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Under the rules, would Dark Order be eligible for Most Improved? Wouldn’t change my vote, but the current incarnation is leaps and bounds beyond where it was a year ago.
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MassRafTer posted:Taz is much better than Excalibur. When Taz is absent its fine. When Excalibur was absent for a few weeks IT WAS HELL.
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Nov 30, 2020 05:36
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Actually Best Annoucer goes to Jushin Liger
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Lid posted:When Taz is absent its fine. I liked the commentary fine when Excalibur was gone and if Taz wasn't on Dark I wouldn't even bother watching the show.
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Best Announcer is just a crap award and should be best desk or something. So much comes down to the chemistry of the desk .
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Nov 30, 2020 16:35
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Yeah, a good desk balances itself out. Excalibur is a good play-by-play guy but you pick up on phrases he relies on really quickly. Taz is a great talker and brings authenticity to his discussion of moves and holds, but he also tends to ramble. Tony is the old pro who bridges the past and present and helps sell the story/background and react to the action, but he can be a bit lost at times (understandably so). Excalibur grounds the other two, while they in turn keep the banter fresh and engaging.
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Perhaps we should email dave about this!!!!
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Power Windows posted:Yeah, a good desk balances itself out. Jim Ross is also there
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Rarity posted:Jim Ross is also there I know, I'm talking about a good desk.
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I’d vote for the Dark and the Women’s Tag Tournament desks over Dynamite’s.
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I havent watched a second of NXT but from recaps alone it seems Pat McAfee is far and away the rookie of the year.
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Lid posted:I havent watched a second of NXT but from recaps alone it seems Pat McAfee is far and away the rookie of the year. I have watched many hours of Dragon Gate & SB Kento debuted on the 22nd December 2019 & is already a terrific heel presence & promo and more than holds up his end in matches with guys like Masato Yoshino, Dragon Kid, Ben-K, Susumu Yokosuka & Naruki Doi.
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Lid posted:I havent watched a second of NXT but from recaps alone it seems Pat McAfee is far and away the rookie of the year. he's had like 2 matches, but that'd be a spit in the face to any of the actual rookie wrestlers this year
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I'm 100% sure you're correct but in 2020 and right now Dragon Gate might as well be on the moon for the average westerner. If it pops off like NJPW, because for months and months people were demanding J-Ru put Hiroshi Tanahashi on the champ of the month poll way back in like 2009 and J-Ru said it wasn't important enough, hopefuklly it busts through aand this time next year we're discussing how Shun Skywalker is Most Outstanding. JERUSALEM I DIDN'T FORGET YOU LEAVING OFF TANAHASHI.
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KungFu Grip posted:he's had like 2 matches, but that'd be a spit in the face to any of the actual rookie wrestlers this year eh Cain Velasquez after one match in AAA looked like the next big thing too and Ronda won it in 2018 on a very limited schedule, and correctly.
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Lid posted:JERUSALEM I DIDN'T FORGET YOU LEAVING OFF TANAHASHI. Wow can't believe J-Ru refused to believe in the Ace. This is why he is now falling apart 11 years later, this wouldn't be happening if J-Ru had just included him in the 2009 PSP Champ of the Month polls
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can't believe j-ru ruined tanahashi's career and also killed new japan pro wrestling.
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J-Ru has many posting crimes to answer for.
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Lid posted:I'm 100% sure you're correct Glad to hear it.
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Lid posted:eh Cain Velasquez after one match in AAA looked like the next big thing too and Ronda won it in 2018 on a very limited schedule, and correctly. Ronda wasn't like, Lesnaring it up or anything in 2018, she was pretty much the featured star of the women's division from Mania on. I dunno. Ronda was a star. McAfee feels like such a footnote of a star in a footnote of a brand. I don't think two ultra scripted Takeover matches make him rookie of the year.
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Cain put on two very good performances and got over in front of audiences in two different countries, and noticeably improved in the second match. If he did that this year I might consider him in the US, but in the US you have someone like Anna Jay who is going out there and killing it on every front plus the usual great rookies in Japan, so I definitely would not consider the libertarian anti-virus guy diving off a cage in front of nobody on a show people didn't seem to like.
