NJPW Best of the Super Juniors night four results, updated standings

For the second straight night at Korakuen Hall, Hiromu Takahashi took a loss in the main event of NJPW Best of the Super Juniors.

Night four of the tournament was headlined by Francesco Akira defeating Takahashi to improve his record to 2-1. Takahashi is now 1-2 with losses to Akira and Kosei Fujita.

Akira used a new Ground Tarantula submission to get the win against Takahashi. With Takahashi having no faction at the moment following Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI’s NJPW departures, Akira extended an offer after the match for him to join United Empire. A frustrated Takahashi continued heading backstage despite the offer.

Here are the full results from Thursday’s show:

• A Block: Francesco Akira defeated Hiromu Takahashi
• B Block: Taiji Ishimori defeated El Desperado
• A Block: Kosei Fujita defeated Master Wato
• B Block: Titan defeated MAO
• A Block: Robbie X defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• B Block: Nick Wayne defeated Robbie Eagles
• A Block: KUSHIDA defeated Ninja Mack
• B Block: YOH defeated Kevin Knight
• A Block: Dragon Dia defeated Clark Connors
• B Block: Ryusuke Taguchi defeated SHO

The Taguchi vs. SHO match only went five seconds with Taguchi avoiding a charge from SHO and pinning him right after the bell rang.

This weekend, BOSJ continues with nights five and six taking place on Saturday and Sunday. The tournament runs through June 1.

Here are the updated standings:

A Block —

• Kosei Fujita (3-0): 6 points
• Dragon Dia (2-1): 4 points
• Robbie X (2-1): 4 points
• Francesco Akira (2-1): 4 points
• Hiromu Takahashi (1-2): 2 points
• KUSHIDA (1-2): 2 points
• Ninja Mack (1-2): 2 points
• Yoshinobu Kanemaru (1-2): 2 points
• Clark Connors (1-2): 2 points
• Master Wato (1-2): 2 points

B Block —

• Nick Wayne (3-0): 6 points
• Titan (2-1): 4 points
• Robbie Eagles (2-1): 4 points
• MAO (2-1): 4 points
• Ryusuke Taguchi (2-1): 4 points
• Taiji Ishimori (1-2): 2 points
• El Desperado (1-2): 2 points
• SHO (1-2): 2 points
• YOH (1-2): 2 points
• Kevin Knight (0-3): 0 points

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