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New Japan Cup 2018 Final Match
Day 9 / 21.03.2018
Day 9 / 21.03.2018
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00:00possible for Tanahashi Don with the submission specialist Zack Sabre Jr as
00:05we take a look at the history of the New Japan Cup they're showing on the
00:09screen the previous winners first one in 2005 guess what Tanahashi a two-time
00:14winner and if he wins today he will equal Hiroki Goto three times
00:23the only man to challenge for the Intercontinental title was the 2014
00:27team winner Nakamura where are we going tonight kid you got something set up
00:32for us well we got to go back to Tokyo so I'll be catching the buzz on the bus and
00:37then we'll see what happens when we get back there all right so this sets the
00:40stage for the New Japan Cup
00:45New Japan Cup 2018 tournament
00:48and it's a win for the first time
00:54an enormous trophy that goes to the winner is down at the timekeeper's table to our
00:58right and Don Zack Sabre Jr has been able to win with a variety of submission
01:03maneuvers seemingly different in every match well the great thing about the
01:07style he wrestles is it doesn't matter how big or strong you are you can lock
01:12those holes on he also doesn't tend to take the same abuses other wrestlers
01:16exactly it's almost worse if you are a little bulkier if your muscles are a
01:20little tighter if you just banged and clanged and banged some chest out you
01:24know it helps him that he's skinny he's flexible he can weave in and out he can
01:28stick an arm in here a leg in there having big muscles hurts you Tom has got that
01:32big chest that big back those big arms all right and Zack Sabre Jr has got a
01:37hype man this might be what you need juice I got Finley that's got to count for
01:42Stump he's got to step up the hype game because Taka Bichinogu has been
01:46bringing it on the microphone
01:58Arty with two rep pro titles around his waist including a tag team title with Benoro Suzuki
02:25asking the people who's gonna who's gonna win
02:28who wins
02:33not getting a lot of votes
02:34Jack not getting a lot of votes
02:37is
02:37...
02:40...
02:41...
02:41...
02:41...
02:41...
02:41Cela va être le même Vice-T Frost !
02:46Il existe des Etats Tetsuya, Ibbushikota, Sanada...
02:54Il y a plusieurs fois de Pennsylvania et ont l'endroité de la France.
02:57Ceux-ci, c'est Submission Master !
03:01Il est le ZSJ !
03:04Il est THE Sabre Jr. !
03:12Naito, Ibushi, Sanada, tous les trois tappés ont été gagnés.
03:17Tout le monde s'est éclaté par Zaku.
03:24Just tap out!
03:30Alors, on va commencer la決勝戦.
03:35Tanahashi Hiroshi, c'est parti !
03:53So the time off has benefited Tanahashi, we've seen a quicker step, he walked into that Minoru Suzuki match at
04:05Sapporo way less than 100%.
04:14I love Robin describing him as the man of talents, Juice.
04:18Yeah, one in 100, baby, he's the ace.
04:21Oh, man.
04:24You know, the thing is here, Zack Sabre Jr., this is his first New Japan Cup.
04:28You can't tell by looking at him, but he's got to be nervous.
04:30This is a home game for Tanahashi.
04:32He's done it before.
04:33He's been in a half dozen of these.
04:35He's won two of them.
04:36He is always at home in a New Japan ring.
04:39He is always at home in front of these people.
04:41He is not nervous.
04:43He is ready to go.
04:44Zack, I don't know.
04:45And Zack walks in unscathed, physically feeling good.
04:53Naito Ibushi Sanada never really got a clean shot on him in any of those matchups.
04:58So it's Hiroshi Tanahashi entering the ring in the New Japan Cup final.
05:14These two men have met before.
05:16Their record, one and one.
05:19This is the rubber match, huh?
05:23Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Tanahashi in their first match in the G1.
05:30Tanahashi was the reigning Intercontinental Champion at the time.
05:33So as a result, Zack Sabre Jr. got an Intercontinental title match.
05:38So from Sapporo to Hiroshima and now to Nagaoka, this is the third matchup between Hiroshi Tanahashi and Zack Sabre
05:47Jr.
05:48So here we go.
05:48Red Shoe Zuno will be the referee for our main event, the New Japan Cup finals.
05:54Juice Robinson, Don Callis, Kevin Kelly, we're here at ringside to call it.
05:57We thank you for joining us at NJPWworld.com.
06:00No time limit here.
06:05Man, I should have brought some beers out here.
06:07This is going to be.
06:09Yeah, settle in.
06:09This is going to be a good one.
06:10That's the beauty of a three-man booth.
06:12You take up the slack, I'll get us a six-pack.
06:14All right, man.
06:15Here, let me give you some yens.
06:16Don's been looking for an escape route for about an hour.
06:19Well, Tanahashi looks in fabulous shape.
