NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Night 5 Results, Night 6 Card, Updated Standings

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Steve C.

May 18, 2024

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Night 5 Results

May 18, 2024
Tokyo, Japan – Esforta Arena Hachioji

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Night 5 Quick Match Results:

Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – Kosei Fujita defeated Clark Connors via Modified Camel Clutch (submission 9:16)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – Drilla Moloney defeated Dragon Dia via Drilla Killa (pinfall 4:12)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – HAYATA defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru via 403 Impact (pinfall 7:26)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – DOUKI defeated Ninja Mack via Italian Stretch #32 (submission 7:49)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – BUSHI defeated TJP via BUSHI Roll (pinfall 2:55)
- Near the end of the match, TJP hit a Tornado DDT to Bushi that accidentally took out the referee. This led to a dueling mist spray attack that resulted in BUSHI dodging TJP’s red mist and hitting a black mist spray to TJP in return. BUSHI followed it with a backslide Jackknife pin for the victory after the referee had recovered.
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – Robbie Eagles defeated KUSHIDA via Hyperion (pinfall 11:18)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – Blake Christian defeated Titan via Springboard 450 Splash (pinfall 7:21)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – Francesco Akira defeated Taiji Ishimori via Fireball (pinfall 8:35)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – Kevin Knight defeated El Desperado via Spiked DDT (pinfall 12:01)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – Hiromu Takahashi defeated SHO via Time Bomb II (pinfall 18:23)
- Prior to the match, SHO came out to the ring carrying a photo of Takahashi in a picture frame and gave a letter for the ring announcer to read after threatening him. This letter was claimed to be from Takahashi stating that he could not bear the shame of losing to SHO tonight in front of the crowd so he did not travel to the show and would be forfeiting his match. Sho then gave a show closing victory style speech mimicking Takahashi’s catchphrase and show closing speech. This led to Takahashi running with his arms handcuffed and attacked SHO. Takahashi asked for the bell to be rung, which was granted making the match official.
- Near the end of the match, House of Torture’s Yujiro Takahashi ran out and interfered in the match trying to help SHO cheat to win only for their antics to be put to a stop by BUSHI who ran out to save Takahashi. After some more back-and-forth action, Takahashi hit a Time Bomb II to SHO for the pinfall victory.

Full Card for NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Night 6

Here is the full card for New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Night 6 event, which takes place on Sunday, May 19th at the Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Night 6 will air live on New Japan World starting at 5:00AM EST.

Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – Francesco Akira vs. Drilla Moloney
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – BUSHI vs. Kosei Fujita
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – DOUKI vs. Dragon Dia
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – Kevin Knight vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – Titan vs. Clark Connors
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ninja Mack
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – TJP vs. HAYATA
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – Robbie Eagles vs. SHO
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – El Desperado vs. Blake Christian

Updated NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Standings

Following Saturday’s Best of the Super Juniors 2024 event, here are the updated standings for NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors 2024 tournament.

Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Block Standings (as of May 18th):

A Block:

Blake Christian – 8 points (4-0)
Titan – 6 points (3-1)
Kevin Knight – 6 points (3-1)
Kosei Fujita – 4 points (2-2)
Clark Connors – 4 points (2-2)
El Desperado – 4 points (2-2)
HAYATA – 4 points (2-2)
Yoshinobu Kanemaru – 2 points (1-3)
BUSHI – 2 points (1-3)
TJP – 0 points (0-4)

B Block:

KUSHIDA – 6 points (3-1)
Taiji Ishimori – 6 points (3-1)
SHO – 4 points (2-2)
DOUKI – 4 points (2-2)
Ninja Mack – 4 points (2-2)
Hiromu Takahashi – 4 points (2-2)
Francesco Akira – 4 points (2-2)
Drilla Moloney – 4 points (2-2)
Robbie Eagles – 4 points (2-2)
Dragon Dia – 0 points (0-4)

A & B Block Results and Remaining Schedule:

May 11th (A & B Block) – Chiba, Japan:

B Block – Francesco Akira defeated Dragon Dia
A Block – HAYATA defeated BUSHI
B Block – Ninja Mack defeated Robbie Eagles
A Block – Kosei Fujita defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru
B Block – SHO defeated Drilla Moloney
A Block – Blake Christian defeated Clark Connors
B Block – Taiji Ishimori defeated DOUKI
A Block – Kevin Knight defeated TJP
B Block – KUSHIDA defeated Hiromu Takahashi
A Block – Titan defeated El Desperado

