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NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 30 Results 5.23.23: Hiromu Takahashi Faces Titan

May 23, 2023 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 30 - Hiromu Takahashi vs. Titan Image Credit: NJPW

– The NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 30 tournament continued today at the Edion Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan earlier today. Today’s event featured the finals of the A-Block, with Mike Bailey and Titan winning their respective matchups to advance to the semifinals. Below are some results, per New Japan’s website:

* The nited Empire (TJP & Great-O-Khan) beat Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima at 9:57.
* Ryohei Oiwa & El Desperado beat TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita) at 10:50.
* The United Empire (Dan Moloney & Francesco Akira) defeated The Bullet Club (Gedo & Clark Connors) at 8:49.
* Kevin Knight, Master Wato & YOH beat Just 5 Guys (Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) at 9:11.
* BOSJ A Block: Ryusuke Taguchi (1-8, 2 pts) def. KUSHIDA (2-7, 4 pts) at 10:33.
* BOSJ A Block: SHO (4-5, 8 pts) beat DOUKI (3-6, 6 pts) at 16:43.
* BOSJ A Block: TJP (5-4, 10 pts) won his previously scheduled matchup against Taiji Ishimori (5-4, 10 pts) by forfeiture. As noted, Ishimori was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to injury.
* BOSJ A Block: Mike Bailey (7-2, 14 pts) beat Lio Rush (6-3, 12 pts) at 16:43. Bailey advances to the semifinals as the point leader.
* BOSJ A Block: Titan (6-3, 12 pts) beat Hiromu Takahashi (6-3, 12 pts) at 16:43. Titan wins the tiebreaker and advances to the semifinals.

You can view some additional highlights and backstage interview footage from today’s NJPW event below: