The group stage of New Japan’s annual Best Of The Super Junior tournement came to a close today….
In tense situation in Block B Heat, the NJPW Jr champ went to a time limit draw with Ultimo Dragon which saw Dragon advance… Naruse went down to Tiger Mask so Heat finished level with him but because Heat had beaten Naru Heat advance to the finals….
In Block A, AmDragon defeated Koji for his spot alongside last years winner, the already qualified Kakihara… Liger also qualified when MA-G-MA was DQ’d as his Osaka buddies, Diao QUALLT and Black Buffalo attacked him and the ref causing the match to be thrown out…
The final standings where…
Block A:
1. Jushin Thunder Liger [9]
2. American Dragon [9]
3. Masahito Kakihara [9]
4. Koji Kanemoto [7]
5. El Samurai [7]
6. Big Boss MA-G-MA [7]
7. Wataru Inoue [4]
8. Ryusuke Taguchi [4]
Block B:
1. Tiger Mask [12]
2. Ultimo Dragon [11]
3. Heat [10]
4. Masayuki Naruse [10]
5. Rocky Romero [7]
6. Garuda [3]
7. Katsuhiko Nakajima [2]
8. Curry Man [1]
That means the line for the final is…
1. Best of the Super Jr. – Round 2: Masahito Kakihara vs. Ultimo Dragon
2. Best of the Super Jr. – Round 2: Heat vs. American Dragon
3. Hiro Saito, Tatsutoshi Goto & Toru Yano vs. Makai #1, Mitsuya Nagai & Ryushi Yanagisawa
4. Best of the Super Jr. – Semi Final: Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Winner of Kakihara/Ultimo Dragon
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Semi Final: Tiger Mask vs. Winner of Heat/American Dragon
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Kazunari Murakami & Katsuyori Shibata
7. Shinsuke Nakamura & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Minoru Suzuki & Rocky Romero
8. Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Masahiro Chono, Genichiro Tenryu & Manabu Nakanishi
9. Best of the Super Jr. – Final: