NIJISANJI VTuber Selen Tatsuki has organized WrestleSanji2023, a two-day VTuber wrestling tournament using WWE 2K22. The event will be live-streamed on YouTube on Jan. 21 to 22.
NIJISANJI talents will act as the casters, announcers, interviewers, and wrestlers for the tournament.
Here’s everything you need to know about WrestleSanji2023.
How to watch WrestleSanji2023 and is it free?
Selen will broadcast WrestleSanji2023 on her YouTube channel. The group matches will be held on Jan. 21, and the finals and show match will take place on Jan. 22. The stream will start at 6pm PT (8pm CT) on both days. Saturday’s broadcast will last approximately four hours.
“I’m announcing it, so, I hope it’s on my channel,” said Selen during her stream.
She confirmed that the event is completely free. There are no tickets or pay-per-view, and anyone can watch it without any fees or special cables.
WrestleSanji2023 format and details
WrestleSanji2023 is the successor to Selen’s NIJIWWE event in May 2022.
Day one will consist of three groups of eight talents competing in 1v1 single elimination matches. There will be an additional match between Uki Violeta and Luca Kaneshiro to determine the final spot in group one.
Pomu Rainpuff will provide commentary alongside Selen.
The event will feature pre- and post-match interviews with all 25 talents. Nina Kosaka will conduct the interviews.
The announcer for WrestleSanji2023 will be Vox Akuma, who will introduce each member and pump up the crowd.
Day two will host the finals and a show match between the winner and the 2022 champion, Uki. Vox will return as the caster, alongside Doppio Dropscythe.
The winner of the show match will receive a real-life wrestling belt, the design of which will be revealed on day one of the event.
The matches will be CPU controlled, ensuring random outcomes. All talents will be present for interviews and other events during WrestleSanji2023.
Fans will have the opportunity to participate in prediction polls to guess the winners.
The wrestlers for each talent will either be fan-submitted or created by the talents themselves before the event.
Here’s the WrestleSanji2023 bracket
The brackets were randomly determined on Selen’s stream by spinning a wheel.