In der aktuellen Ausgabe des Wrestling Observer Newsletters war es wieder einmal so weit: Die Ergebnisse der alljährlichen Awards wurden veröffentlicht und die Gewinner der prestigeträchtigsten und vielleicht wichtigsten Jahresawards wurden bekannt gegeben.
Gewählt wird jedes Jahr von den WrestlingObserver/F4WOnline-Lesern, unter denen sich Fans, Experten/Journalisten und Wrestler befinden. Dies ist im Gegensatz zur PWI500 oder WWE’s Slammys keine Kayfabe-Wahl. In jeder A-Kategorie durften 5,3 und 2 Punkte für die Plätze 1,2 und 3 vergeben werden. (Bei den B-Kategorien konnte nur Platz 1 vergeben werden) Gewählt wurde Promotionübergreifend, wobei einige Kategorien in MMA und Pro-Wrestling getrennt wurden. In Klammern könnt ihr die Angabe der “Platz 1″ Wertungen sehen, während die Zahl dahinter die Gesamtpunktzahl darstellt. Bewertungszeitraum war 1. Dezember 2016 bis 30. November 2017!
"CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS
LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER des Jahres)
1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA (616) 5,166
2. Kenny Omega (199) 3.277
3. Tetsuya Naito (137) 2.433
4. AJ Styles (32) 631
5. Kento Miyahara (3) 171
6. Rush (11) 107
7. Brock Lesnar (4) 80
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi (1) 39
9. Tomohiro Ishii 37
10. Chris Jericho (3) 36
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1980 - Harley Race; 1981 - Harley Race; 1982 - Ric Flair; 1983 - Ric Flair; 1984 - Ric Flair; 1985 - Ric Flair; 1986 - Ric Flair; 1987 - Riki Choshu; 1988 - Akira Maeda; 1989 - Ric Flair; 1990 - Ric Flair; 1991 - Jumbo Tsuruta; 1992 - Ric Flair; 1993 - Vader; 1994 - Toshiaki Kawada; 1995 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 1996 - Kenta Kobashi; 1997 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 1998 - Steve Austin; 1999 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 2000 - HHH; 2001 - Keiji Muto; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Kenta Kobashi; 2004 - Kenta Kobashi; 2005 - Kenta Kobashi; 2006 - Mistico; 2007 - John Cena; 2008 - Chris Jericho; 2009 - Chris Jericho; 2010 - John Cena; 2011 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2014 - Shinsuke Nakamura; 2015 - A.J. Styles; 2016 - A.J. Styles
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE (Wertvollster MMA Fighter)
1. GEORGES ST-PIERRE (410) 3.021
2. Conor McGregor (389) 2.122
3. Michael Bisping(51) 1.070
4. Daniel Cormier (27) 977
5. Max Holloway (29) 505
6. Jon Jones (14) 409
7. Cris Cyborg (12) 389
8. Demetrious Johnson (23) 359
9. Ronda Rousey (29) 277
10. Stipe Miocic (25) 242
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Marius Pudzianowski 193, Robert Whittaker 110
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 2007 - Randy Couture; 2008 - Brock Lesnar; 2009 - Brock Lesnar; 2010 - Brock Lesnar; 2011 - Georges St-Pierre; 2012 - Anderson Silva; 2013 - Georges St-Pierre; 2014 - Ronda Rousey; 2015 - Ronda Rousey; 2016 - Conor McGregor
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER (Bester Wrestler)
1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA (806) 4.824
2. Kenny Omega (281) 3.452
3. AJ Styles (34) 798
4. Tetsuya Naito (4) 765
5. Tomohiro Ishii (8) 547
6. Kushida (39) 396
7. Zack Sabre Jr. (18) 220
8. Will Ospreay (4) 155
9. Kota Ibushi (10) 101
10. Io Shirai (9) 95
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen Matt Riddle 63, Kento Miyahara 60
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1986 - Ric Flair; 1987 - Ric Flair; 1988 - Tatsumi Fujinami; 1989 - Ric Flair; 1990 - Jushin Liger; 1991 - Jushin Liger; 1992 - Jushin Liger; 1993 - Kenta Kobashi; 1994 - Kenta Kobashi; 1995 - Manami Toyota; 1996 - Rey Misterio Jr.; 1997 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 1998 - Koji Kanemoto; 1999 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 2000 - Chris Benoit; 2001 - Kurt Angle; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Kurt Angle; 2004 - Chris Benoit; 2005 - Samoa Joe; 2006 - Bryan Danielson; 2007 - Bryan Danielson; 2008 - Bryan Danielson; 2009 - Bryan Danielson; 2010 - Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson); 2011 - Davey Richards; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2014 - A.J. Styles; 2015 - A.J. Styles; 2016 - A.J. Styles
MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR (Bester MMA Kämpfer)
1. DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON (351) 2.730
2. Max Holloway (277) 2.205
3. Robert Whittaker (35) 685
4. Rose Namajunas (10) 434
5. Stipe Miocic (51) 422
6. Francis Ngannou (37) 409
7. Georges St-Pierre (12) 240
8. Cris Cyborg (14) 182
9. Tyron Woodley (3) 180
10. Jon Jones (26) 169
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Daniel Cormier 157, T.J. Dillashaw 152, Khabib Nurmagomedov 96, Michael Bisping 84, Rafael dos Anjos 71, Tony Ferguson 69
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1997 - Maurice Smith; 1998 - Frank Shamrock; 1999 - Frank Shamrock; 2000 - Kazushi Sakuraba; 2001 - Wanderlei Silva; 2002 - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira; 2003 - Randy Couture; 2004 - Wanderlei Silva; 2005 - Fedor Emelianenko; 2006 - Mirko Cro Cop; 2007 - Quinton Jackson; 2008 - Georges St. Pierre; 2009 - Georges St. Pierre; 2010 - Georges St. Pierre; 2011 - Jon Jones; 2012 - Anderson Silva; 2013 - Cain Velasquez; 2014 - Ronda Rousey; 2015 - Conor McGregor; 2016 - Conor McGregor
TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR (Tag Team des Jahres)
1. YOUNG BUCKS (520) 4.255
2. Usos (199) 1.712
3. War Machine (70) 1.311
4. Sheamus & Cesaro (13) 666
5. New Dinamitas (60) 559
6. Penta 0M & Rey Fenix (17) 459
7. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (41) 363
8. Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos (25) 287
9. Cima & Dragon Kid (21) 264
10. Sho & Yoh (2) 196
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Walter & Timothy Thatcher 192, Matt & Jeff Hardy 174, Ricochet & Ryusuke Taguchi 168, Tyler Bate & Trent Seven 163, New Day 162, Travis Banks & TK Cooper 142, Jeff Cobb & Matt Riddle 119, Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano 117, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly 83, Ortiz & Santana 72, Authors of Pain 63
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1980 - Freebirds (Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts); 1981 - Terry Gordy & Jimmy Snuka; 1982 - Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson; 1983 - Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood; 1984 - Road Warriors; 1985 - British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith); 1986 - Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton); 1987 - Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane); 1988 - Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane); 1989 - The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty); 1990 - Rick & Scott Steiner; 1991 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada; 1992 - Miracle Violence Combination (Steve Williams & Terry Gordy); 1993 - Hollywood Blondes (Brian Pillman & Steve Austin); 1994 - Los Gringos Locos (Love Machine Art Barr & Eddie Guerrero); 1995 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi; 1996 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama; 1997 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama; 1998 - Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa; 1999 - Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama; 2000 - Edge & Christian; 2001 - TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima); 2002 - Eddie & Chavo Guerrero; 2003 - KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji; 2004 - KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji; 2005 - America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm); 2006 - LAX (Homicide & Hernandez); 2007 - Mark & Jay Briscoe; 2008 - The Miz & John Morrison; 2009 - Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards; 2010 - Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli; 2011 - Giant Bernard (Tensai) & Karl Anderson; 2012 - Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian; 2013 - Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns; 2014 - Matt & Nick Jackson; 2015 - Matt & Nick Jackson; 2016 - Matt & Nick Jackson
BEST ON INTERVIEWS (Bestes Mic-Work)
1. CONOR MCGREGOR (252) 1.503
2. Chris Jericho (104) 1.172
3. The Miz (85) 928
4. Kenny Omega (92) 894
5. Kevin Owens (56) 773
6. Paul Heyman (61) 686
7. Tetsuya Naito (109) 677
8. Samoa Joe (57) 583
9. Michael Bisping (46) 487
10. Zack Gibson (62) 466
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Nick Gage 371, Dan Lambert 307, John Cena 265, Rush 264, Minoru Suzuki 219, Enzo Amore 213, David Starr 122, Eddie Kingston 119, Jon Jones 90, Cody 72
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1981 - Lou Albano and Roddy Piper (tied); 1982 - Roddy Piper; 1983 - Roddy Piper; 1984 - Jimmy Hart; 1985 - Jim Cornette; 1986 - Jim Cornette; 1987 - Jim Cornette; 1988 - Jim Cornette; 1989 - Terry Funk; 1990 - Arn Anderson; 1991 - Ric Flair; 1992 - Ric Flair; 1993 - Jim Cornette; 1994 - Ric Flair; 1995 - Cactus Jack (Mick Foley); 1996 - Steve Austin; 1997 - Steve Austin; 1998 - Steve Austin; 1999 - The Rock; 2000 - The Rock; 2001 - Steve Austin; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Chris Jericho; 2004 - Mick Foley; 2005 - Eddie Guerrero; 2006 - Mick Foley; 2007 - John Cena; 2008 - Chris Jericho; 2009 - Chris Jericho; 2010 - Chael Sonnen; 2011 - C.M. Punk; 2012 - C.M. Punk; 2013 - Paul Heyman; 2014 - Paul Heyman; 2015 - Conor McGregor; 2016 - Conor McGregor
PROMOTION OF THE YEAR (Promotion des Jahres)
1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (1.095) 5.871
2. Ring of Honor (33) 1,297
3. World Wrestling Entertainment (13) 1.109
4. UFC (11) 831
5. CMLL (22) 695
6. Progress (12) 552
7. All Japan (5) 385
8. PWG (2) 264
9. wXw (12) 223
10. Revolution Pro (2) 85
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Rizin 93, Evolve 72
