Tiger Mask W
In the white mat jungle
shiroi mat no jungle ni
Ravaged yet again by a storm today
kyou mo arashi ga fukiareru
Deliver the fist of justice on the unruly villains
rule muyou no akutou ni seigi no punch wo buchikamase
Go, go, Tiger
yuke yuke Tiger
Tiger Mask!
A tiger, a tiger
tora da tora da
You shall become a tiger
omae ha tora ni narunoda
Go, go, Tiger
yuke yuke Tiger
Tiger Mask!
GWM News!
Global Wrestling Monopoly, GWM is hosting a tournament in Japan!
Champions from around the globe will face off in Japan!
Don't miss this worldwide big event!
Huh?
What's this load?
Tiger Mask goods, she says.
Maybe made too much?
Not at all.
We'll sell them all, so stand with me, Tiger Mask.
What?
Help me out.
Anyway... See you.
Okay. I'll be watching on TV.
Tiger's Den Bares Fangs
One quick stop.
The hospital?
Yeah.
Naoto-san, the guy you go see...
Who is he?
Daisuke Fujii.
Um... Uh... Who?
Daisuke-san is the wrestler who fought Yellow Devil.
Ah...
Sorry, I didn't really know pro wrestling before.
It was 3 years ago.
Naoto.
Yes, sir?
You'll continue fighting?
Yes.
If you're trying to avenge me, stop.
I myself can't forgive Yellow Devil.
Naoto...
And I'm a pro wrestler.
If I get a match, I go in the ring.
I see. Far more than I imagined...
You've become a strong wrestler.
A long way to go.
I haven't a single title.
That reminds me, where is the Zipangu Pro-Wrestling belt?
Mikasa should be taking care of it.
What?
Forget about it.
I wanted it.
You go for IWGP now.
You've a NJPW match today, right?
At Asahi Yamanakamachi Gym.
Oh... That place.
Of all places, right?
You okay?
I'll be fine.
I'm going as Tiger Mask.
I see.
Fujii-san.
Time for your physio.
Okay.
See you, Daisuke-san.
Okay, you take care.
Fujii-san is doing well recently.
Looks that way.
Maybe thanks to pro wrestling.
Huh?
I'm getting into pro wrestling from watching it with him.
You're watching, too, Ruriko-san?
I'm now a fan of Tiger Mask.
Eh?
Because Tiger Mask is so cool.
Cool, is he?
Yes.
Naoto-san, you watch it, too, right?
Yeah, sort of.
Ever been to a match?
Uh... Sure, I have.
Really?
I'd like to go to a match once, but I don't know what to do.
Will you take me to one?
What?
If it isn't too much trouble.
No, not at all. Okay, then let's go together next time.
Yes, please!
Why are you smirking?
Huh?
Road Closed
This can't be...
Still closed off?
- Take a left. - Huh?
There's a detour on the left.
Oh?
Are they... temporary housing units?
I used to live here.
What? You did, Naoto-san?
This is my hometown.
Naoto-san, didn't you live at a pro wrestling gym in Tokyo?
Before that.
This place was hit by a natural disaster.
My house was swept away.
I lost everything, family and home.
When I was spending my days idly,
pro wrestling came.
Daisuke-san's Zipangu Pro-Wrestling.
1...
2...
3!
I was able to regain my belt thanks to your support.
I've lost many times.
But I have risen every single time.
I don't know to give up.
I hope my pro wrestling will give you some strength.
I will keep trying hard!
Thank you very much for today!
Wait... Please wait!
- Huh? - What do you want?
Please let me join! I want to become a pro wrestler!
What all of a sudden? Go home!
I don't have a home!
Huh? What are you saying?
- The earthquake? - Eh?
Yes.
Pro wrestling isn't easy.
Seeing you fight gave me strength to finally get back on my feet.
So I also...
I...
Become a wrestler?
Yes!
Okay!
Tiger Mask joins the NJPW ring
So this is the gym you first saw him.
Yeah.
I've dreamed of being in a match at this gym,
but didn't expect it'd be in a NJPW ring and in a mask.
It should be your homecoming match.
They're all here for Tiger Mask.
Not a match by Naoto Azuma who suddenly left town.
Tiger Mask goods!
Tiger goods here!
Would you care for one?
