Who will pull away from the pack?

B Block is back for round 5, and it’s a fight to be first! Will Daisuke Sasaki, Sho, or Yoh take the lead in the Best of the Super Juniors?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Daiki Nagai & Gedo VS Francesco Akira & Zane Jay; Akira & Zane wins.
• Six Man Tag: Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Tatsuya Matsumoto VS TMDK; TMDK wins.
• Nick Wayne & Tiger Mask VS Titan & Robbie X; Titan & Robbie win.
• Best of the Super Juniors 33 A Block: Jun Kasai VS Valiente Jr; Valiente wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 33 B Block: KUSHIDA VS HYO; Hyo wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 33 B Block: Daisuke Sasaki VS Jakob Austin Young; Jakob wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 33 B Block: Taiji Ishimori VS Yoshinobu Kanemaru; Taiji wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 33 B Block: El Desperado VS SHO; Desperado wins.
• Best of the Super Juniors 33 B Block: YOH VS Robbie Eagles; Eagles wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Here are the current A Block standings!

Titan: 5-0, 10 points
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-2, 6 points
Jun Kasai: 3-1, 6 points
Nick Wayne: 3-2, 6 points
Master Wato: 3-2, 6 points
Robbie X: 2-3, 4 points
Kosei Fujita: 2-3, 4 points
Francesco Akira: 2-3, 4 points
Valiente Jr: 1-3, 2 points
Daiki Nagai: 0-5, 0 points [ELIMINATED]

Here are the current B Block standings!

Daisuke Sasaki: 3-1, 6 points
YOH: 3-1, 6 points
SHO: 3-1, 6 points
Taiji Ishimori: 2-2, 4 points
Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 2-1, 4 points
El Desperado: 2-2, 4 points
HYO: 1-2, 2 points
Robbie Eagles: 1-3, 2 points
Jakob Austin Young: 1-3, 2 points
KUSHIDA: 1-3, 2 points

Best of the Super Juniors 33 A Block: Jun Kasai VS Valiente Jr!

Wait, what’s this match doing here? Oh, right, these two were absent on opening night, so this is the make-good. Well, the Crazy Monkey is just behind the front of the pack while The Valiant One is still alive in the running. Who changes their standing with a big win tonight?

The moment Kasai steps inside, he fires forearms with Valiente! The bell rings as Valiente trips Kasai, then Valiente runs. Kasai drops down, Valiente handsprings over, then comes back to whip. kasi reverses, Valiente goes up and over, and the fans cheer his superhero landing! Valiente runs up, Kasai puts him on the apron, but Valiente GAMANGIRIS! Valiente springboards to MISSILE DROPKICK! The fans cheer as Kasai bails out, and Valiente PLANCHAS! Direct hit and Valiente fires up! The fans are with him as he brings Kasai up. Valiente whips, Kasai reverses, and Valiente hits POST! Kasai takes off his shirt and says time to get extreme!

Kasai looks under the ring, he brings out chair after chair after chair, and then even more chairs! Are those all the chairs under there? Kasai sets his chairs up in the aisleway and makes a nice square, maybe rectangle, then he places chairs across those chairs to make a platform! Kasai SMACKS Valiente with a chair to keep him down, then he makes a second layer!? No, wait, it’s a chair pyramid! Kasai says it’s complete! Kasai then brings Valiente up the aisle, CLUBS him, and he tells Hyogo, “AISHITEMAAAASU~!” Then he DDTS Valiente on the ground! The hardcore ace then goes to the backstage area? And he returns with a dolly cart!

Kasai loads Valiente onto the cart, aims down the aisle, and says here we go! Kasai runs the cart into the chair pyramid!! The fans cheer but the ref reprimands this madness! Kasai then puts Valiente in the ring, and the fans rally up as he runs the ropes. Kasai builds up speed, LARIAT! Kasai then does push-ups before he brings Valiente back up. He suplexes high and hard, then flexes. Cover, TWO! Valiente survives but Kasai argues the count. Kasai then brings Valiente up, CLAWS at the mask, but the ref reprimands. Kasai shoves the ref down, then rips the eye hole open! The fans are torn, but then Kasai brings out the BAMBOO SKEWERS!

The ref sees the skewers and says no! Kasai argues with the ref, but Valiente sneaks up to spin Kasai around. Kasai says hold on a moment. Valiente tries again but Kasai says shut up for a second. Valiente gets mad and he spins Kasai around again. Kasai says fine! But then Valiente goes Matrix to dodge! Valiente blocks the skewers, kicks Kasai’s leg, then takes the skewers! Valiente shoves the ref aside, before he HAMMERS the skewers into Kasai’s forehead! Kasai is the pineapple, but he just fires up again! Kasai takes the skewers out, runs at Valiente, but Valiente BOOTS, backslides, TWO! Cradle, TWO! Victory roll, SPLASH! Cover, TWO!

