NJPW Confirms Dates For Best Of The Super Juniors 2022

Published: Mar 19, 2022 by Sanchez Taylor | Last Updated: Mar 19, 2022 by Sanchez Taylor

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NJPW Confirms Dates For Best Of The Super Juniors 2022

NJPW has announced dates for the upcoming Best of the Super Juniors 29 tournament.

The company confirmed that the tournament will run on its own, after the 2020 and 2021 iterations ran alongside World Tag League.

The tournament will begin on May 14, with the final set to take place on June 3. Participants will be announced in the near future.

The following dates have also been announced for the tour (via Fightful):

May 15th (Sun) – Nagoya Congress Center / Event Hall
May 17th (Tuesday) – Sakata City National Athletic Meet Memorial Gymnasium
May 18th (Wednesday) – Sendai Sunplaza Hall
May 19th (Thursday) – Hachinohe City East Gymnasium
May 21 (Sat) – Maeda Arena Main Arena
May 22 (Sun) – Akita Terrsa
May 24th (Tuesday) – Tokyo Korakuen Hall
May 25 (Wednesday) – Tokyo Korakuen Hall
May 26th (Thursday) – Tokyo Korakuen Hall
May 28 (Sat) – Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Center
May 29 (Sun) – Tokyo Ota Ward General Gymnasium
May 31st (Tuesday) – Toyama Sangyo Exhibition Hall / Techno Hall West Building
June 3rd (Friday) – Tokyo / Nippon Budokan

The 2021 tournament was won by Hiromu Takahashi, who unsuccessfully challenged for El Desperado’s IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship at WrestleKingdom 16 in January.

BREAKING

The early summer junior heavyweight festival is back in its rightful place on the calendar!

Best of the Super Jr. 29 gets underway May 14 in Nagoya!

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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) March 19, 2022