NJPW recently announced the official group blocks and full schedule for this year’s Best of the Super Juniors 2019 tournament. This year’s tournament takes place from May 13th to June 5th and will air live on New Japan World with English commentary as an option for all shows. The winner of this year’s tournament will receive an automatic title shot for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship at Dominion 2019 on June 9th.
Full list of Block A competitors:
- Tiger Mask
- TAKA Michinoku
- Titan
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Marty Scurll
- Jonathan Gresham
- SHO
- Shingo Takagi
- Dragon Lee
- Taiji Ishimori
Full list of Block B competitors:
- Rocky Romero
- Robbie Eagles
- Flip Gordon
- El Desperado
- Bandido
- El Phantasmo
- Will Ospreay
- BUSHI
- Ryusuke Taguchi
- YOH
Full Block schedule for Best of the Super Juniors 2019:
May 13 (A Block) – Miyagi, Japan
* Tiger Mask vs. TAKA Michinoku
* Titan vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
* Marty Scurll vs. Jonathan Gresham
* SHO vs. Shingo Takagi
* Dragon Lee vs. Taiji Ishimori
May 14 (B Block) – Miyagi, Japan
* Rocky Romero vs. Robbie Eagles
* Flip Gordon vs. El Desperado
* Bandido vs. El Phantasmo
* Will Ospreay vs. BUSHI
* Ryusuke Taguchi vs. YOH
May 15 (A Block) – Aomori, Japan
* Jonathan Gresham vs. TAKA Michinoku
* Tiger Mask vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
* Titan vs. Shingo Takagi
* Marty Scurll vs. Taiji Ishimori
* Dragon Lee vs. SHO
May 16 (B Block) – Aomori, Japan
* Flip Gordon vs. Robbie Eagles
* YOH vs. Bandido
* BUSHI vs. El Phantasmo
* Will Ospreay vs. Rocky Romero
* Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Desperado
May 18 (A Block) – Yamagata, Japan
* SHO vs. TAKA Michinoku
* Tiger Mask vs. Marty Scurll
* Titan vs. Taiji Ishimori
* Dragon Lee vs. Jonathan Gresham
* Shingo Takagi vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
May 19 (B Block) – Yamagata, Japan
* Rocky Romero vs. Flip Gordon
* Bandido vs. El Desperado
* El Phantasmo vs. Robbie Eagles
* Will Ospreay vs. YOH
* Ryusuke Taguchi vs. BUSHI
May 22 (A & B Block) – Tokyo, Japan
* Taiji Ishimori vs. TAKA Michinoku
* Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Robbie Eagles
* Titan vs. Jonathan Gresham
* Rocky Romero vs. YOH
* Tiger Mask vs. Dragon Lee
* BUSHI vs. El Desperado
* SHO vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
* Bandido vs. Flip Gordon
* Marty Scurll vs. Shingo Takagi
* Will Ospreay vs. El Phantasmo
May 23 (A & B Block) – Tokyo, Japan
* Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Rocky Romero
* Titan vs. TAKA Michinoku
* BUSHI vs. Robbie Eagles
* Tiger Mask vs. Jonathan Gresham
* YOH vs. El Desperado
* SHO vs. Marty Scurll
* Flip Gordon vs. El Phantasmo
* Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
* Will Ospreay vs. Bandido
* Dragon Lee vs. Shingo Takagi
May 24 (A & B Block) – Tokyo, Japan
* Tiger Mask vs. SHO
* Robbie Eagles vs. El Desperado
* Marty Scurll vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
* Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Bandido
* Shingo Takagi vs. TAKA Michinoku
* YOH vs. BUSHI
* Jonathan Gresham vs. Taiji Ishimori
* Rocky Romero vs. El Phantasmo
* Dragon Lee vs. Titan
* Will Ospreay vs. Flip Gordon
May 26 (A & B Block) – Chiba, Japan
* Rocky Romero vs. El Desperado
* Jonathan Gresham vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
* Bandido vs. BUSHI
* Titan vs. Marty Scurll
* YOH vs. El Phantasmo
* Tiger Mask vs. Shingo Takagi
* Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Flip Gordon
* Dragon Lee vs. TAKA Michinoku
* Will Ospreay vs. Robbie Eagles
* SHO vs. Taiji Ishimori
May 29 (A Block) – Aichi, Japan
* Marty Scurll vs. TAKA Michinoku
* SHO vs. Titan
* Tiger Mask vs. Taiji Ishimori
* Jonathan Gresham vs. Shingo Takagi
* Dragon Lee vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
May 30 (B Block) – Osaka, Japan
* Bandido vs. Robbie Eagles
* YOH vs. Flip Gordon
* Rocky Romero vs. BUSHI
* Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Phantasmo
* Will Ospreay vs. El Desperado
May 31 (A Block) – Ehime, Japan
* Tiger Mask vs. Titan
* Dragon Lee vs. Marty Scurll
* SHO vs. Jonathan Gresham
* Shingo Takagi vs. Taiji Ishimori
* Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. TAKA Michinoku
June 3 (B Block) – Okayama, Japan
* Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Will Ospreay
* Rocky Romero vs. Bandido
* YOH vs. Robbie Eagles
* Flip Gordon vs. BUSHI
* El Phantasmo vs. El Desperado
June 5 (Best of the Super Juniors Finals) – Tokyo, Japan
* A Block Winner vs. B Block Winner