Die Wrestling Observer Awards 2022 – Alle Kategorien & Alle Gewinner!

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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. Januar 2022 bis 31. Dezember 2022.

"CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER des Jahres)

(WRESTLER OF THE YEAR)

Wrestler (First Place)	Votes
1. Jon Moxley (498)	3,101
2. Roman Reigns (232)	2,216
3. Will Ospreay (105)	1,591
4. Kazuchika Okada (39)	679
5. Syuri (34)	551
6. Chris Jericho (37)	439
7. MJF (20)	325
8. CM Punk (19)	203
9. Giulia (17)	199
10. Bryan Danielson	91

Erwähnenswerte: Sami Zayn 89

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; 2019 - Chris Jericho; 2020 - Jon Moxley; 2021 - Kenny Omega



MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE (Wertvollster MMA Fighter)

Fighter (First Place)	Votes
1. Isreal Adesanya (105)	866
2. Alexander Volkanovski (129)	825
3. Alex Pereira (57)	410
4. Islam Makhachev (33)	329
5. Charles Oliveria (7)	177
6. Zhang Weili (8)	137
7. Dustin Poirier (6)	121
8. Kamaru Usman	99
9. Nate Diaz	88
10. Paddy Pimblett	87

Erwähnenswerte: Amanda Nunes 75, Khamzat Chimaev 65

New category in 2007. Highest place winner from MMA in previous Thesz/Flair award balloting: 1994 - Royce Gracie; 1995 - Ken Shamrock; 1996 - Mark Coleman; 1997 - Maurice Smith; 1998 - Frank Shamrock; 1999 - Frank Shamrock; 2000 - Kazushi Sakuraba; 2001 - Kazushi Sakuraba; 2002 - Bob Sapp; 2003 - Randy Couture; 2004 - Wanderlei Silva; 2005 - Kid Yamamoto; 2006 - Tito Ortiz

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; 2019 - Jorge Masvidal; 2020 - Khabib Nurmagomedov; 2021 - Kamaru Usman



MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER (Bester Wrestler)

Wrestler (First Place)	Votes
1. Will Ospreay (951)	4,807
2. Bryan Danielson (92)	1,286
3. Kazuchika Okada (9)	703
4. Mike Bailey (9)	536
5. Jon Moxley (11)	398
6. Dax Harwood (18)	384
7. Gunther (32)	329
8. Syuri (10)	289
9. Konosuke Takeshita	241
10. Shingo Takagi (7)	240

Erwähnenswerte: Zack Sabre Jr 223, Tomohiro Ishii 175, El Hijo del Vikingo 154, Giulia 136, Josh Alexander 113, Seth Rollins 103

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; 2019 - Will Ospreay; 2020 - Kenny Omega; 2021 - Shingo Takagi



MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR (Bester MMA Kämpfer)

Fighter	Votes
1. Alexander Volkanovski (225)	1,265
2. Alex Pereira (82)	663
3. Islam Makhachev (10)	482
4. Zhang Weili (25)	378
5. Khamzat Chimaev	58
6. Dustin Poirier	50
7. Leon Edwards	49
8. Jiri Prochazka	48
9. Aljamain Sterling	42
10. -	-

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; 2019 - Israel Adesanya; 2020 - Israel Adesanya; 2021 - Kamaru Usman



TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR (Tag Team des Jahres)

Teams	Votes
1. FTR (782)	3,859
2. Mark & Jay Briscoe (54)	1,357
3. Young Bucks (38)	937
4. The Usos (40)	856
5. The Acclaimed (32)	708
6. Aussie Open	423
7. Penta El 0 M & Rey Fenix	175
8. Tam Nakano & Natsupoi	156
9. Hazumi & Koguma	98
10. Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland	86

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); 2019 - Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix; 2020 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2021 - Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)



BEST ON INTERVIEWS (Bestes Mic-Work)

Wrestler	Votes
1. MJF (486)	2,984
2. Jon Moxley (152)	1,561
3. CM Punk (79)	961
4. Sami Zayn (33)	760
5. Eddie Kingston (23)	554
6. Paul Heyman (11)	378
7. Kevin Owens (8)	224
8. Jay White (24)	208
9. Roman Reigns (9)	185
10. Will Ospreay (12)	164

Erwähnenswerte: Jay Briscoe 130, Zack Sabre Jr. 130, Chris Jericho 122, Ricky Starks 121, Adam Page 67, Tam Nakano 64

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; 2019 - Chris Jericho; 2020 - Eddie Kingston; 2021 - MJF



PROMOTION OF THE YEAR (Promotion des Jahres)

Promotion	Votes
1. All Elite Wrestling (480)	3,270
2. Stardom (273)	2,561
3. World Wrestling Entertainment	1,848
4. New Japan Pro Wrestling (23)	1,799
5. Ultimate Fighting Championship (17)	634
6. Impact Wrestling	120
7. Dragon Gate (9)	104
8. Pro Wrestling NOAH	89
9. Game Changer Wrestling (6)	80
10. DDT	63

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; 2019 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2020 - All Elite Wrestling; 2021 - All Elite Wrestling



BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW (Beste wöchentliche TV-Show)

TV Show	Votes
1. AEW Dynamite (753)	4,020
2. WWE SmackDown (104)	1,847
3. AEW Rampage	911
4. New Japan Strong (18)	679
5. Impact Wrestling (16)	456
6. We Are Stardom (20)	333
7. WWE Raw	210
8. NXT (15)	176
9. Being the Elite	110
10. New Japan on AXS	87

Erwähnenswerte: CMLL Friday night 65

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; 2019 - AEW Dynamite; 2020 - AEW Dynamite; 2021 - AEW Dynamite



PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR (Bestes Wrestlingmatch des Jahres)

Match	Votes
1. Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay 8/18 Tokyo (256)	2,016
2. FTR vs. The Briscoes 12/10 Arlington, TX (244)	1,824
3. Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay 1/5 Tokyo (104)	1,359
4. FTR vs. The Briscoes 4/1 Garland, TX (98)	836
5. Gunther vs. Sheamus 9/3 Cardiff (19)	393
6. Giulia vs. Syuri 12/29 Tokyo (44)	392
7. Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins 6/5 Chicago (34)	347
8. Adam Page vs. Bryan Danielson 1/5 Newark (12)	334
9. El Desperado vs. Jun Kasai 9/12 Tokyo (34)	285
10. Will Ospreay vs. Michael Oku 1/29 London (36)	279

Erwähnenswerte: Anarchy in the Arena 5/29 Las Vegas 278, AZM vs. Starlight Kid 2/23 Nagaoka 192, C.M. Punk vs. MJF 3/5 Orlando 177, FTR vs. Mark & Jay Briscoe 7/23 Lowell, MA 135, Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Will Ospreay 120, Will Ospreay & Aussie Open vs. Penta & Pac & Rey Fenix 8/24 Cleveland 87, Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi 8/12 Osaka 87, Kairi vs. Mayu Iwatani 11/20 Tokyo 71, Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland vs. Acclaimed 9/4 Chicago 68, Penta & Pac & Rey Fenix vs. Young Bucks & Kenny Omega 68, Young Bucks & Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay & Aussie Open 65, Will Ospreay vs. Tetsuya Naito 11/5 Osaka 63

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; 2019 - Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi 6/5 Tokyo; 2020 - Young Bucks vs. Kenny Omega & Adam Page 2/29 Chicago; 2021 - Young Bucks vs. Penta & Rey Fenix 9/5 Chicago



MMA FIGHT OF THE YEAR (MMA Kampf des Jahres)

Fight	Votes
1. Jiri Prochazka vs. Glover Teixeira 6/11 Kallang, Singapore (295)	1,583
2. Dustin Poirier vs. Michael Chandler 11/12 New York (18)	735
3. Khamzat Chimaev vs. Gilbert Burns 4/9 Jacksonville (16)	375
4. Matt Schnell vs. Su Mudaerji 7/16 Elmont, NY (10)	187
5. Stephen Thompson vs. Kevin Holland 12/3 Orlando (5)	134
6. Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman 8/20 Salt Lake City	90
7. Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira 11/12 New York	64
8. David Onama vs. Nate Landwehr 8/12 San Diego	42
9. Julian Erosa vs. Steven Peterson 2/5 Las Vegas	40
10. Brandon Moreno vs. Kai Kara-France 7/30	38

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; 2019 - Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum 4/3 Atlanta, GA; 2020 Weili Zhang vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk 3/7 Las Vegas; 2021 - Michael Chandler vs. Justin Gaethje 11/6 New York

 

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"CATEGORY B" AWARDS - WINNER

DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES



UNITED STATES/CANADA MVP

1. JON MOXLEY 638

2. Roman Reigns 232

3.Chris Jericho 32

4. MJF 25

5. Bryan Danielson 19

6. Sami Zayn 10

7. Cody Rhodes 9

Bisherige Gewinner: 2018 - A.J. Styles; 2019 - Chris Jericho; 2020 - Jon Moxley; 2021 - Kenny Omega



JAPANESE MVP

1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA 495

2. Will Ospreay 422

3. Syuri 125

4. Giulia 31

5. Jay White 20

6. Yuki Yoshioka 18

7. Kento Miyahara 17

Shingo Takagi 17

9. Kazusada Higuchi 9

Bisherige Gewinner: 2018- Kenny Omega; 2019 - Kazuchika Okada; 2020 - Tetsuya Naito; 2021 - Shingo Takagi



MEXICO MVP

1. EL HIJO DEL VIKINGO 678

2. Mistico 79

3. Rey Fenix 50

4. Atlantis Jr. 49

5. Laredo Kid 19

6. Dragon Lee 17

7. Pentagon Jr. 13

Bisherige Gewinner: 2018 - L.A. Park; 2019 - Rey Fenix; 2020 - Rey Fenix; 2021 - El Hijo del Vikingo



EUROPE MVP

1. WILL OSPREAY 799

2. Michael Oku 95

3. Ricky Knight Jr. 39

4. Ilja Dragunov 19

Bisherige Gewinner: 2018 - Walter; 2019 - Walter; 2020 - Walter; 2021 - Will Ospreay



HODGE AWARD/NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP

1. EL HIJO DEL VIKINGO 215

2. Darby Allin 164

3. El Desperado 124

4. Mike Bailey 111

5. Rey Fenix 98

6. Hiromu Takahashi 72

7. AZM 54

8. Orange Cassidy 26

9. Pac 12

10.TJP 8

Bisherige Gewinner: 2018 - Will Ospreay; 2019 - Will Ospreay; 2020 - Hiromu Takahashi; 2021 - Darby Allin



WOMEN’S WRESTLING MVP

1. SYURI 455

2. Bianca Belair 201

3. Jamie Hayter 146

4. Giulia 138

5. Kairi 31

6. Becky Lynch 22

7. Miyu Yamashita 16

8. Rhea Ripley 8

9. AZM 7

Bisherige Gewinner: 2018 - Becky Lynch; 2019 - Becky Lynch; 2020 - Bayley; 2021 - Utami Hayashishita



WOMEN’S MMA MVP

1. ZHANG WEILI 239

2. Amanda Nunes 62

3. Valentina Shevchenko 46

4. Kayla Harrison 17

Bisherige Gewinner: 2018 - Amanda Nunes; 2019 - Amanda Nunes; 2020 - Amanda Nunes; 2021 - Rose Namajunas



BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW (Finanziell am Wertvollsten)

MMA

1. ISRAEL ADESANYA

2. Kamaru Usman

3. Nate Diaz

PRO WRESTLING

1. ROMAN REIGNS

2. John Cena

3. C.M. Punk

BEST BABYFACE PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS: 1980 - Dusty Rhodes; 1981 - Tommy Rich; 1982 - Hulk Hogan; 1983 - Hulk Hogan; 1984 - Hulk Hogan; 1985 - Hulk Hogan; 1986 - Hulk Hogan; 1987 - Hulk Hogan; 1988 - Hulk Hogan; 1989 - Hulk Hogan; 1990 - Hulk Hogan; 1991 - Hulk Hogan; 1992 - Sting; 1993 - Atsushi Onita; 1994 - Atsushi Onita; 1995 - Perro Aguayo Sr.; 1996 - Shawn Michaels

BEST HEEL PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS: 1980 - Larry Zbyszko; 1981 - Don Muraco; 1982 - Buzz Sawyer; 1983 - Michael Hayes; 1984 - Roddy Piper; 1985 - Roddy Piper; 1986 - Michael Hayes; 1987 - Ted DiBiase; 1988 - Ted DiBiase; 1989 - Terry Funk; 1990 - Ric Flair; 1991 - The Undertaker; 1992 - Rick Rude; 1993 - Vader; 1994 - Love Machine (Art Barr); 1995 - Masahiro Chono; 1996 - Steve Austin

Bisherige Gewinner: 1997 - Hulk Hogan; 1998 - Steve Austin; 1999 - Steve Austin; 2000 - The Rock; 2001 - Kazushi Sakuraba; 2002 - Bob Sapp; 2003 - Bob Sapp; 2004 - Kenta Kobashi; 2005 - Kenta Kobashi; 2006 - Mistico; 2007 - John Cena; 2008 - Brock Lesnar; 2009 - Brock Lesnar; 2010 - Brock Lesnar; 2011 - The Rock; 2012 - The Rock; 2013 - Georges St-Pierre; 2014 - Ronda Rousey; 2015 - Ronda Rousey ; 2016 - Conor McGregor; 2017 - Conor McGregor; 2018 - Conor McGregor; 2019 - Chris Jericho; 2020 - Conor McGregor; 2021 - Conor McGregor/C.M. Punk



FEUD OF THE YEAR (Fehde des Jahres)

1. FTR VS. MARK & JAY BRISCOE 362

2. C.M. Punk vs. MJF 347

3. Cory Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins 34

4. Tam Nakano vs. Natsupoi 33

5. Elite vs. Death Triangle 32

6. Bloodline vs. Kevin Owens 25

7. Eddie Kingston vs. Chris Jericho 24

8. Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay 21

9. JAS VS. BCC 18

10. Giulia vs. Suzu Suzuki 9

Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko; 1981 - Andre the Giant vs. Killer Khan; 1982 - Ted DiBiase vs. Junkyard Dog; 1983 - Freebirds vs. Von Erichs; 1984 - Freebirds vs. Von Erichs; 1985 - Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan; 1986 - Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Orndorff; 1987 - Jerry Lawler vs. Austin Idol & Tommy Rich; 1988 - Midnight Express vs. Fantastics; 1989 - Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk; 1990 - Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa; 1991 - Jumbo Tsuruta & company vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & company; 1992 - Moondogs vs. Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett; 1993 - Bret Hart vs. Jerry Lawler; 1994 - Los Gringos Locos vs. Mexican AAA; 1995 - Dean Malenko vs. Eddie Guerrero; 1996 - WCW vs. NWO; 1997 - Steve Austin vs. Hart Foundation; 1998 - Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon; 1999 - Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon; 2000 - HHH vs. Mick Foley; 2001 - Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Wanderlei Silva; 2002 - Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz; 2003 - Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle; 2004 - HHH vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit; 2005 - Batista vs. HHH; 2006 - Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock; 2007 - Undertaker vs. Batista ; 2008 - Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels; 2009 - C.M. Punk vs. Jeff Hardy; 2010 - Kevin Steen vs. El Generico; 2011 - John Cena vs. C.M. Punk; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada; 2014 - Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier; 2015 - Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo; 2016 - Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz; 2017 - Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada; 2018 - Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa; 2019 - Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano; 2020 - Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston; 2021 - Kenny Omega vs. Adam Page



MOST IMPROVED (Am meisten verbessert)

1. THE ACCLAIMED 164

2. Mina Shirakawa 159

3. Jamie Hayter 97

4. Wheeler Yuta 55

5. Dominik Mysterio 53

6. Ricky Starks 32

7. Powerhouse Hobbs 24

Chris Jericho 24

9. Giulia 23

10. Mirai 18

Nick Wayne 18

Erwähnenswerte: Solo Sikoa 17, Miu Watanabe 17, David Finlay 17, Daniel Garcia 16, Sheamus 16, Master Wato 16. Ren Narita 15, Gunn Brothers 14, Dante Martin 12

Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Larry Zbyszko; 1981 - Adrian Adonis; 1982 - Jim Duggan; 1983 - Curt Hennig; 1984 - The Cobra (George Takano); 1985 - Steve Williams; 1986 - Rick Steiner; 1987 - Big Bubba Rogers (Ray Traylor); 1988 - Sting; 1989 - Lex Luger; 1990 - Kenta Kobashi; 1991 - Dustin Rhodes; 1992 - El Samurai; 1993 - Tracy Smothers; 1994 - Diesel (Kevin Nash); 1995 - Johnny B. Badd (Marc Mero); 1996 - Diamond Dallas Page; 1997 - Tatsuhito Takaiwa; 1998 - The Rock; 1999 - Vader; 2000 - Kurt Angle; 2001 - Keiji Muto; 2002 - Brock Lesnar; 2003 - Brock Lesnar; 2004 - Randy Orton; 2005 - Roderick Strong; 2006 - Takeshi Morishima; 2007 - MVP; 2008 - The Miz; 2009 - The Miz; 2010 - Sheamus; 2011 - Dolph Ziggler; 2012 - Kazuchika Okada; 2013 - Roman Reigns; 2014 - Rusev; 2015 - Bayley; 2016 - Matt Riddle; 2017 - Braun Strowman; 2018 - Adam Page; 2019 - Lance Archer; 2020 - Lance Archer; 2021 - Tay Conti (Tay Melo)



MOST CHARISMATIC (Das meiste Charisma)

1. MJF 272

2. Sami Zayn 126

3. Roman Reigns 102

4. C.M. Punk 71

5. Giulia 67

6. Jon Moxley 44

7. The Acclaimed 36

8. Orange Cassidy 33

9. Suzu Suzuki 26

10. Ricky Starks 24

Erwähnenswerte: Mei Suruga 18, Cody Rhodes 16, Chris Jericho 15, Hook 12

Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Ric Flair; 1981 - Michael Hayes; 1982 - Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair (tied); 1983 - Ric Flair; 1984 - Ric Flair; 1985 - Hulk Hogan; 1986 - Hulk Hogan; 1987 - Hulk Hogan; 1988 - Sting; 1989 - Hulk Hogan; 1990 - Hulk Hogan; 1991 - Hulk Hogan; 1992 - Sting; 1993 - Ric Flair; 1994 - Atsushi Onita; 1995 - Shawn Michaels; 1996 - Shawn Michaels; 1997 - Steve Austin; 1998 - Steve Austin; 1999 - The Rock; 2000 - The Rock; 2001 - The Rock; 2002 - The Rock; 2003 - Bob Sapp; 2004 - Eddie Guerrero; 2005 - Eddie Guerrero; 2006 - John Cena; 2007 - John Cena; 2008 - John Cena; 2009 - John Cena; 2010 - John Cena; 2011 - The Rock; 2012 - The Rock; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2014 - Shinsuke Nakamura; 2015 - Shinsuke Nakamura; 2016 - Conor McGregor; 2017 - Tetsuya Naito ; 2018 - Tetsuya Naito; 2019 - Chris Jericho; 2020 - MJF; 2021 - C.M. Punk



BRYAN DANIELSON AWARD / BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER (Bester Techniker)

1. BRYAN DANIELSON 464

2. Zack Sabre Jr. 317

3. Daniel Garcia 30

4. Syuri 26

5. Josh Alexander 24

6. Timothy Thatcher 17

Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Bob Backlund; 1981 - Ted DiBiase; 1982 - Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama); 1983 - Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama); 1984 - Dynamite Kid and Masa Saito (tied); 1985 - Tatsumi Fujinami; 1986 - Tatsumi Fujinami; 1987 - Nobuhiko Takada; 1988 - Tatsumi Fujinami; 1989 - Jushin Liger; 1990 - Jushin Liger; 1991 - Jushin Liger; 1992 - Jushin Liger; 1993 - Hiroshi Hase; 1994 - Chris Benoit; 1995 - Chris Benoit; 1996 - Dean Malenko; 1997 - Dean Malenko; 1998 - Kiyoshi Tamura; 1999 - Shinjiro Otani; 2000 - Chris Benoit; 2001 - Minoru Tanaka; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Chris Benoit; 2004 - Chris Benoit; 2005 - Bryan Danielson; 2006 - Bryan Danielson; 2007 - Bryan Danielson; 2008 - Bryan Danielson; 2009 - Bryan Danielson; 2010 - Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson); 2011 - Daniel Bryan; 2012 - Daniel Bryan; 2013 - Daniel Bryan; 2014 - Zack Sabre Jr.; 2015 - Zack Sabre Jr.; 2016 - Zack Sabre Jr.; 2017 - Zack Sabre Jr. ; 2018 - Zack Sabre Jr.; 2019 - Zack Sabre Jr.; 2020 - Zack Sabre Jr; 2021 - Bryan Danielson



BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD / BEST BRAWLER (BESTE BRAWLER)

1. JON MOXLEY 576

2. Tomohiro Ishii 134

3. Minoru Suzuki 75

4. Eddie Kingston 38

5. Gunther 26

6. Jay Briscoe 20

7. Suzu Suzuki 18

Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Bruiser Brody; 1981 - Bruiser Brody; 1982 - Bruiser Brody; 1983 - Bruiser Brody; 1984 - Bruiser Brody; 1985 - Sta n Hansen; 1986 - Terry Gordy; 1987 - Bruiser Brody; 1988 - Bruiser Brody; 1989 - Terry Funk; 1990 - Stan Hansen; 1991 - Cactus Jack (Mick Foley); 1992 - Cactus Jack; 1993 - Cactus Jack; 1994 - Cactus Jack; 1995 - Cactus Jack; 1996 - Mankind (Mick Foley); 1997 - Mankind; 1998 - Mankind; 1999 - Mick Foley; 2000 - Mick Foley; 2001 - Steve Austin; 2002 - Yoshihiro Takayama; 2003 - Brock Lesnar; 2004 - Chris Benoit; 2005 - Samoa Joe; 2006 - Samoa Joe; 2007 - Takeshi Morishima; 2008 - Necro Butcher; 2009 - Necro Butcher; 2010 - Kevin Steen; 2011 - Kevin Steen; 2012 - Kevin Steen; 2013 - Katsuyori Shibata; 2014 - Tomohiro Ishii; 2015 - Tomohiro Ishii; 2016 - Tomohiro Ishii; 2017 - Tomohiro Ishii; 2018 - Tomohiro Ishii; 2019 Tomohiro Ishii; 2020 - Jon Moxley; 2021 - Jon Moxley



BEST FLYING WRESTLER (Bester High-Flyer)

1. EL HIJO DEL VIKINGO 472

2. Rey Fenix 351

3. Dante Martin 44

4. Komander 41

5. Will Ospreay 31

6. Ninja Mack 19

7. Mike Bailey 12

Bisherige Gewinner: 1981 - Jimmy Snuka; 1982 - Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama); 1983 - Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama); 1984 - Dynamite Kid; 1985 - Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa); 1986 - Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa); 1987 - Owen Hart; 1988 - Owen Hart; 1989 - Jushin Liger; 1990 - Jushin Liger; 1991 - Jushin Liger; 1992 - Jushin Liger; 1993 - Jushin Liger; 1994 - Great Sasuke; 1995 - Rey Misterio Jr.; 1996 - Rey Misterio Jr.; 1997 - Rey Misterio Jr.; 1998 - Juventud Guerrera; 1999 - Juventud Guerrera; 2000 - Jeff Hardy; 2001 - Dragon Kid; 2002 - Rey Mysterio; 2003 - Rey Mysterio; 2004 - Rey Mysterio; 2005 - A.J. Styles; 2006 - Mistico; 2007 - Mistico; 2008 - Evan Bourne; 2009 - Kota Ibushi; 2010 - Kota Ibushi; 2011 - Ricochet; 2012 - Kota Ibushi; 2013 - Kota Ibushi; 2014 - Ricochet; 2015 - Ricochet; 2016 - Will Ospreay; 2017 - Will Ospreay; 2018 - Will Ospreay; 2019 - Will Ospreay; 2020 - Rey Fenix; 2021 - Rey Fenix



MOST OVERRATED (Am meisten überschätzt)

1. RONDA ROUSEY 159

2. Tyrus 145

3. Roman Reigns 112

4. C.M. Punk 68

5. Austin Theory 66

6. Bray Wyatt 56

7. Kazuyuki Fujita 51

8. Jade Cargill 42

9. Mandy Rose 40

10. Karrion Kross 39

Erwähnenswerte: Baron Corbin 35, Jon Moxley 23, Brock Lesnar17, MJF 13, Britt Baker 12, Saraya 12, Tay Melo 11, Wardlow 11

Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Mr. Wrestling II (Johnny Walker); 1981 - Pedro Morales; 1982 - Pedro Morales; 1983 - Bob Backlund; 1984 - John Studd; 1985 - Hulk Hogan; 1986 - Hulk Hogan; 1987 - Dusty Rhodes; 1988 - Dusty Rhodes; 1989 - Ultimate Warrior; 1990 - Ultimate Warrior; 1991 - Ultimate Warrior; 1992 - Erik Watts; 1993 - Sid Vicious; 1994 - Hulk Hogan; 1995 - Hulk Hogan; 1996 - Hulk Hogan; 1997 - Hulk Hogan; 1998 - Hulk Hogan; 1999 - Kevin Nash; 2000 - Kevin Nash; 2001 - The Undertaker; 2002 - HHH; 2003 - HHH; 2004 - HHH; 2005 - Jeff Jarrett; 2006 - Batista; 2007 - Great Khali; 2008 - Vladimir Kozlov; 2009 - HHH; 2010 - Kane; 2011 - Crimson; 2012 - Ryback; 2013 - Randy Orton; 2014 - Kane; 2015 - Kane; 2016 - Roman Reigns; 2017 - Jinder Mahal; 2018 - Baron Corbin; 2019 - King Corbin; 2020 - Bray Wyatt; 2021 - Evil



MOST UNDERRATED (Am meisten unterschätzt)

1. KONOSUKE TAKESHITA 114

2. Chad Gable 98

3. Ricochet 65

4. Mustafa Ali 49

5. Ricky Starks 32

6. Eddie Kingston 31

7. Riho 27

8. Utami Hayashishita 25

9. Malakai Black 24

10. Sarray 23

Erwähnenswerte: Sasha Banks 22, Hikaru Shida 20, Yoshiki Inamura 19,Shingo Takagi 18, Matt Riddle 17,Tyler Bate 16, Lance Archer 15, Emi Sakura 15, QT Marshall 13, FTR 12

Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Iron Sheik; 1981 - Buzz Sawyer; 1982 - Adrian Adonis; 1983 - Dynamite Kid; 1984 - Brian Blair; 1985 - Bobby Eaton; 1986 - Bobby Eaton; 1987 - Brad Armstrong; 1988 - Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa); 1989 - Dan Kroffat (Phil LaFon); 1990 - Bobby Eaton; 1991 - Terry Taylor; 1992 - Terry Taylor; 1993 - Bobby Eaton; 1994 - Brian Pillman; 1995 - Skip (Chris Candito); 1996 - Leif Cassidy (Al Snow); 1997 - Flash Funk (Too Cold Scorpio); 1998 - Chris Benoit; 1999 - Chris Jericho; 2000 - Chris Jericho; 2001 - Lance Storm; 2002 - Booker T; 2003 - Ultimo Dragon; 2004 - Paul London; 2005 - Shelton Benjamin; 2006 - Shelton Benjamin; 2007 - Shelton Benjamin; 2008 - MVP; 2009 - Evan Bourne; 2010 - Kaval (Low Ki); 2011 - Dolph Ziggler; 2012 - Tyson Kidd; 2013- Antonio Cesaro; 2014 - Cesaro; 2015 - Cesaro; 2016 - Cesaro; 2017 - Rusev; 2018 - Finn Balor; 2019 - Shorty G (Chad Gable); 2020 - Ricochet; 2021 - Ricochet



ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (Neuling des Jahres)

1. BRON BREAKKER 339

2. Hook 261

3. Logan Paul 152

4. Takuma Iroha 67

5. Solo Sikoa 65

6. Takuma Fujiwara 63

7. Ami Sohrei 19

8. Mochizuki Jr. 19

9. Nick Wayne 17

10. Sawyer Wreck 16

Bisherige Gewinner: 1981 - Brad Armstrong and Brad Rheingans (tied); 1982 - Steve Williams; 1983 - Road Warriors; 1984 - Tom Zenk and Keiichi Yamada (Jushin Liger) (tied); 1985 - Jack Victory; 1986 - Bam Bam Bigelow; 1987 - Brian Pillman; 1988 - Gary Albright; 1989 - Dustin Rhodes; 1990 - Steve Austin; 1991 - Johnny B. Badd (Marc Mero); 1992 - Rey Misterio Jr.;1993 - Jun Akiyama; 1994 - Mikey Whipwreck; 1995 - Perro Aguayo Jr.; 1996 - The Giant (Paul "Big Show" Wight); 1997 - Mr. Aguila; 1998 - Bill Goldberg; 1999 - Blitzkrieg; 2000 - Sean O'Haire; 2001 - El Hombre sin Nombre (Rayman); 2002 - Bob Sapp; 2003 - Chris Sabin; 2004 - Petey Williams; 2005 - Shingo Takagi; 2006 - Atsushi Aoki; 2007 - Erick Stevens; 2008 - Kai; 2009 - Frightmare; 2010 - Adam Cole; 2011 - Daichi Hashimoto; 2012 - Dinastia; 2013 - Yohei Komatsu; 2014 - Dragon Lee; 2015 - Chad Gable; 2016 - Matt Riddle; 2017 - Katsuya Kitamura; 2018 - Ronda Rousey; 2019 - Jungle Boy; 2020 - Pat McAfee; 2021 - Jade Cargill



BEST NON-WRESTLER (Bester Non-Wrestler)

1. PAUL HEYMAN 384

2. William Regal 255

3, Don Callis 80

4. Stokely Hathaway 72

5. Rick Ross ` 33

6. Brandon Cutler 31

7. Sonjay Dutt 22

8. Dan Lambert 20

9. Christian Cage 18

10. Renee Paquette 13

Erwähnenswerte: Taz 11

Bisherige Gewinner: 1999 - Vince McMahon; 2000 - Vince McMahon; 2001 - Paul Heyman; 2002 - Paul Heyman; 2003 - Steve Austin; 2004 - Paul Heyman; 2005 - Eric Bischoff; 2006 - Jim Cornette; 2007 - Larry Sweeney; 2008 - Larry Sweeney; 2009 - Vickie Guerrero; 2010 - Vickie Guerrero; 2011 - Ricardo Rodriguez; 2012 - Paul Heyman; 2013 - Paul Heyman; 2014 - Paul Heyman; 2015 - Dario Cueto; 2016 - Dario Cueto; 2017 - Daniel Bryan; 2018 - Paul Heyman ; 2019 - Paul Heyman; 2020 - Taz; 2021 - Paul Heyman

Gewinner Manager of the Year: 1983 - Jimmy Hart; 1984 - Jim Cornette; 1985 - Jim Cornette; 1986 - Jim Cornette; 1987 - Jim Cornette; 1988 - Jim Cornette; 1989 - Jim Cornette; 1990 - Jim Cornette; 1991 - Sensational Sherri (Sherri Martel); 1992 - Jim Cornette; 1993 - Jim Cornette; 1994 - Jim Cornette; 1995 - Jim Cornette; 1996 - Jim Cornette



BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER (Bester Kommentator)

1. KEVIN KELLY 332

2. Excalibur 308

3. Ian Riccaboni 71

4. Taz 60

5. Pat McAfee 47

6. Chris Charlton 39

7. Tony Schiavone 30

8. Michael Cole 23

9. Jae Church 19

10. Stewart Fulton 10

Erwähnenswerte: Wade Barrett 8

Bisherige Gewinner: 1981 - Gordon Solie; 1982 - Gordon Solie; 1983 - Gordon Solie; 1984 - Lance Russell; 1985 - Lance Russell; 1986 - Lance Russell; 1987 - Lance Russell; 1988 - Jim Ross; 1989 - Jim Ross; 1990 - Jim Ross; 1991 - Jim Ross; 1992 - Jim Ross; 1993 - Jim Ross; 1994 - Joey Styles; 1995 - Joey Styles; 1996 - Joey Styles; 1997 - Mike Tenay; 1998 - Jim Ross; 1999 - Jim Ross; 2000 - Jim Ross; 2001 - Jim Ross; 2002 - Mike Tenay; 2003 - Mike Tenay; 2004 - Mike Tenay; 2005 - Mike Tenay; 2006 - Jim Ross; 2007 - Jim Ross; 2008 - Matt Striker; 2009 - Jim Ross; 2010 - Joe Rogan; 2011 - Joe Rogan; 2012 - Jim Ross; 2013 - William Regal; 2014 - William Regal; 2015 - Mauro Ranallo; 2016 - Mauro Ranallo; 2017 - Mauro Ranallo; 2018 - Kevin Kelly; 2019 - Kevin Kelly; 2020 - Excalibur; 2021 - Excalibur



WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER (Schlechtester Kommentator)

1. COREY GRAVES 191

2. Booker T 183

3. Jim Ross 157

4. Michael Cole 61

5. Kevin Patrick 59

6. Pat McAfee 55

7. Chris Jericho 36

8. Velvet Sky 20

9. Tony Schiavone 19

Alex Kozlov 19

Erwähnenswerte: Jimmy Smith 18, Taz 18, Byron Saxton 17, Kevin Gill 16, Excalibur 12, Mark Henry

Bisherige Gewinner - 1984 - Angelo Mosca; 1985 - Gorilla Monsoon; 1986 - David Crockett; 1987 - David Crockett; 1988 - David Crockett; 1989 - Ed Whalen; 1990 - Herb Abrams; 1991 - Gorilla Monsoon; 1992 - Gorilla Monsoon 1993 - Gorilla Monsoon; 1994 - Gorilla Monsoon; 1995 - Gorilla Monsoon; 1996 - Steve McMichael 1997 - Dusty Rhodes; 1998 - Lee Marshall; 1999 - Tony Schiavone; 2000 - Tony Schiavone; 2001 - Michael Cole; 2002 - Jerry Lawler; 2003 - Jonathan Coachman; 2004 - Todd Grisham; 2005 - Jonathan Coachman; 2006 - Todd Grisham; 2007 - Don West; 2008 - Mike Adamle; 2009 - Michael Cole; 2010 - Michael Cole; 2011 - Michael Cole; 2012 - Michael Cole; 2013 - Taz; 2014 - John Layfield; 2015 - John Layfield; 2016 - David Otunga; 2017 - Booker T; 2018 - Jonathan Coachman; 2019 - Corey Graves; 2020 - Michael Cole; 2021 - Corey Graves



BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW (Beste Großveranstaltung)

1. AEW/NJPW FORBIDDEN DOOR 6/26 CHICAGO 524

2. AEW Revolution 3/6 Orlando 136

3. WWE WrestleMania Night One 4/2 Arlington, TX 64

4. Stardom Five Star Grand Prix finals 10/1 Tokyo 54

5. WWE Clash at the Castle 9/3 Cardiff 41

6. AEW Double or Nothing 5/29 Las Vegas 27

7. TakaTaiochiDespeMania 9/12 Tokyo 21

8. NJPW WrestleKingdom 1/4 Tokyo Dome 18

Bisherige Gewinner: 1989 - WCW Great American Bash 7/23 Baltimore; 1990 - WWF/New Japan/All Japan U.S. and Japan Wrestling Summit 4/11 Tokyo; 1991 - WCW Wrestle War 2/24 Phoenix; 1992 - All Japan Women Wrestlemarinpiad 4/25 Yokohama; 1993 - All Japan Women Dream Slam I 4/2 Yokohama; 1994 - New Japan Super J Cup 4/16 Tokyo; 1995 - Weekly Pro Wrestling Multi-Promotional show 4/2 Tokyo; 1996 - WAR Super J Cup Second Stage 12/13/95 Tokyo; 1997 - WWF Canadian Stampede 7/16 Calgary; 1998 - ECW Heat Wave 8/2 Dayton; 1999 - ECW Anarchy Rulz 9/19 Chicago; 2000 - EMLL first PPV 3/17 Arena Mexico; 2001 - WWF WrestleMania X-7 4/1 Houston Astrodome; 2002 - WWE SummerSlam 8/25 New York Nassau Coliseum; 2003 - Pride Final Elimination 11/9 Tokyo Dome; 2004 - Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/10 Tokyo Dome; 2005 - Pro Wrestling NOAH Destiny 7/18 Tokyo Dome; 2006 - Ring of Honor Glory By Honor V 9/16 Manhattan Center; 2007 - ROH Man Up 9/15 Chicago; 2008 - WWE WrestleMania 24 3/30 Orlando; 2009 - Dragon Gate USA Open the Historical Gate 7/25 Philadelphia; 2010 - UFC 116 7/3 Las Vegas; 2011 - WWE Money in the Bank 7/17 Chicago; 2012 - New Japan Kings of Pro Wrestling 10/8 Tokyo; 2013 - New Japan G-1 Climax tournament 8/4 Osaka; 2014 - New Japan G-1 Climax tournament 8/1 Tokyo; 2015- New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 9 1/4 Tokyo; 2016 New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 10 1/4 Tokyo ; 2017 -New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 11 1/4 Tokyo; 2018 - New Japan Dominion 6/9 Osaka; 2019 - AEW Double or Nothing 5/25 Las Vegas; 2020 - AEW Revolution 2/29 Chicago; 2021 - AEW All Out 9/5 Chicago



WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW (Schlechteste Großveranstaltung)

1. WWE ROYAL RUMBLE 1/25 ST. LOUIS 311

2. WWE Elimination Chamber 2/19 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 129

3. GCW The Wrld 1/23 New York 112

4. JCP Ric Flair’s Last match 7/31 Nashville 98

5. NWA Hard Tkiems3 11/12 Chalmette, LA 69

6. WWE Crown Jewel 11/5 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 59

7. WWE WrestleMania Night two 4/3 Arlington, TX 31

8. WWE NXT Halloween Havoc 10/22 Orlando, FL 22

9. AEW All Out 9/5 Chicago 16

WWE Extreme Rules 10/8 Philadelphia 16

Erwähnenswerte: WWE Money in the Bank 7/2 Las Vegas 14

Bisherige Gewinner: 1989 - WrestleMania V 4/2 Atlantic City; 1990 - WCW Clash XII 11/20 Jacksonville; 1991 - WCW Great American Bash 7/14 Baltimore; 1992 - WCW Halloween Havoc 10/25 Philadelphia; 1993 - WCW Fall Brawl 9/19 Houston; 1994 - UWF Blackjack Brawl 9/25 Las Vegas; 1995 - WCW Uncensored 3/29 Tupelo; 1996 - WCW Uncensored 3/24 Tupelo; 1997 - WCW/NWO Souled Out 1/25 Cedar Rapids; 1998 - WCW Fall Brawl 9/13 Winston-Salem; 1999 - Heroes of Wrestling 10/10 Bay St. Louis; 2000 - WCW Halloween Havoc 10/29 Las Vegas; 2001 - WCW Unleashed 2/14 Los Angeles; 2002 - WWE King of the Ring 6/23 Columbus, OH; 2003 - WWE Backlash 4/27 Worcester; 2004 - WWE Great American Bash 7/27 Norfolk; 2005 - WWE Great American Bash 7/24 Buffalo; 2006 - UFC 61 7/8 Las Vegas; 2007 - WWE ECW December to Dismember 12/3/06 Augusta; 2008 - WWE Survivor Series 11/23 Boston; 2009 - TNA Victory Road 7/19 Orlando; 2010 - TNA Hardcore Justice 8/8 Orlando; 2011 - TNA Victory Road 3/13 Orlando; 2012 - UFC 149 7/21 Calgary; 2013 - WWE Battleground 10/6 Buffalo; 2014 - WWE Battleground 7/20 Tampa; 2015 - AAA TripleMania 8/9 Mexico City; 2016 - WWE WrestleMania 4/3 Dallas; 2017 - WWE Battleground 7/23 Philadelphia; 2018 - WWE Crown Jewel 11/2 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2019 - WWE Super Showdown 6/7 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 2020 - WWE Super Showdown 2/27 Riyadh; 2021 - WWE Survivor Series 11/21 Brooklyn



BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER (Bester Move)

1. WILL OSPREAY HIDDEN BLADE 117

2. Adam Page Buckshot lariat 96

3. Kenny Omega One Winged Angel 68

4. Darby Allin coffin drop 34

5. Wardlow power bomb symphony 31

6. Pac black arrow 30

7. El Hijo del Vikingo imploding dragon rana 29

8. Suzu Suzuki Tequila shot 27

9. Saki Kishikasisei 25

10. Tam Nakano violent screwdriver 23

Erwähnenswerte: Bianca Belair KOD 17, Hook redrum 14, Darby Allin tope 14, Claudio Castagnoli giant swing 13, Jon Moxley paradigm shift 12, FTR big rig 12, Bryan Danielson busaiku knee 11

Bisherige Gewinner: 1981 - Jimmy Snuka Superfly splash; 1982 - Super Destroyer (Scott Irwin) superplex; 1983 - Jimmy Snuka Superfly splash; 1984 - Davey Boy Smith power clean in combination with Dynamite Kid dropkick off the top rope; 1985 - Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa) tope con giro; 1986 - Chavo Guerrero Sr. moonsault block; 1987 - Jushin Liger shooting star press; 1988 - Jushin Liger shooting star press; 1989 - Scott Steiner Frankensteiner; 1990 - Scott Steiner Frankensteiner; 1991 - Masao Orihara moonsault off top rope to floor; 1992 - Too Cold Scorpio 450 splash; 1993 - Vader moonsault; 1994 - Great Sasuke Sasuke special; 1995 - Rey Misterio Jr. flip dive into Frankensteiner on floor; 1996 - Ultimo Dragon running Liger bomb; 1997 - Diamond Dallas Page diamond cutter; 1998 - Kenta Kobashi burning hammer; 1999 - Dragon Kid dragonrana; 2000 - Dragon Kid dragonrana; 2001 - Keiji Muto shining wizard; 2002 - Brock Lesnar F-5; 2003 - A.J. Styles clash; 2004 - Petey Williams Canadian Destroyer; 2005 - Petey Williams Canadian Destroyer; 2006 - KENTA Go 2 Sleep; 2007 - KENTA Go 2 Sleep; 2008 - Evan Bourne shooting star press; 2009 - Young Bucks More Bang for Your Buck; 2010 - Ricochet double rotation moonsault; 2011- Ricochet double rotation moonsault; 2012 - Kazuchika Okada rainmaker; 2013 - Kazuchika Okada rainmaker; 2014 - Young Bucks Meltzer Driver; 2015 - A.J. Styles Styles Clash; 2016 - Kenny Omega One Winged Angel; 2017 - Kenny Omega One Winged Angel; 2018 - Kenny Omega One Winged Angel; 2019 - Will Ospreay Stormbreaker; 2020 - Kenny Omega One Winged Angel; 2021 - Adam Page buckshot lariat



MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC (Abscheulichste Promo Taktik)

1. WWE VINCE MCMAHON APPEARING ON TELEVISION FOR A CROWD POP AFTER SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS CAME OUT 704

2. WWE continues relationship with Saudi Arabia 110

3. Ric Flair’s last match 80

4. WWE Stephanie McMahon’s goodbye to Vince on television 33

5. AEW not punishing C.M. Punk after live callout of Adam Page 18

6. AEW Tony Khan’s handling of Punk/Young Bucks situation 12

Bisherige Gewinner: 1981 - LeBell promotions usage of The Monster claiming he was built in a laboratory; 1982 - Bob Backlund as WWF champion; 1983 - WWF pretending Eddie Gilbert had re-broken his neck after original legit injury in an auto accident; 1984 - Blackjack Mulligan fake heart attack by Championship Wrestling from Florida; 1985 - Usage of Mike Von Erich's near fatal illness to sell Cotton Bowl tickets by World Class; 1986 - Equating an angle of Chris Adams' blindness with the real death of Gino Hernandez; 1987 - World Class' handling of the death of Mike Von Erich; 1988 - Fritz Von Erich's fake brush with death; 1989 - Jose Gonzalez's babyface push by WWC; 1990 - Atsushi Onita stabbing angle with Jose Gonzalez; 1991 - WWF exploiting the Persian Gulf war; 1992 - WCW push of Erik Watts; 1993 - WCW Cactus Jack amnesia angle; 1994 - WCW retiring Ric Flair; 1995 - WCW Gene Okerlund 900 line come-ons and lies; 1996 - WWF teases and usage of fake Razor Ramon, Diesel and Double J; 1997 - WWF Melanie Pillman interview on Raw the day after Brian's death; 1998 - WCW exploiting Scott Hall's drinking problems for angles; 1999 - WWF continuing Over the Edge PPV after the death of Owen Hart; 2000 - WCW making David Arquette world champion; 2001 - Stephanie McMahon interview on 9/13 TV equating the bombing of the World Trade Center to her father's steroid trial; 2002 - WWE Katie Vick necrophilia angle; 2003 - McMahon family all over television; 2004 - Kane/Lita pregnancy/wedding/miscarriage angle; 2005 - WWE not editing off the show its terrorists angle the day of bombing in England; 2006 - WWE exploiting the death of Eddy Guerrero; 2007 - TNA signing Pacman Jones and having him do the Making it Rain on television when his doing that at a strip club led to the paralysis of a wrestler; 2008 - WWE teasing a Jeff Hardy drug overdose on the Internet to try and garner late interest in a PPV show; 2009 - WWE Piggy James angle making fun of Mickie James’ weight; 2010 - Stand up for WWE campaign; 2011 - WWE Anti-bullying message when they preach on television exactly what they don’t practice on television; 2012 - WWE presentation of C.M. Punk and Paul Heyman exploiting Jerry Lawler’s heart attack, as well as airing clips of him being worked on and playing up footage of him near death; 2013 - WWE exploiting the death of Bill Moody; 2014 - WWE insulting the fans who purchase their full-priced PPV shows; 2015 - WWE using Reid Fleihr’s death in an angle; 2016 - Bellator booking Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000 fight; 2017 - WWE promoting Jimmy Snuka as a hero in death; 2018 - WWE doing business with Saudi Arabia after the Khashoggi murder; 2019 WWE continuing to do business in Saudi Arabia; 2020 - WWE firing people during a pandemic while still making record profits; 2021 - WWE firing people during a pandemic while still making record profits



FAVORITE WRESTLER Bisherige Gewinner: 1984 - Ric Flair; 1985 - Ric Flair; 1986 - Ric Flair; 1987 - Ric Flair; 1988 - Ric Flair; 1989 - Ric Flair; 1990 - Ric Flair; 1991 - Ric Flair; 1992 - Ric Flair; 1993 - Ric Flair; 1994 - Sabu; 1995 - Manami Toyota; 1996 - Ric Flair; 1997 - Chris Benoit; 1998 - Mick Foley; 1999 - Chris Jericho; 2000 - Chris Benoit; 2001 - Keiji Muto; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Kurt Angle

READERS LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER Bisherige Gewinner: 1984 - Ivan Putski; 1985 - Hulk Hogan; 1986 - Hulk Hogan; 1987 - Dusty Rhodes; 1988 - Dusty Rhodes; 1989 - Ultimate Warrior; 1990 - Ultimate Warrior; 1991 - Hulk Hogan; 1992 - Erik Watts; 1993 - Sid Vicious; 1994 - Hulk Hogan; 1995 - Hulk Hogan; 1996 - Hulk Hogan; 1997 - Hulk Hogan; 1998 - Hulk Hogan; 1999 - Hulk Hogan; 2000 - Kevin Nash; 2001 - Undertaker; 2002 - HHH; 2003 - HHH

WORST WRESTLER Bisherige Gewinner: 1984 - Ivan Putski; 1985 - Uncle Elmer (Stan Frazier); 1986 - Mike Von Erich; 1987 - Junkyard Dog; 1988 - Ultimate Warrior; 1989 - Andre the Giant; 1990 - Junkyard Dog; 1991 - Andre the Giant; 1992 - Andre the Giant; 1993 - Equalizer (Dave Sullivan); 1994 - Dave Sullivan; 1995 - Renegade (Rick Wilson); 1996 - Loch Ness (Giant Haystacks); 1997 - Hulk Hogan; 1998 - Warrior; 1999 - Kevin Nash; 2000 - Kevin Nash; 2001 - Big Show; 2002 - Big Show ; 2003 - Nathan Jones

WORST TAG TEAM Bisherige Gewinner: 1984 - The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke; 1985 - Uncle Elmer (Stan Frazier) & Cousin Junior (Lanny Kean); 1986 - Junkyard Dog & George Steele; 1987 - Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw; 1988 - Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov; 1989 - Warlord & Barbarian; 1990 - Giant Baba & Andre the Giant; 1991 - Giant Baba & Andre the Giant; 1992 - Bushwhackers; 1993 - Colossal Kongs; 1994 - Bushwhackers; 1995 - Dick Slater & Bunkhouse Buck (Jimmy Golden); 1996 - Godwinns; 1997 - Godwinns; 1998 - Kurrgan & Golga (John Tenta); 1999 - Mideon & Viscera; 2000 - Kronik; 2001 - Kronik; 2002 - Rosey & Jamal; 2003 - Rene Dupree & Sylvan Grenier



WORST TELEVISION SHOW (Schlechteste TV-Show)

1. WWE RAW 415

2. WWE NXT 327

3. NWA Powerrr 98

4. AEW Rampage 95

5. Women Of Wrestling 66

Bisherige Gewinner: 1984 - WWF All-Star Wrestling; 1985 - Championship Wrestling from Florida; 1986 - California Championship Wrestling; 1987 - World Class Championship Wrestling; 1988 - AWA on ESPN; 1989 - ICW Wrestling; 1990 - AWA on ESPN; 1991 - Herb Abrams' UWF; 1992 - Global Wrestling Federation on ESPN; 1993 - Global Wrestling Federation on ESPN; 1994 - WCW Saturday Night; 1995 - WCW Saturday Night; 1996 - AWF Warriors of Wrestling; 1997 - USWA; 1998 - WCW Nitro; 1999 - WCW Thunder; 2000 - WCW Thunder; 2001 - WWF Excess; 2002 - WWE Raw; 2003 - WWE Raw; 2004 - WWE Smackdown; 2005 - WWE Smackdown; 2006 - WWE Raw; 2007 - TNA Impact; 2008 - TNA Impact; 2009 - TNA Impact; 2010 - TNA Impact; 2011 - TNA Impact; 2012 - WWE Raw; 2013 - TNA Impact; 2014 - WWE Raw; 2015 - WWE Raw; 2016 - WWE Raw; 2017 - WWE Raw; 2018 - WWE Raw; 2019 - WWE Raw; 2020 -WWE Raw; 2021 - WWE Raw



WORST NON-WRESTLING PERSONALITY Bisherige Gewinner: 2000 - Vince Russo; 2001 - Stephanie McMahon; 2002 - Stephanie McMahon; 2003 - Stephanie McMahon

WORST MANAGER Bisherige Gewinner: 1984 - Mr. Fuji; 1985 - Mr. Fuji; 1986 - Paul Jones; 1987 - Mr. Fuji; 1988 - Mr. Fuji; 1989 - Mr. Fuji; 1990 - Mr. Fuji; 1991 - Mr. Fuji; 1992 - Mr. Fuji; 1993 - Mr. Fuji; 1994 - Mr. Fuji; 1995 - Mr. Fuji; 1996 - Sonny Onoo; 1997 - Sonny Onoo; 1998 - Sonny Onoo; 1999 - Sonny Onoo



WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR (Schlechtestes Match)

