Desperado or Phantasmo, who will be El Numero Uno in B Block?

Two men stand atop B Block at 2-0 as NJPW’s BOSJ 29 enters round three. Will El Desperado, El Phantasmo or BOTH fall to 2-1?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• 8 Man Tag: YOH, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jado VS Tiger Mask, Alex Zayne, Ace Austin & Clark Connors; Tiger Mask, Zayne, Austin & Connors win.
• Taiji Ishimori & Gedo VS Sho & Dick Togo; Ishimori & Gedo win.
• Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi VS TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru; Takagi & Hiromu win.
• Best of the Super Juniors 29 B Block: Robbie Eagles VS DOUKI; Eagles wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 29 B Block: EL LINDAMAN VS TJP; Lindaman wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 29 B Block: Master Wato VS BUSHI; Bushi wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 29 B Block: Titan VS El Phantasmo; ELP wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 29 B Block: Wheeler Yuta VS El Desperado; Desperado wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Here are the current standings for B Block!

El Desperado: 2-0, 4 points
El Phantasmo: 2-0, 4 points
TJP: 1-1, 2 points
Bushi: 1-1, 2 points
Robbie Eagles: 1-1, 2 points
Wheeler Yuta: 1-1, 2 points
Douki: 1-1, 2 points
El Lindaman: 1-1, 2 points
Master Wato: 0-2, 0 points
Titan: 0-2, 0 points

Best of the Super Juniors 29 B Block: Robbie Eagles VS DOUKI!

The Sniper of the Skies and Japones Del Mal both fell last round after strong starts. Only one can get back up, but who will it be?

The bell rings and fans rally up as Eagles encourages them to cheer. Douki and Eagles circle, tie up, and Douki puts Eagles on ropes. Eagles turns it around, they go back to center, are in a deadlock, but then they break. The two stare down and fans applaud the opening exchange. The two reset, tie up, but Eagles trips Douki and runs. Things speed up as Douki hurdles, but then Eagles changes it up to get Douki’s handstand for a headlock takeover! Eagles then floats to get the leg but Douki kick shim away. Eagles handsprings and comes back but Douki sweeps him. Cover, ONE and Eagles sweeps to cover, ONE!

Douki sweeps, rolls Eagles, but Eagles uses that to headscissors! Douki handsprings through and wags his finger. Eagles wheelbarrows, but Douki lifts him up! Eagles fights out of Suplex de la Luna, but Douki fights off Turbo Backpack! Douki spins around to hook Eagles up, but Eagles fights the Gory Especial to arm-drag! Douki arm-drags back, both men handspring up, and fans applaud the stare down. Fans rally and Douki knees Eagles low! Douki whips, Eagles holds the ropes. Douki keeps trying, but Eagles still holds on. Douki CHOPS Eagles, whips, but Eagles reverses to go up and around to arm-drag!

Eagles ducks and dodges as he keeps moving, and RANAS Douki! Fans fire up as Eagles WHEEL KICKS, then kips up! Douki bails out, fans rally and Eagles builds speed, but Douki moves so Eagles just backflips back. Eagles then runs at the ropes, but Douki slides in as Eagles tumbles out. Douki slides but Eagles gets in. Eagles PLANCHAS, but Douki gets in! Douki DIVES for a TORNADO DDT to the floor! Fans fire up and Douki nods while Eagles writhes. Douki gets in the ring and fans rally as the ring count starts. Eagles gets up, he’s in at 10 of 20, but Douki is on him. Douki cravats for a neck wrench, then snapmares.

Douki runs to basement dropkick Eagles in the back! Cover, TWO! Douki clamps onto Eagles with a chinlock, a knee digging into Eagles’ back. Eagles endures, so Douki shifts to a seated cobra twist! Eagles still endures, fans rally up, and Eagles fights up to throw elbows. Douki pulls Eagles’ nose! The ref reprimands, Douki lets off, and Douki turns Eagles for a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Douki kicks Eagles and taunts him. Eagles CHOPS but Douki eggs him on. Eagles CHOPS again, then KICKS! Douki rakes Eagles’ eyes! Douki scoops and swings Eagles, but Eagles fights out of the slam! Eagles gets around, ROLLING CHOP BLOCK!

