Will the Rogue Luchador redeem himself?

NJPW continues in Korakuen Hall as Best of the Super Juniors 28 hits round two! Will El Desperado get back up after the SHOcking loss last round?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Best of the Super Juniors 28: YOH VS DOUKI; Douki wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: Ryusuke Taguchi VS BUSHI; Bushi wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: Master Wato VS Robbie Eagles; Eagles wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: Yoshinobu Kanemaru VS El Phantasmo; Kanemaru wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: SHO VS Hiromu Takahashi; Sho wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: El Desperado VS Taiji Ishimori; Ishimori wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Here are the current BOSJ 28 standings!

SHO: 1-0, 2 points
Douki: 1-0, 2 points
Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 1-0, 2 points
Ryusuke Taguchi: 1-0, 2 points
Master Wato: 1-0, 2 points
Hiromu Takahashi: 1-0, 2 points
El Desperado: 0-1, 0 points
YOH: 0-1, 0 points
El Phantasmo: 0-1, 0 points
Robbie Eagles: 0-1, 0 points
Taiji Ishimori: 0-1, 0 points
Bushi: 0-1, 0 points

Best of the Super Juniors 28: YOH VS DOUKI!

Direct Drive lost in shockingly quick fashion while Japones del Mal shocked us by winning at all! Will Douki get another surprise win to kick off round two? Or will Yoh redeem himself after Ticking Time Bomb blew him up?

The bell rings and fans rally up as Yoh and Douki slowly circle. They approach, Douki kicks low and headlocks. Yoh powers out, hurdles, but Douki waistlocks. Yoh elbows free, whips, Douki reverses but Yoh goes up and over to arm-drag! And then dropkick! Fans cheer as Yoh stands tall. Yoh brings Douki up, throws forearms, whips to ropes then drops. Yoh passes Douki to drop toehold and basement dropkick! Douki bails out but he avoids the plancha to kick and RAM Yoh into railing! Douki builds speed now to DIVE! Direct hit and Yoh hits railing! Fans fire up as Douki stands and brings Yoh up. Douki wrenches to whip Yoh into railing!

Douki brings Yoh up, into the ring, and fans cheer as he runs to basement BOOT! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up, Douki wraps on a leg hook full nelson. It’s almost like an inverted Italian Stretch! Yoh endures as Douki pulls back on the arms. Fans rally up, Yoh moves around, and gets a ropebreak with a foot! The ref counts, Douki lets go at 4. Yoh goes to the apron but Douki slaps him around and taunts him. Douki brings Yoh back in to scoop and SLAM, then runs to DOUBLE STOMP! Cover, TWO! Douki drags Yoh up, Yoh throws forearms! Yoh whips, Douki holds ropes to avoid the dropkick! Douki slaps Yoh again, then runs but into the dropkick!

Fans rally up while both men are down. Yoh crawls to a corner while Douki goes to ropes. Yoh runs and rallies with big forearms! Yoh whips, Douki reverses, Yoh hits FLYING FOREARMS! And then he kips up! Fans continue to rally as Yoh goes corner to corner. Yoh back elbows Douki then turns him for a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Yoh keeps his focus, brings Douki up, reels him in, but Douki fights the suplex. Douki rakes eyes, then runs, but into an elbow! Yoh wrenches and DECKS Douki with a forearm! Fans continue to rally, but Douki boots and goes to the apron! Shoulder, slingshot, but no Daybreak! Yoh suplexes but Douki slips out to roll up, TWO! ITALIAN STRETCH #32!

Fans rally as Yoh endures. Yoh falls over, but he fights his way back up and moves around. Douki drags Yoh away but Yoh dead lifts to suplex and FALCON ARROW! Both men are down but fans fire up again! Yoh crawls over to Douki, drags him up, gets the full nelson, but Douki breaks it! Douki resists the German Suplex, but Yoh reels him in. Douki kicks and ENZIGURIS back! Douki runs, but Yoh handsprings to dodge, then SUPERKICKS to a GERMAN SUPLEX! Yoh holds on, for another GERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Fans fire up with Yoh and he gets Douki back up. Yoh underhooks for- NO, Douki resists Direct Drive to roll to a cradle! TWO!!

Yoh uppercuts, runs, but into a LARIAT! Both men are down again and fans rally! Douki crawls, sits up, and slashes his throat to say this is over! Douki goes to the apron, Yoh stands, Douki slingshots, DAYBREAK! Cover, TWO!! Douki can’t believe it but Yoh is still in this! The fans rally even harder and Douki roars before he stands Yoh up. Torture rack, but Yoh slips out to roll Douki! TWO! Douki HELLSTABS! Yoh is in the corner, Douki runs in, into a SUPERKICK! Yoh gets Douki up and suplexes, GHOSTBUSTER! Fans fire up and Yoh underhooks, to DIRECT- No! Douki slips out, Gory Especial to DODON-NO-JUTSU! Cover, TWO!!

Wheelbarrow and SUPLEX DEL LUNA!! Bridging cover, DOUKI WINS!!?

