NJPW Announces Full Match Schedule for Best of the Super Juniors 2023 Tournament

During their Wrestling Dontaku 2023 event earlier today in Fukuoka, Japan, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the full match schedule for their Best of the Super Juniors 2023 tournament, which takes place from May 13th to May 28th in Japan.

The winner of this year’s tournament will receive an automatic title shot for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship at NJPW’s Dominion 2023 event on June 4th.

Full Block schedule for Best of the Super Juniors 2023:

May 12th (A & B Block) – Tokyo, Japan:

• B Block – Kevin Knight vs. Clark Connors
• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Taiji Ishimori
• B Block – BUSHI vs. Dan Moloney
• A Block – KUSHIDA vs. DOUKI
• B Block – Master Wato vs. Francesco Akira
• A Block – Lio Rush vs. SHO
• B Block – YOH vs. Robbie Eagles
• A Block – Titan vs. TJP
• B Block – El Desperado vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• A Block – Hiromu Takahashi vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey

May 13th (A & B Block) – Nagano:

• A Block – KUSHIDA vs. TJP
• B Block – Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Dan Moloney
• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Lio Rush
• B Block – Robbie Eagles vs. Clark Connors
• A Block – SHO vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
• B Block – Kevin Knight vs. Francesco Akira
• A Block – Titan vs. Taiji Ishimori
• B Block – El Desperado vs. BUSHI
• A Block – Hiromu Takahashi vs. DOUKI
• B Block – YOH vs. Master Wato

May 14th (A & B Block) – Nagoya:

• B Block – Kevin Knight vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SHO
• B Block – BUSHI vs. Clark Connors
• A Block – DOUKI vs. Taiji Ishimori
• B Block – Robbie Eagles vs. Francesco Akira
• A Block – KUSHIDA vs. Titan
• B Block – YOH vs. Dan Moloney
• A Block – TJP vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
• B Block – El Desperado vs. Master Wato
• A Block – Lio Rush vs. Hiromu Takahashi

May 16th (A & B Block) – Akita:

• B Block – YOH vs. Clark Connors
• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Titan
• B Block – BUSHI vs. Robbie Eagles
• A Block – DOUKI vs. TJP
• B Block – Francesco Akira vs. Dan Moloney
• A Block – KUSHIDA vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
• B Block – El Desperado vs. Kevin Knight
• A Block – Hiromu Takahashi vs. SHO
• B Block – Master Wato vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• A Block – Lio Rush vs. Taiji Ishimori

May 17th (A & B Block) – Sendai:

• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hiromu Takahashi
• B Block – Kevin Knight vs. BUSHI
• A Block – TJP vs. SHO
• B Block – Francesco Akira vs. Clark Connors
• A Block – Lio Rush vs. DOUKI
• B Block – Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Robbie Eagles
• A Block – Titan vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
• B Block – Master Wato vs. Dan Moloney
• A Block – KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori
• B Block – El Desperado vs. YOH

May 18th (A & B Block) – Iwate:

• A Block – “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. DOUKI
• B Block – Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. BUSHI
• A Block – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. TJP
• B Block – Kevin Knight vs. Dan Moloney
• A Block – Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO
• B Block – El Desperado vs. Clark Connors
• A Block – Lio Rush vs. Titan
• B Block – YOH vs. Francesco Akira
• A Block – KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi
• B Block – Master Wato vs. Robbie Eagles

May 19th (A & B Block) – Aomori:

• B Block – Master Wato vs. Clark Connors
• A Block – Rysuke Taguchi vs. DOUKI
• B Block – Kevin Knight vs. Robbie Eagles
• A Block – Titan vs. SHO
• B Block – Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Francesco Akira
• A Block – KUSHIDA vs. Lio Rush
• B Block – YOH vs. BUSHI
• A Block – Taiji Ishimori vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
• B Block – El Desperado vs. Dan Moloney
• A Block – Hiromu Takahashi vs. TJP

May 21st (A & B Block) – Tokyo:

• A Block – Lio Rush vs. TJP
• B Block – YOH vs. Kevin Knight
• A Block – Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori
• B Block – El Desperado vs. Francesco Akira

May 23rd (A Block) – Osaka:

• KUSHIDA vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
• Hiromu Takahashi vs. Titan
• DOUKI vs. SHO
• Lio Rush vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
• TJP vs. Taiji Ishimori

May 24th (B Block) – Osaka:

• BUSHI vs. Francesco Akira
• El Desperado vs. Robbie Eagles
• Master Wato vs. Kevin Knight
• YOH vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Dan Moloney vs. Clark Connors

May 26th – Tokyo:

• Best of the Super Juniors 2023 Semi-Finals match – A Block winner vs. B Block runner-up
• Best of the Super Juniors 2023 Semi-Finals match – B Block winner vs. A Block runner-up

May 28th (Best of the Super Juniors Finals) – Tokyo:

• Best of the Super Juniors 2023 Finals – TBA vs. TBA