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Past Observer Award Threads: 2020 2021 It's that time again, and by that time I mean the middle of the loving Summer. It's a little over halfway through the year, which means it's time to start arguing with each other about opinions that won't be solidified for another five months! In 2020 and 2021 I made these threads in September, but this year I'm doing it in July, because I didn't want to wait until September. But I still feel like there's been plenty to discuss. AEW and NJPW have finished their groundbreaking crossover event, Forbidden Door, with AEW now having done three of their five PPVs for the year and NJPW heading into their biggest tour of the year, the G1. Stardom is garnering critical acclaim and we might run into a situation where two members of the Third Generations held world titles in different promotions that aren't New Japan this year, which is...fun! And I guess WWE is, I dunno. Doin' WWE stuff? Let's talk about it! Rules: 1. Don't be an rear end in a top hat. Seriously. Good natured ribbing is one thing, we can all take a bit of friendly goofin', but if somebody genuinely feels someone is the best wrestler of the year or whatever or if somebody puts something you like as the worst thing of the year, you can disagree with them, but don't call them an idiot who doesn't know what they're talking about. We should all know how to behave ourselves on this one at this point. So behave yourself. And that's it. That's the only rule. Just be nice. Here's a C+P friendly version of the ballot! Don't feel obligated to fill out anything you don't want to. I'll personally be skipping every MMA Award because I don't watch MMA. Remember that category A awards are top-3 ranked voting and category B awards are single vote. If you're not sure what you're feeling for any particular award, post your thoughts about it! The point of this is to generate discussion! Note: The "Best Box Office" and "Shad Gaspard/Jon Huber Memorial Award" categories are decided by Dave, not voted on by readers. I left them so we can share our opinions on them anyway for fun, but don't take them too seriously. We don't need to argue with each other too much on the "is a good person" award. code:
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 01:03 |
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# ? May 21, 2024 15:48 |
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: will ospreay, cm punk, jon moxley Mixed Martial Arts Most Valuable: dunno Most Outstanding Wrestler: will ospreay, adam page, jon moxley Most Outstanding Fighter of the Year: dunno Tag Team of the Year: young bucks Best on Interviews: mjf, jericho, kingston Promotion of the Year: aew Best Weekly TV Show: aew dynamite Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: adam page vs bryan danielson (winter is coming), adam page vs bryan danielson (tbs debut), cm punk vs mjf (dog collar match) MMA Match of the Year: dunno Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: jon moxley Japan MVP: dunno Mexico MVP: dunno Europe MVP: dunno Non-Heavyweight MVP: dunno Women's Wrestling MVP: dunno Women's MMA MVP: dunno Best Box Office Draw: Note that this award is no longer voted on, it's just decided by Dave. Feud of the Year: cm punk vs mjf Most Improved: dunno Most Charismatic: cm punk Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: zack sabre jr Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: jon moxley Best Flying Wrestler: fenix Most Overrated: jade cargill Most Underrated: PAC Rookie of the Year: konosuke takeshita Best Non-Wrestler: dunno Best Television Announcer: excalibur Worst Television Announcer: jim ross Best Major Wrestling Show: aew revolution Worst Major Wrestling Show: dunno Best Wrestling Maneuver: dunno Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: saudi arabia lol Worst Television Show: wwe monday night raw Worst Match of the Year: jade cargill vs A.Q.A. Worst Feud of the Year: sammy guevara vs men of the year Worst Promotion of the Year: wwe Best Booker: tony khan Promoter of the Year: tony khan Best Gimmick: JAS Worst Gimmick: house of black Shad Gaspard/Jon Huber Memorial Award: dunno Best Pro Wrestling Book: dunno Best Pro Wrestling DVD/Streaming Documentary: dunno choices will change greatly due to injuries & stuff. #itsmy2cents
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 02:05 |
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The only awards I currently care about: Wrestler of the Year: 5 months into the year it was Hangman, now it might be Moxley but Jericho could sneak in on Wednesday. Most Outstanding: 3 months into the year it was Sammy, now it might also be Moxley. Kingston could even sneak in on Wednesday. Best Major Show: Forbidden Door Match of the Year: Briscoes vs FTR Best on Interviews: Chris Jericho Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Vince McMahon using Raw as his sexual misconduct platform Most Underrated: Cavernario Tag Team of the Year: Currently Jurassic Express, FTR might be able to sneak in. Rookie of the Year: Takeshita
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 02:15 |
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MassRafTer posted:Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Vince McMahon using Raw as his sexual misconduct platform oh yeah this is definitely it.
