NJPW Best Of Super Juniors 30 Night Nine Results (5/23): A Block Semifinals Set

On May 23, New Japan Pro-Wrestling continued its Best of Super Juniors 30 tournament with the ninth night of action from Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Stadium 2 (Edion Arena Osaka) in Osaka, Japan.

Mike Bailey, Lio Rush, Hiromu Takahashi, and other stars competed at the show, which aired on NJPW World.

The results, courtesy of Fightful, are as follows:

• United Empire (Great-O-Khan & TJP) def. Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima
• El Desperado & Ryohei Oiwa def. TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita)
• United Empire (Francesco Akira & Dan Moloney) def. BULLET CLUB (Clark Connors & Gedo)
• Kevin Knight, YOH & Master Wato def. Just 5 Guys (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku)
• Ryusuke Taguchi (1-8) def. KUSHIDA (2-7)
• SHO (4-5) def. DOUKI (3-6)
•  TJP (5-4) def. Taiji Ishimori (5-4) via forfeit; Ishimori was ruled out of the tournament due to an injury.
• Mike Bailey (7-2) def. Lio Rush (6-3)
• Titan (6-3, 12 pts) def. Hiromu Takahashi (6-3, 12 pts)

With their wins, Mike Bailey and Titan advanced to the A Block semifinals.

WrestleZone will have coverage of NNJPW Best of Super Juniors 30 as it continues.

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