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paulie21

Do I get any points for

Cesaro going 3-1 at London house show

there were cameras there

Kankan14

Main Event Tier - Roman Reigns
Main Event Tier - Aj Styles for Seth Rollins
Main Event Tier - Bayley

Upper Tier -The Mix for Gable
Upper Tier - Rusev
Upper Tier - Cesaro

Lower Tier - Slater

My captain :AJ



I'll take a punt and hope Becky can LYNCH the other 5 girls!

See what I did there?
No? I'll get my coat...

Gaw_

I should not have gone balls deep in American Alpha. All I have from RAW is Neville. And J0rdan is guaranteed zero pts. Not necessarily my final draft:

Bray, Dean, Nikki Bella
Neville, J0rdan, The Miz for Gable
Jimmy Uso (c) for Mojo

No expocto botronus right now, can't afford the risk in last place.

Mr.Nice Guy

Main Event Tier - Roman Reigns
Main Event Tier - Kevin Owens
Main Event Tier - AJ Styles

Upper Tier - Sami Zayn
Upper Tier - Neville
Upper Tier - Rhyno Cesaro in

Lower Tier - Heath Slater Jimmy Uso in

My captain: Jimmy Uso

I have decided to risk going for the bonus and I will predict Becky Lynch to win the Title.

DM_7

Out: Jason Jordan
In: Cesaro

Out: Zack Ryder
In: Jimmy Uso


Becky Lynch
AJ Styles
Kevin Owens


Cesaro
Chris Jericho
Braun Strowman


Jimmy Uso

Captain: Jimmy Uso

Bonus prediction: Becky Lynch

Cheese Wagstaff

This two transfers lark is very tricky!

Anyway, transfers this week are as follows:

Dean Ambrose out, AJ Styles in.
Heath Slater out, Jimmy Uso in.

Jimmy will also be captain.

Seth Rollins
AJ Styles
Bayley

Braun Strowman
Chad Gable
Jason Jordan

Jimmy Uso - (Captain)

Bonus Women's Title pick: Becky Lynch

A Brad Maddox Guy

Sheamus OUT The Miz IN
Titus O'Neil OUT Jey Uso IN

Main Event
Roman Reigns
AJ Styles
Nia Jax

Upper Tier
Cesaro
The Miz
Chad Gable

Lower Tier
Jey Uso

Captain - Jey Uso

Bonus Pick - Nikki Bella

Gaw_

Gaw_ wrote: »

I should not have gone balls deep in American Alpha. All I have from RAW is Neville. And J0rdan is guaranteed zero pts. Not necessarily my final draft:

Bray, Dean, Nikki Bella
Neville, J0rdan, The Miz for Gable
Jimmy Uso (c) for Mojo

No expocto botronus right now, can't afford the risk in last place.

I can't afford not to have a bonus: Nikki Bella.

LeeJM

Main Event Tier - AJ Styles
Main Event Tier - Roman Reigns Nikki Bella aka Nikisawa
Main Event Tier - Dean Ambrose

Upper Tier - Braun Strowman
Upper Tier - Sami Zayn The Miz
Upper Tier - Chris Jericho

Lower Tier - Heath Slater

My captain : AJ Styles

Bonus Womens Title Pick : Carmella

daithi1989

Big Cass and Crews Out
Jey Uso and Cesaro In

Owens Becky AJ
Sami Cesaro Jey Uso
Heath

Captain: Uso

5 point Bonus - All eggs into the Becky basket

paulie21

Is it possible to still make a transfer before the deadline or are they set when you post?

Mr.Nice Guy

paulie21 wrote: »

Is it possible to still make a transfer before the deadline or are they set when you post?

The general practice has been once the transfers have been made, that's it.

I should make that clearer though in future.

DM_7

Always thought the deadline meant no edits rather than no edits before the deadline.

I changed my inititial miz transfer in to cesaro in. That can be reversed if edits are not good practice.

paulie21

Well my problem is I brought Orton in and captained him now he's not cleared. If its the rule then it's alright

Mr.Nice Guy

paulie21 wrote: »

Well my problem is I brought Orton in and captained him now he's not cleared. If its the rule then it's alright

It's my fault for not making it clearer.

I'll allow you to transfer Orton out seeing as I never specified that this couldn't be done.

paulie21

I'll bring in Bray Wyatt for Randy Orton and put captaincy on him

Mr.Nice Guy

DM_7 wrote: »

Always thought the deadline meant no edits rather than no edits before the deadline.

I changed my inititial miz transfer in to cesaro in. That can be reversed if edits are not good practice.

That's fine for this week since I never specified the situation. (My bad)

Going forward, as far as future gameweeks go, I'll put the question to the players:

Would you prefer to be able to edit your transfers right up to the deadline, or would you prefer that once your line-up for the week has been posted, there can be no changes?

I personally would prefer that after this week, once transfers have been made they can't be amended, just because I think that makes things more challenging. But I'm open to the other way if it has majority support.

Mr.Nice Guy

daithi1989 wrote: »

Big Cass and Crews Out
Jey Uso and Cesaro In

Owens Becky AJ
Sami Cesaro Jey Uso
Heath

Captain: Uso

5 point Bonus - All eggs into the Becky basket

Sorry, just spotted this now - you've brought in Jey Uso as an Upper Tier pick but he's actually a Lower Tier pick. An Upper Tier pick has to be replaced by another Upper Tier pick.

