NJPW Best of the Super Juniors night eight results, updated standings
The B Block standings got a little tighter on Thursday as night eight of Best of the Super Juniors 2025 took place in Osaka.
With a loss to Taiji Ishimori, Nick Wayne was unable to build on his lead at the top of the block. He is still in first place with eight points, but the gap is tight. There are now eight wrestlers tied for second place with six points. SHO is in sole possession of last place with four points.
Here are the full results from today:
- B Block: Yoh defeated El Desperado
- B Block: Taiji Ishimori defeated Nick Wayne
- B Block: Robbie Eagles defeated Titan
- B Block: Kevin Knight defeated SHO
- B Block: MAO defeated Ryusuke Taguchi
- Master Wato, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano defeated KUSHIDA, Yuya Uemura & Katsuya Murashima
- Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi
- Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young defeated Robbie X & Gedo
- Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson defeated Dragon Dia & Shoma Kato
NJPW has shows on Saturday and Sunday this weekend with both nights featuring a full slate of A and B Block matches. The tournament is now entering its last stretch with four shows left before the finals happen on June 1.
The updated standings for the tournament are listed below. Both blocks are in the same spot with one wrestler leading at eight points and then a logjam behind them:
A Block —
- Master Wato (4-2): 8 points
- Hiromu Takahashi (3-3): 6 points
- Kosei Fujita (3-3): 6 points
- Francesco Akira (3-3): 6 points
- Dragon Dia (3-3): 6 points
- Robbie X (3-3): 6 points
- KUSHIDA (3-3): 6 points
- Clark Connors (3-3): 6 points
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru (3-3): 6 points
- Ninja Mack (2-4): 4 points
B Block —
- Nick Wayne (4-2): 8 points
- Ryusuke Taguchi (3-3): 6 points
- Titan (3-3): 6 points
- El Desperado (3-3): 6 points
- Robbie Eagles (3-3): 6 points
- MAO (3-3): 6 points
- Taiji Ishimori (3-3): 6 points
- YOH (3-3): 6 points
- Kevin Knight (3-3): 6 points
- SHO (2-4): 4 points