Valiente keeps on Kasai with an armlock, then a DRAGON’S LAIR! VALIENTE WINS!

Winner: Valiente Jr, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Kasai earns 0)

The Deathmatch junkie gets caught by surprise, by a technical wrestling move! But will Kasai come back even crazier in the next round? Can Valiente still find a spot in the semifinals?

Best of the Super Juniors 33 B Block: KUSHIDA VS HYO!

Both men only have one win, but the Timesplitter is still moving and the Panther is still on the hunt. Who gains precious ground to start B Block’s fifth round?

The fans cheer Hyo while he makes sure Myon Myon is safe. There was a… mishap the other day during the Six Man Tag, so Hyo is understandably upset with Kushida. The bell rings and the fans rally up already. Hyo and Kushida circle, feel things out, and knuckle lock. Kushida slips around to waistlock but Hyo trips Kushida with the single leg takedown. Hyo has the toehold but Kushida rolls to waistlock and float all around. Kushida facelocks, Hyo wrenches out, Kushida rolls but Hyo covers, ONE! Hyo facelocks, Kushida trips him with a single leg, then has a toehold of his own. Hyo flips over, reels Kushdia in, but Kushida headlocks first.

Hyo slips out to headlock, Kushida rolls to a cover, ONE! Hyo holds onto the headlock, Kushida headscissors, but Hyo kips free. The fans cheer the standoff while Hyo stays low. Kushida and Hyo circle, feel things out, and Kushida pushes Hyo to the corner. Hyo fights out of the corner but Kushida arm-drags, then headlocks. Hyo slips out and wrenches, then powers his way to a hammerlock. Kushida switches that onto Hyo, then trips Hyo to turn him over. Kushida has the legs, and he grabs for arms, but Hyo resists. Kushida floats to the headlock, but they end up on the ropes. The ref counts but the two keep turning things back on the other.

The ref reprimands, Hyo lets off slowly, and he holds Kushida’s face in his hands before CHOPS! The fans cheer, but Kushida storms up. Hyo headlocks, Kushida switches it onto Hyo, and Kushida grinds Hyo down! The fans rally as Hyo endures an almost Bulldog Choke, then powers up, but he can’t power out as Kushida holds on tight! Hyo fights up, fires body shots, then trips Kushida to drop an elbow on the leg. But Kushida gets the headlock right back! Hyo fights up again, fires body shots, then powers up and out. Hyo drops down, gets the zoomies, but Kushida KICKS Hyo down! Kushida TOSSES Hyo out, then builds speed, baseball slide DROPKICK!

The fans cheer while Hyo tumbles! Kushida goes out to fetch Hyo, wrenches his arm, and ARMBAR BULLDOGS! Hyo scrambles away while clutching his arm, and Kushida leaves him behind to go to the ring. The ring count begins, Hyo shakes out the arm and his leg, and we already reach 10 of 20. The fans rally as the count climbs to 15, and Hyo hobbles his way back over to roll in at 18. The fans and even Kushida applaud, but then Kushida takes Hyo’s hand! Kushida bends Hyo’s fingers, holds them open, and tries to give Hyo’s hand rope burn! The ref reprimands, Kushida stops, and Hyo clutches his fingers.

Kushida scuffs Hyo, steps on him, then steps off as the ref reprimands. Kushida drags Hyo up, wrenches the arm, then wrenches again, for an ELBOW- NO, Hyo shoves free! Kushida comes back, Hyo dodges, and Hyo RANAS! The fans fire up while Kushida tumbles away. Hyo runs corner to corner, but Kushida puts him on the apron! Hyo slingshots back in for the STUNNER! Cover, TWO! The fans rally while Hyo fires up. Hyo goes to the corner, climbs up, and he waits on Kushida to stand. Hyo aims, but Kushida bails out, and snatches Myon Myon! Hyo says stop that, and the fans boo as Kushida eggs Hyo on.

Hyo chases Kushida, Kushida throws Myon Myon into the ring, but then keeps Hyo from getting in! Kushida slides in, and he makes Hyo choose between him and the stuffed animal. Hyo goes for Myon Myon, but then avoids Kushida’s Penalty Kick! Hyo keeps Myon Myon in his mouth (aka scruffing), then whips. Kushida reverses, then HIP TOSS for the cartwheel and DROPKICK! Myon Myon goes flying, and lands on the ropes! Myon Myon’s collar has her dangling from the ropes while Kushida covers Hyo, TWO! ARMBAR!! Hyo reaches out to Myon Myon but Kushida thrashes the arm! Hyo fights, stacks, TWO! ARMBAR!!

