Hirooki Goto vs David Finlay - IWGP GLOBAL Heavyweight Championship Match: NJPW KING OF PRO-WRESTLING 2024 (October 14, 2024)
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00:0045 years old, showing the will of a veteran, G1 Climax!
00:09This is...
00:15Now is the time of the century!
00:18The Aramusa Goto Hirooki!
00:23I'm Takada Goto!
00:27G1 is all about...
00:29Goto's will!
00:32And this fall, he will face...
00:37A great ambition!
00:40It's the many wishes of this man!
00:46I've been to many RPCs, but I've always fallen.
00:50I've experienced a lot of things, and now I'm back.
00:54I'm very confident.
00:57I'm looking forward to the final of this year's NJPW Cup and G1.
01:05The single-top match of his dreams!
01:09He's on his way home!
01:12And his opponent is...
01:14The man who defeated his tag partner, YOSHI-HASHI.
01:20David Finlay!
01:34I'll let you taste the humiliation I suffered that day!
01:41I had a packed-out Korakuen during the G1.
01:44But Ryogoku will be a very, very bad day for Goto.
01:48I want you to bring your children.
01:51So I can walk your ash and blood in front of them.
01:54The kids said they wanted to come and support me.
01:58Do you know how brave and strong they are?
02:02The kids are supporting me.
02:05I can't be crushed so easily.
02:07The challenger who gives hope.
02:10The king who gives despair.
02:13I grew up watching my father.
02:15I grew up idolizing my father, just like Goto's kids.
02:18My father was not good enough to win a world title.
02:21So the sooner they learn that their father is a failure, the better.
02:25I'm going to win, with the help of my friends, my family, and my fans.
02:34Because I'm who I am now, I can fight.
02:38Hey, everyone, you know that, right?
02:43The G1 of Global,
02:45Goto's G1!
02:50IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship,
02:53The challenger, Goto Hirooki vs.
02:56The king, David Finlay.
03:03David Finlay vs. Goto Hirooki
03:33David Finlay vs. Goto Hirooki
04:03David Finlay vs. Goto Hirooki
04:33David Finlay vs. Goto Hirooki
04:49The challenger in the red corner,
04:52Chaos Bishamon,
04:54182cm, 103kg.
04:58Goto Hirooki!
05:05If there is any arena that craves singles gold Goto,
05:12it is Ryogoku Sumo Hall.
05:28Ryogoku Sumo Hall
05:58Ryogoku Sumo Hall
06:22The IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship,
06:25Developed and devised in the image alone
06:28of the Rebel Savior himself.
06:30A man that has undergone a lot of changes
06:33over the past calendar year.
06:35All this conversation about fatherhood,
06:37David Finlay entered that realm of the world himself this year.
06:41And if David Finlay, by his own admission,
06:44has learned one thing from becoming a father,
06:47it is that children need to be surrounded by winners.
06:50Something that Hirooki Goto has never been before.
06:54Claims David Finlay.
06:57Finlay going as far in press conference just a day ago,
07:01addressing Hirooki Goto's children directly.
07:04Saying, I know your father is failing you at home
07:07the way mine did by never becoming world champion.
07:11And I want King of Pro Wrestling to be a teachable moment.
07:14I want you to learn that your father is not man enough to beat me.
07:20And that is going to be the biggest lesson you ever learn.
07:26An opportunity to teach the world all about
07:29what Hirooki Goto is made of here tonight.
07:32For those that initiated, David Finlay,
07:34the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
07:37is on the line in our semi-main event.
07:49The IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion,
07:52Bullet Club World Top XI,
07:56David Finlay!
08:03A global championship first created this year.
08:07David Finlay, the first and third holder of that white and gold belt.
08:11And while its lineage is separate,
08:15the look and the design elements bring to mind
08:20the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
08:23That's something that drove Yoshihashi last month in Kobe
08:26and drives Goto tonight.
08:32Goto has held Intercontinental gold,
08:35but he has not held a singles championship
08:38in New Japan Pro Wrestling since 2020.
08:44David Finlay!
08:56You have to say on a make note,
08:59David Finlay very quick to invite Goto's children to ringside.
09:03Of course, Finlay remembers the humiliation of Goto's children,
09:09seeing Goto beat him in the main event in Korakuen during the G1 Climax.
