by Daniel Johnson Ryusukue Taguchi vs. Minoru The 2008 Best of the Super Juniors allowed another great showing by some of the best light heavyweights NJPW could get together. Among some of the top level participants was Ryusuke Taguchi, but… Read More ›
Best of the Super Juniors
Puro Flashback: Ibushi Battles Sombra at Best of the Super Juniors
by Daniel Johnson Kota Ibushi vs. La Sombra This is an excellent high speed. high intensity encounter from the 2010 edition of NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors. Within seconds of the match starting Kota Ibushi already reverses an Irish… Read More ›
Kenny Omega Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Kenny Omega is one of the rare wrestlers who has had a tremendous amount of success in today’s North American wrestling scene and in Japan. In the United States he wrestled for some of the… Read More ›
Good Thing He Hit the Moonsault
The 2011 edition of NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors Tournament saw tournament veterans Prince Devitt and Kenny Omega lock up. Omega starts by hitting a flying elbow on Devitt that sends the latter into the corner. Omega then is… Read More ›
Tiger Masks Battle for the Best of the Super Juniors’ Top Prize
NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors has produced a ton of great matches since the inaugural event was held in 1988, but few tournament finals had the intrigue that the 2004 edition had. Kojo Kanemoto was a former winner of… Read More ›
A Report on Best of the Super Juniors XIX
As longtime readers of this website (well as long as a few months can be) may recall I posted some videos hyping up NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors XIX Tournament a while back. Up until now I haven’t posted… Read More ›
Vintage Best of the Super Juniors
Here is one reason I hope that the WWE Network finally launches at some point this year. The long rumored cruiserweight show would give WWE the opportunity to showcase a genre of wrestling that hasn’t been highlighted in the company… Read More ›
Best of the Super Juniors Lives Up To The Name
As good as some of the matches that NJPW have produced have been they have only put on four, 5 star matches according to Dave Meltzer. While some may argue that more NJPW matches are worthy of this ranking, I… Read More ›
A Preview of Junior Heavyweights to Come
With the Best of the Super Juniors XIX fast approaching I thought I would showcase a few combatants. This match makes it easy as everyone in it will be competing in the tournament with the lone exception being Brian Kendrick…. Read More ›
Best of the Super Juniors XIX is Coming
NJPW recently announced the entrants for the Best of Super Juniors XIX Tournament. Two wrestlers making the cut are Prince Devitt and KUSHIDA. Both guys have a shot at winning as Devitt actually won the 2010 edition of the tournament… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 