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00:00The IWGP U.S. Championship belt has been forged by the hands of pro wrestling's toughest fighters.
00:10For the first time since its inception, it was pried from the hands of its champion.
00:16Switchblade Jay White became the first to set the precedent.
00:20Fixated on establishing his dominance, he kept an iron grip around the U.S. belt.
00:25But now, a man who was with him from the beginning is out to end his rule.
00:33The flamboyant Juice Robinson refuses to remain New Japan's best-kept secret.
00:39Energized by pure excitement, he's hungrier than ever to win his first singles championship after a history of falling short.
00:45That was my first title chance. First one, but it ain't the last. I'll tell you that right now.
00:50To call himself the third-ever IWGP U.S. Champion, he must prove his vitality to his fellow young man.
00:59But he's walking around with that thing, and he's walking around with that thing.
01:02That belt for a reason. It's a bad mother.
01:04But I'm a badass mother, too, depending on what day of the week it is.
01:08Then, the rivalry took a turn.
01:12I'm no doctor. That's a broken metacarpal.
01:15Okay, Jay, guess what? I got 206 bones, motherfucker.
01:19You broke one.
01:20What was wrong today was a little bit sore from yesterday.
01:25After what I just did, it is definitely broken.
01:29I just crushed that left hand of God.
01:32Well, whatever wasn't broken in that hand is now.
01:37Jay White is gone.
01:39The Switchblade has fully taken over.
01:43I'm the champion in spite of the United States.
01:46Will the sadistic champion prove to be a cut above him, or will the flamboyant juice earn his first crown in the place he calls home?
02:11I'm an American.
02:13That's an American belt.
02:14You ain't an American.
02:16I'm going to be coming into San Francisco red, white, blue, sparkler shoot out of my nipples, and launching bald eagles out of my ass.
02:24That's right.
02:25They can charge your name.
02:27Choose, choose, choose as much as they want.
02:29It does not matter.
02:30It takes guts to challenge a titan, but heart to beat them.
02:41I'm all heart nuts.
02:43Heart in one broken hand, nuts in the other, mother...
02:45Switchblade Jay White versus the flamboyant Juice Robinson for the IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship here at G1 Special in San Francisco.
02:56Out.
02:57Well, in my estimation, Josh Barnett is fish or cut bait time for the challenger, Juice Robinson.
03:20This is the IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship.
03:26The challenger in the blue corner, the flamboyant Juice Robinson.
03:37He's colorful.
03:38He has a tire with his language and the whole nine yards.
03:41I haven't seen the sparklers from his nipples yet or the bald eagles from his ass, but I do see the cast on his left hand.
03:50That is incredibly important, although there are situations around that tonight in Fireman.
03:58Juice, Juice, Juice, Juice, Juice, Juice, Juice, Juice.
04:02He's spot the little pirate here tonight.
04:10Well, does leaving bounty include the United States title?
04:17Ironically, Juice Robinson and his opponent tonight, the champion, Jay White, were roommates
04:28at one time when they first came to New Japan.
04:33Well, they know each other very well with the bottom line, who might be, love you, Josh.
04:41In 2017, Juice Robinson lost three big-time title matches.
04:48Godot never title, Naito and the Intercontinental title, Kenny Omega and the United States title.
04:56Now, he hasn't been beaten by Ham and Eggers here.
04:58Right.
04:59But he's been, he's lost the big match.
05:01Right.
05:02That's why I think that Jay White's asking, can he win the big one?
05:06I think not.
05:07Well, the, uh, the track record would, would, would weigh in your favor on that.
05:14And, but to at least add to it, he does have wins against Kiroki Goto.
05:20Yes.
05:21And Kenny Omega.
05:22He can beat these guys.
05:23But not for the title.
05:24Not when it counts.
05:25That's exact.
05:26That's all I'm saying.
05:27He's a good kid, but so is Jay White.
05:31Young man from New Zealand.
05:33He went on excursion as many of the athletes in New Japan do.
05:37He came back and changed man.