Eagles runs but Douki ducks the blindside lariat! Douki drags Eagles up, but Eagles dropkicks Douki’s leg out! Eagles uses Douki’s knee as a step for the BASEMENT CUTTER! Both men are down and fans rally up! Eagles gets up first, and he KICKS Douki! And KICKS, and KICKS! Eagles runs, LEG LARIAT! Fans fire up and Eagles goes to a corner. Douki is in the other, Eagles runs in and DOUBLE KNEES! Eagles rolls back, but Douki BOOTS him! Eagles tiger feints the legs out, then METEORAS! Cover, TWO! Fans applaud but Eagles brings Douki up to cravat, SHIRANUI! Cover, TWO! Eagles clamps onto Douki’s arm and then ties up the legs to STOMP the deathlock!

Douki writhes and fans rally up. Eagles goes to a corner and the fans fire up more as he climbs. Eagles aims, 450 SPLASH into ITALIAN STRETCH #32! Douki pulls Eagles in but Eagles fights for ropes. Douki rolls Eagles away, ITALIAN STRETCH! Eagles starts to fade, the ref checks on him, but Eagles reaches out with a leg! ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Douki lets go and Eagles sputters. Douki goes to the apron, aims and slingshots, DAYBREAK! Cover, TWO! Eagles survives and fans fire up, but Douki drags Eagles to a drop zone. Douki goes up top and leaps, but Eagles avoids the double stomps! Douki clutches his leg and writhes now.

Eagles hurries to the corner and fans fire up! Eagles springboards to missile dropkick the legs! Fans fire up with Eagles and he gets Douki’s leg. Eagles steps through, Douki kicks him away, then ducks the Penalty Kick! Douki rolls Eagles but he rolls through to roll Douki to a fireman’s carry! Eagles pops Douki around for TURBO BACKPACK! Cover, TWO!! Douki survives and Eagles is shocked! Eagles focuses, goes to a corner and takes aim, but Douki ducks the superkick! Douki tries to sunset flip, but Eagles stays up. Eagles reaches down, but Douki tucks him for a prawn hold! TWO!! Eagles ROUNDHOUSES, SUPERKICKS, but Douki ducks the Pele!

Douki HELL STABS! But Eagles PELES after all! Eagles fires up but Douki LARIATS him down! Fans fire up while both men are down, and Douki gets up first. Douki roars, he brings Eagles around to torture rack, but Eagles slips off to wheelbarrow and tuck, to then get the RON MILLER SPECIAL!! Douki endures, scrambles around but Eagles puts pressure on the hold! Fans rally and Douki crawls, but Eagles drags him away! Douki taps, Eagles wins!!

Winner: Robbie Eagles, by submission (gains 2 points; Douki earns 0)

Eagles soars again! Will he be able to reach the top of the block? Can Douki still make his rise to the top?

Best of the Super Juniors 29 B Block: EL LINDAMAN VS TJP w/ Francesco Akira!

The G-Rex Champion got back up last round, but the Fil-Am Flash fell down. Will fortunes change for Public Enemy Number 1? Or will the BOSJ still be GLEAT for Lindaman?

The bell rings and fans rally up as the two circle. TJP and Lindaman tie up, TJP gets around to a waistlock, but Lindaman wrenches out to a wristlock. Lindaman cranks the hold and fans rally, but TJP rolls, spins, cartwheels, and drags Lindaman into the TWISTING HEADSCISSOR! TJP has Lindaman down but Lindaman fights up to stack, TWO as TJP bridges up! Another TWISTING HEADSCISSOR, and TJP has Lindaman back down. Lindaman fights back up, stacks again, TWO, but Lindaman shoves TJP away to then CLUB him on the back. Lindaman brings TJP up, suplexes, but TJP slips out to waistlock.

Lindaman switches, TJP elbows out and runs. Things speed up as Lindaman drops down, hurdles over, but then TJP fakes out his dropkick! Fans applaud as TJP CLUBS Lindaman to a corner. TJP whips corner to corner, Lindaman reverses and runs in, but he blocks TJP’s boots. Lindaman puts TJP in the ropes for a DRAPING NECKBREAKER! Fans applaud and rally as Lindaman gest up. Lindaman drags TJP up, puts him in a corner and CLUBS him again. Lindaman whips corner to corner, TJP goes up and over and things speed up again, but TJP uses that to trap one arm and YANK the other!

