Hey Guys! WNS Column Lead Richard here, and I've gathered up the WNS Column Staff to play a little game. Now that we have enough Columnist to side a Football team (Or Soccer...) we thought it'd be fun to start up a mini prediction league.
3pts for the Correct Winner & Situation (Pinfall/Submission/etc)
1pt for the Correct Winner.
E.g. I predict that CM Punk beats John Cena by Pinfall, and if he does I get - 3pts. But if CM Punk beats Cena by Submission, I get 1pt. 0pts for correct finish but incorrect person (John Cena by Pin)
We polled out staff in our little staff area, and here is what everyone predicting this time around for WWE Payback.
We asked the team who they thought would win on the *Announced* card, so you won't see Kofi/Bo Dallas or the Rhodes' match. And we also asked another 2 additional questions being;
Will Daniel Bryan surrender the WWE Title? - 3pts
Who will be eliminated first, in the 6 man tag? - 1pt
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THE PREDICTIONS
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Andrew Fletcher - @Fletchyyy
Evolution def. The Shield via pinfall (first elimination: Dean Ambrose)
Bray Wyatt def. John Cena via 10 count
Big E vs. Rusev goes to a No Contest
Bad News Barrett def. Rob Van Dam via pinfall
Paige def. Alicia Fox via pinfall
Sheamus def. Cesaro via DQ
Hornswoggle def. El Torito via pinfall
"Will Daniel Bryan surrender the WWE Championship?': No
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Stephen Wilds - @StephenWilds
The Shield b. Evolution by pinfall
Bray Wyatt b. John Cena by 10 count
Barrett b. RVD by pinfall
Cesaro b. Sheamus by pinfall
Rusev b. Big E. by pinfall
Paige b. Alicia Fox by submission
Hornswoggle b. El Torito by pinfall
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Richard Hughes - @WNS_Richard
Shield def. Evolution by Pinfall
Bray Wyatt def. Cena via 10 count
Bad News Barrett (c) def. Rob Van Dam by Pin
Cesaro def. Sheamus by Pinfall
Rusev def. Big E by Submission
Paige (c) def. Alicia Fox by Submission
El Torito def. Hornswoggle by... pinfall
- Ambrose is eliminated first
- Danielson keeps the WWE Title
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John Huxall - @iHux
The Shield beats Evolution pinfall
Bray Wyatt beats Cena by 10 Count
Bad News Barrett (c) beats Rob Van Dam with Bull Hammer+Pinfall
Cesaro beats Sheamus (c) via Neutralizer+Pinfall
Rusev beats Big E via submission
Paige (c) beats Alicia Fox via Submission (Scorpion Lock)
El Torito beats Hornswoggle via DQ
Will Daniel Bryan surrender the WWE Championship? No.
Who will be eliminated first in the 6 man tag? Batista
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Tyler Trill @ttrill_
HORNSWOGGLE via pinfall
Rusev via submission
Paige via pinfall
BNB via pinfall
Cesaro/Sheamus no contest
Wyatts via pinfall
Bray Wyatt via 10 second count
Shield via Reigns spear to HHH
Bryan doesn't relinquish title
Batista first eliminated
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Quinn Smith - @Kwnsmith
Shield vs. Evolution (Shield victorious)
Bray Wyatt vs. Cena (Bray wins via 10 count. I friggin hope..)
BNB vs. RVD (Barrett wins via pinfall)
Sheamus vs. Cesaro (Sheamus wins via pin
Big E vs. Rusev (Big E wins via DQ)
Paige vs. Alicia Fox (Paige wins via pinfall)
El Torito vs Hornswoggle (El Torito wins, all WWE universe loses)
BONUS
Yes, Bryan will reluctantly surrender.
Batista eliminated first.
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Kaleb Huffman - @K_Huff85
Shield d Evolution (pinfall)
Cena d Wyatt (10 count)
Barrett d RVD (pinfall)
Sheamus d Cesaro (dq)
Rusev d Big E (submission)
Paige d Alicia Fox (submission)
El Torito d Hornswoggle (pinfall)
Bryan will not surrender his title
Rollins will be eliminated first
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Math Gibson -
Evolution def. The Shield (Ambrose and Rollins turn on Reigns giving HHH the final pinfall)
Bray Wyatt def. John Cena via 10 count
Rusev def. Big E via submission
Paige def. Alicia Fox via submission
Sheamus def. Cesaro via pinfall
Bad News Barrett def. RVD via pinfall
El Torito def. Hornwoggle via pinfall
Will Daniel Bryan give up the WWE title? Yes
Who will be eliminated first in the six man tag? Dean Ambrose
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Chris Rae - @ChrisJRae
Evolution def. The Shield via pinfall
Bray Wyatt def. John Cena via 10 count
Bad News Barrett def. Rob Van Dam via pinfall
Paige def. Alicia Fox via submission
Sheamus def. Cesaro via Pinfall
Rusev def Big E via submission
El Torito def Hornswoggle via pinfall
'Will Daniel Bryan surrender the WWE Championship?': No
 First elimination: Batista
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Derek Lindeman - @TopRopeTuesday
El Torito Def. Hornswoggle by Pinfall in the MOTY
Paige Def. Alicia Fox via Pinfall - Alicia goes crazy and crowd surfs. Kid cops feel.
Big E Def. Rusev via Disqualification - Big E seduces Lana with his sultry eyes.
Bad News def. Van Damn via pinfall - Van Damn wins 'most hideous singlet of the night'
Cena Def. Wyatt via 10 count - Twitter crashes from whining overload.
Shield def. Evolution - Reigns is sole survivor, women swoon, Batista quits.
Bryan doesn't give up the titles, Brie gets into cat fight with Steph, people chant CM Punk.
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Bryan Garvin - @FTWPodcast
Evolution d. The Shield via pinfall
Bray Wyatt d. John Cena by standing
Bad News Barrett (c) d. Rob Van Dam via pinfall.
Cesaro d. Sheamus via pinfall.
Rusev d. Big E via submission
Paige (c) d. Alicia Fox via submission
El Torito d. Hornswoggle via pinfall
BONUS POINTS -
Will Daniel Bryan surrender the WWE Championship? - Nope.gif
Who will be eliminated first in the 6 man tag? - Batista
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So, a mixed bag of predictions! 11 Staff Members start the game off, with the other more then welcome to come in but they will have the disadvantage. Maybe we'll give them 10pts to start... Some quick stats on what the WNS Crew predicted!
7/11 predicted that The Shield would win. The same number thought that Daniel Bryan wouldn't give up the Championship, and 5/11 people predicted correctly that Batista would be the first eliminated.
Both Chris and Kaleb did the best prediction wise, with calling 7 of our 9 predictions.
So, as you can see. Kaleb is way out in the lead with 4pts, whilst the middle of the pack is pretty even. Wilds (Who did pretty much perfect on our NXT Takeover Test) finds himself 10pts off the lead, and Fletchy did the worse by getting pretty much everything wrong.
We'll be back with another event soon! Thank you all for reading.
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