Choose the Superstar VIII: Salvation

Choose the Superstar VIII: Salvation (often abbreviated to CTS VIII) is the eighth game in the Choose the Superstar franchise. This game of CTS was held in 2017 and brought together 12 returning SCAW hopefuls from games one-three and games five-seven for an 11 week competition to determine SCAW's next breakout star. The winner would be awarded with a one year contract with the promotion, where in order to stay past the one year, would have to win a championship. The "Special Rounds" of Entrance Week, Moves Week and Story Week would take place once again from Week 9 through to Week 11. This season would be won by Darth Maul.

Major Notes of CTS VIII: Salvation
Here is a list of the major notes from CTS VIII- Salvation:


 * 1) CTS VIII would see a sixth user win the game
 * 2) The second time CTS had an all returnee cast
 * 3) Immunity would be adjusted so that everyone was in every poll
 * 4) First time Immunity would be won in back-to-back weeks by the same competitor
 * 5) First time a woman, an original creation and a tag team would return to CTS
 * 6) First time the winner of the final Immunity could opt out of a week
 * 7) Has produced four returning players
 * 8) The runner-up was not signed to SCAW
 * 9) The game originally was for returnees from games 5 - 7, but was extended to include one - three as well

Competitors
Out of twelve different lists provided, the following were voted into the game by the SCAW fans and were the seventh class of CTS hopefuls (listed alphabetically):


 * Captain Falcon (from CTS VI)
 * Daenerys Targaryen (from CTS V)
 * Darth Maul (from CTS V)
 * "The Crow" Eric Draven (from CTS V)
 * Goku (from CTS VI)
 * Green Arrow (from CTS V)
 * Kratos (from CTS VII)
 * Luke Cage (from CTS VII)
 * Mega-Man (from CTS VII)
 * Sora (from CTS III)
 * The Super Mario Brothers (Mario & Luigi) (from CTS VII)
 * "The Natural" Walter Scott (from CTS V)

Post Choose the Superstar VIII
After the conclusion of Choose the Superstar VII, it was revealed that Choose the Superstar would return for a ninth game the following year, and would once again feature an all-new cast, solidifying the returnee games as every fourth game.

Darth Maul's initial run with SCAW proved to be strong as he feuded first with former SCAW Champion, Anakin. However, due to sustaining an injury (which caused his one year CTS winner contract to expire while he was out on the shelf), he was granted an extension, and would become the SCAW Tag Team Champion, alongside the unlikely partner of Jean-Luc Picard at Reckless Randomness 2020, and become the longest reigning Tag Team Champions in history.

Other CTS Appearances by CTS VIII Competitors
A number of the cast for Choose the Superstar VIII, would make a return to the game (CTS XII - as it's scheduled to be the final game of Choose the Superstar) for another chance to join SCAW. Here are the competitors who have returned to Choose the Superstar for another chance:


 * "The Crow" Eric Draven
 * Goku
 * Green Arrow
 * Kratos