NWPC Event 2x27: Final Destination: Melee

[Sky]

NWPC Season 2, Event #27
Final Destination: Melee
The world descends on the Tokyo Dome, and so do we for a megashow!

Main Event - For the NWPC Galaxyweight Prediction Championship
@Lady Redfield (c) vs. @Loochblade
LadyHotRod's 3rd defence of her 2nd reign

Semi-Main Event - For the NWPC Workhorseweight Prediction Championship
@Wolverine (c) vs. @Kairi HoHo
Doom's 2nd defence of his 2nd reign

For everyone else? It's a free-for-all! The best predictor outside of any title match will challenge the Galaxyweight Prediction Champion at the next show! Additionally the best total predictor on this event, combined with the previous two events (except those in either this week or next week's title matches) will challenge the Workhorseweight Prediction Champion at the next show!

Matches to predict are in the next post.​

 

[Sky]

At this event you will be predicting from 8 matches.
Predict the winners of the following, and rank them by confidence, with 1 being the least confident and 8 being the most.
Each pick will be scored based on the confidence ranking you gave.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Location: Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan

1	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada	Hiroshi Tanahashi's Retirement Match
2	Konosuke Takeshita (World) vs. Yota Tsuji (Global)	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Global Championship
3	EVIL (c) vs. Aaron Wolf	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Match
5	Unaffiliated Club: David Finlay/Gabe Kidd/Drilla Moloney/Shingo Takagi/Hiromu Takahashi vs. United Empire: Great-O-Khan/Callum Newman/HENARE/Andrade el Idolo/TBA	Ten-Man Tag Team Match
6	Syuri (IWGP) vs. Saya Kamitani (STRONG)	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP Women's Championship and the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship
7	Participating teams: Toru Yano/YOH/Master Wato (c) Shota Umino/Yuya Uemura/Kaisei Takechi Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa/Hartley Jackson Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask/Ryusuke Taguchi Bullet Club War Dogs: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR/Clark Connors Team 100+141: Satoshi Kojima/Taichi/Tomohiro Ishii House of Torture: Ren Narita/SANADA/Yoshinobu Kanemaru	Eight-Team Tornado Rambo for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champonship Elimination by pinfall, submission, over the top rope If one member is out, the whole team is out
8	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Chris Brookes	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus is not happening lol because of that eight-way.
For getting all 8 matches right, 35TB.

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest?

For 2TB: which match goes shortest?

Predict the length of match 2, Takeshita vs. Tsuji, to the nearest minute.
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 take the match-ending fall in match 4, IWGP Junior #1 Contender?

For 2TB: who is the fifth man on the United Empire team?

For 2TB: Who will be the runner-up team in match 7, 3x8 Tornado Rambo?
If the runner-up team you picked was the winner, you get 1TB instead.

For 3TB: How many wrestlers will change faction over the course of the evening?

Time to submit is 1 hour before the start of the show, which is: SUNDAY, January 4, 0100 Eastern / 2200 (Sat) Pacific / 0600 UK.
Time :59 will be accepted, :00 will not.

 

[Sky]

REMEMBER TO SUBMIT EARLY
TIME IS 1 HOUR BEFORE THE SHOW
JAPAN WEEK SO DEADLINE IS OVERNIGHT, GET THEM IN BEFORE SATURDAY
REMEMBER YOUR CONFIDENCE RANKINGS
READ ALL TIEBREAKS CAREFULLY
EARLY PREDICTIONS CAN STILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE

@O-Blaze @Brett @Chris @Deadd2009 @Wolverine @Dubb @Kairi HoHo @Jimmy King @Lady Redfield @Lethal @Mr. PrettyGood @Roy Mustang @R-Troop @Tommy MBE
@Barry Poppins @CFCrusader @Crocker @DameDollar @The Gipper @Comrade Khan @Just Juice @Loochblade @Mitch Buchannon @Rosie @Unbesiegbar
@Marty McFourth @Wiseman @Dirk Dickbutt @Matrix @John McHenry @Butters @Professor Booty @Cwalker @Gurryman @Colt Magnum @Nostradamus @SupineSnake @Tommy Bedlam @Wang Chung @Santa Hoss @Stellar @DamageCTRL @Sully @Keith @Jam @Sass @Looking Glass @BattleTank @Tremendez @Jacob Fox @Finishline @RopeBreakKing @Charlemm1 @thebigbangmay6 @BigVanDonnie @Raider Nation @TFC @Stojy @BSE @GARBAGE @ScareValue @L3G4CY15 @Jazz Wolf @WelshyBOI @Sha-J Lee @WCEF @jman @Hester @BlindManV3 @Pelorojo @edgehdstingrfan @BuddaFist @Qui-Gon Bren @Matrix @Dom's cellmate @Crash @Swerve @Jobber Doink @Lackin @Tommy Thunder @Skyefire @Order @RDK @OwenEdwards @Kyro @Dat Girl @AguileraSZN @El Hijo Del Ami @Attitudester @Dmac