I'll let you change it if you do so within the next 25 minutes otherwise I'll have to declare that transfer void and you'll be left with Big Cass for the week.

Gaw_

I feel like you should be able to change your picks up until the deadline. Otherwise, why post your picks early at all? It puts you at an inherent disadvantage. Especially with the amount of injuries recently. If you want to force people to post their picks earlier such as wed or fri, then you could give the unwavering people a couple bonus points. A precedent has now been set, and should remain in place until the next season in my opinion.

Mr.Nice Guy

Backlash is under way and the deadline for the week is well and truly up (phew). Here are the main trends going into this week.

Popular Trends - G.W. 6



Most popular Main Event Tier picks


1. AJ Styles 9

2. Dean Ambrose 4

= Roman Reigns 4

= Seth Rollins 4








Most popular Upper Tier picks


1. Cesaro 7

= The Miz 7

2. Braun Strowman 4






Most popular Lower Tier picks


1. Jimmy Uso 5

= Heath Slater 5

2. Jey Uso 2

As regards the bonus points, 9 players have decided to take the gamble. Of these 9 predictions, 5 of you have gone for Becky Lynch, 2 of you for Nikki Bella, and Carmella and Natalya have a vote each.

So we're guaranteed to see some players lose points, but which ones?

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

Sorry, just spotted this now - you've brought in Jey Uso as an Upper Tier pick but he's actually a Lower Tier pick. An Upper Tier pick has to be replaced by another Upper Tier pick.

I'll let you change it if you do so within the next 25 minutes otherwise I'll have to declare that transfer void and you'll be left with Big Cass for the week.

As there was no change, Big Cass remains in your squad. Hope that doesn't make things difficult for you this week, daithi.

Your situation was further complicated by the fact you also stuck the captaincy on Jey Uso - who is ineligible - so by default I've stuck the captaincy back on the guy you had it on last week, which was Heath Slater. Hope that's fair enough.

daithi1989

Completely fair MNG - never even went back and checked where the Usos were! Just presumed they were mid-tier! Sorry for the confusion!

Hardly gives me 3 transfers next week?!

A Brad Maddox Guy

Gaw_ wrote: »

I feel like you should be able to change your picks up until the deadline. Otherwise, why post your picks early at all? It puts you at an inherent disadvantage. Especially with the amount of injuries recently. If you want to force people to post their picks earlier such as wed or fri, then you could give the unwavering people a couple bonus points. A precedent has now been set, and should remain in place until the next season in my opinion.

Last year it was once it's done it's done. If people can edit their transfers right up til the deadline then it risks the thread becoming messy and increases the workload for MNG. There's no need to make early transfers so if someone wants to take that chance it should be on them imo. Hence why I wait til the final day, something that I've been stung by already as I didn't know the Summerslam pre show started early. But that was my fault for not checking.

Mr.Nice Guy

Note - I will have to update the rules on transfers at the end of the gameweek and so I want to know if players would prefer to be able to edit their transfers right up to the deadline, or would you prefer that once your transfers have been posted, there can be no changes?


Do you have thoughts on the subject? If so, let me know as I will have to make a decision on Wednesday. I will look to go with the majority view. (Thanks for the feedback already received)

Back to business...

Backlash is in the record books which means we are a 1/3 of the way through this gameweek, so it's time to see what effect the show has had on the Fantasy Cup ties, as well as the overall league standings. Read on for the latest news...

*Note - Backlash spoilers below. Do not read further if you do not want news of the PPV.*

PW Fantasy Cup (Latest Scores)



Group A

Gaw_ 17 - 22 paulie21
LeeJM 16 - 23 Mr.Nice Guy


Group B

DM_7 27 - 18 A Brad Maddox Guy
daithi1989 25 - 24 Kankan14


Group C

Cheese Wagstaff 23 - 25 Bounty Hunter
WinnyThePoo 9 - 18 beakerjoe




Fantasy Cup Fallout

This week we had an optional Backlash Bonus available to players in which if you correctly guessed the result of the women's title match you would gain 5 points, and if you lost you would lose 5 points. Five players correctly guessed Becky Lynch would win the match, whilst four players were incorrect. The above scores you see take this into account.

Looking at the latest Cup scores, a few players look to be almost over the line already on the back of strong performances. Other ties though look to be right on a knife-edge with a point or two between them. Of course there's two shows still to play for so anything could happen. (You can remind yourself of what the group tables look like in this post here.)

As you can see above, DM_7 got the highest score for Backlash, with wins for his captain Jimmy Uso, AJ Styles, Becky Lynch, plus securing the bonus points, all contributing to his score.

Second highest scores were shared by daithi1989 - who ended up doing well with Heath Slater as captain as it turns out - and Bounty Hunter, with Bounty Hunter's decision not to play for the bonus working out well for him.

The average score for Backlash was 21 points.

Now let us see what those scores mean for our league table...

