The Best Of The Super Juniors tournament is an annual event from New Japan Pro Wrestling in which junior heavyweight competitors are separated into two blocks. The format of BOSJ is simple: a round robin league system in which a win scores you two points, a time limit draw scores you one point and a loss scores you zero points. Typically the winner of the BOSJ challenges for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title following the conclusion of the tournament. This years tournament is the 29th Best Of The Super Juniors and features some prominent names in the wrestling world at current as NJPW confirmed the competitors Saturday night.
Block A
- Ryusuke Taguchi
- YOH
- Clark Connors
- Hiromu Takahashi
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Ace Austin
- Alex Zayn
- Taiji Ishimori
- Sho
Block B
- Master Wato
- Robbie Eagles
- Titan
- Bushi
- El Desperado
- Douki
- El Lindaman
- Wheeler Yuta
- TJP
- El Phantasmo
The tournament is set to begin on May 15th. Both blocks promise to have several interesting match ups on the way to finding out who will be the Best Of The Super Juniors in 2022. It should promise to lead to some epic moments and matchups.
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