Winner: Douki, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Yoh earns 0)

What in the world?! Douki has won two straight while Yoh has lost two straight? Is there a bad moon rising in the Best of the Super Juniors?

Best of the Super Juniors 28: Ryusuke Taguchi VS BUSHI!

The Funky Weapon shot down the Sniper of the Skies, but Black Mask is stinging from his lose to Douki. Will Taguchi keep things going to 2-0? Or can Bushi break even?

Taguchi parallels Bushi standing on the second rope and fans rally already. Bushi hops down so Taguchi hops down. The bell rings and the two circle. They feel things out, Taguchi spin jumping just to keep Bushi aware of the hip attack. But then Taguchi blocks the kick! Taguchi headlocks, Bushi powers out, reels Taguchi in, and gets a headlock of his own. Taguchi powers out, things speed up, Taguchi keeps dropping to make Bushi run, and then he dodges the basement dropkick! Taguchi gives a point blank hip attack, then runs in for a corner hip attack. Taguchi whips corner to corner, runs in again for another hip attack!

Taguchi whips corner to corner again, but Bushi blocks! Taguchi whips Bushi the other way but is put up on the ropes! The funky weapon takes damage as Bushi shakes the ropes! Bushi stops as the ref reprimands, and Taguchi slowly falls to the mat. The ref checks but Bushi stomps Taguchi. Bushi brings Taguchi up to CHOP! And CHOP! And then whip corner to corner. Bushi runs in to back elbow, then he trips Taguchi to pull him into the post! More damage to the funky weapon as Bushi pulls Taguchi by his legs! The ref reprimands, counts, and Bushi stops at 4. The ref checks on Taguchi again but Bushi drags Taguchi to the floor.

Bushi brings Taguchi up and headlocks to bring him around the way. Bushi then ATOMIC DROPS Taguchi on the railing! And KICKS the railing! That’s a critical hit to the funky weapon! Taguchi falls slowly to the front row while Bushi goes into the ring. Fans rally up for Taguchi while he reaches out to Milano Collection AT on commentary. Milano can’t do anything and the ring count starts. The count is already 10 of 20 as Taguchi crawls towards the railing. He can’t fit through the gap so he has to go through the gateway. The count is 15, 16, then 17, but Taguchi is in at 19! And then he flops back out to give himself a new count!

Bushi goes out to stomp Taguchi down. Bushi drags Taguchi up, puts him in the ring, then gets the legs to dig into the groin! Bushi is merciless but the ref counts. Bushi lets go with one hand but that’s not the problem! The ref counts again, Bushi drops down to really pull on the legs! Bushi finally stops and Taguchi writhes in pain. Bushi gets Taguchi up, for a splay stretch? Taguchi endures being upside-down and spread open like that. Bushi lets off and Taguchi can only writhe on the mat. Bushi stomps him, gets him up and punches his butt! Bushi runs, but Taguchi follows, only to run into an ATOMIC DROP!

Bushi waistlocks, Taguchi elbows free, fakes Bushi out, and HIP ATTACKS! Maybe a bit double-edged but fans fire up for Taguchi. Bushi flounders on the ropes, Taguchi hobbles over and hip attacks! And then again! And then he slides out to hip attack from the outside! Fans rally up and Taguchi springboards, MISSILE HIP! Bushi falls out, Taguchi TRIANGLE JUMP PLANCHAS! Direct hit and fans rally for “TA-GU-CHI! TA-GU-CHI!” Taguchi puts Bushi in, and calls upon the powers of Strong Style! “OHYA~!” But Bushi run sin! Taguchi avoids the dropkick, rolls Bushi around, OH MY GARFUNKLE! Bushi gets the ropebreak! Taguchi holds on until 4.

Fans rally up, Taguchi fires up and he whips Bushi corner to corner. Taguchi run sin but into a BOOT! Bushi RANAS Taguchi to the ropes! Bushi gets Taguchi up, whips him to a corner, runs in but Taguchi dodges. Taguchi runs in, but into a swing kick! Bushi goes up top and leaps to missile dropkick! And Bushirooni! Taguchi staggers into a dropkick to the leg! And a DDT! Cover, TWO! Bushi drags Taguchi up, Taguchi fights the fisherman to suplex! Uno Amigo, and then another suplex! Dos Amigos, but Bushi fights the third! Bushi hooks the arms and backslides but Taguchi rolls through to BASEMENT HIP ATTACK! Cover, TWO! OH MY GARFUNKLE!

Bushi endures the ankle lock, gets up but Taguchi ducks the enziguri, only for Bushi to hit the heel kick! Taguchi and Bushi get up, Bushi runs in but no Code Breaker! ANKLE LOCK!! Bushi endures again, reaches around, but Taguchi keeps him from ropes! Bushi rolls but Taguchi comes back to get the ANKLE LOCK! Taguchi leans on the hold, Bushi fights up again, but Taguchi yanks him from the ropes! Chicken wings but no Dodon Buster! FISHERMAN SCREW! Both men are down but the fans fire up! Taguchi powers up and drags Bushi up for a forearm. Bushi forearms back so Taguchi hits again. They go back and forth, Bushi gets the edge, but Taguchi ENZIGURIS!