Gameweek 6 Standings (Post-PPV)


1. DM_7...........................................................................157 points

2. Cheese Wagstaff............................................................156 points

3. paulie21.......................................................................148 points

4. Bounty Hunter...............................................................140 points

5. Mr.Nice Guy..................................................................133 points

6. A Brad Maddox Guy........................................................130 points

7. beakerjoe.....................................................................128 points

8. daithi1989.....................................................................124 points

9. LeeJM..........................................................................120 points

10. Kankan14....................................................................116 points

11. WinnyThePoo.................................................................94 points

12. Gaw_...........................................................................86 points





League Fallout

A lot of interesting fallout from Backlash as the exciting battle at the top continue with DM_7 wrestling back control over Cheese Wagstaff, but by the slimmest of margins.

In other movement, I have climbed up to fifth place, while daithi1989 also climbs and moves clear of the Deletion Zone.

Also noteworthy is Gaw_, our newest player, now only 8 points behind WinnyThePoo; it would be an impressive feat if he could move off the bottom spot.

Backlash results

Baron Corbin defeated Apollo Crews.

Becky Lynch defeated Carmella, Natalya, Nikki Bella, Alexa Bliss and Naomi to become the Smackdown Women's Champion.

The Usos defeated The Hype Bros.

The Miz defeated Dolph Ziggler.

Kane defeated Bray Wyatt.

Heath Slater and Rhyno defeated The Usos to become the Smackdown Tag Team Champions.

AJ Styles defeated Dean Ambrose to become the WWE Champion.

It's a big win for the Big Red Machine. No player has him at present. Is he someone to consider going forward?

Want to join in?

The game may be under way but new players are always welcome. Places for the Cup are now closed but we will still accept players for the league. To sign up simply select a squad from the roster here and you're in.


That concludes the Backlash update. Up next, Raw...

paulie21

I'd would be generally in favour of once you post your transfers are done unless a unique situation pops up such as an injury or suspension

DM_7

Happy to go with MNG's view that teams are final once posted.

Kankan14

Ya it works fine as is.
If your not sure of your transfers or worried you will change your mind. Then take note somewhere and don't post them til sundays.

daithi1989

Would be of same thinking - once in thats it!

Bounty Hunter

I'd also agree that if there is an injury or suspension before the gameweek starts then you can make an edit but other than that if people wanna make it that teams are final once posted then why not!

Mr.Nice Guy

Raw has wrapped up for another week and that means it's time to check out how things stand before we come to the final show, Smackdown. I'll begin with the scores from Raw, then show what effect they have had on the Cup ties, before revealing the overall league standings. Read on for the latest...

*Note - Raw spoilers below. Do not read further if you do not want news of Raw.*

Monday Night Raw scores



Mr.Nice Guy...............................10 pts
daithi1989..................................9 pts
DM_7........................................9 pts
A Brad Maddox Guy......................7 pts
Kankan14...................................7 pts
paulie21.....................................6 pts
Bounty Hunter.............................5 pts
beakerjoe...................................1 pt
Cheese Wagstaff..........................1 pt
Gaw_.........................................0 pts
LeeJM........................................0 pts
WinnyThePoo...............................0 pts






Raw Fallout

I am the one with the highest score for Raw this week, thanks to wins from Cesaro and Kevin Owens, plus an appearance point for Reigns.

The second highest scores were shared by daithi1989 and DM_7, with Cesaro and Owens again responsible for the points.

This was a very tough show to score points in and the average was just 5 points.

And now taking the above scores into account, let's check out the latest scores from the Cup ties...

PW Fantasy Cup (Latest Scores)



Group A

Gaw_ 17 - 28 paulie21
LeeJM 16 - 33 Mr.Nice Guy


Group B

DM_7 36 - 25 A Brad Maddox Guy
daithi1989 34 - 31 Kankan14


Group C

Cheese Wagstaff 24 - 30 Bounty Hunter
WinnyThePoo 9 - 19 beakerjoe




Fantasy Cup Fallout

The tie between daithi1989 and Kankan14 is looking like the tie of the round. Very little in this one at the moment.

11 of the 12 players have a Smackdown performer as their captaincy choice so there could be some dramatic twists when it's all said and done.

I have a good lead over LeeJM at the moment but I'm 0-4 in Cup games, including last year's game, so while I'm hoping I'm about to end that losing streak finally, I've seen big swings in the final shows to know that nothing is guaranteed.

To remind yourself what the groups look like, see here.

Lastly, let us see what the Raw scores have meant for our league table...

Gameweek 6 Standings (Post-Raw)


1. DM_7...........................................................................166 points

2. Cheese Wagstaff............................................................157 points

3. paulie21.......................................................................154 points

4. Bounty Hunter...............................................................145 points

5. Mr.Nice Guy..................................................................143 points

6. A Brad Maddox Guy........................................................137 points

7. daithi1989.....................................................................133 points

8. beakerjoe.....................................................................129 points

9. Kankan14......................................................................123 points

10. LeeJM.........................................................................120 points

11. WinnyThePoo.................................................................94 points

12. Gaw_...........................................................................86 points






League Fallout

DM_7 has extended his lead at the top following his strong score from Raw.

As far as the movers are concerned, daithi1989 continues to climb and he now moves into seventh position. Kankan14 also advances and takes 9th place.

Raw results

Sasha Banks defeated Bayley and Dana Brooke.

