New Japan ran Day 9 of Best Of The Super Junior today, wrapping up Block A and determining who would advance to the Semifinals.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 831, a full house/near sellout. Osaka remains stricter about capacity limits than most of Japan despite pandemic restrictions being abolished.
Match 1: TJP & Great-O-Khan beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima. Khan pinned Nakashima after FGO (Fate/Grapple-O-Khan).
Match 2: Ryohei Oiwa & El Desperado beat Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles. Desperado beat Fujita with Numero Dos.
Match 3: Dan Moloney & Francesco Akira beat Gedo & Clark Connors. Akira pinned Gedo after Speedfire.
Match 4: Kevin Knight, Master Wato & Yoh beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi. Knight pinned TAKA after a Spike DDT.
Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
TJP beat Taiji Ishimori by forfeit (injury).
Match 5: Ryusuke Taguchi beat KUSHIDA.
Match 6: Sho beat DOUKI.
Match 7: Mike Bailey beat Lio Rush. As a result, Bailey wins Block A and advances to the Semifinals.
Main Event: Titan beat Hiromu Takahashi. As a result, Titan finishes 2nd in Block A and advances to the Semifinals. No 4-peat for Takahashi.
Day 10 is tomorrow with the final day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