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: - 1983 - Jim Crockett Promotions; 1984 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1985 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1986 - UWF (Mid South Wrestling); 1987 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1988 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1989 - Universal Wrestling Federation Japan; 1990 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1991 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1992 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1993 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1994 - AAA; 1995 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1996 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1997 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1998 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1999 - World Wrestling Federation; 2000 - World Wrestling Federation; 2001 - Pride Fighting Championships; 2002 - Pride Fighting Championships; 2003 - Pride Fighting Championships; 2004 - Pro Wrestling NOAH; 2005 - Pro Wrestling NOAH; 2006 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2007 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2008 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2009 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2010 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2011 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2012 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2013 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2014 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2015 - New Japan Pro Wrestling ; 2016 - New Japan Pro Wrestling
BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW (Beste wöchentliche TV-Show)
1. NEW JAPAN WORLD PRO WRESTLING (462) 3.058
2. WWE NXT (274) 2.612
3. CMLL Friday Night Arena Mexico (187) 1.251
4. Being the Elite (136) 1.108
5. Ring of Honor (33) 837
6. WWE Smackdown Live (38) 672
7. Lucha Underground (33) 459
8. CMLL Monday Night Puebla (36) 383
9. WWE Raw (14) 302
10. WXW (21) 288
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Impact 183, CWF Mid Atlantic 163, Talking Smack 121, Ultimate Fight Night 110, Ultimate Fighter 90
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1983 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1984 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1985 - Mid South Wrestling; 1986 - Universal Wrestling Federation (Mid South Wrestling): 1987 - CWA 90 Minute Memphis live show; 1988 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1989 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1990 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1991 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1992 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1993 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1994 - Extreme Championship Wrestling; 1995 - Extreme Championship Wrestling; 1996 - Extreme Championship Wrestling; 1997 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1998 - WWF Raw is War; 1999 - WWF Raw is War; 2000 - WWF Raw is War; 2001 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 2002 - WWE Smackdown; 2003 - Pro Wrestling NOAH; 2004 - WWE Raw; 2005 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2006 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2007 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2008 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2009 - WWE Smackdown; 2010 - Ring of Honor; 2011 - WWE Smackdown; 2012 - TNA Impact; 2013 WWE NXT; 2014 - WWE NXT; 2015 - WWE NXT; 2016 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling
PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR (Bestes Wrestlingmatch des Jahres)
1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA VS. KENNY OMEGA - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 (432) 3.552
2. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega - NJPW DOMINION.6.11 in OSAKA JO-HALL (394) 2.974
3. Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017 (190) 1.606
4. Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenny Omega - NJPW G1 Climax 27 Tag 19 (50) 1.128
5. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega - NJPW G1 Climax 27 Tag 18 (76) 844
6. Tyler Bate vs. Pete Dunne - NXT Takeover: Chicago (19) 429
7. Kushida vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 24 Tag 14 (3) 181
8. John Cena vs. A.J. Styles - Royal Rumble 2017 (7) 175
9. L.A. Park vs. Rush - Baracal Entertainment (16) 169
10. Keith Lee vs. Donovan Dijak - PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2017 Tag 3 (2) 145
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr. RevPro/NJPW Global Wars 2017 Tag 2 - 133, Kushida vs. Hiromu Takahashi NJPW Dominion 6.11 In Osaka-Jo Hall - 95, Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov 16 wXw Carat Gold Tournament 2017 Tag 3 - 92, Brock Lesnar vs. A.J. Styles Survivor Series - 73, Brock Lesnar vs. Bill Goldberg WrestleMania 33 - 72 (2), Kento Miyahara vs. Suwama AJPW 45th Anniversary - 70, Mayu Iwatani vs. Io Shirai Stardom Galaxy Stars - 70