Bo Dallas defeated Brandon Scott.

Cesaro defeated Sheamus.

Alicia Fox vs Nia Jax ended in a No Contest.

Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson defeated Xavier Woods and Kofi.

Jinder Mahal defeated Jack Swagger.

Epico defeated Enzo Amore.

Kevin Owens defeated Roman Reigns.

This was an encouraging show as far as Lower Tier options were concerned with Jinder Mahal, Bo Dallas and Epico all picking up wins. It means there's a good deal of value there at the moment (not sure it will last though). Will you be looking to bring one of these guys into your line-ups?

Want to join in?

The game may be under way but new players are always welcome. Places for the Cup are now closed but we will still accept players for the league. To sign up simply select a squad from the roster here and you're in.


That's it for the Raw update. Now on to Smackdown which should be very exciting as we find out where we stand in the league at the end of the week, plus we learn the results of the Cup ties.

Mr.Nice Guy

*****Rules Notice*****

We've been discussing the rules about transfers and specifically whether or not once a team has been posted to the thread, players should be allowed to edit their transfers.

From now on, once a team has been posted that team will be final and NO EDITS will be allowed - HOWEVER, if there is an exceptional circumstance, i.e. a wrestler gets hurt, or they are given a suspension, then you will have the option of editing a transfer. (Note - these must be legit injuries or suspensions and not storyline ones).

Now back to business...

Smackdown Live is done and dusted, and so too is week 6 in our game. Below I have laid out the scores for the show, what they mean for the league table, and finally the results of the Cup ties and what they mean for each group. Read on for more...

*Note - Smackdown Live spoilers below. Do not read further if you do not want news of Smackdown.*

Smackdown Live scores


Bounty Hunter............................22 pts
Gaw_.......................................18 pts
A Brad Maddox Guy....................14 pts
beakerjoe.................................14 pts
LeeJM......................................14 pts
Cheese Wagstaff........................13 pts
daithi1989................................13 pts
DM_7......................................13 pts
Mr.Nice Guy..............................13 pts
paulie21..................................13 pts
WinnyThePoo............................11 pts
Kankan14..................................9 pts






Smackdown Fallout

Bounty Hunter gets the highest score for Smackdown via wins from his captain Jey Uso, Dean Ambrose and Rhyno, plus an appearance point from Miz.

The second highest score goes to Gaw_, thanks to wins from his captain Jimmy Uso, Dean Ambrose, plus appearance points from Nikki Bella and Miz.

The average for Smackdown this week was 14 points.

And this is where it leaves the league table at the end of the week...

Gameweek 6 Standings


1. DM_7...........................................................................179 points

2. Cheese Wagstaff............................................................170 points

3. Bounty Hunter...............................................................167 points

= paulie21.......................................................................167 points

4. Mr.Nice Guy..................................................................156 points

5. A Brad Maddox Guy........................................................151 points

6. daithi1989.....................................................................146 points

7. beakerjoe.....................................................................143 points

8. LeeJM..........................................................................134 points

9. Kankan14.....................................................................132 points

10. WinnyThePoo...............................................................105 points

11. Gaw_..........................................................................104 points






League Fallout

There is no change at the top as DM_7 sees out the week with a 9 point lead over nearest rival Cheese Wagstaff. There is movement just below though with Bounty Hunter now joining paulie21 in third place following his impressive Smackdown score.

Other movement sees LeeJM edge back in front of Kankan14.

A developing story is our newest player Gaw_ continuing his strong form and he is now just a point away from moving off the bottom of the ladder.

Smackdown results

The Usos defeated The Hype Bros.

Alexa Bliss defeated Nikki Bella, Naomi, Carmella and Natalya to become the number one contender for the Smackdown Women's Title.

Heath Slater and Rhyno defeated The Ascension.

John Cena and Dean Ambrose defeated AJ Styles and The Miz.

John Cena made his big - and successful - return to Smackdown, and with no players currently having him right now, will you be transferring him in for next week?


Now, finally, it is time to assess how everyone did in the Fantasy Cup as we check out the results of the matches. Below are the final scores. Did you get the result you needed?

Gameweek #6 Cup Ties (Results)