 

[Chris]

1. Tanahashi (3)
2. Tjuji (5)
3. Wolf (4)
4. Despy (2)
5. United empire (8)
6. Saya (6)
7. TMDK (1)
8. ELP (7)

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest? Tanahashi/okada
For 2TB: which match goes shortest? Women's title match
Predict the length of match 2, Takeshita vs. Tsuji, to the nearest minute. 25 mins
Who will take the match-ending fall in match 4, IWGP Junior #1 Contender? Sho
For 2TB: who is the fifth man on the United Empire team? Naito
For 2TB: Who will be the runner-up team in match 7, 3x8 Tornado Rambo? House of torture
For 3TB: How many wrestlers will change faction over the course of the evening? 2

 

[Roy Mustang]

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Location: Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan

1	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 3	Hiroshi Tanahashi's Retirement Match
2	Konosuke Takeshita (World) vs. Yota Tsuji (Global) 7	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Global Championship
3	EVIL (c) vs. Aaron Wolf 8	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO 2	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Match
5	Unaffiliated Club: David Finlay/Gabe Kidd/Drilla Moloney/Shingo Takagi/Hiromu Takahashi vs. United Empire: Great-O-Khan/Callum Newman/HENARE/Andrade el Idolo/TBA 6	Ten-Man Tag Team Match
6	Syuri (IWGP) vs. Saya Kamitani (STRONG) 4	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP Women's Championship and the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship
7	Participating teams: Toru Yano/YOH/Master Wato (c) Shota Umino/Yuya Uemura/Kaisei Takechi Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa/Hartley Jackson Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask/Ryusuke Taguchi Bullet Club War Dogs: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR/Clark Connors Team 100+141: Satoshi Kojima/Taichi/Tomohiro Ishii House of Torture: Ren Narita/SANADA/Yoshinobu Kanemaru 1	Eight-Team Tornado Rambo for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champonship Elimination by pinfall, submission, over the top rope If one member is out, the whole team is out
8	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Chris Brookes 5	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus is not happening lol because of that eight-way.
For getting all 8 matches right, 35TB.

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest? Takeshita vs Tsuji

For 2TB: which match goes shortest? ELP vs Chris Brookes

Predict the length of match 2, Takeshita vs. Tsuji, to the nearest minute.
This is worth 5TB, minus 1TB for each full minute you are off by. 33 minutes
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 take the match-ending fall in match 4, IWGP Junior #1 Contender? SHO

For 2TB: who is the fifth man on the United Empire team? Karl Fredericks

For 2TB: Who will be the runner-up team in match 7, 3x8 Tornado Rambo? House of Torture
If the runner-up team you picked was the winner, you get 1TB instead.

For 3TB: How many wrestlers will change faction over the course of the evening? 1 Cause I can see one of the people on the War Dogs team switching or some House of Torture bollocks

 

[Kairi HoHo]

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Location: Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan

1	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada(8)	Hiroshi Tanahashi's Retirement Match
2	Konosuke Takeshita (World) vs. Yota Tsuji (Global)(7)	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Global Championship
3	EVIL (c) vs. Aaron Wolf(2)	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO(1)	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Match
5	Unaffiliated Club: David Finlay/Gabe Kidd/Drilla Moloney/Shingo Takagi/Hiromu Takahashi vs. United Empire: Great-O-Khan/Callum Newman/HENARE/Andrade el Idolo/TBA(4)	Ten-Man Tag Team Match
6	Syuri (IWGP) vs. Saya Kamitani (STRONG)(6)	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP Women's Championship and the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship
7	Participating teams: Toru Yano/YOH/Master Wato (c)(3) Shota Umino/Yuya Uemura/Kaisei Takechi Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa/Hartley Jackson Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask/Ryusuke Taguchi Bullet Club War Dogs: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR/Clark Connors Team 100+141: Satoshi Kojima/Taichi/Tomohiro Ishii House of Torture: Ren Narita/SANADA/Yoshinobu Kanemaru	Eight-Team Tornado Rambo for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champonship Elimination by pinfall, submission, over the top rope If one member is out, the whole team is out
8	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Chris Brookes(5)	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest?
Takeshita vs Tsuji

For 2TB: which match goes shortest?
Saya vs Syuri

Predict the length of match 2, Takeshita vs. Tsuji, to the nearest minute.
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?
30 Minutes

Who will take the match-ending fall in match 4, IWGP Junior #1 Contender?
SHO

For 2TB: who is the fifth man on the United Empire team?
Fredericks

For 2TB: Who will be the runner-up team in match 7, 3x8 Tornado Rambo?
If the runner-up team you picked was the winner, you get 1TB instead.