06:22Oh, my God.
06:22From that time off, he's leaned right out, Juice.
06:25Yep.
06:28Bell sounds, and here we go.
06:31So does Zack go after the arm?
06:33Or does he go after the leg?
06:35How about everything?
06:36He goes after everything.
06:38I think he's going to go after every muscle, every joint, every tendon, every ligament.
06:43Tendiment.
06:44Of course, the leg of Tanah's is the most recently vulnerable.
06:51And look at him.
06:53Zeroing in.
06:56When they met for the Intercontinental title in Hiroshima,
07:00Zack controlled a great deal of the match,
07:02but he could not negate the high fly flow.
07:05And, Juice, of course, that was the end for you the other night in the semifinals.
07:11Yeah, Tanah's about 230 pounds, and even with those bad wheels,
07:15that mother trucker can still get up in the air, and he comes down on you.
07:18You know, that knocks the life force right out of you.
07:21So if he can do that tonight, he's going to win.
07:23And we see here Zack Sabre, as good as Tanah is,
07:28Zack Sabre's a master technical wrestler, getting the better of Tanah there.
07:34I wrestled Zack in Long Beach the first time we were there during the U.S. Championship Tournament.
07:40And he, man, he not only tangled me up into a pretzel, he had me saying,
07:44Uncle, I couldn't, I was two inches away from the ropes, and I still gave up.
07:48That's, I mean, that just tells you how painful it is.
07:51Oh, he's brutal.
07:51And I think he's become more sadistic since getting together with Minoru Suzuki.
07:56Yep.
07:56Yeah, if there was ever a perfect faction for Zack Sabre Jr. to be in,
08:00it is Suzuki going to top wrist lock.
08:04The thing about it is when he has you in one of these submissions, you don't, you don't, oh.
08:09Do you get up to your feet?
08:11If you get up to your feet, it gives him an opening.
08:12Do you bring him down to the ground?
08:14It gives him an opening.
08:15I just try to slam him.
08:16So, yeah, sometimes you get up to your feet and he attaches himself like a wood dick on your back
08:20and sinks it in.
08:22He's a boa constrictor.
08:23Yeah, we've seen him do that time and time again.
08:26So he's going after the left arm first here for Tanahashi.
08:37Tanah obviously knows more than me.
08:39I'd be trying to punch him right now and hit him and clothesline him and drop him on his head.
08:43I don't know if I'd want to chain wrestle with Zack Sabre Jr.
08:46Well, that's always the question.
08:47Tanah is the ace.
08:48How many street fights is Zack Sabre Jr.?
08:50Maybe he's been in a lot.
08:51I don't know.
08:51But to me, that's the logical thing, what you said.
08:54Punch him in the face, fish hook him, whatever you got to do.
08:57Yeah.
09:00But, you know, Tanah can wrestle too.
09:02He can wrestle his ass off.
09:05We saw some of that before from Minoru Suzuki when he was doing that same type of thing with his
09:10knuckles on Tetsuya Naito.
09:14There we go.
09:16Shoulders down.
09:22Zack, both athletes in superb condition.
09:25Zack, you will see him barely breathing hard.
09:29His cardiovascular endurance is remarkable.
09:32He's vegan.
09:33He likes to stay around 185 pounds.
09:35He just likes to wrestle for his workouts.
09:36He's not a big weight guy.
09:38Doesn't really matter, though.
09:39That's not the name of the game for him.
09:40Valle the other day brought up that point.
09:42He's like, his size is perfect for his style, and his style is perfect for his size.
09:47So it works for him.
09:49And he is not the prototypical heavyweight, nor would he be the prototypical size athlete you would see compete for
09:55the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
09:56But if Zack Sabre Jr. wins, he will call out Kazuchika Okada, and he will face Okada at Sakura Genesis.
10:03Question about Tanahashi.
10:05Do you have any insight as to where Tana's leaning?
10:07We said on the surface, Juice, that, hey, listen, he might think about Suzuki and a little revenge in the
10:12IC title, but how can you say no to Okada?
10:15Yeah, and Okada's either eclipsed him or quickly about to break the record as far as holding the title the
10:24longest.
10:24And I know that eats Tanahashi.
10:26He calls himself the ace.
10:27He believes he is the ace.
10:29He still thinks he is the top guy.
10:32So last week, Cork and Hall, we were there.
10:33You, Tana, sixth man.
10:35Things didn't go well.
10:36Communication issues.
10:37Whatever.
10:38The night before your matchup, top wrist lock and key lock on the arm, takes him over.
10:44Okada comes back to the ring, stands on the bottom rope and holds the belt up.
10:49That kind of showed Tanahashi up, I thought.
10:51Yeah, I think that's exactly what Okada was doing.
