2018 TIPSTERS: Royal Rumble

[Poit]

First, let's establish the rules:

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[Howard Finkel]

Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for twelve fourteen? falls, and it is for the 2018 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.

If you submit your picks during the kickoff show for a PPV, you will receive 0 points for all matches on the kickoff show. At my discretion, you will receive full points for matches on the main show, provided no new information about those matches was announced on the kickoff show.

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. Anyone may begin playing at any point in the year.

[/Howard Finkel]

Now, let's do this.

The submission form is mandatory. You must then post the board code provided by the form in this thread. If it's not working for you, please make sure you don't have JavaScript disabled. If it still doesn't work, PM me. Picks made in this thread without using the form, or made using the form without posting in the thread, will be ignored unless you PM me saying the form doesn't work for whatever reason.

The submission form (which is mandatory), as usual, can be found here: http://newtipsters-env.us-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/

Since the Royal Rumble is a Big 4 PPV, matches will have their points doubled.

Match 1: The 2018 30-Man Over-The-Top Royal Rumble Match


Match 2: The first-ever 30-Woman Over-The-Top Royal Rumble Match


Match 3: Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman vs. Kane (Triple Threat Match)


Match 4: WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn — 2-on-1 Handicap Match for the WWE Title


Match 5: Raw Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins & Jason Jordan vs. Cesaro & Sheamus


Match 6: SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos vs. Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin (2-out-of-3-Falls Match)


Match 7: Bobby Roode’s United States Championship Open Challenge (Kickoff Match)


Match 8: Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson vs. The Revival (Kickoff Match)


Match 9: Kalisto, Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik vs. TJP, Gentleman Jack Gallagher & Drew Gulak (Kickoff Match)


Deadline is Sunday, when the kickoff show starts. Note that the PPV is an hour longer than a regular one, and the kickoff show is as well, so the deadline is two hours earlier than for a regular PPV. Good luck, have fun, and all that jazz.