The Best of the Super Juniors tournament is winding down with more eliminations coming out of Tuesday’s show at Korakuen Hall.
All twenty members of the tournament competed on Tuesday with a double block show at Korakuen Hall in front of 1,310 fans.
RESULTS:
- Block B: YOH over El Desperado in 16:44
- Block A: Kosei Fujita over Titán in 12:50
- Block B: Taiji Ishimori over Hyo in 3:38
- Block A: Jun Kasai over Master Wato in 10:14
- Block B: Robbie Eagles over Jakob Austin Young in 9:36
- Block A: Nick Wayne over Valiente Jr. in 7:16
- Block B: SHO over Daisuke Sasaki in 6:34
- Block A: Francesco Akira over Ryusuke Taguchi in 1:54
- Block B: KUSHIDA over Yoshinobu Kanemaru in 8:22
- Block A: Robbie X over Daiki Nagai in 7:11
Ryusuke Taguchi was mathematically eliminated after his loss on Tuesday, joining Valiente Jr. and Daiki Nagai on the outside of Block A.
Daisuke Sasaki, Hyo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and Jacob Austin Young joined KUSHIDA among those eliminated in Block B.
YOH headlined Tuesday’s show with a victory against El Desperado, creating a five-way tie on top of Block B. YOH joins SHO, El Desperado, Taiji Ishimori, and Robbie Eagles with ten points each. Everyone else in the block is eliminated.
The top Block A match on Tuesday featured Kosei Fujita overcoming Titán to win with the Thrill Ride. Fujita scored the win after rallying from a double stomp to his forearm and clutching the injured arm afterward. Fujita is tied with Titán, Robbie X, Nick Wayne, Francesco Akira, Master Wato, and Jun Kasai in a seven-way tie for first place, each holding ten points.
It comes down to Wednesday’s show with another ten matches scheduled and everyone’s final round-robin match to determine who advances to Friday’s semi-final matches. The top two in each block advance.
Best of the Super Juniors – Wednesday, June 3:
- Block A: Jun Kasai vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
- Block A: Nick Wayne vs. Master Wato
- Block A: Robbie X vs. Valiente Jr.
- Block A: Francesco Akira vs. Titán
- Block A: Kosei Fujita vs. Daiki Nagai
- Block B: SHO vs. Jakob Austin Young
- Block B: Robbie Eagles vs. Hyo
- Block B: YOH vs. Daisuke Sasaki
- Block B: KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori
- Block B: El Desperado vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Block A:
- Titán (10)
- Jun Kasai (10)
- Master Wato (10)
- Nick Wayne (10)
- Kosei Fujita (10)
- Francesco Akira (10)
- Robbie X (10)
- Ryusuke Taguchi (6)
- Valiente Jr. (4)
- Daiki Nagai (0)
Block B:
- El Desperado (10)
- Taiji Ishimori (10)
- SHO (10)
- YOH (10)
- Robbie Eagles (10)
- KUSHIDA (6)
- Daisuke Sasaki (6)
- Hyo (6)
- Jakob Austin Young (6)
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru (6)