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 02:16 |
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Voting Takeshita for Rookie of the Year is showing great disrespectful for DDT. He's main evented Sumo Hall shows for christ sakes.
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 02:17 |
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Stall_19 posted:Voting Takeshita for Rookie of the Year is showing great disrespectful for DDT. He's main evented Sumo Hall shows for christ sakes. It's a great compliment to the stellar job DDT did training him, clearly. Bryan vs. Hangman at Winter is Coming was 2021! You fool! I agree otherwise.
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 02:18 |
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Stall_19 posted:Voting Takeshita for Rookie of the Year is showing great disrespectful for DDT. He's main evented Sumo Hall shows for christ sakes. I don't think there is anything disrespectful, he's great and could sneak into Most Outstanding if he keeps up this run. Most Outstanding and Rookie of the Year would be unprecedented.
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 02:21 |
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MJeff posted:Bryan vs. Hangman at Winter is Coming was 2021! You fool! I agree otherwise. are we not using Dec-Dec for voting purposes? i will admit i mostly skimmed your OP, and am honestly not sure if the observer awards even use Dec-Dec still. please add The Briscoes vs FTR , as it is my 4th Place Finisher, if that is so the case.
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 02:23 |
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yea ok posted:are we not using Dec-Dec for voting purposes? i will admit i mostly skimmed your OP, and am honestly not sure if the observer awards even use Dec-Dec still. please add The Briscoes vs FTR , as it is my 4th Place Finisher, if that is so the case. The Observer Awards are calendar year.
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 02:28 |
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MassRafTer posted:I don't think there is anything disrespectful, he's great and could sneak into Most Outstanding if he keeps up this run. Most Outstanding and Rookie of the Year would be unprecedented. It reek of DDT is minor league, AEW is major league stuff so none of his DDT accomplishments matter. The man is not a rookie, he has multiple Sumo Hall main events under his belt.
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 02:28 |
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Thez is wide open as I have Moxley, Page up there with Jay White just being a bit behind with Okada in 4th Tag Team of the year for me is FTR
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 02:36 |
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Okada for best rookie of the year all of them
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 02:43 |
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ninja mack as rookie of the year since he debuted in noah
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 02:55 |
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Stall_19 posted:It reek of DDT is minor league, AEW is major league stuff so none of his DDT accomplishments matter. The man is not a rookie, he has multiple Sumo Hall main events under his belt. His DDT matches definitely count to his ROY candidacy!
