Hiromu Takahashi was crowned the winner of the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 27 tournament today, defeating El Desperado in the finals at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

Post-match, Takahashi put over the efforts of El Desperado, noting that he would see him again and said that before he now has the opportunity to challenge Taiji Ishimori, there is something else that he needs to do and said that he wants to face the winner of this weekend’s NJPW Super J-Cup Tournament.