Lio Rush vs Gabe Kidd - NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: NJPW Capital Collision (8/30/2024)
リオ・ラッシュ vs ゲイブ・キッド - STRONG無差別級選手権試合：NJPW Capital Collision（2024年8月30日）
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00:00I have dreams of returning to Japan and in those dreams I see myself as champion
00:15gay kid you like to bark a lot right but be careful who you show your goddamn
00:23teeth to I'm at home in the chaos
00:30in my city in front of my people you must be a madman for real I'm a real
00:46for a match where you're gonna get your ass beat for however long I want it to
00:54happen and then you're gonna get beat in front of all your friends and family how
00:57about that yeah and I'm gonna beat you up and piss on you like a puppet my city
01:04there's gonna be a new new Japan pro wrestling strong open weight champion
01:09and his name Leo
01:15I want to set a good example for you I mean I show the wrestling world that this is
01:20never gonna leave my side this is never gonna leave the man
01:57do on the keys on it now
02:01my heart is black I'm gonna go psycho I'm hungry starving came for all the
02:31titles look at the fashion I belong at night looking like this
02:36I'm cold I'm too nice I'm too smooth look how I move they say that I'm master of
02:41mom a goat a threat the best that's me I don't know how we move been popping up on TV's
02:49I've been watching my haters bleed
02:52I'm shining and grinding don't think I did it alone at the DMV and a great
03:02family behind me a son of my home
03:06everything
04:22in the world of professional fighting game hit the champion throwing down a
04:51challenge to a soon-to-be challenger the man he sits in the ring with tonight in
04:54Leo Rush a goal of Gabe Kidd to bring the strong open weight title back to the
05:00room which it was founded in as an open weight championship in Japan pro
05:05wrestling the top junior heavyweight Gabe Kidd's list had was Leo Rush
05:13Oh
05:20it's interesting to me and I was thinking this as I was sitting in San
05:26Jose at Fantastic Mania Gabe Kidd pulls out Leo Rush pulls him out for capital
05:31collision in DC this is Leo Rush's hometown area his friends and family in
05:37the crowd Gabe Kidd knew that he was going to be walking in to extremely
05:41hostile territory and he he set it up that way but isn't that Gabe Kidd's mo
05:48beta a man who sets himself up for danger knowing that it is a place that
05:53he thrives within the same situation he set himself up in against Eddie Kingston
05:58back at resurgence in Ontario the night he became strong open weight champion at
06:05the same time we've seen out of Leo Rush that there are there are layers to Leo
06:13there are things that lie beneath and sometimes they come out when they're
06:18pushed too hard that that's something Gabe Kidd I think needs to watch out for
06:26I want to send a massive shout out in the early goings of this matchup Drew
06:30Keyes Malik dope and hero peacock on keys drums and violin respectively for
06:36that entrance as well as dance crew visual opiate
06:45talk about friends and family being an attendant for Leo Rush those are four
06:49names that Leo Rush has specifically brought out to accompany him to ringside
06:53to accompany him in the musical department yeah I mean especially when
06:58you're someone like Leo who literally travels the world it might be rare to be
07:05able to fight in front of of your friends and family to come home so to
07:10speak Leo it is really just luxuriating in every moment of it a game is
07:17antagonizing him he's paying for it right now but wait a second
07:21and this is a matchup that you can expect
07:26so many people walk into championship matches with expectations beta and the ones for this
07:30are simple Leo Rush is going to keep this one quick Gabe Kidd is going to strike and dodge
07:35as quickly as possible but some things cannot be avoided just like this Leo Rush
07:42suicida and he's not done watch almost clearing the guardrail once in one more time here we go
07:53Leo Rush low pace suicida
08:04we don't often accuse Gabe Kidd of biting off more than he can chew but
08:08wrestling consistently that's a heavyweight Gabe Kidd has throughout his entire career
08:12even back to the independence in the UK has he faced a junior force the likes of Leo Rush before
08:19Leo Rush is such a he's really a hybrid fighter is the best way to describe him
08:25combines so many different disciplines so much unique offense Gabe Kidd I'm sure oh
08:34would struggle to prepare for that if he didn't have the ability to just pick you up and chunk
08:38you onto the apron he can do that too beta I know you followed the G1 climax this year very
08:44closely I'm sure you can agree the outside of the final situation there is no one who took part in
08:49G1 34 who looked better in every single loss than Gabe Kidd yeah I mean if you if you were to just
08:57compile a highlight whoa that's the danger of being the smaller man in ass-kicking content
