2017 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 fifteen (fuck, who knows how many) falls, and it is for the 2017 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. 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://tipsters.s3-website-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/

Since the Royal Rumble is a Big 4 PPV, matches will have their points doubled. As winner of Roadblock, Vito Cruz has selected The 2017 Royal Rumble Match as a bonus match to have its points tripled instead of doubled. As last year's winner, Poit can cash in at any time this year to make a match a bonus match.

Match 1: The 2017 Royal Rumble Match


Match 2: WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. John Cena


Match 3: WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns (No Disqualification Match, with Chris Jericho suspended above the ring in a shark cage)


Match 4: Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Bayley


Match 5: WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rich Swann vs. Neville


Match 6: Becky Lynch, Nikki Bella & Naomi vs. Alexa Bliss, Mickie James and Natalya (Kickoff Match)


Match 7: Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson (Kickoff Match)


Match 8: Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax (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.