Marty Asami
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Oct 16, 2026
Steven ConwayHOST
So I was very happy to hear that one.
Steven ConwayHOST
And then after a Marty Asami bump, And a good match, by the way.
Steven ConwayHOST
This match was really good, but look who's in it.
Steven ConwayHOST
Everything Will Ospreay did was over with this crowd.
Ryan RudnikHOST
[laughs] Got him.
Daniel SolorzanoHOST
Uh, chucks, chucks Marty Asami into the timekeeper's table and, [laughs]
Ryan RudnikHOST
Mm-hmm
Daniel SolorzanoHOST
... and then he rips the W off of the, off of the belt and spits it into Tanahashi's face.
Chris JerichoHOST
Kind of explain, 'cause people don't know exactly what that means, what the dojo is and what you have to do while you're there.
David FinlayGUEST
Yeah, I get picked up by Marty Asami from Narita Airport, and I thought...
David FinlayGUEST
He was one of the young boys as well, 'cause he's, like, maybe four foot eight.
Chris JerichoHOST
[laughs]
Jeremy DonovanHOST
If you look at the cage match score, some of the online reactions, some of the reviews that are out there, and a lot of it comes down to what many people perceive as a blown spot where Drilla hits a second Drilla Killah.
Jeremy DonovanHOST
gabe's hand and feet or by the rope marty asami's counting one two and holds off on the three count it looks like a botch and then you know gabe gets his foot on the rope after the two count um i think the idea was like his foot and hands were underneath the plane of the ring and that broke the pinfall but it It just didn't really come off as that.
Jeremy DonovanHOST
So I know a lot of people, a lot of their, you know, hate for the match has come from that spot.
Josh SmithHOST
So this is something that's not as emphasized.
Josh SmithHOST
But like, I think in the West we're so used to like, unless it's directly under that rope very clearly, you know? So I think that that's sort of where the misconception sort of exists a little bit for the fan base.
Jeremy DonovanHOST
Yeah.
Jeremy DonovanHOST
Well, I think, yeah, two of the issues I feel like with that is, um, One, I feel like Marty Asami, we've seen several times where referees know the finish and they hole off on a three count, and that's what it looked like.
Jeremy DonovanHOST
That's what he
SP3HOST
Because this Driller Killer, you get Driller who pins Kid, and Kid's hand is obviously under the plane of the rope.
SP3HOST
But Kid keeps it there, and Referee Asami comes in.
SP3HOST
You get Drilla, who hooks both legs, and Referee Asami counts the one, two, three, despite Kid's hand being clearly under the bottom rope.
SP3HOST
He counts the one, the two, and then all of a sudden, Kid hasn't moved or anything, and Asami stops short, and it's so weird.
SP3HOST
It comes off very weird, and it comes off like a botch because he doesn't acknowledge the fact that Kid's hand is under the bottom rope.
SP3HOST
He points to drillers putting kids foot on the rope to signal that that's the reason that he's breaking the pin.
SP3HOST
The ref bump just seemed unnecessary.
SP3HOST
And then that I saw there was like some computer.
Steven ConwayHOST
Then kids leg after all that has happened.
Steven ConwayHOST
Then Gabe kids leg goes over the bottom rope and Marty points to the leg on the rope.
Steven ConwayHOST
clearly seconds after he spent this was a disaster it looks stupid but my question here Did Maloney make a mistake hooking both legs when he should have left one? The other side is, if you're Gabe Kidd and you know both of your legs are hooked, why the hell don't you grab that bottom rope? Why would you just lay there like a slug to be pinned? Because you
Jeremy FinestoneHOST
can't lift your hand up and undersell the drill and kill it.
Jeremy FinestoneHOST
And I think that was probably what was supposed to happen.
Jeremy FinestoneHOST
But in the heat of the moment, it just, it didn't happen.
Jeremy FinestoneHOST
And there was no real way to get out of it other than Marty's like, oh, look, the hand.
Jeremy FinestoneHOST
And then, and then Joe's like, what? And the leg falls and Marty moved back.
SP3HOST
It was just like, okay, this matchup did not need this.
SP3HOST
And then I saw there was confusion on Marty Asami, who
SP3HOST
definitely botched.
SP3HOST
He definitely botched.
SP3HOST
And literally Gabe's hand is under the rope the entire
SP3HOST
time.
SP3HOST
But Marty Asami comes in, he counts the one, two, and then Gabe does not move whatsoever.
SP3HOST
And he just stops the pin.