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1980 - Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera 5/19 New York Madison Square Garden; 1981 - Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter 4/21 New York Madison Square Garden; 1982 - Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) vs. Dynamite Kid 8/5 Tokyo; 1983 - Ric Flair vs. Harley Race 11/24 Greensboro; 1984 - Freebirds vs. Von Erichs 7/4 Fort Worth; 1985 - Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa) vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 6/12 Tokyo; 1986 - Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham 2/14 Orlando; 1987 - Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage 3/29 Pontiac; 1988 - Ric Flair vs. Sting 3/27 Greensboro; 1989 - Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat 4/2 New Orleans; 1990 - Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (Takuma Sano) 1/31 Osaka; 1991 - Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki 3/21 Tokyo; 1992 - Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 5/25 Sendai; 1993 - Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki 4/21 Osaka; 1994 - Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) 3/20 New York Madison Square Garden; 1995 - Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue 5/7 Tokyo; 1996 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace 6/7 Tokyo; 1997 - Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin 3/23 Chicago; 1998 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 10/31 Tokyo; 1999 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 6/11 Tokyo; 2000 - Atlantis vs. Villano III 3/17 Mexico City; 2001 - Keiji Muto vs. Genichiro Tenryu 6/8 Tokyo; 2002 - Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio 10/20 Little Rock; 2003 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 3/1 Tokyo; 2004 - Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama 7/10 Tokyo Dome; 2005 - Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe 10/1 New York; 2006 - Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi vs. Cima & Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino 3/31 Chicago; 2007 - Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima 8/25 New York; 2008 - Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho 10/5 Portland, OR; 2009 - Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels 4/5 Houston; 2010 - Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels 3/28 Phoenix; 2011 - John Cena vs. C.M. Punk 7/17 Chicago; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki 10/8 Tokyo; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 4/7 Tokyo; 2014 - A.J. Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki 8/1 Tokyo; 2015 - Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi 1/4 Tokyo; 2016 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 1/4 Tokyo
MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR (MMA Kampf des Jahres)
1. CUB SWANSON VS. DOO HO CHOI 12/10/16 TORONTO (296) 2.383
2. Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Johnson 7/7 Las Vegas (363) 2.365
3. Yancy Medeiros vs. Alex Oliveira 12/2 Detroit (61) 890
4. Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje 12/2 Detroit (64) 724
5. George St-Pierre vs. Michael Bisping 11/4 New York (41) 433
6. Max Holloway vs. Jose Aldo 12/2 Detroit (36) 403
7. Lando Vannata vs. David Teymur 3/4 Las Vegas (2) 185
8. Darren Elkins vs. Mirsad Bektic 3/4 Las Vegas (15) 168
9. Dustin Poirier vs. Anthony Pettis 11/11 Norfolk (3) 146
10. Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier 7/29 Anaheim (9) 129
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Derek Campos vs. Brandon Girtz 7/14 Thackerville, OK 122, Francis Ngannou vs. Alistair Overeem 12/2 Detroit 96, Jessica Andrade vs. Angela Hill 2/4 Houston 72, Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero 78 Las Vegas 64, Tim Elliot vs. Louis Smolka 4/15 Kansas City 60
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1997 - Maurice Smith vs. Mark Coleman 7/27 Birmingham; 1998 - Jerry Bohlander vs. Kevin Jackson 3/13 New Orleans; 1999 - Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz 9/24 Lake Charles; 2000 - Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie 5/1 Tokyo Dome; 2001 - Randy Couture vs. Pedro Rizzo 5/4 Atlantic City; 2002 - Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 6/23 Saitama; 2003 - Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
11/9 Tokyo Dome; 2004 - Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva 10/31 Saitama; 2005 - Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar 4/9 Las Vegas; 2006 - Diego Sanchez vs. Karo Parisyan 8/17 Las Vegas; 2007 - Randy Couture vs. Tim Sylvia 3/3 Columbus; 2008 - Forrest Griffin vs. Quinton Jackson 7/5 Las Vegas; 2009 - Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida 6/20 Las Vegas; 2010 - Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung 4/24 Sacramento; 2011 - Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio Shogun Rua 11/19 San Jose; 2012 - Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier 5/15 Fairfax, VA; 2013 - Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez 10/19 Houston; 2014 - Robbie Lawler vs. Johny Hendricks 3/15 Dallas; 2015 - Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald 7/11 Las Vegas; 2016 - Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit 1/02 Las Vegas
Gewählt wird jedes Jahr von den WrestlingObserver/F4WOnline-Lesern, unter denen sich Fans, Experten/Journalisten und Wrestler befinden. Dies ist im Gegensatz zur PWI500 oder WWE’s Slammys keine Kayfabe-Wahl. In jeder A-Kategorie durften 5,3 und 2 Punkte für die Plätze 1,2 und 3 vergeben werden. (Bei den B-Kategorien konnte nur Platz 1 vergeben werden) Gewählt wurde Promotionübergreifend, wobei einige Kategorien in MMA und Pro-Wrestling getrennt wurden. In Klammern könnt ihr die Angabe der “Platz 1″ Wertungen sehen, während die Zahl dahinter die Gesamtpunktzahl darstellt. Bewertungszeitraum war 1. Dezember 2016 bis 30. November 2017!
"CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS
LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER des Jahres)
1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA (616) 5,166
2. Kenny Omega (199) 3.277
3. Tetsuya Naito (137) 2.433
4. AJ Styles (32) 631
5. Kento Miyahara (3) 171
6. Rush (11) 107
7. Brock Lesnar (4) 80
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi (1) 39
9. Tomohiro Ishii 37
10. Chris Jericho (3) 36
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1980 - Harley Race; 1981 - Harley Race; 1982 - Ric Flair; 1983 - Ric Flair; 1984 - Ric Flair; 1985 - Ric Flair; 1986 - Ric Flair; 1987 - Riki Choshu; 1988 - Akira Maeda; 1989 - Ric Flair; 1990 - Ric Flair; 1991 - Jumbo Tsuruta; 1992 - Ric Flair; 1993 - Vader; 1994 - Toshiaki Kawada; 1995 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 1996 - Kenta Kobashi; 1997 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 1998 - Steve Austin; 1999 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 2000 - HHH; 2001 - Keiji Muto; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Kenta Kobashi; 2004 - Kenta Kobashi; 2005 - Kenta Kobashi; 2006 - Mistico; 2007 - John Cena; 2008 - Chris Jericho; 2009 - Chris Jericho; 2010 - John Cena; 2011 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2014 - Shinsuke Nakamura; 2015 - A.J. Styles; 2016 - A.J. Styles
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE (Wertvollster MMA Fighter)
1. GEORGES ST-PIERRE (410) 3.021
2. Conor McGregor (389) 2.122
3. Michael Bisping(51) 1.070
4. Daniel Cormier (27) 977
5. Max Holloway (29) 505
6. Jon Jones (14) 409
7. Cris Cyborg (12) 389
8. Demetrious Johnson (23) 359
9. Ronda Rousey (29) 277
10. Stipe Miocic (25) 242
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Marius Pudzianowski 193, Robert Whittaker 110
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 2007 - Randy Couture; 2008 - Brock Lesnar; 2009 - Brock Lesnar; 2010 - Brock Lesnar; 2011 - Georges St-Pierre; 2012 - Anderson Silva; 2013 - Georges St-Pierre; 2014 - Ronda Rousey; 2015 - Ronda Rousey; 2016 - Conor McGregor
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER (Bester Wrestler)
1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA (806) 4.824
2. Kenny Omega (281) 3.452
3. AJ Styles (34) 798
4. Tetsuya Naito (4) 765
5. Tomohiro Ishii (8) 547
6. Kushida (39) 396
7. Zack Sabre Jr. (18) 220
8. Will Ospreay (4) 155
9. Kota Ibushi (10) 101
10. Io Shirai (9) 95
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen Matt Riddle 63, Kento Miyahara 60
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1986 - Ric Flair; 1987 - Ric Flair; 1988 - Tatsumi Fujinami; 1989 - Ric Flair; 1990 - Jushin Liger; 1991 - Jushin Liger; 1992 - Jushin Liger; 1993 - Kenta Kobashi; 1994 - Kenta Kobashi; 1995 - Manami Toyota; 1996 - Rey Misterio Jr.; 1997 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 1998 - Koji Kanemoto; 1999 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 2000 - Chris Benoit; 2001 - Kurt Angle; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Kurt Angle; 2004 - Chris Benoit; 2005 - Samoa Joe; 2006 - Bryan Danielson; 2007 - Bryan Danielson; 2008 - Bryan Danielson; 2009 - Bryan Danielson; 2010 - Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson); 2011 - Davey Richards; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2014 - A.J. Styles; 2015 - A.J. Styles; 2016 - A.J. Styles
MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR (Bester MMA Kämpfer)
1. DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON (351) 2.730
2. Max Holloway (277) 2.205
3. Robert Whittaker (35) 685
4. Rose Namajunas (10) 434
5. Stipe Miocic (51) 422
6. Francis Ngannou (37) 409
7. Georges St-Pierre (12) 240
8. Cris Cyborg (14) 182
9. Tyron Woodley (3) 180
10. Jon Jones (26) 169
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Daniel Cormier 157, T.J. Dillashaw 152, Khabib Nurmagomedov 96, Michael Bisping 84, Rafael dos Anjos 71, Tony Ferguson 69
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1997 - Maurice Smith; 1998 - Frank Shamrock; 1999 - Frank Shamrock; 2000 - Kazushi Sakuraba; 2001 - Wanderlei Silva; 2002 - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira; 2003 - Randy Couture; 2004 - Wanderlei Silva; 2005 - Fedor Emelianenko; 2006 - Mirko Cro Cop; 2007 - Quinton Jackson; 2008 - Georges St. Pierre; 2009 - Georges St. Pierre; 2010 - Georges St. Pierre; 2011 - Jon Jones; 2012 - Anderson Silva; 2013 - Cain Velasquez; 2014 - Ronda Rousey; 2015 - Conor McGregor; 2016 - Conor McGregor
TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR (Tag Team des Jahres)
1. YOUNG BUCKS (520) 4.255
2. Usos (199) 1.712
3. War Machine (70) 1.311
4. Sheamus & Cesaro (13) 666
5. New Dinamitas (60) 559
6. Penta 0M & Rey Fenix (17) 459
7. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (41) 363
8. Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos (25) 287
