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 pointsTitan (1-0) — 2 pointsLio Rush (1-0) — 2 pointsDOUKI (1-0) — 2 pointsTaiji Ishimori (1-0) — 2 pointsHiromu Takahashi (0-1) — 0 pointsTJP (0-1) — 0 pointsSHO (0-1) — 0 pointsKUSHIDA (0-1) — 0 pointsRyusuke Taguchi (0-1) — 0 points
B Block —
Yoshinobu Kanemaru (1-0) — 2 pointsRobbie Eagles (1-0) — 2 pointsMaster Wato (1-0) — 2 pointsDan Moloney (1-0) — 2 pointsClark Connors (1-0) — 2 pointsEl Desperado (0-1) — 0 pointsYOH (0-1) — 0 pointsFrancesco Akira (0-1) — 0 pointsBUSHI (0-1) — 0 pointsKevin Knight (0-1) — 0 points
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