House of Torture

For 3TB: How many wrestlers will change faction over the course of the evening?
I say 1 it always happen at big Shows like this

 

[Mr. PrettyGood]

1	Kazuchika Okada	Hiroshi Tanahashi's Retirement Match
5	Konosuke Takeshita (World)	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Global Championship
6	Aaron Wolf	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
3	SHO	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Match
8	United Empire	Ten-Man Tag Team Match
4	Syuri (IWGP) vs. Saya Kamitani (STRONG)	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP Women's Championship and the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship
2	TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa/Hartley Jackson	Eight-Team Tornado Rambo for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champonship Elimination by pinfall, submission, over the top rope If one member is out, the whole team is out
7	El Phantasmo (c)	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus is not happening lol because of that eight-way.
For getting all 8 matches right, 35TB.

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest?

For 2TB: which match goes shortest?

Predict the length of match 2, Takeshita vs. Tsuji, to the nearest minute.
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? 13 minutes

Who will take the match-ending fall in match 4, IWGP Junior #1 Contender? El Desperado

For 2TB: who is the fifth man on the United Empire team? Naito

For 2TB: Who will be the runner-up team in match 7, 3x8 Tornado Rambo?
If the runner-up team you picked was the winner, you get 1TB instead. Shota Umino/Yuya Uemura/Kaisei Takechi

For 3TB: How many wrestlers will change faction over the course of the evening? 2

 

[Lady Redfield]

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Location: Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan

1	Hiroshi Tanahashi - 3	Hiroshi Tanahashi's Retirement Match
2	Konosuke Takeshita - 8	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Global Championship
3	EVIL - 4	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	Taiji Ishimori - 2	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Match
5	United Empire: Great-O-Khan/Callum Newman/HENARE/Andrade el Idolo/TBA - 7	Ten-Man Tag Team Match
6	Syuri - 6	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP Women's Championship and the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship
7	Bullet Club War Dogs - 1	Eight-Team Tornado Rambo for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champonship Elimination by pinfall, submission, over the top rope If one member is out, the whole team is out
8	El Phantasmo - 5	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest?
MATCH 1

For 2TB: which match goes shortest?
MATCH 3

Predict the length of match 2, Takeshita vs. Tsuji, to the nearest minute.
21 minutes

Who will take the match-ending fall in match 4, IWGP Junior #1 Contender?
FUJITA

For 2TB: who is the fifth man on the United Empire team?
FREDERICKS

For 2TB: Who will be the runner-up team in match 7, 3x8 Tornado Rambo?
If the runner-up team you picked was the winner, you get 1TB instead.
HOUSE OF TORTURE

For 3TB: How many wrestlers will change faction over the course of the evening?
NONE

 

[Tommy MBE]

1) Tanahashi 4
2) Yota Tsjui 8
3) Aaron Wolf 6
4) El Desperado 5
5) United Empire 7
6) Saya 1
7) Team Shoto 2
8) ELP 3


Bonus Points

9) Match 1
10) Match 6
11) 24
12) Fujita
13) Fredricks
14) TMDK
15) 3

 

[Jimmy King]

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Location: Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan

1	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (3)	Hiroshi Tanahashi's Retirement Match
2	Konosuke Takeshita (World) vs. Yota Tsuji (Global) (5)	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Global Championship
3	EVIL (c) vs. Aaron Wolf (6)	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO (4)	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Match
5	Unaffiliated Club: David Finlay/Gabe Kidd/Drilla Moloney/Shingo Takagi/Hiromu Takahashi vs. United Empire: Great-O-Khan/Callum Newman/HENARE/Andrade el Idolo/TBA (7)	Ten-Man Tag Team Match
6	Syuri (IWGP) vs. Saya Kamitani (STRONG) (2)	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP Women's Championship and the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship
7	Participating teams: Toru Yano/YOH/Master Wato (c) Shota Umino/Yuya Uemura/Kaisei Takechi Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa/Hartley Jackson Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask/Ryusuke Taguchi Bullet Club War Dogs: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR/Clark Connors Team 100+141: Satoshi Kojima/Taichi/Tomohiro Ishii House of Torture: Ren Narita/SANADA/Yoshinobu Kanemaru (1)	Eight-Team Tornado Rambo for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champonship Elimination by pinfall, submission, over the top rope If one member is out, the whole team is out
8	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Chris Brookes (8)	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus is not happening lol because of that eight-way.
For getting all 8 matches right, 35TB.

