you both agree on is that it's almost this arrogance like I don't care you brought
03:39it up earlier on but you really think in your heart that he does care yeah I think he jerks to
03:46somebody is he jealous of Tanahashi jealous of Nakamura keep going yeah that's why he pretend to I don't care
03:57that's an interesting interest there a psychoanalysis here it's kind of like when when a guy breaks up with
04:03a girl or a girl breaks up with a guy and then they go they start going to the gym or they get a new haircut or
04:07they just do something because they actually do care very interesting insight Yoshi yes
04:15look at you psych 101 professor Tatsu thank you
04:20and now Naito enters the ring
04:26Naito dressed in his best Barry Gibb outfit and there you see some of the fans appreciate the ignoble
04:44Naito walks over the bushy
05:14the exact opposite of Naito when it comes to heart and passion and what
05:44this company means emblematic here of his opponent who walks to the ring what does all of this
05:50mean for goto go is there he's he's doing the right thing always I think yeah of course
06:02but he will show something to Naito and there's something he needs to teach to Naito many feel that
06:11Hiro Okigoto tonight defends the honor of New Japan Pro Wrestling
06:15checks in at five foot nine
06:17says 230 pounds looks a lot bigger to me 13 years of pro
06:21a very bullish approach a low center of gravity which allows for many moves that use physics and gravity
06:27including the Ushikoroshi neck break and oh wait a second now again before the bell
06:35and that seems to be a theme here tonight that that the the antagonists or the rule breakers take advantage of that small little time before the bell rings to claim an unfair advantage
06:49how many matches uh
06:51uh
06:55yeah i think i would agree with both you guys it's it's been too frequent here tonight
07:01but goto able to absorb it and then deliver a solid kick to the chest of naito
07:07and a lot of this venom and a lot of this animosity comes from king of pro wrestling you alluded to it earlier on of course when uh evil debuted it was during a tag team match it was uh goto and no had to go it was well it was at king of pro wrestling
07:29oh wait a seco and shibata they came to the aid of tanahashi at the end tanahashi wrestled naito on that night
07:39captain new japan he cornered tanahashi as well he just gets dribbled driven down to the floor evil and bushi have certainly been difference makers along the way with naito
07:51as naito has carved a very defiant path
07:57oh
07:59good lord
08:01it's rough
08:03one chair wrapped around his head
08:05and swung for the fences and now the table's being torn apart
08:11the timekeeper's table has been just dragged inside the barricade
08:15while the official is busy with the extracurriculars
08:19it's amazing to me the professional wrestling referee may very well be
08:25the dumbest person on the face of the planet
08:29oh
08:31that table right there
08:33that's the target
08:35oh
08:37and the smiles on the faces of the faithful tell a great story here
08:49as now evil and bushi start to circle goto
08:53goto
08:55came down to this fight alone
08:57knowing that naito was going to have his boys at ringside
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10:47He's someone who rules himself physically beyond the 220-pound weight limit of the junior heavyweight division that he debuted in.
10:57Had an intercontinental reign in 2015, one of the great moments of this past 12 months.
11:05And he's always had that physical style even when he was a junior.
11:08But now back on his feet, trying to free himself to chin lock.
11:12I don't like that, seriously.
11:19It's a very disrespectful thing to do.
11:28Versus the Irish Whip. Up and over Naito.
11:35Clothesline right through Naito.
11:38Go, go, go!
11:41That was good one.
11:43And here Okigoto, who has been driven through a table and has been triple teamed at some point.
11:47Now finds himself back on his feet, Matt, looking to carry this fight to Naito.
11:53It's amazing because it's almost, it was forgotten that Goto was put through a table early on in this match.
12:00Maybe Naito might have pulled out his biggest weapon a little too early.
12:03Spinning a heel kick there.
12:05Yeah, caught it.
12:07Caught it flush.
12:09Bulldog and yanks Naito down face first.
12:13Come on, come on.
12:16No cover yet.
12:18That goes to show you the animosity here as well as the respect.
12:22He's got to be able to understand, hang on here.
12:25With both legs trapped, a near fall.
12:26Understands his opponent, understands how important it is to inflict as much damage as possible.
12:33That Saito suplex may have only been the beginning.
12:36Naito slips behind.
12:40Perhaps the thought of a German suplex counter by Goto.
12:42Charges in, finds the boots of Naito up.
12:44Inverted atomic drop.
12:46Pulled him straight down and now Naito out on the apron.
12:48Stand up, Goto.
12:49Look at that.
12:50Medicism of Naito.
12:51Nice.
12:52Great missile dropkick.
12:53Extended.
12:54Extended.
12:55Encountered by Goto.
12:56Encountered by Goto.
12:57Charges in, finds the boots of Naito up.
12:58Inverted atomic drop.
12:59Nice team there.
13:00Pulled him straight down and now Naito out on the apron.
13:03Stand up, Goto.
13:04Look at that.
13:05Medicism of Naito.
13:06Nice.
13:07Great missile dropkick.
13:08Extends the legs.
13:09Goto.
13:10Almost on instinct.
13:11Physical momentum.
13:12Trides up in the corner.
13:13Say what you want, but Yosh, you got to admit that Naito is impressive as a wrestler.
13:31Forget the personality.
13:32Forget the emotions.
13:33Just the wrestling.
13:34Actually, his wrestling is very good, I think.
13:38Yeah.
13:39Has it gotten better?
13:40Yeah.
13:41He's much better.
13:42Yeah.
13:43I challenge Goto because he's my same debut in 2002.
