So I’ve been intrigued by the NFL fantasy leagues and joined one but seeing as Pro Wrestling is more my thing was wondering how making a WWE league would work and any problems that would arise. So feel free to add suggestions and how you would run it.

I’d give each player a salary of a certain amount, main event guys cost more money etc. televised matches only. Would make it clear you’re much better off drafting full time guys rather than Roman etc. Points added up at the end of the calendar
Month. Have to do it manually not via an app too.

Tag teams where you only get points if they win matches as a team. This seems like an issue especially when a lot of tag teams split or get thrown together through out the year.

And for fun have a jobber that you only get points if they lose.
Any other suggestions welcome.

How many people on a team would you suggest and how would you handle trades (if at all). Just bad luck if your main person gets injured or released?

Main Eventer
Mid Carder
Tag Team
Women’s
Jobber

I ran one of these on old PW in the WoW forum - obviously the women's roster was/is smaller so the options were limited. I think I gave everyone a $15 budget and priced the champs at $5, those who were regularly on TV at 4 or 3, and the jobbers at 2 or 1.

Points were scored for appearing on TV, being in a match, winning a match, interfering to help someone else win, hitting your finisher - and then all of this on a PPV was doubled. Cutting a promo was a big scorer because it was back in the days when a woman getting to talk was a novelty.

I love the idea and I'm interested.

Regarding unexpected injuries/absences, I'd say if that happens people get their draft money back to spend on another wrestler.

Sept 4, 2024 5:09:06 GMT @admin said:

I ran one of these on old PW in the WoW forum - obviously the women's roster was/is smaller so the options were limited. I think I gave everyone a $15 budget and priced the champs at $5, those who were regularly on TV at 4 or 3, and the jobbers at 2 or 1.

Points were scored for appearing on TV, being in a match, winning a match, interfering to help someone else win, hitting your finisher - and then all of this on a PPV was doubled. Cutting a promo was a big scorer because it was back in the days when a woman getting to talk was a novelty.

Stipulation matches must’ve been like a lottery win back then eh?!

Love the idea. I got a few suggestions.

I would have a "bench" like what other fantasy leagues have where you can swap in and out people on your roster depending if they are booked for matches that week, or injured, or what have you. You could call it "catering." They don't get points for sitting in catering but they are there to swap in and out of other slots if it means scoring more points that week.

Also you can expand certain positions. Like football fantasy leagues usually have 1 QB (main eventer), 2-3 Wide Receivers (mid-carders), multiple Running Backs, Tight Ends, etc. Then you have Flex players that can fit in anywhere, pick a team defence (that could be your tag team or even a stable if there were enough to choose from). Picking an NXT star would be a fun spot to fill too. Do you pick them early in the draft to ensure you have someone like Ethan Page or Trick Williams? Or do you save that for later and hope you still get a good name, or try to land someone that will get a big push this year?

Mine would look something like this:

Male Main Eventer
Female Main Eventer
Mid-Carder
Mid-Carder
Mid-Carder
Female/Mid-Carder/Flex/Wild Card
Tag Team
Tag Team
Jobber
NXT
Catering
Catering
Catering

Also you would have to throw names into certain positions so they can only go in those spots. Like for example you don't want someone picking Roman Reigns as their main eventer then filling up their mid-card slots with Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins & Randy Orton. Just like you can't pick a superstar QB in a Wide Receiver slot in a football draft. It wouldn't be fair.