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 03:22 |
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: Moxley, Punk, Jay White Mixed Martial Arts Most Valuable: Most Outstanding Wrestler: Ospreay, Hangman, Moxley Most Outstanding Fighter of the Year: Tag Team of the Year: FTR, Keith Lee and Swerve, Young Bucks Best on Interviews: Eddie Kingston, MJF, Moxley Promotion of the Year: AEW, Stardom, TJPW Best Weekly TV Show: AEW Dynamite, AEW Rampage Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: FTR/Briscoes, Hangman/Danielson, Keith Lee and Swerve/Ricky Starks and Hobbs/Young Bucks MMA Match of the Year: Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Moxley Japan MVP: Syuri Mexico MVP: Vikingo Europe MVP: Ospreay Non-Heavyweight MVP: Women's Wrestling MVP: Syuri Women's MMA MVP: Best Box Office Draw: Note that this award is no longer voted on, it's just decided by Dave. Feud of the Year: JAS/BCC and LAX Most Improved: Most Charismatic: Ricky Starks Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Bryan Danielson Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Jon Moxley Best Flying Wrestler: Rey Fenix Most Overrated: Jade Cargill Most Underrated: Sonya Deville Rookie of the Year: Tiffany Stratton Best Non-Wrestler: Mark Sterling Best Television Announcer: Taz Worst Television Announcer: Corey Graves Best Major Wrestling Show: Forbidden Door Worst Major Wrestling Show: Royal Rumble Best Wrestling Maneuver: Toni Storm's butt attack Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Vince using stories of his sexual misconduct to pop a rating Worst Television Show: WWE Smackdown Worst Match of the Year: Lash Legend/Indi Hartwell Worst Feud of the Year: Joe Gacy/Bron Breakker Worst Promotion of the Year: GCW Best Booker: Tony Khan Promoter of the Year: Tony Khan Best Gimmick: BCC Worst Gimmick: Joe Gacy Shad Gaspard/Jon Huber Memorial Award: This award is for people in wrestling who make contributions outside the ring for the betterment of society. There is no limit to the amount of people you can name. Also note that Dave decides this award himself, it's not actually voted on. Best Pro Wrestling Book: Best Pro Wrestling DVD/Streaming Documentary:
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 03:24 |
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I wish I could vote multiple entrants for some of those category B awards. Lash Legend probably has the 2nd WMOTY as well with that match against Nikkita Lyons, and I remember some GCW show towards the beginning of the year being a real stinker but I couldn't remember the name so went with Royal Rumble instead (also it might not qualify as a major wrestling show idk).
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 03:27 |
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: Jon Moxley, Hangman Adam Page, Bryan Danielson Mixed Martial Arts Most Valuable: Most Outstanding Wrestler: Hangman Adam Page, Will Ospreay, Dax Harwood Most Outstanding Fighter of the Year: Tag Team of the Year: FTR, The Young Bucks, Magical Sugar Rabbits Best on Interviews: Eddie Kingston, Jon Moxley, CM Punk Promotion of the Year: AEW, TJPW, NJPW Best Weekly TV Show: AEW Dynamite, AEW Rampage Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: Bryan Danielson vs. Hangman Adam Page, FTR vs. The Briscoes, Anarchy in The Arena MMA Match of the Year: Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Jon Moxley Japan MVP: Tam Nakano Mexico MVP: Vikingo Europe MVP: Dunno Non-Heavyweight MVP: Wheeler Yuta Women's Wrestling MVP: Women's MMA MVP: Best Box Office Draw: Note that this award is no longer voted on, it's just decided by Dave. Feud of the Year: JAS vs. Eddie Kingston & Pals/BCC Most Improved: Wheeler Yuta Most Charismatic: Jon Moxley Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: ZSJ Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Jon Moxley Best Flying Wrestler: Dante Martin Most Overrated: Roman Reigns Most Underrated: Lee Moriarty Rookie of the Year: Juria Nagano Best Non-Wrestler: William Regal Best Television Announcer: Excalibur Worst Television Announcer: Pat McAfee Best Major Wrestling Show: AEWxNJPW: Forbidden Door Worst Major Wrestling Show: Royal Rumble 2022 Best Wrestling Maneuver: Takeshita's inverted sheer drop brainbuster Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Vince McMahon immediately appearing on Smackdown following sexual assault allegations Worst Television Show: WWE Smackdown Worst Match of the Year: Indi Hartwell vs. Lash Legend Worst Feud of the Year: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Booker: Tony Khan Promoter of the Year: Tony Khan Best Gimmick: FTR Worst Gimmick: Austin Theory Shad Gaspard/Jon Huber Memorial Award: This award is for people in wrestling who make contributions outside the ring for the betterment of society. There is no limit to the amount of people you can name. Also note that Dave decides this award himself, it's not actually voted on.
