TPWW Survivor JAPAN - More Spin Off Than Ricochet vs Ospreay

[Ultra Mantis]

DISCLAIMER - THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR NJPW EVENTS UP TO 19/6

Since TPWW Survivor XXIX is apparently going to loop eternally until the end of time, I'm launching a spin off, and this time we're heading to Japan! The Japanese variant has a couple of differences. Most important you get two guys (one from list 1, one from list B), and due to schedules it's a six week clock. I realise only a small number of people here watch NJPW or play Survivor, the crossover is probably miniscule, but that just more chance to win. You like winning right!?

If you don't know what's going on here just pick some random names, whatever looks the most American, easiest to pronounce, etc.

Rules:

Everybody selects TWO wrestlers from the NJPW roster, no duplicates allowed. You can select ONE wrestler from the “Core Roster” (who are more likely to appear frequently) and ONE wrestler from the “Regular Roster” (who could also show up frequently, or not at all; are young lions or old dads). If the contest hasn't yet started, you can change your selection once by making a new post saying you're changing your selection (don't just edit your original post).
Your wrestler is eliminated if he or she submits or is pinned during a match at a televised (aka it's on New Japan World) NJPW event. Disqualifications, count outs, or being eliminated from a battle royale does not cause elimination. In multi-man matches (tag, triple threat, etc.), only the person who is pinned or submits is out. ROH does not count and ROH “exclusive” wrestlers (ie. Not NJPW regulars) are probably bad picks. ROH / CMLL crossover events DO count.
In the event of a match finishing via KNOCKOUT, the Small Council of Elders have met and come to the majority decision that a KNOCKOUT will count as an ELIMINATION. This will effectively be a slight nerf to the character Hiroshi Tanahashi.
In a slight change to WWE flavour Survivor, your wrestler will also be eliminated if he or she goes SIX weeks without having a televised match in a NJPW ring for any reason whatsoever (injury, Bone Soldier'd, etc.). There is a constant countdown going on from your wrestler's last match, so even if bad luck happens - you can still potentially win as long as everyone else loses in that span. In the event of two or more competitors being eliminated on the same day due to this rule and that impacting on podium positions (rank 1-3), the wrestler positions will be determined by time of last performance (meaning main eventing is more valuable than opening). In addition, the six week ruling will occur at the end of a show if one is running concurrent to the cut off date, meaning anyone who loses on the show will place lower than whoever gets six week'd. If you suffer a ban for the length of the game you will be disqualified.
If you win you get your choice of either first picks next season or double picks for the next season. If you take the option of double picks, you must wait until at least five other people have selected in order to prevent you from becoming The Skippord. If you are inactive upon winning to the creation of the next season, you will not get first pick and instead get double picks. In accordance with previous versions of this rule, new seasons will only be created after a minimum wait period of two days.
A wrestler must be an active participant in a match for it to reset the six-week timer. Lumberjacks, special referees, managers, "enforcers," guest commentators, etc. do NOT count... but there will be less of this shit here anyway.


Sign-ups are allowed until the start of the the 6th March 2018 edition of NJPW Anniversary Show at the start of show, in the beginning of this night / morning, right then, on Tuesday, March 6, on this day, eliminations will be eliminated, starting on this show, on the New Japan World, in the genesis of Yoshi Tatsu.

Winning wrestlers must sit out 3 seasons before returning. However, as this is the debut season, IWGP Champion "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada will be ineligible for selection due to his massive advantage of never losing. In the event of a second season, Little Kazu will become eligible.

I will be participating in the game, but in the interest of fairness, I won't make my pick until at least ten pairs of wrestlers have been chosen. In the somewhat likely event that ten pairs of wrestlers are not chosen I will make my picks on 5th March. If less than five pairs have been chosen I will immediately declare myself the winner.

Fuck Michael Elgin.

