00:00The Stomp Musabis QC is a victory for the first time in the 30 minutes.
00:30it is the top four matches of the evening tonight that are all focused around singles championship
00:45glory it is the top title in new japan pro wrestling originated in the njw strong days
00:52the openweight championship of njpw strong up for grabs here and it will be drillamaloni's
00:59first opportunity at that title but not the first time baloney has faced off against tomohiro ishii
01:04no and i think that could be a change in this time because ishii was able to finally clean this title
01:13last time in the city ride
01:14ishii finally became strong openweight champion but this is his first defense
01:28it's against someone like you said walker who already has beaten him
01:32barely recently in the new japan cup
01:35so
01:39oh
01:39oh
01:42go
01:44go
01:47go
01:49go
01:52go
03:30David Finley is simple as the bell sounds.
03:33We are officially underway.
03:34It is one fall, 30-minute time limits.
03:37Bring gold or bring bodies.
03:38Joe Maloney has brought a lot of bodies in his career.
03:41They have, but not so much in the way of singles gold.
03:44He's never won a singles championship in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
03:47Oh, has found his championship success in tack action, in junior heavyweight action, and
03:56now, well, I mean, looking at him right now, he has moved on to the heavyweight division.
04:01He's looking to reestablish himself, although this is an openweight championship.
04:04Yeah, it's crazy to believe it, but Drill Maloney was this exact same size as a junior heavyweight
04:09as well.
04:11Someone's fudging those numbers, but there is no fudging with this.
04:14Tokohiro Ishii was back on March 9th, night 2 of New Japan Cup 20-25.
04:20Maloney and Ishii faced off for the first and only time prior to tonight.
04:23In he'll go, that was 14 minutes, 6 seconds on the clock, in a match that went the way
04:28of Joe Maloney.
04:30Joe Maloney all the way into the quarterfinals of New Japan Cup this year, and his first ever
04:35run in the tournament as a heavyweight athlete.
04:40Holy shit, he's staggered.
04:42It's a night.
04:44Looks to repeat history as he had.
04:47Back in March for New Japan Cup, nearly just, what, 2 years, 60 days on the dock.
04:53Now, we can talk all we want about what's happened in the past, and it's truly about what's
05:08to happen here tonight, and what is allowed for Maloney to set up for this here tonight.
05:12Wrestles in a very similar style to that of Tomohiro Ishii if you convert a draw back to
05:18the junior heavyweight division.
05:19Now, you step to the man himself, a man that you very much...
05:22idolized pulling up and putting up in the sport.
05:25Well, I mean, it's a very different situation than competing for junior tag team.
05:29Both of it's completely different ball likes.
05:32Whoa, and right now, Maloney, he is in control.
05:41Well, Ishii staggered back into the corner.
05:44But we know how physical this match was going to be.
05:48We've seen them go at it before.
05:50We've seen them go at it before.
06:00Jordan Ishii first challenge for the strong open-weight title back at San Jose this year.
06:0430-minute time of a draw as Gabe Kidd saw us make a 30-minute Iron Man match that did,
06:10indeed go into overtime on a draw.
06:14And that was back in Chicago.
06:16And Mischi able to overcome King Kidd in over 34 minutes of action.
06:22Do you see us getting any more close to a 30-minute time on the side?
06:26I mean, at this point, it seems like Maloney was happy to slow down the pace of the match
06:33and more of a grind and pace.
06:35Mischi, of course, to cover, we know is also very comfortable working at that sort of
06:40pace and going down his opponent.
06:43But we can't let this go to a time limit again.
06:47So at some point, the urgency has to pick up.
06:52In that urgency to this pick up for Mischi,
06:55the short bursts of some of the most intense offense you're going to find
06:58in world wrestling today and at any point in history for this sport.
07:04Tomohiro Mischi is the man to the liberty.
07:06Mischi rolling on the apron, but that is not a safe space because Maloney's right there.
07:16We saw this attempted back in the dog pound cage.
07:19And we could hear tonight again that Drilla Killa,
07:21one of the most killer moves in pro wrestling overall.
07:24It's how he defeated Mischi before.
07:26Now they've spilled to the outside.
07:41On to the floor.
07:43Again, the thud of bodies is just echoing throughout the arena.
07:49You know, it's really intriguing to me, Beta,
07:57about how much the American pro wrestling audience has taken to Tomohiro Ishii,
08:02a lot of which established based on his time with all-elite wrestling
08:06that had a very fun run through collisions into the Ring of Honor rankings.
08:10So fans in the United States have been seeing a lot more from Tomohiro Ishii recently.
08:15And as long as Tomohiro Ishii retains the strong openweight title tonight,
08:19there's no plans of that slowing down.
08:22Yeah, this is Ishii's first singles gold in quite a few years as well.
08:27And it is really cool as he continues to, like you said,
08:30establish himself in the United States as well.
08:33It is a title.
08:35You know he hopes to keep defending.
08:38As the cover here for Ishii, only two.
08:41Perhaps even, you know, within AEW, within Ring of Honor.
08:46But Drill Maloney could put a stop to all that tonight.
08:49As we talk about retaining in dominance tonight for Tomohiro Ishii,
08:54you can look ahead to winning in dominance June 15th.
08:59Dominion, the IWGP Tag Team Titles will be on the line.
09:02Ishii and Taichi against Great Okan and Cal Newman.
09:05We'll talk about that as we get into this.
09:07Maloney wants that drolla kill up.
09:09No!
09:11Jack style sit-out pile driver.
09:21Both holding onto their necks.
09:28It's slow to recover.
