NJPW BOTSJ Results (Night 1): Early Upset In The Tournament, Flip Gordon Vs. ACH
NJPW Best of the Super Jr. tournament kicked off today, featuring Ishimori defeating Will Ospreay (who won this in 2016) in the main event. Above are the first two matches from today's show. The round-robin styled tournament will run until June 4. Here are the results:
* Chris Sabin and Ren Narita defeated Shota Umino and KUSHIDA
* YOSHI-HASHI and Sho defeated Tomoyuki Oka and Dragon Lee
* Desperado and Minoru Suzuki defeated Ryusuke Taguchi and Toa Henare
* EVIL and Hiromu Takahashi defeated Chase Owens and Mary Scurll
INSANE double springboard tope!! @TheFlipGordon #NJPW #njbosj https://t.co/4ULitIni5Z pic.twitter.com/fACH2oXtdW
? LARIATOOOO!! (@MrLARIATO) May 18, 2018
Tournament Matches (Block A)
* Tiger Mask defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru
* ACH defeated Flip Gordon
* YOH defeated BUSHI
* Taiji Ishimori defeated Will Ospreay
OMG!! @WillOspreay is freaking insane!!! #NJPW #njbosj https://t.co/4ULitIni5Z pic.twitter.com/q7Tl9uBsFJ
? LARIATOOOO!! (@MrLARIATO) May 18, 2018
Ishimori catches Ospreay with the Bloody Cross!! #NJPW #njbosj https://t.co/4ULitIni5Z pic.twitter.com/bGguYTw7vJ
? LARIATOOOO!! (@MrLARIATO) May 18, 2018
The next NJPW BOTSJ is tomorrow at 5:30am ET, here are the Block B tournament matches:
* Dragon Lee vs. SHO
* Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Desperado
* KUSHIDA vs. Chris Sabin
* Hiromu Takahashi vs. Marty Scurll