09:13They're one and only singles meeting on record.
09:15Oh, and one that one does go to Hiroki Goto is a little over two months ago.
09:20And we saw that matchup in Chris over the course of the series
09:23that we've had leading up to King of Pro Wrestling.
09:26You've implied slightly that you believe David Finley
09:29had a little bit of fear that Hiroki Goto was coming at his back,
09:32even when David Finley was squaring off against Yoshihashi.
09:35To my mind, that's why he said
09:37Gabe Kidd after Hiroki Goto knew this match was coming.
09:41Certainly a master strategist is David Finley, as is Gedo at ringside.
09:46You have to think about Gedo at ringside.
09:49You always have to consider Gedo at ringside.
09:52As Finley went to the eyes of Goto, not afraid, though.
09:58Remember, Finley said, I want to spill your blood
10:01right in front of your children.
10:03And Hiroki Goto certainly will not allow that to happen.
10:07And keep in mind here, as Goto sent to the outside,
10:10Hiroki Goto initially ignored and shot down the idea of his children
10:14being present until suddenly it came to be saying,
10:17my children will be with me.
10:19I mean, his children insisted on being here.
10:22And then at that point, Hiroki Goto had a change of heart and said that,
10:28well, they want me to be here.
10:30They need me to be here.
10:31And with them at my side, I cannot lose.
10:36The will of a father is strong.
10:39Hiroki Goto says, my children told me I have to win.
10:42And for that, I will win.
10:49You know, the year for Hiroki Goto has been all about
10:53placing a lot of proverbial rocks in the mental backpack.
10:58When he challenged for the IWGP.
11:00Come on, brother.
11:05And Goto challenged for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
11:09against Tetsuya Naito.
11:12It was Goto who said, if I don't win this title,
11:17this championship,
11:20it means everything to me.
11:22And I want my father, who passed away just recently beforehand,
11:26to be able to look down and see me wearing gold once again.
11:28Yeah, generations of family pride.
11:31You're absolutely right.
11:32It's not just
11:35the children watching on from ringside.
11:38In Goto's mind, it is his own father watching from above.
11:44Whenever he did that, that placed a lot of pressure on top of him.
11:47Well, David Finlay knows how to deal with that pressure.
11:51He would say all of those generations of fighting Finlay's
11:58four savage generations in the global champion says molded him.
12:03David Finlay says to face obstacles
12:07that Goto never has, never will.
12:11As Finlay just tossing Goto.
12:16I was paying acknowledgment to the child
12:19cover here to children, rather
12:23of Roki Goto parked right at ringside.
12:25It's a lousy attitude, but it's one that he's taking
12:29the eyes off the ball is David Finlay perhaps.
12:34All of this mental pressure and Roki Goto, it wasn't added to him.
12:37He adds it to himself.
12:39Yeah. And, you know, I mean, it's a point where Goto said
12:42he felt he needed all of those losses, all of those defeats
12:47to find this tag team in Bishamon with Yoshihashi.
12:52It's given him the confidence to be here now.
12:54Oh, and Hilaria takes David Finlay right over the top set right in front
12:58of the children of Roki Goto.
13:00And here come the people.
13:01And that's the key.
13:03There was never the groundswell behind Roki Goto like we experienced this summer.
13:12Where Roki Goto had to fight with the expectations in his generation,
13:16being the only member of his generation in the G1,
13:19being the only member of Chaos in the G1
13:23and knowing that he could live with that pressure.
13:26Oh, God, to the barricades.
13:29Poor Cameraman just got crushed.
13:34That kid deserves a raise.
13:36Well, David Finlay is raising something, raising the stakes
13:39and tearing the apron here at ringside.
13:42Finlay has deeper plans than just bringing this one back inside the ring.
13:46I mean, what in the world?
13:50I want to say, what in the world is he thinking?
13:52But I think we know what he's thinking.
13:54Talk about spilling blood in front of his own children.
13:56Yeah, there's no accident where he's putting those chairs.
13:59It's this sick bastard, David Finlay.
14:03I mean, Yoshihashi at ringside here trying to do something.
14:05Marty Asami.
14:07Marty.
14:07Marty needs to turn his back around.
14:09This is.
14:10Come on now.
14:11David Finlay here at ringside.
14:13What is going on?
14:14No.
14:15Oh, no, no, no.