NJPW Anniversary Show Card:

Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yuji Nagata, Toa Henare, Tomoyuki Oka, Shota Umino & Tetsuhiro Yagi
Katsuya Kitamura vs. Manabu Nakanishi
Juice Robinson & David Finlay vs. CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano)
Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) (c) vs. Suzukigun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI)
YOSHI-HASHI vs. SANADA
Tetsuya Naito vs. Taichi
Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Togi Makabe
Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay

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Willing Paticipants

32. Will Ospreay - James Steele - Pinned by Okada 6/3 Anniversary Show
31. Tomohiro Ishii - mike adamle - Pinned by "FUCK" Michael Elgin 9/3 New Japan Cup
30. TAKA Michinoku - Helmsphere - Submitted to SANADA 10/3 New Japan Cup
29. Yoshinobu Kanemaru - Lock Jaw - Pinned by Toru Yano 11/3 New Japan Cup
28. Tetsuya Naito - DaveWadding - Submitted to Zack Sabre Jr 11/3 New Japan Cup
27. Takashi Iizuka - Arrogance - Submitted to Little Kazu Okada 14/3 New Japan Cup
26. Kota Ibushi - mike adamle [16th!] - Submitted to Zack Sabre Jr 15/3 New Japan Cup
25. Juice Robinson - STD - Pinned by Hiroshi Tanahashi 16/3 New Japan Cup
24. SANADA - Simple Fan - Submitted to Zack Sabre Jr 18/3 New Japan Cup
23. Hirooki Goto - Brother Vito - Pinned by Juice Robinson 21/3 New Japan Cup
22. Hiroshi Tanahashi - James Steele [15th!] - Submitted to Zack Sabre Jr 21/3 New Japan Cup
21. Hangman Page - Droford - Pinned by Jay White 25/3 Strong Style Evolved
20. Matt Jackson - STD [14th!] - Pinned by Kenny Omega 25/3 Strong Style Evolved
19. EVIL - Droford [13th!] - Pinned by Archer 1/4 Sakura Genesis
18. Marty Scurll - Moose Knuckle - Pinned by Will Ospreay 1/4 Sakura Genesis
17. Zack Sabre Jr - Smelly Meatball - Pinned by Okada 1/4 Sakura Genesis
16. Hiromu Takahashi - Ultra Mantis - Pinned by El Desperado 14/4 Road to Wrestling Dontaku
15. Chris Jericho - Sixx - 6 week'd 17/4
=. Katsuya Kitamura - DaveWadding [12th!] - 6 week'd 17/4
=. Tomoaki Honma - Arrogance [11th!] - 6 week'd 17/4
=. Satoshi Kojima - Gertner - 6 week'd 17/4
11. David Finlay - Helmsphere [10th!] - Pinned by Jay White 24/4 Road to Wrestling Dontaku
10. Minoru Suzuki - Lock Jaw [9th!] - Pinned by Tetsuya Naito 29/4 Wrestling Hi No Kuni
9. KUSHIDA - Moose Knuckle [8th!] - Pinned by Kazuchika Okada 3/5 Wrestling Dontaku
8. Jay White - Sixx [7th!] - 5 week'd 8/6
7. Kenny Omega - Smelly Meatball [6th!] - 5 week'd 8/6
6. Cody (Rhodes) - Ultra Mantis [5th!] - 5 week'd 8/6
5. Bad Luck Fale - Gertner [4th!] - 5 week'd 8/6
4. Nick Jackson - RP - 5 week'd 8/6
3. Tama Tonga - RP [3th!] - 5 week'd 8/6
WINNER! Hiroyoshi Tenzan - Simple Fan [2th!] - Last wrestled 19/6 Kizuna Road
WINNER! Yuji Nagata - Brother Vito [1th!] - Last wrestled 19/6 Kizuna Road