05:39What life experiences, uh, occurred for him while he was gone.
05:44I have no idea.
05:45I don't know if anybody knows the exact idea of what happened.
05:49But he's got a different personality and he's a champion.
05:53Came out of the New Japan dojo.
05:57Not getting a rousing popularity.
06:02And the waiting champion in the red corner from chaos.
06:07Switchblade, Jay White.
06:12Jay White beat the great Kenny Omega on January 28th at the New Beginning event in Sapporo.
06:22Do you remember that was after he refused to join the Bullet Club?
06:29Correct.
06:30So, Kenny wanted to bring him into the Bullet Club.
06:33Um, back I guess when you could say that Kenny Omega and the Bullet Club's relationship is a bit more on the, uh, um, more of the, they, they, they use the wrestling lingo heel side of things.
06:45The U.S. Heavy Q champion, Kegos Switchblade, Jay White.
06:52The United States title that's recognized by New Japan was created in Long Beach a year ago.
06:59Correct.
07:00Kenny Omega won the inaugural contest.
07:03Ladies and gentlemen, a special rule is applied to this match.
07:07Oh Lord.
07:08If Juice Robinson uses his cast as a weapon, he could be subject to disqualification upon referee's discretion.
07:22Rightly so.
07:23I have to agree with that.
07:24If Juice was to use his cast as a weapon, this is not, uh, football in the 60s.
07:29Right.
07:30With, uh, Fred the Hammer whacking people in the head with a cast.
07:34Yeah.
07:35Jack Lambert biting people.
07:38Dick Buck is spitting on the football.
07:40Yeah.
07:41He's knocking them out.
07:42Yeah.
07:43He's knocking them out.
07:44Seriously, the, uh, I'm, I'm, I'm quite frankly, I'm a little bit surprised that, that this match was, is going on with one of the competitors having a broken hand.
07:54Well, it's not just that he can't strike with it, let's say, gripping with it is going to be a huge problem.
08:00You know, I, I broke a hand in a fight before and trying to, to secure a hold when you've got these broken bones mustn't around.
08:09And, and in this case, it's, it's not that he hasn't probably had those bones set yet.
08:15You know, they're not knitted together.
08:16Right.
08:17Right.
08:18It's still, there's weakness.
08:19There's damage in there.
08:20There's tissue damage.
08:21That's saying left hands.
08:22The key, it might be, he might be right there as Juice Robinson, take it down to white quickly and aggressively here, white back in the Mount.
08:30Yeah, and juice is going to be the obviously the overwhelming crowd favorite here tonight.
08:37It would seem.
08:38The lax handle misses for Jay white.
08:40Wow.
08:41Oh man.
08:42Robinson tried to hold on.
08:43top robinson tried to hold on he got one hand on a rope kind of helped himself there a little bit
08:49but i think his back's not has not been done any favors
08:59got every piece of him there though did he yeah he did coming off the apron
09:04juice looking strong to start this thing off
09:06oh my god well evil and vile intentions jay white was thrown into the security railing yeah we're
09:23right here folks and every piece of security railing moved oh my god destroyed him through
09:31it like a bowling ball through pins the next time they might want to hook those pieces together
09:37man you think i don't know if it would have stopped in the night jr a lot of velocity on
09:43minoro suzuki started that whole process earlier tonight challenging the security railing and he
09:48won by the way well it's hard to get a win over a security railing trust me that blue one over in
09:54japan is undefeated that's bad business big black bad and blue
10:03what the uh interesting ring attire designed by juice robinson here tonight very patriotic
10:09look at the right hand all right hand we'll forget that the left-handed oh you better keep it in mind
10:16oh nice knife edge to the right side again we mentioned this kid is is a left-hander so to have
10:27a broken hand your left hand pretty good significant piece of business here i've heard
10:32he's been brushing his teeth with his right hand and uh oh my god oh come on up and over what a
10:38suplex from the inside of the ring over the top to the outside white now surveying what damage might
10:44have been done enough to go after your opponent that's how much a lot yeah i don't think there's
10:53much that the jy wouldn't do to get this belt oh and i i guess we're not done he's moving people around
11:00and directing traffic is jy there they come right by us oh my god well i don't understand why that's
11:08even necessary throwing people's ass through the security railing into the front row adjusting the
11:14television equipment it makes no sense jay white makes no sense all i can think of is his mind is
11:21nothing but prime for violence jr well i understand the violence but you're not going to make any money
11:27out here you can't win your match out here you can't retain your title out here look at this well
11:33i can't say it's logical i'm not i can't defend that but i don't know that jay white is necessarily
11:40running on logic how long is the count out of the ring now 80.
