Saw some people putting out there predictions for S26 so I thought I'll do a connect four, I'd normally do a connect five but I could only think of five other matches that could have worked. To make this more fair I added all the known matches in places they can't help make three rows and can't help each other.

I did however try to separate potential contradictory matches those being:  
Ori vs The Knight and Sans vs The Judge - Unlikely to have 2 indie game matches

Aang vs The Traveler and Cell vs Metal - Both likely candidates for the slot of the one Devil Artemis episode this season

Mysterio vs Scarecrow and Freddy vs Pennywise - Unlikely for two Halloween episodes due to the timing

Jack vs The Grinch and Freddy vs Pennywise - Unlikley for two Holiday themed episodes, Mysterio vs Scarecrow also acts as a Marvel vs DC so it fits easier.



The only ones I excluded were:  
Shrek vs Conker - While it had a VERY good cast episode one animated movie fight is already a massive jump for DB, I doubt they will do two in one year, although with the new movie this is the match that narrowly missed the 16th slot.

Luffy vs Naruto - DB has stated they are fine doing Luffy soon and then doing him later after the show ends but that still doesn't mean they aren't going to wait for his full Gear 5 powers to be showcased.

Blackbeard vs King K Rool - Similar issue of having no real feats for Blackbeard (Unless they really want to lean into Star level Marineford Whitebeard)

Omori vs Room - While way more popular than ever and having an impressive amount of submissions and a good cast episode I feel other internet and indie series will likely appear first to test the waters

SCP-096 vs Wonder of U - While in my top 3 most wanted it would be a bit biased to say that this will happen this year and before the more well known SCP match even if it's one of the main Kickstarter matches (682uesday)

My Predictions for Death Battle Season 26'