Lindaman clutches the arm and fans applaud while TJP gets up. TJP stands on Lindaman’s bad arm, stomps it, then drags Lindaman around to KNEE the shoulder. TJP drags Lindaman up, wrenches to an ELBOW BREAKER, then brings Lindaman to a snapmare. TJP scuffs Lindaman’s face and the ref reprimands, but TJP goes after the arm again. TJP grinds the shoulder, twists the wrist and digs knees into the arm. Lindaman kicks around but TJP stays between him and ropes. TJP eggs Lindaman on, then gets the legs to tie them up! He turns Lindaman over into the Indian Deathlock, and fans rally as TJP SNAP LOCKS!

TJP stands up again, for another SNAP LOCK! And then bridges back for the MUTA LOCK! Lindaman endures, fans rally and Lindaman fights, only for TJP to get his arm! TJP bends the fingers and wrist but Lindaman still fights forward! Lindaman reaches out to the ROPEBREAK! The ref helps TJP unlock the legs, and TJP brings Lindaman up. TJP hammerlocks, scoops and SLAMS Lindaman, then goes to the apron to slingshot senton! Cover, TWO! TJP drags Lindaman up, puts him in a corner and stomps him down. Fans rally as TJP scrapes Lindaman with his boot again and again! Then TJP runs side to side, BOOT WASH!

Fans applaud as TJP slides all the way through the ropes! That was a deep wash, but TJP’s back up on the apron. He springboards, into Lindaman’s EXPLODER! TJP bails out and fans fire up! Lindaman builds speed, to FLY! Direct hit with the tope conjilo, but Lindaman does hold his leg. That may have been a bit double-edged after all the damage TJP did to it. But Lindaman gets up and fires up, and fans rally behind him! Lindaman puts TJP in, fires up more and the fans fire up with him! Lindaman whips, TJP reverses but Lindaman hits a sayanagi! And a DDT! Cover, TWO! Fans rally more and Lindaman gets back up.

Lindaman brings TJP up, wrenches, but TJP fights out of Kumagoroshi to get a Cobra Twist! COBRA CRADLE, TWO! Lindaman swings but TJP boots the lariat! Dragon sleeper, but Lindaman victory rolls then waistlocks! The bad arm messes up the lift and TJP switches, but Lindaman elbows free! Lindaman runs but TJP goes to the corner to springboard, FLYING DDT!! Then dragon sleeper, ELBOW DROP DDT! Cover, TWO!! Fans fire up while both men are down! TJP gets up and drags Lindaman to a drop zone, then he climbs the corner. SWANTON, but TJP has to roll through as Lindaman moves! Lindaman DROPKICKS TJP in the corner!

Fans fire up as Lindaman gets up. Lindaman runs back in but TJP goes up and over! TORNADO- NO! Lindaman blocks to suplex for a RUNNING SUPLEX! Both men are down and fans fire up again! Lindaman waistlocks TJP and deadlifts, but TJP fights off the lift! Lindaman chicken wings the arms, TJP fights that, SNAP GERMAN! Bridging cover, TWO!! TJP gets the legs for the PINOY STRETCH!! Lindaman endures, fans rally, and Lindaman drags himself and TJP towards ropes! TJP lets off to drag Lindaman away but Lindaman kicks him away! But TJP comes back, FLYING ARMBAR! High stack, TWO! DEADLIFT GERMAN!! Bridging cover, Lindaman wins!!

Winner: El Lindaman, by pinfall (gains 2 points; TJP earns 0)

TJP couldn’t get away from the G-Rex, and now they’ve swapped spots in the block! Will Lindaman be able to keep this going in the fourth? Will TJP rebound for the sake of the United Empire?

Best of the Super Juniors 29 B Block: Master Wato VS BUSHI!

The Way of the Grandmaster could not get through the Headbanga, but Black Mask shot down the Sniper of the Skies. Wato has yet to get points, but will he turn the tide? Or will Bushi be tranquilo and knock Wato to 0-3?