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NPCs



Manabu Nakanishi - Last wrestled 19/6 Kizuna Road

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31. Shota Umino - Submitted to KUSHIDA 6/3 Anniversary Show
30. Toa Henare - Pinned by Hirooki Goto 6/3 Anniversary Show
29. Sho - pinned by El Desperado 6/3 Anniversary Show
28. Yoshi-Hashi - pinned by SANADA 6/3 Anniversary Show
27. Taichi - pinned by Naito 6/3 Anniversary Show
26. Togi Makabe - pinned by Minoru Suzuki 6/3 Anniversary Show
25. Tanga Loa - pinned by Davey Boy Smith Jr 9/3 New Japan Cup
24. Bushi - submitted to Zack Sabre Jr 9/3 New Japan Cup
23. Chase Owens - submitted to Okada 9/3 New Japan Cup
22. Yujiro Takahashi - pinned by Juice Robinson 9/3 New Japan Cup
21. Ren Narita - Submitted to El Desperado 10/3 New Japan Cup
20. Tomoyuki Oka - Pinned by Toru Yano 10/3 New Japan Cup
19. Lance Archer - Pinned by Bad Luck Fale 10/3 New Japan Cup
18. Ryusuke Taguchi - Pinned by Taichi 11/3 New Japan Cup
17. Chuck Taylor - Pinned by SANADA 12/3 New Japan Cup
16. Tetsuhiro Yagi - Submitted to El Desperado 14/3 New Japan Cup
15. Michael Elgin - Pinned by Juice Robinson 14/3 New Japan Cup
14. Toru Yano - Pinned by SANADA 15/3 New Japan Cup
13. Gedo - Pinned by Minoru Suzuki 16/3 New Japan Cup
12. El Desperado - Pinned by Naito 18/3 New Japan Cup
11. Jushin Thunder Liger - Pinned by Will Ospreay 25/3 Strong Style Evolved
10. Tiger Mask - Pinned by Toru Yano 30/3 Road to Sakura Genesis
9. HIKULEO - 6 week'd 17/4
=. Jado - 6 week'd 17/4
=. Beretta - 6 week'd 17/4
=. Rey Mysterio - 6 week'd 17/4
=. Teruaki Kanemitsu - 6 week'd 17/4
4. Rocky Romero - Pinned by David Finlay 29/4 Wrestling Hi No Kuni
3. PowerBoy Smith Jr. - Pinned by EVIIIIL, throwing coffee in an old man's face is EVIL, everything is EVIIIIIIIIL, PowerBoy Dickhead 29/4 Wrestling Hi No Kuni
2. Yoh - Pinned by Tiger Mask 20/5 BOSJ



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[Simple Fan]

I'll take SANADA and Tenzan

[mike adamle]

I'll take Kota Ibushi and Tomohiro Ishii

[Bad News Gertner]

Fale and Kojima

[DaveWadding]

Naito and Kitamura

[Emperor Smeat]

Omega & Sabre Jr

[James Steele]

Hiroshi Tanahashi
Will Ospreay

[Arrogance]

Takhashi izuka and Tomoaki Hanma.

[Lock Jaw]

I don't know who any of these people are and I will never check this thread again, but:

Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

[RP]

Give me Tama Tonga and hrmm. Nick jackson seems like a stand up guy. I'll take him. I hope he's black.

[Ultra Mantis]

He is as black as post 80s Michael Jackson, good shout.

Turnout is better than I expected, but of course it stalls on 9 people so I can't pick yet, as is tradition.

[Moose Knuckle]

I can help with that.

KUSHIDA & Marty Scurll

[Sixx]

Chris Jericho, because I want to be eliminated FAST. Oh, and Jay White, cause he's white.

[Ultra Mantis]

Sweet, I'm taking Hiromu and Cody.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Juice Robinson.

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Matt Jackson.

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[Droford]

EVIL and Hangman Page

[Evil Vito]

Hirooki Goto and Yuji Nagata

[Helmsphere]

I'll take David Finlay and Taka Michinoku

[Ultra Mantis]

Updated up until New Japan Cup Night 1, obviously spoilers everywhere in here from this point on. Steele and adamle are the only ones to take a loss so far. Plenty more to come over the next week.

[Droford]

No ones been eliminated yet but someone's getting eliminated between Jay White and Hangman (probably me :( )
And probably in the main event too

[Ultra Mantis]

Yep, and it's STD's Young Buck that takes the knees, making him the third contestant wiped out so far.

[RP]

Am i still in this?

[Ultra Mantis]

Up to date now, there's about a month before the next big show but there's a bunch of smaller "road to" shows leading up to it, as usual with NJPW tours it's mainly going to be core roster putting in the work. Also worth noting that Supercard of Honor is purely an ROH show so it means nothing to this game so Kenny and Cody are both relatively safe for now.

After examining the data I'm going to cut the six week elimination rule down to five weeks once the first set are gone. Everyone who's going to appear has already shown up by now so six might have been too much. If five weeks goes the same way I'll cut it down further to four weeks.

Oh and adamle, Steele, STD and Droford have all wiped out. Unfortunately RP still going strong.

[Ultra Mantis]

The Road to Wrestling Dontaku specials have claimed a few victims, notably poor little Hiromu. Now I have to rely on Cody. This is a travesty.

Also we're down to the top 10, only RP still has both of his guys still alive and they're going to be working against each other next week in multi man tags so lets hope for a double pin I guess.

