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00:01Every day, people tell me you're not the best.
00:05You should take the payday. You should play it safe.
00:08You should just stay calm and tranquilo.
00:15The mountain he could never climb grew even taller.
00:22He was defamed by his peers,
00:25shunned by his family and for a moment doubted by himself.
00:32I went into that match feeling broken.
00:34I went into that match having lost friends, relationships, money, everything.
00:40Yet, he endured it all.
00:45After years of training, trying and failing,
00:49it was a broken Kenny Omega who defied the odds
00:53and finally defaced the untouchable Kazuchika Okada.
00:57Kenny Omega has done it!
01:01For the first time in his remarkable career,
01:04Omega holds the IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt,
01:08breaking the Rainmaker streak as New Japan's longest reigning champion.
01:13He is the standard.
01:15So this belt doesn't just mean that I'm the champion of New Japan Pro Wrestling.
01:20This kind of means I represent Pro Wrestling.
01:24His sights set on absolute supremacy.
01:27The leader of the Bullet Club vows that the time has come.
01:31His promise to change the world will be delivered.
01:34So I have to set the new standard.
01:36Now begins a proud era that he once only dreamed of.
01:42Kenny Omega.
01:44You can live your dreams and your nightmares at the exact same time.
01:53Can anyone here name me a Kenny Omega match that they thought was great?
02:00A match that didn't include Okada.
02:04Cody has been testing the Bullet Club's backbone.
02:11The one loss that really hurts is the one where I fought Cody and lost.
02:23The reality is that I dominate the news feed,
02:28that I monopolize the budget here,
02:30that I am the leader of the Bullet Club.
02:33And I don't hate Cody.
02:35I understand Cody.
02:36Cody just wants to be in the spot.
02:39Kenny Omega versus the American Nightmare, Cody.
02:43For the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
02:47For the Bullet Club.
02:49I want to see the look when he sees you in pain.
02:53And when the rest of the world sees me as the leader of the Bullet Club.
02:58To be able to see it all.
02:59To be able to see it at the moment,
03:00theеры of the Bullet Club.
03:01And a chance to be able to see it as the leader of the Bullet Club.
03:02For the siete of the Bullet Club.
03:03Randy Rhoads will lead her husband.
03:26We got to tell you, that's Bernard, the business mayor, for those of you who can be scored at home.
03:30I don't know exactly what that is.
03:33I don't have a clue.
03:34But, I got his name right, though.
03:38I know that Cody Rhodes is a serious, serious wrestler.
03:43Absolutely.
03:45This kid is at his best when the stakes are at their highest.
03:50Cody getting a slick ride down to the ringside, it would look like.
04:05I don't think he'd be incorrect in referring to Cody as a megalomaniac of sorts.
04:11When Cody was born, he was ordained to be a wrestling superstar.
04:20He was throughout high school, state champion in the state of Georgia.
04:25He was at a magical career as a professional that just continues to get better each and every day.
04:31I know Kenny says, oh, I don't hate Cody.
04:35I understand him.
04:37I don't know if he does.
04:39I think he could be mistaken about Cody.
04:41I think Cody is possibly a sociopath.
04:45And that he doesn't just want the limelight, Kenny.
04:49He wants everything.
04:50The son of the American dream, Dusty Rhodes, brother of Goldust.
05:00It's in his DNA, if you will.
05:04Lovely white, Brandy here.
05:09I thought that bear was a hamburger restaurant mascot.
05:15This kid's in shape, isn't he?
05:17Well, there was.
05:17I'm kind of pissed he's not bringing anything harder at you.
05:25I think Cody has suggested that this is barely.
05:31I don't agree more.
05:39Well, I'll tell you one thing.
05:41Dusty would have been so proud of this kid.
05:44What he's done, leaving a secure environment.
05:47To go on his own pirate, to pilot his own ship.
05:55Cody has been phenomenal on his own.
05:58Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody!
06:01Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody!
06:03Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody!
06:05Cody! Cody! Cody!
06:06Cody! Cody!
06:07He's done incredible things.
06:08Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody
06:38The first ever
06:43tied to the fence
06:45of the IWGP Heavyweight title
06:47by Kenny Omega
06:49is now.
06:51So you're looking at another
06:53historic facet
06:55of this broadcast.
06:58Now in the red corner,
07:00the reigning champion
07:01is making the way to the ring
07:04from the black club.
07:06The best
07:08bout machine,
07:11Kenny
07:11Omega.
07:16Arguably the hottest single star
07:18in the entire pro wrestling
07:20game is Kenny
07:22Omega.
07:25Josh, he's a smart
07:26kid, boys. He's like Cody.
07:28He's a supreme strategist.
07:29He's a game
07:31planner.
07:33He's rolled what he's done with
07:35the Bullet Club
07:36into, I guess,
07:39whatever approximation
07:40you can call it.
07:42He still refers to it as
07:43the Bullet Club,
07:44but now he's got
07:45what he's called
07:46the Golden Elite
07:46with Matt and Nick Jackson.
07:49That's got to be a little
07:50distressing
07:51for Cody to see
07:52the young bucks
07:53down here supporting
07:55Kenny Omega.
07:56I don't know there's anything
07:56wrong with it, but
07:57has that thing imploded
07:59officially? I don't know that.
08:01It's hard to say.
08:02And this may be the straw
08:03that breaks the camel's back
08:04tonight,
08:05this match between
08:06those two
08:07and these two.
08:08But
08:08one thing that's clear,
08:13Cody would know
08:14from watching plenty
08:15of past matches,
08:16plenty that we've called,
08:17the young bucks
08:17have had no problem,
08:19no compunction
08:19against getting involved
08:20in Kenny Omega matches.
08:22But I do recall
08:23that Kenny mentioned
08:24this would be
08:25a solo affair.
08:26Yeah.
08:27He would not have anybody
08:28able to interfere
08:30on his behalf.
08:31I believe that
08:32he's sincere.
08:33Kenny Omega.
08:40Omega focus.
08:41How much pressure
08:41is he under
08:42his first time defense?
