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 2018 bis 30. November 2019!
"CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS
LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER des Jahres)
1. CHRIS JERICHO (522) 3.695
2. Kazuchika Okada (349) 3.133
3. Will Ospreay (158) 1.773
4. Cody (72) 865
5. Adam Cole (26) 459
6. Kento Miyahara (51) 422
7. Kota Ibushi (14) 234
8. Jon Moxley (11) 217
9. Hiroshi Tanahashi (2) 158
10. Kenny Omega (1) 109
Erwähnenswerte: Becky Lynch 105
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - Kazuchika Okada; 2018 - Kenny Omega
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE (Wertvollster MMA Fighter)
1. JORGE MASVIDAL (272) 1.903
2. Jon Jones (126) 1.159
3. Khabib Nurmagomedov (111) 997
4. Israel Adesanya (62) 717
5. Nate Diaz (47) 599
6. Amanda Nunes (34) 469
7. Daniel Cormier (15) 368
8. Henry Cejudo (25) 314
9. Kamaru Usman (7) 173
10. Zhang Weili (8) 89
Erwähnenswerte: Valentina Shevchenko 88
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - George s St-Pierre; 2018 - Conor McGregor
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER (Bester Wrestler)
1. WILL OSPREAY (852) 4.951
2. Kazuchika Okada (157) 2.095
3. Kota Ibushi (36) 937
4. Shingo Takagi (20) 895
5. Tomohiro Ishii (31) 608
6. Johnny Gargano (9) 284
7. Rey Fenix (19) 312
8. Kento Miyahara (14) 260
9. Adam Cole (7) 211
10. Kenny Omega (13) 175
Erwähnenswerte: Hiroshi Tanahashi 149, Zack Sabre Jr., 131, Konosuke Takeshita 104, Daniel Bryan 103, Walter 79
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - Kazuchika Okada; 2018 - Kenny Omega
MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR (Bester MMA Kämpfer)
1. ISRAEL ADESANYA (263) 1.823
2. Jorge Masvidal (169) 1.457
3. Amanda Nunes (135) 983
4. Khabib Nurmagomedov (90) 722
5. Henry Cejudo (56) 714
6. Kamaru Usman (17) 458
7. Jon Jones (31) 385
8. Valentina Shevchenko (8) 128
9. Zhang Weili (11) 97
10. Alexander Volkanovski (9) 88
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - Demetrious Johnson; 2018 - Daniel Cormier
TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR (Tag Team des Jahres)
1. PENTAGON JR. & REY FENIX (708) 4.476
2. Matt & Nick Jackson (222) 2.640
3. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly (145) 1.885
4. Santana & Ortiz (35) 576
5. Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa (33) 328
6. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa (6) 217
7. Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima (25) 163
8. Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky (7) 122
9. Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles 121
10. Mark & Jay Briscoe (14) 99
Erwähnenswerte: Viking Raiders 80, Sho & Yoh 78, New Day 69, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson 67
Bisherige Gewinner: 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 - The Shield (Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns); 2014 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2015 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2016 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2017 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2018 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
BEST ON INTERVIEWS (Bestes Mic-Work)
1. CHRIS JERICHO (569) 4.103
2. Cody (378) 3.325
3. MJF (90) 1.169
4. Jon Moxley (12) 479
5. Zack Sabre Jr. (20) 364
6. Nick Aldis (25) 334
7. Becky Lynch (38) 333
8. Daniel Bryan (5) 212
9. David Starr (23) 183
10. Samoa Joe (2) 139
Erwähnenswerte: Jay White 119, Paul Heyman 103, Bray Wyatt 90, Will Ospreay 80, Kevin Owens 67, Tim Storm 66
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - Conor McGregor; 2018 - Daniel Bryan
PROMOTION OF THE YEAR (Promotion des Jahres)
1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (744) 4.848
2. All Elite Wrestling (389) 3.691
3. WWE (25) 1.177
4. NWA 335
5. UFC (7) 296
6. Dragon Gate (2) 255
6. Stardom (4) 135
7. DDT (26) 224
8. AAA 147
9. OTT 144
10. All Japan Pro Wrestling 127
Erwähnenswerte: Impact 120, Game Changer Pro Wrestling 62
Bisherige Gewinner - 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; 2017 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2018 - New Japan Pro Wrestling
BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW (Beste wöchentliche TV-Show)
1. AEW DYNAMITE (793) 4.854
2. NXT (192) 3.294
3. NWA Powerrr (126) 1.580
4. New Japan on AXS (73) 691
5. Being the Elite (11) 576
6. MLW Fusion (7) 385
7. Beyond Uncharted Territory (15) 231
8. AEW Dark 204
9. Impact Wrestling (2) 138
10. AEW Road To (6) 114
Erwähnenswerte: WWE Raw 90, AAA Worldwide 85, WWE Smackdown 78, NXT U.K. 66
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 2018 - WWE NXT
PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR (Bestes Wrestlingmatch des Jahres)