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Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: 1. Jon Moxley 2. Go Shiozaki 3. Asuka (Kana) Most Outstanding Wrestler: 1. Go Shiozaki 2. Jon Moxley 3. ASUKA (VENY) Tag Team of the Year: 1. Dangerous Tekkers 2. AphroditE 3. The Golden Role Models Best on Interviews: 1. Eddie Kingston 2. Jon Moxley 3. Asuka (Kana) Promotion of the Year: 1. Gatoh Move 2. AEW 3. NJPW Best Weekly TV Show: 1. ChocoPro 2. AEW Dynamite 3. AEW Dark Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: 1. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2, New Japan Pro Wrestling 2. Go Shiozaki vs. Kenoh, 20th Anniversary NOAH The Chronicle Vol. 3, Pro Wrestling NOAH 3. Arisa Nakajima vs. ASUKA (VENY), SEAdLINNNG Delivered To You!, SEAdLINNNG US/Canada MVP: Jon Moxley Japan MVP: Tetsuya Naito Non-Heavyweight MVP: Hiromu Takahashi Women's Wrestling MVP: Yuka Sakazaki Best Box Office Draw: Tetsuya Naito Feud of the Year: Dangerous Tekkers vs. Golden Ace Most Improved: YOSHI-HASHI Most Charismatic: Hana Kimura Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Zack Sabre Jr. Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Jon Moxley Best Flying Wrestler: Rey Fenix Most Overrated: The Fiend Most Underrated: Taiji Ishimori Rookie of the Year: Saya Kamitani Best Non-Wrestler: Taz Best Television Announcer: Milano Collection AT Worst Television Announcer: Michael Cole/Corey Graves (TIE) Best Major Wrestling Show: TJPW Wrestle Princess Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE Super ShowDown Best Wrestling Maneuver: Whirling Candy (Mizuki) Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: BushiRoad's response to Kyoko Kimura Worst Television Show: WWE RAW Worst Match of the Year: Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso, WWE Hell in a Cell Worst Feud of the Year: WWE vs. the outside world Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Booker: Emi Sakura Promoter of the Year: Emi Sakura Best Gimmick: Lulu Pencil Worst Gimmick: Retribution Best Pro Wrestling DVD/Streaming Documentary: Dark Side of the Ring - "The Final Days of Owen Hart"
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Updating this at the end of the year Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: Kenny Omega Kota Ibushi Cody Most Outstanding Wrestler: Tomohiro Ishii Adam Page Taichi Tag Team of the Year: Young Bucks Cowboy Bebop Dangerous Tekkers Best on Interviews: Ricky Starks Brodie Lee Cody Promotion of the Year: AEW Dragon Gate NJPW Best Weekly TV Show: Dynamite I guess Uncharted Territory aired during the voting window AEW Dark Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: Taichi vs Kota Ibushi, G1 Climax Cowboy Bebop vs Young Bucks, AEW Revolution Nyla Rose vs Riho, AEW Dynamite Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Kenny Omega Japan MVP: Kota Ibushi Non-Heavyweight MVP: Lio Rush Women's Wrestling MVP: Thunder Rosa Best Box Office Draw: Kenny Omega Feud of the Year: Hangman Adam Page vs The Elite Most Improved: Sonny Kiss Most Charismatic: Hangman Adam Page Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: ZSJ Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Jon Moxley Best Flying Wrestler: Sammy Guevara Most Overrated: Will Ospreay Most Underrated: Taiji Ishimori Rookie of the Year: SBKento Best Non-Wrestler: Taz Best Television Announcer: Taz Worst Television Announcer: Kevin Kelly Best Major Wrestling Show: AEW Revolution Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE's Horror Show At Extreme Rules Best Wrestling Maneuver: Sammy Guevara's 630 Senton Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: WWE