08:44He's here.
08:45Against this man
08:46at that.
08:47Yeah.
08:48I know he tries
08:49that he's trying
08:50to downplay
08:50so much of the
08:51emotional contingent
08:52of the history,
08:54the rivalry between them,
08:55but I don't think
08:56he can just turn it off.
08:56And he just recently
08:58lost a match
08:59to Kenny Omega.
09:02Still feels awkward.
09:03The young bucks,
09:03I think even feel
09:04awkward now.
09:05Cody's kind of
09:06credulous that they
09:07are hugging
09:08and he's not
09:09getting a hug.
09:15If you like,
09:16Cody would be
09:17a perfect choice
09:18in recasting
09:19American Psycho
09:21for the film today.
09:23Cody's hair
09:24is no longer blonde
09:25as you can
09:25ascertain.
09:26And that's because
09:28he's apparently
09:29going to do
09:30some sort of
09:30movie role
09:31or some broadcast
09:32role that required
09:33his hair to be dark
09:34again.
09:35That's all we know.
09:36And as Baird
09:37Bonrashie would say,
09:38that's all you
09:39need to know.
09:41The crusher would say,
09:42I'll see you at the bar.
09:44Well, folks,
09:45this should really
09:45be good.
09:46Strategy unfolding.
09:47Well, this story
09:49should be compelling,
09:51unique,
09:53with a little
09:53old school properties
09:54sprinkled in
09:55to a very fast-paced,
09:57modernized matchup.
09:59Even though the Young Bucks
10:00are still ringside,
10:01it's not bad form
10:04to have corner men,
10:06essentially,
10:07to have seconds
10:08be with you
10:09at the ring.
10:09Well, it's more
10:11than bothering
10:14Cody.
10:16I don't blame him.
10:20He's seen
10:21what's happened
10:21in the past.
10:22Plus, he's also
10:22thinking,
10:23what would I do?
10:24How would I have them
10:24act on my behalf?
10:26You know,
10:27for a fact,
10:28Cody would have them
10:28jump
10:29and hook
10:31and crook
10:31anybody.
10:32Anyhow,
10:32he could.
10:33a very hard
10:36collar-no-vo tie-up
10:37and Rhodes
10:39going behind.
10:40Cody
10:41breaking the hands,
10:42trying to break the hands
10:43of Omega,
10:44breaks the grip.
10:46Getting all the fingers
10:47as Cody
10:48trying to go
10:49for the side wrist lock,
10:50countered.
10:52The eyes.
10:54Very aggressively
10:55does Cody
10:56take Omega
10:58to the ropes
10:58with his hand
10:59in his face
11:00and maybe in his eyes,
11:01as Josh mentioned.
11:07Little things
11:08like restricted vision
11:09that just takes you
11:11out of your game
11:11for a few moments
11:12because all it takes
11:13is a few moments.
11:14Best I've looked,
11:15there's three seconds
11:16to determine
11:17a winner or a loser.
11:23Hey,
11:23you know,
11:24and usually
11:24you get four seconds
11:26right before the referee
11:28forces you to break
11:29before you get disqualified.
11:30and I could easily
11:31see Cody
11:32be willing to use
11:33every ounce
11:34of that four seconds.
11:37The old
11:37axiom was
11:39to tell the talents
11:40in the ring
11:40as a referee,
11:41you get a five count.
11:44If you don't break
11:44on five,
11:46I'll disqualify you.
11:47Pretty simple.
11:48So you break
11:48on four,
11:49you suggest that
11:49to them.
11:50some listen,
11:51some don't.
11:55We've seen that.
11:56Haven't we?
11:57We have seen that
11:58recently.
11:59That was pretty hard.
12:05there was a meaning
12:08behind that.
12:10That wasn't
12:10happenstance,
12:11ladies and gentlemen.
12:13Cody's the taller,
12:15somewhat heavier man,
12:16but Omega
12:17has an incredible amount
12:18of strength
12:19and explosiveness.
12:21I don't doubt
12:22that he can make up
12:22for any lack
12:24of weight,
12:25potentially,
12:25or height.
12:34As you can see,
12:35getting a lot of force
12:36coming off the ropes
12:36there,
12:36able to move
12:38Cody quite a bit.
12:39Cody right back
12:40to the face,
12:41which is annoying
12:42and aggravating
12:43to say the very least.
12:45Shoulder block.
12:47Cody running
12:47through the champion
12:48in that size,
12:50a bigger frame.
12:51Nice hit block.
12:57Purpally done.
12:58Countered.
12:59Side headlock takeover
13:00into the head scissors.
13:05Omega going for the headlock.
13:07Was standing up
13:08too straight.
13:08He was able to get
13:09his leverage into it,
13:10but man,
13:10what a chop, J.R.
13:12That was
13:13plenty stiff.
13:17Too much rotation
13:18on that backdrop.
13:20The
13:20family uppercut
13:23executed perfectly
13:25by Cody.
13:28Moving around
13:28his lovely wife
13:29who's here
13:29at ringside.
13:36Cody stalking.
13:39Omega,
13:40make sure Omega
13:40doesn't get a chance
13:41for that second breath.
13:42Cody, Cody.
13:43Fuck you.
13:44Fuck you.
13:45Turn his back
13:46distracted by some fans.
13:49Omega tries
13:50to take advantage of it
13:51only gets his back
13:51rammed right in the
13:52front apron edge.
13:54Break his back, Cody!
13:59Well, fans got a lot
14:00of horses in the race here.
14:01There's an Omega contingent.
14:03Very significant.
14:05There's also
14:05some Cody fans,
14:07without doubt.
14:09Or Brandy fans.
14:10I'm not sure.
14:12Doesn't matter.
14:12The attrition battle is on, Josh.
14:20They're trying to beat each other down.
14:25Cumulatively,
14:25strike after strike after strike.
14:29And Kenny Omega's reverse knife-edge chops
14:32are something to behold.
14:34And here,
14:34to be perfectly honest.
14:35Yeah.
