From May 13th to June 5th, New Japan Pro Wrestling will place a spotlight on their junior heavyweight single’s division. 20 wrestlers will be split across 2 blocks in a round-robin tournament with the block winners facing each other in the finals on June 5th in Korakuen Hall.

New Japan Pro Wrestling released the blocks and schedule for the tournament this morning:
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 26 Blocks

A BLOCK

  • TAKA Michinoku
  • Titan
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Marty Scurll
  • Jonathan Gresham
  • SHO
  • Shingo Takagi
  • Dragon Lee
  • Taiji Ishimori
  • Tiger Mask

B Block:

  • Robbie Eagles
  • Flip Gordon
  • El Desperado
  • Bandido
  • El Phantasmo
  • Will Ospreay
  • BUSHI
  • Ryusuke Taguchi
  • YOH
  • Rocky Romero

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 26 Schedule

The first night of the tournament on May 13th features the following matches:

Best of the Super Juniors gets underway on May 13

  • Shingo Takagi vs SHO
  • Dragon Lee vs Taiji Ishimori

The second night of the tournament features the following matches:

  • Ryusuke Taguchi vs YOH
  • Will Ospreay vs BUSHI