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Participants Announced For The 2015 NJPW Best of the Supers Tournament

May 7, 2015 | Posted by Larry Csonka

– Here are the participants for the 22nd NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Tournament. The tournament will take place between May 22nd and June 7th. The winner of the tournament will challenge Kenny Omega for the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title on July 5th at the Dominion event…

BLOCK A
* Bárbaro Cavernario
* Baretta
* Chase Owens
* Gedo
* Jushin Thunder Liger
* Kyle O’Reilly
* Ryusuke Taguchi
* Yohei Komatsu

BLOCK B
* Alex Shelley
* Bobby Fish
* David Finlay (Fit Finlay’s Son)
* KUSHIDA
* Máscara Dorada
* Nick Jackson
* Rocky Romero
* Tiger Mask IV

– Here is the card for the May 22nd event, which will air on New Japan World

* BOTSJ Tournament Match: Jushin Liger vs. Yohei Komatsu
* BOTSJ Tournament Match: Tiger Mask vs. Nick Jackson
* BOTSJ Tournament Match: Alex Shelley vs. David Finlay
* BOTSJ Tournament Match: Barbaro Cavernario vs. Chase Owens
* Hirooki Goto, Togi Makbe, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata & Tomoaki Honma vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Kazushi Sakuraba & Yoshi-Hashi
* BOTSJ Tournament Match: Rocky Romero vs. Bobby Fish
* BOTSJ Tournament Match: Baretta vs. Kyle O’Reilly
* BOTSJ Tournament Match: Mascara Dorada vs. Kushida
* BOTSJ Tournament Match: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Gedo