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Promotion: New Japan Pro Wrestling
WON rating: ****3/4
Match type: Singles
Event: NJPW G1 Climax 35 - Tag 6
Promotion: New Japan Pro Wrestling
WON rating: ****3/4
Match type: Singles
Event: NJPW G1 Climax 35 - Tag 6
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SportsTranscript
06:18It's not a bad thing.
06:23Two bulls not to be outclassed are Shingo Takagi and
06:27Konosuke Takeshita.
06:31We're on that bull.
06:33About to be dehorned here, watch Takagi.
06:36Way too much time, way too much time.
06:39Konosuke Takeshita was feeling himself walker and
06:42thought he could go up for that big swing.
06:44He can't do that against a prize fighter like Shingo Takagi.
06:48Rare, rare mistake by Takeshita, and Shingo's gonna make him pay for it.
06:57Both of these men's last Block B matchup actually coming against Great Okan.
07:01Takagi losing out to Great Okan for the first time in his career.
07:05Takeshita, well, first time battling Okan and defeating United Empire.
07:12Now Great Okan is at the six point mark that Takeshita is fighting for.
07:18He's fighting to join here.
07:20Shingo Takagi struggling to join Zack and ELP on four points here.
07:26There's that boot there from Takeshita.
07:29A prize fighter in his own right, Takagi, Takeshita both, Takeshita wide.
07:36You look at a man the size of Konosuke Takeshita and
07:39you almost forget that he can take to the sky like that, Chris.
07:43Yeah, and this might not be the last time you see him fly in this one.
07:47You see someone that can fly with the dynamism of Konosuke Takeshita, but also the weight and the power.
07:54How hard he hits you.
07:58And often someone say if you fall out of an airplane walk, it's not the fall that kills you, it's
08:04the sudden stop at the end.
08:05And Konosuke Takeshita is that sudden stop.
08:07That is the difference between coming out of the DDT dojo the way that Konosuke Takeshita did.
08:16Well, two very distinct paths for both of these men coming into New Japan Pro Wrestling.
08:20It's only a one count there for Takeshita as we are gonna keep things in the lateral for the time
08:25being.
08:26Shingo Takagi, although trained under Animo Hamaguchi originally, electing not to go the New Japan Dojo route, instead Dragon Gate.
08:37And there, very well traveled through his days over in your neck of the woods down near Texas Way.
08:44Is Dragon Gate USA and as well as Ring of Honor.
08:50And eventually into New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2018, but Konosuke Takeshita always wanted to strike a different path.
08:57You know what I mean?
08:58When he was an elementary school kid, he filled out applications and sent resumes to every single
09:04pro wrestling company there was.
09:06That started the fable of Konosuke Takeshita.
09:09Here's a fable to Shingo.
09:11Crushed him, Walker.
09:13And a cover here for Takeshita.
09:16And that is not going to be the case tonight.
09:23Senshiro Takagi of DDT, the only man to really take Konosuke Takeshita seriously.
09:30And gave him a spot to train while Takeshita was going through high school and university.
09:36Became the future phenom.
09:40Bumps along the way.
09:43Takeshita wanted that blue thunder bar.
09:44Takagi had it scouted from earlier on this year.
09:49As Takeshita and Takagi too rolls on right now.
09:5212 minutes, 42 seconds.
09:54That first ever singles encounter between these two men.
09:57Do you predict shorter or longer in our main event?
09:59Well, we've just finished the five minute call.
10:05I'd have to say potentially longer.
10:10Just by manner of grit.
10:14And if anything else, stubbornness on the path to Shingo.
10:18And now Tenryu Combo in the corner.
10:23And now Tenryu Combo in the back of the game.
10:23Something deeper to fight for.
10:24Unaffiliated, no children, no friends, no home.
10:28Just Shingo Takagi fighting on his lonesome.
10:31And the cover here for Takagi is not going to win out in the end.
10:46I'm not sure whether he has come.
10:48Look at Takeshita in the back of your frame there.
10:52Oh, Takagi had it known.
11:01It's a catch like a spring coil off that.
11:13Now it's here.
11:19Takagi may not have a family, he may not have a home, but
11:22he certainly has a sense of timing, Chris.
11:25And the time might come right now.
11:27Or this will be put away, at least if Shingo gets his way here.
11:34Takagi hits the ropes, Takeshita, beautiful.