Bushi waits until Wato hops down and throws off his jacket before BLINDSIDE DROPKICKING him! The bell rings and Bushi stomps Wato, then brings him up to CHOP! And CHOP again! Bushi whips corner to corner, Wato reverses and runs in, but Bushi puts him on the apron. Wato counter punches Bushi, springboards, but Bushi gets under to kick low. Bushi runs, Wato hurdles and back elbows, uppercuts and SOBATS! Fans fire up and Bushi bails out. Wato builds speed and slides, but Bushi dodges. Wato kicks him low and pulls Bushi’s shirt off, denying him his shirt choke option!

Wato CLUBS Bushi, then brings him around, only for Bushi to POST him! Wato comes back, but Bushi spins Wato into a DDT to the floor! Fans rally up and the ref wants this to get back in the ring. Bushi stomps Wato, drags him up and puts him in, and fans rally up. Bushi drags Wato up, turns him and hits a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Fans rally, Bushi gets Wato’s leg and clamps on an STF! Wato endures, moves around, Bushi cranks on the hold more, but Wato still gets the ROPEBREAK! Bushi fish hooks Wato’s nose! The ref counts, Bushi lets off at 4. Bushi stomps Wato, then brings him up to snapmare.

Bushi KICKS Wato in the back, then gives him a few toying kicks. Wato hits back with a forearm! And another! Bushi blocks the kick to CLUB the leg, then whip. Wato reverses, tilt-o-whirl BACKBREAKER! Fans fire up and Wato aims from ropes. Bushi gets up, Wato runs in to rally with elbows and a BOOT! Wato whips, then dropkicks Bushi down! Fans fire up while Bushi bails out. Wato builds speed and TORNILLOS! Direct hit and down goes Bushi! Fans fire up and Wato roars! Wato gets Bushi up as the ring count starts, and Wato puts Bushi in at 9 of 20. Wato aims from the apron, springboards in, FLYING UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO!

Wato drags Bushi up, waistlocks, but fans rally and Bushi fights free with elbows. Wato brings Bushi around to knee low, then he scoops Bushi. Bushi slips out, but Wato dodges to SCREW HIGH KICK! Cover, TWO! Bushi is still in this and fans rally, but Wato grits his teeth. Wato waits on Bushi to get up, takes aim, but Bushi ducks the Buzzsaw! Bushi waistlocks but Wato elbows free. Wato runs, into a DROPKICK! Both men are down but Bushi is up first. Fans rally as Bushi puts Wato through ropes. DRAPING DDT! Wato flops back and Bushi fires up! Fans rally behind Bushi and he drags Wato up. Wato slips out of the Fisherman to ROUNDHOUSE!

Both men fall over and fans fire up again! Bushi grabs at Wato and brings him up for a forearm! Wato forearms back, but Bushi forearms again. Wato forearms, Bushi forearms, and fans rally as Bushi gets the edge! Wato BOOTS, Bushi ENZIGURIS, but Wato SOBATS! Bushi kicks, Wato blocks and ducks the enziguri to DEADLIFT GERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!! Bushi escapes the high angle but Wato fires back up! Wato has Bushi in a drop zone, climbs up the corner and fans rally up for the R P- NO, Bushi gets under. Wato runs back in, Bushi dodges and Wato hits buckles! Bushi runs in, blocks the kick and puts it on ropes to dropkick the leg!

Bushi then gets Wato with a DRAPING BACKSTABBER! Fans fire up and Bushi gets to the opposite corner. Bushi runs at Wato, CODE BREAKER! Cover, TWO!! Wato survives and fans fire up again! Bushi vows to end this and he goes to the corner. Fans rally, Wato rises, Bushi aims, M X!! Cover, Bushi wins!

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

Another win for Bushi, and it’s over an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion! Could Los Ingobernables de Japon be on their way to getting those titles? Will Wato be able to finally get those first two points in the fourth round?

Best of the Super Juniors 29 B Block: Titan VS El Phantasmo!

The CMLL World Welterweight Champion and the Headbanga are on complete opposite ends of this block, and we’ve seen ELP pin a champion already in this tournament. Will ELP look to get another golden ticket in his pocket? Or can the Immortal Titan survive and turn the tide?

