The EDION Arena in Osaka was home to night 8 of New Japan's 32nd annual Best of the Super Juniors tournament. It saw B block in action.
Mao d. Ryusuke Taguchi via pinfall in 8:33
Mao - 3 (Knight, Ishimori, Taguchi) and 3 (Titán, Desperado, Yoh) - will face Robbie Eagles on Saturday 24th. Taguchi - 3 (Ishimori, Sho, Yoh) and 3 (Titán, Wayne, Mao) - faces El Desperado.
Kevin Knight d Sho via pinfall in 7:39
Knight - 3 (Wayne, Titán, Sho) and 3 (Mao, Eagles, Yoh) - gets his stolen jacket back, and now faces Taiji Ishimori on Saturday’s show, while the 2 (Yoh, Eagles) and 4 (Wayne, Taguchi, Desperado, Knight) Sho takes on CMLL's Titán.
Robbie Eagles d. Titán via submission in 12:34
Eagles - 3 (Yoh, Knight, Titán) and 3 (Wayne, Sho, Ishimori) - clashes with Mao on Saturday. Titán - 3 (Taguchi, Mao, Ishimori) and 3 (Desperado, Knight, Eagles) meets Sho.
Taiji Ishimori d. Nick Wayne via pinfall in 10:36
Ishimori - 3 (Desperado, Eagles, Wayne) and 3 (Taguchi, Mao, Titán) - and Kevin Knight meet on the 24th, when the still block-leading Wayne - 4 (Sho, Desperado, Eagles, Taguchi) and 2 (Knight, Ishimori) - will face Yoh.
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Yoh d. El Desperado via submission in 14:12
Yoh - 3 (Knight, Mao, Desperado) and 3 (Eagles, Sho, Taguchi) - and Nick Wayne square-off on Saturday's show. Desperado - 3 (Titán, Mao, Sho) and 3 (Wayne, Ishimori, Yoh) - will meet Ryusuke Taguchi the same night.
Block B
Nick Wayne - 8 points (4-2)
El Desperado - 6 points (3-3)
Titán - 6 points (3-3)
Ryusuke Taguchi - 6 points (3-3)
Kevin Knight - 6 points (3-3)
Taiji Ishimori - 6 points (3-3)
Robbie Eagles - 6 points (3-3)
Yoh - 6 points (3-3)
Mao - 6 points (3-3)
Sho - 4 points (2-4)