NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 1)

2016-05-21

Beginning this Saturday, May 21st, New Japan Pro Wrestling will begin their annual Best of the Super Juniors Tournament, which started way back in 1988. Two blocks of eight wrestlers compete in a series of singles matches. The top two competitors from each block advance to the Semi-Finals and face off, before the winners of those matches meet in the finals. The winner of the entire thing earns himself a shot at the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. This year’s tournament runs from 5/21 until 6/7.

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Beginning this Saturday, May 21st, New Japan Pro Wrestling will begin their annual Best of the Super Juniors Tournament, which started way back in 1988. Two blocks of eight wrestlers compete in a series of singles matches. The top two competitors from each block advance to the Semi-Finals and face off, before the winners of those matches meet in the finals. The winner of the entire thing earns himself a shot at the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. This year’s tournament runs from 5/21 until 6/7.

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2016-05-21

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日本語

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New Japan Pro-Wrestling

NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 1)

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Kyle Greenwood

Yujiro Kushida

Ryusuke Taguchi

Matthew Joseph Korklan

Keiji Takayama

Tetsuya Shimizu

John R. Rivera

David Stephen Finlay III

Hirooki Goto

Kazuchika Okada

Tetsuya Naito

Seiya Sanada

Takaaki Watanabe

Fale Simitaitoko

Steven Owens

Tyson Smith

Yujiro Takahashi

Mitsuhide Hirasawa

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Trevor Mann

Naofumi Yamamoto

Jamie White

Joseph Robinson

Katsuyori Shibata

Keiichi Yamada

Yoshihiro Yamazaki

Yuji Nagata

Robert Anthony Fish

Satoshi Kojima

Ramón Rivera

Gregory Marasciulo

Tomohiro Ishii

William Ospreay

Nobuo Yoshihashi