Hyo fights around, reaches out again, and the fans rally even harder! Hyo kicks, kicks, but Kushida changes sides on the ARMBAR! Hyo still makes the ROPEBREAK! Kushida lets go while the fans cheer. Hyo clutches his arm, the ref helps Myon Myon down, and the fans applaud. Kushida mocks the zoomies before he runs up and DROPKICKS the bad arm! Kushida keeps moving, tilt-o-whirl, then HOVERBOARD!! Hyo endures as Kushida twists the arm! Hyo reaches behind to relieve pressure, and now they dosido! Hyo rolls Kushida up, TWO! Kushida runs up, into a drop toehold! Hyo steps over, but Kushida trips him!

Kushida steps over to LA MA- NO, Hyo stuffs it! TWO and Kushida has a cradle, TWO!! Both men stand while the fans fire up, and Hyo STUNNERS! Then victory- NO, Kushida blocks the somersault to ANKLE LOCK! Hyo fights around, reaches out, but Kushida puts on the pressure! Hyo endures as the fans rally harder, but Kushida GRAPEVINES the leg! Hyo claws at the mat, but Kushida lets the leg go so he can PENALTY KICK the arm! Kushida runs, but Hyo blows past him, gets the zoomies again, even with one arm! Kushida gets turned around, Hyo somersaults to JUMP DDT! Hyo kips up and the fans fire up!

Hyo goes to the corner, climbs up top, and HUNTING CUTTER!! Cover, HYO WINS!

Winner: Hyo, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Kushida earns 0)

Hyo unleashed the beast and he takes the win! Will he soon be the top of the food chain here in the BOSJ? Can Kushida still turn back time and find a way?

Best of the Super Juniors 33 B Block: Daisuke Sasaki VS Jakob Austin Young!

Charisma Itself is at the front, #DangerousJAY is at the back, but that won’t change how hard they’ll fight to get ahead. Will Daisuke make sure Jakob is #NeverSober? Or will Daisuke be conquered by the United Empire?

Daisuke throws his jacket at Jakob! Then he BOOTS Jakob down, ROCKS him, and whips! The bell rings as Jakob reverses, but Daisuke drops on the dropdown for a CROSSFACE! Jakob rolls free, but Daisuke kicks low! Daisuke reels Jakob in, underhooks, but Jakob BACKDROPS, only for Daisuke to sunset flip! TWO, and Jakob catches an arm to spin Daisuke and suplex. Daisuke lands out but Jakob ELBOWS him! Jakob waistlocks, goes to ropes, then O’Conner Rolls, holding tights! TWO, and Daisuke CLAWS Jakob’s eyes! Daisuke points out the tights thing, then runs, but Jakob distracts the ref so Zane can trip Daisuke!

Zane drags Daisuke out, sets him up for Jakob, and Jakob runs, only for Daisuke to slip away! The DROPKICK wrecks Zane instead! The fans fire up as Daisuke then POSTS Jakob! Daisuke has fans clear out, and he brings Jakob around to make him take a seat. Daisuke ROCKS Jakob, throws off his shirt, then goes to the corner. Daisuke climbs up top, but Zane saves Jakob! The fans boo, but Daisuke just hops down. Daisuke storms over, the ref reprimands Zane, and Daisuke asks Murata-san on commentary to get up. Daisuke takes the chair, chucks it to Zane, and now the ref has to stop Zane! Zane says he didn’t even grab this chair!

Meanwhile, Daisuke uses another chair to JAM Jakob up! Daisuke puts the chair around Jakob’s neck and POSTS him! The fans cheer while Jakob goes down in a heap! Daisuke takes the chair away before he puts Jakob back in the ring. Daisuke goes up the corner as Jakob rises, FLYING LARIAT! Daisuke hurries to then reel Jakob in, FISHERMAN SCREW! Cover, TWO! Jakob toughs it out but Daisuke stays on him. Daisuke drags Jakob to a drop zone, climbs up the corner, and MACHO FLOP! Jakob avoids the elbow drop and Daisuke clutches that arm. Jakob runs up to KNEE Daisuke! Then Jakob runs to LARIAT! Cover, TWO!