WWE ROSTER

RAW

Akam
Akira Tozawa
Alba Fyre
Asuka
Bo Dallas (Uncle Howdy)
Braun Strowman
Bron Breakker
Bronson Reed
Brutus Creed
Carlito
Chad Gable
CM Punk
Cruz Del Toro
Dakota Kai
Damian Priest
Dexter Lumis
Dominik Mysterio
Dragon Lee
Drew McIntyre
Erick Rowan
Erik
Finn Balor
Gunther
Ilja Dragunov
Isla Dawn
Ivar
Ivy Nile
Iyo Sky
JD McDonagh
Jey Uso
Joaquin Wilde
Joe Gacy
Julius Creed
Kairi Sane
Karrion Kross
Katana Chance
Kayden Carter
Kiana James
Kofi Kingston
Liv Morgan
Ludwig Kaiser
Lyra Valkyria
Maxxine Dupri
The Miz
Natalya
Nikki Cross
Otis
Paul Ellering
Pete Dunne
R-Truth
Raquel Rodriguez
Rey Mysterio
Rezar
Rhea Ripley
Sami Zayn
Scarlett
Seth Rollins
Shayna Baszler
Sheamus
Sonya Deville
Tyler Bates
Xavier Woods
Zelina Vega
Zoey Stark

Smackdown

AJ Styles
Andrade
Angel
Angelo Dawkins
Apollo Crews
Austin Theory
B-Fab
Baron Corbin
Bayley
Berto
Bianca Belair
Blair Devonport
Candice LeRae
Carmelo Hayes
Chelsea Green
Cody Rhodes
Elektra Lopez
Elton Prince
Giovanni Vinci
Grayson Waller
Indi Hartwell
Jacob Fatu
Jade Cargill
Jimmy Uso
Johnny Gargano
Karl Anderson
Kevin Owens
Kit Wilson
LA Knight
Logan Paul
Luke Gallows
Michin
Montez Ford
Naomi
Nia Jax
Paul Heyman
Piper Niven
Randy Orton
The Rock
Roman Reigns
Santos Escobar
Shinsuke Nakamura
Solo Sikoa
Tama Tonga
Tegan Nox
Tiffany Stratton
Tomasso Ciampa
Tonga Loa

If anyone (can be multiple people) want to sort these into divisions you think work best, that would be awesome.

This is a fun idea

Fan Fic did it first.

And better.

KWF represent.

😎

This is a list I found online for a rough guideline to go by.

Should I scrap part-timers do just have a special division for them ?

I’m thinking not doing a tag division but you can draft tag teams separately.
Without the amount of teams that break up/one member has a match while the other manages etc I think it’s too much of a headache to drafts


[SPECIALTY]

Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Randy Orton, Roman Reigns

MAIN EVENT

HIGH-TIER

CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins

MID-TIER

Drew McIntyre, Gunther

LOW-TIER

AJ Styles, Damian Priest, Kevin Owens, Rey Mysterio, Sami Zayn

UPPER MIDCARD

Bron Breakker, Finn Balor, Jacob Fatu, Jey Uso, LA Knight, Logan Paul, Sheamus, Solo Sikoa, Jimmy Uso

MIDCARD

HIGH-TIER

Andrade, Austin Theory, Braun Strowman, Bronson Reed, Carmelo Hayes, Dominik Mysterio, Grayson Waller, Johnny Gargano, Kofi Kingston, The Miz, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford), Santos Escobar, Tommaso Ciampa

MID-TIER

Bo Dallas / Uncle Howdy, Brutus Creed, Chad Gable, Dexter Lumis, Dragon Lee, Erick Rowan, Ilja Dragunov, Joe Gacy, Julius Creed, Karrion Kross, Ludwig Kaiser, Pete Dunne, Xavier Woods

LOW-TIER

Angel Garza, AOP (Akam & Rezar), Apollo Crews, Baron Corbin, Carlito, Cruz Del Toro, Elton Prince, Humberto Carrillo, JD McDonagh, Joaquin Wilde, Kit Wilson, Otis Dozovic, R-Truth

JOBBER

Akira Tozawa, Giovanni Vinci

[STATUS UNKNOWN or INJURED or SENT TO NXT]

Cedric Alexander, Erik, Ivar,, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Omos, Shinsuke Nakamura, Talla Tonga, Tyler Bate

My attempt at a roster categorisation based on recent status. I initially put Gunther, Reigns, Punk, Rhea and Cody in their own "top tier" section but with only five people it felt lacking. Same with the main event tag team: maybe one tag team section is enough.

