New Japan kicked off this year’s Best Of The Super Junior today, the 30th edition of the annual prestigious Jr. Heavyweight showcase (and my favorite tournament of the year). Both blocks made up today’s event.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World FOR FREE! The event also streamed on ABEMA in Japan.
Click below to watch in Japanese:
https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00651_2_1
Click below to watch in English: https://njpwworld.com/p/s_00651_3_1
The announced paid attendance was 1401, a legit advance sellout. And a little more than recent Korakuen sellouts too (up about 100 from previous full capacity events).
All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1: Block B: Clark Connors beat Kevin Knight.
Match 2: Block A: Taiji Ishimori beat Ryusuke Taguchi by submission.
Match 3: Block B: Dan Moloney beat BUSHI.
Match 4: Block A: DOUKI beat KUSHIDA by submission.
Match 5: Block B: Master Wato beat Francesco Akira.
Match 6: Block A: Lio Rush beat Sho.
Match 7: Block B: Robbie Eagles beat Yoh.
Match 8: Block A: Titan beat TJP.
Match 9: Block B: Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat El Desperado by submission.
Main Event: Block A: Mike Bailey beat Hiromu Takahashi. SPEEDBALL V1!!! Perfect start for my pick to go all the way!
Day 2 is tomorrow at Nagano Prefectural Budokan in Nagano. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
