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00:00But now it's time to settle this once and for all.
00:05We just had the group prayer, and I can tell you that the Bucs and Kenny Omega,
00:09their head's in the right place.
00:13On those good Christian boys, the young Bucs will be seconding Kenny Omega.
00:17We learned that earlier on.
00:19Prepare yourselves for a religious experience.
00:23The man who wants to change the world, Kenny Omega.
00:26A messianic figure in professional wrestling.
00:33The high-level to the US Heavyweight Champion,
00:37Sid Pilarz, the career, Kenny Omega.
00:43Seven stars, ladies and gentlemen, seven stars.
00:48There's never been anyone like him in the business, Rocky.
00:51There has not, there has not.
00:53And I would agree with that.
00:54Red Sonja around his waist.
00:56The IWGP US Heavyweight title.
01:00Yeah.
01:00First ever champion.
01:11Winning the tournament, Tomohiroishi in the finals at Long Beach.
01:15The champion.
01:15The winner of the competition.
01:16The champion.
01:17The champion.
01:18The champion.
01:19Barad club.
01:21The trainer.
01:23Kenny Omega.
01:2512 points in the G1.
01:28A record of six and two.
01:30The first corner to ever win the G1, as he's been pointed out many times, but bears witness to be pointed out again.
01:40again tens on the last to go back-to-back at 0-3 and 0-4 the rocky
01:50all kenny omega has to do to get to tomorrow's final is beat the guy that he's never been able
01:57to beat the one thing that kenny omega has not done the accolades that kenny omega has but the
02:05one thing that you can say is he has not beaten the rainmaker the current iwgp heavyweight champion
02:15you know what else he's never done he's never hit the one winged angel on okada if he does it's over
02:20i'll tell you that that remains to be seen again that's what we talked about earlier with finishing
02:27moves if omega hits the one winged angel he wins he hit it dominion and okada got his foot on the ropes
02:38but if he hits it here that'll be it okada's never kicked out of that move ever
02:43it is winner take all here in the bbox final omega has to win okada can advance with a time limit draw
03:06he sits at 13 points six one and one if okada wins he sets a g1 record 15 points nobody's done it
03:25so we will keep an eye on the time now do you think okada's a guy that looks to run the clock
03:32out here knowing he just needs to draw rocky no kato's not smart enough for that no i don't
03:39i don't think that he's that kind of uh competitor he's an he's a guy who will stand up fight to the
03:46bitter end a champion a true champion i think he has to fight his fight and this crowd is electric
03:55getting to see the third in the trinity of omega okada the first one changed the wrestling world the
04:03second one changed the universe what's going to happen tonight it all started just down the road
04:09in january 2017 to the tokyo dome wrestle kingdom
04:16the main event that started it all like you said the match that set the wrestling world on fire
04:26okada omega this crowd is losing it and they haven't even touched yet nick give me some thoughts
04:32all right thank you very much kenny whips okada off reversal oh this is gotta go for the dropkick
04:50hang on keep an eye on kenny going for feed trigger trying to end it early
04:53uh-oh okada is staggered okada staggered omega charges v trigger out of the way
05:05puts him up in the corner goes for the dropkick cut off oh v trigger
05:14okada slips behind eats the elbow
05:16sat back up in the corner dropkick omega couldn't push him away that time okada extends the legs
05:25and perhaps understanding that there is a 30 minute time limit these guys are starting out going for
05:30all the marbles now one thing that you didn't notice though is okada hit the dropkick and immediately
05:37started grabbing his neck yeah he's selling he's grabbing his neck right now
05:41so omega realizing shot out of a cannon here realizing he's got to win so omega starting off fast
05:49but now okada sends omega to the barricade right in front of us
05:54right in front of us get the steel
06:06oh and over the railing goes omega
06:12watch out watch out
06:24and they took out three rows of chairs
06:39a replay here and another look
06:44that's a 240 pound man launching himself incredible athleticism of okada we've said it before
06:51so the idea of okada milking the clock and trying to get to the draw is completely ludicrous
07:01with the way okada aggressively went after omega
07:04as well as well as well as he throws them in kevin does that look like a man who's trying to play out
07:14no absolutely not elbow drop from the top get some height on that that neck is screaming
07:23but he hits the rainmaker pose but he hits the rainmaker pose and there it is can he do it in
07:28less than five minutes rainmaker no wow what a great counter trapped in the arms shot him outside through the ropes
07:37uh-oh this now gives omega the idea the opportunity
