00:00We have a brand new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.
00:05We have a brand new IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion.
00:09Both those titles are being defended in 10 days,
00:12and Hiroshi Tanahashi's final homecoming in Yufu.
00:15But before that, it is the junior heavyweights in charge.
00:19Super Junior Tag League kicks off right here on NJPW World.
00:23Hi everybody, I'm Chris Charlton.
00:25And I am Francesco Akira. What's up Chris?
00:29Hello guys.
00:33We got a last minute change at the car today, right?
00:36A little last minute change.
00:38A little case of the flu going around the New Japan Dojo at the moment.
00:45Great opportunity for Zane to tag in with the President himself.
00:50A little case of the flu, Tanahashi Hiroshi!
00:54Tanahashi was set to tag with Katsu Marashima for this opening contest here.
01:00Marashima struck down the high fever, a little case of the flu.
01:03He'll be fine.
01:04But Zane Jay has had a hell of a call up here.
01:08And we will start. It is going to be two blocks of the Super Junior Tag League.
01:17Six matches in all here tonight.
01:20But before that, a special preview of final homecoming in Yufu.
01:24That's coming up next Sunday, November 2nd, right here on NJPW World.
01:30And a focal point of that is this.
01:34The brand new IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, Yoda Tsuji.
01:40And he'll be joined by Shingo Tsukagi here tonight.
01:42What a fierce battle, Gabe and Shingo.
01:45And Gabe and Yoda headed Ryogoku last week, right?
01:50What a match, what an incredible battle.
01:52Incredible match, and we also want to say, of course, an incredible effort,
01:57incredible belt, an incredible new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, Konosuke Takeshka.
02:03And Takeshka will be defending that title next Sunday against Hiroki Goto.
02:08Not backing down from his first challenge.
02:12Wants to get a defense in before the Tokyo Dome, as does Yoda Tsuji.
02:16Yoda Tsuji said before, the first time he was Global Heavyweight Champion back in January,
02:23he wanted to wrestle Tadahashi for the gold.
02:25That match could not come together.
02:28Tadahashi beat Yoda Tsuji during the G1 Climax.
02:31And now a chance for some get-back with that IWGP title on the line.
02:36And for Yoda Tsuji Aku, the chance to, well, ruin Hiroshi Tadahashi's last homecoming.
02:42His last chance wrestling in front of his hometown ground.
02:45That's gonna be a different, and Tadahashi, I think, he's gonna be really fired up.
02:53His last homecoming, so it's gonna be great to see him.
02:57You know, we might see him at Tokyo Dome as the champion.
03:00And we could well, and at that point, what do we do next?
03:06He's gonna defend it until next year.
03:08Oh, well, he's gonna stay in the business.
03:11I mean, Tadahashi has had everybody targeting him.
03:16And that has been the drive. Tadahashi has had several championship opportunities over the course of the year.
03:24And will this be the last one?
03:26Toriyano on the Japanese commentary team over there today.
03:31And we're gonna get started here with the opening contest.
03:34Referee Sakamoto is gonna be in charge.
03:37And, of course, like, you mentioned the big matchup between Yoda, Tadahashi and Gabe Kidd.
03:42But the big talk, and we're gonna see the fallout from some of that later on this evening,
03:47was what happened after the match and the handshakes between the unaffiliated wrestlers
03:53and the members of the Bullet Club War Dogs.
03:55Yeah, honestly, that was something that really shocked me.
04:00Oh, what's this now?
04:02Yeah, Tadahashi feels like Yoda, Tadahashi isn't dressed to wrestle.
04:06Yeah, Tadahashi, Tadahashi, Tadahashi.
04:10Yeah, Tadahashi came out in a pretty chill outfit today, huh?
04:13It's pretty chill, man.
04:14Come on, man.
04:15Yeah, show those abs.
04:17Oh, let's see it.
04:18Yeah.
04:25Well, I mean, we're still really trying to piece together,
04:28and perhaps we'll see some of the consequences later on here tonight.
04:32Gedo and Hiromi Takahashi facing off with Daiki Nagai and Clark Connors,
04:41and that might provide some of the clue.
