Browsing: Best Of The Super Juniors

The sixth match of the event and the third BOSJ 27 match saw former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) member Bushi face CHAOS member Sho. 

The fourth match of the event and the second BOSJ 27 match saw the returning CHAOS member “Sniper of the Skies” Robbie Eagles take on Suzuki-Gun member Douki.

The co Best of the Super Juniors (BOSJ 27) and World Tag League 2020 (WTL 2020) tournaments got underway on November 15, 2020. The event at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium drew a crowd of 2,558 (reduced crowd due to Coronavirus, 2019), and witnessed the largest card since New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) returned from the COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) delay.

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) Noge Dojo Young Lion, Yuya Uemura makes his Best of the Super Juniors debut due to Suzuki-Gun member “Heel Master” Yoshinobu Kanemaru having to vacate his spot in the tournament due to a knee injury. 

Suzuki-Gun member Douki enters his second Best of the Super Juniors tournament, after making his New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) debut during BOSJ 26. While only securing two points during last year’s campaign, Douki hopes Best of the Super Juniors 27 (BOSJ 27) brings him better results.

Former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and Best of the Super Juniors 19 (2012) winner “Funky Weapon” Ryusuke Taguchi enters his 15th consecutive BOSJ tournament in Best of the Super Juniors 27 (BOSJ 27).

“Way to the Grandmaster” Master Wato makes his Best of the Super Juniors debut during Best of the Super Juniors 27 (BOSJ 27). Master Wato officially returned from his over two-year excursion in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in July of this year, continuing his path as one of the youngest New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) roster members.

One-half of the reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions (w/Yoshinbou Kanemaru) and Suzuki-Gun member; El Desperado comes into Best of the Super Juniors 27 (BOSJ 27) on the outside looking in.

Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) member Bushi comes into Best of the Super Juniors 27 (BOSJ 27) needing to regain the form he had when he won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship back on September 17, 2016 during Destruction in Tokyo.

“High Voltage” Sho is a recent NEVER Openweight Championship challenger and has achieved success in the Roppongi 3K tag team (w/Yoh) where he’s won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion four-times to go along with three Super Junior Tag League tournament trophies in 2017, 2018, and 2019.