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 03:37 |
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: Jay White, Kento Miyahara, Kazuchika Okada Most Outstanding Wrestler: Yuki Ueno, MAO, Chris Brookes Tag Team of the Year: Astronauts, 37KAMIINA (Shunma and MAO), Total Eclipse (Omori and Kodama) Best on Interviews: Zack Sabre Jr, Shunma Katsumata, SHO Promotion of the Year: DDT, TJPW, NJPW Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: Kento Miyahara vs Yuma Aoyagi, Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie vs Shuji Ishikawa and Isami Kodaka, Arisa Nakajima vs Tsukasa Fujimoto Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Jay White Japan MVP: Kento Miyahara Europe MVP: Zack Sabre Jr Non-Heavyweight MVP: Fuminori Abe Women's Wrestling MVP: ASUKA Feud of the Year: Pheromones vs entertainment Most Improved: House of Torture SHO Most Charismatic: Zack Sabre Jr Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Zack Sabre Jr Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Shigehiro Irie Best Flying Wrestler: MAO Most Overrated: Jon Moxley Most Underrated: Kento Miyahara Rookie of the Year: If I remember correctly, the eligibility is if they've debuted in the last 2 years, in which case it's Toi Kojima. If it's in the last year then it's either Kosei Fujita or Ryohei Oiwa because they are complete physical freaks, and it's debuted this year then i'd go for Juria Nagano Best Non-Wrestler: Miho Abe Best Major Wrestling Show: TJPW Grand Princess Best Wrestling Maneuver: Yuki Ueno - WR Best Booker: Sanshiro Takagi Promoter of the Year: CyberFight Best Gimmick: SHO, the weird gamer teen with the funny face and Looney Toons plans Worst Gimmick: Danshoku Dieno SG Bamboo fucked around with this message at 05:33 on Jul 19, 2022 |
# ? Jul 19, 2022 05:04 |
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: Maki Itoh, Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki Most Outstanding Wrestler: Maki Itoh, Yuki Ueno, KENTA Tag Team of the Year: FTR, Mao And Shuma, 121million Best on Interviews: Maki Itoh, Eddie Kingston, Jay White Promotion of the Year: TJPW, DDT, NJPW Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: Maki Itoh vs Yuki Arai, International Princess Title Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Jon Moxley Japan MVP: Konosuke Takeshita Europe MVP: Zack Sabre Jr Non-Heavyweight MVP: Taiji Ishimori Women's Wrestling MVP: Maki Itoh Feud of the Year: Forums user Itoh Respect Army versus actually watching wrestling Most Improved: Yuki Arai Most Charismatic: Maki itoh Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Zack Sabre Jr Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Eddie Kingston Best Flying Wrestler: Master Wato Most Overrated: Will Ospreay Most Underrated: Konosuke Takeshita Rookie of the Year: Yuki Arai Best Non-Wrestler: Miho Abe Best Major Wrestling Show: TJPW Grand Princess Best Wrestling Maneuver: Mizuki: Whirling Candy Best Booker: Sanshiro Takagi Promoter of the Year: CyberFight Best Gimmick: Orange Cassidy Worst Gimmick: Danshoku Dieno/Pheromones
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 05:27 |
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: 1. Jon Moxley, 2. Eddie Kingston, 3. Hangman Page Most Outstanding Wrestler: 1. Zack Sabre Jr., 2. Eddie Kingston, 3. Dax Harwood Tag Team of the Year: 1. FTR, 2. The Young Bucks, 3. Swerve in Our Glory Best on Interviews: 1. Eddie Kingston, 2. Zack Sabre Jr., 3. Jay White Promotion of the Year: 1. AEW, 2. NJPW, 3. TJPW Best Weekly TV Show: 1. AEW Dynamite, 2. AEW Rampage, 3. Hey EW Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: 1. FTR vs. The Briscoes - ROH Supercard of Honor, 2. Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White, NJPW Dominion, 3. Kazuchika Okada vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - NJPW Hyper Battle Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Jon Moxley Japan MVP: Jay White Mexico MVP: No idea Europe MVP: Will Ospreay Non-Heavyweight MVP: Swerve Strickland Women's Wrestling MVP: Miyu Yamashita Best Box Office Draw: CM Punk Feud of the Year: Eddie Kingston vs. Chris Jericho Most Improved: Jade Cargill Most Charismatic: Eddie Kingston Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Zack Sabre Jr. Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Jon Moxley Best Flying Wrestler: Rey Fenix Most Overrated: Roman Reigns Most Underrated: Athena Rookie of the Year: HOOK Best Non-Wrestler: William Regal Best Television Announcer: Excalibur Worst Television Announcer: Corey Graves Best Major Wrestling Show: AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE Royal Rumble Best Wrestling Maneuver: Athena's Diving Stunner Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Vince McMahon promoting himself on TV after sexual assault pay-offs come out Worst Television Show: NXT 2.0 Worst Match of the Year: Lash Legend vs. Nikita Lyons, NXT 2.0 Worst Feud of the Year: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Booker: Tony Khan Promoter of the Year: Tony Khan Best Gimmick: The Acclaimed Worst Gimmick: Lash Legend, Pro-Wrestler Shad Gaspard/Jon Huber Memorial Award: Best Pro Wrestling Book: No idea Best Pro Wrestling DVD/Streaming Documentary: No idea ZSJ should be in the conversation for Most Outstanding. Dude has not missed this year and single-handedly reignited my love of New Japan Rarity fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Jul 19, 2022 |