04:43Yeah, I mean, we've always talked about the passion of the War Dogs,
04:45but I mean, the key, the big surprise, the biggest surprise for Miyako,
04:49it had to be David Finlay being the one extending the hand.
04:52Yeah, that was something I wasn't sure expecting,
04:55and I don't know what's his intent, what's on his mind,
05:00but, like, I don't trust the War Dogs.
05:02I know you don't.
05:04I hate the War Dogs, so kind of seeing like that,
05:07cheer by the crowd was like a little bit, let me think of, like,
05:12what's the real plan of David Finlay?
05:15Well, the words that stick to mind was David Finlay backstage
05:19when he said, I make moves before people move on me.
05:23And I think an act, perhaps, of self-preservation,
05:27how that turns out, we'll see what happens.
05:29In the meantime, Hiroshi Tanahashi set to face off one-on-one in Gifu
05:36in, well, a week and a half time from now.
05:40Hiroshi Tanahashi, the real reason why Hiroshi Tanahashi got into the wrestling.
05:44Yeah, oh, yeah, that's right.
05:47I mean, not just, I mean, a lot of people can say that,
05:50that we're all here because of Hiroshi Tanahashi,
05:52but this was literally direct Tanahashi met Hiroshi Tanahashi,
05:56met Tanahashi, he had a meet and greet one time,
05:59and Tanahashi said, hey, big guy, you should be a pro wrestler.
06:03And he took him, and he became a pro wrestler.
06:06Exactly. A really good one, then.
06:08Yoda Suji at the time, a quarterback in American football in college.
06:13And the tag made, well, this is going to be interesting.
06:19Now is the chance for Zayn to show really what he learned in the Nogue Dojo.
06:26Had a little chat with Zayn earlier on today,
06:29very, very excited he was to be here
06:32and to take advantage of this opportunity.
06:35And that's what this business is all about, right?
06:37Make the most of your minutes.
06:39Nobody is exactly happy that Merajin is sick,
06:41but you've got this chance, you've got to make the most of it.
06:44Exactly. He wasn't supposed to be on today's show, but he's on,
06:46and I know for a fact that he's going to put a lot of fire,
06:50a lot of great job.
06:52Look at that leap for him.
06:55Great job.
06:56Zayn J, a big part of the NJPW Academy,
07:01graduated from there into the Nogue Dojo.
07:04A lot of teachings from, you know what I mean,
07:06the great classes, these sign-ups now open for the January intake
07:10of the NJPW Academy.
07:12He was trained by guys like Rocky Romero,
07:14guys like Shane Haste.
07:16I think Zayn J's look is a little Shane Haste tribute.
07:18What do you think?
07:19He'll stick back?
07:20He'll stick back?
07:21Yeah.
07:22We'll see if he cracks open a cannonball or two.
07:24We'll see what happens.
07:25Uh-oh.
07:26Cannonballed right out the ring.
07:28Goes Zayn J.
07:30Shingo sent Zayn flying out of the ring.
07:33Well, that might taught him a lesson.
07:36Don't mess with the dragon.
07:38Yeah, and the direction to Kuroko and Hall to applaud.
07:42Good crowd on hand tonight.
07:43Fans from all over the world that we've spoken to here.
07:48And, of course, fans from all over the world,
07:50be a part of the Tokyo Dome, the fastest Wrestle Kingdom,
07:53fastest selling Wrestle Kingdom of all time,
07:56closing in on 30,000 fans already.
07:58And it's, you know, still two months, over two months to go.
08:03And after this match, by the way, big, big news.
08:05If you're in the New Jersey area, Trenton, New Jersey,
08:09we've got some information on New Beginning USA coming up
08:11right after this matchup.
08:12Don't go wrong on that.
08:14And if you think that only one match got announced for Wrestle Kingdom,
08:19I'm like, you know, tickets gonna go fast as soon as they announced
08:23the rest of it.
08:24As soon as Francesco Akira throws his hat in the ring,
08:27says you're all better for Wrestle Kingdom.
08:29How is the rest feeling, by the way?
08:31Feeling better.
08:32Feeling better.
08:33I'm at 70%, so I'm close to the return.
08:36I wish I was in the tournament today, of course,
08:38but I was not ready yet.
08:40It's not completely healed.
