NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 night four results, updated standings

Taiji Ishimori and KUSHIDA maintained their perfect B Block records as night four of NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 took place on Thursday.

In the main event of the show, Ishimori defeated Robbie Eagles. KUSHIDA was victorious earlier in the night against Francesco Akira. Ishimori and KUSHIDA are tied for the early B Block lead with 3-0 records and six points.

Hiromu Takahashi, SHO, and Drilla Moloney also got wins on Thursday. This was Takahashi’s first victory of the tournament.

Here are the quick results:

– B Block match: Taiji Ishimori defeated Robbie Eagles

– B Block match: Hiromu Takahashi defeated Dragon Dia

– B Block match: SHO defeated Ninja Mack

– B Block match: Drilla Moloney defeated DOUKI

– B Block match: KUSHIDA defeated Francesco Akira

– BUSHI, Titan & Tetsuya Naito defeated TJP, Blake Christian & Callum Newman

– Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi defeated HAYATA & Tomoaki Honma

– El Desperado, Boltin Oleg & Katsuya Murashima defeated Kevin Knight, Tiger Mask & Shoma Kato

There are Best of the Super Juniors shows on Saturday (May 18) and Sunday (May 19) this weekend. Each of those nights will feature a full slate of tournament action with both A Block and B Block matches.

Best of the Super Juniors runs through June 9 when the finals will be held at NJPW Dominion. The winner of the tournament will likely be in line for a shot at SHO’s IWGP Junior Heavyweight title.

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 31 standings —

A Block:

• Blake Christian (3-0): 6 points
• Titan (3-0): 6 points
• Kevin Knight (2-1): 4 points
• El Desperado (2-1): 4 points
• Clark Connors (2-1): 4 points
• Kosei Fujita (1-2): 2 points
• Yoshinobu Kanemaru (1-2): 2 points
• HAYATA (1-2): 2 points
• TJP (0-3): 0 points
• BUSHI (0-3): 0 points

B Block:

• KUSHIDA (3-0): 6 points
• Taiji Ishimori (3-0): 6 points
• SHO (2-1): 4 points
• Ninja Mack (2-1): 4 points
• Robbie Eagles (1-2): 2 points
• Drilla Moloney (1-2): 2 points
• DOUKI (1-2): 2 points
• Francesco Akira (1-2): 2 points
• Hiromu Takahashi (1-2): 2 points
• Dragon Dia (0-3): 0 points

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