NWPC Event 2x50: Something in the Way ~ Road to 2nd Super Aniversario

[Sky]

NWPC Season 2, Event #50
Something in the Way
Road to 2nd Super Aniversario, Part 6
Still in Japan, and the biggest event of the year looms large again!

Main Event - For the NWPC Galaxyweight Prediction Championship
@Kairi HoHo vs. @Jimmy King
HoHo's 3rd defence of his 3rd reign

Semi-Main Event - For the NWPC Workhorseweight Prediction Championship
@Chris vs. @Blazehausen
Chris's 3rd defence of his 7th 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 7 matches.
Predict the winners of the following, and rank them by confidence, with 1 being the least confident and 7 being the most.
Each pick will be scored based on the confidence ranking you gave.

NJPW Dominion
Date: Sunday, June 4, 2026
Location: Osaka-jo Hall - Osaka, Japan

1	Callum Newman (c) vs. Yota Tsuji	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Bros: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. United Empire: Great-O-Khan/HENARE	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Ren Narita (c) vs. Aaron Wolf	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	Andrade el Idolo (c) vs. Shota Umino vs. Drilla Moloney	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
5	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. SANADA	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
6	El Phantasmo vs. Jake Lee	No Disqualification, No Count-Out Match
7	TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa vs. Taichi/Yuya Uemura	Tag Team Match

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus might not be won this time.
For getting all 7 matches right, 20TB.

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

For 2TB: which goes shortest?

Who will pin whom to end match 2, IWGP Tag Team Titles? (1TB for each)

Who takes the match-ending pin in match 4, IWGP Global Title?

Time to submit is 1 hour before the start of the show, which is: SUNDAY, June 14, 0300 Eastern / 0000 Pacific / 0800 UK.
Time :59 will be accepted, :00 will not.

 

[Sky]

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

@Blazehausen @Chris @Deadd2009 @Doom @Dubb @Kairi HoHo @Jimmy King @Jill Valentine @Looji Nagata @Mr. PrettyGood @Roy Mustang @R-Troop @Tommy Shelby
@Barry Poppins @Brett @CFCrusader @Crocker @DameDollar @The Gipper @Big Jean Studd @Just Juice @Lethal @Mitch Buchannon @Phenomenal787
@Marty McFourth @Wiseman @Dirk Dickbutt @Matrix @John McHenry @Butters @Cwalker @Gurryman @Colt Magnum @Nostradamus @SupineSnake @Tommy Bedlam @X-Wang @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 @OwenEdwards @Kyro @Dat Girl @AguileraSZN @El Hijo Del Ami @Attitudester @Dmac @PhantomStar @Stellar @TexasTech

 

[Roy Mustang]

At this event you will be predicting from 7 matches.
Predict the winners of the following, and rank them by confidence, with 1 being the least confident and 7 being the most.
Each pick will be scored based on the confidence ranking you gave.

NJPW Dominion
Date: Sunday, June 4, 2026
Location: Osaka-jo Hall - Osaka, Japan

1	Callum Newman (c) vs. Yota Tsuji 4	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Bros: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. United Empire: Great-O-Khan/HENARE 2	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Ren Narita (c) vs. Aaron Wolf 3	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	Andrade el Idolo (c) vs. Shota Umino vs. Drilla Moloney 7	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
5	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. SANADA 6	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
6	El Phantasmo vs. Jake Lee 5	No Disqualification, No Count-Out Match
7	TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa vs. Taichi/Yuya Uemura 1	Tag Team Match

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus might not be won this time.
For getting all 7 matches right, 20TB.

Which of the matches (1-7) goes longest? IWGP heavyweight title

For 2TB: which goes shortest? ELP vs Lee

Who will pin whom to end match 2, IWGP Tag Team Titles? (1TB for each) HENARE pins Ice

Who takes the match-ending pin in match 4, IWGP Global Title? Drilla

Time to submit is 1 hour before the start of the show, which is: SUNDAY, June 14, 0300 Eastern / 0000 Pacific / 0800 UK.
Time :59 will be accepted, :00 will not.