10:53I don't think he was worried about Juice Robinson.
10:55I think he was totally messing with Tanahashi.
10:57Trying to play mind games, trying to get him off his game, trying to make him maybe look past me,
11:01maybe look past the winner of that match, Zack Sabre Jr.
11:05But I'm pretty, pretty, pretty positive Tanahashi wants that heavyweight championship.
11:11And, Don, it's, uh, Zack, CSJ's in his comfort zone right now.
11:16Oh, yeah.
11:18Tanahashi, to me, needs to create movement.
11:20He needs to create it to set up the high five fly flow.
11:23He needs to create it to get the sling blade.
11:25Even the dragon screw.
11:27There's no distance being created so he can't hit any of his offense.
11:32And look at Zack.
11:33Not, not going to go out and get the man.
11:36He's going to wait for him to come back in.
11:38He has wrestled a perfect tournament so far.
11:40He has made no mistakes in any of his matches.
11:44Probably to a greater extent than anyone in his company.
11:47He sticks to a game plan.
11:50Yeah, he wrestles with his brain as much as he does his body.
11:58And now they jockey for position here.
12:02Control and the overhand.
12:07Left arm, hammer lock, side head lock.
12:10So, Tanah, as you said, Don, yet to create any distance.
12:13Still tied up with Zack.
12:19This is the power advantage we're seeing here.
12:21Able to hold on to that head lock.
12:25But you're dangerously close to being able.
12:28Look at the way he's grinding that wrist, Don.
12:31Everything that Sabre does hurts.
12:34You see him use his knuckles.
12:36You see him use his elbows.
12:39Side head lock takeover.
12:40Horsed him over.
12:41Head scissors.
12:42Get to the ropes.
12:42Tanah gets to the ropes.
12:45Back staying.
12:48Furry still here.
12:51This is what I'm talking about with...
12:54See how he can just...
12:55Look at how his legs are locked there.
12:57His flexibility, the size of his legs.
13:00They're long, they're skinny, but they are strong.
13:10DSJ blocking the normal escape route for it.
13:13The head scissors had very...
13:15Just like that, right back.
13:16Tanah's going to get that arm out of there.
13:17It's funny how he let him out just to put him right back in.
13:21He's been playing DSJ's game right now.
13:24Yeah, and it's been a clinic in all four matches now we're seeing in this tournament.
13:33He's a matchup nightmare.
13:35There's no way to scout or prepare for Zack Sabre Jr.
13:40Because think about it, Don.
13:42You go in with...
13:42You're wanting to strike with him.
13:44That means you're feeding your arms to him.
13:46Right.
13:46If you want to kick, you're feeding your legs to him.
13:49The only thing where Tanahashi had the edge when they met in Hiroshima in September was when he got on
13:57the move.
13:58And he has yet to do it thus far.
14:01He's got to get that 230-pound frame moving around and making some contact with Zack.
14:07Either that or you've got to get down and dirty.
14:09And I don't know that Tanahashi likes to do that.
14:11Well, he did that a little bit with you, Juice.
14:12Yeah, he did.
14:13So we better do it with Zack.
14:15Shots on the...
14:16That's the kind of stuff you got to do.
14:17Yep.
14:18First time Tanahashi has gotten moving, and you see it there.
14:20Paid dividends.
14:23Drop down, and first time that Zack has been left looking for answers.
14:32He'll try the head scissors again, but this time Tanahashi blocks it.
14:38So Tanahashi, the two-time New Japan Cup winner, got through the first round.
14:45Jinx this year with a win over Taichi.
14:47It had been three years in a row that Tanahashi had been eliminated in the first round.
14:51Then, in the quarterfinals, defeated Badluck Fale by countout.
14:58And Fale has had Tana's number on a number of occasions throughout their careers.
15:03And then, of course, Juice in the semis, and now here we are in the finals,
15:07and Zack Sabre Jr. has found a way to put some pressure on.
15:13And one thing that does benefit Zack, Don, is that Red Shoes is not one to count a wrestler's shoulders
15:19down
15:19when he is applying a submission hold in an offensive way.
15:23Red Shoes might have a buzz right now.
15:24You never know, Kevin.
15:25You never know.
15:26Well, so Zack could put his back on the mat and could try that head scissors as we saw there.
15:31But Red Shoes is focused on the hold, not on the fact that Zack's shoulders are down.
15:37That works to Zack Sabre Jr.'s benefit.
15:39Tana is working this side headlock, guys.
15:54Tana is working this way out of the headlock position, and a pained look on the face of Zack Sabre
16:04Jr.
16:05We have not seen him in this position in this tournament.
16:07Oh, Jesus.
16:09Yeah, baited him in.
16:10He baited me in.
16:12He wasn't in pain at all.
