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 We’re just a few short weeks away from the greatest fighting tournament known to man, the G1 Climax 2019! This year’s contest is more stacked than ever before and with so many new fans finding their way to NJPW I thought it would be the perfect time to get a prediction contest going. Show off your insider knowledge and flex those fantasy booker muscles as we all lay down some hot fresh scoops! Rules of the G1
Rules of the G1 Prediction Game All entries are to be made via Google Sheets. To enter, follow this link for a template. Copy/paste this into your own spreadsheet program of choice, fill out your predictions then post a screenshot in this thread. Entries to the contest will be closed 24 hours before the start of Night 1. Points will be scored as follows:
Important Note The G1 is a lot of wrestling and I do mean a lot. It airs in the mornings in the UK when I'm normally at work. This means I'm not going to be watching all shows live and I'm not spoiling myself on results for this thread. Points will be updated after every show but only as and when I get to watch them which will not be straight away and may not be within the first 24 hours. Please be patient if this occurs. So come on everybody as we look forward to an unforgettable month of wrestling. Let’s work hard, have fun and show our FIGHTING SPIRITU!!!~ Rarity fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Jun 17, 2019 |
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I've just realised that there is the possibility two goons finish up on equal points so... Tiebreaker Rule As a tiebreaker, when submitting your predictions please also tell me how many G1 matches will receive enough votes to be declared MOTYCs in the forum thread?
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Jun 17, 2019 18:07
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 Tiebreaker: I think it's going to hit a fever pitch this year. Put me down for 30 MOTYCs. IN NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING WE GO BIG OR WE GO HOME I adjusted my previous sheet a bit after seeing the schedules. I think Fale will play spoiler for SANADA right at the end, after he and Okada went to a draw. This allows Ibushi to pick up the win, with briefcase defenses against KENTA and Ospreay and a title defense for Okada against ZSJ, because I think those will be cool as hell matches to have again. In B Block Greasy Kiwi Knife Pervert "Switchblade" Jay White will greasily slide his way to the top of the block by holding the tiebreaker over perennial midcarder Tetsuya Naito. Elsewhere, Shingo, Cobb, Ishii, and Moxley all beat the piss out of each other and we get various NEVER and US title matches out of the deal. Yano beats Moxley because as we know from his podcast interviews, goofy bullshit is his weakness. Goto continues to be irrelevant. This will be a very good professional wrestling tournament.
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Jun 17, 2019 19:06
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 I am entering, safe in the knowledge that I have no idea what I am doing. For the Tiebreaker, let's go with 16 MOTYC
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Jun 17, 2019 20:18
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 They will do it again. I don't care how gross you think it is: they will do it again. This is New Japan, the company that thought it was a good idea to renew Michael Elgin's contract for another year after #FuckMichaelElgin happened. They don't give a poo poo that folks thought it was gross. It will happen again. 24 MOTYCs.
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Jun 17, 2019 22:07
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I don't know how Gedo does it It's Ibushi's time. The man's only got a few more years in his prime, probably less considering all the neck bumps, now is the time for him to get the spotlight his career deserves. I toyed with Ibushi/Okada going to a draw and Ibushi being ahead on points but that's exactly what they did with Okada/Tana last year. Okada spends the autumn in title defences against EVIL and Tana while Ibushi puts the briefcase up against ZSJ and SANADA. Tana is in with a shot on the final night of block action thanks to head-to-head victories over both men but Ospreay acts as spoiler. Ospreay also gets a win over ZSJ to set a huge British Heavyweight title match at Royal Quest. KENTA gets a big win over Tana so he can close the show on Night 3 same and SANADA gets to do his favourite town shtick on Night 11. Overall I wanted to keep scores fairly even because the block is so stacked, that way it establishes that all these guys are so close in ability.  Over on B block I originally had Naito down to win and in fact take the whole G1. What put me off was if he does he'll be so busy defending the briefcase he wouldn't be able to defend the IC title. So instead Naito stays in the midcard and White continues to be a dick by winning the block after beating Naito on the final night to tie scores and take the head-to-head. This also sets up a first ever match between Ibushi and White in the final with the clearest face/heel dynamic ever. White will later go after the IC belt as will Goto because that's something new and different for Naito to do. In other championship news Juice sets up his rematch with Moxley while Ishii preps for a couple of 'yes loving please' matches with Cobb and Shingo. Taichi doesn't really come out of the G1 with anything but being in the tournament is his reward as he puts on a bunch of amazing matches to fully establish him as a workrate guy. And yes, you spotted it. I went for the ultimate Yano troll victory over Switchblade   Your winner and challenger for the Tokyo Dome, KOTA IBUSHI! As for the tiebreaker there will be 43 MOTYCs because a few of the ones I counted as potentials won't end up making it. But still, 43 
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Jun 17, 2019 22:48
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 let's go Naito For the Tiebreaker, I'll say 27 MOTYC
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Jun 18, 2019 00:26