14:37Misses with that one.
14:40Cody now trying to
14:41get back in the wrestling path.
14:43Reverses the Irish whip.
14:46Power slam.
14:47Look at the cradle.
14:48Oh, here we go.
14:49Man, that was sudden.
14:51And I got a real strong
14:52near fall there.
14:54But I don't think that
14:55Kenny Omega was quite ready for.
14:58Beautifully executed
14:58wrestling technique.
14:59Like you said, J.R.,
15:00very sudden.
15:02Finishing with the cradle
15:03off that power slam.
15:04Very, very potent
15:05pinning combination.
15:07Omega needing some serious strength
15:09to kick out of that.
15:10Oh, and just a short,
15:11hard right hand
15:12of the eye socket.
15:13And the power slam
15:14started it all.
15:16Started it all.
15:18And again,
15:18Cody
15:19uncharacteristically
15:20turned his back again
15:21on Omega.
15:23A little distracted
15:24by Red Shoes.
15:25Calling him on those
15:26closed fists.
15:29Nice little dropkick
15:31slides into his shin.
15:32Yeah.
15:33Nice low dropkick indeed.
15:35And now Omega
15:37taken to the stars
15:39with some classy offense
15:43taking Cody down to the mat.
15:47Well, we've seen this before.
15:50There's some big plans.
15:55Omega had a steam
15:58and Cody pulls his wife
16:00in front of him
16:02to act as a shield.
16:06But he still catches a foot
16:08from Omega
16:09over the top.
16:11Nobody there.
16:12Omega holding up
16:13his knee.
16:16May have jammed that
16:17on the concrete.
16:19I'm not sure.
16:19Here goes Cody
16:20into the ropes.
16:21Up to the corner.
16:22Oh!
16:23Oh!
16:26Rose delivers the goods
16:28from the top rope
16:29with an immense risk.
16:31But that's how high
16:32the stakes are here.
16:34Heavyweight title
16:35is on the line.
16:37One fall 60
16:37for your pleasure.
16:38Live here on
16:39AXS TV.
16:44It looked as though
16:45Kenny Omega
16:46might have tried
16:47to change direction
16:48when he left
16:49his feet
16:50and just
16:51landed oddly.
16:54Unique interaction
16:55involving
16:56Cody
16:57and the young bucks.
16:59Here comes
17:00the weight belt
17:01is coming off.
17:03Guess what's next?
17:05Nothing good, JR.
17:07All right.
17:08That's unique.
17:09Fair play.
17:10I didn't get
17:10I didn't predict
17:11that one.
17:12Not at all.
17:12Down goes
17:17the title
17:17and the bell
17:19boot to the face.
17:26Nothing good
17:27is going to happen
17:28outside.
17:30Some balance
17:31by Cody there
17:32to keep
17:33crashing into
17:33that table.
17:34But he's on the table.
17:35That's the bottom line
17:36here is that
17:37the challenger
17:38for the heavyweight title
17:39is on the table.
17:41And look at the bucks.
17:42Are you kidding me?
17:46For a load of
17:47bad both feet
17:47to the heart
17:48of the challenger
17:49through the table
17:50to the concrete.
17:52Now what?
17:53Look at this.
17:54The boom!
17:55Bike driven
17:56right through Cody
17:57by Kenny Omega.
18:01That
18:01is a serious table.
18:04That took
18:04some serious force.
18:08Wow, the young bucks
18:09were somebody
18:10incriminated there
18:11by holding
18:11the security
18:13running
18:13steady
18:14while Kenny
18:15got his lead.
18:16Right.
18:17But then
18:17the subtle
18:18you watch Kenny
18:19talk to us
18:20and see look
18:21when Kenny
18:22walked by him
18:23to grab that table
18:24they did not look
18:25as if they really
18:26approved of all this.
18:27I mean
18:27I don't think
18:28they're going to
18:28stop anybody
18:29but now you see
18:32Matt and Nick
18:34looking after Cody
18:35there is some
18:37friendship there
18:37still
18:38that remains
18:40between these men
18:40although I don't
18:42I can't say
18:43for Cody's side.
18:43I think the young bucks
18:44are just trying to say
18:45that enough's enough
18:46Kenny
18:46one table shot's enough
18:48Oh!
18:50Hard chopping down
18:51and not a place
18:53to lay your head
18:54it's like I said
18:55I don't think
18:56the emotion
18:56is fully removed
18:57from Kenny
18:58I really don't think
18:59that he's
18:59stopped hating
19:00or stopped having
19:02that emotional
19:02content for Cody
19:05Look out
19:06uh oh
19:06and Omega
19:08just barely able
19:09to reverse
19:09his fortunes there
19:10ooh
19:11hard edge
19:12meets him
19:14right in the waistline
19:15back in the ring
19:17Cody
19:17Cody
19:19having quite a hitch
19:21in his getup
19:22right now
19:22you know
19:23he's feeling it
19:2410 minutes
19:2610 minutes
19:2710 minutes
19:2910 minutes
19:30gone
19:30and a 60 minute
19:31time limit
19:31we're informed
19:32Omega
19:34stuck in the ropes
19:35there
19:36that could do it
19:37right there
19:38the combination
19:38offense
19:39lateral press
19:41and a near fall
19:42and
19:43Cody
19:44maintains the pressure
19:47as he should
19:48forcing
19:49Omega
19:50to use more energy
19:51to kick out
19:53and continue this match
19:54the formula
19:55is that simple
19:56if you're on offense
19:58stay on offense
19:59don't get the ball up
20:00even a pin
20:01even a pin attempt
20:02is useful
20:03it's gonna
20:04you're putting your weight on him
20:05you're making him carry that weight
20:07you're making him kick out
20:07from underneath you
20:08and it's a mental
20:10destabilizer as well
20:11they keep thinking
20:12well I was that close
20:13to losing
20:14over and over
20:14and how do I keep
20:15ending up on my back
20:16right
20:16how many times
20:18can I kick out at two
20:19I'm fading
20:20and I know it
20:21big time
20:26right hand
20:27very deep
