User blog comment:SpaceManiac888/Series 9 Sweepstake/@comment-2118191-20170402200424/@comment-2118191-20170403133334

Whilst I can't say for certain, it certainly seemed that the points were a criteria, certainly based on the previous series. Considering that Thor got the wildcard and just happened to have more points than Behemoth, Dantomkia, Storm 2 or Gabriel...it doesn't feel like it's just a co-incidence.