NWPC Event #40: Scandal-Proof

[R-Troop]

NJPW Sakura Genesis
Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Location: Ryogoku Kogukikan - Tokyo, Japan

1	Hirooki Goto (c) vs. David Finlay	Match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship New Japan Cup Winner's Match
2	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. EVIL	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
3	Los Ingobernables de Japon: Tetsuya Naito/Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. United Empire: Callum Newman/Jeff Cobb	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
4	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Ryohei Oiwa	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
5	House of Torture: SHO/Yujiro Takahashi/Ren Narita (c) vs. War Dogs: Taiji Ishimori/Drilla Moloney/Gabe Kidd	Match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
6	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shota Umino	Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road -Connection-
7	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Great-O-Khan	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
8	Yuya Uemura vs. SANADA	Special Grudge Match
9	Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Nagai a picture that was done by pen or pencil on paper (DRAW) You may predict a draw for this match only.	Young Lions 10 Minute Time Limit Match

AEW Dynasty
Date: Sunday, April 6, 2025
Location: Liacouras Center - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

10	Jon Moxley (c) vs. Swerve Strickland	Match for the AEW World Championship
11	Kenny Omega (c) vs. Ricochet vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey	Match for the AEW International Championship
12	"Timeless" Toni Storm (c) vs. Megan Bayne	Match for the AEW Women's World Championship
13	Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Adam Cole	Match for the AEW TNT Championship
14	Death Riders: Claudio Castagnoli/PAC/Wheeler Yuta (c) vs. Rated-FTR: Adam "COPE" Copeland/Cash Wheeler/Dax Harwood	Match for the AEW Trios Championship
15	Chris Jericho (c) vs. Bandido	Title vs. Mask Match for the ROH World Championship

Tiebreaks
First, the Perfect Show Bonuses.
For predicting all 9 NJPW matches correctly, 19TB.
For predicting all 6 AEW matches correctly, 10TB.

Which of the NJPW matches will go longest? EVIL Tsugi

And which - apart from the Young Lions match - will go shortest? Phantasmo/Great-O-Khan

Will outside interference by House of Torture lead directly to the finish in match 2, the IWGP Global Title match? No

Who will pin whom in match 3, the IWGP Tag Team Title match? (1TB for each): Naito pins Cobb

Will Shota Umino manage to avoid turning heel until the end of the night? Yes

Which of the AEW matches will go longest? Omega/Ricochet/Speedball

And which will go shortest? Bandido/Jericho

Will outside interference by Death Riders lead directly to the finish in match 10, the AEW World Title match? No

Who will take the match-losing fall in match 11, the AEW International Title match? "Speedball" Mike Bailey

Who will pin whom in match 14, the AEW Trios Title match? (1TB for each) PAC will pin Dax Harwood

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Time to submit is 1 hour before the first show, which is: SATURDAY, April 5, 0500 Eastern / 0000 Pacific / 0800 UK.
Time :59 will be accepted, :00 will not.

 

[Comrade Khan]

At this event you will be predicting from 15 matches.

NJPW Sakura Genesis
Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Location: Ryogoku Kogukikan - Tokyo, Japan

1	Hirooki Goto (c) vs. David Finlay	Match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship New Japan Cup Winner's Match
2	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. EVIL	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
3	Los Ingobernables de Japon: Tetsuya Naito/Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. United Empire: Callum Newman/Jeff Cobb	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
4	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Ryohei Oiwa	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
5	House of Torture: SHO/Yujiro Takahashi/Ren Narita (c) vs. War Dogs: Taiji Ishimori/Drilla Moloney/Gabe Kidd	Match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
6	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shota Umino	Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road -Connection-
7	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Great-O-Khan	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
8	Yuya Uemura vs. SANADA	Special Grudge Match
9	Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Nagai DRAW You may predict a draw for this match only.	Young Lions 10 Minute Time Limit Match

AEW Dynasty
Date: Sunday, April 6, 2025
Location: Liacouras Center - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

