With three months left until New Japan Pro-Wrestling wraps up their calendar year with the next Wrestle Kingdom event, the company announced that the Best of the Super Juniors and World Tag League tournaments will be happening this year. Both tournaments are happening concurrently and kick off on November 15th, shortly after the ‘Power Struggle’ event on November 7th.
The finals for both shows are happening on December 12th at the Nippon Budokan. Best of the Super Juniors normally kicks off in May while World Tag League kicks off in November. Both events were in question due to the Coronavirus pandemic but New Japan has resumed their operations with fans in arenas.
BREAKING
World Tag League and Best of the Super Jr. 27 are coming this winter!
Two tournaments in one tour starting November 15 in Aichi, with a final December 11 in NIPPON BUDOKAN!!https://t.co/Ms9AhG34X3#njwtl #njbosj pic.twitter.com/61CIK1Kv0r
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) October 6, 2020
They’ll limit the number of wrestlers on the double tour and after the opening show, the participants in their respective tournaments are going to alternate show nights up until the final stretch of respective tournament matches. Here’s the schedule as of this writing:
Sunday November 15, Dolphins Arena, Aichi
World Tag League 2020, Best of the Super Jr. 27 opening night
*Participants in both tournaments will be involved
Monday November 16, Gikyou Arena, Ishikawa
World Tag League 2020 participants only
Wednesday November 18, Korakuen Hall
Best of the Super Jr. 27 participants only
Thursday November 19, Korakuen Hall
World Tag League 2020 participants only
Friday, November 20, Korakuen Hall
Best of the Super Jr. 27 participants only
Sunday November 22, Nagano
World Tag League 2020 participants only
Monday November 23, G Messe Gunma
Best of the Super Jr. 27 participants only
Tuesday November 24 Big Palette Fukushima
World Tag League 2020 participants only
Wednesday November 25 Niigata Convention Center
Best of the Super Jr. 27 participants only
Saturday November 28, Fujisawa
World Tag League 2020 participants only
Sunday November 29, Korakuen Hall
Best of the Super Jr. 27 participants only
Monday November 30, Korakuen Hall
World Tag League 2020 participants only
Wednesday December 2, Maruzen Intek Arena Osaka
Best of the Super Jr. 27 participants only
Friday December 4, Beppu B-Con Plaza
World Tag League 2020 participants only
Saturday December 5, Sun Arena Sendai
Best of the Super Jr. 27 participants only
Sunday December 6, Fukushima International Center
World Tag League 2020, Best of the Super Jr. 27 final league night
*Participants in both tournaments will be involved
Friday December 11, Nippon Budokan
World Tag League 2020, Best of the Super Jr. 27 final
The G1 Climax tournament is on-going and to check out POST Wrestling’s coverage of the tournament, head over to this link.