2004
The 2004 Best of the Super Juniors was a 16-man, two-block tournament held from May 22 to June 13. It featured a unique structure from other years: the top scorer from each block would advance to the semifinals, while the second and third-place finishers in each block would start in the quarterfinals. Jushin Liger, after finishing first in Block A, was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a spinal injury, leaving American Dragon to go to the semifinals instead. The eventual winner, Tiger Mask IV, would unsuccessfully challenge HEAT for the title on July 19, though he would defeat him in a rematch on January 4, 2005.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jushin Liger | 9 | Tiger Mask IV | 12 |
| American Dragon | 9 | Último Dragón | 11 |
| Masahito Kakihara | 9 | HEAT | 10 |
| Koji Kanemoto | 7 | Masayuki Naruse | 10 |
| El Samurai | 7 | Rocky Romero | 7 |
| Big Boss MA-G-MA | 7 | Garuda | 3 |
| Wataru Inoue | 4 | Katsuhiko Nakajima | 2 |
| Ryusuke Taguchi | 4 | Curry Man | 1 |
| Block A | Dragon | Inoue | Kakihara | Kanemoto | Liger | MA-G-MA | Samurai | Taguchi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon | X | Dra. (12:34) | Dra. (9:44) | Dra. (11:51) | Lig. (13:10) | BBM (14:35) | Dra. (12:58) | Draw (20:00) |
| Inoue | Dra. (12:34) | X | Kak. (10:37) | Ino. (11:44) | Lig. (5:46) | BBM (11:16) | Sam. (10:39) | Ino. (10:19) |
| Kakihara | Dra. (9:44) | Kak. (10:37) | X | Kak. (10:55) | Draw (20:00) | Kak. (10:33) | Sam. (9:50) | Kak. (7:32) |
| Kanemoto | Dra. (11:51) | Ino. (11:44) | Kak. (10:55) | X | Kan. (16:33) | Draw (20:00) | Kan. (13:58) | Kan. (8:50) |
| Liger | Lig. (13:10) | Lig. (5:46) | Draw (20:00) | Kan. (16:33) | X | Lig. (7:07) | Lig. (14:08) | Tag. (0:45) |
| MA-G-MA | BBM (14:35) | BBM (11:16) | Kak. (10:33) | Draw (20:00) | Lig. (7:07) | X | Sam. (11:56) | BBM (8:48) |
| Samurai | Dra. (12:58) | Sam. (10:39) | Sam. (9:50) | Kan. (13:58) | Lig. (14:08) | Sam. (11:56) | X | Draw (20:00) |
| Taguchi | Draw (20:00) | Ino. (10:19) | Kak. (7:32) | Kan. (8:50) | Tag. (0:45) | BBM (8:48) | Draw (20:00) | X |
| Block B | Curry | Dragón | Garuda | HEAT | Nakajima | Naruse | Romero | Tiger |
| Curry | X | Dra. (Forf) | Draw (20:00) | HEAT (11:19) | Nak. (8:20) | Nar. (Forf) | Rom. (Forf) | Tig. (Forf) |
| Dragón | Dra. (Forf) | X | Dra. (8:46) | Draw (20:00) | Dra. (9:07) | Nar. (11:06) | Dra. (12:10) | Dra. (12:01) |
| Garuda | Draw (20:00) | Dra. (8:46) | X | HEAT (5:11) | Gar. (8:41) | Nar. (11:06) | Rom. (9:55) | Tig. (10:42) |
| HEAT | HEAT (11:19) | Draw (20:00) | HEAT (5:11) | X | HEAT (11:26) | HEAT (15:38) | Draw (20:00) | Tig. (14:08) |
| Nakajima | Nak. (8:20) | Dra. (9:07) | Gar. (8:41) | HEAT (11:26) | X | Nar. (1:41) | Rom. (8:39) | Tig. (7:11) |
| Naruse | Nar. (Forf) | Nar. (11:06) | Nar. (11:06) | HEAT (15:38) | Nar. (1:41) | X | Nar. (8:41) | Tig. (3:32) |
| Romero | Rom. (Forf) | Dra. (12:10) | Rom. (9:55) | Draw (20:00) | Rom. (8:39) | Nar. (8:41) | X | Tig. (13:14) |
| Tiger | Tig. (Forf) | Dra. (12:01) | Tig. (10:42) | Tig. (14:08) | Tig. (7:11) | Tig. (3:32) | Tig. (13:14) | X |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| A1 | American Dragon | Sub | |||||||||||
| A3 | Koji Kanemoto | 13:34 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Último Dragón | Pin | |||||||||||
| A3 | Koji Kanemoto | 5:30 | |||||||||||
| A3 | Koji Kanemoto | Pin | |||||||||||
| B1 | Tiger Mask IV | 11:26 | |||||||||||
| B1 | Tiger Mask IV | Pin | |||||||||||
| B3 | HEAT | 15:14 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Masahito Kakihara | Sub | |||||||||||
| B3 | HEAT | 12:52 | |||||||||||
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