1. PAT MCAFEE VS. VINCE MCMAHON 4/3 ARLINGTON, TX 435

2. Ric Flair & Andrade vs. Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal 7/31 Nashville 169

3. Ronda Rousey vs. Shotzi 1126 Boston 71

4. Men’s Royal Rumble 1/29 St. Louis 46

5. Matt Cardona vs. Trevor Murdoch vs. Tyrus 11/12 Chalmette, LA 17

Sami Zayn vs. Johnny Knoxville 4/3 Arlington, TX 17

7. Casino Royale ladder match 9/4 Chicago 14

Bisherige Gewinner: 1984 - Fabulous Moolah vs. Wendi Richter 7/23 New York Madison Square Garden; 1985 - Fred Blassie vs. Lou Albano Nassau Coliseum; 1986 - Roddy Piper vs. Mr. T 4/2 Nassau Coliseum; 1987 - Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant 3/29 Pontiac; 1988 - Hiroshi Wajima vs. Tom Magee 4/21 Kawasaki; 1989 - Andre the Giant vs. Ultimate Warrior 10/31 Topeka; 1990 - Sid Vicious vs. Night Stalker (Bryan Clark) 11/20 Jacksonville; 1991 - P.N. News & Bobby Eaton vs. Terry Taylor & Steve Austin scaffold match 7/14 - Baltimore; 1992 - Rick Rude vs. Masahiro Chono 10/25 Philadelphia; 1993 - Four Doinks (Bushwhackers & Men on a Mission) vs. Bam Bam Bigelow & Head Shrinkers & Bastion Booger (Mike Shaw); 1994 - Jerry Lawler & Queasy & Sleazy & Cheesy vs. Doink the Clown & Dink & Wink & Pink 11/23 San Antonio; 1995 - Sting vs. Tony Palmore 1/4 Tokyo Dome; 1996 - Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson & Meng & Barbarian & Kevin Sullivan & Ze Gangsta (Tiny Lister) & Ultimate Solution (Jeep Swenson) & Lex Luger 3/24 Tupelo; 1997 - Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper 10/26 Las Vegas; 1998 - Hulk Hogan vs. Warrior 10/24 Las Vegas; 1999 - Al Snow vs. Big Bossman Kennel from Hell 9/26 Charlotte; 2000 - Pat Patterson vs. Gerald Brisco evening gown match 6/25 Boston; 2001 - Undertaker & Kane vs. Kronik (Brian Adams & Bryan Clark) 9/23 Pittsburgh; 2002 - Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs. Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda 7/8 Philadelphia; 2003 - HHH vs. Scott Steiner 1/19 Boston; 2004 - Steven Richards vs. Tyson Tomko 9/12 Portland; 2005 - Eric Bischoff vs. Teddy Long 11/27 Detroit; 2006 - TNA Reverse Battle Royal 10/24 Orlando; 2007 - Chris Harris vs. James Storm 4/15 St. Charles, MO blindfold match; 2008 - HHH vs. Edge vs. Vladimir Kozlov 11/23 Boston; 2009 - Sharmell vs. Jenna Morasca 7/19 Orlando; 2010 - Kaitlyn vs. Maxine 10/19 Edmonton; 2011 - Sting vs. Jeff Hardy 3/13 Orlando; 2012 - John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis 5/20 Raleigh; 2013 - Natalya & Naomi & Cameron & Bella Twins & Jo Jo & Eva Marie vs. Alicia Fox & Aksana & A.J. Lee & Tamina Snuka & Rosa Mendes & Kaitlyn & Summer Rae 11/24 Boston; 2014 - John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt 5/4 East Rutherford, NJ; 2015 - Psycho Circus vs. Los Villanos 8/9 Mexico City; 2016 - Shelly Martinez vs. Rebel 3/17 Orlando; 2017 - Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton 4/2 Orlando; 2018 - Undertaker & Kane vs. Shawn Michaels & HHH 11/2 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2019 - The Fiend Bray Wyatt vs. Seth Rollins 10/6 Sacramento; 2020 - The Fiend Bray Wyatt vs. Braun Strowman 7/29 Orlando; 2021 - Damien Priest vs. The Miz 5/16 Tampa



WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR (Schlechteste Fehde)

1. THE MIZ VS. DEXTER LUMIS 208

2. Ronda Rousey vs. Liv Morgan 76

3. Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight 62

4. Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky 39

5. Bron Breakker vs. Joe Gacy 36

6. Kevin Owens vs. Ezekiel 31

7. Drew McIntyre vs. Happy Corbin 29

8. Rose Namajunas vs. Carla Esparza 20

C.M. Punk vs. MJF 20

10. Britt Baker vs. Saraya 19

Erwähnenswerte: Bianca Belair vs. Sonya Deville 15, C.M. Punk vs. The Elite 12. Matt Hardy vs. AFO 11

Bisherige Gewinner: 1984 - Andre the Giant vs. John Studd; 1985 - Sgt. Slaughter vs. Boris Zhukov; 1986 - Machines (Andre the Giant & Bill Eadie) vs. King Kong Bundy & John Studd; 1987 - George Steele vs. Danny Davis; 1988 - Midnight Rider (Dusty Rhodes) vs. Tully Blanchard; 1989 - Andre the Giant vs. Ultimate Warrior; 1990 - Ric Flair vs. Junkyard Dog; 1991 - Hulk Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter; 1992 - Ultimate Warrior vs. Papa Shango; 1993 - Undertaker vs. Giant Gonzalez; 1994 - Jerry Lawler vs. Doink the Clown; 1995 - Hulk Hogan vs. Dungeon of Doom; 1996 - Big Bossman vs. John Tenta; 1997 - DOA vs. Los Boricuas; 1998 - Hulk Hogan vs. Warrior; 1999 - Big Bossman vs. Big Show; 2000 - Hulk Hogan vs. Billy Kidman; 2001 - WWF vs. The Alliance; 2002 - HHH vs. Kane; 2003 - Shane McMahon vs. Kane; 2004 - Kane vs. Lita & Matt Hardy; 2005 - McMahon Family vs. Jim Ross; 2006 - DX vs. McMahons; 2007 - Kane vs. Big Daddy V; 2008 - Rey Mysterio vs. Kane; 2009 - Chavo Guerrero vs. Hornswoggle; 2010 - Edge vs. Kane; 2011 - HHH vs. Kevin Nash; 2012 - John Cena vs. Kane; 2013 - Big Show vs. The Authority; 2014 - Nikki Bella vs. Brie Bella; 2015 - Team PCB vs. Team Bad vs. Team Bella; 2016 - Titus O’Neil vs. Darren Young; 2017 - Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt; 2018 - Bayley vs. Sasha Banks; 2019 - Seth Rollins vs. The Fiend Bray Wyatt; 2020 - The Fiend Bray Wyatt vs. Braun Strowman; 2021 - Randy Orton vs. The Fiend & Alexa Bliss



WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR (Schlechteste Promotion des Jahres)

1. WWE 376

2. NWA 359

3. Control Your Narrative 81

4. AAA 49

5. GCW 39

6. CMLL 32

7. Pro Wrestling NOAH 30

8. Impact Wrestling 30

9. MLW 16

Bisherige Gewinner: 1986 - AWA; 1987 - World Class Championship Wrestling; 1988 - AWA; 1989 - AWA; 1990 - AWA; 1991 - Herb Abrams UWF; 1992 - Global Wrestling Federation; 1993 - WCW; 1994 - WCW; 1995 - WCW; 1996 - AWF; 1997 - USWA; 1998 - WCW; 1999 - WCW; 2000 - WCW; 2001 - WCW; 2002 - XPW; 2003 - World Japan; 2004 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2005 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2006 - World Wrestling Entertainment; 2007 - Total Nonstop Action; 2008 - Total Nonstop Action; 2009 - Total Nonstop Action; 2010 - Total Nonstop Action; 2011 - Total Nonstop Action; 2012 - Total Nonstop Action; 2013 - Total Nonstop Action; 2014 - Total Nonstop Action/Impact Wrestling; 2015 Total Nonstop Action/Impact Wrestling; 2016 - Total Nonstop Action/Impact Wrestling; 2017 - Impact Wrestling; 2018 - World Wrestling Entertainment; 2019 - World Wrestling Entertainment; 2020 - World Wrestling Entertainment; 2021 - World Wrestling Entertainment



BEST BOOKER (Bester Booker)

1. TONY KHAN 372

2. Rossy Ogawa 327

3. Paul Levesque 183

4. Gedo 40

5. Sean Shelby/Mick Maynard 36

6. Scott D’Amore 31

7. Shawn Michaels 20

Bisherige Gewinner: 1986 - Dusty Rhodes; 1987 - Vince McMahon; 1988 - Eddie Gilbert; 1989 - Shohei Baba; 1990 - Shohei Baba; 1991 - Shohei Baba; 1992 - Riki Choshu; 1993 - Jim Cornette; 1994 - Paul Heyman; 1995 - Paul Heyman; 1996 - Paul Heyman; 1997 - Paul Heyman; 1998 - Vince McMahon; 1999 - Vince McMahon; 2000 - Vince McMahon; 2001 - Jim Cornette; 2002 - Paul Heyman; 2003 - Jim Cornette; 2004 - Gabe Sapolsky; 2005 - Gabe Sapolsky; 2006 - Gabe Sapolsky; 2007 - Gabe Sapolsky; 2008 - Joe Silva; 2009 - Joe Silva; 2010 - Joe Silva; 2011 - Gedo & Jado; 2012 - Gedo & Jado; 2013 - Gedo & Jado; 2014 - Gedo & Jado; 2015 - Paul Levesque & Ryan Ward; 2016 - Gedo; 2017 - Gedo; 2018 - Gedo; 2019 - Gedo; 2020 - Tony Khan; 2021 - Tony Khan



PROMOTER OF THE YEAR (Promoter des Jahres)

1. TONY KHAN 415

2. Dana White 287

3. Rossy Ogawa 198

4. Paul Levesque 86

5. Nick Khan 78

6. Takaaki Kidani 23

7. Stephanie McMahon 17

8. Vince McMahon 16

Bisherige Gewinner: 1988 - Vince McMahon; 1989 - Akira Maeda; 1990 - Shohei Baba; 1991 - Shohei Baba; 1992 - Shohei Baba; 1993 - Shohei Baba; 1994 - Shohei Baba; 1995 - Riki Choshu; 1996 - Riki Choshu; 1997 - Riki Choshu; 1998 - Vince McMahon; 1999 - Vince McMahon; 2000 - Vince McMahon; 2001 - Antonio Inoki; 2002 - Kazuyoshi Ishii; 2003 - Nobuyuki Sakakibara; 2004 - Nobuyuki Sakakibara; 2005 - Dana White; 2006 - Dana White; 2007 - Dana White; 2008 - Dana White; 2009 - Dana White; 2010 - Dana White; 2011 - Dana White; 2012 - Dana White; 2013 - Dana White; 2014 - Takaaki Kidani; 2015 - Dana White; 2016 - Dana White; 2017 - Takaaki Kidani; 2018 - Takaaki Kidani; 2019 - Tony Khan; 2020 - Tony Khan ; 2021 - Tony Khan



BEST GIMMICK (Bestes Gimmick)

1. SAMI ZAYN ` 332

2. The Acclaimed 110

3. Danhausen 108

4. Bloodline/Roman Reigns 106

5. Orange Cassidy 60

6. Blackpool Combat Club 33

7. Jericho Appreciation Society 26

8. MJF 20

9. Great O’Khan 19

10. Adam Page 14

Erwähnenswerte: Darby Allin 12, Hook 11

Bisherige Gewinner: 1986 - Exotic Adrian Street; 1987 - Ted DiBiase Million Dollar Man; 1988 - Rick Steiner Varsity Club; 1989 - Jushin Liger; 1990 - The Undertaker; 1991 - The Undertaker; 1992 - The Undertaker; 1993 - The Undertaker; 1994 - The Undertaker; 1995 - Disco Inferno; 1996 - NWO; 1997 - Stone Cold Steve Austin; 1998 - Stone Cold Steve Austin; 1999 - The Rock; 2000 - Kurt Angle; 2001 - Hurricane; 2002 - Mattitude; 2003 - John Cena as a rapper; 2004 - JBL; 2005 - Mr. Kennedy; 2006 - Latin American Exchange; 2007 - Santino Marella; 2008 - Santino Marella; 2009 - C.M. Punk Straight Edge Society; 2010 - Alberto Del Rio; 2011 - C.M. Punk; 2012 - Joseph Park; 2013 - The Wyatt Family; 2014 - Rusev & Lana; 2015 - New Day; 2016 - Broken Matt Hardy; 2017 - Los Ingobernables en Japon; 2018 - Velveteen Dream; 2019 - The Fiend Bray Wyatt; 2020 - Orange Cassidy; 2021 - Roman Reigns



WORST GIMMICK (Schlechtestes Gimmick)

1. MAXIMUM MALE MODELS 119

2. Uncle Howdy 112

3, Kip Sabian 79

4. Joe Gacy/Schism 65

5. Bray Wyatt 46

6. Seth Rollins 44

7. Nikki ASH 38

8. Scrypts 34

9. Baron Corbin 26

10.Tyrus 19

Erwähnenswerte: Dexter Lumis 17,Wendy Choo 17, Karrion Kross 16, Sammy Guevara &Tay Melo 15, Orange Cassidy 13, TrustBusters 13

Bisherige Gewinner: 1986 - Adorable Adrian Adonis; 1987 - Adorable Adrian Adonis; 1988 - Midnight Rider (Dusty Rhodes); 1989 - Ding Dongs; 1990 - Gobbledy Gooker; 1991 - Oz (Kevin Nash); 1992 - Papa Shango; 1993 - Shock Master (Fred Ottman); 1994 - Dave Sullivan; 1995 - Goldust; 1996 - New Razor Ramon, New Diesel and New Double J; 1997 - New Goldust; 1998 - Oddities; 1999 - Powers that Be; 2000 - Mike Awesome That 70s Guy; 2001 - Diamond Dallas Page Bob Patterson gimmick; 2002 - Richard & Rod Johnson as giant penises; 2003 - Rico; 2004 - Mordecai; 2005 - Jillian Hall as Mole Girl; 2006 - Vito as the toughest guy in a dress; 2007 - Black Reign; 2008 - Great Khali kiss cam; 2009 - Hornswoggle; 2010 - Orlando Jordan; 2011 - Michael Cole heel announcer; 2012 - Aces and 8s; 2013 - Aces and 8s; 2014 - Adam Rose ; 2015 - Stardust; 2016 - Bone Soldier; 2017 - Bray Wyatt Sister Abigail; 2018 - Constable Corbin; 2019 - Shorty G (Chad Gable); 2020 - The Fiend Bray Wyatt; 2021 - Alexa Bliss

MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER Bisherige Gewinner: 1986 - Adrian Adonis; 1987 - George Steele; 1988 - George Steele; 1989 - Andre the Giant; 1990 - Dusty Rhodes; 1991 - Van Hammer; 1992 - Papa Shango; 1993 - Bastion Booger; 1994 - Doink the Clown; 1995 - Hulk Hogan; 1996 - Hulk Hogan; 1997 - New Goldust; 1998 - Hulk Hogan; 1999 - Hulk Hogan; 2000 - Hulk Hogan; 2001 - Buff Bagwell; 2002 - Big Show; 2003 - Nathan Jones



BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK (Bestes Pro-Wrestling Buch)

1. BLOOD & FIRE BY BRIAN SOLOMON 152

2. There’s Just One Problem By Brian Gewirtz 114

3. Dynamite & Davey by Stephen Bell 58

4. Wrestling Observer Yearbook 95 by Dave Meltzer 24

5. The Muto Years by Johnathan Foye 17

Bisherige Gewinner: 2005 - Death of WCW by Bryan Alvarez and R.D. Reynolds; 2006 - Tangled Ropes by Superstar Billy Graham and Keith Greenberg; 2007 - Hitman by Bret Hart and Marcy Engelstein; 2008 - Gorgeous George by John Capouya; 2009 - Midnight Express 25th Anniversary Scrapbook by Jim Cornette; 2010 - Countdown to Lockdown by Mick Foley; 2011 - Undisputed by Chris Jericho; 2012 - Shooters by Jonathan Snowden; 2013 - Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screwjobs by Patric Laprade and Bertrand Hebert ; 2014 - Death of WCW Revised edition by Bryan Alvarez and R.D. Reynolds; 2015 - Yes! By Daniel Bryan and Craig Tello; 2016 - Ali vs. Inoki by Josh Gross; 2017 - Crazy Life a Fox: The Brian Pillman Story by Liam O’Rourke; 2018 - Eggshells: Pro Wrestling In The Tokyo Dome by Chris Charlton; 2019 - 100 Things a WWE Fan Should Know or Do Before They Die by Bryan Alvarez; 2020 - Young Bucks: Killing the Business from the Backyards to the Big Leagues by Matt & Nick Massie; 2021 - Mox by Jon Moxley



BEST PRO WRESTLING DOCUMENTARY (Beste Pro-Wrestling Dokumentation)

1. TALES FROM THE TERRITORIES: LAWLER/KAUFMAN 71

2. Dangerous Breed: Crime, Cons, Cats, Teddy Hart 63

3. Tales from the Territories: Mid South 59

4. The Nine Lives of Vince McMahon 42

5. Tales from the Territories: Portland 28

6. Tales from the Territories: Memphis 26

7. A & E Biography: Lex Luger 24

8. Tales from the Territories: World Class 23

9. Wooo: Becoming Ric Flair 17

10. A & E Biography: Undertaker 16

Bisherige Gewinner: 2005 - Rise and Fall of ECW; 2006 - The Bret Hart Story; 2007 - Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen; 2008 - Ric Flair Definitive Collection; 2009 - Macho Madness; 2010 - Chris Jericho Breaking the Code; 2011 - Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels; 2012 - C.M. Punk Best in the World; 2013 - Jim Crockett Promotions the Good Old Days; 2014 - Ladies and Gentleman, My Name is Paul Heyman; 2015 - Daniel Bryan Yes! Yes! Yes; 2016 - Seth Rollins Redesign, Rebuild Reclaim; 2017 - Ric Flair ESPN 30 for 30; 2018 - Andre the Giant HBO Documentary; 2019 - Dark Side of the Ring; 2020 - Dark Side of the Ring: Owen Hart; 2021 - Dark Side of the Ring: Brian Pillman

 

[GTS]

Ist eigentlich alles nachvollziehelbar, aber Reigns sollte bei Wrestler des Jahres eigentlich noch 2 zurück rücken, damit Kazu auf dem Podest steht.
Auch das NJPW nach einem für meinen Geschmack sehr gutem Jahr nur auf Platz 4 und damit hinter WWE steht finde ich komisch.
Was die Gewinner angeht passt für mich eigentlich alles und ich freu mich das Bailey Platz 4 bei "Most Outstanding" erreicht hat, sehr verdient den wünsche ich mir schon länger bei New Japan

 

[JME]

Ist eigentlich alles nachvollziehelbar, aber Reigns sollte bei Wrestler des Jahres eigentlich noch 2 zurück rücken, damit Kazu auf dem Podest steht.
Auch das NJPW nach einem für meinen Geschmack sehr gutem Jahr nur auf Platz 4 und damit hinter WWE steht finde ich komisch.
Was die Gewinner angeht passt für mich eigentlich alles und ich freu mich das Bailey Platz 4 bei "Most Outstanding" erreicht hat, sehr verdient den wünsche ich mir schon länger bei New Japan

Denke NJPW hat die Phase ohne Zuschauerreaktionen sehr geschadet. Würde vermuten nächstes Jahr wird man in vielen Kategorien wieder besser abschneiden. Wenn Gedos Booking passt...

 

[GTS]

Denke NJPW hat die Phase ohne Zuschauerreaktionen sehr geschadet. Würde vermuten nächstes Jahr wird man in vielen Kategorien wieder besser abschneiden. Wenn Gedos Booking passt...

Das passt aber eher auf die Jahre 2020 & 2021 oder?
Letztes Jahr war das Roster ja zumindest wieder voll und es wurden Stück für Stück Reaktionen erlaubt.
Aber ja vielleicht lag es daran.

 

[Fulcrum]

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR (Promotion des Jahres)

Promotion	Votes
1. All Elite Wrestling (480)	3,270
2. Stardom (273)	1,561
3. World Wrestling Entertainment	1,848
4. New Japan Pro Wrestling (23)	1,799
5. Ultimate Fighting Championship (17)	634
6. Impact Wrestling	120
7. Dragon Gate (9)	104
8. Pro Wrestling NOAH	89
9. Game Changer Wrestling (6)	80
10. DDT	63

Wieso ist denn hier Stardom mit 1,561 Votes vor WWE und NJPW, obwohl die beide mehr Votes haben?

 

[Fulcrum]

Das passt aber eher auf die Jahre 2020 & 2021 oder?
Letztes Jahr war das Roster ja zumindest wieder voll und es wurden Stück für Stück Reaktionen erlaubt.
Aber ja vielleicht lag es daran.

Naja. Die letzten Einschränkungen für die Zuschauer sind erst dieses Jahr gefallen in Japan. Insofern war auch das gesamte Jahr 2022 von Einschränkungen geprägt.

 

[JME]

Wieso ist denn hier Stardom mit 1,561 Votes vor WWE und NJPW, obwohl die beide mehr Votes haben?

Sind 2561 Votes. Hat Meltzer über Twitter korrigiert. Im WON stand es falsch.

 

[Fulcrum]

Sind 2561 Votes. Hat Meltzer über Twitter korrigiert. Im WON stand es falsch.

Ah okay. Das ergibt dann natürlich deutlich mehr Sinn

Andere Frage:
Wie funktioniert denn der Best Promoter Award? Also zum einen gibt's da Optionen zur Auswahl oder ist das frei? Und zum anderen wonach richtet sich wer der Promoter einer Liga ist? Find's etwas seltsam, dass die WWE Leute getrennt geführt sind bzw. ein Triple H als Promoter gesehen wird, obwohl er immer entweder Nick Khan, Stephanie McMahon-Levesque oder Vince McMahon (die alle drei nochmal gesondert auftauchen), dasselbe gilt für Rossy Ogawa und Takaaki Kidani

Und dann im Prinzip dieselbe Frage für den Booker Award: Wieso werden da die UFC Matchmaker als Team geführt, während Michaels, der Triple H unterstellt ist extra aufgeführt wird?

 

[BroMantis]

BRYAN DANIELSON AWARD / BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER (Bester Techniker)

1. BRYAN DANIELSON 464

 

[K-M]

Ah okay. Das ergibt dann natürlich deutlich mehr Sinn

Andere Frage:
Wie funktioniert denn der Best Promoter Award? Also zum einen gibt's da Optionen zur Auswahl oder ist das frei? Und zum anderen wonach richtet sich wer der Promoter einer Liga ist? Find's etwas seltsam, dass die WWE Leute getrennt geführt sind bzw. ein Triple H als Promoter gesehen wird, obwohl er immer entweder Nick Khan, Stephanie McMahon-Levesque oder Vince McMahon (die alle drei nochmal gesondert auftauchen), dasselbe gilt für Rossy Ogawa und Takaaki Kidani

Und dann im Prinzip dieselbe Frage für den Booker Award: Wieso werden da die UFC Matchmaker als Team geführt, während Michaels, der Triple H unterstellt ist extra aufgeführt wird?

Ist ja ohnehin die Frage, wie valide man sowas halten kann, da wir ja alle nicht zu 100% wissen, wer wann wie involviert ist. Ich denke mal bei HBK und HHH kann man noch argumentieren, dass NXT trotz der WWE Zugehörigkeit und einigen Calls mit HHH eigenständiger ist, womit man schon die Arbeit getrennt beobachten kann. Bei Vince ist halt irgendwo klar, dass er gesondert auftritt. Inwieweit man Steph und Nick Khan außer von dem, was wir von ihrer Arbeit wissen, bewerten will, wäre mir aber auch schleierhaft. Vllt ist der Award halt auch in weniger auffallenden Argumenten wie die Arbeit die nicht vor oder hinter den Kulissen stattfindet, bewertet bzw. verstanden worden.

 

[JME]

Ah okay. Das ergibt dann natürlich deutlich mehr Sinn

Andere Frage:
Wie funktioniert denn der Best Promoter Award? Also zum einen gibt's da Optionen zur Auswahl oder ist das frei? Und zum anderen wonach richtet sich wer der Promoter einer Liga ist? Find's etwas seltsam, dass die WWE Leute getrennt geführt sind bzw. ein Triple H als Promoter gesehen wird, obwohl er immer entweder Nick Khan, Stephanie McMahon-Levesque oder Vince McMahon (die alle drei nochmal gesondert auftauchen), dasselbe gilt für Rossy Ogawa und Takaaki Kidani

Und dann im Prinzip dieselbe Frage für den Booker Award: Wieso werden da die UFC Matchmaker als Team geführt, während Michaels, der Triple H unterstellt ist extra aufgeführt wird?

Es gibt generell keine Optionen zur Auswahl. In den Monaten zuvor veröffentlicht Meltzer immer nur immer wieder Beschreibungen der Kategorien. Hab ich mal unten reingepostet.

Triple H ist für die Inhalte der Shows (Booker) als auch für das Promoten der Shows verantwortlich. Aber bei WWE haben ja auch Nick Khan, Stephanie und Vince Aufgaben, die da hineinspielen, während bei anderen Promotions das auf ein und die selbe Person fällt. Wie z.B. bei Stardom auf Rossy Ogawa oder bei AEW auf Tony Khan. Nick Khan und Stephanie sind bspw. für die Werbung verantwortlich, etwas was z.B. Gedo bei NJPW sicher nicht macht. Bei NJPW übernimmt das Takaaki Kidani, bei AEW wiederum Tony Khan und bei Stardom Rossy Ogawa.

So wie ich das verstehe, bookt HBK die NXT-Shows mittlerweile alleine. Wie früher Vince gegenüber Hunter, gibt Hunter nur noch bestimmte Anforderungen weiter. Bei UFC könnte vielleicht auch hineinspielen, dass man nicht weiß, wer bestimmte Matches gebookt hat. Ich weiß nicht, ob das so öffentlich bekannt ist.

2022 WRESTLING OBSERVER AWARDS


Voting for the 43st annual Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards closes on 2/9, with the results of the voting to be published later in the month in our annual awards issue.

Voting is only open to Observer subscribers. With the addition of online subscriptions, to vote, you have to send your name, and whether you are subscribing by print or on-line so we can double-check. If you are an online subscriber, please send a receipt from your last order. You can submit ballots by email.

These awards cover the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022.

If you've got any thoughts on the awards, you are encouraged to send them in to dave@wrestlingobserver.com for publication on the Observer web site.

These awards every year get more mainstream coverage than any pro wrestling awards aside from the exclusively Japanese Tokyo Sports awards.

Just to clarify the major awards, the Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Wrestler of the Year award is open only to working pro wrestlers. The MMA MVP award is similar to the Thesz/Flair award in that it should combine importance to business and drawing power with success in the cage. For both MMA and pro wrestling, there is a separate award for the best in-ring performer, the Most Outstanding Wrestler and Most Outstanding MMA fighter. The MMA award is for purely who had the best year in the ring or the cage, throwing out business considerations, and the Most Outstanding is for who had the best matches over the past year and was the best in-ring wrestler, throwing out business considerations.

There are still some combined MMA/pro wrestling awards such as Best Promotion, Promoter of the Year, Feud of the Year, Best Show and Best Drawing card, because essentially business goals of both pro wrestling and MMA are the same–drawing money and putting on good shows.

In regard to actual competitive (non-worked) matches, the main categories are Most Outstanding MMA fighter and MMA Fight of the year. They are open to all MMA rules promotions. Most Outstanding MMA fighter of the year should be based entirely on success in fights during the time period.

Both performance in the ring as well as drawing power, marketability, value to the promotion and significance during the year among both shoot and worked matches should be considered for the big two awards.

Most Outstanding Wrestler is purely the best in-ring, bell-to-bell performer. Anything that takes place in a legitimate match situation should not be considered.