09:05if you were going to compile compile I just clips from Gabe Kidd G1 climax one run you wouldn't
09:12realize that it was kind of a mixed bag wins and losses for him and yet somehow he was still
09:17completely dominant now has the crowd here in the palm of his hands
09:28short list of junior heavyweights have wrestled for the strong open weight championship in their
09:32career Leo Rush being the first to do so against Tom Lauer back in August of 2023 follow up with
09:39Clark Connors CJP one of the more recent Rocky Romero all the way to 2023 this will be the
09:45first junior fighting for the strong open weight title in 2024 and we could see many more bouts
09:53with juniors especially if Leo Rush reigns as open weight champion by the end of this match
09:59oh and right now it's looking good for Leo keeping it quick on the pace that is exactly
10:03what he has to do try and throw Kidd off his game plan got him with the rebound kick
10:14Leo Rush taking things from the heavens here tonight oh Leo more than comfortable up here
10:21oh Gabe got out of the way right out and right through that is a sick kick from Gabe Kidd to Rush
10:30oh
10:36the early goings of G1 Climax it was our pals over at the Japanese broadcast booth who started
10:41referring to Gabe Kidd as a bit of a dark hero and well cover here only two we are not seeing much
10:48heroin activity out of Gabe Kidd tonight Kidd instead being extremely
10:57deliberate and calculating I seem to enjoy every moment as he picks apart
11:02Leo Rush but Rush he's not going to take it lying down
11:12that full strength out of Gabe Kidd immediately silences an audience and Leo Rush being the
11:21smaller of these two men it's affecting up cover here for Kidd and it's only two
11:27size difference 6 foot 220 is Kidd on the tail the tape 5 foot 6 159 pounds that is nearly
11:35a 70 pound weight difference for Leo Rush but let's keep in mind for someone like Leo Rush
11:42he's used to being the smaller dog no pun intended in the fight he he's he's used to being in
11:48situations where he can't count on size he can't count on three he needs to count on speed and
11:52agility if Gabe Kidd leaves him an opening man of the hour Leo Rush man of the city man of DC cover
12:06and it's one again any move from either of these men could put the other one down the strong
12:18open weight championship on the line one defense already for Gabe Kidd over Ultimo Guerrero wants
12:24to make it two wants to make it a thousand by the end of his career he said so himself
12:29willing to take on anyone anywhere and it looks like Gabe Kidd like you said has a list in mind
12:35maybe he's going to regret selecting Leo Rush because Rush is still fighting
12:39oh Kidd trying to muscle up Leo Rush and Leo Rush taking it technical on that standing base here
12:52the sleeper hold with the body scissors attempting to be applied
12:55and Kidd is starting to fade here Veda oh he's going down
12:59Gabe Kidd might have stood inside a ring to challenge Leo Rush in San Jose but he is fading
13:09right here hold on whoa spoke too soon driven back into the corner again and it's back to that power
13:17Gabe using Gabe Kidd's own momentum against him
13:32we've been exposed to the black heart variation of Leo Rush before that is not what we see but
13:37we see the remnants of it when you shine a uv light on the human soul that is the black heart
13:44that is Leo Rush but it is the true Leo Rush that we get here for strong open weight title action
13:51oh shot after shot by Rush
14:00and now Rush slides right through misdirection avoided one of that cutter and instead
14:05not enough rapid fire strikes here from Leo Rush chaos his own
14:14Rush wants that ticket back to Japan
14:18nearly a stutter not enough inverted suplex for Kidd
14:23whoa and Rush got out of the way this is that quickness this is where he can seal the deal
14:29Leo Rush now falcon arrow he did the deal cover two
14:42Rush getting all of that pinfall hooking the leg
14:46dragging Gabe Kidd back on his shoulders and still Kidd kicks out
14:59so
15:09a lot of support here at Capital Collision here in DC and it's all for Leo Rush
15:20Leo Rush looking to take this one to the sky could be thinking the final hour it's a split
15:24leg frog splash but Gabe Kidd knows just how debilitating that maneuver would be for him right
15:33here now
15:40oh this is right out in front of us
15:45oh the crack
15:46oh no no no don't disrupt the English booth come on here
15:58keep in mind what he did to Eddie Kingston on the guardrail it's hard
16:06oh good god have mercy Leo Rush just saved his career right there
16:10oh insecure he takes down the strong openweight champion
16:17Leo Rush has saved it Leo Rush has brought himself back to the dance
16:21but can he dance with the gods who grace him this opportunity
16:31oh Gabe Kidd he was out on his feet and got caught
16:48Leo it's time to come up no
16:50oh
16:57scrambling into the cover this could be it no