[DaveWadding]

A travesty is Kitamura being 6 weeked when he's pretty obviously the next ace of NJPW.

[Ultra Mantis]

I mean yeah, all of that is true, maybe definitely jobbing to Nakanishi on day 1 would have been a cleaner way to go for the future ace / Bone Solider(?) / maybe retired(?) big old young powerboy.

I hope he comes back for next season.

[Sixx]

Damn, I'm doing pretty good.

[Ultra Mantis]

Yeah, they're building your guy up as a big deal right now. He's still a dweeby knife pervert though.

[Sixx]

He's also a perv? SWEET

[Ultra Mantis]

The Wrestling Dontaku event today has claimed the (survivor) life of everyone's favourite Japanese Marty McFly cosplayer, KUSHIDA, just one day before he was probably going to lose to Will Ospreay. Godspeed.

Not looking like any eliminations are going to happen on tomorrows shows, all of the main Bullet Club guys are in a ten man tag but none of them are going to get pinned because Camacho is also in that match. Nagata is still stretching the young boys, Tenzan is probably (hopefully) resting his knees and Jay White is in a six man against the mid-card foreign guys while tagging with Yoshi-Hashi and Goto so it would be a huge surprise to see him go down.

The timed elimination counter will remain at 5 weeks. For anyone working tomorrows show that timer expires just one day before the next big show, Dominion. Probably nothing to worry about, unless your guy is in Bullet Club.

God fucking damn it.

[Sixx]

Hehe, I pinned Helmsphere and Droford.

[RP]

Are my 2 guys about to get 3 week'ed?

[Ultra Mantis]

The rest of this months shows are a tournament called Best of the Super Juniors, but all of the Junior Heavyweights have already been eliminated.

Tenzan and Nagata are working a show on 15th May but the rest of us look like we're getting timed out. There's one show on June 4th (The final day of the tournament) where no card has been announced so it's entirely possible to be saved at the last possible moment.

[RP]

Well... motherfucker

[Evil Vito]

BLUE JUSTICE

[Ultra Mantis]

I don't think Nagata is actually ever going to get pinned again now that he's retired from the G1 and is exclusively dad of the young lions.

[Ultra Mantis]

Of the six guys who timed out, only Cody and Nick Jackson would still be alive if Dominion was a day earlier.

Now it's down to the dads, this might take a while.

[Ultra Mantis]

Tenzan and Nagata are both on the Kizuna Road tour, but theyre still in young lion tag matches. There's actually a few tag matches where they face off along with sole NPC survivor Nakanishi but none of them are going to get pinned because Oka is there.

The only glimmer of hope comes in the form of Team Super Strong Machine (Tenzan, Nagata, Nakanishi, Taguchi and Tanahashi) vs LIJ on the 19th, but Taguchi is the fall guy in that match too.

New Japan Dads are immortal.

[Evil Vito]

I took Nagata specifically because I knew he wouldn't be in G1 anymore.

Pretty sure Tenzan retired from it a couple years ago too - would be a nice swerve to have him in it anyway to honor the injured Kojima but probably won't happen.

This shit could last all the way to November in the Tag League or something.

[RP]

3rd and 4th adds up to # 1 in some out of earth species math.

[Ultra Mantis]

In outer space maybe, but here it just makes you finish 3th apparently.

[Ultra Mantis]

Team Super Strong Machine don't even do the job :rofl:

Gedo I know you are reading this, please book Nagata vs Tenzan asap. Thanks.

[Ultra Mantis]

Looking like this is just going to a time limit draw since neither guy will likely appear on the G1 shows. Both guys wrestled in the same match so that's a stalemate. Will give Nagata the advantage since I saw him kill Shota live last Sunday, but Vito and Fan look like joint winners. Would like to get season 2 on course for the start of G1 unless either of you object.

[Simple Fan]

No objection here.

[Evil Vito]

Sounds good to me. Do Fan and I get to make an advance pick or something?

[Simple Fan]

Vito can have first pick since Goto survived a bit longer than Sanada.

[Ultra Mantis]

Yeah Vito gets first picks then Fan gets second picks. Nagata and Tenzan out, Okada back in (red bracket). Goto and SANADA still eligible.

Bone Soldier is added to the red side. Cobb and any other guests (ie. Sabin, Flip Gordon, ACH) will be added to the pool as yellows though the others probably aren't going to show up before six weeks.