mobanmarketDates have been announced for the 27th Best of the Super Juniors tournament.
This year’s tournament will start on May 12 and will run three days straight in Korakuen Hall. There will be another three dates on May 21 through 23, and one final date on June 4.
The finals will take place on Saturday, June 6 at the Ota Ward General Gymnasium.
Block formatting and participants for this year’s tournament have yet to be named. Those will be announced closer to the start of the tournament.
Last year’s tournament featured Will Ospreay defeating Shingo Takagi to win the tournament for the second time. He went on to defeat Dragon Lee to win the IWGP Jr. title for the third time at Dominion. Both men now wrestle in the heavyweight division.
Here is the complete list of dates announced for this year’s tournament:
May 12, 13, 14: Korakuen Hall
May 16: Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata
May 17: Morioka Takaya Arena in Iwate
May 18: Iwaki Municipal General Gymnasium in Fukushima
May 19: Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Miyagi
May 21, 22, 23: Korakuen Hall
May 24: Kamisu Disaster Prevention Arena in Ibaraki
May 27: Saku-shi General Gymnasium in Nagano
May 28: Nagoya International Convention Center in Aichi
May 29, 30: Osaka City General Gymnasium in Osaka
June 1: Item Ehime in Ehime
June 2: Takamatsu City General Gymnasium in Kagawa
June 4: Korakuen Hall
June 6: Ota Ward General Gymnasium in Tokyo