11:47yeah they're going to they're going to respond to the uh the man of the referee
11:53hard shot by white you got to give him that he's a tough son of a bitch now
11:56just uh bats are getting wrecked chaotic uncontrollable chaotic nature uh the united states title matchup
12:18he's getting out of hand here you could argue that juice started it but man jay white's finishing it
12:25he seems to be getting every bit of revenge that he can out of that well white's got the most to
12:31lose obviously because he's the champion he's the incumbent juice robinson's got to come the
12:37realization somewhere along the way if he doesn't win this match tonight he's got to start all over
12:43it's not oh half hatch into the half-hatch suplex in the corner over here
12:49far like kicked out by juice robinson and now white's arguing the referee makes perfect sense
13:02some of these young guys don't realize how much of an advantage they have sometimes and they back
13:07away from aggression yeah and then they couldn't they want to they want to have a uh oh he's going
13:12right to the injured hand there you go you can call it dirty but it is legal and i don't i can't knock
13:18it what's this standing right on the broken hand the left foot of jay white there you see it great shot
13:28it's tough right on the broken hand so the perhaps the hypocrisy of this is that
13:38that jews can't use the left hand but they could but there's a photo can use it
13:42the crowd here expressing their disapproval
14:06jay white well you know i don't know that uh giving an
14:09f was something that jay white ever really had so certainly not for this crowd
14:16and not for juice robinson in his hand jay white is careful being an antagonist yes that's his
14:22mentality he's not the most social kid you'll meet but by god he's a hell of an athlete he really truly
14:28is you can disagree with his tactics or his attitude or his sportsmanship or lack thereof
14:34but he's a hell of a wrestler you cannot take away from him his ability in the ring just like you can't
14:41take away from him but this is with that crescent kick juice misses the kick but finds a place for
14:49those back elbows and he left his balance got his balance off a little bit closer to his legs didn't
14:58have the wide base therefore he got suplexed rather easily by jay white nicely done by the champion
15:05very nicely done really nasty backdrop suplex from jay white
15:12here we are another submission
15:16leg grapevine
15:16this move has been around since before i was no not this part of it part of the new innovations going
15:28for the face not getting his hand as well
15:33man
15:37juice robinson is tied up he's all tied up can't come in the phone
15:41look at this there's a lot of guts right there folks to try to get to that bottom row but he
15:49juice is being punished he's being tortured by jay white but finally the guts and courage this kid
15:57from chicago is able to get to the bottom rope
16:00look like a variant of tom howard's uh number 54 possibly i don't know how many people remember tom
16:18very talented hand no doubt and look at these forearm shots you know juice has so much to gain here
16:26i just think that for the beginning right at the very opening salvo it's been all jay white yes
16:36jay was able to turn it around it's really stayed firmly in his grasp
16:41but he's got to be careful that like that that youth uh the arrogance that's pulling away that
16:47letting his opponent breathe doesn't come back to haunt him
16:49juice robinson's chest looks like sirloin
17:01and he is so defiant as this kid
17:04kind of you know you're supposed to be objective out here but you kind of hope he wins it
17:09he's not laying down for jay white not for anything
17:13and the bad break there might have been the fact that juice fell back to the ring where he can depend
17:17i don't know if jay's thinking pin he doesn't seem to be does he that could be a big mistake sadism
17:26running wild here but not putting him in position to finish this match jay white's emotions
17:33are trumping his common sense you don't give this kid has been beaten up he's got a broken hand you let
17:40him get him get back to his feet and those stinging jabs will not beat him
17:51but the silver silver silver i assume
17:56and the juice
17:59got on the loose there and countered
18:03jay white is working to deliver a big time right hand
18:05there goes jay right to the hand right to the bad hand
18:27a little hesitation there
