NWPC Event 2x31: Back to the Bunkhouse

[R-Troop]

WWE Royal Rumble
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026
Location: Untitled Recently-Finished Stadium in the King Abdullah Financial District - Beautiful Progressive [REDACTED]

1	30-Man Royal Rumble Match
2	30-Woman Royal Rumble Match

The Royal Rumble format under the new Confidence Rank System is a very special one.

Pick five men and five women that you would expect to see in their respective Royal Rumble.
Give them confidence ranks from 5 down to 1.

Each wrestler will gain points for you based on what they do in the Rumble:
Spoiler: Score Guide
Then, these points will be multiplied by the confidence ranking that you gave.

MENS RUMBLE

Performer	Confidence
Bron Breakker	5
Roman Reigns	4
Oba Femi	3
Brock Lesnar	2
Cody Rhodes	1

Womens Rumble

Performer	Confidence
Liv Morgan	5
Rhea Ripley	4
IYO SKY	3
Sol Ruca	2
Roxanne Perez	1

Tiebreaks
(I don't expect they will be needed, but... in this case, ties will be broken by TB points, then best Rumble performance by one of their picks (first being best), then second best performance, and so on.)

Between the men's and women's Royal Rumble:

• Which lasts longer? Womens
• Which has the ironman of the match survive longer? Mens
• Which has the most eliminations by 1 person? Mens
• Which has its winner coming from the earlier number? Womens

Predict the difference between the length of the men's and women's Royal Rumbles, in minutes and seconds.
15TB for getting it exactly right, 5TB for within 1 minute of the correct answer, 3TB for within 2 minutes, and 1TB for within 3 minutes.
4 minutes 10 seconds

Predict the results of the two non-Rumble matches on this show, for 1TB each.

• Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Sami Zayn - WWE Championship Sami Zayn
• GUNTHER vs. AJ Styles - AJ's Career on the Line Gunther (sad)

 

[Looji Nagata]

WWE Royal Rumble
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026
Location: Untitled Recently-Finished Stadium in the King Abdullah Financial District - Beautiful Progressive [REDACTED]

1	30-Man Royal Rumble Match 5 - Roman Reigns 4 - Brock Lesnar 3 - Oba Femi 2 - Bron Breakker 1 - LA Knight
2	30-Woman Royal Rumble Match 5 - Rhea Ripley 4 - Iyo Sky 3 - Liv Morgan 2 - Roxanne Perez 1 - Bianca Belair

Between the men's and women's Royal Rumble:

• Which lasts longer? Men's
• Which has the ironman of the match survive longer? Women's
• Which has the most eliminations by 1 person? Men's
• Which has its winner coming from the earlier number? Women's

Predict the difference between the length of the men's and women's Royal Rumbles, in minutes and seconds.
8 minutes and 19 seconds

Predict the results of the two non-Rumble matches on this show, for 1TB each.

• Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Sami Zayn - WWE Championship
• GUNTHER vs. AJ Styles - AJ's Career on the Line

 

[Deadd2009]

Mens Royal Rumble
5. Bron Breakker
4. Cody Rhodes
3. Roman Reigns
2. Gunther
1. Roman Reigns

Womens Royal Rumble
5. Rhea Ripley
4. Charlotte Flair
3. Chelsea Green
2. Bayley
1. Asuka

Which lasts longer? Mens
Which has the ironman of the match survive longer? Mens
Which has the most eliminations by 1 person? Womens
Which has its winner coming from the earlier number? Mens

Predict the difference between the length of the men's and women's Royal Rumbles, in minutes and seconds.
-10 Minutes, 4 seconds

Drew McIntyre
Gunther

 

[Blazehausen]

Men's Rumble
Bron Breakker 5
Gunther- 4
Roman Reigns 3
Randy Orton- 2
Cody Rhodes 1


Women's Rumble
Liv Morgan 5
Bianca Belair 4
Rhea Ripley 3
Nia Jax- 2
Bayley 1


• Which lasts longer? Men's
• Which has the ironman of the match survive longer? Women's
• Which has the most eliminations by 1 person? Men's
• Which has its winner coming from the earlier number? Women's


Predict the difference between the length of the men's and women's Royal Rumbles, in minutes and seconds.
15TB for getting it exactly right, 5TB for within 1 minute of the correct answer, 3TB for within 2 minutes, and 1TB for within 3 minutes. 6 minutes and 15 seconds


• Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Sami Zayn - WWE Championship
• GUNTHER vs. AJ Styles - AJ's Career on the Line

 

[Sky]

WWE Royal Rumble
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026
Location: Untitled Recently-Finished Stadium in the King Abdullah Financial District - Beautiful Progressive [REDACTED]

1	30-Man Royal Rumble Match - Roman Reigns
2	30-Woman Royal Rumble Match - Liv Morgan

Remember, each wrestler you picked scores you this, multiplied by the confidence number you gave them.