07:41whoa incredible pescada to the outside bikini omega and okada's neck jams into that barricade
07:51you'll see it right there don yeah oh wow oh no oh and we were talking about evil in that last match
08:00kotima dropped him on his head on the apron of the ring and you could see evil was squeezing his hand
08:07the tingles and it might be the same situation for okada here that was nasty
08:15he's definitely hurt you'll hear the young bucks i'm sure in the background
08:21exactly this is exactly the momentum shift that omega needs
08:26and that trader's tape is like a bullseye for omega the leg hook after the missile drop kick
08:36uno almost got to three
08:41and omega just brutalized okada with that missile drop kick
08:46shades of the tokyo dome match way of footprints on his neck
08:50of course it was minoru suzuki who played a physical role in this tournament on both kenny omega
08:58and kazuchika okada it was omega that had suzuki in the opener after suzuki beat us oh wow
09:05omega coughed up blood for four days but didn't forfeit any matches fought on piled up win after win
09:15but it was okada who faced suzuki on august 8 30 minute draw
09:27and before okada could get to the rope to force the break
09:32yeah kenny scooped up that leg trapped it now delivering elbow after elbow
09:39on that neck that hurt neck kenny's wrestling a very smart match right now he's got that trainer's tape off
09:48wow at all at all costs dangling it in front of that ghetto taunting him
09:58come on come on come on come on come on come on you have power of omega carrying the bigger man
10:09all the way back breaker two okada kicks out sound because that's not only affecting the lower back
10:20but the whiplash on the neck and then following up with that that right kick yeah that'll send shock
10:28waves up and down the spine and another one
10:35chop across the chest that puts okada's shoulders down kicks out emphatically at two
10:39the champion is defiant but omega is dominating him at this point in the match
10:47gato rallying the troops in the two matches these two men have wrestled this year combined
10:55bell time of 106 minutes and 45 seconds that's insane
11:03think gato's got money on this rocky
11:05uh i think everybody's got money on this well at least you're honest
11:13when rides on this is a birth in the finals
11:17g1 climax 27 the winner to face tetsuya naito
11:23straighten it out the leg of that six foot four inch frame
11:26senton and omega made him pay for it wow major miscalculation by the champion going for the senton and
11:36exposing his neck to the knees of omega look at that as we get another shot
11:43every single time everything that kenny does to okada the whiplash
11:48on that neck
11:56oh no piledriver piledriver
11:59oh no
12:01not a move we typically see from kenny
12:05okada trying to get the strength
12:07and power his way out of it but can't follow up no
12:17okada buying time
12:22omega out of the way bandera wait a minute
12:27drops the head neckbreaker of his own great counter by okada even out the match even the score
12:40okada looks to become the first reigning iwgp heavyweight champion to make it to a g1 climax
12:46final since yuji nagata did it in 2007. crowd very split if we're scoring this on points i've got it
12:5610-8 omega
13:01reversal this morning at this moment don i would have to agree yeah
13:06omega has had the better of it so far but now okada's starting to put together a run
13:13stiff elbow
13:16boot cdt
13:18can he nip up he tried no way couldn't do it last night can't do it tonight it was a struggle just to get
13:24off of his back
13:28oh that running uppercut though found its mark his shoulders are down
13:34oh kenny kicks out on one
13:35that mentally sends a message to your opponent when you hit somebody with a hearts shot and they kick
13:45out on one you start discouraging yeah you start reevaluating what you're doing
13:52yes yes yes yes trying to turn omega over in position for the tombstone now he's
14:03oh clubbing blow fantastic that makes scientific there oh chop to the nasty oh jesus christ jesus christ
14:15the box can't even look at it and now oh no get it possibly tombstone of his own
14:23watch it kitty watch it nice oh yeah it goes up yeah you can't escape no you can't look at that
14:35watch this moon salt into the knees knees of his own desperation move by okana
14:43Whoa, Frankensteiner from Omega.
14:53Omega so explosive with those Frankensteiners out of nowhere.
14:57Okada rolls to the floor.
14:59Dropped into the back of the neck.
15:01But there is no safe space.
15:03Omega not giving Okada much space.
15:08The Terminator will rise here in Ryogoku.
15:15And Kenny will-
15:19And Okada.
15:21Slapjack.
15:22Slapjack from the champ.
15:26And that took as much out of Okada as it did out of Omega.
15:32You can hear some of the crowd.
15:34Boo, it's split right down the middle at this moment.
15:38And Kato is losing his mind as he sees his meal tickets.
15:46Spine being brutalized by Omega.
