Shota Umino vs Jake Lee - G1 CLIMAX 34 A Block Official Match: NJPW G1 CLIMAX 34 (August 8, 2024)
海野 翔太 vs ジェイク・リー - 『G1 CLIMAX 34』Aブロック公式戦：NJPW G1 CLIMAX 34（2024年8月8日）
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00:00Hey, you know what, mate?
00:07I didn't know you was a TV producer.
00:10I'm getting a little behind the scenes tonight.
00:15Yeah, all the angles.
00:17One angle shows you know once.
00:30It's the one that sees it with a win over Jake Lee.
00:33This is a win to stay in situation.
00:38Two men who both cannot afford another last walker.
00:42They cannot afford a draw either.
00:45It is a must win for Shoto Umino and Jake Lee.
00:49Coming up right now.
00:57It's going to come out behind us.
01:09Shoto Umino may have an influence over our production staff
01:13but a much, much larger influence on the people who pay money
01:17to be in attendance here tonight.
01:19Live in Yokohama Budokan.
01:21And these people, yes, they paid their money to see Tetsuya Naito.
01:24Yes, they paid their money to see Calum Newman,
01:27Great Okan, Sonata, even our main event, Shigeru Takagi and Evil.
01:30And they paid here tonight.
01:32This fan right here in the front row paid to see Shoto Umino.
01:36And he did not pay to see Shoto Umino come out with a loss.
01:41Come out with a mathematical elimination.
01:43And that is what is at risk here tonight, Chris,
01:47on both sides of the playing field.
01:50Yeah, that little girl might secretly be a Jake Lee fan.
01:59It's what you do when the chips are down.
02:02That's what makes a hero.
02:04That's what makes a potential ace.
02:07And yes, the chips are down.
02:09No doubt about it.
02:10But Shoto Umino, he has to win out.
02:32Having a lot of conversation about chips.
02:34I'm not exactly a gambling fan myself.
02:37But if we're talking gambling, let's talk cards.
02:41Shoto Umino has revealed his own.
02:43Multiple times over throughout the year.
02:45Claiming to be the new ace of New Japan Pro Wrestling.
02:48Something that has yet to be backed up.
02:50Could not be backed up against his last block opponent, Naito.
02:53Not yet.
03:02All the way through this G1 campaign.
03:05It's been up, then down, and up, then down, and up, then down.
03:08It has to be up from here.
03:15No one started more down in block A than Shoto Umino did.
03:20Certainly true.
03:21Obviously, with that lower back injury and hip fracture.
03:27And a sprained lower back on top of it.
03:30I mean, just the superhuman effort it took just to be here,
03:33just to be in this G1.
03:35And then that long old trail.
03:39Pushing that huge boulder that is G1 Climax up the hill.
03:45Here's a boulder of a man in Jake Lee.
04:07A new side to this man that we hadn't seen
04:10through the early part of the tournament.
04:13The chips are down for Jake Lee.
04:15Tapping into something different.
04:17Thanks in part to Gabe Kidd, of course.
04:19A mad bastard.
04:24You're right about that, Chris.
04:26Who thought when Jake Lee joined Bowling Club War Dogs
04:30that G1 Climax would feature a Corbin Hall chanting Jake Lee's name?
04:36It only took putting him across for the madman himself.
04:39So that's that madman, Gabe Kidd.
04:41And he scored his last two points over, albeit via a count out.
04:45A very smart count out from the smart bastard.
04:48Look, smart plus insanity.
04:52And that makes a mad genius.
04:56In the blue corner, 3 wins, 4 losses, 8 points.
05:00Bowling Club War Dogs, 192cm, 110kg.
05:04The smart bastard, Jake Lee!
05:11If that insane genius can come away with Shotun at his feet tonight,
05:16he'll have the world at his feet, potentially.
05:19Well, Chris.
05:22Legendary Kurt Angle had his own three eyes.
05:24Jake Lee has his intensity, intelligence, and insanity
05:29all coming into play.
05:30But Jake Lee, it's newfound out of Gabe Kidd
05:33to instill this into Jake Lee.
