NJPW reveals full lineup & blocks for Best of the Super Juniors 33
This year’s Best of the Super Juniors lineup is finally complete.
After spending the last week revealing names for the upcoming tournament, NJPW revealed the final two during Saturday’s Sakura Genesis event, with Nick Wayne of AEW and Jun Kasai of FREEDOMS officially participating. Wayne, the current ROH Television Champion, recently returned from a foot injury that kept him out of action for months. This will be his second tournament after making his debut last year.
Kasai, meanwhile, got some buzz last year following a high-profile death match against El Desperado. They will team up during the Deathmatch Invitacional that will take place WrestleMania weekend to face Nick Gage & Matt Tremont and Rina Yamashita & Masashi Takeda in a three-way deathmatch.
Here are the blocks for this year’s tournament:
Block A:
- DOUKI
- Francesco Akira
- Robbie X
- Nick Wayne
- Titan
- Valiente Jr.
- Kosei Fujita
- Jun Kasai
- Ryusuke Taguchi
- Master Wato
Block B:
- El Desperado
- YOH
- Daisuke Sasaki
- KUSHIDA
- Robbie Eagles
- Jakob Austin Young
- Taiji Ishimori
- Hyo
- SHO
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru
The tournament begins on May 14 at Korakuen Hall and will conclude on June 7 in Ota.
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