9. Cima & Dragon Kid (21) 264
10. Sho & Yoh (2) 196
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Walter & Timothy Thatcher 192, Matt & Jeff Hardy 174, Ricochet & Ryusuke Taguchi 168, Tyler Bate & Trent Seven 163, New Day 162, Travis Banks & TK Cooper 142, Jeff Cobb & Matt Riddle 119, Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano 117, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly 83, Ortiz & Santana 72, Authors of Pain 63
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1980 - Freebirds (Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts); 1981 - Terry Gordy & Jimmy Snuka; 1982 - Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson; 1983 - Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood; 1984 - Road Warriors; 1985 - British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith); 1986 - Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton); 1987 - Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane); 1988 - Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane); 1989 - The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty); 1990 - Rick & Scott Steiner; 1991 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada; 1992 - Miracle Violence Combination (Steve Williams & Terry Gordy); 1993 - Hollywood Blondes (Brian Pillman & Steve Austin); 1994 - Los Gringos Locos (Love Machine Art Barr & Eddie Guerrero); 1995 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi; 1996 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama; 1997 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama; 1998 - Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa; 1999 - Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama; 2000 - Edge & Christian; 2001 - TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima); 2002 - Eddie & Chavo Guerrero; 2003 - KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji; 2004 - KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji; 2005 - America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm); 2006 - LAX (Homicide & Hernandez); 2007 - Mark & Jay Briscoe; 2008 - The Miz & John Morrison; 2009 - Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards; 2010 - Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli; 2011 - Giant Bernard (Tensai) & Karl Anderson; 2012 - Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian; 2013 - Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns; 2014 - Matt & Nick Jackson; 2015 - Matt & Nick Jackson; 2016 - Matt & Nick Jackson
BEST ON INTERVIEWS (Bestes Mic-Work)
1. CONOR MCGREGOR (252) 1.503
2. Chris Jericho (104) 1.172
3. The Miz (85) 928
4. Kenny Omega (92) 894
5. Kevin Owens (56) 773
6. Paul Heyman (61) 686
7. Tetsuya Naito (109) 677
8. Samoa Joe (57) 583
9. Michael Bisping (46) 487
10. Zack Gibson (62) 466
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Nick Gage 371, Dan Lambert 307, John Cena 265, Rush 264, Minoru Suzuki 219, Enzo Amore 213, David Starr 122, Eddie Kingston 119, Jon Jones 90, Cody 72
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1981 - Lou Albano and Roddy Piper (tied); 1982 - Roddy Piper; 1983 - Roddy Piper; 1984 - Jimmy Hart; 1985 - Jim Cornette; 1986 - Jim Cornette; 1987 - Jim Cornette; 1988 - Jim Cornette; 1989 - Terry Funk; 1990 - Arn Anderson; 1991 - Ric Flair; 1992 - Ric Flair; 1993 - Jim Cornette; 1994 - Ric Flair; 1995 - Cactus Jack (Mick Foley); 1996 - Steve Austin; 1997 - Steve Austin; 1998 - Steve Austin; 1999 - The Rock; 2000 - The Rock; 2001 - Steve Austin; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Chris Jericho; 2004 - Mick Foley; 2005 - Eddie Guerrero; 2006 - Mick Foley; 2007 - John Cena; 2008 - Chris Jericho; 2009 - Chris Jericho; 2010 - Chael Sonnen; 2011 - C.M. Punk; 2012 - C.M. Punk; 2013 - Paul Heyman; 2014 - Paul Heyman; 2015 - Conor McGregor; 2016 - Conor McGregor
PROMOTION OF THE YEAR (Promotion des Jahres)
1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (1.095) 5.871
2. Ring of Honor (33) 1,297
3. World Wrestling Entertainment (13) 1.109
4. UFC (11) 831
5. CMLL (22) 695
6. Progress (12) 552
7. All Japan (5) 385
8. PWG (2) 264
9. wXw (12) 223
10. Revolution Pro (2) 85
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Rizin 93, Evolve 72
