WPC Event #26 [Power Struggle / Playoffs Round Of Ten]

[Jimmy King]

No.	Matches	Stipulations
1	Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa vs. Suzuki-gun (Douki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)	Tag team match
2	Tiger Mask IV and Great Bash Heel (Tomoaki Honma and Togi Makabe) vs. Bullet Club (Tanga Loa, Jado & Gedo)	Six-man tag team match
3	Six or Nine (Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi) and Yuji Nagata vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Hiromu Takahashi, Bushi and Sanada)	Six-man tag team match
4	Chaos (Yoshi-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto) (c) vs. House of Torture (Sho, Yujiro Takahashi and Evil) (with Dick Togo)	Six-man tag team match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
5	Toru Yano (c) vs. Great-O-Khan	Amateur Rules match for the provisional KOPW 2021 Trophy
6	Robbie Eagles (c) vs. El Desperado	Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
7	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kenta	Singles match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
8	Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga (with Jado)	Singles match for the Tokyo Dome IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate
9	Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr.	Singles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

 

[CakeWalker]

World Prediction Championship 2021 Event #26 Results

NJPW's Power Struggle marked the beginning of the WPC Playoffs 2021, but it was also a nine-match card in which a whole number of different championship belts were on the line to be won.

TAG DIVISION

This weekend three matches were booked to take part in the Tag Division, unfortunately in two of the rankings match there were some no-shows which drastically effected the outcomes of the matches.

Team Friendship (Blaze & Chris) vs. Shinjuku Murder Klub (Necro & Juice)
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Ranking Match	Name	Wins	Losses	Differential
1st.	Shinjuku Murder Klub	6	12	-6
2nd.	Team Friendship	5	13	-8

Like Your Team, But Better Version 2.0 (Haza & Sky) vs. Dream Warriors (LadyHotRod & HoHo)​

Ranking Match	Name	Wins	Losses	Differential
1st.	Dream Warriors	13	5	+8
2nd.	LYTBB V2.0	6	12	-6

We do finish up though with a title defence as the Lethal Drivers defend their titles against The Blissfits In Action.

WPC Tag Team Wrestling Championships
The Lethal Drivers (Jeff & Lethal Banks) (c) vs. The Blissfits In Action (Smark & Jimmy King)
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TTW Championships	Name	Wins	Losses	Differential
1st.	The Lethal Drivers	12	6	+6
2nd.	Dream Warriors	12	6	+6

The Lethal Drivers successfully defend the title by way of a championship draw.

The Lethal Drivers (Jeff & Lethal Banks)


SINGLES DIVISION

We now onto the Singles Division, where we have a total of five matches booked - including the Grand Championship being on the line in two separate matches. The match booked for the title sees reigning champion Chris taking on Juice, who is the third beneficiary of 'Option-E' this season.

WPC Grand Championship
Chris (c) vs. Juice
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Grand Championship	Name	Wins	Losses	Differential
1st.	Juice	6	3	+3
2nd.	Chris	5	4	+1

With a margin of just one win, Juice claims the title for the very first time in their WPC career. However - there is no time for celebration, as with Juice claiming the belt we now have to settle the second match of night that sees them taking on the highest eligible challenger in the GC Division, Jeff.

WPC Grand Championship
Juice (c) vs. Jeff​

Grand Championship	Name	Wins	Losses	Differential
1st.	Juice	6	3	+3
2nd.	Jeff	5	4	+1

In another tight contest, Juice manages to retain their recently won championship to end the night as the new WPC Grand Champion. Congratulations to our fifth different winner this season.

Juice


We now shift out focus to the Grand Prix Event Championship, which everyone apart from Chris, Jeff and Juice are eligible to compete for.

WPC Grand Prix Event Championship
Everyone Else
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GPE Championship	Name	Wins	Losses	Differential
Tied 1st.	Lethal	7	2	+5
Tied 1st.	HoHo	7	2	+5
Tied 3rd.	Sky	6	3	+3
Tied 3rd.	LadyHotRod	6	3	+3
Tied 3rd.	Smark	6	3	+3
Tied 3rd.	Jimmy King	6	3	+3
7th.	TFW	5	4	+1

With two predictors tied in first position, we refer to the rules in place for the GPE Championship:

- everyone not competing for another championship belt, is eligible to win the belt
- if predictors are tied in 1st place, the predictor with the lowest overall differential wins the belt
- if predictor can not be separated by their differential, then the belt is vacated
- the challenger has the advantage, if two predictors are tied 1st and one of them is the title holder, the champion loses the tie

Going into this event - both Lethal & HoHo came in with the same differential of +64, this means that because neither predictor can be separated, the belt is vacated.


The Clout Cup is be contested for between Smark, The Fourth Wall and Blaze over a three event marathon. Below shows the current rankings, after the first event of the three event scheduled to crown a new Clout Cup Holder.

The WPC Clout Cup
Smark vs. The Fourth Wall vs. Blaze
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Clout Cup	Name	Wins	Losses	Differential
1st.	Smark	6	3	+3
2nd.	TFW	5	40	+1
3rd.	Blaze	0	9	-9

Smark currently hold a narrow lead over Fourth. Blaze claims a negative nine differential, although this will not effect his overall rankings as he did not predict - it does effect the outcome of this three event marathon in the same fashion not predicting for a tag team match work.


