DOUKI announces ‘boycott’ of NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 33
The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion says he will not participate in this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling had originally announced DOUKI as one of 20 participants in the 33rd edition of the tournament, which is scheduled to run from May 14 through June 7.
However, following his successful title defense against Tiger Mask at Hizen no Kuni on April 29 in Saga, DOUKI stated that he is “boycotting” the BOSJ and that the tournament should instead be used to determine his next challenger.
DOUKI also said he would not wrestle again on the Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour, which continues Thursday and Friday before the Wrestling Dontaku events on May 3 and 4 in Fukuoka.
“DOUKI once again found a way to retain IWGP Junior Heavyweight gold in Saga- before declaring a boycott on Best of the Super Jr. 33 and the remainder of the Dontaku tour?!” NJPW wrote after today’s show.
DOUKI finished off Tiger Mask with a Darkness Stretch, after repeated interference by members of House of Torture.
NJPW Hizen no Kuni results for April 29, 2026:
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI defeated Tiger Mask to retain the title
- Callum Newman, Zane Jay, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee defeated Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi
- Mistico, Aaron Wolf & Boltin Oleg defeated Dick Togo, Don Fale & Ren Narita
- Jakob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan & HENARE defeated Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto
- Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson defeated Masatora Yasuda, Ryusuke Taguchi, Yuya Uemura & Taichi
- OSKAR & Yuto-Ice defeated Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano
- SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Chase Owens defeated Master Wato, YOH, Taisei Nakahara & Shota Umino
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 Lineups:
Night one (Sunday, May 3):
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji defends against Andrade El Idolo
- NEVER Openweight Champion Ren Narita defends against Oleg Boltin
- Aaron Wolf vs. Don Fale
- Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Daiki Nagai vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay
- Konosuke Takeshita & Shota Umino vs. Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi
- Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Will Ospreay, HENARE & Great-O-Khan
- Yuya Uemura, Taichi, El Desperado & Mistico vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
- Tomoaki Honma & Masatora Yasuda vs. OSKAR & Yuto-Ice
- Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato vs. Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Taisei Nakahara
Night two (Monday, May 4):
- IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman defends against Shingo Takagi
- NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Oleg Boltin defend against Will Ospreay, HENARE & Great-O-Khan
- Yota Tsuji, Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X vs. Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay
- Yuya Uemura & Taichi vs. Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson
- El Desperado & Mistico vs. Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
- Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, Tiger Mask, YOH & Master Wato vs. Ren Narita, Don Fale, DOUKI, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma vs. OSKAR & Yuto-Ice
- Ryusuke Taguchi & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Gedo & Daiki Nagai
- NJPW World Television Champion Konosuke Takeshita defends against Chase Owens
- Pre-show: Masatora Yasuda vs. Taisei Nakahara
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