Best Box Office Draw is no longer a voting award. It's open to everyone whether participating in worked or legitimate matches in pro wrestling or MMA. This is for the person who moves ticket sales, TV ratings and/or PPV sales.

Tag Team of the Year and Most Improved are both limited to worked promotions.

Feud of the Year is about drawing money, creating excitement and delivering in the ring. Shoot feuds in MMA if they created interest and drew along with worked feuds in pro wrestling are both eligible. It should be about both the quality of the matches and economic success with the programs. Best on Interviews and Most Charismatic are also open to both worked and shoot promotions.

Best Promotion is open to worked and non-worked companies. Match of the Year is only for worked matches. Rookie of the Year is open to only pro wrestlers making a major promotion professional debut after September 1, 2021. Best and Worst TV announcer and Best and Worst Major show are also open to both worked and shoot promotions.

Because they’ve awards have gotten so big in recent years with so many responses, we’ve had to change things this year. Going forward we are very much limiting category A awards and far more awards will be Category B.

"CATEGORY A" AWARDS. PICK A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE FINISHER IN EACH CATEGORY. POINTS WILL BE AWARDED ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. THE WINNER OF THE AWARD IS DETERMINED BY TOTAL POINTS.

1. LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD - This is open to pro wrestlers, for a combination of everything, being both important and influential this year in a positive manner from a business perspective, combining both box office impact as well as strong match quality in worked matches.

2. MMA MOST VALUABLE FIGHTER: This is also for a combination of fighting inside the ring and importance outside in a positive manner from a business perspective as well.

3. MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: This is based on working ability in the ring only. Simply, the best workers in the world on a consistent basis over the past year. Drawing power, charisma and push shouldn't be considered.

4. MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER: This should be based on in-ring ability and wins against the top level of competition during the calendar year. 5. TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR - For the best working and most valuable tag team during the previous year.

6. BEST ON INTERVIEWS - Who has given the best interviews on a consistent basis over the past year? Reputation from previous years shouldn't be taken into consideration. It should be based on work over the course of the year as opposed to one or two memorable interviews.

7. PROMOTION OF THE YEAR - Should be based on which group put together the best live and television product on a consistent basis, and secondarily, the ability to sell that product at a high level. This means box office and marketing combined with product quality. Theoretically, the top pick should be a company at or near the top on both categories.

8. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW - Weekly television shows are the only ones eligible, not monthly shows, specials or individual episodes of a specific program. This is for the best consistent program. The shows have to be produced with the idea they are a weekly ongoing show and not a short-term mini-series. In other words, the Friday, Monday and Tuesday CMLL shows count as three different shows and are all eligible. NWA Powerrr, AEW Dark and Dark Elevation and Being the Elite as well as NXT U.K. and Lvl Up are also eligible. Something like G-1 Climax are not eligible because they were not scheduled to be year-around continuing long-term shows.

9. PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR - Pick the three best matches, in order, from the time period. Please list both the date and location of the match, because some matches were held many times during the year.

10. MMA FIGHT OF THE YEAR - Pick the three best fights, in order, from the time period listed. Again, please list both the date and location of the fight.

"CATEGORY B" AWARDS. PICK ONE IN EACH CATEGORY. WINNER CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF FIRST PLACE VOTES.


1. UNITED STATES/CANADA PRO WRESTLING MVP - This is for the most valuable to their pro wrestling company in those two countries.


2. JAPAN MVP - This is for who was the most valuable to their company in this country.


3. MEXICO MVP - This is for who was the most valuable to their company in this country.


4. EUROPEAN MVP - This is for who was the most valuable on the continent. 5. THE PRO WRESTLING HODGE AWARD/NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP - This is for the most valuable of the lighter weight division wrestlers. 6. 6. WOMAN WRESTLING MVP - This is for the most valuable woman wrestler of the past year.


7. WOMAN MMA MVP - This is for the most valuable woman fighter of the year.


8. BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW - This is no longer a voting award category. It is based on drawing big houses (or for that matter selling tickets to small houses as the case may be), buy rates and/or television ratings. Ring work shouldn't even be considered.


9. FEUD OF THE YEAR - This should be based on a combination of having a compelling storyline along with having great matches that should strengthen the box office.


10. MOST IMPROVED - This is based on making the biggest strides in ring work during the previous year. This should not be for someone who was already good, but was given a bigger push.


11. MOST CHARISMATIC - What person had to do the least to get the most out of it? Who do crowds naturally react to emotionally even before the person does anything?


12. BRYAN DANIELSON BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER AWARD - This is for having the ability to use high level technical wrestling moves within the context of building a great worked pro wrestling match.


13. BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL BEST BRAWLER AWARD - This is for the wrestler who uses brawling tactics to put together the best matches during the previous year. It's not for a guy who does brawling matches that aren't any good.


14. BEST FLYING WRESTLER - This is for the wrestler who does the most innovative and solidly executed flying maneuvers within the context of putting together great wrestling matches. This is not for simply the hottest daredevil moves, which are sometimes hit and sometimes miss.


15. MOST OVERRATED - The wrestler who gets the biggest push, despite lacking ring ability or charisma.


16. MOST UNDERRATED - The wrestler with the most ability, who, for whatever reason, doesn't get a push commensurate with their ability. This should be based on this past year, and not a business reputation earned in prior years. 17. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - This is based on ring performance, not how someone is pushed or necessarily even long-term star potential. By the standards of the category, a rookie is someone who hasn't had a regular job with a full-time wrestling company before September 1, 2021. Among the top contenders for this award would be Titus Alexander, Ren Ayabe, Hook, Javier Bernal, Malik Blade, Parker Boudreaux, Bron Breakker, Brutus Creed, Julius Creed, Tony D’Angelo, Junior Dos Santos, Quincy Elliott, Edris Enofe, Ryu Fuda, Takuma Fujiwara, Johnny Knoxville, Action Bronson, Gnaris Garvin, Arianna Grace, Thea Hail, Iishin Iihashi, Riki Iihashi, Tomoka Inaba, Ryo Inoue, Sloane Jacobs, Kiana James, Brooks Jensen, Kanon, Will Kaven, Damon Kemp, Lash Legend, Yulisa Leon, Toa Liona, Nikkita Lyons, Minorita/Takuma Hayakawa, Mochizuki Jr., Yuto Nakashima, Logan Paul, Tatum Paxley, Alec Price, Sol Ruca, Leon Slater, Ami Sohrei, Solo Sikoa, Tiffany Stratton, Waka Tsukiyama, Hank Walker, Trick Williams and Sawyer Wreck.


18. BEST NON-WRESTLER PERFORMER - For the best performer on a television show who isn't a traditional wrestler, whether they be a management figure, a woman who doesn't wrestle, or a traditional manager.


19. BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER


20. WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER


21. BEST MAJOR SHOW


22. WORST MAJOR SHOW OF THE YEAR


23. BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER


24. MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC


25. WORST TELEVISION SHOW


26. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR


27. WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR


28. WORST PROMOTION


29. BEST BOOKER


30. PROMOTER OF THE YEAR


31. BEST GIMMICK


32. WORST GIMMICK


33. BEST WRESTLING BOOK


34. BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD/STREAMING DOCUMENTARY

Da Meltzer ja immer wieder vorgeworfen wird, dass er von Tony Khan bezahlt wird, hier mal eine interessante Randnotiz. Eigentlich kommentiert Meltzer die Category B Awards nicht, dieses Mal hat er das bei Booker des Jahres aber getan, weil er mit dem Ergebnis wohl nicht so zufrieden war. Auf Twitter wurde er von einigen natürlich wieder angegangen, wie es denn sein kann, dass Khan gewinnt, und dass dieses Ergebnis ja ein klarer Beweis sei, dass er bezahlt wird. Wie immer meinte Meltzer, dass solche Kritik klar ein Indiz dafür ist, dass diese Leute gar nicht lesen, was er denn überhaupt dazu schreibt. Recht hat er...

I usually don’t comment on this. And for the first six months of the year you can make the argument. But WWE and AEW as businesses were in the same position with one much larger but the clear-cut 1-2 in the world all year. However, it was WWE that grew all year while AEW did not do nearly as well in comparison over the last eight months. You can argue bad luck or injuries, but in a coach of he year award, one team doing so much better in comparison at the end as compared to the beginning, that coach is going to win. Injuries are part of the game and regrouping and rebounding from them are as well. A comparison of the promotion of the returns of Cody Rhodes, C.M. Punk and Kenny Omega is so greatly in one side’s favor. Yes, AEW did create an environment on television and PPV to have far more great matches, and while some of the WWE’s growth relates to the stadium shows, a lot also relates to the aura of Roman Reigns, which is a creative issue, and the Bloodline angle, which is booking, and the most effective long-term angle in years. While the angle got stronger in 2023 where it doesn’t count for this balloting, it was still the strongest in 2022. In addition, whether you are a fan of Bray Wyatt or not, that out of the box thinking building up his return was a huge short-term interest level success. Even if Paul Heyman and Reigns played a huge part in one story and Wyatt himself in the other, the overseeing guy is Levesque.

 

[K-M]

Es gibt generell keine Optionen zur Auswahl. In den Monaten zuvor veröffentlicht Meltzer immer nur immer wieder Beschreibungen der Kategorien. Hab ich mal unten reingepostet.

Triple H ist für die Inhalte der Shows (Booker) als auch für das Promoten der Shows verantwortlich. Aber bei WWE haben ja auch Nick Khan, Stephanie und Vince Aufgaben, die da hineinspielen, während bei anderen Promotions das auf ein und die selbe Person fällt. Wie z.B. bei Stardom auf Rossy Ogawa oder bei AEW auf Tony Khan. Nick Khan und Stephanie sind bspw. für die Werbung verantwortlich, etwas was z.B. Gedo bei NJPW sicher nicht macht. Bei NJPW übernimmt das Takaaki Kidani, bei AEW wiederum Tony Khan und bei Stardom Rossy Ogawa.

So wie ich das verstehe, bookt HBK die NXT-Shows mittlerweile alleine. Wie früher Vince gegenüber Hunter, gibt Hunter nur noch bestimmte Anforderungen weiter. Bei UFC könnte vielleicht auch hineinspielen, dass man nicht weiß, wer bestimmte Matches gebookt hat. Ich weiß nicht, ob das so öffentlich bekannt ist.



Da Meltzer ja immer wieder vorgeworfen wird, dass er von Tony Khan bezahlt wird, hier mal eine interessante Randnotiz. Eigentlich kommentiert Meltzer die Category B Awards nicht, dieses Mal hat er das bei Booker des Jahres aber getan, weil er mit dem Ergebnis wohl nicht so zufrieden war. Auf Twitter wurde er von einigen natürlich wieder angegangen, wie es denn sein kann, dass Khan gewinnt, und dass dieses Ergebnis ja ein klarer Beweis sei, dass er bezahlt wird. Wie immer meinte Meltzer, dass solche Kritik klar ein Indiz dafür ist, dass diese Leute gar nicht lesen, was er denn überhaupt dazu schreibt. Recht hat er...

Das Meltzer bezahlt wird, ist ja aberwitzig. Dann hätte die WWE das schon längst machen können. Ich glaube nicht, dass die Awards oder anderes so wichtig sind, dass man für Berichterstattung und Preise bezahlt wird. Meltzers Community ist, was das Wrestling angeht, sehr breit gefächert, tendenziell hat man eher viele AEW und WWE Fans (was logisch ist) und bei den WWE Fans hat man aber mehr die kritischen Fans, die halt das Booking der WWE (zurecht) kritisieren. Natürlich kann es dann deshalb zu einem Ungleichgewicht kommen, das dieses unnatürlich herproduziert sein soll, ist Trollerei.

 

[Unimatrix 01]

1. Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay 8/18 Tokyo (256)	2,016
2. FTR vs. The Briscoes 12/10 Arlington, TX (244)	1,824
3. Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay 1/5 Tokyo (104)	1,359
4. FTR vs. The Briscoes 4/1 Garland, TX (98)	836
5. Gunther vs. Sheamus 9/3 Cardiff (19)	393
6. Giulia vs. Syuri 12/29 Tokyo (44)	392
7. Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins 6/5 Chicago (34)	347
8. Adam Page vs. Bryan Danielson 1/5 Newark (12)	334
9. El Desperado vs. Jun Kasai 9/12 Tokyo (34)	285
10. Will Ospreay vs. Michael Oku 1/29 London (36)	279

Hier sind jetzt 8065 Votes.
Haben die denn auch alle die 10 Matches gesehen?

Wenn ein Voter nur, als Beispiel, drei Matches kennt, gibt dann seine Stimme ab, ist das dann repräsentativ?

Ich würde jetzt, als Beispiel, nur Match 5 kennen, gebe dem dann meine Stimme, reicht das um zu bewerten.
Wie machen die das da? Erklärt doch mal genau das Abstimmungsprozedere der Fans, Experten/Journalisten und Wrestler...

 

[JME]

Weil ja immer mal wieder die Frage aufkommt, wie genau die Kategorien definiert werden, hier mal ne Übersicht aus dem aktuellen WON:

Voting is now open for the 44th annual Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.

Voting will close on February 8, 2024, with results published later in our annual awards issue.

Voting is only open to Observer subscribers. To vote, you have to send your name, and send a receipt from your last order. If your last order was a print order you just have to let us know your name. You can submit ballots by email.

These awards cover the period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.

If you've got any thoughts on the awards, you are encouraged to send them in to dave@wrestlingobserver.com for publication on the Observer web site.

