NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 32 night two results, updated standings

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The Best of the Super Juniors 32 continued on Sunday.

Night two of this year’s tournament took place from Iwanuma, Miyagi and featured matches in both the A and B Blocks.

Ninja Mack backflipped his way to a victory against Robbie X in the first tournament match on the show. He countered a springboard move with a Shuriken Kick for the win. He opened the bout by backflipping from the ring, and all the way down the entrance ramp before kicking his opponent. NJPW1972.com would later write that Mack likely has a lock on “moment of the tournament.”

MAO picked up a win over Kevin Knight with a Iai Kick in the second tournament match. The two shook hands after the bout.

Clark Connors was on the show after having wrestled in Ontario, California at NJPW Resurgence on Friday. He defeated Master Wato with a No Chaser in his first tournament match on Sunday.

Robbie Eagles made YOH tap to a Ron Miller Special in the semi main event. He targeted YOH’s leg during the bout leading to the submission. YOH now gets to go through the rest of the round-robin with a storyline-injury.

Today’s main event saw Ryusuke Taguchi pick up a win in his hometown of Iwanuma. He defeated Taiji Ishimori, who is also from Miyagi, via a modified ankle lock Taguchi has named “Oh My and Garankle.”

NJPW later posted an English translation of Taguchi’s post-match comments:

“Thank you for the chants. Thank you for so many of you showing up here in Iwanuma, and thank you for all the support. The elementary and middle school kids were able to come here for free today, so we got so much support from the kids. For you to understand how pro-wrestling can give you strength is something that brings me so much joy so I hope you found a new hobby today. There are so many more great wrestlers for you to discover and follow. My opponent Ishimori today, as well as YOH and MAO are from Miyagi prefecture. We produce a lot of great wrestlers but I guess the Saito brothers are most famous. I’ll do my best to be as famous as them. Right now Goto is in the lead of the Goto Revolution and he wants us to join, so I will. The G in IWGP stands for Goto, and the t in ‘the’ in Best of the Super Juniors stands for Taguchi. I am the PR ambassador of Iwanuma and the world saw how great Iwanuma is today! Everyone! The T in the ‘the’ in Best of the Super Juniors stands for Taguchi!”

NJPW BOSJ 32 night two results:

  • B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Taiji Ishimori
  • B Block: Robbie Eagles defeated YOH
  • A Block: Clark Connors defeated Master Wato
  • B Block: MAO defeated Kevin Knight
  • A Block: Ninja Mack defeated Robbie X
  • Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi defeated Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita
  • Daiki Nagai & Nick Wayne defeated El Desperado & Shoma Kato
  • Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young defeated Dragon Dia & Katsuya Murashima

Block Standings:

A Block:

  • Hiromu Takahashi (1-0) 2 points
  • Dragon Dia (1-0) 2 points
  • Kosei Fujita (1-0) 2 points
  • Ninja Mack (1-0) 2 points
  • Clark Connors (1-0) 2 points
  • Master Wato (0-1) 0 points
  • Robbie X (0-1) 0 points
  • KUSHIDA (0-1) 0 points
  • Francesco Akira (0-1) 0 points
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru (0-1) 0 points

B Block:

  • El Desperado (1-0) 2 points
  • Nick Wayne (1-0) 2 points
  • MAO (1-0) 2 points
  • Ryusuke Taguchi (1-0) 2 points
  • Robbie Eagles (1-0) 2 points
  • YOH (0-1) 0 points
  • Kevin Knight (0-1) 0 points
  • Taiji Ishimori (0-1) 0 points
  • Titan (0-1) 0 points
  • SHO (0-1) 0 points

Upcoming schedule:

The tournament continues on Wednesday with a show from Korakuen Hall.

NJPW BOSJ 32 night three on Wednesday, May 13::

  • A Block: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kosei Fujita
  • B Block: El Desperado vs. Nick Wayne
  • A Block: Master Wato vs. Dragon Dia
  • B Block: YOH vs. SHO
  • A Block: Clark Connors vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • B Block: MAO vs. Taiji Ishimori
  • A Block: KUSHIDA vs. Robbie X
  • B Block: Kevin Knight vs. Robbie Eagles
  • A Block: Ninja Mack vs. Francesco Akira
  • B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Titan