10	Jon Moxley (c) vs. Swerve Strickland	Match for the AEW World Championship
11	Kenny Omega (c) vs. Ricochet vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey	Match for the AEW International Championship
12	"Timeless" Toni Storm (c) vs. Megan Bayne	Match for the AEW Women's World Championship
13	Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Adam Cole	Match for the AEW TNT Championship
14	Death Riders: Claudio Castagnoli/PAC/Wheeler Yuta (c) vs. Rated-FTR: Adam "COPE" Copeland/Cash Wheeler/Dax Harwood	Match for the AEW Trios Championship
15	Chris Jericho (c) vs. Bandido	Title vs. Mask Match for the ROH World Championship

Tiebreaks
First, the Perfect Show Bonuses.
For predicting all 9 NJPW matches correctly, 19TB.
For predicting all 6 AEW matches correctly, 10TB.

Which of the NJPW matches will go longest? main event

And which - apart from the Young Lions match - will go shortest? tv title match

Will outside interference by House of Torture lead directly to the finish in match 2, the IWGP Global Title match? no

Who will pin whom in match 3, the IWGP Tag Team Title match? (1TB for each) Naito pins not cobb

Will Shota Umino manage to avoid turning heel until the end of the night? lol, no, he turns heel

Which of the AEW matches will go longest? main event

And which will go shortest? jericho bandido

Will outside interference by Death Riders lead directly to the finish in match 10, the AEW World Title match? sort of - hangman will clear them out and swerve will win

Who will take the match-losing fall in match 11, the AEW International Title match? Speedball

Who will pin whom in match 14, the AEW Trios Title match? (1TB for each) Claudio pins Cope

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Time to submit is 1 hour before the first show, which is: SATURDAY, April 5, 0500 Eastern / 0000 Pacific / 0800 UK.
Time :59 will be accepted, :00 will not.

 

[Deadd2009]

NJPW
Goto
Evil
LIJ
Takeshita
War Dogs
Tanahashi
Phantasmo
Sanada
Murashima

AEW
Moxley
Omega
Storm
Garcia
Rated FTR
Bandido

Longest NJPW Match: World title
Yes it will
Yes he will
Longest AEW match: Moxley/Swerve
Shortest AEW match: Jericho/Bandido
Yes the Death Riders will interfere
Ricochet
Cope over Yuta

 

[O-Blaze]

Hirooki Goto
Yota Tsuji
Los Ingobernables de Japon
Konosuke Takeshita
House of Torture
Shota Umino
El Phantasmo
SANADA
DRAW

Swerve Strickland
Kenny Omega
Toni Storm
Adam Cole
Death Riders
Bandido

Which of the NJPW matches will go longest? IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

And which - apart from the Young Lions match - will go shortest? Yuya Uemura vs. SANADA

Will outside interference by House of Torture lead directly to the finish in match 2, the IWGP Global Title match? No

Who will pin whom in match 3, the IWGP Tag Team Title match? (1TB for each) Hiromu Takahashi > Jeff Cobb

Will Shota Umino manage to avoid turning heel until the end of the night? Yes

Which of the AEW matches will go longest? AEW World Championship

And which will go shortest? ROH World Championship

Will outside interference by Death Riders lead directly to the finish in match 10, the AEW World Title match? No

Who will take the match-losing fall in match 11, the AEW International Title match? Ricochet

Who will pin whom in match 14, the AEW Trios Title match? (1TB for each) Claudio > Cash

 

[Sky]

NJPW Sakura Genesis
Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Location: Ryogoku Kogukikan - Tokyo, Japan

1	Hirooki Goto (c) vs. David Finlay	Match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship New Japan Cup Winner's Match
2	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. EVIL	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
3	Los Ingobernables de Japon: Tetsuya Naito/Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. United Empire: Callum Newman/Jeff Cobb	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
4	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Ryohei Oiwa	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
5	House of Torture: SHO/Yujiro Takahashi/Ren Narita (c) vs. War Dogs: Taiji Ishimori/Drilla Moloney/Gabe Kidd	Match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
6	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shota Umino	Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road -Connection-
7	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Great-O-Khan	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
8	Yuya Uemura vs. SANADA	Special Grudge Match
9	Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Nagai	Young Lions 10 Minute Time Limit Match