These awards every year get more mainstream coverage than any pro wrestling awards aside from the exclusively Japanese Tokyo Sports awards.

Just to clarify the major awards, the Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Wrestler of the Year award is open only to working pro wrestlers. The MMA MVP award is similar to the Thesz/Flair award in that it should combine importance to business and drawing power with success in the cage. For both MMA and pro wrestling, there is a separate award for the best in-ring performer, the Most Outstanding Wrestler and Most Outstanding MMA fighter. The MMA award is for purely who had the best year in the ring or the cage, throwing out business considerations, and the Most Outstanding is for who had the best matches over the past year and was the best in-ring wrestler, throwing out business considerations.

There are still some combined MMA/pro wrestling awards such as Best Promotion, Promoter of the Year, Feud of the Year, and Best Show.

In regard to actual competitive (non-worked) matches, the main categories are Most Outstanding MMA fighter and MMA Fight of the year. They are open to all MMA rules promotions. Most Outstanding MMA fighter of the year should be based entirely on success in fights during the time period.

Both performance in the ring as well as drawing power, marketability, value to the promotion and significance during the year among both shoot and worked matches should be considered for the big two awards.

Most Outstanding Wrestler is purely the best in-ring, bell-to-bell performer. Anything that takes place in a legitimate match situation should not be considered.

Best Box Office Draw is no longer a voting award. It's open to everyone whether participating in worked or legitimate matches in pro wrestling or MMA. This is for the person who moves ticket sales, TV ratings and/or PPV sales.

Tag Team of the Year and Most Improved are both limited to worked promotions.

Feud of the Year is about drawing money, creating excitement and delivering in the ring. Shoot feuds in MMA if they created interest and drew along with worked feuds in pro wrestling are both eligible. It should be about both the quality of the matches and economic success with the programs. Best on Interviews and Most Charismatic are also open to both worked and shoot promotions.

Best Promotion is open to worked and non-worked companies. Match of the Year is only for worked matches. Rookie of the Year is open to only pro wrestlers making a major promotion professional debut after September 1, 2022. Best and Worst TV announcer and Best and Worst Major show are also open to both worked and shoot promotions.

Because they’ve awards have gotten so big in recent years with so many responses, we’ve had to change things this year. Going forward we are very much limiting category A awards and far more awards will be Category B.

"CATEGORY A" AWARDS. PICK A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE FINISHER IN EACH CATEGORY. POINTS WILL BE AWARDED ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. THE WINNER OF THE AWARD IS DETERMINED BY TOTAL POINTS.



1. LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD - This is open to pro wrestlers, for a combination of everything, being both important and influential this year in a positive manner from a business perspective, combining both box office impact as well as strong match quality in worked matches. Last year's top three were Jn Moxley, Roman Reigns and Will Ospreay.

2. MMA MOST VALUABLE FIGHTER: This is also for a combination of fighting inside the ring and importance outside in a positive manner from a business perspective as well. Last year’s top three were Israel Adesanya, Alexander Volkanovski and Alex Pereira.

3. MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: This is based on working ability in the ring only. Simply, the best workers in the world on a consistent basis over the past year. Drawing power, charisma and push shouldn't be considered. Last year's top three were Will Ospreay, Bryan Danielson and Kazuchika Okada.

4. MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER: This should be based on in-ring ability and wins against the top level of competition during the calendar year. Last year's top three were Alexander Volkanovski, Alex Pereira and Islam Makhachev.

5. TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR - For the best working and most valuable tag team during the previous year. Last year's top three were FTR, Mark & Jay Briscoe and The Young Bucks.

6. BEST ON INTERVIEWS - Who has given the best interviews on a consistent basis over the past year? Reputation from previous years shouldn't be taken into consideration. It should be based on work over the course of the year as opposed to one or two memorable interviews. Last year's top three were MJF, Jon Moxley and C.M. Punk.

7. PROMOTION OF THE YEAR - Should be based on which group put together the best live and television product on a consistent basis, and secondarily, the ability to sell that product at a high level. This means box office and marketing combined with product quality. Theoretically, the top pick should be a company at or near the top on both categories. Last year's top three were All Elite Wrestling, Stardom and World Wrestling Entertainment. Just for a note, NXT is not eligible for promotion of the year as it is part of WWE, nor is ROH.

8. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW - Weekly television shows are the only ones eligible, not monthly shows, specials or individual episodes of a specific program. This is for the best consistent program. The shows have to be produced with the idea they are a weekly ongoing show and not a short-term mini-series. In other words, the Friday, Monday and Tuesday CMLL shows count as three different shows and are all eligible. NWA Powerrr, AEW Dark and Dark Elevation and Being the Elite as well as NXT U.K. and Lvl Up are also eligible. Something like G-1 Climax is not eligible because they were not scheduled to be year-around continuing long-term shows. Last year's top three were AEW Dynamite, WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage.

9. PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR - Pick the three best matches, in order, from the time period. Please list both the date and location of the match, because some matches were held many times during the year. Last year's top three were Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay on 8/18 in Tokyo, FTR vs. Mark & Jay Briscoe on 12/10 in Arlington, TX (the dog collar match) and Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay on 1/5 at the Tokyo Dome.

10. MMA FIGHT OF THE YEAR - Pick the three best fights, in order, from the time period listed. Again, please list both the date and location of the fight. Last year's top three were Jiri Prochazka vs. Glover Teixeira on June 11 in Kallang, Singapore, Dustin Poirier vs. Michael Chandler on November 12 in Madison Square Garden and Khamzat Chimaev vs. Gilbert Burns on April 9 in Jacksonville.



"CATEGORY B" AWARDS. PICK ONE IN EACH CATEGORY. WINNER CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF FIRST PLACE VOTES.



1. UNITED STATES/CANADA PRO WRESTLING MVP - This is for the most valuable to their pro wrestling company in those two countries. Last year’s top three were Jon Moxley, Roman Reigns and Chris Jericho.

2. JAPAN MVP - This is for who was the most valuable to their company in this country. Last year’s top three were Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Syuri.

3. MEXICO MVP - This is for who was the most valuable to their company in this country. Last year’s top three were El Hijo del Vikingo, Mistico and Rey Fenix.

4. EUROPEAN MVP - This is for who was the most valuable on the continent. Last year’s top three were Will Ospreay, Michael Oku and Ricky Knight Jr.

5. THE PRO WRESTLING HODGE AWARD/NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP - This is for the most valuable of the lighter weight division wrestlers. Last year’s top three were El Hijo del Vikingo, Darby Allin and El Desperado.

6. WOMAN WRESTLING MVP - This is for the most valuable woman wrestler of the past year. Last year’s top three were Syuri, Bianca Belair and Jamie Hayter.

7. WOMAN MMA MVP - This is for the most valuable woman fighter of the year. Last year’s top three were Zhang Weili, Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko.

8. BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW - This is no longer a voting award category. It is based on drawing big houses (or for that matter selling tickets to small houses as the case may be), buy rates and/or television ratings. Ring work shouldn't even be considered. Last year's top three were Israel Adesanya, Kamaru Usman and Nate Diaz for MMA and Roman Reigns, John Cena and C.M. Punk for pro wrestling.

9. FEUD OF THE YEAR - This should be based on a combination of having a compelling storyline along with having great matches that should strengthen the box office. Last year's top three were FTR vs. Mark & Jay Briscoe, C.M. Punk vs. MJF and Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins.

10. MOST IMPROVED - This is based on making the biggest strides in ring work during the previous year. This should not be for someone who was already good, but was given a bigger push. Last year's top three were The Acclaimed, Mina Shirakawa and Jamie Hayter.

11. MOST CHARISMATIC - What person had to do the least to get the most out of it? Who do crowds naturally react to emotionally even before the person does anything? Last year's top three were MJF, Sami Zayn and Roman Reigns.

12. BRYAN DANIELSON BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER AWARD - This is for having the ability to use high level technical wrestling moves within the context of building a great worked pro wrestling match. Last year's top three were Bryan Danielson, Zack Sabre Jr., and Daniel Garcia.

13. BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL BEST BRAWLER AWARD - This is for the wrestler who uses brawling tactics to put together the best matches during the previous year. It's not for a guy who does brawling matches that aren't any good. Last year's top three were Jon Moxley, Tomohiro Ishii and Minoru Suzuki.

14. BEST FLYING WRESTLER - This is for the wrestler who does the most innovative and solidly executed flying maneuvers within the context of putting together great wrestling matches. This is not for simply the hottest daredevil moves, which are sometimes hit and sometimes miss. Last year's top three were El Hijo del Vikingo, Rey Fenix and Dante Martin.

15. MOST OVERRATED - The wrestler who gets the biggest push, despite lacking ring ability or charisma. Last year's top three were Ronda Rousey, Tyrus and Roman Reigns.

16. MOST UNDERRATED - The wrestler with the most ability, who, for whatever reason, doesn't get a push commensurate with their ability. This should be based on this past year, and not a business reputation earned in prior years. Last year's top three were Konosuke Takeshita, Chad Gable and Ricochet.

17. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - This is based on ring performance, not how someone is pushed or necessarily even long-term star potential. By the standards of the category, a rookie is someone who hasn't had a regular job with a full-time wrestling company before September 1, 2022. Among the top contenders for this award would be Action Andretti, Yuma Anzai, Davey Bang, Barboza, Megan Bayne, B3CCA, Midas Black, Elijah Blum, Oleg Boltin, Myles Borne, Kale Dixon, Hunter Drake, Oba Femi, Brogan Finlay, Futuro, Galaxy, Gravity, Himawari, Jason Hotch, Aliss Ink, Jakara Jackson, Santana Jackson, Ray Jaz, Kelani Jordan, Yuki Kanzaki, Haru Kazashiro Cameron Khai, Sean Legacy, Takeshi Masada, August Matthews, Max Star, Micro Sagrado, Mini Vikingo, Kaito Nagano, Bronco Nima, Runa Okubo, Taishi Ozawa, Dani Palmer, Massimo Pesca, Rukiya, Gable Steveson, Kazuma Sumi, Shino Suzuki, Jody Threat, Brayden Toon, Wakana Uehara, Xena, Terry Yaki, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Chanyota, Luca Crusifino, Alex Duke, Ava, Brooklyn Barlow, Trey Bearhill, TJ Crawford, Izzi Dame, Tyson Dupont, Tyriek Igwe, Tiara James, Karmen Petrovic, TN Revolucion and Mark Trew.

18. BEST NON-WRESTLER PERFORMER - For the best performer on a television show who isn't a traditional wrestler, whether they be a management figure, a woman who doesn't wrestle, or a traditional manager. Last year's top three were Paul Heyman, William Regal and Don Callis.

19. BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER - Last year's top three were Kevin Kelly, Excalibur and Ian Riccaboni.

20. WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER - Last year's top three were Corey Graves, Booker T and Jim Ross.

21. BEST MAJOR SHOW - This should be a major show, as opposed to a TV taping or house show. Last year's top three were AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door on June 26 in Chicago, AEW Revolution on March 6 in Orlando and WWE WrestleMania Night One on April 2 in Arlington, TX.

22. WORST MAJOR SHOW OF THE YEAR - Last year's top three were WWE Royal Rumble on January 25 in St. Louis, WWE Elimination Chamber on February 19 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and GCW The Wrld on January 23 in New York.

23. BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER - Last year's top three were Will Ospreay’s Hidden Blade, Adam Page’s Buckshot lariat and Kenny Omega’s One Winged Angel.

24. MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC - Last year’s top three were WWE Vince McMahon going on television for a crowd pop when the sexual misconduct allegations took place, WWE continuing relations with Saudi Arabia and Ric Flair’s last match.

25. WORST TELEVISION SHOW - Last year's top three were WWE Raw, WWE NXT 2.0 and NWA Powerrr.

26. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR - Last year's top three were Pat McAfee vs. Vince McMahon on April 3 in Arlington, TX, Ric Flair & Andrade vs. Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal on July 31 in Nashville and Ronda Rousey vs. Shotzi on November 26 in Boston.

27. WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR - Last year's top three were The Miz vs. Dexter Lumis, Ronda Rousey vs. Liv Morgan and Bray Wyatt vs. L.A. Knight.

28. WORST PROMOTION - Last year's top three were WWE, NWA and Control Your Narrative.

29. BEST BOOKER - Last year's top three were Tony Khan, Rossy Ogawa and Paul Levesque.

30. PROMOTER OF THE YEAR - Last year's top three were Tony Khan Dana White and Rossy Ogawa.

31. BEST GIMMICK - Last year's top three were Sami Zayn, The Acclaimed and Danhausen.

32. WORST GIMMICK - Last year's top three were Maximum Male Models, Uncle Howdy and Kip Sabian.

33. BEST WRESTLING BOOK - Last year's top three were Blood & Fire by Brian Solomon, There’s Just One Problem by Brian Gewirtz and Dynamite & Davey by Stephen Bell.

34. BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD/STREAMING DOCUMENTARY - In this category it has to be a specific documentary. For Dark Side of the Ring, you have to list the episode and not just write Dark Side of the Ring. The same with any WWE products, it has to be a specific listed episode. Last year's top three Tales from the Territories: Lawler vs. Kaufman, Dangerous Breed: Crime, Cons, Cats about Teddy Hart and Tales from the Territories on Mid South Wrestling.

 

[Fulcrum]

Vielen Dank für die Information. Auch wenn ich etwas verwundert war, diese in einem ein Jahr alten Thread zu lesen