Taguchi runs, but Bushi ATOMIC DROPS again! Bushi puts a leg in the ropes to dropkick it! And then DRAPING BACKSTABBER! Both men are down again but fans rally back up. Bushi gets up, Taguchi follows, Bushi runs to CODE BREAKER! Cover, TWO!! Taguchi survives and fans rally behind him! Bushi hobbles to a corner, climbs up, leaps, MX!! Cover, Bushi wins!

Winner: Bushi, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Taguchi earns 0)

And Bushi is on the board! Will he be able to stay on the winning track? Taguchi is also 1-1, will this loss come back to bite him down the line?

Best of the Super Juniors 28: Master Wato VS Robbie Eagles!

The Way of the Grandmaster caught El Phantasmo, and again, the Sniper of the Skies fell to the Funky Weapon. Will Eagles be drowning in back-to-back losses? Or can he dry up Wato and get on the board?

The bell rings and fans rally for “EA-GLE-SU!” Eagles encourages it to get louder, but Wato isn’t discouraged. They feel out the grapple, tie up, and Wato gets a waistlock. Eagles switches, Wato switches back, Eagles wrenches to a wristlock. Wato spins through, wrenches back to have the wristlock, but Eagles uses the ropes to flip through. Eagles wrenches again and fans cheer. Wato rolls, kips up and wrenches back to a hammerlock then headlock then takeover. Eagles headscissors, Wato kips free, and fans cheer the standoff. Eagles and Wato reset, tie up, and are in a deadlock. They go around, Eagles puts Wato on ropes but Wato turns things around.

The ref calls for the break, Wato pats Eagles on the shoulders. Fans cheer and Eagles is a bit annoyed, but Eagles ties up with Wato again. Eagles headlocks, Wato powers up to throw body shots. Wato powers out, Eagles runs him over. Eagles runs, Wato drops but he avoids the knee drop! Things keep moving, Eagles hurdles, Wato leaps, then Wato ducks to RANA! Eagles handsprings through to kick, go up and around and arm-drag! Eagles ducks and dodges now to RANA back! Wato also handsprings, but Eagles sweeps the legs! Cover, ONE! Wato sweeps and covers, ONE! The two stand off again and fans cheer.

Wato KICKS Eagles’ leg, but Eagles KICKS back. Wato KICKS, Eagles CHOPS! Wato KICKS again and Eagles hobbles. Eagles throws a forearm, Wato KICKS! Eagles KICKS, Wato KICKS, repeat! Eagles blocks a kick to SLAP Wato! Wato SLAPS back, but Eagles grins and SLAPS again. Wato and Eagles turn this into a SLAP fight! Fans rally up as the SLAPS go faster and faster, and from both sides! Wato SLAPS Eagles off his feet! Eagles kicks, trips Wato and has the legs! Wato scrambles to the ropebreak to avoid the Ron Miller! Eagles lets off but then kicks at Wato’s legs. Wato gets up, blocks a kick, puts the leg in the ropes then sweeps the other leg! Then KICKS the leg again!

Wato stands Eagles up to sobat, but runs into a WHEEL KICK! Eagles kips up, Wato bails out, Eagles builds speed but fakes Wato out with the springboard. Wato baits Eagles in to shoulder and springboard. Eagles gets under, KCIKS Wato’s leg. Eagles goes to kick again but Wato blocks that, only for Eagles to reel Wato in for a KNEEBAR! Wato scrambles again and gets another ropebreak! The ref counts, Eagles holds until 4, and fans rally up. Eagles drags Wato up, throws a big forearm, then another. Wato eggs Eagles on so Eagles kicks the leg. And then KICKS Wato in the chest! And again! Eagles runs but Wato hurdles to back elbow, uppercut and ROLLING SOBAT!

Fans fire up as Wato aims for Eagles. Eagles ducks the buzzsaw, Wato ducks the roundhouse, Eagles avoids the boot, Wato deflects the sobat! DOUBLE ROUNDHOUSES take both men down! Fans fire up as the ref checks on them both. They’re both okay to continue so fans rally up. Wato and Eagles crawl towards each other, Eagles clinches but Wato KICKS the leg! And again! Eagles kicks back, Wato kicks again! They keep giving KICKS, Eagles goes up to the chest! Wato blocks one, KICKS back, then KICKS again! And again! Eagles sweeps the leg! Fans fire up as Eagles winces and clutches his chest. Eagles waits for Wato to rise to fire off fast KICKS, then a PENALTY KICK!

Wato goes to a corner, “EA-GLE-SU!” runs in to DOUBLE KNEE! Then rolls back to run corner to corner, METEORA! Wato is dazed, Eagles pushes him to the cover, TWO! KNEE DROP on the back of the legs! Eagles goes to the corner and climbs up as fans rally. 450 but Eagles has to roll through! Wato is up but Eagles knees low. Wato blocks the kick, spins and scoops but Eagles slips out to sobat! Eagles whips, Wato reverses and dropkicks! Eagles falls out of the ring and fans fire up with Wato! Wato runs to TORNILLO! Direct hit and both men are down! Fans fire up, Wato crawls away and the count begins. Wato puts Eagles in at 9 and takes aim.

