KOTR And Queen's Crown Winner Odds Ahead Of 18/10 WWE Raw

Sky Bet's outright markets for the King of the Ring and Queen's Crown tournaments were suspended at 11PM BST ahead of tonight's semi-final matches.

Betting on the King of the Ring tournament closed with finalist - Finn Balor - a 10/11 favourite.

Just before the market closed, I noticed that Balor had moved up from 5/6 while Xavier Woods lowered from 13/8 into 6/4.

Woods will meet Jinder Mahal (4/1) on tonight's episode of WWE Raw to see who'll compete against Balor on Thursday.

Shayna Baszler's odds to be the Queen's Crown winner remained at 1/2 over the past couple of days. However, the second and third places flipped in the betting.

The change saw finalist - Zelina Vega - move from 11/4 second-favourite out to 4/1 while Doudrop, who will meet the tournament favourite tonight, came in from 4/1 to 11/4.

NJPW KOPW 2020 Betting Update For Wednesday Afternoon

In a brief update to this morning's post, Kambi has updated its NJPW King of Pro Wrestling markets following this morning's qualifiers.

However, there appears to be an error.

I believe SHO - who lost to SANADA today - is in the list instead of El Desperado, who beat Kojima by disqualification in their no finisher match. 

For what it's worth, SHO is 8/1, so I surmise that is what Desperado should be. This is just an assumption on my part, though.

Ignoring SHO, the other selections are:

Kazuchika Okada 1/2
SANADA 7/4
Toru Yano 8/1

Those looking to gamble on the Okada 'Tournament Winner' prop bet can now bet on him winning - by backing 'Yes' - at 1/2, but those who would like to take the other three competitors - by gambling on 'No' - can get 7/5.

The previous odds were 23/20 for 'Yes' and 8/13 for 'No'.

2:20PM BST UPDATE
The error has been corrected. El Desperado has replaced SHO. The odds are 8/1 as I suspected they would be.

NJPW KOPW 2020/Summer Struggle Kambi Odds Update For Wednesday Morning

With one of New Japan Pro Wrestling's Summer Struggle shows about to start within the forty minutes, I thought I'd publish an update after looking over the markets this morning.

Of the four King of Pro Wrestling tournament matches scheduled for today's show, only one is showing different prices when contrasted with yesterday's update.

The market in question is for the one-on-three handicap match which will see Kazuchika Okada take on Yujiro Takahashi along with Gedo and Jado.

Date/Time	Kazuchika Okada	Yujiro Takahashi
22/8 9:00PM	2/5	7/4
23/8 8:30PM	7/20	19/10
24/8 11:30AM	OTB	OTB
25/8 10:30AM	7/20	19/10
26/8 8:30AM	1/4	5/2

Okada is now down into 1/4 while Takahashi (and his partners) have moved up from 19/10 to 5/2.

The odds for three other KOPW qualifier matches for today are:

SHO 7/4
SANADA 2/5

Toru Yano 13/20
Bushi 11/10

Satoshi Kojima 27/25
El Desperado 4/6

The outright market is still showing the same pricing as yesterday. You can read about it in THIS POST.

The finalists will compete in a four-way on Saturday. Kambi has markets for other bouts on the card. 

Two of the four match markets for Saturday's show have been adjusted since yesterday's update.

In the first, Hiromu Takahashi has moved slightly down into 7/10 from 4/5 to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Taiji Ishimori.

Date/Time	Hiromu Takahashi	Taiji Ishimori
22/8 9:00PM	9/10	4/5
25/8 10:45AM	4/5	9/10
26/8 8:30AM	7/10	EVS

Ishimori - who started off as a 4/5 fave, but was moved to 9/10 by yesterday morning - is now up to EVS.

The second adjusted market is the one for IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

Titleholders, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr, have lowered from 11/20 into 1/2 while their challengers - and previous champs, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi, have moved from 5/4 to 7/5 since yesterday's update.

