Hey, was I all right yesterday? I was!
Rocky’s got 7 points now but probably darning his luck to be in the Block where 7 gets you fifth instead of first.
You know, how did Curry get in without qualifying but Dragon had to?
Block A: 9 points clinches second round, people will likely get in at 8 and because of the big tie at 7, even that may be good enough. Yes, a 3-3-1 record is possibly enough to get you out of the league stage. Parity sure is something.
- Kakihara is IN with a win or a tie
- Kakihara is OUT with a loss and a Samurai win
- Samurai is IN with a win and one of the other three remaining matches (Kakihara/Inoue, Dragon/Kanemoto, Liger/MA-G-MA) going to a draw
- Samurai is OUT with a loss, or a tie and a Kakihara win or tie.
- Taguchi and Inoue are OUT. Still.
- if Inoue defeats Kakihara and Taguchi draws or defeats Samurai (no one gets past 7)
- American Dragon is IN with a win, a tie or a loss and MA-G-MA/Liger does not go to a draw
- American Dragon is OUT with a loss and a MA-G-MA/Liger tie (fixed)
- Repeat for Kanemoto, and for Liger and MA-G-MA (replace with Dragon/Kanemoto)
- if Kakihara draws or defeats Inoue or Samurai defeats Taguchi (people get past 7)
- American Dragon is IN with a win or a tie
- American Dragon is OUT with a loss
- Same for Kanemoto, Liger and MA-G-MA
Block B: No change. And not one coming tonight unless they make Curry work.
I should point out Stuart’s under the impression they’ll use the heads up matches as tie breakers, but I’ve been working with the idea they’ll have tiebreaker matches on 06/12. Seeing as the only Junior match scheduled on the show is obviously going to be scrapped (Liger/Kanemoto vs Dragon/Curry, which was probably to build to a match for the titles the foreigners no longer have) and there’s only 5 matches on the show, I think they can fit ’em in.
PREDICTIONS SURE TO GO WRONG
Garuda over Nakajima
Kakihara over Inoue
Taguchi upsets Samurai
Naruse over Curry!
I’m going to really miss having the free Curry match correct on the last few shows.
Holy shit you loser, you were probably up ALL NIGHT figuring this out. But I love you! I should go to bed! I often read your site right before bed! So I have good dreams! GO AMERICAN DRAGON GO.