Group A

Gaw_ 35 - 41 paulie21
LeeJM 30 - 46 Mr.Nice Guy



Group A|P|W|D|L|Score|Pts
paulie21|

2

|

2

|

0

|

0

|

62

|

6

|
Mr.Nice Guy|

2

|

1

|

0

|

1

|

64

|

3

|
LeeJM|

2

|

1

|

0

|

1

|

55

|

3

|
Gaw_|

2

|

0

|

0

|

2

|

49

|

0

|




Gameweek #8

Mr.Nice Guy vs Gaw_
LeeJM vs paulie21








Group B

DM_7 49 - 39 A Brad Maddox Guy
daithi1989 47 - 40 Kankan14



Group B|P|W|D|L|Score|Pts
DM_7|

2

|

2

|

0

|

0

|

75

|

6

|
daithi1989|

2

|

2

|

0

|

0

|

68

|

6

|
Kankan14|

2

|

0

|

0

|

2

|

55

|

0

|
A Brad Maddox Guy|

2

|

0

|

0

|

2

|

52

|

0

|




Gameweek #8

Kankan14 vs A Brad Maddox Guy
daithi1989 vs DM_7








Group C

Cheese Wagstaff 37 - 52 Bounty Hunter
WinnyThePoo 20 - 33 beakerjoe


Group C|P|W|D|L|Score|Pts
Bounty Hunter|

2

|

2

|

0

|

0

|

64

|

6

|
beakerjoe|

2

|

2

|

0

|

0

|

59

|

6

|
Cheese Wagstaff|

2

|

0

|

0

|

2

|

61

|

0

|
WinnyThePoo|

2

|

0

|

0

|

2

|

31

|

0

|




Gameweek #8

Cheese Wagstaff vs WinnyThePoo
Bounty Hunter vs beakerjoe

Fantasy Cup Fallout

In Group A, congratulations are due for paulie21 who secures his place in the quarter-finals. While he could still finish third in the group, since the top two third-placed players advance, his 6 points would be comfortably enough to move on. Others in the group will still have to sweat over the final game to see whether they go through. On a personal note, I'm delighted my winless streak in the Cup thankfully came to an end!

In Group B, DM_7 and daithi1989 have secured their places in the quarter-finals by picking up wins, so congrats to them. The top two advance automatically and they will take those places. It means Kankan14 and A Brad Maddox Guy's hopes lie in being one of the best third-placed teams and both those guys will be needing a win to have any hope. That should be a great tie in Week 8 when those two clash.

In Group C, congrats are in order for Bounty Hunter and beakerjoe, who have secured the automatic spots. It means Cheese Wagstaff, while second in the league, could be facing an early exit and he will face WinnyThePoo in two weeks with both relying on the third-place route. That tie will be one to watch.

Speaking of the third-place teams, here is how things stand in that regard - remember the top two third-place teams take the final spots in the last 8:

Third-Place Table|P|W|D|L|Score|Pts
LeeJM|

2

|

1

|

0

|

1

|

55

|

3

|
Cheese Wagstaff|

2

|

0

|

0

|

2

|

61

|

0

|
Kankan14|

2

|

0

|

0

|

2

|

55

|

0

|

So as things stand currently, LeeJM and Cheese Wagstaff would take the final spots; but that could all change dramatically after the final group game.

So to review, the players already through are: paulie21, DM_7, daithi1989, Bounty Hunter and beakerjoe.

A reminder that the quarter-finals will be seeded - each group winner and the best group runner-up shall be named the top four seeds, so even for the lads already through there is still plenty on the line in the last game.

The final ties will take place in a fortnight. It should be exciting.

On to Gameweek #7

Deadline

The deadline will be before the start of Monday Night Raw.

Transfers and Captaincy

You can make up to 2 transfers to your squad if you wish. These must be from the same tier. For example, a Main Event Tier performer for a Main Event Tier performer; an Upper Tier performer for an Upper Tier performer.

Please outline who you are transferring out and transferring in when posting your squads to make it easier for me to follow.

Once a team has been posted that team will be final and no edits will be allowed (unless there are exceptional circumstance, i.e. a wrestler gets hurt, or they are suspended).

Don't forget to choose a captain who will score you double points.

Want to join in?

The game may be under way but new players are always welcome. Places for the Cup are now closed but we will still accept players for the league. To sign up simply select a squad from the roster here and you're in.


Good luck for the week ahead folks as our attention returns solely to the league. Gameweek #7 is now open for business.

Mr.Nice Guy

Main Event Tier - Roman Reigns
Main Event Tier - Kevin Owens
Main Event Tier - AJ Styles

Upper Tier - Sami Zayn
Upper Tier - Neville Alexa Bliss in
Upper Tier - Cesaro

Lower Tier - Jimmy Uso Jack Swagger in

My captain: Jack Swagger

Bounty Hunter

Main Event Tier - Randy Orton Kevin Owens
Main Event Tier - Dean Ambrose John Cena
Main Event Tier - Seth Rollins

Upper Tier - Rhyno
Upper Tier - Cesaro
Upper Tier - The Miz

Lower Tier - Jey Uso

My captain: Jey Uso

Kankan14

Only one change for me.


Main Event Tier - Roman Reigns
Main Event Tier - Aj Styles
Main Event Tier - Bayley

Upper Tier -The Miz out for jericho
Upper Tier - Rusev
Upper Tier - Cesaro

Lower Tier - Slater


Captain Cesaro

paulie21

Main Event Tier:

AJ Styles
Roman Reigns
Bray Wyatt Kevin Owens

Upper Tier:

Cesaro
The Miz
Rhyno

Lower Tier:

Heath Slater Jack Swagger

Captain: Cesaro

beakerjoe

Beakerjoes team : changes

Main Event Tier - Seth Rollins
Main Event Tier – Bayley out – Kevin Owens In
Main Event Tier - AJ Styles

Upper Tier - Braun Strowman
Upper Tier - Rusev
Upper Tier - The Miz Out - Cesaro In

Lower Tier - Jimmy Uso

My captain: Cesaro

daithi1989

Sasha for Becky
Swagger for Heath

Cesaro Captain

Sasha AJ Owens
Cass Cesaro Sami
Swagger

LeeJM

Main Event Tier - AJ Styles
Main Event Tier - Nikki Bella aka Nikisawa
Main Event Tier - Dean Ambrose Seth Rollins