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 A Block is the classic Gedo several-way tie with lots of people playing spoiler on the very last night. Five people could win: ZSJ, Ospreay, SANADA, Okada, and Ibushi. Coming into the A Block finals, nearly everyone is at 10 points except for SANADA (with 12), who only has to get past Fale to secure his spot (he can't). SANADA does FINALLY beat Okada though, and would have won the G1 except Okada can't take down Ibushi to give SANADA the win. ZSJ has a fun night coming into the finals. He's beaten Okada and if Okada beats Ibushi, and ZSJ beats KENTA, ZSJ wins the G1 (because he took out SANADA). But ZSJ gets beat by KENTA, setting up a title bout probably. He gets scuffled off early in the night and vows a terrible octopus revenge. Ospreay has a killer opening in the tournament, taking down Okada and Ibushi, but falters as time goes on (killing himself to win those early matches). He manages a bit of a comeback, but falls to an ailing Tanahashi on the last night, crushing his chance of winning the G1. Okada has a hot streak early on but loses steam as he goes on, dropping critical bouts to future contenders Ospreay, ZSJ, SANADA (yay!), and finally Ibushi. Ibushi starts on a losing streak, only getting hot once he beats SANADA. He beats Okada to win, tied for 12 with SANADA, but beat SANADA to end his losing streak so he wins the block. B Block is a little simpler. Only Shingo, White, and Naito are in contention pretty much the whole time. Shingo runs roughshod over goddamn everybody because he is strong boy go smesh bang bomb kaboom. Shingo drops a loss to White halfway, and looks strong the rest of the time. But Goto, who has had a horrible tournament and is especially pissed at some losses to YTR and Taichi and the goddamn gaijin Moxley, takes out all his frustration on Shingo and spoils him. Naito's chances are nil. Shingo beat him and they're tied for points if Naito beats White on the day of the final. But, Naito can win the G1 for Shingo--even with Shingo losing to Goto--but White beats him. There is friction: Shingo and Naito are at each other's throats. What can possibly solve this dilemma at the G1 Final? Only a Timebomb. White wins all the time, only losing to Juice and Moxley, whatever. Moxley loses to Juice to set up a rematch; Ishii loses to Taichi for the same reason. Anyway, Ibushi winz! MOTYC Contenders: 39 Edit: I can't make my image work; idk what the problem is. If anybody knows, let me know and I'll fix it. Otherwise it looks like you can still just right-click to view the image and it works fine?  Edit 2: Fixed! Captain Magic fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Jun 18, 2019 |
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Jun 18, 2019 03:40
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Captain Magic posted:
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Jun 18, 2019 04:05
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 My bracket. Not sure how sure I am of it beyond Naito/Sanada in the final and Ibushi beating Okada to set up the November title defense. Also 25 MOTYC for the G1 SatoshiMiwa fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Jun 18, 2019 |
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Jun 18, 2019 04:44
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Jun 18, 2019 04:57
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Kevino07 posted:Here you go, need to put i. before imgur for it to show... Fixed. Thanks!
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Jun 18, 2019 05:03
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Someone post a table where one of the winners has nine draws.
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Jun 18, 2019 05:08
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I've already spotted one entry where the predicted match results don't match the final predicted points so I urge everyone to double check before they post their predictions. If there are any mistakes I'll be going with whatever points your predicted results would give. SatoshiMiwa, you might wanna look again at Okada and SANADA.
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Jun 18, 2019 05:17
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Rarity posted:
Whoops fixed
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Jun 18, 2019 05:26
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DISCLAIMER: I have watched literally two NJPW shows from start to finish. I asked myself: "How would WWE book the G1 Climax?"  Here's a fun idea: The best wrestler in the world goes into the final night of Block A realizing he has to win to even tie for first place, but he'd be doing exactly that, tying with a guy who fought him to a draw, and not winning cleanly on points. SANADA gets bodied by Fale with the end goal in sight. I really toyed around with a scenario where both Okada and Ibushi would cleanly win A if they won their match, and then booked them to draw, the one outcome that actually kept SANADA alive, because imagine the goddamn chaos that'd cause. But I couldn't get the math to work without adding yet more draws, and as it stood, having Okada draw twice in the same tournament was already looking crazy. So in the end, I went with the exact tie. In the past, apparently NJPW has decided these actual ties with a coin flip? Ew. Be it a coinflip or a match, SANADA should win here. For block B, I'm pretty sold on the idea of Juice spoiling Moxley's tournament, which implies that he needs to have a tie-breaker over both Naito and White. As for Moxley's other losses, I went with Taichi, because I think it's funny, and Cobb, because, uh, guys, Jeff Cobb's winning that fight. There's some politics involved here. ROH has the established relationship with NJPW, but NJPW would be insane to not push Moxley given how hot he is right now world-wide. It also lets them build Juice as their own star if Mox's tournament is blocked entirely by his revenge. So, Cobb doesn't need to look good, or even get that many wins to placate ROH, he just needs to, specifically, beat AEW's guy. Which he will. And Mox seems like the kind of dude who'd be willing to eat that loss because 1)Business is business and 2)He can still come out looking great if he only loses his block in his last match and 3)Jeff Cobb's a stout lad with a lot of talent, and losing to him doesn't make anyone look bad. White winds up winning because people seem to suspect he's being replaced, but he's not, and the company is definitely still behind him. This is the rude reminder. I'll go with 22 MOTYC
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Jun 18, 2019 06:14
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 29 motyc nominations. four matches in the tournament get ***** or higher from big dave.
