NJPW Announces Nick Wayne & Jun Kasai as Final Set of Entrants and Group Blocks for Best of the Super Juniors 2026 Tournament

Indie / Misc
Apr 4, 2026

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the final set of official competitors for this year’s Best of the Super Juniors 33 tournament, which takes place from May 14th to June 7th in Japan.

These new competitors announced were AEW talent Nick Wayne and Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS talent Jun Kasai.

Besides the final two competitors, the official group blocks for this year’s tournament were also announced.

A Block:

  • Master Wato
  • Ryusuke Taguchi
  • Kosei Fujita
  • Robbie X
  • Francesco Akira
  • DOUKI (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion)
  • Titán
  • Valiente Jr.
  • Nick Wayne
  • Jun Kasai

B Block:

  • El Desperado
  • KUSHIDA
  • YOH
  • Robbie Eagles,
  • Taiji Ishimori
  • Jakob Austin Young
  • SHO
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Hyo
  • Daisuke Sasaki
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