20:28and I know it's going to be a lot of fun
20:29and I know it's going to be a lot of fun
20:30and I know it's going to be a lot of fun
20:31from face
20:32from the top
20:33Omega's leg
20:35gave out on there again
20:36nice
20:37the cover by Cody
20:39the challenger got another near fall
20:41I don't know how many near falls
20:44that Omega has been able to earn
20:45in this match
20:46but I would suggest
20:47that maybe
20:48Cody has
20:49more
20:50than the champion
20:51that I don't get
20:53I know why he's doing it
20:55he's playing mind games
20:56to the audience
20:57but the audience
20:59is not involved
20:59in this match
21:00they are not
21:01that's an attitudinal thing
21:04right
21:05that shot
21:05right to the quadricep
21:07the thigh muscle
21:08biggest muscle
21:10in the body
21:10the quadricep
21:11from Morris
21:11means four-headed thigh muscle
21:14and
21:15Cody took aim at that
21:17that was my nickname
21:21in high school
21:21four-headed thigh muscle
21:23four-headed thigh muscle
21:23yeah
21:24I did learn something
21:25from my college anatomy class
21:27kinesiology too
21:28well at some point
21:30in his life
21:30Cody learned the cravat
21:32a very very classic
21:34catch wrestling hold here
21:35he's applying effectively
21:36Kenny Omega
21:38he's trying to hand fight
21:39break that grip free
21:40he manages to get the thumb
21:42everywhere
21:43I'm sorry Josh
21:45everywhere these wrestlers travel
21:46they have the ability
21:48to learn something
21:49and take that with them
21:50and I see
21:51Cody doing that a lot
21:53and it's obvious
21:54that Omega
21:54has done that
21:55Omega's a Japanese citizen
21:57yeah
21:57he spent so much time
21:59over there
22:00multiple companies
22:01he's picked up
22:04on the Japanese style
22:05of wrestling
22:05you've seen
22:06oh my gosh
22:08explosive
22:09Frankenstein
22:10you've seen
22:11Omega's
22:12skills
22:14and techniques
22:15only increase
22:17as he's been
22:18in New Japan
22:19pro wrestling
22:20you've been
22:20picking up from other wrestlers
22:22Cody flattened the table
22:23I don't think he's out of harm's way
22:24by any stretch
22:25up and over
22:26Omega taking a massive chance
22:30he did hit his mark
22:33but he didn't do himself
22:35any wonderful favors either
22:37look at this
22:38that high
22:40dive over the top
22:42up and over
22:43catching
22:44Cody square
22:47he's still limping
22:49still moving gingerly
22:51very gingerly
22:52as Omega
22:52moving around here
22:54on the outside
22:55there is no
22:56no forgiveness
22:57no love
22:59from a concrete floor
23:00none at all
23:01they've never returned the text
23:03try FaceTime
23:09Omega on top
23:12what a missile drop kick
23:16I think one of
23:17one of Omega's feet
23:18caught Rhodes
23:19right in the ear
23:20such an explosive
23:23athlete is Kenny Omega
23:24he's right up
23:25cross-legged
23:27for the neckbreaker
23:29Dallas by Omega
23:33scores the neckbreaker
23:34and now can the champion
23:36follow up
23:37in what has been
23:38a very back-and-forth affair
23:40with the richest prize
23:41in New Japan Pro Wrestling
23:43it's a bit of a complex
23:46set-up for that neckbreaker
23:47but incredibly effective
23:48for Kenny Omega
23:49as he draws him
23:50draws his gun
23:52looks down the sides
23:53V-Trigger
23:54drop-toe hold
23:58drop-toe
23:58hanging on the rope
23:59oh
24:00D-Turner from behind
24:01right behind the head
24:03Omega on his feet
24:07very athletic
24:08D-Turner gets in
24:10lethal
24:11is a toxic
24:13offensive weapon
24:14snap-drag it
24:15the momentum
24:20is in the champions corner
24:22man what a shift
24:23right yes sir
24:24and unless Kenny makes
24:25a big mistake
24:26this is his to win
24:28and theoretically
24:29his to lose
24:30very wide and slow
24:33with that
24:33low dragon
24:36suplex of his own
24:37JR
24:37nicely done by Cody
24:40showing that he can
24:42suplex as good
24:43as anybody
24:44and he can
24:45his amateur background
24:48is really something special
24:50for Cody
24:50and the fact that he's a roach
24:52he's a dream son
24:54I think it means something to this guy
24:56like a family of athletes
24:57I mean Dusty was a recruit for the NFL
25:01and a baseball player of some regard
25:03one of my favorites of all time
25:06these two guys exchange
25:08again
25:09this is all about
25:10who's the better man
25:12to hell with the
25:13collateral damage
25:15we're going to bring it
25:16hard forearm shots
25:18high boot
25:20laying square in the face
25:21Kenny turns his back
25:23he's looking to get some momentum
25:24over
25:26goes the champion
25:28countered
25:30figure four time
25:31yes sir
25:32figure four leg lock
25:37is a really good maneuver
25:39for Cody to utilize
25:41against the champion
25:42the championship winning move
25:44and he's right on top
25:47of the outside of the toe there
25:48putting a lot of torque
25:50a twisting leverage aspect
25:52to the knee as well
25:53boy this is a
25:56really a torturous
25:57finishing maneuver
26:00and
26:02Omega trying to reverse it
26:06by turning both men to their stomach
26:08but not that time
26:09Randy
26:15looks eagerly on
26:17I think she's trying to help Red Shoes
26:19right hands
26:22degrading into a slugfest
26:24in this position
26:24not there's a whole lot you can do
26:26I suppose
26:27two North Americans
26:29more used to using their
26:30clinched fist
26:31than they are the palm strikes
26:33and technically
26:35clinched fist to the head