The fans rally as Daisuke stays in this, but Jakob huffs ‘n’ puffs. Jakob brings Daisuke up, but Daisuke hurries to grab ropes. Jakob lets go, he ROCKS Daisuke, then runs, but into a mule kick! Daisuke runs, LA MYST- NO, Jakob sets Daisuke down and dragon sleepers! But Daisuke drops, victory roll, then he turns Jakob over! Jakob avoids the crossface to BACKSTABBER! Then the dragon sleeper, and SAVING GRACE! Cover, TWO! Daisuke survives and the fans fire up. Jakob drags Daisuke up, HEADBUTTS him, then HEADBUTTS again! Those are proving a bit double-edged so Jakob CHOPS! Jakob cravats, JAKOB’S- NO, Daisuke slips free!

Daisuke ELBOWS Jakob, then hooks him to backslide, but Jakob rolls through! Daisuke hooks Jakob up, PEDIGREE! Then the SUPERKICK! The fans rally as Jakob sputters, and Daisuke builds speed to LA MYSTICA! CROSSFACE!! Jakob flails, reaches out, crawls his way over, but Daisuke rolls him away! CROSSFACE! Zane gets on the apron, the ref misses Jakob tapping out! The fans boo, and Daisuke dares Zane to fight! Zane says bring it then! But this lets Daisuke go outside and fetch a chair! The fans rally as Daisuke kisses the chair, but Jakob DROPKICKS the leg! Daisuke falls on the chair! Then Jakob hammerlocks, FULL METAL BITE THE DUST!!

Jakob hides the evidence, covers Daisuke, and wins!!

Winner: Jakob Austin Young, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Daisuke earns 0)

Jakob is proving to be quite the trickster! He just screwed Daisuke over, maybe even knocked him from the top of the block, but can Jakob climb up the ranks in his own right? Can Daisuke recover in the next round?

Best of the Super Juniors 33 B Block: Taiji Ishimori VS Yoshinobu Kanemaru!

The Bone Soldier and the Heel Master are firmly in the middle of the pack, but that makes for a tightrope walk when it comes to this round. We’re at the halfway point of the round robin, who moves up while the other moves down?

Kanemaru attacks right as Taiji’s introduction ends! The fans boo as Kanemaru stomps away on Taiji, but the bell rings to get it on record. Kanemaru whips, but Taiji handsprings, but Kanemaru catches him and shoves him back! Somersault clutch, TWO! But Kanemaru goes right into the FIGURE FOUR! The fans rally up as Taiji endures! Kanemaru thrashes around, puts on the pressure, but Taiji fights, fights, reaches out, and fights his way to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer but Kanemaru holds onto the hold! The ref reprimands, then pries the hold open. Kanemaru lets Taiji go, and the ref gets forceful with Kanemaru!

Kanemaru grabs his whiskey but the ref reprimands. Kanemaru puts the bottle down, stomps Taiji, but Taiji fires body shots! Kanemaru runs and tilt-o-whirls, but Taiji turns that into CIPHER UTAKI! The fans fire up while both men are down! Taiji clutches his leg, shakes it out, gets it moving, and he storms back over to Kanemaru. Taiji fireman’s carries, ROLLING DEATH VALLEY, then basement SUPERKICK! Cover, TWO! Kanemaru survives but the fans rally for Taiji. Taiji says BANG, then he drags Kanemaru up. BLOODY- NO, Kanemaru slips free, kicks the leg, and jackknife bridges! TWO, but Kanemaru headlocks for the takeover and cradle! TWO!

Kanemaru gets another somersault clutch, TWO!! Taiji rises up, kicks, but Kanemaru blocks! Kanemaru whips Taiji, knocking the ref down in the process! Then Kanemaru dropkicks the leg out! Kanemaru grabs the leg, steps through, FIGURE FOUR! But the ref is down, what good does this do? Kanemaru shouts at the ref but then lets Taiji go. Kanemaru gets mad at the ref, but then he grabs his whiskey! Kanemaru takes a swig, but Taiji JUMP KNEES the mist out of him! Then a pop-up LOW BLOW! And then GEDO CLUTCH! Taiji wins!!

Winner: Taiji Ishimori, by pinfall (gains 2 points; Kanemaru earns 0)

Kanemaru tried his tricks but got Taiji has his own! Will Kanemaru ever live this one down? Will Taiji keep going until he’s the Best of the Super Juniors?

Best of the Super Juniors 33 B Block: El Desperado VS SHO!

The Rogue Luchador may be 2-2 while The Murder Machine is 3-1, but don’t count a former BOSJ winner out just yet! Can Desperado gain a tiebreaker on Sho? Or will the deck be stacked too high to overcome?

