NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 1)
3h 5m
Beginning this Saturday, May 21st, New Japan Pro Wrestling will begin their annual Best of the Super Juniors Tournament, which started way back in 1988. Two blocks of eight wrestlers compete in a series of singles matches. The top two competitors from each block advance to the Semi-Finals and face off, before the winners of those matches meet in the finals. The winner of the entire thing earns himself a shot at the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. This year’s tournament runs from 5/21 until 6/7.
Cast
Kyle Greenwood
Kyle O'Reilly
Yujiro Kushida
KUSHIDA
Ryusuke Taguchi
Unknown
Matthew Joseph Korklan
Matt Sydal
Keiji Takayama
Gedo
Tetsuya Shimizu
BUSHI
John Raymond Rivera
Rocky Romero
David Stephen Finlay III
Unknown
Hirooki Goto
Unknown
Kazuchika Okada
Unknown
Tetsuya Naito
Unknown
Seiya Sanada
SANADA
Takaaki Watanabe
EVIL
Fale Simitaitoko
Bad Luck Fale
Steven Owens
Unknown
Tyson Smith
Kenny Omega
Yujiro Takahashi
Unknown
Mitsuhide Hirasawa
Captain New Japan
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Unknown
Trevor Mann
Ricochet
Naofumi Yamamoto
Yoshitatsu
Jamie White
Unknown
Joseph Robinson
Juice Robinson
Katsuyori Shibata
Unknown
Keiichi Yamada
Unknown
Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Tiger Mask
Yuji Nagata
Unknown
Robert Anthony Fish
Unknown
Satoshi Kojima
Unknown
Ramón Rivera
Volador Jr.
Gregory Marasciulo
Beretta
Tomohiro Ishii
Unknown
William Ospreay
Unknown
Nobuo Yoshihashi
YOSHI-HASHI