NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 33 night one results, initial standings
Tournament season in NJPW got underway on Thursday with Korakuen Hall hosting night one of Best of the Super Juniors 33.
It was a good day for outsiders with Nick Wayne (AEW), Daisuke Sasaki (DDT), and Hyo (Dragon Gate) all picking up victories over NJPW wrestlers. Two other outsiders — Jun Kasai (Pro Wrestling Freedoms) and Valiente Jr. (CMLL) — were not in action today and will kick off their BOSJ campaigns on Saturday.
Here are the quick results:
- A Block: Kosei Fujita defeated Francesco Akira
- B Block: Daisuke Sasaki defeated El Desperado
- A Block: Titan defeated Master Wato
- B Block: KUSHIDA defeated Robbie Eagles
- A Block: Nick Wayne defeated Robbie X
- B Block: Hyo defeated YOH
- A Block: Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Daiki Nagai
- B Block: SHO defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- B Block: Taiji Ishimori defeated Jakob Austin Young
The tournament runs through June 7 and will determine the next challenger for IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI, who is “boycotting” BOSJ this year instead of competing for bragging rights.
Next up for the tournament are shows in Tokyo this Saturday and Sunday, taking place at Esforta Arena Hachioji and Yoyogi National Stadium second gymnasium. The cards for those events are listed below:
Saturday, May 16 —
- B Block: El Desperado vs. Taiji Ishimori
- A Block: Kosei Fujita vs. Nick Wayne
- B Block: Robbie Eagles vs. SHO
- A Block: Titan vs. Jun Kasai
- B Block: KUSHIDA vs. Daisuke Sasaki
- A Block: Robbie X vs. Francesco Akira
- B Block: YOH vs. Jakob Austin Young
- A Block: Master Wato vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
- A Block: Valiente Jr. vs. Daiki Nagai
Sunday, May 17 —
- B Block: El Desperado vs. Robbie Eagles
- A Block: Kosei Fujita vs. Jun Kasai
- B Block: YOH vs. Taiji Ishimori
- A Block: Master Wato vs. Robbie X
- B Block: Hyo vs. Daisuke Sasaki
- A Block: Nick Wayne vs. Francesco Akira
- B Block: KUSHIDA vs. SHO
- A Block: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Valiente Jr.
- B Block: Jakob Austin Young vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- A Block: Titan vs. Daiki Nagai
And here are the initial standings through the first night:
Best of the Super Juniors 33 standings —
A Block:
- Kosei Fujita (1-0): 2 points
- Titan (1-0): 2 points
- Nick Wayne (1-0): 2 points
- Ryusuke Taguchi (1-0): 2 points
- Jun Kasai (0-0): 0 points
- Valiente Jr. (0-0): 0 points
- Daiki Nagai (0-1): 0 points
- Robbie X (0-1): 0 points
- Master Wato (0-1): 0 points
- Francesco Akira (0-1): 0 points
B Block:
- Daisuke Sasaki (1-0): 2 points
- KUSHIDA (1-0): 2 points
- Hyo (1-0): 2 points
- SHO (1-0): 2 points
- Taiji Ishimori (1-0): 2 points
- Jakob Austin Young (0-1): 0 points
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru (0-1): 0 points
- YOH (0-1): 0 points
- Robbie Eagles (0-1): 0 points
- El Desperado (0-1): 0 points
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