WPC 2024: Event #2 - Japan Is Awesome (ARCHIVE)

[CakeWalker]

Season Five's second event of 2024 will be Event #2: Japan Is Awesome that will cover action from two different promotions - Pro Wrestling NOAH & New Japan Pro Wrestling:

- NOAH: The New Year 2024 [Japan Division] | 2nd January
- NJPW: Wrestle Kingdom 18 [NJPW Division] | 4th January

A total of three championships could potentially be won during this event and they include:

The WPC Grand Prix Event Championship a.k.a. 'The Green Belt' is up for grabs if a sole predictor gets the most predictions correct during Japan Is Awesome.

The Japan Championship (Japan Division) will become available for the second time this season and if a champion isn't crowned at Genesis, it is highly likely that a champion will be crowned for the NOAH portion of this event. This belt will be in possession of the Division Ranking leader for all Japanese wrestling promotions (apart from New Japan Pro Wrestling).

The NJPW World Championship (NJPW Division) could be claimed for the first time if a sole predictor gets the most predictions correct for the NJPW portion of the event. This belt will be in possession of the Division Ranking leader of the NJPW Division.

The prediction ballot for this event will be posted at a later date.
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[CakeWalker]

NOAH: The New Year 2004 [Japan Division]
FINAL PREDICTION ACCEPTED 1st January 23:59 EST

​

No.​	Matches*​	Stipulations​
1P​	Taishi Ozawa vs Yu Owada​	Singles match​
2P​	Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, Super Crazy and Terry Yaki vs. Daiki Inaba, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and Kai Fujimura​	Eight-man tag team match​
3​	Los Golpeadores (Dragón Bane and Alpha Wolf) (c) vs. Good Looking Guys (Yo-Hey and Tadasuke) vs. Ninja Mack and Alejandro​	Three-way tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship​
4​	Good Looking Guys (Jake Lee, Jack Morris and Anthony Greene) vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Vinnie Massaro and Titus Alexander​	Six-man tag team match​
5​	Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya​	Singles match​
6​	Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima​	Singles match​
7​	Nagisa Nozaki and Great Sakuya vs. Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)​	Tag team match​
8​	Takashi Sugiura vs. Ulka Sasaki​	Singles match​
9​	Zack Sabre Jr. and Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Hayata​	Wrestling Symphony tag team match​
10​	Daga (c) vs. Eita​	Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship​
11​	Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino, Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo and Junta Miyawaki vs. House of Torture (Evil, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Dick Togo)​	Twelve-man tag team elimination match​
12​	Kenoh (c) vs. Manabu Soya​	Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship​
13​	Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kota Ibushi​	Singles match​

​

 

[CakeWalker]

tagging everyone who took part in the contest last year - will only do a mass tag for the first few events (and then just tag people who took part in the more recent events)

@Chris
@El Jefro Blanco
@Jimmy King
@Lethal Tiffy
@Dubble J
@Kairi HoHo
@MJElf
@Jingle Fourth
@Necro
@Wiseman
@Prison Dom
@StormTroomyrrh
@TOP GUY TIME
@Tommy Bedlam
@Matrix
@Lady Redfield
@John McKringle
@Y2Jayne
@Deadd2009
@Butters
@Mitcheltoe

 

[Chris]

1. Draw
2. Team Kotoge
3. Golpeadores
4. GLG
5. Kitamiya
6. Shiozaki
7. Luminous
8. Suguira
9. Tanahashi and hayata
10. Daga
11. Team Kaito
12. Kenoh
13. Marifuju

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Taishi Ozawa vs Yu Owada	Singles match
2P	Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, Super Crazy and Terry Yaki vs. Daiki Inaba, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and Kai Fujimura	Eight-man tag team match
3	Los Golpeadores (Dragón Bane and Alpha Wolf) (c) vs. Good Looking Guys (Yo-Hey and Tadasuke) vs. Ninja Mack and Alejandro	Three-way tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
4	Good Looking Guys (Jake Lee, Jack Morris and Anthony Greene) vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Vinnie Massaro and Titus Alexander	Six-man tag team match
5	Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya	Singles match
6	Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima	Singles match
7	Nagisa Nozaki and Great Sakuya vs. Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)	Tag team match
8	Takashi Sugiura vs. Ulka Sasaki	Singles match
9	Zack Sabre Jr. and Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Hayata	Wrestling Symphony tag team match
10	Daga (c) vs. Eita	Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
11	Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino, Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo and Junta Miyawaki vs. House of Torture (Evil, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Dick Togo)	Twelve-man tag team elimination match
12	Kenoh (c) vs. Manabu Soya	Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
13	Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kota Ibushi - draw	Singles match

 

[TOP GUY TIME]

NOAH: The New Year 2004 [Japan Division]
FINAL PREDICTION ACCEPTED 1st January 23:59 EST