16:15And a rough-and-tumble headlock was not what I had in mind when I suggested he should get nasty.
16:21He used to try to pull his eye out.
16:24Oh, yeah.
16:26A little mocking there from Zack Sabre Jr.
16:30Tournament success for Zack, of course.
16:32It is his first time in the New Japan Cup, but he has won the 16-carat WXW in Germany,
16:38won PWG's Bola.
16:41Now, Juice, did you find it frustrating to wrestle Zack Sabre?
16:44Because it looks like it really would be.
16:46It really is frustrating because you look at him, you know, you think, oh, I'll just pick this mother trucker
16:51up and slam him from pillar to post and try to drop him on his head and try to knock
16:56the air out of his little bird chest.
16:57But then, you know, you leave something out there, and he gets you in a hold, and then you try
17:02to get out of that hold, and then you're in a worse hold.
17:04And then before you know it, you're four holds down the line, you're three inches from the ropes, everything hurts,
17:10and you don't know what to do besides tap out.
17:13And you just tapped out to a guy you call bird chest, so there you go.
17:17Yeah, so that's when I realized ZSJ, he's a bad, bad boy.
17:22And he's a vegan, too, so that makes me really want to whoop his ass.
17:28A pair of uppercut forearms.
17:30And that's an underrated thing that nobody ever talks about.
17:32He puts mustard on those lifters there, you know, he can throw.
17:37To the leg, goes right after the right leg, but then quickly to the right arm.
17:43And now wrenches on the head.
17:46Tana's got to get that leg on the rope, the left leg on the rope.
17:56Saber's a little frustrated right now.
18:00He has yet to be able to get Tana away from the ropes in the center.
18:11Tana's almost better after he's gotten his ass kicked a little, after he feels pain.
18:16And he's been in this situation before.
18:24One half of that bicep muscle was torn back in May of last year.
18:29He did not have surgery.
18:30Tana has she did not.
18:31So therefore, it'll never heal.
18:33It's just scar tissue that is mended the two halves together.
18:37And no matter what he tells everybody, it still hurts.
18:40And it's still in rough shape.
18:42It is not as weak as it, or not as strong as it was before.
18:46And Zack Saber Jr. is pulling and twisting on that right arm.
18:53I might get my head in there and use it as a fulcrum.
18:55There you go.
19:04And floats up with that kick.
19:08What are you, cheerleading out here?
19:09Yeah, it's a little hard, man.
19:11It's a little hard.
19:11I told you that before when he said.
19:13I hate you.
19:14I hate color commentators who cheerlead for certain wrestlers.
19:17That's right, Kenny Omega.
19:19Let me, yeah, take your lips off Kenny's butt.
19:22I wish Kenny were here.
19:25I don't.
19:28And now.
19:34Can you imagine if Tanahashi submits from this position?
19:38No chance.
19:41Takumi Chinoku as the, simply the hype man, the mouthpiece for Zack Saber Jr.
19:47in this tournament has not been involved physically in any of the matches.
19:50Unlike other Suzuki-gun affairs, there's a left hand in the midsection.
19:56He scored often on U-Juice with that.
19:59And Tanah's worried about the arm and then Zapp took the leg.
20:02That's what's still.
20:03Look at this.
20:05Jeez.
20:06And now, Tanah is in trouble.
20:09This is trouble.
20:09Saber's mad now.
20:13Tanah's got to walk through this.
20:14There he goes.
20:15Come on.
20:16He's got to switch his hips.
20:17Get those hips through.
20:18It's hard to look at.
20:25Come on, Tanah.
20:27He's got that.
20:28He's there.
20:29He's there.
20:29He's there.
20:30Now, Una's got to break it.
20:34I think it's plan B time for Tanah.
20:37Well, maybe.
20:38Come in the eye.
20:43Zack is grabbing that right side where Tanahashi scored with the left hand.
20:49Almost a liver punch.
20:55Zack is going to have to be wary of that as he now goes back and turning on that right
21:00arm again.
21:08Look at him stare at the wrist joint.
21:14There's another one.
21:21There's another one.
21:21Third one forced Zack to let go.
21:25Uppercut forearm with the right arm.
21:27That slowed him down.
21:28Yeah, he winces in pain.
21:30Now, shoot him across.
21:31Let's get a moving.
21:32No.
21:33Tanahashi into the buckle.
21:35Zack charges in.
21:37Kick right to the arm.
21:44Form smash.
21:45Tanahashi puts Zack Sabre Jr. down.
21:49That's the first big impact we've seen out of Tana.
21:55Zack still clutching his right side.
22:00Tanahashi trying to fight through the pain of that arm.
22:09Fans want to see Tanahashi do this.
22:12They want one more encore here today.
22:26Somersault senton from the second rope.
22:29Yes.