Sho behaves himself, but he still distracts the ref as DICK TOGO attacks Desperado! The fans boo as Dick stomps away on Despy! Sho then goes out to join in! The fans boo harder as Sho puts the railing on top of Despy and grinds it in! Sho gets mad at the Young Lions trying to stop him, but the ref reprimands him, too. Sho stomps Despy before bringing him around. Despy fights back but Sho CLAWS Despy’s eyes! Sho has fans clear out, whips Despy in, and BOWLS him into the chairs! STRIKE! Despy sputters but Sho snatches a fan’s rally towel to CHOKE him with! The ref reprimands again, but Sho stops choking Despy to drag him back up.

Sho brings Despy around to another section, and he has fans clear out again! Meanwhile, Dick Togo is gathering chairs from under the ring. Sho whips but Despy reverses, and Despy BOWLS Sho into chairs! STRIKE! The fans cheer while Sho flounders among the chairs. Despy hobbles his way over, he drags Sho up, and he brings Sho back to ringside. Sho fires body shots, Despy hobbles away, but Despy sees all the chairs. Despy grabs one, but so does Sho! The ref reprimands, but Despy says here we go! The fans cheer as the chairs CLASH! ANd CLASH! And CLASH! Sho is disarmed, but he has the ref check his hands. Dick sneaks up to SMACK Despy!

The fans boo again but Dick plays innocent. Sho puts a chair on Despy’s back, then CON-CHAIR-TO again and again and again! Despy clutches an arm while the fans boo Sho. Sho grins as he drags Despy back up, then winds up to HEADSHOT! Despy falls over, and the ref reprimands Sho. Sho says Despy started it, then leaves him behind. Sho sits in the ring, talks some trash, and the ref checks Despy. Despy says he’s alright to continue while Sho keeps on talking trash. The fans boo Sho more, but Despy rolls into the ring. The fans cheer Despy on, and now the bell rings! Sho digs his heel into Despy’s ribs!

The ref reprimands as Despy is clinging to the ropes. Sho stops at 4, then covers Despy, TWO! Sho clamps onto the arm for a DOUBLE WRISTLOCK! ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, the fans boo, but Sho lets go at 4. Sho argues with the ref, but that lets Dick SLAM Despy’s arm off the apron! The fans boo again, but Dick gets away with it. Sho drags Despy up from the apron, then wrenches the arm to ELBOW BREAKER HOTSHOT! Despy falls back down while the ref reprimands, but again Sho distracts the ref so that Dick can sucker punch Despy! The fans boo more, but Sho drags Despy up to ARM SCREW! The ref reprimands, and Sho stands Despy up again.

Sho brings Despy to a corner but Despy fires body shots. Sho YANKS the arm, then tucks the arm into the buckle pad! Sho runs up to KNEE the arm against the pad! The ref reprimands, and he frees Despy from the corner. Sho backs off, but Despy eggs him on. Sho kicks Despy again and again, but Despy CHOPS again and again! Sho wrenches to bend fingers, and he YANKS the arm! Sho wrenches the arm, and he ELBOW BREAKERS! And ELBOW BREAKERS! And then ELBOW- NO, Despy catches Sho into a SLEEPER! Sho flails but he’s fading already! The fans rally as Despy puts all his weigh ton Sho!

Sho fights up, RAMS Despy into the corner, but Despy runs up to DROPKICK the leg out! The fans cheer while both men are down! Despy stands, he brings Sho up, and he grabs the leg for a SHIN BREAKER! And GROUND DRAGON SCREW! The fans fire up again while Despy drags Sho around. Sho kicks at Despy, scrambles away to a corner, but Despy runs back up. Sho kicks but Despy blocks. Despy KICKS the other leg, then grabs it for a DRAGON SCREW! Sho falls out of the ring but Dick gets on the apron! The ref reprimands Dick, Despy builds speed, and DIVES into a CHAIR! The fans boo while Despy flops against the ropes!

Sho hobbles his way back into the ring, then winds up as he runs, LARIAT! Sho snarls and he brings Despy up. Sho reels Despy in, tucks the arms, STRAITJACKET PILEDRIVER! Cover, TWO! Despy survives and the fans fire up again! Sho vows to end it, though, and he drags Despy up again. Sho tucks the arms for the pump handles this time, but Despy fights the lift! Despy wrenches free, then DECKS Sho! The fans fire up as both men go to ropes. Despy runs up, but into a JUMP KNEE! Sho roars, he drags Despy up, and he tucks Despy in again! SHOCK A- NO, Despy slips free and SPINEBUSTERS! High stack, TWO, but into the STRETCH MUFFLER!