ELP mocks Titan’s tightrope walking in his entrance, then shows off what he can do, and fans applaud. ELP also insists the ref check everything on Titan, even that mask. The check is cleared, and the bell rings. Fans rally as ELP and Titan circle. Titan wants a handshake, fans applaud the idea, but ELP spits on his hand. Titan doesn’t hesitate and that grosses ELP out somehow. ELP wipes his hand off on the ref’s shirt! Titan politely asks if he can, too, but the ref refuses. The two reset and tie up. ELP wrenches to a wristlock. Titan spins through to slip around and spin ELP to a wrench and wristlock.

ELP uses ropes to flip through, he wrenches back, then headlocks. Titan endures but ELP wrenches to a hammerlock, half nelson spin, snapmare and chinlock! Fans rally, Titan endures, and Titan powers out to roll ELP, snapmare him, and hook the arm for a modified La Magistrol! TWO, and ELP scrambles away! Fans applaud as the two stand off and reset. ELP wants to know what the heck that move was, and then grumbles about the “stupid luchador.” Fans rally as ELP and Titan feel out the knuckle lock. ELP just gets the headlock instead, but Titan throws body shots. Titan powers out, ELP runs him over, and ELP flexes.

ELP runs, fakes Titan out and steps on him to strut. Fans rally as ELP does his pose, but then he avoids Titan’s dropkick. ELP struts more, backflips off the ropes, then does his pose again. Titan runs in, ELP puts him on the apron but Titan throws a forearm. Titan then slingshots, but ELP CHOPS him down! ELP struts some more, fans rally again, ELP does drop steps then strikes the Liger pose. Only for Titan to SPRINGBOARD CROSSBODY! Direct hit but ELP gets up, and Titan dropkicks him out of the ring! Titan then builds speed and fakes ELP out to do the strut! Fans rally for Titan as he mocks ELP’s pose!

ELP is upset, that’s not how it goes! ELP gets in, Titan goes Matrix to dodge, then he mule kicks. Titan wrenches and whips corner to corner, but ELP reverses. Titan goes up and over, handsprings across the ring, then blocks ELP’s chop. Titan knuckle locks, CHOPS, goes up and tightrope walks, jumps around and FLYING RANAS ELP back out! Fans fire up again and Titan builds speed, to roll, Sasuke Special, but land on his feet as ELP moves. ELP mule kicks then DDTs to the floor! Titan writhes and ELP does his pose the right way. Fans rally back up and ELP flexes on the Bushi fans in the front row.

ELP drags Titan up and puts him in at 6 of 20. Cover, TWO! ELP is annoyed but he drags Titan back up. ELP wrenches, suplexes, and holds Titan up for a count of 10, before the SLAM! Fans fire up and ELP crawls to the cover, TWO! ELP is even more annoyed but he drags Titan around. ELP stands on the hand, fans rally up, and ELP stomps the fingers! The ref reprimands but ELP just stands on the arm to stomp away on the fingers over and over! The ref counts, ELP stops at 3, and then he twists and bends the fingers and wrist! Titan endures, ELP makes Titan flip people off! ELP then knuckle locks, CHOPS, and goes up.

ELP shows off his jumps, then he jumps to CLAW Titan’s back! Fans fire up for the cleverness, and ELP CLAWS Titan again. ELP CHOPS again, goes up and jumps around again, then walks the tightrope to the other corner! But Titan trips him up! ELP lands on his headbanger, and Titan GAMANGIRIS! Titan gets ELP back up, ROCKS him with a forearm, then climbs up. Fans fire up as Titan SUPER- NO! No Frankensteiner as ELP blocks! ELP swings Titan back up, but Titan SUPER STEINERS this time! Fans fire up again as Titan aims from the corner. ELP rises, Titan runs in, SUPERKICK!

Titan hurries to wrench, whip, and run back in, for a BIG back drop! Fans fire up more and Titan aims, but ELP ducks the buzzsaw! SUPERKICK, then ELP runs. But Titan follows through to use the ropes, TORNADO DDT!! ELP ends up tumbling all the way out of the ring! Fans are thunderous as Titan aims, and slingshots out, but then mule kicks from the apron. TOP ROPE ASAI MOONSAULT!! Direct hit at the rampway and fans fire up! Titan roars as the ring count starts. Titan catches his breath, we’re at 10 of 20, but Titan comes back to put ELP in the ring at 14. Fans applaud as this continues in the ring!

