WPC 2023 Season Premiere - The 8 Day Gauntlet!

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WPC 2023 will open up with a week long competition!
Matchups and more details to come, this is a place holder preview!

Due to the Rumble being so light on matches, we will start a week early into a multi weekend prediction context which will culminate to the Royal Rumble!

Event#1 - Warrior Wrestling 27

AAA Mega Championship - Rey Hours vs Flamita vs El Hijo del Vikingo (c)
Warrior Championship - KC Navarro (c) vs Buddy Matthews
Konosuke Takeshita vs Zachary Wentz
Christopher Daniels vs. Mystery Opponent
Queen Aminata vs Kylie Rae
Max the Impaler vs Tootie Lynn
Bang Bros vs FTC (Frank The Clown enterprises)
Warhorse vs Tankman
Beastman vs Brian Pillman Jr

Event #2 - NOAH - Great Muta Final Bye Bye

Maya Yukihi & Natsu Sumire vs. Jungle Kyona & Saori Anou
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Timothy Thatcher
Eita, NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Alejandro, Junta Miyawaki & Yasutaka Yano
Anthony Greene, Jack Morris & Jake Lee vs. Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Hideki Suzuki
AMAKUSA, Ninja Mack & Ultimo Dragon vs. Dante Leon, Kzy & YO-HEY
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Masakatsu Funaki)
AKIRA, Hakushi & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Darby Allin, Great Muta & Sting

Event #3 WWE Royal Rumble

Men's Rumble
Women's Rumble
Mountain Dew wtv match - Bray Wyatt vs LA Knight
Raw Women's Championship - Bianca Belair vs Alexa Bliss
Undisputed Championship - Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens


-- Prediction MUST be in by January 21st 2023 at 6:00 PM EST --


 
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matchups later today or tomorrow. you can however, post predictions now if you are feeling confident and don't care. This event will mostly serve as seeding for the future but there will be some fun tag stuff too.

Single Elimination Tournament for the WPC Grand Championship

randomized on https://pairs.austincodingacademy.com/


Storm trooper <-> Necro

John McHenry <-> Blaze

OldJay <-> Matrix

Jeff <-> Chris

4thy <-> The Gipper

HoHo <-> Blaine

Jimmy <-> Dubble J

Juice <-> Lethal

Mitch <-> Tommy Bedlam​


Single Elimination Tournament for the vacant Tag Titles


Shinjuku Murder Klub (Juice and Necro) <-> "Best" Friends (Chris and Blaze)

The Lethal Drivers (Jeff and Lethal) <-> Cool Guys (Jimmy and The Gipper)

Southern Drawl (Blaze and Dubble J) <-> EMP Storm (Matrix and Stormtrooper)

The McHohos (Mchenry and HoHo) <-> The Commonwealth (4th and Mitch) <->​


The Deathswitch Initiative (Oldjay and Tommy Bedlam) TRIPLE THREAT!




 
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-- Prediction MUST be in by January 21st 2023 at 6:00 PM EST --​
 
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Event#1 - Warrior Wrestling 27

AAA Mega Championship - Rey Hours vs Flamita vs El Hijo del Vikingo (c)
Warrior Championship - KC Navarro (c) vs Buddy Matthews
Konosuke Takeshita vs Zachary Wentz
Christopher Daniels vs. Mystery Opponent
Queen Aminata vs Kylie Rae
Max the Impaler
vs Tootie Lynn
Bang Bros vs FTC (Frank The Clown enterprises)
Warhorse vs Tankman
Beastman vs Brian Pillman Jr

Event #2 - NOAH - Great Muta Final Bye Bye

Maya Yukihi & Natsu Sumire
vs. Jungle Kyona & Saori Anou
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Timothy Thatcher
Eita, NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshinari Ogawa
vs. Alejandro, Junta Miyawaki & Yasutaka Yano
Anthony Greene, Jack Morris & Jake Lee vs. Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura
Kazushi Sakuraba
vs. Hideki Suzuki
AMAKUSA, Ninja Mack & Ultimo Dragon vs. Dante Leon, Kzy & YO-HEY
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Masakatsu Funaki)
AKIRA, Hakushi & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Darby Allin, Great Muta & Sting

Event #3 WWE Royal Rumble


Men's Rumble Cody Rhodes
Women's Rumble Suprise Entrant
Mountain Dew wtv match - Bray Wyatt vs LA Knight
Raw Women's Championship - Bianca Belair vs Alexa Bliss
Undisputed Championship - Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens




Those first two events are going to be rough for me as it's literally a shot in the dark. Do I have to name the suprise entrant?

Also do we know the Pitch Black match rules? Cause I feel like if it can it'll end in a non finish.
 