May 13th (A & B Block) – Tokyo:

A Block – Blake Christian defeated Kevin Knight
B Block – Ninja Mack defeated Francesco Akira
A Block – Clark Connors defeated HAYATA
B Block – Robbie Eagles defeated Drilla Moloney
A Block – Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated TJP
B Block – Taiji Ishimori defeated Dragon Dia
A Block – Titan defeated BUSHI
B Block – KUSHIDA defeated SHO
A Block – El Desperado defeated Kosei Fujita
B Block – DOUKI defeated Hiromu Takahashi

May 15th (A Block) – Niigata:

Kevin Knight defeated Kosei Fujita
Blake Christian defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Titan defeated HAYATA
Clark Connors defeated TJP
El Desperado defeated BUSHI

May 16th (B Block) – Gunma:

KUSHIDA defeated Francesco Akira
Drilla Moloney defeated DOUKI
SHO defeated Ninja Mack
Hiromu Takahashi defeated Dragon Dia
Taiji Ishimori defeated Robbie Eagles

May 18th (A & B Block) – Tokyo:

A Block – Kosei Fujita defeated Clark Connors
B Block – Drilla Moloney defeated Dragon Dia
A Block – HAYATA defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru
B Block – DOUKI defeated Ninja Mack
A Block – BUSHI defeated TJP
B Block – Robbie Eagles defeated KUSHIDA
A Block – Blake Christian defeated Titan
B Block – Francesco Akira defeated Taiji Ishimori
A Block – Kevin Knight defeated El Desperado
B Block – Hiromu Takahashi defeated SHO

May 19th (A & B Block) – Nagoya:

B Block – Francesco Akira vs. Drilla Moloney
A Block – BUSHI vs. Kosei Fujita
B Block – DOUKI vs. Dragon Dia
A Block – Kevin Knight vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
B Block – KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori
A Block – Titan vs. Clark Connors
B Block – Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ninja Mack
A Block – TJP vs. HAYATA
B Block – Robbie Eagles vs. SHO
A Block – El Desperado vs. Blake Christian

May 21st (A Block) – Himeji:

TJP vs. Kosei Fujita
BUSHI vs. Clark Connors
Blake Christian vs. HAYATA
Kevin Knight vs. Titan
El Desperado vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru

May 22nd (A & B Block) – Osaka:

A Block – Titan vs. Kosei Fujita
B Block – Dragon Dia vs. Robbie Eagles
A Block – BUSHI vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
B Block – KUSHIDA vs. Drilla Moloney
A Block – Kevin Knight vs. HAYATA
B Block – Ninja Mack vs. Taiji Ishimori
A Block – El Desperado vs. Clark Connors
B Block – Hiromu Takahashi vs. Franceso Akira
A Block – TJP vs. Blake Christian
B Block – DOUKI vs. SHO

May 26th (A & B Block) – Tokyo:

B Block – KUSHIDA vs. Ninja Mack
A Block – Kosei Fujita vs. HAYATA
B Block – Dragon Dia vs. SHO
A Block – BUSHI vs. Blake Christian
B Block – Taiji Ishimori vs. Drilla Moloney
A Block – Titan vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
B Block – DOUKI vs. Francesco Akira
A Block – Kevin Knight vs. Clark Connors
B Block – Hiromu Takahashi vs. Robbie Eagles
A Block – El Desperado vs. TJP

May 28th (B Block) – Numazu:

Dragon Dia vs. Ninja Mack
KUSHIDA vs. DOUKI
Francesco Akira vs. Robbie Eagles
Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO
Hiromu Takahashi vs. Drilla Moloney

May 30th (A Block) – Tokyo:

Kosei Fujita vs. Blake Christian
Clark Connors vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
El Desperado vs. HAYATA
Titan vs. TJP
Kevin Knight vs. BUSHI

May 31st (B Block) – Tokyo:

KUSHIDA vs. Dragon Dia
DOUKI vs. Robbie Eagles
Francesco Akira vs. SHO
Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori
Ninja Mack vs. Drilla Moloney

June 3rd – Tokyo:

Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Semi-Finals match – A Block winner vs. B Block runner-up
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Semi-Finals match – B Block winner vs. A Block runner-up

June 9th (Dominion 2024) – Osaka:

Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Finals – TBA vs. TBA