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The Best of the Super Jr. Tournament, started in 1988 and becoming annual in 1991, is a round robin tournament to crown the top Jr. Heavyweight in New Japan. The BOSJ (as it is usually abbreviated to) was the first Jr. Heavyweight tournament in Japan and established for most of the 90s that the top Jr. Heavyweight stars were in New Japan. The BOSJ is also unique in that New Japan frequently invites stars from other continents and unaffiliated wrestlers in Japan to participate. Starting in 1996, the wrestlers were split up into two blocks with the top two in each block going into the semi-finals. For the results below, from 1988 to 1995 they are listed in the order they came, and for 1996 onward the top row in Block A in order with Block B being the second row.
Quick Jump:
1988
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Shiro Koshinaka defeats Hiroshi Hase in 16 minutes, 43 seconds with a Dragon Suplex Hold |
1991
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Norio Honaga defeats Jushin Thunder Liger in 21 minutes, 54 seconds with a Cross-Arm Suplex Hold |
1992
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Jushin Thunder Liger defeats El Samurai in 21 minutes, 15 seconds with an Avalanche-Style Frankensteiner |
1993
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| Pegasus Kid defeats El Samurai in 18 minutes, 44 seconds with an Avalanche-Style Powerbomb |
1994
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| Jushin Thunder Liger defeats Super Delfin in 18 minutes, 29 seconds with an Avalanche-Style Fisherman Buster |
1995
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Wild Pegasus defeats Shinjiro Otani in 19 minutes, 16 seconds with an Avalanche-Style Tombstone Piledriver |
1996
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Black Tiger defeats Jushin Thunder Liger in 18 minutes, 44 seconds with an Avalanche-Style Brainbuster |
1997
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El Samurai defeats Koji Kanemoto in 23 minutes, 51 seconds with an Avalanche-Style Reverse DDT |
1998
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| Koji Kanemoto defeats Dr. Wagner Jr. in 26 minutes, 17 seconds with a Tiger Suplex |
1999
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| Kendo Kashin defeats Koji Kanemoto in 13 minutes, 15 seconds with an Avalanche-Style Cross Armbreaker |
2000
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| Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeats Shinjiro Otani in 18 minutes, 35 seconds with a Lariat |
2001
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| Jushin Thunder Liger defeats Minoru Tanaka in 26 minutes, 12 seconds with a Vertical Drop Brainbuster |
2002
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Koji Kanemoto defeats Minoru Tanaka in 14 minutes, 12 seconds with a Dragon Suplex Hold |
2003
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Masahito Kakihara defeats Koji Kanemoto in 15 minutes, 33 seconds with a Kaki Cutter |
2004
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Tiger Mask defeats Koji Kanemoto in 11 minutes, 26 seconds with a Tiger Suplex Hold |
2005
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Tiger Mask defeats Gedo in 16 minutes, 3 seconds with a Tiger Suplex Hold |
2006
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Minoru defeats Tiger Mask in 22 minutes, 52 seconds with a Minoru Special |
2007
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Milano Collection AT defeats Wataru Inoue in 19 minutes, 37 seconds with a Victoria Milanese |
2008
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| Wataru Inoue defeats Koji Kanemoto in 27 minutes, 50 seconds with a Modified Triangle Lancer |
2009
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Koji Kanemoto defeats Prince Devitt in 19 minutes, 55 seconds with a Modified Ankle Hold |
2010
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Prince Devitt defeats Kota Ibushi in 14 minutes, 34 seconds with the Bloody Sunday |
2011
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Kota Ibushi defeats Ryusuke Taguchi in 20:22 with the Phoenix Splash |
2012
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Ryusuke Taguchi defeats Low Ki in 17:01 with a Milano-saku Dodon's Throne |
2013
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Prince Devitt defeats Alex Shelley in 18:25 with the Bloody Sunday |
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