2010
The 2010 Best of the Super Juniors featured 16 participants in two blocks, and was held from May 30 to June 13. Outside entrants included Fujita "Jr." Hayato (Michinoku Pro), Kota Ibushi (Dramatic Dream Team), Kenny Omega (DDT/Ring of Honor/Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, United States), KUSHIDA (SMASH), La Sombra (Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Mexico), Davey Richards (ROH/PWG, United States) and Taiji Ishimori (Pro Wrestling Noah). On May 31, 2010 it was announced that Tiger Mask IV had suffered a vertebra injury during his match against La Sombra and was forced out of action for two months. As a result of his injury Tiger Mask IV withdrew from the competition, forfeiting the rest of his matches, automatically giving all of his opponents two points. On June 6, 2010 Fujita Hayato had to forfeit his match against AKIRA due to an injury and also forfeit the rest of the tournament. The winner of the tournament, Prince Devitt, went on to defeat Naomichi Marufuji on June 19, 2010, to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kota Ibushi | 12 | Taiji Ishimori | 10 |
| Prince Devitt | 10 | Ryusuke Taguchi | 10 |
| Davey Richards | 10 | AKIRA | 8 |
| Jushin Liger | 8 | Kenny Omega | 8 |
| KUSHIDA | 8 | Koji Kanemoto | 8 |
| La Sombra | 6 | Fujita Hayato (Withdrew) | 6 |
| Gedo | 2 | Tama Tonga | 4 |
| Tiger Mask IV (Withdrew) | 0 | Nobuo Yoshihashi | 2 |
| Block A | Davey Richards | Gedo | Jushin Liger | Kota Ibushi | KUSHIDA | La Sombra | Prince Devitt | Tiger Mask IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davey Richards | X | Richards (11:13) | Richards (09:14) | Ibushi (11:27) | Richards (11:13) | Richards (12:06) | Devitt (16:26) | Richards (Forfeit) |
| Gedo | Richards (11:13) | X | Liger (11:27) | Ibushi (09:42) | KUSHIDA (10:09) | Sombra (11:25) | Devitt (12:13) | Gedo (Forfeit) |
| Jushin Liger | Richards (09:14) | Liger (11:27) | X | Liger (13:35) | Liger (12:44) | Sombra (04:31) | Devitt (10:18) | Liger (Forfeit) |
| Kota Ibushi | Ibushi (11:27) | Ibushi (09:42) | Liger (13:35) | X | Ibushi (12:03) | Ibushi (11:49) | Ibushi (10:59) | Ibushi (Forfeit) |
| KUSHIDA | Richards (11:13) | KUSHIDA (10:09) | Liger (12:44) | Ibushi (12:03) | X | KUSHIDA (08:17) | KUSHIDA (07:15) | KUSHIDA (Forfeit) |
| La Sombra | Richards (12:06) | Sombra (11:25) | Sombra (04:31) | Ibushi (11:49) | KUSHIDA (08:17) | X | Devitt (07:29) | La Sombra (10:33) |
| Prince Devitt | Devitt (16:26) | Devitt (12:13) | Devitt (10:18) | Ibushi (10:59) | KUSHIDA (07:15) | Devitt (07:29) | X | Devitt (Forfeit) |
| Tiger Mask IV | Richards (Forfeit) | Gedo (Forfeit) | Liger (Forfeit) | Ibushi (Forfeit) | KUSHIDA (Forfeit) | La Sombra (10:33) | Devitt (Forfeit) | X |
| Block B | AKIRA | Fujita Hayato | Kenny Omega | Koji Kanemoto | Nobuo Yoshihashi | Ryusuke Taguchi | Taiji Ishimori | Tama Tonga |
| AKIRA | X | AKIRA (Forfeit) | AKIRA (11:26) | AKIRA (11:27) | Yoshihashi (12:45) | Taguchi (12:45) | AKIRA (09:17) | Tonga (10:22) |
| Fujita Hayato | AKIRA (Forfeit) | X | Hayato (12:14) | Kanemoto (15:38) | Hayato (09:00) | Taguchi (Forfeit) | Ishimori (Foreit) | Hayato (09:12) |
| Kenny Omega | AKIRA (11:26) | Hayato (12:14) | X | Omega (11:29) | Omega (14:30) | Omega (14:12) | Ishimori (09:54) | Omega (10:15) |
| Koji Kanemoto | AKIRA (11:27) | Kanemoto (15:38) | Omega (11:29) | X | Kanemoto (13:01) | Taguchi (12:57) | Kanemoto (13:13) | Kanemoto (09:21) |
| Nobuo Yoshihashi | Yoshihashi (12:45) | Hayato (09:00) | Omega (14:30) | Kanemoto (13:01) | X | Taguchi (10:45) | Ishimori (09:03) | Tonga (06:19) |
| Ryusuke Taguchi | Taguchi (12:45) | Taguchi (Forfeit) | Omega (14:12) | Taguchi (12:57) | Taguchi (10:45) | X | Ishimori (11:40) | Taguchi (07:41) |
| Taiji Ishimori | AKIRA (09:17) | Ishimori (Foreit) | Ishimori (09:54) | Kanemoto (13:13) | Ishimori (09:03) | Ishimori (11:40) | X | Ishimori (07:55) |
| Tama Tonga | Tonga (10:22) | Hayato (09:12) | Omega (10:15) | Kanemoto (09:21) | Tonga (06:19) | Taguchi (07:41) | Ishimori (07:55) | X |
| Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||
| A1 | Kota Ibushi | Pin | ||||||
| B2 | Ryusuke Taguchi | 10:14 | ||||||
| Kota Ibushi | Pin | |||||||
| Prince Devitt | 14:34 | |||||||
| B1 | Taiji Ishimori | Pin | ||||||
| A2 | Prince Devitt | 6:56 | ||||||
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