NWPC Event 2x40: A Gun to a Knife Fight

[Sky]

NWPC Season 2, Event #40
A Gun to a Knife Fight
...that TJPW event made me realise that actually watching the show is a huge advantage in this game. There's a lesson to you. Watch more wrestling!

Main Event - For the NWPC Galaxyweight Prediction Championship
@Brett vs. @Alexis2282AE
Brett's 4th defence of his 3rd reign

Semi-Main Event - For the NWPC Workhorseweight Prediction Championship
@Jimmy King vs. @Chris
Jimmy King's 1st defence of his 4th 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 9 matches.
Predict the winners of the following, and rank them by confidence, with 1 being the least confident and 9 being the most.
Each pick will be scored based on the confidence ranking you gave.

NJPW Sakura Genesis
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2026
Location: Ryogoku Kokugikan - Tokyo, Japan

1	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Callum Newman	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Brothers: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shota Umino	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
4	Bishamon-tin: Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin (c) vs. House of Torture: Ren Narita/Chase Owens/Yujiro Takahashi	Match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
5	Hontai: El Desperado/Taichi/Yuya Uemura vs. United Empire: Will Ospreay/Great-O-Khan/HENARE	Will Ospreay's Return to Japan
6	Hontai: Master Wato/Toru Yano/YOH/Aaron Wolf vs. House of Torture: Yoshinobu Kanemaru/SHO/DOUKI/Don Fale	Eight-Man Tag Team Match
7	Unbound Co.: Shingo Takagi/Taiji Ishimori/Robbie X vs. United Empire: Jake Lee/Francesco Akira/Jakob Austin Young	Six-Man Tag Team Match
8	Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask vs. TMDK: Kosei Fujita/Hartley Jackson	Tag Team Match
9	KUSHIDA/Masatora Yasuda vs. Taisei Nakahara/Tatsuya Matsumoto	Young Lions Match With KUSHIDA Also There As a YL match, you may predict a DRAW for this match only.

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus has been feeling pretty lonely lately.
For getting all 9 matches right, 27TB.

Which of the above matches (1-9) will last longest?

For 2TB: which will go shortest?

Who will pin whom in match 2, KO Bros vs. ZSJ/Oiwa? (1TB for each)

Who will pin whom in match 5, Will Ospreay's return? (1TB for each)

Time to submit is 1 hour before the start of the show, which is: SATURDAY, April 4, 0200 Eastern / 2300 (Apr 3) Pacific / 0700 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, SUBMIT BY FRIDAY
REMEMBER YOUR CONFIDENCE RANKINGS
READ ALL TIEBREAKS CAREFULLY
EARLY PREDICTIONS CAN STILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE

@Blaze @Brett @Chris @DameDollar @Deadd2009 @Wolverine @Dubb @Kairi HoHo @Jimmy King @Jill Valentine @Loochquake @Mr. PrettyGood @Roy Mustang @R-Troop @OBE
@Alexis2282AE @Barry Poppins @CFCrusader @Crocker @The Gipper @Big Jean Studd @Just Juice @Lethal @Mitch Buchannon @Rosie @Phenomenal787
@Marty McFourth @Wiseman @Dirk Dickbutt @Matrix @John McHenry @Butters @Professor Booty @Cwalker @Gurryman @Colt Magnum @Nostradamus @SupineSnake @Tommy Bedlam @X-Wang @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 @PhantomStar @Stellar

 

[Roy Mustang]

NJPW Sakura Genesis
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2026
Location: Ryogoku Kokugikan - Tokyo, Japan

1	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Callum Newman 8	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Brothers: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa 7	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shota Umino 5	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
4	Bishamon-tin: Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin (c) vs. House of Torture: Ren Narita/Chase Owens/Yujiro Takahashi 4	Match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
5	Hontai: El Desperado/Taichi/Yuya Uemura vs. United Empire: Will Ospreay/Great-O-Khan/HENARE 6	Will Ospreay's Return to Japan
6	Hontai: Master Wato/Toru Yano/YOH/Aaron Wolf vs. House of Torture: Yoshinobu Kanemaru/SHO/DOUKI/Don Fale 2	Eight-Man Tag Team Match
7	Unbound Co.: Shingo Takagi/Taiji Ishimori/Robbie X vs. United Empire: Jake Lee/Francesco Akira/Jakob Austin Young 1	Six-Man Tag Team Match
8	Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask vs. TMDK: Kosei Fujita/Hartley Jackson 3	Tag Team Match
9	KUSHIDA/Masatora Yasuda vs. Taisei Nakahara/Tatsuya Matsumoto 9	Young Lions Match With KUSHIDA Also There As a YL match, you may predict a DRAW for this match only.

