PINFALL AND SUBMISSION
Anytime you receive Gear for winning a match, draw three Gear cards from the Gear Deck face up (1, 2, 3!) unless you win with a Submission Finisher in play. In that case, you win by Submission and draw an additional fourth card, face down. Take the appropriate number of cards into your hand from these choices and discard the rest.
The Gear reward drawn for a submission victory remains unknown until chosen and brought to your hand. Other players will not see the card unless it’s discarded.
DARK MATCH
Choose two rewards. You can choose one Gear, one Match Point, or one Crowd Point.
Example: The player wins her Dark Match against Bradley Bufford. She decides to take a Match Point and a Gear card for her rewards. She doesn’t receive a Crowd Point for her match; or, she decides to take a Match Point and a Crowd Point instead, and doesn’t receive a Gear Card.
OPENER MATCH
Openers receive one Gear card, one Match Point, and one Crowd Point.
MIDCARDER MATCH
Midcarders receive two Gear cards, two Match Points, and two Crowd Points.
MAIN EVENTER MATCH
Main Eventers receive three Gear cards, three Match Points, and three Crowd Points.
EXTRA REWARDS
Extra Rewards can include either one Crowd Point, one Match Point, or one Gear. Extra Rewards stack. You can earn Extra Rewards under the following conditions:
- Win a match as a Face
- Win a match while in a Feud
- Steal the Show
Developer’s Notes
What is the purpose of placing a Gear card face down when winning by submission?
It is an unknown reward option.
Sometimes, you might look at the other face up Gear rewards and decide you’d rather take a gamble. Additionally, no one sees this card. When the other 3 Gear are drawn face up, they become public information, but this reward is hidden to other players as well.
You don’t get to look at that card and decide if you want it or not. It remains face down until it’s either chosen as a reward where it would go directly to your hand or discarded to the Gear discard pile where everyone would then see it (and a Heel could buy it).