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00:00Chicago, April 11th.
00:07Hiroshi Tanahashi!
00:11I'm already...
00:14I'm going to live for revenge for revenge.
00:19I'm going to get rid of it from this pain.
00:23I'm going to kill you in front of the world.
00:27I'm going to kill you in front of the world.
00:32I'm going to kill you in front of the world.
00:36Finally, I'm going to kill you in front of the world,
00:40and I'm going to kill you in front of the world.
00:45Since I was about to count to 10 million years,
00:50so many people should kill you in front of the world.
00:53The potential potential, the potential, the power of the potential, the power of the potential, the power of the potential, where can you go?
01:03Yes, speed and power, but it's still a bit of a line.
01:12It's not like it's not yet.
01:15It's a high fly fly!
01:19棚橋
01:23俺はあの時の悔しさ
01:26嫉妬
01:28一瞬たりとも忘れたことはない
01:36俺は珍しく怒ってるよ
01:39舐めたらダメでしょ
01:42これは悪い傾向にあるけど
01:44全団体横一列で見てもらっては困る
01:48あの発言を聞いて
01:50DDTという団体は
01:52殻に閉じこもり
01:54鎖国化し
01:56こうして
01:58DDTと新日本プロレス
02:00メジャーインディなんかの壁をぶち壊そうとする
02:04若者のチャンスを壊した
02:07それは全て
02:09田橋ひろし
02:10おめえの発言がきっかけとなった
02:14言った側と言われた側はやっぱ違いますからね
02:17覚えてるのがね
02:19でも思ってないことは口に出ないと考えると
02:23そう思ってたんでしょうね
02:26肉体的にもポンディション的にも
02:28竹下ゆうりは動かないかなと思うんですけども
02:31そうじゃない部分で
02:33どう勝つかしか考えてないんで
02:35アメリカは
02:37まあまあ感謝の気持ちをね
02:39そうやって来ると思います
02:41エイボー!
02:43エイボー!
02:44勝ったー!
02:45そこら!
02:47さあ
02:49いよいよ次は
02:52田橋ひろし
02:53長い長い
02:55俺たちの
02:57I'm not alone.
02:59I'm not alone.
03:01I'm not alone.
03:27I'm not alone.
03:57I'm not alone.
04:27I'm not alone.
04:29I'm not alone.
04:33You are one in a century, but I am one in two trillion years.
04:39Many of us have said that Dikeshda is the best in the world for years, and I think that
05:07he is quickly in the running for greatest of all time.
05:12But if you want to stake a claim like that, you've got to take down the Apes, and Dikeshda,
05:19he knows that.
05:20Go Apes!
05:22Go Apes!
05:27Go Apes!
05:30Go Apes!
05:32Go Apes!
05:33Go Apes!
05:35Go Apes!
05:36Go Apes!
05:37Go Apes!
05:38Go Apes!
05:39Go Apes!
05:40Go Apes!
06:02Go Apes!
06:06For as long as Hiroshi Tanahashi has blessed the sport of professional wrestling with the
06:23gift that is, the ace of the universe, he has made dreams come true and solidified world
06:29title after world title, time and time again. But for as long as Tanahashi has been making
06:36fans dreams come true all around the world, it was the dreams of a 19-year-old Konosuke
06:42Sikesta that were crushed live in Ryodoku Sumo Hall at a DDC event. Hiroshi Tanahashi defeating
06:51a 19-year-old Sikesta in singles action and saying, uttering a praise that Konosuke Sikesta
06:59has not only derailed his own career, but derailed the spirit of GDT Pro Wrestling itself.
07:05To claim that GDT and New Japan Pro Wrestling do not belong at all in the same conversation.
07:13Tanahashi Miyashi!