22:30Got it.
22:35To the cover.
22:36Count of two.
22:37Lateral press and he kicks out at two.
22:44This has been a strong game plan from Tanahashi.
22:47He's taken punishment, but he's got Zack on the ropes
22:50in a way that we don't typically see.
22:51He's taken it, but he's absorbed it pretty well.
22:59Tana charges in.
23:01Zack tries to block with the boot.
23:02You know what he's looking for.
23:03Oh, how about this?
23:07Oh, yes.
23:09There you go.
23:10And he's trying to get Tanahashi to open up.
23:13Wait a minute.
23:14Now he's got it.
23:15And this can end a match.
23:15This can end a match.
23:16Oh, the octopus hold.
23:18And now, full application here.
23:28Really wrenching on that arm.
23:38Dragon screw.
23:39He's never let go of the leg.
23:41Tanahashi didn't forget about it
23:44and dragon screwed Zack Sabre Jr.
23:46And the crowd just came alive.
23:49Tanahashi! Tanahashi! Tanahashi! Tanahashi!
23:55Talked about all the championship glory
23:57of Kazuchiko Kata in her previous match.
24:02Seventh time champ, wait, sling blade, no.
24:05Abdominal stretch, cobra twist, countered.
24:10Tana very familiar with this move.
24:13What a counter! Standing switch back into it again.
24:18Tana slips out. There we go.
24:23There is a wrestler in Japan
24:25that doesn't know this move inside out.
24:28And this will loosen your ass up for the high fly flow.
24:32I'm going to try to power him up and drop him down.
24:35A little pump handle action.
24:37You haven't seen that from Tana.
24:45So Zack Sabre Jr. has done exactly as advertised.
24:49He has tried to submit Tanahashi
24:51while the ace has scored repeatedly with left hands to the midsection.
24:58And some power there.
25:01Oh.
25:03Don, he's too good!
25:04He really is.
25:07He's sunk in deep now.
25:10We talked about this earlier.
25:11Look at this.
25:12You just can't get him off you.
25:16Triangle choke now.
25:18And when you're in these positions, you're just thinking, thinking,
25:20what do I got to do?
25:21What do I do? What do I do?
25:22And the worst thing you can do now is stand up.
25:24Yeah.
25:25And if you're thinking, you're stinking.
25:26So if you're thinking, you're probably going to make a mistake.
25:28And anything you feed that guy, he's going to take.
25:30And he's going to try to break, twist, rip.
25:38Standing up is a mistake.
25:40Except if you are able to try to boost him up, lift him up, powerbomb him.
25:45No way you can do that with this bicep injury.
25:49Ibushi did it to Zack Sabre Jr. last summer.
25:52Tried in their quarterfinal match, couldn't do it.
26:00There may not be enough in that arm.
26:05This, the oxygen's getting cut off though.
26:08When you're in a triangle like that.
26:14He doesn't, he doesn't have it all the way in.
26:17If you look at.
26:19He's going to try to change this into a cloverleaf.
26:23Yup.
26:24Yes, exactly.
26:25Can he get the grip with that arm?
26:28He stomped his way out of Zack's hold.
26:30And now he's got the cloverleaf applied in the center of the ring.
26:33Sit down, Tana, sit down.
26:39Zack's not, oh, now he is.
26:48Zack's so close to the bottom rope.
26:49Gotta walk him back to the middle.
26:51And he's doing it.
26:52Come on now, there you go.
26:52He was millimeters away from forcing a rope break.
26:55But now Tana sits down.
27:02Zack's still working from underneath.
27:03Look at this.
27:04Look at this.
27:05Just brilliant.
27:06Yup.
27:06There you go.
27:09Gonna try a cross arm breaker now.
27:14Trying to break that grip.
27:25Oh, now.
27:26Now that is illegal.
27:30So Zack lets go of the individual finger.
27:35Tana with a death grip keeping his hands together.
27:37Juice.
27:38Uh-oh.
27:38I spoke too soon.
27:40And he's got that dragon screw on the ground.
27:45And Zack Sabre smartly rolling out to the floor.
27:48Huge chance.
27:51Get out there and introduce him to the guard rails.
27:54Introduce him to the floor.
27:55Introduce him to the post.
27:56That's what you gotta do.
27:58And of course, Zack Sabre Jr. is bilingual.
28:01He understands Japanese.
28:02So he is hearing instructions from Takama Chinoku.
28:08And now, here we go.
28:11High fly flow.
28:13Now Zack's in big, big trouble.
28:20They are even Steven now.
28:22Here's a replay.
28:26They crushed Zack Sabre Jr. with the high fly flow.
28:29Here we go.
28:30So, Tanahashi, Zack Sabre Jr.
28:33The finals of the New Japan Cup.
