NWPC Event 2x28: Pop Culture Reference

[O-Blaze]

Yoshiki Inamura - 7

AMAKUSA - 6

Tetsuya Endo -4

TEAM2000X - 3
KENTA - 5

Jack Morris/Galeno del Mal/Will Kroos/Daga/Dragon Bane- 2

TEAM NOAH -1


Which of the above matches (1-7) goes longest? 1

For 2TB: which match goes shortest? 5

Predict the length of match 3, OZAWA vs. Endo, to the nearest minute. 15


Who will pin whom in match 4, All Rebellion vs. TEAM2000X? (1TB for each) Alpha Wolf > Kai Fujimura

Will any unannounced WWE-contracted wrestlers show up? Yes

 

[R-Troop]

NOAH Legacy Rise
Date: Sunday, January 11, 2025
Location: Korakuen Hall - Tokyo, Japan

1	Yoshiki Inamura (c) vs. Masa Kitamiya	6	Match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
2	AMAKUSA (c) vs. Daiki Odashima	7	Match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
3	OZAWA vs. Tetsuya Endo	2	Special Singles Match
4	All Rebellion: Kaito Kiyomiya/Harutoki/Alejandro/Kai Fujimura vs. TEAM2000X: Takashi Sugiura/Alpha Wolf/Tadasuke/Jun Masaoka	1	Eight-Man Tag Team Match
5	KENTA vs. Ulka Sasaki	3	"Bound for the World" Singles Match
6	Naomichi Marufuji/Kenoh/Manabu Soya/Mohammed Yone/Eita vs. Jack Morris/Galeno del Mal/Will Kroos/Daga/Dragon Bane	4	NOAH Seigigun Natives vs. Gaijin Ten-Man Tag Team Match
7	TEAM NOAH: Shuhei Taniguchi/Atsushi Kotoge/Hajime Ohara/Hi69 vs. Katsumi Inabata/Yuto Koyanagi/Hiroto Tsuruya/Midori Takahashi	5	Dojo Boy Bullying Festival

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus will make your tiebreaks rise, if not your legacy.
For getting all 7 matches right, 19TB.

Which of the above matches (1-7) goes longest? Match 1 (Inamura vs. Kitamiya)

For 2TB: which match goes shortest? Match 7 (Dojo Boy Bullying Festival?)

Predict the length of match 3, OZAWA vs. Endo, to the nearest minute. 16
This is worth 5TB, minus 1TB for each full minute you are off by.
You must predict this one; if you miss it, you'll be marked as a time of 0 minutes, and there's no way this match goes under a minute surely?

Who will pin whom in match 4, All Rebellion vs. TEAM2000X? (1TB for each)Alpha Wolf over Kai Fijimura

Will any unannounced WWE-contracted wrestlers show up? Yes

 

[Just Juice]

ocation: Korakuen Hall - Tokyo, Japan

1	Yoshiki Inamura (c) vs. Masa Kitamiya 7	Match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
2	AMAKUSA (c) vs. Daiki Odashima 5	Match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
3	OZAWA vs. Tetsuya Endo 6	Special Singles Match
4	All Rebellion: Kaito Kiyomiya/Harutoki/Alejandro/Kai Fujimura vs. TEAM2000X: Takashi Sugiura/Alpha Wolf/Tadasuke/Jun Masaoka 2	Eight-Man Tag Team Match
5	KENTA vs. Ulka Sasaki 4	"Bound for the World" Singles Match
6	Naomichi Marufuji/Kenoh/Manabu Soya/Mohammed Yone/Eita vs. Jack Morris/Galeno del Mal/Will Kroos/Daga/Dragon Bane 3	NOAH Seigigun Natives vs. Gaijin Ten-Man Tag Team Match
7	TEAM NOAH: Shuhei Taniguchi/Atsushi Kotoge/Hajime Ohara/Hi69 vs. Katsumi Inabata/Yuto Koyanagi/Hiroto Tsuruya/Midori Takahashi 1	Dojo Boy Bullying Festival

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus will make your tiebreaks rise, if not your legacy.
For getting all 7 matches right, 19TB.