Wato springboards for the FLYING UPPERCUT! Wato fires up and fans are with him! Eagles gets up, Wato KICKS the leg, fires off more strikes, then SUPERKICKS! Eagles is down, Wato covers, TWO!! Eagles survives and Wato grits his teeth in frustration. Wato gets Eagles up, but he ducks the buzzsaw to trip and get the leg! Wato KICKS Eagles away, gets him for a cradle, TWO!! Eagles hurries up but Wato BOOTS! Wato runs but Eagles follows to wheelbarrow and victory roll, to the leglock! Wato kicks but Eagles lets off. Wato ducks the mule kick, Eagles blocks a kick to QUESTION MARK KICK! SUPERKICK! PELE misses! SCREW HIGH KICK!!

Fans are fired up while both men are down again! Wato crawls to a cover, TWO!! Eagles is still in this but Wato drags him up. Wrench and the hook, but Eagles fights off the Mouse Trap. So Wato makes it an IRON OCTOPUS! But Eagles powers out, hooks Wato up, but no backpack yet! Wato pushes, dodges, tilt-o-whirls to schoolboy! Eagles ends up in the corner, and he dropkicks Wato’s legs out! Fans fire up as Wato flounders up. Eagles runs in but into an elbow! So he Tiger Feints Wato’s legs out! Eagles springboards to dropkick the legs out! Eagles gets the legs, Wato holds him off to roll him up! But Eagles turns it around on Wato, and Eagles wins!!

Winner: Robbie Eagles, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Wato earns 0)

Wato can’t believe it but Eagles just sniped him! The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion is back up, will he be able to stay airborne in the tournament? As for Wato, is there still a long way to go traveling down the Way of the Grandmaster?

Best of the Super Juniors 28: Yoshinobu Kanemaru VS El Phantasmo!

The Heel Master already got one over on the Bone Soldier, but can he sweep the “Cutest Tag Team” in NJPW? Or is he already counting out The Headbanga before the bell?

The bell rings and fans rally up. ELP tells Kanemaru that he is Suzuki-Gun’s “Number one kawaii young boy.” He wants to shake Kanemaru’s hand but Kanemaru refuses. ELP shrugs and turns his back, only for Kanemaru to kick him in the back! And CLUB him, too! Kanemaru clamps on a headlock and grinds ELP, but ELP fights up and powers out to his own headlock. Kaneamru powers out but ELP steps all over him and struts about. ELP then lounges on the ropes, only for Kanemaru to kick him down! Kanemaru throws ELP out, goes out after, but ELP slips back inside. ELP says no count outs, but Kanemaru gets in to stomp ELP’s foot!

ELP hobbles, Kanemaru stomps him then whips him corner to corner. Kanemaru runs in but into an elbow. ELP runs but into a dropkick! Fans fire up, Kanemaru covers, TWO! Kanemaru brings ELP up, whips him to ropes then elbows him down, to roll him and basement dropkick! Kanemaru scrapes his sole on ELP’s head, then jams his elbow in. Kanemaru wraps on a chinlock and squeezes tight. Fans rally, ELP fight sup, and ELP throws body shots. ELP runs but avoids the basement dropkick to then drop ax handles on Kanemaru’s back over and over. Cover, TWO! ELP steps on Kanemaru’s hand, then stomps it! Kanemaru clutches his fingers, is ELP’s boot loaded after all?

ELP gets Kanemaru’s arm, stands on the arm and taunts Kanemaru before he stomps the hand again! Fans rally while ELP checks his boot. ELP knuckle locks Kanemaru’s bad hand and twists the wrist! Kanemaru endures, ELP goes up and up and jumps around, grinds the rail, jumps some more, then jumps down to CLAW Kanemaru’s back! Fans cheer the antics, ELP covers, TWO! ELIP sits Kanemaru up to knee him in the back and clamp on the chinlock again. Kanemaru endures, pulls ELP’s hair but ELP CLAWS Kanemaru again. The ref reprimands, ELP scoops Kanemaru for a BACKBREAKER! And a backbreaker rack across his knee!

Kanemaru endures as ELP digs his elbow in then knocks him down. Cover, TWO! ELP keeps on Kanemaru with a chinlock. Kanemaru endures, ELP grinds him down, then grabs Kanemaru’s free arm to BITE the finger! The ref reprimands, Kanemaru shakes his hand out. ELP leans all his weight on Kanemaru by doing a headstand, then drops down for some torque. Kanemaru still endures, so ELP shifts to a facelock. LEP gets Kanemaru up but Kanemaru throws body shots. ELP CLUBS Kanemaru, runs, but the ref is a shield! ELP sends the ref back at Kanemaru, then kicks low! ELP CLUBS, runs again, and cartwheels to avoid the dropkick!

