My SummerSlam Shirt Contest Official Guidelines

CONTEST OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND D.C. (EXCLUDING PUERTO RICO, GUAM, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND OTHER U.S. TERRITORIES), WHO ARE AT THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR JURISDICTION OF RESIDENCE (18 YEARS OF AGE IN MOST STATES, 19 IN ALABAMA AND NEBRASKA, 21 IN MISSISSIPPI). NO ENTRY FEE NECESSARY TO ENTER. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

AS EXPLAINED BELOW, THESE RULES REQUIRE THAT DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONTEST BE RESOLVED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, RATHER THAN BY CLASS ACTIONS, AND LIMIT YOUR RIGHTS AND REMEDIES IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE.

1. CONTEST DESCRIPTION. 

No entry charge essential to enter.  The My SummerSlam Shirt Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by World Wrestling Leisure, LLC (“Sponsor”). 

The Contest entry interval begins upon Sponsor’s posting of the competition on July 19, 2024 and ends on July 26, 2024 at 11:59 PM (the “Contest Entry Interval”).  Eligible contestants (“Contestants”) are invited to create and submit a t-shirt design primarily based on the theme of Cleveland and SummerSlam (a “Submission”). THIS IS NOT A SWEEPSTAKES. By coming into the Contest, every Contestant agrees to abide by these Official Guidelines. Sponsor reserves the suitable to completely disqualify from the Contest any Contestant it believes has violated these Official Guidelines. The prices incurred in creating and submitting a Submission are to be borne by the Contestant and Contestants are to not be reimbursed by Sponsor or anybody else.

EXCEPT FOR WHAT MAY BE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THE TERMS OF THE CONTEST, NO MONETARY COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT, PAYMENTS, RESIDUALS, REUSE FEES OR OTHER REMUNERATION WILL BE MADE TO CONTESTANTS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION OR FOR SPONSOR’S USE OF ANY ASPECT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION.

2. Eligibility.  

To enter and take part within the Contest, Contestants should fulfill every of the next eligibility necessities:

1. 1. Contestants should be authorized residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia. 
2. 2. Contestants should be no less than the age of majority of their jurisdiction of residence (18 years of age in most states, 19 in Alabama and Nebraska, 21 in Mississippi).
3. 3. Sponsor reserves the suitable to request proof of age and residency within the type of legitimate, authorities issued identification/documentation at any time from Contestants, and a Contestant shall be disqualified if Sponsor, in its sole and unique discretion, finds that the proof is unsatisfactory.
4. 4. Contestants should not be (i) staff, officers or administrators of Sponsor or any individual or entity concerned within the Contest’s improvement or execution; (ii) staff, officers or administrators of the aforementioned entities’ respective father or mother corporations, subsidiaries, associates, promotion and promoting companies; (iii) members of the fast households of any such staff, officers or administrators (which means partner, spousal equal, mother and father, siblings, youngsters and their spouses, no matter whether or not any of the above are step-relatives); or (iv) members of the households of any such staff, officers or administrators  (whether or not associated to such staff or not).
5. 5. Contestants might not be sure by any contracts or agreements that battle with taking part within the Contest and another Sponsor occasions, initiatives or assignments, together with, however not restricted to, showing on Sponsor broadcasts and different packages, making appearances on behalf of Sponsor, and/or showing in Sponsor promoting, publications and different supplies.

3. HOW TO ENTER.

Throughout the Contest Entry Interval, Contestants might enter the Contest by sending his/her Submission through one of many following social media platforms Instagram or X (formally Twitter) by:

1. Having a social media account at one of many above listed social media platforms.  In case you don’t have an account, chances are you’ll create one free of charge at every platform’s particular web site and by agreeing to the relevant platform’s phrases and privateness coverage. Posts should be set to “public” and becoming a member of Instagram or X (formally Twitter) is free.
2. Comply with the @WWE account on the platform(s) from which the Submission is posted (@WWE account should be adopted each at time of entry and at time of prize notification).  You should be reachable by WWE on the relevant platform through direct message.
3. Create a social media publish on the relevant platform along with your SummerSlam Shirt Submission utilizing the hashtag #SummerSlamShirtContest and within the caption you additionally should tag @WWE.
4. The publish should include a t-shirt design in opposition to a white or black background on the relevant social media platform and following the directions supplied to finish the registration course of and add his/her Submission. (see beneath for Submission content material pointers). 

