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00:00Oh, Chris, the wonderful Aaron Idol has left the booth here tonight.
00:17It was a pleasure to have Aaron in the broadcast booth,
00:20a blind man who taught some of the greatest professional wrestlers
00:23that you have seen come out of British Columbia.
00:25And meanwhile, it is indeed moving on to your next match of the evening.
00:31It is 10-man tag team action.
00:33And, well, a couple of visitors from Kyushu Pro now joining us outside of TMDK.
00:39But before we get there, we come to this.
00:41Zack Sabre Jr., hell of a victory over Hiroshi Tanahashi
00:45to try and get things right back on track
00:48after a rocky past few months for the Orange and Black.
00:51Yeah, it was...
00:53Big Jagu, Anthony Jackson.
00:58That win last night for Zack Sabre Jr.
01:01over Hiroshi Tanahashi, a gleamer of light
01:04in a kind of a dark month for TMDK.
01:10Japanese young man, Fujita Kozen.
01:18Solo部 PWA champion, the Slime of the Sky.
01:21Robbie Eagles still has that Solo PWA title.
01:27He's going to be wanting to wear it through Best of the Super Juniors
01:30and win the trophy as well.
01:31Well, Walker...
01:34there's all sorts of little things that you never think would happen in this business.
01:53Now, this, for me, is a real treat.
02:02Because, as a 15, 16-year-old kid watching his first DCW tapes,
02:10to have Tajiri versus Super Crazy, and that rivalry being so much of a part of my mid-teens,
02:21and Tajiri, for a good period of time, was my favorite wrestler in the world.
02:25And I never thought that I would call it a Tajiri match, but here we are, in Tonsaki.
02:31And it's an absolute pleasure to do so, whether you've seen Tajiri before,
02:35and your tape trading, or like me, and your streaming services,
02:38it is Tajiri and Ryota Shikose, here tonight.
02:43For the first time in over 14 years, Tajiri, in a New Japan Pro Wrestling ring.
02:51And it's been a wee bit longer for Ryota Shikose back October 2004,
03:04last competing in an NJPW ring.
03:13For as much as we haven't seen Tajiri in a New Japan ring for a long, long time,
03:33the last time he did, a lot of connections to tonight and to this match.
03:40It was a six-man tag, Tajiri, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Hiroki Goto,
03:48against Toriyano, Tomohiro Ishii, and Shinsuke Nakamura.
03:52So, so much coming full circle.
03:55I think there's a little bit of bad blood still,
03:59from the G1 years ago, between Yano and Tajiri.
04:10I know you were tired out because you made the 13,000-minute walk to Ebratis
04:23for a couple of drinks last night.
04:25I tried to tell you there's plenty of bars here in Fogoka Walker.
04:28Wow, I mean, none of them were up to my class.
04:31Now, in Hokkaido, Nobri-Messhi,
04:33Kankow-Taishi, Yano Toru!
04:38Oh, only 245 days left.
04:44Oh, only 245 days left.
04:52Hey, how about coming up in the month of June,
04:55the very last ever event in Dolphins Arena,
04:58the Tanahashi Jam.
05:00It's going to be a special produced event by Tanahashi.
05:04It's not going to just pick the wrestlers and the matches,
05:07but also I believe we're going to have special musical guests.
05:10It's going to be quite a TV presentation.
05:13It's going to be a CSAC exclusive,
05:16but it'll be on NJPW World on a delay a couple of weeks later on.
05:20And that's definitely going to be a special night to check out
05:23in a historic building.
05:25And I know you've called a lot of those archival matches
05:28stretching right back 50 years
05:30and some of the classics that have taken place in that.
05:32Yeah, it's going to be an incredible time coming up
05:35in that month of Tanahashi Jam
05:38as we celebrate the life, the career, and the legacy
05:41that will be left behind on Tanahashi's terms
05:43coming up January 4th, 2026.
05:50Well, the English audience and viewing world at large
05:52are well and familiar with the legacy
05:54of the Japanese buzzsaw Tajiri.
05:56But now in modern day Kyushu Pro representative Tajiri.
06:01No ECW to be had.
06:03Yeah, and well, Tajiri recently came through,
06:08relatively recently, in the last few years,
06:12spent a lot of time in All Japan Pro Wrestling as well.
06:14That's his connection with Francesco Akira.
06:16Ah, yeah.
06:18But then started to work on the business side
06:23with Kyushu Pro as a wrestler.