26:36is illegal
26:37in the rules of professional wrestling
26:39and yes folks
26:39there are actual rules
26:40to pro wrestling
26:41most
26:43more often than not
26:45oh man
26:47slapped a taste right out of his mouth
26:49there
26:49and now the
26:51submission has been reversed
26:54the pressure is on Cody
26:56and Cody
26:57almost had to force himself
27:00to go to the bottom rope
27:01for a little bit of a
27:02surcease
27:04Omega's suffered from that figure four
27:08always the same question
27:11how bad did Omega suffer
27:14how bad is he hurt
27:15he's not 100% honest
27:17you don't lay on a figure four that long
27:20what the hell now
27:22what the ladder
27:23and these guys
27:28and Matt's just going
27:29what do you think
27:30and Cody's
27:31grab the chair
27:32table ladders and chairs
27:35match here all of a sudden
27:36well there's a chair
27:39there's a ladder
27:41we've seen tables
27:43all the ingredients
27:45of this wicked stew
27:46are in place
27:47the Bucks
27:50are not approving
27:52of what's going on
27:52but they haven't stepped in
27:54they haven't altered
27:55the course here
27:55inanimate objects
27:58just don't play well
28:00and Kenny makes a mistake
28:03of turning his back
28:04on Cody
28:04oh man
28:07right across the
28:09aluminum ladder
28:09that could be
28:16the biggest difference maker
28:17in this match
28:18I'm not sure
28:24what Cody is plotting
28:25strategizing
28:27did she
28:30did Brandi
28:31kick it
28:32Omega
28:32I don't know
28:34maybe I'm imagining things
28:37kind of
28:38I did get her name right
28:40I'm really concerned
28:46on what's going to happen
28:47with this
28:47ladder here
28:48look out
28:49look out
28:49my gosh
28:51Omega
28:53the champion
28:55suplex
28:56chest
28:59first
29:01admin first
29:02and there's just
29:04no down way to land
29:05look at this
29:06he tried to throw
29:08Cody over it
29:10only to get reversed
29:11and the rebound
29:12on the ladder
29:13as it hits the cable
29:14doing added damage
29:19there
29:19Omega got caught
29:21in the face
29:22by the ladder
29:23ladder's not
29:24selling a bit
29:25Omega certainly
29:26is hurting
29:26he could be
29:29laced open
29:29yes
29:29I was asking
29:31if he was bleeding
29:31Cody's got a
29:34nice shiner
29:35working
29:35his right eye
29:36I know
29:40we both know
29:40there's Cody fans
29:41here tonight
29:42but they are
29:42outnumbered
29:43yeah
29:43they are outnumbered
29:45I imagine
29:46mainly because of
29:47tactics like that
29:48wow
29:53that wasn't good
29:54landed right on
29:55that guy's knee
29:56that guard railing
29:57none of the guard
29:59rails are attached
29:59whoever did that
30:01job
30:02needs to be
30:02reprimanded
30:04I wonder if that
30:05guy's okay
30:06I don't know
30:07he's hurting
30:08on top of that
30:10railing
30:11careen right
30:13into the top
30:14of that guy's knee
30:14that Jackson
30:16trying to tell
30:16Cody
30:16you don't need
30:17to do this
30:19but I think
30:19it's too late
30:20for reason
30:22I don't think
30:23the hell are you kidding
30:24I have no doubt
30:26that neither
30:28the Jacksons
30:29are going to get
30:29Cody to change
30:30his path
30:30I don't even
30:31think his wife
30:32could get Cody
30:33to change his path
30:33that's a long way
30:38up
30:39and a hell
30:40a long way
30:41down
30:41with a body
30:43and a table
30:44in front of you
30:45well they say
30:45it's a long way
30:46to the top
30:47if you want
30:47to rock
30:47and roll
30:48goddammit
30:50if Cody
30:51doesn't want
30:51to be Judas Priest
30:52tonight
30:52straight right
30:55hand
30:55look out now
30:59well the Bucs
31:03are doing all
31:04they can
31:04do the right
31:05thing
31:05in their mind
31:06agreed
31:08they have done
31:12some
31:12real questionable
31:14stuff in the past
31:15themselves as part
31:16of the bullet
31:16club but
31:17they are doing
31:18the right thing
31:19they're trying
31:19to keep this
31:20degrading into
31:23Thunderdome
31:23but no luck
31:25here
31:25two men
31:26ascending the
31:27ladder
31:27inevitably
31:29somebody's going
31:30to come down
31:31maybe both
31:32and it's not
31:33going to be pretty
31:34this don't end
31:38well
31:39JR
31:39this one
31:41doesn't have
31:41a happy ending
31:42folks
31:42the champion
31:45Kenny Omega
31:46teetering
31:47oh
31:48disaster
31:49he fights
31:50back
31:50that's Omega
31:51for you
31:52he fights
31:54back
31:54Omega
31:56tells
31:57Matt
31:58to get
31:58off the apron
31:59good lord
32:01how much higher
32:02can
32:02no
32:05it's too much
32:06this is too much
32:08what are you doing
32:13the champion's been
32:18super flexed
32:19up the top of the ladder
32:20with an agonizing splat
32:22in the center of the ring
32:24with Omega's
32:25heavyweight title
32:25on the line
32:26he's had his career
32:27finish JR
32:28that's what he's had
32:29happen
32:29Roge
32:33this is how
32:34you kill a man
32:34Cody
32:35outstrategized
32:36Omega
32:37Omega
32:37thought he had
32:38the table's in sight
32:39and there you see
32:40what happened
32:41a human demolition
32:43derby
32:43with the
32:45IWGP
32:46heavyweight champion
32:46finding himself
32:47now in
32:48waist deep
32:49water
32:50he is in jeopardy
32:51I wouldn't
32:53I can't see him
32:54as anything
32:54but just a
32:55pile of broken
32:57bones
32:57held together
32:58by flesh
33:00at this point
33:00it just
33:01the human body
33:03ain't meant to take
33:04that kind of stuff
33:04JR
33:05an amazing