11:37Out of nowhere.
11:39Yeah, beautiful capture there out of Takeshita.
11:43Catching to that Frankenstein, uh-oh.
11:47Shingo in that dangerous place of the ring.
11:50Watch it, watch it.
11:55Takagi laid out on that top of the rope there.
11:59Still on the apron, I don't like where we're going now, Chris.
12:02No, no, no, no.
12:04I don't like this direction at all.
12:05Takeshita, looking to take Takagi for a ride, hanging on to the top rope, though,
12:09is the Rampage Dragon.
12:10Well, he wanted that blue thunder earlier, and now trying to do it off the apron.
12:14He's going now out.
12:30Launching Takechita.
12:35Takechita with that DDT, had Jingo land and more on that right side.
12:39Saw this with Gabe.
12:42Popped up here, Shingo, Shingo, watch it.
12:47Whoa, all sorts of arsonists right there.
12:55It was a pop-up and
12:57Shingo tried to hook the head to drive to Keshe's head further into the canvas.
13:03And I think he slipped or he couldn't find it.
13:05And what happened instead was perhaps the shoulder of Keshe pop it out there, Walker.
13:11Potentially so, gravity doing a lot of work there for the Rampage Dragon.
13:16Has every element coming into play.
13:19That's Red Shoes making a call here, we're starting to count.
13:23We're at the count of nine.
13:26He's a swift count.
13:34She's looking to expedite here.
14:03Shingo wants the people with him.
14:04And it's not the only one that's going, oh, my lord.
14:11Come on.
14:13Pain down the spine of the Alpha.
14:17You can see it, you can hear it, we can feel it.
14:23Bombs away, cover two.
14:34Last five minutes or so, this match will go big.
14:38Largely Shingo Takagi.
15:00This could go in a lot of different ways, Chris.
15:06I'm gonna capture Exploder Suplex, out of nowhere from Takeshita, he makes it look effortless.
15:17Takeshita has an even record here in Oto, 1-1-1, he's only lost.
15:21One is two.
15:23Oh!
15:24Master and mentor, Drun Akiyama, and those Exploder Suplexes.
15:28German Suplex!
15:30And a half hatch as well, and Takeshita not going to win!
15:34Power drive, Takagi got Lariata!
15:45A showcase of fire, unlike anything else you will ever see!
15:52Takagi! Takagi! Takagi! Takagi! Takagi!
15:56And now a great small fire like a Dragon Walker, Oto all the way behind.
16:01Shingo Takagi all the way behind Walker, the guy that the New Japan faithful here, see as the hometown boy.
16:09Yeah, but Takagi is behind in more ways than one right now.
16:12Only two points compared to Takeshita's four, and has to be able to even the board here, right now.
16:18Five, five, four, five...
16:23Fire!
16:26Fire being tested, arms being tested.
16:40Revious chest is in the jaw on Shingo and Taki right now.
16:44One, two, three, four, go.
16:49One, two, three, four, go.
16:54One, two, three, four.
16:59Watch out.
17:05See him in this matchup, Sikesh went for a windup.
17:09And Shingo was there with a jab to cut him off.
17:11You talked earlier on in the evening about the difference between speed and quickness,
17:15and that right there, a prime example in the favor of Shingo Takagi.
17:19It might well be Walker, a counter punch that ends this one.
17:23And one snug snap on the butt could be it for the Alpha.
17:27Might be hit right now.
17:28Maybe so.
17:31One, two, three, four.
17:33Oh.
17:33Oh.
17:35Blue.
17:37The Dumb.
17:39Bomb.
17:40No.
17:50Just what do you think can all skate to catch stuff?
17:52Might be at his wit's head.
17:54He finds a little bit more in the brain.
18:15I don't know about wit's end, Walker.
18:19Maybe.
18:20Smart, so I'm not sure.
18:22They're up very, very high.
18:25Very, very high.
18:27Wait a minute.
18:28Crotch on the top rope there.
18:32Wee.
18:33Where did he land?
18:35Right on top of the dome.
18:36The back of the head just smacked hard into the canvas off that lariat.
18:44Shot from the south.
18:49And Takagi might put this away, Chris.
18:52Two points are made in Japan.
18:57No.
19:02Come on, you get stuck.
19:05You gotta get up, baby.
19:07You gotta get up.
19:10It's your time, not him.