taking every measure possible to encourage their talent to contract COVID-19 at content tapings Worst Television Show: WWE Raw Worst Match of the Year: Sammy Guevara vs Matt Hardy, AEW All Out Worst Feud of the Year: Kazuchika Okada vs Yujiro Takahashi Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Booker: Tony Khan Promoter of the Year: Tony Khan Best Gimmick: John Silver and Alex Reynolds, Recruitment Specialists Worst Gimmick: Jake Hager, MMA Practitioner Best Pro Wrestling DVD/Streaming Documentary: The Rise And Fall Of Blackcraft Wrestling
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Might as well update mine too Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: 1. Kenny Omega, 2. Jon Moxley, 3. Most Outstanding Wrestler: 1. Tag Team of the Year: 1. Kenny Omega and Hangman Page, 2. Dangerous Tekkers, 3. The Young Bucks Best on Interviews: 1. Eddie Kingston, 2. Jon Moxley, 3. Ricky Starks Promotion of the Year: 1. AEW, 2. NJPW, 3. NOAH Best Weekly TV Show: 1. AEW Dynamite, 2. Being The Elite, 3. Impact Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: 1. Kenny Omega and Hangman Page vs. The Young Bucks, 2. Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Kenny Omega Japan MVP: Non-Heavyweight MVP: Hiromu Takahashi Women's Wrestling MVP: Asuka Best Box Office Draw: Tetsuya Naito Feud of the Year: Most Improved: Most Charismatic: Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Zack Sabre Jr Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Jon Moxley Best Flying Wrestler: Most Overrated: The Fiend Most Underrated: Rookie of the Year: Best Non-Wrestler: Best Television Announcer: Worst Television Announcer: Michael Cole Best Major Wrestling Show: AEW Revolution Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE Extreme Rules Best Wrestling Maneuver: Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: gently caress I can only pick one? WWE continuing to feature named #SpeakingOut abusers including Matt Riddle and Velveteen Dream Worst Television Show: WWE Raw Worst Match of the Year: Worst Feud of the Year: Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Booker: Tony Khan Promoter of the Year: Tony Khan Best Gimmick: Orange Cassidy Worst Gimmick: Master Wato Best Pro Wrestling Book: Young Bucks - Killing the Business Best Pro Wrestling DVD/Streaming Documentary: Dark Side of the Ring - Benoit - In terms of being a best bout machine this year no one's been more reliable than Taichi (ok maybe Shingo comes close). Every single time he's got in the ring he's delivered and between a strong showcase with Okada pre-COVID, overcoming Golden Aces during the New Japan Cup, the emergence of Dangerous Tekkers as the best tag team New Japan's had in ages, a phenomenal G1 full of MOTYCs and anchoring the best WTL in memory he's got the best resumé of anyone this year and as such he cleans up. He even gets most improved for going from really good to loving amazing cause that's how good he's been this year. - Never thought anything could top the Elite feud from Revolution but then AEW signed Eddie Kingston - Moving to the main roster killed Keith Lee dead who woulda thought it - Hard to give most underrated to Ishimori when he's been junior champ for the last 4 months so Henare gets it cause everyone is sleeping on him bigtime - Miho loses out cause she's not been seen since February  - Matt/Sammy is still terrible even knowing Matt was ok after - No one in AEW can match Liger yelling "G1! G1! G1!"