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Those first two events are going to be rough for me as it's literally a shot in the dark. Do I have to name the suprise entrant? - negative, I dont do bonus questions unless the event is very short.

Also do we know the Pitch Black match rules? Cause I feel like if it can it'll end in a non finish. - i dont watch so idk, but you can edit your pick after SDL this week if you want
 

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Event#1 - Warrior Wrestling 27

AAA Mega Championship - Rey Hours vs Flamita vs El Hijo del Vikingo (c)
Warrior Championship - KC Navarro (c) vs Buddy Matthews
Konosuke Takeshita
vs Zachary Wentz
Christopher Daniels vs. Mystery Opponent
Queen Aminata vs Kylie Rae
Max the Impaler
vs Tootie Lynn
Bang Bros vs FTC (Frank The Clown enterprises)
Warhorse vs Tankman
Beastman vs Brian Pillman Jr

Event #2 - NOAH - Great Muta Final Bye Bye

Maya Yukihi & Natsu Sumire vs. Jungle Kyona & Saori Anou
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Timothy Thatcher
Eita, NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshinari Ogawa
vs. Alejandro, Junta Miyawaki & Yasutaka Yano
Anthony Greene, Jack Morris & Jake Lee vs. Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Hideki Suzuki
AMAKUSA, Ninja Mack & Ultimo Dragon
vs. Dante Leon, Kzy & YO-HEY
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Masakatsu Funaki)
AKIRA, Hakushi & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Darby Allin, Great Muta & Sting

Event #3 WWE Royal Rumble

Men's Rumble=Cody Rhodes
Women's Rumble=Bayley
Mountain Dew wtv match - Bray Wyatt vs LA Knight
Raw Women's Championship - Bianca Belair vs Alexa Bliss
Undisputed Championship - Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens
 
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sorry I misread John's original question. please name your surprise entrants. I thought he was asking if there was bonus question about surprise entrants lol
 

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Event#1 - Warrior Wrestling 27

AAA Mega Championship - Rey Hours vs Flamita vs El Hijo del Vikingo (c)
Warrior Championship - KC Navarro (c) vs Buddy Matthews
Konosuke Takeshita vs Zachary Wentz
Christopher Daniels vs. Mystery Opponent
Queen Aminata vs Kylie Rae
Max the Impaler
vs Tootie Lynn
Bang Bros vs FTC (Frank The Clown enterprises)
Warhorse vs Tankman
Beastman vs Brian Pillman Jr

Event #2 - NOAH - Great Muta Final Bye Bye

Maya Yukihi & Natsu Sumire vs. Jungle Kyona & Saori Anou
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Timothy Thatcher
Eita, NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshinari Ogawa
vs. Alejandro, Junta Miyawaki & Yasutaka Yano
Anthony Greene, Jack Morris & Jake Lee vs. Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Hideki Suzuki
AMAKUSA, Ninja Mack & Ultimo Dragon vs. Dante Leon, Kzy & YO-HEY
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Masakatsu Funaki)
AKIRA, Hakushi & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Darby Allin, Great Muta & Sting

Event #3 WWE Royal Rumble

Men's Rumble - Cody
Women's Rumble - Rhea Ripley
Mountain Dew wtv match - Bray Wyatt vs LA Knight
Raw Women's Championship - Bianca Belair vs Alexa Bliss
Undisputed Championship - Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens​
 
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Are we able to edit picks etc if more matches are announced this week (for Rumble?)
 

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Event#1 - Warrior Wrestling 27

AAA Mega Championship - Rey Hours vs Flamita vs El Hijo del Vikingo (c)
Warrior Championship - KC Navarro (c) vs Buddy Matthews
Konosuke Takeshita vs Zachary Wentz
Christopher Daniels vs. Mystery Opponent
Queen Aminata vs Kylie Rae
Max the Impaler vs Tootie Lynn
Bang Bros vs FTC (Frank The Clown enterprises)
Warhorse vs Tankman
Beastman vs Brian Pillman Jr

Event #2 - NOAH - Great Muta Final Bye Bye


Maya Yukihi & Natsu Sumire vs. Jungle Kyona & Saori Anou
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Timothy Thatcher
Eita, NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshinari Ogawa
vs. Alejandro, Junta Miyawaki & Yasutaka Yano
Anthony Greene, Jack Morris & Jake Lee vs. Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Hideki Suzuki
AMAKUSA, Ninja Mack & Ultimo Dragon
vs. Dante Leon, Kzy & YO-HEY
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Masakatsu Funaki)
AKIRA, Hakushi & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Darby Allin, Great Muta & Sting