05:35There is absolutely no integrity in the man Jake Lee.
05:39He's made that very, very clear from the opening day,
05:42even at the press conference.
05:43I am a liar. I am a betrayer.
05:46You can doubt absolutely everything I say and do.
05:49And that is the absolute inverse of Shotun.
05:53And Shotun, right out of the gate with a drop kick,
05:57takes down Jake Lee.
06:01Is it true that a psychopath can never truly admit
06:04that they're a psychopath?
06:06Maybe.
06:09But they're not capable of feeling the empathy necessary
06:12to understand that their actions are wrong.
06:15Jake Lee, it doesn't matter whether his actions are right or wrong
06:18in his own mind.
06:19There is a own moral good in Jake Lee's mind
06:22that all of this is what is supposed to happen.
06:25This is how the universe predicted it.
06:26Jake Lee being on top.
06:28Jake Lee taking bodies to the Rebel Savior, David Finn.
06:31Possibly. I'll put a pin in that and let's get out of the way.
06:34No, no, no, no.
06:35No, look out, look out, look out, look out.
06:36Oh, shit.
06:37Oh.
06:47I think we'll save psychoanalysis for another day
06:49if you don't mind, Walker.
06:50In the mind of Jake Lee, everything is good.
06:52I think if you want to see inside Shotun Umino's head,
06:55you might just about to.
06:56Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
06:58Right to the spine.
07:02Marty Asami could call for this qualification here,
07:04but he knows just how much these points mean
07:07to everyone involved at this point in the tournament.
07:09Oh.
07:11Gotta be careful, though.
07:14If Jake Lee is disqualified,
07:16that's two points for Shotun Umino all the same.
07:19I mean, let's be honest here.
07:20Gabe Kidd's aggression in the War Dogs
07:22is something that works to his benefit,
07:24but some people could allow that to be a drawback.
07:26Hell, it's been a drawback for Kidd
07:28in getting results in the past.
07:29Jake Lee cannot allow himself to get overzealous here.
07:32Well, perhaps, you know,
07:33it could be exactly what Jake Lee needs.
07:35Augment his intelligence with violence...
07:40Huh?
07:42...with attitude that you're seeing right now.
07:44Is it fair to say that you need more of a balance?
07:47Well, I don't think balance in the War Dogs
07:50exactly go handy now.
07:51The forethigh for Jake Lee is imbalanced.
07:54Sure.
07:55One, two, three, four.
08:02Right in front of our Japanese broadcast booth.
08:04Takes it back inside the ring here.
08:09As Jake Lee into the cover here on the Shotun.
08:12It's only gonna be a one count.
08:15A man the size and strength of Jake Lee.
08:17Uh-oh, uh-oh.
08:18Looking to cause a lot of damage
08:19to that lower spine in Shotun Umino.
08:21Can he get this Boston in?
08:22Remember, oh, I know,
08:24almost like a real psychopath,
08:26the anticipation of the pain
08:30almost worse than the hold itself.
08:32Jake Lee understands that.
08:35Shotun Umino tries to fight away and he does.
08:37Remember how that lion tamer variant
08:40of that Boston crab that Gabe Kidd
08:42applied to Shotun Umino early on
08:45in this tournament.
08:48Now Shotun Umino saying try and kick me.
08:53Jake Lee will try and kick him, Walker.
08:56Asking he shall receive,
08:57but Shotun Umino may be asking
08:59for just a little bit too much.
09:04Umino claimed he walked into this tournament.
09:07Oh, good God, at 100%.
09:12Let's call the spade a spade here, Chris.
09:14There's no way Shotun Umino walked in at 100%.
09:17He was trying to convince himself and oh no.
09:20Trying to convince the people as well.
09:23That Tanahashi style mentality
09:25never tired is the supposed new ace
09:28of New Japan Pro Wrestling.
09:29Time to prove it here, Shotun.
09:31That Boston crab locked in here for Jake Lee.
09:34How many times of the years?
09:37It was almost like clockwork,
09:39the fates of Tanahashi.