Upper Tier - Braun Strowman
Upper Tier - The Miz
Upper Tier - Chris Jericho

Lower Tier - Heath Slater Jack Swagger

My captain : Braun Strowman

A Brad Maddox Guy

Chad Gable OUT Karl Anderson IN

Main Event
Roman Reigns
AJ Styles
Nia Jax

Upper Tier
Cesaro
The Miz
Karl Anderson

Lower Tier
Jey Uso

Captain - Jey Uso

DM_7

Out: Chris Jericho
In: Miz

Out: Becky Lynch
In: Roman Reigns


AJ Styles
Kevin Owens
Roman Reigns


Cesaro
Miz
Braun Strowman


Jimmy Uso

Captain: Jimmy Uso

Gaw_

I sincerely hope there is a thorough roster update for next week, tons of changes.

Jason Jordan out for Cesaro
Bray Wyatt out for Seth Rollins

Dean Ambrose, Nikki Bella, Seth Rollins
Cesaro, Neville, The Miz
Jimmy Uso

Captain: Cesaro

Cheese Wagstaff

Chad Gable out, Cesaro in.
Jimmy Uso out, Jack Swagger in.

The All-American American will be captain this week.

Seth Rollins
AJ Styles
Bayley

Braun Strowman
Cesaro
Jason Jordan

Jack Swagger - (Captain)

Mr.Nice Guy

Gaw_ wrote: »

I sincerely hope there is a thorough roster update for next week, tons of changes.

Jason Jordan out for Cesaro
Bray Wyatt out for Seth Rollins

Dean Ambrose, Nikki Bella, Seth Rollins
Cesaro, Chris Jericho, The Miz
Jimmy Uso

Captain: Cesaro

I will look to do a roster update next week.

I have an issue with this team though which is Chris Jericho being there. Your team last week, which is here, has your Upper Tier picks being Neville, Jordan and Miz.

So with Rolins coming in for Bray Wyatt, and Cesaro coming in for Jordan, that means the Upper Tier picks for your squad will be Cesaro, Neville, and The Miz. I believe this is accurate.

Mr.Nice Guy

Here are the most popular choices going into the seventh week...

Popular Trends - GW 7



Most popular Main Event Tier picks


1. AJ Styles 9

2. Kevin Owens 6

= Seth Rollins 6








Most popular Upper Tier picks


1. Cesaro 10

2. The Miz 6

3. Braun Strowman 4








Most popular Lower Tier picks


1. Jack Swagger 5

2. Jimmy Uso 3

3. Heath Slater 2

= Jey Uso 2

AJ Styles remains the most popular Main Event Tier pick, but Kevin Owens' rising popularity sees him go joint second with Seth Rollins.

Cesaro's popularity has skyrocketed amongst the Upper Tier picks and he's also the most popular captaincy choice this week, while Jack Swagger has raced to the top of the Lower Tier picks with much expected from Smackdown's newest addition.

Good luck for the week ahead.

Gaw_

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

So with Rolins coming in for Bray Wyatt, and Cesaro coming in for Jordan, that means the Upper Tier picks for your squad will be Cesaro, Neville, and The Miz. I believe this is accurate.

Yes that's correct, sorry for the headache. I was changing my mind constantly until I posted it.

Mr.Nice Guy

Raw has wrapped up for another week and that means it's time to assess the latest scores and see what they mean for our league table.

Read on for all the latest news...

*Note - Raw spoilers below. Do not read further if you do not want news of Raw.*

Monday Night Raw scores



daithi1989.................................22 pts
beakerjoe.................................18 pts
Kankan14..................................17 pts
DM_7.......................................15 pts
Mr.Nice Guy...............................15 pts
paulie21...................................15 pts
Cheese Wagstaff........................12 pts
LeeJM......................................12 pts
Gaw_.......................................11 pts
A Brad Maddox Guy....................10 pts
Bounty Hunter.............................7 pts
WinnyThePoo..............................3 pts







Raw Fallout

The highest score for Raw this week goes to daithi1989, with all of his Upper Tier guys picking up wins: Sami Zayn, Big Cass, and his captain Cesaro, plus appearance points for Kevin Owens and Sasha Banks.

The second highest score went to beakerjoe, with most of his score due to Braun Strowman and his captain Cesaro.

The average score for Raw this week was 13 points.

And now let's see how the scores have affected our league table...

Gameweek 7 Standings (Post-Raw)



1. DM_7...........................................................................194 points

2. Cheese Wagstaff............................................................182 points

= paulie21.......................................................................182 points

3. Bounty Hunter...............................................................174 points

4. Mr.Nice Guy..................................................................171 points

5. daithi1989....................................................................168 points

6. A Brad Maddox Guy........................................................161 points

= beakerjoe.....................................................................161 points

7. Kankan14.....................................................................149 points

8. LeeJM..........................................................................146 points

9. Gaw_..........................................................................115 points

10. WinnyThePoo...............................................................108 points





League Fallout

There's plenty of news at the start of our seventh week; it's DM_7 who remains at the top, extending his lead to twelve points. Just below, paulie21 has climbed to joint second place.

