NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors Night 11 Results – May 26, 2023
Location: Tokyo Japan
Venue: Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium
Tag Team Match
TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita) vs. Bullet Club (Clark Connors & Gedo)
Clark Connors charges at Robbie Eagles at the bell and they brawled on the floor then Bullet Club works over Kosei Fujita. Eagles hit a plancha to the floor on Connors. Fujita locks an armbar on Gedo & Gedo teased tapping out but Connors made the save. Eagles hit a basement dropkick on Connor’s knee then Fujita got an O’Connor Roll on Gedo for the win.
Winners: TMDK (6:47)
Rate: 6
Tag Team Match
United Empire (Great O Khan & Aaron Henare) vs. Toru Yano & Tomoaki Honma
Match starts off with Aaron Henare & Tomoaki Honma with them trading forearm shots then Toru Yano enters and immediately removes a corner pad. Henare hit some blows to Yano’s chest then Honma hits a double DDT and he hits Kokeshi on United Empire then they drill Honma to the mat with Imperial Drop for the win.
Winners: United Empire (4:58)
Rate: 5
6 Man Tag Team Match
Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Jett Setters (Kushida & Kevin Knight) & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. United Empire (TJP, Francesco Akira & Dan Moloney)
Kevin Knight & Francesco Akira starts this match with Knight hits a leaping splash for a near fall then Knight hits a Stinger Splash on TJP then United Empire began working over Knight in their corner then Dan Moloney hits a snap suplex for a near fall. Knight hits connects with a dropkick to Moloney’s face and they were both down.
Kushida tags in and hits a series of kicks on Akira then a running crossbody and a Pele Kick then Knight hit a springboard crossbody block on Akira then Ryusuke Taguchi enters and hits a mid ring butt bump then running butt bumps in the corner before Catch 22 hits Taguchi with 2/2 for the win.
Winners: United Empire (8:38)
Rate: 7
8 Man Tag Team Match
Chaos (Lio Rush, Yoh, Hirooki Goto & Yoshi Hashi) vs. House Of Torture (Sho, Dick Togo, Evil & Yujiro Takahashi)
House Of Torture attacks Chaos at the bell and both team brawl then Chaos began working over Togo in their corner then Yoh enters and brawls with Sho then Lio Rush hops in and he dove through the ropes onto Sho.
Yoh hits a Falcon Arrow on Sho for a near fall then Togo got his wire and he chokes Yoshi Hashi with it. Goto hits a neckbreaker over the knee on Evil before Bishamon hits Togo with Shoto to get the win for Chaos
Winners: Chaos (8:45)
Rate: 4
Non Title Match
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions Chaos (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shota Umino, Oskar Leube & Boltin Oleg
Match starts off with Kazuchika Okada & Shota Umino having a feeling out process then Okada hits a Mafia Kick then Hiroshi Tanahashi tags in and trades forearm shots with Umino. Umino took a cheap shot at Okada as he was standing on the ring apron and Okada was livid by going to the floor and grabbing the guardrail then he set it down before using it. Tanahashi hit a basement dropkick on Boltin Oleg’s knee then Tomohiro Ishii enters and he traded forearms with Oleg.
Oskar Leube tags in and hits a shoulder tackle that drops Ishii then a suplex for a near fall. Okada & Umino got back in but this time they immediately traded mid ring forearm shots. Okada hits a dropkick then Ishii hits a running shoulder tackle on Leube. Umino & Okada went to the floor, and Umino whips Okada into rows of chairs.
In the ring Umino, Leube & Oleg beat up Ishii. Leube nails a leg drop on Ishii for a near fall then Ishii hits a German suplex on Leube for a near fall. Ishii locks a Boston Crab on Leube for the submission win.
Winners By Submission: NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions Chaos & Hiroshi Tanahashi (9:26)
Rate: 7
8 Man Tag Team Match
Just 4 Guys (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Sanada, KOPW 2023 Champion Taichi, Douki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, Bushi & Tetsuya Naito)
LIJ attacks Just 4 Guys before the bell and both teams brawl then Douki hits a hurricanrana on Hiromu Takahashi. Taichi hits Kawada Kicks on Tetsuya Naito then Taichi & Shingo Takagi hits simultaneous clotheslines. Yoshinobu Kanemaru locks in a Figure 4 on Naito. Naito escaped and hit a basement dropkick on Kanemaru’s knee.
