Yuto-Ice

And then we had the Falls Count Anywhere on School Grounds tag team match.

And this was Desperado, who's gutting his way through his last match before he took time off for injury, teaming with Toro Llano, facing Ghetto and Yuto Ice.

Now, they did fight into the schoolyard, as we predicted.

They also fought into classrooms, et cetera.

Thumbtacks were spread around on the board.

Again, probably from the supply closet.

uh ghetto ended up going through that board and yano beat him so that was the uh the end there so uh yuto ice did not do the job ghetto did but desperado and toro yano won and if you're detecting a baby face theme to these finishes you're on to something

well steven i will tell you on cage match this was the highest rated uh match on the on the card

This was really well done.

Logistically This match because what we got Going on is we have stuff going on outside Of the ring area where the fans In the ring area can't see and the Wrestlers in the ring area can't see And we have them reacting in real Time to what's going on at the same time this is hard to do and the way they did it was awesome so we go into the principal's office all right and on the intercom is yuto ice and he makes an announcement your order to the principal's office i'm assuming is what he said so here comes yano and desperado this match it says it went 20 minutes this match was like 40 minutes they are lying this match is really long They go to the principal's office, all right? And we see who is sitting at the principal's desk.

It's fucking Gato.

He's got his feet up on the desk.

I honestly haven't.

I just saw the clips on New Japan World where Yuto Ice is screaming into the principal's microphone across the school.

And then that's the only clip I watched.

And Toriyano kicking someone's ass and...

This is why I'm so pumped about New Japan at the moment.

Because there's one character whose primary focus is around, "How do I get high and make a shit ton of money?" Right? That's his one fucking focus, and that is good old-fashioned Yuto Ice.

And he was like, "Ooh." As soon as Will said, "I wanna challenge you for that," he's like, "Ooh, I've got a fucking idea to, A, get high and make tons of money."

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"I'll book this shit." Right? It's the one character where that actually makes sense.

And for Will, he's like, "I want the, I wanna take you on," 'cause those interactions between Yuto Ice and Will Ospreay were fucking awesome.

Yeah.

And it's like, "I wanna take you on, kid.

You got the champions, United Empires, Great Okan, Hanare, and AEW World Champion...

Will Ospreay going up against the Unbound Co., Jeff Cobb, Oscar, and Yuto Ice, the Knockout Brothers.

Everyone brawled right at the start of the matchup.

You get Ospreay, who flattened Ice with a beautiful-looking plancha to the outside.

He tries to go for the hidden blade, but Cobb flattens him with a big elbow.

He tries to go for the tour of the islands, but Osprey is able to escape.

And then eventually Yuto Ice is tagged in.

And then we got some Yuto Ice and Osprey minutes.

Oh, not Shingo Takagi.

They're gonna be challenging, uh, is it Yuto Ice, I believe? They're gonna be wrestling for the IWGP Tag Team titles on November 3rd at Power Struggle, and it's going to be Ospreay and Newman.

And I assume that's the night where things break down, and we get the announcement after that of a Tokyo Dome match between Ospreay and Newman, possibly for the AEW World title.

Uh, that's where it looks like things are headed.

And when I look at Oiwa specifically, more so than Suji, way more so than Umora, who I just, I don't know if it's ever gonna happen with me and him.

You know, Yuto Ice, Oscar Zack Sabre Jr., a lot of wrestlers that I'm into on this roster.

W- uh, certainly post-pandemic, this is the most I've ever been engaged with New Japan Pro Wrestling.

But when I look at Oiwa and I see the way he's presented and I see the way that he wrestles, I go, "That is New Japan Pro Wrestling to me." And as long as Oiwa continues to be pushed and handled the way that he is, they will continue to have a viewer who is actively engaged out of me.