07:18Well those words, again der tambing, like you said, not just for Tekeshka, but all of
07:39beyond personal and I agree it is what has fueled Takeshka throughout his entire
07:47career is proving those words wrong
07:51it is for the first time ever tonight and the last time ever on American soil the ace versus the alpha
08:13Hiroshi Tanahashi Kanosuke Takeshka one-on-one
08:43data can you feel that the rumble already beginning in Chicago they were chanting
09:07thank-you ace before the bell had even rung
09:13for far too long in the mind of Kanosuke Takeshka fans have fallen in line behind Hiroshi Tanahashi
09:27I mean God-given talent out the wazoo for the leader of Hontai for the longest time but it's
09:32the talents not bestowed upon Takeshka by God but forced upon him by envy that hope to win Takeshka
09:39this match here driven by that anger that he felt back in 2015 19 years of age a scrawny version of
09:47the man we see in front of us not yet fully developed but soon to develop into the greatest
09:52of all time that's what Takeshka is on the line for David oh and he is now in control with the wrist
09:58lock Tanahashi struggling to reverse it but I think he has it turns it into a hammer lock
10:04and the takedown but immediately Takeshka able to reverse it
10:08it was Hiroshi Tanahashi that said himself I know that I can't move like
10:17Kanosuke Takeshka to camp but I have many other ways to win
10:21Takeshka and Tanahashi both a lot of fiery comments in the lead up to this one Takeshka talking about how
10:33Tanahashi facing off against many other men in this competition we recently saw
10:37Shoto Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi, Shingo Takagi you know all in the past two weeks for Hiroshi Tanahashi
10:43Takeshka saying himself he doesn't see this match as a sacred memento with Tanahashi on the way out
10:49says that it is a punishment to the words that were shared about DDT Pro Wrestling
10:54he wants to I think not just be the opponent for Tanahashi's last American match he wants to beat him
11:02and in turn humiliate him but Tanahashi is not going down without a fight
11:08you know this rage built up for Takeshka all based off of Tanahashi's comments
11:19saying that it altered not only the minds of the fans but it altered the minds of the wrestlers
11:24the staff especially manipulated the press during that time in 2014
11:28closed DDT off and had the potential to make it just a second-rate promotion for the rest of its existence
11:34that would be of course until Takeshka would begin the floor
11:38oh and right there fires back
11:41bringing DDT worldwide expanding with the power line from Takeshka
11:47triple contracted athlete the first ever in history for professional wrestling
11:53New Japan AEW and DDT alike I mean there is no one who has done it or is doing it like Takeshka is beta
12:00he is the current never openweight champion he's also the champion with the most defenses so far
12:05his schedule just go DDT and a cover
12:10we'll find the cover here and very quickly out at two
12:13Takeshka's schedule just in the past two weeks has seen him go back and forth
12:18around from Japan back to the United States touring with AEW back to Japan
12:23and now he's here in Chicago and also scheduled to be in Massachusetts tomorrow for AEW I mean it is
12:31just an incredible just the wear and tear on the body from travel alone and then you factor in the
12:37style that Takeshka fights
12:43somehow Tanahashi back on his feet
12:47you could argue that the match in 2014 with Tanahashi was the driving factor for Takeshka's career
12:53to expand beyond Japan the driving factor to become a contracted AEW athlete maintaining that DDT
13:01status throughout wanting to show the world that DDT is not second-rate and that has been proven
13:06not only by Takeshka but by athletes like Mal by many other athletes that we've seen throughout
13:11New Japan and throughout DDT alike
13:17oh and if he is not already your favorite wrestler he will be
13:20and Kenosuke Takeshka no one's favorite right now
13:26oh come on
13:30but but this is what Takeshka was saying it is not a precious memento
13:34memento for him to face Tanahashi he doesn't have
13:38nostalgia or respect for Tanahashi not at all
13:44any memories Takeshka might have had growing up watching
13:47Horoshi Tanahashi main event for Tokyo Dome as IWGP heavyweight champion Mark
13:54in the post-match comments afterward
13:57Tanahashi said that Takeshka himself
14:0011 years ago did not belong in a conversation together
14:03and maybe at the time that could have been true but Takeshka has absolutely flipped those
14:09words on Tanahashi in the interim and is looking to prove them out tonight
14:15Tanahashi trying to roll away get some distance
14:23Tanah said it himself I don't have the athleticism of Takeshka but I have other ways to win
14:28oh and right there yep that is calculated to go after the need Takeshka he had a little bit of a limp
14:34when he landed Tanahashi saw it and throw it in well a little bit to a lot of it
14:41can all skates Takeshka now grasping at that left knee and Tanahashi you saw the fist bump of