​

No.​	Matches*​	Stipulations​
1P​	Taishi Ozawa vs Yu Owada​	Singles match​
2P​	Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, Super Crazy and Terry Yaki vs. Daiki Inaba, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and Kai Fujimura​	Eight-man tag team match​
3​	Los Golpeadores (Dragón Bane and Alpha Wolf) (c) vs. Good Looking Guys (Yo-Hey and Tadasuke) vs. Ninja Mack and Alejandro​	Three-way tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship​
4​	Good Looking Guys (Jake Lee, Jack Morris and Anthony Greene) vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Vinnie Massaro and Titus Alexander​	Six-man tag team match​
5​	Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya​	Singles match​
6​	Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima​	Singles match​
7​	Nagisa Nozaki and Great Sakuya vs. Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)​	Tag team match​
8​	Takashi Sugiura vs. Ulka Sasaki​	Singles match​
9​	Zack Sabre Jr. and Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Hayata​	Wrestling Symphony tag team match​
10​	Daga (c) vs. Eita​	Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship​
11​	Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino, Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo and Junta Miyawaki vs. House of Torture (Evil, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Dick Togo)​	Twelve-man tag team elimination match​
12​	Kenoh (c) vs. Manabu Soya​	Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship​
13​	Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kota Ibushi​	Singles match​

​

 

[Apoho Creed]

No.	Matches*	Stipulations
1P	Taishi Ozawa vs Yu Owada	Singles match
2P	Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, Super Crazy and Terry Yaki vs. Daiki Inaba, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and Kai Fujimura	Eight-man tag team match
3	Los Golpeadores (Dragón Bane and Alpha Wolf) (c) vs. Good Looking Guys (Yo-Hey and Tadasuke) vs. Ninja Mack and Alejandro	Three-way tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
4	Good Looking Guys (Jake Lee, Jack Morris and Anthony Greene) vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Vinnie Massaro and Titus Alexander	Six-man tag team match
5	Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya	Singles match
6	Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima	Singles match
7	Nagisa Nozaki and Great Sakuya vs. Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)	Tag team match
8	Takashi Sugiura vs. Ulka Sasaki	Singles match
9	Zack Sabre Jr. and Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Hayata	Wrestling Symphony tag team match
10	Daga (c) vs. Eita	Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
11	Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino, Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo and Junta Miyawaki vs. House of Torture (Evil, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Dick Togo)	Twelve-man tag team elimination match
12	Kenoh (c) vs. Manabu Soya	Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
13	Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kota Ibushi	Singles match

 

[Lethal]

​

No.​	Matches*​	Stipulations​
1P​	Taishi Ozawa vs Yu Owada​	Singles match​
2P​	Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, Super Crazy and Terry Yaki vs. Daiki Inaba, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and Kai Fujimura​	Eight-man tag team match​
3​	Los Golpeadores (Dragón Bane and Alpha Wolf) (c) vs. Good Looking Guys (Yo-Hey and Tadasuke) vs. Ninja Mack and Alejandro​	Three-way tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship​
4​	Good Looking Guys (Jake Lee, Jack Morris and Anthony Greene) vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Vinnie Massaro and Titus Alexander​	Six-man tag team match​
5​	Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya​	Singles match​
6​	Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima​	Singles match​
7​	Nagisa Nozaki and Great Sakuya vs. Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)​	Tag team match​
8​	Takashi Sugiura vs. Ulka Sasaki​	Singles match​
9​	Zack Sabre Jr. and Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Hayata​	Wrestling Symphony tag team match​
10​	Daga (c) vs. Eita​	Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship​
11​	Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino, Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo and Junta Miyawaki vs. House of Torture (Evil, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Dick Togo)​	Twelve-man tag team elimination match​
12​	Kenoh (c) vs. Manabu Soya​	Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship​
13​	Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kota Ibushi​	Singles match​

​

 

[CakeWalker]

No.	Matches*	Stipulations
1P	Taishi Ozawa vs Yu Owada DRAW	Singles match
2P	Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, Super Crazy and Terry Yaki vs. Daiki Inaba, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and Kai Fujimura	Eight-man tag team match
3	Los Golpeadores (Dragón Bane and Alpha Wolf) (c) vs. Good Looking Guys (Yo-Hey and Tadasuke) vs. Ninja Mack and Alejandro	Three-way tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
4	Good Looking Guys (Jake Lee, Jack Morris and Anthony Greene) vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Vinnie Massaro and Titus Alexander	Six-man tag team match
5	Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya	Singles match
6	Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima	Singles match
7	Nagisa Nozaki and Great Sakuya vs. Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)	Tag team match
8	Takashi Sugiura vs. Ulka Sasaki	Singles match
9	Zack Sabre Jr. and Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Hayata	Wrestling Symphony tag team match
10	Daga (c) vs. Eita	Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
11	Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino, Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo and Junta Miyawaki vs. House of Torture (Evil, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Dick Togo)	Twelve-man tag team elimination match
12	Kenoh (c) vs. Manabu Soya	Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
13	Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kota Ibushi	Singles match

