03:29Ishimori has proven that he can be the champion many times over.
03:35Ishimori has proven that he can make it to the final of Best of the Super Junior.
03:40But Taiji Ishimori has never proven two things, that he can be Best of the Super Junior or that he can be Kevin Knight.
03:54As this is a first time singles matchup for Taiji Ishimori and Kevin Knight, 0-0 in that record, but one meeting before in tournament action, that coming back last year, night three of Super Junior Tag League.
04:10And Kevin Knight is not the only one who is a little macho gore, so to speak, and was on that night in Super Junior Tag League Interactive Jet Setters, Kevin Knight and Kushida put down.
04:27Then new to the game on the game on the game on the game on the game on the game.
04:31And a veteran of said game on Taiji Ishimori.
04:34And now you get half the battle here tonight and it is double the world alone for these two men.
04:39With all the pressure in the world going on those large shoulders of both Kevin Knight and Taiji Ishimori.
04:49A loss here, we'll not see elimination, but it will make it very, very difficult.
04:53You'll need a ten-point tie in the final to make it to the point as it is Ishimori up and out of the way.
05:00And now you're going to see the target continue to come up on the shoulder, muscles up Knight, shoulder breaker.
05:06As this match slowly moves to the outside, we talked about it with Francesco Akira just a number of nights ago.
05:19When New Japan Pro Wrestling emanated out of Osaka.
05:24Taiji Ishimori wrestles the same style, the same game plan against almost every single competitor when he is in singles competition.
05:32Does not matter if they are larger, stronger, more definitive, or even more experienced at times.
05:41And even nowadays in 2025, you'd be hard-pressed to find more experience against a man like Taiji Ishimori.
05:47But the point will still stand.
05:49The shoulder will be the attack.
05:51It will soften up the neck as well as the ligaments in that left arm to target for the bone lock.
05:56And find the victory just as he did over Desperado, just as he did over Nick Wayne and Robbie Eagles alike.
06:02I love it, love it, love it.
06:21And once again, Ishimori continuing to try and ground with Kevin Knight here.
06:33You cannot underrate Kevin Knight's ground game, but when you talk about experience the way that you will when you look at Taiji Ishimori, it's a completely different conversation.
06:41It's apples, oranges, and that is not any disrespect putting on the name of Kevin Knight whatsoever.
06:47Taiji Ishimori is just that dude, so to speak.
06:50He has been for many, many a year, but has never been best of the Super Junior throughout any of them.
06:59Yes!
07:00Yes!
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07:20And continuing the attack on that left shoulder, and we said the left arm would be a part of that equation, all those tendons, ligaments, and everything between all the way up and down.
07:50That left arm feeling the pins and needles right now.
07:53Yes!
07:54Yes!
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08:10Yay!
08:12Yes!
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08:22Yes!
08:23Yes!
08:24NOT TO BE BENT, NOT BROKEN YET
08:26Knight through,Ishimori on the crossbody
08:29どうしてもいいですか?
08:31どうしてもいいですか?
08:49そして、ケヴィナイトが上に上に、タイチ・イシモリを続けたら、
08:53極SPの通にアメリカを支えた。
08:58日本のために気持ちが 回、
09:00ホーム、ボンバー、 キミプ、ボンバー、
09:13ボンバー。
09:15Somün、ビッグ、ビッグ。
09:19OK
09:20OK
09:21OK
09:26Yeah
09:27Yeah
09:28Yeah
09:32Oh
09:33Ishimori
09:34Very similar to how he stopped down Nick Wayne and Wayne's World
09:38Back in Osaka
09:39Those knees to the arm
09:41To the back
09:42And now Ishimori La Mystica Staya
09:44Wants it
09:45No no no
09:46Night
09:47Just too fly
09:48Just too strong
09:49Night on the Cameradora
09:56And the cover for Night
09:57Is only two
10:16Night wants that Spike DDT
10:18And it is not gonna come soon enough
10:21La Mystica Staya
10:22Take down
10:23Bonelock
10:24Bonelock locked in
10:25Ishimori so so close
10:28Kevin Knight
10:29I mean that's great ring awareness there
10:30From the former junior tag team champion
10:32Night
10:33Night knew where Ishimori was going with that lock
10:35And instead took the match to the bottom rope
10:37And Ishimori frustrated by it
10:39I
10:59Nei to the outside you're gonna want to watch out right in front of the broadcast booth here Kevin Knight taking it up and over
11:05オーバー! プランチャー!
11:10Ishimori down
11:37WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!
11:40NIGHT IS KICKING HIMSELF IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD RIGHT NOW FOR THAT
11:44NOT A KICKOUT
11:46BUT A ROPE BREAK COURNESY OF ISHIMORI
11:50WAY!
11:53Kevin Knight CALLING FOR THE UP HERE
11:56AND WE SAW THIS
11:58IF WE AREN'T SEE IT AGAIN
12:00ISHIMORI THINKS OTHERWISE
12:01WONDER THAT UFO SPLASH THAT WE SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME
12:05A KICKING HIMSELF IN THE FIRST TIME
12:07A KICKING HIMSELF AGAINST NICK WEIN
12:10IT PUT KEVIN NIGHT'S FIRST TWO POINTS ON THE BOARD