Which of the above matches (1-7) goes longest? Match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship

For 2TB: which match goes shortest? TEAM NOAH: Shuhei Taniguchi/Atsushi Kotoge/Hajime Ohara/Hi69 vs. Katsumi Inabata/Yuto Koyanagi/Hiroto Tsuruya/Midori Takahashi

Predict the length of match 3, OZAWA vs. Endo, to the nearest minute. 24 minutes
This is worth 5TB, minus 1TB for each full minute you are off by.
You must predict this one; if you miss it, you'll be marked as a time of 0 minutes, and there's no way this match goes under a minute surely?

Who will pin whom in match 4, All Rebellion vs. TEAM2000X? (1TB for each) Alpha Wolf pins Alejanddro

Will any unannounced WWE-contracted wrestlers show up? No

 

[Sky]

NOAH Legacy Rise
Date: Sunday, January 11, 2025
Location: Korakuen Hall - Tokyo, Japan

1	Yoshiki Inamura (c) vs. Masa Kitamiya	Match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
2	AMAKUSA (c) vs. Daiki Odashima	Match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship
3	OZAWA vs. Tetsuya Endo	Special Singles Match
4	All Rebellion: Kaito Kiyomiya/Harutoki/Alejandro/Kai Fujimura vs. TEAM2000X: Takashi Sugiura/Alpha Wolf/Tadasuke/Jun Masaoka	Eight-Man Tag Team Match
5	KENTA vs. Ulka Sasaki	"Bound for the World" Singles Match
6	Naomichi Marufuji/Kenoh/Manabu Soya/Mohammed Yone/Eita vs. Jack Morris/Galeno del Mal/Will Kroos/Daga/Dragon Bane	NOAH Seigigun Natives vs. Gaijin Ten-Man Tag Team Match
7	TEAM NOAH: Shuhei Taniguchi/Atsushi Kotoge/Hajime Ohara/Hi69 vs. Katsumi Inabata/Yuto Koyanagi/Hiroto Tsuruya/Midori Takahashi	Dojo Boy Bullying Festival

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus will make your tiebreaks rise, if not your legacy.
For getting all 7 matches right, 19TB for: Lethal, Blaze, Storm Trooper

Which of the above matches (1-7) goes longest? Match 1 at 28:26. 1TB for: Roy Mustang, Jimmy King, Chris, HoHo, LadyHotRod, Deadd2009, Dubb, Tommy Shelby, Blaze, Storm Trooper, Juice

For 2TB: which match goes shortest? Match 7 at 6:21. 2TB for: Chris, Dubb, Lethal, Storm Trooper, Juice

Predict the length of match 3, OZAWA vs. Endo, to the nearest minute.
It went 13:13, so either 13 or 14 minutes would land the full fiver. So, what's happened?

Spoiler: Ozawa's a Loser Now

1 min off = 4TB for: Dubb, Tommy Shelby, Blaze
2 mins off = 3TB for: Mr. PrettyGood, Storm Trooper
3 mins off = 2TB for: Chris, Doom
4 mins off = 1TB for: Dollar
5 mins off = 0TB for: Roy Mustang, LadyHotRod, Lethal
6 mins off = -1TB for: Jimmy King
10 mins off = -5TB for: HoHo, Juice
11 mins off = -6TB for: Deadd2009

Who will pin whom in match 4, All Rebellion vs. TEAM2000X? Alpha Wolf over Alejandro... after Kai Fujimura switched sides! Who got what there?

Spoiler: Why Kai Why

2TB (exact) - Chris, Lethal, Juice
1TB (Alpha) - Roy Mustang, Jimmy King, Dollar, Blaze, Storm Trooper
0TB - Mr. PrettyGood, HoHo, LadyHotRod, Deadd2009, Dubb, Tommy Shelby

Will any unannounced WWE-contracted wrestlers show up? Nope. 1TB for: Mr. PrettyGood, LadyHotRod, Deadd2009, Dollar, Dubb, Doom, Juice

Well, we know how one title match will go.
As a reminder, you are sorted on: prediction score, then total number of right predictions, then TB points, then reverse order in the rankings, then earliest submission
Maximum possible score for this event would be: 28pt. (7/7, 30TB)

The Free-For-All
Storm Trooper - 28pt. (7/7, 26TB)
Blaze - 28pt. (7/7, 25TB)
Lethal - 28pt. (7/7, 23TB)
Chris - 26pt. (6/7, 7TB)
Tommy Shelby - 26pt. (6/7, 5TB)
Juice - 25pt. (6/7, 1TB)
Dubb - 23pt. (5/7, 8TB)
HoHo - 23pt. (5/7, -5TB)
Jimmy King - 22pt. (6/7, 1TB)
Mr. PrettyGood - 21pt. (4/7, 4TB)
Dollar - 18pt. (5/8, 3TB)
Deadd2009 - 17pt. (4/7, -4TB)

You can't argue with perfection... unless it's perfection with more tiebreaks. @R-Troop is set to challenge at Event #29!

