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NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 night seven results, updated standings

Posted on by F4W Staff

There is now a four-way tie at the top of A Block following NJPW Best of the Super Juniors night seven.

El Desperado, Blake Christian, Titan, and Clark Connors all have 4-2 records and eight points. Tuesday’s event featured Desperado, Titan, and Connors picking up victories. Christian lost his second straight tournament match.

Here are the quick results from today’s show:

– A Block match: El Desperado defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru

– A Block match: Titan defeated Kevin Knight

– A Block match: HAYATA defeated Blake Christian

– A Block match: Clark Connors defeated BUSHI

– A Block match: TJP defeated Kosei Fujita

– KUSHIDA, Ninja Mack & Dragon Dia defeated Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo

– SHO & Yujiro Takahashi defeated DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku

– Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji defeated Shoma Kato & Katsuya Murashima

Six Best of the Super Juniors events are left before the finals are held at NJPW Dominion on June 9. The next show is on Wednesday (May 22) with both the A Block and B Block in action.

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 standings —

A Block:

  • El Desperado (4-2): 8 points
  • Blake Christian (4-2): 8 points
  • Titan (4-2): 8 points
  • Clark Connors (4-2): 8 points
  • Kevin Knight (3-3): 6 points
  • HAYATA (3-3): 6 points
  • BUSHI (2-4): 4 points
  • TJP (2-4): 4 points
  • Kosei Fujita (2-4): 4 points
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru (2-4): 4 points

B Block:

  • KUSHIDA (4-1): 8 points
  • Taiji Ishimori (3-2): 6 points
  • Hiromu Takahashi (3-2): 6 points
  • Robbie Eagles (3-2): 6 points
  • Drilla Moloney (3-2): 6 points
  • DOUKI (3-2): 6 points
  • SHO (2-3): 4 points
  • Ninja Mack (2-3): 4 points
  • Francesco Akira (2-3): 4 points
  • Dragon Dia (0-5): 0 points

Best of the Super Juniors finals to main event NJPW Dominion

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The Best of the Super Juniors finals are set to headline one of NJPW’s biggest events of the year.

It was confirmed today that the finals of Best of the Super Juniors 31 will be the main event of NJPW Dominion on Sunday, June 9. The show is taking place from Osaka-jo Hall and will air live on NJPW World.

The announcement means that the Best of the Super Juniors finals are going on last instead of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match between Jon Moxley and EVIL.

We don’t know who will be competing in the Best of the Super Juniors finals yet. There are still eight tournament shows left before Dominion. At the moment, Blake Christian has a 4-0 record and leads the A Block. KUSHIDA and Taiji Ishimori are tied for the B Block lead with 3-1 records.

Here’s everything that’s been confirmed for Dominion so far:

NJPW Dominion 2024 (Sunday, June 9) —

  • Best of the Super Juniors finals
  • IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley defends against EVIL
  • NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi defends against Henare
  • KOPW 2024 title holder Yuya Uemura defends against Great-O-Khan
  • NJPW World Television Champion Jeff Cobb defends against Tomohiro Ishii
  • Four-way tornado elimination match for both the IWGP Tag Team titles and NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team titles: KENTA & Chase Owens (IWGP Tag Team Champions) vs. Hikuleo & El Phantasmo (Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions) vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 night five results, updated standings

Posted on by F4W Staff

Night five of NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament consisted of 10 matches with A Block and B Block both in action.

After a pre-show angle where he was attacked by SHO, Hiromu Takahashi got his revenge by defeating SHO in the main event. There were also victories for Kevin Knight, Francesco Akira, Blake Christian, Robbie Eagles, BUSHI, DOUKI, HAYATA, Drilla Moloney, and Kosei Fujita.

Here are the quick results:

– B Block match: Hiromu Takahashi defeated SHO

– A Block match: Kevin Knight defeated El Desperado

– B Block match: Francesco Akira defeated Taiji Ishimori

– A Block match: Blake Christian defeated Titan

– B Block match: Robbie Eagles defeated KUSHIDA

– A Block match: BUSHI defeated TJP

– B Block match: DOUKI defeated Ninja Mack

– A Block match: HAYATA defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru

– B Block match: Drilla Moloney defeated Dragon Dia

– A Block match: Kosei Fujita defeated Clark Connors

Blake Christian, first place in A Block, is the only wrestler who still has a perfect record in the tournament. KUSHIDA and Ishimori took their first losses today but are still tied for the B Block lead.

The tournament is back in action on Sunday (May 19) with another show featuring both blocks.

It was announced today that the Best of the Super Juniors finals will be the main event of NJPW Dominion on June 9. There are eight tournament shows left before that.