# ? Jul 19, 2022 06:00 |
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Tag Team of the Year: young bucks Best on Interviews: eddie kingston, kenta, chris jericho US/Canada MVP: jon moxley Best Box Office Draw: shluck suckler Most Improved: jade. Lol Most Underrated: PAC Rookie of the Year: yuki arai don't come at me about previous year stuff. don't care Best Television Announcer: excalibur Worst Feud of the Year: sammy guevara vs men of the year Best Pro Wrestling DVD/Streaming Documentary: I Tried Becoming A Pro Japanese Wrestler 3cents
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 06:10 |
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: Moxley, Punk, Kingston Most Outstanding Wrestler: Ospreay, Dax, Takeshita Tag Team of the Year: FTR, Keith Lee and Swerve, Jurassic Express Best on Interviews: Eddie Kingston, Jay White, Christian Promotion of the Year: AEW Best Weekly TV Show: AEW Dynamite Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: Orange Cassidy vs. Ospreay, Danielson vs. Hangman 2, Death Triangle vs. House of Black 2 Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Moxley Women's Wrestling MVP: Thunder Rosa Feud of the Year: MJF vs. Punk Most Improved: Jade Cargill Most Charismatic: Ricky Starks Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Bryan Danielson Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Jon Moxley Best Flying Wrestler: Darby Allen Most Overrated: The Young Bucks Most Underrated: Kris Statlander Best Major Wrestling Show: Forbidden Door Worst Major Wrestling Show: Royal Rumble Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Vince strutting to the ring after weird sex allegations Worst Television Show: NXT Worst Match of the Year: Pat Mcafee vs. Vince Mcmahon Worst Feud of the Year: Sammy vs. Scorpio Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Gimmick: Wardlow, destroyer of security guards Worst Gimmick: Joe Gacy Fish Of Doom fucked around with this message at 08:17 on Jul 19, 2022 |
# ? Jul 19, 2022 08:00 |
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: Jon Moxley, Hangman Page, Kazuchika Okada Most Outstanding Wrestler: Will Ospreay, Bryan Danielson, Dax Harwood Tag Team of the Year: FTR Best on Interviews: Eddie Kingston, Zack Sabre Jr. MJF Promotion of the Year: Stardom, AEW Best Weekly TV Show: AEW Dynamite Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay Wrestle Kingdom night 2 Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Jon Moxley Japan MVP: Kazuchika Okada Europe MVP: Will Ospreay Non-Heavyweight MVP: Dax Harwood Women's Wrestling MVP: Saya Kamitani....though AZM is a close second. Feud of the Year: Right now it's MJF versus CM Punk though depending on how the rest of the year turns out it could be Guilia versus Suzu Suzuki Most Improved: Saya Kamitani Most Charismatic: Unagi Sayaka Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Zack Sabre Jr Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Jon Moxley Best Flying Wrestler: Jungle Boy Most Overrated: Raku Most Underrated: Natsupoi Best Major Wrestling Show: Forbidden Door Worst Major Wrestling Show: Royal Rumble 2022 Best Wrestling Maneuver: Hidden Blade Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Vince lol Worst Television Show: I don't watch but I'm sure it's wwe NXT Worst Match of the Year: Men's Royal Rumble Worst Feud of the Year: Scorpio Sky vs Sammy Guevara Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Booker: Rossy Ogawa, Somehow he's making the insane schedule of big shows that Bushiroad has Stardom going IE at least one a month work and still boxing really exciting Korakuen shows that draw well. Promoter of the Year: Rossy Ogawa Stardom is as interesting as it's been in years. They're finally opening up and trying new ideas that mostly work. They've been drawing really well for Covid era and have been growing Best Gimmick: Unagi Sayaka, Stardom Gatekeeper Worst Gimmick: Whatever Joe Gacy is doing
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 08:11 |
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Not sure how anyone can look at Dax Harwood and see a light-heavyweight
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 08:32 |
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Rarity posted:Not sure how anyone can look at Dax Harwood and see a light-heavyweight Well he never seemed that big to me. If not him I would give that award to Darby I guess.