33:06confrontation
33:07arm is over
33:08shoulders are down
33:09the shoulders are down
33:11for God's sakes
33:12if I'm Cody
33:14just run a half
33:15Nelson on him
33:15or a chicken wing
33:16turn him right over
33:17I think you get the pin
33:19and Cody is hurting
33:21more than maybe
33:21he wants you and I
33:23to believe Josh
33:23he had to come down
33:24off the top
33:24of that ladder
33:25too
33:25bingo
33:26Cody rolls
33:32to the outside
33:33let me being vertical
33:34for a moment
33:35can help him out
33:36here
33:36is he regrouping
33:48or is Cody
33:48leaving
33:48or
33:49I wouldn't say
33:50that
33:51I think
33:51the trophy that
34:03Cody came here
34:05to win
34:05it's a belt
34:06but it also doubles
34:07as a weapon
34:08I suppose
34:08red shoes
34:14you gotta
34:14put an end
34:15to this
34:16someone's gotta
34:18look at
34:18Kenny Omega
34:19right now
34:20from behind
34:23takes down
34:24Cody
34:24reverse
34:26Frankensteiner
34:27that's a very
34:30challenging
34:31maneuver
34:31to execute
34:32and Cody
34:34made a fatal
34:34mistake
34:35I'm sure
34:36you would agree
34:36he turned his
34:37back on a very
34:38talented adversary
34:39it's just not in
34:45Kenny to pick him up
34:46springboarding off
34:55the ropes
34:55ropes scored
34:56a big time
34:57kick
34:57unfortunately
34:58for him
34:58the referee
34:59is also down
35:00how do you get
35:01how do you get
35:01the win
35:02you don't get it
35:04right now
35:04that's for sure
35:05this is a very
35:06chaotic
35:08unpredictable night
35:09as we can speak
35:11from experience
35:12here
35:12now that the ref's
35:14out of the way
35:14I gotta even believe
35:19that maybe Cody
35:20just wants to just
35:21cripple Omega
35:22at this point
35:22maybe a win
35:23isn't good enough
35:24who's gonna be the
35:25winner
35:26who's gonna be the
35:26leader of the
35:27Bullet Club
35:27a lot of things
35:28seemingly at stake
35:30here
35:30other than
35:31the heavyweight
35:32title
35:32Omega
35:35obviously very upset
35:36Cody
35:37have a change of
35:38heart
35:38nice counter
35:39Omega so resilient
35:42man he just
35:42don't count him out
35:43crossroads by Cody
35:47spiked right on his
35:48head JR
35:48the cover
35:49look here
35:50look here
35:50oh my god
35:52oh
35:53big time near
35:56fall
35:56man what a
35:59sequence
35:59just when he thought
36:01it was safe
36:01to go back
36:02in the water
36:02New Japan
36:10pro wrestling
36:10JR
36:11sharks everywhere
36:12all the time
36:13Jackson's
36:17getting that ladder
36:18out of the ring
36:19well they're trying to
36:20help two guys that they
36:21have a lot of respect
36:22for I gotta believe
36:22fans might not like it but
36:26now back to a wrestling match
36:31we hope
36:32it's been very physical
36:35very personal this match
36:37there's not a lot left in
36:39these guys but there's still
36:40plenty of heart
36:41Omega's first title defense
36:45since defeated the legend
36:47he just scored
36:49to the
36:49that V trigger knee
36:51that really is
36:53the calling card
36:54for Kenny Omega
36:55uh oh
36:57there he goes
36:58oh
36:59man that head is there
37:03defenseless
37:04Omega's ahead of steam
37:06and just runs through
37:07his opponent
37:07with that V trigger knee
37:10Roach fights off the
37:13shoulders
37:13counter by Omega
37:18reverse kick to the
37:19back of the head
37:20that's the second or
37:21third time that
37:22Cody's been hitting
37:23the back of the head
37:24cannot be doing him
37:27any favors
37:28and here comes the
37:29champion
37:29sitting there prone
37:30boom
37:31here comes that V trigger
37:32look at Cody's face
37:34just itching pain
37:35and the challenging
37:37situation he's in
37:38for the
37:39he's got to win
37:41sometime
37:42powerbomb
37:43roads off his shoulders
37:45Omega's showing
37:48plenty of strength
37:50still surprisingly
37:51I can't believe it
37:52able to pick Cody up
37:54for that powerbomb
37:55after taking that
37:57suplex
37:58well that knee
38:00was just
38:01torturous
38:02boom
38:03another clean shot
38:08lighting him on fire
38:10with these V trigger
38:10knees
38:11I guess it's just a
38:12straight step knee
38:13really
38:14blocked
38:18Cody blocked the knee
38:20but not that one
38:21Omega basically just
38:24sprawling back
38:25double underhook
38:26throws trying to
38:29counter
38:30the backslide
38:32and another V trigger
38:34right in the face
38:35right in the face
38:36and Rhodes
38:38to his credit
38:38showing amazing
38:40toughness
38:41great resiliency
38:42like we've seen
38:44his father do so
38:45many times
38:45to come back
38:46from adversity
38:47seemingly
38:48insurmountable
38:50adversity
38:50fans are anxious
39:05it's been a very
39:08challenging night
39:09for both these men
39:10a lot of
39:12external activities
39:14holding on to that rope
39:18for dear life
39:19plugging blows to the
39:21spine
39:21you can hear it
39:22finally getting him up
39:29in the electric chair
39:30position
39:30spinning him through
39:32for a powerbomb
39:33Cody trying to fight
39:34off the
39:35situation
39:36oh no
39:37JR
39:38oh
39:39oh my
39:41I'd forgotten
39:44about the damn
39:44table
39:45but
39:46Kitty Omega did
39:47I don't see that
39:50as the kind of thing
39:50you do to someone
39:51that you don't hate
39:52anymore
39:53someone that you
39:54don't have
39:55serious negative
39:56emotions for
39:57that you don't have
39:57a serious
39:58brudge with
39:58I don't buy it
40:00Kenny
