kushida won best of the super juniors 2017.
kushida won best of the super juniors 2017.
who won best of the super juniors 2017?
kushida
in may, kushida entered the 2015 best of the super juniors tournament. he finished his block on june 3 with a record of six wins and one loss. despite others in the block having as many as two matches left to wrestle, kushida secured the top spot in the block and a place in the finals. kushida's early qualifying to the finals happened due to his time splitters partner alex shelley being forced to pull out of their last scheduled match against each other due to a foot injury. on june 7, kushida defeated kyle o'reilly in the finals to win the 2015 best of the super juniors and earn a shot at the iwgp junior heavyweight championship. on july 5 at dominion 7.5 in osaka-jo hall, kushida defeated kenny omega to win the iwgp junior heavyweight championship for the second time. he made his first successful title defense on august 16 against the winner of the 2014 best of the super juniors, ricochet. on august 21, kushida returned to roh, losing to matt sydal in a non-title match, after which he agreed to defend his title against sydal. on september 23 at destruction in okayama, kushida lost the title back to kenny omega. four days later at destruction in kobe, kushida and the returning alex shelley unsuccessfully challenged redragon for the iwgp junior heavyweight tag team championship. on january 4, 2016, at wrestle kingdom 10 in tokyo dome, kushida defeated kenny omega to regain the iwgp junior heavyweight championship. he made his first successful title defense on february 14 at the new beginning in niigata against bushi. kushida's second title defense took place on march 12 at an roh event in philadelphia, where he defeated ach. on april 10 at invasion attack 2016, kushida defeated the debuting will ospreay for his third successful defense. his fourth defense took place on may 3 at wrestling dontaku 2016, where he defeated veteran wrestler jyushin thunder liger. later in the month, kushida entered the 2016 best of the super juniors. finishing with a record of four wins and three losses, he was eliminated from the tournament after losing to bushi in his final round-robin match. on june 19 at dominion 6.19 in osaka-jo hall, kushida defeated best of the super juniors winner will ospreay for his fifth successful title defense. on july 20, kushida entered the 2016 super j-cup tournament, defeating pro wrestling noah representative taiji ishimori in his first round match. on august 21, kushida first defeated another noah representative, kenoh, in the second round and then two suzuki-gun representatives, taichi and yoshinobu kanemaru, in the semifinals and finals, respectively, to win the 2016 super j-cup.
yujiro kushida
the best of the super juniors (often abbreviated bosj) is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by new japan pro-wrestling (njpw), typically in may or june. originally known as top of the super juniors, the first tournament was held in 1988 with annual tournaments taking place since 1991. the wrestlers in the tournament are typically junior heavyweight wrestlers from promotions all over the world. njpw has held 28 super juniors tournaments. two wrestlers have won the tournament three times, jushin thunder liger and koji kanemoto, while only one wrestler has won the tournament in two consecutive years as tiger mask iv won the tournament in both 2004 and 2005. kanemoto holds the record for the most final appearances, having wrestled eight finals between 1997 and 2009. liger has participated in the most tournaments as he has wrestled in all tournaments except the 1995 and 2000 tournaments. his participation in the 2017 tournament marked his 26th and last super junior tournament.
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