28:35It is anybody's ball game here now in Nagoka.
28:38Okay, come on.
28:40You can time up.
28:42That's up.
28:43One.
28:45Two.
28:46Six.
28:48Four.
28:49Five.
28:50Six.
28:52Ten.
28:53Eight.
28:55Ten.
28:56Ten.
28:57Ten.
28:58ele.
28:59Donna will hear the cheers from the crowd, rolling Zack in.
29:04And now, Dahn, the ace is feeling it.
29:07He is.
29:08Slinkblade no.
29:10permit one, 네가 help.
29:11T�ng has tried that twice.
29:15Tries to send him over the top rope.
29:17TANDAH hangs on.
29:18Does he have the strength to skin the cat?
29:20Oh!
29:21Telegraphed it.
29:23Zach lets him skin the cat
29:24C'est bon, c'est bon, c'est bon, c'est bon.
29:54C'est bon, c'est bon.
29:58A little garvin stomp action there.
30:05This is what this guy does.
30:06This is why he's in the finals.
30:08He picks you apart limb by limb.
30:11Tonno was thinking about his arm, and now he's on the leg, and now he's back to the arm.
30:15Can't even call it.
30:18Yeah, there's no way to prepare.
30:22There's nothing you can do in advance.
30:23Tu sais que tu dois survivre.
30:27Oh!
30:32Jeeze!
30:44C'est un énorme mistake.
30:46Oui, c'est juste que tu fais ça.
30:48Tu ne fais pas ça.
30:49Oh, oui!
30:50Oh, oui!
30:52Oh, oui!
30:53Oh, oui!
30:54Oh, oui!
30:57Tried to kick before another dragon screw.
31:03Trying to guilty him here.
31:08Saw a triangle choke earlier, different variety here.
31:14Sabre just attaches himself.
31:16It's unbelievable.
31:17It's uncanny.
31:18He's a boa constrictor.
31:20He's a boa constrictor.
31:26Wait a second.
31:28Tristan Choud here.
31:29Hits what he wants, and he got it.
31:31Tristan Choud at the 20 minute call.
31:34Double up.
31:37Playing a couple of Beatles hits.
31:39Three times.
31:40He's got him!
31:41He's got him!
31:41Two!
31:43Wow.
31:44Great escape by Zack Sabre.
31:46Two!
31:48Five!
31:49Five!
31:50Six!
31:51Six!
31:52Six!
31:53Six!
32:00Six!
32:01High fly flowed Zach on the floor
32:03before, now he's going to try it again.
32:11Oh, look at that, he caught him.
32:15Let him dive, just a heel hook.
32:18He said it
32:19in the interview about Ibushi, and the
32:21same story is being written here against
32:23Tana.
32:25What choice do you have?
32:27What choice do you have here, Tana? If you hit that,
32:29you're going to win the cup. Yep.
32:31You go for it. You got to take
32:33with what got...
32:37Now dance with what brought you.
32:39Yeah, exactly right.
32:49The crowd gasps and roars
32:51with approval as Tanahashi gets to the bottom
32:53rope.
32:54The saver has not had much luck
32:56keeping Tana away from the ropes.
32:59A lot of rope breaks tonight.
33:02Tanahashi was in this position so many times
33:05in that late January
33:08matchup in Snowy Sapporo
33:10with the Intercontinental title on the line
33:11in the end.
33:12Wound up being a referee's stoppage.
33:16And Suzuki,
33:17new Intercontinental champion, Tanahashi
33:19stretchered out.
33:25and the ace is in a lot of trouble.
33:27And the ace is in a lot of trouble.
33:41And the ace is in a lot of trouble.
33:51and crumbles.
33:53And crumbles.
33:54Tanahashi...
34:01Wow.
34:02Great wrestling right there.
34:05Swept the leg.
34:06Yeah, swing and a miss.
34:07et puis il est arrivé avec le swing de la main.
34:15Vous ne voyez pas le Zack Sabre, jr.
34:18Il va à la main de la main.
34:19Il fait tout de l'arrière de la main.
34:21Il fait tout de l'arrière, juste comme ça.
34:22Oh, le pique !
34:26Il a fait la main de la main.
34:28Il a fait la main de la main.
34:28Oh, il a fait ça !
34:30Oh, il a fait ça !
34:31Oh !
34:31Oh, c'est ça !
34:33C'est ça !
34:33C'est ça !
34:35Wow !
34:35Taka, get your ass off the apron.
34:38Wow !
34:38That was two, brother.
34:39That was two.
34:40Definitely was two.
34:42It was close, though.
34:42Two and seven-eighths.
34:45Now, this is where Tana...
34:48Zack's kind of choking right here.
34:50I know he's hurt,
34:51but he's got to try to get on Tana,
34:52because Tana's powering up.