Other movement sees daithi1989 climb a place on the back of his great Raw score, with Kankan14 also climbing one, and beakerjoe rising to go level with A Brad Maddox Guy.

In the Deletion Zone we have one of the most impressive feats of the game so far as Gaw_, who joined late to the party, nonetheless is able to climb off the foot of the table. Can he continue to rise?

Raw results

Seth Rollins vs Rusev ended in a double count-out.

Braun Strowman defeated Sin Cara.

Charlotte and Dana Brooke defeated Sasha Banks and Bayley.

Bo Dallas defeated Gary Graham.

Cesaro defeated Sheamus.

Big E, Kofi, Sami Zayn, Enzo and Big Cass defeated The Shining Stars, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson and Chris Jericho.

Brian Kendrick defeated Gran Metalik, Cedric Alexander and Rich Swann.

Roman Reigns defeated Kevin Owens.

I'll be updating the roster when this week ends to include Cruiserweights like Rich Swann and others. They will likely go into the Upper Tier section. Have you seen enough from their debut to jump on that bandwagon?

Want to join in?

The game may be under way but new players are always welcome. Places for the Cup are now closed but we will still accept players for the league. To sign up simply select a squad from the roster here and you're in.


That concludes the Raw update. On to Smackdown to see what it has in store for us.

Mr.Nice Guy

I will have the Smackdown update posted in a little bit but before that it's time to update the rosters and DELETE inactive members.

IN

The following Cruiserweights are listed on WWE's roster page on Wikipedia as being signed to the Raw brand. They are all going to be joining the Upper Tier.

Akira Tozawa

Brian Kendrick

Cedric Alexander

Gran Metalik

Jack Gallagher

Johnny Gargano

Lince Dorado

Noam Dar

Rich Swann

TJ Perkins

Tommaso Ciampa

Will any of these names soon be appearing in your line-up?

Curt Hawkins

Also added to the roster will be Smackdown's newest addition, Curt Hawkins, and he will be available for selection in the Lower Tier section.


The following roster member has been DELETED...

OUT

Farewell, Alberto Del Rio. He was quite useful at times last year but this year, not so much.

It's back to Dudleyville for Bubba Ray and D-Von.


And it means the updated roster now looks like so:

The Roster



Main Event Tier (Pick 3)

Men

AJ Styles
Bray Wyatt
Dean Ambrose
Dolph Ziggler
John Cena
Kevin Owens
Randy Orton
Roman Reigns
Seth Rollins

Women

Bayley
Becky Lynch
Charlotte
Eva Marie
Natalya
Nia Jax
Nikki Bella
Sasha Banks




Upper Tier (Pick 3)

Men

Akira Tozawa
Apollo Crews
Baron Corbin
Big Cass
Big E
Big Show
Braun Strowman
Brian Kendrick
Cedric Alexander
Cesaro
Chad Gable
Chris Jericho
Enzo Amore
Erick Rowan
Gran Metalik
Jack Gallagher
Jason Jordan
Johnny Gargano
Kalisto
Kane
Karl Anderson
Kofi Kingston
Lince Dorado
Luke Gallows
Neville
Noam Dar
Rich Swann
Rhyno
Rusev
Sami Zayn
Sheamus
The Miz
TJ Perkins
Tommaso Ciampa
Xavier Woods

Women

Alexa Bliss
Carmella
Dana Brooke
Paige




Lower Tier (Pick 1)

Men

Aiden English
Bo Dallas
Curt Hawkins
Curtis Axel
Darren Young
Epico
Fandango
Goldust
Heath Slater
Jack Swagger
Jey Uso
Jimmy Uso
Jinder Mahal
Konnor
Mark Henry
Mojo Rawley
Primo
R-Truth
Simon Gotch
Titus O’Neil
Tyler Breeze
Viktor
Zack Ryder

Women

Summer Rae
Alicia Fox
Naomi

Note - Part-timers like Brock Lesnar and Triple H have not been included. New names may be added to the list if and when they debut. i.e. Nakamura, Samoa Joe etc.

beakerjoe

fyi MNG, you have Ciampa in the lower tier, i imagine he should be in the upper tier, no?

Also may i throw an idea out there? How would having 2 lower tiers each? could spice it up a little. I always have trouble deciding only 1

Gaw_

The Dudley Boyz are also gone.

Mr.Nice Guy

Smackdown is finito and that means we reach the end of our seventh week. It also means we look ahead to a really bumper week as we prepare for yet another PPV, Clash of Champions - I'll have info on the PPV bonus below - plus we have the final group matches in our Fantasy Cup to look forward to. Read on for all the latest...

*Note - Smackdown Live spoilers below. Do not read further if you do not want news of Smackdown.*

Smackdown Live scores



Gaw_.......................................19 pts
Bounty Hunter............................18 pts
A Brad Maddox Guy.....................17 pts
DM_7........................................17 pts
LeeJM........................................9 pts
WinnyThePoo...............................9 pts
beakerjoe...................................6 pts
paulie21.....................................5 pts
Cheese Wagstaff..........................1 pt
daithi1989..................................0 pts
Kankan14...................................0 pts
Mr.Nice Guy................................0 pts









Smackdown Fallout

This was a pretty mad show for points, with scores ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. Highest score for the show went to Gaw_ with every Smackdown member of his roster picking up wins: Dean Ambrose, Nikki Bella, The Miz and Jey Uso.

