NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 1) (2016)

Beginning this Saturday, May 21st, New Japan Pro Wrestling will begin their annual Best of the Super Juniors Tournament, which started way back in 1988. Two blocks of eight wrestlers compete in a series of singles matches. The top two competitors from each block advance to the Semi-Finals and face off, before the winners of those matches meet in the finals. The winner of the entire thing earns himself a shot at the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. This year’s tournament runs from 5/21 until 6/7.

Cast

Kyle Greenwood

Kyle O'Reilly

Yujiro Kushida

KUSHIDA

Ryusuke Taguchi

Matthew Joseph Korklan

Matt Sydal

Keiji Takayama

Gedo

Tetsuya Shimizu

BUSHI

John Raymond Rivera

Rocky Romero

David Stephen Finlay III

Hirooki Goto

Kazuchika Okada