NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 night six results, updated standings
Night six of NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament took place on Sunday in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
Five matches in the A Block and five matches in B Block took place on the show. The quick results are available below.
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 night six quick results —
- 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
El Desperado became the first wrestler in A Block to hand Blake Christian a loss. He defeated Christian in the main event of Sunday’s show to improve his record to 3-2 and drop Christian to 4-1. However, Christian still sits alone atop the group.
After a big win on Sunday, KUSHIDA is all alone atop B Block. He defeated Taiji Ishimori to move to 4-1 and drop Ishmori down to 3-2.
Robbie Eagles defeated IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion SHO on Sunday after his TMDK teammate Fujita helped him fend off interference from House of Torture’s Yujiro Takahashi.
Drilla Moloney kept up the attack on Francesco Akria after the opening match on the show. He made Akira submit to a leglock and continued attacking his opponent’s leg afterward. Akira had to be tended to outside of the ring after the match and could not put weight on his leg as he walked to the back.
TJP finally got into the win column with a victory over HAYATA. This leaves Dragon Dia as the only competitor without a win thus far in the tournament.
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 standings —
A Block:
- Blake Christian (4-1): 8 points
- Titan (3-2): 6 points
- Kevin Knight (3-2): 6 points
- El Desperado (3-2): 6 points
- Kosei Fujita (2-3): 4 points
- Clark Connors (3-2): 4 points
- HAYATA (2-3): 4 points
- Yoshinobu Kanemaru (2-3): 4 points
- BUSHI (2-3): 4 points
- TJP (1-4): 2 points
B Block:
- KUSHIDA (4-1): 8 points
- Taiji Ishimori (3-2): 6 points
- Hiromu Takahashi (3-2): 6 points
- Robbie Eagles (3-2): 6 points
- Drilla Moloney (3-2): 6 points
- DOUKI (3-2): 6 points
- SHO (2-3): 4 points
- Ninja Mack (2-3): 4 points
- Francesco Akira (2-3): 4 points
- Dragon Dia (0-5): 0 points