New Japan wrapped up Block A of Best Of The Super Junior today, setting the first half of the Semifinals.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1032.
Match 1; Ninja Mack & Dragon Dia beat Shoma Kato & KUSHIDA. Mack pinned Kato after Ninja Bomb.
Match 2; Zack Sabre Jr. & Robbie Eagles beat TAKA Mcihinoku & DOUKI. Sabre pinned TAKA after Zack Driver.
Match 3: Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Taiji Ishimori. Takagi pinned Gedo after Pumping Bomber.
Match 4: HENARE Return Match: Callum Newman & HENARE beat Yujiro Takahashi & Sho. HENARE pinned Takahashi after Streets Of Rage.
Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
Match 5: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Clark Connors by countout.
Match 6: BUSHI beat Kevin Knight.
Match 7: TJP beat Titan.
Match 8: Kosei Fujita beat Blake Christian.
Main Event: El Desperado beat HAYATA. As a result, Desperado wins Block A and, because of tiebreakers (head-to-head results), TJP finishes 2nd and both advance to the Semifinals.
Final Standings (Block A):
1-Depserado, 6-3, 12 pts
2-TJP, 5-4, 10 pts
3-HAYATA, 5-4, 10 pts
4-Christian, 5-4, 10 pts
5-Titan, 5-4, 10 pts
6-BUSHI, 4-5, 8 pts
7-Kanemaru, 4-5, 8 pts
8-Connors, 4-5, 8 pts
9-Knight, 4-5, 8 pts
10-Fujita, 3-6, 6 pts
The final day of Block B is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be an ABEMA simulcast in Japan.