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Jun 18, 2019 11:03
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 Not bothering to tie breaker because i'm predicting two different draws in the A block and if I get that right I should win anyway. And the only one having Ospreay winning the whole thing for Okada v Ospreay at the Dome. If I am wrong I am waaaaaaaaay wrong. Edit: gently caress I GOT MY MATH WRONG, lets say ZSJ over Ibushi. And it is Fale over KENTA, hence Fale's 2 points. I needed to find a way for KENTA not to win the block outright and I know Fale's winning more than one but gently caress Fale. Lid fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Jun 18, 2019 |
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Jun 18, 2019 13:43
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G1 HANDSOME BATTLE!  Ibushi wins lol, though I didn't realise until I was doing the headshot comparisons that Jay's dirtbag beard look really does it for me. SG Bamboo fucked around with this message at 14:02 on Jun 18, 2019 |
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Jun 18, 2019 13:59
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Lid posted:Not bothering to tie breaker because i'm predicting two different draws in the A block and if I get that right I should win anyway. And the only one having Ospreay winning the whole thing for Okada v Ospreay at the Dome. If I am wrong I am waaaaaaaaay wrong. You say this like they're really out there predictions but none of them are as out there as EVIL finishing on less points than Archer 
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Jun 18, 2019 14:00
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Rarity posted:You say this like they're really out there predictions but none of them are as out there as EVIL finishing on less points than Archer Hey now one of them is a solo wrestler and one is only a tag team wrestler  Ok so in the unlikely event I get the draws right but EVIL goes on a tear and the numbers all add up weird I'm predicting 40 MOTYC. Forty. Lid fucked around with this message at 14:06 on Jun 18, 2019 |
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Jun 18, 2019 14:02
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 Not confident in these predictions at all other than the overall block winners, but gently caress it I've redone this enough times. Ibushi wins and we get Ibushi/Naito Briefcase vs IC Title at Power Struggle. 18 MOTYCs and 2 WMOTYCs
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Jun 19, 2019 01:36
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 Poor Goto came back for this More importantly Naito has to beat White on the final day to advance to the finals on a tiebreak against him Ishin fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Jun 19, 2019 |
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Jun 19, 2019 02:42
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I don't want to have to copy all my predictions over into another spreadsheet, so please accept this adapted one Tiebreaker is 13 KoldPT fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Jun 19, 2019 |
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Jun 19, 2019 16:40
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20 motys lol edited because i forgot they flipped the IC to naito Super No Vacancy fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Jun 19, 2019 |
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Jun 19, 2019 19:37
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how does Gedo do this? jfc
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Jun 19, 2019 19:53
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Low Desert Punk posted:how does Gedo do this? jfc its my favorite time of the year and the wrestling event i look forward to more than anything else every year.
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Low Desert Punk posted:how does Gedo do this? jfc Start with your winners and work backwards. You actually have an advantage over him because you have the schedule. I found it helpful to see what the last matches of each block were. Then he usually has a few tropes he uses: - older guy can’t get a win - mega-favorite spoiled by otherwise chump - slowburn after a losing streak - big early wins get to a guy’s head - early hard bouts exhaust a guy - redemption win after long losing streak All of these things really work well for narrative tension; Gedo is really good at what he does! Captain Magic fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Jun 19, 2019 |
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Jun 19, 2019 20:23
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Super No Vacancy posted:lol edited because i forgot they flipped the IC to naito oops lol
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Jun 19, 2019 20:38
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Low Desert Punk posted:how does Gedo do this? jfc The secret of wrestling is that it's really loving easy to book. The things that make it hard are injuries and contract shenanigans/people leaving. And even then so long as you're not treating your roster like dogshit you can slot other people in.
