NJPW reveals Best of the Super Juniors 31 block assignments

NJPW has revealed the block assignments for the upcoming Best of the Super Juniors 31 tournament. 

The 20-man field will be broken into two blocks, A Block and B Block. Participants are awarded 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The competitor with the top points total in their block will advance to the finals. 

After suffering injuries in a bicycle accident, Ryusuke Taguchi has also been pulled from the tournament and will be replaced by Dragon Gate’s Dragon Dia. 

Best of the Super Juniors 31 kicks off on Saturday, May 11, with the tournament finals set for Dominion on Sunday, June 9. 

The matchups for each night of tournament action have also been revealed. Details are here, and in the embedded video below.

The block assignments: 

A Block —

  • El Desperado
  • Kevin Knight
  • BUSHI
  • Titan
  • TJP
  • Kosei Fujita
  • Blake Christian
  • Clark Connors
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • HAYATA

B Block —

  • KUSHIDA
  • Hiromu Takahashi
  • DOUKI
  • Francesco Akira
  • Robbie Eagles
  • Taiji Ishimori
  • Drilla Moloney
  • SHO
  • Dragon Dia
  • Ninja Mack

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Ethan Renner
Ethan Renner

An F4WOnline Editor since 2019, Ethan has been covering wrestling and MMA since 2011. He has hosted The Wrestling Life Podcast since 2014, and is a former Baltimore Sun TV/Tribune Media contributor. He is also a Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles fan.