New Japan Cup 2022 Prediction Contest

[CakeWalker]

- Each correct pick is worth 1 pt
- You must predict all selections prior to the first match on March 2nd.
- The predictions made in this contest - will not affect the WPC Overall Standing, but are instead a separate competition.


Block A

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Block B

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Block C

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Block D

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Match - Block D​	Match Winner​
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Final Four

Match	Contestants	Match Winner
Semi Final One	Block A Winner vs. Block B Winner
Semi Final Two	Block C Winner vs. Block D Winner
Final	Semi Final One vs. Semi Final Two

 

[Chris]

Will try and get this done tomorrow

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Match - Block A	Match Winner
1	Okada
2	Taichi
3	Goto
4	Cima
5	Okada
6	Taichi
7	Goto
8	Kanemaru
9	Taichi
10	Goto
11	Taichi

Match - Block B	Match Winner
1	Tana
2	Naito
3	Cobb
4	Yoshi Hashi
5	Tana
6	Naito
7	Cobb
8	Yoshi Hashi
9	Naito
10	Cobb
11	Naito

Match - Block C	Match Winner
1	O Khan
2	Sabre JR
3	Henare
4	Ospreay
5	O Khan
6	Sabre JR
7	Sanada
8	Ospreay
9	Sabre JR
10	Ospreay
11	Ospreay

Match - Block D	Match Winner
1	Shingo
2	Chase
3	EVIL
4	Hiromu
5	Shingo
6	Chase
7	EVIL
8	Suzuki
9	Shingo
10	Evil
11	Shingo

Final Four

Match	Contestants	Match Winner
Semi Final One	Block A Winner vs. Block B Winner	Taichi
Semi Final Two	Block C Winner vs. Block D Winner	Ibushi
Final	Semi Final One vs. Semi Final Two	Taichi

The last 3 Years the winner of the NJ Cup has gone on to win vs the World Champion and it's going to be either Ibushi again winning it for the second time since 2015 or a new winner in Taichi. Odds are in their favor but since Okada barely had the World Title I think that streak might be broken. Imagine though if my homie Taichi wins this and beats Okada were partying naked people or at least for me I'll be going nuts.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Block A

Match - Block A	Match Winner
1 Okada
2 Taichi
3 goto
4 cima
5 okada
6 taichi
7 goto
8 Cima
9 okada
10 cima
11 Okada

Block B

Match - Block B	Match Winner
1 Tanahashi
2 Naito
3 Cobb
4 Honma
5 Tanahashi
6 Naito
7 Cobb
8 Fujita
9 Naito
10 Cobb
11 Cobb

Block C

Match - Block C	Match Winner
1 okhan
2 sabre jr
3 henare
4 ospreay
5 Taiji
6 sabre jr
7 Sanada
8 El P
9 Sabre Jr
10 El P
11 Sabre Jr

Block D

Match - Block D	Match Winner
1 shingo
2 chase
3 evil
4 takahashi
5 shingo
6 tiger mask
7 evil
8 minoru
9 shingo
10 evil
11 evil

Final Four

Match	Contestants	Match Winner
Semi Final One	Block A Winner vs. Block B Winner	Cobb
Semi Final Two	Block C Winner vs. Block D Winner	Sabre Jr
Final	Semi Final One vs. Semi Final Two	Sabre Jr

 

[Chris]

Block A

Match - Block A	Match Winner
1	Okada
2	Taichi
3	Nagata
4	CIMA
5	Okada
6	Taichi
7	Nagata
8	CIMA
9	Okada
10	CIMA
11	Okada

Block B

Match - Block B	Match Winner
1	Tanahashi
2	Naito
3	Cobb
4	YOSHI-HASHI
5	Tanahashi
6	Naito
7	Cobb
8	YOSHI-HASHI
9	Tanahashi
10	Cobb
11	Cobb