Date/Time	Taichi and ZSJ	Ibushi and Tanahashi
22/8 9:00PM	13/20	11/10
25/8 10:45AM	11/20	5/4
26/8 8:30AM	1/2	7/5

The other matches - along with their stationary odds - are:

NEVER Openweight Championship
Shingo Takagi 7/10
Minoru Suzuki EVS

IWGP IC and Heavyweight Championships
EVIL 17/20
Tetsuya Naito 17/20

NJPW KOPW 2020 And Summer Struggle Odds Update For Tuesday Morning

There have been adjustments made to most of Kambi's New Japan Pro Wrestling markets that I wrote about IN THIS POST yesterday.

Kazuchika Okada's price to become the first provisional King of Pro Wrestling Champion, by winning a four-way on Saturday, have been taken down from 13/10 into 23/20.

As you'll see above - with Okada moving in, the bookmakers have increased the prices for five of the other selections that are in the running.

SANADA, whose price fell from 5/2 into 2/1 within the first day, remains a second-favourite.

Yujiro Takahashi, who will wrestle Okada for a place in Saturday's four-way, stays at 7/2. 

A prop bet, which allows customers to gamble on or against Okada being victorious on Saturday, has also been changed following the adjustment in the outright winner market.

'Yes' - the option that is taken by those who believe Okada will triumph - is obviously at the same price as the outright market. However, those who believe another wrestler will become the provisional king can get 8/13 by taking 'No'.

In yesterday's post, I wrote that three out of the four match markets for Wednesday's tournament bouts were off the board. This is no longer the case.

The three markets that were absent are back online with the same pricing as before. They are:

No Finisher Match
Satoshi Kojima 27/25
El Desperado 4/6

2-Count Fall Match
Toru Yano 13/20
Bushi 11/10

1-on-3 Handicap Match
Kazuchika Okada 7/20
Yujiro Takahashi (plus Gedo and Jado) 19/10

The fourth match market - which was still available yesterday - has changed since I last wrote about it.

Date/Time	SHO	SANADA
22/8 9:00PM	19/20	3/4
23/8 8:30PM	7/5	1/2
25/8 10:30AM	7/4	2/5

SANADA's price to beat SHO in the submission match is now down to 2/5. He had previously dropped from 3/4 into 1/2.

Markets for other matches on Saturday's Summer Struggle card have also been changed since yesterday's update.

There has been a flip in the market for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship.

Titleholder - Hiromu Takahashi - was a 9/10 outsider initially, but is now a 4/5 favourite. His opponent, Taiji Ishimori was 4/5, but has now moved up to 9/10.

Shingo Takagi has dipped from 4/5 into 7/10 to successfully retain the NEVER Openweight Championship against Minoru Suzuki.

The challenger is now available at EVS. This is slightly up from 9/10.

The team of Taichi and Zack Sabre, Jr. have dropped from 13/20 into 11/20 for their IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship defence against former titeholders, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi.

Ibushi and Tanahashi are now 5/4. This is up from 11/10.

Tetsuya Naito's odds to regain the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships against EVIL have once again been lowered.

In yesterday's post, I noted that Naito was 9/10 from even money. He is now down to 17/20.

Date/Time	EVIL	Tetsuya Naito
22/8 9:00PM	7/10	EVS
23/8 8:30PM	4/5	9/10
25/8 10:45AM	17/20	17/20

EVIL, who was 7/10 on Saturday and had moved to 4/5 by Sunday evening, is also at 17/20.

Kambi's NJPW Markets For This Week

This past weekend, the oddsmakers from Kambi installed a handful of New Japan Pro Wrestling markets for the company's upcoming Summer Struggle shows.

On Wednesday, NJPW will begin an eight-man tournament to determine the inaugural provisional King of Pro Wrestling Champion. 

It's my understanding that the newly-created title (in name only) will be defended in matches that career away from regular NJPW bouts as the provisional champion will have to defend his right to be named King of Pro Wrestling in speciality matches. The choice of matches will be put to vote by fans.

