NWPC Event 2x35: Only the Strong Survive

[Doom]

(1) Yota Tsuji (8)
(2) Syuri (7)
(3) Knockout Brothers (3)
(4) DRAW (1)
(5) El Desperado/KUSHIDA (4)
(6) Ricochet (6)
(7) Tomohiro Ishii (5)
(8) Fred Rosser (2)

(9) Match 1
(10) Match 8
(11) Yuto-Ice pins Toa Liona
(12) KUSHIDA pins Despy

 

[Deadd2009]

Andrade 1
Syuri 5
Knock Out Brothers 3
Takeshita 8
Price/Oliver 6
Ricochet 7
Ishii 4
Rosser 2

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

For 2TB: which goes shortest?
-Match 5

Who will pin whom in match 3, IWGP Tag Titles? (1TB for each)
-OSKAR pins Liona

Who will pin whom in match 5, Despy/KUSHIDA vs. Price/Oliver? (1TB for each)
-Oliver pins Despy

 

[DameDollar]

NJPW The New Beginning
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Location: CURE Insurance Arena - Trenton, New Jersey, USA

1	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Andrade "El Idolo"(4)	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
2	Syuri (c) vs. Athena(5)	Match for the IWGP Women's Championship
3	Knock Out Brothers: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. Gates of Agony: Bishop Kaun/Toa Liona(2)	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
4	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita Draw (3)	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship You may predict a draw for this match only due to its 15 min. time limit
5	El Desperado/KUSHIDA vs. Alec Price/Jordan Oliver(6)	Special Tag Team Match
6	Ricochet (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori(8)	Match for the AEW National Championship
7	Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Oleg Boltin(7)	Match for the STRONG Openweight Championship
8	David Finlay vs. Fred Rosser(1)	Special Singles Match

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus is looking pretty pretty.
For getting all 8 matches right, 23TB.

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest? -Match 5

For 2TB: which goes shortest? -Match 6

Who will pin whom in match 3, IWGP Tag Titles? -OSKAR pins Toa

Who will pin whom in match 5, Despy/KUSHIDA vs. Price/Oliver? -Oliver pins Despy

 

[Brett]

NJPW The New Beginning
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Location: CURE Insurance Arena - Trenton, New Jersey, USA

1	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Andrade "El Idolo"	3	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
2	Syuri (c) vs. Athena	5	Match for the IWGP Women's Championship
3	Knock Out Brothers: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. Gates of Agony: Bishop Kaun/Toa Liona	7	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
4	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita - DRAW	4	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship You may predict a draw for this match only due to its 15 min. time limit
5	El Desperado/KUSHIDA vs. Alec Price/Jordan Oliver	6	Special Tag Team Match
6	Ricochet (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori	8	Match for the AEW National Championship
7	Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Oleg Boltin	1	Match for the STRONG Openweight Championship
8	David Finlay vs. Fred Rosser	2	Special Singles Match

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus is looking pretty pretty.
For getting all 8 matches right, 23TB.

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest?
Tsuji vs. Andrade
For 2TB: which goes shortest?
Ishii vs. Oleg
Who will pin whom in match 3, IWGP Tag Titles? (1TB for each)
OSKAR will pin Kaun
Who will pin whom in match 5, Despy/KUSHIDA vs. Price/Oliver? (1TB for each)
Despy will pin Price
Time to submit is 1 hour before the start of the show, which is: FRIDAY, February 27, 1900 Eastern / 1600 Pacific / 2400 UK.
Time :59 will be accepted, :00 will not.

 

[Sky]

NJPW The New Beginning
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Location: CURE Insurance Arena - Trenton, New Jersey, USA

1	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Andrade "El Idolo"	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
2	Syuri (c) vs. Athena	Match for the IWGP Women's Championship
3	Knock Out Brothers: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. Gates of Agony: Bishop Kaun/Toa Liona	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
4	El Phantasmo (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita - DRAW*	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship You may predict a draw for this match only due to its 15 min. time limit
5	El Desperado/KUSHIDA vs. Alec Price/Jordan Oliver	Special Tag Team Match
6	Ricochet (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori	Match for the AEW National Championship
7	Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Oleg Boltin	Match for the STRONG Openweight Championship
8	David Finlay vs. Fred Rosser	Special Singles Match

*Match 4 ended in a draw, but was restarted and Takeshita won the restart. I guess... give points for both results? This has never happened in NWPC before.

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus is looking pretty pretty.
For getting all 8 matches right, 23TB for:

Which of the above matches (1-8) goes longest? Match 1 went 26:44. 1TB for: Chris, Jimmy King, HoHo, Roy Mustang, Alexis, LadyHotRod, Tommy Shelby, Dubb, Mr. PrettyGood, Storm Trooper, Doom, Deadd2009, Brett

For 2TB: which goes shortest? Match 8 was 12:20. 2TB for: Roy Mustang, Looch, Doom

Who will pin whom in match 3, IWGP Tag Titles? Yuto-Ice over Kaun. Fire up the collapsible!