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Jun 19, 2019 20:55
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i hope all of you are prepared to overhaul your predictions when YOSHI-HASHI takes Zack's spot
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Jun 20, 2019 06:51
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Low Desert Punk posted:i hope all of you are prepared to overhaul your predictions when YOSHI-HASHI takes Zack's spot If YOSHI-HASHI takes Zack's spot then I am cancelling this contest in protest
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Jun 20, 2019 07:25
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Rarity posted:If YOSHI-HASHI takes Zack's spot then I am cancelling this contest in protest Thank you for showing good sense in this stressful time.
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Jun 20, 2019 07:26
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When is this? It's at the start of next month yeah?
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Jun 20, 2019 08:23
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Looten Plunder posted:When is this? It's at the start of next month yeah? First show of the tournament is July 6th from Dallas and the tour proper starts July 13th.
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Jun 20, 2019 08:29
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Is it once a week with 9 fights a night? (excuse the noob questions, the only NJPW i've watch is the last 3 WKs and BSJ26/Dominion this year.)
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Jun 20, 2019 08:31
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Looten Plunder posted:Is it once a week with 9 fights a night? (excuse the noob questions, the only NJPW i've watch is the last 3 WKs and BSJ26/Dominion this year.) Not really, it's usually one night of undercard tag matches to set up the next night's block matches, and then the other block's actual one-on-one tournament singles. Schedule varies but on average it's "once a week" for the live broadcasted shows, except packed either closely together for tournament season (so for the G1 we have shows on the 7th ,13-15, 18-20, and so on) or working a lighter schedule (like a sort of off-season).
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Looten Plunder posted:Is it once a week with 9 fights a night? (excuse the noob questions, the only NJPW i've watch is the last 3 WKs and BSJ26/Dominion this year.) Haha, nope! Get ready for so much good wrestling every week your head'll spin. You've got as many as four alternating A and B block shows every week with five tournament matches plus an undercard of 3-5 multiman matches (which you can safely skip) each. Here's the schedule with just the tourney matches: 7/6 A Ospreay/Archer EVIL/Fale SANADA/ZSJ Kota/KENTA Tana/Okada 7/13 B Juice/Shingo Yano/Naito Ishii/Cobb Goto/Switchblade Moxley/Taichi 7/14 A Ospreay/SANADA Okada/ZSJ Kota/EVIL Archer/Fale Tana/KENTA 7/15 B Yano/Shingo Juice/Goto Ishii/Switchblade Cobb/Moxley Naito/Taichi 7/18 A KENTA/Archer Okada/Fale Tana/ZSJ EVIL/SANADA Kota/Ospreay 7/19 B Juice/Cobb Yano/Switchblade Goto/Naito Shingo/Taichi Ishii/Moxley 7/20 A ZSJ/Fale Tana/Archer Kota/SANADA KENTA/EVIL Okada/Ospreay 7/24 B Juice/Yano Goto/Taichi Cobb/Switchblade Moxley/Shingo Ishii/Naito 7/27 A Kota/Archer Ospreay/Fale EVIL/ZSJ Tana/SANADA Okada/KENTA 7/28 B Juice/Ishii Cobb/Taichi Shingo/Switchblade Goto/Yano Naito/Moxley 7/30 A Kota/Fale Okada/Archer Tana/EVIL Ospreay/ZSJ KENTA/SANADA 8/1 B Cobb/Shingo Juice/Naito Ishii/Goto Yano/Moxley Taichi/Switchblade 8/3 A KENTA/Fale ZSJ/Archer Ospreay/EVIL Tana/Kota Okada/SANADA 8/4 B Ishii/Yano Juice/Taichi Goto/Cobb Moxley/Switchblade Naito/Shingo 8/7 A SANADA/Archer Tana/Fale Kota/ZSJ Ospreay/KENTA Okada/EVIL 8/8 B Cobb/Naito Goto/Moxley Juice/Switchblade Yano/Taichi Ishii/Shingo 8/10 A KENTA/ZSJ EVIL/Archer SANADA/Fale Ospreay/Tana Okada/Kota 8/11 B Ishii/Taichi Goto/Shingo Yano/Cobb Juice/Moxley Naito/Switchblade 8/12 Final (A winner vs B winner)
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The G1 Climax.............. is a lot of wrestling. Having watched two of them in the span of about 2 months and like 6 other major NJPW shows in between, I can safely say: it loving ruled. But I also had no job or major responsibilities at the time, so I would maybe not recommend my path to everybody. That said, if you have the time necessary (about 7-8 hours a week I wager, if you just watch the Block matches) it is absolutely the best month of wrestling every year.
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Is there a prize to be won if you win?
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