Night 12 Results: New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors Block B concludes

Ibrahim Malik

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Region Plaza Joetsu in Joetsu, Japan was the setting for night 12 of New Japan Pro Wrestling's 32nd Best of the Super Juniors. It saw the conclusion to Block B, determining A Block winner Kosei Fujita's opponent for the finals on Sunday June 1st.

Kevin Knight d. Ryusuke Taguchi via pinfall in 8:40
Knight wraps his Best of the Super Juniors with a 4 (Wayne, Titán, Sho, Taguchi) and 5 (Mao, Eagles, Yoh, Ishimori, Desperado) record.

Taguchi finishes at 3 (Ishimori, Sho, Yoh) and 6 (Titán, Wayne, Mao, Desperado, Eagles, Knight).

Titán d. Nick Wayne via submission in 8:14
Titán concludes his run at 4 (Taguchi, Mao, Ishimori, Wayne) and 5 (Desperado, Knight, Eagles, Sho, Yoh).

The 19-year-old Wayne finishes at 4 (Sho, Desperado, Eagles, Taguchi) and 5 (Knight, Ishimori, Yoh, Mao, Titán) in his first BOSJ.

Mao d. Sho via pinfall in 11:57
Mao keeps his chances of qualification alive with the win, as he finishes at 6 (Knight, Ishimori, Taguchi, Eagles, Wayne, Sho) and 3 (Titán, Desperado, Yoh).

Sho ends at 4 (Yoh, Eagles, Titán, Ishimori) and 5 (Wayne, Taguchi, Desperado, Knight, Mao).

El Desperado d. Robbie Eagles via submission in 17:44
Desperado’s win leaves him at 6 (Titán, Mao, Sho, Taguchi, Knight, Eagles) and 3 (Wayne, Ishimori, Yoh), and eliminates Mao from the competition, bringing the block down to the final match. If Yoh wins or draws, he wins the group, if he loses, Desperado does.

Eagles concludes with a 4 (Yoh, Knight, Titán, Taguchi) and 5 (Wayne, Sho, Ishimori, Mao, Desperado) record.

Yoh d. Taiji Ishimori via pinfall in 15:50
Yoh's victory makes him the block winner with his 6 (Knight, Mao, Desperado, Wayne, Titán, Ishimori) and 3 (Eagles, Sho, Taguchi) record by virtue of his victories over both Mao and Desperado giving him the tiebreak victory between the three on their 6 wins each.

Ishimori finishes at 4 (Desperado, Eagles, Wayne, Knight) and 5 (Taguchi, Mao, Titán, Sho, Yoh).

Block B
Yoh - 12 points (6-3)
El Desperado - 12 points (6-3)
Mao - 12 points (6-3)
Nick Wayne - 8 points (4-5)
Taiji Ishimori - 8 points (4-4)
Kevin Knight - 8 points (4-5)
Robbie Eagles - 8 points (4-5)
Sho - 8 points (4-5)
Titán - 8 points (4-5)
Ryusuke Taguchi - 6 points (3-6)

Ibrahim Malik

Ibbi is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is living his best life in the UK, loving all sports, especially US sports. He is an NFL, NBA, MLB, tennis and pro-wrestling enthusiast. You can follow him at @quitrasslinme on X.