15:50Scoops him up, tombstone.
15:51Gonna counter it, gonna counter it.
15:52Yep.
15:53Another chop to the neck.
15:56Slink chop.
15:59Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
16:01Just drop kicked Omega out of me there.
16:04Get out of the way.
16:06No, no.
16:08Uh-oh, uh-oh.
16:10My.
16:12Rufo is on the outside.
16:16On the floor.
16:18No.
16:22That could be it.
16:24Uno might stop it.
16:25He should stop it.
16:26First take a look at this.
16:27Look at this.
16:28The drop kick.
16:29Wow.
16:30That's fantastic.
16:31That's fantastic right there.
16:32This gave Okada the idea to go on the offense, but instead.
16:35Oh, Jesus.
16:36Oh, Jesus.
16:37You see the effect.
16:39My God.
16:40Right on the top of his head.
16:42And Okada hasn't moved.
16:44No, he has not moved at all.
16:46This isn't good at all.
16:47And Red Shoes is gonna wave this off, I think.
16:49We wanna win, but we don't wanna win like this.
16:52The kid's a great champion.
16:55You hate to see this, but I think he might be done, Rocky.
16:59Oh, no.
17:00Oh, another doctor checking on him.
17:02Oh, jeez.
17:03Oh!
17:04It's not good.
17:05No.
17:06Red Shoes is letting the referee, Red Shoes is letting the doctor check on Okada.
17:14He will advise Red Shoes whether or not to stop the match.
17:18Yeah, I would agree with that.
17:20You'd hate to see this trinity of matches end in a tragedy here for Okada.
17:25Yeah.
17:26And Kenny, the sportsman, not attacking.
17:30Oh, no.
17:35He's grabbing his left arm there.
17:38Oh, come on, Kenny.
17:41Shove the trainer aside, too.
17:42Trainer was down here.
17:43Flamed Gato should have thrown the towel in.
17:46Oh, no.
17:47Oh, boy.
17:50He could possibly be looking for a snap, driving Yusikawa.
17:53Oh, my.
17:55Clutching that wrist.
17:57Not much he can do.
18:01Trying to clasp the hands.
18:03He can kill him.
18:04No!
18:05He can kill him.
18:06No!
18:07Oh, God!
18:10He throws him in, no.
18:13This is a combination.
18:15God.
18:17God.
18:18God.
18:19Shadow!
18:23They come to heat down!
18:28Show him that close.
18:29And that looked like three from here.
18:32What in the world does Kenny Omega got to do to beat Kazuchika Okada?
18:38That was so close.
18:40Again, Okada, not much movement.
18:48Kenny feels and he smells and he tastes it.
18:52Time to finish it.
18:59Reggie needs to stop this.
19:04Okada's not moving.
19:05Yeah, I agree.
19:06Reggie might need to stop this.
19:07Well, instead of letting the referee do his job and maybe stop this match, Omega now pulls
19:14up and delivers the beat.
19:16Wow.
19:18So we're halfway there.
19:21Halfway to the time limit.
19:2315 gone.
19:2415 remain.
19:25Another knockout knee.
19:28I think Reggie should stop this.
19:31Or Gato needs to throw in the towel.
19:41There's not much on that.
19:43No.
19:44Instinctively, he's trying.
19:46He just doesn't have it anymore.
19:59Okada.
20:00Yeah, Omega's telling him about it.
20:02Tell him it's over.
20:03Jesus.
20:07Echoing Okada.
20:12Wait a minute.
20:13Okada.
20:14Okada.
20:15Possibly firing up.
20:16One, two, three, three.
20:21Oh.
20:22Yeah.
20:23Smart wrestling.
20:24Smart wrestling.
20:25Oh, man.
20:26Breaking him down.
20:27Oh.
20:28He's wide open.
20:29Oh.
20:30He caught it.
20:31He caught it.
20:32Elbows.
20:33Elbows.
20:34Oh, man.
20:35Standing beat trigger.
20:36Here we go.
20:37Here we go.
20:38Here we go.
20:39Here we go.
20:40Here we go.
20:41Here we go.
20:42Two stars.
20:43Two stars.
20:44How is Okada doing this?
20:49What an athlete, Rocky.
20:54I gotta give him his due.
20:55Wow.
21:00The crowd, electric.
21:02Seemed to be split.
21:05But I think more for Omega at this point.
21:18But we are witnessing a remarkable physical contest here as we look to settle things in the B block.
21:24Wow.
21:25Okada is really hurt bad though.
21:29Rocky, have you ever seen Okada in this kind of a compromising position?
