2003
The 2003 Best of the Super Juniors was a 14-man, two-block tournament held from May 23 to June 11. It introduced the modern system of each block's top two scorers advancing to the semifinals with Masahito Kakihara winning the tournament. The winner, would unsuccessfully challenge champion Tiger Mask IV on July 6, despite having beaten him in the tournament.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AKIRA | 10 | Koji Kanemoto | 8 |
| Takashi Sugiura | 8 | Masahito Kakihara | 8 |
| Jushin Liger | 8 | Tiger Mask IV | 8 |
| Minoru Fujita | 8 | Masayuki Naruse | 6 |
| Ebessan | 4 | Stampede Kid | 4 |
| Gedo | 4 | El Samurai | 4 |
| Ryusuke Taguchi | 0 | Jado | 4 |
| Block A | AKIRA | Ebessan | Fujita | Gedo | Liger | Sugiura | Taguchi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKIRA | X | AKIRA (8:24) | Fujita (12:34) | AKIRA (11:49) | AKIRA (16:04) | AKIRA (12:10) | AKIRA (8:34) |
| Ebessan | AKIRA (8:24) | X | Fujita (8:24) | Ebessan (9:09) | Liger (10:56) | Sugiura (11:52) | Ebessan (7:14) |
| Fujita | Fujita (12:34) | Fujita (8:24) | X | Fujita (11:41) | Liger (11:27) | Sugiura (11:27) | Fujita (10:26) |
| Gedo | AKIRA (11:49) | Ebessan (9:09) | Fujita (11:41) | X | Liger (14:09) | Gedo (12:16) | Gedo (8:39) |
| Liger | AKIRA (16:04) | Liger (10:56) | Liger (11:27) | Liger (14:09) | X | Sugiura (12:06) | Liger (6:53) |
| Sugiura | AKIRA (12:10) | Sugiura (11:52) | Sugiura (11:27) | Gedo (12:16) | Sugiura (12:06) | X | Sugiura (9:13) |
| Taguchi | AKIRA (8:34) | Ebessan (7:14) | Fujita (10:26) | Gedo (8:39) | Liger (6:53) | Sugiura (9:13) | X |
| Block B | Jado | Kakihara | Kanemoto | Naruse | Samurai | Stampede | Tiger |
| Jado | X | Kakihara (6:56) | Jado (5:23) | Jado (7:38) | Samurai (12:26) | Stampede (5:13) | Tiger (9:59) |
| Kakihara | Kakihara (6:56) | X | Kanemoto (11:07) | Naruse (9:15) | Kakihara (8:13) | Kakihara (7:06) | Kakihara (10:31) |
| Kanemoto | Jado (5:23) | Kanemoto (11:07) | X | Kanemoto (10:56) | Samurai (8:29) | Kanemoto (8:50) | Kanemoto (10:45) |
| Naruse | Jado (7:38) | Naruse (9:15) | Kanemoto (10:56) | X | Naruse (9:07) | Naruse (9:09) | Tiger (10:05) |
| Samurai | Samurai (12:26) | Kakihara (8:13) | Samurai (8:29) | Naruse (9:07) | X | Stampede (9:41) | Tiger (12:09) |
| Stampede | Stampede (5:13) | Kakihara (7:06) | Kanemoto (8:50) | Naruse (9:09) | Stampede (9:41) | X | Tiger (7:38) |
| Tiger | Tiger (9:59) | Kakihara (10:31) | Kanemoto (10:45) | Tiger (10:05) | Tiger (12:09) | Tiger (7:38) | X |
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| A1 | AKIRA | Sub | ||||||
| B2 | Masahito Kakihara | 8:28 | ||||||
| B2 | Masahito Kakihara | Pin | ||||||
| B1 | Koji Kanemoto | 15:33 | ||||||
| B1 | Koji Kanemoto | Sub | ||||||
| A2 | Takashi Sugiura | 12:48 | ||||||
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