I pay little attention to midcard and lower so may have completely miscategorised some wrestlers.

Main Event Singles
Asuka
Bayley
CM Punk
Cody Rhodes
Damian Priest
Drew McIntyre
Gunther
Jacob Fatu
Jey Uso
Liv Morgan
Nia Jax
Randy Orton
Rhea Ripley
Roman Reigns
Seth Rollins
Sami Zayn
Solo Sikoa

Main Event Tag Team

Damage CTRL (Iyo Sky & Kairi Sane)
DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tomasso Ciampa)
The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill


Upper Midcard Singles

AJ Styles
Bron Breakker
Bronson Reed
Finn Balor
Jimmy Uso
LA Knight
Kevin Owens
Naomi
Rey Mysterio
Raquel Rodriguez
Sheamus


Midcard Tag Team

Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar)
Awesome Truth (The Miz & R-Truth)
Austin Theory & Grayson Waller
Baron Corbin & Apollo Crews
Katana Chance & Kayden Carter
Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson & Elton Prince)
Pure Fusion Collective (Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark)
Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)
The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed & Julius Creed)
The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn)
War Raiders (Erik & Ivar)


Midcard Singles

Andrade
Braun Strowman
Bo Dallas / Uncle Howdy
Carmelo Hayes
Chad Gable
Dominik Mysterio
Ilja Dragunov
Ludwig Kaiser
Lyra Valkyria
Karrion Kross
Kofi Kingston
Nikki Cross
JD McDonagh
Pete Dunne
Rey Mysterio
Santos Escobar
Shinsuke Nakamura
Tiffany Stratton
Xavier Woods
Zelina Vega

Lower Card
Angel
Akira Tozawa
Berto
Blair Davenport
Candice LeRae
Chelsea Green
Carlito
Dakota Kai
Giovanni Vinci
Maxxine Dupri
Michin
Natalya
Indi Hartwell
Ivy Nile
Otis
Piper Niven
Sonya Deville
Tegan Nox

Ok so this is what I’m thinking,
you get 2x in each category, 1 for your roster and 1 for catering (the bench)
With tag teams, elect one person from the team and the other stays on the bench.
That way if one of the tag members goes down with a months long injury you can swap them out the following month. (You must draft both members of a tag team),


4 in total for the women’s roster (2 roster, 2 catering).

You are much better off drafting a full timer than a part timer, so please keep this in mind.

Had to scrape some mid-carders into the Main event scene to get enough people for it.




1. sandylea iron maiden Emperor RT Jake
1RealSmartAlex Blindy Big Pete Blindy KING KID rattywarrior

Thoughts?

(Ignore the numbering with the tag teams)





Main Event Men’s

1. Cody Rhodes (WWE Champion)
2. Gunther (World Heavyweight Champion)
3. AJ Styles (injured)
4. Brock Lesnar
5. CM Punk
6. Damian Priest
7. Drew McIntyre
9. Jacob Fatu
10. Jimmy Uso
11. John Cena
12. Kevin Owens
13. Randy Orton
14. Roman Reigns
15. Seth Rollins
16. Sami Zayn
17. The Rock
18. Solo Sikoa
19. Dominik Mysterio
20. Rey Mysterio
21. Sheamus



Midcard

1. Jey Uso (IC Champion)
2. LA Knight (US Champion)
3. Akira Tozawa
4. Andrade
5. Angel
6. Berto
7. Braun Strowman (injured)
8. Bron Breakker
9. Bronson Reed
10. Carlito
11. Carmelo Hayes
12. Chad Gable
13. Cruz Del Toro
14. Dragon Lee
15. Giovanni Vinci
16. Ilja Dragunov (injured)
17. Joaquin Wilde
18. Joe Gacy
19. Karrion Kross
20. Kofi Kingston
21. Logan Paul
22. Ludwig Kaiser
23. Omos
24. Otis
25. Pete Dunne
26. Santos Escobar
27. Shinsuke Nakamura
28. Tyler Bate (injured)