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 08:47 |
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He's not tall but he's wide as hell
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 08:51 |
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Rarity posted:Not sure how anyone can look at Dax Harwood and see a light-heavyweight His billed weight is 1kg over the NJPW Jr division limit of 100kg, or about 3lbs for our American listeners. He would've made the old WCW Cruiserweight limit though, that was 102kg
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 09:27 |
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Dax Harwood is a Shingo lightheavy.
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 09:28 |
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: Jon Moxley, Will Ospreay, CM Punk Most Outstanding Wrestler: Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson, Konosuke Takeshita Tag Team of the Year: FTR, Young Bucks Best on Interviews: MJF, Eddie Kingston, Jon Moxley Promotion of the Year: AEW Best Weekly TV Show: AEW Dynamite Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: FTR vs Briscoes, RoH Supercard of Honor Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Jon Moxley Japan MVP: Kazuchika Okada Europe MVP: Will Ospreay Women's Wrestling MVP: Miyu Yamashita Feud of the Year: MJF vs CM Punk Most Improved: Powerhouse Hobbs Most Charismatic: Ricky Starks Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Bryan Danielson Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Eddie Kingston Best Flying Wrestler: Rey Fenix Most Overrated: Roman Reigns Most Underrated: Eddie Kingston Rookie of the Year: Konosuke Takeshita Best Non-Wrestler: Jose the Assistant Best Television Announcer: Excalibur Worst Television Announcer: Michael Cole Best Major Wrestling Show: AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE Royal Rumble 2022 Best Wrestling Maneuver: Deadlift German Suplex Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Turning Vince's sexual assaults / harassment into an on-screen thing Worst Match of the Year: Men's Royal Rumble Worst Feud of the Year: Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Booker: Tony Khan Promoter of the Year: Tony Khan Best Gimmick: Blackpool Combat Club. If that doesn't count, Orange Cassidy. Worst Gimmick: Joe Gacy, woke guy Shad Gaspard/Jon Huber Memorial Award: Thunder Rosa for all her volunteer work and charity Best Pro Wrestling Book: Mox by Jon Moxley Shaman Tank Spec fucked around with this message at 11:24 on Jul 19, 2022 |
# ? Jul 19, 2022 10:01 |
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: 1. Kazuchika Okada 2. Kento Miyahara 3. CM Punk Most Outstanding Wrestler: 1. Kento Miyahara 2. Yuma Aoyagi 3. El Lindaman Tag Team of the Year: 1. Astronatus 2. FTR 3. Runaway Suplex (RIP) Best on Interviews: 1. Eddie Kingston 2. Zack Sabre Jr 3. Shun Skywalker Promotion of the Year: 1. All Japan 2. New Japan 3. GLEAT Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: 1. MUSASHI vs Fujita "Jr" Hayato, 1/7 Michinoku Pro 2. Go Shiozaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima, 1/1 NOAH 3. El Lindaman vs Shigehiro Irie, 18/5 GLEAT Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. Japan MVP: Kento Miyahara Mexico MVP: Titan Non-Heavyweight MVP: El Lindaman Women's Wrestling MVP: ASUKA/Veny Feud of the Year: Shun Skywalker vs Jason Lee Most Improved: Riko Kawahata Most Charismatic: Kento Miyahara Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Zack Sabre Jr Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Kenoh Best Flying Wrestler: Atsuki Aoyagi Most Overrated: AEW Most Underrated: KAI Rookie of the Year: Takuma Fujiwara Best Non-Wrestler: Miho Abe? I dunno Best Television Announcer: Milano Collection AT Worst Television Announcer: One of the GCW guys. OK, I know it's not TV but they are still announcing. Kevin Gill I think his name is? Best Major Wrestling Show: Pro Wrestling NOAH The New Year, 1/1 Worst Major Wrestling Show: This will change just because this is in my head right now & I'm still mad but