Sho flails but Despy grabs an arm! NUMERO DOS, but Despy wants more! But Sho bends Despy’s finger! And he drags Despy into the ARMBAR! Despy endures, even as Sho thrashes around! Despy fights around, but ends up in SNAKE BITE!! Despy fights, fights, but Sho puts on the pressure! The ref checks on Despy as he fades! The arm drops once, then twice, but Despy comes back to life before three! Despy rises up, and he CLAWS Sho’s face! The ref reprimands, but it’s into STRETCH MUFFLER for Sho! NUMERO DOS, and Dick Togo rings the bell!! The fans boo as Dick does it again! The fans tell Dick to go away!

Despy drags Sho up, but Sho LOW BLOWS Despy!! Dick slides a chair into the ring, but that’s a decoy so he can slide the Torture Tool to Sho! The fans boo again as Sho takes aim. Dick distracts the ref, but Despy LOCO MONOS!! The right hand goes unnoticed! But then Dick SMACKS Despy! Despy LOW BLOWS Dick! Despy roars and the fans fire up with him! Despy drags Sho up, brings him around, and underhooks for PINCHE- NO, Sho fights free, wrenches and cradles, TWO!! But into the ARMBAR!! Despy flails, reaches out, and fights his way around! Sho pulls on the arm, but Despy CLUBS away on the legs! Then STRETCH MUFFLER!!

Despy gets Sho away from the ropes, and he gets an arm for NUMERO DOS! The fans fire up again as Despy bends Sho! Sho VERBALLY QUITS, Despy wins!!

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

The House of Torture tried to use Dick to stack the deck, but Despy was able to overcome it all! Will Despy prove that he’s still The Best of the Super Juniors? Will Sho ever learn to do things the right way?

Best of the Super Juniors 33 B Block: YOH VS Robbie Eagles!

Even though Desperado just won to be 3-2, Daisuke and Sho dropped to 3-2, meaning the way is open for Direct Drive! Can Yoh jump into first place with this main event? Or will the Sniper of the Skies shoot him down?

Yoh mesmerizes Eagles with his dancing pecs for a moment, but then Eagles snaps out of it. The bell rings, the fans rally and duel, “YO-OH!” “ROB-BI-E!” Eagles lounges on the corner while he enjoys the dueling chants, then he and Yoh circle. But then Yoh lounges to do the same! Eagles mockingly applauds, then he and Yoh circle again. They feel things out, tie up, and Eagles wrenches to wristlock. Eagles puts on the pressure but Yoh flips, trips Eagles, and has the toehold. Eagles endures, tries a chinlock, but Yoh puts on more pressure. Eagles powers Yoh down but Yoh fights the armbar. Yoh stacks Eagles, TWO, and Eagles tries for the arm again.

Yoh clasps hands to resist the armbar, so Eagles kneels on one of the arms. Eagles stands on Yoh’s hand, then drags him up to wrench and hammerlock. Yoh endures, reaches back, and he fireman’s carries for the takeover. Eagles headscissors, Yoh kips up, and the fans applaud the standoff. Eagles and Yoh reset, circle again, then approach. They feel things out, knuckle lock, and Yoh puts on the pressure! Eagles endures but he drops to his knees. Eagles fights up, pushes through, and tornado arm-drags! Things speed up as Eagles runs, hurdles, and RANAS! Yoh comes back but Eagles WHEEL KICKS Yoh down!

The fans cheer as Eagles kips up and Yoh bails out. Eagles builds speed, but Yoh hurries away to commentary! Eagles stops, and Yoh wants Eagles to stay back. Eagles starts up “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “OI OI OI!” but Yoh counters with “YANO TO~RU!” Now it’s a duel, “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “YANO TO~RU!” “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “YANO TO~RU!” “ROBBIE!” “YANO!” “ROBBIE!” “YANO!” “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” “YANO TO~RU!” The fans applaud but Robbie and Yano are confused. Eagles storms out after Yoh, but Yoh slips back into the ring. Eagles runs in but Yoh atomic drops, and he THROWS Eagles by his hair! How Yano of him!

Eagles gets mad, storms up again, but Yoh DROPKICKS Eagles down! The fans rally again while Yoh circles around Eagles. Eagles sits up, Yoh storms up, but Yoh hushes the fans who still want to chant “ROBBIE ROBBIE ROBBIE!” Yoh stands Eagles up and ROCKS him. Eagles goes to a corner, Yoh wrenches, and he whips corner to corner. Yoh then runs up, but Eagles dodges! Eagles SOBATS, runs, and BLINDSIDE LARIATS! The fans rally, Eagles covers, TWO! Eagles keeps hold of Yoh’s wrist and brings him up. Eagles steps over the arm, traps it and the other, DOUBLE ARM SCISSOR! Yoh endures, even as Eagles kicks him to the rhythm of “YANO TO~RU!”