Block C

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Match - Block C	Match Winner
1	O-Khan
2	ZSJ
3	Henare
4	Ospreay
5	O-Khan
6	ZSJ
7	SANADA
8	Ospreay
9	ZSJ
10	Ospreay
11	Ospreay

Block D

Match - Block D	Match Winner
1	Shingo
2	Owens
3	EVIL
4	Hiromu
5	Shingo
6	Owens
7	EVIL
8	Hiromu
9	Shingo
10	EVIL
11	Shingo

Final Four

Match	Contestants	Match Winner
Semi Final One	Block A Winner vs. Block B Winner	Cobb
Semi Final Two	Block C Winner vs. Block D Winner	Shingo
Final	Semi Final One vs. Semi Final Two	Cobb

 

[CakeWalker]

Block A

Match - Block A​	Match Winner​
1​	Okada​
2​	Taichi​
3​	Nagata​
4​	Cima​
5​	Okada​
6​	Taichi​
7​	Dick Togo​
8​	Kanemaru​
9​	Okada​
10​	Kanemaru​
11​	Okada​

Block B

Match - Block B​	Match Winner​
1​	Tanahashi​
2​	Naito​
3​	Cobb​
4​	Yoshi-Hashi​
5​	Tanahashi​
6​	Naito​
7​	Cobb​
8​	Yoshi-Hashi​
9​	Naito​
10​	Cobb​
11​	Naito​

Block C

Match - Block C​	Match Winner​
1​	Great-O-Khan​
2​	ZSJ​
3​	Henare​
4​	Ospreay​
5​	Great-O-Khan​
6​	ZSJ​
7​	Sanada​
8​	Ospreay​
9​	ZSJ​
10​	Ospreay​
11​	Ospreay​

Block D

Match - Block D​	Match Winner​
1​	Shingo​
2​	Chase Owens​
3​	Evil​
4​	Takahashi​
5​	Shingo​
6​	Tiger Mask​
7​	Tama Tonga​
8​	Minoru Suzuki​
9​	Shingo​
10​	Tama Tonga​
11​	Shingo​

Final Four

Match​	Contestants​	Match Winner​
Semi Final One​	Block A Winner vs. Block B Winner​	Okada​
Semi Final Two​	Block C Winner vs. Block D Winner​	Ospreay​
Final​	Semi Final One vs. Semi Final Two​	Ospreay​

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[Chris]

Updated mine with Ibushi being out, you should as well @Kairi HoHo

 

[Chris]

Oh and @Canadian Dragon too

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Do I have to

Okay.

 

[CakeWalker]

An update of people's brackets after the first three rounds:

- HoHo is the only predictor who has seen one of their Blocks (Block A) already removed from contention.

- Juice has the worst scores for a bracket having scored 6/10 in Block A & D

- Everyone has claimed at least one perfect score of 10/10 for their blocks, with Juice currently holding two perfects 10s.

- Everyone chose four different winners, however HoHo's selection of Taichi has already been eliminated. ​

Rank​	Predictor​	Score​
1st.​	Chris​	36​
2nd.​	HoHo​	35​
Tied 3rd.​	Jeff​	32​
Tied 3rd.​	Juice​	32​

 

[Comrade Khan]

still in this

 

[CakeWalker]

I actually think its over

 

[CakeWalker]

il do the maths after it finishes though

 

[CakeWalker]

There is one final match to go in the New Japan Cup - with Jeff have the only pick left in the final. I wish the best of luck to Jeff in getting this selection correct.

However, Chris wins this prediction competition with a score of 38 with no means of being caught.
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Rank​	Predictor ​	Score​
1st.​	Chris​	38​
2nd.​	HoHo​	37​
Tied 3rd.​	Jeff ​	35​
Tied 3rd.​	Juice​	35​

Chris​

 

[Comrade Khan]

Ah I guess I should have read the rules, I assumed the further rounds gave more abd more points. Grats to Chris