At the tail end of each year - a final King of Pro Wrestling match will be contested. Whoever is the provisional King of Pro Wrestling at the conclusion of the bout, will be crowned King of Pro Wrestling and receive a trophy.

Even though Wednesday's event is being promoted as having a 'tournament' on the card, the  simply four qualifying matches because the winners of the bouts will meet in a four-way on Saturday.

Wednesday's matches have already been decided by fan voting. What happened was both wrestlers picked the stipulation they would like, then it was up to the fans to make the final decision.

SHO .vs. SANADA

Both SHO and SANADA requested for their contest to be a submission match. Therefore, there was no reason to go to a vote.

This is the only match market that remains available for the tournament. It started with SANADA as a 3/4 favourite. His price was down to 1/2 when I checked in almost a day later.

 

Date/Time	SHO	SANADA
22/8 9:00PM	19/20	3/4
23/8 8:30PM	7/5	1/2
24/8 11:30AM	"	"

SANADA has also been the wrestler whose odds have shortened in the outright tournament winner market.

He started off at 5/2, but was down to 2/1 when I checked in last night.

Kazuchika Okada - who is credited as coming up with the King of Pro Wrestling concept - is a favourite to leave Saturday's four-way as the provisional king. 

His price was kept at 13/10 when the adjustments were made to the market on Sunday.

On the topic  of Okada, his tournament match is an interesting one.

Kazuchika Okada .vs. Yujiro Takahashi

Okada's request was to meet Yujiro Takahashi in a 1-on-3 handicap match. He got his wish as fifty-six percent of the vote went to that request over Takahashi's request for a lumberjack strap match. 

The other two participants in the match are Okada's nemesis' Gedo and Jado. 

Date/Time	Kazuchika Okada	Yujiro Takahashi
22/8 9:00PM	2/5	7/4
23/8 8:30PM	7/20	19/10
24/8 11:30AM	OTB	OTB

Going by the betting between Saturday and Sunday, Okada dipped from 2/5 into 7/20.

Customers can also bet on Okada in a tournament winner prop bet. In it, customers get to gamble whether or not Okada ends up the tournament winner.

'Yes' is obviously in line with the outright market number of 13/10. However, those who'd like to bet against him can take the field by gambling on 'No' at 13/25.

Satoshi Kojima .vs. El Desperado

68.5 percent of the fan vote chose for the Satoshi Kojima .vs. El Desperado match to have the stipulation that neither man can use their finisher. This was Desperado's offer to the fan vote. 

This will mean that there will be no lariat from Kojima or a Pinche Locho from Desperado.

When it was available, the betting market listed Desperado as a 4/6 favourite over Kojima (27/25).

Toru Yano .vs. Bushi

Toru Yano and Bushi will meet in a bout which has two-count pins. This was, unsurprisingly, Yano's proposal. It was voted in 57.2:42.8.

Bushi's suggestion was a five-count countout which would have also played into Yano comedy. 

Kambi had Yano as a 13/20 favourite. A victory for Bushi will pay out at odds of 11/10.

The bookies are still accepting wagers on the other matches that are set for Saturday's card from Meiji Jingo Stadium.

NEVER Openweight champion - Shingo Takagi - is a 4/5 favourite to successfully retain his title against Minoru Suzuki (9/10).

The team of Taichi and Zack Sabre, Jr. are 13/20 for their IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship defence against previous titleholders, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi (11/10).

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champ, Hiromu Takahashi, is a slight underdog - at 9/10 - for his defence against Taiji Ishimori (4/5).

The main event will see EVIL defend both the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships against the previous champ, Tetsuya Naito. 

EVIL was 7/10 on Saturday night, but has since moved up to 4/5 due to Naito's price having been reduced into 9/10 from EVS.

Date/Time	EVIL	Tetsuya Naito
22/8 9:00PM	7/10	EVS
23/8 8:30PM	4/5	9/10
24/8 11:30AM	"	"