14:19Oh, Finlay sent for a ride.
14:26But do you think Walker remember in Kobe when Goto took that spike
14:43that Gabe Kidd brought to the ring and threw it aside at that table,
14:47Gabe Kidd brought in and threw it aside because he wanted to do it the right way
14:51and he did it the right way with his children here more than ever.
14:54Goto wants to do things the right way, but that's might cost him.
15:03Oh, my God.
15:14If there's one thing that sits in the favor of Hiroki Goto outside
15:17of our viewing audience tonight in Ryogoku, it is the singles record.
15:21Knowing that David Finlay has never defeated the Fierce Warrior before.
15:30Oh, Finlay right back out through the bottom.
15:32That is expert instinct here.
15:37Calls himself a 31 year veteran because he's 31 years of age.
15:40Wrestling is in David Finlay's blood.
15:43Oh, no.
15:45Wait a minute.
15:46Goto asks Finlay.
15:48David Finlay very well may end up being his own worst enemy here.
15:54It might be that desire to spill the blood of Hiroki Goto that costs it.
16:01Oh, wait a minute.
16:02Oh, wow.
16:03Goto hanging David Finlay up to dry here.
16:06Oh, inverted.
16:08Oh, reverse.
16:10GTO on the floor, you think.
16:12A one man show, though.
16:14It might be.
16:16It might be.
16:20Lights may be out for David Finlay in Ryogoku.
16:25Well, Hiroki Goto,
16:28235 singles wins in his career.
16:33That thanks to Chris Samson, the second winningest singles
16:37wrestler in New Japan Pro Wrestling over the last 25 years.
16:42Only behind Hiroshi Tanahashi.
16:44He might not have won the big one, but he's won a lot of ones.
16:49And it might be the big one tonight.
16:57Goto, elbow drop off the top.
17:00Cover here, hook of the outer leg, and it's two.
17:09So many tools in the arsenal of Hiroki Goto
17:11that can put David Finlay down for the three count easy enough.
17:14But it's not going to come easy.
17:15Not tonight. Up on the shoulders.
17:17What a do she could. Oh, she.
17:19And instead, it's a northern Irish curse.
17:27And you're seeing there with our Irish curse,
17:30the strength in David Finlay.
17:32And I've said this before, pound for pound.
17:35The strongest wrestler
17:37on the New Japan roster is David Finlay.
17:41If you doubt David Finlay's strength, if you doubt his aggression,
17:46if you doubt his ability, quite frankly, you're not watching.
17:49You don't know what you're talking about.
17:52And Finlay's shown every bit of that as global champion.
18:02But the one place
18:04where I think he falls to Goto is in Gritwalker.
18:11Yeah.
18:20Yeah.
18:26Yeah.
18:29Yeah.
18:32Yeah.
18:37Yeah.
18:41Come on.
18:45Now they've seen that grit tested.
18:48David Finlay looking to win out on this exchange.
18:50Goto leaning into the shot from Finlay.
18:53Oh, he'll keep leaning. Look out.
18:56Oh, no, no, no.
18:58The rolling elbow from David Finlay was enough to fade Goto down for time.
19:03So, so rare to see Goto down in an exchange like that.
19:07Yeah.
19:09And the rolling, no, here we go.
19:12Reverse GTR, bust the nose.
19:14And a lariat from David Finlay.
19:26Say what you want about David Finlay's tactics.
19:31He has proven himself every single time out just like this.
19:34You'll see it.
19:35Dominator to Hiroki Goto in on the cover here for Finlay.
19:39And it's two.
19:46David Finlay, not afraid to say that, yes,
19:49he is the best of all the Finlay's in the world, but not afraid to say that,
19:53yes, he was an Epo baby.
19:55Yes, he grew up with every single advantage.
19:59Never wanted for money.
20:01And felt that he could do what he wanted in life.
20:04And that means beating up other men and getting paid for it.
20:17Oh, no, come on.
20:18He's goading the children of Hiroki Goto here.
20:22And this is just, it's uncomfortable.
20:32Yeah, Yoshi Hashi continuing to try and will on Hiroki Goto at ringside tonight,
20:38but this may be the same song and a different dance for Hiroki Goto yet again.
20:46Even if the people are on his side, he's not even able to defend himself, Chris.
20:51Yeah, that might be a case where Marty Asami has to step in here.