40:00you just tried to
40:03murder this guy
40:04look at this
40:05the table didn't
40:07even break
40:08only a body
40:10figuratively was
40:13broken
40:13and that body
40:14of the challenger
40:15who's being checked
40:16on by the young
40:17bucks
40:18and Cody's wife
40:19Brandi
40:20and now
40:25will Omega
40:27show any
40:28empathy
40:29will he show
40:30any bullet
40:31club love
40:32to his
40:32a man
40:33that wants
40:34the job
40:35as the head
40:35honcho
40:35of this group
40:36you're the
40:44count
40:44up to seven
40:46there's a 20
40:46count in total
40:47and the title
40:49can change hands
40:49on a cannon
40:50Omega
40:53for whatever reason
40:54brought him back
40:55in the ring
40:55could have left
40:56him out there
40:56maybe
40:56we've got a count
40:58out win
40:58maybe
40:59maybe
41:00he's prioritizing
41:02a submission
41:02or a
41:03pinfall victory
41:04for his first
41:05title offense
41:06more
41:07upscale
41:08than a
41:09count out
41:10I agree
41:10and I don't know
41:11what more he needs
41:11to do
41:12I need to roll
41:13him over
41:13and pin him
41:14at this point
41:14but
41:14Kenny ain't done
41:16and like I said
41:18well there's
41:20the
41:20the advantage
41:22that Cody has
41:24with his wife
41:25at ringside
41:25she understands
41:27what's going on
41:27she's a part
41:28of the Bullet Club
41:29family
41:30at various
41:32times here
41:32so
41:33she's trying
41:34to
41:34she's fierce
41:35for her husband's
41:36safety
41:36the welfare
41:37of Cody
41:38is obviously
41:39at stake
41:40here
41:40but this is a
41:41high stakes
41:42piece of business
41:42Kenny ain't backing
41:47off though
41:47he's gonna pull
41:48the trigger
41:48he's locked
41:50and loaded
41:50Cody
41:51with great
41:55deal
41:56great
41:57anticipation
41:58was able
41:59to rise
42:00up
42:00and counter
42:02Omega
42:02in that
42:02V-trigger knee
42:03maybe a little
42:06bit of playing
42:07possum
42:07after a certain
42:08point
42:08although I gotta
42:09imagine
42:09both these men
42:10are in serious
42:11pain
42:11adrenaline
42:12alone
42:13is keeping
42:13them together
42:14adrenaline
42:15and heart
42:16will to win
42:17forearms
42:21exchanged
42:22both shots
42:24to the head
42:24not a good thing
42:26man
42:35they're the
42:37if there's not
42:38animosity between
42:38these two guys
42:39I've never seen it
42:40before in my life
42:41first one staggers him
42:48second one stuns him
42:50Cody tried to block
42:51the second one
42:52but couldn't get
42:52enough of it
42:53I don't think
42:53to turn the tables
42:55here
42:55double underhook
42:57he's got Cody up
42:59Cody dropped on his
43:03head
43:03will it be three
43:04now it's where
43:10Kenny
43:10is at his best
43:12to take care
43:13finish the business
43:14ran right through
43:16Rhodes' face
43:17with that V-trigger knee
43:18right through the face
43:20of the challenger
43:21Omega wants to leave
43:24leave no questions
43:26asked
43:26nine left
43:29one winged angel
43:30one winged angel
43:33picks Kenny Omega
43:36back to the pay window
43:37the first
43:40and his first
43:41on the bench
43:41of the great
43:43Kenny Omega
43:43proves productive
43:45here tonight
43:46in one hell of a
43:47wrestling match
43:48against Cody
43:50the YWGP
43:52heavyweight champion
43:53amazing physical
43:58mental
44:00cerebral
44:01main event
44:02there's nothing
44:05they didn't try
44:06they're willing
44:07to try things
44:07to see if it
44:08would work
44:08they put their
44:10bodies on the line
44:11Josh
44:11in the process
44:12of doing just that
44:13there's a high
44:15level of emotional
44:16content involved
44:17in this
44:18you don't
44:19pick someone up
44:21on top
44:21of an elevator
44:22or elevate them
44:24up on top
44:24of a ladder
44:25get them 10 feet
44:26in the air
44:26and suplex them
44:27down
44:27if you
44:28if you don't
44:29mean
44:29it's a serious
44:30arm
44:30you don't
44:30powerbomb a guy
44:31out of the ring
44:32onto a table
44:33if you're just
44:34trying to win
44:35there's something
44:38much deeper
44:38in there
44:39much much deeper
44:40the tip
44:42of the ice
44:42the story
44:44in our opinion
44:46folks
44:46is the only
44:47Josh
44:47in my opinion
44:48between Omega
44:49and Cody
44:50the story
44:51has just to be
44:52fully told
44:52and I for one
44:55can't wait
44:56to see
44:56how it evolves
44:57and we're going
44:58to learn a lot
44:59more about
45:00all these men
45:01we've seen
45:01tonight
45:01in the G1
45:02which starts
45:04in a week
45:05what's going
45:08to be left
45:09of
45:09all right
45:11I don't even
45:14know what's
45:15going to be left
45:15of Kenny
45:15and Cody
45:16for a G1
45:17but a massive
45:21show of respect
45:22from Kenny Omega
45:23to what has been
45:25his most
45:25serious foil
45:27it's strange
45:29that Omega
45:30has retained
45:30the title
45:31his big title
45:32the heavyweight
45:33title
45:34in his first
45:34title the fence
45:35but he seems
45:36to be
45:37distant
45:38with that win
45:39because of
45:40what he had
45:41to do
45:41to win a match
45:43against Cody
45:44it was not
45:45it was things
45:46that could have
45:46shortened careers
45:47or maybe it has
45:48we don't know
45:49right
45:49and you got to
45:51wonder
45:52with everything
45:53that happened
45:53all that they've
45:56been through
45:56and all that
45:57Cody has done
45:58can he truly
46:00believe that Cody
46:01would be done
46:02with this
46:02that that would
46:03be the end
46:03of it