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus has been feeling pretty lonely lately.
For getting all 9 matches right, 27TB.

Which of the above matches (1-9) will last longest? Yota vs Callum

For 2TB: which will go shortest? Match 9

Who will pin whom in match 2, KO Bros vs. ZSJ/Oiwa? (1TB for each) Oiwa pins Ice

Who will pin whom in match 5, Will Ospreay's return? (1TB for each) Ospreay pins Taichi

Time to submit is 1 hour before the start of the show, which is: SATURDAY, April 4, 0200 Eastern / 2300 (Apr 3) Pacific / 0700 UK.
Time :59 will be accepted, :00 will not.

 

[Chris]

1. Tsuji (9)
2. Knockout bros (4)
3. Takeshita (5)
4. Bishamon (3)
5. United Empire (8)
6. House of torture (1)
7. Unbound co (6)
8. Togi/tiger mask (7)
9. Kushida/Yasuda (2)

Which of the above matches (1-9) will last longest? Match 1
For 2TB: which will go shortest? Match 8
Who will pin whom in match 2, KO Bros vs. ZSJ/Oiwa? (1TB for each) Oskar over Oiwa
Who will pin whom in match 5, Will Ospreay's return? (1TB for each) Ospreay over Taichi

 

[Jimmy King]

NJPW Sakura Genesis
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2026
Location: Ryogoku Kokugikan - Tokyo, Japan

1	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Callum Newman (9)	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Brothers: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa (4)	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shota Umino (5)	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
4	Bishamon-tin: Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin (c) vs. House of Torture: Ren Narita/Chase Owens/Yujiro Takahashi (3)	Match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
5	Hontai: El Desperado/Taichi/Yuya Uemura vs. United Empire: Will Ospreay/Great-O-Khan/HENARE (8)	Will Ospreay's Return to Japan
6	Hontai: Master Wato/Toru Yano/YOH/Aaron Wolf vs. House of Torture: Yoshinobu Kanemaru/SHO/DOUKI/Don Fale (1)	Eight-Man Tag Team Match
7	Unbound Co.: Shingo Takagi/Taiji Ishimori/Robbie X vs. United Empire: Jake Lee/Francesco Akira/Jakob Austin Young (6)	Six-Man Tag Team Match
8	Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask vs. TMDK: Kosei Fujita/Hartley Jackson (7)	Tag Team Match
9	KUSHIDA/Masatora Yasuda vs. Taisei Nakahara/Tatsuya Matsumoto (2)	Young Lions Match With KUSHIDA Also There As a YL match, you may predict a DRAW for this match only.

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus has been feeling pretty lonely lately.
For getting all 9 matches right, 27TB.

Which of the above matches (1-9) will last longest? Match 1

For 2TB: which will go shortest? Match 8

Who will pin whom in match 2, KO Bros vs. ZSJ/Oiwa? (1TB for each) Oskar over Oiwa

Who will pin whom in match 5, Will Ospreay's return? (1TB for each) Ospreay over Despy

 

[Mr. PrettyGood]

8	Yota Tsuji (c)	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
6	Knock Out Brothers: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c)	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
7	Konosuke Takeshita (c)	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
5	Bishamon-tin: Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin (c)	Match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
9	United Empire: Will Ospreay/Great-O-Khan/HENARE	Will Ospreay's Return to Japan
2	House of Torture: Yoshinobu Kanemaru/SHO/DOUKI/Don Fale	Eight-Man Tag Team Match
1	Unbound Co.: Shingo Takagi/Taiji Ishimori/Robbie X	Six-Man Tag Team Match
4	TMDK: Kosei Fujita/Hartley Jackson	Tag Team Match
3	Taisei Nakahara/Tatsuya Matsumoto	Young Lions Match With KUSHIDA Also There As a YL match, you may predict a DRAW for this match only.

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus has been feeling pretty lonely lately.
For getting all 9 matches right, 27TB.

