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00:00New Japan Pro Wrestling is back in Ontario for the second year in a row for Resurgence.
00:06Tonight's lineup.
00:09First match, Matt Vandegrift versus Fred Rosser.
00:16Second match, Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship.
00:20Champions, Royce Isaacs and Jarrell Nelson versus Challengers, TJP and Templadio.
00:32Third match, David Finley, Game Kid, Clark Connors and Gettle versus Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, Carl Anderson and Doc Gallows.
00:46Fourth match, Strong Openweight Championship.
00:53Champion, Tomohiro Ishii versus Challenger, Trilla Maloney.
01:03Fifth match, Never Openweight Championship.
01:07Oh, pile driver!
01:11Oh my god!
01:13This is going to be it, one way or the other.
01:22That's a really hot!
01:25Fantasmo scramble, and it's only one!
01:28No, no, no, no, no, no!
01:31Tekashi Da, Neopi, 60 minutes, not 15.
01:37This belt, Ontario, is a title match.
01:43It's about 15 minutes.
01:45It's not going to be finished.
01:48It's not going to be finished, PLP.
01:51Finally, I'll be in the ring.
01:54I'll be in the ring.
01:55I'll be in the ring.
01:57Champion, Kunosuke Tukeshta versus Challenger, El Phantasmo.
02:04Double main event, Strong Women's Championship three-way match.
02:11Three-way, New Japan Resurgence in Ontario, California, and you can settle it then, in the ring, the right way.
02:19Mercedes, Mina, and Azumi.
02:22A three-way, a frickin' three-way?
02:24That means I can possibly lose this without being committed or pinned.
02:27Both of them together, they're going to learn real quickly that there's a price to pay when you mess with Mercedes.
02:34Champion, Mercedes Monet versus Challenger, Mina Shirakawa versus Challenger Azumi.
02:45Double main event, IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
02:52IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
02:54IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
02:55The next champion.
02:57Who is it?
02:58Who is it?
02:59The champion, and who can be the champion.
03:03The champion is the champion.
03:04The champion is the champion of the world.
03:06The main champion is Zack Saber Jr.
03:09I am the next challenge of your next challenge.
03:16I will take it.
03:18Champion, Meroki Goto versus Challenger, Zack Sabre Jr.
03:28Resurgence begins now.
03:39I will take it.
04:02Hello, wrestling fans.
04:03My name is Walker Stewart alongside the incredible VEDA Scott.
04:06And VEDA, it is time.
04:08It is Resurgence Live in Toyota Arena.
04:12And emerging from the curtain right now.
04:16You wouldn't know it maybe from seeing him in the past,
04:19but this is the current, the new version.
04:24Some would say, well, Matt Vandegrift would say the best version
04:27of Matt Vandegrift here back in the New Japan ring.
04:32No longer Strong Survivor and now competing tonight on the main card.
04:40VEDA, there is chaos in the classroom.
04:42The NJPW Academy has poured over into Ontario tonight.
04:47But Matt Vandegrift takes on his trainer and former mentor, Fred Rosser.
04:58Trainer, former mentor and former tag team partner.
05:02I mean, the last time we saw Vandegrift in the ring here, he abandoned Fred Rosser in a tag team match.
05:11I mean, Rosser has been trying to get his hands on him since they had another encounter after that.
05:16And if you review the tape from the academy, Matt Vandegrift able to defeat Fred Rosser with his feet on the ropes.
05:23Now they're back here again to go at it one more time.
05:33That is no days off for Fred Rosser, although he did miss out on Rosser in action back in Chicago, Illinois.
05:39But from Chicago then to tonight in Ontario, the mission for Fred Rosser is simple.
05:44To break the middle finger of Matt Vandegrift that was so disrespectfully thrown at Rosser back in Long Beach.
05:52And beyond that, to humble the young star that is Matt Vandegrift.
05:58We've watched Matt Vandegrift as confident and his arrogance grow throughout that ring in the Strong Survivor position.
06:06And he believes that he has surpassed that now.
06:08Defeating, oh, there's that middle finger.
06:11Oh, and Vandegrift went right after Rosser.
06:16And we're already getting started here.
06:18Whoa!
06:19Crashing into the guardrail.
06:26Well, the bell sounds were officially underway.
06:28And we are getting it started hot and heavy.
06:30Vandegrift on the cover immediately.
06:32Whoa!
06:33And that was, that was almost over.