20:55Oh, no.
21:00Seeing the kind of form that is brought,
21:03David Finlay had his hand raised 16 times this year alone.
21:07And the powerbomb in the corner.
21:09Goto! Goto! Goto!
21:13And the roar of Hiroki Goto.
21:16Matching the roar in right of the fierce warrior.
21:25Goto! Goto! Goto!
21:29Everything can change in an instant.
21:33And that might have been the instant that Hiroki Goto needed to become
21:37IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion.
21:40And with that in mind, I can see right in front of me
21:44the bonds between Yoshi Hashi and Hiroki Goto.
21:48Yoshi Hashi willing his best friend on to find his feet.
21:56Goto's son and daughter doing the same at ringside.
22:05David Finlay, though, already back up to his feet.
22:08Goto barely able to be recovered.
22:10Oh, but he caught the boot. He caught the boot.
22:14Oh, sleeper attempt, Chris.
22:16Yeah. Oh, no, no. Spiked out.
22:19Yeah, well, David Finlay, I almost said nice escape.
22:22But Goto, that tenacity, that drive, Walker.
22:26Oh, Goto.
22:27And a very similar hold
22:30to another friend of Goto's in Katsuyori Shibata.
22:33And a driven determination.
22:41Hiroki Goto, seated sleeper here.
22:45Goto wants to try and lace his feet, get a tight hook in there.
22:48Not let David Finlay get any breath.
22:51If he has breath, he's going to do this.
22:53What is he doing?
22:54I don't like the look of it.
22:55Goto having to release. Oh.
22:59Goto on the shoulders.
23:00Here we go.
23:02Ushii Hiroki.
23:07And if there is any time for Hiroki Goto,
23:09that time comes right now.
23:21Oh, summoning the samurai spirits.
23:29Goto, shoulders one more time.
23:32Chichi Dabetsu, withstand, new champ.
23:37No.
23:41This is the time where Hiroki Goto looks to the side
23:45and sees his son and daughter and looks to the sky
23:48and sees his father in the heavens and realizes he has to keep going.
23:52There is a reason to fight.
23:56Goto's got the wrist.
24:01Control of the wrist means control of the title.
24:04Control of his ear.
24:09A breeze block, seven head of the Rebel David Finlay.
24:19Hiroki Goto.
24:21Shotenkai.
24:32Here we go. Here we go.
24:34Oh, no.
24:35Come on, Geto.
24:36Damn it. Damn it.
24:37Into oblivion.
24:41And Yoshihachi trying to keep Geto at bay.
24:43But David Finlay, it's already been done.
24:46No, David Finlay, I think he's got that shillelagh walking.
24:49Oh, you're right. He has it in his hand.
24:53Leave Geto to Yoshihachi Asami.
24:56Turn the hell around.
24:57Look at it. Look at it.
24:58No.
24:59Oh, a shillelagh shot in front of his own flesh and blood.
25:03The cover.
25:04No.
25:05No.
25:10Goto won't give up that easy with family.
25:136,000 of them here in Ryogoku.
25:16Finlay.
25:17Powerbomb.
25:19Pulling in the cover.
25:22No.
25:30One thing Goto has in abundance, Woken.
25:36He's got strength in spades.
25:38Come on.
25:39For all that Hiroki Goto has ever lost,
25:42he has never lost these people.
25:45Oh, and waving goodbye.
25:47He might have lost this match.
25:49No.
25:50Oh, no.
25:51God, no.
25:52Whoa.
25:54Finlay, Finlay, Finlay, Finlay.
25:56Overkill.
26:00Damn it.
26:01And still.
26:08No.
26:26How many times can we continue to say it?
26:29Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
26:31And, oh, no.
26:32This is pitiful.
26:34And it's so hard to watch.
26:37You see the tear-stained fingers
26:39of the young child of Hiroki Goto.
26:41This is.
26:42I mean, there's 6,000 plus in this building here tonight
26:47that feel the exact same way.
26:53And still the disrespect doesn't stop
26:55from David Finlay.
26:57He is sick.
27:00He is sadistic.
27:03He's mean.
27:05And perhaps worst of all, Walker,
27:08he was right.
27:19On this evening, the G and Global
27:21did not stand for Goto.
27:28But in the mind of David Finlay,
27:30you can spell his full legal name
27:32with all W's.