Your account settings should stay public through the Contest Entry Interval and till the Prize is awarded.

You should not change your social deal with through the Contest Entry Interval and till the Prize is awarded.

All entries for the Contest should be acquired by the tip date of the Contest Entry Interval.  Solely One (1) Submission per individual shall be judged.  Entry on a number of social media accounts or platforms will lead to disqualification. 

By coming into the Contest and utilizing the hashtag “#SummerSlamShirtContest” and the tag “@WWE,” Contestants hereby comply with be sure by these Official Guidelines. If a Contestant doesn’t have a social media account, he/she will create one for gratis by visiting Instagram or X’s (formally Twitter) web site. Please notice {that a} Contestant should comply with adjust to the platform’s personal Phrases of Service and Privateness Coverage so as to take part within the Contest.  If a Contestant enters from his/her wi-fi cellphone, the Contestant’s wi-fi service supplier might cost the Contestant. Contestants ought to seek the advice of their wireless-service suppliers relating to their pricing plans. Message and information charges might apply.

4. SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND LICENSE. 

If the Submission accommodates any materials or components that aren’t owned by the Contestant and/or that are topic to the rights of third events, the Contestant is accountable for acquiring, previous to submission of the Submission to Sponsor, any and all releases and consents needed to allow using the Submission by Sponsor within the method set forth in these Official Guidelines. Sponsor reserves the suitable to require proof of those permissions in a kind acceptable to Sponsor from any Contestant at any time.

Submissions should adjust to the next pointers to be eligible:

1. The Submission can solely depict individuals of the age of majority of their state of residence at time of entry: eighteen years of age in most states, nineteen in Alabama and Nebraska, twenty-one in Mississippi. A Minor could also be featured within the paintings provided that the Contest entrant is alleged Minor’s father or mother or authorized guardian. Entrant is accountable for securing all relevant rights, licenses, and/or permissions to depict all people within the submitted paintings and to in any other case adjust to the necessities of those Official Guidelines.
2. Every Submission should be the unique work of the Contestant and should not infringe upon the copyrights, logos, rights of privateness, publicity or different mental property or different rights of any individual or entity. Generative synthetic intelligence software program might not be utilized by Contestant within the creation of the Submission.
3. The Submission might not include any content material that’s lewd; obscene; sexually express; pornographic; disparaging; defamatory; libelous; violent; or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, spiritual, skilled or age group or that in any other case accommodates inappropriate content material or objectionable materials as decided by Sponsor in its sole and unfettered discretion.
4. The Submission might not present or promote illegal actions or any actions that will seem unsafe or harmful, together with any reference to medication or alcohol use and/or abuse.
5. The Submission should not include any personally identifiable data of Entrant or another individual. Personally identifiable data (PII) contains, however isn’t restricted to call, license plates, cellphone quantity and private handle.
6. Entrants might not be, nor might entrant, work with events together with their paintings Submission, who: (1) are represented underneath contract (e.g., by a expertise agent or supervisor) that may restrict or impair Sponsor’s capability to show the Submissions in any media kind; or (2) are underneath another contractual relationship, together with however not restricted to guild and/or union memberships, that will prohibit them from taking part absolutely on this Contest, or from permitting Sponsor to make use of royalty-free, the Submissions worldwide in all media in perpetuity.
7. The Submission should not include any business content material or logos, besides these of WWE.
8. The Submission might not have been beforehand revealed and should not have gained earlier awards.
1. The Submission might not include any materials or components that aren’t owned by the Entrant and/or that are topic to the rights of third events.

Sponsor reserves the suitable to disqualify any Submission for any cause, in its sole and absolute discretion.

Within the occasion of a dispute concerning the identification of a Contestant, entries shall be deemed made by the approved account holder of the social media account the entry is submitted from on the time of entry. The “approved account holder” is the one that is assigned to the social media account by the web service supplier.  The potential Grand Prize Winner could also be required to supply Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the approved account holder of the social media account related to the profitable entry.

As a situation of entry, every Contestant agrees to indemnify and maintain the Launched Events (as outlined beneath) innocent from and in opposition to any and all claims or legal responsibility to a 3rd celebration that come up out of the content material of any textual content, photograph or video submitted on this Contest, or Contestant’s failure to adjust to these Submission Necessities or the Official Guidelines.

