Six wrestlers were at four points apiece. Who would be eliminated from the tournament
Former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Taji Ishimori was one of the men in danger and he fought the B-Block leader, Nick Wayne. The bout started with basic chain wrestling in the beginning. Wayne and Ishimori aren’t familiar with one another so it was a feeling out process until they went to the floor. Ishimori got the advantage when he slammed Wayne’s shoulder into the ring post. Ishimori targeted the shoulder until caught him with a dropkick on his left elbow.
Wayne started hitting a flurry of moves including an Asai Moonsault and sliced bread for a good nearfall. Ishimori came back for a spin kick and both men were down. Wayne got back on offense and hit a devastating dragon suplex for another nearfall. Ishimori rocked Wayne’s chin and applied the Bone Lock. Wayne got out of it. The match came to an end when Ishimori hit the Bloody Cross for a three count.
Yoh also had four points and he had an uphill battle to climb as he was facing the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. For the early portion of the match, Desperado got the better of the chain moves, but a DDT firmly put Yoh in control. He sent Desperado flying out of the ring and went air born with a plancha. But Desperado regained control of the match with a stretch muffler.
He continued to work on Yoh’s back until he got him in a surprise Octopus Stretch. From this moment on, every time Desperado would attempt a submission, Yoh would counter strikes and a canadian destroyer. But Despardo hit his finisher, the Pinche Loco for a strong nearfall. He hit it again, but couldn’t make the cover because he was gassed. That gave Yoh a chance to recover and apply a cross face submission. Desperado tapped out after a few minutes trying to get out of it.
Check out the full results below for Night Eight of Best of the Super Juniors Tournament:
- TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita) def. Shoma Kato & Dragon Dia
- United Empire (Jakob Austin Young & Francesco Akira) def. War Dogs (Robbie X & Gedo)
- Yota Tsuji & Hiromu Takahashi def. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
- Toru Yano, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Master Wato def. KUSHIDA, Yuya Uemura & Katsuya Murashima
- NJPW BOSJ B Block: MAO (3-3) 6 points def. Ryusuke Taguchi (3-3) 6 points
- NJPW BOSJ B Block: Kevin Knight (3-3) 6 points def. SHO (2-4) 4 points
- NJPW BOSJ B Block: Robbie Eagles (3-3) 6 points def. Titan (3-3) 6 points
- NJPW BOSJ B Block: Taiji Ishimori (3-3) 6 points def. Nick Wayne (4-2) 8 points
- NJPW BOSJ B Block: YOH (3-3) 6 points def. El Desperado (3-3) 6 points