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SEPARATE THE DECKS. Place the Superstar, Ring, and Gear decks into their spots on the Game Board. If a deck is depleted during play, shuffle the discard pile and place it face down as the replenished deck. When searching a deck during the game, always reshuffle the deck after searching it. Don’t shuffle after searching a discard pile.
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FIND YOUR CHAMPIONS! Find the five Title cards—TV, Tag Team (2), National, and World—from the Gear Deck and place them face up. Shuffle the Superstar Deck, draw five Superstars, and place them, face up, on each Title card. Now you know who you need to defeat to achieve ultimate glory.
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EVENT CHOICES. Lay out the 12 Event Cards in four columns representing each week or round of play. Each column should contain three Event Cards. You’ll need these later.
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STYLES AND GIMMICKS. Separate all of the Style cards and Gimmick cards from the Ring Deck into two separate piles. Shuffle the Styles and Gimmicks separately. Deal an equal number of Style cards and an equal number of Gimmick cards to each player, face down.
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GEAR UP. Shuffle the Gear Deck and deal ten cards to each player, face down. Place the remaining Gear Deck face down in the appropriate spot.
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DISCARD DOWN. Keep one Style card, one Gimmick card, and six Gear cards. These cards make up your starting hand. Discard the unused cards to the appropriate decks, reshuffle each deck, and place the decks on the appropriate spot on the Game Board.
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PLAY MATS AND CROWD POINTS. Each player receives a Play Mat and eight Crowd Points. Decide if you want to be a Face or a Heel wrestler and flip thePlay Mat accordingly. Face wrestlers flip their Crowd Points to the Pop side; Heels flip them to Heat.
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CHOOSE YOUR TRACKERS. There are six sets of two colored tracking cubes, each of which corresponds to a Play Mat with the same color. Grab the cubes that match your Play Mat. Place one on your rank on the Game Board. You’ll use the other cube for the weekly Event Player Order tracking table, also on the Game Board.