All Japan Summer Action Series Night 2, 14th July Best Wrestling Maneuver: Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Vince McMahon using his heinous sexual allegations to pop a rating. Worst Television Show: Raw Worst Match of the Year: Chase Owens vs Jado, NJPW 7/3 Worst Feud of the Year: House of Torture vs Me, the viewer Worst Promotion of the Year: It feels like cheating to vote for a promotion I never watch so I guess GCW, the little I've seen has been the occasional great match mixed in with some real stinkers. Best Booker: Whoever books GLEAT, CIMA I guess? It's not been a great year for consistently good booking. Promoter of the Year: Rossy Ogawa Best Gimmick: Shun Skywalker, demented man gaslighting his former friend Worst Gimmick: Pheromones. What a waste of Iino & Imanari. I had to edit this because how the hell did I forget Lindaman for best non-Heavyweight? forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Jul 19, 2022 |
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: Takeshita, Hangman, Moxley Most Outstanding Wrestler: Eddie Kingston, ZSJ, Speedball Mike Bailey Tag Team of the Year: FTR, Magical Sugar Rabbits, CDK Best on Interviews: Eddie Kingston, Jay White, Dax Harwood Promotion of the Year: AEW, TJPW, NJPW Best Weekly TV Show: Dynamite, Rampage, ??? Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: FTR vs Briscoes, Danielson vs Hangman, ZSJ vs Shingo Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Moxley Japan MVP: Okada Mexico MVP: Hijo del Vikingo Europe MVP: PAC Non-Heavyweight MVP: El Lindaman Women's Wrestling MVP: Miyu Yamashita Feud of the Year: Kingston vs Jericho Most Improved: SHO Most Charismatic: Maki Itoh Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: ZSJ Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Moxley Best Flying Wrestler: Rey Fenix Most Overrated: Britt Baker Most Underrated: Stu Grayson Rookie of the Year: Jura Nagano if it's this year, Yuki Arai if a few years Best Non-Wrestler: Mark Sterling (yes I know he wrestled a match, don't care) Best Television Announcer: Excalibur Worst Television Announcer: Pat McAfee Best Major Wrestling Show: Forbidden Door Best Wrestling Maneuver: Takeshita's Brainbuster Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Vince appearing on TV after the NDA story broke Worst Match of the Year: Men's Royal Rumble Worst Feud of the Year: Sammy vs Scorp Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Booker: Tony Khan Promoter of the Year: Tony Khan Best Gimmick: Orange Cassidy Worst Gimmick: Austin Theory as Vince's protege Best Pro Wrestling Book: Get to work on that drat book club EMF Best Pro Wrestling DVD/Streaming Documentary: NJPW's Forbidden Door thing
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 22:31 |
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Rookie of the Year is defined as anyone that has debuted full time for a major promotion since September of the year before the awards: so the cut off is 1 September 2021. Its not that well defined and votes do get tossed sometimes: we know that basically every Japanese promotion of note counts (Takeshita, incidentally, finished second in 2013 so shockingly isn't eligible); people have had votes counted for their first year working major US Indies (Matt Riddle won in 2016 which was well before his WWE debut and he'd only worked Indies at that point) but also scattered dates for a GCW or PWG doesn't disqualify you. Although again that isn't consistent: Taylor Rust got rookie votes in 2020 despite working since the late 2000s and being a PWG regular before Dave started attending there. Personally I'd split it between a rookie award with a more defined criteria (I think you've got to leave the scope wider in the US than Japan as in the latter rookies tend to be more visible so you could perhaps do something like rookies are eligible for the first three years unless you win then you can't win again) and a Breakout Star award to cover people who've had longer careers but who break out with a major promotion (defined more strictly) later on in their career.