Tag Teams
1. Tama Tonga (SD TAG) The Bloodline
3. Tanga Loa (SD tag) The Bloodline
5. Finn Balor (RAW Tag) Judgment Day
6. JD McDonagh (Raw Tag) Judgment Day
8. The Miz (The Awesome Truth)
9. R-Truth (The Awesome Truth)
11. Johnny Gargano (DIY)
13. & Tomasso Ciampa (DIY)
15. Akam (Authors of Pain)
17. Rezar (Authors of Pain)
19. Austin Theory (A-Town DownUnder)
21. Grayson Waller (A-Town DownUnder)
23. Baron Corbin (with Crews)
25. & Apollo Crews (with Corbin)
27. Kit Wilson (Pretty Deadly)
29. & Elton Prince (Pretty Deadly)
31. Angelo Dawkins (Street Profits)
33. Montez Ford (Street Profits)
35. Brutus Creed (Creed Brothers)
37. & Julius Creed (Creed Brothers)
39. Erik (Viking Raiders)
40. Ivar (Viking Raiders)
42. Alex Shelley MCMG)
44. Chris Sabin (MCMG)


Women’s Division

1. Liv Morgan (Women’s World)
2. Nia Jax (Women’s WWE)
3. Bianca Belair (Women’s Tag)
4. Jade Cargill (Women’s Tag)
5. Alexa Bliss (inactive)
6. Alba Fyre
7. Asuka (injured)
8. B-Fab
9. Bayley
10. Blair Devonport
12. Candice LeRae
13. Carmella (inactive)
14. Charlotte Flair (injured)
15. Chelsea Green
16. Dakota Kai (injured)
17. Elektra Lopez
18. Isla Dawn
19. Indi Hartwell
20. Ivy Nile
21. Iyo Sky
22. Kairi Sane
23. Katana Chance
24. Kayden Carter
25. Kiana James (injured)
26. Lyra Valkyria
27. Maxxine Dupri
28. Michin
29. Naomi
30. Natalya
31. Nikki Cross
32. Piper Niven
33. Raquel Rodriguez
34. Rhea Ripley
35. Scarlett
37. Shayna Baszler
38. Shotzi (injured)
39. Sonya Deville
40. Tegan Nox
41. Tiffany Stratton
43. Valhalla (inactive)
44. Zelina Vega
45. Zoey Stark



1. Main Event
2. Mid Card
3. Tag Team
4. Women’s Division
5. Women’s Division

1. Main Event catering
2. Mid Card catering
3. Tag Team Catering
4. Women’s Division Catering
5. Women’s Division Catering

That seems fair enough. My only consideration is that despite being mid-card champions, both Jey Uso and LA Knight should really be considered main eventers. Especially Jey when you consider Jimmy is in the main event scene - both the US and IC Championship have been elevated under Hunter.

How are points scored?

Oct 21, 2024 10:26:59 GMT Big Pete said:

That seems fair enough. My only consideration is that despite being mid-card champions, both Jey Uso and LA Knight should really be considered main eventers. Especially Jey when you consider Jimmy is in the main event scene - both the US and IC Championship have been elevated under Hunter.

How are points scored?

I don’t disagree especially in the case of “main event” Jey Uso but the divisions are pretty arbitrary so it won’t mess with the scoring.

This is what I’m going with currently:

Matches don’t stack so you only get 6 points for winning a title in the WM main event for example, not 15.

One Point:
Makes an in-person appearance

Two points:
Has a match
Cuts a promo in the ring/has a backstage INTERVIEW

Three Points:
Wins a match

Four Points:
Defends a championship successfully
(DQ losses will not count)

Five points:
Wins a championship

Six points:
Wins the Royal rumble
Wins the WrestleMania main event (counts for both nights)
Wins MITB
Wins Summerslam main event

=====

You VS someone each month and then the points are scored at the end of the month, like the NFL fantasy for those familiar:


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I’ll do a mock up draft and score myself on RAW tomorrow to explain better

MOCK MatchUp, will post results after Raw to explain scoring better.


