With the event presented at the Plaza Joetsu region, New Japan Pro Wrestling closed the group stage of the tournament «Best of the Super Jr. 32«.
► «Best of the Super Jr. 32» Día 12
With three fighters at the top, this closure of group B was expected very close.
Ryusuke Taguchi and Kevin Knight both out of any possibility, held a fierce battle to end a high note. Taguchi comic movements alternated against Knight's cheerful style. Towards the end of the fight, Taguchi tried a Missile Hip from the second rope, but Knight knocked him with a kick. Then he got three with a spike DDT followed by a splash ufo.
Titan and Nick Wayne were also aware that they would no longer advance to the final instance, but their fight was dizzying from the beginning. At the crucial moment, Wayne gave a prodigy plex followed by Wayne's World, but Titan avoided them and defeated Wayne with a Diving Foot Stamp followed by an immortal key.
Very rugged was the battle between Mao and Sho. Mao brought all the fun of the DDT world to that fight. When Sho entered the ring, Mao crashed into him with his dramatic Dream (a modified bicycle), surprising the crowd. Hot (Yujiro Takahashi and Ren Narita arrived) to help Sho, hitting Mao, until Kanon and Kazuma Sumi neutralized them. Mao and Sho tune with the public's chairs and Mao took his opponent out of the enclosure, where he was a small truck with which he hit Sho. All this happened before the official start of the shares.
Mao returned to Sho in a cart and started the fight; For Sho to recover, Narito and Yujiro hit Mao until Kanon and Sumi went to their aid, neutralizing them. It followed a rugged battle; Sho attacked with a torture tool towards the end of the game. However, Mao manages to dodge him and hits him with a punch with the metallic mounts. Finally, he defeated Sho with an IAI kick followed by a 450 ° cannonball.
The semifinal was the grieving duel facing Robbie Eagles. He used the power of his knees to undermine his opponent. However, aroused, which still had the possibility of advancing to the decisive match, showed his spirit of champion and counterattacked with a knee attack, without wanting to fall behind. Eagles prepared Hyperion, but mooked caught his leg, lifted him from the position of number two and hit him. Then he finished off with a number two to ensure a decisive victory, he just had to wait.
In the last fight of the group, Yoh and Taiji Ishimori Taiji measured to define who would advance to the last instance. Yoh opted for precise attacks with his shoulder, but refused to go back and counterattacked. As the battle became more and more intense, Yoh captured his opponent with Anaconda Vice towards the end of the fight. However, Ishimori escaped starring Yoh against the corner with the exposed metal and put himself in position for the Bloody Cross. Yoh responded with the Ushigoroshi, followed by a Dragon Suplex and a powerful Direct Drive to defeat Ishimori. As a result, YOH advances to the grand finale.
The complete results are:
NJPW «BEST OF THE SUPER JR. 32», 29.05.2025
Region Plaza Joetsu
1. Kushida, Ninja Mack and Dragon Día beat Shoma Kato, Masatora Yasuda and Daiki Nagai (6:52) with a Kushida Lock Hoverboard about Yasuda.
2. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ren Narita y Yujiro Takahashi vencieron a Master Wato, Toru Yano y Katsuya Murashima (4:30) Continue to Cross Kneelock de Narita sobre Murashima.
3. Yota Tsuji and Hiromu Takahashi beat Francesco Akira and Jakob Austin Young (5:41) with a Gene Blaster of Tsuji about Young.
4. Ryhei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita and Hartley Jackson beat Clark Connors, Robbie X and Gedo with the Kami Special of Fujita about Gedo.
5. Best of the Super Jr. – Grupo B: Kevin Knight (8) Venció to Ryusuke Taguchi (6) (8:40) Con U UFO Splash.
6. Best of the Super Jr. – Grupo B: Titan (8) beat Nick Wayne (8) (8:14) with the Immortal key.
7. Best of the Super Jr. – Grupo B: Mao (12) beat Sho (8) (11:57) with a 450 ° cannonball.
8. Best of the Super Jr. – Grupo B: The awake (12) beat Robbie Eagles (8) (17:44) with number two.
9. Best of the Super Jr. – Grupo B: Yoh (12) beat Taiji Ishimori (8) (15:50) with a Direct Drive.
– Best of the Super Jr. 32 – Final classification:
Group A:
1. Kosei Fujita (10) *
2. Hiramu Takahashi (10)
-. Clark Connors (10)
-. Master Wato (10)
-. Francesco Akira (10)
6. Dragon Dia (8)
-. Kushida (8)
-. Robbie X (8)
-. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (8)
-. Ninja Mack (8)
Group B:
1. YOH (12) *
2. The misery (12)
3. MAO (12)
4. Nick Wayne (8)
-. Taiji Ishimori (8)
-. Robbie Eagles (8)
-. SHO (8)
-. Titan (8)
-. Kevin Knight (8)
10. Ryusuke Taguchi (6)
* To the final
