Fantasy Wrestling League RULES

[Storm Trooper]

I noticed the rules were kinda buried in the signup page, so here's the rules in it's own thread. We should be able to use this for future seasons as well.

Gameplay

• Each season will vary in length depending on when the season starts and the end. The goal is to end a season with a major weekend (WrestleMania, All In-N-Out Week).
• The format is a Rotisserie style league with a head to head playoffs. Points will accue over the entire season and the top teams will do a Head To Head Playoff.

Roster Restrictions and Scoring Shows

Each team will have 10 PERFORMERS. 7 of them will be active, with 3 on the bench (not scoring).

• 1 Raw Performer
• 1 Smackdown Performer
• 1 NXT Performer
• 2 AEW Performers (for now it is 2 AEW performers, if there is an AEW Brand Split it will become one per brand)
• 2 FLEX positions (any performer male or Female from any wrestling show).
  • Of the above 7 starting positions, AT LEAST one of them must be female performers.
• 3 Bench slots (these performers will not score. In future seasons with Head-To-Head scoring the Bench score will be the tiebreaker)

You can set your lineups at any point, however the positions lock once the show starts. For example you cannot move an NXT performer once NXT airs, even if that performer was inactive that week. Same for Dynamite. Tapes shows lineups lock at the time of taping.

If a brand records multiple episodes at one taping, that brands performers are locked until after the taped programs.

Extenuating circumstances may arise that require emergency changes to the roster rules, they will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

The following shows will count for the game:
RAW, Smackdown, NXT, AEW Dynamite, AEW Rampage, AEW Collision, all WWE PLEs, NXT Takeovers, AEW PPVs. Surprise shows will be counted on a case-by-case basis. NXT Lvl Up, WWE Main Event, AEW Dark and Dark Elevation are not counted, as nobody cares about them and they're sometimes taped in advance. Ring of Honor does not count either. These performers that compete on these shows only are available to be used in the flex spots, but they will only score if they appear on a scoring show.

RAW/Smackdown/NXT rosters will be detrermined by WWE.com. AEW Rosters are determined by AllEliteWrestling.com. If you want to draft Matt Cardona because you think he'll win the Royal Rumble you'd be a great person, but he will only be able to be in one of the FLEX position until he is officially tied to a TV shows roster. Same is true for a random New Japan guy you think would be on AEW. They will score if they appear on the aforementioned Scoring Shows but can only be on a FLEX spot unless they are officially added to the roster.

Game Week
The game week starts on Monday with RAW, and runs through a monthly Sunday PPV/PLE. If there is no PLE/PPV the Game Week will end after Saturday Collision. In the event one of the weekly shows gets shifted so that it affects the Game Week there will be a pivot to the schedule.

Waiver Wire

• Each team is allowed 1 roster move per Game Week. You can put in a claim for anyone at any time. However after the Game Week starts the move will not be in effect until the following week.
  • To make this even more clear. Each Game Week you are allowed to change ONE AND ONLY ONE PERFORMER from the previous weeks roster.
• The moves will be processed at 9AM Eastern the following day.
  • This is so that people who are playing overseas are not at a disadvantage due to not being able to watch live.
• Waiver order is Worst-to-First. Last place has the top waiver position and first has the last position.
• Moves made on Tuesday after 9AM and before NXT are first-come, first-serve, and will be in effect starting that with that nights NXT.

TRADING:

• If 2 players agree, they can trade performers. Only 1 for 1 trades are allowed. BOTH parties must post the trade in the ROSTERS thread for it to be valid, and it will not be in effect until Free Agency opens for the week. Only 1 trade per person is allowed per week.
• If a trade is deemed unfair or it appears to be collusion, trades can be denied by the Commissioner. If the Commissioner is involved in the trade, another player will be given the power to veto the trade, and a majority veto of

Scoring
Singles Match Ups (Includes One on One, Triple Threat, Fatal Four Way, etc):
Pinfall/Submission/KO/Ref Stoppage Victory - 10 points
DQ/Count out Victory - 8 Points
Loss - 4 Points
Draw/Time Limit/Double DQ/Double Count Out - 4 Points
If no decision is announced (IE a run-in beating up everyone and the match is thrown out) - 4 Points

Championship Bonus:
*The only championships eligible for the Championship Bonus are official Championships recognized by the roster pages on WWE.com and AllEliteWrestling.com. Outlaw Championships (i.e. FTW Title) or Championships for non-scoring promotions (i.e. ROH, NJPW, AAA, etc) are NOT eligible for Championship Bonus. Items like Money In The Bank are NOT considered Championships unless they are listed in the Championships section of the aforementioned Roster sections.
Championship GAIN - Match Points and an Additional 6 points
Championship Loss - Match points and an Additional 6 points (awarded to the FORMER CHAMPION who has lost their title, not to a challenger who didn't win. They are awarded regular match points.)
Championship SURRENDER or STRIPPING - 6 points. If a Champion loses their championship outside of a match, they will receive the same points as if they lost the Championship. However they will not receive match points.