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Here's where I am with this. Flair/Thesz 1 Jon Moxley 2 Kenny Omega 3 Hiromu Takahashi Most Outstanding Wrestler 1 Kenny Omega 2 Tomohiro Ishii 3 Shingo Takagi Tag Team of the Year 1 The Young Bucks 2 Adam Page & Kenny Omega 3 Lucha Bros. Best on Interviews 1 Eddie Kingston 2 Jon Moxley 3 Britt Baker Promotion of the Year 1 AEW 2 NJPW 3 NOAH Best Weekly TV Show 1 AEW Dynamite 2 Being the Elite 3 Beyond Uncharted Territory Wrestling Match of the Year 1 Young Bucks vs. Page & Omega, AEW Revolution 2 Hiromu Takahashi vs. Will Ospreay, Wrestle Kingdom 3 Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada, Wrestle Kingdom Category B US/Canada MVP: Jon Moxley Japanese MVP: Tetsuya Naito Mexico MVP: Europe MVP: Non-Heavyweight MVP: Hiromu Takahashi Women’s Wrestling MVP: Giulia Best Box Office Draw: Tetsuya Naito Feud of the Year: Moxley vs. Kingston Most Improved: Most Charismatic: Orange Cassidy Bryan Danielson Award: Zack Sabre Jr. Bruiser Brody Award: Tomohiro Ishii Best Flying Award: Hiromu Takahashi Most Overrated: Most Underrated: Hiroshi Tanahashi Rookie of the Year: Best Non-Wrestler: Taz Best Television Announcer: Excalibur Worst Television Announcer: Byron Saxton Best Major Show: Full Gear Best Wrestling Manuever: Darby Allin’s Coffin Drop Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Continuing to employ and push Velveteen Dream Worst Television Show: WWE Raw Worst Match of the Year: Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara, AEW All Out, 9/5 Best Booker: Tony Khan Promoter of the Year: Tony Khan Best Gimmick: Orange Cassidy Worst Gimmick:
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Flair/Thesz 1 Kenny Omega 2 Mayu Iwatani 3 Hiromu Takahashi Most Outstanding Wrestler 1 Kenny Omega 2 Shingo 3 Mayu Iwatani Tag Team of the Year 1 Adam Page & Kenny Omega 2 Young Bucks 3 Best Friends Best on Interviews 1 Taz 2 Jon Moxley 3 Nick Gage Promotion of the Year 1 AEW 2 NJPW 3 GCW Best Weekly TV Show 1 AEW Dynamite 2 AEW Dark 3 Being the Elite Wrestling Match of the Year Category B US/Canada MVP: Japanese MVP: Mexico MVP: Europe MVP: Non-Heavyweight MVP: Women’s Wrestling MVP: Mayu Iwatani Best Box Office Draw: Tetsuya Naito Feud of the Year: Inner Circle vs The Elite Most Improved: Britt Baker Most Charismatic: Nick Gage Bryan Danielson Award: Bruiser Brody Award: Best Flying Award: Fenix Most Overrated: Bray Wyatt Most Underrated: Gran Metallik Rookie of the Year: Anna Jay Best Non-Wrestler: Taz Best Television Announcer: Taz Worst Television Announcer: Best Major Show: Double or Nothing Best Wrestling Manuever: Fuego Del Sol's Tornado DDT Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Firing Wrestlers in a Pandemic (some who were organizing to demand safer conditions) Worst Television Show: WWE Raw Worst Match of the Year: Reigns vs Uso, Hell in a Cell, this match made me genuinely annoyed at the person who showed me video of it. Best Booker: Tony Khan Promoter of the Year: Tony Khan Best Gimmick: Team Taz Worst Gimmick: Benne posted:We really need more love for We really need more people to stop being cowards and vote for Taz and Team Taz in all of the categories they deserve.
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Wrestling Match of the Year: 1. Randy Orton vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt - Firefly Inferno Match, WWE Tables Ladders and Chairs 2. Randy Orton vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt - Firefly Inferno Match, WWE Tables Ladders and Chairs 3. Randy Orton vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt - Firefly Inferno Match, WWE Tables Ladders and Chairs
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Wrestling Match of the Year is the obviously the Greatest Wrestling Match Ever. It's right there in the name!