The second highest score went to Bounty Hunter, thanks to wins from his captain Jey Uso and The Miz, plus an appearance point for John Cena.

The average score for Smackdown was 8 points.

And this is what it means for our league table at the end of the week...

Gameweek 7 Standings



1. DM_7...........................................................................211 points

2. Bounty Hunter...............................................................192 points

3. paulie21.......................................................................187 points

4. Cheese Wagstaff............................................................183 points

5. A Brad Maddox Guy........................................................178 points

6. Mr.Nice Guy..................................................................171 points

7. daithi1989....................................................................168 points

8. beakerjoe.....................................................................167 points

9. LeeJM..........................................................................155 points

10. Kankan14....................................................................149 points

11. Gaw_..........................................................................134 points

12. WinnyThePoo...............................................................117 points






League Fallout

We finish out the week with our leader DM_7 extending his lead at the top which now stands at 19 points.

As far as climbers go, Bounty Hunter has moved up to second place on the back of his Smackdown score. Also A Brad Maddox Guy has taken hold of fifth place, while LeeJM also leapfrogs a player. The impressive form of Gaw_ sees him breathing down the necks of those above.

Smackdown Live results

The Usos defeated American Alpha.

Baron Corbin defeated Apollo Crews.

The Miz defeated Dolph Ziggler.

Randy Orton defeated Erick Rowan.

Nikki Bella and Naomi defeated Natalya and Carmella via D.Q.

Dean Ambrose defeated John Cena.

No players have Randy Orton at the moment. Now that he's been cleared to wrestle following his concussion, will he be back on your radar?

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On to Gameweek #8 (Cup and PPV Week)

It's time for the final games in the Fantasy Cup group stages. The following five players have secured their passage to the quarter-finals: paulie21, DM_7, daithi1989, Bounty Hunter and beakerjoe. Even for these lads there is something to play for since the top three group winners and best runner-up will be seeded in the next round. Who will be the top seeds?

For everyone else, the importance is obvious. Only three spots remain in the last eight, and we will know after the end of this round the four players definitely eliminated. Who will face an early exit?

For a reminder of how the groups look currently, see here.

Here are the Cup fixtures for the week ahead...

Gameweek #8 Cup Ties


Group A

Mr.Nice Guy vs Gaw_
LeeJM vs paulie21



Group B

Kankan14 vs A Brad Maddox Guy
daithi1989 vs DM_7



Group C

Cheese Wagstaff vs WinnyThePoo
Bounty Hunter vs beakerjoe

With three shows to play for this week, this week should be great fun. I'm excited to see how it pans out. Speaking of the PPV...

*****Clash of Champions Bonus Pts*****

Like last year's Night of Champions PPV, the big selling point for Clash of Champions is that every title is on the line; so our bonus for the PPV will involve the titles too.

Here is the challenge: predict the number of title changes and the number of titles retained on the PPV.

If you are correct, you will gain 5 points.

e.g. 2 title changes ; 3 titles retained

(Note - You must call it exactly right. There will be no points given for getting close.)

Here are the title matches currently set for Clash of Champions:

Clash of Champions Title Matches

Kevin Owens (c) vs Seth Rollins (WWE Universal Title)

The New Day (c) vs Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson (Raw Tag Titles)

Charlotte (c) vs Sasha Banks vs Bayley (Raw Women's Title)

Rusev (c) vs Roman Reigns (US Title)

TJ Perkins (c) vs Brian Kendrick (Cruiserweight Title)

So your line-up for the week ahead should look a bit like this:

MAIN EVENT TIER - X
MAIN EVENT TIER - X
MAIN EVENT TIER - X

UPPER TIER - X
UPPER TIER - X
UPPER TIER - X

LOWER TIER - X

Your captain: X

NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS BONUS PTS: ___ Title Changes ; ___ Titles Retained

I hope that's straightforward.

(Note - you won't lose points if your prediction is wrong, so it's worth your while going for it since the bonus points could prove handy.)

Deadline

As it's a PPV week, the deadline will be before the first pre-show match of Clash of Champions on Sunday, September 25th.

Transfers and Captaincy

You can make up to 2 transfers to your squad if you wish. These must be from the same tier. For example, a Main Event Tier performer for a Main Event Tier performer; an Upper Tier performer for an Upper Tier performer.

Please outline who you are transferring out and transferring in when posting your squads to make it easier for me to follow.

Once a team has been posted that team will be final and no edits will be allowed (unless there are exceptional circumstance, i.e. a wrestler gets hurt, or they are suspended).

Don't forget to choose a captain who will score you double points.

Want to join in?

The game may be under way but new players are always welcome. Places for the Cup are now closed but we will still accept players for the league. To sign up simply select a squad from the roster here and you're in.


Good luck for this massive week ahead. Gameweek #8 is now open for business.

Mr.Nice Guy

beakerjoe wrote: »

Also may i throw an idea out there? How would having 2 lower tiers each? could spice it up a little. I always have trouble deciding only 1

I'll keep it at 1 lower tier pick for the week ahead but after that I've no problem boosting it to 2 picks.

What do others think?