Tag Team Match Ups:
Divide the points above in half. This includes traditional Two on Two, Triple Threat Tag Team Matches, Three on Three, Four on Four, etc.
*The performer who gains the fall (pins the opponent or makes the opponent submit) will receive a bonus point. No bonus points will be awarded in Count-Out or Disqualification results. The Bonus point will be awarded AFTER Championship bonus (I.E Tag Teams gets 8 for winning the belt and the guy who gets the fall gets 9 Points.)

Handicap matches (2 or more vs. 1):
The team scores like a tag match, and the individual gets singles match points.
3 (or more) vs. 2 (or more) is scored like a regular tag match.

TOURNAMENTS:
Scoring system determined in a case by case basis decided on tournament size. Most likely the matches will be scored as normal matches. If there's a 1 night Tournament there may be different scoring to maintain fair scoring.

Gauntlet or Elimination Matches
Win: 10 Points
Loss: 4 Points
Elimination Bonus: 2 Points per elimination

ELIMINATION CHAMBER:
Winner: 10 Points
Loss: 4 Points
Elimination Bonus: 2 Points per elimination

**Gimmick Matches will be scored as a regular match unless specified**

Championship win/loss bonus is in effect, so if the champion loses he gets 10 plus the elimination bonus, and new champs get 16 plus the elimination bonus.

Battle Royals

10 Performers or Under:
Win: 10 points
Loss: 4 points


Battle Royal of 11 Performers or Over
Win: 10 points
Final Four(Aside from Winner): 8
Loss: 4

Tag Team Battle Royals:
if the rules dictate that when one guy gets thrown out the other is eliminated (ie: Gargano gets thrown out Ciampa also eliminated), than the points are halved. If Individuals can win the event alone than the event will be scored individually (ie: Gargano gets thrown out but Ciampa wins Ciampa gets the win and Gargano gets the L)



Royal Rumble
Winner: 14 Points
Final 4: 10 Points
Loss: 4 Points
Elimination Bonus: 2 points for solo, 1 for shared elimination (2 or morepeople elimination 1 person).

Spoiler: Inactive Scoring

24/7 Championship
Win the title at any point DURING the show - 5 points (awarded once per show)
Successfully end the show as Champion after defending it (Henceforth called "Show End Points") - an ADDITIONAL 5 points.

The maximum points the 24/7 Championship can get you per show is 10. If you win the belt 5 times in one night you get 5 points.
24/7 Title Defenses are classified as kicking out of a pin, or running from the Horde Of Jobbers.

If nobody attempts to get the 24/7 Championship during the show, then NO POINTS ARE AWARDED. For example, if the current champion is not on the show, NO POINTS. If all they do is a regular match, NO 24/7 points. If they have to run for the Horde of Jobbers then you get "Show End Points."

War Games/Blood & Guts:
Winning team members: 8 points
Losing team members 3 points
Bonus point for the person getting the fall (multiple points will be awarded if 2 people pin 1 person)

Survivor Series matches:
Victory/Surviving Members: 10 points each
Victory/Eliminated Members: 8 points each
Losing Team: 4 points each
BONUS - Wrestlers awarded 2 points for every elimination they are responsible for (Pinfall, submission, being attacked by a chair and causing a DQ, being the legal superstar while an opponent is counted out, etc)

EDIT: May 3th 2023. Added an AEW spot, removed the female-specific spot and put in Female performer minimum, this will be in effect for Season 2 onwards.

EDIT 2: November 28 2023, revamped Free Agency to the Waiver Wire. Further explained game rules.

EDIT 3: April 9 2024. Adjusted the Game Week from Tuesday-Monday to Monday-Sunday. Further clarified Game Rules

 

[Storm Trooper]

NEW ADDITION TO THE RULES:

TRADING:
If 2 players agree, they can trade performers. Only 1 for 1 trades are allowed. BOTH parties must post the trade in the ROSTERS thread for it to be valid, and it will not be in effect until Free Agency opens for the week. Only 1 trade per person is allowed per week.

If a trade is deemed unfair or it appears to be collusion, trades can be denied by the Commissioner. If the Commissioner is involved in the trade, another player will be given the power to veto the trade.

 

[Storm Trooper]

ADDENDUM:

The only championships that garner Championship Bonus points are the ones that WWE.com and AllEliteWrestling.com list on their Superstars/Roster pages. If the Championship is not part of that list it will not be awarded Championship points. This includes championships defended in AEW that belong to other promotions (IWGP titles, AAA titles, ROH titles, Impact titles, etc).

Also, if Money In The Bank is listed in the Championship section, it will receive Championship Bonus Points, however in the event of an unsuccessful cash-in, they will NOT receive Championship Loss points. If it not listed as a Championship, it will be scored like a regular match with individual participants (10 for winner 4 for losers)

 

[Finishline]

What are the odds you can still sign up for this season??