Every Contestant hereby grants to Sponsor a perpetual, royalty-free, assignable, irrevocable, unrestricted, license to make use of, make the most of, replicate, alter, adapt, modify, publish, broadcast, translate, produce by-product works from, distribute, current, show, sublicense and train all copyright and different mental property and different rights with respect to every Submission worldwide and/or to incorporate, partially or in complete, any Submission in different works in any media now recognized or later created, wherever and eternally, with out additional evaluate, discover, approval, consideration or compensation, together with, with out limitation, on articles of clothes (together with, with out limitation, t-shirts), WWE’s broadcasts and on Sponsor’s social media channels. Besides the place legally prohibited, submission of a Submission into this Contest constitutes entrant’s irrevocable permission for Sponsor to make use of the entrant’s identify, in complete or partially, in print, digital media, broadcast media, or another media or method, whether or not now recognized or later created, in perpetuity, in any approach Sponsor deems acceptable in reference to selling the Contest and Sponsor’s enterprise or another functions with out additional evaluate, discover, approval, consideration or compensation.

5. Winner Choice and Notification. 

Submissions shall be judged by a panel of certified judges chosen by Sponsor (the “Judging Panel”).  Every Submission will obtain a rating primarily based on the next standards: (1) illustration of WWE (40%); (2) creative benefit (30%); and (3) originality (30%). The Contestant submitting the highest scoring Submission, as decided by the Judging Panel, will obtain the Prize, topic to affirmation.  Within the occasion of a tie, the tie shall be damaged by the Judging Panel who shall choose the Submission that finest meets standards #3.  Sponsor reserves the suitable to not award any Prize, in its sole discretion, if it doesn’t obtain a enough variety of eligible and certified Submissions. The Judging Panel’s and Sponsor’s selections are closing and binding on all issues.

Potential Winner shall be notified via e mail roughly twenty-four (24) hours after being chosen, and instructed to contact Sponsor by phone inside twenty-four (24) hours.  Earlier than a Potential Winner shall be deemed a Grand Prize Winner, he/she could also be required to signal and return a prize verification kind, participation settlement, a publicity launch (besides the place prohibited) and another authorized paperwork that Sponsor might require, together with IRS Kind W-9 (collectively, “Prize Verification Varieties”), inside two (2) days from the date Sponsor sends the Prize Verification Varieties to the Potential Winner, or the Potential Winner shall be topic to disqualification. If a particular Grand Prize Winner doesn’t reply inside twenty-four (24) hours following the preliminary notification try, is discovered to be not in compliance with these Official Guidelines, fails to well timed return the requisite paperwork in a well timed method, or if the prize notification or prize is returned as undeliverable, the Grand Prize shall be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s discretion and if time permits earlier than the Occasions, awarded to the Contestant submitting the Submission with the following highest rating, topic to affirmation in accordance with these Official Guidelines. 

6.         GRAND PRIZE.

One (1) Grand Prize Winner (the “Grand Prize Winner”) will obtain two (2) entrance row tickets for Grand Prize Winner and one (1) visitor to WWE Friday Night time SmackDown® scheduled for August 2, 2024 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse and Grand Prize Winner will even obtain two (2) entrance row tickets for Grand Prize Winner and one (1) visitor to WWE SummerSlam® (the “Occasions”) presently scheduled for August 3, 2024, at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio (the “Occasion Metropolis”); round-trip financial system class air transportation for the Grand Prize Winner and one (1) visitor between the main business airport close to Grand Prize Winner’s everlasting residence and the Occasion Metropolis (as decided by Sponsor in its sole discretion); two (2) nights resort lodging (one (1) commonplace room, double occupancy/resort designated by Sponsor in its sole discretion); floor transportation between airport and resort; and his/her Submission to be featured on a t-shirt out there at SummerSlam.

Approximate retail worth (“ARV”) of every Grand Prize bundle: $10,000 USD. The ARV is set as of the date of the printing of those Official Guidelines. The distinction within the worth of the prize as said herein and worth at time of prize notification, if any, is not going to be awarded.