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Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: 1. Tetsuya Naito 2. Go Shiozaki 3. Kento Miyahara Most Outstanding Wrestler: 1. Go Shiozaki 2. Katsuhiko Nakajima 3. Hiromu Takahashi Tag Team of the Year: 1. Eruption 2. Dangerous Tekkers 3. Astronauts (Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura from BJW) Best on Interviews: 1. Minoru Suzuki 2. KENTA 3. Eddie Kingston Promotion of the Year: 1. NOAH 2. Dragon Gate 3. NJPW Best Weekly TV Show: 1. DDT TV Show 2. AJPW TV 3. NJPW USA Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: 1. Go Shiozaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima, NOAH, 22/11 2. Hiromu Takahashi vs Will Ospreay, NJPW 4/1 3. Go Shiozaki vs Kenoh, NOAH, 10/8 Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Nick Gage Japan MVP: Go Shiozaki Europe MVP: Walter I guess? Non-Heavyweight MVP: Hiromu Takahashi Women's Wrestling MVP: Arisa Nakajima Feud of the Year: Go Shiozaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima Most Improved: Akira Francesco Most Charismatic: Hiromu Takahashi Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: ZSJ Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award:Go Shiozaki Best Flying Wrestler: Will Ospreay Most Overrated: Cody Most Underrated: Kenoh Rookie of the Year: SB Kento Best Non-Wrestler: Miho Abe Best Television Announcer: Milano Collection AT Worst Television Announcer: Ho Ho Lun? He's kind of endearing though. Best Major Wrestling Show: NOAH In Korakuen Hall - New Sunrise Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE Super Showdown Best Wrestling Maneuver: Last of the Dragon Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: WWE promoting Matt Riddle to the main roster exactly as he's being accused of rape Worst Television Show: WWE Raw is 3 hours too long Worst Match of the Year: Jado vs Toru Yano, gently caress me that was absolute misery Worst Feud of the Year: All Japan's bookers vs Enfants Terribles Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Booker: NOSAWA Rongai Best Gimmick: Kenoh the perpetually angry and bitter kick boy Worst Gimmick: Jado's gimmick of man who won't loving retire is pretty bad Best Pro Wrestling Book: Voices of Wrestling NJPW 2019 Yearbook by default Best Pro Wrestling DVD/Streaming Documentary: AJPW TV All Japan Dojo video I can't think of the name of Quite a few changes from the first time I did this. Rewatched that WK Jr title match but hey. Still love Best Bros, Akki & Mei but Astronauts just kept them out as probably my revelation of 2020 (I really just didn't watch much BJW before this year) NOAH & Dragon Gate are some distance ahead of anyone else for me as best promotions.
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I actually put some thought in and redid mine! LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. Jon Moxley 2. Tetsuya Naito 3. Kenny Omega MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Jon Moxley 2. Go Shiozaki 3. Kenny Omega TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. The Young Bucks 2. Cowboy Bebop 3. Takashi Sugiura and Kazushi Sakuraba BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Jon Moxley 2. Cody 3. Eddie Kingston PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. AEW 2. GCW 3. NOAH BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. AEW Dynamite 2. Choco Pro 3. Being The Elite PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Young Bucks vs Cowboy Bebop – AEW Revolution 2. Kota Ibushi vs Okada – Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night One 3. Stadium Stampede – AEW Double or Nothing 2020 "CATEGORY B" AWARDS UNITED STATES/CANADA MVP Jon Moxley JAPANESE MVP Go Shiozaki MEXICO MVP Fenix EUROPE MVP Walter NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP Hiromo Takahashi WOMEN’S WRESTLING MVP Yuka Sakazaki BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW Tetsuya Naito FEUD OF THE YEAR Jon Moxley vs Eddie Kingston MOST IMPROVED Britt Baker MOST CHARISMATIC Cody BRYAN DANIELSON AWARD (BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER) ZSJ BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) Tomohiro Ishii BEST FLYING WRESTLER Fenix MOST OVERRATED (aka most over pushed) The Fiend MOST UNDERRATED Ricky Starks ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Anna Jay BEST NON-WRESTLER Taz BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER Excalibur WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER Micheal Cole BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night Two WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW Impact Slammiversary 2020 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER Last Call MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC Stardom’s lack of co-operation with Kyoko Kimura WORST TELEVISION SHOW WWE RAW WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR Gedo vs Okada WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR Rey Mysterio Vs Seth Rollins WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR WWE BEST BOOKER Tony Khan PROMOTER OF THE YEAR Tony Khan BEST GIMMICK Orange Cassidy WORST GIMMICK The Fiend BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK Killing the Business BEST PRO WRESTLING DOCUMENTARY Dark Side of the Ring - Benoit The reason I picked Slammiversary 2020 as worst major show is that is the worst show I actually watched in full myself this year. I'm sure there were many worse WWE shows though.
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Punch McLightning posted:Not an AEW fan? It's not for me. For whatever reason I just didn't find it compelling. I could give it another go but that's competing for time with other stuff I want to watch and there's just not enough hours in the day.