14:46well hey maybe I do have it left in me to walk away with a victory on American soil tonight
14:54Tanahashi was doubting DDT and can all skates Takeshka then he's not doing so here tonight beta he
15:00can't afford to well Takeshka might still be focused on those past comments but I'm certain that Tanahashi
15:07has watched the rise of Takeshka and he knows oh exactly what he is dealing with here today
15:14continuing to work over that knee
15:31Roshi Tanahashi main eventing tonight the final night of his career in the united states
15:37oh and we know what magic can come out of that corner
15:46making the climb and he will bask in the glory of the ace and Takeshka oh to bring him back down to
15:54size oh wait a minute wait a minute could Takeshka be thinking this could he he told not she be driver
16:08but Takeshka landed hard on that knee you can see the B driver connects but he's not able to capitalize with the pin
16:22Takeshka has been envisioning that bastard driver on Tanahashi for the better part of 10 years
16:31but it is not going to be enough to feel fulfilled until a bell is sounded and his own hand is raised in victory
16:38oh
16:43Takeshka and Takeshka caught Tanah
16:46Exploder right over the top finds the cover of the never-openweight champion and it is only two
16:52for Takeshka and Tanah
16:54it is a non-title matchup
17:00and can also get to kesta he's gonna have the ability to take his liberties here in the main
17:07event fighting his way out takes off at all reverted back here it is blue
17:15and that's atmosphere is electric here for tanahashi in the Windy City one step
17:34ahead of the catch that and now he's making that climb it's a dangerous idea
17:39it's a catch dog delivers on the silver platter there I mean we talk about how
17:45long to catch that has waited for this match how obsessive he's been he knows
17:49what to look out for super flex plants down the ace and now to cash to try to
18:08keep feeling in that leg
18:15the rumble in Chicago tonight
18:22the alpha Oh Tanahashi how about it right back to the knee here in Hiroshi as his
18:30ideas twist and shout cut out for
18:33one more time oh that was high angle spike dead held on wait a second yeah Tanahashi he's not done
18:52oh
18:54a boat
18:55oh
18:56brain
18:57bust up
18:5810 minutes
18:5910 minutes
19:06we've seen a lot out close cake to Kesta in just 10 minutes time
19:12well the one thing that'll put Tanahashi away we can see it here raging no
19:18no
19:19oh
19:20whist it out one more time
19:21it was raging fire that put down real hey away what they put down Angel Deloto and
19:30one to catch to the never open weight title in the first place Tanahashi
19:35yeah swing blade oh that could be it right here recover Tanahashi no oh but he's right back up to his feet
19:46he's making the climb
19:48you sense it Vena the urgency
19:50Tanahashi
19:51high fly flow to Kesta he is dead
19:53Tanah
19:57high fly flow
20:01no
20:03no
20:05like
20:10every single step
20:11every single breath
20:12given to New Japan Pro Wrestling by the Ace
20:16over the past 20 plus years
20:19and tonight every step and breath it's just more agony on the side of Hiroshi Tanahashi
20:23Just more agony on the side of Hiroshi Tanahashi.
20:33Tanahashi back up.
20:35Looking to hook the arm.
20:38Full Nelson.
20:39I used to love this dragon suplex consistently.
20:42Now, Nakanishi style.
20:43She could have found it.
20:44The German.
20:46Oh!
20:49To Kesta!
20:50A blue thunder bomb!
20:55And now, To Kesta is making the climb.
21:00Oh, To Kesta.
21:02From the ace to the alpha.
21:06High fly flow.
21:09That's it.
21:10No!
21:12You can never outdo the ace.
21:15No matter how hard you try.
21:20But not on the ace.
21:21No!
21:22Thank you, I can't believe it!
21:27No ace!
21:31No ace!
21:32No ace!
21:36No ace!
21:38No ace!
21:39No ace!
21:41Oh, avoiding the power drive Tanahashi.
21:43Dragon style.
21:45Harley-Tade buts to Kesta.
21:46just a little quicker on the draw was the ace of the universe
22:02he's still on his feet Takeshita is down
22:16to catch the came into this night with piss vinegar and confidence
22:46fully embroiled all across the body all in the spirit
22:55but not to be outclassed here
22:59oh
23:01wait for it
23:02knock it easy
23:04German suplex
23:06oh
23:08man oh my I thought this one was over
23:13Tanahashi
23:15dragon suplex
23:17he got it
23:24he got it
23:26he got it
23:28he's taking high fly flow again but Takeshita's back up
23:37watch out Tanah
23:38he got it
23:40and a high fly attack
23:44and from the attack the tears will flow
23:50goodbye and good night
23:52for the final time
23:57oh
23:59no no no no
24:04Shigeru kicked it
24:0615 minutes
24:08we talked about the obsession of Kunosuke Takeshita of getting that revenge on Tanahashi you know you know that he has been awake at night envisioning that high fly flow coming out of the
24:16of Kunosuke Takeshita of getting that revenge on Tanahashi you know you know that he has been awake at night envisioning that high fly flow coming at him envisioning what he might do
24:29no it
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24:59I
25:29Tanahashi's fading.