1. WILL OSPREAY VS. SHINGO TAKAGI 6/5 TOKYO (330) 2.549
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega 1/4 Tokyo (259) 2.156
3. Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes 5/24 Las Vegas (151) 1.295
4. Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay 7/20 Tokyo (127) 1.141
5. Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole 4/5 Brooklyn (97) 1.033
6. Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii 8/8 Yokohama (31) 450
7. Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. & Fenix 8/31 Chicago (43) 427
8. Walter vs. Tyler Bate 8/31 Cardiff (19) 338
9. Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White 8/12 Tokyo (13) 259
10. Jon Moxley vs. Tomohiro Ishii 7/19 Tokyo (8) 186
Erwähnenswerte: Will Ospreay vs. Dragon Lee 6/9 Osaka 153, Jordan Devlin vs. David Starr 10/26 152, Kofi Kingston vs. Daniel Bryan 4/7 East Rutherford, NJ 122, Arisa Nakajima vs. Nanae Takahashi 11/2 Kawasaki 97, Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi 8/10 Tokyo 91, Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley 11/9 Baltimore 90, Rocky Romero vs. El Phantasmo 5/24 Tokyo 81, Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix 5/24 Las Vegas 73, Will Ospreay vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 8/10 Tokyo 60
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada 1/4 Tokyo; 2018 - Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada 6/9 Osaka
MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR (MMA Kampf des Jahres)
1. ISRAEL ADESANYA VS. KELVIN GASTELUM 4/13 ATLANTA (353) 2.168
2. Dustin Poirier vs. Max Holloway 4/13 Atlanta (49) 912
3. Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington 12/14 Las Vegas (74) 808
4. Yoel Romero vs. Paulo Costa 8/17 Anaheim (32) 568
5. Vicente Luque vs. Bryan Barbarena 2/17 Phoenix (15) 210
6. Tony Ferguson vs. Donald Cerrone 6/6 Chicago (3) 122
7. Henry Cejudo vs. Marlon Moraes 6/6 Chicago (12) 121
8. Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier 8/17 Anaheim (4) 105
Demian Maia vs. Ben Askren 10/25 Kallang, Singapore (16) 105
10. Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz 11/2 New York 66
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi 12/10/2016 Toronto; 2018 - Justin Gaethje vs. Dustin Poirier 4/14 Glendale, AZ
Quelle: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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 2018 bis 30. November 2019!
"CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS
LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER des Jahres)
1. CHRIS JERICHO (522) 3.695
2. Kazuchika Okada (349) 3.133
3. Will Ospreay (158) 1.773
4. Cody (72) 865
5. Adam Cole (26) 459
6. Kento Miyahara (51) 422
7. Kota Ibushi (14) 234
8. Jon Moxley (11) 217
9. Hiroshi Tanahashi (2) 158
10. Kenny Omega (1) 109
Erwähnenswerte: Becky Lynch 105
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - Kazuchika Okada; 2018 - Kenny Omega
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE (Wertvollster MMA Fighter)
1. JORGE MASVIDAL (272) 1.903
2. Jon Jones (126) 1.159
3. Khabib Nurmagomedov (111) 997
4. Israel Adesanya (62) 717
5. Nate Diaz (47) 599
6. Amanda Nunes (34) 469
7. Daniel Cormier (15) 368
8. Henry Cejudo (25) 314
9. Kamaru Usman (7) 173
10. Zhang Weili (8) 89
Erwähnenswerte: Valentina Shevchenko 88
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - George s St-Pierre; 2018 - Conor McGregor
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER (Bester Wrestler)
1. WILL OSPREAY (852) 4.951
2. Kazuchika Okada (157) 2.095
3. Kota Ibushi (36) 937
4. Shingo Takagi (20) 895
5. Tomohiro Ishii (31) 608
6. Johnny Gargano (9) 284
7. Rey Fenix (19) 312
8. Kento Miyahara (14) 260
9. Adam Cole (7) 211
10. Kenny Omega (13) 175
Erwähnenswerte: Hiroshi Tanahashi 149, Zack Sabre Jr., 131, Konosuke Takeshita 104, Daniel Bryan 103, Walter 79
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - Kazuchika Okada; 2018 - Kenny Omega
MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR (Bester MMA Kämpfer)
1. ISRAEL ADESANYA (263) 1.823
2. Jorge Masvidal (169) 1.457
3. Amanda Nunes (135) 983
4. Khabib Nurmagomedov (90) 722
5. Henry Cejudo (56) 714
6. Kamaru Usman (17) 458
7. Jon Jones (31) 385
8. Valentina Shevchenko (8) 128
9. Zhang Weili (11) 97
10. Alexander Volkanovski (9) 88
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - Demetrious Johnson; 2018 - Daniel Cormier
TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR (Tag Team des Jahres)
1. PENTAGON JR. & REY FENIX (708) 4.476
2. Matt & Nick Jackson (222) 2.640
3. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly (145) 1.885
4. Santana & Ortiz (35) 576
5. Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa (33) 328
6. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa (6) 217
7. Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima (25) 163
8. Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky (7) 122
9. Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles 121
10. Mark & Jay Briscoe (14) 99
Erwähnenswerte: Viking Raiders 80, Sho & Yoh 78, New Day 69, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson 67
Bisherige Gewinner: 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 - The Shield (Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns); 2014 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2015 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2016 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2017 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2018 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
BEST ON INTERVIEWS (Bestes Mic-Work)
1. CHRIS JERICHO (569) 4.103
2. Cody (378) 3.325
3. MJF (90) 1.169
4. Jon Moxley (12) 479
5. Zack Sabre Jr. (20) 364
6. Nick Aldis (25) 334
7. Becky Lynch (38) 333
8. Daniel Bryan (5) 212
9. David Starr (23) 183
10. Samoa Joe (2) 139
Erwähnenswerte: Jay White 119, Paul Heyman 103, Bray Wyatt 90, Will Ospreay 80, Kevin Owens 67, Tim Storm 66
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - Conor McGregor; 2018 - Daniel Bryan
PROMOTION OF THE YEAR (Promotion des Jahres)
1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (744) 4.848
2. All Elite Wrestling (389) 3.691
3. WWE (25) 1.177
4. NWA 335
5. UFC (7) 296
6. Dragon Gate (2) 255
6. Stardom (4) 135
7. DDT (26) 224
8. AAA 147
9. OTT 144
10. All Japan Pro Wrestling 127
Erwähnenswerte: Impact 120, Game Changer Pro Wrestling 62
Bisherige Gewinner - 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; 2017 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2018 - New Japan Pro Wrestling
BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW (Beste wöchentliche TV-Show)
1. AEW DYNAMITE (793) 4.854
2. NXT (192) 3.294
3. NWA Powerrr (126) 1.580
4. New Japan on AXS (73) 691
5. Being the Elite (11) 576
6. MLW Fusion (7) 385
7. Beyond Uncharted Territory (15) 231
8. AEW Dark 204
9. Impact Wrestling (2) 138
10. AEW Road To (6) 114
Erwähnenswerte: WWE Raw 90, AAA Worldwide 85, WWE Smackdown 78, NXT U.K. 66
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 2018 - WWE NXT
PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR (Bestes Wrestlingmatch des Jahres)
1. WILL OSPREAY VS. SHINGO TAKAGI 6/5 TOKYO (330) 2.549
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega 1/4 Tokyo (259) 2.156
3. Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes 5/24 Las Vegas (151) 1.295
4. Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay 7/20 Tokyo (127) 1.141
5. Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole 4/5 Brooklyn (97) 1.033
6. Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii 8/8 Yokohama (31) 450
7. Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. & Fenix 8/31 Chicago (43) 427
8. Walter vs. Tyler Bate 8/31 Cardiff (19) 338
9. Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White 8/12 Tokyo (13) 259
10. Jon Moxley vs. Tomohiro Ishii 7/19 Tokyo (8) 186
Erwähnenswerte: Will Ospreay vs. Dragon Lee 6/9 Osaka 153, Jordan Devlin vs. David Starr 10/26 152, Kofi Kingston vs. Daniel Bryan 4/7 East Rutherford, NJ 122, Arisa Nakajima vs. Nanae Takahashi 11/2 Kawasaki 97, Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi 8/10 Tokyo 91, Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley 11/9 Baltimore 90, Rocky Romero vs. El Phantasmo 5/24 Tokyo 81, Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix 5/24 Las Vegas 73, Will Ospreay vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 8/10 Tokyo 60
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada 1/4 Tokyo; 2018 - Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada 6/9 Osaka
MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR (MMA Kampf des Jahres)
1. ISRAEL ADESANYA VS. KELVIN GASTELUM 4/13 ATLANTA (353) 2.168
2. Dustin Poirier vs. Max Holloway 4/13 Atlanta (49) 912
3. Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington 12/14 Las Vegas (74) 808
4. Yoel Romero vs. Paulo Costa 8/17 Anaheim (32) 568
5. Vicente Luque vs. Bryan Barbarena 2/17 Phoenix (15) 210
6. Tony Ferguson vs. Donald Cerrone 6/6 Chicago (3) 122
7. Henry Cejudo vs. Marlon Moraes 6/6 Chicago (12) 121
8. Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier 8/17 Anaheim (4) 105
Demian Maia vs. Ben Askren 10/25 Kallang, Singapore (16) 105
10. Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz 11/2 New York 66
Bisherige Gewinner: 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; 2017 - Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi 12/10/2016 Toronto; 2018 - Justin Gaethje vs. Dustin Poirier 4/14 Glendale, AZ
Quelle: Wrestling Observer Newsletter