NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 1)
2016Beginning this Saturday, May 21st, New Japan Pro Wrestling will begin their annual Best of the Super Juniors Tournament, which started way back in 1988. Two blocks of eight wrestlers compete in a series of singles matches. The top two competitors from each block advance to the Semi-Finals and face off, before the winners of those matches meet in the finals. The winner of the entire thing earns himself a shot at the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. This year’s tournament runs from 5/21 until 6/7.
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Kyle Greenwood
as Kyle O'Reilly
Yujiro Kushida
as KUSHIDA
Ryusuke Taguchi
Matthew Joseph Korklan
as Matt Sydal
Keiji Takayama
as Gedo
Tetsuya Shimizu
as BUSHI
John R. Rivera
as Rocky Romero
David Stephen Finlay III
Hirooki Goto
Kazuchika Okada
Tetsuya Naito
Seiya Sanada
as SANADA
Takaaki Watanabe
as EVIL
Fale Simitaitoko
as Bad Luck Fale
Steven Owens
Tyson Smith
as Kenny Omega
Yujiro Takahashi
Mitsuhide Hirasawa
as Captain New Japan
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Trevor Mann
as Ricochet
Naofumi Yamamoto
as Yoshitatsu
Jamie White
Joseph Robinson
as Juice Robinson
Katsuyori Shibata
Keiichi Yamada
Yoshihiro Yamazaki
as Tiger Mask
Yuji Nagata
Robert Anthony Fish
Satoshi Kojima
Ramón Rivera
as Volador Jr.
Gregory Marasciulo
as Beretta
Tomohiro Ishii
William Ospreay
Nobuo Yoshihashi
as YOSHI-HASHI