New Japan 5/17/22 & 5/18/22 Results

New Japan continued the Best Of The Super Junior yesterday and today-yesterday was the start of Block B and today was the second day of Block A.

Yesterday’s event was held at Sakata City Kokutai Memorial Gym in Yamagata and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 629.

Match 1: Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Clark Connors beat Yuto Nakashima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yoh. Connors pinned Nakashima after Trophy Kill.

Match 2: Tiger Mask & Ace Austin beat TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Austin pinned TAKA after The Fold.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Sho & Taiji Ishimori beat Jado, Alex Zayne & Ryusuke Taguchi. Sho beat Jado with Snake Bite.

Best Of The Super Junior Block B:
Match 4: DOUKI beat El Lindaman.
Match 5: El Phantasmo beat BUSHI.
Match 6: Robbie Eagles beat Wheeler Yuta.
Match 7: TJP beat Master Wato by submission.
Main Event: El Desperado beat Titan.

Standings (Block B):
1-DOUKI, 1-0, 2 points
2-Phantasmo, 1-0, 2 points
3-Eagles, 1-0, 2 points
4-TJP, 1-0, 2 points
5-Desperado, 1-0, 2 points
6-Lindaman, 0-1, 0 points
7-BUSHI, 0-1, 0 points
8-Wato, 0-1, 0 points
9-Yuta, 0-1, 0 points
10-Titan, 0-1, 0 points

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 936.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima & Tiger Mask beat Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa. TM 4 pinned Fujita after a tiger driver.

Match 2: Jado, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Master Wato beat Dick Togo, Gedo & El Phantasmo. Wato beat Phantasmo with Vendeval.

Match 3: Robbie Eagles, Titan & Wheeler Yuta beat TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado & DOUKI. Yuta beat TAKA with Seat Belt Clutch.

Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
Match 4: Yoh beat Clark Connors.
Match 5: Ace Austin beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Match 6: Alex Zayne beat Sho.
Match 7: Taiji Ishimori beat Ryusuke Taguchi.
Main Event: Hiromu Takahashi beat Francesco Akira.

Standings (Block A):
1-Takahashi, 2-0, 4 points
2-Ishimori, 2-0, 4 points
3-Zayne, 2-0, 4 points
4-Austin, 2-0, 4 points
5-Yoh, 1-1, 2 points
6-Akira, 1-1, 2 points
7-Connors, 0-2, 0 points
8-Kanemaru, 0-2, 0 points
9-Sho, 0-2, 0 points
10-Taguchi, 0-2, 0 points

Day 4 is tomorrow at Hachinohe City East Gym in Aomori with the second day of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

New Japan Best Of The Super Junior Day 1 Results (5/15/22)

New Japan kicked off the 29th Best Of The Super Junior Tournament today, returning the prestigious Jr. Heavyweight showcase to its traditional May-June spot on the calendar after a couple years of pandemic-related disruptions. It’s also back to its normal round-robin format featuring 20 of the top wrestlers from New Japan and its affiliated promotions-CMLL, All Elite Wrestling, Impact Wrestling as well as newcomers from both Japan and around the world. Today kicked off with the first matches in Block A, and will alternate with Block B for the first half of the tournament then in the second half both blocks will compete on every card.
Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on New Japan World in Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 1541. This was probably close to a sellout with the venue at roughly 50% capacity.

Match 1: Master Wato, Tiger Mask, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Robbie Eagles beat Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita, Yuto Nakashima & Wheeler Yuta. Wato pinned Fujita with Recientemente,

Match 2: BUSHI & Shingo Takagi beat Dick Togo & El Phantasmo. Takagi pinned Togo after Pumping Bomber.

Match 3: El Lindaman, Titan & Jado beat TAKA Michinoku, DOUKI & El Desperado. Titan pinned TAKA after a diving footstomp.(Note: Titan’s entrance music will be altered due to music rights)

Best Of The Super Junior Block A:
Match 4: Ace Austin beat Clark Connors
Match 5: Alex Zayne beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Match 6: Francesco Akira beat Sho
Match 7: Hiromu Takahashi beat Ryusuke Taguchi (comedy match)
Main Event: Taiji Ishimori beat Yoh by submission

Day 2 is Tuesday at Sakata City Gym in Yamagata with the start of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

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