13:53So, we train together.
13:57Not only in New Japan Wrestling Dojo.
14:00So, as you know, Shibata and Goto is in the same high school amateur wrestling club, right?
14:07Yes.
14:08But Goto and I are in the same college amateur wrestling club.
14:15Well, the bonds that exist between you two now as Naito finds himself on the top rope.
14:25Really?
14:26Really?
14:27Really?
14:28Really?
14:29My goodness.
14:30You're going to see a code red from all the way up there.
14:34Oh!
14:35Oh!
14:36Nowhere to go but down and out.
14:39No, he kicked out!
14:41Kicked out?
14:42Yes.
14:43I can't believe it.
14:44You know, and it goes back to it.
14:45No matter what you think about a person, whether you like them or not or they annoy you or whatever.
14:50If they're tough as nails and they're good at what they do.
14:53Shoots the half.
14:54No leg hook and Naito able to kick out.
14:56You can respect them.
14:57You have no choice to respect them.
14:59And you can say you hate them but if you constantly watch, then you're a fan.
15:05Yeah!
15:06Nice!
15:07Naito frees himself.
15:08Step up in Seguri.
15:09Oh!
15:10And...
15:11Godo refused to even fudge.
15:12Flying for him there.
15:13Flying Naito.
15:14And Naito.
15:15Trying to get position here in this fight.
15:16Oh!
15:17Oh!
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15:34Right.
15:35I'll probably beat Godot 1977 here in this fight.
15:36Stayin close to his opponent now.
15:38Going back to that area.
15:42It didn't work well the first time for Naito.
15:43Oh!
15:45Oh!
15:46Nice top rope Frankensteiner there.
15:47And now...
15:48In the position.
15:49Here we go!
15:50Now less than half a count away from victory...
15:53for Naito.
15:54And of course, this would be another thumb in the eye of New Japan.
15:59The disrespect that Naito has shown.
16:01If he's able to defeat Godot here tonight.
16:03tonight. Yeah. If Goto want to teach something to Naito, at least he need to win.
16:12It's hard to teach lessons if you come up short. But Goto fights his way out. Naito connects
16:21his forearm. He's playing some fighting spirit as they trade toe-to-toe. A lot of these forearms
16:37land on the carotid artery. It cuts off the flow of blood to the brain. Every strike, that's
16:41no good. That embolism and that artery pops, and it's Baiba. Oh, can we see Yoshikoroshi
16:52right here? Fireman's carry into the neckbreaker, onto the knee! How about cover? I think those
17:01forearms took a lot out of Goto, otherwise he would have went for a cover there. Good point,
17:05Yoshikoroshi. Fulton down. Getting a good look, and you could see just how that connected.
17:14That was perfect. It was, but Goto unable to follow up, like you'd said.
17:19Swims through, but gets a forearm for his troubles. Kick and catch, and the referee was in the wrong
17:33part attack. Well, that was Naito taking advantage of that. Swung the leg of Goto right into the
17:38referee. Naito went for a low blow there. Oh, God! Oh! Larry turned him inside out, stood him
17:45right in his head. Oh! Now... Oh, with the referee down, this gives Evil a chance to come in from
18:01behind, and now Bushi to assist. Oh, with the spray of the mist! But it got Evil instead.
18:08Perhaps Yoshikoroshi here for Bushi. Yes!
18:14Goto seemingly overcoming all the odds here. Oh!
18:20Low blow! A blatant foul! Great roll up, two! No!
18:27Oh! Wow!
18:29In the span of about four seconds, you saw the dark side and then the athleticism.
18:38What follow up to the low blow was that amazing cover. Nice counter there. Headbutt puts Naito down.
18:48Here we go! Oh! Nicely done! Is it enough?
18:54Here we go! Oh! Oh! Nicely done! Is it enough?
18:59Two! Victory!
19:01Huge victory!
19:02Huge victory!
19:03Well done.
19:04Yoshi, that has to mean a lot to you, as well as the fans here in New Japan.
19:09Although I see a lot of Naito fans here, but there are still many that applaud Goto's effort and his victory here.
19:24Again, look at what Goto went through. He was driven through a table.
19:27Yes! Look at the low blow!
19:31Got low blow!
19:33And was able to escape the mist. Bushi sprayed the green mist.
19:38Yes!
19:39Got out of the way.
19:40Currently, it has been a night where we have seen the Game of Inches play out for success for some, failure for others.
19:49That's a win for Hiroki Goto at Wrestle Kingdom 10.
19:57Here is your winner!
19:59Hiroki Goto!
20:03That's great!
20:04Overcame the odds. Doing it the right way!
20:07Look on Naito's face. Look at the look on his face.
20:18Yeah, you can just see. He was almost smiling.
20:23Well, I don't know if he's all there.
20:25I want to hear Naito's comment after the match.
20:31He will go back, I'm sure, to the press area.
20:34There it is. See?
20:37I don't know if he's not all there or maybe he's more there than we think.
20:43Captain New Japan along with Hiroki Goto.
20:47And Hiroki Goto, victorious.
20:52Yeah!
20:53Hiroki Goto!
20:54And here's my presence.
20:55One!
20:56The son.
20:57Thinking of Matt.
20:58So I guess I found this.
20:59It's he ever happened.
21:01Yes!
21:02I was!
21:04Good...
21:05Ping.
21:06Alleluia 잠.
21:09Let me.
21:10Alleluia.
21:11You view team who have...
21:13Ok!
21:14You've been mamy Naito 2