Grand Prize Winner and his/her visitor should be out there to journey to the Occasion Metropolis on the dates designated by Sponsor. If Grand Prize Winner is unable to journey throughout this time interval, Grand Prize shall be forfeited, and no additional or different compensation shall be supplied.  Within the occasion the Grand Prize Winner lives inside 100 fifty (150) miles of the Occasion Metropolis, Sponsor will present the Grand Prize Winner and visitor (touring collectively) with round-trip floor transportation between the Grand Prize Winner’s residence and the Occasion Metropolis in lieu of the round-trip coach air transportation from main business airport nearest the Grand Prize Winner’s residence.  The greenback worth distinction between the round-trip financial system class air transportation and floor transportation is not going to be supplied to the Grand Prize Winner.  If Grand Prize Winner elects to partake in all or any parts of the Grand Prize with no visitor, any the rest of the Grand Prize attributable to such non-participating visitor shall be forfeited and shall not be topic to additional or different compensation. Grand Prize Winner is solely accountable for any and all bills and incidental journey prices not expressly said within the prize description herein, together with, however not restricted to, floor transfers between Grand Prize Winner’s residence and airport of departure, floor transportation (not said herein), in-room fees (e.g., mini-bar, room service, phone, motion pictures), meals and drinks, gratuities, journey upgrades, baggage charges, concessions at Occasion, and private incidentals. Grand Prize Winner shall be required to supply a legitimate main bank card or another acceptable type of cost, as decided within the resort’s sole discretion upon resort examine and all in-room fees, phone calls, meals, drinks, resort upgrades, facilities, private incidentals, and another bills charged to the Grand Prize Winner’s and visitor’s resort rooms shall be charged to that main legitimate bank card or deducted from the deposit supplied by Grand Prize Winner.  The ARV of the Grand Prize might range primarily based on the business airport nearest Grand Prize Winner’s everlasting residence, in addition to resort fluctuations on the time of journey.  Grand Prize Winner and visitor should journey on dates designated by Sponsor and on the identical itinerary.  Within the occasion the Grand Prize Winner and visitor can’t journey on dates designated by Sponsor, the Grand Prize Winner shall be disqualified, and the Grand Prize could also be awarded to an alternate winner in a random drawing from amongst all remaining eligible entries supplied enough time stays previous to the Occasions.  Sponsor isn’t accountable for any charges or extra fees ensuing from the Grand Prize Winner’s or visitor’s adjustments to itinerary or lodging. Journey is topic to phrases and situations set forth in these Official Guidelines and people set forth by chosen journey suppliers, availability and different materials restrictions might apply. Within the occasion, for no matter cause, the Occasions are cancelled previous to the journey or throughout Grand Prize Winner’s journey, that portion of the prize is not going to be awarded, and Sponsor is not going to present any compensation or substitution for that portion of the prize. Journey preparations should be made via Sponsor.      

Grand Prize Winner might attend the Occasions with a visitor who’s underneath the age of majority if: (a) the father or mother or authorized guardian of the visitor has executed an Authorization Kind, giving consent, a Legal responsibility Launch and, the place authorized, a Publicity Launch, on such visitor’s behalf and can accompany the minor visitor to the Occasions; and (b) Sponsor, in its sole discretion, has granted its approval. In all circumstances, the Grand Prize Winner’s visitor, or the father or mother/authorized guardian of any visitor who’s a minor in his or her state of residence, shall be required to signal a Legal responsibility and Publicity Launch (besides the place prohibited by regulation). Sponsor shall not be accountable for any cancellations, delays, diversions or substitution or any act or omissions by any means by the air carriers, accommodations or different transportation corporations or another individuals offering any of those companies and lodging to passengers, together with any outcomes thereof corresponding to adjustments in companies or lodging necessitated by similar. Sponsor shall not be answerable for any loss or injury to baggage. As soon as issued, tickets are nontransferable and might not be reissued. Open tickets might not be issued, and stopovers should not permitted.  Grand Prize Winner and visitor are accountable for acquiring their very own medical and life insurance coverage and the related prices. Grand Prize Winner and visitor comply with adjust to all relevant venue rules in reference to the Occasions.  

All bills not laid out in these Official Guidelines, together with, with out limitation, taxes and insurance coverage are solely Grand Prize Winner’s duty.  Grand Prize Winner shall be accountable for all relevant federal, state and native taxes, together with, however not restricted to, any gross sales and earnings taxes.  Prizes might not be substituted, transferred or redeemed for money, besides by Sponsor, who reserves the suitable to substitute related prize of comparable or higher worth in its sole discretion.