Rain Maker goods over here! Would you care for one?
Are you copying me?
No, not at all.
So dinner...
Sure, fine, next time.
Would you like Tiger Mask goods?
Would you like Rain Maker goods?
Try a combo move?
Any we can do?
Well...
In the red corner, here comes Team Tiger Mask and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Okay, let's go.
In the blue corner, 95 kg...
Tama Tonga!
And 150 kg, Bad Luck Fale!
In the red corner...
The Bullet Club duo charge in before the bell!
But Tanahashi and Tiger counter in sync!
Here goes the bell, but...
Tama Tonga and Fale are both ring out!
Tiger Mask's arrow-like topé!
Will Tanahashi jump, too?
He jumps!
Clean hits by Tiger Mask and Tanahashi!
Almost like a long-time tag duo!
So hyped up already at the semi-final.
They sure are good.
You'll show them up in the main event.
Shut it. That's a given.
Sorry.
1...
2...
3!
An overwhelming victory by Team Tiger Mask and Tanahashi!
Nagata-san, is it really their first time teaming up?
They can try for the belt as a team.
Definitely possible.
Tiger!
That's unusual. Tiger Mask usually doesn't do that.
It's a homecoming match.
Huh? What?
No, it's nothing.
That was good, Tiger. We make a good team.
I think it went smoothly, too.
Next is the final match of the series.
The Kudanshita Budokan tournament.
As Team Tiger Mask and Tanahashi, go challenge the IWGP belt.
Me? For IWGP?
Let's wear the belt together.
Cool! Tiger Mask will gain more status.
I can sell more goods!
Hey...
Coming next, today's main event.
I can't let them outshine me.
Let it rain gold!
It feels strange.
What does?
To beat Yellow Devil from Tiger's Den,
I underwent hellish training and became Tiger Mask.
But... You know...
I'm fighting and traveling like any other wrestler.
Isn't it ordinary?
So what?
Is it okay?
Tiger Mask bares fangs at Tiger's Den.
But his true identity is...
Naoto Azuma who debuted from Zipangu Pro-Wrestling, right?
You aspiring to become a wrestler had nothing to do with Yellow Devil.
Hm...
It's true that all I wanted at first was to become a wrestler.
With Takuma.
Takuma?
We trained together.
Daisuke-san's son, but missing now.
I don't know what he's doing where.
The Zipangu Pro-Wrestling gym.
Zipangu
Members stay upstairs.
Basically for eating and sleeping.
Okay.
The back room is free. Put your stuff down.
Yes.
Hey.
Yes?
Don't quit.
I won't.
They all say that but leave. Even do a flit.
I won't.
Are you sure?
I'm sick of running errands alone.
Get up.
Get up, now!
Come on, get up, now!
This, too.
Mikasa won't be bossing around for long.
Huh?
I'll surpass him in a heartbeat.
You?
Yeah...
What?
I'll surpass him, too.
I'll race you.
Deal.
Tighter on the wrist.
Give up! I give up!
That new move seems useful.
It's working.
I'm next.
Wait... Let me take a break...
You don't get to make demands under a Tiger's execution. Get up!
How is it, coach?
Give it a bigger swing.
Yes, sir.
Boys.
You will be joining the tournament in Japan.
Get ready.
Copy that.
There!
Just like this.
We have everything over there.
Just bring your costume and personal items.
Miss X...
How long will the Tiger's execution last? A guinea pig for new moves!
It will end if you join the next Hell in the Hole.
The Hole?
That's your only chance to rise back up.
Please wait, Miss X! Tell the management...
I can still fight on the main stage!
Lady.
At your disposal, ma'am.
What's the Hell in the Hole?
Promising new wrestlers don't need to know.
Are we the only ones joining the tournament in Japan?
We'll find the opponents in Japan.
And another GWM wrestler will be joining us.
The Intercontinental Champion,
Yellow Devil.
- Oh... - Wow...
You'll get a chance to fight him, too.
Ta-da! Look at this!
What's that?
Tiger Mask's new cape.
He'll be joining the IWGP belt championship, so...
There's no need.
No need?
What's wrong with the one now?
It's not bad, but wrestlers often change costumes.
Not in my time.
At the turn of the century?
No, after the war.
That's even older.
Naoto-san, listen up.
Time for news.
GWM News!