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Category "A" Awards: Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: 1. Kenny Omega 2. Jay White 3. Taichi Most Outstanding Wrestler: 1. Rey Fenix 2. Kenny Omega 3. Blake Christian Tag Team of the Year: 1. Hangman and Kenny 2. Mercer and KTB 3. Young Bucks Best on Interviews: 1. Eddie Kingston 2. Cody 3. Jay White Promotion of the Year: 1. AEW 2. NJPW 3. GCW Best Weekly TV Show: 1. AEW Dynamite Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: *1. Hangman and Omegavs Bucks, AEW Revolution. 2. Taichi vs Jay White, G1. 3. Boneyard Match wrestlemania * If funhouse counted as a match it'd be my number 1 and everything would go down 1. Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. USA MVP: Nick Gage Japan MVP: Okada Non-Heavyweight MVP: Hiromu Takahashi Women's Wrestling MVP: Hikaru Shida Best Box Office Draw: I strongly dislike this as an award; it's just a stat that shouldn't be voted on. There's a best draw every year, not 2 or 3 or a discussion, there just is a guy who drew the most money. Shouldn't be voted. Feud of the Year: Peter Avalon vs Cutler Most Improved: Brit Baker Most Charismatic: Kenny Omega Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Zack Sabre Jr. Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Nick Gage Best Flying Wrestler: Kota Ibushi Most Overrated: FTR Most Underrated: Taichi Rookie of the Year: Not sure who specifically qualifies for this Best Non-Wrestler: Taz Best Television Announcer: Excalibur Worst Television Announcer: Jim Ross Best Major Wrestling Show: AEW Revolution Worst Major Wrestling Show: BLP TURBOGRAPS 16 '20 Best Wrestling Maneuver: One Winged Angel Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: WWE shutting down outside opportunities then doing them themselves so they get a cut Worst Match of the Year: Jake Hager vs Dustin Rhodes, AEW Revolution Worst Feud of the Year: Miro vs Orange Worst Promotion of the Year: NWA Best Booker: Tony Khan Promoter of the Year: Tony Khan Best Gimmick: 44OH Worst Gimmick: Retribution Best Pro Wrestling DVD/Streaming Documentary: Dark Side of the Ring: New Jack Yes my worst match of the year is on my show of the year, the rest of the show was just that solid. Yukaichiban fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Dec 22, 2020 |
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Alright, I finally caught up with Go's title matches and they pretty much all lived up to the hype, so I feel confident enough to make final rankings and also decide that Naito can hit the fuckin bricks  Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: 1. Jon Moxley 2. Kenny Omega 3. Go Shiozaki Sticking with my top two from earlier in the year, as much as I liked Go's reign it didn't quite hit the emotional highs I felt with Mox, though that's obviously up for personal preference. And Omega was extremely consistent in both singles and tags, and ended the year with a fascinating inter-promotional angle where he's now popping ratings in two companies at the same time. Go has my respect, but not quite my love, if that makes sense. Most Outstanding Wrestler: 1. Kenny Omega 2. Go Shiozaki 3. Hiromu Takahashi Once again, Kenny barely takes this by a hair, as I prefer his more well-rounded resume. Shouts to Hiromu for dragging broken-rear end Honma to his best match in years, having easily the best match of EVIL's title reign, and a typically excellent BOSJ, capped off by the instant classic against Despy. Tag Team of the Year: 1. The Young Bucks 2. Kenny Omega & Hangman Page 3. Dangerous Tekkers After thinking on it I decided to flip to the Bucks, and not just because Cowboy Bebop broke up halfway through the year. They kept having quietly great matches throughout, and once it was time for their big title push they reminded us how incredible they truly are. These guys just have the best matches of everybody's career, and that was never more obvious than the FTR match -- FTR have kinda stunk in their AEW run, but their match with the Bucks was so great it made us forget about the crummy build and paid off years of anticipation, an absolute love letter to tag team wrestling. Love or hate them, Matt and Nick always deliver in the biggest spotlight. Best on Interviews: 1. Eddie Kingston 2. Jon Moxley 3. Taz Do I really have to list just three? It's been an awesome year of promos and I'm leaving off plenty of deserving candidates like Cody, MJF, Ricky Starks, Lance Archer, Britt Baker, Hiromu, and Naito (who I'm clowning on but dude had to work overtime to get over EVIL's reign and the dumb WK