New Japan wrapped up the Best Of The Super Junior 31 today with the Semifinals.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was an ABEMA simulcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1483, a legit advance sellout.
Match 1: Blake Christian, Ninja Mack & HAYATA beat Shoma Kato, Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA. HAYATA beat Kato with a modified armbar.
Match 2: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gedo, Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors in 67 seconds. Fujita pinned Connors with O’Connor Bridge. Afterwards, Fujita & Eagles made an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title challenge.
Match 3: Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan beat TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Yemura. Cobb pinned TAKA after Tour of the Islands.
Match 4: Titan, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji beat Dragon Dia, Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Tsuji pinned Yano after Marlowe Crush.
Match 5: Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi beat Callum Newman & HENARE. Naito pinned Newman after Corriendo Destino.
Match 6: Shota Umino & 4 TBAs, revealed at match time to be Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata & Hiroyoshi Tenzan, beat Dick Togo, Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Ren Narita. Umino pinned Togo after Death Rider.
Best Of The Super Junior Semifinals:
Match 7: Taiji Ishimori beat TJP.
Main Event: El Desperado beat DOUKI.
As a result, the Final will be Ishimori vs. Desperado. The Final is Sunday.
The next event is DOMINION, the annual June Osaka blowout event, Sunday at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a TV Asahi exclusive live broadcast in Japan. One change was also announced for the card-the main event of IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hon Moxley vs. EVIL for the title is now a Lumberjack Deathmatch. No time limit, no countouts, lumberjacks around the ring to interfere when the action goes outside the ring.