System

Main Event: Gunther
Mid Card: Jey Uso
Tag: Finn Balor
Women’s: Liv Morgan
Women’s: Rhea Ripley

==========

Catering (inactive):
:Main Event Catering: Brock Lesnar
Mid Card: Ilja Dragunov
Tag: JD McDonagh
Women’s: Asuka
Women’s: Dakota Kai

VS

CheeseDude420

Main Event: Damian Priest
Mid Card: Chad Gable
Tag: R-Truth
Women’s: Raquel Rodriguez
Women’s: Natalya

=========

Catering (inactive
Main Event: John Cena
Mid Card: Braun Strowman
Tag: The Miz
Women’s: Charlotte Flair
Women’s: Carmella

Do we track our own points?

Oct 22, 2024 0:01:25 GMT 1RealSmartAlex said:

Do we track our own points?

I’ll do it but feel free to follow along if I miss anything/make a mistake.

...I trust you. I was about to pull out if I had to keep my own score.

Scoring example:

System VS CheeseDude420

This is only based of todays RAW, full scoring will be monthly.

Going forward I’ll include backstage INTERVIEWS in the same category as promos.

Will make some roster moves now

SPOILER: Click to show

Jey isn’t IC Champ and Miz/truth aren’t a team

Gunther 1 VS Damian Priest 1
Jey Uso 2 VS Chad Gable 1
Finn Balor 1 VS R-Truth 1
Liv Morgan 2 VS Raquel 2
Rhea Ripley 1 VS Natalya 0
System: 7 Cheesedude: 5

Winner: System

System

(Appearance)
Jey Uso 2
(Had a match)
Finn Balor 1
(appearance)
Liv Morgan 2
(had a match)
Rhea Ripley 1
(appearance)

Brock Lesnar
Ilja Dragunov
Jd McDonagh 1
(appearance)
Asuka
Dakota Kai

====
Cheesedude420

Damian Priest 1
Chad Gable 1
(Appearance)
R-Truth 1
(Appearance)
Raquel 2
(Had a match)
Natalya

Cena
Strowman
The Miz 1
(Appearance)
Charlotte Flair
Carmella

Can I suggest a change to the drafting order? As last place I am getting the 10th and 11th best wrestlers in every section. An incredible disadvantage, not just for me but everyone in the lower half of the order. Getting first in each catering hardly seems like a fair trade.

My proposal is to reverse every section. By section I mean main event, midcard, tag team, women, women's catering.

So the main event drafting order stays as it is. I'm last to pick in the main event main ection and first to pick in main event catering. Then I'm the first to pick in midcard and last to pick in midcard catering. Then I'm last in the tag team main/first in tag team catering, first in women's (round 1), and last in women's catering (round 1).

More explictily:

Main Event

1. Big Pete
2. RT
3. Jake
4. Rattywarrior
5. The Kid
6. 1RealSmartAlex
7. Iron Maiden
8. Blindy
9. Sandylea
10. Emperor

Main Event Catering

1. Emperor
2. Sandylea
3. Blindy
4. Iron Maiden
5. 1RealSmartAlex
6. The Kid
7. Rattywarrior
8. Jake
9. RT
10. Big Pete


Mid Card

1. Emperor
2. Sandylea
3. Blindy
4. Iron Maiden
5. 1RealSmartAlex
6. The Kid
7. Rattywarrior
8. Jake
9. RT
10. Big Pete

Mid Card Catering

1. Big Pete
2. RT
3. Jake
4. Rattywarrior
5. The Kid
6. 1RealSmartAlex
7. Iron Maiden
8. Blindy
9. Sandylea
10. Emperor


Does that make sense? We still have time to make the change if everyone agrees.

