Schedule and participants for the Best of the Super Juniors tournament

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced all 16 participants for the forthcoming Best of the Super Juniors tournament that begins Friday, May 18^th.

Below are how the blocks have been divided:

BLOCK A: Will Ospreay (IWGP junior heavyweight champion), Taiji Ishimori, Flip Gordon, ACH, YOH, Bushi, Tiger Mask, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

BLOCK B: KUSHIDA, Hiromu Takahashi, Marty Scurll, Dragon Lee, Ryusuke Taguchi, Sho Tanaka, El Desperado, and Chris Sabin.

Below are all the round robin matches that lead into the finals that are scheduled for June 4^th and the winner will earn a shot at the IWGP junior heavyweight championship.

May 18^th (Korakuen Hall, 5:30 am Eastern)
*Will Ospreay vs. Taiji Ishimori
*Bushi vs. YOH
*ACH vs. Flip Gordon
*Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Tiger Mask

May 19^th (Korakuen Hall, 5:30 am)
*Hiromu Takahashi vs. Marty Scurll
*KUSHIDA vs. Chris Sabin
*El Desperado vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
*Sho Tanaka vs. Dragon Lee

May 20^th (Shizuoka, VOD)
*Will Ospreay vs. ACH
*Taiji Ishimori vs. Bushi
*Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Flip Gordon
*YOH vs. Tiger Mask

May 22^nd (Korakuen Hall, 5:30 am)
*Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado
*KUSHIDA vs. Marty Scurll
*Dragon Lee vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
*Chris Sabin vs. Sho Tanaka

May 24^th (Shiga, VOD)
*Will Ospreay vs. YOH
*Flip Gordon vs. Taiji Ishimori
*ACH vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
*Bushi vs. Tiger Mask

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May 25^th (Osaka, VOD)
*Dragon Lee vs. Hiromu Takahashi
*El Desperado vs. Sho Tanaka
*KUSHIDA vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
*Marty Scurll vs. Chris Sabin

May 26^th (Aichi, VOD)
*Will Ospreay vs. Bushi
*Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
*ACH vs. YOH
*Flip Gordon vs. Tiger Mask

May 27^th (Aichi, VOD)
*Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
*KUSHIDA vs. Sho Tanaka
*Dragon Lee vs. Chris Sabin
*Marty Scurll vs. El Desperado

May 29^th (Tochigi, VOD)
*Will Ospreay vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
*Flip Gordon vs. YOH
*Bushi vs. ACH
*Taiji Ishimori vs. Tiger Mask

May 30^th (Fukushima, VOD)
*KUSHIDA vs. El Desperado
*Hiromu Takahashi vs. Chris Sabin
*Sho Tanaka vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
*Dragon Lee vs. Marty Scurll

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May 31^st (Aomori, VOD)
*YOH vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
*Will Ospreay vs. Tiger Mask
*ACH vs. Taiji Ishimori
*Flip Gordon vs. Bushi

June 2^nd (Gunma, VOD)
*KUSHIDA vs. Dragon Lee
*Hiromu Takahashi vs. Sho Tanaka
*Marty Scurll vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
*Chris Sabin vs. El Desperado

June 3^rd (Korakuen Hall, 5:30 am)
*Will Ospreay vs. Flip Gordon
*Taiji Ishimori vs. YOH
*ACH vs. Tiger Mask
*Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Bushi
*KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi
*Chris Sabin vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
*Dragon Lee vs. El Desperado
*Marty Scurll vs. Sho Tanaka

June 4^th (Korakuen Hall, 5:30 am)
*Block A winner vs. Block B winner