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Former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion (w/reigning two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion “Bone Soldier” Taiji Ishimori), former Revolution Pro Wrestling [RevPro] Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion, Bullet Club member, and Super J Cup 2019 winner El Phantasmo [ELP] enters the tournament with hopes of repeating as golden jacket trophy winner.

Lio Rush, who had a shaky start to his 2020 campaign with being released from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as ‘cost-cutting’ measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the company later turning massive profits during the health disaster. That difficult situation followed Lio Rush having a public disagreement with Mark Henry, who seemingly threatened to have him blacklisted on several occasions.

The marquee match of the event features an elimination match between Bullet Club members former IWGP Heavyweight Champion, former IWGP Intercontinental Champion, and IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion “Switchblade” Jay White, former six-time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga/Tanga Loa), former NEVER Openweight Champion and New Japan Cup USA 2020 winner Kenta, and “Young Gun” Hikuleo.

The marquee series match of the event saw Suzuki-Gun member El Desperado take on CHAOS member “High Voltage” Sho in a match El Desperado needed to win to keep his BOSJ 27 Finals hopes alive.

The headline series match of the event saw reigning two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and Bullet Club member “Bone Soldier” Taiji Ishimori took on CHAOS member “Sniper of the Skies” Robbie Eagles. With Eagles coming in with a (2-2) [4 points] record, defeating Ishimori was a must for him to keep his BOSJ 27 Finals hopes alive.

The third series match of the event saw former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and BOSJ 19 (2012) “Funky Weapon” Ryusuke Taguchi face former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) member Bushi.

The second series match of the event saw “Way to the Grand Master” Master Wato take on Suzuki-Gun member Douki. On July 11th at the New Japan Cup 2020 Finals, Wato defeated Douki in his return match from an excursion in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

The opening series match of the event saw former three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, BOSJ 25 (2018) winner, and Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) member “Time Bomb” Hiromu Takahashi take on NJPW Noge Dojo Young Lion Yuya Uemura.

With just three nights of action left in this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament, it’s safe to say…

The marquee series match of the event saw the Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) team of former two-time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, WTL 2017 and WTL 2018 winner Sanada and “The Dragon” Shingo Takagi against two-thirds of the reigning NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions and CHAOS members Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi.