NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Night 8 Results, Night 9 Card, Updated Standings

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Steve C.

May 22, 2024

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Night 8 Results

May 22, 2024
Osaka, Japan – Edion Arena Osaka

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Night 8 Quick Match Results:

Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – Hiromu Takahashi defeated Francesco Akira via Forfeit
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – Titan defeated Kosei Fujita via Llave Inmortal (submission 7:01)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – Robbie Eagles defeated Dragon Dia via Ron Miller Special (submission 6:56)
Best of the Super Juniors A 2024 Block match – BUSHI defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru via MX (pinfall 5:36)
- Near the end of the match, the referee got knocked down leading to Kanemaru grabbing his whisky bottle for a whisky spray attack that was countered by BUSHI who hit a mist attack. BUSHI then pinned a blinded Kanemaru for the pinfall victory after the referee recovered.
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – Drilla Moloney defeated KUSHIDA via Drilla Kila (pinfall 9:20)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – HAYATA defeated Kevin Knight via 403 Impact (pinfall 8:16)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – Taiji Ishimori defeated Ninja Mack via Bloody Cross (pinfall 7:23)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – El Desperado defeated Clark Connors via Disqualification (12:37)
- This match turned into an impromptu No Countout hardcore style match over the referee giving a ton of leeway with the amount of outside action allowed and weapons used.
- Near the end of the match, Connors hit a No Chaser to El Desperado for the near fall only for Desperado to put his hand on the bottom rope to break it up and gave a middle finger to Connors in response. This led to Connors “snapping” and kept punching Desperado in the head and ignored the referee yelling at him to stop resulting in the referee calling for the bell.
- Following the match, Connors attacked the referee, several Young Lions, and El Desperado that ended after Connors yanked off Desperado’s mask and hit him over the head with a broken piece of a table.
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 A Block match – TJP defeated Blake Christian via Mamba Splash (pinfall 15:52)
Best of the Super Juniors 2024 B Block match – SHO defeated DOUKI via Power Breaker (pinfall 20:70)
- Prior to the start of the match, SHO came out with a chair and waited for DOUKI to come out from the entrance to attack him. SHO’s plan was foiled by DOUKI who ran out from the crowd and attacked SHO from behind.
- During the match, House of Torture’s Yujiro Takahasi came out to interfere leading to Taichi trying at first to prevent House of Torture shenanigans from taking place to no avail. After some more HoT style shenanigans and DOUKU giving SHO and Takahashi some of their own HoT shenanigans in return. This led to Taichi getting enough time to recover and laid out Takahashi and dragged him out to the back.
- Near the end of the match, SHO hit DOUKI with a loaded boot strike to get the pinfall victory.

Full Card for NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Night 9

Here is the full card for New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Night 9 event, which takes place on Sunday, May 26th at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Night 9 will air live on New Japan World starting at 5:00AM EST.

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

Updated NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2024 Standings

Following Wednesday’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 22nd):

A Block:

Titan – 10 points (5-2)
El Desperado – 10 points (5-2)
Blake Christian – 8 points (4-3)
Clark Connors – 8 points (4-3)
HAYATA – 8 points (4-3)
Kevin Knight – 6 points (3-4)
BUSHI – 6 points (3-4)
TJP – 6 points (3-4)
Kosei Fujita – 4 points (2-5)
Yoshinobu Kanemaru – 4 points (2-5)

B Block:

Robbie Eagles – 10 points (5-2)
KUSHIDA – 8 points (4-2)
Taiji Ishimori – 8 points (4-2)
Drilla Moloney – 8 points (4-2)
DOUKI – 8 points (4-3)
Hiromu Takahashi – 8 points (4-2)
SHO – 8 points (4-3)
Ninja Mack – 4 points (2-4)
Francesco Akira – 4 points (2-7)
Dragon Dia – 0 points (0-6)

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

May 21st (A Block) – Himeji:

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

May 22nd (A & B Block) – Osaka:

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

May 26th (A & B Block) – Tokyo:

B Block – DOUKI defeated Francesco Akira (Forfeit)
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
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:

Robbie Eagles defeated Francesco Akira (Forfeit)
Dragon Dia vs. Ninja Mack
KUSHIDA vs. DOUKI
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:

SHO defeated Francesco Akira (Forfeit)
KUSHIDA vs. Dragon Dia
DOUKI vs. Robbie Eagles
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