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest? Tanahashi vs Okada

For 2TB: which match goes shortest? Match 6

Predict the length of match 2, Takeshita vs. Tsuji, to the nearest minute. 24 minutes

Who will take the match-ending fall in match 4, IWGP Junior #1 Contender? El Desperado

For 2TB: who is the fifth man on the United Empire team? Karl Fredericks

For 2TB: Who will be the runner-up team in match 7, 3x8 Tornado Rambo? TMDK


For 3TB: How many wrestlers will change faction over the course of the evening? 2

 

[Loochblade]

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Location: Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan

1	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada	4	Hiroshi Tanahashi's Retirement Match
2	Konosuke Takeshita (World) vs. Yota Tsuji (Global)	8	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Global Championship
3	EVIL (c) vs. Aaron Wolf	6	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO	2	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Match
5	Unaffiliated Club: David Finlay/Gabe Kidd/Drilla Moloney/Shingo Takagi/Hiromu Takahashi vs. United Empire: Great-O-Khan/Callum Newman/HENARE/Andrade el Idolo/TBA	5	Ten-Man Tag Team Match
6	Syuri (IWGP) vs. Saya Kamitani (STRONG)	7	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP Women's Championship and the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship
7	Participating teams: Toru Yano/YOH/Master Wato (c) Shota Umino/Yuya Uemura/Kaisei Takechi Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa/Hartley Jackson Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask/Ryusuke Taguchi Bullet Club War Dogs: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR/Clark Connors Team 100+141: Satoshi Kojima/Taichi/Tomohiro Ishii House of Torture: Ren Narita/SANADA/Yoshinobu Kanemaru	1	Eight-Team Tornado Rambo for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champonship Elimination by pinfall, submission, over the top rope If one member is out, the whole team is out
8	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Chris Brookes	3	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus is not happening lol because of that eight-way.
For getting all 8 matches right, 35TB.

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest? 2

For 2TB: which match goes shortest? 4

Predict the length of match 2, Takeshita vs. Tsuji, to the nearest minute. 28 minutes

Who will take the match-ending fall in match 4, IWGP Junior #1 Contender? Ishimori

For 2TB: who is the fifth man on the United Empire team? Fredericks

For 2TB: Who will be the runner-up team in match 7, 3x8 Tornado Rambo? War Dogs
If the runner-up team you picked was the winner, you get 1TB instead.

For 3TB: How many wrestlers will change faction over the course of the evening? 2

 

[R-Troop]

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Location: Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan

1	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada	8	Hiroshi Tanahashi's Retirement Match
2	Konosuke Takeshita (World) vs. Yota Tsuji (Global)	2	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Global Championship
3	EVIL (c) vs. Aaron Wolf	4	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO	5	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Match
5	Unaffiliated Club: David Finlay/Gabe Kidd/Drilla Moloney/Shingo Takagi/Hiromu Takahashi vs. United Empire: Great-O-Khan/Callum Newman/HENARE/Andrade el Idolo/TBA	7	Ten-Man Tag Team Match
6	Syuri (IWGP) vs. Saya Kamitani (STRONG)	3	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP Women's Championship and the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship
7	Participating teams: Toru Yano/YOH/Master Wato (c) Shota Umino/Yuya Uemura/Kaisei Takechi Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa/Hartley Jackson Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask/Ryusuke Taguchi Bullet Club War Dogs: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR/Clark Connors Team 100+141: Satoshi Kojima/Taichi/Tomohiro Ishii (LET'S GO TEAM MATH!) House of Torture: Ren Narita/SANADA/Yoshinobu Kanemaru	1	Eight-Team Tornado Rambo for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champonship Elimination by pinfall, submission, over the top rope If one member is out, the whole team is out
8	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Chris Brookes	6	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus is not happening lol because of that eight-way.
For getting all 8 matches right, 35TB.

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest? Match 1

For 2TB: which match goes shortest? Match 6

Predict the length of match 2, Takeshita vs. Tsuji, to the nearest minute.
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? 21

Who will take the match-ending fall in match 4, IWGP Junior #1 Contender? El Desperado

For 2TB: who is the fifth man on the United Empire team? Naito

For 2TB: Who will be the runner-up team in match 7, 3x8 Tornado Rambo? TMDK
If the runner-up team you picked was the winner, you get 1TB instead.