Which of the above matches (1-9) will last longest? #1

For 2TB: which will go shortest? #3

Who will pin whom in match 2, KO Bros vs. ZSJ/Oiwa? (1TB for each) OSKAR pins Sabre

Who will pin whom in match 5, Will Ospreay's return? (1TB for each) Osprey pins Desperado

 

[Kairi HoHo]

NJPW Sakura Genesis
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2026
Location: Ryogoku Kokugikan - Tokyo, Japan

1	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Callum Newman(9)	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Brothers: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa(6)	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shota Umino(7)	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
4	Bishamon-tin: Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin (c) vs. House of Torture: Ren Narita/Chase Owens/Yujiro Takahashi(4)	Match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
5	Hontai: El Desperado/Taichi/Yuya Uemura vs. United Empire: Will Ospreay/Great-O-Khan/HENARE(8)	Will Ospreay's Return to Japan
6	Hontai: Master Wato/Toru Yano/YOH/Aaron Wolf vs. House of Torture: Yoshinobu Kanemaru/SHO/DOUKI/Don Fale(2)	Eight-Man Tag Team Match
7	Unbound Co.: Shingo Takagi/Taiji Ishimori/Robbie X vs. United Empire: Jake Lee/Francesco Akira/Jakob Austin Young(3)	Six-Man Tag Team Match
8	Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask vs. TMDK: Kosei Fujita/Hartley Jackson(1)	Tag Team Match
9	KUSHIDA/Masatora Yasuda vs. Taisei Nakahara/Tatsuya Matsumoto(5)	Young Lions Match With KUSHIDA Also There As a YL match, you may predict a DRAW for this match only.

Which of the above matches (1-9) will last longest?
Match 1

For 2TB: which will go shortest?
Match 9

Who will pin whom in match 2, KO Bros vs. ZSJ/Oiwa? (1TB for each)
Oskar over Oiwa

Who will pin whom in match 5, Will Ospreay's return? (1TB for each)
Ospreay over Taichi

 

[Jacob Fox]

1. Tsuji
2. Knock out bros
3. Takeshita
4. House of Torture
5. Hontai
6. House of Torture
7. United Empire
8. TMDK
9. Nakahara and Matsumoto

Longest: 4

Shortest 8

In 2, OSKAR pins Oiwa

In 5 Ospreay pins Taichi

LOL it looks like I picked the same pins in 2 and 5 as Chris lol. Maybe that means we will be right.

 

[Jill Valentine]

NJPW Sakura Genesis
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2026
Location: Ryogoku Kokugikan - Tokyo, Japan

1	Yota Tsuji - 6	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa - 5	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Konosuke Takeshita - 7	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
4	House of Torture: Ren Narita/Chase Owens/Yujiro Takahashi - 2	Match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
5	United Empire: Will Ospreay/Great-O-Khan/HENARE - 9	Will Ospreay's Return to Japan
6	House of Torture: Yoshinobu Kanemaru/SHO/DOUKI/Don Fale - 4	Eight-Man Tag Team Match
7	Unbound Co.: Shingo Takagi/Taiji Ishimori/Robbie X - 3	Six-Man Tag Team Match
8	Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask -1	Tag Team Match
9	KUSHIDA/Masatora Yasuda - 8	Young Lions Match With KUSHIDA Also There As a YL match, you may predict a DRAW for this match only.

Which of the above matches (1-9) will last longest?
MATCH 5

For 2TB: which will go shortest?
MATCH 8

Who will pin whom in match 2, KO Bros vs. ZSJ/Oiwa? (1TB for each)
ZSJ PINS OSKAR

Who will pin whom in match 5, Will Ospreay's return? (1TB for each)
OSPREAY PINS TAICHI

 

[Looji Nagata]

1	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Callum Newman	9	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Brothers: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa	4	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shota Umino	7	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
4	Bishamon-tin: Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin (c) vs. House of Torture: Ren Narita/Chase Owens/Yujiro Takahashi	5	Match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
5	Hontai: El Desperado/Taichi/Yuya Uemura vs. United Empire: Will Ospreay/Great-O-Khan/HENARE	8	Will Ospreay's Return to Japan
6	Hontai: Master Wato/Toru Yano/YOH/Aaron Wolf vs. House of Torture: Yoshinobu Kanemaru/SHO/DOUKI/Don Fale	2	Eight-Man Tag Team Match
7	Unbound Co.: Shingo Takagi/Taiji Ishimori/Robbie X vs. United Empire: Jake Lee/Francesco Akira/Jakob Austin Young	6	Six-Man Tag Team Match
8	Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask vs. TMDK: Kosei Fujita/Hartley Jackson	3	Tag Team Match
9	KUSHIDA/Masatora Yasuda vs. Taisei Nakahara/Tatsuya Matsumoto	1	Young Lions Match With KUSHIDA Also There As a YL match, you may predict a DRAW for this match only.

