Originally published at KUSHIDA replaces YOH in Best of the Super Juniors tournament
NJPW has rolled out the updated list of participants for the annual Best of the Super Juniors tournament.
The 20-man tournament will begin on May 11 in Chiba with the final set to take place at Dominion on June 9 at Osaka-jo Hall.
It was confirmed that YOH would be unable to participate due to a dislocated left shoulder and injured labrum, sustained at Sakura Genesis, placing him on the sidelines. In his place will be the 2015 & 2017 winner KUSHIDA, who was revealed among the participants.
Below is the updated field:
*SHO
*Hiromu Takahashi
*KUSHIDA
*Ryusuke Taguchi
*El Desperado
*Kevin Knight
*BUSHI
*Titan
*TJP
*Francesco Akira
*DOUKI
*Robbie Eagles
*Taiji Ishimori
*Yoshinoku Kanemaru
*Clark Connors
*Drilla Moloney
*Kosei Fujita
*Blake Christian
*Ninja Mack
*HAYATA