The Natural Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 C&P from f4wonline.com: This year's BOSJ kicks off on May 11, with the tournament finals set for Dominion on June 9 in Osaka-Jo Hall. 20 competitors have been announced for the tournament. Block assignments have yet to be unveiled. The tournament field includes four first-time entrants --Kosei Fujita, Blake Christian, Ninja Mack, & HAYATA. The current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion SHO, plus two former tournament winners in Ryusuke Taguchi (2012) and Hiromu Takahashi (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022) will also enter the tournament. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion SHO Hiromu Takahashi Ryusuke Taguchi El Desperado Kevin Knight YOH BUSHI Titan TJP Francesco Akira DOUKI Robbie Eagles Taiji Ishimori Yoshinobu Kanemaru Clark Connors Drilla Moloney Kosei Fujita Blake Christian Ninja Mack HAYATA --- Can't see YOH making it. Rooting for El Desperado to win it for the first time. Like how the finals will be held at Dominion, one of my favourite NJPW shows. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Would love to see Despy finally win one. Also would love to see Douki make the finals just cause he’s great and I’ll always have a soft spot for him after Taichi gave that speech about/to him after the one TakaTaichiMania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Ninja Mack and HAYATA are NOAH guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ka-to Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Too bad no CMLL being brought over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 On 4/6/2024 at 2:31 PM, The Natural said: C&P from f4wonline.com: This year's BOSJ kicks off on May 11, with the tournament finals set for Dominion on June 9 in Osaka-Jo Hall. 20 competitors have been announced for the tournament. Block assignments have yet to be unveiled. The tournament field includes four first-time entrants --Kosei Fujita, Blake Christian, Ninja Mack, & HAYATA. The current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion SHO, plus two former tournament winners in Ryusuke Taguchi (2012) and Hiromu Takahashi (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022) will also enter the tournament. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion SHO Hiromu Takahashi Ryusuke Taguchi El Desperado Kevin Knight YOH BUSHI Titan TJP Francesco Akira DOUKI Robbie Eagles Taiji Ishimori Yoshinobu Kanemaru Clark Connors Drilla Moloney Kosei Fujita Blake Christian Ninja Mack HAYATA --- Can't see YOH making it. Rooting for El Desperado to win it for the first time. Like how the finals will be held at Dominion, one of my favourite NJPW shows. YOH's out with the dislocated shoulder. Replacement to be announced at a later date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horangi Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Apparently KUSHIDA is replacing YOH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 1 hour ago, Horangi said: Apparently KUSHIDA is replacing YOH Yep. Big upgrade. Feel bad for saying that about somebody injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinube Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Taguchi is out so Dragon Gate's Dragon Dia is in. Blocks were released during tonight's show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinube Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Block A: Despy Knight BUSHI Titan TJP Fujita Christian Connors Kanemaru Hayata Block B: KUSHIDA Hiromu DOUKI Akira Eagles Ishimori Moloney SHO Dragon Dia Mack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horangi Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Block B is stacked! Always keen for Robbie/Hiromu matches. Robbie and KUSHIDA had a really good match in Ballarat a few weeks ago, looking forward to the rematch. Dragon Dia is certainly a massive upgrade from Taguchi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinube Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 SHO will be the champion going in because there are a lot of guys in HOT and DOUKI is in a group called Just 5 Guys and one of them is injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I’ll be shocked if B block doesn’t produce at least 1 MOTYC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Monday Morning Posted Friday at 01:52 PM Share Posted Friday at 01:52 PM Give Fujita all the things please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teflon Turtle Posted Sunday at 05:16 AM Share Posted Sunday at 05:16 AM Good first day of action, if you ask me. Then again, over the last couple of years BOSJ has been pretty much my pro-wrestling sweet spot and yearly highlight, so don't expect too much negativity from me in this thread. Kosei Fujita had a good first showing. Interested to see him throughout the rest of the tournament. My personal match of the night was actually DOUKI/Ishimori. I've never been super interested in Taiji despite his obvious skill, but those two were on the same page tonight and put on a great match. Some super slick sequences and transitions in that one would make it worth seeking out. In other news: despite a scary moment in KUSHIDA/Hiromu, those two don't have a bad match in them. Always a treat to watch. TJP/Kevin Knight and the main event of Desperado/Titan were also quite entertaining, I thought. One last takeaway: I didn't know Blake Christian turned heel. So now between him, Drilla/Connors, SHO, Kanemaru, and maybe Hayata (I'm not so familiar but it seems he leans heel), we may be in for more shenanigans this year than last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horangi Posted Monday at 12:41 PM Share Posted Monday at 12:41 PM Two really great matches tonight - Desperado/Fujita in particular felt really special. I don't think he's even making he final 4, but I certainly would not be against New Japan deciding to hitch their wagon on Fujita now, he has a connection that, Wato or YOH for example, did not have at this stage in their career. Hiromu vs DOUKI was great too, they just naturally gel together I think. Also really enjoyed Titan/BUSHI and Eagles/Moloney in particular. Overall it was a fun show with a hot crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted Monday at 06:50 PM Share Posted Monday at 06:50 PM 6 hours ago, Horangi said: Two really great matches tonight - Desperado/Fujita in particular felt really special. I don't think he's even making he final 4, but I certainly would not be against New Japan deciding to hitch their wagon on Fujita now, he has a connection that, Wato or YOH for example, did not have at this stage in their career. Hiromu vs DOUKI was great too, they just naturally gel together I think. Also really enjoyed Titan/BUSHI and Eagles/Moloney in particular. Overall it was a fun show with a hot crowd. Agreed on those final two matches. Great "veteran disrespecting the youngster" storylines, with two different routes to the payoff. Despy in particular was an awesome prick to Fujita. I'd totally forgotten Christian was in since he's the GCW world champion. I'd say some interesting politics might be in play, but they probably don't care if he drops a couple of falls... especially if it means setting up some new challenges for him (I know Despy's worked for them in the past). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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