Eagles shifts around, makes it a cover, TWO! The fans rally and duel again while Eagles sits Yoh up and KICKS him in the back! Eagles drags Yoh by a leg, KNEES him in the leg, then clamps onto the leg with a toehold. Yoh endures, keeps his shoulders up, and he kicks Eagles. Eagles grabs that leg, then ties Yoh’s legs up before stepping over, STUMP PULLER! Yoh endures as Eagles shows what he’s learned from Zack Sabre Jr! Eagles twists the foot, then pulls back, LAST SUPPER! TWO, and the fans applaud as Yoh escapes. Eagles is annoyed, though, and he slaps Yoh around. Eagles waits on Yoh, and Yoh CHOPS! And CHOPS!

Eagles still eggs Yoh on so Yoh CHOPS again! Eagles trips Yoh, gets the legs tied up again, and turns Yoh over for a TRAILER HITCH! The fans rally as Yoh endures, and Yoh fights his way over to the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Eagles lets the hold go, but then he drags Yoh back to SMASH the knee on the mat! Then Eagles KNEE DROPS on the leg! The fans rally again while Yoh writhes. Eagles steps on Yoh’s leg, kicks him around, then eggs him on. Yoh sits up but Eagles KICKS! And KICKS! And KICKS! Eagles runs, but Yoh blocks the kick! Yoh stands but Eagles ROCKS him first! Yoh ducks the next shot to wrench, turn, and NECKBREAKER!

The fans cheer while both men are down! Yoh shakes out his leg while he and Eagles slowly sit up. The fans rally up as both men stand, and Yoh DECKS Eagles! And CLOBBERS him! And whips, but Eagles reverses! Yoh FLYING FOREARMS! Down goes Eagles and the fans fire up again. Yoh runs in at the corner, ELBOWS Eagles, then snap suplexes! Bridging cover, TWO! The fans cheer as Eagles is still in this. Yoh shakes out the bad leg before he stands up and brings Eagles around. Yoh reels Eagles in, but Eagles powers out to DROPKICK the leg! Eagles runs up on Yoh in the corner, DOUBLE KNEES, then he rolls back.

Eagles returns, but Yoh jumps the basement 619! Yoh runs up to UPPERCUT, then suplex! FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO! Eagles toughs it out and the fans rally up again. Yoh rolls away to the ropes, drags himself up, and he tunes up the band! The fans clap along, and Yoh waits on Eagles. Eagles stands, but he blocks the superkick! Eagles SLAPS, KNEES, ELBOWS, and TURBO- NO, Yoh powers out of the backpack, but Eagles comes back to KNEE low! Eagles KICKS, Yoh says I’ll Be Back! SUPERKICK! Yoh then full nelsons, but Eagles mule kicks a leg! Yoh goes to ropes, Eagles runs up, but Yoh BOOTS him! Eagles basement 619s!

Eagles springboards, SNIPER DROPKICK to the knee! Then he steps through, RON MILLER SPECIAL! The fans rally as Yoh endures! Yoh reaches out, powers up, and he drags Eagles along as he fights forward! Eagles puts on more pressure, as much pressure as he can, but Yoh still makes the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer while Eagles lets go in frustration. Eagles drags Yoh from the ropes, and spins to KNEE DROP on the leg! Yoh writhes while Eagles paces. Eagles aims from the corner, calls his shot, and HYP- NO, Yoh blocks the kick! Eagles tries again but Yoh blocks, ROCKS, and scoops for USHIGOROSHI! But that’s double edged given Yoh’s bad knee!

Yoh drags Eagles up, but Eagles cravats?! ASAI DDT! The fans fire up while both men are down again! Eagles clutches his neck, but the fans rally up as he and Yoh slowly sit up. Eagles and Yoh meet at center, and go forehead to forehead before Eagles fires a forearm. Yoh fires back, Eagles fires again, and repeat. The fans rally as the shots keep going, and the two stand. Eagles UPPERCUTS, but Yoh rebounds to ROCK Eagles! Eagles CHOPS, Yoh CHOPS, so Eagles CHOPS again! The fans fire up as Yoh takes a moment, then he CHOPS! Eagles roars, and CHOPS the leg! Yoh hobbles, Eagles brings him around, but Yoh fires forearms!