Workhorseweight Title
Doom - 24pt. (6/7, 3TB)
Brett - 0pt. (0/7, 0TB)

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

@Wolverine !!​

A retention by forfeit, you hate to see it. This is why you predict early! What now?
Workhorseweight Title Standings (events 2x26 ~ 2x28)

Spoiler: Workhorseweight

Ties broken by TB points, then by highest "low" score, then by highest "middle" score, then by reverse order in the rankings, then by magic
Highest scorer challenges, except those involved in this week's title matches or next week's Galaxyweight Title match
(Note: only those that predicted all three of the last three weeks qualify to challenge)
Roy Mustang - 27 (7TB) + 32 (6TB) + 27 (2TB) = 86 (15TB)
Tommy Shelby - 26 (2TB) + 29 (2TB) + 26 (5TB) = 81 (9TB)
LadyHotRod - 34 (6TB) + 18 (-2TB) + 25 (2TB) = 77 (6TB)
Chris - 23 (2TB) + 27 (3TB) + 26 (7TB) = 76 (12TB)
Jimmy King - 26 (7TB) + 22 (2TB) + 22 (1TB) = 70 (10TB)
Mr. PrettyGood - 24 (4TB) + 24 (-11TB) + 21 (4TB) = 69 (-3TB)
Lethal - 26 (6TB) + 12 (3TB) + 28 (23TB) = 66 (32TB)
Doom - 30 (5TB) + 12 (-2TB) + 24 (3TB) = 66 (6TB)
Brett - 30 (4TB) + 30 (7TB) + 0 (0TB) = 60 (11TB)
Storm Trooper - 18 (3TB) + 10 (-1TB) + 28 (26TB) = 56 (28TB)
Blaze - 13 (1TB) + 8 (-4TB) + 28 (25TB) = 49 (22TB)
HoHo - 20 (3TB) + 5 (9TB) + 23 (-5TB) = 48 (7TB)
Deadd2009 - 15 (2TB) + 16 (0TB) + 17 (-4TB) = 48 (-2TB)
Looch - 31 (5TB) + 15 (6TB) + 0 (0TB) = 46 (11TB)
Dubb - 0 (0TB) + 14 (-3TB) + 23 (8TB) = 37 (5TB)
Juice - 0 (0TB) + 0 (0TB) + 25 (1TB) = 25 (1TB)

The original Mr. Consistency is back! @Tommy MBE vs. Doom at Event #29 is on!

Galaxyweight Title
Roy Mustang - 27pt. (6/7, 2TB)
LadyHotRod - 25pt. (5/7, 2TB)

The winner of this contest...
And NEEEEEEEEEEW GALAXYWEIGHT PREDICTION CHAMPION!!

@Roy Mustang !!​

He's not had a great season so far but he's clambered to the top! What's in store for the reign of the Roy? Find out.... NEXT EVENT!

 

[O-Blaze]

Oh god dammit

 

[Just Juice]

I will take it.

 

[R-Troop]

OH SHIT I WAS PERFECT!

Hell yeah! Let's go Roy Mustang I want that Galaxyweight Championship.

 

[R-Troop]

Oh god dammit

I'm sorry Blaze.

 

[O-Blaze]

I'm sorry Blaze.

It's fine. Its fine.. I'm okay..

 

[Roy Mustang]

I AM BACK ON TOP AFTER A SHIT SEASON AND I DON'T PLAN ON LETTING GO!!!! TRAVIS SCOTT HAS MY BACK

 

[Tommy MBE]

I AM BACK ON TOP AFTER A SHIT SEASON AND I DON'T PLAN ON LETTING GO!!!! TRAVIS SCOTT HAS MY BACK

So Happy For you, Mate. Fifth in the league ain't shit but I what you means by more big wins.

 

[Tommy MBE]

Congrats Roy, Troop and Wolverine.

Keeps one right on Chris in first for overall league.

 

[Tommy MBE]

I had to re look. That's gotta be in consideration for Free for all of the season. Three tied and one wins. Never seen it like that, ever.