NJPW Best of the Super Juniors semifinals set
A dozen names entered the last day of block action still in contention, but NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 33 is now down to its final four wrestlers.
Both semifinal matches are set to pit tag team partners against each other. It will be Master Wato vs. YOH and Robbie Eagles vs. Kosei Fujita this Friday (June 5). The winners advance to the finals on Sunday (June 7), with that bout determining the tournament winner and the next challenger for IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI.
Wato defeated Nick Wayne today to finish on 12 points as the A Block winner. Fujita defeated Daiki Nagai to claim second place in the block, also finishing on 12 points and beating out Francesco Akira due to a tiebreaker.
All of the B Block contenders won their matches today, but it was Eagles and YOH — with respective victories over Hyo and Daisuke Sasaki — who advanced as the top two after tiebreakers were worked out. The block ended in a five-way tie at 12 points.
Fujita is looking to repeat as the BOSJ winner after defeating YOH in last year’s finals. Wato is also looking to claim a second BOSJ trophy after winning the tournament in 2023.
Friday’s show begins at 5:30 a.m. Eastern time and is airing live on NJPW World with English and Japanese commentary. The rest of the card aside from Wato vs. YOH and Eagles vs. Fujita has not been announced yet.
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors standings —
A Block:
- Master Wato (6-3): 12 points (A Block winner)
- Kosei Fujita (6-3): 12 points (A Block runner-up)
- Francesco Akira (6-3): 12 points
- Jun Kasai (5-4): 10 points
- Robbie X (5-4): 10 points
- Titan (5-4): 10 points
- Nick Wayne (5-4): 10 points
- Ryusuke Taguchi (4-5): 8 points
- Valiente Jr. (3-6): 6 points
- Daiki Nagai (0-9): 0 points
B Block:
- Robbie Eagles (6-3): 12 points (B Block winner)
- YOH (6-3): 12 points (B Block runner-up)
- El Desperado (6-3): 12 points
- SHO (6-3): 12 points
- Taiji Ishimori (6-3): 12 points
- Daisuke Sasaki (3-6): 6 points
- Hyo (3-6): 6 points
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru (3-6): 6 points
- Jakob Austin Young (3-6): 6 points
- KUSHIDA (3-6): 6 points
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