Royal Thumble Match (2009)

Royal Thumble Match 2009 is an upcoming match performed by the World Thumb Wrestling Federation Superstars which is due to be held on the Inaugural episode of ThumbDown! which will be taped on 24th June 2009 and aired on 24th June 2009. The match will consist of 7 participants and be for the World Thumb Wrestling Federation Championship

Background
Ever since the World Thumb Wrestling Federation was created on 29th May 2009 by Jonathumb Clawly, there has been speculation over who will be its first Heavyweight Champion. It was announced on 3rd May that a Royal Thumble match will take place to determine the first Heavyweight Champion. It was also announced that participants would include The Thumbdertaker, UlsterThumb, Tom Thumb and Thumbmir Kozlov. However it was then announced that Thumbmir Kozlov would not be taking part but be facing jobber Chad Collyer before the match. It was announced on June 5th 2009 that Thumbdre The Giant would also be taking part and after his match with Chad Collyer, Kozlov would be commentating on the match with Jonathumb Clawly. Over the following two days it was announced that The Million Dollar Thumb and Magnifithumb Dragon would be taking part. Finally on June 8th 2009 it was announced that there would be seven participants and that the seventh participant would be Thumby-K. The following day it was announced Jonathumb Clawly was in negotiations with Bret "Hitthumb" Hart. And on June 14th 2009 it was announced that WTWF had signed Bret "Hitthumb" Hart to a contract and he was added to the Royal Thumble Match, thus taking the total number of participants up to eight.

Match Rules
In this match 2 competitors will start the match, then every thirty seconds there afterwards another competitor will enter until all participants have entered. You win the match by being the last thumb standing after all the other thumbs have been throw over the top rope with all of the thumb touching the floor. The thumb that does this will win the match and become the inaugural WTWF Heavyweight Champion of the World. If Participants are thrown through or underneath the ropes it is not an elimination, if only one foot touches the floor and if the participant exits through or underneath the ropes he is not eliminated. In a Royal Thumble match there are no pinfalls, count-outs, submissions or disqualifications. So that means that weapons and interference is legal.

Participants
On June 14th 2009 it was confirmed that there would be eight participants in the Royal Thumble Match.

Blue ██ indicates a Face and Red ██ indicates a Heel (bad guy).

Other On Screen Characters
As well as the 7 participants there are 4 other on Screen Characters scheduled to be at this match. Blue ██ indicates a Face and Red ██ indicates a Heel (bad guy).