06:24Really fired up that promotion
06:28to where it's a very highly drawing
06:31and successful independent down here in the Kyushu area.
06:37There's a lot of those ties to the old Osaka Pro Wrestling
06:41way back in the day, if you remember that,
06:42Super Delphin and all those guys.
06:44And there's a through line from there
06:46into what is now Kyushu Pro a little bit further south.
06:50Oh, Zach wants some of Tajiri.
06:53Oh, now I'm feeling like a kid all over again.
06:56This is great.
06:58This is just awesome.
07:01Tajiri, a feigned connection with one Brit,
07:17and now tying up with another.
07:22Of course, there's a smile on your face a mile wide.
07:24I can see it.
07:25Tajiri and Zack Sabre Jr, a dream match
07:27that you never know you wanted until you have it
07:29in the center of the ring.
07:30And that's the beauty of an event like this.
07:32Sharing the New Japan Pro Wrestling main stage
07:35and spotlight with the stars of Kyushu Pro.
07:44And Tajiri with the takedown there.
07:47Nobody better from the mental side
07:50of professional wrestling than Tajiri.
07:53One that's written entire books on the subject
07:57of the psychology and philosophy of professional wrestling.
08:00Very best-selling author is Tajiri as well.
08:14You see all the members of this tag team on the outside
08:17and they're just intent, focused watching here.
08:21They're going to school here, you know.
08:22It causes incestions.
08:24It's very much an education for all involved
08:26or viewing audience, Sam.
08:27Oh, stretch.
08:28Look, look at the look, the countenance on Tajiri's face.
08:31Like, hmm, okay.
08:33Oh, an arrow.
08:34Nice try.
08:35And now it's Tajiri.
08:36It's right back in the rear.
08:39Oh, double wrist, no.
08:45Off and off, off and off.
08:47No, it's a Tajiri scooter.
08:58Come on, Jack.
08:59Yay!
09:00Yix!
09:01Yix!
09:01Yix!
09:03Yix!
09:05Yix!
09:06Yix!
09:07Yix!
09:08tajiri walks in tonight 54 years of age kumamoto native 30 years in professional wrestling thus
09:19far and he wears every single year every single month week and day not only on his body but also
09:27within his technique yeah it isn't a hold that tajiri doesn't know and doesn't know how to get
09:34out of the tags will be made on both sides and it is the new iwgp junior tag team champion and yo
09:48and the former and eagles scooped up and covered here by yo and very quickly scoring another victory
09:55heading into what is going to be we've been talking about it chris best of the super junior 32 season
10:00on the horizon yeah change of pace here robie eagles gonna quicken he will will eagles get right
10:08out here for coco on it playing back to australia and he'll spend two days as much time as he can
10:16in the sauna trying to get limber and then straight back out here press conference and then best of the
10:21super junior starting saturday and we are going to be getting into it coasting fujita involved in
10:26this year's tournament alongside yo and robie eagles and it is coming yo looking to show out after
10:32missing out on last year's tournament action due to injury chris yeah exactly right
10:37now a complete change and shift again there is so much
10:44in this tag team match to break down
10:47yeah no
10:48we think both of them
10:50oh what a wishbone right through the center and that is not what i would want to be on the other
11:03side of as it is team tmdk that is taking into hontai tonight
11:08robie eagles is going to be kicking off the entire tournament itself coming up on night two and
11:18iwanuma actually against yo chris in the rock b competition and there is going to be a lot of
11:24battle in the junior tag title match in saga arena that burns over into best of the super junior here's
11:30a cover for hartley and only a two on the cover no doubt about it fujita's first match won that first
11:37day in chiba he'll be facing francesco acura so two very recent challenges to el desperado's
11:45iwgp junior heavyweight title facing each other one on one there are going to be a lot of on that
11:52first night rematches from the first night of last year's best of the super juniors here on
11:56itakashi against kushida el desperado against t-tab springboard double drop and it's going to be the
12:04hope for victory for every man involved the cover and would will not find the hope tonight for a
12:09close-up i mean what hope that's what i'm most excited for in that first night best of the super
12:15juniors the new japan debut of nick wayne rh world television champion will be facing show
12:22and the cover here for rio heo iowa will only find two oil a certainly son that you one that you'd
12:30imagine will be seeing on the undercard of the best of the super junior series of course the undercard
12:34still yet to be announced yeah quite possibly there are a lot though of matches and nights on that
12:41tournament cora crane certainly all those tokyo events cora crane yoyogi um in hachi oji as well
12:47and a lot of those events tokyo events you can get tickets wherever you are around the world if
