NJPW BOSJ 31 Night 12 Full Results; Semifinal Matches Set & Final Standings

Night Twelve of the New Japan Pro-Wrestling BOSJ 31 tournament was held on May 31st at Korakuen Hall with over 1100 fans in attendance.

The main event was a battle between Taiji Ishimori and Hiromu Takahashi who both entered the match tied atop the B Block with 12 points each. In the end, it was Ishimori defeating Takahashi to increase his point total to 14 and advance to the semifinal stage of the tournament.

DOUKI defeated Robbie Eagles to earn his 12th point which enabled him to move forward to the semifinals. DOUKI and Takahashi each finished with 12 points but DOUKI had defeated Takahashi in an earlier tournament match to advance.

The NJPW BOSJ 31 semifinal matches set for June 3rd are as follows:

Semifinal: El Desperado vs. DOUKI
Semifinal: Taiji Ishimori vs. TJP

Here are the full results and final round robin standings courtesy of purolove.com for NJPW BOSJ 31:

• Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: SHO [10] defeats Francesco Akira [4] by forfeit.
• “King of Darkness” EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO defeat Shota Umino, Shoma Kato & Katsuya Murashima (3:45) after a Death Rider of EVIL against Murashima.
• HAYATA, Blake Christian & Oleg Boltin defeat El Desperado, Kevin Knight & Tomoaki Honma (7:40) after a kamikaze by Boltin against Honma.
• Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita defeat Clark Connors & Gedo (8:09) after a cross camel clutch from Fujita against Gedo.
• TJP, HENARE & Callum Newman defeat Shingo Takagi, Titan & BUSHI (11:03) after HENARE’s Streets of Rage vs. BUSHI.
• Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Dragon Dia [2] defeats KUSHIDA [8] (8:04) with the DDDDT.
• Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Drilla Moloney [10] defeats Ninja Mack [8] (6:38) by countout.
• Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: DOUKI [12] defeats Robbie Eagles [10] (15:41) with a suplex de la Luna.
• Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Taiji Ishimori [14] defeats Hiromu Takahashi [12] (20:10) with the Bloody Cross.

Final Block A Standings:

•  El Desperado [12]
• TJP [10]
• Titan [10]
• Blake Christian [10]
• HAYATA [10]
• Clark Connors [8]
• Kevin Knight [8]
• BUSHI [8]
• Yoshinobu Kanemaru [8]
• Kosei Fujita [6]

Final Block B Standings:

• Taiji Ishimori [14]
• DOUKI [12]
• Hiromu Takahashi [12]
• Robbie Eagles [10]
• Drilla Moloney [10]
• SHO [10]
• Ninja Mack [8]
• KUSHIDA [8]
• Francesco Akira [4]
• Dragon Dia [2]

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