09:41First, it would be a torn bicep, a torn elbow,
09:44a busted knee every spring
09:47and every summer we would say
09:49this is the year Tanahashi's done,
09:51this is the year Tanahashi's done
09:52and every year he would show up
09:54and show out in the G1 Climax
09:56and that's exactly the model.
09:58Oh, no, yeah.
09:59The point of that right knee
10:01directly into the center of the spine.
10:03It's the upper spine now targeting here.
10:05To be able to switch between the upper and the lower,
10:08that's going to do good things for Jake Lee
10:09going forward here.
10:10Sits right back down deep in onto the lower spine
10:14and that is a smile across the face
10:16of Jake Lee in the process.
10:25One, two, three.
10:27Yokohama trying to get behind that boy.
10:33Tries to cool just about.
10:38One, two, three.
10:41I've already seen a chair swung at ringside.
10:43It wouldn't surprise me at all
10:44if Jake Lee's challenging the counts
10:46of referee Marty Asami.
10:49I mean, that is just exactly what you should do
10:52in a position like Jake Lee is in.
10:59Jake Lee is saying,
11:00this is the so-called leader of your new generation
11:04and look where he is right now.
11:10Historically, Jake Lee, a leader of his own generation.
11:13A leader in all Japan pro wrestling
11:15and pro wrestling, Noah, reigning with the top titles
11:18in those separate organizations.
11:20Never, ever considered a top guy.
11:22Never, ever considered a drop draw.
11:24You know, I think that is the instilling
11:26of the frustration behind Jake Lee.
11:29Oh, boy.
11:33Conversations about draws.
11:34Sho Tomino is going to have to draw on the power
11:36of the people tonight in Yokohama Budokan.
11:39You're right.
11:40There's certainly enough of them here.
11:42Packed out the Yokohama Budokan.
11:44But can he leave here with his hand raised?
11:47Or can he leave here even walking more?
11:53Walking looks like enough of a struggle right now
11:55for Sho Tomino, but the fight rolls on.
12:04And Jake Lee sent right into that corner.
12:06Tomino looks to follow up, uppercut.
12:11Big ass to lift.
12:13Big ass to lift.
12:14It would have been a bigger ass to bridge as well
12:16for that suplex.
12:18Easy pickings.
12:23And drop toe hold here for Tomino.
12:25And now one of his hardest shots comes here.
12:27No, DDT.
12:41Hard to judge the full impact of that one
12:43from Sho Tomino.
12:44That lower spine not allowing for a full connection.
12:47Trying to post as much as he could over that top rope
12:49and vault.
12:50Did enough certainly to get some distance and some time.
12:56Is that what the race is right now in your mind, Chris,
12:58for Sho Tomino?
12:59A race against time.
13:00Yeah, exactly.
13:01I mean, it's trying to...
13:02Oh, no.
13:03I don't think this is the smartest idea.
13:05Risking life and limb here.
13:07And spinal cord damage for Sho Tomino.
13:11Wait a minute.
13:12This could pay off, though.
13:13Got him up.
13:14Fisherman suplex into the bridge.
13:17Two.
13:21Talked earlier on about that adrenaline firing.
13:24Keeping that bridge up tight.
13:26Seemed to look fine.
13:27Now let's see if he can keep going.
13:29Ignition maybe.
13:30Yeah, nope.
13:31Key out.
13:33And the engine is malfunctioning for Sho Tomino.
13:36Oh, no.
13:39The lower half of Jake Lee.
13:42Paying off so, so well throughout his career,
13:44especially in G1 right now.
13:46It is win and stay in.
13:48Six points apiece.
13:54All throughout this tournament,
13:55these men have had something to fight for.
13:58But now more than ever,
13:59when you are staring death's door right in the face.
14:04You can feel it.
14:05You can visualize it.
14:06These men can feel it.
14:07They feel it in their bodies over the past three weeks.
14:09I think the best shot that Jake Lee has
14:11is to keep that death's door, so to speak,
14:16out of reach of you.
14:18To use those long limbs.
14:20Use that reach of Jake Lee.
14:21You're going to see it here with these strikes.