06:36Well, that blew Psycho knee out of the corner.
06:38Listen, we talked about it on the kickoff earlier on.
06:40We crowned a new Strong Survivor in CJ Tino.
06:43Matt Vandegrift, the first ever Strong Survivor, was, was nominated back in Las Vegas in 2023 to compete for that first Strong Survivor position.
06:53And, wow, that 450 nearly connected.
06:56But it was Fred Rosser that got the better of that exchange.
07:00Now, if Matt Vandegrift is going to continue to pop off high risk maneuvers like that 450, he's got to remember that Fred Rosser knows him better than possibly anyone.
07:10But apparently, Matt Vandegrift didn't, uh, didn't let his teacher know all of his tricks.
07:17Well, you know, Vandegrift's been active on the independent professional wrestling scene since back in 2017.
07:23A Santino Bros wrestling trainee local here to California, but really sharpened up, leveled up his skills heavily whenever he first stepped into the ring with Fred Rosser in the NJPW Academy.
07:35But it wasn't Rosser teaching Vandegrift to poke people in the eye.
07:38Well, and Rosser was telling Vandegrift to bring it on, and Vandegrift, again, it just, Rosser wants a fight. That is clear.
07:48And Vandegrift willing to bring it to him, but again, he continues to cut those corners.
07:53Whoa.
07:55Ah, well, give me a damn break, Vandegrift.
08:01Oh, and Fred Rosser gonna make sure that there is no break to be given here tonight.
08:05No, days off! Oh, man!
08:11Well, Vandegrift got the better of that exchange there.
08:16And very quickly, we're back inside for it.
08:18Fred Rosser can talk about him, known Vandegrift so well.
08:21Vandegrift knows the same. Here's the cover.
08:24And it is only two.
08:26Vandegrift has a lot to prove here.
08:28He's claiming that he deserves to be here on the main card.
08:32He's claiming that he's gone beyond the academy.
08:35He's gotta defeat his trainer if he wants that to be true.
08:38And Rosser, he's gonna do whatever he can to teach that lesson.
08:43And Rosser, oh, it was constant motion.
08:49Vandegrift got the boot up, and Rosser with a separation.
08:53Whoa!
08:54Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
08:55Oh, no!
08:56Oh, no!
08:58Oh, and Rosser, that is full body weight on the chest of Matt Vandegrift.
09:08You know, from that Busaiku knee out of the corner to get this one started off that sunset flip powerbomb attempt,
09:18you can tell Matt Vandegrift has studied New Japan Pro Wrestling throughout.
09:22From a man like Kenta to a man like Hiromu Takahashi, those are the styles that Matt Vandegrift wants to embody,
09:28not just in this matchup, but in his great old role.
09:31But now Rosser, he's managed to turn it around, and Fred Rosser, although we think of him, you know,
09:38as so technically sound, he has that cross-faced shigling.
09:42He is more than happy to fight here on the outside.
09:45We can think of his war with Juice Robinson, his wars with Tom Waller,
09:50I mean, he can get physical when he wants to.
09:54Yeah, no one could have imagined during those wars with Tom Waller
09:57that the two men would eventually find themselves on the same side of the corner.
10:02That dirty work tag team of Fred Rosser and Tom Waller put on pause for the singles match tonight.
10:09Well, and Rosser, he broke up the count.
10:12You know, he rolled back into the ring indicating that he intends to keep this match on the outside,
10:17but maybe not for long, because that might be the end of Matt Vandegrift right there.
10:21And that was a harsh landing for Matt Vandegrift.
10:24And one more time. Oh, man.
10:27So hard into the garden that they broke apart.
10:30Oh, and now, yeah, screw the Toyota Arena, right, Fred?
10:34This is, well, this is not at all what you're wanting to see here,
10:38but it's the levels that we knew this would be taken to tonight.
10:41You do not disrespect a former strong openweight champion like Fred Rosser,
10:46a New Japan Academy trainer.
10:48He didn't get away with it.
10:50He's going after that middle finger.
10:52Oh, wow.
10:53He said he wanted to break it off.
10:54I mean, he meant literally.
10:55He did.
10:56And Vandegrift tried to escape underneath that barricade.
11:01Oh, and just shoved right into the knee.
11:03Out of the midsection of Fred Rosser.
11:05Vandegrift still struggling to get back up to his feet.
11:08Uh-oh, Rosser's following him.
11:09Oh, and we're going on to the outside here.
