WoF Recap: March 30, 2023

We’d like to mention that unlike previous Friday Finals in the past, only those people who win the maingame are eligible to return on Friday.

EPISODE #7764: 🤼WWE TOURNAMENT🤼

Last Wrestlers This Week: Kofi Kingston, The Miz, Natalya

$1K Toss-Up: AROUND THE HOUSE

_ _ _ R _ C
_ _ F _ E N _ R

Carla knows that Downy’s a brand of FABRIC SOFTENER. The last teams this week before the Friday Finals (and one of them has to surpass Monday’s winning total of $17,850)…

Carla Lopez & Kofi Kingston: Carla from Long Beach, CA went to Vegas for her 15th birthday and saw Seth Rollins become the WWE champion; Kofi’s the last of the New Day trio who won the WWE Championship in 2019 at WrestleMania 35 (and Kofi Mania started to take off)

Chantel Bencic & The Miz: Chantel’s a nurse from Scottsdale, AZ (and her WWE name would be Nurse Pain); The Miz appeared in the S2 premiere of the Celebrity edition on Sept. 26, 2021

Grant Salzano & Natalya: Grant from Madison, CT is a pilot who got his license last year; Natalya’s a 3-time Guinness World Record holder (one of them is the most WWE wins for a female)

$2K Toss-Up: SONG LYRICS

M _ M A / _ _ I D
K _ _ C _ / Y _ _ / O _ T

Grant recites the LL Cool J tune “MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT”.

Round 1: FUN & GAMES

G & N: three N’s for $2,700 (she clarified w/ “N as in November”), buys of E, two A’s, three I’s, and O, but she repeated the O

C & K: $800 G (almost got LaT), $600 K, last vowel of U, $900 T, $650 R, $650 S, solve…

T A K I N G / _ _
U N I _ _ _ _ E
_ O R / A / S _ I N

I’m not TAKING MY UNICYCLE FOR A SPIN (because I don’t have one), but they’re $3,350 richer when they could have gone for the C’s.

Mystery Round: CHARACTERS

C & K: $650 S, $850 T, two R’s on MW near $650 and risks $1,500…no good (even though they forgot to show it to the camera at first)

C & The Miz: $800 N, four E’s and two A’s, $1,300 H pair, three O’s and I (NMV), $1,950 L trio, solve…

L E _ E N _ A R _
_ _ T H O L O _ I _ A L
H E R O E S

Hercules is one of the many LEGENDARY MYTHOLOGICAL HEROES and the middle team has scored $3,050 (two G’s and two M’s left behind, though).

C & K: $4,350/C & The Miz: $3,050/G & N: $2K

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PP/Express Round: EVENT

C & The Miz: three T’s for $2,400, four E’s, BANKRUPT near $650 (lost $2,150)

G & N: three H’s for WC, two S’s for $1,200, one I, solve…

T H E / _ I _ _ E S T
S H _ _ / _ _
T H E / _ E _ _

Grant has won $2,450, and he’ll be seeing THE BIGGEST SHOW OF THE YEAR at the WWE event of his choice.

C & K: $4,350/C & The Miz: $3,050/G & N: $12,450 cash & VIP trip WC

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Triple Toss-Up: THINGS

1.

G _ I T A R
_ T _ I N G S

All “strings”, and Chantel solves GUITAR STRINGS.

2.

_ _ _ J _
_ _ _ _ _ _ S

Grant quickly solves BANJO STRINGS.

3.

H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S

HEARTSTRINGS is too long to fit, Grant.

H A _ S T _ I _ G S

Carla solves HAMSTRINGS.

Speed-Up: PHRASE

Kofi’s strong spin lands him on $1,700.

C & K: T (surprisingly a DUD)
C & The Miz: R (DUD)
G & N: N
C & K: 3 S’s
C & The Miz: L
G & N: 2 M’s

_ _ _ / _ _ N / S _ M _
_ _ _ / L _ S _ / S _ M _

Yes, this phrase applies to this game and the world of wrestling, as Grant says “YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME” for $5,100. And their total so far is good enough to advance to Friday.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1				G & N’s O repeat
Round 2			C & K
Round 3			C & The Miz
Round 4	T (C & K), R (C & The Miz)

FINAL SCORES
C & K: $6,350/C & The Miz: $5,050/G & N: $19,550 cash & VIP trip WC

GT: $30,950
BANKRUPT TRASH (minus MW $): $3,650

The generic category list for G & N…

• THING
• PHRASE
• PLACES

They go for PLACES.

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$100K Bonus Round

Grant brought along his wife Alexandria and strongly spins his way to the W. I know it already…

_ _ _ E
_ _ _ L E _ _ R _ S

PHGA only adds the vowel, but there are two of his WC pick of D…

_ _ D E
_ _ _ L E _ A R D S

After initially saying MADE, he gets the first word…but strikes out saying the bottom is COLD YARDS. He won’t be navigating through the WIDE BOULEVARDS in the Ford Bronco (at least not yet).

MY RATING: 6