Titan aims from the apron again, springboard, but he has to roll through as ELP moves. Titan sunset flips, ELP rolls through to high stack, and he gets Titan up for a SIT-OUT POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO!! Titan survives and fans fire up again! ELP is frustrated, he goes after Titan’s mask! The ref reprimands but ELP hides it in a chinlock. Titan stops ELP himself, pulling on the fingers! ELP CLUBS Titan down, but Titan ROCKS him with a forearm. Titan CHOPS, but ELP BOOTS! ELP brings Titan around, and up the corner! ELP still wants the mask! The ref reprimands, Titan breaks free, but ELP BOOTS him!

ELP throws Titan down by his mask, but Titan kips back up to PELE! ELP wobbles and fans fire up with Titan! Fireman’s carry, LANDSLIDE! Cover, TWO!! ELP survives but the fans are thunderous again! Titan mule kicks ELP again, then whips him corner to corner hard! Titan fires up and runs in, A-LIST LARIAT! Titan hurries to the apron and fans fire up again. SPRINGBOARD DOUBLE STOMPS!! Cover, TWO!! ELP survives and fans keep rallying! Titan gets up, he brings ELP in, Canadian rack and a spin, but ELP slips off! ELP cobra clutches for the torture rack, SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO!!

ELP desperately pleads with the ref but that was the count! Fans are thunderous again as Titan and ELP are in opposite corners. ELP tunes up the band and fans clap along. Titan stands, ELP runs in, but Sudden Death is blocked! Titan KICKS, SOBATS and SUPERKICKS! Titan reels ELP in, throws off his elbow pads, and hauls ELP back up. Spinning Canadian Rack for the GUT BUSTER!! Cover, TWO!!! ELP survives again and Titan is furious! Titan gets up, fans rally again, and he drags ELP back up. ELP pulls the mask OFF!!! Titan hides his face, ELP claims this was an accident!

The ref helps Titan get his mask back and ELP loads up, SUDDEN DEATH!!! Then the arm hooks, C R II!!! Cover, ELP wins!!

Winner: El Phantasmo, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Titan earns 0)

Like hell that was a mistake! ELP was going after the mask and got it loose enough to use against Titan! In the end, ELP gets the points, but will he take the block with tactics like that? As for Titan, will he ever get on the board at this rate?

Best of the Super Juniors 29 B Block: Wheeler Yuta VS El Desperado; wins.

The ROH Pure Champion finally got going last round at Douki’s expense, but now he runs into the Rogue Luchador. Will Yuta do AEW and the Blackpool Combat Club proud and bring Desperado down? Or will the former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion continue towards his redemption?

The bell rings and fans rally up already. Yuta and Desperado stare down, then approach. They circle and tie up, and Yuta wrenches to a hammerlock. Desperado slips around to hammerlock back, then he spins Yuta to a headlock. Yuta endures the grind, pries free and arm-drags Desperado to a cording hold. Desperado endures, fights up, but Yuta wrenches again. Desperado rolls, wrenches, wristlocks, but Yuta rolls and uses his leg to unhook the hold. Yuta wrenches, wrangles Desperado and has a keylock. Desperado endures while fans applaud, and Desperado fights up. Desperado stomps Yuta’s foot, then the other foot.

Yuta drops to his knees and Desperado slaps him in the head. Desperado runs, but Yuta arm-drags him down! Desperado headscissors but Yuta kips free, to arm-drag again! Desperado tries again but Yuta holds off the headscissors! Fans applaud the exchange and Yuta cranks on the arm. Desperado fights up, Yuta wrenches the arm, but Desperado powers Yuta into buckles. Desperado whips corner to corner, runs in but Yuta goes up and over to scoop and SLAM! Yuta hits a SENTON! Cover, TWO, but Yuta keeps on the arm with a hammerlock! Desperado endures, fans rally up, and Desperado reaches out with a foot for the ROPEBREAK!