ELP struts more but Kanemaru ENZIGURIS him down! Fans rally up as both men are down. Kanemaru catches his breath, gets back up, and ELP sits up to get to ropes. Kanemaru brings ELP up to scoop, dragon sleeper, BRITISH FALL! Cover, TWO! Kanemaru goes up the corner and takes aim as ELP rises! No Deep Impact as ELP dodges. Things speed up, Kanemaru tilt-o-whirls but ELP slips through to straitjacket torture rack. Kanemaru slips out to whip, things speed up and Kanemaru dropkicks the legs out! ELP lands on his face! Fans fire up as both men are down again. Kanemaru gets up and drags ELP to a suplex, for a BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!!

ELP is still in this but Kanemaru stands him up to scoop and SLAM into a drop zone! Kanemaru goes up, MOONSAULT but he lands on his feet! ELP mule kicks Kanemaru! The loaded boot surely did damage to the stomach! ELP straitjackets and torture racks, for the FACEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Kanemaru survives and fans are fired up! ELP drags himself to a corner, gets his boot right and he tunes up the band. Kanemaru slowly rises, ELP runs in but no Sudden Death Superkick as Kanemaru bails out! ELP chases after, CLUBS Kanemaru, and again. ELP whips, Kanemaru reverses and ELP stops himself from hitting railing.

ELP elbows Kanemaru, then QUEBRADAS, but Kanemaru avoids it to REVERSE DDT ELP down! The ring count is past 10 of 20! Then it reaches 15! Is Kanemaru going to get ELP like he did Taiji! Kanemaru again throws a Young Lion, but ELP sends him back! ELP is in at 18, Kanemaru is in at 19!! And fans are fired up while ELP throws a fit! ELP aims a finger gun, BANG! But Kanemaru avoids his ELP Trigger to roll him up! TWO, and ELP BUZZSAWS!! ELP drags Kanemaru up, tucks the arms, but Kanemaru slips out! Cradle, TWO! ELP has the cradle, TWO! Kanemaru has the cradle, TWO! ELP has it again, TWO!! Fans are thunderous for that close call!

Kanemaru and ELP get up, run at each other, DOUBLE LARIATS! Neither falls, so they DOUBLE LARIAT again! Kanemaru fires up but ELP pokes him in the eye! Kanemaru pokes ELP back! Both men fall over and fans keep rallying! ELP goes to a corner, tunes up the band again, but Kanemaru uses the ref to block the kick! LOW BLOW! CRADLE! Kanemaru wins!!

Winner: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, by pinfall (gains 2 points; ELP earns 0)

The Heel Master just swept the Cutest Tag Team in Bullet Club! And he takes another big swig to celebrate. Will the Best of the Super Juniors be drunk off of Kanemaru’s success?

Best of the Super Juniors 28: SHO VS Hiromu Takahashi!

The House of Torture’s Murder Machine got his first and sweetest casualty over the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, El Desperado. But it did take the rest of the House to help… Will the Ticking Time Bomb demolish Sho as quickly as he did his old friend, Yoh? Or will Hiromu have to worry about Evil lurking in the shadows?

The bell rings and fans rally for “HI-RO-MU!” as he paces. Hiromu wants Sho to bring it, but Sho just plays around by the ropes. Sho seems to be developing his own unique mind games. Hiromu storms right over and gets in Sho’s face! The ref backs Hiromu off, but then Hiromu runs in and clotheslines! Hiromu whips corner to corner, clotheslines again, whips back the other way, but So reverses. Hiromu bounces off buckles to clotheslines Sho down anyway! Sho bails out, Hiromu goes to the apron, but Sho avoids the dropkick. Hiromu still throws Sho all around into railing, and then snap suplexes him to the floor!

Fans fire up and Hiromu shouts out Takagi, “Here we go!” Sho writhes, fans rally for Hiromu, and Hiromu goes around the way and into the ring. Sho gets up, sputtering as he gets to the ring. The ring count starts, Sho catches his breath and stands at 7. Hiromu runs over to sunset flip but Sho holds onto the ropes! Sho steps on Hiromu’s neck! The ref counts, Sho drops to get the ARMBAR! The ref counts, Sho lets go at 4 and Hiromu staggers into railing. Sho whips Hiromu into more railing as payback for earlier! Sho pulls off a corner crossbar cover and uses it to choke Hiromu! The ref reprimands and counts, Sho stops at 4 and the ref confiscates the cover, only for Sho to choke Hiromu using a foot!

The ref sees Sho and counts again. Sho stops at 4, Hiromu coughs and sputters. Sho wrenches Hiromu to a wristlock, then he puts the arm through railing to pull! The ref reprimands, counts, Sho lets off at 4 again. Sho goes to the ring while the ref check son Hiromu. Hiromu clutches the arm but he can still continue so the ring count starts. Hiromu walks around, takes his time, and wants Sho to stay back. Hiromu gets in, Sho goes right after him with stomps! Sho gets the bad arm, hammerlocks it, but Hiromu crawls to the ropebreak. Sho stomps the arm as he lets off. Fans still rally for Hiromu, but Sho puts the arm through the ropes to pull! The ref counts, Sho uses his boots, but he lets off at 4.