Event #3 WWE Royal Rumble


Men's Rumble - Cody Rhodes
Women's Rumble - Rhea Ripley
Mountain Dew wtv match - Bray Wyatt
Raw Women's Championship - Bianca Belair
Undisputed Championship - Roman Reigns
 
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Matchups have been posted in the 2nd OP :D
 

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Event#1 - Warrior Wrestling 27

AAA Mega Championship - Rey Hours vs Flamita vs El Hijo del Vikingo (c)
Warrior Championship - KC Navarro (c) vs Buddy Matthews
Konosuke Takeshita vs Zachary Wentz
Christopher Daniels vs. Mystery Opponent
Queen Aminata
vs Kylie Rae
Max the Impaler vs Tootie Lynn
Bang Bros vs FTC (Frank The Clown enterprises)
Warhorse vs Tankman
Beastman vs Brian Pillman Jr

Event #2 - NOAH - Great Muta Final Bye Bye


Maya Yukihi & Natsu Sumire vs. Jungle Kyona & Saori Anou
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Timothy Thatcher
Eita, NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshinari Ogawa
vs. Alejandro, Junta Miyawaki & Yasutaka Yano
Anthony Greene, Jack Morris & Jake Lee vs. Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Hideki Suzuki
AMAKUSA, Ninja Mack & Ultimo Dragon
vs. Dante Leon, Kzy & YO-HEY
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Masakatsu Funaki)
AKIRA, Hakushi & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Darby Allin, Great Muta & Sting

Event #3 WWE Royal Rumble


Men's Rumble - Cody Rhodes
Women's Rumble - Rhea Ripley
Pitch Black match - Bray Wyatt
Raw Women's Championship - Bianca Belair
Undisputed Championship - Roman Reigns
 
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Event#1 - Warrior Wrestling 27

AAA Mega Championship - Rey Hours vs Flamita vs El Hijo del Vikingo (c)
Warrior Championship - KC Navarro (c) vs Buddy Matthews
Konosuke Takeshita vs Zachary Wentz
Christopher Daniels vs. Mystery Opponent
Queen Aminata vs Kylie Rae
Max the Impaler vs Tootie Lynn
Bang Bros vs FTC (Frank The Clown enterprises)
Warhorse vs Tankman
Beastman
vs Brian Pillman Jr

Event #2 - NOAH - Great Muta Final Bye Bye

Maya Yukihi & Natsu Sumire vs. Jungle Kyona & Saori Anou
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Timothy Thatcher
Eita, NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Alejandro, Junta Miyawaki & Yasutaka Yano
Anthony Greene, Jack Morris & Jake Lee
vs. Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Hideki Suzuki
AMAKUSA, Ninja Mack & Ultimo Dragon
vs. Dante Leon, Kzy & YO-HEY
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Masakatsu Funaki)
AKIRA, Hakushi & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Darby Allin, Great Muta & Sting

Event #3 WWE Royal Rumble


Men's Rumble - The Rock
Women's Rumble - Rhea Ripley
Mountain Dew wtv match - Bray Wyatt vs LA Knight
Raw Women's Championship - Bianca Belair vs Alexa Bliss
Undisputed Championship - Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens
 

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Event#1 - Warrior Wrestling 27

AAA Mega Championship - Rey Hours vs Flamita vs El Hijo del Vikingo (c)
Warrior Championship - KC Navarro (c) vs Buddy Matthews
Konosuke Takeshita vs Zachary Wentz
Christopher Daniels vs. Mystery Opponent
Queen Aminata vs Kylie Rae
Max the Impaler vs Tootie Lynn
Bang Bros vs FTC (Frank The Clown enterprises)
Warhorse vs Tankman
Beastman
vs Brian Pillman Jr

Event #2 - NOAH - Great Muta Final Bye Bye

Maya Yukihi & Natsu Sumire
vs. Jungle Kyona & Saori Anou
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Timothy Thatcher
Eita, NOSAWA Rongai & Yoshinari Ogawa
vs. Alejandro, Junta Miyawaki & Yasutaka Yano
Anthony Greene, Jack Morris & Jake Lee vs. Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura
Kazushi Sakuraba
vs. Hideki Suzuki
AMAKUSA, Ninja Mack & Ultimo Dragon vs. Dante Leon, Kzy & YO-HEY
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Kaito Kiyomiya, Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya & Masakatsu Funaki)
AKIRA, Hakushi & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Darby Allin, Great Muta & Sting

Event #3 WWE Royal Rumble


Men's Rumble: Cody Rhodes
Women's Rumble: Rhea Ripley
Mountain Dew wtv match - Bray Wyatt vs LA Knight
Raw Women's Championship - Bianca Belair vs Alexa Bliss
Undisputed Championship - Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens​
 
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