Best of the Super Juniors
Block A Goto Jado Kakihara Kanemoto Minoru Samurai Stampede
Goto - Jado ( 11:31 ) Goto ( 10:16 ) Kanemoto ( 11:28 ) Minoru ( 11:28 ) Goto ( 10:08 ) Goto ( 7:57 )
Jado Jado ( 11:31 ) - Kakihara ( 8:02 ) Kanemoto ( 10:40 ) Minoru ( 12:29 ) Jado ( 14:04 ) Stampede ( 9:59 )
Kakihara Goto ( 10:16 ) Kakihara ( 8:02 ) - Kanemoto ( 10:29 ) Kakihara ( 10:04 ) Samurai ( 10:47 ) Kakihara ( 8:30 )
Kanemoto Kanemoto ( 11:28 ) Kanemoto ( 10:40 ) Kanemoto ( 10:29 ) - Minoru ( 19:38 ) Samurai ( 12:15 ) Kanemoto ( 9:34 )
Minoru Minoru ( 11:28 ) Minoru ( 12:29 ) Kakihara ( 10:04 ) Minoru ( 19:38 ) - Minoru ( 13:04 ) Stampede ( 11:30 )
Samurai Goto ( 10:08 ) Jado ( 14:04 ) Samurai ( 10:47 ) Samurai ( 12:15 ) Minoru ( 13:04 ) - Samurai ( 9:31 )
Stampede Goto ( 7:57 ) Stampede ( 9:59 ) Kakihara ( 8:30 ) Kanemoto ( 9:34 ) Stampede ( 11:30 ) Samurai ( 9:31 ) -
Block B Anzawa B. Tiger Gedo Inoue Liger Takemura T. Mask
Anzawa - B. Tiger ( 6:13 ) Gedo ( 10:21 ) Anzawa ( forfeit ) Liger ( 8:36 ) Takemura ( 7:46 ) T. Mask ( 5:34 )
B. Tiger B. Tiger ( 6:13 ) - Gedo ( forfeit ) Inoue ( 11:01 ) Liger ( forfeit ) B. Tiger ( 6:46 ) T. Mask ( forfeit )
Gedo Gedo ( 10:21 ) Gedo ( forfeit ) - Inoue ( 15:13 ) Gedo ( 17:24 ) Gedo ( 11:29 ) Gedo ( 11:25 )
Inoue Anzawa ( forfeit ) Inoue ( 11:01 ) Inoue ( 15:13 ) - Liger ( 16:50 ) Takemura ( forfeit ) Inoue ( 11:53 )
Liger Liger ( 8:36 ) Liger ( forfeit ) Gedo ( 17:24 ) Liger ( 16:50 ) - Liger ( 12:12 ) T. Mask ( 8:58 )
Takemura Takemura ( 7:46 ) B. Tiger ( 6:46 ) Gedo ( 11:29 ) Takemura ( forfeit ) Liger ( 12:12 ) - T. Mask ( 6:12 )
T. Mask T. Mask ( 5:34 ) T. Mask ( forfeit ) Gedo ( 11:25 ) Inoue ( 11:53 ) T. Mask ( 8:58 ) T. Mask ( 6:12 ) -
2005
The 2005 Best of the Super Juniors was a 14-man , two-block tournament held from May 21 to June 19 . The winner , Tiger Mask IV , became the first and so far only person in history to win the tournament in consecutive years , as well as the first since Jushin Thunder Liger in 1994 to win the tournament as champion . 2005 saw the participation of the third wrestler under the Black Tiger mask as Rocky Romero had begun working as Black Tiger IV in the preceding year . [ 18 ] Final standings Block A Block B Minoru 8 Gedo 10 Koji Kanemoto 8 Tiger Mask IV 8 Hirooki Goto 6 Jushin Thunder Liger 8 El Samurai 6 Wataru Inoue 6 Masahito Kakihara 6 Black Tiger IV 4 Stampede Kid 4 Katsushi Takemura 4 Jado 4 Akiya Anzawa 2
The Best of the Super Juniors (often abbreviated BOSJ) is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), typically in May or June. Originally known as Top of the Super Juniors, the first tournament was held in 1988 with annual tournaments taking place since 1991. The wrestlers in the tournament are typically junior heavyweight wrestlers from promotions all over the world. NJPW has held 28 Super Juniors tournaments. Two wrestlers have won the tournament three times, Jushin Thunder Liger and Koji Kanemoto, while only one wrestler has won the tournament in two consecutive years as Tiger Mask IV won the tournament in both 2004 and 2005. Kanemoto holds the record for the most final appearances, having wrestled eight finals between 1997 and 2009. Liger has participated in the most tournaments as he has wrestled in all tournaments except the 1995 and 2000 tournaments. His participation in the 2017 tournament marked his 26th and last Super Junior tournament.