Eagles KICKS the bad leg, but Yoh ROCKS Eagles! Yoh reels Eagles in, Eagles wrenches, but Yoh ROCKS Eagles! Yoh ROLLING ELBOWS, but Eagles ROUNDHOUSES! SUPERKICKS! But Yoh ducks the enzigiri! SUPERKICK! Eagles says I’ll Be Back, Too! But Yoh SUPERKICKS! And pops up to POISON-RANA! The fans fire up, but the bad leg slows Yoh down! Eagles roars, but Yoh SUPERKICKS him again! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Yoh roars as he rises, and the fans rally up! Yoh drags Eagles up, around, and full nelsons, DRAGON SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Yoh keeps on Eagles with a wristlock, and he brings Eagles up.

Yoh winds up, but Eagles ducks the lariat to schoolboy with bridge! TWO!! Eagles is upset, but Yoh JUMP KNEES! Yoh then hurries to reel Eagles in, FALCON- NO, Eagles slips free and dragon sleepers! Inverted suplex into TURBO BACKPACK! But Yoh roars as he sits up! Eagles kips up to SUPERKICK! The fans fire up as Eagles roars, and he goes up, out, and climbs the corner! WARP 4.5!! Eagles then drags Yoh around, but Yoh BOOTS Eagles away! Eagles hits buckles, then staggers back, into an O’Conner, only for Eagles to block the rest! Eagles rolls, Yoh rolls through to Ground Cobra, TWO! Eagles steps through, Yoh cradle counters, TWO!!

Yoh holds onto Eagles, suplexes, but Eagles knees free! Eagles suplexes for a KNEE CRUSHER! Eagles roars, runs, but into a LARIAT!! The fans are thunderous as both men are down again! Yoh roars, he brings Eagles around, and the fans rally as Yoh hooks Eagles up. DIRECT- NO, Eagles fights free and DDTS! Then HYPERION!! Cover, EAGLES WINS!!

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

Another pack leader has fallen! Will Yoh be able to shift gears and turn it around in the next round?

As for Eagles, he gets the mic to say, “Oh, Himeji, did we have fun or what?” The fans applaud, and Eagles says he can’t really hear them, so they need to do that again. Did they have fun? The fans cheer louder! Eagles nods and says Yoh may be “Ichiban Hentai Senchu (Number One Pervert Captain),” but it’s always a fun time with him. The fans applaud that, and Eagles says this is the start of the come-up. He lost three, won two, but he said it before. They heard it, but if not, here it is again: Seven times knocked down, get up eight! And from here on, Eagles vows to make it to the end! The fans applaud that!

Eagles says no matter what, he will NOT lose another match! He will take everyone’s head or leg with him as his trophy until he raises the real BOSJ trophy in his hand! For he is mighty, and The Mighty Don’t Kneel! Eagles is ready to fly, but will he reach the heights he aims for?

Here are the NEW A Block standings!

Titan: 5-0, 10 points
Ryusuke Taguchi: 3-2, 6 points
Jun Kasai: 3-2, 6 points
Nick Wayne: 3-2, 6 points
Master Wato: 3-2, 6 points
Robbie X: 2-3, 4 points
Kosei Fujita: 2-3, 4 points
Francesco Akira: 2-3, 4 points
Valiente Jr: 2-3, 4 points
Daiki Nagai: 0-5, 0 points [ELIMINATED]

Here are the NEW B Block standings!

Daisuke Sasaki: 3-2, 6 points
YOH: 3-2, 6 points
El Desperado: 3-2, 6 points
SHO: 3-2, 6 points
Taiji Ishimori: 3-2, 6 points
Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 2-2, 4 points
HYO: 2-2, 4 points
Robbie Eagles: 2-3, 4 points
Jakob Austin Young: 2-3, 4 points
KUSHIDA: 1-4, 2 points

My Thoughts:

A great night for BOSJ, and I like that they did the make-good for Valiente VS Kasai here. I think we’re getting the same for Hyo VS Kanemaru next, that’ll be good stuff, too. Kushida being last place is still pretty wild, but I suppose it shows how strong the rest of the Junior Heavyweight Division is getting. Jakob cheating Daisuke out of the win was wild, I thought Daisuke was gonna break away as a leader. But with Daisuke losing, Sho and Yoh losing, and then Taiji and Despy winning, that is quite the traffic jam at 3-2. B Block is gonna be that real nail biter where it’s not clear who advances to the semifinals until the final round is over, and that’s a lot of fun.

My Score: 8.9/10