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The episode ends with a fourth-wall break. Kenji looks at the camera and whispers, "You've been watching for 24 episodes. Are you entertained by my suffering?" Episode 25: "Rising Storm" (Season Mid-Finale) Runtime: 32 minutes (Season high) Key Focus: The main event for the #1 Contender's Spot.

X-Club wins via DQ when Black Canvas uses a foreign object, but they advance on points. Episode 24: "The Promo of a Lifetime" Runtime: 22 minutes Key Focus: A "talk show" episode. No wrestling. Pure psychology.

Episodes 21 through 25 cover exactly one month in the storyline: the last week of the qualifiers and the first round of the "King of the Underground" tournament. Runtime: 24 minutes Key Focus: Recovery psychology and technical wrestling. X-club-wrestling-episode-21 25

This is the highest-rated episode of the arc on IMDB (9.2/10). Kenji returns to the ring wearing a custom "Exoskeleton" brace. He can't use his right arm for strikes, so he develops a new finisher: (a modified vertical suplex using only hip torque).

Episode 22 is a masterclass in "show, don't tell." Ryuji doesn't speak. He just dismantles three trainees in a minute. The episode ends with a fourth-wall break

Episode 25 delivers what the arc promised: a 5-star classic. Kenji (now fully healed) faces Viktor Kozlov in a match.

Many fans skipped this episode live, only to later call it the best in the series. Episode 24 takes place entirely in a dimly lit bar. Kenji, drunk on painkillers and sake, cuts a 15-minute unscripted promo on the Black Canvas leader. X-Club wins via DQ when Black Canvas uses

Desperate for numbers, the X-Club holds an open tryout. No one shows up except a mysterious figure in a tattered green and black tiger mask. This is , a disgraced former Olympian who was banned from judo for excessive violence.