The New Sunpia Takasaki was the setting for the penultimate day of the group stage of the tournament "Best of the Super Jr. XXIII".
Group B was the one with activity and where there are already eliminated wrestlers mathematically.
Tiger Mask IV defeated Baretta to achieve his third victory, while Baretta with 4 points is already out of any possibility of advancing to the final round.
Will Ospreay obtained his third triumph by beating Jushin Thunder Liger and both have six points.
Bobby Fish defeated Chase Owens, the latter in the same situation as Baretta, has only obtained four points.
Finally, Volador Jr. defeated Ricochet in a great match, both reaching eight points sharing the group's leadership.
The complete results are:
NJPW 05/06/2016
New Sunpia Takasaki
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1. YOSHI-HASHI and Rocky Romero defeated Ryusuke Taguchi and Jay White (8:59) when YOSHI used a Butterfly Lock on White.
2. Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, David Finlay and Kyle O'Reilly defeated Katsuyori Shibata, KUSHIDA, Juice Robinson, Captain New Japan and Matt Sydal (9:40) when Tenzan used a Moonsault Press on Captain.
3. Best of the Super Jr. - Group B: Tiger Mask IV [6] defeated Baretta [4] (12:17) with a Reverse Double Armbar.
4. Best of the Super Jr. - Group B: Will Ospreay [6] defeated Jushin Thunder Liger [6] (8:20) with the OsCutter.
5. Best of the Super Jr. - Group B: Bobby Fish [6] defeated Chase Owens [4] (10:26) with a Heel Hold.
6. Best of the Super Jr. - Group B: Volador Jr. [8] defeated Ricochet [8] (12:03) with a Tornado Reverse Frankensteiner.
7. Satoshi Kojima, Michael Elgin and Yoshitatsu defeated Kenny Omega, Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi (9:16) when Elgin used the Elgin Bomb on Yujiro.
8. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL and BUSHI defeated Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Gedo (15:59) when SANADA used the Skull End on Gedo.
BEST OF THE SUPER Jr. XXIII
Group A:
1. KUSHIDA [8]
2. Ryusuke Taguchi [8]
3. Matt Sydal [8]
4. Kyle O'Reilly [8]
5. Rocky Romero [6]
6. BUSHI [6]
7. Gedo [2]
8. David Finlay [2]
Group B:
1. Volador Jr. [8]
2. Ricochet [8]
3. Jushin Thunder Liger [6]
4. Tiger Mask IV [6]
5. Will Ospreay [6]
6. Bobby Fish [6]
7. Baretta [4]
8. Chase Owens [4]