46:04Cody's going
46:06to leave
46:07the possible
46:08ownership
46:09of the Bullet
46:09Club
46:10to Kenny
46:11and he's
46:11going to
46:12let Kenny
46:13continue to be
46:14the IWGP
46:14heavyweight champion
46:15without his
46:16interference
46:16it's a lot
46:18to swallow
46:19bottom line
46:20is when you're
46:20the IWGP
46:21heavyweight champion
46:22you are a marked
46:23man
46:23on any given
46:25night
46:25and this
46:26organization
46:27the title
46:28any title
46:29can change
46:29omega knows
46:34that
46:34we talked about
46:35that on my
46:36podcast
46:36that the
46:37G1 tournament
46:39is going to be
46:39a defining
46:40point in time
46:41for him
46:42because the
46:43best are going
46:43to come after
46:43his title
46:44yes
46:44earn a shot
46:46well you know
46:46that once you
46:47become a champion
46:48that you've just
46:50you have chosen
46:51to have that
46:51bullseye on you
46:52I think what's
46:55between him
46:55and Cody
46:55is a little
46:56different
46:56I guess we'll
46:57just have to
46:57see how it
46:58unfolds
46:59this is my
47:01first title
47:02defense
47:03as IWGP
47:06heavyweight champion
47:07I'm proud
47:10that I could
47:11do it
47:11in a legendary
47:12building
47:13such as
47:14the cow palace
47:15but most
47:18importantly
47:19I'm proud
47:21that I could
47:21do it
47:22in front of
47:23each and every
47:24one of you
47:24fans
47:25there's something
47:30that I never
47:30understood
47:31before becoming
47:32a champion
47:33it's that
47:35as you see
47:36more and more
47:37success
47:37the more and more
47:38people are
47:39waiting behind
47:41to try and
47:41knock you down
47:42but we must
47:43not forget
47:45that each
47:46and every
47:46one of us
47:47is human
47:48each
47:49and every
47:50one of us
47:50deserves a
47:51second chance
47:52even Cody
47:53he deserves
47:55a second chance
47:56and his effort
47:57was nothing
47:58short of
47:59valiant
47:59and whether
48:04it be a pro
48:05wrestler
48:06whether it be
48:07a Japanese
48:08idol
48:08whether it be
48:09the guy
48:10working the
48:10popcorn stand
48:11each and every
48:13one of us
48:13need to stand
48:14behind good
48:15people
48:16and give us
48:17the very best
48:18human life
48:19possible
48:20just as
48:23I
48:24shall give you
48:25the very best
48:27professional
48:28wrestling matches
48:29from everyone
48:31on our roster
48:32there was some
48:38speculation
48:39that this show
48:40wouldn't go
48:41well
48:41but let's face
48:43it
48:43I see
48:44pretty much
48:44a full house
48:46and each
48:46and every
48:47one of you
48:47were lively
48:48as heck
48:50so thank you
48:57for your
48:58positivity
48:58thank you
48:59for believing
49:00thank you
49:01for partying
49:01and thank you
49:02for changing
49:03the world
49:04but now
49:06sadly
49:06I must bid you
49:08adieu
49:09goodbye
49:10and good
49:12night
49:13back
49:14a very
49:27impressive
49:28first title
49:28offense
49:29for the
49:30incredible
49:31Kenny Omega
49:32we're still
49:35as confused
49:35about the
49:36long term
49:37future
49:39of the
49:39bullet club
49:40as we were
49:40we started
49:41to see
49:41to be honest
49:42it's only
49:43become
49:43more complicated
49:44if you ask
49:45me after
49:46watching this
49:46match tonight
49:47but Kenny
49:48is definitely
49:48right that
49:49there was
49:50a lot of
49:52valor shown
49:52a lot of
49:53a lot of
49:53heart
49:54certainly
49:55an incredible
49:57performance
49:57out of both
49:58wrestlers
49:58in this
49:59IWGP
50:00heavyweight
50:00title match
50:01but
50:04this
50:04bullet club
50:05instance
50:06and hey
50:06if Kenny Omega
50:08is going to keep
50:08having matches
50:09like that
50:09how many more
50:10title defenses
50:10could he possibly
50:11have
50:11and we see
50:12the rest
50:13of the
50:13bullet club
50:14here
50:14the Tongan
50:15faction
50:15Bell
50:17is
50:17Kenny Omega's night
50:31a big night
50:33for the
50:33bullet club
50:34here in the
50:35cap house
50:35It looks like some unity from the Bullet Club now.
50:41They're actually coming back together.
50:48Okaga Tagaloa, King Haku.
50:51We apparently are seeing some healing.
50:55At least for tonight.
51:05An amazing night for Kenny Omega.
51:08Oh!
51:09What was that?
51:11Tamatanga just railroaded him.
51:14Good lord.
51:15Uh oh.
51:19Tamatanga is going right after Kenny Omega.
51:22And Omega has sailed into the ring post.
51:33Firing squad.
51:34He just shed his Bullet Club shirt.
51:41Tamatanga Tagaloa along with their father, the great Haku.
51:48Physically dissecting Kenny.
51:50Kenny's up at a big ol' powerbomb.
51:56Impactful.
51:57They're just murdering the man right now.
51:59Oh my god.
52:00Young Bucks can't get there to help in any way.
52:05Hey, you got Haku putting boots on.
52:08You do not want to be on the wrong end of that guy.
52:13Here comes Hangman Page.
52:14Hangman Page.
52:18Attempt to intervene.
52:19Knocked right out of his boots.
52:26Hangman Page.
52:30Power slam.
52:31Yeah!
52:32Yeah!
52:33Yeah, he's...
52:34The tongue and faction means business.
52:36Marty Scurro.
52:37He's got it.
52:38He's got his umbrella with him.
52:42Oh!
52:43God, what a cutter.
52:44Gun stun.
52:46Gun stun indeed.
52:51Headbutt for Matt Jackson's troubles.
52:53Matt Jackson shows a lot of guts to confront Haku.
52:56You did this!
52:58You did this!
53:03You did this!
53:04Here comes Chase Owens, though, with a much cooler head.
53:09Here comes Chase Owens, though, with a much cooler head.