14:23Look at this.
14:24Oh!
14:36Omino saying it doesn't hurt.
14:38It does.
14:39That is not true.
14:41Same man who said he walked in at 100%.
14:43Yeah.
14:44Come on!
14:50Oh!
14:53Listen, Shoto Omino is going to show you some of his cards,
14:56but he's not going to show you all of them.
14:59He's going to tell you what he plans on doing.
15:01He's not going to show you the pain that it causes him to do it.
15:04No, until at some point, you just don't have a choice.
15:09And as much as he was telling Jake Lee,
15:12it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt,
15:13he was telling himself, it doesn't hurt.
15:15I've been waiting to think about calling this right here.
15:16Shoto's not moved whatsoever, Chris.
15:18He just caved in his chest with that kick walker.
15:23Shoto's starting to stir here, but I don't know,
15:25I might have called that a little bit early.
15:26Referee Marty Isami, though,
15:28going to have the higher jurisdiction.
15:30Yeah, Omino knows full well about matches
15:33that have been stopped early
15:36in decisions against him.
15:40I think it helps that Shoto Omino
15:42is being refereed by Daddy Red Shoes tonight.
15:44Oh, Omino catching out that knee.
15:49And that giant killing could have shot down Omino,
15:53and Omino takes down the giant.
15:55And Jake Lee, Jake Lee's faded.
15:57Look at the fire behind the eyes of Shoto Omino.
16:06And Omino is down, Jake Lee was performing
16:08his own standing ten count in the corner,
16:10and now Lee is fully faded.
16:13Oh, the switch is flipped in Shoto Omino.
16:17He might be flipping for Jake Lee as well.
16:20You don't want to flip both switches at once.
16:22The power's about to go out.
16:40Come on, Shoto!
16:43Come on, come on!
16:49Come on, Shoto!
16:51Don't turn your back on Shoto Omino.
16:53Falls in right through,
16:55and Jake Lee does just the exact same.
16:59And one will have to win out over the other!
17:01Exploder suplex!
17:03And Jake Lee will not die!
17:05German suplex!
17:08Blaze blade!
17:11Rolling elbow out to Jake Lee.
17:17Saw the sweat fly on each of those impacts.
17:29We have easily established so far, Chris,
17:31that that lower half of Jake Lee,
17:34all the much more powerful than that of Shoto Omino,
17:37but in the striking game with the forearms,
17:39with the uppercuts, Shoto has that advantage,
17:42and only one half of the body is gonna win you a match.
17:46It might have to be.
17:48You only need one shot, you only need three seconds.
17:50It could be here! Ignition!
17:53Key in, cover here for Shoto!
17:56Oh, no!
18:00To establish yourself and keep yourself alive,
18:03six points tied for Omino and Lee,
18:05and one must advance to eight.
18:10Double underhook means Death Rider.
18:12Jake Lee does not want to face the brunt of that shot.
18:15Oh, got it!
18:17Rolling elbow meant forward.
18:19Rolls back in.
18:23And Jake Lee caught up.
18:25Oh, no! We've seen this round before!
18:28K.E. Death Rider!
18:30No!
18:34Such a huge ask on the back,
18:36on the will, on the strength of Shoto Omino.
18:39Chris, Shoto Omino's not even feeling his spine right now.
18:42It is adrenaline that pushes this man forward.
18:44And we're seeing it! Here it is!
18:46Oh! Back suplex!
18:48Oh, and is he feeling his spine now?
18:51You are damn certain he is!
18:55Jake Lee falls right into the cover, one-armed,
18:59and there was no pressure there.
19:01On the shoulders of Omino, it was an easy kick, but...
19:04There was a roll of the shoulder.
19:07If he had body-on-body, this would have been over you, right?
19:10It would have.
19:12That means Jake Lee, we're gonna need another big shot.
19:15Oh, no!
19:17Oh, no!
19:19Oh, no!
19:22That means Jake Lee, we're gonna need another big shot right here.
19:25That Argentine positioning.
19:27Backbreaker looking to stretch out that lower spine of Omino.
