Sumo

What's also interesting is the ordering of the championship-relevant bouts:

• Oshoumi vs Atamifuji: this is the first relevant bout.
  • IF Atamifuji wins, then there will be either 1 or 0 playoffs (depending on how Aonishiki does).
  • IF Atamifuji loses, either Aonishiki will be champion, or there will be a 4 or 5 bout playoff. (see below).
• then there are 8 non-championship-relevant bouts (including my faves Shishi, Ura, and Takayasu). Of interest here: Oshoma vs Yoshinofuji, and Onokatsu vs Wakamotoharu, all of which are at 7-7, so this will determine which two of the four get their kashi-koshi (more wins than losses).
• Kirishima vs Abi: this is the next championship-relevant bout. This tells us: IF there is a 4 or 5-person playoff, which of these two will take part in it. If Atamifuji won, then this bout is not championship-relevant.
• Kotozakura vs Aonishiki: This is the big one of the night.
  • IF Aonishiki wins AND Atamifuji lost, then Aonishiki is champion
  • IF Aonishiki wins AND Atamifuji won, then there will be a 2-person playoff
  • IF Aonishiki loses AND Atamifuji won, then Atamifuji is champion
  • IF Aonishiki loses AND Atamifuji lost, then there will be either a 4- or 5- person playoff
• Hoshoryu vs Onosato: IF Aonishiki AND Atamifuji both lost, then there will be a multi-person playoff. This will determine whether it's a 5-person playoff (if Onosato wins) or a 4-person playoff (if Onosato loses). Otherwise, it's not championship-relevant.

A NIGHT OF HYPE!!! idk about y'all, but I'm planning on staying up.