Yuta lets off cleanly and Desperado clutches the elbow. Yuta springboard stomps Desperado down, then stomps the bad arm. Yuta gets Desperado up, wrenches, but Desperado holds ropes to resist the whip. Yuta CLUBS the bad arm, but Desperado CHOPS! Yuta throws a forearm, runs, but Desperado elbows back! Desperado runs, but into a BOOT! Yuta runs in but Desperado puts him on the apron. Yuta ROCKS Desperado first, then steps in, but Desperado dropkicks the leg out! Fans rally and Desperado drags Yuta to the apron to SLAM the leg on the edge! Yuta clutches the knee, and Desperado comes back to bring Yuta around to POST him!

Fans rally again, Desperado wags his finger and brings Yuta back up. Desperado headlocks Yuta to bring him along. Yuta throws haymakers, but Desperado kicks the bad leg! Desperado hoists Yuta up to RAM him into the post, then he SLAMS the bad leg against the steel! Desperado then gets both legs, and ties them up in a CLOVERLEAF around the post! Red Shoes counts, Desperado lets off at 4 and SLAMS the leg again! Fans rally and Yuta scrambles away. Desperado gets in, steps on Yuta’s bad leg and digs his heel into the knee. Desperado then drops an elbow on the knee and pulls on the toehold.

Yuta tries to fight back with a chinbar but Desperado pulls on the leg more. Desperado moves around, digs his knee into Yuta’s knee, then ties up the legs for a deathlock! Yuta endures, Desperado shrugs and eggs him on. Yuta throws forearms, Desperado “falls” back and that puts more pressure on the hold! Fans rally while Yuta endures, and Yuta drags himself and Desperado towards ropes. Desperado puts more pressure on the legs, but Yuta gets the ROPEBREAK! Desperado lets go, but “Oops!” he drops knees on the knee. Desperado gets Yuta up, but Yuta fights off the shin breaker with elbows! So Desperado CHOPS!

Desperado runs, but into an atomic drop! ENZIGURI! Both men are down and fans rally up again. Yuta and Desperado go to opposite corners, Yuta runs in and manages the A-LIST LARIAT! Yuta shoves Desperado away and goes up the corner. Fans rally and Yuta leaps, but Desperado gets under! Yuta’s leg jams, Desperado rakes eyes! Desperado runs, but into a dropkick! Yuta builds speed and DIVES! Direct hit and both men go down! Fans fire up and Yuta fires up, too! Yuta gets Desperado up, puts him in the ring, and gets the bad leg moving. Yuta drags Desperado up the ropes to HOTSHOT the arm!

Desperado writhes and Yuta climbs up again. Fans rally, Yuta hits a CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Yuta keeps cool, he gets the leg moving and fans rally again. Yuta brings Desperado up, wrenches, but Desperado blocks the lift! Yuta kicks low, whips Desperado to a corner but Desperado reverses. Desperado runs in, blocks the boot and puts it in the ropes, to then kick the other leg! DRAPING DRAGON SCREW! Fans fire up while Yuta writhes on the mat. Desperado gets Yuta’s leg, STRETCH MUFFLER! Yuta scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! Fans applaud, Desperado thrashes around, but Red Shoes counts. Desperado stops at 4 and fans rally again.

Yuta grits his teeth, gets his bad leg moving, and Desperado brings Yuta up. GUITARRA- NO, Yuta fights that off as he wrenches an arm to an ELBOW BREAKER! Then the wrench to the OLYMPIC- Arm-drag from Desperado! Roll-up, into STRETCH MUFFLER!! Yuta endures but Desperado gets an arm! NUMERO DOS!! Fans rally as hard as they can and Yuta crawls, but then he drags Desperado down! FUJIWARA ARMBAR!! Desperado endures now, moves around, and he reaches out, but Yuta gets the other arm! CATTLE MUTILATION!! Desperado endures and fans rally hard again! Desperado kicks and reaches, ROPEBREAK!!

Yuta lets Desperado go in frustration as Desperado survives by a toe. Fans are thunderous as Yuta hobbles up. Yuta roars, he drags Desperado up, then wrenches to the OLY- NO! Desperado slips out, ripcords, and SPINEBUSTERS! Then the gut wrench, GUITARRA DEL ANGEL! Cover, TWO!! Yuta survives but Desperado’s arm hurts too much for him to be frustrated. Fans are thunderous again and Desperado drags himself up. Yuta flounders but Desperado is on him. Desperado throws a big forearm, but Yuta gives it back. Desperado throws another forearm, but Yuta gives it back again! They both stand, the forearms keep flying, and fans rally up!