18:29the juicer there and he gets a nice iron anderson like spine buster always works always will
18:41very simple into the point
18:45white jay white uh jay white and his opponent here tonight juice robinson came to newton about three
18:53years ago we mentioned they were roommates throughout the training period going in the dojo being
19:00trained in a spartan-esque environment that is very effective
19:05referee red shoes keeping it
19:07face first
19:11beautiful dream suplex well that's evident that's a very new japan pro wrestling dojo technique right there
19:19did you are arm lock
19:27give me submission time
19:29that broken bone yes sir and it's not illegal
19:36he says he's got 206 bones in his body he's only broken one
19:40but it's that one that makes all the difference right now
19:43i don't be trying to convince jay white of that statement or himself
19:47nonetheless
19:49robinson has shown amazing guts and simply the will to win this thing plus he's brave enough to wear
19:56those boots well hey man robinson has had no lack of heart i know he's come up short in these big
20:02title matches before but it's not been because he didn't want it it's not been because you know he
20:08wasn't out there giving everything he had i expect nothing less from tonight
20:14these guys have both brought their a game oh that's fine first that's a sickening thud right in front
20:21of us here on the ring post it's fine to steal steal wins every time
20:27wow wow you've done fucked up now
20:45where's my hat
21:05oh i'm fine
21:05well you know uh melee here
21:14don't stop because of me folks
21:16this uh impetuous unless you can't sometimes you can't slow the horses down
21:27i get that
21:32not the place for it appreciate you see that
21:34that
21:45no i'm not okay somebody asked
21:49the lack of control out here is ridiculous
21:51the officials to get their shit together
22:04so anyway folks we get ourselves back together here
22:11and the hand is exposed
22:16chair misses
22:17robinson going for the face of the champion just barely missed it
22:39well robinson watered some heat he got some
22:42i mean jy jy white i mean that's all right no no i hear you i'm a little
22:46mobulated i'm a little disheveled right now i i hear you uh
22:51kid was going to get well we try to tell people we try to tell people nobody wants to listen
22:55to common sense about wrestling
23:00oh ain't nobody trying to get in their way
23:04they're on the outside now a minute there's no rules here that are actually enforced it's
23:11embarrassing
23:19that is a difference maker from robinson to jay white
23:24man this is this is one more chaotic unpredictable scenes i have ever been a part of in my career
23:42well glad i could be here for you jr to be a part of that i've always said my my partner can beat your partner anytime
23:49thank god you are here well i hope i hope you don't see this as some sort of prophetic element
23:56like once i start around with john barnett then i end up in this crowd we're good we're good buddy
24:04it's a wrestling match where else you want to be i want to be right here i guess so but i i
24:09know i'm really pulling for juice juice that'll probably jinx his ass
24:18i wonder who's going to pay for this monitor i'm not i don't make enough money for that me neither
24:26these are high-tech monitors these are panasonic he's been flown in direct from japan
24:30and the jews holding on for dear life there on the apron of the ring these boys spend a lot of time
24:38on the apron don't they they sure do that's the hip and cool
24:49juice is holding on for literally his professional life i know it's a big statement to make but this kid's
24:56got to win this match absolutely not to mention i mean the danger of what could happen if jy was
25:02successful in this maneuver right now you know that it's not a joke that we keep talking about how
25:08dangerous the apron is it's not just landing on the apron itself it's that drop straight off of it as
25:12well these are major big athletic bodies they moved our table the whole nine yards just in a blink of an eye
25:19a side brush and leg sweep from the apron to the floor
25:30now what what's next what's it going to take in other words can you hear that
25:41i don't know if either of these guys can hear much right now with a with an impact like that
25:46and jr brought up something these these are big athletic bodies they when they go careening into
25:51these these railings you see them they're practically moving into the air tonight hey that's a lot of