 

[Marty McFourth]

No.	Matches*	Stipulations
1P	Taishi Ozawa	Singles match
2P	Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, Super Crazy and Terry Yaki	Eight-man tag team match
3	Los Golpeadores (Dragón Bane and Alpha Wolf) (c)	Three-way tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
4	El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Vinnie Massaro and Titus Alexander	Six-man tag team match
5	Masa Kitamiya	Singles match
6	Satoshi Kojima	Singles match
7	Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)	Tag team match
8	Takashi Sugiura	Singles match
9	Zack Sabre Jr. and Yoshinari Ogawa	Wrestling Symphony tag team match
10	Daga (c)	Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
11	Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino, Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo and Junta Miyawaki	Twelve-man tag team elimination match
12	Kenoh (c)	Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
13	Kota Ibushi	Singles match

 

[Matrix]

No.	Matches*	Stipulations
1P	Taishi Ozawa vs Yu Owada	Singles match
2P	Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, Super Crazy and Terry Yaki vs. Daiki Inaba, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and Kai Fujimura	Eight-man tag team match
3	Los Golpeadores (Dragón Bane and Alpha Wolf) (c) vs. Good Looking Guys (Yo-Hey and Tadasuke) vs. Ninja Mack and Alejandro	Three-way tag team match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
4	Good Looking Guys (Jake Lee, Jack Morris and Anthony Greene) vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Vinnie Massaro and Titus Alexander	Six-man tag team match
5	Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya	Singles match
6	Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima	Singles match
7	Nagisa Nozaki and Great Sakuya vs. Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)	Tag team match
8	Takashi Sugiura vs. Ulka Sasaki	Singles match
9	Zack Sabre Jr. and Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Hayata	Wrestling Symphony tag team match
10	Daga (c) vs. Eita	Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
11	Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino, Ryohei Oiwa, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo and Junta Miyawaki vs. House of Torture (Evil, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Dick Togo)	Twelve-man tag team elimination match
12	Kenoh (c) vs. Manabu Soya	Singles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
13	Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kota Ibushi	Singles match

 

[Vegeta]

Taishi Ozawa



Daiki Inaba, Hajime Ohara, Hi69 and Kai Fujimura



Los Golpeadores (Dragón Bane and Alpha Wolf) (c)



El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Vinnie Massaro and Titus Alexander



Masa Kitamiya



Go Shiozaki



Luminous (Haruka Umesaki and Miyuki Takase)



Ulka Sasaki



Zack Sabre Jr. and Yoshinari Ogawa



Daga



House of Torture (Evil, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Sho, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Dick Togo)



Kenoh



Kota Ibushi

 

[CakeWalker]

NJPW: WRESTLE KINGDOM 18 [NJPW Division]
FINAL PREDICTION ACCEPTED 3rd January 23:59 EST​

No.​	Matches​	Stipulations​
2​	Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney) (c) vs. Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira)​	Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship​
3​	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi​	Singles match for the NJPW World Television Championship​
4​	Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura​	Singles match​
5​	Shota Umino and Kaito Kiyomiya vs. House of Torture (Evil and Ren Narita)​	Tag team match​
6​	Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Tama Tonga​	Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship​
7​	Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (IWGP) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo) (Strong Openweight)​	Winners Takes All tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship and Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship​
8​	Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. El Desperado​	Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship​
9​	Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay​	Three-way match for the inaugural IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship​
10​	Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson​	Singles match​
11​	Sanada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito​	Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship​

 

[Lethal]

NJPW: WRESTLE KINGDOM 18 [NJPW Division]
FINAL PREDICTION ACCEPTED 3rd January 23:59 EST​

No.​	Matches​	Stipulations​
2​	Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney) (c) vs. Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira)​	Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship​
3​	Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi​	Singles match for the NJPW World Television Championship​
4​	Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura​	Singles match​
5​	Shota Umino and Kaito Kiyomiya vs. House of Torture (Evil and Ren Narita)​	Tag team match​
6​	Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Tama Tonga​	Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship​
7​	Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (IWGP) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo) (Strong Openweight)​	Winners Takes All tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship and Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship​
8​	Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. El Desperado​	Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship​
9​	Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay​	Three-way match for the inaugural IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship​
10​	Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson​	Singles match​
11​	Sanada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito​	Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship​

 

[Vegeta]

War Dogs

ZSJ

Yota Tsuji

House of Torture

Shingo Takagi

Guerrillas of Destiny

Hiromu Takahashi

Hiromu Takahashi

Kazuchika Okada

Sanada