2000
The 2000 Best of the Super Juniors was a two-block, 12-man tournament held from May 19 to June 9. The winner, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, would go on to defeat Jushin Liger for the title on July 20, 2000 ending Liger's last reign with the championship so far.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 8 | Shinjiro Otani | 10 |
| Gran Hamada | 6 | Minoru Tanaka | 6 |
| Koji Kanemoto | 6 | Kendo Kashin | 6 |
| El Samurai | 4 | Katsumi Usuda | 4 |
| Dr. Wagner, Jr. | 4 | Kid Romeo | 2 |
| Shinya Makabe | 2 | Minoru Fujita | 2 |
| Block A | Gran Hamada | Koji Kanemoto | Shinya Makabe | El Samurai | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Dr. Wagner, Jr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gran Hamada | X | Hamada (13:00) | Hamada (8:37) | Hamada (8:16) | Takaiwa (6:39) | Wagner (10:24) |
| Koji Kanemoto | Hamada (13:00) | X | Kanemoto (10:37) | Kanemoto (8:14) | Kanemoto (14:04) | Wagner (10:30) |
| Shinya Makabe | Hamada (8:37) | Kanemoto (10:37) | X | Samurai (9:52) | Takaiwa (11:11) | Makabe (12:38) |
| El Samurai | Hamada (8:16) | Kanemoto (8:14) | Samurai (9:52) | X | Takaiwa (9:34) | Samurai (13:51) |
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Takaiwa (6:39) | Kanemoto (14:04) | Takaiwa (11:11) | Takaiwa (9:34) | X | Takaiwa (13:06) |
| Dr. Wagner, Jr. | Wagner (10:24) | Wagner (10:30) | Makabe (12:38) | Samurai (13:51) | Takaiwa (13:06) | X |
| Block B | Minoru Fujita | Kendo Kashin | Kid Romeo | Shinjiro Otani | Minoru Tanaka | Katsumi Usuda |
| Minoru Fujita | X | Kashin (5:56) | Romeo (6:06) | Otani (9:16) | Tanaka (11:20) | Fujita (10:08) |
| Kendo Kashin | Kashin (5:56) | X | Kashin (4:51) | Otani (9:59) | Tanaka (9:10) | Kashin (8:30) |
| Kid Romeo | Romeo (6:06) | Kashin (4:51) | X | Otani (5:37) | Tanaka (5:15) | Usuda (6:16) |
| Shinjiro Otani | Otani (9:16) | Otani (9:59) | Otani (5:37) | X | Otani (12:14) | Otani (12:55) |
| Minoru Tanaka | Tanaka (11:20) | Tanaka (9:10) | Tanaka (5:15) | Otani (12:14) | X | Usuda (11:56) |
| Katsumi Usuda | Fujita (10:08) | Kashin (8:30) | Usuda (6:16) | Otani (12:55) | Usuda (11:56) | X |
| Final | |||
| A1 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Pin | |
| B1 | Shinjiro Otani | 18:35 | |
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