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: - 1983 - Jim Crockett Promotions; 1984 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1985 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1986 - UWF (Mid South Wrestling); 1987 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1988 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1989 - Universal Wrestling Federation Japan; 1990 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1991 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1992 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1993 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1994 - AAA; 1995 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1996 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1997 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1998 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1999 - World Wrestling Federation; 2000 - World Wrestling Federation; 2001 - Pride Fighting Championships; 2002 - Pride Fighting Championships; 2003 - Pride Fighting Championships; 2004 - Pro Wrestling NOAH; 2005 - Pro Wrestling NOAH; 2006 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2007 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2008 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2009 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2010 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2011 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2012 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2013 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2014 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2015 - New Japan Pro Wrestling ; 2016 - New Japan Pro Wrestling
BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW (Beste wöchentliche TV-Show)
1. NEW JAPAN WORLD PRO WRESTLING (462) 3.058
2. WWE NXT (274) 2.612
3. CMLL Friday Night Arena Mexico (187) 1.251
4. Being the Elite (136) 1.108
5. Ring of Honor (33) 837
6. WWE Smackdown Live (38) 672
7. Lucha Underground (33) 459
8. CMLL Monday Night Puebla (36) 383
9. WWE Raw (14) 302
10. WXW (21) 288
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Impact 183, CWF Mid Atlantic 163, Talking Smack 121, Ultimate Fight Night 110, Ultimate Fighter 90
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1983 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1984 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1985 - Mid South Wrestling; 1986 - Universal Wrestling Federation (Mid South Wrestling): 1987 - CWA 90 Minute Memphis live show; 1988 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1989 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1990 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1991 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1992 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1993 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1994 - Extreme Championship Wrestling; 1995 - Extreme Championship Wrestling; 1996 - Extreme Championship Wrestling; 1997 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1998 - WWF Raw is War; 1999 - WWF Raw is War; 2000 - WWF Raw is War; 2001 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 2002 - WWE Smackdown; 2003 - Pro Wrestling NOAH; 2004 - WWE Raw; 2005 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2006 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2007 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2008 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2009 - WWE Smackdown; 2010 - Ring of Honor; 2011 - WWE Smackdown; 2012 - TNA Impact; 2013 WWE NXT; 2014 - WWE NXT; 2015 - WWE NXT; 2016 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling
PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR (Bestes Wrestlingmatch des Jahres)
1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA VS. KENNY OMEGA - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 (432) 3.552
2. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega - NJPW DOMINION.6.11 in OSAKA JO-HALL (394) 2.974
3. Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017 (190) 1.606
4. Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenny Omega - NJPW G1 Climax 27 Tag 19 (50) 1.128
5. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega - NJPW G1 Climax 27 Tag 18 (76) 844
6. Tyler Bate vs. Pete Dunne - NXT Takeover: Chicago (19) 429
7. Kushida vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 24 Tag 14 (3) 181
8. John Cena vs. A.J. Styles - Royal Rumble 2017 (7) 175
9. L.A. Park vs. Rush - Baracal Entertainment (16) 169
10. Keith Lee vs. Donovan Dijak - PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2017 Tag 3 (2) 145
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr. RevPro/NJPW Global Wars 2017 Tag 2 - 133, Kushida vs. Hiromu Takahashi NJPW Dominion 6.11 In Osaka-Jo Hall - 95, Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov 16 wXw Carat Gold Tournament 2017 Tag 3 - 92, Brock Lesnar vs. A.J. Styles Survivor Series - 73, Brock Lesnar vs. Bill Goldberg WrestleMania 33 - 72 (2), Kento Miyahara vs. Suwama AJPW 45th Anniversary - 70, Mayu Iwatani vs. Io Shirai Stardom Galaxy Stars - 70
