2016 TIPSTERS: Royal Rumble/Sign-Up Thread

[Poit]

First, let's establish the rules:

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[Howard Finkel]

Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for twelve falls, and it is for the 2016 TPWW Tipsters Championship! The rules of this contest are as follows:

For each match, you will predict the outcome. The usual things to predict are:

Winner: The winner of the match
How: Pinfall, Submission, DQ, etc.
Move: The move that determines how the match ends

Successfully predicting the Winner is worth 50 points. In addition to How and Move, some matches may have other predictions to make. Successfully predicting these other parts of the outcome are 25 points each, but only if you also predict the Winner correctly. Some matches will have additional "bonus" questions, and predicting the Winner correctly is not necessary to get these bonus points. For the "Big 4" PPVs, the points for the entire PPV will be doubled.

Miscellaneous details:

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If you predict the winning move as "his finisher" or "her finisher" for someone who has multiple finishers, I'm going to randomly determine which finisher you meant.

If you think a match will end in disqualification by interference, "How: DQ; Move: Interference" is sufficient. If you think a match will end in a pin after interference, you still need to predict the move that ends the match.

If you want to edit your picks, then edit your post and send me a PM telling me what you changed.

The winner (highest scorer) of each PPV will pick a bonus match for the next PPV to be worth double points. If there are multiple previous winners, and therefore multiple bonus matches, the score multiplier will be split among the bonus matches (so with 2 bonus matches, each one would be x1.5 points). Also, multipliers will be additive, so a x2 bonus match on a Big 4 PPV will be worth x3 points, not x4.

Anyone is eligible to participate. However, ff you don't think you're going to have time to participate, then please don't sign up.

[/Howard Finkel]

Now, let's do this.

Since the Royal Rumble is a Big 4 PPV, matches will have their points doubled. As winner of TLC, Mercenary can pick a bonus match to have its points tripled instead of doubled. As last year's winner, Smelly Meatball can cash in at any time this year to make a match a bonus match.

Submissions are done by going to this site and filling out the form:
http://tipsters.s3-website-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/
The form will then provide some fully marked-up board code which you then copy & paste into this thread. You must post this in the thread to confirm the picks are indeed legitimate.
Picks made in this thread without using the submission form will be ignored.

Match 1: 2016 Royal Rumble Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship


Match 2: Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens (Last Man Standing Match)


Match 3: United States Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. Kalisto

Winner: Kalisto
How: Pin
Move: Salida Del Sol

Match 4: Divas Champion Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch


Match 5: WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. The Usos


Match 6: Darren Young & Damien Sandow vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Ascension vs. Mark Henry & Jack Swagger (Fatal 4-Way Kickoff Match to qualify for the Royal Rumble Match)


Deadline is Sunday, when the kickoff show starts. Good luck, have fun, and all that jazz.