New Japan ran Day 5 of Best Of The Super Junior 33 today, beginning the series of single-block only events. Today had only Block A matches.
Today’s event was held at Osaka City Central Gym Sub Arena in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1192.
Match 1: Gedo & Taiji Ishimori beat Taisei Nakahara & Tatsuya Matsunoto. Ishinori beat Nakahara with Bone Lock.
Match 2: Zane Jay & Jacob Austin Young beat Masatora Yasuda & Daisuke Sasaki (DDT). Young pinned Yasuda after Jacobs Ladder.
Match 3: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Robbie Eagles beat Tiger Mask, Toru Yano & Yoh. Oiwa pinned TM 4 with TM Clutch. Afterwards, the TM 4 farewell speech tour resumed as this was his final Osaka appearance.
Match 4: Hyo (Dragon Gate), KUSHIDA & El Desperado beat Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Sho. KUSHIDA pinned Togo.
Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
Match 5: Nick Wayne beat Daiki Nagai.
Match 6: Titan beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Match 7: Francesco Akira beat Valiente Jr.
Match 8: Jun Kasai beat Robbie X.
Main Event: Master Wato beat Kosei Fujita.
Standings (Block A):
1-Titan, 5-0, 10 pts
2-Taguchi, 3-2, 6 pts
3-Kasai, 3-2, 6 pts
4-Wayne, 3-2, 6 pts
5-Wato, 3-2, 6 pts
6-Akira, 2-3, 4 pts
7-X, 2-3, 4 pts
8-Fujita, 2-3, 4 pts
9-Valiente, 1-4, 2 pts
10-Nagai, 0-5, 0 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. At this point it’s looking like the battle is for 2nd behind Titan.
Day 6 is tomorrow at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.