Our next focus is the the !nteractive Championship Division, which continues to run as an experimental division with WPC that uses a 'Head 2 Head Matchplay' mechanic. Points are earned in the following ways:

A Win = 1 point
A Loss = -2 points
A Draw = 0 points
A Championship Loss = -5 points
A Championship Draw = Granted The Next Title Shot + 0 points
The Champion earns no points

Juice takes on Lethal Banks in a match that will crown a new !nteractive Champion. A victory for Juice will result in an immediate vacation of the belt however, due to them becoming the new Grand Champion.

WPC !nteractive Championship
Lethal [7] vs. [6] Juice

Jeff [5] vs. [6] Sky

Blaze [0] vs. [7] HoHo

LHR [6] vs. [5] TFW

Smark [6] vs. [6] Jimmy King


Lethal edges past Juice to become the the new !nteractive Champion, whilst Chris returns to the division replacing Juice. Chris' points tally is reset to 0, but their previous score margin differential remains intact.

Lethal Banks
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Rank	Name	Points	Score Margin Differential
!nteractive Champion	Lethal Banks	1	-2
1st.	Chris	0	+14
2nd.	Sky	-3	+8
3rd.	Jeff	-3	-1
4th.	HoHo	-4	+19
5th.	LadyHotRod	-4	-8
6th.	Juice	-6	18
7th.	Blaze	-6	-16
8th.	Smark	-7	-5
9th	The Fourth Wall	-8	-1
10th.	Jimmy King	-8	-15

Below are the next round of fixtures - that will be played out at the next designated event:

WPC !nteractive Championship
Lethal Banks (c) vs. Chris

Sky vs. Jeff

HoHo vs. LHR

Blaze vs. Smark

TFW vs. Jimmy King

The complete results for Event #26 are shown below:
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Event #26	Name	Wins	Losses	Differential
Tied 1st.	Lethal	7	2	+5
Tied 1st.	HoHo	7	2	+5
Tied 3rd.	Sky	6	3	+3
Tied 3rd.	Juice	6	3	+3
Tied 3rd.	LadyHotRod	6	3	+3
Tied 3rd.	Smark	6	3	+3
Tied 3rd.	Jimmy King	6	3	+3
Tied 8th.	Chris	5	4	+1
Tied 8th.	TFW	5	4	+1
Tied 8th.	Jeff	5	4	+1

 

[Canadian Dragon]

 

[CakeWalker]

Round Of Ten - Event One [Power Struggle]

Predictors earn five points per win.
If a predictor is a standout winner, rather than being tied - they will automatically advance to the next round.

Only six predictor advance to the next Round - there are two events left in the Round Of Ten.
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Rank​	Predictor​	Points​	Differential​
Tied 1st.​	Lethal Banks​	35​	+5​
Tied 1st.​	HoHo​	35​	+5​
Tied 3rd.​	Juice​	30​	0​
Tied 3rd.​	Sky​	30​	0​
Tied 3rd.​	Jimmy King​	30​	0​
Tied 3rd.​	LadyHotRod​	30​	0​
CUT OFF LINE​	CUT OFF LINE​	CUT OFF LINE​	CUT OFF LINE​
Tied 7th.​	Chris​	25​	-5​
Tied 7th.​	Jeff​	25​	-5​
Tied 9th.​	Haza​	0​	-25​
Tied 9th.​	Necro​	0​	-25​

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[Canadian Dragon]

Tried to coast off chris

 

[Chris]

I can only predict the tour formula not main shows

 

[CakeWalker]

UPDATE

Matches will be announced ahead of the next event.​

OVERALL	Name	Wins	Loss	Differential
	GC DIVISION
1st.	Necro +	173	76	97
2nd.	Chris +	197	108	89
3rd.	Jeff +	180	107	73
4th.	Haza +	164	93	71
Tied 5th.	HoHo	187	118	69
Tied 5th.	Lethal Banks [!nteractive Champion]	182	113	69
	GC DIVISION
Tied 7th.	Juice [Grand Champion]	184	119	65
Tied 7th.	Sky	180	115	65
9th.	Jimmy King	158	107	51
10th.	LadyHotRod	160	125	35
11th.	Smark	131	97	34
12th.	TFW	158	130	28
13th.	Blaze	122	96	26

+ Necro GC Division [Haza, Chris, Jeff, Jimmy King] - Necro needs to predict in an event, to become eligible to challenge for the Grand Championship
+ Haza GC Division [Necro, Chris, Jeff, HoHo] - if a predictor drops out of the division, they are scratched from the queue.
+ Chris GC Division [Necro, Chris, Jeff, HoHo, Lethal Banks] - if a predictor drops out of the division, they are scratched from the queue.
+ Jeff GC Division [Necro, Chris, Haza, HoHo, Lethal Banks] - if a predictor drops out of the division, they are scratched from the queue.

 

[CakeWalker]

I'm in shock that EVIL finally paid off for me.

 

[Lethal]

Holy shit!!!

I thought I’d done awful but tied event title, tied tag titles and win the !nteractive to complete the set of belts. Wow.

Congrats to Juice on the big one and to other winners.

Jeff “Cowboy” Page, you’ll do it soon brother.

 

[Chris]

I'm in shock that EVIL finally paid off for me.

I'm more annoyed that I'm pretty sure I predicted 2 or 3 other Bullet Club combos that also included EVIL to win the belt earlier this year and they didn't but this time they do