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5/27/25 Results from New Japan's Best of the Super Juniors 32, Winner of A Block determined from Shizuoka, Japan:
1 - Titan and Yota Tsuji vs. Nick Wayne and Daiki Nagai
Tsuji pins Nagai after a Gene Blaster.
2 - MAO and Shoma Kato vs. Yujiro Takahashi and SHO
SHO and Yujiro attack MAO before the bell. MAO and SHO do some comedy spots.
Yujiro pins Kato after hitting Pimp Juice.
3 - El Desperado and Toru Yano vs. Robbie Eagles and Hartley Jackson
Yano hits a low blow on Jackson and gets the pin with a backslide.
4 - YOH and Tiger Mask vs. Taiji Ishimori and Gedo
YOH traps Gedo in the Anaconda Vice and gets the submission win.
Best of the Super Juniors A Block Matches:
5 - Ninja Mack vs. Dragon Dia
Mack misses a Ninja Bomb. Dia goes for his DDDT off the ropes but Mack hits a 540 kick.
Mack pins Dia
Ninja Mack finishes the tournament with 8 points.
Dragon Dia finishes the tournament with 8 points.
Based on their points, both men are eliminated from the tournament.
6 - KUSHIDA vs. Francesco Akira
Good match. They hammered each other with strikes. Akira locked in the Ground Tarantula. KUSHIDA countered out into a the Hoverboard Lock. Akira reversed back into the Ground Tarantula and clamps it tight.
KUSHIDA taps out.
Francesco Akira finishes with 10 points.
KUSHIDA finishes with 8 points.
7 - Master Wato vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Kanemaru was vicious in attacking Wato's leg with chairs and using the figure four leg lock. SHO comes to the ring to distract the referee. Using the figure four leglock, Kanemaru pounds on Wato's leg with the whiskey bottle. Kanemaru hides the bottle and Wato taps out.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru finishes with 8 points.
Master Wato finishes with 10 points.
Kanemaru's win blocks Wato from getting into the Finals. Also, Kanemaru's win puts him and SHO in line for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles held by Wato and YOH.
8 - Kosei Fujita vs. Clark Conners
Good match. Conners batters Fujita on the floor and into the crowd. Fujita fights back with submissions, focusing on Conners' lower back. Conners hits a spear to Fujita's back. He hits another to the gut. Two count. Conners goes for another spear, but Fujita hits a double stomp to his lower back. Fujita puts him in an Indian Death Lock with a chin lock. This was the same move that injured Conners last year.
Conners taps out.
Kosei Fujita finishes with 10 points.
Clark Conners finishes with 10 points.
If Hiromu wins, he is in the Finals for A Block. If Robbie X wins, there will be a 5 way tie for first place in A Block.
9 - Hiromu Takahashi vs. Robbie X
Robbie was aggressive and beat down Hiromu. Robbie chastised New Japan for not being originally chosen for the BOSJ 32 and being a replacement for BUSHI. Hiromu fights back and hits a Timebomb 1.5 off the top rope. They trade strikes and elbows. They are moving with such speed, it is hard to recap. Robbie hits a handspring cutter. Robbie hits another handspring cutter. Robbie hits an X Express.
Robbie pins Hiromu
Robbie X finishes with 8 points.
Hiromu Takahashi finishes with 10 points.
Great match. Robbie X has established himself as a major player in the Jr. Heavyweight division.
After going over all the wins by all 5 first place wrestlers, they announced that Kosei Fujita is the winner of A Block based on who he beat in the tournament.
Kosei Fujita comes to the ring when the announcement is made. Hiromu looks disappointed as he leaves.
Robbie X gets in Fujita's face tells him that he beat Fujita in the tournament and he just beat Hiromu. Robbie says if Fujita somehow wins and beats El Desperado for the Jr. Heavyweight Title, Robbie wants a title shot.
Current Standings:
|
A Block |
Points |
|
Ninja Mack |
8 |
|
Francesco Akira |
10 |
|
KUSHIDA |
8 |
|
Robbie X |
8 |
|
Clark Conners |
10 |
|
Yoshinobu Kanemaru |
8 |
|
Master Wato |
10 |
|
Dragon Dia |
8 |
|
Hiromu Takahashi |
10 |
|
Kosei Fujita |
10* |
|
B Block |
Points |
|
Rysuke Taguchi |
6 |
|
Titan |
6 |
|
Kevin Knight |
6 |
|
Robbie Eagles |
8 |
|
MAO |
10 |
|
Taiji Ishimori |
6 |
|
YOH |
10 |
|
SHO |
8 |
|
El Desperado |
10 |
|
Nick Wayne |
8 |
*Winner of the Block
The conclusion of A Block was done well. Everyone expected Hiromu to win, but Robbie X shocks everyone in the main event and makes himself a star. Hiromu does not need any more BOSJ trophies and New Japan needs new wrestlers to step up, which Robbie X did. The only mistake was not explaining how they determined Kosei Fujita as the winner when 5 wrestlers were tied with identical records. They could have explained it in Japanese, but to the English speaking audience, the declaration of the A Block winner was surprising.
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