00:30Sonata continues to be the biggest enigma in all of professional wrestling, a man that has betrayed how many units now in the span of two years, from L.I.J. to just five guys to war dogs to House of Torture.
00:48He's coming out dressed as, well, about Daft Punk and their entire legion of fans at the moment.
00:57Well, part of House of Torture, but I would say certainly the music we're hearing not fitting with that aesthetic.
01:03Well, everything is a mystery when it comes to Sonata.
01:06And Sonata said it best himself back at the press conference.
01:11Human beings are not all that they seem on the outside.
01:14And, well, it's hard to get a read on Sonata from the outside or even on the inside as well.
01:23So what Sonata might think, feel, or express is all to be seen inside the ring.
01:28And Sonata's first match in his G1 Climax 35 campaign kicking off here tonight.
01:44Run against a man he is very, very comfortable with facing in Yoda's Suji.
01:50It was a very different Sonata then, a very different Yoda's Suji now to the men that both wrestled twice in the year of 2023.
02:20And, well, it's a very different Yoda's Suji.
02:50And, well, it's a very different Yoda's Suji.
03:20It was June 4th, 2023, where it would all begin again for the man who would then become known as the G1 Clas in Yota Suji.
03:35A return from Excursion and a battle in Osaka Joe Hall for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship would come against then-champion, the man he faces off against tonight.
03:46A very different man from two years ago, Sonata.
03:50Suji Sonata has never gone the way for Yota Suji before.
03:54Does that change here tonight in Sapporo, Chris Charles?
03:57Well, like I said, I think two men so removed from what both of them were then.
04:03Certainly in Sonata's case, he could almost discount them.
04:06Suji Bross.
04:07Oh, well, a little bit of darker gear on Yoda's Suji, and maybe that's an indication that the dark side Suji might have to tap into to deal with the house of torture in his block.
04:25Because Sonata is a member of that group, and that means you never know who might come out of the woodwork.
04:31And again, the unaffiliated Daiki Nogai in Yota Suji's corner, Morgan.
04:43What it brings to mind how, back in the day, Zack Sabre Jr. used Young Lions Kosei Fujita and the Ohai Oiwa to assist him to victory against the House of Torture.
04:55Good.
05:25That was a foolish thing to do.
05:28Yeah, well, Suji knew he could not trust Sonata.
05:32Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.
05:36Well, that match in Osaka-Jo Hall back then started fast, but Sonata's got Sonata.
05:45Well, playing to a different tune in this tournament, Sonata's going to be doing.
05:49Well, he did what he had to do.
05:50I think that was a smart decision on Sonata's part.
05:52But when you see Suji coming at you at about 100 miles per hour, wouldn't you grab something?
06:00Oh, and now, yeah, this is the Sonata that we've come to know over, or at the very least, the past year of action.
06:08And Yota Suji sat right into the steel barricade.
06:11There is a lot of pressure, a lot of expectation put on the shoulder of Yota Suji.
06:16Where's Milano?
06:17Oh, protect him.
06:18Oh, wait a second.
06:20What is Sonata doing?
06:23We're going to put our fans here in danger.
06:25Final out of the way this year.
06:33The crowd's scattering.
06:35Oh.
06:35Oh.
06:36Oh.
06:36Oh.
06:37Oh.
06:37Oh.
06:38Oh.
06:38Oh.
06:39Oh.
06:39Oh.
06:40Oh.
06:41Oh.
06:42Oh.
06:43Oh.
06:44Oh.
06:45Oh.
06:46Oh.
06:47Oh.
06:48Oh.
06:49Oh.
06:50Oh.
06:51Oh.
06:52And we might go all throughout Hokai Kiteo, newly renovated.
07:02That's why we're back here in this building here tonight.
07:04Oh, they might have to renovate it again.
07:06Yeah.
07:07Oh, we might be seeing parts of Hokai Kiteo we've never seen before.
07:12Well, certainly Yota Suji is.
07:15And, well, you see the plan here.
07:21It's like you playing video games, Walkie, try and get the count out.
07:26That's clearly the game as Sonata has no interest in beating Yota Suji fans.
07:33Count of 18.
07:34Yota Suji needs to make the run, and the run is made, and Sonata will make one of his own.
07:44You know, it's so intriguing.
07:46A magic screw twist off the top for Sonata.
07:49Sonata is such a competent professional wrestler in many different ways, but needing to resort
07:56to these tricks, these tactics.
07:58The Shining Wizard Muto-esque out of Sonata.
08:03A deadfall, deadfall.
08:04Yeah, a deadfall wasn't bound, and Suji creates just the separation necessary to keep this one rolling.
08:10Oh, wait. Oh, wait. Oh, wow.
08:13All right.
08:14Over the top still has those technical licks to Sonata.
08:17How about it?
08:18Let's not forget, he earned that IWTP World Heavyweight Championship.
08:21Whoa.
08:22And Suji very nearly took it from it.
08:25Now, I think that is what is most grievous.
08:32Sonata, under his own steam walker, was World Heavyweight Champion.
08:36Under his own steam, in 2020, made the finals at G1 Climax.
08:41But why would he turn his back on just five guys to go to War Dogs in the first place?
08:46Let alone from War Dogs to House of Torture.
08:48Out of frustration, perhaps, that might be a guy who has never been the top guy.
08:55Oh, man.
08:56No people thought even when he was a champion wasn't considered the top guy.
09:03A lot of people think Suji is.
09:05Here we go.
09:06Oh, damn it.
09:08Oh.
09:09Well, truly a one-man band tonight is Sonata.
09:15No need for Dick Togo at ringside, that's for certain.
09:18Get down!
09:19And from behind, Sonata making connection with Suji in the center.
09:24And deadfall could be inbound.
09:28Suji, oh!
09:29Oh!
09:30Cartwheels out, Suji on top still.
09:32Get down!
09:33Sonata taking back a bit for all that it was done.
09:37And it's still just a momentary, a momentary glimpse of hope from Yoda.
09:44Suji immediately shut off.
09:47And Sonata looking to take it from the top, rounding body, no, right on the feet.
10:01Go!
10:02And she blasts her from Yoda's Suji.
10:06That is it.
10:07Dial it up.
10:08Out of nowhere.
10:11Out of nowhere.
10:12Out of nowhere.
10:13Out of nowhere.
10:14Out of nowhere.
10:15Out of nowhere.
10:16Out of nowhere.
10:17Out of nowhere.
10:18Well, when Sonata was playing all the dirtiest hits in the book, he was making a lot of progress
10:23for Gredizio to Suji.
10:24And the moment he went upstairs, you know, that reminded me...
10:28That reminded me of how Sonata lost World Tag League along with Gabe Kidd, when he went up for that moonsault.
10:35attention in the back of his mind there's still some goodness in that man and that
10:44confused nature was what ended it here for sonata missed out on the moon salt gene blast followed
10:51right after your winner yota suji and that regression to the old tactics of sonata
10:57falling on his own sword here tonight yota suji victorious two points on the board
