Yuya Uemura

Yeah, yeah, yeah, probably so.

All right, next up, Singh's match was X against Yuya Uemura.

This turned out to be Taka Michinoku.

Okay.

So, yes, that was good news because Taka can still work, and he and Uemura had a pretty decent match right there.

Uemura ended up winning with a submission.

Of course, Taka's not going to go over Yuya Uemura in this instance, but the good news was he's a good wrestler, so you got a chance for a decent match right there.

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

So I don't know who this was, but they were defeated 12-14.

Yuya Uemura defeats Takamichi Noku 9-46.

Pretty good match.

Exactly what you would expect it to be with two great technical workers like that.

But I do worry that like with everything kind of currently taking from that like New Japan, like big match style, that we're kinda losing that a little bit.

But as I see with like current New Japan now, like the new guys, like your, your UIJs and your, uh, Yuya Uemura is kind of trying to create their own style and trying to like move away from that a little bit, and being like creative enough to be like, "We're gonna do our own thing," that kind of like settles those worries a little bit and like-

Hmm

... okay, we're gonna get more like people mixing styles and coming up with new things and doing different things in different kind of ways, so.

There's no getting 30,000 tickets if they don't have star power.

And the biggest match to me this past year that they could do at Wrestle Kingdom in the main event is Yota Tsuji versus Yuya Uemura if they were to stick with the roster that they have.

And I'm sorry, Kenny Omega versus Yota Tsuji is a much bigger match and it's going to pack that building much more.

And you got to do that this year.

And he has now ascended in a, in, in a year when, you know, a lot of people, insiders were, were speculating of Shota Umino's potential.

It is, it is Oiwa who has now taken the thing, and it, it's undeniable, and it, this, and I as, as someone who is a Yuya Uemura lover, apologist at times, I even can accept Oiwa's the babyface ace.

Mm.

He is.

Mm

... pummel your, you know, your, your ribs and your guts basically, and there's two things I loved about it.

One was you compare the G1 Final of Yuya Uemura trying to like, uh, you know, sliver, you know, sh- catch as catch can, out wrestle, like get out of the stuff through technique.

You know? Like that was his approach.

Yeah, because...

The other potential one would be Oiwa versus Uemura after that sublime G1 final.

You want to wait and let that marinate a little bit before you get back there.

And the only way that gets bigger is if the world title is involved.

So then you have to get Tsuji out of that picture.

So yeah, I think while Uemura, Oiwa, whenever they do that again, that's going to garner a lot of attention.

I'd keep them in separate blocks of the G1 next year.

Just don't.

Yes.

We also have a singles match between Yuya Uemura and X, which I assume is going to be Taguchi.

And Taguchi is also wrestling in a 60-minute time limit DDT Universal Championship match where he's putting his belt on the line against the challenger Dick Togo.

The main event is a special tag match where Taichi will be teaming up with a mystery partner who will be revealed on the night against Naomichi Marufuji and another mystery partner, which there's been a lot of speculation that it will be Kanemaru.

I keep wanting to preview the Super Junior Tag League.

No, I won't do it.

And so it's the Elder Esprado, Taichi, and Yuya Uemura.

So three members of...