AEW Dynasty
Date: Sunday, April 6, 2025
Location: Liacouras Center - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

10	Jon Moxley (c) vs. Swerve Strickland	Match for the AEW World Championship
11	Kenny Omega (c) vs. Ricochet vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey	Match for the AEW International Championship
12	"Timeless" Toni Storm (c) vs. Megan Bayne	Match for the AEW Women's World Championship
13	Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Adam Cole	Match for the AEW TNT Championship
14	Death Riders: Claudio Castagnoli/PAC/Wheeler Yuta (c) vs. Rated-FTR: Adam "COPE" Copeland/Cash Wheeler/Dax Harwood	Match for the AEW Trios Championship
15	Chris Jericho (c) vs. Bandido	Title vs. Mask Match for the ROH World Championship

Tiebreaks
First, the Perfect Show Bonuses.
For predicting all 9 NJPW matches correctly, 19TB for:
For predicting all 6 AEW matches correctly, 10TB for: Looch. HoHo

Which of the NJPW matches will go longest? Naturally, Goto vs. Finlay at 24:21. 1TB for: Jimmy King, Chris, HoHo, Roy Mustang, Dubb, Rosie, Tommy Shelby, Jeff, Deadd2009, Blaze

And which - apart from the Young Lions match - will go shortest? House of Torture vs. War Dogs at 7:30. 1TB for:

Will outside interference by House of Torture lead directly to the finish in match 2, the IWGP Global Title match? Yes - because EVIL got You-Know-This-Spot'd by Dick Togo. 1TB for: Roy Mustang, Dollar, Rosie, Deadd2009

Who will pin whom in match 3, the IWGP Tag Team Title match? Cobb over Naito. Who got what there?

Spoiler: IWGP Tags

Looch - 0TB
Jimmy King - 0TB
Chris - 0TB
HoHo - 0TB
Roy Mustang - 0TB
LadyHotRod - 0TB
Dubb - 0TB
Dollar - 0TB
Lethal - 0TB
Rosie - 0TB
Barry - 2TB (exact)
Tommy Shelby - 0TB
Storm Trooper - 0TB
Jeff - 0TB
Deadd2009 - 0TB
Blaze - 0TB

Will Shota Umino manage to avoid turning heel until the end of the night? Somehow, yes, he's still a good guy. For now. 1TB for: Chris, HoHo, Dubb, Lethal, Barry, Tommy Shelby, Storm Trooper, Deadd2009, Blaze

Which of the AEW matches will go longest? Mox vs. Swerve had a stately 31:14. 1TB for: Chris, LadyHotRod, Lethal, Tommy Shelby, Jeff, Deadd2009, Blaze

And which will go shortest? Death Riders vs. Rated-FTR in 14:43. 1TB for: Chris

Will outside interference by Death Riders lead directly to the finish in match 10, the AEW World Title match? No, but interference did make the difference... from the Bucks. 1TB for: Looch, Jimmy King, Chris, HoHo, LadyHotRod, Dubb, Storm Trooper, Blaze

Who will take the match-losing fall in match 11, the AEW International Title match? Yeah it was Ricochet. 1TB for: Looch, Jimmy King, Chris, HoHo, Roy Mustang, Dubb, Dollar, Rosie, Barry, Tommy Shelby, Deadd2009, Blaze

Who will pin whom in match 14, the AEW Trios Title match? Yuta over Dax. Who got what there?