Sho stomps Hiromu in the corner again and again, Hiromu CHOPS with his good hand! Sho digs his fingers into Hiromu’s face then digs his boots in at the corner! The ref counts, Sho lets off at 4 again. Sho drags Hiromu up by the bad arm, knuckle locks, wrenches, brings Hiromu to his knees, then KICKS, KICKS and then scuffs Hiromu. Hiromu gets up to CHOP! And CHOP! And CHOP! Sho KICKS the bad arm! And again! And again! Hiromu drops to a knee but he still glares at Sho. Sho kicks but Hiromu blocks! So Sho rakes eyes! The ref reprimands, Sho runs, but Hiromu follows to RANA! The legs still work!

Sho bails out, fans rally up, and Hiromu goes to the apron! JOHN WOO DROPKICK! Sho hits railing and Hiromu fires up! Hiromu drags Sho up and into the ring then drags him up to suplex. FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO! Hiromu shakes out the bad arm, fireman’s carries Sho, but Sho pulls on the fingers! Hiromu kicks low, puts Sho in a corner and runs corner to corner, but Sho puts him on the apron! Sho sweeps the legs, runs and dropkicks Hiromu off the apron! Sho then goes to the apron and aims, but Hiromu blocks the Penalty Kick! Hiromu goes up, fireman’s caries, APRON DEATH VALLEY!! Fans are fired up and Hiromu has a wild grin on his face.

Hiromu drags Sho up, puts him in the ring, stands Sho up and fireman’s carries, but Sho fights again. Sho gets down, bobs ‘n’ waves but Hiromu wheelbarrows to the COMPLETE SHOT! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up, Hiromu waits on Sho to stand, then fireman’s carries. Sho slips off and runs in but the spear is blocked! Hiromu suplexes, Sho fights free of that to bend the fingers! The ref reprimands, Sho lets off but Hiromu ducks, kicks and runs! The ref is a shield again, Sho SPEARS Hiromu down! Fans rally up while both men are down. Sho and Hiromu crawl, and Sho goes to a corner. Sho aims as Hiromu rises and fans rally up. PENALTY KICK to the bad arm! Then a takedown, DOUBLE WRISTLOCK!

Hiromu endures, fights his way over, but Sho cranks the arm as hard as he can! Hiromu reaches, Sho rolls him away, then has the arms tucked! Hiromu fights, and RANAS out of the piledriver! Cover, TWO!! Hiromu mule kicks, uppercuts and fireman’s carries, but Sho slips out to GERMAN SUPLEX! But Hiromu roars as he rises! Sho gets around, ANOTHER GERMAN SUPLEX! Fans rally and Sho wants Hiromu to rise. Hiromu gets up, Sho runs but Hiromu catches him, spins him, but Sho blocks the rana! To a POWERBOMB! Sho gets Hiromu up again, runs, and LARIATS Hiromu down! But Sho isn’t done, he reels Hiromu in and tucks the arms, CROSS ARM PILEDRIVER! Cover, TWO!

Fans fire up as Hiromu survives! Sho tunes the fans out then takes aim with his bow. Sho gets Hiromu on his feet, reels him back in, double pump handle, But Hiromu slips through! Sho turns guillotine into suplex, but Hiromu turns that into a DDT! Both men are down and fans rally up. Sho crawls, and he goes for his NEVER Openweight Six Man title. N wait, his secret bag is with it. He has a WRENCH! The ref sees that, stops him, and Hiromu SUPERKICKS Sho down! Hiromu hurries to fireman’s carry, CORNER DEATH VALLEY! And then another fireman’s carry, for the throw and inverted suplex. But Sho slips out!

Hiromu spins, suplexes, Sho knees free but Hiromu SUPERKICKS! And SUPERKICKS! And runs, to LARIAT!! Takagi on commentary jokes it’s the Hiromu-chan Bomber. Hiromu gets Sho up, VICTORIA! Hiromu roars and inverted suplexes but Sho slips out again! Sho shoves Hiromu at the referee! Hiromu stops himself but Sho shoves him all the way! Then LOW BLOWS! And here comes Dick Togo and Yujiro Takahashi, just like last time! Dick gets in to use the SPOILER CHOKER on Hiromu! Yujiro lines it up, CANE SHOT! And of course, EVIL is here! The entire House of Torture is making sure Sho has this win on a silver platter! EVERYTHING IS EVIL!!

Sho gets the ref back up and then he gets Hiromu up. SNAKE BITE!! Hiromu is already out, the ref calls it!

Winner: SHO, by submission (gains 2 points; Hiromu earns 0)

But Sho won’t let go! And the House of Torture won’t let anyone stop this! So Takagi gets off commentary to run them off! The House of Torture already did the damage, will their little Murder Machine continue to stack the bodies in the BOSJ?

Best of the Super Juniors 28: El Desperado VS Taiji Ishimori!