08:42But, you know, I might be ready in time for Tokyo Dome, so...
08:44That would be great to see Jacob Austin Young getting a call-up.
08:48I'm really, really interested in that team with Templario.
08:51Well, I think Zayn J put in here in a losing position,
09:01but you see if you can make the biggest moves you can.
09:04Big opportunity.
09:05Global Heavyweight Champion gets a two on the young lion Zayn J.
09:14One match already announced.
09:16We see him hanging around ringside.
09:18You might see him in the corner of your sock there.
09:20Aaron Wolf, the Olympic gold medalist, Judica.
09:24How about that reaction?
09:26I know you were in the building last week.
09:28The reaction when Aaron Wolf stood up to House of Torture,
09:32and it sent everybody flying.
09:35That was incredible.
09:37Like, I knew...
09:38I know he's still a young lion, but...
09:40I'm glad he stood up for...
09:42You know, football team, just kicked out of Torture Ass.
09:48Right now, listed as a non-title match for Aaron Wolf and Evil.
09:52I'm sure Evil wants no part of putting the never title on the line.
09:55Zayn!
09:56Zayn!
09:57Zayn!
09:58Zayn!
09:59Zayn!
10:00Zayn!
10:01Zayn!
10:02Zayn!
10:03Zayn!
10:04Zayn!
10:05Zayn!
10:06Zayn!
10:07Zayn!
10:08Zayn!
10:09Zayn!
10:10Zayn!
10:11Zayn!
10:12Zayn!
10:13Zayn!
10:14Zayn!
10:15Zayn!
10:16Zayn!
10:17Zayn!
10:18Zayn!
10:19Zayn!
10:20It might be Zayn last time he talked with the president, so
10:23he must make the best out of it.
10:25Very good point.
10:26He must impress the Chacho.
10:28Exactly, very good point.
10:32Hiroshi Tanahashi will see different combinations of this tag team match
10:37throughout the tour, usually Yoda, Suji, and Shingo Takagi on one side,
10:41Tanahashi and a Young Lion on the other.
10:43We'll see Shona Kato in action tomorrow.
10:45Oh, man, I think this sucks.
10:48Whoa.
10:51That's a big boy right there.
10:54Squashed him like a bug, only got two.
10:58And as a junior headway, I think that's probably one bit of relief.
11:01Have you ever eaten the flipping sense of Tanahashi before?
11:04Yes, I did in Fantastica Mania last year.
11:08Yeah, he was terrible.
11:09I can tell you that.
11:11At the time, he also did a plancha outside of the ring.
11:18And Tanahashi has had the hardest working year of pretty much his entire non-Young Lion career.
11:28And a huge matchup coming up with Suji.
11:31Bang, November 2nd.
11:32Watch this.
11:33Mount Suji gonna come down on Hiroshi Tanahashi.
11:37There's the cover.
11:38Shoulders are down.
11:39Gets two.
11:40That is Sakamoto.
11:41And you can see the size and their body are pretty similar.
11:45Tanahashi and Suji.
11:47They're like, you know, the past and the present, the future.
11:50It's like all right there.
11:52Exactly the past, present and future we're gonna see in gear for your final homecoming as well as, of course, at Wrestle Kingdom 20.
12:03It's our only non-tournament matchup here tonight.
12:06Super Junior Tag League about to kick off two blocks.
12:09Six teams each.
12:10So we'll see six league matches here tonight.
12:13Headlined with El Desperado and Kukai taking on Kosei Fujito and Robbie Eagles.
12:18A pair of twisting shots here.
12:20Not enough.
12:21The hat trick denied.
12:23Yodosuji with a suplex.
12:24Shingo Takagi gonna call the Global Heavyweight Champion home here.
12:29Shingo and Zayn, here we go.
12:36A lot of people call Shingo Takagi the great revealer.
12:42And I know your teammate, Iyanari, back in the day, that one singles match he had with Shingo Takagi when he was barely out of the Young Lion phase himself.
12:51So important to his career.
12:53And I think Zayn J must be taking this very, very seriously indeed.
12:58For sure.
12:59Oh, look out.
13:01Shoulders at the score point.
13:03Nice transition.
13:04Great transition from...