17:09so
17:18fresh off a victory over Donovan Dijak at Red Pro's 12-year anniversary
17:25the momentum fully in the corner of the strong openweight champion heading in
17:29and remaining as such right now oh what is this
17:32oh joking Leo on the top rope
17:46Leo needed that base and he couldn't find it
18:02oh no no no this is again this is right in front of us so dangerous whoa wait a second Leo Rush
18:15out of midair reverses and a spear from Leo Rush takes down the heavyweight
18:23the spirit of the black heart lives inside the come up he got him
18:28oh
18:34it doesn't get any closer than that
18:44this is our semi-main event in the evening you could say it all up and
18:47down the card a main event in any arena tonight's the arena tonight's the night
18:58so
19:00rush gets right in Gabe's face
19:05he's heading back up top
19:12Leo Rush feeling in it now feeling good about his chances but no
19:16suddenly Gabe Kidd springs to his feet see how quickly Gabe Kidd can turn the tide of a match
19:23in his favor it's a specialty of his own and Leo Rush can match it just the same
19:29but it's not going to come in the power department
19:37oh Rush maybe with an advantage here oh god that headbutt was sickening
19:45oh
19:48Gabe Kidd what are we what is this oh they're going all the way to the top rope wait a minute
19:54wait a minute belly to belly from the heavens Leo Rush almost tossed out of the ring but now
20:01Gabe has to crawl to him to try to get a pinfall scratch into it he does the title
20:07no
20:11Gabe Kidd hurled Leo Rush so far it took too long to get there to pin him
20:29Gabe Kidd taking a lot of time that split focus on the outside
20:34he's embroiled with something with our audience but also
20:37now I'm bored with something underneath the ring all right what's Gabe Kidd doing here
20:41he's got a chair we've thought I saw this in his defense against Osvaldo Guerrero
20:46at Fantastica Mania I mean every match of Gabe Kidd's degenerates into a fight like this and
20:54referee Adam Galt trying to protect the sanctity of this one no it was an inadvertent shot
21:03taking it to the top Leo Rush it's time
21:11Leo clutching his ribs rolling into the cover he's gonna do it the clock strikes tonight
21:24a millisecond sooner
21:2715 minutes past and a millisecond sooner to that pinfall Leo Rush would be the strong
21:34openweight champion we know that everyone here knows that Gabe Kidd knows it and
21:40maybe most devastatingly Leo Rush knows it
21:49look at Leo he is literally feeding off the energy in this room
21:57it is the people of Washington D.C. that drive Leo Rush forward
22:08Leo Rush wants to take the skull of Gabe Kidd. Gabe Kidd thinks he's the soul
22:14of this new generation of New Japan Pro Wrestling there's something to steal here
22:19oh Kidd didn't go down he's gritting his teeth
22:28here right here Leo Rush off the ropes once again one of that pumps Gabe Kidd
22:33misdirection here we go underneath underneath underneath Leo Rush
22:37oh cover for Kidd
22:49I don't know it's Leo Rush I don't understand his head is still attached to his body he's
22:53bleeding from the temple bleeding off the side of the skull oh this is dangerous this is dangerous
22:58right here Gabe Kidd put his knee pad down like a halo of destruction around Leo Rush the blood
23:04is seeping Kidd is perched up
23:17a final shot from Gabe Kidd and a brain buster to boot this one is over
23:28it's as if the blood dripped into Leo's face and rejuvenated him but
23:36but that's all it has to be all
23:43the inside of Gabe Kidd's eyes are painted with blood from Leo Rush
23:49there is a rumble in Washington DC tonight and it's not over political strife it's over
24:00goddamn professional wrestling one more no rush backslide here Leo Rush
24:09Gabe Kidd Gabe Kidd drill a hole see you later oh no no no he's not he's not done it's gonna
24:18take one more shot side back in G1 and we see it here the madman bomb the cover and still
24:26wrong open weight champion
24:49foreign
25:10Gabe Kidd with another successful event in the strong open weight championship
25:18called out his challenger
25:23but there were so many moments where I believe where everyone here believed that Leo Rush
25:30was about to claim that title that is not a match for Leo Rush to hang his head
25:43there's so much more to come for Gabe Kidd a strong open weight champion
25:47more to come for Leo Rush in the world of professional wrestling hell
25:51maybe even New Japan pro wrestling stay tuned for more information there
25:56Leo Rush what a matchup even in loss
26:06foreign
26:08more to come for Leo more to come for Gabe Kidd
26:14but there's only one more match to come for us Walker it is our main event here at Capitol
26:23Collision Mercedes Monet she is back in New Japan defending her New Japan Strong Women's
26:32Championship against Momo Watanabe it is happening right here at Capitol Collision
26:40it is our main event it is coming up next