00:30Back-to-back main events, two different results, loss in the first and a triumphant victory in the second.
00:40It is two points up for the IWGP Tag Team Champion, Tai Chi.
01:00赤コーナー 甲子戦1勝1敗8戦2位
01:05IWGP Tag Champion 177cm 100kg Tai Chi!
01:15IWGP Tag Team
01:44IWGP Tag Team
02:14There he is, Doc!
02:17It is the former two-time and first-ever IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, New Japan Cup 2025 winner, and the Rebel Savior, David Finlay.
02:38Two points on the board for Finlay, tying Tai Chi at this point in Block A, and one of those tubes will double up to a four.
02:48By the end of this matchup, it is almost guaranteed, but I know that memories play fresh in the mind of Tai Chi, following what happened the last time these two men faced off in one-on-one competition.
03:00You remember it very well because it kickstarted, well, what David Finlay considered to be one of the worst decisions he has ever made as the leader of the Bullet Club.
03:10Sonata turning his back on Taichi and joining the War Dogs.
03:15Killin' though.
03:17Yeah, it turned out to be a pretty great decision, didn't it?
03:20Yeah, it turned out to be a pretty great decision, didn't it?
03:23Yeah.
03:24It worked out pretty beautifully.
03:27It worked out pretty beautifully.
03:29That's what I'm talking about, Doug. That's my Doug for real right there, baby.
03:54That's the one.
03:57That's what I'm talking about to threatening Lord to make, along with peanuts you and like cutting what you're saying.
04:14there are very pointed words for David Finlay back in the G1 CLimax 1938 press conference just about a week ago.
04:23フィンリー 変更 conversations in the past about who the greatest leader of the
04:28bullet club is in the long history of bullet club leader after bullet club leader that
04:34this unit has had David Finley has said that if he does not win g1 climax at any point
04:40in his career he cannot call himself effectively the greatest leader of the bullet club in
04:47おめでとうございます
05:17おめでとうございます
05:18we get into the collar and elbow tie-up here
05:19with Taichi and David Finley
05:21it is going to be a battle of power
05:22between these two men
05:23but I got to tell you
05:24David Finley
05:25almost deceptively strong
05:27pound for pound
05:28one of the strongest athletes
05:30in this tournament
05:30yeah
05:31Finley's got some horsepower
05:32Finley might have the most
05:34actual explosive horsepower
05:35of anybody in New Japan
05:36and it's God given
05:38I spend every day of my life in the gym
05:40and I can't do some of the stuff he does
05:43with the ease he does it
05:44that's the scary things
05:45the ease he does it
05:46deep into a match
05:4730-40 minutes into a match
05:48that power's going nowhere
05:50you can't grind that out of him
05:52generation after generation
05:56after generation
05:57of the Finley name
05:58that yes indeed
06:00will continue on
06:02past David himself
06:03he has ensured that
06:04fighting Finley's
06:08and David Finley considers himself
06:09the greatest of all of them
06:10and he's proven that
06:11in every single way
06:12New Japan Cup victory
06:13first ever global heavyweight champion
06:15and of course
06:16leadership of the Bullet Club
06:18turning it
06:18what it has become
06:19I mean
06:19really revitalizing
06:21the Bullet Club
06:22in the absence of
06:23well the previous leader
06:24bringing the future generation
06:30into New Japan Pro Wrestling
06:31savage generation
06:32and like Alex Coughlin
06:36yourself
06:37Gabe Kidd and the likes
06:39this is the future
06:39Taichi
06:41says do not forget about me
06:44and the old horse
06:44is not getting put out to pasture
06:46and not anytime soon
06:48Taichi wanted that dangerous backdrop
06:49and Finley grounding himself
06:51very smart there
06:52from the Rebel Savior
06:53Taichi has talked about it
07:03in interview after interview
07:04post-match comment
07:05after post-match comment
07:07come on bitch
07:07what you got
07:07yeah
07:08whoa
07:09don't get it twisted though bro
