4.29大分は絶対に負けられない！
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Tanahashi:
‘Finally, this engine of mine is getting fired up! I said it in the ring, wherever I am on the card, I want to thrill the wrestling world. That love will never die, and it's a love I can feel Juice has. Thank you Juice.’

Juice:
‘Thank you Tanahashi san. You're an awesome partner. Where was that in the tag league huh? EVIL, Naito.’

Tanahashi:
‘Beppu is our night!’

Juice:
‘I’ve got to take that, and walk into the biggest match of my life. I’ve been wrestling for ten years now. WWE for five years. Nothing I did in WWE is even comparable to wrestling Naito. I’m nervous as f***. But before I go to bed every night, I think. And I think, probably all of you guys think I’m gonna lose. Most of New Japan Pro Wrestling thinks I’m gonna lose. Most of the fans think I’ll lose. And I might. But there’s gonna be a day when I won’t lose, with a title on the line. And that day may well be April 29th. I’m at the bottom of the mountain right now, and Tetsuya Naito is at the top. Nowhere to go from there but down. What happens to LIJ after that? I don’t know, but I’m climbing. I’ve got nothing to lose. If I lose to him, I just stay right here. I have nothing to lose and everything to win. Naito has nothing to win and everything to lose. Biggest match of my life. Let’s do it.’


* EVIL was assisted backstage without comment.

Naito:
‘Juice Robinson. No reason he should be a challenger at all. The one thing I respect about him was that before the New Japan Cup, he said at that press conference if he won he wanted to challenge for the Intercontinental Championship. You had your eyes on the prize. But guess what? You lost in the second round. Is there one person, one single person that really wants to see Juice Robinson in a title match? That really wants to see him win? Because they should get to Beppu. I mean, come on, this is his first and last big main event, right? Not much time left, the least anyone could do is show up to cheer for poor Juice Robinson. Cabron’