NJPW BOTSJ Night 9 Results (5/29): Tochigi, Japan
New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) recently held night 9 of their Best Of The Super Juniors Tournament which emanated from the Tochigi City Athletic Park Gymnasium in Tochigi, Japan. The show was highlighted by Will Ospreay taking on Yoshinobu Kanemaru in the main event. Below are the results from the show:
Prelim Matches Results:
– Chase Owens & Marty Scurll def. Dragon Lee & Yota Tsuji when Owens pinned Tsuji after a Package Piledriver.
– YOSHI-HASHI & SHO def. Ryusuke Taguchi & Tomoyuki Oka when Oka submitted to YOSHI-HASHI’s Butterfly Lock.
– Minoru Suzuki & El Desperado def. KUSHIDA & Shota Umino when Suzuki pinned Umino after a Gotch Piledriver.
– Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi def. Chris Sabin & Toa Henare when Naito pinned Henare after a Destino.
A Block Matches Results:
– Taiji Ishimori def. Tiger Mask.
Taiji jumped Tiger as soon as he stepped through the ropes, and worked him over with chops and closed fists. Tiger made a brief comeback, and Taiji sold his kicks like crazy, but Taiji regained the upper hand and went for the mask. Taiji landed some forearm strikes, but Tiger was able to come back with his kicks and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Tiger hit a hip toss off the top rope, and picked up a nearfall. He went for a Tiger Suplex, but when Taiji looked to counter, he switched to the cross arm-breaker. Taiji reached the ropes, breaking the hold.
Taiji hit double knees in the corner, and followed with a running knee strike, before slapping on a crossface. Tiger reached the ropes, and got a brief comeback, including hitting a Tiger Suplex for a nearfall. He hit a Tiger Suplex from the top for another nearfall, then applied an armbar, but Taiji reached the ropes. Tiger went for the Tiger Clutch, but Taiji hit him with a knee strike and a lung blower, then hit the Bloody Cross for the pin.
– BUSHI def. ACH.
ACH got a double-leg, then tore off BUSHI’s shirt and landed some chops. BUSHI responded, using the shirt to choke ACH, and began working over his heavily taped shoulder. BUSHI hit a Hangman’s DDT on the apron, and continued his assault on the floor. Back inside, BUSHI used an STF and an armbar, working the shoulder. He hit a guillotine leg drop, before ACH was able to mount a comeback. ACH landed a double foot stomp to the back, a uranage, and a bridging suplex for a nearfall. He followed with a backbreaker, but BUSHI came back with a missile dropkick and a hurricanrana from the ring to the floor.
Back in the ring, ACH hit a DVD for a nearfall, and BUSHI countered a dead lift suplex into a cradle for a nearfall. ACH hit a dead lift suplex, and a running knee in the corner. He went to the top, but missed a 450 attempt. ACH countered an MX attempt, but BUSHI hit a backstabber, leading to a double down. BUSHI was first up, and hit an MX, but only got a nearfall. He followed with an MX from the second rope, and got the pin.
– YOH def. Flip Gordon.
Flip got the best of a hot opening exchange, hitting a dropkick and a standing shooting star. He hit a handspring back elbow, but missed another, allowing YOH to hit a slingshot foot stomp, a neckbreaker, and a standing senton for a nearfall. YOH worked a chin lock and a headscissors, as the pace slowed. He followed with a back elbow and a snap suplex, scoring a nearfall. Flip hit an enziguri, and a springboard dropkick, sending YOH outside. He hit a crossbody from the top rope to the floor, and a springboard Sling Blade, back in the ring.
YOH countered a cradle attempt with a guillotine, and landed some Misawa elbows. Flip came back with a superkick, a rolling senton, and another standing sooting star, but YOH landed a superkick, leading to a double down. They traded forearm strikes, with Flip getting the best of the exchange. YOH went for the superplex into a Falcon Arrow, but Flip turned it into a Falcon Arrow of his own for a nearfall. Flip hit a top rope 450 for a nearfall, but ate a superkick, and YOH bridged into the Five Star Clutch, and got the three count.
– Will Ospreay def. Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Kanemaru jumped Ospreay as he turned his back during ring introductions, but Ospreay was able to respond. He sent Kanemaru to the floor, and hit a plancha. They brawled into the first row, but as Ospreay went for a running attack, Kanemaru connected with a chair shot. He continued to attack Ospreay with a chair, driving it into Ospreay’s neck and shoulder. Back in the ring, Kanemaru used a headscissors, and a Bomaye. He pulled Ospreay back to the floor, and hit a DDT. Ospreay beat the count back inside, but Kanemaru tore off his shoulder tape, and applied a camel clutch. Ospreay hit a handspring enziguri and a 619, gaining momentum for the first time. He followed with a springboard forearm for a nearfall.
Kanemaru halted Ospreay’s momentum, hitting a DDT, and an inverted DDT, but Ospreay was able to counter with a standing shooting star, earning another nearfall. He went for a Storm Breaker, but Kanemaru countered, and Red Shoes took a bump. Ospreay went for the cover, but with the referee out, it was to no avail. Kanemaru hit a low blow. Ospreay stopped a chair shot, but Red Shoes woke up in time to stop Ospreay from using the chair himself. With Red Shoes distracted, Kanemaru went for the whiskey mist, but Ospreay kicked him in the gut, and Kanemaru spit the whiskey in the air. Ospreay hit a sit out inverted DDT for a nearfall.
Ospreay connected with the Robinson Special. He went for an Oscutter, but Kanemaru countered with a dropkick. Kanemaru hit a brainbuster, but only got a two count. He hit Deep Impact, but Ospreay kicked out of that as well. Kanemaru came off the top, right into a roundhouse kick. Ospreay hit a superkick, a Burning Star Press, and a corkscrew splash off the top for a nearfall, then hit the Storm Breaker for the win.
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