Desperado wobbles, Yuta eggs him on, so Desperado says here goes! Desperado fires off forearm after forearm but Yuta grabs the other arm to wrench and UPPERCUT! Desperado kicks the bad leg! Yuta gets the arm, ELBOW BREAKER! Desperado trips Yuta, GROUND DRAGON SCREW! Fans fire up again, and Desperado goes for the leg! STRETCH- NO! Yuta flips it to a cradle, TWO!! Yuta spins Desperado around, OLYMPIC SLAM! Cover, TWO!! Desperado survives and Yuta is beside himself while fans rally back up. Yuta grits his teeth, roars again, and he drags Desperado up for HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS!

Desperado flips Yuta off so Yuta fires off more elbows! Then he floats Desperado around, but Desperado slips out! PINCHE- NO! Yuta goes after the arm but Desperado rolls and reels Yuta in, TIGER DRIVER! But Desperado isn’t done there, he underhooks and gator rolls Yuta to his feet, PINCHE- NO! Yuta rolls out, rolls Desperado, TWO! But then rolling ghost pin! TWO!! Yuta and Desperado hurry up, LOCO- NO! Yuta ROCKS Desperado first! Backslide, but Desperado rolls through! PINCHE LOCO!!! Cover, Desperado wins!!

Winner: El Desperado, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Yuta earns 0)

The Decoder could not crack Desperado and he drops to 1-2! Will the ROH Pure Champion have to work the problem in the next round? As for Desperado, he gets the mic to say, “Yuta. Yuta, Yuta. Thank you so much.” Fans applaud the respect shown, and Desperado notes that Yuta came in with a singles title, much like “Lind-chan.” Desperado thanks Yuta for that, and fans applaud again. Desperado says that even champions, in this environment, are going to lose. Now of course this wasn’t a title match, but Desperado did beat a champion. Maybe Desperado should get a shot at the ROH Pure Championship?

Fans applaud, liking the sound of that, but he says he’ll wait until after the Super Juniors. But then Desperado says he shouldn’t talk too big, he might lose to Lind-chan. “So what’s the deal? A Block had all those big buildings, but B Block has all you guys jam-packed into small places. But that’s just fine. Every Super Junior event is a biggun.” Fans applaud in agreement. Desperado says that next year, the matches you’ll see will get even bigger! Ja-ne. The Rogue Luchador is promising big things, but can he continue this big comeback to the top?

Here are the new standings for B Block!

El Desperado: 3-0, 6 points
El Phantasmo: 3-0, 6 points
Bushi: 2-1, 4 points
Robbie Eagles: 2-1, 4 points
El Lindaman: 2-1, 4 points
TJP: 1-2, 2 points
Wheeler Yuta: 1-2, 2 points
Douki: 1-2, 2 points
Master Wato: 0-3, 0 points
Titan: 0-3, 0 points

My Thoughts:

Another great round for B Block, and while the path to it was different, it seems the blocks have the exact same standings right now. Two men are at 0-3, three at 1-2, three at 2-1, and two on top at 3-0. Douki has another really solid match here with Eagles, but something about Douki losing again feels very “on brand” for Douki. He’ll have to fight his way up before facing Desperado. Lindaman VS TJP was great stuff, and it was quite the surprise that Lindaman won. The G-Rex Champion will definitely have a great run in the tournament, and we could see a lot more of him in NJPW after this.

Wato VS Bushi was great, and Bushi getting the win was also great. Hiromu beat Taguchi, Bushi beat Wato, maybe LIJ joins the Cutest Tag Team and the United Empire in a tag title chase for the summer. ELP VS Titan was awesome stuff, and even ELP pulling off Titan’s mask was a great Heel move. Titan may be at the bottom of the block but he’s had great matches all the same. Yuta VS Desperado was an awesome main event, but as expected, Desperado wins again to keep leading the block.

My Score: 8.9/10