7.         GENERAL CONDITIONS. 

Contestants comply with be sure by the phrases of those Official Guidelines and selections of Sponsor that are closing and binding on all issues referring to this Contest. By coming into, individuals (and father or mother/authorized guardian if participant is a minor) launch and maintain innocent Sponsor and every of its father or mother corporations, subsidiaries, associates, representatives, promotion, promoting and on-line expertise companies, prize suppliers and all others related to the event or execution of this Contest  and every of their respective house owners, shareholders, administrators, officers, staff, contractors and brokers (the “Launched Events”) from any and all legal responsibility or any accidents, loss or injury of any sort arising from or in reference to participation on this Contest or acceptance, use, misuse or nonuse of any prize or components thereof (together with exercise or journey associated thereto), together with, with out limitation, legal responsibility for demise, private harm, injury or lack of any sort, and from legal responsibility to another individuals referring to or ensuing from coming into or downloading supplies or software program in reference to this Contest  The Launched Events don’t make any guarantee, illustration or assure, specific or implied, actually or in regulation, relative to using any prize, together with, with out limitation, high quality, merchantability, and health for a specific function. Additional, no obligations are accepted for any extra bills, omissions, delays, re-routing, or acts of any authorities or authority, of if the Contest can’t happen or if the Prizes can’t be awarded on account of acts of warfare, pure disasters, climate, acts of terrorism, or if the Occasions are cancelled for any cause. Sponsor reserves the suitable to change this Contest in any approach it deems needed or acceptable and to cancel this Contest if it deems needed or acceptable. 

8.         INTERNET.

Using any automated launching or entry software program or another mechanical or digital implies that permits the participant to robotically register and/or enter repeatedly is prohibited. If for any cause this Contest isn’t able to operating as deliberate on account of an infection by pc virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or another causes which corrupt or have an effect on the administration, safety, equity, integrity, or correct conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the suitable at its sole discretion, to disqualify any particular person who tampers with the entry course of, and to cancel, terminate, modify or droop the Contest for any cause. Ought to this Contest be terminated, Sponsor reserves the suitable to pick out the Grand Prize Winner in a random drawing from amongst all eligible, non-suspect entries acquired as of the motion requiring such termination. Launched Events assume no duty for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized entry to, or alteration of, entries. Launched Events should not accountable for misplaced, late, garbled or misdirected entries or for any issues or technical malfunction of any phone community or phone strains, pc on-line programs, servers, or suppliers, pc gear, software program, failure of any e-mail or entry to be acquired by Sponsor on account of technical issues, human error or visitors congestion on the Web or at any web site, or any mixture thereof, together with any harm or injury to participant’s or another individual’s pc referring to or ensuing from participation on this Contest or downloading any supplies on this Contest.  CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

9.         DATA COLLECTION. 

All private data submitted in relation to the Contest shall be dealt with in accordance with relevant privateness legal guidelines, these Official Guidelines, and the privateness coverage of Sponsor which can be discovered at https://www.wwe.com/web page/privacy-policy. The identify of the Winner shall be made out there as supplied for beneath.

10.       WINNER LIST

For the identify of the Grand Prize Winner, out there after September 1, 2024, ship a self-addressed stamped envelope to: WWE’s My SummerSlam Shirt Contest, WWE Sweepstakes Achievement, 707 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT 06901. Requests should be acquired by December 31, 2024.

11.       DISPUTES.

Individuals agree that this Contest is ruled solely by the legal guidelines of the State of Connecticut. Any claims arising out of the Contest shall be ruled solely by Connecticut regulation and could also be introduced solely in a federal or state court docket in Connecticut. If any provisions of those Guidelines are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will stay in full pressure and impact.

EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED, CONTESTANT AGREES THAT: (1) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THIS CONTEST OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION; (2) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED, INCLUDING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THIS CONTEST, BUT IN NO EVENT ATTORNEYS’ FEES; AND (3) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL CONTESTANT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN AWARDS FOR, AND CONTESTANT HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIM, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AND ANY OTHER DAMAGES, OTHER THAN FOR ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES, AND ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED. 

13.       SPONSOR.

This Contest is sponsored by World Wrestling Leisure, LLC, 1241 East Essential Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902. All inquiries relating to the Contest needs to be directed to World Wrestling Leisure, Inc.

© World Wrestling Leisure, LLC.  All rights reserved. WWE is a registered trademark of World Wrestling Leisure, LLC.

Any third-party logos talked about herein are the property of their respective trademark house owners. The use or point out of such third-party logos in these Official Guidelines or within the Contest is solely for descriptive functions and shall by no means suggest an endorsement or sponsorship of the Contest.  This Contest could also be marketed on social media websites/platforms, however this Contest is by no means sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or related to, such social media websites/platforms (corresponding to TikTok, X (formally Twitter), Instagram or Fb).