19:13Come on, Takagi!
19:18Come on, Takagi!
19:20Come on, Takagi!
19:22Takagi!
19:23Takagi!
19:23Takagi!
19:24Takagi!
19:24The people are welling away behind Shinko Takagi tonight.
19:29Oh, ho, ho, ho.
19:33Couldn't get Takagi up easily.
19:36But it will now.
19:38Wait.
19:38Oh, it's a cast up.
19:39It's a cast up.
19:40Hey, wait a minute.
19:41Wait a minute.
19:42Perfect position.
19:44Tombstone Piledriver.
19:46The strength of the Alpha.
19:49Oh, ho, ho.
19:50From the two star to the bastard, Ita.
19:53It's up to Nashi.
19:55There it goes!
19:57No!
20:05Well, we're past that Tokyo no time walk.
20:08The world past it now at 15, but I don't think it's gonna go very much longer.
20:12It's up to Nashi.
20:14It's up to Nashi!
20:19I don't think it's gonna go good!
20:21It's gonna go.
20:21It's up to Nashi!
20:23Kanolskate to catch up.
20:25And we're in that raging fire instead.
20:27Instead, Takagi, a fire that still burns deep inside.
20:32Coming out into the public.
20:34Has not earned a G1 victory this entire tournament.
20:38Has the Dragon.
20:39Might do so here.
20:41Right now, Brain Buster.
20:43Brain Buster.
20:46Straight up and then straight down south.
20:50When Shingo Takagi.
20:52Yeah, you're starting to see Rocky Romero a little worried about where his next paycheck is going to come from.
20:56Have Kodalskate to catch the falls tonight in our main event.
21:00In the other corner.
21:02Shingo and I will have no advice to give.
21:05They're getting a hell of an education.
21:07Yeah, learning on the job in a major, major way.
21:14Now, reset, main event.
21:16Two points on the line.
21:17G1 Climax 35.
21:18This is what it's all about.
21:20Who closes the distance?
21:22Oh!
21:36ность.
21:38Get out of here!
21:42Hi!
21:46You got it.
21:47Hey!
21:48Hey!
21:49You got it.
21:49That's everything.
21:50Hey, hey!
21:52To catch this confidence, superiority complex, whatever you wanna call it.
21:58Well, it's not something that Shingo Chikage can't match himself.
22:04It's not a look most human beings wanna see on the face of Shingo Chikage.
22:21No, no, no.
22:22Brutal.
22:25What the left, Chikage lifted up, no, on the feet.
22:31Oh, it's well.
22:34Both bands still standing.
22:38Shingo Dragon Suplex.
22:42How about for the West, Chikage can see it coming, here we go.
22:46Oh, Big Bomber.
22:52No, no, no.
22:58But it comes with this, Chris.
23:01Two more points on the board.
23:03Oh, the baby dragon, baby dragon, can he get there?
23:07It's happening, it's over.
23:09No, it's not over.
23:11How, how, how in the hell does Takeshi survive?
23:16One!
23:22Three!
23:23Three!
23:23Three!
23:24Three!
23:25Three!
23:26Four!
23:26Birdie notes and Walker on the edge of that seat, so the band and mine entirely.
23:33Three!
23:33Three!
23:35Three!
23:38Three!
23:42Three!
23:43Two!
23:45Three!
23:50Shango powers up.
23:53Wait a minute, wait a minute, raging fire.
23:58He can't get there, he can't get there.
24:00He doesn't even know what Shango is.
24:02He's gotta find his opponent, he's gotta make the cover.
24:05Takagi rolling to the ropes.
24:08Fantastic, the veteran instinct rolled onto his front,
24:12stopped Takesta from making the cover.
24:16Shango!
24:17Shango!
24:19Shango!
24:21Now this one?
24:24Come on.
24:27You're bigger. You're better, you're stronger, you're faster.
24:34Shango!
24:35Shango!
24:57Shingo is halfway out, Takeshi is gonna put him all the way.
25:03Boy, he collapsed.
25:06I mean, Shingo Takagi looks like a lamb to the slaughter right now.
25:10Well, I mean, the rush of blood to the head and
25:12the sudden collapse was the only thing that saved him, Walker.
25:26The lights are on right now, but nobody,
25:30nobody is home.
25:35You hear Rocky Romero from the corner saying you've got to knock him out.
