NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 night 11 results, updated standings

  • Ian Carey
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The Best of the Super Juniors 31 continued on Thursday with a show at Korakuen Hall.

Today’s event featured the final round-robin matches in A Block.

El Desperado picked up a win over HAYATA in the main event to punch his ticket to the semifinals and clinch the top spot in A Block at 12 points. TJP also advances to the semifinals. As his Aswang character, he defeated Titan on today’s show. He finished with 10 points and in a tie with Titan, Blake Christian, and HAYATA. Since TJP was 3-0 against the competitors he finished tied with, he advanced to the next round.

Here are the quick results from today’s show:

Tournament matches:

  • A Block: Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Clark Connors via count-out
  • A Block: BUSHI defeated Kevin Knight
  • A Block: TJP defeated Titan
  • A Block: Kosei Fujita defeated Blake Christian
  • A Block: El Desperado defeated HAYATA

Non-tournament matches:

  • Dragon Dia & Ninja Mack defeated KUSHIDA & Shoma Kato 
  • Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr. defeated DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku
  • Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito defeated Drilla Moloney, Gedo & Taiji Ishimori
  • Callum Newman & HENARE defeated SHO & Yujiro Takahashi

Other notes from the show:

  • Clark Connors attacked the referee after he was counted out against Kanemaru. The loss eliminated him from being able to advance to the semifinals.
  • TJP wrestled his final round-robin match in the tournament as his Aswang character. He had previously said he needed help from “him” to advance to the semifinals. He beat Titan using the red mist, a Mamba splash, and a running knee to the back of the head. He and Titan shared a fist bump after the match.
  • Kosei Fujita played the role of spoiler in the semi-main event of the night by defeating Blake Christian and eliminating him from the tournament. The win also solidified TJP as advancing to the semifinals on a tie-breaker provided there wasn’t a draw in the main event between Desperado and HAYATA.
  • Desperado praised HAYATA in a post-match promo.

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 standings —

A Block:

  • El Desperado (6-3): 12 points
  • TJP (5-4): 10 points
  • HAYATA (5-3): 10 points
  • Blake Christian (5-4): 10 points
  • Titan (5-4): 10 points
  • Kevin Knight (4-5): 8 points
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru (4-5): 8 points
  • Clark Connors (4-5): 8 points
  • BUSHI (4-5): 8 points
  • Kosei Fujita (3-6): 6 points

B Block:

  • Taiji Ishimori (6-2): 12 points
  • Hiromu Takahashi (6-2): 12 points
  • Robbie Eagles (5-3): 10 points 
  • DOUKI (5-3): 10 points
  • SHO (5-4): 10 points **
  • Drilla Moloney (4-4): 8 points
  • KUSHIDA (4-4): 8 points 
  • Ninja Mack (4-4): 8 points
  • Francesco Akira (2-3): 4 points (Will miss the remainder of the tournament due to injury)
  • Dragon Dia (0-8): 0 points

** Was scheduled to wrestle Francesco Akira in his final round-robin match. 

Upcoming Best of the Super Juniors schedule —

Friday, May 31, 2024 —

  • B Block: KUSHIDA vs. Dragon Dia
  • B Block: Robbie Eagles vs. DOUKI
  • B Block: Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiromu Takahashi
  • B Block: Drilla Moloney vs. Ninja Mack

Monday, June 3, 2024 —

  • Semifinal: El Desperado vs. B Block Runner up
  • Semifinal: TJP vs. B Block Winner

NJPW Dominion on Sunday, June 9, 2024 —

  • Finals (will headline the show)