Spoiler: AEW Trios

Looch - 0TB
Jimmy King - 1TB (Yuta)
Chris - 0TB
HoHo - 0TB
Roy Mustang - 1TB (Dax)
LadyHotRod - 0TB
Dubb - 0TB
Dollar - 0TB
Lethal - 0TB
Rosie - 0TB
Barry - 1TB (Dax)
Tommy Shelby - 1TB (Dax)
Storm Trooper - 1TB (Dax)
Jeff - 0TB
Deadd2009 - 0TB
Blaze - 0TB

Who up scoring they event rn

The Free-For-All
Ties broken by TB points, then by earliest submission
Chris - 11/15 (6TB)
HoHo - 10/15 (14TB)
Looch - 10/15 (12TB)
Blaze - 10/15 (5TB)
Dubb - 10/15 (4TB)
Lethal - 10/15 (2TB)
Barry - 9/15 (5TB)
Jeff - 8/15 (2TB)
Deadd2009 - 7/15 (5TB)
Jimmy King - 7/15 (4TB)
Storm Trooper - 7/15 (3TB)
LadyHotRod - 4/15 (2TB)

A close and hotly contested event, but there can only be one winner. @Chris will challenge for the Galaxyweight Title at Event #41!

Workhorseweight Title
Ties broken by TB points; titles can't change hands on earliest submission
Rosie - 9/15 (3TB)
Dollar - 6/15 (2TB)

The winner of this contest...
And STILL Workhorseweight Prediction Champion!

@Rosie !!​

Rosie outdoes another opponent, but who's she got next?
Workhorseweight Title Standings (events 38-40)

Spoiler: Workhorseweight

Ties broken by TB points, then by highest "low" score, then by highest "middle" score, then by magic
Highest scorer challenges, except those involved in this week's title matches or next week's Galaxyweight Title match
Rosie - 11 (4TB) + 13 (13TB) + 9 (3TB) = 33 (20TB)
Roy Mustang - 8 (2TB) + 14 (32TB) + 10 (4TB) = 32 (38TB)
Looch - 12 (19TB) + 8 (2TB) + 10 (12TB) = 30 (33TB)
Tommy Shelby - 9 (2TB) + 10 (16TB) + 10 (5TB) = 29 (23TB)
Chris - 8 (3TB) + 10 (14TB) + 11 (6TB) = 29 (23TB)
HoHo - 9 (3TB) + 9 (16TB) + 10 (14TB) = 28 (33TB)
Jimmy King - 9 (3TB) + 12 (14TB) + 7 (4TB) = 28 (21TB)
Dubb - 9 (0TB) + 8 (14TB) + 10 (4TB) = 27 (18TB)
Blaze - 7 (2TB) + 9 (13TB) + 10 (5TB) = 26 (20TB)
Dollar - 9 (4TB) + 11 (4TB) + 6 (2TB) = 26 (10TB)
Deadd2009 - 8 (2TB) + 9 (16TB) + 7 (5TB) = 24 (23TB)
Storm Trooper - 7 (2TB) + 10 (2TB) + 7 (3TB) = 24 (7TB)
Barry - 5 (1TB) + 8 (12TB) + 9 (5TB) = 22 (18TB)
LadyHotRod - 8 (3TB) + 8 (1TB) + 4 (2TB) = 20 (6TB)
Lethal - 0 (0TB) + 0 (0TB) + 10 (2TB) = 10 (2TB)
Jeff - 0 (0TB) + 0 (0TB) + 8 (2TB) = 8 (2TB)

And after all that, Rosie's next challenger is set to be @Samoa Looch at Event #41!

Galaxyweight Title
Ties broken by TB points; titles can't change hands on earliest submission
Tommy Shelby - 10/15 (5TB)
Roy Mustang - 10/15 (4TB)

The winner of this contest...
And STILL Galaxyweight Prediction Champion!

@Tommy Shelby !!​

The champ squeaks through... but another tough contest in Chris is up at Event #41. See you then!

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Damn that was close ! Good game @Roy Mustang , Congrats Rosie, Chris and Looch

 

[R-Troop]

Well I had 1 fairly good week....


Congrats to all y'all winners.

 

[Sky]

Well I had 1 fairly good week....


Congrats to all y'all winners.

Put it a positive way, you finished 3 ahead of your nearest challeger