11:10And we're going to do our best to keep up with it all throughout Toyota Arena tonight.
11:24There's...
11:25Grabbing Vandegrift by the hair.
11:27There is no one running for safety when you're in the ring with the master.
11:31The master of the sport, like Fred Rosser is.
11:36And Vandegrift going to run right into Rosser.
11:38Whoa!
11:39Over the top.
11:40Vandegrift saved himself.
11:43Watch out.
11:44Air Vandegrift.
11:45Oh, ho, ho!
11:46You could hear the thud of bodies onto the floor.
11:51And look at the face of Matt Vandegrift.
11:54He is drained.
12:02Let's go, Matt!
12:03Let's go, Matt!
12:04Let's go, Matt!
12:05Let's go, Matt!
12:06Let's go, Matt!
12:07Let's go, Matt!
12:08Let's go, Matt!
12:09Let's go, Matt!
12:10And who could have imagined this coming into Ontario tonight?
12:13Chance of let's go, Matt, throughout the arena in this singles match.
12:16Followed up by a chorus of boos because, as you said, Fred Rosser has a lot of support in the crowd, too.
12:23And I will say this.
12:25Matt Vandegrift's family is actually sitting behind us here in the commentary.
12:30And, uh, yeah, and they are very, very vocal in their support.
12:34Yeah, well...
12:35I mean, this...
12:37Vandegrift's behavior, I mean, if that's what they're all about,
12:40I mean, it wasn't an interesting household growing up in there.
12:42Well, I mean, hey, family supports family.
12:45And this is now a cover inside.
12:47Wow!
12:48And only a two-count says referee Scarlett Donovan.
12:51And arguing with the official is not going to help you win a match,
12:55especially against a man like Fred Rosser.
12:58Oh!
12:59Disrespectful!
13:00I mean, when you talk about family supporting family,
13:05the NJPW Academy was like a family for Fred Rosser.
13:10Matt Vandegrift, a part of one of the very first classes to enter the NJPW Academy.
13:15Yeah, there is a reason why Rosser was pushing Vandegrift so hard,
13:20why he was pushing him to succeed.
13:23And now he is laughing this off.
13:29Yeah, it's only going to fire up a man like Matt Vandegrift.
13:32Dragging Rosser back up into position.
13:41Whoa!
13:42Fred breaks out!
13:43Oh!
13:44And got right to that side one more time.
13:51I mean, Vandegrift fully in control here.
13:54Going to find the cover once again.
13:56A very quick kick out at two.
14:08Yeah, he's asking for more here.
14:12It's iron sharpens iron.
14:14Do you want more?
14:15Give me more!
14:16Give me more!
14:17Give me more!
14:18Give me more!
14:27Vandegrift is loving this.
14:32That is not his favorite.
14:33Oh!
14:38Well, Vandegrift has been asking for attention from New Japan management
14:42from Academy officials.
14:44He's got that attention tonight.
14:46Wow, Vandegrift.
14:48He's staggered.
14:49He might be out.
14:50Well, look at this.
14:51The high knee lifts right now from Fred Rosser.
14:59It is a BMF style.
15:01A slug him style that you're seeing out of Mr. No Days off here.
15:05Vandegrift using the ropes to even keep himself on his feet.
15:13But not for long.
15:14He crashed it to the canvas.
15:19Yeah, that's using every part of your body as a weapon.
15:23Cut from stone is Fred Rosser, and those hips are not lying tonight.
15:26Vandegrift still prone in the corner.
15:34Whoa!
15:38Vandegrift up.
15:39Whoa!
15:40Right to the back of the head of Fred Rosser.
15:44Oh, that was brutal.
15:46Rosser clutching the back of his neck.
15:48Oh, and now, trying to keep Rosser from protecting himself.
16:00Ah!
16:07I like this out of Vandegrift, the evolution of what we've seen.
16:11Oh!
16:12Into the corner now.
16:13When the match is slow and steady, it's in Vandegrift's favor.
16:18But when the heat turns up, Fred Rosser is coming out to play.
16:24Rosser's still holding on to the back of his head.
16:27That is worrisome.
16:29But he's gutting his way through this.
16:34The human gut check that is Fred Rosser.
16:37No, no, no, no.
16:38Vandegrift up and over, up and over.
16:41Could we see it?
16:43In the corner.
16:45On the roll!
16:47Oh!
16:49Rosser decapitating Vandegrift.