12:52you're at home watching new japan pro wrestling getting set for a trip to japan make new japan
12:59part of that trip you won't regret it and you can get tickets njpw1972.com just click the banner at
13:05the top of the page and you can get tickets for new japan events in the tokyo area and here we see
13:10chikizen ryoto chikizen is a prolific trainer in the area here head trainer of the kyushu pro dojo many
13:19of the stars that have put three thousand four thousand people into this very building tonight
13:24for kyushu pro have been trained by ryoto chikizen indeed a veteran has had his uh well he's had his own uh
13:33uh dalliances with the black cap over the years the fan favorite right now rumors that he was in the
13:42makai club oh yeah unfound and bringing the energy to the people of fakoka yeah it's been energy all
13:56the way from a kickoff this card to the match here tonight the main event we'll be having the world
14:01heavyweight title and it's on the line a lot of man to try and power bomb walker
14:08no back body drop for riohe oyo off the ropes and oyo crashing to the canvas a cover here
14:17and it's not enough that is a lot of man in riohe oyo want to crash onto your midsection it's that's
14:23what i've said for a long time now hey oyo is a whole lot of man walker
14:27and by the way that turnbuckle thought had removed by toroyano really i couldn't believe it no surely
14:37not as oyo i with delaria is going to bring this one down and we will turn to the corner i'll send
14:43the fact checkers after you on that one oh my and now the man who faced off yesterday in singles action
14:50take it to tonight zach saber and hiroshi tanahashi no it's tanashi though coming up
14:58with that cobra chest or is it standing switch
15:05no no but went the other way tanahashi no
15:11it was saber jr victorious in the final road connection matchup with tanahashi yesterday chris
15:16and you know tanah would love to try and even it up even if it is 10-man tag actually well
15:21seven and seven the score in the end in seagulls competition but tanahashi you you're absolutely
15:26right he wants to be better than zach saber jr and who the hell doesn't it's a very very short list
15:35that say that they are and now it is saber jr taking the attack to that left arm a tag made
15:43here comes big jag
15:48big jag big movement big splash oh and into the exposed steel as well oh and a lariat down
15:56we'll find the cover on tanah and it is only two
16:02who's to know if hartley jackson might be looking to make a play in this year's g135 chris yeah why not
16:07every single match just like this one is key it is the most competitive tournament in the world the
16:15most demanding physical activity you know i'm not talking about pro wrestling i'm talking about all
16:20the sports you know summit all of human endeavor you could put the g1 climax on that list
16:25oh that's a hell of an endeavor there jackson off the cover it's a cherry just whacked him yeah
16:34yeah tadges can still move oh well we found out tonight that's hartley jackson double lariat takes down
16:44team hunter well hartley taking tenor to charge it could be that death valley inbound and tajiri wait wait
16:57tajiri what the hell missed in the eyes of hartley jackson
17:04sleep the thing for chick is it
17:08yes
17:14and now tanahashi can we see it high flying blow
17:25he's done it
17:36never count out the japanese buzzsaw chris charlton
17:39oh i don't know where the miss comes from nobody does
17:46and out of nowhere turned on a time poor hartley jackson
17:51blinded
18:00that was supposed to be revenge for damian slater 2016 and another company to jury beat him
18:13i seen that was supposed to be revenge he had the miss what are you going to do
18:25well damian slater is not going to be avenged tonight tmdk is not going to find vengeance at all
18:31with tajiri unless we take a little excursion down to qchip row one more time we are going to be back in
18:36fukuoka coming up for the g1 climax this year g135 going to be kicking off in july but what a night
18:43of action we've had so far chris i'm sure you can agree with me on this seeing the stars of qchip
18:49pro joining njpw has been one of the most intriguing parts to wrestling dot taku series so far and
19:04shouts out ryo to chikuzet for training the future of the japanese independent scene and for putting
19:10huge chibro on the map alongside tajiri all right well smiles a mile wide everywhere through this
19:23jam-packed sold out pokokka international center but i think
19:29get the tissues ready it'll be a few tears in the eyes for the next one it is the departure
19:36of two individuals who have been cornerstones for new japan pro wrestling over the years tetsuya
19:42naito and bushi exiting new japan pro wrestling changing not only new japan but los incobernables
19:49de la pawn as we know it chris we're going to talk all about it in eight-man tag team action to come
19:55it is hot time taking on lij for the final time
20:15you