Emperor

Works for me brother, I tried the snake order to try and make it fairer and didn’t realise it actually put you at a disadvantage

Emperor is the correct order?


Main Event

1. Big Pete
2. RT
3. Jake
4. Rattywarrior
5. The Kid
6. 1RealSmartAlex
7. Iron Maiden
8. Blindy
9. Sandylea
10. Emperor

Main Event Catering

1. Emperor
2. Sandylea
3. Blindy
4. Iron Maiden
5. 1RealSmartAlex
6. The Kid
7. Rattywarrior
8. Jake
9. RT
10. Big Pete


Mid Card

1. Emperor
2. Sandylea
3. Blindy
4. Iron Maiden
5. 1RealSmartAlex
6. The Kid
7. Rattywarrior
8. Jake
9. RT
10. Big Pete

Mid Card Catering

1. Big Pete
2. RT
3. Jake
4. Rattywarrior
5. The Kid
6. 1RealSmartAlex
7. Iron Maiden
8. Blindy
9. Sandylea
10. Emperor

Tag Team

Big Pete
RT
Jake
Rattywarrior
The Kid
1RealSmartAlex
Iron Maiden
Blindy
Sandy Lea
Emperor

Tag Team Catering (you must draft the second member of a team)
Emperor
Sandylea
Blindy
Iron Maiden
1RealSmartAlex
The Kid
Rattywarrior
Jake
RT
big Pete

Women’s

Emperor
Sandylea
Blindy
Iron Maiden
1RealSmartAlex
The Kid
Rattywarrior
Jake
RT
big Pete

Women’s catering

Big Pete
RT
Jake
Rattywarrior
The Kid
1RealSmartAlex
Iron Maiden
Blindy
Sandy Lea
Emperor

Women’s x2

Emperor
Sandylea
Blindy
Iron Maiden
1RealSmartAlex
The Kid
Rattywarrior
Jake
RT
big Pete

Women’s catering

Big Pete
RT
Jake
Rattywarrior
The Kid
1RealSmartAlex
Iron Maiden
Blindy
Sandy Lea
Emperor

The women's 2 and women's 2 catering needs to be flipped, the rest is good. Thanks.

Oct 23, 2024 18:25:09 GMT Emperor said:

The women's 2 and women's 2 catering needs to be flipped, the rest is good. Thanks.

Should be fixed now, see other thread

Good eye Emperor and that seems fair.

So I get draft pick #20, #30, #31?

And I'm tagging in Emperor and RT?

sandylea iron maiden Emperor RT Jake 1RealSmartAlex Blindy
Big Pete KING KID rattywarrior

Going to randomise the rest of the draft if not completed before Smackdown airs.
(142 hours from now) I know people may be upset they didn’t get their picks but I’d rather get started than wait another month.

Can we institute time based skips like other drafts? Doesn't seem fair that I should get stuck with LA Knight or Karryin' the Kross, or one of the Wyatt sickos because someone else doesn't draft.

Oct 27, 2024 0:17:00 GMT 1RealSmartAlex said:

Can we institute time based skips like other drafts? Doesn't seem fair that I should get stuck with LA Knight or Karryin' the Kross, or one of the Wyatt sickos because someone else doesn't draft.

I’ll implement a 12 hour rule after RT makes his pick.
I know that’s still slow but kinda hard when we are working with 3 major time zone differences.

I don’t even know what’s going on. I just didn’t want to lose my undefeated debate streak.

KING KID you’re up after 1RealSmartAlex makes his pick

Then you have 12 hours to pick.

Oct 27, 2024 0:01:39 GMT System said:

sandylea iron maiden Emperor RT Jake 1RealSmartAlex Blindy
Big Pete KING KID rattywarrior

Going to randomise the rest of the draft if not completed before Smackdown airs.
(142 hours from now) I know people may be upset they didn’t get their picks but I’d rather get started than wait another month.

Sounds fine with me, I know the timezone will/may hinder it at times, so if needs be I don't mind messaging you my pick/contingency picks to help this run along more.