New Japan ran Day 9 of Best Of The Super Junior 31 today.
Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 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 1520.
All matches were Best Of The Super Junior matches, 30 minute time limit.
Match 1: Block B-Ninja Mack beat KUSHIDA.
Match 2; Block A-HAYATA beat Kosei Fujita.
Match 3: Block B-Sho beat Dragon Dia.
Match 4: Block A-Blake Christian beat BUSHI.
Match 5: Block B-Taiji Ishimori beat Drilla Moloney.
Match 6: Block A-Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Titan.
Match 7: Block A-Kevin Knight beat Clark Connors.
Match 8: Block B-Hiromu Takahashi beat Robbie Eagles.
Main Event: Block A-TJP beat El Desperado.
Standings:
Block A:
1-HAYATA, 5-3, 10 pts
2-Christian, 5-3, 10 pts
3-Titan, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Desperado, 5-3, 10 pts
5-TJP, 4-4, 8 pts
6-Knight, 4-4, 8 pts
7-Connors, 4-4, 8 pts
8-Kanemaru, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
8-BUSHI, 3-5, 6 pts (OUT)
10-Fujita, 2-6, 4 pts (OUT)
Block B:
1-Takahashi, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Ishimori, 5-2, 10 pts
3-Sho, 5-3, 10 pts
4-Eagles, 5-3, 10 pts
5-DOUKI, 4-3, 8 pts
6-KUSHIDA< 4-3, 8 pts
7-Moloney, 4-3, 8 pts
8-Mack, 3-4, 6 pts
9-Akira, 2-7, 3 pts (OUT) (injured)
10-Dia, 0-7, 0 pts (OUT)
The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals.
Day 10 is Tuesday at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka with Block B matches only. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.