25:57force to make these steel railings hop like that this one that's in front of us actually right now
26:01the base is bent they hit so hard 12 13 13 14 14 14 17 16 is a magic number here
26:15so we're back to where we started back in the ring that's good that's a good thing they beat the hell
26:38out of each other both these guys admire their efforts sometimes not their strategy but they're
26:44amazing young athletes we can't take that away from them whatsoever
26:55man what a what a setup offensive setup that was by juice robinson
27:00well now they're going back to the top well we know bad things happen there
27:13we're having issues with josh's microphone after our calamity over here
27:21juice robinson trying to put some things together here he's been out counter-wrestled
27:28by jay white all night well it looks like he's got the upper hand here
27:34brain buster wow off the top with a heavy impact fire leg is hooked shoulders are down
27:42and jay white to his credit able to kick out and continue this match for his united states side look at
27:51the height here these guys have fallen off just about everything in the building
27:57and yet still finding some way to fight through all of this to try and eventually come out on top
28:07no matter what's thrown at them
28:08robinson trying to find that combination
28:19countered by white into that crucifix position throwing those back elbows and quickly and directly
28:26those juice robinson the call for a break i don't know why we're not getting a break
28:37well i can imagine why we're not getting a break because jay white
28:42no hair about rules straight runner no countered
28:53left hand remember the left hand's got a cast on it turn around turn around
28:58countered by there's a backslide shoulders are down and a backslide
29:04great pinning predicament is the backslide here comes that blade runner countered again
29:07looking for that face busted but no oh man why am i not surprised at a blatant low blow
29:21referee obviously did not see it because of the position he was in don't blame the referee
29:28it should have been a disqualification but it may end directly to the ending this match
29:37left hand referee is down the left hand catches jay white flush on the face
29:46white's in big time trouble here if you haven't noticed cold friction
29:52that juice is loose
29:55cold friction face buster
29:59robinson can get covered again
30:01it's not three and handed to the champion
30:12white may be unbalanced he's a tough bastard
30:17left hand illegal but so is the low blow if that means anything
30:22it's just i've got an hour time in it we may need all of
30:36two athletes are prone in the ring right now
30:40not much left in either of them two really good athletes no doubt about that
30:45or they wouldn't be in this main event level match
30:54but again it's the champions match to lose
30:58juice robinson for his career's sake in my opinion as i mentioned earlier must win this match
31:05back to pulp friction goes for a counter right across the hand
31:11not not too cool but very effective
31:17couldn't quite see it look like a chicken wing suplex
31:22swinging a mess by juice half nelson half nelson suplex
31:27you know that blade runner's coming next
31:41to win
32:06in another stage time beautiful technical wrestling just straight out of the scientific
32:15wrestling playbook just that's basics right there done perfectly
32:23nothing fancy no special name
32:27juice is able to be resilient
32:37and he makes it back to america
32:44and he becomes the united states champion how african
32:51and that american that u.s title goes on to a american athlete and juice robinson for the first
32:57time yes kenny omega starts it off he's canadian has basically been the british commonwealth
33:04for america to go and take that
33:12and also respect to jay white don't worry j i'll see you later
33:28a very emotional champion it'll be interesting to be on this journey with jay white the new united
33:42states champion folks we've been waiting on this one for a long long time the time is finally here
33:48the iwgp heavyweight title will be decided when the new champion defensive title for the first time
33:54kenny omega versus cody it's live and it is next
34:08so
34:13so
34:15so
34:17Chill!
34:35Choose, baby!
34:37Choose!
34:38Choose, choose, choose, choose, choose, choose, choose!
34:42Rolling jogar high.
34:44Boom!
34:46Whoo!
35:16One, two, three, four!
35:46One, two, three, four!