build). Promotion of the Year: 1. AEW 2. NOAH 3. NJPW Best Weekly TV Show: 1. AEW Dynamite 2. NJPW Strong 3. AEW Dark Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: 1. Young Bucks vs. Kenny Omega & Hangman Page, AEW Revolution 2. WALTER vs. Ilja Dragunov, NXT UK 10/29 3. Go Shiozaki vs. Takashi Suguira, NOAH The Best: Final Chronicle I'm as surprised as anyone that Okada/Naito got bumped from my top 3, but WALTER/Ilja was too loving amazing to leave off. I've never seen a match like that happen in a WWE ring, and we probably won't see that happen again. Just a special match. Meanwhile, I had to have a Go match on here, so I went with his most recent one which felt more like 15 minutes than 50, just insane pacing. Go really is something special, and Suguira is still a scary motherfucker in his 50s. And of course, I needed to keep the tag match No. 1, which has some added poignancy as one of the last wrestling shows with full crowds. Watching it again and seeing the reactions gives me new chills I didn't even have the first time I saw it. Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. US/Canada MVP: Jon Moxley Japan MVP: Go Shiozaki Mexico MVP: Rey Fenix Europe MVP: WALTER Non-Heavyweight MVP: Hiromu Takahashi Women's Wrestling MVP: Yuka Sakazaki Best Box Office Draw: Tetsuya Naito Feud of the Year: Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston Most Improved: Britt Baker Most Charismatic: Eddie Kingston My God, what a force of personality Eddie is. His 2020 trajectory is insane when you look at the bigger picture -- here's this guy, a longtime indy favorite but mostly unproven at the major-league level, considered on the downswing of his career at age 39, booked for what was supposed to be a one-off match against Cody. He had nothing to lose but the microphone in his hand, which Best Booker Tony Khan boldly handed him at the start of a seemingly random Dynamite. And this bad motherfucker strutted onto TNT like he owned the joint, got signed on the spot, and main-evented a PPV four months later. That is charisma right there. Bryan Danielson "Best Technical Wrestler" Award: Jon Moxley I'm sick of voting for ZSJ so sticking with my galaxy-brain pick from earlier. Bruiser Brody Memorial "Best Brawler" Award: Jon Moxley Best Flying Wrestler: Rey Fenix Most Overrated: Bray Wyatt Most Underrated: Gran Metalik Rookie of the Year: Uh, Anna Jay I guess? Rey Mysterio's failson will probably win this by default. Best Non-Wrestler: Taz How many people saw this coming? Taz spent the better part of 20 years as an announcer, sometimes good, sometimes bad, never taken seriously. When AEW brought him in the general opinion was "oh, cool I guess," and he was mostly well-liked in that role. But when Taz became a regular on-screen character, a switch was flipped and he suddenly reminded everyone that he used to be the baddest man in wrestling -- spitting fire on the mic every week, recruiting a team of Big Beefy Bois in his image (more on that), and even hitting a Tazmission on Cody for good measure. Taz loving rules, and it hurts that we never got this version of him while he could still wrestle. Best Television Announcer: Tony Schiovane Worst Television Announcer: Michael Cole Best Major Wrestling Show: AEW Full Gear Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE THE HORROR SHOW at Extreme Rules Best Wrestling Maneuver: Paradigm Shift/Death Rider Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: WWE continuing to promote and feature people named in #SpeakingOut In my last list I cited Bushiroad's treatment of Kyoko Kimura, and while that's still appalling and scummy, it's not really a "promotional tactic," so going with this instead. Worst Television Show: WWE Raw Worst Match of the Year: Randy Orton vs. Edge, WrestleMania 36 I've gone back and forth on this a lot, but in the end, I'm settling for the complete wet fart of Edge's return. This match never loving ended, was boring as hell, had the very uncomfortable spot of Orton hanging Edge on gym equipment just a week after the Vice Benoit doc aired, and was so poorly received they had to brand the rematch THE GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH OF ALL TIME in an attempt to make up for it (spoiler: they didn't, that match also stunk). Utter disaster. Worst Feud of the Year: Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio Just gonna quote myself here: Benne posted:I'm gonna throw in with Rollins/Mysterio for Worst Feud This feud only ended when Seth went on paternity leave, they never had an actual blowoff. Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE Best Booker: Tony Khan Promoter of the Year: Tony Khan Best Gimmick: Team Taz *slams fist on table* BIG BEEFY BOIS, BIG BEEFY BOIS, VOTE THIS AS BEST GIMMICK UNLESS YOU HATE BIG BEEFY BOIS Worst Gimmick: The Fiend Best Pro Wrestling Book: Voices of Wrestling NJPW Year in Review 2019 This is the best wrestling ebook every year that nobody votes for because it comes out in the first week of January. It's time we change that. Best Pro Wrestling DVD/Streaming Documentary: Dark Side of the Ring: The Final Days of Owen Hart This will compete for first place with the Benoit two-parter, and while those are still great, it treads a lot of ground we already knew. The Owen episode really hammered home how badly WWE hosed it up, and how easily it could've been avoided, and it makes you so much more enraged. It's also a much-deserved rehabilitation for Martha, who got demonized by WWE and its cultish fans for decades and hopefully is finally seen in the right light. Anyone who cares about Owen and his legacy should never want to see him in the WWE HOF and at the whims of Vince's gross rewriting of history, because Martha is already doing a much better job respecting him. This doc is a heartbreaking but important watch. Benne fucked around with this message at 09:22 on Dec 22, 2020 |
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SG Bamboo posted:Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Making changes to the following Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: Go Shiozaki, Tetsuya Endo, Asuka (Veny) Most Outstanding Wrestler: Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Arisa Nakajima Tag Team of the Year: Eruption, Dangerous Tekkers, Sugiura-gun Best on Interviews: Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, KENTA Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: Go Shiozaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima, Eruption vs DisasterBox/Nautilus, Go Shiozaki vs Kenoh Feud of the Year: Go Shiozaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - Even if the AXIZ split telegraphed the N-1 fairly heavily, it was great to see Katsu just being a absolute dickbag to both friend and foe alike, culminating in an absolutely incredible match. loving criminal that it didn't win Go champ of the month Most Improved: DOUKI - This was a tossup, both he and Yoshi-Hashi have been absolute fire since the break Most Underrated: Yoshinobu Kanemaru - Nobu is so drat great in his role, and is surprisingly agile when he needs to be. An absolute master of his craft, such a shame he missed BOSJ Best Non-Wrestler: Marty Asami - Miho hasn't graced our screens in what feels like forever, and i've fallen in love with Marty. He tries his hardest to enforce order, but none of the wrestlers respect him because he's so little 
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Updated Category "A" Awards: You vote three times for these. Lou Thesz/Ric Flair "Wrestler of the Year" Award: 1. Go Shiozaki 2. Tetsuya Naito 3. Yoshiko Most Outstanding Wrestler: 1. Toru Sugiura 2. Yoshiko 3. Go Shiozaki Tag Team of the Year: 1. Best Friends (Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto) 2. Dangerous Tekkers 3. Eruption Best on Interviews: 1. El Desperado 2. Tetsuya Naito 3. Hiromu Takahashi Promotion of the Year: 1. FREEDOMS 2. SEAdLINNNG 3. NOAH Best Weekly TV Show: ChocoPro Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: 1. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito 2. Go Shiozaki vs. Kazuyuki Fujita 3. Rina Yamashita & Minoru Fujita vs. Jun Kasai & Masashi Takeda Category "B" Awards: You vote once for these. Japan MVP: Go Shiozaki Non-Heavyweight MVP: Hiromu Takahashi Women's Wrestling MVP: Yoshiko Best Box Office Draw: Tetsuya Naito Feud of the Year: Dangerous Tekkers vs. Golden Ace Most Improved: Yuu Most Charismatic: Tetsuya Naito Rookie of the Year: Hayato Tamura Best Non-Wrestler: Mio Shirai Best Major Wrestling Show: Wrestle Kingdom 14 Best Wrestling Maneuver: Whirling Candy Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: All the stuff WWE did Worst Match of the Year: Jado vs. Toru Yano Best Booker: Emi Sakura Promoter of the Year: Emi Sakura Best Gimmick: Lulu Pencil Worst Gimmick: Tam Nakano
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You must choose one of WWE's horrible things.
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"WWE's record profits" should count and cover everything, honestly.
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i considered going for "WWE's continued existence"
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