16:52And that is a message sent, if I've ever seen it, Veda.
16:58They are both down.
17:00Rosser slowly starting to climb back up.
17:03And that may have completely neutralized
17:05Matt Vandegrift.
17:09I like to look here.
17:13To pull him back into position.
17:15No Fred!
17:16No Fred!
17:17No Fred!
17:18No Fred!
17:19No Fred!
17:20No Fred!
17:21No Fred!
17:22No Fred!
17:23No Fred!
17:24No Fred!
17:25No Fred!
17:26Yeah, this is great for Rosser, maintaining wrist control.
17:27Keep things close to the chest in the bay.
17:28Vandegrift.
17:29Whoa!
17:31Oh, but Fred's giving it right back.
17:32Fred's giving it right back.
17:42Well, Fred Rosser knows how to jab for the best of a Bob Backlund trainee.
17:47Let's see what Rosser can do here.
17:50Big combo, but no.
17:51Oh, up and over.
17:57Oh, rolling elbow.
17:59And Vanecrim's not down.
18:01Not for long.
18:02One, two, three, four.
18:05Rosser up, up, up.
18:07Gut check.
18:08No, Vanecrim caught it.
18:11Oh, right into the cover.
18:14In a...
18:15No.
18:16It's just two.
18:18Vanecrim was ready.
18:20He was waiting for that gut check.
18:28This is the biggest singles match in Fred Rosser's
18:31professional wrestling career.
18:33Matt Vanecrim's biggest professional wrestling career.
18:35Vanecrim gritting his teeth and making the climb.
18:40might have been thinking about that 450 again, but Rosser able to get back on his feet.
18:48Maybe he don't care for the attitude, but Matt Vanecrim is doing exactly what he said he was
18:53going to do.
18:54He's here on the main card of resurgence, and he is showing out.
18:58Well, right now he is taking advantage.
19:02That's all that Vanecrim has asked for.
19:04The advantage, the attention, and tonight, the light shined down bright on the aerial chemist.
19:11No!
19:124.50, and the knees are up for Rosser.
19:16On the shoulders.
19:18Gut check.
19:19Gut check.
19:21Oh, I thought that was it.
19:28And so did the rest of Toyota Arena by the sounds of it.
19:31Matt Vanecrim out at two.
19:33I think Fred Rosser thought that was it as well.
19:39I mean, he was riding on adrenaline there.
19:54Fans are rallying behind Fred Rosser here tonight.
19:58And even still, Matt Vanecrim.
20:01Oh, the disrespect.
20:04He went for that finger again and got caught in the chicken wing.
20:08Yeah, went for the finger and got the neck instead.
20:11The cross-faced chicken wing.
20:12It's all over.
20:14Fred Rosser with the win.
20:18And Rosser's still holding on.
20:20He's still...
20:21He's still talking trash, too.
20:24That was not just a message to Matt Vanecrim.
20:39It was a message to the NJPW Academy.
20:42It was a message to the New Japan Pro Wrestling roster.
20:46Put up or shut up.
20:48And tonight, Fred Rosser will raise his hand in victory.
20:51You know, you've got to wonder, in the back of Fred Rosser's line...
20:59Yeah, maybe Matt Vanecrim, you don't like the way he's been going about things.
21:07He's been extremely disrespectful.
21:08But Rosser, there might be some pride deep down in there.
21:13Because Matt Vanecrim truly has grown into an incredible competitor.
21:18Even though he couldn't get the win tonight.
21:21Hey, let's not act like after 23 years of a pro wrestling career for Fred Rosser...
21:26...that the man has ever worn a chip on his shoulder.
21:28He understands where Matt Vanecrim is coming from heading into tonight.
21:32When he looks to teach Matt Vanecrim exactly what Rosser had to learn...
21:36...at a very young age.
21:38It is a win tonight for Fred Rosser.
21:40And the question remains, what comes next for Matt Vanecrim in New Japan Pro Wrestling?
21:45I'm just a kid from New Jersey that made it all the way.
21:49I think you're taking it from me, I've been called to play.
21:52With the rest in the world, I put your hands on your favorite legends.
21:55I think it's a part of a team, and then we became a Nexus.
21:58I ain't got time, we'll take off.
22:01I've been knowing crime, and it's pay off.
22:03I'm not that gonna lie, I'm gonna call.
22:06Cause I ain't got time, we'll take off.
22:09Yeah!