For any GNR Evolution members interested in taking part in the next WWE Game; this is the thread to sign up. The game will start at the end of the month at Wrestlemaina XV and will continue till SummerSlam.

The idea of the game is to pick five wrestlers who you think will win a lot of matches and be involved in top TV storylines for the duration of the game. The participant who has acquired the most points will win the game.

PAY-PER-VIEWS:

Wrestlemaina XV (05-04-09) <Start Date>
Backlash (26-04-09)
Judgement Day (17-05-09)
Extreme Rules (07-06-09)
The Bash (28-06-09)
Night Of Champions (26-07-09)
SummerSlam (23-08-09) <End Date>

Team Game: <New>

This time around a second list of scores will also be kept. The number of drafts made will be the same 5 per a person. What the team game essentially means, is two people will be paired together and their points total points combined, the team with the most points wins.

{Note: If someone doesn't have a partner, they will not be eligible for these rankings.}

The closing date for participants signing up will be March 16th <Dependant on Level Of Participation>.

The Rules: (Currently Under Construction)

Drafting Rules:

The Start-Up:

Posters who wish to participate after the drafting begins, will be asked to wait until the next game takes place. (It would be too much trouble and besides they'd likely be at a great disadvantage)

The drafting order will be random-ized by a 3rd party, who is not participating in the game.

The Basics:

Participants will draft in the organized order from first till last (E.g 1-5), the last participant will draft twice, at which point drafting will continue from last till first (E.g 5-1), this time with the first participant drafting twice, when the reverse order has finished, it will begin again in proper organized order (E.g 1-5), this process will continue till all participants have drafted in total of 5 times each.

All drafting will have a 24hr time limit (Depending on number of participants), if a poster fails to make their draft within the period, then they will have to wait until their next turn to make their draft along with their "Present Turn" draft. Failure to make a draft within the time period on 3 occasions will result in expulsion from the game & possibly future games (If you aren't really interested, then don't sign it up, it's simple ).v (Note: If a participant doesn't feel they can make it during the time frame, then they may send me a list of preferred picks and I will make their draft for them when the time comes)

Who Can You Draft...?

Both active & inactive wrestlers under WWE contracts who are listed in this games Roster list. Although there will be a limited list of Legends and former WWE wrestlers in the non-wrestling lists, a participant cannot draft a wrestler from a rival promotion (TNA, ROH, WEW, ect.... or celebrity or anyone else, until they are under contract. (Even if a wrestler is rumoured to be returning or making their debut, if they are not on the roster list, they cannot be drafted)

Trading:

Maximum of (5) Trades All Game

Points Awarded For: (Currently Under Construction)

+4 Points For Win Via Submission/Pin/TKO/Countout/Ref Stoppage
+2 Points For Win Via DQ or Win via Forfeit
+1 Point For Draw or No Contest
+6 Points For Win in a Gimmick Match

Extra:
+1 Point For Every Extra Person They Compete Against
+2 Points For Every Person They Eliminate (Pin or Submission only)
+1 Point For Every Person They Eliminate In An Over The Top Battle Royal (Royal Rumble Not Included)
+5 Points In The Main Event

{Note: If the bell doesn't ring, then it does not count as a match, even if one was originally scheduled. Non-Wrestling competitions do not count as matches, i.e Arm Wrestling, Bikini Contests ect..}

Double Points On TV Specials + PPVs
Triple Points At Wrestlemaina

+40 Money In The Bank Ladder Match (X Points N/A)
+50 Royale Rumble (+2 Points For Every Person They Eliminate, X Points N/A)
+10 Tournament

+12 WWE Title/Champion or ECW Title Win (6 Points For Successful Defending)
+8 Intercontinental/US/WWE Tag Team (World + WWE) Championships Win (4 Points For Defending)
+4 Womens/Diva/Cruiserweight Win (2 Points For Successful Defending)

{Note: Main Event Points Do Apply After Dq Win. No Contest Matches Always Result In 1 Point Being Awarded Per A Participant, Regardless Of Circumstances i.e PPV, However A Draw On PPV Will Result In X Points}

*All rules subject to change or adjustment in the event of any unforeseen or unprecedented circumstances.

Roster:

RAW

Beth Phoenix, Candice, Charlie Haas, Chris Jericho, C.M. Punk (Intercontinental Champion), Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Goldust, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Jamie Noble, JBL, Jillian, John Cena, JTG, Kane, Kelly Kelly, Kofi Kingston, Layla, Melina (Womens Champion), Mickie James, Mike Knox,  Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Rosa Mendes, Santino Marella, Shad, Shawn Michaels, Sim Snuka, Ted DiBiase Jr., William Regal

Inactive/Non-Wrestling:

Batista, Jerry Lawler, Lilian Garcia, Linda McMahon, Michael Cole,
Mr. McMahon, Ric Flair, Stone Cold, Shane McMahon, Stephanie McMahon

ECW

Alicia Fox, Christian, DJ Gabriel, Evan Bourne, Finlay, Jack Swagger (ECW Champion), John Morrison (World Tag Team Champion), Katie Lea Burchil, Mark Henry, Matt Striker, Paul Burchill, Ricky Ortiz, The Miz (World Tag Team Champion), Tiffany, Tommy Dreamer, Tyson Kidd

Inactive/Non-Wreslting:

Hornswoggle (Cruiser Weight Champion), Theodore Long, Todd Grisham, Tony Atlas, Tony Chimel

SmackDown!

