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Re: New Japan Best Of The Super Juniors 2016 Thread
« Reply #25 on: June 07, 2016, 09:13:22 PM »
Final Day - Live show with English Commentary from Kevin Kelly and Steve Corino

Jay White p. David Finlay with a rollup counter. This may be the first Jay Wite or David Finlay match I've seen with English commentary. Kevin Kelly put over how Finlay was inserted into the tournament and White wasn't. I'm becoming a big Jay White fan.

Bullet Club (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) b. Yoshitatsu & Captain New Japan when Takahashi low blowed Captain. Nothing bad at all, but nothing to write hme about either.

Katsuyori Shibata & Juice Robinson b. NEVER Openweight Champion Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi when Shibata pinned Nakanishi.

Hiroyoshi Tenzan and ReDragon (Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish b. CHAOS (Tomihiro Ishii, Rocky Romero, & Beretta) when O'Reilly pinned Romero after a Chasing The Dragon finisher.

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion KUSHSA, and IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Matt Sydal & Ricochet b  Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, & Volador Jr. when Ricochet hit a 630 on Volador. Lots of good high flying stuff by all six guys. After the match ReDragon and Roppongi Vice came to the ring, both demanding title shots. Ricochet said they accept for a three way at Dominion.

Michael Elgin & Satoshi Kojima b Bullet Club (IWGP Intercontinental Champion Kenny Omega & Bad Luck Fale) when Elgin pinned Omega with a poweromb onto a ladder. This of course means Elgin has pinned a champion, thus he's likely to get the IC Title shot he asked for a few days ago. Elgin posed with the belt after the match. Omega cut a promo saying Elgin embarassed him, so he is accepting the Ladder Match challenge.

Los Ingobernables De Japon (IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, Sanada, & BUSHI) b. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi & Gedo) when BUSHI pinned Gedo with the Codebreaker. Okada was going to hit the Rainmaker on BUSHI, but Naito got in the ring to stop him. There was a staredown with the crowd solidly behind Okada.

In the Best Of Super Juniors Finals, Will Ospreay p. Ryusuke Taguchi with the Springboard Cutter. This makes Ospreay only the fifth foreigner to win the tournament, and the first British wrestler to do so. Definitely a lot of action, and much less comedy than most Taguchi matches. The crowd was solidly behind Taguchi early on, but were chanting for him after the match.

Ospreay took the mic and called Kushida into the ring. He said Okada brought him into CHAOS to take the Junior Title from KUSHIDA. KUSHIDA accepted the challenge.

Ospreay will now challenge KUSHIDA for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on June 19th.