25:39You've got to knock him out.
25:41And it goes both ways.
25:43That might do it.
25:44Here we go.
25:44Wait a minute.
25:51He talked to Nachi.
25:54And look, Takeshi to star the wheelbarrow.
25:57Wow.
26:01Takeshi, no, not going down.
26:03There we go.
26:04Here's the cover.
26:07No.
26:08Nearly closed the deal.
26:12Ulta is rumbling right now for our main event, and it's coming to a close.
26:29AEW and he will dominate New Japan.
26:36Power drive.
26:38Power drive.
26:46What's it going to take?
26:47What's it going to take?
26:52Even Shingo can't believe he kicked out.
26:58I think Shingo Takagi is seeing God in more ways than one right now.
27:03I think we're all seeing it.
27:04We're seeing a pair of them slow down for two points in G1 Climax 35.
27:14The elbow pad off for the alpha.
27:18One more windup.
27:20One more counterpunch.
27:22And again, Vim Shingo.
27:25These two men so stubborn.
27:35Captured bomber.
27:36Captured bomber.
27:45Captured bomber.
27:46The backstab.
27:48Just song with Gabe Kid.
27:50Wait a minute.
27:53That's exactly how he put down Gabe Kid on the opening night of this tournament.
27:59And history might repeat itself here in Ulta.
28:02Right, right, right.
28:06Shingo Takagi, there's no escape.
28:09There's no escape.
28:10The eyes are bulging out of the head of the Rampage Dragon.
28:17And this crowd will welcome Takagi on.
28:21And which way, there's no way to go, there's no way to go but out.
28:25There's no way to fucking out, Red Seas has got to stop it, he's got to stop it.
28:30It's over, it's over.
28:45I can run through a freakin' wall right now, Chris Charlton, that is G1 Climax at its finest.
29:09We say it all the time, only the strongest, only the best, only the greatest.
29:13The most dominant, can't survive and call themselves a winner in G1 Climax.
29:29Good Lord, what a war.
29:31Konosuke Takeshita is the embodiment of strength, the embodiment of perseverance, and the embodiment of spirit.
29:39And sadly for Shingo Takagi to fight that out.
29:43I am seeing a line of Shingo Takagi fans that is storming out the building right now.
29:48Konosuke Takeshita would raise happily a middle finger to every single one of them.
29:54The whole fight experience made in Japan, Shingo Takagi was awesome.
29:59But Konosuke Takeshita just that little, just that hair better.
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30:28Absoluge
30:29powers
30:33I respect you more than anybody in this business, and that means that more than anybody in this business, I
30:40can't afford to lose for you.
30:42Maybe you'll become stronger, right?
30:47Either way, you're gonna get stronger.
30:53And so the stronger that you become, I will give you
30:59back that strength in kind, so I'll see you again soon.
31:11Everybody had better listen.
31:19Pro wrestling is a hell of a sport.
31:27And at the top of professional wrestling is Kanosuke Tikeshita.
31:40And the next summit that I am seeking.
31:43That's right. This is the G1 Climax.
31:48This is the G1 Climax.
31:58And anybody who wants to bitch and complain about it can stand in front of me and see just how
32:08tough the worldwide Tekeshi is.
32:17Strength is my message from the Alpha.
32:26Tekeshi has made it very clear for a long time that he wants to unite the professional wrestling world walker.
32:33And I think we're seeing that vision come together.
32:35It doesn't matter what name it is on the name plate and what ring that he stands in.
32:41DDT, AEW, CMLL, NJPW, Tekeshi out to conquer it all.
32:47To show he might not have the love for NJPW, but he has the love for this game.
32:52And he knows that he might be the very best within it.
33:10Kanosuke to catch the victorious tonight.
33:13Two more points on the board for the Alpha.
33:16And that is going to go a long way forward.
33:19As we will soon be talking about the final point standing in Block B by the end of the night.
33:26But here's this.
33:26Kanosuke to catch the Zack Sabre Jr. coming up on July 30th.
33:30That is going to be one to watch out for in more ways than one.
33:34Yeah, I mean, if you want to prove to your entire world that you are the very, very best professional
33:38wrestler,
33:39well, I mean, you have to take on the certified best wrestler in the world.
33:43And that is Zack Sabre Jr. as of right now.
33:46And we'll find out in Tekeshi's own hometown Wednesday in Osaka.
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