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 standings —

A Block:

  • Blake Christian (4-0): 8 points
  • Titan (3-1): 6 points
  • Kevin Knight (3-1): 6 points
  • El Desperado (2-2): 4 points
  • Kosei Fujita (2-2): 4 points
  • Clark Connors (2-2): 4 points
  • HAYATA (2-2): 4 points
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru (1-3): 2 points
  • BUSHI (1-3): 2 points
  • TJP (0-4): 0 points

B Block:

  • KUSHIDA (3-1): 6 points
  • Taiji Ishimori (3-1): 6 points
  • Hiromu Takahashi (2-2): 4 points
  • SHO (2-2): 4 points
  • Ninja Mack (2-2): 4 points
  • Robbie Eagles (2-2): 4 points
  • Drilla Moloney (2-2): 4 points
  • DOUKI (2-2): 4 points
  • Francesco Akira (2-2): 4 points
  • Dragon Dia (0-4): 0 points

NJPW reveals Best of the Super Juniors 31 block assignments

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW has revealed the block assignments for the upcoming Best of the Super Juniors 31 tournament. 

The 20-man field will be broken into two blocks, A Block and B Block. Participants are awarded 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The competitor with the top points total in their block will advance to the finals. 

After suffering injuries in a bicycle accident, Ryusuke Taguchi has also been pulled from the tournament and will be replaced by Dragon Gate’s Dragon Dia. 

Best of the Super Juniors 31 kicks off on Saturday, May 11, with the tournament finals set for Dominion on Sunday, June 9. 

The matchups for each night of tournament action have also been revealed. Details are here, and in the embedded video below.

The block assignments: 

A Block —

  • El Desperado
  • Kevin Knight
  • BUSHI
  • Titan
  • TJP
  • Kosei Fujita
  • Blake Christian
  • Clark Connors
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • HAYATA

B Block —

  • KUSHIDA
  • Hiromu Takahashi
  • DOUKI
  • Francesco Akira
  • Robbie Eagles
  • Taiji Ishimori
  • Drilla Moloney
  • SHO
  • Dragon Dia
  • Ninja Mack

NJPW reveals YOH’s Best of the Super Juniors 31 injury replacement

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW has revealed YOH’s injury replacement for the Best of the Super Juniors 31 tournament. 

In a social media post early Friday, two-time BOSJ winner KUSHIDA was revealed as the substitute for the injured YOH. 

KUSHIDA notes in his video promo that he originally did not make the cut for this year’s BOSJ, but now he is stepping up and will go right for the trophy, and has cleared his schedule for May to take part in the tournament:

KUSHIDA won the BOSJ tournament in 2015 and 2017, and was the runner-up in 2014.

YOH is out of action after suffering a dislocated shoulder at Sakura Genesis earlier this month. NJPW announced Thursday that YOH also suffered damage to the labrum in the left shoulder as a result of the injury and would need to be replaced.

Block assignments have yet to be revealed for this year’s tournament which begins on May 11. The finals will take place at Dominion in Osaka-Jo Hall on June 9. 

The updated field: 

  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion SHO
  • Hiromu Takahashi
  • Ryusuke Taguchi
  • El Desperado
  • Kevin Knight
  • KUSHIDA
  • BUSHI
  • Titan
  • TJP
  • Francesco Akira
  • DOUKI
  • Robbie Eagles
  • Taiji Ishimori
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Clark Connors
  • Drilla Moloney
  • Kosei Fujita
  • Blake Christian
  • Ninja Mack
  • HAYATA

NJPW reveals Best of the Super Juniors 31 lineup

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW has revealed the lineup for the Best of the Super Juniors 31 tournament. 

This year’s BOSJ kicks off on May 11, with the tournament finals set for Dominion on June 9 in Osaka-Jo Hall. 

20 competitors have been announced for the tournament. Block assignments have yet to be unveiled. 

The tournament field includes four first-time entrants –Kosei Fujita, Blake Christian, Ninja Mack, & HAYATA. The current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion SHO, plus two former tournament winners in Ryusuke Taguchi (2012) and Hiromu Takahashi (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022) will also enter the tournament.

16 of the 20 competitors from last year’s tournament will return this year, with the exceptions being KUSHIDA, Lio Rush, Mike Bailey, and Master Wato.

The announced Best of the Super Juniors 31 lineup: 

  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion SHO
  • Hiromu Takahashi 
  • Ryusuke Taguchi
  • El Desperado
  • Kevin Knight
  • YOH
  • BUSHI
  • Titan
  • TJP 
  • Francesco Akira
  • DOUKI
  • Robbie Eagles
  • Taiji Ishimori
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Clark Connors
  • Drilla Moloney
  • Kosei Fujita
  • Blake Christian
  • Ninja Mack
  • HAYATA

YOH suffered an apparent separated shoulder in his IWGP Junior Heavyweight title match against SHO at Saturday’s Sakura Genesis event, which could necessitate a replacement.