Just 4 Guys began working over Bushi then Sanada locks in Skull End and did a Giant Swing before Douki dove through the ropes onto Naito, Takagi & Takahashi then Sanada locks Bushi in Skull End for the win.
Winners By Submission: Just 4 Guys (7:53)
Rate: 6
Semi Final Match Of The 2023 Best Of The Super Juniors
Block A Winner 1 Mike Bailey vs. Block B Winner 2 Master Wato
Match starts off with a handshake then they started to trade feint kicks before some Lucha stylings led to arm drags and a dropkick that took Mike Bailey to the outside. A plancha follows as Wato tried to follow up with Vendeval back inside but that ends up in the ropes as things spill outside again with Bailey taking control.
Wato gets whip into the corner ahead of a running kick as Bailey then sets up for a slam and Vader Bomb Knees for a near fall. Wato fights back with some forearms before he rolls away from a running shooting star press then scores with a facebuster coming out of the corner.
Bailey gets caught with a leaping neckbreaker, then with a tope con giro on the outside Wato struggles with a springboard and eventually leaps into a cross armbar that ended in the ropes. Bailey gets a little ahead of himself but as he doesn’t go for Ultima Weapon before going back to the cross armbar with Wato cradling his way free before see saw sunset flips took us back to Vendeval.
Breaking free Bailey tries for, and misses moonsault knees before The Vendeval almost got Wato the win but he had to lose grip as Bailey’s kicks from earlier had had an impact. Bailey rocks his way into the ropes to force the break but couldn’t quite capitalize as Wato stormed back with Recientemente for a near fall.
Wato tries for the Tsutenkaku German suplex but they ends up on the apron & they traded kicks as Bailey ends up tripping Wato and finally landing the moonsault double knees. From there, we’re back inside the ring & Bailey goes for Ultima Weapon but he crashing into Wato’s back as he got back to his feet then he goes for Flamingo Driver but Wato slips out and countered into the Tenzan Tombstone Driver & it gets a near-fall as Bailey returns with kicks.
Bailey’s corkscrew enziguiri is stop with a head kick from Wato then nails Tsutenkaku German suplex to get the win.
Winner: Master Wato (16:43)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
Semi Final Match Of The 2023 Best Of The Super Juniors
Block A Winner 2 Titan vs. Block B Winner 1 El Desperado
El Desperado gets sent to the outside from an armdrag form Titan & on the floor Desperado blocks a Tijeras and ends up driving Titan’s knee into the floor, before Desperado threw an onion at him. Desperado clears the crowd as he went for a spot of Titan bowling as he takes him into the 3rd row before chops took Titan even deeper into the crowd.
Back inside the ring Titan ducks a clothesline then hits an enziguiri before a springboard Tijeras took Desperado outside for a tope suicida.
Titan gets his own back with some chair bowling of his own by taking Desperado into the 4th row, before throwing him into the side of a seating deck then a seating deck that Titan sprinted up as he proceeded to hit a body press off of the concourse into Desperado.
The count out is narrowly avoided but Desperado gets roll into a Trailer Hitch but Desperado gets free in the ropes, but couldn’t avoid a dragon screw as a cross kneebar traps Desperado in the middle of the ring forcing him to drag his body to the ropes for another break.
A spear from Desperado stops Titan’s charge into the corner following up with Numero Dos as it was now Titan scrambling for the ropes then we get back & forth strikes ensue from there until Titan hits a swinging DDT in the rope before a 2nd dive was punched away by Desperado then a kip up overhead kick knocks Desperado off the apron as a tope con giro crashes into him in the aisle.
Titan adds to that with a double stomp off the top rope but Desperado moves away as Titan gets a rough landing then Desperado rushes things back inside for Numero Dos but Titan gets to the ropes. Guitarra De Angel follows but it gets for a near fall before Titan escaped Pinche Loco then crashes into Desperado as they spilled to the floor.
Desperado hobbles back in and manages to score a spinebuster seconds later then roll into Numero Dos only for Titan to power out and into a Destroyer then a drop toe hold takes Titan into the ropes but he’s able to score another swinging DDT before he pulled himself up top for a crashing double stomp into Desperado but it gets a near fall before Llave Inmortal gets Desperado to tap out.
Winner By Submission: Titan (21:44)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
Finals (May 28th)
Block B Winner 2 Master Wato vs. Block A Winner 2 Titan
Matches Of The Night
Mike Bailey vs. Master Wato
Titan vs. El Desperado