 

[Chris]

1. Newman (7)
2. KO Bros (3)
3. Wolfe (2)
4. Andrade (1)
5. Takeshita (4)
6. Lee (5)
7. TMDK (6)

Which of the matches (1-7) goes longest? Match 1
For 2TB: which goes shortest? Match 6
Who will pin whom to end match 2, IWGP Tag Team Titles? (1TB for each) Oskar over O-Khan
Who takes the match-ending pin in match 4, IWGP Global Title? Maloney

 

[Looji Nagata]

NJPW Dominion
Date: Sunday, June 4, 2026
Location: Osaka-jo Hall - Osaka, Japan

1	Callum Newman (c) vs. Yota Tsuji	7	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Bros: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. United Empire: Great-O-Khan/HENARE	4	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Ren Narita (c) vs. Aaron Wolf	1	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	Andrade el Idolo (c) vs. Shota Umino vs. Drilla Moloney	5	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
5	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. SANADA	6	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
6	El Phantasmo vs. Jake Lee	2	No Disqualification, No Count-Out Match
7	TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa vs. Taichi/Yuya Uemura	3	Tag Team Match

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus might not be won this time.
For getting all 7 matches right, 20TB.

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

For 2TB: which goes shortest? 7

Who will pin whom to end match 2, IWGP Tag Team Titles? (1TB for each) OSKAR over HENARE

Who takes the match-ending pin in match 4, IWGP Global Title? Moloney

 

[Jill Valentine]

NJPW Dominion
Date: Sunday, June 4, 2026
Location: Osaka-jo Hall - Osaka, Japan

1	Callum Newman - 4	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Bros: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR - 2	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Aaron Wolf - 1	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	Andrade el Idolo - 7	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
5	Konosuke Takeshita - 6	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
6	Jake Lee - 5	No Disqualification, No Count-Out Match
7	TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa - 3	Tag Team Match

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

For 2TB: which goes shortest?
MATCH 3

Who will pin whom to end match 2, IWGP Tag Team Titles? (1TB for each)
ICE PINS HENARE

Who takes the match-ending pin in match 4, IWGP Global Title?
MOLONEY

 

[Mr. PrettyGood]

2	Yota Tsuji	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
7	Knock Out Bros: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c)	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
6	Ren Narita (c)	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
1	Andrade el Idolo (c)	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
4	SANADA	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
3	ake Lee	No Disqualification, No Count-Out Match
5	TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa	Tag Team Match

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus might not be won this time.
For getting all 7 matches right, 20TB.

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

For 2TB: which goes shortest? #5

Who will pin whom to end match 2, IWGP Tag Team Titles? (1TB for each) OSKAR pins Great-O-Khan

Who takes the match-ending pin in match 4, IWGP Global Title? Moloney

 

[Dubb]

NJPW Dominion
Date: Sunday, June 4, 2026
Location: Osaka-jo Hall - Osaka, Japan

1	Callum Newman (c) vs. Yota Tsuji 7	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Bros: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. United Empire: Great-O-Khan/HENARE 2	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Ren Narita (c) vs. Aaron Wolf 1	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	Andrade el Idolo (c) vs. Shota Umino vs. Drilla Moloney 3	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
5	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. SANADA 4	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
6	El Phantasmo vs. Jake Lee 5	No Disqualification, No Count-Out Match
7	TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa vs. Taichi/Yuya Uemura 6	Tag Team Match

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus might not be won this time.
For getting all 7 matches right, 20TB.

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

For 2TB: which goes shortest? Match 6

Who will pin whom to end match 2, IWGP Tag Team Titles? (1TB for each) Khan over OSKAR

Who takes the match-ending pin in match 4, IWGP Global Title? Drilla

 

[Jimmy King]

NJPW Dominion
Date: Sunday, June 4, 2026
Location: Osaka-jo Hall - Osaka, Japan

1	Callum Newman (c) vs. Yota Tsuji (7)	Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
2	Knock Out Bros: Yuto-Ice/OSKAR (c) vs. United Empire: Great-O-Khan/HENARE (3)	Match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
3	Ren Narita (c) vs. Aaron Wolf (6)	Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
4	Andrade el Idolo (c) vs. Shota Umino vs. Drilla Moloney (4)	Match for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship
5	Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. SANADA (2)	Match for the NJPW WORLD Television Championship
6	El Phantasmo vs. Jake Lee (1)	No Disqualification, No Count-Out Match
7	TMDK: Zack Sabre Jr./Ryohei Oiwa vs. Taichi/Yuya Uemura (5)	Tag Team Match

Tiebreaks
The Perfect Show Bonus might not be won this time.
For getting all 7 matches right, 20TB.

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

For 2TB: which goes shortest? Match 6

Who will pin whom to end match 2, IWGP Tag Team Titles? (1TB for each) Khan pin Oskar

Who takes the match-ending pin in match 4, IWGP Global Title? Maloney