21:32No.
21:33No.
21:34No.
21:39No.
21:40No.
21:41No concern, but.
21:42Yeah, even after getting dropped on his head.
21:45Omega is still the first one up.
21:47Yeah, yeah.
21:48Get him off the.
21:49Oh.
21:50Wow.
21:51Blasts him with a chop.
21:56And Omega now.
21:58Super play.
21:59No.
22:00No.
22:01Fisherman.
22:02Wants a Fisherman Buster from the second row.
22:06Okada delivers some elbows.
22:13I can't.
22:14Down goes Omega.
22:17Okada goes up.
22:19Drop it.
22:20Wow.
22:21Blast it on his neck.
22:22No, yeah.
22:23Blast it on his neck.
22:24Blast it on his neck.
22:25He landed nasty.
22:26He landed nasty.
22:27Omega glassy-eyed.
22:30Oh my God.
22:31Oh, come on.
22:33Oh!
22:34Oh my God.
22:35Oh my God.
22:36Oh my God.
22:38Oh my God.
22:47Shotgun, drop kick.
22:50Oh my God.
22:51Oh my God.
22:52Oh my God.
22:53Make your no block.
23:00Another boot drop into the neck with an uppercut.
23:05V-Trigger.
23:08Nailed it.
23:09Dropkick.
23:13God damn it, dropkick again.
23:16Not only did he dropkick him in the face, but on the way down,
23:20he landed right on his face.
23:22Watch this, guys, drop it, watch where he lands, right on top of his head.
23:27Wow.
23:27Double whammy, here it is, Redmaker.
23:29Blocked again.
23:30V-Trigger.
23:32Under the chin.
23:36German.
23:37Hi, German.
23:39Maintains waist control, switches to the wrist.
23:44Redmaker, no, Urodagi.
23:48Right on his end.
23:50Super Urodagi.
23:52Jesus.
23:53My, my, my.
23:59He's going for it, he's going for it.
24:02And it's over.
24:03Raymaker.
24:04No, no, no.
24:07Raymaker.
24:08But Okada can't follow up.
24:1030 minutes, 30 minutes.
24:1520 minutes.
24:1520 down, 10 to go.
24:18Well, look at the Rainmaker once again.
24:20Okada crawling desperately to try to make the cover.
24:26Back slide, it's a cover.
24:28He's in an up two.
24:29No.
24:31And again, Omega kicks out of the Rainmaker.
24:33Great shot right there, you saw it.
24:37Okada crawling like he did at Osaka when he ran out of time.
24:41What a war.
24:43We're just over 20 minutes.
24:51If this goes through a draw, Okada walks into tomorrow's final against Tetsuya Naito.
24:59Omega will not enter the final, we will not see him win back-to-back G1 championships.
25:08Somehow, Okada is on his feet.
25:11Somehow, Kenny Omega has not been able to capture victory yet.
25:19Superhuman effort from a man who might go down in history as the all-time man.
25:26Oh, wait a minute.
25:31He's got him, he's got him.
25:32Very close.
25:33Quickly, back slide.
25:34Kenny's conscious of the time.
25:36Yeah, desperation starting to set in.
25:38He's spraying.
25:39Rainmaker.
25:40No, no, no, no, no.
25:41Rainmaker.
25:43Hangs onto that wrist.
25:48This is the most dominant Okada has been this whole match.
25:54And it's after he's taken all the punishment that Omega has dished out.
26:01Rainmaker.
26:04Ladies and gentlemen, we are so close to possibly seeing Kazuchika Okada walk into the 2017 T-Roy.
26:30Rainmaker, no.
26:31On the neck.
26:38Omega keeping a hold of Okada.
26:41Right on his head.
26:43High journey.
26:44He's still got it, Kevin.
26:49He's maintained waist control.
26:52He'll try a third.
26:54Elbow from Okada.
26:57Okada has no idea even where he's at.
27:00He's fighting purely on instinct.
27:03Reverse one.
27:04Nailed it.
27:05He nailed it.
27:06No, that could be it.
27:11Cover him.
27:12Go for the pin.
27:13Cover.
27:14One.
27:15Two.
27:16And eight.
27:17That was two?
27:18That's two.
27:19That was only two.
27:20Okay.
27:21Need to hook the leg.
27:22This could be it.
27:26Here we go, here we go, here we go.
27:27If it hits us it's over.
27:28One ring names up.
27:29If it hits us it's over.
27:30One ring.
27:31No.
27:32Look at Okada counter.