Spoiler: IWGP Tags

2TB (exact) - Chris, HoHo, Alexis, Dubb
1TB (Yuto-Ice) - Jimmy King, Doom
1TB (Kaun) - Roy Mustang, Brett
0TB - LadyHotRod, Tommy Shelby, Looch, Mr. PrettyGood, Storm Trooper, Blaze, Deadd2009, Dollar

Who will pin whom in match 5, Despy/KUSHIDA vs. Price/Oliver? Despy over Price. So who scored there?

Spoiler: The Other Tag

2TB (exact) - Brett
1TB (Despy) - HoHo, Roy Mustang, Alexis
1TB (Price) - Tommy Shelby, Dubb, Mr. PrettyGood
0TB - Chris, Jimmy King, LadyHotRod, Looch, Storm Trooper, Blaze, Doom, Deadd2009, Dollar

Okay, who's surviving this one?
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: 36pt. (8/8, 30TB)

The Free-For-All
Brett - 34pt. (7/8, 4TB)
Alexis - 33pt. (6/8, 4TB)
Looch - 32pt. (6/8, 2TB)
LadyHotRod - 32pt. (6/8, 1TB)
Mr. PrettyGood - 31pt. (7/8, 2TB)
Dubb - 30pt. (7/8, 4TB)
Jimmy King - 30pt. (5/8, 2TB)
Doom - 29pt. (6/8, 2TB)
Dollar - 29pt. (6/8, 0TB)
Storm Trooper - 26pt. (4/8, 1TB)
Deadd2009 - 23pt. (4/8, 1TB)
Blaze - 21pt. (4/8, 0TB)

Strong predictions this week! But the winner, challenging at Event #36 is @Brett !

Workhorseweight Title
Tommy Shelby - 35pt. (7/8, 2TB)
HoHo - 34pt. (7/8, 4TB)

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

@OBE !!​

A true clash of deserving champions, but only one could come out on top! Who's next?
Workhorseweight Title Standings (events 2x33 ~ 2x35)

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)
Tommy Shelby - 31 (4TB) + 16 (-1TB) + 35 (2TB) = 82 (5TB)
Roy Mustang - 31 (-2TB) + 17 (0TB) + 32 (5TB) = 80 (3TB)
Dollar - 32 (0TB) + 17 (-2TB) + 29 (0TB) = 78 (-2TB)
LadyHotRod - 30 (2TB) + 14 (4TB) + 32 (1TB) = 76 (7TB)
HoHo - 25 (-1TB) + 15 (-4TB) + 34 (4TB) = 74 (-1TB)
Brett - 27 (4TB) + 10 (5TB) + 34 (4TB) = 71 (13TB)
Dubb - 25 (1TB) + 14 (4TB) + 30 (4TB) = 69 (9TB)
Mr. PrettyGood - 22 (4TB) + 16 (0TB) + 31 (2TB) = 69 (6TB)
Chris - 22 (-2TB) + 17 (2TB) + 30 (3TB) = 69 (3TB)
Doom - 26 (5TB) + 7 (3TB) + 29 (2TB) = 62 (10TB)
Looch - 20 (5TB) + 10 (-2TB) + 32 (2TB) = 62 (5TB)
Storm Trooper - 25 (1TB) + 11 (0TB) + 26 (1TB) = 62 (2TB)
Blaze - 26 (-1TB) + 13 (-1TB) + 21 (0TB) = 60 (-2TB)
Jimmy King - 22 (-3TB) + 7 (-6TB) + 30 (2TB) = 59 (-7TB)
Deadd2009 - 27 (2TB) + 0 (0TB) + 23 (1TB) = 50 (3TB)
Alexis - 0 (0TB) + 0 (0TB) + 33 (4TB) = 33 (4TB)

A lot of ties on points in that lineup, but one shines through! @DameDollar challenges Tommy Shelby at Event #36!

Galaxyweight Title
Roy Mustang - 32pt. (7/8, 5TB)
Chris - 30pt. (5/8, 3TB)

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

@Roy Mustang !!​

And when the dust settles, Roy is still on top. But Brett is looking for sweet revenge. See you... NEXT EVENT!

 

[Mr. PrettyGood]

Normally I get these picks in the day they're posted, but I seem to do my best work when I wait a few days. It's not like I'm doing any extensive research with this extra time.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Good game @Kairi HoHo

Congrats to @Roy Mustang ( we both won ) @DameDollar @Brett

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Normally I get these picks in the day they're posted, but I seem to do my best work when I wait a few days. It's not like I'm doing any extensive research with this extra time.

Sometimes I do the same . It’s what you feel suits you that counts.