The latest on GWM in Japan!
GWM built a permanent venue here in Sendagaya!
That is this...
Max Dome!
Bigger than Ryogoku Arena!
I knew something was coming, but...
It sure is huge.
How lucky that it's a permanent venue.
I'd like to fight there.
At Max Dome, GWM will host
the first Wrestle Max Masked World Tournament!
Masked champions from around the world will assemble!
The Euro Champion, Wagner!
The American Champion, Tiger the Dark!
He was here the last time too.
And the GWM Intercontinental Champion,
Yellow Devil!
Yellow Devil...
That wrestler...
GWM will welcome Japanese masked wrestlers to join the Masked World Tournament.
Please feel free to join.
The grand prize is $100,000.
Come to crush the Japanese again.
But I must join.
The first match will be next Sunday, starting at 3 pm.
Exactly the same as our final match!
This is a promotion war.
Two big matches both in Tokyo.
The modern day battle of Sumida River.
What's that?
In the good old days...
Ah...
But what'll we do?
It's the tag team match championship in the NJPW ring that day.
All masked wrestlers of Japan, We'll accept your entry from today.
For the famous wrestlers, we will be making offers.
Coming next!
Haruna-chan, get me in.
Huh? Wait, what'll you do about your promise with Tanahashi?
You have a NJPW title match on Sunday, Naoto-san.
I'm a tiger.
A prey is here. I'm going hunting.
But... That's...
I'll settle this.
Okay.
The management's decided.
We won't send any wrestlers to the Masked World Tournament.
Inform everybody.
Especially Liger.
Captain?
He won't go even if we tell him to.
Okay? We'll do our pro wrestling.
Besieged, in a sense.
We should strike back sometimes.
Don't be stupid.
Hey, Tiger Mask-kun. Came to support us?
No change in our plan.
The IWGP tag team match with you and Tanahashi will...
Please forgive me.
What do you mean, Tiger?
I will join the Masked World Tournament.
What?
You'll go to them?
I'm sorry.
How about our tag match?
In the NJPW ring, I learned the joy and depth of pro wrestling.
I'm very grateful.
But...
But I've decided to seek a new battlefield.
Tiger...
Is it the money?
He's not like that.
But when we need to work as one team to fight the promotion war...
Losing Tiger Mask is...
He's freelance after all.
- Nagata-san. - What?
The card for Budokan. I've no partner now...
Wrestle Max Masked World Tournament!
3 pm next Sunday, here at Max Dome!
Angels and demons intertwined by fate
tenshi akuma karamiau saga
Tempting me again
madowasu mata ore wo
But the path to be pursued is
daga susumubeku michi ha
Only one, so just take it
tada hitotsu idomu
Light and darkness, reality and illusion, Two sides of the same coin
hikari to kage hyouri ittai genjitsu to yume hyouri ittai
Own yourself, fend off temptation, Amidst pain and love
onore ni kate fukitobase janen itami to ai no naka
Life and death, offense and defense, Two sides of the same coin
datte ikiru mo shinu mo hyouri ittai seme mo mamori mo hyouri ittai
Now fight, until you drop
saa tatakae chikara tsukiru made
King of the WILD, WILD, WILD, King of the WILD, WILD, WILD
King of the WILD WILD WILD King of the WILD WILD WILD
King of the WILD, WILD, WILD, King of the WILD, WILD, WILD
King of the WILD WILD WILD King of the WILD WILD WILD
King of the WILD, WILD, WILD, King of the WILD, WILD, WILD
King of the WILD WILD WILD King of the WILD WILD WILD
King of the WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD
King of the WILD WILD WILD WILD WILD
WILD
Light and darkness, reality and illusion, Two sides of the same coin
hikari to kage hyouri ittai genjitsu to yume hyouri ittai
Own yourself, fend off temptation, Amidst pain and love
onore ni kate fukitobase janen itami to ai no naka
Life and death, offense and defense, Two sides of the same coin
datte ikiru mo shinu mo hyouri ittai seme mo mamori mo hyouri ittai
Now fight, until you drop
saa tatakae chikara tsukiru made
King of the WILD
Tiger Mask W
Powerful fighters have assembled. But I got my sights set only on you.
Tiger Mask W, "The Stormy Opening Match".
Who is the ultimate Tiger, you or me?