NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 night 11 results, updated standings
The Best of the Super Juniors 31 continued on Thursday with a show at Korakuen Hall.
Today’s event featured the final round-robin matches in A Block.
El Desperado picked up a win over HAYATA in the main event to punch his ticket to the semifinals and clinch the top spot in A Block at 12 points. TJP also advances to the semifinals. As his Aswang character, he defeated Titan on today’s show. He finished with 10 points and in a tie with Titan, Blake Christian, and HAYATA. Since TJP was 3-0 against the competitors he finished tied with, he advanced to the next round.
Here are the quick results from today’s show:
Tournament matches:
- A Block: Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Clark Connors via count-out
- A Block: BUSHI defeated Kevin Knight
- A Block: TJP defeated Titan
- A Block: Kosei Fujita defeated Blake Christian
- A Block: El Desperado defeated HAYATA
Non-tournament matches:
- Dragon Dia & Ninja Mack defeated KUSHIDA & Shoma Kato
- Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. defeated DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku
- Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito defeated Drilla Moloney, Gedo & Taiji Ishimori
- Callum Newman & HENARE defeated SHO & Yujiro Takahashi
Other notes from the show:
- Clark Connors attacked the referee after he was counted out against Kanemaru. The loss eliminated him from being able to advance to the semifinals.
- TJP wrestled his final round-robin match in the tournament as his Aswang character. He had previously said he needed help from “him” to advance to the semifinals. He beat Titan using the red mist, a Mamba splash, and a running knee to the back of the head. He and Titan shared a fist bump after the match.
- Kosei Fujita played the role of spoiler in the semi-main event of the night by defeating Blake Christian and eliminating him from the tournament. The win also solidified TJP as advancing to the semifinals on a tie-breaker provided there wasn’t a draw in the main event between Desperado and HAYATA.
- Desperado praised HAYATA in a post-match promo.
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 standings —
A Block:
- El Desperado (6-3): 12 points
- TJP (5-4): 10 points
- HAYATA (5-3): 10 points
- Blake Christian (5-4): 10 points
- Titan (5-4): 10 points
- Kevin Knight (4-5): 8 points
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru (4-5): 8 points
- Clark Connors (4-5): 8 points
- BUSHI (4-5): 8 points
- Kosei Fujita (3-6): 6 points
B Block:
- Taiji Ishimori (6-2): 12 points
- Hiromu Takahashi (6-2): 12 points
- Robbie Eagles (5-3): 10 points
- DOUKI (5-3): 10 points
- SHO (5-4): 10 points **
- Drilla Moloney (4-4): 8 points
- KUSHIDA (4-4): 8 points
- Ninja Mack (4-4): 8 points
- Francesco Akira (2-3): 4 points (Will miss the remainder of the tournament due to injury)
- Dragon Dia (0-8): 0 points
** Was scheduled to wrestle Francesco Akira in his final round-robin match.
Upcoming Best of the Super Juniors schedule —
Friday, May 31, 2024 —
- B Block: KUSHIDA vs. Dragon Dia
- B Block: Robbie Eagles vs. DOUKI
- B Block: Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiromu Takahashi
- B Block: Drilla Moloney vs. Ninja Mack
Monday, June 3, 2024 —
- Semifinal: El Desperado vs. B Block Runner up
- Semifinal: TJP vs. B Block Winner
NJPW Dominion on Sunday, June 9, 2024 —
- Finals (will headline the show)
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