09:30Maloney knows how to slug with the best of them.
09:56It's proven it in New Japan Cup.
09:58Proved it at Sakura Genesis this year.
10:02And most definitely in that dog-bound seal cage at Dantaku.
10:08Oh, but you're dealing with Tomohiro Ishii.
10:12You're dealing with the Stone Pit Bull here tonight.
10:16Drilla went down hard.
10:19It's giving Ishii a moment here to recover himself.
10:22Dangerous territory here all the way up top.
10:38The bright lights are shining down.
10:41And the Rays may cast Maloney into hell tonight.
10:45And Maloney is going to that place even deeper.
10:48The eighth layer.
10:51Whoa.
10:53What a collision.
10:57Oh, Ishii missed out the end.
11:00And Maloney caught the gore.
11:02Caught the gore.
11:03Ishii, Ishii.
11:05No.
11:06The crack of skull against the collarbone of Drilla Maloney.
11:23Tomohiro Ishii wants Maloney back to his feet to seal the deal.
11:28No, no, no.
11:28Maloney, Maloney.
11:31Made in Birmingham.
11:33Oh, it was Maloney's first match as a heavyweight in New Japan coming against a former junior himself.
11:43A number one contender to the world title after tonight.
11:46Shingo Takagi.
11:47Maloney put Takagi down with that maneuver back in Osaka.
11:52But he can't do it tonight with Ishii.
11:58Maloney.
11:58Gritting his teeth.
12:01And pulling himself back up to his feet.
12:04Let's go, Ishii!
12:07Let's go, Ishii!
12:10Let's go, Ishii!
12:13Let's go, Ishii!
12:15Let's go, Ishii!
12:18Oh, Dillon got caught.
12:22Maloney.
12:22Super kick on the jaw.
12:24Ishii driven forward.
12:26And a bullet through the canvas from Drilla Maloney.
12:31Watch it now.
12:32Keep up the speed.
12:33Agor!
12:34Agor!
12:35Maloney!
12:37No!
12:38So close.
12:39Maloney hooking both legs.
12:44Still not enough.
12:45Maloney says that's it.
13:08He's looked for that Drilla Killa a number of times.
13:11And Maloney wants it.
13:18Not going to get the leverage he needs, though.
13:21Not here.
13:22Not in this position.
13:23Maloney.
13:24No!
13:24And Sakiri underneath.
13:25Just like Ishii earlier.
13:27The German suplex.
13:29And Maloney's not springing to his feet.
13:31Just like he did earlier.
13:33This has been an incredibly physical battle.
13:44As expected from the opening second.
13:57Both back up.
14:00Maloney back in the stand.
14:17And he's shit with Deliriant.
14:19Decapitates the contender.
14:21Cover!
14:22No!
14:242.9!
14:2610 minutes deep.
14:33Yeah, we're a third of the way through the allotted limit.
14:35Ishii is not going to let it get any further than that.
14:39That's Maloney.
14:39Capturing the Lariat.
14:44Ishii going.
14:45No, no, no.
14:47Maloney got the dropkick.
14:52Well, Ishii's out on his feet.
14:54Yeah!
14:56And a brain busts up.
15:03And Ishii's not going to stumble.
15:06Ishii's not going to falter.
15:08Not with the openweight title.
15:09On the line.
15:20Maloney's down.
15:21And so is Ishii.
15:23At this point, I don't understand how they're getting up at all, but...
15:27Toa Hiroishi off the ropes.
15:47Clariot!
15:48Cover here.
15:51Retain the title.
15:52No!
15:54Again, so close.
15:56And again, it's not enough.
16:00Not with the brain buster.
16:01No, no, no, no.
16:13Ishii wanted a brain buster in instead.
16:17Maloney.
16:18Watch it.
16:18Watch it.
16:19Up, up, up.
16:19It's coming.
16:20It's coming down.
16:22No, Ishii out.
16:26Maloney up and through.
16:28Goal!
16:29One more time for the win.
16:32No!
16:37How in the hell did Tomohiro Ishii kick out at one?
16:48Wait a second.
16:49Oh, no, no.
16:50Oh, no.
16:50A power bomb.
16:53Clines the mark and lands it again.
17:02Brain buster.
17:03Does it.
17:07Ishii the cover.
17:09Two, three.
17:10And the win.
17:11The pin in the win tonight.
17:28And now, first defense in the books for Tomohiro Ishii as NJPW Strong over a champion.
17:36There were so many moments, right?
17:39I think we all thought that this might be a very short raid for Ishii.
17:45Somehow, though, able to connect with that brain buster and win.
17:49And you know it's been a war.
18:01The win the combatants, they're not even able.
18:03The winner here is not even able to get back on his feet right away to celebrate.
18:07Like you said Walker, in the raw championship matches, we'll be right to the end of the night.
18:24You have one championship match.
18:26And then you can win a victory.
18:30Like you said Walker, we won the championship matches.
18:34To the end of the night, we have one champion containing, and I have to wonder if we're going to see the rest of the current champions walk out with their reigns and attack, or if we could see the entire base of New Japan Pro Wrestling territory.
18:51Well, coming up next, Vader, the Never Openweight Championship will be on the line with Kodalski and Takeshita. Defense against El Phantasmo. It was the LP that was successful in defending the World TV title back at Wrestling Dantaku against Takeshita, but it did not come with a win, but a time limit draw. There has been one loss for LP and one time limit draw between the two.
19:15Tonight, an opportunity for Fantasmo to do something he has never done before. Win the Never Openweight title and defeat Kodalski and Takeshita. It's coming up right now. The Never Openweight title is on the line.
