Browsing: 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.

Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) member and former three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion “Time Bomb” Hiromu Takahashi enters Best of the Super Juniors 27 (BOSJ 27) as one of the favorites. Hiromu managed to win BOSJ 25 (2018) and would love to win his second trophy within New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) to lock in a title challenge against reigning two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Bullet Club member, “Bone Soldier” Taiji Ishimori at Wrestle Kingdom 15.

Bullet Club member “Bone Soldier” Taiji Ishimori began his second reign with the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship during Summer Struggle in Jingu on August 29, 2020 after defeating beloved Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) member Hiromu Takahashi for the championship.