19:31Lex Luger would call it the torturer,
19:33and he'd be exactly right.
19:35That's exactly what Shoto Omino is feeling.
19:37I mean, this could be a submission victory right here.
19:39It needs to be verbal. Shoto Omino could do it.
19:44Jake Lee is gonna post every single corner of Yokohama Budokan
19:47with their supposed ace.
19:50Oh, no.
19:53Hurled to the floor.
19:58Like dumping the trash
20:01on the pavement outside Yokohama Budokan.
20:07Jake Lee, hand around the throat.
20:09You know exactly what this means.
20:12Elevation and a chokeslam
20:15from Jake Lee.
20:17It is night-night.
20:19Oh, no!
20:22That time, that was the body-on-body,
20:24and Shoto Omino still kicked out.
20:33As the 15-minute call goes up
20:36from Abe, Sam Walker,
20:38I think it's just about time to call time
20:43on Shoto Omino's G1.
20:45He'll crawl to the corner and pull himself up,
20:48but look what's waiting for him.
20:50You see right in front of you, it is Jake Lee
20:52in that devastating face-break shot.
20:54Put down Sonata in a sub-five-minute time.
20:57It's gonna do it here tonight.
20:59Blake blade! Blake blade!
21:01Blake blade!
21:03And the fire is raucous tonight.
21:05Blake blade once again from the rear.
21:09Yokohama Budokan is electric.
21:12No!
21:14And a giant killing roundhouse
21:17in Tsukiri.
21:19And it's a big spring shot.
21:22No, it's over.
21:24It's over. He got it.
21:26It's over.
21:40The dream of G1 Climax 34
21:44for the Roughneck,
21:47for Shoto Omino,
21:49is dead and done.
21:54Our next Mathematical Elimination,
21:57Shoto Omino stands at six points
22:00and in a shocking feat,
22:02the newest member of the War Dogs,
22:05Jake Lee, advances to eighth.
22:08Jake Lee has beaten Sonata as well.
22:11That's a key tie-breaker for him.
22:24There are a lot of reservations
22:26at the beginning of this tournament
22:28for the former good-looking emperor,
22:30for the smart bastard,
22:32the man who has been
22:34for the former good-looking emperor,
22:36for the smart bastard that stands
22:39is Jake Lee.
22:40But this combination of intensity,
22:42aggression,
22:44and the mental act of Indigo,
22:46Jake Lee very well may be
22:48the biggest threat,
22:49not even past G1 Climax,
22:51but in New Japan Pro Wrestling overall
22:53right now.
22:57And it is no shock at all
22:59to know that the IWGP
23:00Global Heavyweight Champion
23:02has this behemoth
23:04in his back pocket.
23:08Jake Lee, eight points on the board,
23:10a big victory tonight over Shoto Omino
23:12and a heartbreaking loss
23:14for the Roughneck.
23:16Ironically enough,
23:17Jake Lee will be Shoto Omino's biggest fan
23:20when it comes to Hanamatsu
23:22because if Jake Lee
23:25beats Shingo Takagi,
23:28he has a tie-breaker over Sonata
23:30but lost to Great Okada.
23:35And that will mean that
23:38he'll want Shoto Omino to be evil.
23:44And then we're in the conversation,
23:48I believe,
23:51we'll do the official facts and figures
23:53on njpw1972.com,
23:56but Jake Lee, the most key point is
23:58that he is still in with a hunt,
24:00still in with a chance to get to ten.
24:02That's the magic number here tonight.
24:05Shoto Omino has no hope of that score
24:08and is out of G1 Climax 34.
24:11It's all playing for pride
24:12coming up next for Shoto Omino
24:14who faces a man he's battled before
24:16in singles acts.
24:17Remember, for the Never Openweight Championship,
24:19Shoto Omino takes on evil
24:21coming up on August 12th
24:23and Jake Lee better be praying
24:24to whatever gods he believes in.
24:26Because after the damage
24:27that has been done to Omino tonight,
24:29who's to know if Omino can put down
24:31the king of darkness hell,
24:33even at his best.