The champion is already at a disadvantage in this tournament with his opening loss. But his opponent is in the same boat as him. Will it be the Rogue Luchador or Bone Soldier Reborn who suffers being down 0-2?

The bell rings and the two circle. They feel out the grapple, Desperado shoots in but Taiji blocks. Taiji floats, Desperado switches, Taiji throws him down but Desperado gets back on top to hammerlock and JAM the hold. Desperado bridges through to then roll Taiji to a cover, TWO! Desperado keeps on the hammerlock, but Taiji stands to drop toehold and headlock. Desperado fights up, powers Taiji to ropes, and Red Shoes calls for the break. Desperado rolls away and fans cheer the reset. They tie up again, Desperado shoots around but Taiji switches. Desperado wrenches to have the wristlock but Taiji rolls to wrench back.

Desperado spins, slips through, wrenches and wrangles Taiji to the mat but Taiji headscissors! Desperado can’t kip free, but he moves around and headstands to pop out and have the butterfly stretch! Then he goes for the headlock, but Taiji headscissors right back. Taiji pushes up for leverage, but Desperado gets the ropebreak with a foot. Taiji lets go, Desperado checks his chin and fans rally again. The two reset, tie up but then Desperado pokes Taiji in the eye! Desperado whips, Taiji slips out, slides in, slips back out, shoulders back and springboards to SEATED SENTON! Taiji drags Desperado up to CLUB him, then ROCK him with a haymaker.

Taiji whips but Desperado blocks by holding ropes. Taiji kicks low, runs, but Red Shoes is a shield! Desperado dropkicks the legs out! Taiji bails out but Desperado is right after him. Desperado SLAPS Taiji down, POSTS him, then paces around. Desperado gets Taiji up to wrench and bring around the way, to whip into railing! Fans cheer while Taiji writhes, and Desperado goes looking under the ring. Desperado brings out chairs! Red Shoes reprimands, he won’t let Desperado do anything with those. Desperado is fine, he just RAMS Taiji into the railing! Desperado drags Taiji up and into the ring, then stomps Taiji down.

Desperado drags Taiji up but Taiji throws CHOPS! Desperado rakes his eyes! Desperado whips Taiji, Taiji reverses and arm-drags to then WRING the arm out! Desperado bails out and fans rally up. Taiji slowly pursues, and he CLUBS the bad arm. Taiji whips Desperado into railing in return for earlier. Taiji drags Desperado up and hammerlocks to POST the shoulder! Desperado writhes, Taiji gets the ring bell hammer! Red Shoes stops Taiji, so Taiji gets the chair Desperado brought out! Taiji SMACKS the bad arm with the chair! Taiji goes into the ring as Red Shoes reprimands and fans rally up for Desperado.

A ring count starts as Desperado clutches his bad arm. Desperado is still down at 10, drags himself up at 14, and hobbles in at 15. Then he slides out to give himself a new count. Taiji waits, Red Shoes checks on Desperado but Desperado is okay to continue. He’s back in as the count begins, but Taiji stands on the bad arm! Taiji drags Desperado up, wrenches the arm, then whips Desperado into bare buckles! The Bullet Club favorite appears in this match, too! Taiji grins as he looms over Desperado. Desperado kicks from the mat but Taiji stomps him down. Taiji hammerlocks the arm, clubs away on the shoulder with his elbow, then RAMS Desperado into the bare buckles!

Red Shoes reprimands but the damage is done. Taiji mocks the fans clapping it up, then he drags Desperado up to drop a leg on the bad arm! Taiji traps the good arm to pull on the bad arm! Taiji moves the arm around to then SNAP it back!! Desperado goes reeling for the Dark Armbar and Red Shoes goes out to check on him. Taiji goes out after Desperado and drags him up. Taiji puts Desperado on the apron to CLUB the bad arm! Then he puts the arm around railing! Red Shoes reprimands and counts, Taiji KICKS the railing at 4! Desperado grimaces, but Taiji goes after him with elbows. Desperado throws body shots with the good arm but Taiji clubs away on the bad arm!

Taiji puts Desperado in the ring, wrenches, and wrangles Desperado down to then pull on the bad arm! Desperado endures, fans rally up, and Desperado fights to his feet. Desperado reaches for Taiji but Taiji pushes him back down! Desperado fights up again, but again Taiji brings him down! Desperado tries once again, floats over but Taiji slips right out to hammerlock and KNEE the bad arm! Desperado goes to ropes, Taiji takes a moment to catch his breath and fix his hair. Taiji walks over, Desperado throws forearms but Taiji BOOTS him to the ropes. Taiji whips, Desperado holds the ropes but that’s his bad arm! The bad arm gets jammed and Taiji didn’t even go for that!

Taiji wrenches the bad arm to an ELBOW BREAKER! And again! And then another wrench, but Desperado scoops! Taiji slips out, Desperado switches but Taiji elbows the bad arm! But Desperado reels him in, SHIN BREAKER! GROUND DRAGON SCREW! Now they’re even as Taiji clutches his leg! Desperado gets the leg, STRETCH MUFFLER! Taiji endures but Desperado bends the leg way back! Then thrashes it! Taiji scrambles and gets the ropebreak! Desperado gives more thrashing before he lets off! Fans rally up as Desperado gets up and stomps Taiji’s leg. Desperado walks around but Taiji kick from below!