27:33Look at him counter.
27:34Look at him counter.
27:35Look at him counter.
27:36Look at him counter.
27:37Whoa.
27:38Croix Raff.
27:40Croix Raff.
27:41Croix Raff.
27:42Croix Raff.
27:43No.
27:44Whoa.
27:45Kane hasn't used that move since last year's G1.
27:51And he's busting it out of Okada.
27:54And Okada was able to kick out after getting hit with Croix Raff.
27:58This, Rihidoku, sold out Rihidoku, dropped it.
28:08Dropped it.
28:09Dropped it again.
28:10But Omega's up, he's up.
28:11But so's Okada.
28:13Sucks him in.
28:14We're in there.
28:15We're in there.
28:16We're in there.
28:17We're in there.
28:18We're in there.
28:19We're in there.
28:20Okada's out.
28:23Oh God.
28:25Oh God.
28:26Drills him.
28:27One.
28:28Two.
28:29No.
28:30How did he kick out?
28:32How the hell did he kick out of that?
28:41Can he?
28:42Oh, feet trigger.
28:43Oh, feet trigger.
28:44That's a move that's worked all night for him.
28:46He's setting him up.
28:47He's setting him up.
28:48He's setting him up.
28:49He's got him.
28:50One.
28:51He's got him.
28:52He's got him.
28:53One.
28:54Two.
28:55One.
28:56Oh my God.
28:5924.40秒.
29:00The champion of Kenny Omega is the winner of Kenny Omega.
29:04Wow.
29:09Omega has done what has eluded him this whole year.
29:17He hit the one-winged angel and defeated Kazuchika Okada.
29:24He's going into the G1 27 final.
29:34Kenny Omega has won the B Block for the second year in a row.
29:41What a match.
29:44I think Dave Meltzer is going to need a new scale to measure that one, Kevin.
29:53The G1 27 B Block is the best winner, Kenny Omega.
30:05The G1 27 final winner is the A Block, Nanko Tetsuya vs Kenny Omega.
30:13The G1 27 B Block is the best winner.
30:16That's the announcement about tomorrow and the final.
30:20Naito wins the A Block, Omega wins the B Block.
30:24We said if he hit one-winged angel that Okada couldn't kick out.
30:31He never kicked out. He didn't kick out tonight.
30:34What a match.
30:36An incredible match.
30:39You can see Masawa, the trainer, the doctor, Hayashi out there as well.
30:47What an effort by Okada.
30:49Yeah.
30:50What an effort by both gentlemen. That was insane.
30:53In just pure insanity.
30:55The B Trigger for Omega. He went back to it over and over again.
31:00It worked for him like Okada's dropkick. It worked for him in the past.
31:05Here's your winner, Kenny Omega!
31:10And the WWE 2-2-0 final match.
31:14Tomorrow night, but will history repeat itself?
31:18Will the cleaner be able to defeat Tetsuya Naito one more time?
31:26Yeah. Well, he did it last year.
31:27He climbed a huge mountain tonight.
31:29He'll climb another one tomorrow.
31:31He said I'm gonna speak Japanese one more time.
31:44I'm gonna say I'm only gonna speak Japanese one more time.
31:46This isn't enough.
31:47It's not enough. No way.
31:52It's gonna continue.
31:55So tomorrow night, Naito.
31:58Tetsuya Naito, oh yeah, last year's rematch.
32:09You are so good, Naito.
32:20You are so popular, but the problem is all these people.
32:26Goodbye and Goodnight towels, Kenny Omega shirts, Bullet Club shirts,
32:33Elite shirts, Canadian flag.
32:39I will win.
32:42I will become the first ever two-time winning Guy Gene.
32:48And with that, thank you Young Bucks, thank you Nick, thank you Matt.
32:54I must bid you adieu.
32:56So everybody with me, goodbye.
33:01Mwah!
33:02And good night, Ben!
33:07Kenny Omega has exorcised the demons that have haunted him since last January 4th.
33:13Finally able to do what had eluded him, and that's capturing victory over Kazuchika Okada.
33:20With that mountain out of the way, he has one more to climb, and it will be a hellacious one.
33:26He faces Tetsuya Naito tomorrow, right here in Ryogoku.
33:32To declare who will be the winner of the G1 Climax 27.
33:39Kenny's going to celebrate with the Canadian home folks.
33:45And with that, we sign off here for Don Callis and Rocky Romero.
33:51I'm Kevin Kelly.
33:52We'll see you tomorrow, everybody, here at NJPWWorld.com.