Thursday 13 January 2022

How Kambi Settled Its Wrestle Kingdom 16 Observer Star Ratings Markets

Kazuchika Okada's successful IWGP World Heavyweight Championship defence against Will Ospreay - in the main event of night two of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 - was the match which scored the most stars in Dave Meltzer's review published in the most recent issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Scoring five-and-three-quarter stars, the match was one star ahead of Okada's title win over Shingo Takagi which headlined night one and was the second-best contest over the opening two nights.

With all the star rating results confirmed, following the issue's release last week, Kambi has settled all of the markets that had been released for the show.

Firstly, the ''Exact Star Rating of the Highest Rated Match' outright special had 'Over 5.25 Stars' as the winning selection. It was 13/10 along with 'Exactly 5.25 Stars' while 'Under 5.25 Stars' was a losing 11/10 favourite.

Okada's two matches were matched together in a head-to-head. As you'll see, in the table below, the winning selection 'Day 2 IWGP Heavyweight Championship' won at odds of 7/10.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Star Ratings Betting Markets

The two bouts were also a part of a prop bet which asked whether they would each score at least five stars or more in the review. With Takagi versus Okada falling a quarter short of the prerequisite number, 'No' was the winning selection as an 11/20 favourite over the 5/4 for 'Yes'.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Star Ratings Betting Markets

With the one-star gap between the highest rated and second-best match, Kambi settled the Margin of Victory' prop with 'Yes' as the winning selection. In this proposition, customers were asked whether there would be a difference of half-a-star or higher between the first and second highest rated matches in Dave Meltzer's review. The winning selection was 19/20 to the 3/4 for 'No'.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Star Ratings Betting Markets

A third prop, which asked whether there would be 'Joint Winners' for match of the event, was settled with 'No' graded as the correct pick as a 4/9 favourite. Its opposition - 'No' - was 6/4.

Kambi also had a selection of Over/Under markets for the matches that were scheduled for the two nights. Here are their results:

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Star Ratings Betting Markets

If you use the above table as a guide, you can also work out how three remaining head-to-head markets were settled. All were won by the respective favourites.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Star Ratings Betting Markets

El Desperado's successful defence of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship over Hiromu Takahashi scored four-and-a-quarter stars and beat the Tetsuya Naito versus Jeff Cobb bout which received three-and-three-quarters.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Star Ratings Betting Markets

Hiroshi Tanahashi's IWGP US Heavyweight Championship win over KENTA was graded four stars. It beat the EVIL versus Tomohiro Ishii match for the NEVER Openweight Championship match, which was given just one star from the editor.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Star Ratings Betting Markets

CHAOS' title win over Dangerous Tekkers - for the IWGP Tag Team Championship - was given four-and-a-quarter stars in the review. It beat the SANADA versus Great-O-Khan match by one star.

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