The Best of Super Juniors tournament begins next week and the yearly competition is incredibly stacked this year with talents such as Will Ospreay, Dragon Lee (who’s the current IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion), Taiji Ishimori, Bandido, El Phantasmo, and Marty Scurll vying to be the 2019 winner.
As previously mentioned, the winner of the tournament will receive a shot at the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight championship. Jonathan Gresham, Shingo Takagi, Robbie Eagles, Bandido, and El Phantasmo will be making their debuts in the 2019 Best of Super Juniors.
The tournament will run from May 13 to June 5, and New Japan has finally announced the respective blocks for this year’s tournament. Check it out below:
A BLOCK
TAKA Michinoku
Titan
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Marty Scurll
Jonathan Gresham
SHO
Shingo Takagi
Dragon Lee
Taiji Ishimori
Tiger Mask
B BLOCK
Robbie Eagles
Flip Gordon
El Desperado
Bandido
El Phantasmo
Will Ospreay
BUSHI
Ryusuke Taguchi
YOH
Rocky Romero