New Japan ran Day 9 of Best Of The Super Junior 33 today featuring Block A.
Today’s event was held at Tsubame Civic Gym in Niigata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 825.
Match 1: Tiger Mask beat Tatsuya Matsumoto. Afterwards, TM 4 gave his Niigata farewell to the crowd.
Match 2: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Robbie Eagles beat Masatora Yasuda, Toru Yano & Daisuke Sasaki (DDT). Jackson pinned Yasuda after a senton.
Match 3: Dick Togo & Sho beat Gedo & Taiji Ishimori. Sho pinned Gedo.
Match 4: Yoh, KUSHIDA & El Desperado beat Zane Jay, Jacob Austin Young & Francesco Akira. KUSHIDA beat Jay with a hoverboard lock.
Best Of The Super Junior Block A (except Match 5 below):
Match 5: Block B: Hyo beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Match 6: Master Wato beat Daiki Nagai.
Match 7: Robbie X beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Match 8: Nick Wayne beat Titan.
Main Event: Kosei Fujita beat Valiente Jr.
Standings (Block A):
1-Titan, 5-2, 10 pts
2-Wato, 5-2, 10 pts
3-X, 4-3, 8 pts
4-Wayne, 4-3, 8 pts
5-Fujita, 4-3, 8 pts
6-Francesco Akira, 4-3, 8 pts
7-Jun Kasai, 4-3, 8 pts
8-Taguchi, 3-4, 6 pts
9-Valiente, 2-5, 4 pts (OUT)
10-Nagai, 0-7, 0 pts (OUT)
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals. With Titan again blowing a chance to perhaps clinch and Wato now in a tie for the lead, it means 10 pts is now the minimum needed to advance so Valiente is now eliminated and Taguchi would need tiebreakers to have any chance. In Block B, Hyo & Kanemaru both are now at 3-3, 6 pts, 2 pts off the lead (Sho & El Desperado).
Day 10 is tomorrow at Takaoka Techno Dome in Toyama with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.