CBR's Wrestling Fantasy League - August Picks (Deadline 7/31)

[Brandon Hanvey]

Welcome to CBR's Wrestling Fantasy League (WFL).

How the WFL works:

You pick 10 wrestlers/wrestling personalities. Your picks are in place once the month starts. Picks are not locked up if someone else picks them before you. I will be playing as well, though I can not win the prize.

During the month, I will be scoring points for WWE RAWs, Smackdowns, and PPVs. For the month of August, there are 4 RAWs, 5 Smackdowns, and 1 PPV (Summer Slam 08/19) for 10 total scheduled events.

Picks can be made/edited until 7/31/12 11:59 PM (PST).

The person with the highest total at end of the month wins their choice of a wrestling related digital sketch from me.

How the points are awarded:

Television live appearance (+3)
Television featured promo (+2)
Television featured fight (+2)
Television match involvement (+2)
Television match (+5)
Television win (+7)
Television loss (-2)

All Shows: Get a pin/submission (+1)
All Shows: Get pinned/submitted (-1)
All Shows: Win a battle royal type match (+5)
All Shows: Win a Championship (+20)
All Shows: Retain a Championship (+8)
All Shows: Lose a Championship (-20)

PPV live appearance (+5)
PPV featured promo (+3)
PPV featured fight (+4)
PPV match involvement (+4)
PPV match (+8)
PPV win (+12)
PPV loss (-6)

PPV pre-show [youtube, wwe.com, etc.] appearance (+3)
PPV pre-show match intervention (+2)
PPV pre-show promo (+2)
PPV pre-show match (+5)
PPV pre-show win (+7)
PPV pre-show loss (-2)

[chicainery]

1 - CM Punk
2 - Daniel Bryan
3 - Dolph Ziggler
4 - The Miz
5 - Sheamus
6 - Chris Jericho
7 - Cody Rhodes
8 - Christian
9 - John Cena
10 - Brock Lesner

[Alex]

I can't think of ten guys who would cause me to win.

[Brandon Hanvey]

I can't think of ten guys who would cause me to win.

The way I see it is you basically have to guess who is going to be pushed and win at Summer Slam. Plus Smackdown has one more airing in the month than RAW so Smackdown featured performers may have a slightly better showing.

Edit: I'm waiting for Monday's RAW before I make my final picks. I currently have an idea who I'm going to pick, but I want to see how things play out on Monday before I choose.

[Alex]

The way I see it is you basically have to guess who is going to be pushed and win at Summer Slam. Plus Smackdown has one more airing in the month than RAW so Smackdown featured performers may have a slightly better showing.

Edit: I'm waiting for Monday's RAW before I make my final picks. I currently have an idea who I'm going to pick, but I want to see how things play out on Monday before I choose.

I need to see what Punk says before i think about picking him.

[Bryan Rios]

I need to see what Punk says before i think about picking him.Agreed. His heel turn on RAW 1000 must have an amazing follow up on 1001 in order to be a MUST pick for August.

[darthjoker]

Edit: I'm waiting for Monday's RAW before I make my final picks. I currently have an idea who I'm going to pick, but I want to see how things play out on Monday before I choose.

mmm..risky, as next monday is the dateline. LOL I want to do that. but I hope I dont forget to post it that day
and rember it next day.

[Bryan Rios]

That is the tough part for me. I don't get to watch RAW on Monday nights. I have to wait until Tuesday to watch them. It looks like I will have to pay attention to the boards for fan responses lol

[Brandon Hanvey]

Alberto Del Rio
AJ
Antonio Cesaro
C.M. Punk
Damien Sandow
Darren Young
Dolph Ziggler
Randy Orton
Ryback
Titus O'Neil

[Brandon Hanvey]

mmm..risky, as next monday is the dateline. LOL I want to do that. but I hope I dont forget to post it that day
and rember it next day.

The end of Tuesday the 31st is the deadline.

[darthjoker]

The end of Tuesday the 31st is the deadline.

thanks, LOL, for some reason until today in the morning I was under the impression that July only had 30 days LOL.

ok here are my pics:
1. CM Punk
2. Chris Jericho
3. Daniel Bryan
4. AJ
5. Sheamus (this one has become a MUST in anyones list)
6. Kane
7. The Miz
8. Rey Misterio
9. Rayback
10. Brodus Clay

Lets see this combination. There seems to be a great concentration on 2 matches Rock vs wwe championship, and Brock vs Trips. So the rest are fillers.

[BeastieRunner]

Sheamus
Daniel Bryan
CM Punk
Santino Marella
Dolph Ziggler
AJ
John Cena
Kofi Kingston
Big Show
Alberto del Rio

[Alex]

Gonna skip this month, the summerslam finish is so clear at this point that i can't beleive they won't swerve me.

[BeastieRunner]

Gonna skip this month, the summerslam finish is so clear at this point that i can't beleive they won't swerve me.

Chicken ... bawk bawk.

[BeastieRunner]

Also, CBR's champions roll call.

Beta Champ: Genki Sudo
September 11: KiFF86
October 11: shamone
November 11: KiFF86
December 11: shamone
January 12: Fabian
February 12: chicainery
March 12: Brandon Hanvey
April 12: BeastieRunner
May 12: BeastieRunner
June 12: Alex
July 12: darthjoker

[Brandon Hanvey]

Gonna skip this month, the summerslam finish is so clear at this point that i can't beleive they won't swerve me.

But that's just one guy and one match. You still have to choose 9 others.

[Alex]

But that's just one guy and one match. You still have to choose 9 others.

If they swerve me on that they will swerve me on everything!

[Bryan Rios]

AJ
CM Punk
Sheamus
The Miz
John Cena
Big Show
Damien Sandow
Dolph Ziggler
Randy Orton
Chris Jericho

[Genki Sudo]

CM Punk
AJ Lee
Dolph Ziggler
Kofi
Jericho
Daniel Bryan
Del Rio
Booker T
Antonio Cesaro
The Miz