NJPW crowns Best of the Super Juniors 33 winner
YOH has won NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 33.
He defeated last year’s tournament winner Kosei Fujita in a rematch of last year’s final on Sunday in Ota City.
After the match, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion DOUKI made his way to the ring. As YOH and DOUKI were staring each other down, SHO attacked YOH from behind. DOUKI joined in the attack but YOH gave them both low blows and cleared the ring.
YOH then brought out Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, and Toru Yano to celebrate with him as the show came to a close.
YOH’s BOSJ 33 win is his first singles tournament or championship win in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
He is a six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, having held the titles five times with SHO and once with Master Wato. YOH and SHO also won the Super Junior Tag Tournament three years in a row from 2017 to 2019, and YOH is a two-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion as well.
YOH was also voted Rookie of the Year in the 2013 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards.
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