34:54We just had another look,
34:55and you could see how close that was to three.
35:01Oh, c'est ça !
35:02Ah !
35:08Ah !
35:10Ah !
35:11Ah !
35:12Ah !
35:12Ah !
35:13Ah !
35:13Ah !
35:14Ah !
35:15Ah !
35:16Ah !
35:18Ah !
35:20Oh !
35:21Oh !
35:21Oh !
35:21Ta-na-hashi answers with one,
35:23and Zack Sabre, Jr.
35:24goes down !
35:25Now Tana can't follow up.
35:28Oh !
35:29Tana !
35:29Tana !
35:30Tana !
35:40Oh, un peu plus !
35:42Oh !
35:43Oh !
35:43Oh !
35:43Oh !
35:44Oh !
35:44Oh !
35:44Unmighty uppercut !
35:45Come on !
35:46Come on, Donna !
35:47Go, go, go !
35:50Wait a minute !
35:52Backslide !
35:53I don't think he gets him over !
35:55He's got the power !
35:56He's got this chest !
35:59Most muscular !
36:00Yeah, but that's...
36:01Get him with the most muscular !
36:02The bicep too, I know !
36:03The bicep is there !
36:05Wait a minute !
36:06Tanahashi trying to pull Zack over !
36:09He's got a cable cross over his way out of that !
36:13You sound like Elgin with all this workout talk !
36:16Oh, God !
36:16Got it !
36:17Wait a minute !
36:21Whoa, whoa, whoa !
36:23Crap !
36:23Two !
36:24Come on !
36:25Oh !
36:26I don't know about that one !
36:27Pete Cash !
36:28Pete Cash !
36:29We're almost out of position !
36:30Say goodnight !
36:31Two !
36:31Oh !
36:33Just that close !
36:35Oh !
36:35Thank God Uno got knocked out of the ring !
36:37Boy, he flew back in !
36:39Oh !
36:40And was right there !
36:43Oh, I got goose pimples, brother !
36:45Yes !
36:45This is what the New Japan Cup's all about !
36:47We are watching the finals of the New Japan Cup !
36:50It's Hiroshi Tanahashi !
36:51Zack Sabre Jr.
36:52That's the prize that will go to the winner !
36:54There's the crown !
36:54And, of course, the winner picks the champion of his choosing to get a singles title opportunity !
36:59Will it be Tanahashi or Zack Sabre Jr.
37:04Zack's running out of options !
37:06Tana's running out of options !
37:09Well, that Rolodex of submission holds that Zack has !
37:14Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute !
37:15Watch out !
37:17No way !
37:18If he can German him out of here !
37:21Yeah !
37:22Wow !
37:22He's got him up !
37:23Got him !
37:24Oh !
37:24Go for the dragon !
37:26Dragon !
37:32Great counter-wrestling by Zack Sabre !
37:35Oh !
37:35That's a little low, don't you think ?
37:37Yeah, it was on the belt !
37:38Sling Blade !
37:39Hey !
37:40Sling Blade !
37:41Right to the cover !
37:42That'll do it !
37:42Don't waste any time !
37:44He kicks out at two !
37:45He's alive !
37:47Here we go !
37:49Uh-oh !
37:50One !
37:51Two !
37:52Oh !
37:53Time to go, go, go !
37:55Fujinami beat Flair on this day at 91 !
37:58Thought he was NWA Champion !
38:00Tanahashi a Fujinami devotee !
38:02Here we go, baby !
38:03Here we go !
38:04Here we go !
38:04But now Zack Sabre Jr. is down !
38:08Can't see the high !
38:10Oh !
38:11Oh !
38:13It's about cut him in half !
38:15All the air is out of his lungs right now, and he don't know where he is !
38:19One more time !
38:20Tanah tweaked his knee !
38:22The ace springs over the top !
38:23You're right, Don !
38:24One more !
38:24One more !
38:25Come on, Tanah !
38:27Here we go !
38:28Another one !
38:29High five !
38:30Oh no !
38:30And landed on the knee again !
38:42Obviously, if he would have hit that, he would have bring in that trophy home for the third time !
38:46Oh yeah !
38:46And that left knee's in agony !
38:52Sabre, look at the look in Sabre's eyes !
39:02I love the Young Lions around ringside !
39:04They are watching this match intently, and they are cheering on Tanahashi !
39:10School is in session, even in our main event !
39:13They're learning from the King right now !
39:18The ace is in a lot of trouble !
39:26Blocked !
39:27O'Connor roll !
39:29O'Connor roll !
39:31O'Connor roll !
39:31Oh !
39:32Look at that !
39:32What the bridge !
39:34No !
39:35Oh !
39:36Wait a minute !
39:37This is the way !
39:38He tapped out Naito !