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1980 - Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera 5/19 New York Madison Square Garden; 1981 - Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter 4/21 New York Madison Square Garden; 1982 - Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) vs. Dynamite Kid 8/5 Tokyo; 1983 - Ric Flair vs. Harley Race 11/24 Greensboro; 1984 - Freebirds vs. Von Erichs 7/4 Fort Worth; 1985 - Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa) vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 6/12 Tokyo; 1986 - Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham 2/14 Orlando; 1987 - Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage 3/29 Pontiac; 1988 - Ric Flair vs. Sting 3/27 Greensboro; 1989 - Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat 4/2 New Orleans; 1990 - Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (Takuma Sano) 1/31 Osaka; 1991 - Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki 3/21 Tokyo; 1992 - Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 5/25 Sendai; 1993 - Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki 4/21 Osaka; 1994 - Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) 3/20 New York Madison Square Garden; 1995 - Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue 5/7 Tokyo; 1996 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace 6/7 Tokyo; 1997 - Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin 3/23 Chicago; 1998 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 10/31 Tokyo; 1999 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 6/11 Tokyo; 2000 - Atlantis vs. Villano III 3/17 Mexico City; 2001 - Keiji Muto vs. Genichiro Tenryu 6/8 Tokyo; 2002 - Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio 10/20 Little Rock; 2003 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 3/1 Tokyo; 2004 - Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama 7/10 Tokyo Dome; 2005 - Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe 10/1 New York; 2006 - Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi vs. Cima & Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino 3/31 Chicago; 2007 - Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima 8/25 New York; 2008 - Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho 10/5 Portland, OR; 2009 - Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels 4/5 Houston; 2010 - Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels 3/28 Phoenix; 2011 - John Cena vs. C.M. Punk 7/17 Chicago; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki 10/8 Tokyo; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 4/7 Tokyo; 2014 - A.J. Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki 8/1 Tokyo; 2015 - Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi 1/4 Tokyo; 2016 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 1/4 Tokyo
MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR (MMA Kampf des Jahres)
1. CUB SWANSON VS. DOO HO CHOI 12/10/16 TORONTO (296) 2.383
2. Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Johnson 7/7 Las Vegas (363) 2.365
3. Yancy Medeiros vs. Alex Oliveira 12/2 Detroit (61) 890
4. Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje 12/2 Detroit (64) 724
5. George St-Pierre vs. Michael Bisping 11/4 New York (41) 433
6. Max Holloway vs. Jose Aldo 12/2 Detroit (36) 403
7. Lando Vannata vs. David Teymur 3/4 Las Vegas (2) 185
8. Darren Elkins vs. Mirsad Bektic 3/4 Las Vegas (15) 168
9. Dustin Poirier vs. Anthony Pettis 11/11 Norfolk (3) 146
10. Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier 7/29 Anaheim (9) 129
Nennenswerte Erwähnungen: Derek Campos vs. Brandon Girtz 7/14 Thackerville, OK 122, Francis Ngannou vs. Alistair Overeem 12/2 Detroit 96, Jessica Andrade vs. Angela Hill 2/4 Houston 72, Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero 78 Las Vegas 64, Tim Elliot vs. Louis Smolka 4/15 Kansas City 60
Gewinner aus den Vorjahren: 1997 - Maurice Smith vs. Mark Coleman 7/27 Birmingham; 1998 - Jerry Bohlander vs. Kevin Jackson 3/13 New Orleans; 1999 - Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz 9/24 Lake Charles; 2000 - Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie 5/1 Tokyo Dome; 2001 - Randy Couture vs. Pedro Rizzo 5/4 Atlantic City; 2002 - Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 6/23 Saitama; 2003 - Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
11/9 Tokyo Dome; 2004 - Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva 10/31 Saitama; 2005 - Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar 4/9 Las Vegas; 2006 - Diego Sanchez vs. Karo Parisyan 8/17 Las Vegas; 2007 - Randy Couture vs. Tim Sylvia 3/3 Columbus; 2008 - Forrest Griffin vs. Quinton Jackson 7/5 Las Vegas; 2009 - Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida 6/20 Las Vegas; 2010 - Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung 4/24 Sacramento; 2011 - Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio Shogun Rua 11/19 San Jose; 2012 - Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier 5/15 Fairfax, VA; 2013 - Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez 10/19 Houston; 2014 - Robbie Lawler vs. Johny Hendricks 3/15 Dallas; 2015 - Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald 7/11 Las Vegas; 2016 - Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit 1/02 Las Vegas