25:59Tanahashi's down.
26:01Kanosuke Takeshita has Tanahashi dead to rights here.
26:09Charged, loaded, and straight murder.
26:15Kanosuke Takeshita expels the end tonight.
26:18Wait a second!
26:19Tana, Tana, shoulders down!
26:21Oh, no!
26:23Oh, and a knee strike!
26:25Power drive, power drive, knee!
26:28And I think Takeshita was going for Raging Fire.
26:33Tanahashi able to escape.
26:35Oh, but he paid for it there.
26:50Takeshita now, the moment he's waited for.
26:54Power drive, one more time.
26:58Oh, but he's not, he's not going for the cover.
27:04He's not looking to end this.
27:06He's looking to end Tanahashi.
27:08Takeshita could have put this away five times already if he had chosen.
27:11And he has not gone that route, not yet.
27:13Again!
27:14Power drive, and again, Takeshita just stands over Tanahashi.
27:25He's spasming.
27:26The moment Takeshita has dreamt up for 11 years has come to be.
27:34Takeshita one more time!
27:35That is four!
27:36Takeshita!
27:37Takeshita!
27:38Takeshita!
27:39Takeshita!
27:40Oh!
27:41Take!
27:42That's four!
27:43Take Tans Science!
27:44the goal is not to defeat but to embarrass
27:59to harm the legacy of Hiroshi Tanahashi
28:04and Takeshita will do just that here tonight
28:09one more run of it
28:10how in the hell did Tanahashi kick out of that one
28:26Takeshita looks like he's seen a ghost in there
28:33but Tanahashi he is rising from the dead
28:38it is Takeshita's cross to bear here tonight
28:57Osamato that's for Hadashima that's for DDT that's for Kunosuke Takeshita and he is about
29:13to end the ace raging fire
29:20it is the destruction of the ace the cover
29:29the obsession of Kunosuke to Takeshita it took 10 years but it is finally called full circle he has finally defeated
29:46Oroji Tanahashi
30:01but at what cost
30:16surely no cost in all skates Takeshita
30:18but the cost of the body
30:24the soul the spirit of everything Takeshita wants to be one day in this sport
30:31that they have already become
30:33and now yes you see
30:50different members of the NGPW roster
30:52making their way around ringside
30:55on-site representation
30:57Lushita, Kevin Knight, Al Van Casmo
31:00wait wait a second here
31:02Pekesha extends the hand
31:06úa andнее
31:14for Kunosuke
31:16We are here
31:17we are in a room
31:18great
31:20we are here
31:22and this is all together
31:23we are here
31:25we are here
31:26and this is all together
31:27we stand for in the world
31:29that we have been around
31:32the team
31:34Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!
32:04Something about El Phantasmo has drawn the ire of Kenosuke Dikeshda.
32:18Yeah, Dikeshda, he held up that never-woven light title right in Yelkin's face, too.
32:24I think we're going to have to put a pin in that one, though.
32:34I think it's a big picture of one of the other, though.
32:46And we're going to have to put a pin in that one.
32:52So we're going to have to put a pin in that one.
32:59Rana Machi!
33:01Rana Machi!
33:29Thank you, Rana Machi!
33:51Thank you!
33:53Thank you!
33:55Thank you, HOKAME!
33:59Thank you!
34:05I am New Japan President now.
34:15I want to...
34:19I want to do wrestling forever.
34:23Yeah!
34:29But...
34:31But...
34:33But...
34:35I retire...
34:37Next year...
34:39Next year...
34:49Please...
34:51Don't worry, New Japan President.
34:55Because...
34:57Look!
34:58Look!
34:59Look!
35:00Look!
35:01Look!
35:02Look!
35:03Yes!
35:05I will...
35:07I will...
35:09I will...
35:11I will make...
35:13New Japan...
35:15In the world!
35:25New Japan!
35:27New Japan!
35:29New Japan!
35:31New Japan!
35:33New Japan!
35:35New Japan!
35:37And...
35:38Thank you!
35:39Thank you!
35:43Thank you!
35:45Thank you!
35:47Thank you!
35:49Thank you. I miss you. I miss you guys. I miss the American fans. Thank you very much.
36:04Do you know? Do you know? I love you. Okay? Slowly I love you. Okay? Okay.
36:15Well, finally, I love you guys.