Spoiler: Score Guide

• Chosen wrestler enters: 1pt.
• Chosen wrestler gets an elimination: 1pt. for 1-2 eliminations, 3pt. for 3-4 eliminations, 5pt. for 5+ eliminations.
• Chosen wrestler lasts in the Rumble: 1pt. per full 10 minutes they last.
• Chosen wrestler is ironman of the Rumble: 5pt.
• Chosen wrestler has the most eliminations: 5pt.
• Chosen wrestler makes the final four: 3pt.
• Chosen wrestler wins it all: 10pt.

And yes, this is complex enough that I made a spreadsheet for the whole thing! I can reveal that your best possible picks would have been the following.

Spoiler: Ideal Picks

No.	Men's	Women's
5	Roman Reigns	Liv Morgan
4	Oba Femi	Lash Legend
3	Je'Von Evans	Charlotte Flair
2	Cody Rhodes	Sol Ruca
1	Logan Paul	Rhea Ripley or Tiffany Stratton

This would have yielded a score of 231 for the men's and 223 for the women's, for a board-exploding total of 454. I might tone down the points available in this show in future... or maybe not, I like the format.

I'm going to make an executive decision: this won't be included in consistency rankings, because it'll REALLY fuck up the consistency rankings for the next three weeks. Also, no rights/wrongs because there weren't really binary picks.

Tiebreaks
(I don't expect they will be needed, but... in this case, ties will be broken by TB points, then best Rumble performance by one of their picks (first being best), then second best performance, and so on.)

Between the men's and women's Royal Rumble:

• Which lasts longer? Women's. 1TB for: Storm Trooper
• Which has the ironman of the match survive longer? Women's, Charlotte's 59:49 vs. Je'Von's 40:58. 1TB for: Roy Mustang, Jimmy King, LadyHotRod, Tommy Shelby, Dollar, Dubb, Lethal, Doom, Looch, Blaze
• Which has the most eliminations by 1 person? It's a tie! Lash Legend, Oba Femi, Roman Reigns all got 5 each. 1TB for everyone!
• Which has its winner coming from the earlier number? Women's, 14 vs. 26. 1TB for: Roy Mustang, Jimmy King, LadyHotRod, HoHo, Tommy Shelby, Dubb, Lethal, Doom, Storm Trooper, Looch, Blaze

Predict the difference between the length of the men's and women's Royal Rumbles, in minutes and seconds.
15TB for getting it exactly right, 5TB for within 1 minute of the correct answer, 3TB for within 2 minutes, and 1TB for within 3 minutes.
The time difference was 67:00 - 56:10 = 10:50. That's more than even I thought! So, did anyone get anything there?

Spoiler: Time Difference

Within 1 min = 5TB for: Doom, Deadd2009
Within 2 min = 3TB for: Juice
Within 3 min = 1TB for: LadyHotRod, Tommy Shelby, Looch

Predict the results of the two non-Rumble matches on this show.

• Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Sami Zayn - 1TB for: Roy Mustang, Jimmy King, Mr. PrettyGood, Chris, LadyHotRod, HoHo, Tommy Shelby, Dollar, Juice, Dubb, Lethal, Doom, Looch, Deadd2009, Blaze
• GUNTHER vs. AJ Styles - 1TB for: Roy Mustang, Jimmy King, Mr. PrettyGood, Dollar, Dubb, Lethal, Doom, Storm Trooper, Deadd2009, Blaze

After the dust has settled on all that... what's next?
As a reminder, you are sorted on: prediction score, then total number of right predictions, then TB points, then reverse order in the rankings, then earliest submission
Maximum possible score for this event would be: 454pt. (0/0, 21TB)

The Free-For-All
Storm Trooper - 326pt. (0/0, 4TB)
Roy Mustang - 311pt. (0/0, 5TB)
Looch - 305pt. (0/0, 5TB)
Lethal - 297pt. (0/0, 5TB)
Tommy Shelby - 282pt. (0/0, 5TB)
Dubb - 278pt. (0/0, 5TB)
LadyHotRod - 266pt. (0/0, 5TB)
HoHo - 259pt. (0/0, 2TB)
Doom - 257pt. (0/0, 10TB)
Jimmy King - 247pt. (0/0, 5TB)
Blaze - 244pt. (0/0, 5TB)
Mr. PrettyGood - 217pt. (0/0, 3TB)

Absolute madness. Points being racked up all over the shop. And at the end of it all, challenging will be @R-Troop at Event #32! Best of luck to you.

