FANTASY WWE – DRAFT RESULTS

We live in a world of fantasy … … … sports!

 

The end of August is traditionally considered to be fantasy football draft time around the country. It seems as though the concept of fantasy football has taken the sports world by storm. Sitting in my office on a Monday I hear people talking about their fantasy team as much, if not more so, than how their favorite team did the day before.

 

Other sports have taken the hint and sports sites like ESPN and Yahoo Sports have created fantasy games for other sports like basketball, baseball, hockey, NASCAR, golf and, well, really any sport you could think of.

 

So…why not fantasy wrestling?

 

WWE toyed with the idea of a fantasy game on their website a few years ago. I didn’t sign up for it myself but judging by how long the game lasted, I’m assuming it wasn’t that much of a hit. Fantasy sports as a whole was still in its infancy at that point though. Perhaps WWE’s attempt at entering the fantasy sports world was just a bit ahead of its time.

 

That’s what six friends and I are out to find out! We have recently created our own Fantasy WWE League. Here are the major bullet-points …

 

• All superstars/divas of WWE and NXT that are listed on the WWE website are eligible (i.e. James Storm was not listed on the website therefore he was not eligible to be selected)

 

• Simple points scale for participating in/winning matches on Raw/Smackdown – larger point scale for pay-per-views and smaller point scale for NXT shows.

 

• Bonus points for being in main events, title wins and title defenses.

 

• Four seasons in a year ending with each of the four major pay-per-views (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series) – Free agents can be picked up after each season, player with lowest points gets first pick.

 

• “Starting” rosters are comprised of 7 Superstars and 1 Diva along with 1 Superstar and 1 Diva “on the bench” (can be used as a replacement for an injured starter – 2 “non-injury” starter replacements are allowed in a season)

 

So all that’s left are the rosters! Draft order was done randomly. Here is how the rosters look. To give you an idea on how the draft played out, the rosters are show in draft order with a serpentine draft.

 

TEAM MISBOOKED

Kevin Owens

Big E

Jimmy Uso

Apollo Crews

Stardust

Titus O’Neil

Damian Sandow

Paige

BENCH

Fernando

Alexa Bliss

MONEY AND TITLES

Alberto Del Rio

Kofi Kingston

Baron Corbin

Samoa Joe

Sin Cara

Jack Swagger

Miz

Sasha Banks

BENCH

Zack Ryder

Natalya

REALIST ZAYNIACS IN THE ROOM (My Team)

Roman Reigns

Sami Zayn

Ryback

Jey Uso

Luke Harper

Big Cass

Enzo Amore

Asuka

BENCH

Cesaro

Carmella

NEW DAY’S UNICORN PARTY

Dean Ambrose

Seth Rollins

Xavier Woods

Kalisto

Kane

Randy Orton

Dash Wilder

Charlotte

BENCH

Bull Dempsey

Naomi

FIVE KNUCKLE SHUFFLERS

John Cena

Neville

Tyler Breeze

Braun Strowman

Brock Lesnar

Jason Jordan

Chad Gable

Bayley

BENCH

Mark Henry

Emma

SISTER ABIGAIL’S FUN BUNCH

Bray Wyatt

Rusev

King Barrett

Dolph Ziggler

Hideo Itami

Simon Gotch

Aiden English

Becky Lynch

BENCH

Daniel Bryan

Brie Bella

PALE IRISH WHITE GUYS

Sheamus

Finn Balor

Bubba Ray Dudley

D-Von Dudley

Erick Rowan

Goldust

Blake

Nia Jax

BENCH

Murphy

Nikki Bella

So what do you think? Who had the best draft? What undrafted free agent will be the first pick after the Royal Rumble? Do you see any trades that can be made that would benefit a team? We will be sure to give updates on the status of the fantasy league, but do you want an update beforehand? Follow us on Twitter @From_TheTopRope and let us know what you think. Your response could be used in a future update on the fantasy league!