NJPW announces three more Best of the Super Juniors 33 entrants
The next three participants have been announced for the 33rd Best of the Super Juniors tournament.
NJPW revealed on Saturday that House of Torture’s SHO and Yoshinobu Kanemaru, as well as DDT’s Daisuke Sasaki, will take part in this year’s event that begins on May 14 and runs through June 7.
SHO has amassed a 4 win, 5 loss record in the last three Best of the Super Junior tournaments he has taken part in. Meanwhile, this will be Kanemaru’s 9th BOSJ, coming up short each time.
This year’s event will mark the first time in 14 years that Sasaki has competed in NJPW, last taking part in a tournament to crown the first-ever NEVER Openweight Champion back in 2012. He also participated in that year’s Best of the Super Juniors 19. He is a six-time KO-D Champion and a three-time DDT Universal Champion.
Here are the list of participants announced so far:
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 33 confirmed participants:
- Kosei Fujita
- DOUKI
- El Desperado
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- SHO
- Daisuke Sasaki
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