NJPW Best of the Super Juniors night one results and standings

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Best of the Super Juniors 30 kicked off on Friday with a show that aired for free on NJPW World.

In the main event, “Speedball” Mike Bailey started the tournament strong with a victory over IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi. Here are the results from the show:

– A Block: “Speedball” Mike Bailey defeated Hiromu Takahashi

– B Block: Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated El Desperado

– A Block: Titan defeated TJP

– B Block: Robbie Eagles defeated YOH

– A Block: Lio Rush defeated SHO

– B Block: Master Wato defeated Francesco Akira

– A Block: DOUKI defeated KUSHIDA

– B Block: Dan Moloney defeated BUSHI

– A Block: Taiji Ishimori defeated Ryusuke Taguchi

– B Block: Clark Connors defeated Kevin Knight

The tournament runs through May 28 and features 12 shows in total. If Takahashi doesn’t win the tournament, the winner will be in line for a shot at his title.

Best of the Super Juniors continues this weekend with a show in Nagano on Saturday (May 13) and a show in Aichi on Sunday (May 14).

Here are the standings after night one:

A Block —

  • “Speedball” Mike Bailey (1-0) — 2 points
  • Titan (1-0) — 2 points
  • Lio Rush (1-0) — 2 points
  • DOUKI (1-0) — 2 points
  • Taiji Ishimori (1-0) — 2 points
  • Hiromu Takahashi (0-1) — 0 points
  • TJP (0-1) — 0 points
  • SHO (0-1) — 0 points
  • KUSHIDA (0-1) — 0 points
  • Ryusuke Taguchi (0-1) — 0 points

B Block —

  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru (1-0) — 2 points
  • Robbie Eagles (1-0) — 2 points
  • Master Wato (1-0) — 2 points
  • Dan Moloney (1-0) — 2 points
  • Clark Connors (1-0) — 2 points
  • El Desperado (0-1) — 0 points
  • YOH (0-1) — 0 points
  • Francesco Akira (0-1) — 0 points
  • BUSHI (0-1) — 0 points
  • Kevin Knight (0-1) — 0 points