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 23:05 |
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If that's the criteria then Bron Breakker is the easy rookie of the year
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The case for Fujiwara is simple. He debuted in November 2021. In the 8 months since he's already had a 4¼* match and a couple of 4*. People are talking about him as a rookie who just gets it from day 1 in a way that puts him in the company of Kurt Angle & Jun Akiyama. Now, whether his career matches those guys is a separate issue. But as a rookie? He's been incredible.
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# ? Jul 20, 2022 00:13 |
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Stall_19 posted:If that's the criteria then Bron Breakker is the easy rookie of the year Oh yeah he's winning the actual award in a landslide.
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Stall_19 posted:If that's the criteria then Bron Breakker is the easy rookie of the year I would personally vote for someone capable of having good matches instead which is why I am voting for Soup Boy. Like it was funny when people acted like he was a can't miss main eventer last year, but the guy has bad feud after bad feud, his matches never have any buzz and whenever I see clips of his promos they are pretty average. There's a field of actual good prospects in Japan right now. (And of course the best one who is over in America right now.) And on top of NXT's ratings are in the absolute cellar and their one big live show had a crowd less than half of what NXT used to do on Mania weekend. MassRafTer fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Jul 20, 2022 |
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Lid posted:Oh yeah he's winning the actual award in a landslide. It's gonna be HOOK
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# ? Jul 20, 2022 05:34 |
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Rarity posted:It's gonna be HOOK Especially after he reveals the title he is after is Rookie of the Year.
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# ? Jul 20, 2022 05:41 |
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: Jon Moxley, Kazuchika Okada, CM Punk Most Outstanding Wrestler: Hangman Adam Page, Will Ospreay, Zack Sabre Jr. Tag Team of the Year: FTR, The Young Bucks, Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus Best on Interviews: Eddie Kingston, MJF, Christian Cage Promotion of the Year: AEW, New Japan Best Weekly TV Show: AEW Dynamite, AEW Rampage Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: Danielson vs. Hangman II, ZSJ vs. Okada, Anarchy in the Arena Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Jon Moxley Japan MVP: Kazuchika Okada Mexico MVP: Hijo del Vikingo Europe MVP: Will Ospreay Non-Heavyweight MVP: PAC Women's Wrestling MVP: Miyu Yamashita Feud of the Year: MJF vs CM Punk Most Improved: Jade Cargill Most Charismatic: Jay White Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Zack Sabre Jr Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Eddie Kingston Best Flying Wrestler: Derby Allin Most Overrated: Sammy Guevara Most Underrated: Ricky Starks Rookie of the Year: HOOK Best Non-Wrestler: William Regal Best Television Announcer: Taz Worst Television Announcer: Jim Ross Best Major Wrestling Show: AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE: Wrestlemania Backlash Best Wrestling Maneuver: BCC's stereo Hammer and Anvil Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Vince McMahon Worst Television Show: WWE Smackdown Worst Match of the Year: Lash Legend vs. Nikita Lyons, NXT 2.0 Worst Feud of the Year: Sammy Guevara vs Scorpio Sky for the Cum Belt Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Booker: Vince McMahon Promoter of the Year: Tony Khan Best Gimmick: Jericho Appreciation Society/Sports Entertainers Worst Gimmick: Joe Gacy Best Pro Wrestling Book: Mox (only got hold of it this year)
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Glad I'm not the only one on the Windy Man train
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