07:14Finley
07:14Finley just invited that
07:16Finley don't mind
07:17taking a lick or two
07:17to get you off your game
07:18oh what you want to get pissed off
07:20and start making mistakes
07:21good
07:21good
07:22it's exactly what
07:24Finley wants you to do
07:25yeah
07:25seldom makes a fucking mistake
07:28if you don't want to be out there
07:36Taichi
07:36yeah that is
07:37get your ass back in the ring
07:38boy
07:39dangerous
07:40Gato of course
07:41at ringside
07:42will find himself involved
07:43if he feels he needs to be
07:45he's strategic in that way
07:46he's going to give David Finley
07:47the space
07:48but when Finley calls
07:49oh Gato's going to be there
07:51oh Gato's going to be there
07:51Taichi
07:52come on
07:53come on
07:55come on
07:55Taichi
07:58Taichi likes this power game
08:03likes keeping things on the outside here
08:05isn't going to mind doing so
08:07if it keeps David Finley outside of the element
08:09wait a minute wait a minute Taichi
08:15what's he thinking here
08:16dangerous backdrop on the outside
08:18whoa
08:18Finley on his feet
08:20and that is what Finley had to do
08:22that is the education
08:23that is generational IQ out of Finley
08:27in the wrestling game
08:28he said it in the press conference himself
08:45you will remember the name
08:47David Finley
08:48you know there's a lot to talk about though
08:53when it comes to Taichi
08:54Taichi has talked about how he is
08:56hold on a minute cover here for Finley
08:58and it's just two
09:00Finley going to continue to grind into Taichi
09:02here Taichi has talked about how he is fighting for
09:04his generation the previous generation that
09:06some may consider be on their way out
09:08really everyone that should be in this tournament that isn't able to be
09:13Hiroki Goto who was out on injury
09:15Taichi believes Tomohiro Ishii deserved a spot in this tournament
09:18did not need to play in this hole you know
09:20Taichi is fighting for that generation
09:22good for him if Ishii was supposed to be in this tournament
09:25you know why he's not
09:27I'm sat right here
09:29right
09:30I respect that if that's what Taichi wants to do
09:36you should be holding it down for his generation
09:38you should be holding it down for his friends
09:40but it's all in vain
09:42it's all in vain
09:43the guard is changing the times are changing
09:45and Finley's leading the change dog
09:47and we're right by his side
09:53you hear Gero Gero telling him
09:55Taichi you are too weak
09:59Taichi has claims and plans
10:01of becoming the oldest ever G145 winner
10:04the G1 winner overall
10:0645 years of age is Taichi
10:08reigning as IWGP Tag Team Champion
10:11and listen
10:12I mean if you're asking maybe a year ago
10:14a lot of people would have told you
10:15oh there's never going to be a 45 year old G1 Climax winner
10:18but you know you look at a man like
10:20Hiroki Goto
10:21in that same age bracket
10:22becoming World Heavyweight Champion
10:23beating you know a guy in his prime like Zack Sabre Junior
10:26you can't count anyone in this generation out drill
10:29yeah they're putting on for the old boys
10:31good for them but
10:32you know Taichi needs to worry about winning this for him
10:36oh Northern Irish curse from Finley
10:39and that's the power game
10:40two count only for Finley
10:42he's a tag team champion
10:45a great tag team
10:46but he ain't tagging out anytime soon
10:47this is a singles tournament
10:48yeah that's the difference
10:49you know you can specialize in tag team wrestling
10:51you can specialize in singles wrestling
10:53but it's all about
10:54what you can do within these sets of ropes
10:56in G1 Climax
10:57the pressure's on right now
10:58oh
10:59oh
11:00oh
11:01oh
11:02oh
11:03oh
11:04oh
11:05oh
11:06oh
11:07oh
11:08oh
11:09oh
11:10oh
11:11oh
11:12snapped into the corner
11:13and snapped off the dome
11:15David Finley collapses in the center
11:17and that is exactly what Taichi needed
11:20create a little bit of separation and find your way back