Big Show, Brie Bella, Carlito (WWE Tag Team Champion), Chavo Guerrero, Curt Hawkins, DH Smith, Edge (World Heavyweight Champion), Eve, Festus, Hurricane Helms, Jeff Hardy, Jesse, Jimmy Wang Yang, Kung Fu Naki, Maria, Maryse (Divas Champion), Matt Hardy, Michelle McCool, Montel Vontavious Porter, Mr. Kennedy, Natalya, Nikki Bella, Primo (WWE Tag Team Champion), R-Truth, Shelton Benjamin (United States Champion), The Brian Kendrick, The Great Khali, Triple H (WWE Champion), Undertaker, Vladimir Kozlov, Zack Ryder

Inactive/Non-Wrestling:

Ezekiel Jackson, Jim Ross, Justin Roberts, Ranjin Singh, Tazz, Umaga, Vickie Guerrero

Other/Unavailable:

Released/Unavailable:

Jobbers/Unavailable

Last Updated: 13/06/09 <11.13> GMT

Current Participants:

                                         2008 Intentions
                                            AtariLegend
                                      Axl Schwarzenegger
                                             BLS-Pride
                                        Communist China
                                           James Lofton
                                                  Rex
                                               Slashfro

Teams:

Team 1; AtariLegend & James Lofton

Team 2; Communist China & BLS-Pride

Team 3; Rex & Slashfro

Team 4; Axl Schwarzenegger & 2008 Intentions

Slash Too Busy To Worry About GN'R

Addicted To Noise Staff Writer Chris Nelson reports : He's doing a cartoon soundtrack. He's got an adult contemporary hit. He's jamming with new jack swinger Teddy Riley (check out a RealAudio sample of "Fix") and playing in a cover band. Could this be the same old cigarette-dangling, guitar-wailing Slash of Guns N' Roses that we once knew?

Well... yeah.

"There's so many things out there that you can do, if you just make yourself available to go check out what they are," he told ATN Tuesday by phone from his Los Angeles home.

Like if you're Slash, you can also still be pissed off at GN'R singer Axl Rose; or still be on the lookout for a vocalist for his band Snakepit; or still be hitting local bars with your own bluesy cover band.

Yeah, this is the same ol' Slash, busy as ever.

Although he's got irons in many fires right now, he's having nothing to do with the new Guns N' Roses album being produced by GN'R vet Mike Clink and techno-heavyweight Moby.

"I went back to Guns for like 12 rehearsals on the forthcoming Guns N' Roses record to re-establish the band and where it was headed," Slash said. "And realistically from Use Your Illusion all the way up until now, Axl's been holding the reigns on taking it in his direction, and I just went, 'You know what? Fuck it then, you do it.' I would have suggested just do a solo record and let Guns do what it does naturally, but he insisted that Guns was his solo project anyway, so why did he have to do a solo project? So I just went, 'Fine, I'm gonna leave while the band's still cool, 'cause I don't know what you're gonna do with it.'

"I'm sure whatever he ends up doing will be brilliant," said Slash. "But it won't sound like what I would consider a fucking hard rock band that's all gritty and shit. But, you know, what do I know? I could be wrong."

More to Slash's taste at the moment is the soundtrack he'll complete this week for a Nickelodeon pilot called Fathead. "It's a prehistoric teenage kind of deal with dinosaurs in it," the curly-haired axeman said. "Fathead is the next generation up from the Neanderthal. He invents golf. It's called dorf, but it's golf basically. It's great animation. It was cool, because I love dinosaurs. It's very loud guitar-oriented stuff, with a little bit more TV-oriented background underneath it."

If GN'R fans think Nickelodeon seems an unlikely setting for Slash, they probably missed his recent adult contemporary hit, the instrumental "Obsession" from the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's 1996 film Curdled. "My mom called me and told me she heard me on the radio," said the soon to be 32-year-old Slash. "I was like, 'What are you talking about?' She goes, 'That music you did on the radio.' I was like, oh God, now I'm adult contemporary? But I'm proud of the song regardless."

Slash devotees are more likely to appreciate the ex-Gunner's solos on the hard remix of "Fix," the new single by Teddy Riley and BLACKstreet. "There's a rhythm part of me that I can fucking kill on that stuff, if it's the right song," he said.

Meanwhile, the guitarist continues to occupy himself with several projects close to his heart, even though he's given up hope on Guns N' Roses.

The top priority on his to-do list is to record the follow up to It's Five O'clock Somewhere (Geffen), the 1995 album by Slash's Snakepit. Before he can get started, however, he's got to oversee the completion of his Snakepit home studio, and then select someone to replace former Snakepit singer Eric Dover, who went on to front Imperial Drag.

Slash said that he's auditioned big-name and unknown vocalists, but few of today's rock bands interest him outside of L7, Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden. On that note, Slash added that Chris Cornell, singer for the now defunct Soundgarden, has an open invitation to play with him. "I fucking think he's awesome," the guitarist said. "If he wanted to sing for a band outside of Soundgarden I would play with him in a heartbeat."

With GN'R out of the picture and the Snakepit on hold, Slash continues to keep himself busy with his soundtracks, guest spots and Blues Ball, the pick up band he put together on short notice last year for a gig in Hungary. The Blues Ball still hits the occasional stateside bar with an ever-changing set list of covers and Slash originals. "It's not like a big hype deal, it's all about going to have a beer, kick back and hopefully we'll do good versions of songs you're familiar with."

All in all, Slash said it's a hectic schedule that requires constant maintenance in a day-planner. "One minute I'm in the studio, the next minute I'm on a soundstage, the next minute I'm at a gig, the next minute I'm in Detroit," he said, on a night when he was preparing for a surprise jam with an unnamed band in Los Angeles. "I'm not gonna say who it is. We leave all that stuff unannounced. It's more fun that way."

Source: Addicted To Noise (1996)