Workhorseweight Title
Chris - 291pt. (0/0, 2TB)
Deadd2009 - 210pt. (0/0, 8TB)

The winner of this contest...
And STILL Workhorseweight Prediction Champion!

@Chris !!​

As a reminder, the Workhorseweight standings are not going to include the Rumble scores. So, better get used to being sorted on only 2 events for the next few weeks.
Workhorseweight Title Standings (events 2x29 ~ 2x31)

Spoiler: Workhorseweight

Ties broken by TB points, then by highest "low" score, then by highest "middle" score, then by reverse order in the rankings, then by magic
Highest scorer challenges, except those involved in this week's title matches or next week's Galaxyweight Title match
(Note: only those that predicted all three of the last three weeks qualify to challenge)
Deadd2009 - 15 (6TB) + 32 (-3TB) + RUMBLE = 47 (3TB)
Dollar - 13 (3TB) + 33 (3TB) + RUMBLE = 46 (6TB)
Dubb - 14 (6TB) + 23 (4TB) + RUMBLE = 37 (10TB)
HoHo - 15 (6TB) + 18 (4TB) + RUMBLE = 33 (10TB)
Looch - 15 (3TB) + 18 (3TB) + RUMBLE = 33 (6TB)
Roy Mustang - 18 (22TB) + 14 (-1TB) + RUMBLE = 32 (21TB)
Chris - 15 (4TB) + 17 (5TB) + RUMBLE = 32 (9TB)
Juice - 15 (8TB) + 15 (4TB) + RUMBLE = 30 (12TB)
Storm Trooper - 11 (2TB) + 19 (5TB) + RUMBLE = 30 (7TB)
Blaze - 4 (1TB) + 26 (4TB) + RUMBLE = 30 (5TB)
LadyHotRod - 10 (4TB) + 20 (-6TB) + RUMBLE = 30 (-2TB)
Doom - 18 (18TB) + 11 (3TB) + RUMBLE = 29 (21TB)
Jimmy King - 14 (9TB) + 15 (2TB) + RUMBLE = 29 (11TB)
Lethal - 10 (-1TB) + 19 (3TB) + RUMBLE = 29 (2TB)
Brett - 3 (9TB) + 25 (3TB) + RUMBLE = 28 (12TB)
Tommy Shelby - 15 (3TB) + 13 (5TB) + RUMBLE = 28 (8TB)
Mr. PrettyGood - 0 (5TB) + 9 (3TB) + RUMBLE + 9 (8TB)
CFCrusader - 6 (3TB) + 0 (0TB) + RUMBLE = 6 (3TB)

I make that @Dubb set to challenge Chris at Event #32!

Galaxyweight Title
Dollar - 226pt. (0/0, 4TB)
Juice - 155pt. (0/0, 5TB)

The winner of this contest...
And NEEEEEEEEEEW GALAXYWEIGHT PREDICTION CHAMPION!!

@DameDollar !!​

OutRumbling them all, and coming out with a shiny belt! But can you defend it? Troop thinks you can't. Find out... NEXT EVENT!!

 

[Mr. PrettyGood]

I'm going to apply Saints fan logic to this: this is not my fault. Just because I suck does not mean that I should lose.

 

[Sky]

I'm going to apply Saints fan logic to this: this is not my fault. Just because I suck does not mean that I should lose.

You actually had the best performance on the women's match with Lash 5 and Liv 4. It's just the men's picks that were a problem

 

[Just Juice]

Im confused. 1 is most confident and 5 is least confident right?

 

[Sky]

Im confused. 1 is most confident and 5 is least confident right?

5 was most, like everyone else and like every other week. I only could go with what you put.

I can say if you had written it down correctly you'd have retained comfortably

 

[Just Juice]

Ah well. It is what it is.

 

[Roy Mustang]

I so nearly put Lash higher too, damn Belair not returning cost me a title shot

 

[DameDollar]

Swinging the title over my head Seth Rollins style I can't believe it

 

[R-Troop]

What a fun week.

At first I was thinking this ridiculously high scores would be game-altering and fucked. Instead it was a fun chaos that feels like a great side quest to the year-long predictions. Not gonna lie can't wait for next years Rumble already just for this.

Also, Congrats to all the winners, Chris, Dame, Dubb, and.... TROOP? OH HEY THAT'S ME!

Dame I wish you luck next week, but just a bit less luck than I. I think you should use your strategy from BOTS next week in our title match.

 

[DameDollar]

I may have a Kofi Kingston-Esque run but I can proudly say I was a champion. Let's rock

 

[R-Troop]

I may have a Kofi Kingston-Esque run but I can proudly say I was a champion. Let's rock

Kofi had a 6 month long run. With all due respect I hope your run lasts a week.