39:40But he's close to the ropes !
40:09Pulling him away, pulling him into the center !
40:11Oh-oh, oh-oh
40:14Il va a kicker
40:18Et il va a trap
40:22Orienteering
40:23With Napalm Death
40:24That's it
40:25That's what it's called
40:26Come on, Tana
40:29He stopped
40:30He stopped
40:32Can you believe it
40:39Zack Sabre Jr
40:40Has won the 2018 New Japan Cup
40:50Just too much
40:53I'll tell you what
40:54He won the New Japan Cup
40:55And he deserved it
40:58Tana Hashi injured his knee
40:59With those two high fly blows
41:01One he hit, one he missed
41:02Which left him susceptible
41:04To the submission skills
41:05Of Zack Sabre Jr
41:07Zack Sabre Jr.
41:08In the course of this tournament
41:09He beat Tetsuya Naito
41:13Kota Ibushi
41:15Sanada
41:16And Tanahashi
41:18What a road that is
41:20That's earning it
41:21Yeah
41:21And you know what
41:22I want to say this
41:24Zack Sabre Jr.
41:25Wrestled like a gentleman tonight
41:27He didn't
41:27He wrestled
41:29There was no Suzuki-gun bullshit tonight
41:32Right
41:33That was Zack Sabre Jr.
41:34Takamichi Noku didn't touch him
41:36He deserves it
41:37He does
41:38He does
41:38Yep
41:40So now
41:42Guess what
41:43Zack Sabre Jr.
41:46As they are helping
41:47Tanahashi from the ring
41:50And what can we say
41:51About Tana
41:51Well, you can say
41:53That he was
41:54One high fly flow away
41:56From bringing that
41:57Ugly trophy
41:58But what it symbolizes
42:00Is great
42:00Home for the third time
42:01We have to say
42:03It's a beautiful trophy
42:04Just look at it
42:05You're supposed to
42:05You're supposed to have
42:06Your filter on
42:07When you're out here
42:08Kid
42:08Yeah
42:08It's hideous
42:09What is this
42:111675
42:12That's it
42:13Well, you fill it with ale
42:14When you get back
42:16Oh, gosh
42:22Eric, you know
42:23You look at these
42:24You're talking about
42:25The young lions
42:25Watching and learning
42:26From Tanahashi tonight
42:27They learned a lot
42:29From him
42:29Tanahashi has nothing
42:30Nothing to be
42:32Ashamed of
42:33That's what
42:34New Japan's about
42:35Fighting
42:35Fighting when you
42:36Can't fight anymore
42:39Adding his list
42:41To the man
42:42Who have won
42:43This trophy
42:46Zack Sabre Jr.
42:54And he's telling
42:55All those nice
42:56Camera people
42:56Where to go
42:57And how to get there
42:58That's right
42:59The second foreigner
43:00To win the title
43:01Giant Bernard
43:03Werner
43:04Did you win the World화
43:05Who won the World화
43:09Yes
43:14Congratulations
43:14Zack
43:15C'est parti, Zach !
43:20Il y a eu des 4.1 millions d'euros pour les 4.1 millions d'euros.
43:33Zach, j'ai une question.
43:37Qu'est-ce que tu penses ?
43:39Qu'est-ce que tu penses ?
43:50Qu'est-ce que tu penses ?
43:56Qu'est-ce que tu penses ?
43:58Qu'est-ce que tu penses ?
43:59Je veux ça !
44:04IWGP Heavy Q Champion,
44:07Je suis le nom de Okada,
44:10patousga
44:12come on over
44:14yeah
44:16his english is really excellent
44:19you don't need a translator
44:20out here now
44:22where is Django
44:24couldn't make the town
44:26he'll be back with his suit
44:27hey so last year we talked about
44:30Okada not sticking around for
44:32the finals with Shibata and
44:34Fale, both were logically going to call him
44:36out and challenge him if they won that was
44:38the case so it looks
44:39Oh, non !
44:41This time Okada stuck around !
44:54Et le Rainmaker a été challenged
44:58par Zack Sabre, Jr.
45:02Ces deux hommes vont meet
45:03April 1, Sakura Genesis,
45:05Sumo Hall !
45:10Champion !
45:12You're a very strong champion !
45:15But Zack Sabre, Jr.
45:19The submission code,
45:20You, Jack !
45:28The Wood Ticks got the microphone !
45:31I've seen a lot of people who are out of top.
45:38I've seen a lot of people who are out of top.
45:41I've seen a lot of people who are out of top.
45:43But...
45:43The Wood Ticks got the problem.
45:52Did you want a lot of people who are out of top!
45:53Judas, Jr.,
45:54you thought that they need to be out of top.
46:01What do you mean that's the reason ?
46:10Thank you.