With the numbers being cut down and the need for qualifiers we can determine who should make the cut initially or the qualifiers or make the tournament at all.
I chose to not include too many guests or former roster members. I did also pick a selection of the two top Jr Heavyweights and the Openweight TJP. The samples have been taken over the past 18 months starting with WK17. Only NJPW shows were counted alongside anytime a NJPW belt was defended. Below is the criteria for gaining points.
+2 points for any singles match win over another heavyweight.
+1 point for a singles match win over a Jr Heavyweight or Young Lion.
-1 point for any singles match loss
+3 additional points for any IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match win.
+2 additional points for any other singles championship match win.
+1 point for Tag championship match win
+1 point for a singles draw by any means
+5 points for winning a tournament
+3 points for 2nd place in a tournament
+2 points for reaching the semi final of a tournament
+1 point for reaching quarter final of a tournament
Here is how they all stack up.
Zack Sabre Jr 72
Sanada 54
Shingo Takagi 46
Tetsuya Naito 45
David Finlay 42
Jon Moxley 30
EVIL 24
Hiromu Takahashi 23*
El Desperado 23*
Hirooki Goto 22
Yota Tsuji 21
TJP 18*
Hiroshi Tanahashi 16
KENTA 15
Jeff Cobb 14
Great O-Khan 13
Taichi 12
Yoshi Hashi 12
Boltin Oleg 12*
El Phantasmo 11
Nic Nemeth 9
Shota Umino 8
Ren Narita 7
Henare 6
Tomohiro Ishii 6
Shane Haste 6
Mikey Nicholls 3
Toru Yano 2
Yuya Uemura 1
Chase Owens – 2
Callum Newman – 4
*The ones labelled with an asterisk collected the majority of their points vs Jr heavyweights and young lions.
by shecanbromehard
