G1 Climax 2016 -- Betting pool

[Brent Delivine]

Alright, it's that time of year again! NJPW G1 CLIMAX! If you don't know how the G1 works, look it up. For the more familiar people of the board, instead of doing a full on analysis for the G1 (similar to how i did for this years Wrestle Kingdom), instead decided to do a betting pool instead. 

For those who don't understand how the G1 works, here's an exert from whatculture.com (highly recommend reading for newer NJPW viewers).

The set out of the tournament itself is pretty simple, to say the least. You have two groups called 'blocks' here. 20 wrestlers are divided into Block A and Block B, where they then fight each other over a few weeks in round-robin form. Think of it like a mini-league, where everyone plays each other once.



Two points are awarded for a win, and one point for a draw. All matches have a 30 minute time limit, although we haven't seen a time limit draw since 2010, when there were two (Naito vs. Tanahashi and Nakamura vs. Go Shiozaki).



The two men who finish on top of their blocks at the end of the round-robin stage go on to meet in the final. This match is scheduled for one-fall, with a 60-minute time limit. If two men are tied at the top of the block, the winner of their match goes through.



Nice and simple, none of this 'best third place' rubbish.

Really simple: make your prediction to who wins their block (example: Block A - Bad Luck Fale and Block B - YOSHI-HASHI). Then, pick the overall winner. Simply the prize is bragging rights. This forum has no form of currency.

Here are the blocks:

Block A:

• Togi Makabe
  
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan
  
• Tomohiro Ishii
  
• Hirooki Goto
  
• Bad Luck Fale
  
• Tama Tonga
  
• Sanada
  
• Naomichi Marufuji - NOAH (GHC Tag Team Champion)
  
• Kazuchika Okada (IWGP Heavyweight Champion)
  
• Hiroshi Tanahashi

Block B:

• Katsuyori Shibata (NEVER Openweight Champion)
  
• Yuji Nagata
  
• Tomoaki Honma
  
• Michael Elgin (IWGP Intercontinental Champion)
  
• Toru Yano (GHC Tag Team Champion)
  
• Tetsuya Naito
  
• Evil
  
• Kenny Omega
  
• Katsuhiko Nakajima - NOAH
  
• YOSHI-HASHI

Prediction bank:

BrentDelivine:

• A Block - Tomohiro Ishii
  
• B Block - Katsuyori Shibata
  
• G1 Winner - Katsuyori Shibata

Champ:

• A Block - Hiroshi Tanahashi
  
• B Block - Kenny Omega
  
• G1 Winner - Kenny Omega

Cloudy:

• A Block - Kazuchika Okada
  
• B Block - Tetsuya Naito
  
• G1 Winner - Tetsuya Naito

zgb:

• A Block - Hiroshi Tanahashi
  
• B Block - Tetsuya Naito
  
• G1 Winner - Tetsuya Naito
  

[Cloudy]

This is more of a personal desire than a guess, but I want Tetsuya Naito to win. Always loved his style and the Los Ingobernables are one of my favorite factions. Also, I need to see more of him as champion.

For my prediction on who'll win both blocks though.

A: Kazuchika Okada 
B: Naito
G1 Winner Naito

I want to see a rematch between the two. I think they can strike gold with these two's personalities clashing once more. 

[zGb]

BLOCK A: Tanahashi
BLOCK B: Naito
WINNER: Naito

[zGb]

by the way, make sure you replace Kojima with Tenzan in the OP!

[Brent Delivine]

Jul 18, 2016 16:33:13 GMT zGb said:

by the way, make sure you replace Kojima with Tenzan in the OP!

Fixed. Wishful thinking, perhaps.

[Brent Delivine]

To make my own predictions; i tend to predict the unpredictable when it comes to at least one of the finalists. This time i'm betting the house and betting on TWO unlikely finalists.

Block A: Tomohiro Ishii
Block B: Katsuyori Shibata
G1 Winner: Katsuyori Shibata

Both are a bold choice. Shibata has been meteoric in rise as of late and Ishii has been lost in the shuffle. A smart man may predict Naito being victorious, but i see this as an opportunity for one of these two to TRY and fill Nakamuras place in the hierarchy of NJPW.

Plus, with the assumption between the end of the G1 through to Wrestle Kingdom, we can assume the champion will either be Okada or Naito. Shibata vs Naito or Ishii vs Naito would be a tale of Strong Style embodiment vs Lackadaisical personality. Okada vs Shibata would be a boyhood dream tiered story and Ishii vs Okada would be CHAOS imploding.

Call it a bold prediction, unlikely even, but someone has to be a definitive loser in this.

[champ]

A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi
B Block: Kenny Omega
G1 Winner: KENNY OMEGA! *too sweet*


Sorry if spelling errors, trying to type quick!

[DEV]

A Block: Ishii
B Block: Omega
G1 Winner: Omega?

[Brent Delivine]

With each wrestler with only 1 match to go at the time of this post, all the wrestlers in the pool still have a chance of winning. EXCEPT Ishii. Bad news for Dev and I.

People who can still win the G1 Climax:
B Block: Omega, Shibata & Naito
A Block: Tanahashi, Okada, Goto, Fale & Marufuji

Below is a helpful link for those who want to know who has to beat who to go to the finals.


www.voicesofwrestling.com/2016/08/10/whats-the-scenario-who-can-get-to-the-njpw-g1-climax-26-finals/

[Brent Delivine]

Goto wins A Block!

With that, no ones overall winner has changed. But with that win, no one has a clean sweep of this betting pool. Ishii being eliminated from advancing prior, Tanahashi and Okada are also eliminated from advancing.

If Naito advances, Cloudy and zgb win this pool. If Omega Advances, Dev wins the pool. If Shibata advances, i win the pool. It all now comes down to a by-default finish. If your pick wins the G1, all the sweeter.

Goodluck, gentlemen!

[Brent Delivine]

As of now it is confirmed the finals of the G1 is Hirooki Goto vs Kenny Omega. As such, by default, Dev & Champ has won the pool. You guys have just earned the ultimate reward -- a pat on the back.

[Brent Delivine]

The winner of the G1 Climax; Kenny Omega!

Congratulations to Champ and Dev for not only one of your picks advancing to the finals, but winning it also!