27:35Oh, my God.
27:40Win after win after win.
27:42And still IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion.
27:47Oh, God.
27:49That's hard.
27:50As a dad myself, that's hard to look at.
27:54That's hard to look at.
27:55And this son of a bitch is smiling about it
27:58and having a grand old time.
28:05I mean, Chris, as a father yourself,
28:07the mere notion that you let your children down,
28:10the emotion that that fills within you.
28:22And Goto trying to do everything he can
28:24to console his children,
28:25but that's not an easy job.
28:35Oh, what a piece of work.
28:37Wow.
28:41Just when you believe
28:43he cannot get any lower.
28:45He might be one of the best wrestlers
28:47on the planet,
28:48and he might be the worst human being
28:50on the planet as well.
28:55Chris, in professional wrestling,
28:57as you know, those things often coincide.
28:59We're going to be hearing from our champion
29:01right here.
29:02And still IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion.
29:12Hey, I can't hear you.
29:13Can you hear me out there?
29:18Hey, hey.
29:19Hey, hey.
29:20Hey, hey.
29:21Hey, hey.
29:22Hey, hey.
29:23Hey, hey.
29:24Hey, hey.
29:25Hey, hey.
29:26Hey, hey.
29:27Hey, hey.
29:28Many men have tried to take this from me,
29:32and every single one of them
29:34has failed.
29:41But my tour of revenge
29:43is far from over.
29:44Matter of fact,
29:45there is one man out there
29:47that holds a victory
29:49over the level,
29:50that holds a victory
29:51over the Savage King,
29:52that holds a victory
29:53over your boss dog.
29:55And quite frankly,
29:56I want my win back, bitch.
30:01You don't even know what I'm saying.
30:02Shut the fuck up.
30:06So, ladies and gentlemen,
30:07do me a favor.
30:08Put your hands together.
30:10Would you please welcome
30:11my next challenger,
30:13Iiiiyuuunoh.
30:16One more!
30:24Hey, c'mon out here.
30:25Yuya, Yuya.
30:28This is disgusting.
30:29Oh come on, Yuya Omora beat David Finlay in the G1 show but he's on the shelf.
30:35We all know Yuya Umura.
30:36So much vice sense.
30:37Yuya Uy Emer.
30:39Are you afraid to get your ass whooped again?
30:43Who the fuck is that?
30:45Wait a minute, that's.
30:46Hey.
30:46That's not Yuya Umura, but it's a man who knows him very well, that's Taiji.
30:50Yulsa, Yuyasa, King Partner.
30:53俺たちのチームパートナーだ! 俺たちのチームワンに勝てなかったのは彼らだ!
31:08俺たちのチームワンだ!
31:11Hey, listen up. I'm not here because of Yuya.
31:26俺たちはあなたを呼び出すことはできません。
31:29I came here because I wanted to.
31:32彼はここにいないが、俺はここにいる。
31:33That's right. I couldn't make it to G1 this year.
31:39俺たちのチームワンに勝てなかったのは彼らだ。
31:44I'm feeling an awful lot of ways.
31:49But there are a lot of people that believe in me.
31:55And there is a lot of pride in me.
31:59But it's not going to be broken easily.
32:05So, you and me for that.
32:07And I like the sound of it, Walker.
32:09I mean, I'm loving this right now.
32:26Oh, come on.
32:27Wait, wait, wait. It's dangerous.
32:29Oh, man.
32:33It's getting dangerous, all right.
32:36And Gedo is heading for the hills pretty damn quick.
32:39GEDO TAICHI!
32:41GEDO TAICHI!
32:43GEDO TAICHI!
32:45GEDO TAICHI!
32:47GEDO TAICHI!
32:52Hey, the reason I was able to make it to G1 is because of this belt.
33:00I'm going to win the Tokyo Dome!
33:02Oh, and Taichi said he'll take that title with him to the Tokyo Dome.
33:08All right.
33:12The Earth's crust itself is moving for a Taichi challenge.
33:17The IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship will be up for grabs.
33:29Taichi might not.
33:32Have been in the G1, but he might enter the Tokyo Dome as a champion.
34:03Folks, we transition from our semi-main event to the marquee match of the evening.
34:08Zack Sabre Jr. challenges Tetsuya Naito, the IWGP World Heavyweight title on the line.