36:45Tonight, the final night in Chicago, January 4th, 2026, the final night of the career of the professional wrestling GOAT in Hiroshi Tanahashi, truly the ace of the universe.
37:01He's waving goodbye to everyone here in Chicago, all of his fans in the United States. What a moment. And I know he said if only he could wrestle forever. But man, isn't it great to see the ace on his own retirement road, on his own final path, choosing to go out the way that he wants to.
37:27And we have just under six more months with him.
37:31There really is something abnormal about that beta. You're right. Some of us in the sport do not get the opportunity to go out on our own terms the way that we might hope.
37:40And God bless the idea and the mere notion that we can witness God wrestle in front of us in Hiroshi Tanahashi. It is the ace of the universe for the final time in the United States of America. What a treat we've had.
37:55Colors!
38:13Colors!
38:16Colors!
38:18Colors!
38:23You know, from the bottom of my heart, from the bottom of Betas as well, everyone here
38:37in New Japan Pro Wrestling, Hiroshi Tanahashi is just the gift that has kept on giving.
38:41It's given his body, it's given his mind, it's given his soul, not only to the sport,
38:45but the people that support it.
38:47The fans of professional wrestling all across the world, from England to the United States,
38:51to the home turf in Japan, Hiroshi Tanahashi has given it all.
38:57And even when the day is said and done, January 4th, 2026, Hiroshi Tanahashi's career is called
39:03and comes to an end.
39:04Tanahashi will not stop giving to this sport, will still be serving in his role as president
39:10of New Japan Pro Wrestling.
39:12And well, something tells me, Betas Scott, Tanahashi will never stop giving to this sport,
39:17this business that we know and love.
39:19Yeah, I think it's pretty significant that even here in Chicago, his last match in the
39:23United States, he stands up, he gets on the microphone and says, don't worry about when
39:28he stops wrestling and then takes a moment to shout out, to give credit to everyone else
39:34here in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
39:35He always has had an eye on the future.
39:38And I think we are in very, very good hands with President Tanahashi.
39:51Wrestling fans, that's going to be all for us here tonight in the English broadcast booth.
39:56I'm all choked up.
39:57Roshi Tanahashi, the final night in the United States of America.
40:00We're going to have to feel this magic all over again, 10 times over, January 4th, 2026,
40:06when it is officially all said and done.
40:08But another milestone for Tanahashi in the final road here on the evening.
40:12Betas Scott, it has been such a pleasure.
40:14Thank you so much for joining us once again for Windy City Rye.
40:18I'll be seeing you coming up, Ontario, California, the next time we are live on NJPW World in the
40:24United States.
40:25It will be a resurgence.
40:26You confirmed it yourself.
40:27The three-way match is set.
40:29The strong women's title on the line.
40:31It is going to be Azami, Mina Shirakawa, and champion Mercedes-Benz Mene, one-on-one-on-one.
40:37And we also know that the IWGP Heavyweight Championship will be on the line.
40:42It remains to be seen who the challenger will be, but you will see a title match in resurgence.
40:46It's going to be incredible.
40:48All the championships on the line that one can imagine.
40:50And it's going to be a wonderful feat coming up on May 9th, just as we've seen here on
40:55this evening.
40:56Folks, thank you so much for joining us.
40:58The next time that we'll be live, it will be a primetime edition of the Road to Wrestling
41:03Tontaku here in the United States.
41:05It'll be 1130 in the morning, Japanese Standard Time.
41:08And it's going to be primetime April 18th for those in the U.S.
41:12April 19th in Japan will be live.
41:15English coverage, Road to Wrestling Tontaku.
41:16Our good pal and colleague, Chris Carlton, will be on the call.
41:19Then Wrestling Red Zone in Hiroshima coming up very, very soon in late April.
41:24And then we are on to Wrestling Tontaku, Fukuoka, 2025, Night 1 and Night 2, May 3rd
41:31and May 4th.
41:31Folks, this has been an incredible night of action.
41:34And we thank you so much for joining us.
41:36For Vena Scott, I've been Walker Stewart.
41:38This has been New Japan Pro Wrestling, the King of Sports.
41:41Go kikinyo.
41:42Sayonara.
41:43Bye-bye.
41:44Bye-bye.
41:44Bye-bye.
41:46Bye-bye.
41:48Bye-bye.
41:49Bye-bye.
42:19Bye-bye.
42:21Bye-bye.
42:21Bye-bye.
42:31Bye-bye.
42:41Bye-bye.