Taiji gets his bad leg moving, runs, but has to fight off a spinebuster! He goes again, and he hurdles over Desperado’s dive, only to jam his leg! Fans rally as the two slowly get back up. Desperado runs in but Taiji dumps him out! Desperado tumbles and hits railing! Taiji gets the bad leg moving, runs to the corner, TRIANGLE JUMP MOONSAAULT! Direct hit and both men are down! Fans fire up as Taiji clutches his leg and Desperado holds his arm. The ring count starts, Taiji stands at 6 then hobbles over to Desperado. He puts Desperado in at 14 and rolls to a corner. Desperado gets up in the other corner, Taiji runs in, blocks boots and KICKS!

Taiji runs side to side, SLIDING GERMAN! Taiji gets in, covers, TWO! Taiji drags Desperado up to POST him! And then brings him around, hammerlock and underhook, to a scoop and SHOULDER BREAKER! Cover, TWO! Desperado is still in this and Taiji grows frustrated. Taiji goes to the corner, Desperado goes to the other. Taiji runs in, tilt-o-whirl but Desperado holds off the takedown! Guitarra but Taiji slips out to kick low. Taiji runs, into a SPINEBUSTER! And then gut wrench, GUITARRA DEL ANGEL! Cover, TWO!! Desperado grows frustrated now but fans are fired up! Desperado drags Taiji up, underhooks, but Taiji RANAS out of the Pinche! Cover, TWO!!

Taiji runs into a roll up, TWO, and he has the omoplata! YES LOCK! Desperado endures, crawls around, reaches out, Taiji rolls him away, but Desperado gets the STRETCH MUFFLER! He can’t hold it, and Taiji has the YES LOCK back! Fans rally, they roll around, Taiji gets Desperado up to gut wrench, CIPHER UTAKI! A bit double-edged since his knee is bothering him. Taiji crawls to the cover, TWO! Taiji is frustrated again and he goes to a corner. Taiji aims, BANG, and he gets Desperado back up. BLOODY- NO! Desperado fights out to ROCK Taiji! But Taiji JUMP KNEES! Taiji roars and gets Desperado back up! But LOCO MONO!! Both men are down and fans are thunderous!

Desperado roars and vows to end this! He drags Taiji up, reels him in to underhook, PINCH- NO! Taiji wrenches, tilt-o-whirls and hits the takedown to BONE LOCK!! Desperado rolls but Taiji pulls back! Desperado taps, Taiji wins!!

Winner: Taiji Ishimori, by submission (gains 2 points; Desperado earns 0)

The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion has lost TWICE IN A ROW! What does this mean for Desperado’s reign, let alone is run in the tournament? Ishimori doesn’t waste time getting the mic to tell “Despe. Despe. Champion-sama. Thank you very much! I enjoyed it a ton.” Taiji’s lost twice to Desperado, guess third time IS the charm. “There are lots of people with their own styles and emotions in this thing. Interesting, huh?” Taiji’s thought a lot about “junior pride,” and taking on heavyweights. “It’s the winner that has the right to reply, right? Look at me. I’ll show you REAL Junior Heavyweight strength! It’s REBORN!”

The Bone Soldier is calling out even the big boys, but will he be the one with a chance at the Junior Heavyweight title in the end?

Here are the NEW BOSJ 28 standings!

SHO: 2-0, 4 points
Douki: 2-0, 4 points
Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 2-0, 4 points
Taiji Ishimori: 1-1, 2 points
Ryusuke Taguchi: 1-1, 2 points
Master Wato: 1-1, 2 points
Hiromu Takahashi: 1-1, 2 points
Robbie Eagles: 1-1, 2 points
Bushi: 1-1, 2 points
El Desperado: 0-2, 0 points
El Phantasmo: 0-2, 0 points
YOH: 0-2, 0 points

My Thoughts:

Another great round for the BOSJ, with more truly surprising results! Douki going 2-0 might be the biggest surprise out of all of these! Yoh going 0-2 is not so much, in that he’s returning mostly for revenge, but he might not be ready for serious competition. Bushi and Eagles getting back up makes sense, and I think this is one of the few times someone has actually focused offense on Taguchi’s groin and butt. Kanemaru going 2-0 is another nice surprise, and between him and Douki, Suzuki-Gun has insurance on this Junior Heavyweight title if they’re able to be top of the block.

I knew House of Torture was going to help Sho again, that might be a thing where NJPW management thinks to warn the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions about not helping Sho. Desperado going 0-2 is quite the shock, but I like that everyone is basically giving their absolute best against him. WrestleKingdom does happen to be three nights this year, could they be planning for all three nights having a Junior Heavyweight Championship match? That’d be pretty cool to plug this “Junior Pride” Taiji just mentioned.

My Score: 8.9/10