For 3TB: How many wrestlers will change faction over the course of the evening? 2

 

[Lethal]

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Location: Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan

1	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada	8	Hiroshi Tanahashi's Retirement Match
2	Konosuke Takeshita (World) vs. Yota Tsuji (Global)	7	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Global Championship
3	EVIL (c) vs. Aaron Wolf	6	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO	2	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Match
5	Unaffiliated Club: David Finlay/Gabe Kidd/Drilla Moloney/Shingo Takagi/Hiromu Takahashi vs. United Empire: Great-O-Khan/Callum Newman/HENARE/Andrade el Idolo/TBA	3	Ten-Man Tag Team Match
6	Syuri (IWGP) vs. Saya Kamitani (STRONG)	4	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP Women's Championship and the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship
7	Participating teams: Toru Yano/YOH/Master Wato (c) Shota Umino/Yuya Uemura/Kaisei Takechi Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa/Hartley Jackson Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask/Ryusuke Taguchi Bullet Club War Dogs: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR/Clark Connors Team 100+141: Satoshi Kojima/Taichi/Tomohiro Ishii House of Torture: Ren Narita/SANADA/Yoshinobu Kanemaru	1	Eight-Team Tornado Rambo for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champonship Elimination by pinfall, submission, over the top rope If one member is out, the whole team is out
8	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Chris Brookes	5	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus is not happening lol because of that eight-way.
For getting all 8 matches right, 35TB.

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest? Match 1

For 2TB: which match goes shortest? Match 6

Predict the length of match 2, Takeshita vs. Tsuji, to the nearest minute.
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? 24 minutes

Who will take the match-ending fall in match 4, IWGP Junior #1 Contender? SHO

For 2TB: who is the fifth man on the United Empire team? Fredericks

For 2TB: Who will be the runner-up team in match 7, 3x8 Tornado Rambo? TMDK
If the runner-up team you picked was the winner, you get 1TB instead.

For 3TB: How many wrestlers will change faction over the course of the evening? 4

 

[Wolverine]

(1) Hiroshi Tanahashi (6)
(2) Konosuke Takeshita (8)
(3) EVIL (7)
(4) Koski Fujita (2)
(5) United Empire: Great-O-Khan/Callum Newman/HENARE/Andrade el Idolo/TBA (5)
(6) Syuri (IWGP) (3)
(7) Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask/Ryusuke Taguchi (1)
(8) El Phantasmo (4)

(9) Match 7
(10) Match 6
(11) 2o
(12) SHO
(13) Fredricks
(14) TMDK
(15) 2

Good luck @Kairi HoHo!

 

[Dubb]

At this event you will be predicting from 8 matches.
Predict the winners of the following, and rank them by confidence, with 1 being the least confident and 8 being the most.
Each pick will be scored based on the confidence ranking you gave.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Location: Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan

1	Hiroshi Tanahashi 8	Hiroshi Tanahashi's Retirement Match
2	Konosuke Takeshita (World) 7	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Global Championship
3	EVIL 6	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	El Desperado 5	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Match
5	United Empire: Great-O-Khan/Callum Newman/HENARE/Andrade el Idolo/TBA e	Ten-Man Tag Team Match
6	Syuri (IWGP) 4	Winner Takes All Match for both the IWGP Women's Championship and the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship
7	Bullet Club War Dogs: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR/Clark Connors 1	Eight-Team Tornado Rambo for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champonship Elimination by pinfall, submission, over the top rope If one member is out, the whole team is out
8	El Phantasmo (c) 2	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus is not happening lol because of that eight-way.
For getting all 8 matches right, 35TB.

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest? Match 7

For 2TB: which match goes shortest? Match 1

Predict the length of match 2, Takeshita vs. Tsuji, to the nearest minute. 20
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 take the match-ending fall in match 4, IWGP Junior #1 Contender? SHO

For 2TB: who is the fifth man on the United Empire team? Fredricks

For 2TB: Who will be the runner-up team in match 7, 3x8 Tornado Rambo? United Empire
If the runner-up team you picked was the winner, you get 1TB instead.

For 3TB: How many wrestlers will change faction over the course of the evening? 2

Time to submit is 1 hour before the start of the show, which is: SUNDAY, January 4, 0100 Eastern / 2200 (Sat) Pacific / 0600 UK.
Time :59 will be accepted, :00 will not.