13:09Whoa!
13:10And the support work as well.
13:12Tanahashi taking care of Suji.
13:15Boston Crabbe on one side.
13:17Texas Clover on the other.
13:19Could we see a double tap out right here?
13:21What do I mean?
13:22You know?
13:23Pushing right Zayn J to the picture title.
13:26Well, it won't be for now though.
13:29Zayn J not up enough on the lower spine of Shingo Takagi.
13:33Not as high as he would have liked.
13:35But still two on one.
13:38Shots for the Hontai side here.
13:41Shingo Takagi breaks through the double arrow.
13:44And it sends...
13:45Oh!
13:46A pair of bottoms.
13:48High!
13:49High!
13:50High!
13:51High!
13:52High!
13:53High!
13:54High!
13:55After the Junior Heavyweight Tag League, we'll be starting to talk about World Tag League.
13:58Shingo Takagi and Yodosuti were a great combination last year in World Tag League.
14:03I wonder whether they'll be teaming with each other or with the War Dogs.
14:09Could we be as cool?
14:11We see a team of the War Dogs in an affiliate.
14:14I mean, it's very, very interesting to see.
14:18They're murdering you.
14:20Well...
14:23Such is the lot of a young lion here.
14:25No, get back.
14:26Great save by the Satchel.
14:29I think the unaffiliated boys have been...
14:31Oh, man!
14:32And an extra little bit of spice on this one.
14:34Extra salty.
14:36Ever since that match in Ishikari in the Taichi's old Junior High School.
14:42They were wrestling the Just Tap Out boys.
14:45My goodness, they weren't holding anything back.
14:47Neither will Shingo pumping.
14:48No!
14:49Backslide!
14:50Drive the legs, kid!
14:51Two and a half.
14:53Very close.
14:54Rock here.
14:55Come on, Zane.
14:57Come on, it's your time.
14:58Yeah.
14:59See what you got, kid.
15:01Oh, watch the left.
15:02Here it comes.
15:03Bang!
15:04Yukon Lariat.
15:05That'll do it.
15:06Sakamoto to it.
15:07Oh!
15:11Zane's still in, still in.
15:13Yeah, maybe he's out.
15:16Yeah, the snap.
15:17Heard the snap.
15:18Wow.
15:19And wow, look at this.
15:20The W.A.R. Special.
15:22Genichiro, ten years old.
15:24Maneuver.
15:25Ten year, one point.
15:27Coach Shingo Takagi and...
15:30...troll him just how to apply that hole.
15:32W.A.S.T.I.R. Special.
15:34We'll do it for Zane J tonight.
15:41I haven't seen Shingo use that move a while.
15:44For a long time, I guess, right?
15:45Right.
15:46Certainly to get a win.
15:48I mean, we see it from time to time.
15:51I think Shingo Takagi wanted to drive home the point with a submission for the Young Lion.
15:56Good effort for Zane J.
15:58Especially at short notice.
16:00It's all about next Sunday in Gifu, the final homecoming for Hiroshi Tanahashi.
16:14And in 10 days' time, perhaps, just perhaps, the ace might be the IWGP Global Ableweight Champion.
16:24I want to bet on the president, you know.
16:28His last hometown coming.
16:30Yeah.
16:31I want to bet on him.
16:33I think he can pull it.
16:35We've seen countless times you're foolish to bet against Tanahashi in a big match position.
16:42It's certainly somebody else who wants to build momentum out here going into the Tokyo Dome is Yodosuji.
16:51Oh, yeah, for sure.
16:53A lot, a lot of questions around Resident Kingdom 20 right now in terms of how the rest of the car plans out.
17:00I think Yodosuji has his eyes fixed right on the very top of the Tokyo Dome car January the 4th.
17:06A lot of pressure on him as well, but, you know, I feel like he can carry.
17:20Hey.
17:21Well, it's going to be a big night of action.
17:23Super Junior Tag League kicking off here tonight.
17:26Chris John, Francesco Acura right here.
17:28Yeah.
17:29Hey, Chris, are you ready for an exciting Super Junior Tag League?
17:31I'm always ready for an exciting Super Junior Tag League.
17:33I'm concerned about the lack of ringside barrels.
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