Which of the above matches (1-9) will last longest? Takeshita v Umino

For 2TB: which will go shortest? Young Lions & KUSHIDA

Who will pin whom in match 2, KO Bros vs. ZSJ/Oiwa? (1TB for each) Yuto over Oiwa

Who will pin whom in match 5, Will Ospreay's return? (1TB for each) Willy over Taichi

 

[Doom]

(1) Yota Tsuji (9)
(2) TMDK (4)
(3) Konosuke Takeshita (8)
(4) Bishamon-tin (3)
(5) United Empire (7)
(6) House of Torture (1)
(7) Unbound Co. (2)
(8) Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask (6)
(9) KUSHIDA/Masatora Yasuda (5)

(10) Match 1
(11) Match 3
(12) Sabre Jr. pins OSKAR
(13) Ospreay pins Uemura

 

[Blazehausen]

Yota Tsuji -8
TMDK-3
Konosuke Takeshita-7
Bishamon-tin-2
United Empire -9
House of Torture-6
Unbound Co-4
TMDK-5
KUSHIDA/Masatora Yasuda-1

Which of the above matches (1-9) will last longest? 1

For 2TB: which will go shortest? 7

Who will pin whom in match 2, KO Bros vs. ZSJ/Oiwa? (1TB for each) ZSJ > OSKAR

Who will pin whom in match 5, Will Ospreay's return? (1TB for each) Ospreay > Taichi

 

[Lethal]

NJPW Sakura Genesis
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2026
Location: Ryogoku Kokugikan - Tokyo, Japan

1	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Callum Newman	8	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Brothers: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa	7	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shota Umino	9	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
4	Bishamon-tin: Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin (c) vs. House of Torture: Ren Narita/Chase Owens/Yujiro Takahashi	6	Match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
5	Hontai: El Desperado/Taichi/Yuya Uemura vs. United Empire: Will Ospreay/Great-O-Khan/HENARE	5	Will Ospreay's Return to Japan
6	Hontai: Master Wato/Toru Yano/YOH/Aaron Wolf vs. House of Torture: Yoshinobu Kanemaru/SHO/DOUKI/Don Fale	4	Eight-Man Tag Team Match
7	Unbound Co.: Shingo Takagi/Taiji Ishimori/Robbie X vs. United Empire: Jake Lee/Francesco Akira/Jakob Austin Young	3	Six-Man Tag Team Match
8	Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask vs. TMDK: Kosei Fujita/Hartley Jackson	2	Tag Team Match
9	KUSHIDA/Masatora Yasuda vs. Taisei Nakahara/Tatsuya Matsumoto	1	Young Lions Match With KUSHIDA Also There As a YL match, you may predict a DRAW for this match only.

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus has been feeling pretty lonely lately.
For getting all 9 matches right, 27TB.

Which of the above matches (1-9) will last longest? Match 3

For 2TB: which will go shortest? Match 7

Who will pin whom in match 2, KO Bros vs. ZSJ/Oiwa? (1TB for each) Oskar pins Oiwa

Who will pin whom in match 5, Will Ospreay's return? (1TB for each) Ospreay pins Taichi

 

[Brett]

NJPW Sakura Genesis
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2026
Location: Ryogoku Kokugikan - Tokyo, Japan

1	Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Callum Newman	9	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Brothers: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa	1	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shota Umino	3	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
4	Bishamon-tin: Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI/Oleg Boltin (c) vs. House of Torture: Ren Narita/Chase Owens/Yujiro Takahashi	5	Match for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship
5	Hontai: El Desperado/Taichi/Yuya Uemura vs. United Empire: Will Ospreay/Great-O-Khan/HENARE	4	Will Ospreay's Return to Japan
6	Hontai: Master Wato/Toru Yano/YOH/Aaron Wolf vs. House of Torture: Yoshinobu Kanemaru/SHO/DOUKI/Don Fale	2	Eight-Man Tag Team Match
7	Unbound Co.: Shingo Takagi/Taiji Ishimori/Robbie X vs. United Empire: Jake Lee/Francesco Akira/Jakob Austin Young	6	Six-Man Tag Team Match
8	Togi Makabe/Tiger Mask vs. TMDK: Kosei Fujita/Hartley Jackson	7	Tag Team Match
9	KUSHIDA/Masatora Yasuda vs. Taisei Nakahara/Tatsuya Matsumoto	8	Young Lions Match With KUSHIDA Also There As a YL match, you may predict a DRAW for this match only.

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus has been feeling pretty lonely lately.
For getting all 9 matches right, 27TB.

Which of the above matches (1-9) will last longest?
Yota vs. Callum
For 2TB: which will go shortest?
Young Lions
Who will pin whom in match 2, KO Bros vs. ZSJ/Oiwa? (1TB for each)
Oskar will pin ZSJ
Who will pin whom in match 5, Will Ospreay's return? (1TB for each)
Ospreay will pin Yuya