For over thirty years, Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter has published their annual awards in numerous categories. The full list of winners can be found online at Wikipedia. However, a comprehensive list of top finishers in each category was much more difficult to locate. With the help from many other people, we have tracked down this information online and wish to present an archive of that material (sans Dave's commentary). Please note that the modern eligibility period for each year was December Prior Year through November Current Year (i.e. the "2010 Awards" covers Dec 2009 to Nov 2010) for years prior to 2017.
Check out rest of INDEEDWRESTLING for more wrestling stats, analysis and analytics. If you enjoy this information, we highly suggest you become a subscriber to Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2020"CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. JON MOXLEY (883) 4,873 2. Kenny Omega (110) 1,375 3. Tetsuya Naito (38) 957 4. Kota Ibushi (31) 890 5. Drew McIntyre (51) 869 6. Bayley (13) 634 7. Go Shiozaki (39) 510 8. Roman Reigns (13) 507 9. Mayu Iwatani (25) 287 10. Chris Jericho (24) 276 HONORABLE MENTION: Kazuchika Okada 220, Cody Rhodes 217, Minoru Suzuki 204, Adam Page 138, Sasha Banks 124, Hiromu Takahashi 81, Brodie Lee 78 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV (456) 2,904 2. Conor McGregor (231) 1,510 3. Israel Adesanya (87) 1,276 4. Jorge Masvidal (15) 662 5. Amanda Nunes (17) 328 6. Deiveson Figueiredo (15) 298 7. Justin Gaethje (19) 232 8. Jon Jones (1) 198 9. Daniel Cormier 159 10. Kamaru Usman (7) 127 HONORABLE MENTION: Stipe Miocic 119, Kevin Holland 89, Weili Zhang 80 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. KENNY OMEGA (276) 2,196 2. Kota Ibushi (273) 2,140 3. Shingo Takagi (126) 1,475 4. Tomohiro Ishii (128) 1,208 5. Will Ospreay (113) 938 6. Minoru Suzuki (73) 656 7. Kazuchika Okada (38) 549 8. Hiromu Takahashi (57) 526 9. Go Shiozaki (62) 508 10. Rey Fenix (32) 385 HONORABLE MENTION: Nick Jackson 274, Mayu Iwatani 209, Jon Moxley 155, Daniel Bryan 149, Adam Page 120, A.J. Styles 119, Cody Rhodes 96, Matt Jackson 80 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. ISRAEL ADESANYA (152) 1,439 2. Deiveson Figueiredo (201) 1,426 3. Khabib Nurmagomedov (167) 1,099 4. Kevin Holland (49) 512 5. Amanda Nunes (12) 319 6. Weili Zhang (7) 184 7. Valentina Shevchenko (2) 178 8. Jan Blachowicz (8) 129 9. Justin Gaethje 121 10. Kamaru Usman (15) 114 HONORABLE MENTION: Charles Oliveira 81, Jorge Masvidal 80 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. YOUNG BUCKS (653) 4,283 2. Kenny Omega & Adam Page (409) 3,554 3. FTR (97) 2,106 4. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi (68) 740 5. Bayley & Sasha Banks (19) 368 6. Josh Alexander & Ethan Page (22) 214 7. Chuck Taylor & Trent (4) 168 8. Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix (7) 163 9. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi (8) 116 10. Santana & Ortiz (5) 72 10. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly (2) 72 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. EDDIE KINGSTON (474) 3,478 2. Jon Moxley (373) 3,132 3. MJF (222) 2,095 4. Cody Rhodes (59) 768 5. Chris Jericho (56) 729 6. Taz (11) 336 7. Roman Reigns (14) 275 8. Jay White (16) 244 9. Pat McAfee (19) 188 10. Randy Orton (13) 139 HONORABLE MENTION: Don Callis 112, Paul Heyman 112, Kevin Owens 95 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. ALL ELITE WRESTLING (1,097) 5,717 2. New Japan Pro Wrestling (140) 3,157 3. World Wrestling Entertainment (12) 776 4. Stardom (33) 507 5. UFC (32) 380 6. Pro Wrestling NOAH (13) 376 7. Impact Wrestling (1) 264 8. Dragon Gate (7) 214 9. Ring of Honor (6) 205 10. DDT (13) 136 HONORABLE MENTION: Game Changer Wrestling 115, AAA 83 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. AEW DYNAMITE (1,151) 5,994 2. WWE NXT (20) 1,655 3. Being the Elite (24) 1,265 4. AEW Dark (19) 743 5. WWE Smackdown (20) 611 6. NJPW Strong (21) 538 7. Ring of Honor (7) 417 8. Impact Wrestling (5) 229 9. MLW Fusion (2) 213 10. WWE NXT U.K. (5) 115 HONORABLE MENTION: We Are Stardom 83 PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. YOUNG BUCKS VS. KENNY OMEGA & ADAM PAGE 2/29 CHICAGO (733) 4,285 2. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi 1/4 Tokyo (176) 1,929 3. Young Bucks vs. FTR 11/7 Jacksonville (66) 809 4. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito 1/5 Tokyo (98) 761 5. Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov 10/29 London (49) 740 6. Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki 10/10 Osaka (56) 555 7. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Will Ospreay 1/4 Tokyo (13) 496 8. Go Shiozaki vs. Takashi Sugiura 12/6 Tokyo (22) 295 9. Young Bucks & Kenny Omega & Matt Hardy & Adam Page vs. Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara & Jake Hager & Ortiz & Santana Stadium Stampede 5/23 Jacksonville (12) 270 10. John Silver & Alex Reynolds & Adam Page vs. MJF & Santana & Ortiz 12/30 Jacksonville (4) 211 HONORABLE MENTION: Chuck Taylor & Trent vs Ortiz & Santana 9/27 Jacksonville 167, Mayu Iwatani vs. Takumi Iroha 2/8 Tokyo 159, Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi 10/10 Osaka 132, Pac vs. Orange Cassidy 2/29 Chicago 78, Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi 9/27 Kobe 75, Cody Rhodes vs. Brodie Lee dog collar 10/8 Jacksonville 73,Undertaker vs. A.J. Styles 4/4 Winter Park, FL 72, Kenny Omega vs. Pac 2/26 Kansas City 72 MMA FIGHT OF THE YEAR 1. WEILI ZHANG VS. JOANNA JEDRZEJCZYK 3/7 LAS VEGAS (503) 2,662 2. Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno 12/12 Las Vegas (14) 1,079 3. Dustin Poirier vs Dan Hooker 6/27 Las Vegas (12) 679 4. Justin Gaethje vs. Tony Ferguson 5/9 Jacksonville (23) 558 5. Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje 10/25 Yas Island (6) 102 6. Paul Felder vs. Dan Hooker 2/22 Auckland (7) 73 7. Josh Emmett vs. Shane Burgos 6/20 Las Vegas (1) 71 8. Daniel Cormier vs. Stipe Miocic 8/12 Las Vegas 71 9. Jon Jones vs. Dominick Reyes (6) 63 10. Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa 9/26 Yas Island (4) 55 "CATEGORY B" AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES UNITED STATES/CANADA MVP 1. JON MOXLEY 955 2. Kenny Omega 109 3. Cody Rhodes 80 4. Drew McIntyre 49 5, Roman Reigns 47 6. Chris Jericho 37 7. Bayley 14 8. Adam Cole 13 9. Adam Page 12 JAPANESE MVP 1. TETSUYA NAITO 372 2. Kota Ibushi 334 3. Go Shiozaki 158 4. Kazuchika Okada 90 5. Mayu Iwatani 77 6. Minoru Suzuki 72 7. Hiromu Takahashi ` 66 8. Will Ospreay 37 9. Tomohiro Ishii 30 10. Shingo Takagi 25 HONORABLE MENTION: Hiroshi Tanahashi 20, Jay White 18, Tetsuya Endo 17, Hana Kimura 15 MEXICO MVP 1. REY FENIX 258 2. Laredo Kid 135 3. Pagano 69 4. L.A. Park 38 5. Volador Jr. 36 6. Psycho Clown 35 7. Kenny Omega 30 7. Rush 30 9. Pentagon Jr. 25 10. Ultimo Guerrero 19 EUROPE MVP 1. WALTER 805 2. Will Ospreay 151 3. Zack Sabre Jr. 26 4. Cara Noir 22 5. Ilja Dragunov 18 HODGE AWARD/NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP 1. HIROMU TAKAHASHI 853 2. Rey Fenix 84 3. Darby Allin 36 4. Rey Mysterio 14 5. El Phantasmo 13 WOMEN’S WRESTLING MVP 1. BAYLEY 258 2. Mayu Iwatani 238 3. Sasha Banks 206 4. Asuka 151 5. Hikaru Shida 132 6. Io Shirai 110 7. Giulia 63 8. Thunder Rosa 36 9. Yuka Sakazaki 17 10. Serena Deeb 12 10. Britt Baker 12 10. Hana Kimura 12 HONORABLE MENTION: Becky Lynch 11 WOMEN’S MMA MVP 1. AMANDA NUNES 237 2. Valentina Shevchenko 161 3. Weili Zhang 133 4. Cris Cyborg 15 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. CONOR MCGREGOR 349 2. Jon Moxley 270 3. Chris Jericho 143 4. Tetsuya Naito 136 5. Roman Reigns 75 6. Kenny Omega 60 7. Young Bucks 41 8. Khabib Nurmagomedov 38 9. Jorge Masvidal 32 10. Cody Rhodes 17 HONORABLE MENTION: Kazuchika Okada 11 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. JON MOXLEY VS. EDDIE KINGSTON 384 2. Cody Rhodes vs. Brodie Lee 119 3. Kenny Omega vs. Adam Page 75 4. Jon Moxley vs. Chris Jericho 68 5. Young Bucks vs. FTR 66 6. Cody Rhodes vs. MJF 52 7. Young Bucks vs Adam Page & Kenny Omega 49 8. Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso 45 9. Inner Circle vs. The Elite 42 10. Edge vs. Randy Orton 38 MOST IMPROVED 1. BRITT BAKER 161 2. Giulia 155 3. John Silver 79 4. Taichi 76 5. Jungle Boy 60 6. Brodie Lee 58 7. Roman Reigns 49 8. Tay Conti 43 9. Yoshi-Hashi 42 10. Adam Page 41 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. MJF 179 2. Orange Cassidy 171 3. Jon Moxley 157 4. Hiroshi Tanahashi 119 5. Eddie Kingston 105 6. Chris Jericho 85 7. Cody Rhodes 54 8. Tetsuya Naito 40 9. Kenny Omega 38 10. Ricky Starks 37 BRYAN DANIELSON AWARD (BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER) 1. ZACK SABRE JR. 770 2. Daniel Bryan 153 3. Jonathan Gresham 89 4. Kyle O’Reilly 43 5. Timothy Thatcher 36 6. Will Ospreay 30 7. Kenny Omega 23 8. Minoru Suzuki 20 8. Syuri 20 10. Kota Ibushi 18 HONORABLE MENTION: Drew Gulak 12 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. JON MOXLEY 389 2. Tomohiro Ishii 263 3. Brodie Lee 235 4. Minoru Suzuki 140 5. Shingo Takagi 137 6. Eddie Kingston 36 7. Walter 15 7. Matthew Justice 15 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. REY FENIX 866 2. Will Ospreay 147 3. Hiromu Takahashi 139 4. Nick Jackson 78 5. Darby Allin 25 6. Dragon Dia 16 7. Rey Mysterio 13 8. Matt Jackson 12 9. El Hijo del Vikingo 11 9. Bandido 11 MOST OVERRATED 1. BRAY WYATT 444 2. Evil 209 3. King Corbin 132 4. Nia Jax 77 5. Braun Strowman 43 6. Bill Goldberg 38 7. Cody Rhodes 36 8. Seth Rollins 29 8. The Miz 29 10. Charlotte Flair 25 HONORABLE MENTION: Randy Orton 24, Dexter Lumis 14, Jon Moxley 12, Kenny Omega 12, Young Bucks 11 MOST UNDERRATED 1. RICOCHET 320 2. Chad Gable 109 3. Riddle 50 4. Cesaro 48 4. Mustafa Ali 48 6. Keith Lee 47 7. Tomohiro Ishii 41 8. Rey Fenix 36 9. Toa Henare 34 10. Aleister Black 32 HONORABLE MENTION: Andrade 30, Desperado 29, John Silver 24, Hiroshi Tanahashi 23, Frankie Kazarian 22, Ricky Starks 20, Scorpio Sky 19, Gran Metalik 19, Joey Janela 18, Minoru Suzuki 16, Cameron Grimes 15, Sammy Guevara 12, Rhea Ripley 12 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. PAT MCAFEE 355 2. Anna Jay 216 3. SB Kento 158 4. Dominik Mysterio 108 5. Top Flight 105 6. Will Hobbs 66 7. Benjamin Carter 53 8. Blake Christian 44 9. Alan Angels 24 10. Yuki Mashiro 16 HONORABLE MENTION: Leyla Hirsch 13, Lee Johnson 12 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. TAZ 741 2. Paul Heyman 225 3. Don Callis 102 4. Tony Schiavone 59 5. Jake Roberts 37 6. Adam Pearce 28 7. Zelina Vega 19 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. EXCALIBUR 402 2. Kevin Kelly 389 3. Tony Schiavone 323 4. Jim Ross 47 5. Mark Pickering 31 6. Hugo Savinovich 28 7. Wade Barrett 26 8. Chris Jericho 24 9. Ian Riccobani 21 10. Samoa Joe 18 10. Jae Church 18 HONORABLE MENTION: Rocky Romero 17, Chris Charlton 16 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. MICHAEL COLE 384 2. Corey Graves 224 3. Beth Phoenix 155 4. Jim Ross 137 5. Josh Matthews 83 6. Byron Saxton 78 7. Tom Phillips 25 9. Madison Rayne 21 10. Vic Joseph 19 HONORABLE MENTION: Chris Jericho 18, Alex Kozlov 16, Excalibur 13 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. AEW REVOLUTION 2/29 CHICAGO 306 2. NJPW WrestleKingdom 1/4 Tokyo 294 3. NJPW G-1 Climax 10/10 Osaka 231 4. AEW Brodie Lee Tribute Show 12/30 Jacksonville 174 5. AEW Double or Nothing 5/29 Jacksonville 107 6. AEW Full Gear 11/7 Jacksonville 78 7. NJPW WrestleKingdom 1/5 Tokyo 77 8 WWE Royal Rumble 1/26 Houston 25 9. NXT Takeover Portland 2/16 Portland 13 WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE SUPER SHOWDOWN 2/27 RIYADH 619 2. WWE Horror Show at Extreme Rules 7/19 Winter Park, FL 240 3. WWE WrestleMania 4/5 Winter Park, FL 99 4. WWE Money in the Bank 5/10 Winter Park, FL 54 5. AEW All Out 9/5 Jacksonville 33 6. WWE Survivor Series 11/22 Orlando 20 7. WWE WrestleMania 4/4 Winter Park, FL 12 8. WWE TLC 12/20 St. Petersburg 11 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. KENNY OMEGA ONE WINGED ANGEL 373 2. Adam Page buckshot lariat 114 3. Omega & Page buckshot V trigger 60 4. Kota Ibushi Kamagoye 59 5. Jon Moxley paradigm shift 54 5. Will Ospreay hidden blade 39 6. Will Ospreay stormbreaker 37 7. Darby Allin coffin drop 31 8. Shingo Takagi pumping bomber 25 9. Mizuki whirling candy 24 10. Pac black arrow 20 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE FIRING PEOPLE DURING A PANDEMIC DURING A YEAR WHERE THEY WERE SETTING PROFIT RECORDS 616 2. WWE operating for months without COVID testing 247 3. WWE stopping talent from third party opportunities 63 4. WWE running in Saudi Arabia 48 5. AEW restarting Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara match 21 6. Rey Mysterio losing his eye angle 19 7. Dana White attempting to run a Native American reservation show in California to get around COVID restrictions 17 8. WWE continuing to employ and push wrestlers with credible sexual allegations against them 15 8. Bushiroad handling the death of Hana Kimura 15 10. WWE Drake Maverick firing storyline with all the real firings 14 HONORABLE MENTION: AEW & WWE continuing to run during the pandemic 13, Randy Orton burning The Fiend alive 12 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE RAW 1,117 2. Impact Wrestling 25 3. WWE Smackdown 24 4. Ring of Honor Wrestling 14 5. WWE NXT 12 5. WWE 205 Live 12 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. BRAUN STROWMAN VS. THE FIEND 7/29 WINTER PARK, FL 179 2. Bill Goldberg vs. The Fiend 2/27 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 170 3. Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara 9/5 Jacksonville 148 4. Randy Orton vs. Edge 3/26 Winter Park, FL 114 5. John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt 3/27 Winter Park, FL 76 6. Brock Lesnar vs. Ricochet 2/27 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 72 7. Jado vs. Toru Yano 6/21 Tokyo 41 8. Britt Baker vs Big Swole 9/5 Jacksonville 32 9. Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton 12/20 St. Petersburg 30 10. Bray Wyatt vs. Braun Strowman 8/23 Orlando 23 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. BRAY WYATT VS. BRAUN STROWMAN 301 2. Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton 192 3. Lana vs. Nia Jax 161 4. Rey Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins 116 5. Tetsuya Naito vs. Evil 88 6. WWE vs. Retribution 48 7. Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara 45 8. Street Profits vs. Viking Raiders 33 9. Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus 24 9. Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy 24 HONORABLE MENTION: John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt 20, Dexter Lumis vs . Cameron Grimes 16, Ricochet vs. Retribution 14, Ricochet vs. Hurt Business 12, Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley 12, Retribution vs. Hurt Business 11, Young Bucks vs. FTR 11 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT 1,019 2. Impact Wrestling 93 3. Ring of Honor 31 4. Major League Wrestling 19 5. New Japan Pro Wrestling 12 BEST BOOKER 1. TONY KHAN 1,022 2. Gedo 149 3. Nosawa Rongai 37 4. Rossy Ogawa 22 5. Sanshiro Takagi 17 5. Paul Levesque 14 6. Hunter Johnston 13 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. TONY KHAN 1,056 2. Dana White 40 3. Sanshiro Takagi 21 4. Harold Meij 17 5. Joe Koff 16 5. Brett Lauderdale 16 7. Vince McMahon 14 BEST GIMMICK 1. ORANGE CASSIDY 386 2. Brodie Lee 167 3. Roman Reigns 142 4. Adam Page 114 5. Darby Allin 62 6. Kenny Omega 56 7. MJF 54 8. The Fiend Bray Wyatt 30 9. Eddie Kingston 29 10. Dark Order 23 HONORABLE MENTION: Minoru Suzuki 21, Jay White 17,Donna del Mundo 17. Gokigen Death 16, John Silver 13,Jon Moxley 12, Lance Archer 11 WORST GIMMICK 1. THE FIEND BRAY WYATT 470 2. Retribution 116 3. Alexa Bliss 63 4. Seth Rollins 61 5. Master Wato 50 6. Dexter Lumis 45 7. King Corbin 44 8. Lana 24 9. Great O’Khan 21 10. Miro 19 HONORABLE MENTION: Riddle 18, Abadon 18, Orange Cassidy 12 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. YOUNG BUCKS: KILLING THE BUSINESS FROM THE BACKYARDS TO THE BIG LEAGUES BY MATT & NICK MASSIE 348 2. The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of Andre the Giant by Pat Laprade and Bertrand Hebert 145 3. Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond by Jim Ross 120 4. Shamrock: World’s Most Dangerous Man by Jonathan Snowden 64 5. The Wrestling Observer Yearbook 1997: The Last Time WWF was Number Two by Dave Meltzer 61 6. Voices of Wrestling 2020 New Japan Year in Review 25 7. Master of the Ring: The Biography of Buddy Rogers by Tim Hornbaker 14 BEST PRO WRESTLING DOCUMENTARY 1. DARK SIDE OF THE RING: OWEN HART 378 2. Dark Side of the Ring: Chris Benoit 240 3. WWE The Last Ride 142 4. Dark Side of the Ring: Herb Abrams 60 5. You Cannot Kill David Arquette 57 6. WWE 24: Edge 19 7. Dark Side of the Ring: Brawl for All 14 7. AEW Road to Full Gear 14 9. Dark Side of the Ring: New Jack 12 2019"CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. CHRIS JERICHO (522) 3,695 2. Kazuchika Okada (349) 3,133 3. Will Ospreay (158) 1,773 4. Cody (72) 865 5. Adam Cole (26) ` ` 459 6. Kento Miyahara (51) 422 7. Kota Ibushi (14) 234 8. Jon Moxley (11) 217 9. Hiroshi Tanahashi (2) 158 10. Kenny Omega (1) 109 HONORABLE MENTION: Becky Lynch 105 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. JORGE MASVIDAL (272) 1,903 2. Jon Jones (126) 1,159 3. Khabib Nurmagomedov (111) 997 4. Israel Adesanya (62) 717 5. Nate Diaz (47) 599 6. Amanda Nunes (34) 469 7. Daniel Cormier (15) 368 8. Henry Cejudo (25) 314 9. Kamaru Usman (7) 173 10. Zhang Weili (8) 89 HONORABLE MENTION: Valentina Shevchenko 88 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. WILL OSPREAY (852) 4,951 2. Kazuchika Okada (157) 2,095 3. Kota Ibushi (36) 937 4. Shingo Takagi (20) 895 5. Tomohiro Ishii (31) 608 6. Johnny Gargano (9) 284 7. Rey Fenix (19) 312 8. Kento Miyahara (14) 260 9. Adam Cole (7) 211 10. Kenny Omega (13) 175 HONORABLE MENTION: Hiroshi Tanahashi 149, Zack Sabre Jr., 131, Konosuke Takeshita 104, Daniel Bryan 103, Walter 79 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. ISRAEL ADESANYA (263) 1,823 2. Jorge Masvidal (169) 1,457 3. Amanda Nunes (135) 983 4. Khabib Nurmagomedov (90) 722 5. Henry Cejudo (56) 714 6. Kamaru Usman (17) 458 7. Jon Jones (31) 385 8. Valentina Shevchenko (8) 128 9. Zhang Weili (11) 97 10. Alexander Volkanovski (9) 88 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. PENTAGON JR. & REY FENIX (708) 4,476 2. Matt & Nick Jackson (222) 2,640 3. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly (145) 1,885 4. Santana & Ortiz (35) 576 5. Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa (33) 328 6. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa (6) 217 7. Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima (25) 163 8. Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky (7) 122 9. Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles 121 10. Mark & Jay Briscoe (14) 99 HONORABLE MENTION: Viking Raiders 80, Sho & Yoh 78, New Day 69, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson 67 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. CHRIS JERICHO (569) 4,103 2. Cody (378) 3,325 3. MJF (90) 1,169 4. Jon Moxley (12) 479 5. Zack Sabre Jr. (20) 364 6. Nick Aldis (25) 334 7. Becky Lynch (38) 333 8. Daniel Bryan (5) 212 9. David Starr (23) 183 10. Samoa Joe (2) 139 HONORABLE MENTION: Jay White 119, Paul Heyman 103, Bray Wyatt 90, Will Ospreay 80, Kevin Owens 67, Tim Storm 66 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (744) 4,848 2. All Elite Wrestling (389) 3,691 3. WWE (25) 1,177 4. NWA 335 5. UFC (7) 296 6. Dragon Gate (2) 255 6. Stardom (4) 135 7. DDT (26) 224 8. AAA 147 9. OTT 144 10. All Japan Pro Wrestling 127 HONORABLE MENTION: Impact 120, Game Changer Pro Wrestling 62 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. AEW DYNAMITE (793) 4,854 2. NXT (192) 3,294 3. NWA Powerrr (126) 1,580 4. New Japan on AXS (73) 691 5. Being the Elite (11) 576 6. MLW Fusion (7) 385 7. Beyond Uncharted Territory (15) 231 8. AEW Dark 204 9. Impact Wrestling (2) 138 10. AEW Road To (6) 114 HONORABLE MENTION: WWE Raw 90, AAA Worldwide 85, WWE Smackdown 78, NXT U.K. 66 PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. WILL OSPREAY VS. SHINGO TAKAGI 6/5 TOKYO (330) 2,54 2. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega 1/4 Tokyo (259) 2,156 3. Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes 5/24 Las Vegas (151) 1,295 4. Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay 7/20 Tokyo (127) 1,141 5. Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole 4/5 Brooklyn (97) 1,033 6. Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii 8/8 Yokohama (31) 450 7. Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. & Fenix 8/31 Chicago (43) 427 8. Walter vs. Tyler Bate 8/31 Cardiff (19) 338 9. Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White 8/12 Tokyo (13) 259 10. Jon Moxley vs. Tomohiro Ishii 7/19 Tokyo (8) 186 HONORABLE MENTION: Will Ospreay vs. Dragon Lee 6/9 Osaka 153, Jordan Devlin vs. David Starr 10/26 152, Kofi Kingston vs. Daniel Bryan 4/7 East Rutherford, NJ 122, Arisa Nakajima vs. Nanae Takahashi 11/2 Kawasaki 97, Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi 8/10 Tokyo 91, Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley 11/9 Baltimore 90, Rocky Romero vs. El Phantasmo 5/24 Tokyo 81, Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix 5/24 Las Vegas 73, Will Ospreay vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 8/10 Tokyo 60 MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. ISRAEL ADESANYA VS. KELVIN GASTELUM 4/13 ATLANTA (353) 2,168 2. Dustin Poirier vs. Max Holloway 4/13 Atlanta (49) 912 3. Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington 12/14 Las Vegas (74) 808 4. Yoel Romero vs. Paulo Costa 8/17 Anaheim (32) 568 5. Vicente Luque vs. Bryan Barbarena 2/17 Phoenix (15) 210 6. Tony Ferguson vs. Donald Cerrone 6/6 Chicago (3) 122 7. Henry Cejudo vs. Marlon Moraes 6/6 Chicago (12) 121 8. Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier 8/17 Anaheim (4) 105 8. Demian Maia vs. Ben Askren 10/25 Kallang, Singapore (16) 105 10. Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz 11/2 New York 66 "CATEGORY B" AWARDS - WINNER - DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES UNITED STATES/CANADA MVP 1. CHRIS JERICHO 950 2. Cody 102 3. Adam Cole 86 4. Johnny Gargano 20 5. Nick Gage 15 5. Becky Lynch 15 7. Daniel Bryan 14 7. Jon Moxley 14 9. Kenny Omega 13 10. Seth Rollins 11 JAPANESE MVP 1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA 810 2. Will Ospreay 133 3. Kento Miyahara 90 4. Kota Ibushi 78 5. Tetsuya Naito 26 6. Konosuke Takeshita 15 7. Hiroshi Tanahashi 13 MEXICO MVP 1. REY FENIX 376 2. Rush 177 3. L.A. Park 144 4. Pentagon Jr. 137 5. Dragon Lee 82 6. Blue Demon Jr. 64 7. Psycho Clown 62 8. Ultimo Guerrero 58 9. Dr. Wagner Jr. 39 10. Laredo Kid 24 HONORABLE MENTION: El Hijo del Vikingo 17, Caristico 16, Kenny Omega 13 EUROPE MVP 1. WALTER 537 2. Will Ospreay 266 3. David Starr 212 4. Zack Sabre Jr. 154 5. Jordan Devlin 79 6. Pete Dunne 15 7. Tyler Bate 12 8. Timothy Thatcher 11 9. Chris Brookes 10 10. Pac 7 NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP 1. WILL OSPREAY 1,015 2. Dragon Lee 31 2. Shingo Takagi 31 4. Rey Fenix 26 5. El Hijo del Vikingo 20 6. David Starr 14 7. Johnny Gargano 7 8. El Phantasmo 6 WOMEN’S WRESTLING MVP 1. BECKY LYNCH 534 2. Tessa Blanchard 153 3. Shayna Baszler 96 4. Ronda Rousey 73 5. Io Shirai 62 6. Riho 60 7, Rhea Ripley 49 8. Mayu Iwatani 44 9. Saree 33 10. Momo Watanabe 24 WOMEN’S MMA MVP 1. AMANDA NUNES 736 2. Zhang Weili 40 3. Valentina Shevchenko 35 4. Cris Cyborg 8 4. Ilima Lei-Macfarlane 8 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. CHRIS JERICHO 540 2. Brock Lesnar 99 3. Jon Jones 82 4. Kazuchika Okada 78 5. Nate Diaz 73 6. Kenny Omega 63 7. Cody 41 8. Becky Lynch 27 9. Ronda Rousey 20 10. L.A. Park 17 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. ADAM COLE VS. JOHNNY GARGANO 405 2. Chris Jericho vs. Cody 198 3. Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix 121 4. Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston 66 5. Jushin Liger vs. Minoru Suzuki 64 6. David Starr vs. Jordan Devlin 56 7. Colby Covington vs. Kamaru Usman 42 8. Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair 38 9. Kazuchika Okada vs. Sanada 37 10. Cody vs. MJF 36 HONORABLE MENTION: Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Blue Demon Jr. 33, Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White 30, Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito 19, Elite vs Inner Circle 18, Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes 18, Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley 14 MOST IMPROVED 1. LANCE ARCHER 270 2. Jon Moxley 205 3. Jungle Boy 128 4. Rhea Ripley 73 5, Taichi 40 6. Jay White 36 7. MJF 34 8. Darby Allin 30 8. Cody 30 10. Will Ospreay 27 HONORABLE MENTION: Keith Lee 24, Arisa Hoshiki 16, Tessa Blanchard 15,Toa Henare 15, Yuya Uemura 13, Dustin Rhodes 12 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. CHRIS JERICHO 318 2. Cody 194 3. Tetsuya Naito 117 4. Hiroshi Tanahashi 84 5. MJF 67 6. Jon Moxley 54 7. Becky Lynch 44 8. Orange Cassidy 42 9. Matt Riddle 32 10. Kento Miyahara 28 HONORABLE MENTION: Adam Cole 20, Minoru Suzuki 20, Jorge Masvidal 17, Hana Kimura 17, Maki Itoh 16, Velveteen Dream 13, Jay White 12, Will Ospreay, 12, Bray Wyatt 11 BRYAN DANIELSON AWARD (BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER) 1. ZACK SABRE JR. 895 2. Daniel Bryan 97 3. Will Ospreay 37 4. Sanada 35 5. Jonathan Gresham 32 6. Minoru Suzuki 19 6. Timothy Thatcher 19 8. Johnny Gargano 12 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. TOMOHIRO ISHII 474 2. Jon Moxley 397 3. Shingo Takagi 110 4. Minoru Suzuki 42 5. Walter 31 6. Blue Demon Jr. 28 7. Chris Jericho 25 8. Nick Gage 21 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. WILL OSPREAY 667 2. Rey Fenix 366 3. Dragon Lee 36 4. El Hijo del Vikingo 35 5. Ricochet 18 6. Shun Skywalker 17 7. Tetsuya Endo 16 7. Jacob Fatu 16 MOST OVERRATED 1. KING CORBIN 696 2. Seth Rollins 120 3. Bray Wyatt 71 4. Lacey Evans 30 5. Shane McMahon 25 6. Britt Baker 24 7. Jay White 23 8. Brock Lesnar 18 9. Sanada 17 10. Cody 12 HONORABLE MENTION: Juice Robinson 11 MOST UNDERRATED 1. SHORTY G 266 2. Matt Riddle 90 3. Toa Henare 50 4. Ricochet 43 5. Tomohiro Ishii 36 6. Mustafa Ali 32 7. Samoa Joe 31 7. Kushida 31 9. Cesaro 25 10. Pac 25 HONORABLE MENTION: Buddy Murphy 24,Sami Zayn 24, Tyler Bate 19, Gran Metalik 18, Cedric Alexander 18, Andrade 17, Black Taurus 15, Asuka 15, Minoru Suzuki 15, The Revival 14, Lance Archer 13, Kenny Omega 13, Rey Fenix 13, Jordan Devlin 13, Shingo Takagi 13, Finn Balor 12, Sanada 12, EC 3 12, Roman Reigns 11 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. JUNGLE BOY 249 2. Karl Fredericks 219 3. Cain Velasquez 64 4. Clark Connors 36 5. Kris Statlander 26 6. Strong Machine J 24 7. Private Party 12 7. Marko Stunt 12 9. Alex Coughlin 11 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. PAUL HEYMAN 378 2. Zelina Vega 122 3. Salina de la Renta 119 4. Gedo 96 5. Tully Blanchard 78 6. William Regal 35 7. Aubrey Edwards 34 8. Katsuyori Shibata 31 9. Pieter 30 9. Jake Hager 30 HONORABLE MENTION: Kamille 29, Miho Abe 25, Orange Cassidy 17, Malcolm Bivens 14, Drake Maverick 12, Brandi Rhodes 12 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. KEVIN KELLY 654 2. Excalibur 146 3. Tony Schiavone 131 4. Mauro Ranallo 105 5. Nigel McGuinness 66 6. Jim Cornette 45 7. Jim Ross 15 7. Hugo Savinovich 15 9. Don Callis 13 9. Chris Charlton 13 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. COREY GRAVES 474 2. Michael Cole 242 3. Beth Phoenix 77 4. Renee Young 42 5. Jim Ross 39 6. Mauro Ranallo 38 7. Alex Marvez 36 8. Byron Saxton 35 9. Josh Matthews 18 10. Jerry Lawler 17 10. Jim Cornette 17 HONORABLE MENTION: Dio Maddin 11 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. AEW DOUBLE OR NOTHING 5/25 LAS VEGAS 359 2. NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 1/4 Tokyo Dome 323 3. NXT Takeover New York 4/5 Brooklyn 260 4. NJPW G-1 Climax final 8/12 Tokyo 44 5. NJPW Best of the Super Juniors finals 6/5 Tokyo 42 6. DDT Ultimate Party 11/3 Tokyo 17 7. DDT Coming to America 4/4 New York 15 8. NJPW Dominion 6/9 Osaka 14 9. WWE WrestleMania 4/7 East Rutherford, NJ 13 9. NXT Takeover 6/1 Bridgeport, CT 13 HONORABLE MENTION: AEW Full Gear 11/9 Baltimore 12 WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE SUPER SHOWDOWN 6/7 JEDDAH 427 2. WWE Hell in a Cell 10/6 Sacramento 343 3. WWE Crown Jewel 10/29 Riyadh 180 4. WWE TLC 12/15 Minneapolis 57 5. WWE WrestleMania 4/7 East Rutherford, NJ 24 6. CMLL 86th Anniversary show 9/27 Mexico City 17 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. WILL OSPREAY STORMBREAKER 162 2. Kenny Omega One Winged Angel 147 3. Kazuchika Okada Rainmaker 134 4. Will Ospreay Hidden Blade 90 5. Chris Jericho Judas Effect 65 6. Shingo Takagi Last of the Dragon 58 7. Kota Ibushi kamagoye 33 8. Darby Allin Coffin drop 32 8. Shingo Takagi Pumping Bomber 32 10. Rey Fenix Tightrope kick 27 HONORABLE MENTION: Jay White bladerunner 24, Kazuchika Okada dropkick 20,Tetsuya Naito Destino 19, Private Party Gin & Juice 18, Kento Miyahara Shutdown suplex 15, Pac Black Arrow 13, Aleister Black Black mass 13, Young Bucks Meltzer Driver 13, Minoru Suzuki Gotch piledriver 12, Kenny Omega V trigger 12, Adam Page buckshot lariat 11 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE CONTINUING TO DO BUSINESS IN SAUDI ARABIA 920 2. UFC/USADA handling of Jon Jones 21 3. ROH using Enzo & Cass at MSG without telling New Japan 19 4. WWE Mike & Maria Kanellis pregnancy angle 18 5. UFC using Greg Hardy 15 6. WWE using Roman Reigns’ cancer to draw a Raw rating 14 7. WWE counter programming AEW Fight for Fallen charity show 13 8. WWE Corey Graves tweet on Mauro Ranallo 12 9. WWE Erick Rowan attempted murder of Roman Reigns 11 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE RAW 773 2. WWE Smackdown 224 3. Ring of Honor Wrestling 74 4. Impact 38 5. NWA Powerrr 14 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. THE FIEND BRAY WYATT VS. SETH ROLLINS 10/6 SACRAMENTO 756 2. Undertaker vs. Bill Goldberg 6/7 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 215 3. Braun Strowman vs. Tyson Fury 10/31 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 17 4. Dalys vs. Metalica 9/27 Mexico City 16 5. Bully Ray & Shane Taylor & Silas Young vs. Flip Gordon & Juice Robinson & Mark Haskins 4/6 New York 15 6. Shane McMahon vs. Roman Reigns 6/7 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 12 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. SETH ROLLINS VS. THE FIEND BRAY WYATT 505 2. Rusev vs. Bobby Lashley 224 3. Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin 81 4. Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin 78 5. King Corbin vs. Shorty G 32 6. Seth Rollins & Becky Lynch vs. Baron Corbin & Lacey Evans 30 7. Shane McMahon vs. The Miz 20 8. Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi 16 9. Becky Lynch vs. Lacey Evans 12 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT 607 2. Ring of Honor 290 3. Impact Wrestling 68 4. CMLL 25 5. AAA 14 6. Progress 12 7. AEW 10 BEST BOOKER 1. GEDO 1,027 2. Paul Levesque 66 3. Tony Khan 47 4. Sanshiro Takagi 14 5. Jun Akiyama 12 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. TONY KHAN 888 2. Harold Meij/Takaaki Kidani 194 3. Paul Levesque 66 4. Sanshiro Takagi 23 5. William Patrick Corgan 15 BEST GIMMICK 1. THE FIEND BRAY WYATT 282 2. Chris Jericho 210 3. Orange Cassidy 200 4. MJF 91 5. Darby Allin 55 6. Jurassic Express 29 6. David Starr 29 8. The Question Mark 22 9. Adam Page 20 10. Pac 19 HONORABLE MENTION: Sammy Guevara 18, Kazuki Hirata 16, Minoru Suzuki 14, Becky Lynch 14, Daniel Bryan 13,Shooter Umino 13, Jay White 12, Adam Cole 12, Jon Moxley 12 WORST GIMMICK 1. SHORTY G 343 2. King Corbin 181 3.The Fiend Bray Wyatt 179 4. The Nightmare Collective 155 5. Dark Order 61 6. The Librarians 56 7. Seth Rollins 36 8. Bobby Lashley & Lana 32 9. Mike & Maria Kanellis 29 10. Lacey Evans 13 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. 100 THINGS A WWE FAN SHOULD KNOW OR DO BEFORE THEY DIE BY BRYAN ALVAREZ 240 2. Voices of Wrestling: NJPW Year in Review 2018 by Voices of Wrestling 32 3. Mayor Kane by Glenn Jacobs 26 4. The Storytellers by Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson 24 5. The Mid Atlantic Championship by Dick Bourne 20 6. Brute Power by Bugsy McGraw 17 7. Behind the Curtain by Jim Cornette 13 8. Japan: The Rikidozan Years by Haruo Yamaguchi 12 9. Strong Style by Scott Norton 11 BEST PRO WRESTLING DOCUMENTARY 1. DARK SIDE OF THE RING 404* 2. Omega Man 66 3. The Wrestlers - Voodoo Wrestling in the Congo 32 4. Holy Grail: The Search for WWE’s Most Infamous Lost Match Bret Hart vs.Tom Magee 20 5. The Wrestlers - Craziest Wrestling in Japan 16 6. WWE 24: Kofi Kingston 14 7. AEW Countdown to Double or Nothing 11 *Most respondents wrote Dark Side of the Ring rather than a specified episode of the series but individuals that did mention a specific one, the Bruiser Brody, Von Erichs and Gino Hernandez were the ones mentioned most often 2018(Covers Jan 1, 2018- Dec 31, 2018) "CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS - DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS 2018 WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER AWARDS "CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. KENNY OMEGA (642) 3,594 2. Hiroshi Tanahashi (303) 2,773 3. Kazuchika Okada (135) 2,119 4. L.A. Park (35) 549 5. Becky Lynch (31) ` 264 5. A.J. Styles (3) 264 7. Johnny Gargano (5) 169 8. Will Ospreay 162 9. Kota Ibushi (6) 156 10. Ronda Rousey (7) 151 HONORABLE MENTION: Seth Rollins 121, Kento Miyahara 118, Walter 111, Chris Jericho 105, Daniel Bryan 99, Cody 85, Tetsuya Naito 74, Brock Lesnar 73, Takashi Sugiura 60 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. CONOR MCGREGOR (328) 2,269 2. Daniel Cormier (341) 2,012 3. Khabib Nurmagomedov (77) 1,334 4. Amanda Nunes (55) 590 5. Jon Jones (5) 338 6. Max Holloway 93 7. Henry Cejudo 74 8. Cris Cyborg 44 9. Demetrious Johnson 34 10. T.J. Dillashaw 31 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. KENNY OMEGA (503) 3,621 2. Kota Ibushi (175) 1,958 3. Kazuchika Okada (157) 1,790 4. Will Ospreay (93) 1,496 5. Hiroshi Tanahashi (38) 626 6. Tomohiro Ishii (48) 565 7. Johnny Gargano (55) 465 8. Zack Sabre Jr. (25) 434 9. Walter (34) 225 10. Kento Miyahara (12) 162 HONORABLE MENTION: Daniel Bryan 146, A.J. Styles 108, Seth Rollins 104, Hiromu Takahashi 98, Rey Fenix 90, Meiko Satomura 72 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. DANIEL CORMIER (384) 2,253 2. Khabib Nurmagomedov (147) 1,358 3. Amanda Nunes (175) 1,220 4. Max Holloway (28) 457 5. Henry Cejudo (7) 158 6. Jon Jones (18) 142 7. Israel Adesanya (4) 134 8. Dustin Poirier (19) 97 9. Demetrious Johnson 91 10. Kyoji Horiguchi 48 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. YOUNG BUCKS (530) 4,427 2. Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi (234) 2,034 3. Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong (121) 1,844 4. Pentagon Jr. & Fenix (100) 897 5. Tyler Bate & Trent Seven (31) 837 6. Evil & Seiya Sanada (38) 511 7. LAX (29) 295 8.Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa (14) 170 9. Usos (3) 122 10. Mark & Jay Briscoe (12) 116 HONORABLE MENTION: Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) 86, New Day 85, Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. 86, Revival 62, Sho & Yoh 61 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. DANIEL BRYAN (385) 2,365 2. Samoa Joe (158) 1,369 3. Becky Lynch (102) 1,220 4. Chris Jericho (73) 1,194 5. Juice Robinson (110) 937 6. Conor McGregor (122) 735 7. Zack Sabre Jr. (38) 696 8. Paul Heyman (31) 374 9. Tommaso Ciampa (25) 324 10. Tetsuya Naito (39) 316 HONORABLE MENTION: Kenny Omega 283, The Miz 216, Cody 186, Minoru Suzuki 147, Rush 119, Bully Ray 90, Nick Aldis 79, Christopher Daniels 72, Nick Gage 63, Konnan 60 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (1,038) 5,546 2. WWE (42) 1,848 3. ROH (20) 1,225 4. CMLL (9) 982 5. OTT (8) 396 6. All Japan Pro Wrestling (6) 295 7. UFC 283 8. PWG 246 9. MLW 180 10.GCW (7) 144 HONORABLE MENTION: DDT 118, Stardom 110, Revolution Pro 89, Pro Wrestling NOAH 66 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. WWE NXT (487) 4,123 2. Being the Elite (207) 1,794 3. New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS (242) 1,754 4. CMLL Super Viernes (79) 1,115 5. WWE Smackdown Live (32) 578 6. MLW Fusion (14) 532 7. DDT Maji Manji (35) 333 8. Impact (14) 259 9. ROH (5) 258 10. WWE 205 Live (12) 267 HONORABLE MENTION: WWE U.K. 114 PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. KENNY OMEGA VS. KAZUCHIKA OKADA 6/9 OSAKA (763) 4,623 2. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi 10/8 Tokyo (99) 1,722 3. Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade Cien Almas 1/27 Philadelphia (30) 673 4. Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa 4/7 New Orleans (12) 559 4. Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii 8/4 Osaka (25) 559 6. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori 6/4 Tokyo (29) 493 7. Young Bucks vs. Omega & Ibushi 3/25 Long Beach (26) 338 8. Kenny Omega vs. Kota Ibushi 8/11 Tokyo (12) 324 9. Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho 1/4 Tokyo (14) 265 10. Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 5/4 Fukuoka (5) 205 HONORABLE MENTION: Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii 7/28 Nagoya 187, Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch 10/28 Uniondale,, NY 147; Masashi Takeda vs. Isami Kodaka 6/20 Tokyo 116; Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Will Ospreay 12/15 Tokyo 102; Walter vs. Will Ospreay 10/14 Dublin 92; Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan 11/18 Los Angeles 84; Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii 7/21 Nagoya 74; Ricochet vs. Lars Sullivan vs. Velveteen Dream vs. Adam Cole vs. EC 3 vs. Killian Dain 85 4/7 New Orleans; Kento Miyahara vs. Zeus 10/21 Tokyo 60 MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. JUSTIN GAETHJE VS. DUSTIN POIRIER 4/14 GLENDALE, AZ (265) 1,608 2. Yair Rodriguez vs. Chan Sung Jung 11/10 Denver (135) 1,083 3. Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis 10/6 Las Vegas (68) 865 4. Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero 6/9 Chicago (58) 731 5. Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor 10/6 Las Vegas (33)302 6. Amanda Nunes vs. Cris Cyborg (15) 251 7. Henry Cejudo vs. Demetrious Johnson (7) 128 8. Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs. Chris Weidman 11/3 New York (6) 90 9. Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega (1) 12/8 Toronto 82 10. Thiago Santos vs. Jimi Manuwa 12/8 Toronto (8) 68 "CATEGORY B" AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES UNITED STATES/CANADA MVP 1. A.J. STYLES 265 2. Kenny Omega 246 3. Johnny Gargano 219 4. Daniel Bryan 138 5. Becky Lynch 85 6. Tommaso Ciampa 50 7. Ronda Rousey 49 8. Seth Rollins 46 9. Cody 37 10. Young Bucks 24 HONORABLE MENTION: Jay Lethal 20, Brock Lesnar 18 JAPANESE MVP 1. KENNY OMEGA 444 2. Hiroshi Tanahashi 393 3. Kazuchika Okada 217 4. Tomohiro Ishii 31 5. Kota Ibushi 30 6. Masashi Takeda 28 7. Kento Miyahara 26 8. Tetsuya Naito 20 9. Takashi Sugiura 11 10. Chris Jericho 10 MEXICO MVP 1. L.A. PARK 484 2. Pentagon Jr. 279 3. Rush 153 4. Rey Fenix 85 5. Volador Jr. 33 6. Bandido 28 7. Dragon Lee 22 8. Cavernario 15 9. Ultimo Guerrero 8 9. Psycho Clown 8 EUROPE MVP 1. WALTER 503 2. Zack Sabre Jr. 228 3. Will Ospreay 212 4. Pete Dunne 181 5.Tyler Bate 34 6. Tomohiro Ishii 20 7. Toni Storm 14 8. Zack Gibson 9 9. Trent Seven 6 10. Minoru Suzuki 6 NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP 1. WILL OSPREAY 486 2. Hiromu Takahashi 243 3. Kushida 64 4. Johnny Gargano 51 5. Buddy Murphy 35 6. Rey Fenix 30 7. Ricochet 26 8. Taiji Ishimori 21 8. Kota Ibushi 21 10. Marty Scurll 19 10. Mustafa Ali 19 HONORABLE MENTION: Robbie Eagles 15, Pentagon Jr.12, Cedric Alexander 12 WOMEN’S WRESTLING MVP 1. BECKY LYNCH 579 2. Ronda Rousey 326 3. Meiko Satomura 62 4. Charlotte Flair 61 5. Momo Watananbe 43 6. Mayu Iwatani 24 7. Kairi Sane 22 8. Tessa Blanchard 21 9. Shayna Baszler 14 10. Asuka 12 10. Toni Storm 12 WOMEN’S MMA MVP 1. AMANDA NUNES 955 2. Cris Cyborg 18 3. Valentina Shevchenko 8 4. Rose Namajunas 4 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. CONOR MCGREGOR 694 2. Kenny Omega 174 3. L.A. Park 68 4. Chris Jericho 54 5. Hiroshi Tanahashi 37 6. Ronda Rousey 32 7. Brock Lesnar 26 8. The Elite 24 9. Kazuchika Okada 21 10. Tetsuya Naito 20 HONORABLE MENTION: Roman Reigns 19, Psycho Clown 18, Young Bucks 12 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. JOHNNY GARGANO VS. TOMMASO CIAMPA 529 2. Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor 230 3. L.A. Park vs. Rush 95 4. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch 80 5. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 63 5. Kenny Omega vs. Cody 63 7. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega 32 8. Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada 19 9. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega 18 10. Walter vs. Jordan Devlin 16 HONORABLE MENTION: LAX vs. OG’s LAX 15, Chris Jericho vs. Tetsuya Naito 12, Mustache Mountain vs. O’Reilly & Strong 11 MOST IMPROVED 1. ADAM PAGE 344 2. Jay White 193 3. Velveteen Dream 75 4. Buddy Murphy 62 5. Juice Robinson 46 6. Shayna Baszler 45 7. Becky Lynch 44 8. Ronda Rousey 42 9. Momo Watanabe 35 10. Jordan Devlin 34 HONORABLE MENTION: Flip Gordon 32, Tommaso Ciampa 20, Carmella19, Hazuki 16, Bandido 16, Natsuko Tora 15, Tom Lawlor 14, Tessa Blanchard 13, Bianca Belair 13 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. TETSUYA NAITO 247 2. Becky Lynch 205 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi 186 4. Chris Jericho 87 5. Conor McGregor 71 6. Kenny Omega 68 7. Rush 65 8. Pentagon Jr. 53 9. Velveteen Dream 50 10. L.A. Park 35 HONORABLE MENTION: Daniel Bryan 28, Juice Robinson 26, Adam Cole 25, Tommaso Ciampa 24, Hiromu Takahashi 22, Kazuchika Okada 18, Cody 12 BRYAN DANIELSON AWARD (BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER) 1. ZACK SABRE JR. 970 2. Daniel Bryan 37 3. Hideki Suzuki 33 4. Jonathan Gresham 27 5. Johnny Gargano 25 6. Minoru Suzuki 20 7. Kazuchika Okada 18 8. Kota Ibushi 17 9. Kushida 12 9. Kyle O’Reilly 12 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. TOMOHIRO ISHII 536 2. Chris Jericho 186 3. L.A. Park 144 4. Minoru Suzuki 134 5. Walter 133 6. Masashi Takeda 38 7. Brody King 22 8. Pentagon Jr. 19 9. PCO 18 10. Sami Callihan 16 HONORABLE MENTION: Samoa Joe 14 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. WILL OSPREAY 560 2. Ricochet 186 3. Rey Fenix 182 4. Kota Ibushi 76 5. Hiromu Takahashi 55 6. Bandido 43 7. Io Shirai 25 8. Dragon Lee 24 9. Soberano Jr. 16 10. Titan 9 MOST OVERRATED 1. BARON CORBIN 597 2. Nia Jax 121 3. Brock Lesnar 67 4. Braun Strowman 52 5. Dean Ambrose 36 6. Cody 31 7. Carmella 29 8. Shane McMahon 24 8. Seth Rollins 24 10. Taichi 22 HONORABLE MENTION: Jay White 21, Alexa Bliss 14. Roman Reigns 12 MOST UNDERRATED 1. FINN BALOR 175 2. Gran Metalik 122 3. Andrade 121 4. Chad Gable 110 5. The Revival 92 6. Tomohiro Ishii 72 7. Rusev 49 8. Asuka 32 9. Kassius Ohno 20 9. Tetsuya Naito 20 HONORABLE MENTION: Jungle Kyona 18, Timothy Thatcher18, Tom Lawlor 15, Cesaro 14, Ember Moon 14, Marcel Barthel 13 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. RONDA ROUSEY 716 2. Utami Hayashishita 299 3. Brian Pillman Jr. 61 4. Kacy Catanzaro 37 4. Marko Stunt 37 6. Yuya Uemura 27 7. Dragon Bane 10 8. Ultimo Maldito 9 8. Yota Tsuji 9 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. PAUL HEYMAN 427 2. Zelina Vega 114 3. Salina de la Renta 88 4. William Regal 70 5. Paige 56 6. Taka Michinoku 50 7. Konnan 38 8. Miho Abe 35 9. Stokley Hathaway 34 10. Gedo 27 HONORABLE MENTION: Stephanie McMahon 21, Brandi Rhodes 19, Scarlett Bordeaux 16 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. KEVIN KELLY 494 2 . Mauro Ranallo 255 3. Nigel McGuinness 182 4. Don Callis 116 5. Chris Charlton 38 6. Corey Graves 20 7. Dominick Cruz 19 7. Tony Schiavone 19 9. Shimpei Nogami 16 10. Colt Cabana 14 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. JONATHAN COACHMAN 446 2. Michael Cole 176 3. Renee Young` 129 4. Corey Graves 92 5. Lanny Poffo 69 6. Byron Saxton 42 7. Vampiro 37 8. Percy Watson 36 9. Jim Ross 23 10. Matt Striker 14 HONORABLE MENTION: Booker T 12, Mauro Ranallo 11 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. NEW JAPAN DOMINION 6/9 OSAKA 579 2. New Japan WrestleKingdom 12 1/4 Tokyo 290 3. WWE NXT Takeover 4/7 New Orleans 164 4. All In 9/1 Chicago 140 5. DDT Peter Pan 10/21 Tokyo 27 6. WWE Evolution 10/28 Uniondale, NY 25 7. Impact Slammiversary 7/22 Toronto 14 8. New Japan G-1 B Block final 8/11 Tokyo 13 9. New Japan G-1 7/19 Tokyo 13 10. WWE NXT Takeover 11/17 Los Angeles 10 WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE CROWN JEWEL 11/2 RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 638 2. WWE Backlash 5/6 Newark, NJ 239 3. AAA TripleMania 8/25 Mexico City 70 4. WWE Extreme Rules 7/15 Pittsburgh 56 5. WWE WrestleMania 4/8 New Orleans 42 6. WWE Greatest Royal Rumble 4/27 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 38 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. KENNY OMEGA ONE WINGED ANGEL 375 2. Kazuchika Okada Rainmaker 89 3. Will Ospreay Stormbreaker 85 4. Zack Sabre Jr. Napalm death 68 5. Kenny Omega V trigger 51 6. Aleister Black Black Mass 27 7. Kairi Sane Insane Elbow 26 7. Kento Miyahara Shutdown German suplex 26 9. Seth Rollins Curb Stomp 26 10. Ember Moon Eclipse 25 10. Omega & Ibushi Golden Trigger 25 HONORABLE MENTION: Hiroshi Tanahashi high fly flow 24, Tetsuya Naito destino 22, Bandido rolling German suplex 21, Pentagon Jr. Penta driver 15, Buddy Murphy Murphy’s law 14, Montez Ford frog splash 14, Kota Ibushi Kamagoye 13 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE BUSINESS TIES WITH SAUDI ARABIA 901 2. USADA handling of the Jon Jones case 97 3. UFC using McGregor’s criminal footage to sell Nurmagomedov fight 58 4. UFC booking Rachael Ostovich on same show with Greg Hardy 31 5. Drake Maverick urinating on himself 14 6. UFC moving show out of Las Vegas due to Jones situation 14 7. WWE using Reigns leukemia in the Ambrose turn 9 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE RAW 902 2. Impact 30 3. Lucha Underground 26 4. AAA 17 5. Ring Warriors 16 6. Ring of Honor 13 6. World of Sport 13 8. Five Star Wrestling 8 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. UNDERTAKER & KANE VS. MICHAELS & HHH 11/2 RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 289 2. Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar 4/8 New Orleans 57 3. Undertaker vs. HHH 10/16 Melbourne 44 4. Asuka vs. Carmella 7/15 Pittsburgh 37 5. Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe 5/6 Newark 29 6. Eli Drake vs. James Ellsworth 10/14 New York 26 7. Jeff Hardy vs. Jinder Mahal 4/27 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 25 8. Shane McMahon vs. Dolph Ziggler 11/2 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 22 9. Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman 9/16 San Antonio 20 10. Asuka vs. Carmella 6/16 Chicago 19 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. SASHA BANKS VS. BAYLEY 433 2. Sami Zayn vs. Bobby Lashley 92 3. Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose 62 4. Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar 60 5. Asuka vs. Carmella 54 6. Baron Corbin vs. Braun Strowman 46 7. A.J. Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 44 8. Undertaker & Kane vs. Michaels & HHH 42 9. Tongans vs. G-1 field 37 10. Alexa Bliss vs. Nia Jax 36 HONORABLE MENTION: Bullet Club Elite vs. Tongans 28,Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass 23, Natalya vs. Ruby Riott 22, AOP vs. Bobby Roode & Chad Gable 20, Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin 18, Baron Corbin vs. Kurt Angle 18, Kenny Omega vs. Cody 12, Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley 11 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. WWE 612 2. AAA 156 3. Impact 141 4. Lucha Underground 62 5. UFC 57 6. ROH 26 7. Five Star Wrestling 22 8. Insane Championship Wrestling 14 9. World of Sport 12 10. Golden Boy MMA 11 HONORABLE MENTION: Ring Warriors 10, PFL 9 BEST BOOKER 1. GEDO 890 2. Paul Levesque 222 3. Jun Akiyama 35 4. Joey Janela 22 5. Sanshiro Takagi 17 6. Rossy Ogawa 13 7. Cody & Young Bucks 12 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. TAKAAKI KIDANI 360 2. Paul Levesque 312 3. Cody & Young Bucks 215 4. Harold Meij 79 5. Dana White 64 6. Sanshiro Takagi 46 7. Vince McMahon 45 8. Joe Koff 22 9. Court Bauer 19 10. Joey Janela 16 HONORABLE MENTION: Jim Smallman 12, Maciej Kawulski 10, Joe Cabray 9, Andy Quildan 9 BEST GIMMICK 1. VELVETEEN DREAM 225 2. Becky Lynch 217 3. Daniel Bryan 98 4. PCO 65 5. Tommaso Ciampa 58 6. Elias 44 7. Chris Jericho 38 8. The Elite 25 8. Jay White 25 10. Pentagon Jr. 20 10. LIJ 20 HONORABLE MENTION: Aleister Black 19, Orange Cassidy 16, Golden Lovers 14, Marty Scurll 13, Hiroshi Tanahashi 12, Minoru Suzuki 12, SCU 11, Scarlett Bordeaux 10 WORST GIMMICK 1. CONSTABLE CORBIN 331 2. Drake Maverick pissing 139 3. Lucha House Party 38 4. Shane McMahon Best in World 33 5. Nia Jax facebraeker 31 6. Elias 26 7. Almighty Bobby Lashley 24 7. Joey Ryan 24 9. Great O-Kharn 20 10. The Elite 18 HONORABLE MENTION: Nicholas 13, Jinder Mahal 12, Dean Ambrose 12, B Team 11 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. EGGSHELLS: PRO WRESTLING IN THE TOKYO DOME BY CHRIS CHARLTON 236 2. Death of the Territories by Tim Hornbacker 97 3. Nitro by Guy Evans 94 4. The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling by Aubrey Sitterson and Chris Moreno 45 5. Before a Fall: A History of the Pride Fighting Championship by Eamonn Dalton and Lee Daly 26 6. I’m Sorry, I Love You: A History of Professional Wrestling by Jim Smallman 14 7. No is a Four Letter Word by Chris Jericho 13 8. New Japan Year in Review by VOW 11 9. King of Strong Style by Shinsuke Nakamura 8 BEST PRO WRESTLING DOCUMENTARY 1. ANDRE THE GIANT HBO 469 2. Mauro Ranallo Bipolar Rock & Roller 77 3. WWE 24: Hardy Boys 56 4. WWE 365: A.J. Styles 41 5. California Dreamin: NJPW LA Dojo 27 6. WWE Mick Foley 20 Years of Hell 19 7. WWE Chronicle: Dean Ambrose 14 8. WWE 24: WrestleMania 13 9. WWE: Nigel McGuinness 12 10. Vice: Bruiser Brody 11* 2017(Covers Dec 1, 2016 - Dec 31, 2017) "CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS - DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA (616) 5,166 2. Kenny Omega (199) 3,277 3. Tetsuya Naito (137) 2.433 4. A.J. Styles (32) 631 5. Kento Miyahara (3) 171 6. Rush (11) 107 7. Brock Lesnar (4) 80 8. Hiroshi Tanahashi (1) 39 9. Tomohiro Ishii 37 10. Chris Jericho (3) 36 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. GEORGES ST-PIERRE (410) 3,021 2. Conor McGregor (389) 2,122 3. Michael Bisping(51) 1,070 4. Daniel Cormier (27) 977 5. Max Holloway (29) 505 6. Jon Jones (14) 409 7. Cris Cyborg (12) 389 8. Demetrious Johnson (23) 359 9. Ronda Rousey (29) 277 10. Stipe Miocic (25) 242 HONORABLE MENTION: Marius Pudzianowski 193, Robert Whittaker 110 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA (806) 4,824 2. Kenny Omega (281) 3,452 3. A.J. Styles (34) 798 4. Tetsuya Naito (4) 765 5. Tomohiro Ishii (8) 547 6. Kushida (39) 396 7. Zack Sabre Jr. (18) 220 8. Will Ospreay (4) 155 9. Kota Ibushi (10) 101 10. Io Shirai (9) 95 HONORABLE MENTION: Matt Riddle 63, Kento Miyahara 60 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON (351) 2,730 2. Max Holloway (277) 2,205 3. Robert Whittaker (35) 685 4. Rose Namajunas (10) 434 5. Stipe Miocic (51) 422 6. Francis Ngannou (37) 409 7. Georges St-Pierre (12) 240 8. Cris Cyborg (14) 182 9. Tyron Woodley (3) 180 10. Jon Jones (26) 169 HONORABLE MENTION: Daniel Cormier 157, T.J. Dillashaw 152, Khabib Nurmagomedov 96, Michael Bisping 84, Rafael dos Anjos 71, Tony Ferguson 69 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. YOUNG BUCKS (520) 4,255 2. Usos (199) 1,712 3. War Machine (70) 1,311 4. Sheamus & Cesaro (13) 666 5. New Dinamitas (60) 559 6. Penta 0M & Rey Fenix (17) 459 7. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (41) 363 8. Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos (25) 287 9. Cima & Dragon Kid (21) 264 10. Sho & Yoh (2) 196 HONORABLE MENTION: Walter & Timothy Thatcher 192, Matt & Jeff Hardy 174, Ricochet & Ryusuke Taguchi 168, Tyler Bate & Trent Seven 163, New Day 162, Travis Banks & TK Cooper 142, Jeff Cobb & Matt Riddle 119, Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano 117, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly 83, Ortiz & Santana 72, Authors of Pain 63 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. CONOR MCGREGOR (252) 1,503 2. Chris Jericho (104) 1,172 3. The Miz (85) 928 4. Kenny Omega (92) 894 5. Kevin Owens (56) 773 6. Paul Heyman (61) 686 7. Tetsuya Naito (109) 677 8. Samoa Joe (57) 583 9. Michael Bisping (46) 487 10. Zack Gibson (62) 466 HONORABLE MENTION: Nick Gage 371, Dan Lambert 307, John Cena 265, Rush 264, Minoru Suzuki 219, Enzo Amore 213, David Starr 122, Eddie Kingston 119, Jon Jones 90, Cody 72 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (1,095) 5,871 2. Ring of Honor (33) 1,297 3. World Wrestling Entertainment (13) 1,109 4. UFC (11) 831 5. CMLL (22) 695 6. Progress (12) 552 7. All Japan (5) 385 8. PWG (2) 264 9. wXw (12) 223 10. Revolution Pro (2) 85 HONORABLE MENTION: Rizin 93, Evolve 72 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. NEW JAPAN WORLD PRO WRESTLING (462) 3,058 2. WWE NXT (274) 2,612 3. CMLL Friday Night Arena Mexico (187) 1,251 4. Being the Elite (136) 1,108 5. Ring of Honor (33) 837 6. WWE Smackdown Live (38) 672 7. Lucha Underground (33) 459 8. CMLL Monday Night Puebla (36) 383 9. WWE Raw (14) 302 10. WXW (21) 288 HONORABLE MENTION: Impact 183, CWF Mid Atlantic 163, Talking Smack 121, Ultimate Fight Night 110, Ultimate Fighter 90 PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA VS. KENNY OMEGA 1/4 TOKYO (432) 3,552 2. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega 6/11 Osaka (394) 2,974 3. Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata 4/9 Tokyo (190) 1,606 4. Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenny Omega 8/13 Tokyo (50) 1,128 5. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega 8/12 Tokyo (76) 844 6. Tyler Bate vs. Pete Dunne 5/20 Chicago (19) 429 7. Kushida vs. Will Ospreay 6/3 Tokyo (3) 181 8. John Cena vs. A.J. Styles 1/29 San Antonio (7) 175 9. L.A. Park vs. Rush 3/11 Mexico City (16) 169 10. Keith Lee vs. Donovan Dijak 9/3 Reseda (2) 145 HONORABLE MENTION: Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr. 11/10 Walthamstow 133, Kushida vs. Hiromu Takahashi 6/11 Osaka 95, Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov 3/12 Oberhausen 92, Brock Lesnar vs. A.J. Styles 11/19 Houston 73, Brock Lesnar vs. Bill Goldberg 4/2 Orlando 72(2), Kento Miyahara vs. Suwama 10/9 Tokyo 70, Mayu Iwatani vs. Io Shirai 6/21 Tokyo 70 MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. CUB SWANSON VS. DOO HO CHOI 12/10/16 TORONTO (296) 2,383 2. Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Johnson 7/7 Las Vegas (363) 2,365 3. Yancy Medeiros vs. Alex Oliveira 12/2 Detroit (61) 890 4. Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje 12/2 Detroit (64) 724 5. George St-Pierre vs. Michael Bisping 11/4 New York (41) 433 6. Max Holloway vs. Jose Aldo 12/2 Detroit (36) 403 7. Lando Vannata vs. David Teymur 3/4 Las Vegas (2) 185 8. Darren Elkins vs. Mirsad Bektic 3/4 Las Vegas (15) 168 9. Dustin Poirier vs. Anthony Pettis 11/11 Norfolk (3) 146 10. Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier 7/29 Anaheim (9) 129 HONORABLE MENTION: Derek Campos vs. Brandon Girtz 7/14 Thackerville, OK 122, Francis Ngannou vs. Alistair Overeem 12/2 Detroit 96, Jessica Andrade vs. Angela Hill 2/4 Houston 72, Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero 78 Las Vegas 64, Tim Elliot vs. Louis Smolka 4/15 Kansas City 60 "CATEGORY B" AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. CONOR MCGREGOR 573 2. Kenny Omega 156 3. Tetsuya Naito 132 4. Georges St-Pierre 122 5. Kazuchika Okada 75 6. Brock Lesnar 31 7. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 26 8. John Cena 17 9. Roman Reigns 13 10. Ronda Rousey 10 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. KENNY OMEGA VS. KAZUCHIKA OKADA 938 2. Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor 62 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito 46 4. Kushida vs. Hiromu Takahashi 29 5. Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier 26 6. Rush vs. L.A. Park 22 7. Pete Dunne vs. Tyler Bate 19 8. LIJ vs. Taguchi Japan 18 9. Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens 14 9. Usos vs. New Day 14 HONORABLE MENTION: Sam Adonis vs. Blue Panther 12, David Starr vs. Walter 11 MOST IMPROVED 1. BRAUN STROWMAN 275 2. Juice Robinson 230 3. Velveteen Dream 97 4. Cody 71 5. Keith Lee 45 6. Hangman Page 32 7. Soberano Jr. 25 8. Niebla Roja 24 9. Hirai Kawato 21 10. Baretta 19 10. Matt Riddle 19 HONORABLE MENTION: Authors of Pain 18, Evil 17, Darby Allin 11 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. TETSUYA NAITO 536 2. Conor McGregor 135 3. Kenny Omega 127 4. Matt Riddle 52 5. Shinsuke Nakamura 50 6. Chris Jericho 39 7. Hiroshi Tanahashi 38 8. Penta 0M 37 9. Hiromu Takahashi 34 10. Marty Scurll 25 HONORABLE MENTION: Kazuchika Okada 19, Dalton Castle 18 BRYAN DANIELSON AWARD (BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER) 1. ZACK SABRE JR. 686 2. Kushida 203 3. Hideki Suzuki 60 4. Marty Scurll 47 5. Pete Dunne 33 6. Katsuyori Shibata 30 7. Timothy Thatcher 23 8. Matt Riddle 20 9. Johnny Gargano 19 10. Kazuchika Okada 18 HONORABLE MENTION: Tyler Bate 17, Shotaro Ashino 14, A.J. Styles BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. TOMOHIRO ISHII 521 2. Katsuyori Shibata 120 3. Minoru Suzuki 112 4. Walter 71 5. Samoa Joe 40 6. Penta 0M 39 7. Brock Lesnar 37 8. Braun Strowman 32 9. Shingo Takagi 25 10. Kevin Owens 21 HONORABLE MENTION: Pete Dunne 17 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. WILL OSPREAY 768 2. Ricochet 186 3. Volador Jr. 51 4. Hiromu Takahashi 48 5. Rey Fenix 45 6. Soberano Jr. 36 7. Dragon Lee 25 8. Kota Ibushi 20 9. Darby Allin 17 10. Kushida 13 MOST OVERRATED 1. JINDER MAHAL 569 2. Roman Reigns 62 3. Baron Corbin 38 4. Cody 33 5. The Miz 32 5. Bray Wyatt 32 7. Shane McMahon 15 8. Braun Strowman 13 9. Brock Lesnar 12 9. Sexy Star 12 MOST UNDERRATED 1. RUSEV 94 2. Tomohiro Ishii 92 3. Finn Balor 80 4. Sami Zayn 65 5. Kassius Ohno 44 6. Cesaro 41 7. Oney Lorcan 39 8. Gran Metalik 36 9. Chad Gable 28 10. Roderick Strong 27 HONORABLE MENTION: Akira Tozawa 22, Curtis Axel 21, Karl Anderson 21, Curtis Axel 21, Trent Baretta 20, Apollo 16, Becky Lynch 15, Walter 14,Titan 12, Austin Aries 12 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. KATSUYA KITAMURA 351 2. Microman 114 3. Bianca Belair 112 4. Tomoyuki Oka 104 5. Austin Theory 80 6. Shota Umino 50 7. Leo Tonga 38 8. Hana Kimura 29 9. DeAngelo Williams 15 10. Yuya Aoki 12 10. Takuya Nomura 12 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. DANIEL BRYAN 245 2. Zelina Vega 175 3. Paul Heyman 162 4. Stokley Hathaway 102 5. Dario Cueto 48 6. Dan Lambert 42 7. Que Monito 41 8. Jim Cornette 26 9. Shane McMahon 24 10. Renee Young 22 HONORABLE MENTION: Kurt Angle 14 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. MAURO RANALLO 204 2. Corey Graves 198 3. Don Callis 173 4. Shimpei Nogami 101 5. Kevin Kelly 96 6. Nigel McGuinness 68 7. Jim Ross 43 8. Chuck Taylor 35 9. Excalibur 30 10. Julio Cesar Rivera 29 HONORABLE MENTION: Daniel Cormier 27, Dominick Cruz 25, Brian Stann 18, Josh Barnett 14, Lenny Leonard 13, Alan Counihan 12 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. BOOKER T 204 2. Percy Watson 101 3. JBL 96 4. Matt Striker 95 5. Byron Saxton 82 6. Josh Matthews 78 7. Michael Cole 55 8. David Otunga 28 9. Don Callis 23 10. Jim Ross 21 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. NEW JAPAN WRESTLE KINGDOM 11 1/4 TOKYO 801 2. New Japan Dominion 6/11 Osaka 200 3. UFC 217 11/4 New York Madison Square Garden 36 4. NXT Takeover 5/20 Chicago 28 5. G-1 Climax finals 8/13 Tokyo 19 6. NXT Takeover 8/19 Brooklyn 14 WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE BATTLEGROUND 7/23 PHILADELPHIA 322 2. AAA TripleMania 8/26 Mexico City 172 3. Impact Bound for Glory 11/5 Ottawa 84 4. WWE WrestleMania 4/2 Orlando 66 5. WWE Payback 4/30 San Jose 40 6. WWE Backlash 5/21 Chicago 39 7. WWE Clash of the Champions 12/17 Boston 31 8. WWE Roadblock End of the Line 12/18/16 Pittsburgh 21 9. WWE Survivor Series11/19 Houston 18 10. New Japan Destruction in Fukushima 9/10 Fukushima 13 HONORABLE MENTION: WWE Money in the Bank 6/18 St. Louis 12 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. KENNY OMEGA ONE WINGED ANGEL 254 2. Kazuchika Okada rainmaker 122 3. Tetsuya Naito destino 119 4. Kenny Omega V Trigger 94 5. Aleister Black black mass 88 6. Marty Scurll finger break 66 7. Young Bucks Meltzer driver 59 8. Kushida back to the future 55 9. Soberano Jr. Fosbury Flop dive 39 10. A.J. Styles phenomenal forearm 36 HONORABLE MENTION: Hiromu Takahashi sunset flip power bomb 29, Young Bucks Herb Meltzer driver 21, Kairi Sane insane elbow 20, Kazuchika Okada dropkick 18, Mistico La Mistica 14, Kota Ibushi kawagoe 12 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE PROMOTING JIMMY SNUKA AS A HERO IN DEATH 162 2. WWE Jinder Mahal racial interviews in Nakamura feud 125 3. WWE Ultimate Warrior lionization in breast cancer campaign 121 4. WWE Pushing Jinder Mahal as champion for Indian market 64 5. Rizin promotion of Gabi Garcia against older smaller women 44 6. WWE Kevin Owens head-butts Vince McMahon 24 7. AAA and other promoters using Sexy Star 22 8. WWE workplace bullying while promoting anti-bullying 19 9. Conor McGregor racial promos 15 10. Promotion of Rico Verhoeven vs. Bigfoot Silva 15 HONORABLE MENTION: WWE Bayley This Is Your Life segment 12 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE RAW 433 2. Impact 294 3. WWE 205 Live 95 4. WWE Smackdown 88 5. AAA 70 6. Lucha Underground 38 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. BRAY WYATT VS. RANDY ORTON 4/2 ORLANDO 178 2. Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton House of Horrors 4/30 San Jose 170 3. AAA Rumble 8/26 Mexico City 115 4. Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley kendo stick match 6/4 Baltimore 94 5. Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal Punjabi Prison 7/23 Philadelphia 83 6. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. & Dos Caras & Villano IV vs. Canek & Cien Caras & Mascara Ano 2000 11/17 Mexico City 63 7. Michael Elgin vs. Toru Yano 8/2 Fukuoka 29 8. Sexy Star vs. Rosemary vs. Ayako Hamada 8/26 Mexico City 26 9. Raw vs. Smackdown Survivor Series 11/19 Houston 25 10. Naomi vs. Lana 6/18 St. Louis 20 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. RANDY ORTON VS. BRAY WYATT 373 2. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jinder Mahal 105 3. Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal 74 4. Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss 56 5. Bray Wyatt vs. Finn Balor 46 6. Jeremy Borash vs. Josh Matthews 33 7. Pierroth vs. Diamante Azul 29 8. Enzo Amore vs. Big Cass 12 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. IMPACT WRESTLING 429 2. AAA 242 3. World Wrestling Entertainment 106 4. ICW 46 5. Lucha Underground 29 BEST BOOKER 1. GEDO 1,025 2. Paul Levesque 48 3. Jun Akiyama 27 4. Jim Smallman, Glen Joseph, John Briley 24 5. Christian Michael Jakobi 14 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. TAKAAKI KIDANI 771 2. Dana White 198 3. Paul Levesque 109 4. Showtime Sports 36 5. Jim Smallman 25 6. Joe Koff 22 7. Sanshiro Takagi 20 7. Jun Akiyama 20 9. Maciej Kawulski 18 BEST GIMMICK 1. LOS INGOBERNABLES EN JAPON 193 2. Hiromu, Darryl & Carol Takahashi 144 3. Velveteen Dream 90 4. Marty Scurll 57 5. The Elite 48 6. Drew Gulak 48 7. Rusev Day 46 8. Broken Hardys 38 9. Aleister Black 36 10. Braun Strowman 34 HONORABLE MENTION: Chris Jericho’s list 30, Minoru Suzuki 29, Dalton Castle 27, Zack Gibson 26, Neville King of the Cruiserweights 21, Micro Man 20, Alpha Club 19, Bullet Club 18, Sanity 18, Laurel Van Ness 14 WORST GIMMICK 1. BRAY WYATT/SISTER ABIGAIL 194 2. Jason Jordan as Kurt Angle’s son 177 3. Dolph Ziggler 106 4. Jinder Mahal 78 5. Mike Kanellis not being a wrestler 25 6. Broken Hardys 22 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. CRAZY LIKE A FOX/BRIAN PILLMAN STORY BY LIAM O’ROURKE 211 2. Slobberknocker by Jim Ross 123 3. Best Seat in the House by Justin Roberts 82 4. Sisterhood of the Squared Circle by Dan Murphy & Pat Laprade 69 5. No is a Four Letter Word by Chris Jericho 28 6. Mad Dog Vachon by Pat Laprade and Bertrand Hebert 21 7. New Japan Year in Review by Voices of Wrestling 20 8. Crazy Is My Superpower by A.J. Mendez 19 9. Kayfabe by Sean Oliver 17 BEST PRO WRESTLING DOCUMENTARY 1. RIC FLAIR 30 FOR 30 316 2. Brody: Pro Wrestling's Last Rebel 99 3. Fight Owens Fight 67 4. WWE 365: Kevin Owens 60 5. WWE 24: Finn Balor 40 6. WWE 24: Bill Goldberg 32 7. Office and Gentleman: Dave Meltzer 18 8. WWE Unreleased 86-95 15 2016CATEGORY A AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. A.J. STYLES (462) 2.920 2. Kazuchika Okada (285) 2,637 3. Tetsuya Naito (190) 2,610 4. Kenny Omega (79) 1,530 5. Kento Miyahara (10) 189 6. Hiroshi Tanahashi (5) 145 7. Chris Hero (3) 134 8. Volador Jr. (16) 125 9. Kevin Owens (2) 99 10. Shinsuke Nakamura (3) 73 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. CONOR MCGREGOR (904) 4,878 2. Nate Diaz (1) 1,879 3. Michael Bisping (2) 648 4. Brock Lesnar (3) 421 5. Dominick Cruz (1) 171 6. Stipe Miocic (2) 163 7. Miesha Tate (1) 162 8. Demetrious Johnson 99 9. Daniel Cormier 85 10. Donald Cerrone 63 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. A.J. STYLES (341) 2,436 2. Kenny Omega (249) 2,352 3. Kazuchika Okada (172) 1,735 4. Chris Hero (151) ` 1,295 5. Will Ospreay (64) 657 6. Tomohiro Ishii (28) 415 7. Tetsuya Naito (9) 408 8. Io Shirai (19) 312 9. Matt Riddle (3) 146 10. Kushida (1) 145 HONORABLE MENTION: Ricochet 137, Volador Jr. 126, Shuji Ishikawa 126, Hiroshi Tanahashi 118, Kota Ibushi 110, Marty Scurll 99, Zack Sabre Jr. 91, Daisuke Sekimoto 90, Kento Miyahara 72 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. CONOR MCGREGOR (396) 2,574 2. Stipe Miocic (158) 1,322 3. Michael Bisping (101) 1,017 4. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (55) 811 5. Demetrious Johnson (88) 689 6. Dominick Cruz (10) 536 7. Donald Cerrone (20) 378 8. Cody Garbrandt (10) 231 9. Anthony Johnson (21) 164 10. Nate Diaz (2) 154 HONORABLE MENTION: Tyron Woodley 99, Tony Ferguson 98, Daniel Cormier 92, Demian Maia 63 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. CONOR MCGREGOR (1,005) 5,206 2. Brock Lesnar (9) 1,302 3. Nate Diaz (1) 1,006 4. John Cena (17) 584 5. Tetsuya Naito (2) 271 6. C.M. Punk 208 7. Bill Goldberg 188 8. Kazuchika Okada 142 9. Hiroshi Tanahashi 63 10. Holly Holm 55 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. CONOR MCGREGOR VS. NATE DIAZ (677) 3,582 2. John Cena vs. A.J. Styles (38) 940 3. Los Ingobernables en Japon vs. Chaos (47) 848 4. Charlotte vs Sasha Banks (41) 566 5. Gargano & Ciampa vs. Dawson & Wilder (32) 500 6. Dragon Lee vs. Kamaitachi (57) 386 7. The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler (30) 365 8. Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll (27) 317 9. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (36) 273 10. Jay Lethal vs Adam Cole (16) 220 HONORABLE MENTION: Bill Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar 212, Katsuyori Shibata vs. Yuji Nagata 182, New Japan vs. NOAH 126, Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn 109, Dominick Cruz vs. Team Alpha Male 98, Volador Jr. vs. Barbaro Cavernario 90, Shinsuke Nakamura vs Samoa Joe 83, Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay 74, Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly 72 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. YOUNG BUCKS (599) 3,801 2. Scott Dawson& Dash Wilder (323) 2,456 3. Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano (21) 1,059 4. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (69) 689 5. New Day (11) 365 6. Ricochet & Matt Sydal (9) 293 7. Jason Jordan & Chad Gable (2) 273 8. Zeus & The Bodyguard (17) 199 9. Io Shirai & Mayu Iwatani (23) 191 10. Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian 117 HONORABLE MENTION: Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly 99, War Machine 82, Ryoji Sai & Shuji Ishikawa 70, Matt & Jeff Hardy 65 MOST IMPROVED 1. MATT RIDDLE (190) 1,026 2. The Miz (127) 1,020 3. Juice Robinson (83) 991 4. Alexa Bliss (61) 558 5. Zeus (64) 513 6. Yoshi-Hashi (47) 452 7. Kenny Omega (76) 395 8. Charlotte (35) 393 9. Braun Strowman (26) 356 10. Jeff Cobb (10) 351 HONORABLE MENTION: David Finlay 292, Baron Corbin 224,Evil 198, Pete Dunne 121, Bobby Lashley 113, Natalya 103, Jay White 99, Tama Tonga 99, Seiya Sanada 98, Tanga Loa 92, Donovan Dijak 91, Michael Elgin 91, Will Ospreay 72, Roman Reigns 67, Tye Dillinger 61. Jason Jordan 60 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. CONOR MCGREGOR (627) 3,468 2. The Miz (106) 924 3. Chris Jericho (32) 909 4. Kevin Owens (36) 787 5. Paul Heyman (35) 495 6. Kenny Omega (39) 376 7. Dominick Cruz (21) 299 8. Enzo Amore (7) 247 9. Matt Hardy (22) 243 10. Tetsuya Naito (18) 226 HONORABLE MENTION: John Cena 193, Rush 168, A.J. Styles 160, Nate Diaz 154, Adam Cole 127, Michael Bisping 118, Alexa Bliss 76, Jay Lethal 75, Bill Goldberg 64, Pentagon Jr. 61 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. CONOR MCGREGOR (381) 2,715 2. Shinsuke Nakamura (270) 2,116 3. Tetsuya Naito (121) 1,227 4. Kenny Omega (46) 558 5. Hiroshi Tanahashi (2) 351 6. Matt Hardy (25) 347 7. Dalton Castle (20) 281 8. Pentagon Jr. (18) 261 9. John Cena (13) 217 10. Rush (25) 180 HONORABLE MENTION: Matt Riddle 166, Chris Jericho 153, Kazuchika Okada 100, Enzo Amore 96, Bill Goldberg 90, Young Bucks 73, Rich Swann 70 BRYAN DANIELSON AWARD (BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER) 1. ZACK SABRE JR. (453) 3,273 2. Kyle O’Reilly (282) 2,568 3. Kushida (67) 594 4. Jack Gallagher (25) 422 5. Marty Scurll (32) 399 6. Matt Riddle (18) 383 7. Drew Gulak (12) 363 8. Chris Hero (43) 311 9. A.J. Styles (19) 234 10. Katsuyori Shibata (23) 228 HONORABLE MENTION: Fred Yehi 179, T.J. Perkins 175, Timothy Thatcher 155, Jonathan Gresham 152, Cesaro 122, Yuji Nagata 102, Roderick Strong 90, Kazuchika Okada 63 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. TOMOHIRO ISHII (410) 3,044 2. Katsuyori Shibata (337) 2,873 3. Chris Hero (186) 1,545 4. Kevin Owens (42) 646 5. Rush (25) 435 6. Samoa Joe (27) 408 7. Pentagon Jr. (27) 306 8. Tommy End (2) 218 9. Shuji Ishikawa (34) 179 10. Michael Elgin 119 HONORABLE MENTION: Roman Reigns 95, Hirooki Goto 90, Brock Lesnar 76, Sami Callihan 75, Dean Ambrose 67, Minoru Suzuki 63 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. WILL OSPREAY (741) 4,467 2. Ricochet (199) 3,276 3. Volador Jr.(70) 870 4. Kota Ibushi (44) 726 5. Mascara Dorada (24) 594 6. Dragon Lee (28) 459 7. Kamaitachi (9) 306 8. Fenix (20) 276 9. Matt Sydal (9) 166 10. Kushida (8) 118 HONORABLE MENTION: Mistico 96 MOST OVERRATED 1. ROMAN REIGNS (242) 1,516 2. Braun Strowman (72) 719 3. Baron Corbin (57) 564 4. Cody Rhodes (52) 519 5. Sexy Star (53) 481 6. Timothy Thatcher (48) 332 7. Brock Lesnar (25) 247 8. Sheamus (26) 240 9. Dean Ambrose (21) 234 10. Seth Rollins (17) 190 HONORABLE MENTION: Bray Wyatt 132, Nia Jax 110, Eva Marie 108, Dolph Ziggler 102, Jay Lethal 96, Shane McMahon 95, Sasha Banks 90, Kane 90, Aron Rex 86, Adam Cole 86, HHH 85, Ethan Carter III 76, Hirooki Goto 72, Dana Brooke 66, La Mascara 65, Tanga Roa 60 MOST UNDERRATED 1. CESARO (217) 1,571 2. Neville (124) 1,106 3. Sami Zayn (108) 865 4. Luke Harper (42) 532 5. Donovan Dijak (49) 448 6. Rusev (32) 247 7. Tomohiro Ishii (9) 190 8. Dalton Castle (14) 176 9. Chris Hero (18) 144 10. Mark Andrews (12) 139 HONORABLE MENTION: Titan 118, Kushida 92, Rush 90, Chad Gable 75, Mark Haskins 72 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (618) 4,215 2. Ultimate Fighting Championship (346) 2,878 3. World Wrestling Entertainment (69) 988 4. Ring of Honor (18) 555 5. Evolve (47) 477 6. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (19) 425 7. CMLL (4) 405 8. Progress (31) 375 9. Dragon Gate (8) 243 10. Revolution Pro (20) 143 HONORABLE MENTION: Big Japan 90, Lucha Underground 63 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. NEW JAPAN WORLD PRO WRESTLING (198) 2,070 2. WWE Smackdown Live (200) 1,626 3. WWE Talking Smack (165) 1,191 4. CMLL Friday Night (79) 1,137 5. Ring of Honor (57) 1,023 6. WWE NXT (68) 898 7. Lucha Underground (52) 813 8. TNA Impact 101 9. WWE Raw (6) 60 PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. HIROSHI TANAHASHI VS. KAZUCHIKA OKADA 1/4 TOKYO (363) 2,568 2. Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito 8/13 Tokyo (286) 2,451 3. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii 8/6 Osaka (74) 854 4. A.J. Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 1/4 Tokyo (82) 799 5. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn 4/1 Dallas (55) 721 6. Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay 5/27 Tokyo (49) 669 7. Gargano & Ciampa vs. Wilder & Dawson 11/19 Toronto (60) 636 8. Ricochet & Ospreay & Sydal vs. Young Bucks & Cole 9/3 Reseda (43) 588 9. Volador Jr. vs. Cavernario Barbaro 9/30 Mexico City (25) 169 10. John Cena vs. A.J. Styles 8/21 Brooklyn (7) 164 HONORABLE MENTION: Kenny Omega vs. Hirooki Goto 8/14 Tokyo 139, Young Bucks vs. Frankie Kazarian & Christopher Daniels vs. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley 9/30 Lowell 127, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada 8/12 Tokyo 126, Dragon Lee vs. Kamaitachi 3/4 Mexico City 121, Trauma vs. Canis Lupus 9/4 Naucalpan 120, Kazuchika Okada vs. Naomichi Marufuji 10/10 Tokyo 99, Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin 6/19 Osaka 92, Chris Hero & Tommy End vs. Pentagon Jr. & Fenix 9/3 Reseda 91, Kushida vs. Kyle O’Reilly 5/21 Tokyo 82, T.J. Perkins vs. Kota Ibushi 9/14 Winter Park, FL 60 MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. ROBBIE LAWLER VS. CARLOS CONDIT 1/02 LAS VEGAS (361) 2,529 2. Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 8/20 Las Vegas (331) 2,468 3. Dong Hyun Kim vs. Polo Reyes 6/4 Los Angeles (2) 629 4. Miesha Tate vs. Holly Holm 3/5 Las Vegas (28) 576 5. T.J. Dillashaw vs. Dominick Cruz 1/17 Boston (11) 376 6. Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 3/5 Las Vegas (37) 325 7. Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson 11/12 New York (16) 277 8. Steve Bosse vs. Sean O’Connell 6/18 Ottawa (3) 217 9. Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping 2/27 London (1) 111 10. Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson 10/8 Manchester (2) 101 HONORABLE MENTION: Tony Ferguson vs. Lando Vannata 7/13 Sioux Falls 92, Stipe Miocic vs. Alistair Overeem 9/10 Cleveland 83, Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Claudia Gadelha 7/8 Las Vegas 81 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. MATT RIDDLE (924) 4,773 2. Lio Rush (47) 2,142 3. Fred Yehi (9) 919 4. Shayna Baszler (9) 423 5. Takuya Nomura (2) 415 6. Ben K (29) 337 7. Chihiro Hashimoto (13) 316 8. Rachael Ellering (28) 271 9. Teruaki Kanemitsu (1) 163 10. Daria Berenato (7) 91 HONORABLE MENTION: Hirai Kawato 81, Cuatrero 70, Nobuhiro Shimatani 64 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. DARIO CUETO (231) 1,656 2. Daniel Bryan (202) 1,561 3. Paul Heyman (124) 1,107 4. Maryse (69) 616 5. Stokley Hathaway (80) 449 6. Renee Young (30) 423 7. William Regal (6) 253 8. Lana (7) 193 9. Gedo (1) 127 10. Catrina (2) 126 HONORABLE MENTION: Mick Foley 115, Jim Smallman 74, Xavier Woods 66 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. MAURO RANALLO (279) 2,199 2. Corey Graves (172) 1,910 3. Shimpei Nogami (117) 888 4. Jim Ross (46) 756 5. Steve Corino (48) ` 582 6. Joe Rogan (50) 575 7. Kevin Kelly (37) ` 378 8. Daniel Bryan (20) 339 9. Brian Stann (49) 337 10. Lenny Leonard (1) 216 HONORABLE MENTION: Tom Phillips 200, Josh Barnett 133, Leslie Callum 130, Mike Goldberg 121, Vampiro 71 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. DAVID OTUNGA (260) 2,018 2. Matt Striker (119) 1,651 3. Byron Saxton (103) 1,138 4. Josh Matthews (13) 970 5. John Layfield (53) 658 6. Michael Cole (34) 449 7. Joey Styles (32) 271 8. Vampiro (1) 145 9. Jerry Lawler (19) 120 10. Mauro Ranallo (6) 85 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. NEW JAPAN WRESTLE KINGDOM 9 1/4 TOKYO (709) 4,001 2. PWG Battle of Los Angeles 9/3 Reseda (125) 1,409 3. WWE NXT Takeover Dallas 4/1 Dallas (64) 907 4. New Japan King of Pro Wrestling 10/10 Tokyo (49) 771 5. UFC 205 11/12 Madison Square Garden (51) 600 6. WWE Cruiserweight Classic finals 9/14 Winter Park (22) 579 7. UFC 202 8/20 Las Vegas (12) 325 8. UFC 199 6/4 Los Angeles (23) 277 9. WWN Mercury Rising 4/2 Dallas (25) 219 10. New Japan Dominion 6/19 Osaka (9) 216 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WRESTLEMANIA 32 4/3 DALLAS 274 2. TNA Bound for Glory 10/2 Orlando 92 3. Bellator: Gracie vs. Shamrock 2/19 Houston 69 4. AAA TripleMania 25 8/26 Mexico City 47 5. WWE Clash of Champions 9/25 Indianapolis 45 6. TNA One Night Only 1/8 Orlando 37 7. WWE Fast Lane 2/21 Cleveland 31 8. TNA Knockouts Knockdown 3/17 (taping date) Orlando 27 9. ROH Best in the World 6/24 Concord, NC 21 10. UFC 200 7/8 Las Vegas 19 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. KENNY OMEGA ONE WINGED ANGEL 189 2. Kazuchika Okada rainmaker 123 3. Young Bucks Meltzer driver 95 4. A.J. Styles phenomenal forearm 68 5. Ember Moon eclipse (top rope stunner) 51 6. Tetsuya Naito destino 45 7. A.J. Styles Styles clash 42 8. Will Ospreay Oscutter 37 9. Dawson & Wilder Shatter Machine 36 10. Daniels & Kazarian Best Meltzer Ever 35 HONORABLE MENTION: Matt Riddle Bromission 26, Ricochet & Sydal & Ospreay shooting star Meltzer driver 26, Ricochet & Sydal double shooting star press 20, Kevin Owens pop up power bomb 19 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. BELLATOR KIMBO VS. DADA 500 FIGHT 198 2. WWE Brock Lesnar doing hardway to Randy Orton 176 3. Aldo Ross (Adam Rose) mug shot T-shirt 46 4. Lucha Underground Intergender matches 39 5. Rizin booking Gabi Garcia vs. Shinobu Kandori 38 6. TNA treatment of Billy Corgan 21 7. WWE redoing Montreal screw job with Natalya and Bret Hart 18 7. Sasha Banks fake retirement playing off Daniel Bryan 18 9. Rizin booking Kazushi Sakuraba in fights 14 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE RAW 308 2. TNA Impact 165 3. Lucha Underground 107 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. SHELLY MARTINEZ VS. REBEL 3/17 ORLANDO 436 2. Chris Jericho vs. Dean Ambrose 5/22 Newark, NJ 87 3. Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000 2/19 Houston 71 4. TNA women’s gauntlet match 1/8 Orlando 55 5. Undertaker vs. Shane McMahon 4/3 Dallas 53 6. HHH vs. Roman Reigns 4/3 Dallas 47 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. TITUS O’NEIL VS. DARREN YOUNG 322 2. Yoshitatsu vs. Bone Soldier 70 3. Roman Reigns vs. HHH 48 4. New Day vs. Anderson & Gallows 46 5. Undertaker vs. Shane McMahon 45 6. Dolph Ziggler vs. Baron Corbin 27 7. Roman Reigns vs. Rusev 25 8. NOAH vs. Suzuki-gun 21 9. A.J. Styles vs. James Ellsworth 18 10. Chris Jericho vs. Dean Ambrose 14 HONORABLE MENTION: Vince McMahon vs. Shane McMahon 13, Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000 12, Brian Kendrick vs. T.J. Perkins 11 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. TNA IMPACT WRESTLING 412 2. AAA 181 3. WWE 68 4. ROH 51 5. Pro Wrestling NOAH 31 6. Bellator 29 7. Lucha Underground 19 8. What Culture Pro Wrestling 17 BEST BOOKER 1. GEDO 851 2. Joe Silva 93 3. Ryan Ward 63 4. Paul Levesque 37 5. Vince McMahon 32 6. Hunter Johnston 27 7. Jim Smallman 19 8. Gabe Sapolsky 12 9. Andy Quidlan 11 10. Sean Shelby 10 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. DANA WHITE 610 2. Takaaki Kidani 244 3. Paul Levesque 66 4. Jim Smallman 65 5. Gabe Sapolsky 23 6. Jun Akiyama 15 BEST GIMMICK 1. BROKEN MATT HARDY 483 2. Los Ingobernables en Japon 226 3. Chris Jericho & Kevin Owens 32 4. Marty The Villain Scurll 25 5. Dalton Castle 17 6. Young Bucks 15 6. Glorious Bobby Roode 15 8. Pentagon Jr. 10 WORST GIMMICK 1. BONE SOLDIER 105 2. The Cabinet 86 3. Make Darren Young Great Again 77 4. Shining Stars 71 5. League of Nations 49 6. Hunter Club 42 7. Drifter Elias Samson 28 8. James Ellsworth 19 8. Mojo Rawley 19 10. Andrade Cien Almas 18 HONORABLE MENTION: Broken Matt Hardy 13, New Day 12 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. ALI VS. INOKI BY JOSH GROSS 151 2. Accepted by Pat Patterson & Bertrand Hebert 147 3. The Roddy Piper Story by Ariel & Colt Toombs 55 BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. SETH ROLLINS REDESIGN REBUILT RECLAIM 136 2. Thank you Daniel 75 3. The Resurrection of Jake Roberts 71 4. Wrestling Road Dairies 3 55 5. Hitting the HighSpots/Naylor/Hero/Meltzer 38 6. I Never Quit: The Magnum T.A. Story 31 7. Battle of Los Angeles day two 25 8. Living on a Razor’s Edge 22 9. The True Story of the Royal Rumble 19 10. Owen: Hart of Gold 18 CATEGORY A AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.
FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. A.J. Styles (299) 2,507 2. Hiroshi Tanahashi (160) 1,674 3. Kazuchika Okada (136) 1,532 4. Shinsuke Nakamura (190) 1,481 5. John Cena (55) 976 6. Brock Lesnar (79) 668 7. Seth Rollins (51) 580 8. Sasha Banks (80) 519 9. La Sombra (35) 228 10. Jay Lethal (21) 214 HONORABLE MENTION: Finn Balor 64 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. Ronda Rousey (522) 3,424 2. Conor McGregor (372) 2,990 3. Daniel Cormier (1) 501 4. Robbie Lawler 230 5. Jon Jones 225 6. Holly Holm (2) 177 7. Donald Cerrone 145 8. Chris Weidman 86 9. Joanna Jedrzejczyk 64 10. Demetrious Johnson 34 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. A.J. Styles (334) 2,631 2. Shinsuke Nakamura (149) 1,254 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (134) 1,146 4. Kazuchika Okada (72) 870 5. Roderick Strong (82) 712 6. Seth Rollins (60) 640 7. Kota Ibushi (46) 425 8. Chris Hero (49) 364 9. Tomohiro Ishii (34) 343 10. Cesaro (7) 324 HONORABLE MENTION: Zack Sabre Jr., 216, Jay Lethal 210, Finn Balor 204, John Cena 178, Yuji Okabayashi 170, Volador Jr. 159, Kevin Owens 151, Brock Lesnar 89, Ricochet/Prince Puma 82, Dragon Lee 82, Kushida 80, Shingo Takagi 73, La Sombra 65, Tomoaki Honma 64 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. Conor Mcgregor (271) 1,946 2. Robbie Lawler (115) 1,008 3. Holly Holm (73) 853 4. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (107) 802 5. Ronda Rousey (74) 754 6. Demetrious Johnson (57) 604 7. Donald Cerrone (7) 337 8. Rafael dos Anjos (9) 282 9. Daniel Cormier (15) 263 10. Luke Rockhold (6) 185 HONORABLE MENTION: Chris Weidman 111, Jon Jones 76 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. Ronda Rousey (758) 4,671 2. Conor McGregor (147) 2,677 3. Brock Lesnar (19) 953 4. John Cena (5) 596 5. Hiroshi Tanahashi (3) 226 6. Jon Jones 65 7. Seth Rollins (2) 44 8. Daniel Cormier 31 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Conor Mcgregor Vs. Jose Aldo (342) 1,995 2. Bayley vs. Sasha Banks (216) 1,684 3. John Cena vs. Kevin Owens (45) 684 4. Dragon Lee vs. Kamaitachi (90) 645 5. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (72) 624 6. Brock Lesnar vs. Undertaker (25) 554 7. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn (17) 491 8. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma (44) 417 9. Suzuki-gun vs. NOAH (41) 371 10. Ronda Rousey vs. Bethe Correia (41) 345 HONORABLE MENTION: A.J. Styles vs, Kazuchika Okada 323, Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier 225, Jay Lethal vs. Roderick Strong 138, Mil Muertes vs. Fenix 111, Jay Lethal vs. Jay Briscoe 105, Pentagon Jr. vs. Vampiro 87, Will Ospreay vs. Jimmy Havoc 70, Tetsuya Naito vs. Katsuyori Shibata 74, Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makabe 63 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Young Bucks (382) 3,284 2. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly (229) 2,204 3. New Day (167) 1,691 4. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (86) 835 5. Naruki Doi & Yamato (70) 637 6. Jason Jordan & Chad Gable (33) 537 7. Tyson Kidd & Cesaro (2) 189 8. Michael Bennett & Matt Taven (6) 172 9. Matt Sydal & Ricochet (16) 156 10. Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta (7) 125 HONORABLE MENTION: Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. 94, Jack Evans & Angelico 93, Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady 84, Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson 78, Mark & Jay Briscoe 69, Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards 65 MOST IMPROVED 1. Bayley (116) 1,397 2. Moose (94) 793 3. Sasha Banks (81) 654 4. Roman Reigns (75) 649 5. Baron Corbin (63) 617 6. Michael Elgin (55) 477 7. Jason Jordan (19) 387 8. Chad Gable (65) 349 9. Tetsuya Naito (23) 226 10.Nikki Bella (22) 223 HONORABLE MENTION: Big E 205, Yohei Komatsu 172, Shingo Takagi 164, Samoa Joe 132, Will Ospreay 117, Emma 113, Drew Galloway 109, Marty Scurll 107, Becky Lynch 87, Jay Lethal 78, Jay White 77, Ethan Carter III 77 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. CONOR MCGREGOR (524) 3,285 2. Paul Heyman (193)` 1,839 3. Kevin Owens (73) 1,109 4. New Day (23) 369 5. Jay Lethal (27) 360 6. John Cena (15) 359 7. Jay Briscoe (16) 235 8. Ronda Rousey (9) 176 9. Hiroshi Tanahashi (16) 159 10. Rush 127 HONORABLE MENTION: Daniel Cormier 120, Dario Cueto 117, Dean Ambrose 95, Gedo 84, Ethan Carter III 82, Drew Galloway 80, Sami Zayn 80 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Shinsuke Nakamura (418) 3,147 2. Conor McGregor (314) 2,293 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (64) 966 4. Bayley (45) 387 5. Ronda Rousey (61) 378 6. Rush (48) 367 7. Brock Lesnar (33) 340 8. Dalton Castle (17) 310 9. John Cena (5) 302 10. Pentagon Jr. (4) 242 HONORABLE MENTION: Kazuchika Okada 192, Sami Zayn 171, Enzo amroe 158, Tomoaki Honma 136, La Sombra 129, Sasha Banks 126, Finn Balor 121, Kevin Owens 115, Dean Ambrose 82, Akira Tozawa 81, New Day 72 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Zack Sabre Jr. (346) 2,411 2. Kyle O’Reilly (130) 1,099 3. Timothy Thatcher (77) 841 4. Roderick Strong (40) 356 5. Shinsuke Nakamura (56) 279 6. Cesaro (33) 255 7. Hiroshi Tanahashi (7) 215 8. Chad Gable (28) 196 9. Seth Rollins (8) 179 10. A.J. Styles (7) 160 HONORABLE MENTION: Kazuchika Okada 152, Chris Hero 144,Minoru Suzuki 144, Drew Gulak 141, Katsuyori Shibata 136, Kushida 96, Finn Balor 90 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Tomohiro Ishii (426) 2,994 2. Katsuyori Shibata (72) 1,051 3. Kevin Owens (133) 1,006 4. Brock Lesnar (111) 828 5. Tomoaki Honma (24) 532 6. Pentagon Jr. (50) 527 7. Dean Ambrose (15) 344 8. Daisuke Sekimoto (32) 313 9. Chris Hero (22) 255 10. Drew Galloway (13) 253 HONORABLE MENTION: Togi Makabe 200, Samoa Joe 184, Minoru Suzuki 160, Luke Harper 146, Tommy End 143, Rush 128, Yuji Okabayashi 112, Jay Briscoe 82, Mil Muertes 80 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Ricochet (583) 3,708 2. Kota Ibushi (144) 1,327 3. Will Ospreay (109) 847 4. Matt Sydal (24) 737 5. Neville (37) 618 6. Fenix (16) 593 7. Angelico (40) 508 8. Flamita (18) 328 9. Kushida (8) 223 10. Aero Star (23) 218 HONORABLE MENTION: Mike Bailey 198, Dragon Lee 198, Kalisto 171, La Sombra 144, ACH 136, Seth Rollins 116, Finn Balor 97, Mascara Dorada 88 MOST OVERRATED 1. Kane (211) 1,775 2. Roman Reigns (186) 1,121 3. Sheamus (85) 755 4. Big Show (46) 702 5. Charlotte (58) 466 6. Bray Wyatt (21) 353 7. Eva Marie (41) 309 8. Braun Strowman (27) 265 9. Ryback (3) 243 10. Alberto Del Rio (20) 226 HONORABLE MENTION: Nikki Bella 195, Randy Orton 118, HHH 91, Dolph Ziggler 90, Thunder 78, Yujiro Takahashi 72, Bad Luck Fale 71, Jay Lethal 64 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Cesaro (477) 2,643 2. Neville (39) 527 3. Luke Harper (22) 407 4. Sasha Banks (39) 337 5. Mascara Dorada (15) 271 6. Kevin Owens (17) 211 7. Samoa Joe (16) 189 8. Dean Ambrose (6) 185 9. Katsuyori Shibata (9) 182 10. Tama Tonga (7) 172 HONORABLE MENTION: Yuji Nagata 160, Tomoaki Honma 159, Becky Lynch 150, Kota Ibushi 120, Rusev 113, King Barrett 97, Chad Gable 85, Natalya 78, Emma 75, Yohei Komatsu 73, Tye Dillinger 66, Dolph Ziggler 66 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. New Japan Pro Wrestling (354) 3,290 2. UFC (383) 2,286 3. Ring of Honor (55) 1,137 4. Lucha Underground (56) 880 5. Dragon Gate (79) 798 6. PWG (17) 439 7. WWE (19) 392 8. DDT (9) 246 9. Progress Wrestling (20) 154 10. Evolve 96 HONORABLE MENTION: Insane Championship Wrestling 85, CMLL 74 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. WWE Nxt (347) 3,148 2. Lucha Underground (410) 3,112 3. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (197) 1,803 4. Ring of Honor (73) 918 5. WWE Monday Night Raw (4) 97 6. Ultimate Fighter Faber vs. McGregor 60 7. Dragon Gate Infinity 48 PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Shinsuke Nakamura Vs. Kota Ibushi 1/4 Tokyo (319)2,429 2. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 8/16 Tokyo (207) 1,519 3. Bayley vs. Sasha Banks 8/22 Brooklyn (107) 1,173 4. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 1/4 Tokyo (90) 939 5.Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins 1/25 Philadelphia (57) 619 6. Shingo Takagi vs. Masaaki Mochizuki 11/1 Osaka (64) 588 7. Sami Zayn vs. Adrian Neville 12/11/14 Winter Park (27) 407 8. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma 2/14 Sendai (25) 391 9. Minoru Suzuki vs. Takashi Sugiura 9/19 Osaka (29) 287 10. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. A.J. Styles 8/14 Tokyo (11) 229 HONORABLE MENTION: Atlantis vs. La Sombra 9/18 Mexico City 215, Kazuchika Okada vs. A.J. Styles 7/5 Osaka 197, Kushida vs. Kyle O’Reilly 6/7 Tokyo 176, Kevin Owens vs. John Cena 5/31 Corpus Christi 169, Dragon Lee vs. Kamaitachi 9/5 Mexico City 159, Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns 3/29 Santa Clara 115, Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma 11/7 Osaka 80 MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Robbie Lawler Vs. Rory Macdonald 7/11 Las Vegas (528) 2,901 2. Andrei Arlovski vs. Travis Browne 5/23 Las Vegas (51) 1,195 3. Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson 10/3 Houston (45) 1,081 4. Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey 11/15 Melbourne (94) 874 5. Justin Gaethje vs. Luis Palomino 3/28 Phoenix (39) 384 6. Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier 1/3 Las Vegas (17) 378 7. Conor McGregor vs. Chad Mendes 7/11 Las Vegas (2) 183 8. Igor Svirid vs. Vitali Bigdash 10/9 Kuala Lumpur (19) 157 9. Jeremy Stephens vs. Dennis Bermudez 7/11 Las Vegas (8) 99 10. L.C. Davis vs. Hideo Tokoro 3/27 Thackerville (2) 90 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Chad Gable (539) 3,299 2. Jay White (159) 2,395 3. Dana Brooke (51) 1,357 4. Kazusada Higuchi (48) 671 5. Cody Hall (33) 431 6. Takehiro Yamamura (23) 311 7. Shotaro Ashino (4) 216 8. Matt Riddle (15) 213 9. Kaito Ishida 119 10. Nia Jax (1) 114 HONORABLE MENTION: Kota Umeda 110 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. Dario Cueto (362) 2,394 2. Paul Heyman (358) 2,373 3. Xavier Woods (61) 736 4. William Regal (56) 547 5. Stephanie McMahon (13) 343 6. Truth Martini (12) 338 7. Maria Kanellis (9) 314 8. Lana (7) 220 9. Katrina (2) 181 10. Gedo (4) 128 HONORABLE MENTION: Bruce Tharpe 88, Renee Young 70, Konnan 64, Summer Rae 63 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Mauro Ranallo (625) 3,751 2. Corey Graves (57) 819 3. Shimpei Nogami (96) 774 4. Josh Barnett (3) 676 5. Kevin Kelly (74) 572 6. Joe Rogan (36) 537 7. Steve Corino (19) 485 8. Brian Stann (40) 391 8. Jim Ross (25) 391 10. Lenny Leonard (21) 284 HONORABLE MENTION: Vampiro 267, Matt Striker 255, Jose Manuel Guillen 122, Rich Brennan 98, Excalibur 79, Michael Schiavello 77, Shinji Yoshino 72, Michael Cole 62 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. John Layfield (225) 2,016 2. Michael Cole (107) 1,179 3. Jerry Lawler (127) 1,117 4. Byron Saxton (101) 1,005 5. Josh Matthews (93) 815 6. Matt Striker (82) 809 7. The Pope (48) 408 8. Booker T (32) 373 9. Vampiro (1) 117 10. Corey Graves 49 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 9 1/4 Tokyo (614) 3,663 2. UFC 189 7/11 Las Vegas (104) 1,039 3. WWE WrestleMania 31 3/29 Santa Clara (89) 953 4. NXT Takeover Brooklyn 8/22 (67) 797 5. New Japan Dominion 7/5 Osaka (11) 604 6. NXT Takeover R Evolution 12/11/14 Winter Park (32) 375 7. Lucha Underground Ultima Lucha 4/19 Los Angeles (14) 362 8. New Japan G-1 Climax finals 8/16 Tokyo (8) 311 9. PWG Battle of Los Angeles 8/29 Reseda day two (28) 263 10. NXT Takeover Respect 10/7 Winter Park (9) 192 HONORABLE MENTION: WWE SummerSlam 8/24 Brooklyn 128, Dragon Gate Kobe World Festival 7/20 Kobe 81, UFC 187 5/23 Las Vegas 81, Dragon Gate Gate of Destiny 11/1 Osaka 76, New Japan G-1 Climax tournament 8/15 Tokyo 74 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. AAA Triplemania 8/9 Mexico City 483 2. WWE Royal Rumble 1/25 Philadelphia 79 3. WWE TLC 12/14/14 Cleveland 74 4. WWE Survivor Series 11/22 Atlanta 58 5. TNA Bound for Glory 10/4 Concord, NC 48 6. WWE Payback 5/17 Baltimore 38 7. WWE Elimination Chamber 5/31 Corpus Christi 31 8. WWE Extreme Rules 4/26 Chicago 18 9. UFC 186 4/25 Montreal 9 10. TNA Slammiverary 6/28 Orlando 9 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. A.J. Styles Styles Clash 137 2. Young Bucks Meltzer Driver 131 3. Kazuchika Okada rainmaker 93 4. Neville red arrow 86 5. Ricochet & Matt Sydal double shooting star press 45 6. Kevin Owens pop up power bomb 41 7. Shinsuke Nakamura flying armbar 32 8. Angelico dropkick off the stage into the ring 22 9. Tomoaki Honma kokeshi spear 20 10. Ricochet 630 17 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE Using Reid Fleihr’S Death In An Angle 618 2. WWE Divas Revolution 26 3. TNA having James Storm push Mickie James onto the train tracks 24 4. WWE changing Ultimate Warrior’s words and meaning in giving Conor Michalek the Warrior Award 17 5. Lucha Underground and indie men vs. women matches 15 6. WWE having Michael Cole do a broken neck angle right after Perro Aguayo Jr. died from a broken neck 10 7. WWE getting rid of Hulk Hogan while Lionizing Ultimate Warrior who said things as bad or worse in public 9 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE Raw 470 2. TNA Impact 169 3. WWE Smackdown 66 4. Lucha Underground 9 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Psycho Circus Vs. Villanos 8/9 Mexico City 396 2. Royal Rumble 1/25 Philadelphia 137 3. Big Show vs. Erick Rowan stairs match 12/14/14 Cleveland 60 4. Ryback vs. Sheamus vs. R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Mark Henry vs. King Barrett Elimination Chamber 5/31 Corpus Christi 57 5. TNA Gauntlet for the Gold 10/4 Concord, NC 32 6. Marie vs. Carmella 8/22 Brooklyn 31 7. John Cena vs. Rusev chain match 4/26 Chicago 13 8. Mahabali Shera vs. Crazy Steve TNA title tournament 11 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Team Pcb Vs. Team Bad Vs. Team Bella 221 2. Seth Rollins vs. Kane 111 3. Dolph Ziggler & Lana vs. Rusev & Summer Rae 110 4. Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt 72 5. Kingdom vs. Bullet Club 43 6. James Storm vs. Magnus 23 7. R-Truth vs. King Barrett 20 8. Charlotte vs. Paige 19 9. TNA vs. GFW 16 10. Ultimo Guerrero vs. Thunder 15 HONORABLE MENTION: HHH vs. Sting 12 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Total Nonstop Action 423 2. World Wrestling Entertainment 151 3. AAA 37 BEST BOOKER 1. Paul Levesque/Ryan Ward 317 2. Gedo 314 3. Joe Silva 117 4. Chris DeJoseph/Chris Roach 61 5. Dragon Gate team 56 6. Hunter Johnston 39 7. Sean Shelby 19 8. Sanshiro Takagi 17 9. Gabe Sapolsky 11 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Dana White 581 2. Takaaki Kidani 177 3. Paul Levesque 121 4. Mark Dallas 18 5. Vince McMahon 15 6. Scott Coker 12 7. Joe Koff 11 BEST GIMMICK 1. New Day 213 2. Dalton Castle 200 3. Los Ingobernables 129 4. Bayley 71 5. Finn Balor 44 6. Pentagon Jr. 39 7. Conor McGregor 23 8. Bullet Club 20 9. Mojo Rawley 18 10. Kevin Owens 15 HONORABLE MENTION: Donald Cerrone 14, Dario Cueto 9, Suzuki-gun 9 WORST GIMMICK 1. Stardust 155 2. Alberto Del Rio Mex-America 85 3. Divas Revolution 54 4. Adam Rose 52 5. The Authority 45 6. King Barrett 27 7. Mojo Rawley 21 8. Mahabali Shera 20 9. The Ascension 17 10. Eva Marie 15 HONORABLE MENTION: Axelmania 14, Split personality Kane 12 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. Yes! By Daniel Bryan/Craig Tello 386 2. Backlund by Bob Backlund/Robert Miller 82 3. Lion’s Pride by Chris Charlton 81 4. My Fight, Your Fight by Ronda Rousey/Maria Burns 16 5. Strangler Lewis by Steve Yohe 15 6. Battleground Baltimore by Graham Cawthorn 13 7. Is Wrestling Fixed by Bill Apter 11 8. Capital Revolution by Tim Hornbacker 9 BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. Daniel Bryan Yes! Yes! Yes! 116 2. It’s Good to be the King: Jerry Lawler 57 3. Sting: Into the Light 35 4. PWG Battle of Los Angeles 34 5. Owen Hart: Hart of Gold 24 6. Mid Atlantic Memories 21 7. Back to the Territories: Mid Atlantic 16 7. Hitting the High Spots: Naylor, Hero, Meltzer 16 9. Ultimate Warrior: Always Believe 15 10. Macho Man: The Randy Savage Story 13 HONORABLE MENTION: Young Bucks Too Sweet Journey 9 2014CATEGORY A AWARDS - WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. Shinsuke Nakamura (323): 2,262 2. A.J. Styles (188): 1,739 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (145): 1,563 4. Kazuchika Okada (92): 1,268 5. Daniel Bryan (55): 481 6. Rush (37): 423 7. Ricochet (8): 261 8. John Cena (21): 206 9. Seth Rollins (13): 199 10. Brock Lesnar (17): 180 HONORABLE MENTION: Negro Casas 107, Atlantis 90 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. Ronda Rousey (551): 3,503 2. Chris Weidman (75): 1,693 3. Jon Jones (49): 1,164 4. Conor McGregor (5): 323 5. Robbie Lawler (23): 265 6. Anderson Silva (4): 146 7. Daniel Cormier : 145 8. Johny Hendricks (6): 113 9. Donald Cerrone (3): : 85 10. Tito Ortiz (2): 73 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. A.J. Styles (220): 1,819 2. Tomohiro Ishii (247): 1,671 3. Shinsuke Nakamura (190): 1,639 4. Kazuchika Okada (46): 697 5. Hiroshi Tanahashi (34): 604 6. Ricochet (54): 466 7. Sami Zayn (12): 289 8. Katsuyori Shibata (11): 182 9. Negro Casas (8): 179 10. Seth Rollins (4): 171 HONORABLE MENTION: Daniel Bryan 122, Kyle O’Reilly 96, Adam Cole 91, Kota Ibushi 72, Tetsuya Naito 71 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. Ronda Rousey (259): 2,164 2. Chris Weidman (193): 1,486 3. Demetrious Johnson (63): 690 4. Robbie Lawler (89): 605 5. Donald Cerrone (51): 552 6. T.J. Dillashaw (13): 492 7. Jose Aldo (39): 404 8. Jon Jones (15): 287 9. Daniel Cormier (12): 134 10. Conor McGregor (3): 97 HONORABLE MENTION: Fabricio Werdum 63 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. Ronda Rousey (286): 1,825 2. John Cena (129): 910 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (46): 838 4. Shinsuke Nakamura (63): 559 5. Brock Lesnar (53): 507 6. Daniel Bryan (13): 263 7. Chris Weidman (2): 261 8. Atlantis (13): 235 9. Anderson Silva (19): 166 10. Ultimo Guerrero : 145 HONORABLE MENTION: Jon Jones 118, Conor McGregor 109, Kazuchika Okada 99 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Jon Jones Vs. Daniel Cormier (256): 1,792 2. Daniel Bryan vs. The Authority (199): 1,424 3. Rush vs. Negro Casas (97): 738 4. Atlantis vs. Ultimo Guerrero (35): 648 5. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata (70): 527 6. Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn (54): 523 7. Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate (51): 449 8. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (26): 423 9. The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family (27): 390 10. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito (44): 349 HONORABLE MENTION: Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins 298, Evolution vs. The Shield 240, Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena 159, A.J. Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada 150, Jay Briscoe vs. Adam Cole 128, Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping 73 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Young Bucks (509): 3,374 2. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly (159): 2,042 3. T-Hawk & Eita (158): 1,344 4. Usos (36): 731 5. Masato Tanaka & Takashi Sugiura (56): 561 6. Alex Shelley & Kushida (8): 479 7. Goldust & Stardust (3): 101 8. Luke Harper & Erick Rowan (2): 99 9. Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards (14): 92 9. Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori (10): 92 HONORABLE MENTION: Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows 89, Matt & Jeff Hardy 66, Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata 63, Mark & Jay Briscoe 61 MOST IMPROVED 1. Rusev (181): 1,372 2. Charlotte (152): 1,281 3. Sasha Banks (2): 383 4. Erick Rowan (41): 313 5. Luke Harper (15): 241 6. Bobby Lashley (19): 205 7. Tomoaki Honma (19): 182 8. Cedric Alexander (22): 172 9. Ethan Carter III (19): 154 10. Tomohiro Ishii (18): 137 HONORABLE MENTION: Seth Rollins 127, Kyle O’Reilly 125, T-Hawk 199, Tyler Breeze 114, Daisuke Harada 99, Joe Doering 92, Ricochet 90, Nikki Bella 89, Jay Lethal 78, Hanson 74, Roman Reigns 70, Adam Cole 63 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. PAUL HEYMAN (411): 4,395 2. Conor McGregor (169): 1,675 3. Jay Briscoe (44): 582 4. Michael Bisping (20): 452 5. Stephanie McMahon (25): 417 6. Daniel Cormier (3): 387 7. Adam Cole (21): 277 8. Dean Ambrose (11): 193 9. Bray Wyatt (7): 139 10. Lana (7): 131 HONORABLE MENTION: Bruce Tharpe 116, Sami Zayn 90, Daniel Bryan 74, Rush 71 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Shinsuke Nakamura (421): 2,527 2. Hiroshi Tanahashi (71): 1,015 3. Conor McGregor (136): 993 4. Daniel Bryan (73): 638 5. John Cena (37): 532 6. Sami Zayn (16): 437 7. Dean Ambrose (17): 391 8. Ronda Rousey (29): 363 9. Brock Lesnar (28): 255 10. Rush (19): 232 HONORABLE MENTION: Kazuchika Okada 217, Akira Tozawa 115, Negro Casas 91, Jay Briscoe 99, Tomoaki Honma 82 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Zack Sabre Jr. (145): 1,221 2. Kyle O’Reilly (78): 841 3. A.J. Styles (58): 610 4. Hiroshi Tanahashi (61): 588 5. Daniel Bryan (62): 517 6. Shinsuke Nakamura (75): 506 7. Cesaro (34): 461 8. Kazuchika Okada (55): 460 9. Timothy Thatcher (64): 407 10. Minoru Suzuki (46): 401 HONORABLE MENTION: Virus 350, Drew Gulak 289, Sami Zayn 203, Kushida 155, Katsuyori Shibata 117, Yuji Nagata 92, Cima 90 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Tomohiro Ishii (424): 2,785 2. Katsuyori Shibata (181): 1,834 3. Dean Ambrose (42): 781 4. Kevin Steen (30): 532 5. Jay Briscoe (48): 367 6. Togi Makabe (28): 316 7. Brock Lesnar (32): 278 8. Luke Harper (8): 194 9. Hirooki Goto (1): 154 10. Minoru Suzuki (2): 128 HONORABLE MENTION: Takashi Sugiura 99, Bray Wyatt 75, Bully Ray 63 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Ricochet (543): 3,365 2. Kota Ibushi (142): 1,907 3. Flamita (104): 1,182 4. Adrian Neville (42): 909 5. ACH (18): 371 6. Fenix (9): 309 7. Aero Star (2): 287 8. Titan (35): 273 9. Sami Zayn (19): 270 10. Mascara Dorada (17): 199 HONORABLE MENTION: Kushida 100, Kalisto 72, T-Hawk 70 MOST OVERRATED 1. Kane (143): 1,117 2. Roman Reigns (145): 1,113 3. Randy Orton (5): 397 4. Big Show (23): 357 5. Ryback (18): 331 6. Michael Elgin(49): 326 7. Bray Wyatt (26): 225 8. Yujiro Takahashi (27): 218 9. John Cena (25): 197 10. Batista (15): 166 HONORABLE MENTION: The Miz 105, HHH 99, Brock Lesnar 97, The Ascension 72, Bad Luck Fale 63 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Cesaro (377): 2,275 2. Tomoaki Honma (99): 1,189 3. Tyson Kidd (29): 585 4. Dolph Ziggler (35): 422 5. Sami Zayn (16): 252 6. Dean Ambrose (18): 175 7. Yuji Nagata (1): 102 8. Chris Hero (8): 70 9. Katsuyori Shibata (10): 63 10. Austin Aries (1): 58 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. New Japan Pro Wrestling (779): 4,064 2. Ring of Honor (16): 1,038 3. Dragon Gate (36): 884 4. Ultimate Fighting Championships (23): 835 5. CMLL (8): 504 6. World Wrestling Entertainment (4): 392 7. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (8): 348 8. AAA (3): 279 9. Bellator MMA (3): 238 10. Ddt (1): 91 HONORABLE MENTION: Lucha Underground 64 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. WWE Nxt (416): 2,961 2. Ring of Honor (175): 1,744 3. Lucha Underground (106): 1,369 4. Dragon Gate Infinity (100): 838 5. Ultimate Fighter Season 20 (76): 796 6. WWE Raw (2): 234 7. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (28): 226 8. TNA Impact (2): 110 9. WWE Smackdown (9): 88 10. WWE Main Event (2): 84 HONORABLE MENTION: CMLL 72 PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. A.J. Styles Vs. Minoru Suzuki 8/1 Tokyo (298): 1,855 2. Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 8/10 Tokorozawa (143): 1,310 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata 9/21 Kobe (74): 524 4. Atlantis vs. Ultimo Guerrero 9/19 Mexico City (49): 522 5. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hirooki Goto 11/8 Osaka (47): 471 6. The Shield vs. The Wyatts 2/23 Minneapolis (37): 417 7. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomoaki Honma 8/3 Osaka (10): 330 8. Daniel Bryan vs. HHH 4/6 New Orleans (25): 287 9. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito 2/11 Osaka (20): 226 10. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma 7/26 Akita (19): 181 HONORABLE MENTION: Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi 3/6 Tokyo 166, Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena 8/17 Los Angeles 136, Daniel Bryan vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton 4/6 New Orleans 132, Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomohiro Ishii 8/1 Tokyo 108, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata 7/26 Akita 102, El Texano Jr. vs. Psycho Clown 8/18 Mexico City 75, Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kota Ibushi 5/25 Yokohama 72, Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn 2/27 Winter Park, FL 72, Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuyori Shibata 8/1 Tokyo 64, Ricochet vs. Kushida 6/8 Tokyo 63, Prince Puma vs. Johnny Mundo 10/29 Boyle Heights, CA 62 MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Robbie Lawler Vs. Johny Hendricks 3/15 Dallas (225): 1,724 2. Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva 5/10 Cincinnati (113): 1,371 3. Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva 12/8/13 Sydney (217): 1,353 4. Chris Weidman vs. Lyoto Machida 7/5 Las Vegas (86): 982 5. Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate 12/28/13 Las Vegas (97): 656 6. Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes 10/25 Rio de Janeiro (61): 569 7. Dan Henderson vs. Shogun Rua 3/23 Natal (2): 205 8. Robbie Lawler vs. Matt Brown 7/26 San Jose : 122 9. Michael Chandler vs. Will Brooks 5/17 Memphis (21): 121 10. Jamie Varner vs. Abel Trujillo 2/1 Newark (2): 108 HONORABLE MENTION: T.J. Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao 5/24 Las Vegas 95 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Dragon Lee (190): 1,476 2. Moose (142): 1,092 3. Yuga Hayashi (145): 982 4. Alexa Bliss (55): 927 5. Cachorro (81): 910 6. Australian Suicide (56): 550 7. Ashley Remington (47): 396 8. Black Panther (3): 378 9. Chris Melendez (15): 152 10. Naoya Nomura (2): 72 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. Paul Heyman (377): 2,336 2. Stephanie McMahon (129): 1,103 3. Lana (28): 987 4. Bruce Tharpe (41): 524 5. Dario Cueto (21): 334 6. Konnan (9): 239 7. Gedo (2): 163 8. William Regal (1): 108 9. Rockstar Spud (3): 105 10. Maria Kanellis (2): 102 HONORABLE MENTION: Truth Martini 99, Zeb Colter 82,Veda Scott 70 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. William Regal (192): 1,273 2. Shimpei Nogami (170): 1,189 3. Joe Rogan (109): 1,053 4. Steve Corino (69): 745 5. Brian Stann (127): 689 6. Kevin Kelly (45): 608 7. Mike Tenay (28): 316 8. Matt Striker (8): 307 9. Jimmy Smith (34): 261 10. Mike Goldberg (7): 190 HONORABLE MENTION: Nigel McGuinness 161, Tom Phillips 145, Michael Schiavello 142, Jose Manuel Guillen 136, John Layfield 115, Renee Young 107, Hugo Savinovich 92, Michael Cole 86, Sean Wheelock 72, Jon Anik 71 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. John Layfield (165): 1,378 2. Jerry Lawler (125): 1,287 3. Michael Cole (146): 1,252 4. Taz (36): 655 5. Alex Riley (49): 399 6. Vampiro (9): 288 7. Matt Striker (33): 264 8. Mike Tenay (4): 93 9. Tom Phillips (8): 78 10. Byron Saxton (4): 61 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. New Japan G-1 8/1 Tokyo (313): 2,227 2. New Japan G-1 8/3 Osaka (166): 1,297 3. WWE WrestleMania 4/6 New Orleans (115): 920 4. CMLL Anniversary show 9/19 Mexico City (49): 502 5. New Japan G-1 7/26 Akita (8): 406 6. New Japan G-1 finals 8/10 Tokorozawa (35): 402 7. Dragon Gate Dead or Alive 5/5 Nagoya (23): 388 8. UFC 168 12/28/13 Las Vegas (60): 347 9. ROH 5/10 Toronto (16): 190 10. WWE SummerSlam 8/17 Los Angeles (8): 166 HONORABLE MENTION: ROH 5/17 New York 150, UFC Fight Night 7/19 Dublin 145, NXT Takeover 5/29 Winter Park, FL 117, New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 8 1/4 Tokyo Dome 106, UFC 175 7/5 Las Vegas 91, New Japan King of Pro Wrestling 10/13 Tokyo 85, New Japan G-1 Climax 7/21 Sapporo 82, UFC 178 9/27 Las Vegas 74 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE Battleground 7/20 Tampa : 275 2. TNA Lockdown 3/9 Miami: 69 3. WWE Royal Rumble 1/26 Pittsburgh: 42 4. WWE Survivor Series 11/23 St. Louis: 40 5. TNA Sacrifice 4/27 Orlando: 33 6. WWE TLC 12/15/13 Houston: 26 7. WWE Hell in a Cell 10/26 Dallas: 23 8. UFC 177 8/30 Sacramento: 17 9. WWE Night of Champions 9/21 Nashville: 12 10. UFC 4/16 Quebec City: 9 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Young Bucks Meltzer Driver: 323 2. Kazuchika Okada Rainmaker: 153 3. Adrian Neville Red Arrow: 54 4. Young Bucks More Bang for Your Buck: 46 5. Sami Zayn tope into DDT: 19 6. Cavernario Barbaro splash off top to floor: 18 6. Seth Rollins curb stomp: 18 8. Fish & O’Reilly Chasing the Dagon: 13 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE Insulting Fans Who Purchased Ppvs: 65 2. Dixie Carter tweeting a Storm is coming to Japan during a typhoon: 62 3. TNA building TV for months around Dixie Carter table spot: 49 4. WWE having Lana playoff off plane going down in The Ukraine and then acting like they didn’t: 42 5. WWE firing C.M. Punk on his wedding day: 33 6. UFC hiring Thiago Silva and then having to fire him: 32 7. WWE false advertising Rollins vs. Ambrose on PPV: 31 8. CZW saying if Havok loses she has to give a blowjob to DJ Hyde: 28 9. WWE botched U.K. network launch: 26 10. WWE using Warrior’s last Raw speech to promote network: 22 HONORABLE MENTION: WWE telling fans to chant “Yes” for a video for Daniel Bryan when it was really to splice it into a Vince McMahon speech on the network 21, WWE constant false advertising 18, WWE misleading stockholders on what they could get for network rights and what their fan base is 14, TNA lying to Spike TV on Vince Russo 13 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE Raw: 283 2. TNA Impact: 168 3. WWE Smackdown: 77 4. Championship Wrestling from Hollywood: 8 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. John Cena Vs. Bray Wyatt 5/4 Extreme Rules East Rutherford, Nj: 122 2. Sakuraba & Nagata vs. Gracies 1/4 Tokyo: 89 3. Naomi vs. Cameron 9/15 Lafayette: 39 4. Divas Survivor Series match 11/23 St. Louis: 34 5. Eva Marie vs. Bayley 7/17 Winter Park, FL: 25 6. Samuel Shaw vs. Ken Anderson 4/27 Orlando: 22 7. A.J. Lee vs. Cameron 2/23 Minneapolis: 20 8. Aksana vs. Naomi 2/3 Omaha: 19 9. A.J. Lee vs. Nikki Bella 11/23 St. Louis: 16 10. Layla vs. Summer Rae 6/29 Boston: 14 HONORABLE MENTION: Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar 4/6 New Orleans 13, Batista vs. Alberto Del Rio 2/23 Minneapolis 11, Gracies vs. Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano 4/6 Tokyo 11 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Nikki Bella Vs. Brie Bella: 299 2. Minoru Suzuki vs. Toru Yano: 50 3. John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt: 42 4. Samuel Shaw vs. Ken Anderson: 38 5. Daniel Bryan vs. Kane: 37 6. Bully Ray vs. Dixie Carter: 26 7. Fandango vs. Summer Rae & Layla: 13 7. Adam Rose vs. The Bunny: 13 9. Mark Henry vs. Big Show: 12 9. Samuel Shaw vs. Gunner: 12 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Total Nonstop Action: 438 2. World Wrestling Entertainment: 125 3. CHIKARA Pro: 17 BEST BOOKER 1. Gedo & Jado: 611 2. Genki Horiguchi: 55 3. Paul Levesque/Ryan Ward: 54 4. Joe Silva: 53 5. Hunter Johnston: 51 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Takaaki Kidani: 602 2. Dana White: 190 3. Scott Coker: 47 4. Vince McMahon: 21 5. Joe Koff: 12 6. Sanshiro Takagi: 11 6. Roldan Family: 11 BEST GIMMICK 1. Rusev & Lana: 131 2. The Bullet Club: 88 3. Yosuke Santa Maria: 78 4. Damien Mizdow: 72 5. Shinsuke Nakamura: 68 6. Dean Ambrose: 37 7. Tyson Kidd: 33 8. Rockstar Spud: 14 9. Brock Lesnar: 13 WORST GIMMICK 1. Adam Rose: 140 2. Samuel Shaw: 82 3. The Bunny: 58 4. Corporate Kane: 49 5. Bray Wyatt: 40 6. The Menagerie: 36 7. The Authority: 33 8. Dixie Carter as heel owner: 25 9. C.J. Parker: 20 10. New Day: 17 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. Death Of Wcw By Bryan Alvarez & R.D. Reynolds: 257 2. The Best in the World At What I have No Idea/Chris Jericho: 135 3. Bluegrass Brawlers: The Story of Professional Wrestling in Louisville/John Cosper: 18 4. Is this Legal/Art Davie/Sean Wheelock: 16 5. Memphis Wrestling 1977/Mark James: 12 BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. Ladies And Gentleman, My Name Is Paul Heyman: 381 2. Macho Man: The Randy Savage Story : 52 3. Wrestling Road Diaries II: 9 2013CATEGORY A AWARDS – WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. Hiroshi Tanahashi (348) 3.488 2. Kazuchika Okada (153) 2,168 3. Daniel Bryan (139) 1,444 4. John Cena (58) 925 5. C.M. Punk (31) 520 6. KENTA (13) 133 7. Shinsuke Nakamura (2) 51 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. Georges St-Pierre (569) 3,215 2. Ronda Rousey (110) 1,414 3. Jon Jones (48) 1,211 4. Cain Velasquez (41) 861 5. Anderson Silva (12) 732 6. Chris Weidman (3) 85 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Hiroshi Tanahashi (470) 3,237 2. Daniel Bryan (205) 1,894 3. Kazuchika Okada (126) 1,760 4. C.M. Punk (10) 374 5. Negro Casas (18) 275 6. Shinsuke Nakamura (22) 245 7. Antonio Cesaro (16) 163 8. Katsuyori Shibata (11) 137 9. Prince Devitt (3) 133 10. Tomohiro Ishii (1) 132 HONORABLE MENTION:KENTA 122, Daisuke Sekimoto 110 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. Cain Velasquez (354) 2,062 2. Jon Jones (70) 878 3. Johny Hendricks (45) 512 4. Chris Weidman (23) 502 5. Georges St-Pierre (51) 488 6. Vitor Belfort (34) 449 7. Demetrious Johnson (41) 447 8. Anthony Pettis (3) 373 9. Urijah Faber (26) 282 10. Ronda Rousey (29) 281 HONORABLE MENTION:Renan Barao 230, Jose Aldo Jr. 194, Robbie Lawler 115, Gilbert Melendez 72 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. Georges St-Pierre (351) 2,699 2. The Rock (220) 1,915 3. John Cena (115) 1,533 4. Hiroshi Tanahashi (35) 562 5. Brock Lesnar (15) 309 6. Ronda Rousey (34) 305 7. Anderson Silva (2) 155 8. Daniel Bryan (1) 63 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Kazuchika Okada (534) 3,259 2. Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate (106) 875 3. Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata (1) 634 4. C.M. Punk vs. Brock Lesnar (23) 623 5. C.M. Punk vs. Paul Heyman (82) 535 6. Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz (38) 447 7. The Shield vs. Kane & Daniel Bryan (44) 358 8. Negro Casas vs. Rush (52) 334 9. La Sombra vs. Volador Jr. (2) 171 10. C.M. Punk vs. The Rock (6) 142 HONORABLE MENTION:Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn 117, The Shield vs. Cody Rhodes & Goldust 95, Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman 89 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns (440) 2,723 2. Goldust & Cody Rhodes (72) 1,152 3. Young Bucks (94) 1,035 4. Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer (47) 705 5. Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov (10) 312 6. Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian (7) 258 7. Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish (26) 247 8. Jack Evans & Angelico (12) 205 9. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka (11) 204 10. Jimmy & Jey Uso (2) 196 HONORABLE MENTION:Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards 180, Atsushi Aoki & Kotaro Suzuki 145, Daniel Bryan & Kane 124, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste 97, Jun Akiyama & Go Shiozaki 85 MOST IMPROVED 1. Roman Reigns (323) 2,013 2. Tomohiro Ishii (51) 757 3. Goldust (89) 577 4. Lance Archer (19) 439 5. Adam Cole (35) 425 6. Davey Boy Smith Jr. (46) 285 7. Magnus (29) 272 8. Big E Langston (10) 213 9. Cody Rhodes (9) 203 10. Taryn Terrell (19) 199 HONORABLE MENTION:Tommaso Ciampa 183, Damien Sandow 165, Karl Anderson 156, Kyle O’Reilly 153, Vangellys 147, Usos 137, Katsuyori Shibata 132, Antonio Cesaro 116, Bobby Fish 85, A.J. Lee 70, Seth Rollins 60 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. PAUL HEYMAN (310) 2,150 2. C.M. Punk (206) 2,054 3. The Rock (55) 573 4. Mark Henry (24) 472 5. Chael Sonnen (39) 354 6. John Cena (19) 311 7. Bray Wyatt (23) 273 8. Bully Ray (13) 254 9. Daniel Bryan (31) 229 10. Dean Ambrose (2) 207 HONORABLE MENTION:Nick Diaz 143, Jay Briscoe 125, Ronda Rousey 117, Prince Devitt 83, Zeb Colter 75 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Hiroshi Tanahashi (181) 1,425 2. The Rock (236) 1,382 3. John Cena (76) 1,078 4. Daniel Bryan (134) 1,025 5. Shinsuke Nakamura (82) 925 6. C.M. Punk (13) 482 7. Brock Lesnar (2) 129 8. Minoru Suzuki (8) 122 9. Negro Casas (16) 115 10. Chael Sonnen (2) 98 HONORABLE MENTION:Akira Tozawa 95, Ronda Rousey 89, Georges St-Pierre 85 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Daniel Bryan (362) 2,269 2. Hiroshi Tanahashi (157) 1,314 3. Antonio Cesaro (34) 787 4. Blue Panther (58) 517 5. Zack Sabre Jr. (47) 443 6. Kazuchika Okada (2) 425 7. Shinsuke Nakamura (62) 363 8. Prince Devitt (36) 352 9. Davey Richards (4) 163 10. Kenta (10) 135 HONORABLE MENTION:Katsuyori Shibata 122, Daisuke Sekimoto 97, Minoru Suzuki 95, Kyle O’Reilly 85, Jonathan Gresham 84, Drew Gulak 79 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Katsuyori Shibata (306) 2,187 2. Tomohiro Ishii (134) 1,330 3. Kevin Steen (107) 1,099 4. Togi Makabe (59) 767 5. Brock Lesnar (85) 629 6. Bully Ray (56) 575 7. Minoru Suzuki (22) 210 8. L.A. Park (19) 186 9. Roman Reigns (16) 154 10. Masato Tanaka (10) 145 HONORABLE MENTION:Dean Ambrose 128, Luke Harper 119, C.M. Punk 93, Hirooki Goto 60 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Kota Ibushi (416) 2,777 2. Ricochet (186) 1,788 3. Adrian Neville (96) 1,224 4. La Sombra (88) 890 5. Sami Zayn (9) 404 6. Mascara Dorada (42) 388 7. A.R. Fox (25) 289 8. ACH (22) 246 9. Samuray del Sol (12) 228 10. Rey Cometa (3) 192 HONORABLE MENTION:Tetsuya Naito 144, Prince Devitt 135, Titan 109, Fenix 71, Kofi Kingston 60 MOST OVERRATED 1. Randy Orton (164) 1,145 2. Ryback (104) 900 3. HHH (102) 651 4. The Miz (62) 564 5. Big Show (19) 501 6. Alberto Del Rio (28) 425 7. Magnus (31) 304 8. Curtis Axel (14) 177 9. Eva Marie (10) 120 10. Ken Anderson (8) 119 HONORABLE MENTION:Kane 117, Great Khali 102, Tetsuya Naito 83, John Cena 75, Sin Cara 74, Jack Swagger 74, Akebono 72, Davey Richards 72, Bobby Roode 70 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Antonio Cesaro (296) 2,027 2. Dolph Ziggler (149) 1,427 3. Tomohiro Ishii (49) 652 4. Chris Hero (32) 521 5. Daniel Bryan (52) 364 6. Tyson Kidd (29) 308 7. Sami Zayn (8) 224 8. Tomoaki Honma (1) 194 9. Yoshi Tatsu (26) 153 10. Austin Aries (20) 128 HONORABLE MENTION:Atsushi Kotoge 115, Bad News Barrett 104, Curtis Axel 63 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. New Japan Pro Wrestling (634) 4,520 2. Ultimate Fighting Championship (110) 1,942 3. World Wrestling Entertainment (14) 1,136 4. Dragon Gate (2) 558 5. PWG (3) 302 6. Ring of Honor (5) 212 7. CMLL (11) 209 8. Glory (11) 60 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. WWE Nxt (172) 1,837 2. WWE Raw (113) 1,210 3. Dragon Gate Infinity (83) 844 4. Ring of Honor (81) 812 5. The Ultimate Fighter (77) 660 6. WWE Total Divas (38) 393 7. WWE Smackdown (31) 372 8. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (46) 297 9. CMLL (15) 272 10. TNA Impact (16) 263 HONORABLE MENTION:Bellator 205, WWE Main Event 182, AAA 179 PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Kazuchika Okada 4/7 Tokyo (305)2,002 2. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii 8/4 Osaka (153) 1,497 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 10/14 Tokyo (142) 1,151 4. Brock Lesnar vs. C.M. Punk 8/18 Los Angeles (76) 829 5. John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan 8/18 Los Angeles (34) 556 6. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii 8/2 Tokyo (14) 451 7. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi 8/4 Osaka (33) 338 8. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 1/4 Tokyo (39) 252 9. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto 6/22 Osaka (11) 229 10. Undertaker vs. C.M. Punk 4/7 East Rutherford (15) 212 HONORABLE MENTION:Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba 1/4 Tokyo 195, John Cena vs. C.M. Punk 2/25 Dallas 184, Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose vs. Daniel Bryan & Kane & Ryback 12/16/12 Brooklyn 126, KENTA vs. Takashi Sugiura 5/12 Tokyo 115, Kevin Steen vs. El Generico 12/16/12 New York 112, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 8/10 Tokyo 112, Akira Tozawa & Ricochet vs. Naruki Doi & BxB Hulk 7/21 Kobe 97 MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. GILBERT MELENDEZ VS. DIEGO SANCHEZ 10/19 Houston (345) 2,298 2. Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson 9/21 Toronto (189) 1,835 3. Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann 3/3 Tokyo (82) 723 4. Eddie Alvarez vs. Michael Chandler 11/9 Long Beach (1) 629 5. Georges St-Pierre vs. Johny Hendricks 11/16 Las Vegas (41) 302 6. Chris Weidman vs. Anderson Silva 7/6 Las Vegas (34) 251 7. Matt Grice vs. Dennis Bermudez 2/23 Anaheim (14) 238 8. Carlos Condit vs. Johny Hendricks 3/16 Montreal (2) 209 9. Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche 2/23 Anaheim (6) 202 10. Miesha Tate vs. Cat Zingano 4/13 Las Vegas (13) 166 HONORABLE MENTION:Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos 12/29/12 Las Vegas 89, Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz 3/16 Montreal 85 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Yohei Komatsu (58) 906 2. Konosuke Takeshita (118) 902 3. U-T (146) 879 4. Sho Tanaka (86) 769 5. Enzo Amore (47) 361 6. Charlotte (17) 352 7. Mojo Rawley (33) 306 8. Ryotsu Shimizu (4) 301 9. Hitoshi Kumano (22) 185 10. Andrew Everett (11) 112 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. Paul Heyman (659) 2,730 2. Zeb Colter (44) 1,187 3. Gedo (2) 566 4. Vickie Guerrero (1) 328 5. Brad Maddox (10) 244 6. Ricardo Rodriguez 195 7. Maria Kanellis (9) 144 8. Stephanie McMahon (1) 121 9. Konnan (9) 113 10. Truth Martini 105 HONORABLE MENTION:Bruce Tharpe 96, Summer Rae 89, Vince McMahon 83, Renee Young 71 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. William Regal (173) 1,460 2. Joe Rogan (106) 1,160 3. John Layfield (92) 817 4. Shimpei Nogami (123) 686 5. Kevin Kelly (59) 634 5. Mike Goldberg (61) 428 6. Nigel McGuinness (45) 393 7. Michael Cole (10) 370 8. Jose Manuel Guillen (43) 299 9. Michael Schiavello (25) 274 10. Mike Tenay (19) 198 HONORABLE MENTION:Jimmy Smith 186, Mauro Ranallo 182, Steve Corino 176, Renee Young 174, Bernardo Guzman 128 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Taz (124) 1,334 2. Jerry Lawler (137) 1,315 3. Michael Cole (121) 992 4. The Miz (98) 725 5. John Layfield (93) 716 6. Tony Dawson (29) 274 7. Alex Riley (3) 118 8. Mike Tenay (8) 117 9. Michael Schiavello (6) 109 10. Kevin Kelly (4) 80 HONORABLE MENTION:Caleb Seltzer 67, Todd Keneley 61 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. New Japan G-1 8/4 Osaka (334) 2,517 2. New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 1/4 Tokyo Dome (286) 2,251 3. WWE SummerSlam 8/18 Los Angeles (88) 799 4. New Japan Invasion Attack 4/7 Tokyo (36) 438 5. UFC 166 10/19 Houston (37) 422 6. New Japan Dominion 6/22 Osaka (27) 315 7. WWE WrestleMania 4/7 East Rutherford (22) 186 8. Dragon Gate Kobe Festival 7/21 Kobe (25) 178 9. New Japan King of Pro Wrestling 10/14 Tokyo (2) 169 10. New Japan G-1 Climax finals 8/11 Tokyo (1) 135 HONORABLE MENTION:New Japan G-1 Climax 8/2 Tokyo 132, New Japan G-1 Climax 8/10 Tokyo 123, WWE Money in the Bank 7/14 Philadelphia 115, UFC 165 9/21 Toronto 99, PWG Battle of Los Angeles 8/31 Reseda 95, ROH Supercard of Honor 4/5 New York 73, CMLL 80th anniversary show 9/13 Mexico City 71, WWE Payback 6/16 Chicago 70, Kenta Kobashi retirement show 5/11 Tokyo 65, UFC on FOX 4/20 San Jose 64, UFC 167 11/16 Las Vegas, Glory 12 11/23 New York 60 "CATEGORY B" AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE Battleground 10/6 Buffalo 532 2. WWE Survivor Series 11/24 Boston 134 3. WWE Night of Champions 9/15 Detroit 31 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Kazuchika Okada Rainmaker 329 2. Antonio Cesaro Giant Swing 273 3. Daniel Bryan Busaiku Knee 64 4. Adrian Neville Red Arrow (sky twister) 31 5. Shinsuke Nakamura Bom a ye 25 6. Katsuyori Shibata Corner Dropkick 22 7. Daisuke Sekimoto Dead Lift German suplex 18 8. Yujiro Takahashi Tokyo Pimps 17 9. Hiroshi Tanahashi High Fly Flow 13 10. Tommaso Ciampa Project Ciampa 12 10. Roman Reigns Spear 12 HONORABLE MENTION:Kota Ibushi Phoenix splash 11, Samuray del Sol reverse rana 9 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE Exploiting Death Of Bill Moody 183 2. TNA treatment of Jesse Sorensen 180 3. CMLL not delivering Atlantis vs. Guerrero mask match 35 4. WWE false advertising talent 34 5. HHH burying the roster in promos 28 6. Daniel Bryan/HHH/Randy Orton storyline 27 7. Dana White criticizing GSP after his fight 26 8. El Hijo del Santo blaming hurricane for canceling the Wagner vs. Park vs. Santo mask match that was never going to happen 25 9. WWE firing Jim Ross 22 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. Tna Impact 449 2. WWE Raw 113 3. WWE Smackdown 61 4. WWE Total Divas 29 5. WWE Main Event 18 6. Bellator Rampage 4 Real 10 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Natalya & Naomi & Cameron & Bella Twins & Jo Jo & Eva Marie Vs. Fox & Aksana & Lee & Snuka & Mendes & Kaitlyn & Summer Rae 11/24 Boston 142 2. Randy Orton vs. Big Show 11/24 Boston 126 3. Kane vs. Bray Wyatt 8/18 Los Angeles 118 4. Eva Marie & Jo Jo & Natalya vs. Aksana & Mendes & Fox 10/7 Pittsburgh 19 5. Mark Henry vs. Ryback 11/24 Boston 19 6. Natalya & Naomi & Cameron & Bella Twins & Jo Jo & Eva Marie vs. Fox & Aksana & Lee & Snuka & Mendes & Kaitlyn & Summer Rae 11/25 Uniondale, NY 13 7. Naoya Ogawa vs. Kazuyuki Fujita 12/31 Tokyo 12 8. Tyron Woodley vs. Jake Shields 6/15 Winnipeg 9 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Big Show Vs. Authority 145 2. TNA vs. Aces and 8s 98 3. Total Divas vs. WWE Divas 77 4. A.J. Styles vs. Dixie Carter 74 5. Daniel Bryan vs. The Authority 70 6. Brock Lesnar vs. HHH 44 7. The Miz vs. Kofi Kingston 37 8. Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton 34 9. Hulk Hogan vs. Bully Ray 23 10. Kane vs. Bray Wyatt 18 HONORABLE MENTION:Randy Orton vs. Big Show 15, John Cena vs. Ryback 12 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Total Nonstop Action 485 2. All Japan Pro Wrestling 158 3. CHIKARA Pro 110 4. Ring of Honor 30 5. World Wrestling Entertainment 29 6. Bellator MMA 11 BEST BOOKER 1. Gedo & Jado 643 2. Joe Silva 142 3. Hunter Johnston 43 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Dana White 449 2. Takaaki Kidani 315 3. Vince McMahon 98 BEST GIMMICK 1. The Wyatt Family 307 2. The Bullet Club 141 3. The Shield 139 4. Daniel Bryan 62 5. Shinsuke Nakamura 32 6. Bad Influence 18 7. Aiden English 12 8. Fandango 10 WORST GIMMICK 1. Aces & 8S 129 2. Heel owner Dixie Carter 99 3. Los Matadores 69 4. The Miz as babyface 64 5. The Authority 46 6. C.J. Parker 38 7. Fandango 36 8. Antonio Cesaro yodeling 34 9. Joseph Park 22 10. Bad News Barrett 20 HONORABLE MENTION:A.J. Styles loner 19, 3MB 18, Ethan Carter III 17, Big Show crying 10, Wyatt Family 10 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. Mad Dogs, Midgets And Screwjobs By Patric Laprade & Bertrand Hebert 444 2. The Hardcore Truth by Bob Holly & Ross Williams 203 3. The Squared Circle by David Shoemaker 50 4. The 50 Greatest Professional Wrestlers of All-Time by Larry Matysik 41 5. Three Count by Jimmy Korderas 34 BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. Jim Crockett Promotions: The Good Old Days 227 2. Legends of Mid South Wrestling 215 3. Barbed Wire City 115 4. For All Mankind 85 5. War Games 38 6. HHH: Thy Kingdom Come 32 7. Best of In Your House 25 8. History of the WWE 19 9. Fake It So Real 13 9. Money in the Bank Anthology 13 2012CATEGORY A AWARDS – WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. Hiroshi Tanahashi (419) 3,328 2. C.M. Punk (294) 2,325 3. Kazuchika Okada (75) 1,221 4. John Cena (31) 857 5. Daniel Bryan (5) 204 6. Austin Aries (2) 157 7. Bobby Roode (10) 130 8. Cima (3) 101 9. Sheamus (4) 69 10. The Rock (2) 37 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. Anderson Silva (387) 3,096 2. Jon Jones (142) 1.986 3. Ronda Rousey (149) 1,638 4. Georges St-Pierre (75) 998 5. Chael Sonnen (51) 692 6. Benson Henderson (7) 147 7. Junior Dos Santos (11) 115 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Hiroshi Tanahashi (394) 2,695 2. Kazuchika Okada (114) 1,326 3. Daniel Bryan (153) 1,273 4. El Generico (55) 515 5. C.M. Punk (34) 469 6. Austin Aries (20) 358 7. Davey Richards (18) 317 8. Dolph Ziggler (2) 244 9. Daisuke Sekimoto (5) 197 10. Tetsuya Naito (1) 161 HONORABLE MENTION: Michael Elgin 155, Prince Devitt 129, Kenny Omega 116, Dr. Wagner Jr. 110, Kota Ibushi 108, Yuji Nagata 97, A.J. Styles 84, Akira Tozawa 72, Kurt Angle 70 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. Anderson Silva (224) 2,216 2. Jon Jones (216) 1,871 3. Ronda Rousey (183) 1,540 4. Johny Hendricks (67) 1,035 5. Benson Henderson (65) 569 6. Georges St-Pierre (40) 392 7. Junior Dos Santos (2) 117 8. Renan Barao (3) 101 9. Jose Aldo Jr. (6) 95 10. Cain Velasquez 31 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. The Rock (422) 2,620 2. John Cena (92) 1,564 3. Brock Lesnar (123) 1,309 4. Anderson Silva (55) 733 5. Georges St-Pierre (26) 565 6. Chael Sonnen (9) 317 7. Hiroshi Tanahashi (22) 245 8. Jon Jones (2) 212 9. C.M. Punk (4) 121 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Kazuchika Okada (275) 1,753 2. Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (238) 1,689 3. The Rock vs. John Cena (121) 1,136 4. C.M. Punk vs. Daniel Bryan (49) 512 5. Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate (15) 371 6. John Cena vs. C.M. Punk (16) 291 7. Blue Panther vs. Negro Casas (25) 271 8. John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar (7) 235 9. Yuji Nagata vs. Stack of Arms (8) 214 10. Bobby Roode vs. James Storm (22) 203 HONORABLE MENTION: Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans 197, Chris Jericho vs. C.M. Punk 176, Kevin Steen vs. Davey Richards 119, Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode 117, A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels 90, Sheamus vs. Big Show 71, Undertaker vs. HHH TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Christopher Daniels & Kazarian (373) 2,248 2. Kane & Daniel Bryan (124) 1,219 3. Young Bucks (78) 1,071 4. Mark & Jay Briscoe (43) 805 5. Takao Omori & Manabu Soya (73) 612 6. Super Smash Brother (61) 579 7. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (51) 539 8. Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8) 347 9. Katsuyori Shibata & Kazushi Sakuraba (2) 184 10. Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow (3) 161 HONORABLE MENTION:Darren Young & Titus O’Neil 154, Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin 119 MOST IMPROVED 1. Kazuchika Okada (517) 2,948 2. Michael Elgin (52) 887 3. Rush (64) 576 4. Damien Sandow (33) 552 5. Bully Ray (25) 344 6. Adam Cole (14) 322 7. Karl Anderson (1) 253 8. Titus O’Neil (9) 194 9. Dolph Ziggler (20) 178 10. Frankie Kazarian (18) 173 HONORABLE MENTION: Austin Aries 158, Magnus 155, Kushida 113, Sheamus 110, Fenix 71 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. C.M. PUNK (365) 2,668 2. Chael Sonnen (145) 1,557 3. The Rock (129) 1,131 4. Paul Heyman (37) 608 5. Christopher Daniels (12) 299 6. Kevin Steen (14) 291 7. Bully Ray (22) 284 8. Daniel Bryan (14) 272 9. Big Show (2) 176 10. Austin Aries (8) 167 HONORABLE MENTION: Dean Ambrose 77 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. The Rock (298) 2,077 2. Hiroshi Tanahashi (74) 1,275 3. John Cena (69) 1,067 4. C.M. Punk (107) 1,032 5. Daniel Bryan (67) 539 6. Chael Sonnen (28) 378 7. Brock Lesnar (6) 281 8. Georges St-Pierre (3) 199 9. Shinsuke Nakamura (2) 124 10. Austin Aries (1) 117 HONORABLE MENTION: Rey Mysterio 72 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Daniel Bryan (391) 2,513 2. Prince Devitt (122) 1,030 3. Davey Richards (43) 969 4. Hiroshi Tanahashi (77) 774 5. Zack Sabre Jr. (52) 536 6. Yuji Nagata (41) 369 7. Austin Aries (13) 273 8. Daisuke Sekimoto (2) 144 9. Negro Casas (5) 134 10. Eddie Edwards (3) 119 HONORABLE MENTION: Antonio Cesaro 113, Dolph Ziggler 96 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Kevin Steen (368) 2,457 2. Togi Makabe (49) 755 3. Bully Ray (71) 726 4. Sheamus (31) 716 5. Brock Lesnar (69) 466 6. Sami Callihan (27) 404 7. Michael Elgin (3) 231 8. Big Show (26) 221 9. Minoru Suzuki (29) 203 10. L.A. Park (11) 176 HONORABLE MENTION: Mark & Jay Briscoe 161, Yuji Nagata 117, Samoa Joe 106, Jun Akiyama 86, James Storm 79 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Kota Ibushi (285) 1,857 2. Ricochet (111) 1,229 3. Pac (88) 1,108 4. El Generico (87) 722 5. A.R. Fox (46) 540 6. La Sombra (17) 415 7. Samuray del Sol (46) 412 8. Prince Devitt (9) 300 9. Mascara Dorada (26) 271 10. Kenny Omega (22) 241 HONORABLE MENTION: A.J. Styles 217, Sin Cara 190, ACH 155, Titan 120, Kofi Kingston 118, Low Ki 95, Justin Gabriel 87, Rey Mysterio 82, Aero Star 72, Dragon Kid 70 MOST OVERRATED 1. Ryback (148) 1,028 2. The Miz (88) 825 3. Garett Bischoff (55) 405 4. Randy Orton (21) 299 5. Ken Anderson (9) 295 6. Sheamus (13) 286 7. Matt Morgan (21) 240 8. Big Show (2) 195` 9. Rob Van Dam (14) 142 10. Brodus Clay (1) 134 HONORABLE MENTION: Devon 128, Kevin Steen 124, C.M. Punk 117, John Cena 99, A.J. 78 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Tyson Kidd (286) 1,629 2. Dolph Ziggler (85) 718 3. Daniel Bryan (56) 357 4. Kassius Ohno (32) 293 5. Jack Swagger (9) 260 6. Drew McIntyre (19) 251 7. Sin Cara (18) 209 8. Satoshi Ishii (15) 183 9. Hunico (6) 172 10. Justin Gabriel 139 HONORABLE MENTION: Primo 136, Usos 108 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. New Japan Pro Wrestling (497) 3,452 2. Ultimate Fighting Championships (91) 1,388 3. World Wrestling Entertainment (85) 1,357 4. Dragon Gate (33) 477 5. CHIKARA Pro (19) 344 6. Total Nonstop Action (18) 324 7. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (3) 308 8. IWRG (5) 255 9. AAA (12) 253 10. Roh 133 HONORABLE MENTION: DDT 99, Bellator 84 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. Tna Impact (122) 1,043 2. Ring of Honor (73) 926 3. WWE Nxt (61) 869 4. WWE Monday Night Raw (76) 828 5. WWE Main Event (85) 819 6. Dragon Gate Infinity (65) 781 7. WWE Smackdown (28) 591 8. Bellator (60) 433 9. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (62) 401 10. Fight Factory (36) 289 HONORABLE MENTION: CMLL 277, IWRG 258, AAA 253, WWE Saturday Morning Slam 241, Ultimate Fighter 193, All Japan Banquet 107 PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Tanahashi Vs. Suzuki 10/8 Tokyo (277) 2,014 2. John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar 4/29 Chicago(87) 1,202 3. Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin 3/31 Ft. Lauderdale (146) 1,185 4. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 6/16 Osaka (121) 1,057 5. Undertaker vs. HHH 4/1 Miami (77) 859 6. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito 3/4 Tokyo (68) 661 7. Kenny Omega vs. Kota Ibushi 8/18 Tokyo (35) 204 8. C.M. Punk vs. Daniel Bryan 5/20 Raleigh (4) 180 9. The Rock vs. John Cena 4/1 Miami (18) 135 10. Blue Panther vs. Negro Casas 3/2 Mexico City (2) 121 Honorable Mention: Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto 5/3 Fukuoka 105, A.J. Styles & Kurt Angle vs. Christopher Daniels & Kazarian 6/10 Arlington, TX 97, Michael Elgin vs. Kevin Steen 10/13 Mississauga 96 MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Chan Sung Jung Vs. Dustin Poirier 5/15 Fairfax(352) 2,107 2. Benson Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar 2/26 Saitama (129) 1,298 3. Georges St-Pierre vs. Carlos Condit 11/17 Montreal (154) 1,212 4. Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate 3/3 Columbus (16) 911 5. Miesha Tate vs. Julie Kedzie 8/18 San Diego (95) 846 6. Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner 8/4 Los Angeles (24) 625 7. Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen 7/7 Las Vegas (29) 310 8. Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson 5/19 San Jose (3) 272 9. Jon Fitch vs. Erick Silva 10/13 Rio de Janeiro (2) 228 10. Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 12/10/11 Rio (25) 226 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Dinastia (199) 1,530 2. Mr. Touchdown (214) 1,496 3. Eita Kobayashi (106) 755 4. ACH (5) 519 5. Saturyne (31) 341 6. Tadarius Thomas (40) 291 7. Ross & Marshall Von Erich (1) 110 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. Paul Heyman (479) 2,747 2. Ricardo Rodriguez (97) 1,291 3. Vickie Guerrero (24) 722 4. A.J. (22) 464 5. Gedo (25) 404 6. John Laurinaitis (3) 172 7. Truth Martini (4) 157 8. Vince McMahon (2) 153 9. Nigel McGuinness (8) 129 10. Jim Cornette 99 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Jim Ross (234) 1,902 2. Nigel McGuinness (205) 1,647 3. William Regal (64) 967 4. Joe Rogan (130) 965 5. JBL (47) 777 6. Kevin Kelly (29) 364 7. Mike Tenay (10) 192 8. Michael Schiavello (24) 181 9. Jesse Manuel Guillen (12) 175 10. Mike Goldberg (6) 115 HONORABLE MENTION: Gompei Nogami 114, Jerry Lawler 79 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Michael Cole (166) 1,723 2. Taz (117) 1,242 3. Booker T (151) 1,023 4. Jerry Lawler (109) 920 5. Josh Matthews (23) 412 6. The Miz (28) 214 7. Todd Keneley (17) 184 8. Mike Goldberg (10) 135 9. Jesus Zuniga (12) 95 10. Mike Tenay (8) 90 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. New Japan Kings Of Pro Wrestling 10/8 Tokyo (425) 2,618 2. WWE Extreme Rules 4/29 Chicago (118) 1,348 3. WWE WrestleMania 4/1 Miami (13) 1,033 4. New Japan Dominion 6/16 Osaka (23) 479 5. ROH Glory by Honor 10/13 Mississauga (38) 364 6. All Japan 3/20 Tokyo (2) 323 7. CMLL Anniversary show 9/14 Arena Mexico (29) 257 8. UFC 146 All Heavyweight show 5/26 Las Vegas (13) 213 9. WWE TLC 2011 12/18 Baltimore (17) 185 10. TNA Destination X 7/8 Orlando (2) 184 HONORABLE MENTION: TNA Slammiversary 6/10 Arlington, TX 157, PWG 7/21 Reseda 112, UFC on FOX 4 8/4 Los Angeles 97, WWE Money in the Bank 7/15 Phoenix 75 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. Ufc 149 7/21 Calgary 214 2. Extreme Reunion 4/28 Philadelphia 113 3. WWE No Way Out 5/20 East Rutherford, NJ 94 4. TNA Against All Odds 2/12 Orlando 74 5. TNA Genesis 1/8 Orlando 39 6. WWE Royal Rumble 1/29 St. Louis 32 7. TNA Lockdown 4/15 Nashville 28 8. WWE Hell in a Cell 10/28 Atlanta 27 9. TNA No Surrender 9/9 Orlando 23 10. UFC on FX Maynard vs. Guida 6/22 Atlantic City 19 HONORABLE MENTION: TNA Sacrifice 5/13 Orlando 18 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Kazuchika Okada Rainmaker 201 2. Antonio Cesaro Neutralizer 92 3. Daniel Bryan Yes/No/LeBell lock 82 4. Antonio Cesaro versions of bolo forearm 64 5. Ricochet 630 30 6. Sonjay Dutt moonsault double foot stomp 29 7. Dragon Kid dragon rana 18 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE’S Presentation Of Paul Heyman And C.M. Punk Coming In During Jerry Lawler’S Return, Airing Clips Of Him While He Was Dead And Being Revived, And The Fake Heart Attack Promo 493 2. Extreme Rising using Sabu’s overdose/passing out while advertising his return to the promotion 44 3. UFC’s handling of Jeremy Stephens’ arrest, trying to bail him out and still have him fight on the show while he was stuck in jail that afternoon 27 4. Linda McMahon’s senatorial campaign and how WWE handled it 19 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE Raw 319 2. TNA Impact 199 3. Ultimate Fighter: Nelson vs. Carwin 81 4. WWE Smackdown 71 5. Ring of Honor 41 6. CMLL 17 7. Championship Wrestling from Hollywood 16 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. John Cena Vs. John Laurinaitis 5/20 Raleigh 151 2. Santino Marella vs. Ricardo Rodriguez 6/17 E Rutherford 78 3. Clay Guida vs. Gray Maynard 6/22 Atlantic City 48 4. John Cena vs. Kane 1/29 St. Louis 38 4. Gunner vs. Kris Lewis 8/23 Orlando 38 6. Divas Battle Royal 8/20 Fresno 29 7. Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan 4/1 Miami 28 8. Brodus Clay vs. David Otunga 6/17 East Rutherford 25 9. Gunner vs. Garett Bischoff 2/12 Orlando 21 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. John Cena Vs. Kane 253 2. TNA vs. Aces and 8s 192 3. John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis 65 4. Kane vs. Zack Ryder 43 5. Vickie Guerrero vs. A.J. Lee 41 6. A.J. Styles vs. Claire Lynch 19 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Total Nonstop Action 269 2. Ring of Honor 202 3. World Wrestling Entertainment 80 4. Pro Wrestling NOAH 72 5. Extreme Rising 65 6. Strikeforce 56 7. Bellator 44 8. Inoki Genome Federation 32 9. Championship Wrestling from Hollywood 18 BEST BOOKER 1. Gedo & Jado 592 2. Joe Silva 154 3. Mike Quackenbush 58 4. Vince McMahon 20 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Dana White 379 2. Takaaki Kidani 289 3. Vince McMahon 171 4. Mike Quackenbush 59 BEST GIMMICK 1. Joseph Park 154 2. Damien Sandow Savior of the Masses 147 3. Daniel Bryan Yes/No 111 4. Kazuchika Okada Rainmaker 97 5. C.M. Punk all year as champion 58 5. Ryback 53 6. Team Hell No 26 7. Antonio Cesaro 21 8. Bray Wyatt 19 9. Bully Ray 17 WORST GIMMICK 1. Aces And 8S 163 2. Tensai 148 3. Natalya farting 92 4. Claire Lynch 90 5. Brodus Clay 48 6. The Miz 27 7. A.J. as General Manager 21 8. Joseph Park 18 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. Shooters By Jonathan Snowden 137 2. Heroes and Icons by Oliver/Johnson/Mooneyham 72 3. From Prison to Promise by Booker T 49 4. Storm Front by Lance Storm 23 BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. C.M. Punk Best In The World 548 2. Last of McGuinness 21 3. Such Great Heights: The Jon Fitch Story 19 2011CATEGORY A AWARDS – WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. Hiroshi Tanahashi (417) 2,718 2. C.M. Punk (248) 2,102 3. John Cena (68) 946 4. Masaaki Mochizuki (9) 493 5. Randy Orton (2) 388 6. L.A. Park (51) 326 7. Mark Henry (8) 269 8. Averno (9) 191 9. The Rock (9) 188 10. Davey Richards (14) 185 HONORABLE MENTION: Yuji Nagata 168, Go Shiozaki 102, Eddie Edwards 85 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. Georges St. Pierre (280) 2,060 2. Jon Jones (129) 1,529 3. Anderson Silva (116) 1,336 4. Junior Dos Santos (3) 149 5. Dan Henderson (2) 113 6. Nick Diaz (1) 87 7. Cain Velasquez (5) 66 8. Frankie Edgar (3) 55 9. Chael Sonnen (5) 47 10. Urijah Faber 46 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Davey Richards (201) 1,511 2. Hiroshi Tanahashi (165) 1,112 3. Daniel Bryan (104) 948 4. Prince Devitt (5) 785 5. El Generico (67) 598 6. C.M. Punk (43) 452 7. Akira Tozawa (19) 363 8. Averno (49) 359 9. Eddie Edwards (22) 353 10. Dolph Ziggler (14) 351 HONORABLE MENTION: Yuji Nagata 225, Kota Ibushi 218, KENTA 181, Christian 129, Kurt Angle 98 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. Jon Jones (452) 2,592 2. Anderson Silva (54) 934 3. Junior Dos Santos (7) 484 4. Georges St. Pierre (21) 405 5. Dan Henderson (12) 331 6. Dominick Cruz (1) 302 7. Frankie Edgar (2) 164 8. Nick Diaz (3) 163 9. Ben Henderson (4) 124 10. Jose Aldo Jr. (1) 109 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. The Rock (319) 2,222 2. Georges St. Pierre (244) 2,035 3. John Cena (53) 1,244 4. C.M. Punk (2) 273 5. Anderson Silva (10) 211 6. Jon Jones (11) 146 7. Cain Velasquez 51 8. L.A. Park 40 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. John Cena Vs. C.M. Punk (190) 1,551 2. Randy Orton vs. Christian (74) 747 3. Davey Richards vs. Eddie Edwards (61) 701 4. Blood Warriors vs. Junction Three (75) 673 5. Kevin Steen vs. ROH (56) 485 6. Michael Bisping vs. Jason Miller (45) 458 7. Briscoes vs. All Night Express (8) 352 8. Sanada & Soya vs. Sekimoto & Okabayashi (16) 344 9. Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck (41) 295 10. Mark Henry vs. Big Show (17) 145 HONORABLE MENTION: Averno vs. La Mascara 142, John Cena vs. The Rock 133, Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard 126, Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett 117, Prince Devitt vs. Kota Ibushi 115, Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen 79, Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole 60 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (233) 1,678 2. Mark & Jay Briscoe (174) 1,632 3. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (87) 894 4. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin (104) 674 5. Young Bucks (41) 425 6. Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (19) 362 7. Cima & Ricochet (13) 311 8. Bobby Roode & James Storm (29) 295 9. Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne (23) 215 10. Manabu Soya & Seiya Sanada (2) 116 HONORABLE MENTION: Rhett Titus & Kenny King 112, Pac & Masato Yoshino 97, Adam Cole & Kyle O'Reilly 94, Kevin Steen & Akira Tozawa 92 MOST IMPROVED 1. Dolph Ziggler (224) 1,478 2. Mark Henry (86) 828 3. Ricochet (79) 527 4. Cody Rhodes (24) 419 5. Zack Ryder (9) 314 6. Tetsuya Naito (28) 295 7. Wade Barrett (10) 236 8. Seiya Sanada (6) 196 9. Tama Tonga (19) 191 10. Kyle O'Reilly (2) 161 HONORABLE MENTION: Akira Tozawa 155, Johnny Gargano 149, Michael Elgin 119, Chris Masters 112, Sami Callihan 89, Karl Anderson 88, James Storm 76, Eddie Edwards 67, Gunner 66, Chuck Taylor 60, Rhett Titus 60 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. C.M. PUNK (338) 2,594 2. The Rock (178) 1,381 3. Chael Sonnen (137) 1,360 4. Kevin Steen (23) 490 5. Mark & Jay Briscoe (3) 361 6. Steve Austin (29) 228 7. The Miz (7) 161 8. Mark Henry (3) 112 9. Bully Ray (2) 106 10. Nick Diaz 92 HONORABLE MENTION: Eddie Kingston 87, John Cena 86, Ric Flair 62, Michael Bisping 62 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. The Rock (315) 1,906 2. John Cena (53) 1,151 3. C.M. Punk (81) 978 4. Hiroshi Tanahashi (51) 863 5. Georges St. Pierre (19) 359 6. Kevin Steen (26) 271 7. Chael Sonnen (26) 231 8. L.A. Park (15) 145 9. Clay Guida (2) 128 10. Zack Ryder (3) 126 HONORABLE MENTION: Michael Bisping 113, Nick Diaz 105, Dolph Ziggler 60 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Daniel Bryan (263) 1,829 2. Davey Richards (247) 1,655 3. Prince Devitt (30) 910 4. Yuji Nagata (29) 590 5. Eddie Edwards (13) 568 6. Zack Sabre Jr. (37) 254 7. Dolph Ziggler (3) 166 8. Kurt Angle (6) 154 9. Mike Quackenbush 106 10. C.M. Punk (4) 89 HONORABLE MENTION: Roderick Strong 67 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Kevin Steen (161) 1,082 2. Togi Makabe (89) 718 3. Mark & Jay Briscoe (63) 626 4. Sheamus (50) 545 5. Bully Ray (45) 517 6. L.A. Park (94) 499 7. Sami Callihan (49) 487 8. Masato Tanaka (25) 461 9. Mark Henry (59) 452 10. Randy Orton (32) 186 HONORABLE MENTION: Big Show 147, Brodie Lee 135, Eddie Kingston 125, Dean Ambrose 91, Corporal Robinson 82, Abyss 80 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Ricochet (116) 1,473 2. Kota Ibushi (131) 1,092 3. Pac (125) 992 4. Evan Bourne (59) 600 5. Prince Devitt (38) 472 6. El Generico (42) 393 7. Sin Cara (35) 383 8. Rey Mysterio (23) 224 9. Mascara Dorada (2) 221 10. La Sombra (17) 197 HONORABLE MENTION: Aero Star 163, Jack Evans 153, Kofi Kingston 75 MOST OVERRATED 1. Crimson (127) 1,011 2. Mason Ryan (54) 756 3. Kevin Nash (97) 735 4. Mr. Anderson (83) 727 5. Jeff Hardy (34) 477 6. HHH (32) 369 7. Sin Cara (39) 328 8. Matt Morgan (6) 174 9. C.M. Punk (14) 114 10. Randy Orton (5) 112 HONORABLE MENTION: The Miz 111, Kane 102, Kelly Kelly 99, Mike Bennett 99, Zack Ryder 81, Big Show 78 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Dolph Ziggler (119) 942 2. Daniel Bryan (112) 840 3. Alex Shelley (82) 741 4. Tyson Kidd (31) 622 5. Drew McIntyre (35) 376 6. Yoshi Tatsu (15) 277 7. Jack Swagger (6) 237 8. Christian (24) 217 9. John Morrison (2) 157 10. Chris Masters (27) 153 HONORABLE MENTION: Austin Aries 136, Evan Bourne 132, Wade Barrett 126, Seth Rollins 111, Kofi Kingston 102, James Storm 72, Averno 69, William Regal 63 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Ultimate Fighting Championship (313) 2,049 2. New Japan Pro Wrestling (275) 1,935 3. Dragon Gate (44) 914 4. Ring of Honor (61) 846 5. World Wrestling Entertainment (15) 659 6. CHIKARA Pro (41) 584 7. PWG (18) 580 8. Bellator (1) 239 9. All Japan (2) 110 10. CMLL (5) 108 HONORABLE MENTION: Pro Wrestling NOAH 85, AAA 71 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. WWE Smackdown (188) 1,790 2. Ring of Honor (214) 1,603 3. Dragon Gate Infinity (108) 1,092 4. Ultimate Fighter (64) 838 5. Bellator Fighting Championships (43) 648 6. WWE Tough Enough (45) 404 7. WWE Raw (12) 360 8. CMLL (9) 197 9. WWE Superstars (15) 196 10. TNA Impact (2) 145 HONORABLE MENTION: All Japan Banquet 143, AAA 69 WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. John Cena Vs. C.M. Punk 7/17 Chicago (333) 2,292 2. Eddie Edwards vs. Davey Richards 6/26 New York (112) 1,362 3. HHH vs. Undertaker 4/3 Atlanta (51) 890 4. Jun Akiyama vs. Suwama 10/23 Tokyo (75) 808 5. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata 4/3 Tokyo (39) 538 6. Kota Ibushi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi 6/10 Tokyo (15) 343 7. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito 10/10 Tokyo (6) 305 8. Kevin Steen vs. El Generico 12/18/10 New York (14) 183 9. Averno vs. La Sombra 9/16 Mexico City 107 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Dan Henderson Vs. Shogun Rua 11/19 San Jose (316) 1,921 2. Ben Henderson vs. Clay Guida 11/12 Anaheim (46) 850 3. Eddie Alvarez vs. Michael Chandler 11/19 Atlantic City (61) 657 4. Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard 1/1 Las Vegas (57) 631 5. Ben Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis 12/16/10 Phoenix (52) 492 6. Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley 4/8 San Diego (21) 433 7. Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann 3/3 Louisville (6) 169 8. Jose Aldo Jr. vs. Mark Hominick 4/30 Toronto (2) 93 9. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Dan Henderson 7/30 Chicago 78 10. Urijah Faber vs. Dominick Cruz 7/2 Las Vegas 75 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Daichi Hashimoto (552) 3,018 2. Uhaa Nation (23) 650 3. Takumi "Sho" Soya (24) 509 4. Obariyan (17) 315 5. Archibald Peck (15) 242 6. Fenix (3) 235 7. Dragon Lee (11) 185 8. Tommaso Ciampa (15) 111 9. Mike Dalton (2) 78 10. Dark Dragon 72 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. Ricardo Rodriguez (335) 2,357 2. Vickie Guerrero (191) 1,910 3. Jim Cornette (44) 532 4. Karen Jarrett (31) 430 5. Barrister R.D. Evans (6) 269 6. John Laurinaitis (14) 227 7. Truth Martini (8) 185 8. Michael Cole (11) 126 9. Ric Flair (7) 120 10. Teddy Long (6) 117 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Joe Rogan (214) 1,386 2. Kevin Kelly (77) 1,058 3. Michael Schiavello (113) 983 4. Jim Ross (112) 952 5. William Regal (65) 733 6. Mike Goldberg (22) 355 7. Scott Stanford (7) 344 8. Jimmy Smith (16) 242 9. Josh Matthews (6) 219 10. Nigel McGuinness (5) 188 HONORABLE MENTION: Mike Tenay 149, Booker T 132 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Michael Cole (568) 3,133 2. Booker T (37) 1,201 3. Jerry Lawler (27) 861 4. Taz (8) 334 5. Mike Tenay (7) 159 6. Josh Matthews (12) 124 7. Matt Striker (1) 92 8. Mauro Ranallo (2) 85 9. Gus Johnson 54 10. Todd Grisham 37 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE Money In The Bank 7/17 Chicago (374) 2,391 2. UFC 139 11/19 San Jose (40) 700 3. ROH Best in the World 6/26 New York (32) 542 4. ROH Final Battle 12/18/10 New York (15) 483 5. PWG DDT 4 3/4 Reseda (24) 378 6. UFC 129 4/30 Toronto (19) 274 7. WWE WrestleMania 4/3 Atlanta (12) 197 8. K-1 World Grand Prix 12/11 Tokyo (29) 188 9. New Japan G-1 Finals 8/14 Tokyo (4) 180 10. CHIKARA High Noon 11/13 Philadelphia (11) 129 HONORABLE MENTION: New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 1/4 Tokyo 125, CHIKARA King of Trios 4/17 Philadelphia 111, UFC 132 7/2 Las Vegas 93, All Together Now 8/27 Tokyo 90, PWG Battle of Los Angeles 8/20 Reseda 77, TNA Destination X 7/10 Orlando 69 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. Tna Victory Road 3/13 Orlando 405 2. TNA Turning Point 11/13 Orlando 55 3. WWE Capitol Punishment 6/19 Washington, DC 20 4. TNA No Surrender 9/11 Orlando 19 5. WWE Night of Champions 9/18 Buffalo 18 6. WWE Vengeance 10/23 San Antonio 14 7. TNA Against All Odds 2/13 Orlando 12 8. AWE Night of Legends 10/15 Fisherville, VA 10 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Ricochet Double Rotation Moonsault 174 2. Daniel Bryan LeBell lock 127 3. Randy Orton RKO 55 4. Daisuke Sekimoto German suplex 35 5. Prince Devitt Bloody Sunday DDT 31 6. Akira Tozawa delayed German suplex 29 7. Evan Bourne shooting star press 27 8. Kota Ibushi double moonsault 19 9. Pac 360 shooting star press 18 10. AR Fox Lo Mein Pain 18 HONORABLE MENTION: Uhaa Nation shooting star press 17, C.M. Punk GTS 16, Tommaso Ciampa Project Ciampa 13. MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE Bullying/Be A Star/Jim Ross 183 2. TNA sending Jeff Hardy out when he was loaded on PPV 178 3. Perro Aguayo Jr. faking cancer 140 4. WWE never letting up on twitter during Raw 43 5. Matt Hardy teasing suicide on the Internet 25 6. Jarrett/Angle feud putting up custody of kids in match 22 7. Michael Cole burying talent in commentary 15 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. Tna Impact 430 2. WWE Raw 197 3. WWE Nxt 88 4. Hogan's Micro Championship Wrestling 15 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Sting Vs. Jeff Hardy 3/13 Orlando 317 2. Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole 4/3 Atlanta 199 3. Kevin Nash vs. Ricky Morton 10/15 Fisherville, VA 35 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Hhh Vs. Kevin Nash 151 2. Michael Cole vs. Jerry Lawler 94 3. Michael Cole vs. Jim Ross 81 4. Sin Cara Azul vs. Sin Cara Negro 48 5. Winter & Angelina Love vs. Velvet Sky 32 6. Crimson vs. Matt Morgan 29 6. Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff vs. Dixie Carter 29 8. Samoa Joe vs. Pope 19 9. Edge vs. Kane 16 10. Sting vs. Immortal 15 HONORABLE MENTION: Hulk Hogan vs. Sting 12 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Tna 564 2. WWE 67 3. AWE 14 4. Strikeforce 13 4. CZW 13 6. Urban Wrestling Federation 12 BEST BOOKER 1. Gedo & Jado 287 2. Joe Silva 223 3. Mike Quackenbush 128 4. Hunter Johnston 109 5. Gabe Sapolsky 26 6. Konnan 20 7. Vince McMahon 10 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Dana White 610 2. Mike Quackenbush 42 3. Vince McMahon 37 4. Naoki Sugabayashi 22 BEST GIMMICK 1. C.M. Punk 160 2. Archibald Peck 107 3. Zack Ryder 83 4. Briscoes 51 5. Kevin Steen 35 6. Alberto Del Rio 33 7. R-Truth 31 8. Sin Cara 19 9. Mark Henry 16 10. Fake Sin Cara 12 HONORABLE MENTION: Dolph Ziggler 10, Cody Rhodes 10 WORST GIMMICK 1. Michael Cole 298 2. Zack Ryder 52 3. Eric Young 49 4. Cody Rhodes (bagger gimmick) 31 5. Johnny Curtis 25 6. John Laurinaitis 19 6. Crimson 19 8. Hunico 18 9. Fake Sin Cara 10 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. Chris Jericho "Undisputed" 345 2. Stan Hansen "Last Outlaw" 154 3. John McCarthy "Let's Get It On" 51 4. Jerry Jarrett "The Best of Times" 28 5. Joe Laurinaitis "The Road Warriors" 18 6. Brock Lesnar "Death Clutch" 10 BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. Bret Hart Vs. Shawn Michaels 335 2. Wrestling Road Diaries 143 3. Memphis Heat 128 4. History of WrestleMania 22 5. Steve Austin Bottom Line 13 2010CATEGORY A AWARDS - WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. John Cena (242) 1,451 2. Takashi Sugiura (106) 802 3. Masato Yoshino (70) 754 4. Prince Devitt (58) 634 5. Chris Jericho (44) 551 6. Davey Richards (58) 473 7. Shinsuke Nakamura (35) 394 8. The Miz (26) 383 9. Kurt Angle (22) 340 10. Mistico (10) 322 HONORABLE MENTION: Daniel Bryan 281, Rey Mysterio 278, Satoshi Kojima 268, Randy Orton 266, Daisuke Sekimoto 240, Naomichi Marufuji 178, Dr. Wagner Jr. 164, Naruki Doi 142, L.A. Park 115, Tyler Black 113, Chris Hero 101, Shawn Michaels 100, Sheamus 96, Hiroshi Tanahashi 95, Yamato 86, BxB Hulk 72 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. Brock Lesnar (452) 2,951 2. Georges St. Pierre (292) 2,609 3. Cain Velasquez (16) 543 4. Quinton Jackson 274 5. Anderson Silva 242 6. Jose Aldo Jr.196 7. Alistair Overeem (5) 134 8. Chael Sonnen 119 8. Urijah Faber 119 10. Frankie Edgar 90 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Daniel Bryan (269) 2,037 2. Davey Richards (197) 1,835 3. Prince Devitt (158) 1,525 4. Naomichi Marufuji (84) 758 5. Shingo Takagi (10) 515 6. Chris Hero (8) 509 7. Kurt Angle (26) 448 8. Yamato (4) 209 9. Chris Jericho (2) 190 10. A.J. Styles (3) 158 HONORABLE MENTION: Shinsuke Nakamura 125, Daisuke Sekimoto 115, Rey Mysterio 87 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. George St. Pierre (279) 1,789 2. Jose Aldo Jr. (147) 1,736 3. Cain Velasquez (118) 1,428 4. Frankie Edgar (19) 514 5. Anderson Silva (35) 411 6. Alistair Overeem (38) 244 7. Ben Henderson (3) 90 8. Nick Diaz (2) 72 9. Dominick Cruz (1) 57 10. Urijah Faber48 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. Brock Lesnar (735) 3,813 2. Georges St. Pierre (6) 1,667 3. John Cena (74) 1,542 4. Mistico (3) 348 5. Quinton Jackson (2) 199 6. Chael Sonnen (1) 155 7. B.J. Penn151 8. Rey Mysterio (2) 136 9. Josh Koscheck35 10. Urijah Faber30 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Kevin Steen Vs. El Generico (299) 2,004 2. Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (107) 1,036 3. Quinton Jackson vs. Rashad Evans (125) 972 4. Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck (53) 713 5. Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels (63) 681 6. John Cena vs. Nexus (52) 643 7. BxB Hulk vs. Shingo Takagi (11) 402 8. Beer Money vs. Motor City Machine Guns (23) 373 9. Rey Mysterio vs. C.M. Punk (13) 309 10. L.A. Park vs. La Parka (31) 255 HONORABLE MENTION: Prince Devitt vs. Naomichi Marufuji 210, Mistico vs. Volador Jr. 187, New Japan vs. NOAH 127, Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Mark & Jay Briscoe 116, Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz 87, John Cena vs. Batista 86 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli (403) 2,506 2. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley (225) 1,948 3. Robert Roode & James Storm (29) 780 4. Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (65) 733 5. Mark & Jay Briscoe (2) 396 6. Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson (9) 375 7. Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi (12) 343 8. Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards (2) 214 9. Shingo Takagi & Yamato (3) 153 10. David Hart Smith & Tyson Kidd86 HONORABLE MENTION: Generation Me 75 MOST IMPROVED 1. Sheamus (130) 1,053 2. The Miz (123) 976 3. Dolph Ziggler (88) 822 4. Eddie Edwards (81) 520 5. Bobby Fish (70) 432 6. Alberto Del Rio (49) 404 7. Akira Tozawa (31) 279 8. Wade Barrett (10) 277 9. Ricochet (9) 242 10. Jack Swagger (23) 207 HONORABLE MENTION: Rhett Titus 150, Magnus 147, Cody Rhodes 118, Hiroshi Yamato 90, Claudio Castagnoli 81, Kenny Omega 74 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. CHAEL SONNEN (473) 2,783 2. The Miz (108) 1,036 3. C.M. Punk (85) 920 4. Chris Jericho (61) 690 5. Kevin Steen (82) 614 6. Ric Flair (39) 478 7. Jon Moxley (62) 454 8. Wade Barrett (17) 275 9. Josh Koscheck (3) 215 10. John Cena (5) 164 HONORABLE MENTION: Batista 96, Alberto Del Rio 90, Frank Mir 72 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. John Cena (262) 1,959 2. Brock Lesnar (137) 1,162 3. The Miz (73) 763 4. Alberto Del Rio (46) 370 5. Yamato (4) 367 6. Georges St. Pierre (16) 319 7. Josh Koscheck (18) 253 8. Hiroshi Tanahashi (31) 245 9. C.M. Punk (15) 208 10. Chael Sonnen (11) 167 HONORABLE MENTION: Ric Flair 159, Jeff Hardy 142, Batista 119, Wade Barrett 83 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Daniel Bryan (370) 2,765 2. Davey Richards (151) 1,719 3. Prince Devitt (89) 1,205 4. Kurt Angle (45) 874 5. Naomichi Marufuji (6) 148 6. Douglas Williams (2) 96 7. A.J. Styles (3) 87 8. Mike Quackenbush (7) 84 9. Eddie Edwards (1) 72 10. Chris Jericho (8) 69 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Kevin Steen (152) 1,174 2. Jon Moxley (82) 918 3. Togi Makabe (88) 647 4. Masato Tanaka (17) 467 5. Necro Butcher (46) 453 6. Samoa Joe (44) 388 7. Brodie Lee (5) 334 8. Sheamus (58) 300 9. Abyss (22) 298 10. Jimmy Jacobs (18) 220 HONORABLE MENTION: Yuji Nagata 211, Daisuke Sekimoto 188, El Generico 150, Shingo Takagi 125, Steve Corino 88, ev C 918 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Kota Ibushi (221) 1,903 2. Ricochet (161) 1,591 3. Pac (120) 1,149 4. Mascara Dorada (81) 1,093 5. Evan Bourne (103) 994 6. Prince Devitt (83) 767 7. Dragon Kid (7) 398 8. Rey Mysterio (11) 292 9. Jack Evans (19) 215 10. La Sombra (28) 187 HONORABLE MENTION: Aero Star 184, El Generico 175, A.J. Styles 147, BxB Hulk 124, Volador Jr. 91, Masato Yoshino 78 MOST OVERRATED 1. Kane (222) 1,596 2. Randy Orton (80) 677 3. Abyss (44) 402 4. Rob Van Dam (29) 338 5. Drew McIntyre (43) 318 6. Matt Morgan (26) 301 7. Mr. Anderson (16) 299 8. Jeff Hardy (27) 289 9. Big Show (20) 206 10. Tommy Dreamer (32) 205 HONORABLE MENTION: David Otunga 199, Rob Terry 150, John Cena 139, Michelle McCool 99, Team 3-D 81, The Miz 75, Kevin Nash 75 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Kaval (122) 786 2. Christian (53) 683 3. Evan Bourne (62) 607 4. Yoshi Tatsu (59) 542 5. Jack Swagger (70) 418 6. Desmond Wolfe (21) 306 7. Samoa Joe (27) 258 8. Tyson Kidd (6) 255 9. Daniel Bryan (26) 229 10. Dolph Ziggler (10) 186 HONORABLE MENTION: Zack Ryder 159, John Morrison 145, William Regal 123, Primo 116, Katsuhiko Nakajima 115, Goldust 114, Trent Barreta 99, MVP 96, PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Ultimate Fighting Championships (506) 2,713 2. Dragon Gate (105) 1,293 3. New Japan Pro Wrestling (73) 1,089 4. Ring of Honor (62) 1,080 5. World Wrestling Entertainment (30) 851 6. World Extreme Cagefighting (74) 766 7. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (3) 268 8. Consejo Mundial Lucha Libre (21) 161 9. Pro Wrestling NOAH (17) 143 10. Chikara (2) 117 HONORABLE MENTION: DDT 97, Big Japan Pro Wrestling 88 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. Ring Of Honor (249) 2,129 2. UFC Ultimate Fighter (129) 1,422 3. WWE Monday Night Raw (70) 1,119 4. Dragon Gate Infinity (127) 867 5. WWE Smackdown (52) 634 6. Bellator Fighting (45) 489 7. New Japan Pro Wrestling (14) 223 8. WWE Superstars (6) 206 9. AAA (11) 162 10. Cmll (7) 125 HONORABLE MENTION: TNA Impact 108 WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Undertaker Vs. Shawn Michaels 3/28 Phoenix (238) 1,885 2. Tyler Black vs. Davey Richards 6/19 Toronto (211) 1,711 3. Bryan Danielson vs. Shingo Takagi 7/24 Philadelphia (124) 1,099 4. BxB Hulk vs. Shingo Takagi 7/11 Kobe (64) 695 5. Chris Hero vs. Akira Tozawa 9/5 Reseda (86) 566 6. Prince Devitt vs. Naomichi Marufuji 6/19 Osaka (15) 365 7. Koji Kanemoto vs. Fujita Junior Hayato 12/20/09 Tokyo (19) 321 8. Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas 9/11 New York (23) 282 9. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley vs. Robert Roode & James Storm 8/12 Orlando (25) 277 10. Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler 10/24 Minneapolis (16) 189 HONORABLE MENTION: Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega 10/11 Tokyo 182, Prince Devitt vs. Naomichi Marufuji 1/20 Tokyo 178, Kurt Angle vs. Mr. Anderson 4/18 St. Charles 165, Naomichi Marufuji vs. Koji Kanemoto 3/5 Tokyo 145, Volador Jr. vs. La Sombra 8/30 Mexico City 122, La Parka vs. L.A. Park 6/6 Mexico City 94, BxB Hulk & Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi vs. Gamma & Cima & Dragon Kid 3/27 Phoenix 87, Prince Devitt vs. Kota Ibushi 6/13 Sapporo 83, Naruki Doi vs. Masato Yoshino 3/22 Tokyo 70 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Leonard Garcia Vs. Chan Sung Jung 4/24 Sacramento (227) 1,834 2. Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen 8/7 Oakland (195) 1,794 3. Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama 7/3 Las Vegas (124) 1,302 4. Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin 7/3 Las Vegas (53) 847 5. Josh Thomson vs. Gilbert Melendez 12/19/09 San Jose (33) 736 6. Jorge Santiago vs. Kazuo Misaki 8/22 Tokyo (61) 463 7. Michael Zambidis vs. Chahid 10/3 Seoul (52) 365 8. Yves Jabouin vs. Mark Hominick 6/20 Edmonton (16) 205 9. Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez 10/23 Anaheim (2) 182 10. Shane Roller vs. Anthony Pettis 8/18 Las Vegas (9) 91 HONORABLE MENTION: Jose Aldo Jr. vs. Urijah Faber 4/24 Sacramento 72 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Adam Cole (288) 2,189 2. Green Ant (94) 989 3. Rich Swann (29) 805 4. Kazuki Hashimoto (92) 703 5. Tama Tonga (75) 694 6. Percy Watson (41) 388 7. Usos (34) 271 8. Naomi (26) 173 9. King Fale (2) 149 10. Christina Von Eerie (3) 139 HONORABLE MENTION: Kyosuke Mikami 120, Hiromu Takahashi 108, Tamina 77 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. Vickie Guerrero (296) 1,935 2. Jim Cornette (76) 1,072 3. Ricardo Rodriguez (60) 698 4. Michael Cole (94) 679 5. Mike Briscoe (14) 342 6. Ric Flair (30) 285 7. Eric Bischoff (12) 273 8. Paul Bearer (2) 198 9. Truth Martini (3) `160 10. Teddy Long (1) 156 HONORABLE MENTION: Hulk Hogan 147, Dana White 135, Vince McMahon 84 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Joe Rogan (306) 1,912 2. Michael Schiavello (79) 784 3. C.M. Punk (59) 525 4. Mike Goldberg (34) 480 5. Josh Matthews (9) 477 6. Mike Hogewood (44) 442 7. Taz (18) 313 8. Michael Cole (24) 302 9. Dave Prazak (6) 279 10. Stephan Bonnar (6) 270 HONORABLE MENTION: Mike Tenay 217, Jimmy Smith 158, Kevin Kelly 142, Dr. Alfonso Morales 120, Mauro Ranallo 115, Matt Striker 100, Jim Cornette 96, Jerry Lawler 75 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Michael Cole (310) 2,167 2. Matt Striker (159) 1,645 3. Todd Grisham (43) 726 4. Jerry Lawler (8) 448 5. Mike Tenay (11) 313 6. Mike Hogewood (19) 292 7. Taz (8) 185 8. Dave Prazak (7) 157 9. Josh Matthews (4) 106 10. Mauro Ranallo99 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. Ufc 116 7/3 Las Vegas (153) 1,312 2. ROH Death Before Dishonor 6/19 Toronto (154) 1,264 3. WWE WrestleMania 3/28 Phoenix (87) 762 4. PWG 7 7/30 Reseda (70) 626 5. New Japan 10/11 Tokyo (97) 624 6. Dragon Gate USA Enter the Dragon 7/24 Philadelphia(13) 536 7. WEC 48 4/24 Sacramento (56) 533 8. Strikeforce 12/19/09 San Jose (8) 294 9. New Japan 1/04 Tokyo Dome (10) 291 10. WWE Money in the Bank 7/18 Kansas City (12) 267 HONORABLE MENTION: Dragon Gate Uprising 5/8 Mississauga 255, K-1 World Grand Prix 12/5/09 Tokyo 235, CMLL Dos Leyendas 3/19 Mexico City 175, Dragon Gate 7/11 Kobe 163, UFC 117 8/7 Oakland 163, ROH Big Bang 4/3 Charlotte 158, ROH Glory By Honor 9/11 New York 114, Dragon Gate USA Mercury Rising 3/27 Phoenix 81 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. Tna Hardcore Justice 8/8 Orlando 172 2. TNA Turning Point 11/7 Orlando 126 3. WWE Bragging Rights 10/24 Minneapolis 72 4. WWE Survivor Series 11/21 Miami 37 5. TNA Destination X 3/21 Orlando 33 6. WWE Over the Limit 5/23 Detroit 18 7. TNA Bound for Glory 10/10 Daytona Beach 17 7. Strikeforce on CBS 4/17 Nashville 17 9. TNA Sacrifice 5/16 Orlando 15 10. Impact Fighting Championships 7/18 Sydney 14 HONORABLE MENTION: TNA Against All Odds 2/14 Orlando 11 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Ricochet Double Rotation Moonsault 178 2. Daniel Bryan LeBell lock 117 3. Justin Gabriel 450 splash 57 4. Prince Devitt Bloody Sunday DDT 56 5. Kota Ibushi Golden star press 40 6. Shinsuke Nakamura bom a ye 39 7. Randy Orton DDT 37 8. Naomichi Marufuji Tiger frosien 27 9. Evan Bourne shooting star press 24 10. Pac 360 shooting star press 20 HONORABLE MENTION: Generation Me More Bang for Your Buck 19, Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli KRS-1 17, Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley Skull & Bones 15 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. Stand Up For WWE Campaign 168 2. Rob Terry chair shot 75 3. Tommy Dreamer bloodbath in front of his young daughters 57 4. John Cena firing angle 46 5. Vickie Guerrero constantly promoted as fat and ugly 39 6. Eric Young concussion angle comedy 19 7. TNA making Jeff Hardy world champion while indicted 17 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. Tna Impact 402 2. WWE Nxt 184 3. WWE Smackdown 25 4. WWE Raw 22 5. AAA 18 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Kaitlyn Vs. Maxine 10/19 Edmonton 223 2. Vince McMahon vs. Bret Hart 3/28 Phoenix 197 3. Anderson Silva vs. Demian Maia 4/10 Abu Dhabi 53 4. Undertaker vs. Kane Hell in a Cell 10/3 Dallas 51 5. Andre Winner vs. Nik Lentz 8/28 Boston 32 6. Frank Mir vs. Mirko Cro Cop 9/25 Indianapolis 26 7. Konnan vs. Cibernetico 3/12 Aguascalientes 10 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Edge Vs. Kane 296 2. Undertaker vs. Kane 113 3. Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff vs. Dixie Carter 62 4. EV 2 vs. Fortune 55 5. John Cena vs. Nexus 41 6. Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase vs. Cody Rhodes 25 7. Team 3-D vs. Nasty Boys 19 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Tna 562 2. IWA Mid South 38 3. WWE 25 4. AAA 18 5. Strikeforce 11 BEST BOOKER 1. Joe Silva 298 2. Gedo & Jado 161 3. Mike Quackenbush 119 4. Gabe Sapolsky 67 5. Adam Pearce 58 6. Sean Shelby 49 7. Konnan 36 8. Hunter Johnston 31 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Dana White 709 2. Sanshiro Takagi 49 3. Cary Silkin 27 4. Vince McMahon 12 BEST GIMMICK 1. Alberto Del Rio 259 2. Nexus 79 3. C.M. Punk Straight Edge Society 47 4. Santino Marella 29 5. Batista 25 6. Dashing Cody Rhodes 21 7. Pope D’Angelo Dinero 18 8. Chael Sonnen 12 WORST GIMMICK 1. Orlando Jordan 148 2. Mystery General Manager 55 3. Eric Young concussion angle 52 4. Robbie E 51 5. Abyss 49 6. Michael Cole 32 7. Winter 30 8. Hornswoggle 26 9. Jeff Hardy heel 16 10. Ev 2, 15 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. Countdown To Lockdown By Mick Foley 286 2. The World According to Dutch by Dutch Mantel 23 3. Heart for the fight by Brian Stann 19 4. 101 Strangest matches by Oliver Hurley 16 BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. Chris Jericho Breaking The Code 274 2. Ricky Steamboat Life Story of the Dragon 75 3. Hart Family Anthology 62 4. Shawn Michaels My Journey 43 5. Best of Raw 1993 & 1994 32 2009CATEGORY A AWARDS - WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. Chris Jericho (269) 1,815 2. Hiroshi Tanahashi (97) 1,057 3. Naruki Doi (51) 751 4. C.M. Punk (53) 714 5. Randy Orton (67) 692 6. Jeff Hardy (46) 464 7. John Cena (32) 272 8. Davey Richards (11) 268 9. Bryan Danielson (20) 266 10. Kurt Angle (13) 254 HONORABLE MENTION: Mitsuharu Misawa 227, KENTA 182, Shawn Michaels 137, Rey Mysterio 90 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. Brock Lesnar (432) 2,734 2. Georges St. Pierre (92) 1,615 3. Fedor Emelianenko (17) 653 4. Anderson Silva (7) 301 5. Frank Mir (3) 213 6. B.J. Penn (10) 205 7. Kimbo Slice (1) 189 8. Gina Carano 65 9. Quinton Jackson 64 10. Rashad Evans 41 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Bryan Danielson (218) 1,838 2. Davey Richards (161) 1,719 3. KENTA (212) 1,380 4. Chris Jericho (44) 489 5. Kurt Angle (19) 292 6. Shingo Takagi (12) 284 7. Kota Ibushi (9) 269 8. Nigel McGuiness/Desmond Wolfe (22) 267 9. Shawn Michaels (29) 233 10. Rey Mysterio (24) 229 HONORABLE MENTION: Christian 173, Naruki Doi 158, A.J. Styles 151, Randy Orton 142, Hiroshi Tanahashi 115, Jeff Hardy 85, Katsuhiko Nakajima 82 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. Georges St. Pierre (326) 1,929 2. Anderson Silva (79) 1,050 3. Jose Aldo Jr. (65) 898 4. B.J. Penn (20) 399 5. Fedor Emelianenko (19) 331 6. Lyoto Machida (7) 327 7. Brock Lesnar (29) 311 8. Gegard Mousasi (17) 185 9. Shinya Aoki (2) 55 10. Dan Henderson (4) 52 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. Brock Lesnar (513) 2,857 2. John Cena (62) 1,308 3. Georges St. Pierre (10) 876 4. Frank Mir (5) 335 5. Mistico (16) 227 6. Jeff Hardy (4) 223 7. Gina Carano (14) 201 8. Kimbo Slice132 9. DX (3) 90 10. Hiroshi Tanahashi79 HONORABLE MENTION: Randy Orton 69 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. C.M. Punk Vs. Jeff Hardy (302) 2,201 2. Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir (207) 1,482 3. Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio (96) 1,327 4. Quinton Jackson vs. Rashad Evans (23) 315 5. New Japan vs. Pro Wrestling NOAH (25) 281 6. Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels (4) 272 7. Mistico vs. Negro Casas (14) 265 8. American Wolves vs. Steen & Generico (2) 248 9. John Cena vs. Randy Orton (13) 220 10. KENTA vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima (14) 162 HONORABLE MENTION: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 142, Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra 71 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards (209) 2,052 2. Matt & Nick Jackson (232) 1,806 3. Chris Jericho & Big Show (178) 1,367 4. Robert Roode & James Storm (47) 679 5. Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (15) 619 6. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley (22) 283 7. Kevin Steen & El Generico (6) 217 8. Volador Jr. & La Sombra (9) 199 9. Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes (1) 87 10. Shawn Michaels & HHH (3) 79 HONORABLE MENTION: Mark & Jay Briscoe 75, Minoru Suzuki & Taiyo Kea 75, David Hart Smith & Tyson Kidd 73 MOST IMPROVED 1. The Miz (68) 664 2. Cody Rhodes (87) 619 3. Kofi Kingston (50) 482 4. Zack Ryder (17) 356 5. Dolph Ziggler (20) 344 6. Brutus Magnus (19) 310 7. Chris Hero (50) 282 8. Goldust (29) 265 9. Prince Devitt (12) 235 10. Kenny King (14) 195 HONORABLE MENTION: Eddie Edwards 166, Sheamus 147, Kenny Omega 146, Maryse 133, Yamato 123, Jack Swagger 80 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. CHRIS JERICHO (292) 2,328 2. C.M. Punk (205) 1,836 3. Frank Mir (67) 914 4. Dana White (38) 393 5. Eddie Kingston (29) 205 6. Jim Cornette (16) 150 7. Quinton Jackson (15) 146 7. John Cena (5) 146 9. Brock Lesnar (10) 129 10. Nigel McGuinness/Desmond Wolfe (2) 126 HONORABLE MENTION: The Miz 112, Chris Hero 106, Shawn Michaels 103, Randy Orton 72, Pope D’Angelo Dinero 63, Santino Marella 62 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. John Cena (115) 958 2. Jeff Hardy (124) 904 3. Brock Lesnar (76) 862 4. Hiroshi Tanahashi (52) 685 5. Yamato (47) 604 6. Chris Jericho (38) 469 7. C.M. Punk (28) 297 8. Shawn Michaels (29) 284 9. Frank Mir (9) 187 10. Randy Orton (11) 139 HONORABLE MENTION: Dr. Wagner Jr. 120, Rey Mysterio 117, Kenta Kobashi 115, Gina Carano 103, Quinton Jackson 102, The Miz 90, Lyoto Machida 81 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Bryan Danielson (401) 2,478 2. Kurt Angle (55) 963 3. Davey Richards (92) 922 4. Nigel McGuinness/Desmond Wolfe (37) 682 5. Naruki Doi (6) 324 6. Prince Devitt (18) 287 7. Mike Quackenbush (29) 243 8. Johnny Saint (5) 204 9. William Regal (2) 129 10. Kenta (14) 107 HONORABLE MENTION: Chris Jericho 97, Atsushi Aoki 90, Yuji Nagata 72 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Necro Butcher (107) 837 2. Samoa Joe (112) 796 3. Masato Tanaka (89) 685 4. Togi Makabe (49) 666 5. Chris Hero (90) 550 6. Abyss (28) 342 7. Fit Finlay (17) 335 8. Takeshi Morishima (24) 306 9. Undertaker (28) `254 10. Eddie Kingston (3) 197 HONORABLE MENTION: Takashi Sugiura 155, John Cena 146, Mike Knox 144, Mick Foley 99, Kevin Steen 81 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Kota Ibushi (389) 2,282 2. Evan Bourne (82) 1,037 3. Dragon Kid (111) 817 4. Pac (10) 611 5. Mistico (41) 502 6. Prince Devitt (9) 460 7. A.J. Styles (49) 432 8. Rey Mysterio (44) 391 9. Taiji Ishimori (2) 253 10. Jack Evans (22) 237 HONORABLE MENTION: Nick Jackson 228, John Morrison 127, Matt Jackson 120, BxB Hulk 115, La Sombra 110, Amazing Red 97, Yoshitsune 96, Masato Yoshino 88, Aero Star 70 MOST OVERRATED 1. HHH (86) 836 2. Team 3-D (43) 475 3. Kane (39) 439 4. Vladimir Kozlov (39) 332 5. Kevin Nash (33) 313 6. Batista (23) 282 7. Tiger Mask (31) 267 8. Great Khali (19) 226 9. Mark Henry (24) 208 10. Sheamus (22) 193 HONORABLE MENTION: John Cena 182 Eric Young 177, Randy Orton 169, Michelle McCool 162, Booker T 161, Big Show 143, Ezekiel Jackson 63, Bobby Lashley 60 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Evan Bourne (205) 1,561 2. Christian (76) 640 3. Jack Swagger (49) 625 4. Alex Shelley (29) 280 5. William Regal (23) 226 6. Shelton Benjamin (17) 216 7. Mike Knox (12) 215 8. Paul Burchill (26) 197 9. Tyson Kidd (17) 178 10. Mvp (14) 157 HONORABLE MENTION: Dolph Ziggler 151, Primo 103 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Ultimate Fighting Championships (379) 2,167 2. Dragon Gate (131) 1,539 3. World Wrestling Entertainment(45) 889 4. New Japan Pro Wrestling (32) 724 5. CHIKARA (21) 461 6. Ring of Honor (2) 426 7. World Extreme Cagefighting (18) 403 8. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (21) 355 9. Strikeforce (1) 242 10. Total Nonstop Action (3) 92 Honorable Mention: Consejo Mundial Lucha Libre 71 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. WWE Smackdown (242) 1,986 2. UFC Ultimate Fighter (157) 1,567 3. Ring of Honor (130) 1,563 4. Dragon Gate Infinity (190) 1,549 5. WWE ECW (4) 498 6. WWE Raw (6) 348 7. TNA Impact (3) 229 8. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (13) 155 9. Inside MMA (8) 133 10. Cmll (5) 107 HONORABLE MENTION: AAA 63 WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Undertaker Vs. Shawn Michaels 4/5 Houston (304) 2,110 2. Davey Richards vs. Shingo Takagi 9/6 Chicago (81) 855 3. KENTA vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 3/1 Tokyo (51) 737 4. Bryan Danielson vs. Naruki Doi 9/6 Chicago (66) 706 5. KENTA & Go Shiozaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima 6/22 Tokyo (63) 517 6. Davey Richards vs. KENTA 4/3 Houston (29) 432 7. Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho 6/28 Sacramento (19) 322 8. Bryan Danielson vs. Davey Richards 9/25 Boston (19) 199 9. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels vs. A.J. Styles 11/15 Orlando (4) 187 10. KENTA vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 2/11 Tokyo (2) 143 HONORABLE MENTION: Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima 12/27/08 New York 143, Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe 11/15 Orlando, John Cena vs. Randy Orton 9/13 Montreal 112, C.M. Punk vs. Jeff Hardy 8/25 Phoenix 90, Rey Mysterio vs. John Morrison 9/1 Cleveland 82 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Diego Sanchez Vs. Clay Guida 6/20 Las Vegas (299) 1,940 2. Ben Henderson vs. Donald Cerrone 10/10 San Antonio (62) 753 3. Mike Brown vs. Urijah Faber 6/7 Sacramento (41) 744 4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Randy Couture 8/29 Portland (35) 556 5. Hideo Tokoro vs. Abel Cullum 5/26 Yokohama (69) 542 6. Miguel Torres vs. Takeya Mizugaki 4/5 Chicago (39) 408 7. Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir 7/11 Las Vegas (42) 308 8. Minowa-man vs. Choi Hong-man 10/6 Yokohama (17) 178 9. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers 11/7 Chicago (14) 163 10. David Heath vs. Mike Nickels 10/2 Edmonton78 HONORABLE MENTION: Cris Cyborg vs. Gina Carano 8/15 San Jose 73 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Frightmare (205) 1,451 2. Ricky Steamboat Jr. (89) 1,074 3. Brutus Magnus (94) 751 4. Ryota Hama (50) 694 5. Cody Deaner (23) 269 6. Strong Man Jon Anderson (14) 246 7. Rouge (6) 167 8. Bo Rotundo (6) 108 9. Jesse Neal 64 10. Chris Jones 49 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. Vickie Guerrero (296) 2,022 2. Jim Cornette (76) 695 3. Don West (115) 689 4. Prince Nana (15) 479 5. Vince McMahon (10) 464 6. Teddy Long (26) 345 7. Dana White (28) 249 8. Generalissimo Takada (21) 199 9. Abraham Washington (7) 111 10. Larry Sweeney (3) 107 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Jim Ross (305) 2,091 2. Matt Striker (156) 1,178 3. Joe Rogan (100) 984 4. Taz (36) 646 5. Mike Hogewood (12) 408 6. Michael Schiavello (19) 391 7. Don West (28) 288 8. Mike Tenay (11) 131 9. Mike Goldberg (4) 126 10. Dave Prazak115 HONORABLE MENTION: Mauro Ranallo 99 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Michael Cole (397) 2,571 2. Jerry Lawler (47) 1,159 3. Todd Grisham (34) 484 4. Don West (31) 325 5. Mike Hogewood (34) 286 6. Matt Striker (22) 233 7. Byron Saxton (5) 224 8. Dave Prazak (10) 192 9. Michael Schiavello (21) 152 10. Mike Tenay (6) 125 HONORABLE MENTION: Taz 87, Josh Matthews 71 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. Dragon Gate Usa Open The Historical Gate 7/25 Philadelphia (144) 1,229 2. UFC 100 7/11 Las Vegas (150) 1,066 3. Dragon Gate USA Open the Untouchable Gate 9/6 Chicago (94) 1,030 4. WWE WrestleMania 25 4/5 Houston (47) 587 5. TNA Turning Point 11/15 Orlando (40) 357 6. New Japan Jan. 4 Tokyo Dome (39) 255 7. WWE Backlash 4/26 Providence (32) 254 8. WEC 6/7 Sacramento (17) 228 9. PWG 7/31 Reseda (19) 210 10. ROH Supercard of Honor 4/3 Houston 199 Honorable Mention: WWE No Way Out 2/15 Settle 172, Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/1 Budokan Hall 148, UFC 92 12/27/08 Las Vegas 112, ROH Glory By Honor 9/26 New York 89, WWE SummerSlam 8/23 Los Angeles 89, TNA Bound for Glory10/18 Irvine 66 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. Tna Victory Road 7/19 Orlando 478 2. WWE Breaking Point 9/13 Montreal 22 3. Ultimate Chaos 6/27 Biloxi 19 4. WWE Bragging Rights 10/25 Pittsburgh 15 5. WWE The Bash 6/28 Sacramento 13 5. TNA Hard Justice 8/16 Orlando 13 7. WWE Hell in a Cell 10/4 Newark 9 8. TNA Genesis 1/11 Charlotte 6 9. UFC 97 4/18 Montreal 5 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Young Bucks More Bang For Your Buck 127 2. Evan Bourne shooting star press 90 3. Kota Ibushi Golden Star press 74 4. Shinsuke Nakamura bom a ye 58 5. John Morrison starship pain 45 6. Randy Orton RKO 40 7. C.M. Punk Go to sleep 37 8. Dragon Kid dragonrana 36 9. Randy Orton punt 31 10. Taiji Ishimori superstar elbow 21 HONORABLE MENTION: Masato Tanaka sliding D 18, Sheamus Razor’s edge 9 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. Piggy James Angle 166 2. Vickie Guerrero being called a pig 109 3. Using the death of Jeff Hardy’s dog in the Hardy Boys angle 46 4. WWE not acknowledging the death of Umaga on TV 19 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. Tna Impact 382 2. WWE Raw 256 3. WWE Ecw 28 4. AAA 13 5. WWE Superstars 10 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Sharmell Vs. Jenna Morasca 7/19 Orlando 535 2. HHH vs. Randy Orton 4/5 Houston 40 3. Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leitis 4/18 Montreal 25 4. Kane vs. Great Khali 8/23 Los Angeles 18 5. Santina Marella vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. Vickie Guerrero 6/7 New Orleans 16 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Chavo Guerrero Vs. Hornswoggle 358 2. HHH vs. Randy Orton 78 3. John Cena vs. Big Show 41 4. Main Event Mafia vs. Front Line 39 5. Kane vs. Great Khali 38 6. Randy Orton vs. Shane McMahon 33 7. John Cena vs. The Miz 19 8. Santina Marella vs. Vickie Guerrero 18 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Tna 424 2. IWA Mid South 195 3. Combat Zone Wrestling 61 4. Affliction 55 5. WWE 53 6. AAA 25 7. Hustle 20 BEST BOOKER 1. Joe Silva 242 2. Mike Quackenbush 137 3. Gedo & Jado 119 4. Gabe Sapolsky 65 5. Adam Pearce 21 6. Sean Shelby 19 7. Sanshiro Takagi 18 8. Vince McMahon 16 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Dana White 547 2. Sanshiro Takagi 62 3. Vince McMahon 42 4. Cary Silkin 27 5. Mitsuharu Misawa 20 6. Scott Coker 14 BEST GIMMICK 1. C.M. Punk Straight Edge Society 287 2. Pope D’Angelo Dinero 51 3. Yoshikawa 39 4. A Double Austin Aries 37 5. Santino Marella 24 6. Zack Ryder 21 7. The Beautiful People 20 8. King Mo 19 WORST GIMMICK 1. Hornswoggle 112 2. Abraham Washington 86 3. Samoa Joe Nation of Violence 82 4. Santino Marella 31 5. ODB 25 6. Dr. Stevie 19 7. Tiffany 15 8. Pretty Ricky 10 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. Midnight Express 25Th Anniversary Scrapbook By Jim Cornette 211 2. Queen of the Ring (Mildred Burke) by Jeff Leen 199 3. Drawing Heat the Hard Way by Larry Matysik 110 4. Total MMA by Jonathan Snowden 105 5. Blood in the Cage by L. Jon Wertheim 77 6. WWE Encyclopedia by Brian Shields/Kevin Sullivan 44 7. Got Fight? by Forrest Griffin 31 8. My Life in Wrestling by Gary Hart 30 9. My Life Outside the Ring by Hulk Hogan 12 BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. Macho Madness 111 2. Rise and Fall of WCW 88 3. Dragon Gate USA Open the Historic Gate 85 4. Starrcade: The Essential Collection 64 5. Best of Saturday Night’s Main Event 52 6. Guest Booker: Jim Cornette 27 7. Best of Smackdown 10th anniversary 12 2008CATEGORY A AWARDS - WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. Chris Jericho (139) 1,198 2. Edge (116) 1,168 3. Shawn Michaels (157) 1,111 4. Keiji Muto (97) 976 5. Nigel McGuinness (45) 658 6. John Cena (73) 595 7. Shingo Takagi (57) 449 8. Cibernetico (53) 377 9. Kurt Angle (32) 275 10. Bryan Danielson (12) 215 HONORABLE MENTION: Hiroshi Tanahashi 199, Kensuke Sasaki 178, Randy Orton 125, HHH 113, Kenta Kobashi 112, Jeff Hardy 85, Naomichi Marufuji 71, Samoa Joe 62 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE 1. Brock Lesnar (658) 3,618 2. Georges St. Pierre (81) 1,808 3. Randy Couture (25) 473 4. Fedor Emelianenko (31) 453 5. Anderson Silva (2) 406 6. Forrest Griffin (2) 241 7. Gina Carano (1) 240 8. Kimbo Slice (3) 200 9. Masato (27) 181 10. Chuck Liddell 168 HONORABLE MENTION: Quinton Jackson 157, B.J. Penn 89, Urijah Faber 84, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 81 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Bryan Danielson (325) 2,042 2. Shawn Michaels (173) 1,406 3. Nigel McGuinness (32) 753 4. Naomichi Marufuji (46) 718 5. Chris Jericho (36) 578 6. Kurt Angle (47) 426 7. KENTA (19) 315 8. Hiroshi Tanahashi (16) 277 9. Edge (17) 251 10. Masato Tanaka (29) 185 HONORABLE MENTION: Jeff Hardy 164, El Generico 155, Samoa Joe 127, Cima 122, Shingo Takagi 115, Blue Panther 107, Austin Aries 94 MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. Georges St. Pierre (333) 2,512 2. Anderson Silva (215) 2,146 3. B.J. Penn (35) 789 4. Fedor Emelianenko (46) 538 5. Brock Lesnar (55) 458 6. Miguel Torres (13) 337 7. Eddie Alvarez (17) 310 8. Forrest Griffin (8) 289 9. Urijah Faber (5) 271 10. Kenny Florian 135 HONORABLE MENTION: Thiago Alves 132 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. Brock Lesnar (605) 3,532 2. Mistico (118) 1,525 3. John Cena (107) 1,207 4. Georges St. Pierre (3) 1,064 5. Cibernetico (19) 511 6. Randy Couture (7) 394 7. Chuck Liddell (13) 305 8. Kimbo Slice (4) 264 9. Keiji Muto 197 10. Kenta Kobashi 173 HONORABLE MENTION: Edge 84, HHH 61 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Chris Jericho Vs. Shawn Michaels (443) 2,647 2. Undertaker vs. Edge (56) 1,195 3. New Japan vs. Zero-One Max (71) 595 4. Austin Aries vs. Jimmy Jacobs (19) 416 5. Konnan vs. Joachim Roldan (37) 362 6. Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra (2) 321 7. Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens (15) 289 8. Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels (19) 232 9. HHH vs. Jeff Hardy (6) 160 10. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe (2) 138 HONORABLE MENTION: Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness 128, Awesome Kong vs. Gail Kim 110, Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture 84, Junie Browning vs. Efraim Escudero 72, Shawn Michaels vs. Batista 70 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. John Morrison & The Miz (294) 2,130 2. Kevin Steen & El Generico (137) 1,099 3. Robert Roode & James Storm (30) 1,077 4. Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi (120) 1,035 5. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori (83) 804 6. Mark & Jay Briscoe (30) 708 7. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black (38) 469 8. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley (15) 460 9. Shingo Takagi & BxB Hulk (16) 252 10. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (22) 251 HONORABLE MENTION: Homicide & Hernandez 205, Kensuke Sasaki& Katsuhiko Nakajima 144, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano 142, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase 122., Teddy Hart & Jack Evans 70, Team 3-D 66 MOST IMPROVED 1. The Miz (203) 1,578 2. Tyler Black (194) 1,244 3. John Morrison (15) 237 4. Cody Rhodes (22) 235 5. Suwama (16) 234 6. Yamato (33) 216 7. Kofi Kingston (9) 184 8. Shingo Takagi (14) 182 9. Ted DiBiase (8) 116 10. Rhett Titus (13) 96 HONORABLE MENTION: Nigel McGuinness 92, Atsushi Aoki 90, Kevin Steen 85, Chris Jericho 84, Robert Roode 84, Davey Richards 68, The Brian Kendrick 62, Mike Knox 60 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. CHRIS JERICHO (272) 1,979 2. Santino Marella (137) 1,309 3. Edge (43) 654 4. Dana White (42) 594 5. Shawn Michaels (18) 405 6. Ric Flair (37) 344 7. Larry Sweeney (17) 298 8. Cibernetico 215 9. Jimmy Jacobs (5) 166 10. John Cena (4) 135 HONORABLE MENTION: Vickie Guerrero 129, Kurt Angle 115, Frank Shamrock 107, Mick Foley 89, JBL 80, Konnan 74, Randy Orton 73, Kenny Florian 72 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. John Cena (245) 1,586 2. Brock Lesnar (86) 856 3. Edge (43) 617 4. Santino Marella (77) 579 5. Kenta Kobashi (35) 522 6. Shawn Michaels (37) 452 7. Chris Jericho (26) 442 8. Cibernetico (26) 434 9. Quinton Jackson (2) 318 10. Hiroshi Tanahashi (20) 299 HONORABLE MENTION: Jeff Hardy 295, Randy Couture 239, Gina Carano 238, Perro Aguayo Jr. 235, Georges St. Pierre 198, Randy Orton 162, Yoshihiro Akiyama 117, Ric Flair 111 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Bryan Danielson (582) 3,231 2. Nigel McGuinness (45) 1,192 3. Kurt Angle (68) 748 4. Naomichi Marufuji (32) 694 5. Atsushi Aoki364 6. William Regal (6) 260 7. Yuji Nagata236 8. Chris Jericho (24) 222 9. Shawn Michaels (10) 208 10. Mike Quackenbush (9) 179 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Necro Butcher (193) 1,386 2. Samoa Joe (127) 1,133 3. Takeshi Morishima (125) 1,044 4. Undertaker (76) 831 5. Masato Tanaka (40) 576 6. Togi Makabe (28) 534 7. Fit Finlay (48) 358 8. Awesome Kong (21) 343 9. Jimmy Jacobs (17) 268 10. Kevin Steen (8) 172 HONORABLE MENTION: Abyss 162, Kurt Angle 141, Edge 119, Umaga 78, Nigel McGuiness 70 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Evan Bourne (323) 2,188 2. Kota Ibushi (108) 1,746 3. Mistico (115) 1,510 4. Jack Evans (59) 1,217 5. Dragon Kid (67) 604 6. Masato Yoshino (49) 424 7. A.J. Styles (24) 399 8. Jeff Hardy (22) 351 8. Rey Mysterio (2) 332 10. Pac (15) 277 HONORABLE MENTION: Teddy Hart 251, Valiente 246, Taiji Ishimori 242, El Blazer 192, Naomichi Marufuji 174, BxB Hulk 161, Ricky Marvin 160, El Generico 157, Prince Devitt 126, KENTA 116 MOST OVERRATED 1. Vladimir Kozlov (143) 1,022 2. HHH (139) 953 3. Great Khali (64) 583 4. Sting (38) 377 5. Kevin Nash (37) 374 6. Batista (32) 372 7. Kane (38) 332 8. C.M. Punk (34) 305 9. Mr. Kennedy (29) 299 10. Jbl (18) 197 HONORABLE MENTION: Mark Henry 196, Team 3-D 170, Mitsuharu Misawa 119, John Cena 117, Booker T 88, Scott Steiner 82, Randy Orton 77, Samoa Joe 72 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Mvp (91) 840 2. Scotty Goldman (87) 567 3. Jamie Noble (50) 484 4. Alex Shelley (53) 464 5. Elijah Burke (39) 419 6. Paul London (57) 358 7. C.M. Punk (22) 287 8. John Morrison (31) 277 9. Shuji Kondo (10) 189 10. Chris Sabin (5) 182 HONORABLE MENTION: Brian Kendrick 176, Matt Hardy 164, Jimmy Wang Yang 99, Davey Richards 85, Roderick Strong 81 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Ultimate Fighting Championships (533) 3,340 2. World Wrestling Entertainment (52) 1,329 3. Ring of Honor (58) 1,188 4. Dragon Gate (26) 591 5. New Japan Pro Wrestling (33) 575 6. World Extreme Cagefighting (7) 406 7. Pro Wrestling NOAH (15) 312 8. Total Nonstop Action (32) 276 9. AAA (12) 227 10. Chikara (21) 209 HONORABLE MENTION: CMLL 183, IWRG 131, Dream 86 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. The Ultimate Fighter (196) 1,616 2. WWE Raw (128) 1,467 3. WWE Ecw (92) 1,165 4. WWE Smackdown (70) 887 5. Dragon Gate Infinity (89) 682 6. Inside MMA (61) 407 7. AAA (14) 329 8. Pro Wrestling NOAH (19) 306 9. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (9) 282 10. Cmll (1) 228 HONORABLE MENTION: TNA Impact 196, Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling 166, IWRG 157 WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Shawn Michaels Vs. Chris Jericho 10/5 Portland (179) 1,146 2. Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels 3/30 Orlando (140) 933 3. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe 4/13 Lowell (33) 622 4. Blue Panther vs. Villano V 9/19 Mexico City (30) 594 5. Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama 12/2/07 Tokyo (36) 539 6. Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries 12/29/07 New York (37) 475 7. Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson 2/23 New York (49) 405 8. Undertaker vs. Edge 3/30 Orlando (22) 386 9. Naomichi Marufuji & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. KENTA & Kota Ibushi 9/14 Tokyo (39) 360 10. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino & Genki Horiguchi vs. Cima & Ryo Saito & Dragon Kid 3/29 Orlando (12) 348 HONORABLE MENTION: KENTA vs. Naomichi Marufuji 10/25 Tokyo 313, Undertaker vs Edge 8/17 Indianapolis 301, Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black 3/16 Philadelphia 280, Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black 7/26 Detroit 251, Naomichi Marufuji vs. Shuji Kondo 11/3 Tokyo 217, Kenta Kobashi & KENTA vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima 6/14 Tokyo 198, Volador Jr. & Sagrado & La Sombra vs. El Hijo del Fantasma & La Mascara & Valiente 4/30 Mexico City 192, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Kotaro Suzuki 9/6 Tokyo 114, Kurt Angle vs. A.J. Styles 8/10 Trenton 113, HHH vs. Jeff Hardy 10/5 Portland 113, Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi 3/28 Orlando 109, Kurt Angle vs. Yuji Nagata 1/4 Tokyo 78, Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Tyler Black & Jimmy Jacobs 9/19 Boston 76, Takeshi Morishima vs. Naomichi Marufuji 12/2/07 Tokyo 72 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Forrest Griffin Vs. Quinton Jackson 7/5 Las Vegas (160) 1,362 2. Roger Huerta vs. Clay Guida 12/8/07 Las Vegas (237) 1,353 3. Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver 6/1 Sacramento (63) 1,070 4. Miguel Torres vs. Yoshiro Maeda 6/1 Sacramento (108) 1,008 5. Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture 11/15 Las Vegas (99) 907 6. Cung Le vs. Frank Shamrock 3/29 San Jose (83) 867 7. Eddie Alvarez vs. Joachim Hansen 5/11 Saitama (93) 781 8. Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva 12/29/07 Las Vegas (70) 642 9. Eddie Alvarez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri 7/21 Osaka (2) 523 10. Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch 8/9 Minneapolis (21) 314 HONORABLE MENTION: Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir 2/2 Las Vegas 152, Kazuo Misaki vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama 12/31/07 Saitama 95, Jon Koppenhaver vs. Jared Rollins 12/8/07 Las Vegas 70, Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra 4/19 Montreal 62, Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith 5/31 Atlantic City 60 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Kai (84) 966 2. Amasis (81) 925 3. Ryota Hama (88) 462 4. Kento Miyahara (35) 454 5. Joe Hennig (41) 378 6. Nick Jackson (15) 324 7. Consequences Creed (47) 295 8. Atsushi Sawada (13) 292 9. Ophidian (1) 275 10. King Mo (35) 175 HONORABLE MENTION: Takashi Okita 72 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. Larry Sweeney (260) 2,208 2. Vickie Guerrero (327) 2,039 3. Jim Cornette (22) 548 4. Mick Foley (15) 474 5. Nobuhiko Takada (45) 323 6. Vince McMahon (2) 294 7. Dana White (3) 225 8. Konnan (35) 211 9. Teddy Long (11) 139 10. Karen Angle 67 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Matt Striker (264) 1,950 2. Jim Ross (232) 1,906 3. Joe Rogan (99) 1,110 4. Mike Goldberg (49) 698 5. Frank Mir (2) 296 6. Mike Tenay (9) 285 7. Tazz (3) 249 8. Dave Prazak (31) 239 9. Gus Johnson (30) 238 10. Mauro Ranallo (16) 196 HONORABLE MENTION: Mick Foley 129, Bas Rutten 127, Frank Shamrock 122, Lenny Leonard 105 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Mike Adamle (289) 1,623 2. Don West (93) 1,364 3. Michael Cole (107) 1,310 4. Todd Grisham (70) 806 5. Mike Tenay (12) 274 6. Jerry Lawler (4) 172 7. Mauro Ranallo (14) 141 8. Tazz (13) 107 9. Bubba the Love Sponge (12) 90 10. Jay Glazer67 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE Wrestlemania 3/30 Orlando (158) 1,683 2. UFC 91 11/15 Las Vegas (199) 1,677 3. WEC 6/1 Sacramento (43) 682 4. ROH Supercard of Honor 3/29 Orlando (112) 673 5. WWE No Mercy 10/5 Portland (52) 635 6. ROH Death Before Dishonor 8/2 New York (2) 249 7. Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/2 Tokyo (16) 234 8. ROH Take No Prisoners 3/16 Philadelphia (29) 212 9. WWE Royal Rumble 1/27 New York (2) 194 10. Dragon Gate 9/5 Los Angeles (18) 179 HONORABLE MENTION: UFC Ultimate Fighter finals 12/8/07 Las Vegas 169, ROH Rising Above 12/29/07 New York 151, UFC 79 12/29/07 Las Vegas 134, TNA Lockdown 4/13 Lowell 122, ROH 3/28 Orlando 115, ROH Driven 9/19 Boston 114, ROH 9/14 Tokyo 112, UFC 81 2/2 Las Vegas 85, TNA Bound for Glory 10/12 Chicago 74, UFC 87 8/9 Minneapolis 60, ROH 7/26 Detroit 60 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE Survivor Series 11/23 Boston 116 2. TNA Sacrifice 5/11 Orlando 5 3. YAMMA Pitfighting 4/11 Atlantic City 90 4. TNA No Surrender 9/14 Oshawa 52 5. Elite XC on CBS 10/1 Fort Lauderdale4 1 6. Strikeforce at the Dome 2/23 Tacoma 31 7. TNA Destination X 3/9 Norfolk 27 8. UFC 90 10/25 Chicago 26 9. WWE Cyber Sunday 10/26 Phoenix 25 10. WWE Unforgiven 9/7 Cleveland 18 HONORABLE MENTION: TNA Final Resolution 1/6 Orlando 14 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Evan Bourne Shooting Star Press 259 2. Tyler Black God’s Last Gift 46 3. Undertaker gogoplata 34 4. Mistico La Mistica 30 5. Chris Jericho codebreaker 26 6. KENTA Go 2 sleep 24 7. Randy Orton RKO 22 8. Dragon Kid dragonrana 20 9. Kota Ibushi double moonsault 19 10. Taiji Ishimori superstar elbow 18 HONORABLE MENTION: Tyler Black Phoenix splash, Masato Tanaka sliding D 16 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE Jeff Hardy Teased Overdose To Get Hits 241 2. TNA Using Jill Jarrett’s death in Angle vs. Jeff storyline 165 3. WWE having the set collapse on Vince McMahon just days after a TNA crew member was killed in similar fashion 49 4. ROH Larry Sweeney rape tease on Allison Danger 46 5. IWA Mid South Mike Levy incident 41 6. Elite XC pushing Kimbo Slice as a main eventer 29 7. AAA using Antonio Pena’s ashes in an angle 25 8. WWE McMahon’s Millions 23 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. Tna Impact 520 2. Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling 43 3. WWE Ecw 41 4. WWE Raw 34 5. AAA 11 6. WWE Smackdown 10 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Hhh Vs. Kozlov Vs. Edge 11/23 Boston 118 2. Paulo Filho vs. Chael Sonnen 11/5 Hollywood, FL 34 3. Santino Marella vs. Honky Tonk Man 10/26 Phoenix 22 5. Warrior vs. Orlando Jordan 6/25 Madrid, Spain 19 6. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. Big Show 6/29 Dallas 16 7. Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy 8/17 Indianapolis 15 8. Rhodes & DiBiase vs. Lawler & Cole 7/28 Washington 14 9. A.J. Styles vs. Frank Trigg 9/14 Oshawa 13 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Rey Mysterio Vs. Kane 215 2. Sonjay Dutt vs. Jay Lethal 101 3. Main Event Mafia vs. Front Line 52 4. HHH vs. Vladimir Kozlov 35 5. B.G. James vs. Kip James 19 6. Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy 16 7. Samoa Joe vs. Kevin Nash 15 8. Tommy Dreamer vs. Colin Delaney 14 9. Jamie Noble vs. Chuck Palumbo 12 9. Armando Estrada vs. Colin Delaney 12 9. Team 3-D vs. X Division 12 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Total Nonstop Action 404 2. Elite XC 232 3. All Japan Pro Wrestling 36 4. World Wrestling Entertainment 34 5. Inoki Genome Federation 19 5. IWA Mid South 19 7. Hustle Fighting Opera 18 8. AAA 16 BEST BOOKER 1. Joe Silva 383 2. Gabe Sapolsky 229 3. Gedo & Jado 86 4. Mike Quackenbush 55 5. Vince McMahon 29 6. Michael Hayes 28 7. Genki Horiguchi 26 8. Russo/Mantel/Jarrett 12 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Dana White 699 2. Vince McMahon 60 3. Cary Silkin 46 4. Naoki Sugabayashi 10 5. Dixie Carter 9 BEST GIMMICK 1. Santino Marella 338 2. Beautiful People 62 3. Rhett Titus 36 4. Charlie Haas 21 5. John Morrison 14 6. Junie Browning 12 7. Festus 9 WORST GIMMICK 1. Khali Kiss Cam 62 2. Whiny world champion Samoa Joe 59 3. Super Eric 52 4. G.M. Mike Adamle 25 5. Stone Cold Shark Boy 21 6. Cute Kip 19 7. Kung Fu Naki 15 8. Sheik Abdul Bashir 14 9. Charlie Haas 12 10. Bella Twins 11 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. Gorgeous George/John Capouya 192 2. Ring of Hell/Matt Randazzo 75 3. Wrestlecrap Book of Lists/Randy Baer 54 4. Tales from the Mat/Tito Santana 37 5. Becoming the Natural/Randy Couture & Loretta Hunt 35 6. Benoit/Oliver & Johnson & Muchnick & McCoy 33 7. Made in America/Matt Hughes 15 8. Jim Londos Record Book/Steve Yohe 9 8. Adventures in Larryland/Larry Zbyszko 9 BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. Ric Flair Definitive Collection 216 2. Ric Flair High Spots Shoot 83 3. Mr. Perfect 49 4. The Rock: Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment 46 5. PWG Sells Out 37 6. Wrestlemania 24 33 7. Hell in a Cell 19 8. Viva La Raza/Eddie Guerrero Story 11 9. TNA Global Impact Tokyo Dome 10 2007LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (OVERALL PERFORMER OF THE YEAR) 1. JOHN CENA (437) 2,459 2. Bryan Danielson (77) 928 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (42) 728 4. Shawn Michaels (32) 579 5. Takeshi Morishima (41) 565 6. Mistico (6) 510 7. Mitsuharu Misawa (33) 8. Cibernetico (28) 290 9. Kurt Angle (7) 202 10. Edge (16) 196 Honorable Mention: Randy Orton 170, Chris Benoit 115, Undertaker 113, Yuji Nagata 109, Nigel McGuinness 74 MMA MVP 1. RANDY COUTURE (334) - 2,254 2. Quinton Jackson (105) - 1,446 3. Chuck Lidell (116) - 1,209 4. Frank Shamrock (3) - 353 5. Anderson Silva (2) - 214 6. George St. Pierre (7) - 197 7. Kid Yamamoto (4) - 122 8. Forrest Griffin - 119 9. Yoshihiro Akiyama - 75 10. Masato - 70
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. BRYAN DANIELSON (434) - 2,646 2. Shawn Michaels (46) - 468 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (62) - 642 4. Naomichi Marufuji (26) - 388 5. Nigel McGuiness (14) - 384 6. Samoa Joe (19) - 375 7. KENTA (1) - 354 8. Takeshi Morishima (6) - 331 9. Edge (32) - 294 10. John Cena (17) - 232 Honorable Mention: Ricky Marvin 206, Yuji Nagata 102, Fit Finlay 62 MOST OUTSTANDING MMA FIGHTER 1. QUINTON JACKSON (157) - 1,554 2. Anderson Silva (151) - 1,508 3. Randy Couture (131) - 1,235 4. Urijah Faber (25) - 425 5. Tyson Griffin (11) - 294 6. Clay Guida (17) - 233 7. George St. Pierre (16) - 142 8. Fedor Emelianenko (2) - 99 9. Matt Serra - 84 10. Kid Yamamoto - 69 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. JOHN CENA (331) - 2,299 2. Chuck Lidell (267) - 2,192 3. Mistico (133) - 1,603 4. Randy Couture (53) - 1,108 5. Quinton Jackson (15) - 359 6. Tito Ortiz (8) - 202 7. Cibernetico (4) - 187 8. Kid Yamanoto (2) - 121 9. Perro Aguayo Jr. - 97 10. HHH - 66 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. UNDERTAKER VS BATISTA (148) -1,160 2. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (89) - 1,119 3. Briscoes Vs. Steen & El Generico (121) - 1,045 4. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels (85) - 745 5. Matt Hardy Vs. MVP (71) - 604 6. Frank Shamrock Vs. Phil Baroni (37) - 575 7. Matt Hughes Vs. Matt Serra (26) - 551 8. Tito Ortiz Vs. Chuck Lidell (34) - 365 9. Gran Apache Vs. Billy Boy (44) - 283 10. Vince McMahon Vs. Donald Trump (41) - 255 Honorable Mention: Yuji Nagata vs Hiroshi Tanahashi 232, Tito Ortiz vs. Dana White 157, BJ Penn vs Jens Pulver 155, Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness 148, John Cena vs Randy Orton 125, John Cena vs Umaga 70 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. MARK & JAY BRISCOE (474) - 2,641 2. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelly - 1,132 3. Kevin Steen & El Generico (0) - 690 4. Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko (20) - 565 5. Matt & Jeff Hardy (38) - 402 6. Paul London & Brian Kendrick (14) - 375 7. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch (16) - 324 8. Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi (32) - 313 9. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori 286 10. Ricky Marvin & Kotaro Suzuki (26) - 277 Honorable Mention: Toru Yano & Togi Makabe 269, MVP & Matt Hardy 172, Homicide & Hernandez 134, A.J. Styles & Tomko 69 MOST IMPROVED 1. MVP (305) - 1,966 2. Claudio Castagnoli (34) - 564 3. Tomko (32) - 482 4. Takeshi Morishima (12) - 325 5. Candice Michelle (27) - 300 6. Jeff Hardy (21) - 278 7. Umaga (10) - 277 8. John Cena (22) - 205 9. Hirooki Goto (2) - 155 10. Batista - 147 Honorable Mention: Naomichi Marufuji 124, The Miz 92, Taiji Ishimori 88, CM Punk 82, Jay Lethal 79, James Storm 72, Robert Roode 63, Atsushi Aoki 61, Kazuchika Okada 60 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. JOHN CENA (151) - 1,243 2. Santino Marella (133) - 1,208 3. Edge (72) - 777 4. Quinton jackson (91) - 759 5. Larry Sweeney (115) - 664 6. Christian Cage (20) - 311 7. Frank Shamrock (21) - 299 8. Tito Ortiz (22) - 206 9. Mr. Kennedy (19) - 171 10. Ric Flair (5) - 162 Honorable Mention: Cibernetico 154, Kurt Angle 136, Jim Cornette 126, Forrest Griffin 105, MVP 74, HHH 73, Jim Mitchell 61, Dana White 60 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. JOHN CENA (358) - 2,447 2. Quinton Jackson (158) - 1,491 3. Cibernetico (31) - 360 4. Randy Couture (19) - 325 5. Shawn Michaels (2) - 324 6. Tito Ortiz (12) - 239 7. Mistico (19) - 215 8. Edge - 177 9. Jeff Hardy (4) - 158 10. Forrest Griffin (2) - 152 Honorable Mention: Perro Aguayo Jr. 144, Santino Marella 140, Rey Mysterio 138, Ric Flair 82, MVP 81, Kurt Angle 61 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Bryan Danielson (529) - 2,928 2. Nigel McGuiness (15) - 784 3. Yuji Nagata (16) - 599 4. Fit Finlay (13) - 538 5. KENTA (2) - 355 6. Kurt Angle (9) - 321 7. Naomichi Marufuji (27) - 304 8. Mike Quackenbush (3) - 273 9. Shawn Michaels (5) - 184 10. Samoa Joe (4) - 128 Honorable Mention: Ricky Marvin 115 BRUSIER BRODY BEST BRAWLER AWARD 1. Takeshi Morishima (157) - 1,464 2. Umaga (101) - 1,199 3. Samoa Joe (115) - 1,129 4. Fit Finlay (95) - 845 5. Necro Butcher (85) - 743 6. Togi Makabe (41) - 342 7. John Cena (29) - 312 8. Abyss (22) - 248 9. Undertaker (17) - 215 10. Rhyno - 81 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Mistico (162) - 1,394 2. Ricky Marvin (154) - 1169 3. Jack Evans (120) - 1093 4. A.J. Styles (70) - 759 5. Pac (68) - 712 6. Matt Sydal (50) - 670 7. Jeff Hardy (85) - 621 8. Matt Cross (28) - 411 9. Dragon Kid (30) - 354 10. Rey Mysterio Jr. (26) - 321 Honorable Mention: Taiji Ishimori 305, Kota Ibushi 268, Laredo Kid 242, KENTA 214, Naomichi Marufuji 155, Paul London 146, Teddy Hart 79, Jimmy Wang Yang 62 MOST OVERRATED 1. Great Khali (187) - 1,210 2. Mr. Kennedy (80) - 586 3. HHH (82) - 549 4. Batista (38) - 537 5. Bobby Lashley (41) - 522 6. Big Daddy V (27) - 424 7. Randy Orton (44) - 386 8. Kurt Angle (23) - 373 9. Kevin Nash (35) - 251 10. Mistuharu Misawa - 145 Honorable Mention: Kane 143, Mark Henry 105 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Shelton Benjamin (98) - 735 2. Jamie Noble (82) - 650 3. Paul London (49) - 571 4. Alex Shelley (20) - 347 5. William Regal (11) - 252 6. Brian Kendrick (10) - 251 7. Matt Hardy (13) - 232 8. Go Shiozaki (4) - 181 9. A.J. Styles (17) - 159 10. Christopher Daniels (8) - 154 Honorable Mention: Ricky Marvin, Lance Cade, Robert Roode, Austin Aries, Low Ki/Senshi, Jimmy Wang Yang, CM Punk PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. UFC (280) - 2,479 2. ROH (292) - 2,016 3. WWE (103) - 1,277 4. NOAH (15) - 892 5. AAA (44) - 606 6. CMLL (3) - 388 7. New Japan (7) - 379 8. Dragon Gate - 337 9. Strikeforce - 83 10. TNA - 69 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. The Ultimate Fighter (390) - 2,463 2. WWE Raw (163) - 1,572 3. WWE Smackdown (67) - 1,135 4. AAA (31) - 749 5. CMLL (23) - 580 6. Wrestling Society X (12) - 313 7. Pro Wrestling NOAH (16) - 311 8. Inside MMA (27) - 256 9. Bodog Fight Costa Rica (5) - 179 9. TNA Impact (7) - 179 Honorable Mention: NJPW 162, ECW 84 WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (8/25) (118) - 1,199 2. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori Vs. Kota Ibushi & Naomichi Marufuji (7/15) (131) - 1,108 3. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuiness (6/9) - (146) - 1,061 4. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels (4/23) (74) - 809 5. John Cena Vs. Umaga (1/2) (46) - 458 6. Briscoes Vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico (9/15) (28) - 403 7. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels Vs. Edge Vs. Randy Orton (4/29) (26) - 280 8. Cima, Shingo Takagi & Susuma Mochizuki Vs. Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Masaaki Mochizuki (3/31) (45) - 267 9. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Hirooki Goto (11/11) (2) - 212 10. Hiroshi Tanahasi Vs. Yuji Nagata (4/13) (1) - 196 Honorable Mention: Bryan Danielson vs Takeshi Morishima 9/15 Chicago 184, Undertaker vs Batista 4/1 Detroit 173, John Cena vs Shawn Michaels 4/1 Detroit 167, BJ Whitmer vs Jimmy Jacobs 3/31 Detroit 127, Mark & Jay Briscoe vs Ricky Marvin & Kotaro Suzuki 1/21 Tokyo 125, Takeshi Morishima vs Claudio Castagnoli 8/10 Roxbury 119, Chris Harris vs James Storm 5/13 Orlando 96, Mark & Jay Briscoe vs Claudio Castagnoli & Matt Sydal 5/12 New York 88, Samoa Joe vs Kurt Angle 12/10/06 Orlando 67 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Randy Couture Vs. Tim Silvia (3/3) (202) - 1,453 2. Nick Diaz Vs. Takanori Gomi (2/24) (142) - 1,208 3. Tyson Griffin Vs. Clay Guida (6/16) (86) - 1,114 4. Frank Shamrock Vs. Phil Baroni (6/22) (103) - 872 5. Frank Edgar Vs. Tyson Griffin (2/3) (40) - 367 6. Chris Horodecki Vs. Shad Lierley (6/1) (53) - 314 7. Forrest Griffin Vs. Maruricio Rua (9/22) (28) - 314 8. Quinton Jackson Vs. Chuck Lidell (5/26) (25) - 271 9. Quinton Jackson Vs. Dan Henderson (9/8) (13) - 162 10. Steve Berger Vs. Piotr Jackacynski (Costa Rica) (5) - 155 Honorable Mention: Gabriel Gonzaga vs Mirko Cro Cop 107 , Yoon Dong-Sik vs. Melvin Manhoef 6/2 Los Angeles 105, Marcus Davis vs. Paul Taylor 9/8 London 78, Anderson Silva vs Rich Franklin 10/20 Cincinnati 62 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Erick Stevens (106) - 756 2. Joe Doering (88) - 752 3. Tim Donst (89) - 662 4. La Sombra (83) - 637 5. Cyber Kong (33) - 325 6. Ted DiBiase Jr. (4) - 317 7. Ted McNailer (33) - 252 8. Lince Dorado (19) - 217 9. Seiya Sanada (15) - 182 10. Bobby Dempsey (9) - 63 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. Larry Sweeney (382) - 2,269 2. Vince McMahon (97) - 847 3. Jim Cornette (43) - 774 4. Jim Mitchell (28) - 430 5. William Regal (13) - 239 6. Sharmell (19) - 212 7. Karen Angle - 179 8. Lacey (3) - 139 9. Armando Estrada (11) - 137 10. Generalissimo Takada (19) - 132 Honorable Mention: JBL 112, Kevin Nash 89, Konnan 83 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Jim Ross (325) - 2,257 2. JBL (184) - 1,609 3. Joe Rogan (60) - 978 4. Mauro Ranallo (52) - 737 5. Mike Goldberg (45) - 443 6. Dave Prazak (10) - 402 7. Frank Mir - 279 8. Mike Teney (7) - 246 9. Joey Styles (16) - 215 10. Kenny Bolin 199 Honorable Mention: Dr. Alfonso Morales 198, Lennie Hardt 150, Tazz 124, Lenny Leonard 99 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Don West (269) - 2,204 2. Micheal Cole (116) - 1,130 3. Johnathan Coachman (77) - 761 4. Todd Grisham (100) - 682 5. Mike Teney (48) - 484 6. Jerry Lawler (28) - 394 7. Col. Bob Sheridan (42) - 340 8. Joey Styles (5) - 198 9. Taz (9) - 160 10. Leticia Cline (13) - 118 Honorable Mention: Mike Goldberg 116, JBL 95 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. ROH Man Up 9/15 (188) - 1,296 2. WWE Wrestlemania 3/31 (133) - 1,138 3. Pride 2nd Coming 2/24 (105) - 722 4. ROH Driven 6/9 (69) - 603 5. Pride Otoko Matsuri 12/31/06 (74) - 502 6. Strikeforce/EXC Judgement Day 6/22 (62) - 367 7. WWE Backlash 4/29 (4) - 344 8. UFC 68 3/2 (34) - 319 9. UFC 66 12/30/06 (4) - 269 10. Ufc 76 9/22 (19) - 259 Honorable Mention: ROH Manhattan Mayem II 8/25 New York 227, Pro Wrestling NOAH 7/15 Budokan Hall 219, WWE Royal Rumble 1/28 San Antonio 216, ROH Respect is Earned 5/12 New York 212, TNA Bound for Glory 10/14 Atlanta 187, New Japan 1/4 Tokyo Dome 145, UFC 71 5/26 Las Vegas 119, ROH Death Before Dishonor 95, ROH Fifth Year Festival 3/4 Liverpool 83 Category B Awards - Winners determined by First Place Votes WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE/ECW December to Dismember (12/3/06) - 298 pts. 2. TNA Lockdown 3. WWE Unforgiven 4. TNA Hard Justice 5. UFC 78 6. TNA Victory Road 7. TNA Final Resolution 8. WWE Judgement Day BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. KENTA's Go To Sleep - 98 pts. 2. Randy Orton's running soccer kick 3. Petey Williams Canadian Destroyer 4. Bryan Danielson's Cattle Mutilation 5. Matt Sydal's shooting Star press 6. Bryan Danielson's elbows 7. Samoa Joe's muscle buster 8. Takeshi Morishima's backdrop driver 9. CM Punks Go To Sleep 10. Shawn Michaels' superkick Honorable Mention: Mistico Tornillo Armbar , Dragon Kid Dragonrana , Marco Corleone Aero Italia , Kevin Steen Package Piledriver , Umaga Spinning Uranage , Mr. Kennedy Kenton Bomb MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. TNA Signing Pacman Jones/Making it Rain - 317 pts. 2. Vince McMahon's death 3. WWE's entire handling of post-benoit re: Steriods 4. Hornswoggle as Vince's illegitament son 5. Great Khali as World Champion 6. WWE doing Benoit tribute show WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. TNA Impact - 476 pts 2. WWE/Ecw - 122 3. WWE Raw 4. Wrestling Society X 5. WWE Heat 6. IFL Battleground WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Kane Vs. Big Daddy V - 204 pts 2. VKM Vs. Christy Hemme - 121 3. Eric Young Vs. Robert Roode 4. Batista Vs. Giant Khali 5. Vince McMahon Vs. Bobby Lashley 6. Layla Vs. Kelly Kelly 7. Kane Vs. Giant Khali 8. Cody Rhodes Vs. Bob Holly 9. Abyss Vs. Black Reign 10. WWE Vs. Honesty & John Cena Vs. Giant Khali (TIE) WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Chris Harris Vs. James Storm (Blindfold match - 4/15) - 149 pts 2. Fake Donald Trump Vs. Fake Rosie O'Donell (1/8) - 119 3. Great Khali Vs. Kane (4/1) 4. Great Khali Vs. Hornswoggle (11/17) 5. Layla Vs. Kelly Kelly (11/27) 6. Monsters Battle Royal Kane Vs. Great Khali Vs. Mark Henry (10/30) 7. Big Daddy V. Vs. Boogeyman (9/18) 8. Kane Vs. Mark Henry (6/3) 9. Christy Hemme Vs. Fat Oily Guy (2/11) 10. Great Khali Vs. Batista (10/7) WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. TNA - 520 pts 2. WWE - 42 pts 3. IFL 4. All-Japan 5. AAA 6. IWA Puerto Rico BEST BOOKER 1. Gabe Sapolsky - 495 pts 2. Joe Silva - 128 3. Riki Choshu 4. Michael Hayes 5. Dorian Roidan 6. Vince McMahon PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Dana White - 412 pts 2. Vince McMahon - 113 3. Cary Silkin 4. Joachim Roldan 5. Paco Alonso BEST GIMMICK 1. Santino Marella - 344 pts. 2. Black Machismo Jay Lethal - 52 3. MVP 4. Festus 5. Takeshi Morishima 6. Matt Classic 7. Delirious 8. King Booker 9. Chris Hero 10. Awesome Kong WORST GIMMICK 1. Black Reign - 203 pts 2. Horswoggle McMahon - 88 3. Pacman Jones 4. Big Daddy V 5. Jillian Hall singing 6. VKM 7. Abyss 8. Fat Oiley Guy 9. Boogeyman 10. Razor Ramon HG 10. Great Khali Honorable Mention:Kimbo Slice, Festus, Rellik BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. Hitman by Bret Hart - 266 pts 2. A Lion's Tale by Chris Jericho - 237 3. Brody Vs. Larry Matysik 4. Hardcore Diaries by Mick Foley 5. NWA by Tim Hornbacker 6. Lucha Loco by Malcom Venville 7. Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels by Oliver/Johnson BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen - 332 pts 2. History of the AWA - 73 3. The Ladder matches 4. Shawn Michaels: heartbreak & Triumph 5. The New and Improved DX 2006LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (OVERALL PERFORMER OF THE YEAR) 1. Mistico (220) 2,245 2. Edge (134) 1,985 3. Tito Ortiz (261) 1,620 4. Bryan Danielson (83) 947 5. Samoa Joe (60) 645 6. Mirko Cro Cop (92) 625 7. Matt Hughes (78) 516 8. Perro Aguayo Jr. (26) 505 9. John Cena (11) 453 10. Chuck Liddell (41) 353 HONORABLE MENTION: KENTA 275, Naomichi Marufuji 216, Minoru Suzuki 182, Rey Mysterio 97, Hiroshi Tanahashi 63 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Bryan Danielson (401) 2,646 2. KENTA (98) 1,938 3. Samoa Joe (86) 1,335 4. Fit Finlay (65) 512 5. Edge (20) 269 6. Nigel McGuiness (1) 255 7. A.J. Styles (10) 242 8. Kurt Angle (9) 204 9. Takeshi Morishima 183 10. Rey Mysterio (16) 169 HONORABLE MENTION: Perro Aguayo Jr. 142, Chris Benoit 123, Naomichi Marufuji 118 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. Mistico (377) 3,112 2. Tito Ortiz (358) 2,902 3. Matt Hughes (53) 1,258 4. John Cena (80) 1,168 5. Ken Shamrock (25) 428 6. Hidehiko Yoshida (44) 379 7. Chuck Liddell (21) 377 8. Perro Aguayo Jr. (1) 322 9. Edge (4) 230 10. Dx (2) 46 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Tito Ortiz Vs. Ken Shamrock (413) 2,877 2. Ring of Honor vs. Combat Zone Wrestling (269) 2,267 3. John Cena vs. Edge (185) 2,030 4. LAX vs. Styles & Daniels (2) 303 5. Ric Flair vs. Mick Foley (3) 271 6. Mistico vs. Black Warrior (16) 270 7. KENTA vs. Bryan Danielson (7) 200 8. Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuiness (5) 195 9. KENTA vs. Naomichi Marufuji (18) 182 10. Matt Hughes vs. Royce Gracie (8) 127 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Homicide & Hernandez (202) 1,794 2. Austin Aries & Roderick Strong (217) 1,573 3. A.J. Styles & Christopher Daniels (110) 1,077 4. Paul London & Brian Kendrick (52) 1,076 5. Mark & Jay Briscoe (94) 1,062 6. Averno & Mephisto (137) 819 7. Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone (49) 389 8. Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli (32) 359 9. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita (3) 269 10. Perro Aguayo Jr. & Hector Garza (37) 251 HONORABLE MENTION: Johnny Nitro & Joey Mercury 224, Chris Harris & James Storm 133, HHH & Shawn Michaels 92 MOST IMPROVED 1. Takeshi Morishima (143) 1,464 2. Johnny Nitro (141) 1,316 3. Nigel McGuiness (117) 851 4. Jay Briscoe (55) 443 5. Bobby Lashley (24) 386 6. Delirious (28) 338 7. John Cena (40) 327 8. Hernandez (33) 305 9. Mark Briscoe (19) 286 10. Go Shiozaki (2) 255 HONORABLE MENTION: Davey Richards 230, Edge 194, Giant Bernard 164, Matt Sydal 152, Mr. Kennedy 131, Chris Sabin 126, Naomichi Marufuji 109, Suwama 105, Alex Shelley 93, C.M. Punk 89, Katsuhiko Nakajima 87, Kenny Dykstra 77 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. MICK FOLEY (159) 1,484 2. Edge (127) 1,317 3. Konnan (160) 1,285 4. John Cena (113) 1,171 5. Jim Cornette (92) 804 6. Tito Ortiz (49) 317 7. Bryan Danielson (7) 221 8. Ric Flair (11) 207 9. Christian (8) 189 10. Frank Shamrock (35) 181 HONORABLE MENTION: Josh Barnett 135, C.M. Punk 90, Mr. Kennedy 88, Kurt Angle 88, Ken Shamrock 85, Paul Heyman 83 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. John Cena (471) 2,889 2. Tito Ortiz (111) 969 3. Perro Aguayo Jr. (59) 848 4. Edge (29) 764 5. Mistico (7) 611 6. Minoru Suzuki (32) 366 7. Bas Rutten (29) 354 8. Georges St. Pierre (40) 307 9. Forrest Griffin (4) 242 10. Colt Cabana (10) 212 HONORABLE MENTION: Samoa Joe 206, Ric Flair 188, Kid Yamamoto 182, Hulk Hogan 165, DX 151, C.M. Punk 149, Homicide 123, Mirko Cro Cop 120, KENTA 117, Choi Hong-man 116, King Booker 101 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Bryan Danielson (593) 3,266 2. Chris Benoit (38) 928 3. KENTA (32) 794 4. Nigel McGuiness (19) 781 5. Kurt Angle (32) 582 6. William Regal (29) 580 7. Fit Finlay (34) 543 8. Roderick Strong (8) 199 9. Naomichi Marufuji (3) 134 10. Samoa Joe (2) 122 HONORABLE MENTION: Osamu Nishimura 76 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Samoa Joe (242) 2,064 2. Fit Finlay (188) 1,640 3. Homicide (97) 1,172 4. Necro Butcher (86) 806 5. Takeshi Morishima (11) 536 6. Abyss (28) 465 7. Rhino (12) 310 8. Perro Aguayo Jr. (25) 299 9. Edge (16) 194 10. William Regal (18) 177 HONORABLE MENTION: Chris Benoit 132, B.J. Whitmer 87, Umaga 86, Mick Foley 72 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Mistico (346) 2,957 2. A.J. Styles (168) 1,513 3. Jack Evans (89) 1,217 4. KENTA (39) 790 5. Rey Mysterio (89) 677 6. Matt Sydal (37) 600 7. Naomichi Marufuji (64) 495 8. Dragon Kid (25) 486 9. Volador Jr. (22) 365 10. Ricky Marvin (41) 312 HONORABLE MENTION: Yoshitsune 289, Paul London 207, Pac 138, Cima 115, Laredo Kid 111, Mark Briscoe 105, Mascarita Sagrada 92, Jimmy Wang Yang 80, Sonjay Dutt 70 MOST OVERRATED 1. Batista (179) 1,422 2. Jeff Jarrett (145) 1,294 3. HHH (65) 770 4. Carlito (67) 547 5. Shawn Michaels (29) 354 6. Randy Orton (46) 335 7. Vince McMahon (40) 279 8. Great Khali (38) 273 9. Sting (15) 255 10. Big Show (14) 190 HONORABLE MENTION: Bobby Lashley 160, Kurt Angle 158, Chris Masters 145, Rob Van Dam 127, Test 125, King Booker 116, John Cena 108, Mr. Kennedy 94, Groon XXX 92, MVP 90, Mitsuharu Misawa 89, Mark Henry 83, Abyss 77, Universo 2000 72 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Shelton Benjamin (203) 1,510 2. William Regal (168) 1,139 3. Matt Hardy (70) 717 4. Jamie Noble (30) 581 5. Alex Shelley (7) 308 6. Suwa 165 7. Super Crazy (1) 147 8. Paul London 128 9. Takashi Sugiura 126 10. Senshi (5) 120 10. Colt Cabana (11) 120 HONORABLE MENTION: Jay Lethal 119, Charlie Haas 115, C.M. Punk 104, Carlito 99, Ron Killings 96 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Ultimate Fighting Championship (743) 4,164 2. Ring of Honor (124) 1,856 3. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (55) 1,578 4. Pro Wrestling NOAH (65) 1,468 5. World Wrestling Entertainment (20) 510 6. Pride Fighting Championships (4) 386 7. AAA (5) 238 8. Total Nonstop Action (2) 172 9. Hero's 110 10. New Japan Pro Wrestling 58 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. Ultimate Fighter (581) 3,345 2. CMLL (49) 1,496 3. WWE Smackdown (115) 1,337 4. Pro Wrestling NOAH (67) 895 5. TNA Impact (29) 824 6. WWE Raw (47) 694 7. AAA (3) 218 8. ECW (16) 215 9. UFC Unleashed (18) 136 10. Dragon Gate (4) 121 HONORABLE MENTION: IFL 85 WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi Vs. Cima & Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino 3/31 Chicago (305) 1,994 2. KENTA vs. Naomichi Marufuji 10/29 Tokyo Budokan (263) 1,968 3. Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA 9/16 New York (185) 1,805 4. Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuiness 8/12 Liverpool (51) 928 5. Samoa Joe vs. A.J. Styles 12/11/05 Orlando (53) 572 6. KENTA vs. Low Ki 12/17/05 Edison, NJ (39) 439 7. Chris Benoit vs. Fit Finlay 5/21 Phoenix (34) 381 8. Samoa Joe & B.J. Whitmer & Bryan Danielson & Ace Steel & Adam Pearce & Homicide vs. Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero & Nate Webb & Necro Butcher & Eddie Kingston Cage of Death 7/15 Philadelphia (27) 313 9. Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima vs. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji 7/6 Tokyo Budokan Hall (20) 307 10. Kurt Angle vs. The Undertaker 2/19 Baltimore (21) 200 HONORABLE MENTION: Chris Hero & Super Dragon & Necro Butcher vs. Samoa Joe & Adam Pearce & B.J. Whitmer 4/22 Philadelphia 173, Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura 3/5 Tokyo Budokan Hall 155, Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe 11/19 Orlando 138, Averno & Mephisto vs. El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas 12/16/05 Arena Mexico, Edge vs. John Cena 9/17 Toronto 114, Edge vs. Mick Foley 4/2 Chicago 113, Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong 3/31 Chicago Ridge 95, Samoa Joe vs. A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels 78 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Atsushi Aoki (406) 2,655 2. Cody Runnels (101) 1,159 3. Shuhei Taniguchi (41) 1,062 4. Ippei Ota (22) 868 5. Daniel Rodimer (16) 564 6. Kristal Marshall (20) 362 7. Mitsuhide Hirasawa (14) 152 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. Jim Cornette (296) 2,101 2. Konnan (178) 1,414 3. Jim Mitchell (46) 688 4. Armando Alejandro Estrada (65) 663 5. Paul Heyman (57) 574 6. Sharmell (8) 376 7. Vince McMahon (35) 298 8. Prince Nana (15) 295 9. Kevin Nash (19) 211 10. Kevin Federline 188 HONORABLE MENTION: Melina 133, JBL 96, Lita 80, Julius Smokes 75 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Jim Ross (257) 1,998 2. JBL (152) 1,580 3. Mauro Ranallo (158) 1,347 4. Mike Tenay (133) 1,128 5. Joe Rogan (66) 776 6. Mike Goldberg (61) 684 7. Joey Styles (10) 399 8. Dr. Alfonso Morales (49) 314 9. Bas Rutten (12) 207 10. Tazz (1) 147 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Todd Grisham (223) 1,877 2. Michael Cole (165) 1,504 3. Jonathan Coachman (172) 1,465 4. Don West (62) 840 5. Jerry Lawler (38) 534 6. Mike Tenay (32) 236 7. Rebecca DiPietro (15) 234 8. Joey Styles 172 9. Frank Trigg (21) 157 10. Jbl (7) 144 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. Roh 9/16 Glory By Honor V New York Manhattan Center (204) 1,504 2. Pride Final Conflict 9/10 Saitama (179) 1,468 3. ROH 3/31 Supercard of Honor Chicago Ridge (122) 958 4. NOAH 3/5 Tokyo Budokan Hall (124) 935 5. WWE Wrestlemania 4/2 Chicago (77) 798 6. ROH 4/1 Better than our Best Chicago Ridge (49) 506 7. ROH 8/12 Unified Liverpool (29) 466 8. UFC 65 11/18 Sacramento (27) 409 9. Hero's 8/5 Yokohama Arena (30) 298 10. WWE ECW One Night Stand 6/13 New York (31) 287 HONORABLE MENTION: Pride Real Deal 10/21 Las Vegas 281, WWE Unforgiven 9/17 Toronto 268, WWE Judgment Day 5/21 Phoenix 183, ROH Death Before Dishonor IV 7/15 Philadelphia 162, TNA Bound for Glory 10/22 Plymouth, MI 156, UFC 59 4/15 Anaheim 130, Pride Otoko Matsuri 12/31/05 Saitama 118, UFC 60 5/27 Los Angeles 105, Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/23 Tokyo Budokan Hall 90, WWE No Mercy 10/8 Raleigh 88, ROH 4/22 Philadelphia 100th show 80, WWE SummerSlam 8/20 Boston 70 WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. Ufc 61 7/8 Las Vegas 155 2. WWE Cyber Sunday 11/5 Cincinnati 107 3. WWE Royal Rumble 1/29 Miami 92 4. WWE Great American Bash 7/23 Indianapolis 76 5. WWE Backlash 4/30 Lexington 60 6. TNA Genesis 11/19 Orlando 31 7. TNA Victory Road 7/16 Orlando 25 8. TNA Bound for Glory 10/22 Plymouth, MI 23 9. TNA Hard Justice 8/13 Orlando 22 10. WWE Survivor Series 11/26 Philadelphia 18 HONORABLE MENTION: WWE New Year's Revolution 1/8 Albany, NY 17, ECW One Night Stand 6/13 New York 16 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE Exploiting The Death Of Eddy Guerrero 682 2. IWA having Savio Vega stab Invader in the chest 37 3. Vince McMahon feuding with God 24 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE Raw 245 2. WWE Ecw 173 3. TNA Impact 143 4. AAA 141 5. WWE Smackdown 55 6. Ultimate Fighter 37 7. Ohio Valley Wrestling 19 8. WWE Heat 12 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Tna Reverse Battle Royal 10/24 Orlando 103 2. Kane vs. Imposter Kane 6/25 Charlotte 82 3. Undertaker vs. Big Show 7/23 Indianapolis 79 4. Tim Sylvia vs. Jeff Monson 11/18 Sacramento 56 5. Batista vs. Big Show 8/1 New York 44 6. Kurt Angle vs. Mark Henry 1/29 Miami 37 7. Shelton Benjamin vs. Viscera 1/8 Albany, NY 36 8. Undertaker vs. Great Khali 5/21 Phoenix 30 9. Tim Sylvia vs. Andre Arlovski 7/8 Las Vegas 26 10. JBL vs. Boogeyman 1/29 Miami 22 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Dx Vs. Mcmahons 221 2. DX vs. Spirit Squad 90 3. Kane vs. Imposter Kane 82 4. Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero 67 5. Undertaker vs. Great Khali 55 6. Vince McMahon vs. God 47 7. Batista vs. King Booker 41 8. Kevin Nash vs. Chris Sabin 29 9. Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett 26 10. VKM vs. DX 22 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. World Wrestling Entertainment 244 2. New Japan Pro Wrestling 225 3. Total Nonstop Action 205 4. Hustle 95 5. World Fighting Alliance 51 6. Ohio Valley Wrestling 47 7. AAA 26 8. Combat Zone Wrestling 21 9. 1PW 19 10. IWA Puerto Rico 18 BEST GIMMICK 1. Latin American Exchange 184 2. King Booker 127 3. Delirious 68 4. C.M. Punk 39 5. Edge 29 6. Mr. Kennedy 27 7. Umaga 25 8. Eric Young 20 9. Larry Sweeney 17 9. Jimmy Wang Yang 17 WORST GIMMICK 1. Vito 131 2. VKM 86 3. Imposter Kane 79 4. Big Dick Johnson 65 5. DX 51 6. X Division Jackass gimmick 38 7. King Booker 25 8. The Miz 22 9. Abyss 16 10. Spirit Squad 14 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. Tangled Ropes By Superstar Billy Graham/Keith Greenberg) 154 2. The Cowboy and The Cross by Cowboy Bill Watts/Scott Williams 109 3. Cheating Death, Stealing Life by Eddie Guerrero/Michael Krugman 85 4. Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW by Scott Williams 65 5. Controversy Creates Cash by Eric Bischoff/Jeremy Roberts 29 6. Wrestling's Sinking Ship by Ian Hamilton 24 7. Luchadores by Lourdes Gobet 22 8. Rise and Fall of ECW by Thomas Loverro 14 BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. The Bret Hart Story 299 2. Heroes of World Class: The Von Erichs 297 3. Loose Cannon The Brian Pillman Story 139 4. American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story 22 5. Wrestling's Greatest Managers 12 6. 20 Years Too Soon: The Superstar Billy Graham Story 11 7. History of the WWE Championship 10 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Go 2 Sleep (KENTA) (213) 2. Candian Destroyer (Petey Williams) (116) 3. Gringo Killa (Homicide) (89) PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Dana White (834) 2. Paco Alonso (77) 3. Cary Silkin (23) SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Diego Sanchez vs Karo Parisyan - 8/17, Las Vegas (1,677) 2. Matt Hughes vs BJ Penn - 9/23, Anaheim (1,492) 3. Josh Barnett vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - 9/10, Saitama (1,367) SHOOTFIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. Mirko Cro Cop (3,039) 2. Georges St Pierre (1,676) 3. Chuck Liddel (1,306) BEST BOOKER 1. Gabe Sapolsky (588) 2. Juan Manuel Mar (119) 3. Joe Silva (98) 2005CATEGORY A AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS THE LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. Kenta Kobashi (455) 3,245 2. Samoa Joe (142) 1,399 3. Perro Aguayo Jr. (49) 875 4. Mistico (62) 795 5. Eddie Guerrero (59) 670 6. Kid Yamamoto (31) 638 7. Satoshi Kojima (69) 536 8. Shawn Michaels (45) 494 9. Chuck Liddell (33) 438 10. A.J. Styles (8) 339 Honorable Mention: Takanori Gomi 310, HHH 294, Kurt Angle 222, Kensuke Sasaki 168, Batista 143, Fedor Emeilaneko 125, Mirko Cro Cop 121, Dr. Wagner Jr. 109 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Samoa Joe (376) 2,535 2. Kenta Kobashi (168) 1,592 3. A.J. Styles (64) 923 4. KENTA (61) 623 5. Chris Benoit (55) 607 6. Shawn Michaels (33) 566 7. Perro Aguayo Jr. (18) 448 8. Kurt Angle (34) 381 9. Bryan Danielson (7) 375 10. Eddie Guerrero (10) 257 Honorable Mention: Christopher Daniels 227, Satoshi Kojima 149, Jamie Noble 104, Kensuke Sasaki 86 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. Kenta Kobashi (244) 1,879 2. Mistico (106) 1,303 3. Masato (182) 1,270 4. Kid Yamamoto (89) 1,117 5. Perro Aguayo Jr. (52) 790 6. John Cena (64) 653 7. Chuck Liddell (66) 583 8. Batista (37) 432 9. Dr. Wagner Jr. (16) 377 10. Triple H (39) 356 Honorable Mention: Hidehiko Yoshida 291, Eddie Guerrero 228, Latin Lover 223, Kensuke Sasaki 218, Bob Sapp 210, Takanori Gomi 110, Mirko Cro Cop 87 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Triple H vs. Batista (215) 1,709 2. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (123) 1,408 3. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels (95) 881 4. A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels (82) 776 5. Edge vs. Matt Hardy (27) 405 6. Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels (17) 327 7. Styles vs. Daniels vs. Samoa Joe (39) 323 8. Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki (49) 314 9. Chris Leben vs. Josh Koscheck (34) 229 10. Perros Del Mal vs. Los Capos (29) 224 Honorable Mention: Bryan Danielson vs. Homicide 196, Matt Cappotelli vs. Johnny Jeter 194, CM Punk vs ROH 166, Fedor Emeilaneko vs. Mirko Cro Cop 158, CM Punk vs Jimmy Rave 126, Mistico vs Ultimo Guerrero 125, KENTA vs SUWA 83 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. America’s Most Wanted (296) 2,165 2. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (182) 1,379 3. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (75) 1,136 4. MNM (44) 860 5. Naomichi Marufuji & Minoru Suzuki (72) 734 6. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita (59) 503 7. Team 3-D (10) 332 8. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima (15) 314 9. Jack Evans & Roderick Strong (25) 256 10. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura (3) 194 Honorable Mention: Averno & Mephisto 182, Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens 143, Eric Young & Bobby Roode 102, Gedo & Jado 74 MOST IMPROVED 1. Roderick Strong (136) 934 2. Batista (95) 707 3. Katsuhiko Nakajima (89) 634 4. Go Shiosaki (49) 399 5. Jimmy Rave (27) 304 6. Colt Cabana (50) 293 7. James Gibson (29) 284 8. Alex Shelley (25) 253 9. Austin Aries (33) 247 10. Carlito (11) 246 Honorable Mention: Johnny Nitro 242, JBL 239, Chris Sabin 164, Ken Doane 160, Sonjay Dutt 144, Rhino 129, Chris Masters 119, Abyss 117, Matt Cappotelli 114, Carlitos (IWA) 104, Bobby Roode 100, Perro Aguayo Jr. 91, Christy Hemme 86 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. EDDIE GUERRERO (275) 1,799 2. CM Punk (82) 830 3. Christian Cage (72) 789 4. JBL (56) 582 5. Chris Jericho (55) 553 6. Shawn Michaels (20) 533 7. Ric Flair (45) 509 8. Kurt Angle (65) 483 9. John Cena (17) 319 10. Perro Aguayo Jr. (47) 275 Honorable Mention: Jim Mitchell 221, Edge 169, Raven 104, Paul Heyman 98, Mick Foley 95 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Eddie Guerrero (383) 2,382 2. John Cena (141) 1,372 3. Kenta Kobashi (62) 650 4. Perro Aguayo Jr. (33) 433 5. Shawn Michaels (24) 429 6. Christian Cage (18) 382 7. Kid Yamamoto (32) 342 8. Hulk Hogan (40) 317 9. Dr. Wagner Jr. (2) 282 10. Ric Flair (8) 265 Honorable Mention: Masato 251, Batista 206, Chris Jericho 159, Mistico 106, CM Punk 128, Choi Hong-Man 125, Forrest Griffin 121, Kurt Angle 99 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Bryan Danielson (321) 2,240 2. Chris Benoit (197) 2,074 3. Kurt Angle (116) 1,242 4. James Gibson (22) 424 5. Kenta Kobashi (37) 306 6. Samoa Joe (19) 304 7. Christopher Daniels (27) 238 8. KENTA (40) 219 9. Eddie Guerrero (3) 149 10. Doug Williams (8) 133 Honorable Mention: Nigel McGuinness 106, Shawn Michaels 81 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Samoa Joe (427) 2,627 2. Chris Benoit (51) 820 3. Abyss (38) 715 4. Homicide (36) 645 5. Necro Butcher (74) 602 6. Triple H (26) 407 7. Kensuke Sasaki (13) 322 8. JBL (14) 303 9. Perro Aguayo Jr. (48) 280 10. Kenta Kobashi (26) 273 Honorable Mention: Raven 227, Genichiro Tenryu 215, Toshiaki Kawada 186, Sabu 163, Rhino 90 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. A.J. Styles (385) 2,559 2. Mistico (310) 2,420 3. Jack Evans (74) 1,102 4. Rey Mysterio (56) 1,078 5. Ricky Marvin (28) 402 6. KENTA (32) 310 7. Sonjay Dutt (1) 205 8. Christopher Daniels (10) 178 9. Chris Sabin (5) 137 10. Naomichi Marufuji (19) 123 Honorable Mention: Petey Williams 90 MOST OVERRATED 1. Jeff Jarrett (322) 2,128 2. Triple H (59) 822 3. Chris Masters (105) 816 4. John Cena (73) 771 5. JBL (59) 602 6. Undertaker (39) 499 7. Randy Orton (22) 300 8. Takeshi Rikio (12) 254 9. John Heidenreich (19) 183 10. Carlito (18) 165 Honorable Mention: Batista 115, Jeff Hardy 99, Road Warrior Animal 98 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Shelton Benjamin (239) 1,656 2. Christian (Cage) (128) 1,101 3. Paul London (77) 990 4. Matt Hardy (25) 460 5. Chris Sabin (39) 248 6. William Regal (26) 196 7. CM Punk (26) 153 8. Chris Jericho (13) 142 9. Eric Young (22) 139 10. Brian Kendrick (1) 135 Honorable Mention: Chris Benoit 109, Val Venis 88, Alex Shelley 87 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Pro Wrestling NOAH (197) 2,337 2. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (263) 2,069 3. Ultimate Fighting Championships (195) 1,742 4. Ring of Honor (128) 1,611 5. Pride Fighting Championships (88) 1,181 6. Total Nonstop Action (67) 892 7. Hero's (25) 485 8. World Wrestling Entertainment (38) 346 9. Ohio Valley Wrestling 129 10. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla 81 BEST WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW 1. UFC – The Ultimate Fighter (258) 2,207 2. CMLL (203) 1,752 3. TNA Impact (160) 1,686 4. Pro Wrestling NOAH (121) 1,472 5. Ohio Valley Wrestling (61) 1,153 6. WWE Monay Night Raw (100) 1,103 7. WWE Smackdown (12) 338 8. WWE Velocity (16) 155 9. Memphis Championship Wrestling 55 10. New Japan Pro Wrestling 53 SHOOTFIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. Fedor Emelianenko (349) 2,709 2. Chuck Liddell (156) 1,748 3. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (165) 1,510 4. Takanori Gomi (120) 920 5. Matt Hughes (35) 581 6. Kid Yamamoto (29) 464 7. Rich Franklin (33) 378 8. Mirko Cro Cop (10) 274 9. Wanderlei Silva (19) 249 10. Andre Arlovsky (5) 175 Honorable Mention: George St. Pierre 151, Forrest Griffin 109 WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe 10/1 New York (263) 1,968 2. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels 4/3 Los Angeles (176) 1,580 3. Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki 7/18 Tokyo Dome (177) 1,574 4. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels vs. A.J. Styles 9/11 Orlando (94) 1,195 5. Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiosaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima 11/5 Budokan Hall (62) 514 6. AMW vs. XXX 2/5-04 Orlando (25) 443 7. Satoshi Kojima vs. Toshiaki Kawada 2/16 Tokyo Gym (13) 371 8. Mistico vs. Ultimo Guerrero 2/15 Arena Mexico (12) 161 9. A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels 2/13 Orlando (12) 148
10. KENTA vs. SUWA 9/18 Budokan Hall (4) 145 Honorable Mention: Mistico vs. Perro Aguayo Jr. 5/13 Arena Mexico 139, KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura 6/5 Sapporo 125, Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiozaki vs. Jun Akiyama & Doug Williams 11/12 Coventry, England 109, KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita 5/8 Tokyo Differ Ariake, KENTA vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru 7/18 Tokyo Dome 105, Austin Aries vs Samoa Joe 12/26/04 Philadelphia 103 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar 4/9 Las Vegas (431) 2,484 2. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mirko Cro Cop 8/28 Saitama Super Arena (80) 890 3. Takanori Gomi vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri 9/25 Tokyo Ariake Coliseum (56) 602 4. Wanderlei Silva vs. Mark Hunt 12/31/04 Saitama Super Arena (7) 529 5. Frank Trigg vs. Matt Hughes 4/16 Las Vegas (41) 503 6. Diego Sanchez vs. Nick Diaz 11/5 Las Vegas (4) 497 7. Joe Stevenson vs. Luke Cummo 11/5 Las Vegas (23) 467 8. Takanori Gomi vs. Luiz Azeredo 9/25 Tokyo Ariake Coliseum (22) 458 9. Joachim Hansen vs. Kaoru Uno 3/26 Saitama Super Arena (24) 443 10. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 6/26 Saitama Super Arena (13) 230 Honorable Mention: Chuck Liddell vs. Randy Couture 4/16 Las Vegas 120 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Shingo Takagi (197) 1,445 2. Kohei Suwama (110) 1,022 3. Christy Hemme (94) 968 4. Daniel Puder (71) 881 5. Bobby Lashley (75) 866 6. Choi Hong-man (117) 745 7. Davey Andrews (46) 613 8. Akebono (19) 279 9. Mike Mizanin (22) 213 10. Boogeyman 185 Honorable Mention: Carlitos 170 BEST NON-WRESTLING PERFORMER 1. Eric Bischoff (155) 1,447 2. Jim Mitchell (142) 1,144 3. Prince Nana (148) 976 4. Jim Cornette (60) 776 5. Paul Heyman (79) 586 6. Scott D'Amore (30) 566 7. Teddy Long (16) 298 8. Melina (16) 257 9. Julius Smokes (1) 244 10. Vince McMahon (4) 223 Honorable Mention: Dominick Gutierrez (Mysterio) 221, Mick Foley 219, Daivari 207, Maria 192, Dana White 180, Sharmell 147, Kenny Bolin 135 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Mike Tenay (294) 2,294 2. Jim Ross (247) 1,834 3. Joey Styles (85) 1,048 4. Bas Rutten (68) 867 5. Tazz (50) 669 6. Mike Goldberg (19) 606 7. Joe Rogan (17) 502 8. Mauro Ranallo (39) 273 9. Dave Prazak (7) 260 10. Don West 122 Honorable Mention: Josh Matthews 117 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Jonathan Coachman (506) 2,957 2. Todd Grisham (107) 1,517 3. Michael Cole (39) 674 4. Jerry Lawler (1) 359 5. Jimmy Bower (35) 328 6. Al Snow (12) 273 7. Don West (14) 237 8. Mike Tenay (8) 92 9. Tommy Dreamer (11) 82 10. Joe Rogan (9) 81 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. Pro Wrestling NOAH DESTINY 7/18 Tokyo (341) 2,236 2. ECW One Night Stand 6/12 New York (158) 1,426 3. WWE WrestleMania 21 4/3 Los Angeles (142) 1,270 4. Pride Bushido: The Tournament 9/25 Tokyo (132) 963 5. Ultimate Fighter 2 finals 11/5 Las Vegas (62) 821 6. WWE Vengeance 6/26 Las Vegas (26) 327 7. Ring of Honor 5/7 Manhattan (28) 277 8. TNA Unbreakable 9/11 Orlando (9) 268 9. TNA Turning Point 12/5/04 Orlando (2) 216 10. Pride Final Elimination 8/28 Saitama (4) 175 Honorable Mention: TNA Sacrifice 8/14 Orlando 118, Pro Wrestling NOAH 11/5 Budokan Hall 110, Ultimate Fighter Season One Finals 4/9 Las Vegas 90 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR BIG SHOW OF THE YEAR 1. WWE Great American Bash 7/24 Buffalo 367 2. New Japan 1/04 Tokyo Dome 98 3. WWE No Mercy 10/9 Houston 65 4. WWE Taboo Tuesday 11/1 San Diego 40 5. WWE No Way Out 2/20 Pittsburgh 39 6. New Japan 10/8 Tokyo Dome 32 6. WWE Armageddon 12/12/04 Atlanta 32 8. AAA TripleMania 5/15 Guadalajara 19 9. UFC 55 10/7 Uncasville 15 10. WWE New Year's Revolution 1/9 San Juan 8 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Petey Williams Canadian Destroyer 234 2. Samoa Joe Muscle Buster 161 3. KENTA Go 2 Sleep 134 4. Kenta Kobashi Burning Hammer 62 5. Elix Skipper Cage Walk Huracanrana 46 6. Mistico Tope Armdrag 40 7. Mistico Tornillo Armbar 29 7. Bryan Danielson Cattle Mutilation 29 9. Samoa Joe Ole Ole Kick 19 10. Doug Williams Chaos Theory 18 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE Terrorists Angle Day of Bombing 324 2. WWE using Guerrero's death in angles 310 3. WWE humiliating Jim Ross with no business reason 107 4. WWE Firing Matt Hardy 16 5. WWE Firing Dawn Marie while pregnant 8 WORST TELEVISON SHOW 1. WWE Smackdown 419 2. WWE Raw 149 3. AAA 109 4. WWE Heat 52 5. New Japan World Pro Wrestling 34 6. TNA Impact 22 7. WWE Experience 8 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Eric Bischoff vs. Teddy Long 11/27 Detroit 246 2. Torrie Wilson vs. Ashley 9/5 Nashville 82 3. Batista vs. Jonathan Coachman 11/1 San Diego 40 4. JBL vs. Batista 7/24 Buffalo 38 5. Ultimate Royal 1/04 Tokyo Dome 37 6. HHH vs. Jim Ross 4/18 Madison Square Garden 31 7. Kevin Jordan vs. Gabriel Gonzaga 11/19 Las Vegas 28 8. Undertaker vs. Muhammad Hassan 7/24 Buffalo 26 9. Monty Brown vs. Trytan 3/5 Orlando 21 10. Big Show vs. Akebono 4/3 Los Angeles 19 Honorable Mention: John Cena vs. JBL 4/3 Los Angeles 16, Booker T vs. John Heidenreich 2/20 Pittsburgh 16, Dustin Rhodes vs. Bobby Roode 4/24 Orlando 15 WORST FEUD 1. McMahon Family vs. Jim Ross 142 2. Undertaker vs. Muhammad Hassan 80 3. Kurt Angle vs. Booker T 52 4. Edge vs. Matt Hardy 50 5. LOD vs. MNM 48 6. Raw vs. Smackdown 38 7. Batista vs. JBL 36 8. Kane vs. Gene Snitsky 32 9. Undertaker vs. Randy Orton 30 10. Chris Benoit vs. Orlando Jordan 29 Honorable Mention: JBL vs. John Cena 22, Raven vs. Larry Zbyszko 19, Big Show vs Snitsky 18, Shelton Benjamin vs Kerwin White 16 WORST PROMOTION 1. New Japan Pro Wrestling 309 2. World Wrestling Entertainment 267 3. Hustle 120 4. AAA 85 5. All Japan Pro Wrestling 79 6. Combat Zone Wrestling 35 7. Wrestle-One 19 8. World Wrestling Council 17 9. IWA Puerto Rico 12 10. King of the Cage 10 BEST BOOKER 1. Gabe Sapolsky 313 2. Paul Heyman 220 3. Mitsuharu Misawa 173 4. Juan Manuel Mar 123 5. Joe Silva 83 6. Jim Cornette 55 7. Scott D'Amore 39 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Dana White 365 2. Paco Alonso 244 3. Mitsuharu Misawa 156 4. Nobuyuki Sakakibara 88 5. Cary Silkin 62 6. Sadaharu Tanigawa 53 7. Vince McMahon 34 8. Dixie Carter 27 9. Antonio Pena 20 BEST GIMMICK 1. Mr. Kennedy 121 2. Boogeyman 111 3. Razor Ramon HG 68 4. MNM 58 5. Samoa Joe 45 6. Heartbreakers 36 7. Carlito 31 8. JBL 28 9. L.A. Park 27 10. Captain Charisma 25 Honorable Mention: Abyss 22, Milano Collection AT 20, Mistico 19, Delirious 18, CM Punk 18, John Cena 17 WORST GIMMICK 1. Jillian Hall 202 2. Boogeyman 162 3. Kerwin White 142 4. Muhammad Hassan 79 5. New Legion of Doom 19 6. Eugene 15 7. John Cena 12 BEST WRESTLING BOOK 1. The Death of WCW (Bryan Alvarez/RD Reynolds) 245 2. More Than Just Hardcore (Terry Funk/Scott Williams) 211 3. Wrestling At The Chase (Larry Matysik) 76 4. Walking A Golden Mile (William Regal/Neil Chandler) 53 5. Wrestlers Are Like Seagulls (J.J. Dillion/Scott Teal) 47 6. Pride and Passion (Heath McCoy) 39 7. Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Tag Teams (Oliver/Johnson) 27 8. Adam Copeland on Edge 12 BEST WRESTLING DVD (PERSONALITY & DOCUMENTARY) 1. The Rise & Fall of ECW 394 2. Forever Hardcore 46 3. Life and Death of the Road Warriors 42 4. Greatest Stars of the 80s 31 5. TNA Best of the X Division 19 6. Jake Roberts Pick Your Poison 12 7. Tombstone: History of the Undertaker 11 8. Best of St. Louis: Sam Muchnick retirement 9 2004CATEGORY A AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS THE LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. Kenta Kobashi (445) 3,209 2. Chris Benoit (242) 2,045 3. Samoa Joe (83) 1223 4. Eddie Guerrero (32) 572 5. Kensuke Sasaki (25) 409 6. Wanderlei Silva (17) 299 7. HHH 190 8. Mitsuharu Misawa 97 9. Chuck Liddell (15) 93 10. Shawn Michaels 92 Honorable Mention: Toshiaki Kawada 89, Hiroyoshi Tenzan 86 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Chris Benoit (449) 2771 2. Kenta Kobashi (221) 1922 3. Bryan Danielson (52) 617 4. Eddie Guerrero (20) 560 5. Samoa Joe (32) 482 6. Shawn Michaels (2) 314 7. A.J. Styles (7) 263 8. KENTA (1) 194 9. C.M. Punk (8) 167 10. Kurt Angle 105 Honorable Mention: Satoshi Kojima 61 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. Kenta Kobashi (297) 2251 2. Bob Sapp (227) 1829 3. Naoya Ogawa (110) 986 4. Eddie Guerrero (51) 708 5. Wanderlei Silva (52) 575 6. Akebono (70) 521 7. Masato (35) 271 8. El Hijo del Santo (19) 255 9. Mirko Cro Cop (14) 251 10. Randy Couture (12) 179 Honorable Mention: Mitsuharu Misawa 157, Mick Foley 149, HHH 145, Kazushi Sakuraba 142, Hidehiko Yoshida 124, Rock 79 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. HHH vs. Michaels vs. Benoit (173) 1642 2. Randy Orton vs. Mick Foley (209) 1606 3. Samoa Joe vs. C.M. Punk (138) 1242 4. Samoa Joe vs. Homicide (43) 439 5. Chris Jericho vs. Christian/Stratus (24) 319 6. AMW vs. XXX (8) 287 7. Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero 224 8. Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell (5) 215 9. C.M. Punk vs. Ricky Steamboat (16) 172 10. Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson (2) 126 Honorable Mention: Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL 87, A.J. Styles vs. Kid Kash 80, HHH vs. Randy Orton 65, Trish Stratus vs. Lita 62 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (514) 2893 2. Chris Harris & James Storm (80) 1,112 3. Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero (79) 845 4. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (25) 677 5. Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper (22) 478 6. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (19) 397 7. C.M. Punk & Colt Cabana (25) 268 8. Rob Van Dam & Rey Mysterio (26) 239 9. Mark & Jay Briscoe (20) 191 10. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama (8) 146 Honorable Mention: Dudleys 104, Gedo & Jado 98, Billy Kidman & Paul London 70, Chris Benoit & Edge 69, Ric Flair & Batista 62 MOST IMPROVED 1. Randy Orton (175) 1497 2. Batista (182) 1,277 3. Shelton Benjamin (70) 830 4. Hiroshi Tanahashi (68) 812 5. Samoa Joe (35) 419 6. JBL (29) 371 7. Shinsuke Nakamura (25) 254 8. Austin Aries (21) 213 9. Monty Brown (7) 194 10. Johnny Nitro (4) 175 Honorable Mention: C.M. Punk 158, Trish Stratus 155, Katsuyori Shibata 145, Kensuke Sasaki 144, Katsuhiko Nakajima 122, Naomichi Marufuji 119, Ricky Marvin 61 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. MICK FOLEY (260) 1895 2. Ric Flair (102) 903 3. Chris Jericho (71) 687 4. JBL (85) 656 5. C.M. Punk (43) 619 6. Quinton Jackson (74) 499 7. Paul Heyman (16) 321 8. Eddie Guerrero (22) 251 9. John Cena (21) 238 10. Jim Cornette (19) 235 Honorable Mention: Kurt Angle 182, Christian 118, Rock 116, HHH 114, Raven 85, Edge 79, Scott D’Amore 62 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Eddie Guerrero (146) 1073 2. John Cena (116) 921 3. Rock (153) 897 4. Ric Flair (73) 766 5. Chris Jericho (34) 510 6. Shawn Michaels (59) 488 7. Bob Sapp (22) 341 8. Kenta Kobashi (36) 338 9. Naoya Ogawa (29) 247 10. Randy Orton (1) 244 Honorable Mention: C.M. Punk 171, Shocker 149, Perro Aguayo Jr. 145, Mirko Cro Cop 143, Monty Brown 129, Hector Garza 127, Carlito Carribean Cool 118, Quinton Jackson 92, Mick Foley 82, Colt Cabana 62 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Chris Benoit (407) 2541 2. Bryan Danielson (253) 1838 3. Kurt Angle (10) 501 4. Kenta Kobashi (52) 399 5. Eddie Guerrero (2) 359 6. Doug Williams (9) 314 7. Yuji Nagata (2) 277 8. Chris Hero (1) 181 9. Nigel McGuiness (1) 146 10. Osamu Nishimura (3) 110 Honorable Mention: Minoru Suzuki 86 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Chris Benoit (193) 1444 2. Samoa Joe (128) 1055 3. Yoshihiro Takayama (50) 626 4. Raven (68) 522 5. Kensuke Sasaki (47) 362 6. JBL (29) 326 7. Homicide (44) 319 8. HHH (23) 287 9. Abyss (21) 196 10. Toshiaki Kawada (11) 168 Honorable Mention: C.M. Punk 167, Mick Foley 116, Batista 113, Eddie Guerrero 89, Kazunari Murakami 87, Randy Orton 84, Shawn Michaels 71 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Rey Mysterio (179) 1463 2. A.J. Styles (154) 1319 3. Jack Evans (185) 1201 4. Naomichi Marufuji (78) 813 5. Paul London (40) 649 6. Ricky Marvin (35) 538 7. Mistico (76) 506 8. KENTA (12) 290 9. Sonjay Dutt (13) 173 10. Petey Williams (7) 146 Honorable Mention: Chris Sabin 130, Dragon Kid 127, Juventud Guerrera 92, Tiger Mask 73 MOST OVERRATED 1. Hhh (224) 1767 2. Jeff Jarrett (111) 1546 3. JBL (199) 1405 4. Undertaker (47) 617 5. John Cena (10) 262 6. Randy Orton (21) 230 7. John Heidenreich (20) 226 8. Gene Snitsky (13) 217 9. Mark Jindrak (2) 111 10. Big Show (6) 108 Honorable Mention: Kevin Nash 74, Naoya Ogawa 72 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Paul London (241) 1622 2. Chris Jericho (44) 721 3. Rob Van Dam (16) 330 4. Christian (28) 300 5. Matt Hardy (37) 259 6. Eddie Guerrero (23) 244 7. Rey Mysterio (25) 222 8. Doug Basham (38) 215 9. Christopher Daniels (28) 199 10. Akio (13) 181 Honorable Mention: Danny Basham 145, Bryan Danielson 139, Ultimo Dragon 137, Satoshi Kojima 125, A.J. Styles 112, Bobby Quance 92, Tajiri 90, Nunzio 88, Sonjay Dutt 83, Val Venis 69 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. Pro Wrestling NOAH (269) 2369 2. Ring of Honor (268) 2007 3. Pride Fighting Championships (247) 1905 4. World Wrestling Entertainment (10) 592 5. Ultimate Fighting Championships (22) 389 6. CMLL (32) 371 7. Ohio Valley Wrestling 357 8. TNA (9) 129 9. New Japan Pro Wrestling 73 10. IWA Mid South (1) 70 Honorable Mention: Dragon Gate 60 BEST WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE Raw (187) 2024 2. Pro Wrestling NOAH (229) 2013 3. Ohio Valley Wrestling (177) 1513 4. CMLL (95) 1007 5. TNA Impact (28) 514 6. WWE Smackdown (5) 329 7. WWE Velocity (3) 211 8. New Japan Pro Wrestling (2) 183 9. IWA Puerto Rico (6) 91 10. WWE Sunday Night Heat 64 SHOOTFIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. Wanderlei Silva (354) 2341 2. Fedor Emelianenko (115) 1431 3. B.J. Penn (146) 1212 4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (39) 808 5. Randy Couture (36) 689 6. Chuck Liddell (54) 599 7. Mirko Cro Cop (2) 252 8. Quinton Jackson 125 9. Takanori Gomi (1) 73 10. Yves Edwards 69 WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama 7/10 Tokyo Dome (362) 2270 2. HHH vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit 3/14 New York City Madison Square Garden (218) 1974 3. Samoa Joe vs. C.M. Punk 10/16 Chicago Ridge (163) 1681 4. Kenta Kobashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 4/25 Tokyo Budokan Hall(38) 410 5. Randy Orton vs. Mick Foley 4/18 Edmonton (28) 352 6. Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar 2/15, San Francisco Cow Palace(7) 209 7. Samoa Joe vs. C.M. Punk 6/12 Dayton (12) 140 8. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Yoshihiro Takyama 8/8 Osaka (1) 124 9. HHH vs. Shawn Michaels 12/30/03 San Antonio (4) 108 10. HHH vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit 4/18 Edmonton 94 Honorable Mention: KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa 4/25 Tokyo Budokan Hall, Kensuke Sasaki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 11/3 Tokyo Sumo Hall 70 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva 3886 2. Chuck Liddell vs. Vernon Tiger White 8/21 Las Vegas (14) 629 3. Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz 4/2 Las Vegas (30) 597 4. Mirko Cro Cop vs. Kevin Randleman 4/24 Saitama Super Arena (19) 341 5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Sergei Kharitonov 8/15 Saitama Super Arena (2) 308 6. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Kevin Randleman 6/20 Saitama Super Arena 287 7. Robbie Lawler vs. Nick Diaz 4/2 Las Vegas (1) 274 8. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 12/13/03 Saitama Super Arena (19) 253 9. Vitor Belfort vs. Randy Couture 8/21 Las Vegas (2) 170 10. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Hirotaka Yokoi 4/25 Saitama Super Arena (1) 160 Honorable Mention: Quinton Jackson vs. Ricardo Arona 6/20 Saitama Super Arena 142, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring 6/20 Saitama Super Arena 124, Yves Edwards vs. Josh Thompson 8/21 Las Vegas 89 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Petey Williams (431) 2495 2. Katsuhiko Nakajima (181) 1857 3. Ken Doane (11) 457 4. Chad Toland (6) 446 5. Austin Aries (31) 412 6. Go Shiozaki (10) 372 7. Taiji Ishimori (13) 286 8. Misterioso II (14) 219 9. Shingo Takagi 65 10. Akiya Anzawa (6) 60 BEST NON-WRESTLING PERFORMER 1. Paul Heyman (225) 1725 2. Eric Bischoff (101) 1098 3. Jim Cornette (88) 919 4. Scott D’Amore (70) 611 5. Teddy Long (42) 598 6. Ricky Steamboat (37) 442 7. Mick Foley (47) 305 8. Vince McMahon (11) 279 9. Julius Smokes (23) 241 10. Kenny Bolin (12) 152 Honorable Mention: Jonathan Coachman 139, Prince Nana 93 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Mike Tenay (302) 2219 2. Jim Ross (246) 2005 3. Tazz (75) 1287 4. Bas Rutten (68) 803 5. Jim Cornette (34) 615 6. Mark Nulty (18) 307 7. Mauro Ranallo (13) 215 8. C.M. Punk (19) 200 9. Mike Goldberg (9) 123 10. Jimmy Bauer 90 Honorable Mention: Josh Matthews 78 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Todd Grisham (364) 2098 2. Jonathan Coachman (118) 1393 3. Michael Cole (104) 955 4. Jerry Lawler (49) 890 5. Don West (27) 378 6. Jimmy Bauer (19) 161 7. Bill DeMott (6) 154 8. Josh Matthews (7) 141 9. Marc Lloyd (8) 134 10. Al Snow 72 Honorable Mention: Jim Ross 70, Ivory 60 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. NOAH 7/10 Tokyo Dome (333) 2337 2. WWE Wrestlemania XX 3/14 New York (291) 2134 3. WWE Backlash 4/18 Edmonton (12) 619 4. Pride Critical Countdown 6/20 Saitama (20) 521 5. UFC 47 It’s On 4/2 Las Vegas (66) 433 6. New Japan G-1 PPV 8/8 Osaka (19) 251 7. NOAH 4/25 Budokan Hall (15) 233 8. WWE Royal Rumble 1/25 Philadelphia (1) 169 9. Pride High Octane 10/31 Saitama 142 10. ROH At Our Best 3/13 Elizabeth (9) 136 Honorable Mention: Pride Total Elimination 4/25 Saitama 126, UFC Unfinished Business 8/21 Las Vegas 116, TNA Victory Road 11/7 Orlando 115, ROH Death Before Dishonor II 7/24 Chicago 93, New Japan IWGP tournament 2/15 Tokyo Sumo Hall 71 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES 1. WWE Great American Bash 7/27 Norfolk 447 2. WWE Taboo Tuesday 10/19 Milwaukee 62 3. WWE Judgment Day 5/16 Los Angeles 34 4. New Japan 5/3 Tokyo Dome 32 5. New Japan 10/19 Tokyo Sumo Hall 20 6. WWE Unforgiven 9/12 Portland 18 7. Hustle II 17 8. K-1 12/13/03 New Year’s Eve Show 15 8. WWE No Mercy 10/3 East Rutherford, NJ 15 10. WWE Armageddon 12/14/03 Orlando 10 Honorable Mention: WWE Bad Blood 6/13 Columbus, OH 9 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Petey Williams Canadian Destroyer 430 2. Chris Benoit crossface 65 3. Kenta Kobashi burning hammer 62 4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan anaconda vice 20 5. Randy Orton RKO 19 6. Jack Evans corkscrew 640 18 7. C.M. Punk Pepsi plunge 17 8. Billy Kidman shooting star press 14 9. Paul London drop sault 12 10. Monty Brown pounce 10 10. AMW death sentence 10 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. Kane/Lita Pregnancy/Wedding/Miscarriage 252 2. WWE RAW Diva Search 124 3. WWE exploiting 9/11 in Hassan angle 116 4. JBL goose stepping to WWE title 55 5. Cena/Carlito angle playing off Brody stabbing 34 6. HHH push all year 32 7. “Killing” of Paul Bearer 28 8. TNA using Lex Luger 10 8. ROH lying about Feinstein being out of the company 10 10. Vince McMahon media promo in Iraq 9 WORST TELEVISON SHOW 1. WWE Smackdown 359 2. WWE Sunday Night Heat 97 3. New Japan World Pro Wrestling 74 4. AAA 53 5. WWE Experience 51 6. TNA Impact 48 7. IWA Total Impact 37 8. WWE RAW 26 9. WWE Afterburn 16 10. TNA Xplosion 9 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Steven Richards vs. Tyson Tomko 9/12 Portland 370 2. Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Kensuke Sasaki 10/9 Tokyo Sumo Hall 215 3. Kenzo Suzuki vs. Billy Gunn 6/27 Norfolk 36 4. Undertaker vs. John Heidenreich 11/14 Cleveland 23 5. Carmella DeCesare vs. Christy Hemme 10/19 Milwaukee 20 6. Undertaker vs. JBL 8/15 Toronto 18 6. Brock Lesnar vs. Bill Goldberg 3/14 New York 18 8. Undertaker vs. Dudleys 6/27 Norfolk 16 9. Yutaka Yoshie vs. Jan Nortje 5/3 Tokyo Dome 15 10. Bob Holly vs. Mordecai 6/27 Norfolk 9 10. Chavo Guerrero vs. Jacqueline 5/16 9 WORST FEUD 1. Kane vs. Lita/Matt Hardy 114 2. Kane vs. Gene Snitsky 102 3. Undertaker vs. JBL 88 4. Undertaker vs. John Heidenreich & Paul Heyman 85 5. HHH vs. Randy Orton 49 6. HHH vs. Eugene 47 7. Jeff Jarrett vs. Jeff Hardy 44 8. Naoya Ogawa vs. Nobuhiko Takada 32 9. Erik Watts vs. Goldylocks 30 10. Dusty Rhodes vs. Vince Russo 23 Honorable Mention: Christy Hemme vs. Carmella DeCesare 11, Booker T vs. John Cena 10, JBL vs. Eddie Guerrero 9 WORST PROMOTION 1. New Japan Pro Wrestling 269 2. Hustle 182 3. TNA 173 4. World Wrestling Entertainment 107 5. Combat Zone Wrestling 61 6. All Japan 55 7. World Japan 31 8. AAA 21 9. Zero-One 19 10. All Japan Women 15 BEST BOOKER 1. Gabe Sapolsky 442 2. Jim Cornette 234 3. Mitsuharu Misawa 190 4. Joe Silva 20 5. Vince McMahon 11 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Nobuyuki Sakakibara 485 2. Mitsuharu Misawa 271 3. Cary Silkin/Gabe Sapolsky ROH 115 4. Vince McMahon 74 5. Sadaharu Tanigawa 39 6. Antonio Pena 22 7. Paco Alonso 19 8. Jim Cornette 12 9. Dana White 10 BEST GIMMICK 1. JBL 142 2. Carlito Caribbean Cool 122 3. Eugene 80 4. John Cena 45 5. C.M. Punk straight edge 44 6. MNM 38 7. Trish Stratus as heel 29 8. Evolution 20 9. Generation Next 18 Honorable Mention: Ebessan 16, Captain Charisma 15, Monty Brown 10, Gene Snitsky 9, G.M. Teddy Long 9 WORST GIMMICK 1. Mordecai 106 2. Gene Snitsky 100 3. Eugene 99 4. Simon Dean 62 5. Rico 37 6. Kings of Wrestling 34 7. Poet John Heidenreich 28 8. Empire Saint Pat Kenney 26 9. Muhammad Hassan & Daivari 25 10. Kenzo Suzuki 22 Honorable Mention: La Resistance 20, Steve Richards as a mystery woman, Rosey superhero 11 2003LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. KENTA KOBASHI (531) 3,388 2. Kurt Angle (196) 1,770 3. Randy Couture (92) 949 4. Brock Lesnar (69) 908 5. Wanderlei Silva (33) 501 6. Yuji Nagata (3) 360 7. Yoshihiro Takayama (14) 301 8. Eddy Guerrero (10) 205 9. Bob Sapp (13) 190 10. Mirko Cro Cop (21) 188 Honorable Mention: Chris Benoit 148, Chris Jericho 143, Jun Akiyama 133, Shawn Michaels 107, Hiroyoshi Tenzan 75, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 71 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. KURT ANGLE (261) 2,039 2. Kenta Kobashi (239) 1,590 3. Chris Benoit (109) 1,342 4. Eddy Guerrero (142) 1,268 5. Yuji Nagata (13) 565 6. Chris Jericho (29) 309 7. KENTA (21) 277 8. A. J. Styles (14) 261 9. Brock Lesnar (17) 219 10. Shawn Michaels (4) 206 Honorable Mention: Satoshi Kojima 169, Jun Akiyama 122, Paul London 98, Bryan Danielson 71 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. BOB SAPP (722) 4,169 2. Kenta Kobashi (100) 1,481 3. Mirko Cro Cop (65) 1,011 4. Kazushi Sakuraba (2) 813 5. Rock (68) 612 6. El Hijo del Santo (16) 214 7. Steve Austin (7) 199 8. Eddy Guerrero (9) 189 9. Bill Goldberg (7) 145 10. Brock Lesnar (4) 128 Honorable Mention: Hidehiko Yoshida 84, Kurt Angle 77, Masahiro Chono 74 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. BROCK LESNAR VS. KURT ANGLE (335) 2,351 2. Raven vs. C.M. Punk (128) 1,192 3. Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels (73) 963 4. Randy Couture vs. Tito Ortiz (61) 451 5. Wanderlei Silva vs. Japanese fighters (38) 422 6. Yuji Nagata vs. NOAH (22) 266 7. Damaja vs. Doug Basham (17) 251 8. Jeff Jarrett vs. Raven (29) 242 9. Guerreros vs. Haas & Benjamin (8) 236 10. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit (11) 212 Honorable Mention: NOAH juniors vs. New Japan juniors 205, Chris Harris & James Storm vs. Elix Skipper & Christopher Daniels & Low Ki 191. Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson 169, Raven vs. James Mitchell 149, Los Guerreros del Infierno vs. Los Guapos 125, Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 120, HHH vs. Bill Goldberg 111, Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 97, Mirko Cro Cop vs. pro wrestlers 95, All Japan vs. Zero-One 74, Pride vs. UFC 73 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. NAOMICHI MARUFUJI & KENTA (482) 2,694 2. Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas (94) 1,461 3. Eddy & Chavo Guerrero (104) 1,331 4. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (209) 1,300 5. Chris Harris & James Storm (92) 1,193 6. Jushin Liger & Koji Kanemoto (26) 218 7. Christopher Daniels & Low Ki & Elix Skipper (4) 201 8. Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda (1) 109 9. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito (2) 98 10. Jushin Eiger & Takehiro Murahama (3) 96 Honorable Mention: Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka 95, Dudleys 89, Mark & Jay Briscoe 85 MOST IMPROVED 1. BROCK LESNAR (343) 2,037 2. John Cena (143) 1,473 3. Trish Stratus (42) 482 4. Shelton Benjamin (16) 452 5. Charlie Haas (40) 441 6. KENTA (34) 337 7. Randy Orton (2) 296 8. A.J. Styles (13) 206 9. Elix Skipper (8) 189 10. Chris Harris (23) 188 Honorable Mention: Hiroshi Tanahashi 182, Tamon Honda 137, James Storm 130, Homicide 125, C.M. Punk 112, Hiroyoshi Tenzan 98, Naomichi Marufuji 95, Big Show 94, Rob Conway 88, Paul London 70 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. CHRIS JERICHO (152) 1,308 2. John Cena (159) 1,299 3. Rock (155) 1,106 4. Quinton Jackson (51) 917 5. C.M. Punk (83) 575 6. Ric Flair (64) 551 7. Kurt Angle (58) 538 8. Raven (50) 530 9. Steve Austin (28) 487 10. Vince McMahon (29) 444 Honorable Mention: James Mitchell 141, Bob Sapp 122, Eddy Guerrero 77. Paul Heyman 76 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. BOB SAPP (229) 1,862 2. Rock (269) 1,787 3. John Cena (47) 808 4. Chris Jericho (68) 627 5. Eddy Guerrero (66) 620 6. Steve Austin (41) 434 7. Ric Flair (28) 304 8. Kurt Angle (25) 265 8. Quinton Jackson (9) 10. Hulk Hogan (10) 203 Honorable Mention: Kenta Kobashi 158, Bill Goldberg 157, Shocker 142, Kazushi Sakuraba 134, Satoshi Kojima 120, Shawn Michaels 117, Yoshihiro Takayama 96 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. CHRIS BENOIT (275) 2,258 2. Kurt Angle (206) 1,736 3. Yuji Nagata (109) 1,144 4. Bryan Danielson (115) 1,116 5. Eddy Guerrero (34) 663 6. Osamu Nishimura (27) 485 7. Doug Williams (8) 232 8. Minoru Suzuki (4) 216 9. Milano Collection A.T. (17) 179 10. Jun Akiyama (12) 156 Honorable Mention: Kenta Kobashi 145, Brock Lesnar 111, Kiyoshi Tamura 84, Shawn Michaels 80 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. BROCK LESNAR (194) 1,643 2. Raven (152) 1,446 3. Chris Benoit (109) 1,293 4. Yoshihiro Takayama (137) 1,085 5. Kaiunari Murakami (98) 654 6. Homicide (43) 378 7. Samoa Joe (11) 229 8. Masato Tanaka (4) 214 9. Undertaker (15) 191 10. El Satanico (23) 117 Honorable Mention: Steve Corino 74 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. REY MYSTERIO (249) 2,099 2. A. J. Styles (168) 1,279 3. Teddy Hart (99) 892 4.Naomichi Marutlui (85) 825 5.Ricky Marvin (87) 792 6. Juventud Guerrera (49) 628 7. Amazing Red (31) 527 8. Paul London (41) 389 9. Dragon Kid (31) 373 10. KENTA (50) 331 Honorable Mention: Rob Van Dam 158, Sonjay Dutt 145, Spanky 123 MOST OVERRATED 1. HHH (434) 2,639 2. Jeff Jarrett (55) 915 3. Big Show (44) 714 4. Undertaker (24) 533 5. Kevin Nash (42) 441 6. A-Train (43) 389 7. Shane McMahon (28) 312 8. Nathan Jones (9) 218 9. Bill Goldberg (22) 195 10. Kane (16) 169 Honorable Mention: Homicide 160, Tadao Yasuda 147, Bob Sapp 146, Rob Van Dam 82, Hulk Hogan 81 MOST UNDERRATED 1. ULTIMO DRAGON (215) 1,374 2. Spanky (76) 944 3. Matt Hardy (96) 622 4. Christopher Daniels (52) 518 5. Eddy Guerrero (62) 464 6. Rico (30) 416 7. Chris Benoit (39) 395 8. Chris Jericho (32) 360 9. Paul London (15) 298 10. Booker T (34) 232 Honorable Mention: Kanyon 162, Zumbido 155, Lance Storm 152, Tajiri 113, Jamie Noble 107, Doug Williams 107, KENTA 91, Rob Van Dam 90, Raven 87, Victoria 74 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. PRIDE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS (442) 2,968 2. Pro Wrestling NOAH (281) 2,469 3. Ring of Honor (165) 1,766 4. World Wrestling Entertainment (40) 668 5. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (53) 593 6. Ohio Valley Wrestling (9) 415 7. NWA TNA (7) 318 8. Ultimate Fighting Championships (1) 266 9. Toryumon (11) 233 10. Zero-One (4) 201 Honorable Mention: New Japan Pro Wrestling 152 BEST WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW 1. PRO WRESTLING NOAH (292) 2,368 2. Ohio Valley Wrestling (261) 1,940 3. WWE Smackdown (185) 1,777 4. CMLL on Galavision (83) 944 5. WWE Raw (72) 707 6. NWA TNA (28) 468 7. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (10) 395 8. WWE Velocity (6) 186 9. WWE Confidential 77 10. Major League Wrestling 75 SHOOTFIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. RANDY COUTURE (449) 3,046 2. Wanderlei Silva (237) 2,532 3. Mirko Cro Cop (65) 1,200 4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (43) 754 5. Fedor Emelianenko (38) 326 6. Matt Hughes (2) 259 7. Quinton Jackson (9) 153 8. Bob Sapp (12) 135 9. Hidehiko Yoshida 107 10. Tim Sylvia (1) 38 WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. MITSUHARU MISAWA VS. KENTA KOBASHI 3/1 TOKYO (451) 2,862 2. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit 1/19 Boston (254) 2,117 3. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Makoto Hashi 9/12 Tokyo (49) 504 4. Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels 3/30 Seattle (20) 485 5. Bryan Danielson vs. Paul London 4/12 Philadelphia (77) 470 6. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama 7/16 Osaka (11) 397 7. Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar 3/30 Seattle (14) 312 8. Kenta Kobashi vs. Yuji Nagata 9/12 Tokyo (2) 295 9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Jun Akiyama 8/17 Tokyo (1) 230 10. Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar 9/16 Raleigh (10) 228 Honorable Mention: Juventud Guerrera vs. Chris Sabin 8/27 Nashville 224, Chris Harris & James Storm vs. Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper 6/25 Nashville 201, Low Ki vs. A.J. Styles 1/5 Tokyo 107, Homicide vs. Steve Corino 8/16 Fairfield, CT 80, Randy Orton & Chris Jericho & Christian & Scott Steiner & Mark Henry vs. Shawn Michaels & Rob Van Dam & Dudleys & Booker T 11/16 Dallas 79 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. WANDERLEI SILVA VS. HIDEHIKO YOSHIDA 11/9 TOKYO (341) 2,344 2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Mirko Cro Cop 11/9 Tokyo (225) 2,108 3. Randy Couture vs. Tito Ortiz 9/26 Las Vegas (81) 1,269 4. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 3/16 Yokohama (72) 524 5. Matt Lindland vs. Phil Baroni 2/28 Atlantic City (5) 315 6. Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Kiyoshi Tamura 8/10 Saitama (2) 293 7. Randy Couture vs. Chuck Liddell 6/6 Las Vegas (11) 154 8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Dan Henderson 12/23/02 Fukuoka (15) 139 9. Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson 11/9 Tokyo (14) 126 10. Quinton Jackson vs. Murilo Bustamante 8/10 Saitama 86 Honorable Mention: Caol Uno vs. B.J. Penn 2/28 Atlantic City 84 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. CHRIS SABIN (491) 3,006 2. Zach Gowen (58) 1,013 3. Shinsuke Nakamura (117) 587 4. Matt Cappotelli 488 5. Ryusuke Taguchi (22) 362 6. Alex Shelley (6) 239 7. Masayuki Kono (7) 216 8. Chris Cage 213 9. Mark Magnus (9) 174 10. Sylvan Grenier (3) 161 Honorable Mention: Hirooki Goto 158, Matt Ghaffari 122 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. STEVE AUSTIN (221) 1,590 2. Eric Bischoff (82) 1,138 3. James Mitchell (112) 1,002 4. Paul Heyman (69) 861 5. Vince McMahon (62) 852 6. Jim Cornette (54) 514 7. Teddy Long (44) 452 8. Ric Flair (70) 396 9. Kenny Bolin (1) 157 10. Mick Foley (9) 128 Honorable Mention: Don Callis 86 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. MIKE TENAY (277) 2,431 2. Tazz (189) 1,911 3. Jim Ross (153) 1,415 4. Bas Rutten (122) 1,038 5. Jim Corneae (76) 557 6. Stephen Quadros (41) 375 7. Alfonso Morales (8) 143 8. Michael Cole (2) 137 9. Takashi Kajimi (12) 89 10. Mike Goldberg 55 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. JONATHAN COACHMAN (353) 2,364 2. Ernest Miller (189) 1,862 3. Jerry Lawler (31) 978 4. Michael Cole (29) 354 5. Damon Perry (38) 348 6. Josh Matthews (20) 232 7. Don West (6) 203 8. Al Snow (2) 146 9. Bill DeMott (6) 140 10. Marc Lloyd 132 Honorable Mention: Jim Ross 102, Chris Lovey 92, Rue 88, Lita 73 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. PRIDE FINAL ELIMINATION 11/9 TOKYO (481) 2,822 2. WWE Wrestlemania XIX 3/30 Seattle (197) 2,217 3. NOAH 9/12 Budokan Hall (76) 701 4. Pride Final Countdown 8/10 Saitama (2) 661 5. NOAH 3/1 Budokan Hall (25) 426 6. NWA TNA X Cup 8/27 Nashville (26) 410 7. NOAH 6/6 Budokan Hall (39) 298 8. ROH 2nd Anniversary 2/8 New York (20) 286 9. WWE Royal Rumble 1/19 Boston (14) 194 10. WWE Vengeance 7/27 Denver (4) 182 Honorable Mention: WWE Survivor Series 11/16 Dallas 161, ROH Death Before Dishonor 7/19 Elizabeth, NJ 102, NOAH Differ Cup 2/9 Tokyo 87, Pride 3/16 86, ROH Epic Encounter 4/12 Philadelphia 83, UFC 44 9/26 Las Vegas 83, WWE SummerSlam 8/24 Phoenix 75, NOAH 1/10 Budokan Hall 74 "CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE BACKLASH 4/27 WORCESTER 173 2. WWE Judgment Day 5/18 Charlotte 171 3. Wrestle-One 1/19 Tokyo Dome 132 4. WWE Bad Blood 6/15 Houston 71 5. WWE No Mercy 10/19 Baltimore 69 6. WWE Armageddon 12/15/02 Fort Lauderdale 45 7. WWE Unforgiven 9/21 Hershey 17 8. UFC 45 11/21 Uncasville, CT 16 9. WWA Reckoning 14 10. New Japan 10/9 Tokyo Dome 12 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. A.J. STYLES STYLES CLASH 120 2. Brock Lesnar F-5 53 3. Victoria widow's peak 51 4. Naomichi Marufuji shiranui 42 5. John Cena FU 41 6. Paul London shooting star press 25 7. Kenta Kobashi burning hammer 21 7. Elix Skipper ropewalk huracanrana 9. Styles & Red huracanrana into styles clash 18 10. Dragon Kid dragonrana 17 Honorable Mention: Jerrelle Clark 630 15, Hiroyoshi Tenzan anaconda vise 14. Keiji Muto shining wizard 14, Sonjay Dutt hindu press 13, Juventud Guerrera 450 12 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. MCMAHONS ALL OVER TELEVISION 113 2. IWA using Invader I 74 3. Al Wilson's death 48 4. WWE not acknowledging Mike Lockwood's death 41 5. Kane limo crash 39 6. WWE exploiting war and doing French heel angle 36 7. TNA using Lex Luger 34 8. WWE exploiting Zach Gowen 32 9. WWE handling of Elizabeth's death 31 10. Eddy Guerrero spraying fake crap on Big Show 30 Honorable Mention: Vince vs. Stephanie feud 27, Stephanie claiming Vince whored her out as teenager 26, Eric Bischoff/Linda McMahon segment 25, Kane frying Shane McMahon's testicles 25, Zandig being hung by his back 24, Kane setting Jim Ross on fire 22 READERS' FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. KURT ANGLE 165 2. Chris Benoit 78 3. Chris Jericho 56 4. Eddy Guerrero 53 5. Shawn Michaels 50 6. Paul London 33 7. Ric Flair 7. Randy Couture 32 9. Yuji Nagata 25 10. A.J. Styles 23 READERS' LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. HHH 269 2. Kevin Nash 67 3. A-Train 40 4. Kane 28 5. Hulk Hogan 20 5. Undertaker 7. Nathan Jones 19 8. Test 18 8. Shane McMahon 10. Bradshaw 15 WORST WRESTLER 1. NATHAN JONES 310 2. Kevin Nash 215 3. Big Show 48 4. John Heidenreich 37 5. Mark Henry 29 6. Lex Luger 23 7. Tadao Yasuda 20 8. Scott Norton 14 9. Billy Gunn 13 10. Zandig 12 WORST TAG TEAM 1. RENE DUPREE & SYLVAN GREINER 207 2. Rosey & Jamal 166 3. Test & Scott Steiner 43 4. Hurricane & Rosey 37 5. Garrison Cade & Mark Jindrak 32 6. Keiji Muto & Arashi 27 7. APA 25 7. Giant Singh & Jan Nortje 9. Kevin Northcutt & Ryan Wilson 21 10. 3 Live Kru 17 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE RAW 203 2. WWE Sunday Night Heat 201 3. AAA 116 4. WWE Velocity 62 5. NWA TNA 49 6. IWA Total Impact 39 7. WWE Confidential 38 8. New Japan World Pro Wrestling 24 9. WWE Bottom Line 22 10. WWE Smackdown 19 WORST NON-WRESTLING PERSONALITY 1. STEPHANIE MCMAHON 546 2. Linda McMahon 65 3. Al Wilson 49 4. Vince Russo 31 5. Jonathan Coachman 14 6. Roddy Piper 12 7. Eric Bischoff 10 8. Erik Watts 7 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. HHH VS. SCOTT STEINER 1/19 BOSTON 166 2. Abdullah the Butcher vs. Masaaki Satake 1/19 Tokyo 106 3. HHH vs. Kevin Nash 5/18 Charlotte 84 4. Bob Sapp vs. Ernesto Hoost 1/19 Tokyo 74 5. Roddy Piper vs. Mr. America 5/18 Charlotte 67 6. Jim Ross vs. Jonathan Coachman 9/29 Valparaiso 48 7. Ross & Lawler vs. Coachman & Snow 9/21 Hershey 36 8. Vince McMahon vs. Stephanie McMahon 10/19 Baltimore 30 9. Tadao Yasuda vs. Katsuyori Shibata 8/11 Nagoya 17 10. Kid Kash vs. Trinity 5/28 Nashville 16 WORST FEUD 1. SHANE MCMAHON VS. KANE 282 2. Vince McMahon vs. Stephanie McMahon 204 3. HHH vs. Kevin Nash 76 4. Jim Ross vs. Jonathan Coachman 65 5. Torrie Wilson vs. Dawn Marie 29 6. Vince McMahon vs. Hulk Hogan 20 7. Vince McMahon vs. Zach Gowen 19 8. HHH vs. Scott Steiner 16 9. HHH vs. Bill Goldberg 10 9. Scott Steiner vs. Test WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. STEPHANIE MCMAHON 413 2. Linda McMahon 73 3. Roddy Piper 42 4. HHH 39 5. Al Wilson 17 6. Rob Van Dam 15 6. Lita 15 8. Scott Steiner 12 9. Jeff Jarrett 10 10. Erik Watts 9 WORST PROMOTION 1. WORLD JAPAN 377 2. Combat Zone Wrestling 119 3. XPW 84 4. World Wrestling Entertainment 81 5. All Japan Pro Wrestling 65 6. AAA 62 7. NWA TNA 47 8. New Japan Pro Wrestling 35 9. IWA Mid South 34 10. IWA Puerto Rico 24 Honorable Mention: Memphis Championship Wrestling 14 BEST BOOKER 1. JIM CORNETTE 413 2. Gabe Sapolsky 224 3. Mitsuharu Misawa 187 4. Dutch Mantel 65 5. Paul Heyman 52 6. Joe Silva 27 7. David Lagana 15 8. Vince McMahon 14 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. NOBUYUKI SAKAKIBARA 417 2. Rob Feinstein 192 3. Mitsuharu Misawa 126 4. Vince McMahon 55 5. Ultimo Dragon 23 6. Dana White 19 7. Victor Quinones 14 8. Paco Alonso 12 9. Antonio Pena 11 10. Jeff Jarrett 9 BEST GIMMICK 1. JOHN CENA RAPPER 316 2. C.M. Punk straight edge 127 3. Matt Hardy Mattitude 64 4. Eddy Guerrero lie, cheat & steal 50 5. Randy Orton legend killer 41 6. Special K 38 7. Bob Sapp 22 8. Randy Couture "The Natural" 17 9. Hurricane 12 10. New Kane 11 WORST GIMMICK 1. RICO 142 2. Rosey Super Hero in Training 132 3. Lance Storm "boring" 115 4. La Resistance 74 5. Mr. America 55 6. Bashams & Shaniqua as dominatrix & sex slaves 39 7. Goldust tourette's syndrome 26 8. Shane McMahon as superman 25 9. Eddy Guerrero lie, cheat and steal 14 10. Red Shirt Security 10 10. The myth of Tank Abbott MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. NATHAN JONES 120 2. Zach Gowen 81 3. Teddy Hart 66 4. Roddy Piper 47 5. Big Show 40 6. Rico 36 7. Shane McMahon 35 8. Kevin Nash 34 9. John Heidenreich 28 10. Hulk Hogan 27 2002"CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS VOTED ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS. LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. KURT ANGLE (221) 1,496 2. Bob Sapp (143) 1,205 3. Keiji Muto (64) 834 4. Genichiro Tenryu (62) 648 5. Yuji Nagata (74) 597 6. Yoshihiro Takayama (30) 373 7. Rock (28) 326 8. Antonio Rodorigo Nogueira (27) 311 9. Brock Lesnar (3) 127 10. Manami Toyota (10) 110 Honorable Mention: Satoshi Kojima 102, Tito Ortiz 99, Shocker 97, Chris Benoit 84 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. KURT ANGLE (383) 2,123 2. Eddy Guerrero (39) 982 3. Satoshi Kojima (66) 873 4. Chris Benoit (9) 470 5. Yuji Nagata (4) 242 6. Yoshihiro Takayama (18) 130 7. El Hijo del Santo (12) 87 8. Jerry Lynn (1) 75 9. Tiger Mask (2) 71 10. Low Ki (5) 69 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. BOB SAPP (462) 2,592 2. Rock (92) 1,162 3. Mirko Cro Cop (29) 438 4. Keiji Muto (10) 423 5. Hulk Hogan (5) 315 6. Kazushi Sakuraba (34) 277 7. Tito Ortiz (8) 206 8. Steve Austin (23) 168 9. Ken Shamrock (1) 131 10. Yoshihiro Takayama (2) 128 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. KEN SHAMROCK VS. TITO ORTIZ (126) 961 2. Kurt Angle vs. Edge (91) 790 3. Mirko Cro Cop vs. Pro Wrestlers (86) 507 4. Angle & Benoit vs. Guerreros vs. Mysterio & Edge (59) 499 5. New Japan juniors vs. NOAH juniors (68) 452 6. Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle (38) 412 7. A.J. Styles vs. Jerry Lynn (31) 374 8. Rock vs. Brock Lesnar (25) 302 9. Hulk Hogan vs. Rock (27) 223 10. HHH vs. Shawn Michaels (5) 182 Honorable Mention: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Satoshi Kojima 108, Bob Sapp vs. Ernesto Hoost 107, Low Ki vs. Christopher Daniels 86, El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero 84, Rock vs. Chris Jericho 79, Shocker vs. Ultimo Guerrero 73, Eddy Guerrero vs. Edge 72, Mexico vs. Japan 61 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. EDDY & CHAVO GUERRERO (152) 1,246 2. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (164) 1,244 3. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit (121) 1,238 4. Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka (83) 605 5. Edge & Rey Mysterio (9) 388 6. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (29) 308 7. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (11) 227 8. Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima (5) 168 9. Booker T & Goldust (7) 141 10. Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito (8) 110 Honorable Mention: Christopher Daniels & Donovan Morgan 92, Chris Jericho & Christian 65 MOST IMPROVED 1. BROCK LESNAR (261) 1,640 2. Edge (119) 1,016 3. Yoshihiro Takayama (32) 527 4. Trish Stratus (4) 336 5. Low Ki (2) 207 6. KENTA (10) 169 7. A.J. Styles (25) 149 8. Ron Killings (12) 129 9. Manabu Nakanishi (9) 116 10. Matt Hardy (6) 111 Honorable Mention: Doug Williams 104, Eddy Guerrero 95, Goldust 90, Amazing Red 82, Yoshinobu Kanemaru 61 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. KURT ANGLE (163) 1,388 2. Paul Heyman (179) 1,235 3. Rock (53) 640 4. Ric Flair (29) 389 5. Chris Jericho (24) 385 6. Ken Shamrock (39) 339 7. Eddy Guerrero (14) 225 8. Hulk Hogan (19) 169 9. Phil Baroni (12) 87 10. Christopher Daniels (9) 85 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. ROCK (222) 1,596 2. Bob Sapp (104) 1,023 3. Hulk Hogan (65) 584 4. Kurt Angle 5. Satoshi Kojima (33) 336 6. Chris Jericho (16) 321 7. Keiji Muto (20) 239 8. Tito Ortiz (26) 218 9. Eddy Guerrero (13) 144 10. Brock Lesnar (6) 142 Honorable Mention: Shocker 129, Steve Austin 106, Kenta Kobashi 96, Rob Van Dam BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. KURT ANGLE (279) 1,808 2. Chris Benoit (113) 1,243 3. Yuji Nagata (46) 731 4. Osamu Nishimura (79) 581 5. Eddy Guerrero (17) 484 6. Minoru Tanaka (19) 299 7. American Dragon (4) 266 8. Doug Williams (13) 174 9. Satoshi Kojima (2) 157 10. Shinjiro Otani (20) 140 Honorable Mention: Low Ki 72, Milano Collection A.T. 60 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. YOSHIHIRO TAKAYAMA (307) 1,840 2. Masato Tanaka (34) 467 3. Chris Benoit (22) 416 4. Steve Austin (37) 348 5. HHH (49) 335 6. Tommy Dreamer (25) 322 7. Don Frye (19) 321 8. Brock Lesnar (39) 306 9. Kazunari Murakami (23) 299 10. Bob Sapp (16) 225 Honorable Mention: Undertaker 194, Vader 110, Bubba Ray Dudley 87, Low Ki 86. Shawn Michaels 81, Shinya Hashimoto 60 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. REY MYSTERIO (225) 1,660 2. Dragon Kid (169) 1,186 3. Amazing Red (77) 934 4. Rob Van Dam (46) 468 5. A.J. Styles (29) 381 6. Ricky Marvin (2) 193 7. Jodie Fleisch (7) 189. 8. Paul London (11) 142 9. Momoe Nakanishi (21) 140 10.Tiger Mask (1) 132 Honorable Mention: Low Ki 111 MOST OVERRATED 1. HHH (297) 1,676 2. Undertaker (60) 875 3. Big Show (71) 778 4. Tadao Yasuda (51) 453 5. Joanie Laurer (11 ) 245 6. Hulk Hogan (1) 164 7. Kevin Nash (2) 108 8. Kane 85 9. Naoya Ogawa (2) 74 10. Yoshinari Ogawa (3) 71 Honorable Mention: Rikishi 65 MOST UNDERRATED 1. BOOKER T (112) 747 2. Jerry Lynn (62) 492 3. Christopher Daniels (26) 329 4. Yoshihiro Tajiri (29) 298 5. Chris Jericho (23) 238 6. Lance Storm (19) 234 7. AKIRA (23) 215 8. Raven (15) 207 9. Doug Williams (13) 206 10. Matt Hardy (22) 169 Honorable Mention: Rico 167, Rob Van Dam 159, Low Ki 123, Black Tiger 118, Christian 115, Eddy Guerrero 106, American Dragon 92, Chris Benoit 75, Blue Panther 72, Kaz Hayashi 71, Chavo Guerrero 62, Kurt Angle 61, Naohiro Hoshikawa 60, Hurricane 60 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. PRIDE (341) 2,079 2. Ultimate Fighting Championships (66) 876 3. Ring of Honor (67) 772 4. World Wrestling Entertainment (44) 640 5. CMLL (51) 637 6. All Japan Pro Wrestling (49) 542 7. Pro Wrestling NOAH (47) 461 8. Toryumon (17) 284 9. New Japan Pro Wrestling (15) 175 10. Ohio Valley Wrestling 116 Honorable Mention: NWA TNA 95, Zero-One 62 BEST WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE SMACKDOWN (381) 2,157 2. CMLL (50) 1,152 3. Pro Wrestling NOAH (29) 870 4. Ohio Valley Wrestling (17) 452 5. New Japan Pro Wrestling (41) 437 6. WWE Monday Night Raw (4) 272 7. NWA TNA (6) 180 8. UFC England 141 9. All Japan Pro Wrestling 134 10. Ring of Honor 86 Honorable Mention: WWE Confidential 68 SHOOTFIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. ANTONIO RODORIGO NOGUEIRA (365)2,184 2. Bob Sapp (66) 856 3. Mirko Cro Cop (76) 747 4. Tito Ortiz (73) 740 5. Vanderlei Silva (21) 448 6. Don Frye (22) 341 7. Matt Hughes (3) 257 8. Chuck Liddell (4) 155 9. Josli Barnett 55 10. Ricco Rodriguez 48 WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. BENOIT & ANGLE VS. EDGE & MYSTERIO 10-20 LITTLE ROCK (136) 1,049 2. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Satoshi Kojima 7/17 Osaka (83) 779 3. HHH vs. Shawn Michaels 8/25 New York (66) 532 4. Keiji Muto vs. Toshiaki Kawada 2/24 Tokyo (17) 469 5. American Dragon vs. Low Ki 3/30 Philadelphia (37) 314 6. Misawa & Kobashi vs. Akiyama & Nagata 2/17 Tokyo (17) 289 7. Spanky vs. Low Ki vs. Daniels vs. Williams 7/27 Philadelphia (29) 284 8. Naomichi Marufuji vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa 12/9/01 Tokyo (1) 263 9. Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle 9/22 Los Angeles (18) 252 10. Eddy Guerrero vs. Edge 9/24 San Diego (15) 246 Honorable Mention: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura 6/5 Osaka 227; Low Ki vs. American Dragon vs. Christopher Daniels 2/23 Philadelphia 202, Hulk Hogan vs. Rock 3/17 Toronto 186, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Jushin Liger & Minoru Tanaka 4/7 Tokyo 142, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Mike Barton & Jim Steele 12/11/01 Osaka 126, Manami Toyota vs. Kaoru Ito 2/24 Yokohama 126, Kurt Angle vs. Edge 5/19 Nashville 125, Yuji Nagata vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 5/2 Tokyo 122, Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 9/23 Tokyo 95, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Jushin Liger & Wataru Inoue 2/17 Tokyo 83, Momoe Nakanishi vs. Kumiko Maekawa 2/24 Yokohama 79, Low Ki vs. A.J. Styles vs. Jerry Lynn ladder match 8/21 Nashville 72 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. DON FRYE VS. YOSHIHIRO TAKAYAMA 6/23 SAITAMA (244) 1,648 2. Antonio Rodorigo Nogueira vs. Bob Sapp 8/28 Tokyo (183) 1,594 3. Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock 11/22 Las Vegas (89) 669 4. Don Frye vs. Ken Shamrock 2/24 Saitama (41) 627 5. Robbie Lawler vs. Aaron Riley 5/10 Bossier City (25) 312 6. Chuck Liddell vs. Vitor Belfort 6/22 Las Vegas (1) 159 7. Bob Sapp vs. Ernesto Hoost 10/5 Saitama (13) 121 8. Carlos Newton vs. Pele 2/24 Saitama 74 9. Jens Pulver vs. B.J. Penn 1/10 Uncasville 70 10. Ivan Salaverry vs. Andrei Semenov5/10 Bossier City 64 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. BOB SAPP (515) 2,733 2. Hidehiko Yoshida (24) 718 3. Christopher Nowinski (23) 578 4. Maven (21) 522 5. Kotaro Suzuki (28) 287 6. Nathan Jones (3) 187 7. Nidia (8) 133 8. Kazuhiko Ogasawara (14) 123 9. Johnny Jeter 117 10. Bobby Quince (18) 115 Honorable Mention: Toru Yano 114, Robbie Lawler 97 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. PAUL HEYMAN (390) 3,139 2. Eric Bischoff (52) 1,023 3. Ric Flair (16) 478 4. Vince McMahon (19) 320 5. Nidia (1) 192 6. Jim Corvette (13) 133 7. Antonio lnoki (18) 125 8. Stacy Keibler 111 9. Kenny Bolin 96 10. Goldylocks 51 10. Jim Mitchell 51 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. MIKE TENAY (183) 1,344 2. Jim Ross (143) 1,187 3. Tazz (48) 876 4. Jim Cornette (77) 839 5. Bas Rutten (60) 366 6. Joe Rogan (14) 205 7. Michael Cole (2) 166 8. Eric Gargiulo (21) 154 9. Jeff Osborne (12) 118 10. Stephen Quadros 76 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. JERRY LAWLER (107) 1,006 2. Lita (65) 620 3. Marc Lloyd (62) 590 4. Michael Cole (76) 572 5. Jonathan Coachman (31) 470 6. Ed Ferrara (30) 373 7. Ernest Miller (25) 251 8. Jim Ross (23) 187 9. Donnie B (20) 157 10. Don West (18) 152 Honorable Mention: Kris Kloss 68 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE SUMMER SLAM 8/25 New York (326) 1,960 2. UFC Vendetta 11/22 Las Vegas (96) 1,005 3. All Japan 2/24 Budokan Hall (52) 636 4. Pride Bad Blood 2/24 Saitama (39) 326 5. Pride & K-1 Dynamite 8/28 Tokyo Stadium (15) 321 6. ROH Road to the title 6/22 Philadelphia (42) 294 7. AJW Zenjo Turbulence 2/24 Yokohama (25) 267 8. WWF Wrestlemania 3/17 Toronto (11) 245 9. NOAH 2/17 Budokan Fall (12) 227 10. WWF Royal Rumble 1/20 Atlanta (2) 209 Honorable Mention: New Japan 5/2 Tokyo Dome 137, NOAH 9/23 Budokan Hall 132, WWE No Mercy 10/20 Little Rock 129, New Japan 12/11/01 tag team tournament finals Osaka 129, WWE Survivor Series 11/17 Madison Square Garden 106, New Japan 1/4 Tokyo Dome 81 "CATEGORY B" AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE KING OF THE RING 6/23 COLUMBUS 125 2. WWA The Revolution 2/24 Las Vegas 127 3. UFO 8/8 Tokyo Dome 92 4. WWF No Way Out 2/17 Chicago 48 5. WWA Eruption 4/13 Melbourne 41 6. Wrestle-One 11/17 Yokohama 27 7. WWF Judgment Day 5/19 Nashville 15 8. WWE No Mercy 10/20 Little Rock 12 9. WWF Rebellion 9 9. New Japan 10/14 Tokyo Dome 9 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. BROCK LESNAR F-5 127 2. A.J. Styles Styles clash 58 3. Rey Mysterio 619 52 4. Keiji Muto shining wizard 51 5. Dragon Kid dragon rana 41 6. Doug Williams chaos theory suplex 37 7. Maximo's Spanish fly 28 8. Rob Van Dam Van Terminator 18 9. Rob Van Dam 5 star frog splash 17 9. Low Ki Ki Krusher 17 Honorable Mention: American Dragon cattle mutilation 14, Ker Kobashi diamond head power bomb 12, Milano Collection A.T. A.T. lc 12, Yoshino's tilt a whirl octopus 11, Jodie Fleisch 720 9 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE KATIE VICK NECROPHILIA 389 2. WWE HLA angle 34 3. New Japan using Joanie Laurer going over men 18 4. TNA gay bashing angle 12 5. TNA using Owen Hart's name on the air 11 6. WWE trying to use 9/11 anniversary to build heat 8 6. WWE giving title to Hogan 8 8. TNA trying to use race for heat 7 READERS' FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. KURT ANGLE 179 2. Eddy Guerrero 51 3. Chris Benoit 50 4. Chris Jericho 31 5. American Dragon 25 6. Momoe Nakanishi 24 7. Shawn Michaels 19 8. Ric Flair 17 9. Steve Austin 16 9. El Hijo del Santo 16 Honorable Mention: Kenta Kobashi 15, Shinjiro Otani 15, Spanky 14, Genichiro Tenryu 12, Rey Mysterio 10 READERS' PERSONAL LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. HHH 253 2. Undertaker 49 3. Big Show 34 4. Hulk Hogan 31 5. Tadao Yasuda 27 6. Test 16 7. Kevin Nash 15 8. Bradshaw 11 8. Joanie Laurer 11 10. A-Train 10 10. Scott Hall 10 WORST WRESTLER 1. BIG SHOW 224 2. Tadao Yasuda 49 3. Kevin Nash 40 4. Joanie Laurer 31 5. Buff Bagwell 19 6. A-Train 18 7. Jorge Estrada 9 7. Scott Hall 9 9. Giant Silva 8 9. Hulk Hogan 8 WORST TAG TEAM 1. ROSEY & JAMAL 157 2. Kronik 108 3. Giant Silva & Giant Singh 97 4. Billy & Chuck 77 5. Ron & Don Harris 28 6. Dupps 21 7. D-Von & Ron Simmons 13 8. Richard & Rod Johnson 12 9.Rev D-Von & Deacon Batista 11 10. Brian Lee & Slash 9 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE RAW 204 2. AAA 100 3. WWE Sunday Night Heat 58 4. WWE Confidential 41 5. New Japan World Pro Wrestling 37 6. NWA TNA 28 7. WWE Velocity 18 8. Heartland Wrestling 12 9. WWE Excess 10 10. WWE Tough Enough 7 WORST NON-WRESTLING PERSONALITY 1. STEPHANIE MCMAHON 269 2. Al Wilson 145 3. Vince Russo 49 4. Terri 9 5. Eric Bischoff 6 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. BRADSHAW & STRATUS VS. GAYDA & NOWINSKI 7/8 PHILADELPHIA 245 2. Naoya Ogawa vs. Matt Ghaffari 8/8 Tokyo 49 3. Giant Silva vs. Giant Singh 8/29 Tokyo 37 4. Hulk Hogan vs. Undertaker 5/19 Nashville 27 5. Dupps vs. Ed Ferrara 8/7 Nashville 15 6. Puppet vs. Meatball 7/17 Nashville 14 6. HHH vs. Undertaker 8/26 Madison Square Garden 8. HHH vs. Undertaker 6/23 Columbus, OH 13 8. Miss TNA Battle Royal 6/19 Nashville 13 10. Bagwell & Ray vs. Miller & Christopher 4/13 Melbourne 12 10. Lita vs. Jazz vs. Trish Stratus 3/17 Toronto WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. HHH VS. KANE 214 2. Torrie Wilson vs. Dawn Marie 36 3. Raw vs. Smackdown 31 4. New Japan vs. Makai Club 28 5. Steve Austin vs. NWO 27 6. Giant Silva vs. Giant Singh 26 7. Joanie Laurer vs. Masahiro Chono 24 8. Hulk Hogan vs. The Undertaker 20 9. HHH vs. Rob Van Dam 16 10. Gran Markus Jr. vs. Pierroth Jr. 13 Honorable Mention: HHH vs. Chris Jericho & Stephanie McMahon 11, Eric Bischoff vs. Stephanie McMahon 9 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. STEPHANIE MCMAHON 188 2. Al Wilson 57 3. Rob Van Dam 51 4. HHH 42 5. Kane 18 6. Jackie Gayda 17 7. Jeff Hardy 16 8. Test 13 9. Joanie Laurer 12 10. Big Show 10 WORST PROMOTION 1. XPW 198 2. WWA 111 3. WWE 79 4. New Japan Pro Wrestling 72 5. AAA 65 6. NWA TNA 46 7. All Japan Pro Wrestling 13 8. Combat Zone Wrestling 9 BEST BOOKER 1. PAUL HEYMAN 275 2. Jim Cornette 185 3. Gabe Sapolsky 61 4. Keiji Muto 39 5. Kazuyoshi Ishii 36 6. Yoshihiro Asai 28 7. Panico 26 8. Mitsuharu Misawa 22 9. Masahiro Chono 20 10. Dutch Mantel 12 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. KAZUYOSHI ISHII 287 2. Dana White 117 3. Naoto Morishita 79 4. Keiji Muto 52 5. Antonio Inoki 39 6. Vince McMahon 38 7. Rob Feinstein 33 8. Motoko Baba 32 9. Yoshihiro Asai 30 10. Mitsuharu Misawa 25 BEST GIMMICK 1. MATTITUDE 156 2. Brock Lesnar The Next Big Thing 47 3. Get Well Randy Orton 46 4. Jamie Noble & Nidia 44 5. Bob Sapp 33 6. Booker T & Goldust 29 7. Christopher Street Connection 24 8. Milano Collection A.T. 20 9. Hurricane 16 10. Magnum Tokyo 14 Honorable Mention: Yoshihiro Takayama 13, Curry Man 12 WORST GIMMICK 1. RICHARD & ROD JOHNSON 92 2. Rev. D-Von 53 3. Rico 45 4. Rapper John Cena 40 5. HHH 36 6. Billy & Chuck 31 7. Fake Great Muta 29 8. Miss TNA Bruce 17 9. Hurricane 15 10. The Heat 14 10. Tommy Dreamer eating anything 14 Honorable Mention: Rikishi 13, Dupps 12, UnAmericans before 9/11 12, Kane as a comedy figure 11, Bob Sapp 11, Cheex 9 MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. BIG SHOW 84 2. HHH 67 3. Scott Hall 53 4. Hulk Hogan 37 5. Jackie Gayda 36 6. Joanie Laurer 32 7. Jeff Hardy 29 8. B.G. James 16 9. Road Warrior Animal 15 10. Cheex 13 Honorable Mention: Dupps 10
2001WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. KEIJI MUTO (459) 2,966 2. Steve Austin (231) 1,819 3. Kurt Angle (18) 706 4. Yuji Nagata (10) 373 5. Jun Akiyama (2) 216 6. Rock (1) 183 7. Toshiaki Kawada (1) 167 8. Chris Jericho (5) 133 9. Kazushi Sakuraba (3) 120 10. Kaoru Ito 116 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. KURT ANGLE (169) 1,198 2. Yuji Nagata (128) 1,154 3. Keiji Muto (82) 884 4. Toshiaki Kawada (68) 668 5. Chris Benoit (59) 602 6. Steve Austin (38) 587 7. Minoru Tanaka (19) 542 8. Jun Akiyama (20) 317 9. Black Tiger (29) 307 10. Momoe Nakanishi (45) 259 Honorable Mention: Jushin Liger 227, Meiko Satomura 117, Takehiro Murahama 64, Tiger Mask 61, El Hijo del Santo 60 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. KAZUSHI SAKURABA (272) 2,001 2. Steve Austin (227) 1,835 3. Rock (83) 1,292 4. Keiji Muto (55) 740 5. Naoya Ogawa (29) 362 6. HHH (1) 113 7. Kazuyuki Fujita 94 8. El Hijo del Santo (2) 91 9. Kurt Angle 46 10. Undertaker 31 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. KAZUSHI SAKURABA VS. VANDERLEI SILVA (214) 1,371 2. Old Infernales vs. New Infernales (191) 210 3. Rock vs. Chris Jericho (82) 824 4. Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle (40) 676 5. Rock vs. Steve Austin (73) 518 6. All Japan vs. New Japan (35) 371 7. Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle (26) 336 8. Steve Austin vs. HHH (32) 242 9. Crazy Max vs. Toryumon vs. M2K (34) 239 10. Emilio Charles Jr. vs. Shocker (10) 144 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. HIROYOSHI TENZAN & SATOSHI KOJIMA (439) 2,647 2. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (99) 1,003 3. Gedo & Jado (56) 8861 4. Dudleys (62) 678 5. Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea (19) 531 6. Matt & Jeff Hardy (27) 458 7. Edge & Christian (15) 287 8. Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho (37) 272 9. Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda (39) 261 10. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takao Omori (2) 246 Honorable Mention: Negro Casas & El Hijo del Santo 202, Silver King & Dr. Wagner Jr. 155, Vader & Too Cold Scorpio 65 MOST IMPROVED 1. KEIJI MUTO (187) 1,357 2. Rob Van Dam (57) 494 3. Taiyo Kea (56) 492 4. Kurt Angle (56) 490 5. Test (24) 324 6. Chris Jericho (37) 274 7. Black Tiger (11) 251 8. Rhyno (26) 219 9. Booker T (18) 206 10. American Dragon (9) 203 Honorable Mention: Takeshi Rikio 143, Osamu Nishimura 122, Low Ki 120, Prototype 119, Michael Modest 115, Steve Austin 104, Christian 95, Black Warrior 94, Hurricane Helms 89, Takehiro Murahama 85, Momoe Nakanishi 71, Yoshihiro Takayama 60 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. STEVE AUSTIN (406) 2,811 2. Rock (185) 1,994 3. Kurt Angle (8) 796 4. Chris Jericho (29) 626 5. Paul Heyman (28) 363 6. Ric Flair (32) 353 7. William Regal (2) 160 8. Jim Corneae (19) 145 9. Pierroth Jr. (4) 125 10. HHH (17) 92 Honorable Mention: Atsushi Onita 88 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. ROCK (473) 3,212 2. Steve Austin (206) 2,107 3. Chris Jericho (16) 642 4. Keiji Muto (34) 611 5. Rob Van Dam (17) 415 6. Kazushi Sakuraba (32) 379 7. Kurt Angle (8) 223 8. Ric Flair (22) 187 9. Tito Ortiz (2) 145 10. Antonio Inoki (25) 134 Honorable Mention: Masahiro Chono 127, Magnum Tokyo 125, La Parka 106, Naoya Ogawa 88, HHH 67 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. MINORU TANAKA (199) 1,571 2. Chris Benoit (129) 1,146 3. Kurt Angle (130) 1,112 4. Yuji Nagata (100) 1,070 5. Osamu Nishimura (47) 406 6. Black Tiger (1) 195 7. Keiji Muto (10) 142 8. Jun Akiyama (8) 137 9. Blue Panther (21) 122 10. Takehiro Murahama (2) 106 Honorable Mention: Toshiaki Kawada 105, El Hijo del Santo 97, William Regal 86, Carl Malenko 85, Tiger Mask 85, Tajiri 82, Naomichi Marufuji 71, Lance Storm 70, American Dragon 70, Jushin Liger 69, Sanae Kikuta 62, Kazushi Sakuraba 60, Shinjiro Otani 60 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. STEVE AUSTIN (455) 2,663 2. Kazunari Murakami (169) 1,226 3. HHH (29) 778 4. Chris Benoit (26) 440 5. Rob Van Dam (20) 356 6. Jun Kasai (39) 216 7. Masato Tanaka (18) 214 8. Rhyno (19) 211 9. Raven (1) 180 10. Mad Man Pondo (17) 179 Honorable Mention: Bubba Ray Dudley 161, Toshiaki Kawada 160, Kintaro Kanemura 142, Gedo 129, El Satanico 123, Kurt Angle 122, Rock 111, Bradshaw 88, Igor Vovchanchyn 79, Undertaker 71, Nick Mondo 71 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. DRAGON KID (115) 1,019 2. Rob Van Dam (124) 787 3. Ricky Marvin (71) 735 4. Cima (74) 719 5. Jeff Hardy (54) 702 6. Naomichi Marufuji (79) 574 7. Hayabusa (46) 275 8. Black Tiger (22) 250 9. Momoe Nakanishi (20) 239 10. Red (25) 202 Honorable Mention: Tiger Mask 161, Octagoncito 159, Jodie Flash 156, El Hijo del Santo 146, Juventud Guerrera 134, Rey Misterio Jr. 132, Great Sasuke 118, A.J. Styles 112, Magnum Tokyo 110, Low Ki 97, Black Warrior 60 MOST OVERRATED 1. UNDERTAKER (208) 1,516 2. Big Show (20) 427 3. Shane McMahon (51) 400 4. Scott Norton (12) 335 5. Kane (8) 322 6. Chyna (26) 321 7. Test (19) 228 8. Kazuyuki Fujita (11) 214 9. Naoya Ogawa (29) 165 10. Manabu Nakanishi (14) 156 Honorable Mention: Rob Van Dam 155, Kevin Nash 132, Rock 110, Tadao Yasuda 109, Chris Jericho 102, Billy Gunn 98, Buff Bagwell 82, Diamond Dallas Page 79, HHH 70, Albert 70, Masahiro Chono 62, Lita 60, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. 60 MOST UNDERRATED 1. LANCE STORM (118) 864 2. Kaz Hayashi (79) 491 3. Christopher Daniels (34) 379 4. Yoshihiro Tajiri (32) 357 5. American Dragon (47) 325 6. Black Tiger (35) 251 7. Naohiro Hoshikawa (27) 217 8. Christian (16) 192 9. Jerry Lynn (19) 188 10. Osamu Nishimura (25) 169 Honorable Mention: Jamie Knoble 162, A.J. Styles 152, Raven 139, Val enis 136, E.Z. Money 133, Michael Modest 131, Hurricane Helms 130, Chris Jericho 126, William Regal 118, Chris Benoit 117, Masato Tanaka 107, Chris Kanyon 106, AKIRA 98, Tiger Mask 97, Billy Kidman 91, Chavo Guerrero Jr. 85, Taiyo Kea 84, Low Ki 81, Diamond Dallas Page 80, Al Snow 70, Ricky Marvin 60 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. PRIDE (244) 1,764 2. World Wrestling Federation (174) 1,330 3. New Japan Pro Wrestling (95) 1,171 4. Toryumon (71) 984 5. EMLL (119) 979 6. Pro Wrestling NOAH (12) 483 7. Ultimate Fighting Championships (1) 280 8. All Japan Pro Wrestling (2) 239 9. All Japan Women (10) 184 10. Ohio Valley Wrestling (11) 137 Honorable Mention: Osaka Pro Wrestling 121, Gaea 116 BEST WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW 1. NEW JAPAN WORLD PRO WRESTLING (199) 1,507 2. WWF Smackdown (159) 1,408 3. EMLL on Galavision (172) 1,372 4. WWF Raw (109) 1,132 5. Pro Wrestling NOAH (9) 563 6. Ohio Valley Wrestling (48) 444 7. WWF Tough Enough (6) 86 8. NWA Wildside (2) 81 9. AAA (1) 49 10. WCW Nitro 32 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. KEIJI MUTO VS. GENICHIRO TENRYU 6/8 Tokyo (215) .. 1,712 2. Benoit & Jericho vs. Austin & HHH 5/21 San Jose (132) 982 3. Kawada & Fuchi vs. Nagata & Iizuka 12/14/00 Osaka (98) 819 4. Minoru Tanaka vs. Takehiro Murahama 4/20 Tokyo (39) 624 5. HHH vs. Steve Austin 2/25 Las Vegas (48) 478 6. Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho 1/21 New Orleans (47) 473 7. Rock vs. Steve Austin 4/1 Houston (34) 329 8. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama 12/23/00 Tokyo (34) 287 9. Steve Austin vs. Chris Benoit 5/29 Edmonton (21) 206 10. Akira Hokuto vs. Meiko Satomura 4/29 Kawasaki (10) 192 Honorable Mention: Rock vs. Chris Jericho 10/21 St. Louis 190, Keiji Muto vs. Yuji Nagata 8/12 Tokyo 129, El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas vs. Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero 11/2 Mexico City 120, Momoe Nakanishi vs. Kumiko Maekawa 5/4 Kawasaki 118, Edge & Christian vs. Dudleys vs. Hardys TLC 4/1 Houston 102, Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle 8/19 San Jose 95, Momoe Nakanishi vs. Kumiko Maekawa 10/24 Tokyo 86, Keiji Muto vs. Toshiaki Kawada 4/14 Tokyo 85, Yuji Nagata vs. Kazuyuki Fujita 6/6 Tokyo 85, Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata 3/2 Tokyo 60 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. EL HOMBRE SIN NOMBRE (194) 1,756 2. Takashi Suguira (144) 1,592 3. B.J. Penn (133) 1,398 4. Randy Orton (89) 1,335 5. Brock Lesnar (43) 920 6. Prototype (27) 416 7. Red (21) 239 8. Kazushi Miyamoto (14) 145 9. Dos Caras Jr. (1) 142 10. Ron Waterman (2) 140 Honorable Mention: Jose & Joel Maximo 96 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. PAUL HEYMAN (269) 1,908 2. Vince McMahon (116) 1,482 3. Ric Flair (122) 969 4. William Regal (80) 672 5. Mick Foley (34) 508 6. Kenny Bolin (48) 414 7. Stacy Keibler (17) 393 8. Jim Comette (37) 366 9. Antonio Inoki (38) 308 10. Shane McMahon (7) 239 Honorable Mention: Stephanie McMahon 123, Torrie Wilson 107, Trish Stratus 79 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. JIM ROSS (444) 2,922 2. Paul Heyman (122) 1,891, 3. Jim Comette (160) 1,494 4. Jerry Lawler (8) 696 5. Stephen Quadros (6) 281 6. Arturo Rivera (7) 197 7. Yoshinari Tsuji (30) 185 8. Bas Rutten 179 9. Jeff Blatnick (6) 147 10. Mike Goldberg (5) 125 Honorable Mention: Scott Hudson 111, Tazz 74 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. MICHAEL COLE (227) 1,931 2. Tony Schiavone (152) 1,376 3. Tazz (98) 1,056 4. Jonathan Coachman (56) 770 5. Jerry Lawler (90) 723 6. Paul Heyman (25) 220 7. Kevin Kelly (7) 211 8. Trish Stratus (26) 199 9. Jim Ross (26) 177 10. Arn Anderson (10) 158 Honorable Mention: Kris Kloss 145, Mark Madden 142, Cory Maclin 135 David McLane 95, Bert Prentice 90, Stevie Ray 64 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWF WRESTLEMANIA 4/1 HOUSTON (322) 1,841 2. New Japan 6/6 Tokyo Budokan Hall (45) 492 3. All Japan 6/8 Tokyo Budokan Hall (31) 489 4. WWF No Way Out 2/25 Las Vegas (7) 487 5. New Japan Wrestling World 2001 1/4 Tokyo Dome (21) 472 6. WWF Royal Rumble 1/21 New Orleans (25) 382 7. UFC High Voltage 11/2 Las Vegas (36) 314 8. Toryumon 7/1 Kobe (39) 266 9. New Japan 12/14/00 Osaka (11) 225 10. WWF SummerSlam 8/19 San Jose (8) 208 Honorable Mention: Zero-One debut 3/2 Tokyo Budokan Hall 191, EMLL El Juicio Final 3/30 Mexico City 191, WWF No Mercy 10/21 St. Louis 164, Pride 17 9/24 Osaka 145, Pride 12/23/00 Saitama 122, WWF Invasion 7/22 Cleveland 70 "CATEGORY B" AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WOW UNLEASHED 2/4 LOS ANGELES 139 2. UFC Victory in Vegas 9/28 Las Vegas 121 3. WCW Sin 1/14 Indianapolis 70 4. WWF Backlash 4/29 Chicago 66 5. WWF King of the Ring 6/24 East Rutherford, NJ 35 6. WCW Starrcade 2000 12/17/00 Washington, DC 28 7. Zero-One 8/30 Tokyo Budokan Hall 22 8. WWF Judgment Day 5/20 Sacramento 18 9. WWF Survivor Series 11/19 Greensboro 16 10. EMLL 9/28 PPV Arena Mexico 13 Honorable Mention: WWF Invasion 7/22 Cleveland 12, WCW SuperBrawl 2/18 Nashville 12, New Japan 5/5 Fukuoka Dome 10 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. KEIJI MUTO SHINING WIZARD 238 2. Dragon Kid dragonrana 105 3. Rob Van Dam 5 star frog splash 42 4. Shane Helms vetabreaker 26 5. Minoru Tanaka Minoru special 25 6. Yoshihiro Tajiri tarantula 20 7. Maximos spanish fly 17 8. A.J. Styles shooting star plancha 16 9. Mariko Yoshida air raid crash 16 10. Ricky Marvin springboard corkscrew plancha 14 Honorable Mention: Chris Benoit tarantula on ladder 13, El Hijo del Santo senton into tope 12, Super Dragon psycho driver 11, Black Warrior tope of death 11 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. STEPHANIE MCMAHON PROMO ON 9/13 292 2. Vince McMahon kiss my ass club 161 3. Botched invasion angle 118 4. Final Nitro going off the air without a goodbye or thanks 38 5. Trish Stratus barking like a dog 32 5. McMahons using the 9/11 tragedy to get themselves over 32 7. Vince making out with Trish Stratus on TV 22 8. Stephanie as ECW owner 18 9. Endless push of Shane & Stephanie 17 10. Cutting off Flair & Sting on final Nitro 8 READERS PERSONAL FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. KEIJI MUTO 107 2. Chris Benoit 95 3. Kurt Angle 53 4. Chris Jericho 50 5. Rob Van Dam 38 6. Cima 37 7. Momoe Nakanishi 36 8. Toshiaki Kawada 35 9. Steve Austin 29 10. Yuji Nagata 25 Honorable Mention: Minoru Tanaka 22, William Regal 18, Ric Flair 15, Kazushi Sakuraba 13 READERS PERSONAL LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. UNDERTAKER 183 2. Buff Bagwell 57 3. Kevin Nash 51 4. Billy Gunn 46 5. Chyna 29 6. Shane McMahon 27 7. HHH 19 8. Rock 14 9. Diamond Dallas Page 13 9. Big Show 13 WORST WRESTLER 1. BIG SHOW 185 2. Buff Bagwell 111 3. Undertaker 68 4. Brian Adams 61 5. Scott Norton 53 6. Giant Silva 38 7. Chyna 36 8. John Zandig 32 9. Trish Stratus 31 10. Billy Gunn 26 Honorable Mention: Sid Vicious 25, Brazo de Plata 16, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. 15 WORST TAG TEAM 1. KRONIK 427 2. Undertaker & Kane 146 3. Giants Singh & Silva 73 4. Big Show & Billy Gunn 56 5. Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo 47 6. Lex Luger & Buff Bagwell 40 7. APA 17 8. Ron & Don Harris 12 9. Road Warriors 10 10. Public Enemy 9 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWF EXCESS 217 2. AAA on Galavision 80 3. WWF Sunday Night Heat 63 4. WCW Nitro 62 5. WCW Thunder 54 6. XPW 44 7. WWF Raw 31 8. WOW 24 9. CZW Fake You 13 10. Florida Championship Wrestling 10 WORST NON-WRESTLING PERSONALITY 1. STEPHANIE MCMAHON 310 2. Shane McMahon 116 3. Linda McMahon 66 4. Debra 52 5. Rob Black 22 6. Vince McMahon 17 7. Antonio Pena 16 8. Sara Undertaker 12 9. Ernest Miller 10 10. Stevie Ray 9 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. UNDERTAKER & KANE VS. KRONIK 9/23 PITTSBURGH . 367 2. Choshu & Nakanishi vs. Ogawa & Murakami 5/5 Fukuoka Dome 122 3. Booker T vs. Buff Bagwell 7/2 Tacoma 79 4. Chyna vs. Ivory 4/1 Houston 68 5. Chyna vs. Ivory 1/21 New Orleans 43 6. Jarrett vs. Sid vs. Steiner vs. Animal 1/14 Indy 34 7. Undertaker & Kane vs. DDP & Kanyon 8/19 San Jose 31 8. Trish Stratus vs. Lita 11/19 Charlotte 12 9. Chyna vs. Lita 5/20 Sacramento 11 10. Trish Status vs. Stacy Keibler 11/26 Oklahoma City 10 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. WWF VS. ALLIANCE 490 2. Undertaker vs. Diamond Dallas Page 128 3. Vince McMahon vs. Shane McMahon 35 4. Chyna vs. Ivory 27 5. Antonio Pena vs. Cibernetico 24 6. Chyna vs. Lita 20 7. Stephanie McMahon vs. Trish Stratus 19 8. All Japan vs. New Japan 8 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. STEPHANIE MCMAHON 257 2. Jeff Hardy 98 3. Shane McMahon 61 4. Linda McMahon 53 5. Debra 39 6. Test 30 7. Rob Van Dam 28 8. Rob Black 20 9. Scotty 2 Hotty 19 10. Brian Adams 18 Honorable Mention: Diamond Dallas Page 17, John Zandig 16, Sid Vicious 16, Big Show 13, Trish Stratus 13, Chyna 10, Vince McMahon 10 WORST PROMOTION 1. WCW 156 2. XPW 115 3. AAA 113 4. WOW 102 5. MECW 95 6. WWF 88 7. FMW 24 8. CZW 23 9. New Japan 16 10. Zero-One 15 Honorable Mention: WWA 13, Big Japan 11 BEST BOOKER 1. JIM CORNETTE 145 2. Paul Heyman 95 3. Ultimo Dragon 81 4. Vince McMahon 63 5. Mitsuharu Misawa 49 6. Negro Casas 48 7. Masahiro Chono 37 8. Genichiro Tenryu 36 9. Antonio Inoki 27 10. Riki Choshu 23 Honorable Mention: Chigusa Nagayo 18, Joe Silva 14, Great Sasuke 10 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. ANTONIO INOKI 240 2. Vince McMahon 235 3. Naoto Morishita 109 4. Ultimo Dragon 61 5. Paco Alonso 25 6. Mitsuharu Misawa 21 7. Dana White 18 8. Takeshi Matsunaga 14 9. Jacques Rougeau 12 10. Jim Cornette 11 Honorable Mention: Jim Kettner 10 SHOOT FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. VANDERLEI SILVA 295 2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 225 3. Tito Ortiz 93 4. Kazushi Sakuraba 61 5. Randy Couture 34 6. Pedro Rizzo 16 7. B.J. Penn 13 8. Sanae Kikuta 11 9. Caol Uno 7 10. Matt Hughes 6 10. Jens Pulver 6 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. RANDY COUTURE VS. PEDRO RIZZO 5/4 ATLANTIC CITY 197 2. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Vanderlei Silva 11/3 Tokyo 117 3. Antonio Nogueira vs. Heath Herring 11/3 Tokyo 101 4. Matt Hughes vs. Carlos Newton 11/2 Las Vegas 65 5. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Vanderlei Silva 3/25 Saitama 49 6. Pedro Rizzo vs. Josh Barnett 2/23 Atlantic City 39 7. Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Kazuyuki Fujita 5/27 Yokohama 32 8. Daijiro Matsui vs. Pele 5/27 Yokohama 25 9. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Quinton Jackson 7/29 Saitama 22 10. Daijro Matsui vs. Murilo Ninja 9/24 Osaka 16 Honorable Mention: Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Masaaki Satake 7/29 Saitama 14, Don Frye vs. Gilbert Yvel 9/24 Osaka 13, Matt Lindland vs. Phil Baroni 11/2 Las Vegas 13, Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Ryan Gracie 12/23/00 Saitama 12 BEST GIMMICK 1. HURRICANE 209 2. Steve Austin "What" 84 3. Commissioner Regal 63 4. Steve Austin paranoid heel 61 5. Kurt Angle 57 6. Chris Jericho 40 7. Tajiri w/Regal 30 8. La Parka 22 9. Keiji Muto 19 10. Magnum Tokyo 18 Honorable Mention: Pepper Parks 16, New Infemales 12, Rob Van Dam 10 WORST GIMMICK 1. DDP BOB PATTERSON GIMMICK 119 2. DDP Stalker gimmick 91 3. Hurricane 62 4. Kurt Angle geek 46 5. Perry Saturn 38 6. Shane McMahon dancing bad ass 35 7. Undertaker 29 8. Spike as Little Show 23 8. Steve Austin as whining pussy 23 10. Mike Awesome "That 70s guy" 22 Honorable Mention: Chyna 20, X-Pac 19 MOST EMBARASSING WRESTLER 1. Buff Bagwell 92 2. Undertaker 87 3. Chyna 83 4. Big Show 69 5. Shane McMahon 64 6. Trish Stratus 34 6. Hurricane 34 8. Vince McMahon 26 9. Scott Norton 23 10. Brian Adams 22 Honorable Mention: Hulk Hogan 20, Carlos Colon 18, Bully Gunn 18, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. 17 Brazo de Plaza 15
2000WRESTLER OF THE YEAR1. HHH (322) 2,014 2. Toshiaki Kawada (124) 1,736 3. Rock (72) 1,061 4. Kazushi Sakuraba (145) 1,046 5. Chris Benoit (31) 393 6. Kurt Angle (4) 235 7. Mitsuharu Misawa (2) 226 8. Kenta Kobashi 201 9. Booker T (2) 44 10. Mick Foley (4) 43 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. CHRIS BENOIT (287) 1,818 2. Toshiaki Kawada (85) 1,073 3. HHH (82) 822 4. Jun Akiyama (20) 472 5. Yoshihiro Tajiri (39) 414 6. Kenta Kobashi (35) 385 7. Mitsuharu Misawa (16) 342 8. Koji Kanemoto (21) 290 9. Cima (5) 238 10. Minoru Tanaka (18) 183 Honorable Mention: Aja Kong 117, Chris Jericho 115, Kurt Angle 78 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. ROCK (368) 2,365 2. HHH (32) 1,073 3. Naoya Ogawa (74) 754 4. Steve Austin (59) 752 5. Kazushi Sakuraba (22) 437 6. Toshiaki Kawada (16) 332 7. Shinya Hashimoto (3) 239 8. Mick Foley (2) 123 9. Perro Aguayo 49 10. Undertaker (4) 38 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. HHH VS. MICK FOLEY (179) 1,428 2. HHH vs. Rock (90) 998 3. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa (71) 755 4. All Japan vs. New Japan (39) 701 5. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Gracies (76) 669 6. Hardys vs. Edge & Christian (55) 451 7. HHH vs. Kurt Angle (19) 344 8. Atlantis vs. Villano III (5) 276 9. Crazy Max vs. M2K (22) 256 10. Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho (6) 205 Honorable Mention: HHH vs. Chris Jericho 166, Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama 125, Rock vs. Chris Benoit 104, FBI vs. Mikey TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. EDGE & CHRISTIAN (224) 1,746 2. Matt & Jeff Hardy (143) 1,486 3. Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto (146) 1,102 4. Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley (7) 509 5. Yoshihiro Takayama & Takao Omori (44) 364 6. Mikey Whipwreck & Yoshihiro Tajiri (38) 298 7. Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (15) 202 8. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (17) 145 9. FBI (10) 118 10. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (5) 94 Honorable Mention: Cima & Sumo Dandy Fuji 92 MOST IMPROVED 1. KURT ANGLE (265) 1,782 2. HHH (80) 608 3. Takao Omori (37) 331 4. Rock (32) 318 5. Steve Corino (10) 211 6. Kid Kash (26) 152 7. Buh Buh Ray Dudley (8) 132 8. Cima (16) 127 9. William Regal (8) 117 10. Christian (2) 94 Honorable Mention: Tiger Mask 107, Ikuto Hidaka 106, Taiyo Kea 95, Booker T 82 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. ROCK (269) 1,717 2. Mick Foley (119) 1,034 3. Kurt Angle (43) 639 4. Chris Jericho (49) 502 5. HHH (34) 447 6. Vince McMahon (12) 226 7. Christian (2) 183 8. Ric Flair (8) 154 9. Edge (1) 115 10. Steve Austin (4) 89 Honorable Mention: Steve Corino 77 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. ROCK (463) 2,386 2. Chris Jericho (29) 634 3. Steve Austin (22) 537 4. HHH (9) 280 5. Kurt Angle (10) 212 6. Bill Goldberg 182 7. Mick Foley (4) 151 8. Cima 149 9. Atsushi Onita 115 10. Ric Flair (5) 80 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. CHRIS BENOIT (335) 1,971 2. Minoru Tanaka (111) 844 3. Dean Malenko (23) 562 4. Yuji Nagata (48) 460 5. Koji Kanemoto (38) 455 6. Yoshihiro Tajiri (35) 319 7. Jun Akiyama (17) 235 8. Shinjiro Otani (14) 166 9. Lance Storm (4) 155 10. Takashi Iizuka (16) 148 Honorable Mention: Alexander Otsuka 146, Blue Panther 139, William Regal 119, Kurt Angle 102, Eddy Guerrero 99, Jerry Lynn 83, Yuki Ishikawa 82, Kenta Kobashi 74 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. MICK FOLEY (173) 1,155 2. HHH (102) 1,039 3. Chris Benoit (86) 987 4. Ryuji Yamakawa (77) 734 5. Tomoaki Honma (55) 699 6. Lioness Asuka (23) 269 7. Masato Tanaka (16) 166 8. Steve Austin (5) 133 9. Dudleys (11) 102 10. Vader (4) 97 Honorable Mention: Toshiaki Kawada 92, Aja Kong 91, Yoshihiro Tajiri 63 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. JEFF HARDY (322) 1,709 2. Dragon Kid (145) 961 3. Cima (35) 697 4. Ricky Marvin (37) 542 5. Super Crazy (34) 445 6. Juventud Guerrera (25) 404 7. Kid Kash (28) 307 8. Rob Van Dam (3) 217 9. Jodie Fleisch (2) 182 10. Great Sasuke (15) 162 Honorable Mention: Hayabusa 114, Momoe Nakanishi 110, Rey Mysterio Jr. 89, Eddy Guerrero 82 MOST OVERRATED 1. KEVIN NASH (217) 1,447 2. Sid Vicious (40) 475 3. Chyna (62) 473 4. Hulk Hogan (22) 300 5. Scott Steiner (19) 272 6. Undertaker (14) 253 7. Billy Gunn (23) 239 8. Scott Norton (4) 217 9. Lex Luger (9) 157 10. Bill Goldberg (16) 124 Honorable Mention: Brian Adams 121, Big Show 119, Rob Van Dam 94, Jeff Jarrett 92, Chris Jericho 77, Manabu Nakanishi 73 MOST UNDERRATED 1. CHRIS JERICHO (79) 486 2. Christopher Daniels (62) 414 3. Kaz Hayashi (32) 389 4. Juventud Guerrera (17) 287 5. Dean Malenko (26) 255 6. Lance Storm (28) 208 7. Mike Awesome (17) 199 8. Billy Kidman (6) 192 9. Taka Michinoku (2) 177 10. E.Z. Money (17) 145 Honorable Mention: William Regal 144, Michael Modest 137, D-Lo Brown 132, Chris Benoit 128, Masahito Kakihara 127, Shane Helms 112, Val Venis 111, Al Snow 97, Raven 95, Jerry Lynn 92, Test 91, Judo Suwa 90, El Samurai 89, Shinjiro Otani 89, Bob Holly PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION (437) 2,263 2. New Japan Pro Wrestling (25) 1,428 3. Dream Stage Entertainment (8) 1,099 4. EMLL (16) 601 5. Toryumon (56) 542 6. Extreme Championship Wrestling (13) 408 7. All Japan Pro Wrestling (17) 355 8. Pro Wrestling NOAH 285 9. Osaka Pro Wrestling (37) 220 10. GAEA (21) 218 Honorable Mention: Big Japan 158, Michinoku Pro 92, Arsion 87 BEST WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWF RAW IS WAR (334) 2,150 2. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (115) 1,489 3. WWF Smackdown (98) 1,341 4. ECW Hardcore TV (10) 367 5. ECW on TNN (4) 272 6. All Japan Pro Wrestling 30 (37) 269 7. EMLL (6) 181 8. WCW Nitro (2) 92 9. Women of Wrestling 74 10. XPW 52 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. ATLANTIS VS. VILLANO III 3-17 MEXICO CITY (145) 1,132 2. HHH vs. Mick Foley 1-23 Madison Square Garden (97) 844 3. Dudleys vs. Edge & Christian vs. Hardys 8-27 Raleigh (76) 634 4. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kensuke Sasaki 10-9 Tokyo Dome (73) 590 5. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka 6-25 Tokyo (33) 486 6. HHH vs. Mick Foley 2-27 Hartford (39) 412 7. HHH vs. Chris Jericho 7-23 Dallas (40) 397 8. HHH vs. Rock 5-21 Louisville (34) 338 9. Chris Benoit vs. Steven Regal 5-25 Cincinnati (48) 271 10. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 4-11 Kanazawa (15) 219 Honorable Mention: Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada 1-17 Osaka 201, Kenta Kobashi vs. Takao Omori 4-15 Tokyo 146,Dudleys vs. Edge & Christian vs. Hardys 4-2 Anaheim 130, FBI vs. Mikey Whipwreck & Yoshihiro Tajiri 8-26 New York 119, Rock ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. SHAWN O’HAIRE (82) 839 2. Mike Sanders (103) 700 3. Takehiro Murahama (68) 362 4. Takeshi Rikio (57) 325 5. Mark Jindrak (29) 316 6. Shelton Benjamin (33) 282 7. Trish Stratus (12) 210 8. Kenzo Suzuki (15) 199 9. Kenta Kobayashi (20) 128 10. Yun Yang (2) 93 Honorable Mention: American Dragon 91, Johnny the Bull 72 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. VINCE MCMAHON (176) 1,384 2. Stephanie McMahon (94) 756 3. Shane McMahon (32) 630 4. Mick Foley (98) 605 5. Cyrus(46) 466 6. Trish Stratus (18) 220 7. Sinister Minister (7) 151 8. Joel Gertner(5) 150 9. Antonio Inoki (16) 90 10. Francine (6) 75 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. JIM ROSS (451) 2,325 2. Jerry Lawler (38) 832 3. Joey Styles (8) 591 4. Scott Hudson (6) 280 5. Mike Tenay (2) 226 6. Dave Brown (14) 195 7. Cyrus (1) 172 8. Mark Madden (4) 170 9. Dr. Alfonso Morales (6) 108 10. Michael Cole (7) 99 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. TONY SCHIAVONE (253) 1,755 2. Mark Madden (118) 824 3. Michael Cole (48) 751 4. Stevie Ray (23) 289 5. Cory Maclin (20) 199 6. Joey Styles (10) 185 7. Lee Marshall (29) 184 8. Bobby Heenan (2) 179 9. Jonathan Coachman (10) 145 10. Mike Tenay (6) 118 Honorable Mention: Tazz 116, Joel Gertner 115, Scott Hudson 107, Jeremy Borash 98, Kevin Kelly 97, Larry Zbyszko 82 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. EMLL 3-17 ARENA MEXICO (38) 799 2. WWF Fully Loaded 7-23 Dallas (106) 748 3. Pride Grand Prix finals 5-1 Tokyo Dome (76) 649 4. WWF Backlash 4-30 Washington (69) 632 5. WWF Royal Rumble 1-23 Madison Square Garden (85) 614 6. WWF SummerSlam 8-27 Raleigh (45) 472 7. WWF Judgment Day 5-21 Louisville (19) 364 8. New Japan 10-9 Tokyo Dome (20) 253 9. All Japan 2-27 Budokan Hall (30) 182 10. WWF No Way Out 2-27 Hartford (9) 176 Honorable Mention: WWF WrestleMania 4-2 Anaheim 130, Michinoku Pro Super J Cup 4-9 Tokyo Sumo Hall 116, Gaea 5-14, Tokyo Ariake Coliseum 105, New Japan 1-4 Tokyo Dome 94, Gaea 9-15 Yokohama 92, ECW Hardcore Heaven 5-14 Milwaukee 82, New Japan 4-7 Tokyo Dome 76, ECW tag team tournament 8-25 New York 74, WWF No Mercy 10-22 Albany 67 “CATEGORY B” AWARDS - WINNER WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WCW HALLOWEEN HAVOC 10-29 LAS VEGAS 94 2. WCW SuperBrawl 2-20 San Francisco 74 3. WCW New Blood Rising 8-13 Vancouver 65 4. WWF King of the Ring 6-25 Boston 64 5. IGeneration Wrestling 7-30 Sydney 61 6. WCW Uncensored 3-19 Miami 32 7. WCW Great American Bash 6-18 Baltimore 31 8. WCW Bash at the Beach 7-11 Daytona 24 9. WCW Slamboree 5-7 Kansas City 15 10. WCW Souled Out 1-16 Cincinnati 13 Honorable Mention: WWF WrestleMania 4-2 Anaheim 11, WCW Mayhem 11-27 Milwaukee 9 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. DRAGON KID DRAGONRANA 84 2. Jeff Hardy swanton 68 3. Chris Benoit rolling german suplex 46 4. Rob Van Dam Van Terminator 43 5. Dudleys 3-D 37 5. Kenta Kobashi burning hammer 7. Yoshihiro Tajiri tarantula 25 8. Minoru Tanaka NL suplex into armbar 20 9. Ricky Marvin springboard corkscrew plancha 19 10. Jindrak & O’Haire double biel 18 Honorable Mention: Christopher Daniels Last Rites 17, HHH Pedigree 16, Crash Holly irishcarana 9 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WCW DAVID ARQUETTE WINS WCW TITLE 56 2. ECW tries to use Mitchell hand injury 47 3. WCW Kanyon takes bump off cage in KC 21 4. WWF tries to sway Presidential election 20 5. WWF’s obsession with Bret Hart 19 6. WWF Eddy Guerrero character 16 7. WWF other racial stereotyping 15 8. WCW putting Russo back in charge 13 8. WWF RTC angle 8. XPW invades ECW PPV Honorable Mention: Russo takes himself world champ 12, Mae Young bares fake breasts 11, Misawa quits All Japan 10, WCW having Sting come from rafters 9, WCW fires Bret Hart 8, Overabundance of man vs. woman matches 7, HHH car dropping angle 7 READERS PERSONAL FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. CHRIS BENOIT 81 2. Kurt Angle 70 3. HHH 41 4. Chris Jericho 40 5. Toshiaki Kawada 36 6. Ric Flair 24 7. Kazushi Sakuraba 21 8. Cima 20 9. Kenta Kobashi 16 9. William Regal 16 Honorable Mention: Mitsuharu Misawa 14, Rock 14, Eddy Guerrero 10, Yoshihiro Tajiri 10, Raven 9 READERS LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. KEVIN NASH 113 2. Chyna 111 3. Hulk Hogan 52 4. Scott Norton 37 5. Jim Duggan 25 6. Buff Bagwell 24 7. Lex Luger 16 8. Undertaker 12 9. Tommy Dreamer 11 9. Kronik Honorable Mention: HHH 10, Scott Steiner 10, Rock 10, Bill Goldberg 9, Sting 9 WORST WRESTLER 1. KEVIN NASH 129 2. David Flair 91 3. Chyna 67 4. Jim Duggan 27 5. Sid Vicious 22 5. Lex Luger 7. Big Show 15 8. John Zandig 14 9. Mideon 13 10. Hulk Hogan 12 Honorable Mention: Stevie Ray 11, Goodfather 10 WORST TAG TEAM 1. KRONIK 205 2. Goodfather & Bull Buchanan 81 3. Ron & Don Harris 46 4. Shawn Stasiak & Chuck Palumbo 32 5. Al Snow & Steve Blackman 12 6. Baldies 11 6. Stevie Ray & Big T 11 8. Lenny & Lodi 10 8. David Flair & Crowbar 10 10. Billy Gunn & Chyna 9 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WCW THUNDER 258 2. WCW Nitro 196 3. XPW 68 4. Women of Wrestling 19 5. WCW World Wide 12 6. WWF Live Wire 10 6. WWF Sunday Night Heat 8. ECW on TNN 9 8. WWF Metal 10. WWF Raw is War 8 WORST NON-WRESTLING PERSONALITY 1. VINCE RUSSO 241 2. Linda McMahon 52 3. Terri 34 4. Mae Young 20 4. Debra 20 6. Bill Alfonso 19 7. Oklahoma 16 8. David Arquette 12 9. Major Gunns 11 9. Judy Bagwell 11 Honorable Mention: Daffney 10, Trish Stratus 9, Jimmy Hart 9, Sinister Minister 8 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. PAT PATTERSON VS. GERALD BRISCO 6-25 BOSTON 174 2. Scott Norton vs. Steve Williams 10-9 Tokyo Dome 55 3. Public Enemy vs. Road Warriors 7-30 Sydney 37 4. Oklahoma vs. Madusa 1-16 Cincinnati 28 5. Tank Abbott vs. Big Al 2-20 San Francisco 25 6. Vampiro vs. Demon 7-11 Daytona 24 7. Lance Storm vs. Mike Awesome 8-13 Vancouver 16 8. Mancow vs. Jimmy Hart 5-14 Chicago 13 9. Lita vs. Stephanie 8-21 Lafayette 11 10. Bagwell & Okerlund vs. Kanyon & Madden 8-8 10 10. Sting vs. Vampiro 6-11 Baltimore 10 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. HULK HOGAN VS. BILLY KIDMAN 85 2. New Blood vs. Millionaires Club 84 3. Ric Flair vs. Vince Russo 46 4. Bill Goldberg vs. Vince Russo 40 5. Jimmy Hart vs. Mancow 31 6. Mark Madden vs. Gene Okerlund 18 7. ECW vs. TNN 16 8. Vampiro vs. Demon 14 9. Cat vs. Lance Storm 13 10. Kronik vs. Hams Twins 10 10. Vito vs. Reno 10 Honorable Mention: Chris Jericho vs. Kane 9, WCW vs. Battledome 9, Buff Bagwell vs. Chris Kanyon 9, Booker T vs. Harlem Heat WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. VINCE RUSSO 98 2. Scott Steiner 49 3. Chyna 34 4. Stephanie McMahon 33 5. Sid Vicious 30 6. Debra 26 7. Hulk Hogan 25 8. Linda McMahon 22 9. David Flair 15 9. Jeff Hardy Honorable Mention: Rhino 14, Kevin Nash 12, Tank Abbott 11, Kimberly 9 WORST PROMOTION 1. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING 447 2. XPW 94 3. Power Pro Wrestling 17 4. Extreme Championship Wrestling 14 5. Women of Wrestling 13 6. Big Japan 11 7. World Wrestling Federation 8 7. AAA 9. All Japan 6 10. iGeneration Wrestling 4 BEST BOOKER 1. VINCE MCMAHON 415 2. Paul Heyman 74 3. Chigusa Nagayo 32 4. Mitsuharu Misawa 20 5. Yoshihiro Asai 19 6. Riki Choshu 17 7. Antonio Inoki 16 8. Antonio Pena 14 9. Aja Kong 12 10. Super Delfin 10 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. VINCE MCMAHON 513 2. Naoto Morishita 38 3. Riki Choshu 20 4. Mitsuharu Misawa 16 5. Paul Heyman 8 6. Antonio Pena 7 6. Yoshihiro Asai 7 8. Chigusa Nagayo 6 8. Super Delfin 6 SHOOT FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. KAZUSHI SAKURABA 542 2. Mark Coleman 33 3. Randy Couture 23 4. Ryan Gracie 19 5. Frank Shamrock 7 6. Ken Shamrock 6 7. Tito Ortiz 5 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. KAZUSHI SAKURABA VS. ROYCE GRACIE 5-1 TOKYO DOME 495 2. Randy Couture vs. Kevin Randleman 11-17 Atlantic City 56 3. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Renzo Gracie 8-27 Seibu Dome 37 4. Bob Cook vs. Tiki Ghosen 3-10 Lake Charles 17 5. Ryan Gracie vs. Tokimitsu Ishizawa 8-27 Seibu Dome 12 6. Guy Mezger vs. Vanderlei Silva 8-27 Seibu Dome 9 7. Ken Shamrock vs. Kazuyuki Fujita 8-27 Seibu Dome 7 8. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Antonio Nogueira 10-9 Tokyo 4 BEST GIMMICK 1. KURT ANGLE 163 2. Edge & Christian 88 3. Rock 85 4. Crash Holly 23 5. Crazy Max 20 6. Onryo 19 7. Lita 17 8. Curry Man 16 9. William Regal 15 10. HHH 13 Honorable Mention: Undertaker 10, MIA 9, Rikishi & Too Cool 9 WORST GIMMICK 1. MIKE AWESOME THAT 70’S GUY 76 2. The Dog 56 3. Mike Awesome Fat Chick Thriller 50 4. RTC 41 5. Naked Mideon 37 6. G.I. Bro 33 7. Kwee Wee 29 8. Demon 20 9. Curry Man 19 10. Mae Young 17 10. Hugh G. Rection 17 Honorable Mention: Oklahoma 11, Kronik 9, Undertaker 9 MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. HULK HOGAN 79 2. Chyna 63 3. Scott Hall 61 4. Kevin Nash 60 5. David Flair 35 6. Kwee Wee 27 7. Mae Young 22 8. Buff Bagwell 18 8. Scott Steiner 10. Naked Mideon 14 Honorable Mention: Vince Russo 12, Juventud Guerrera 11, Lex Luger 9, Pat Patterson 9, Oklahoma 8
1999"CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS VOTED ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS. WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. MITSUHARU MISAWA (171) 1,379 2. Steve Austin (176) 1,233 3. Vader (59) 789 4. Rock (74) 747 5. Keiji Muto (73) 640 6. Kenta Kobashi (2) 218 7. Mick Foley (22) 208 8. Chris Benoit (8) 187 9. Rob Van Dam (5) 157 10. Hunter Hearst Helmsley (1) 97 Honorable Mention: Koji Kanemoto 66 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. MITSUHARU MISAWA (200) 1,348 2. Chris Benoit (118) 921 3. Kenta Kobashi (85) 792 4. Koji Kanemoto (70) 689 5. Shinjiro Otani (45) 425 6. Billy Kidman (17) 144 7. Jerry Lynn (11) 138 8. Rob Van Dam (4) 124 9. Jun Akiyama 121 10. Jeff Hardy (1) 105 10. Jushin Liger (2) 105 Honorable Mention: Juventud Guerrera 104, Super Crazy 103, Masato Tanaka 60 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. STEVE AUSTIN (313) 2,431 2. Rock (20) 1,207 3. Keiji Muto (4) 333 4. Bill Goldberg (1) 317 5. Vader (11) 224 6. Mitsuharu Misawa (13) 205 7. Mick Foley 132 8. Vince McMahon 103 9. Kenta Kobashi 48 10. Hulk Hogan 26 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. STEVE AUSTIN VS. VINCE MCMAHON (130) 738 2. Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn (74) 675 3. Steve Austin vs. Rock (79) 511 4. Rock vs. Mankind (36) 429 5. Burning vs. Untouchables (38) 361 6. Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Vince McMahon (34) 304 7. Edge & Christian vs. Matt & Jeff Hardys (22) 303 8. Kenta Kobashi vs. Vader (24) 302 9. Naoya Ogawa vs. Shinya Hashimoto (13) 249 10. Gaea vs. SSU (28) 229 Honorable Mention: Misawa vs. Vader 228, Liger's juniors vs. Otani & Kanemoto & Takaiwa 143, Crazy vs. Tajiri 102, Austin vs. Undertaker 68, Crazy Max vs. Magnum Tokyo 60 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. KENTA KOBASHI & JUN AKIYAMA (314) 1,872 2. Matt & Jeff Hardy (134) 1,075 3. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (10) 586 4. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (5) 505 5. Edge & Christian (12) 333 6. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko (6) 118 7. Road Dogg & Billy Gunn (9) 117 8. Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda (13) 85 9. Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (6) 83 10. Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley (6) 77 Honorable Mention: Jarrett & Owen Hart 70, Credible & Storm 63 MOST IMPROVED 1. VADER (83) 420 2. Kane (32) 322 3. Test (34) 289 4. Jeff Hardy (19) 259 5. Bob Holly (35) 254 6. Hunter Hearst Helmsley (33) 237 7. Cima (26) 195 8. Magnum Tokyo (1) 191 9. Jerry Lynn (28) 165 10. Danny Doring (16) 157 Honorable Mention: Bill Goldberg 144, Blitzkrieg 137, Lance Storm 126, Minoru Tanaka 119, Super Crazy 114, Edge 105, Manabu Nakanishi 95, Matt Hardy 94, Don Frye 83, Takao Omori 83, Little Guido 66 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. ROCK (184) 1,384 2. Mick Foley (92) 935 3. Chris Jericho (98) 847 4. Steve Austin (10) 379 5. Vince McMahon (25) 243 6. Ric Flair (6) 201 7. Raven (16) 135 8. Shane Douglas (8) 93 9. Michael Hayes (17) 89 10. Steve Corino (2) 70 Honorable Mention: Masahiro Chono 61, Hunter Hearst Helmsley 60 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. ROCK (355) 2,106 2. Steve Austin (74) 1,053 3. Chris Jericho (10) 346 4. Bill Goldberg (2) 345 5. Mick Foley (7) 161 6. Magnum Tokyo (14) 115 7. Masahiro Chono (2) 73 8. Rob Van Dam (1) 71 9. Ric Flair (4) 70 10. Vince McMahon (6) 63 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. SHINJIRO OTANI (105) 799 2. Chris Benoit (118) 720 3. Kiyoshi Tamura (86) 625 4. Koji Kanemoto (57) 496 5. Minoru Tanaka (25) 409 6. Dean Malenko (30) 404 7. Yoshihiro Tajiri (11) 166 8. Volk Han (10) 145 8. Bret Hart (5) 145 10. Kendo Ka Shin (2) 137 Honorable Mention: Kurt Angle 93, Super Crazy 92, Dos Caras 90, Mitsuharu Misawa 89, Jerry Lynn 79, Jushin Liger 68 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. MICK FOLEY (190) 1,318 2. Steve Austin (86) 1,064 3. Chris Benoit (70) 708 4. Masato Tanaka (69) 496 5. Vader (39) 294 6. Lioness Asuka (21) 157 7. Mayumi Ozaki (11) 132 8. Aja Kong (2) 106 9. Balls Mahoney (10) 84 10. David Finlay (11) 76 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. JUVENTUD GUERRERA (109) 924 2. Jeff Hardy (99) 816 3. Dragon Kid (44) 665 4. Super Crazy (65) 632 5. Rey Misterio Jr. (47) 408 6. Blitzkrieg (31) 382 7. Great Sasuke (28) 252 7. Cima (17) 252 9. Billy Kidman (3) 224 10. Rob Van Dam (25) 223 Honorable Mention: Hayabusa 155 MOST OVERRATED 1. KEVIN NASH (127) 1,099 2. Hulk Hogan (94) 769 3. Sid Vicious (22) 423 4. Big Show (38) 388 5. Chyna (10) 146 6. Lex Luger (5) 134 7. Atsushi Onita (22) 121 8. Rob Van Dam (19) 110 9. Jeff Jarrett (26) 98 10. Hunter Hearst Helmsley (14) 92 Honorable Mention: Diamond Dallas Page 80, Buff Bagwell 75, Sting 66, Steve Austin 64, Rock 62, Scott Hall 60 MOST UNDERRATED 1. CHRIS JERICHO (107) 640 2. Juventud Guerrera (56) 639 3. Chris Benoit (54) 379 4. Psicosis (29) 214 5. Eddie Guerrero (7) 197 6. Masahito Kakihara (22) 183 7. Jeff Hardy (25) 182 8. Taka Michinoku (8) 175 9. Billy Kidman (10) 165 10. Brian Christopher (22) 93 10. Edge (13) 93 Honorable Mention: Jerry Lynn 92, Kaz Hayashi 89, Dos Caras 88, D-Lo Brown 84, La Parka 82, Yuji Nagata 74, Blitzkrieg 67, Minoru Tanaka 60 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION (194) 1,645 2. New Japan Pro Wrestling (122) 1,383 3. All Japan Pro Wrestling (77) 1,200 4. Extreme Championship Wrestling (24) 603 5. Gaea (52) 431 6. Toryumon (3) 215 7. World Championship Wrestling (11) 181 8. Battlarts (1) 167 9. EMLL (2) 88 10. Dream Stage Entertainment (5) 74 BEST WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWF RAW IS WAR (274) 1,611 2. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (122) 1,134 3. All Japan Pro Wrestling 30 (101) 1,053 4. WWF Smackdown (7) 531 5. ECW on TNN (20) 514 6. ECW Hardcore Wrestling (22) 298 7. WCW Monday Nitro (6) 189 8. EMLL (4) 85 9. Power Pro Wrestling (2) 35 10. WWF Sunday Night Heat 25 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. MITSUHARU MISAWA VS. KENTA KOBASHI 6-11 TOKYO (221) 1,285 2. Edge & Christian vs. Hardy Boys 10-17 Cleveland (114) 940 3. Bret Hart vs. Chris Benoit 10-4 Kansas City (40) 488 4. Misawa & Ogawa vs. Kobashi & Akiyama 3-6 Tokyo (38) 339 5. Steve Austin vs. Rock 4-25 Hartford (24) 242 6. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada 1-22 Osaka (14) 230 7. Misawa & Ogawa vs. Kobashi & Akiyama 10-23 Nagoya (15) 220 8. Otani & Takaiwa vs. Tanaka & Kanemoto 10-11 Tokyo (2) 158 9. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto 6-24 Tokyo (14) 157 10. Juventud Guerrera vs. Blitzkrieg 4-11 Tacoma (16) 152 Honorable Mention: Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn 3-21 Asbury Park 139, Psicosis vs. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera vs. Blitzkrieg 4-19 Gainesville, FL 126, Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn 5-16 Poughkeepsie 120, Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Vader 5-2 Tokyo 109, Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Vader 10-30 Tokyo 89, Great Sasuke vs. Magnum Tokyo 2-7 Yokohama 73, Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome 11-7 Buffalo 69, Jushin Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto 3-17 Hiroshima 61, Rock vs. Mankind 1-24 Anaheim 60 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. BLITZKRIEG (98) 792 2. Shane McMahon (87) 585 3. Kurt Angle (46) 437 4. Test (44) 366 5. Lash Leroux (27) 347 6. Jodie Fleisch (17) 191 7. Ai Fujita (34) 180 8. David Flair (2) 68 9. Genki Horiguchi (12) 65 10. Masaru Seno (3) 63 BEST NON WRESTLER 1. VINCE MCMAHON (169) 1,490 2. Shane McMahon (63) 938 3. Joel Gertner (19) 185 4. Torrie Wilson (9) 180 5. Debra (2) 178 6. Cyrus (22) 143 7. Dawn Marie (7) 128 8. Shawn Michaels (10) 124 9. Stephanie McMahon (11) 87 10. Bill Alfonso (5) 71 Honorable Mention: Terri Runnels 60 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. JIM ROSS (365) 1,989 2. Mike Tenay (23) 687 3. Joey Styles (16) 651 4. Scott Hudson (47) 554 5. Jerry Lawler (38) 497 6. Don Callis (13) 253 7. Jeff Blatnick (2) 106 8. Bobby Heenan 44 9. Michael Cole 28 10. Joel Gertner 22 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. TONY SCHIAVONE (204) 1,387 2. Bobby Heenan (52) 635 3. Michael Cole (33) 565 4. Larry Zbyszko (31) 435 5. Kevin Kelly (19) 267 6. Joel Gertner (31) 243 7. Joey Styles (10) 202 8. Dusty Rhodes (28) 174 9. Jerry Lawler (12) 153 10. Eric Bischoff (6) 92 10. Vince Russo (17) 92 Honorable Mention: Cory Maclin 77, Jim Ross 62 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. ECW ANARCHY RULZ 9-19 CHICAGO (76) 727 2. New Japan 10-11 Tokyo Dome (61) 507 3. WWF No Mercy 10-17 Cleveland (75) 485 4. WWF Wrestlemania 3-28 Philadelphia (42) 467 5. WCW Spring Stampede 4-11 Tacoma (59) 446 6. WWF SummerSlam 8-22 Minneapolis (42) 381 7. All Japan 5-2 Tokyo Dome (25) 314 8. Gaea 4-4 Yokohama (35) 269 9. All Japan 6-11 Tokyo Budokan (26) 235 10. Gaea 9-15 Yokohama (14) 215 Honorable Mention: All Japan Anniversary show 10-30 Tokyo 205, ECW November to Remember 11-7 Buffalo 129, WWF St. Valentine's Day Massacre 128, WWF Backlash 4-25 Hartford 102, ECW Heat Wave 7-18 Dayton 91, RINGS 6-24 Tokyo 88, New Japan 5-3 Fukuoka 86, New Japan 8-15 G-1 Climax tournament finals 86, ECW Guilty as Charged 1-10 Kissimmee, FL 78, WWF Royal Rumble 1-24 Anaheim 72, Arsion 4-24 Yokohama 70, ECW Living Dangerously 5-16 Poughkeepsie 66, New Japan 4-10 Tokyo Dome 61 "CATEGORY B" AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. HEROES OF WRESTLING 10-10 BAY ST. LOUIS 191 2. WCW Bash at the Beach 7-11 Ft. Lauderdale 58 3. WWF Survivor Series 11-14 Detroit 49 4. WWF Over the Edge 5-24 Kansas City 47 5. WCW Fall Brawl 9-12 Winston-Salem 34 6. WCW Road Wild 8-15 Sturgis 22 7. WWF Unforgiven 9-26 Charlotte 20 8. WCW Great American Bash 6-13 Baltimore 15 9. WWF King of the Ring 6-27 Greensboro 13 10. WCW Halloween Havoc 10-24 Las Vegas 13 Honorable Mention: WCW SuperBrawl 2-21 Oakland 10 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. DRAGON KID DRAGONRANA 97 2. Jeff Hardy swanton (senton bomb) 84 3. Kenta Kobashi burning hammer (torture rack death valley driver) 48 4. Toshiaki Kawada ganso bomb (on Misawa 1-22) 38 5. Billy Kidman shooting star press 27 6. Chris Benoit head-butt off cage 26 7. Yoshihiro Tajiri tarantula 25 8. Rock People's elbow 21 9. Hayabusa Phoenix splash 15 10. Doc Chan shooting star plancha 13 Honorable Mention: Juventud Guerrera top rope Juvi driver 12, Blitzkrieg sky twister 10, Lioness Asuka tomahawk bomb 10, Rikishi Phatu sit out piledriver 9 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWF CONTINUING PPV AFTER OWEN HART'S DEATH 134 2. WWF Big Show's father cancer angle 98 3. WCW exploiting Jim Ross' bells palsy 61 4. WCW borderline racism 20 5. WWF exploiting Jim Ross' bells palsy 19 6. WWF hiding Austin's injury before Survivor Series 17 7. FMW fart explosion angle 15 8. WWF using the funeral footage of Hart on Raw 14 9. WCW David Flair push 12 10. WWF McMahon publicly engaging Harts after death 10 Honorable Mention: WWF exploitation of women 9, WCW using Bret Hart's first interview as ratings ploy 8 READERS PERSONAL FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. CHRIS JERICHO 140 2. Mick Foley 64 3. Mitsuharu Misawa 51 4. Rock 37 5. Chris Benoit 34 6. Ric Flair 23 7. Sandman 18 8. Jeff Hardy 17 9. Minoru Tanaka 16 10. Bret Hart 14 Honorable Mention: Keiji Muto 13, Yoshihiro Tajiri 10, Shinjiro Otani 9 READERS LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. HULK HOGAN 112 2. Kevin Nash 98 3. Big Show 39 4. Sid Vicious 32 5. Rock 31 6. Evan Karagis 19 7. Hunter Hearst Helmsley 16 8. Buff Bagwell 12 9. Big Bossman 11 9. Randy Savage 11 Honorable Mention: Rick Steiner 10, Buh Buh Ray Dudley 9 WORST WRESTLER 1. KEVIN NASH 82 2. Viscera 62 3. Hulk Hogan 52 4. Sid Vicious 41 5. Jim Duggan 28 6. Stevie Ray 18 7. Rick Steiner 15 7. Evan Karagis 15 9. Iron Sheik 14 10. Randy Savage 10 WORST TAG TEAM 1. MIDEON & VISCERA 198 2. Kevin Nash & Scott Hall 62 3. New Age Outlaws 23 4. Mean Street Posse 22 5. Dudleys 21 6. Bushwhackers 19 7. Public Enemy 18 8. Barry & Kendall Windham 16 9. Creative Control 15 10. Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young 13 Honorable Mention: Randy Savage & Sid Vicious 10 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WCW THUNDER 172 2. WCW Nitro 155 3. WWF Raw is War 49 4. WCW Saturday Night 43 5. WCW World Wide 32 6. AAA Lucha Lunes 17 7. WWF Livewire 11 8. Kick Ass Wrestling 10 9. ECW on TNN 4 10. WWF Superstars 3 WORST MANAGER 1. SONNY ONOO 96 2. Jeff Jones 67 3. Jimmy Hart 30 4. Elizabeth 28 5. Oklahoma 27 6. Terri Runnels 25 7. Jason 20 8. Tammy Sytch 16 9. Bill Alfonso 13 10. Asya 12 10. Francine 12 10. Sable 12 Honorable Mention: Master P 11, Tori 11, Curtis Hughes 10, Debra 10, Miss Kitty 9 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. AL SNOW VS. BIG BOSSMAN 9-26 CHARLOTTE 135 2. Sheik & Volkoff vs. Bushwhackers 10-10 Bay St. Louis 116 3. Undertaker vs. Big Bossman 3-28 Philadelphia 54 4. Survivor Series womens match 11-14 Detroit 22 5. Tori vs. Ivory 8-22 Minneapolis 20 6. Sable vs. Tori 3-28 Philadelphia 17 7. Great Muta vs. Great Nita 8-28 Tokyo 16 8. Ivory vs. Fabulous Moolah 10-17 Cleveland 15 9. David Flair vs. Kimberly 11-21 Toronto 14 10. Mankind vs. Rock 1-24 Anaheim 12 Honorable Mention: Kevin Nash & Scott Hall vs. Strippers 10-25 Phoenix 10 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. BIG SHOW VS. BIG BOSSMAN 95 2. Al Snow vs. Big Bossman 52 3. Randy Savage vs. Kevin Nash 36 4. Rednecks vs. No Limit Soldiers 34 5. Hulk Hogan vs. Kevin Nash 27 6. Baldies vs. Rotten & Mahoney & New Jack 19 7. Nitro Girls feuds 14 8. Undertaker vs. Vince McMahon 13 9. Kane vs. Big Show 12 10. Fabulous Moolah vs. Mae Young 10 Honorable Mention: Ivory vs. Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young 9 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. SID VICIOUS 75 2. Chyna 40 3. Kevin Nash 36 4. Madusa 26 4. Randy Savage 26 6. Big Show 22 7. Stephanie McMahon 21 8. Steve Blackman 17 9. Hulk Hogan 13 9. Hunter Hearst Helmsley 13 Honorable Mention: Rick Steiner 12, Sable 12, David Flair 11, Terri Runnels 10, Vince McMahon 9 WORST PROMOTION 1. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING 376 2. World Wrestling Federation 34 3. FMW 19 4. Power Pro Wrestling 17 5. NWA World Wide 13 6. Incredibly Strange Wrestling 12 7. Extreme Championship Wrestling 10 7. IWA Japan 10 9. AAA 9 10. Pancrase 8 BEST BOOKER 1. VINCE MCMAHON 291 2. Paul Heyman 113 3. Riki Choshu 39 4. Vince Russo 38 5. Chigusa Nagayo 37 6. Keiichi Yamada 19 7. Mitsuharu Misawa 10 8. Antonio Pena 9 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. VINCE MCMAHON 438 2. Riki Choshu 52 3. Paul Heyman 22 4. Naohito Morishita 19 5. Chigusa Nagayo 17 6. Yoshihiro Asai 11 7. Mitsuharu Misawa 7 7. Antonio Pena 7 SHOOT FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. FRANK SHAMROCK 272 2. Kazushi Sakuraba 110 3. Tito Ortiz 19 4. Wallid Ismail 18 5. Bas Rutten 14 6. Semmy Schiltt 8 7. Gilbert Yvel 6 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. FRANK SHAMROCK VS. TITO ORTIZ 9-24 LAKE CHARLES 241 2. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royler Gracie 11-21 Tokyo 40 3. Gilbert Yvel vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 4-23 Osaka 19 4. Royce Gracie vs. Wallid Ismail 12-17-98 Rio 18 5. Bas Rutten vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 1-8 New Orleans 14 6. Frank Shamrock vs. Kiyoshi Tamura 4-23 Osaka 13 BEST GIMMICK 1. ROCK 121 2. Y2J 55 3. Magnum Tokyo 37 4. Stone Cold Steve Austin 31 5. Godfather 28 6. Rock & Sock Connection 27 7. Crazy Max 19 8. Sandman 18 9. Mankind 15 10. Too Cool 14 Honorable Mention: Bigshot Bob Holly 15, Norman Smiley 10, Vince McMahon 10, Raven 9, Masahiro Chono 9 WORST GIMMICK 1. POWERS THAT BE 41 2. Beaver Cleavage 34 3. Oklahoma 33 4. Mideon 31 5. Ernest Miller 26 6. Godfather 24 7. David Flair 22 8. Ric Flair as mental patient 18 9. Kiss Demon 16 10. No Limit Soldiers 14 Honorable Mention: Mean Street Posse 13, Creative Control 13, Hulk Hogan 12, Buzzkill 12, Blue Dust 10, Viscera 10, Tony Marinera 9 MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. HULK HOGAN 71 2. David Flair 43 3. Mae Young 37 4. Godfather 31 5. Kevin Nash 22 6. Roddy Piper 19 7. Rock 18 7. Big Bossman 18 9. Chocoball Mukai 17 9. Randy Savage 17 Honorable Mention: Kodo Fuyuki 16, Buff Bagwell 16, Big Show 15, Viscera 15, Fabulous Moolah 10, Tony Marinera 10, Nicole Bass 10 1998WRESTLER OF THE YEAR1. STEVE AUSTIN (471) 2,746 2. Mitsuharu Misawa (67) 1,606 3. Kenta Kobashi (73) 1,193 4. Mick Foley (62) 838 5. Rocky Maivia (11) 214 6. Bill Goldberg (1) 196 7. Shinjiro Otani (27) 189 8. Toshiaki Kawada (9) 176 9. Shinya Hashimoto (3) 148 10. Jushin Liger (1) 143 Honorable Mention: Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 143, Kiyoshi Tamura 125, Koji Kanemoto 108 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. KOJI KANEMOTO (149) 1,184 2. Shinjiro Otani (121) 1,175 3. Mitsuharu Misawa (126) 1,109 4. Kenta Kobashi (94) 801 5. Juventud Guerrera (82) 754 6. Kiyoshi Tamura (35) 622 7. Mick Foley (55) 559 8. Jushin Liger (26) 412 9. Jun Akiyama (5) 335 10. Steve Austin (43) 307 Honorable Mention: Chris Jericho 258, Chris Benoit 184, Billy Kidman 168, Toshiaki Kawada 162, X-Pac 149, Rob Van Dam 104, Ultimo Dragon 82, Rocky Maivia 75 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. STEVE AUSTIN (666) 3,367 2. Bill Goldberg (7) 934 3. Hulk Hogan (1) 915 4. Mitsuharu Misawa (12) 522 5. Antonio Inoki 275 6. Shinya Hashimoto 243 7. Undertaker (4) 170 8. Masahiro Chono 149 9. Mike Tyson (11) 118 10. Ric Flair 114 Honorable Mention: Rocky Maivia 88, Perro Aguayo 73 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. STEVE AUSTIN VS. VINCE MCMAHON (564) 2,992 2. Liger's Juniors vs. Otani's Juniors (47) 968 3. Black & White vs. Wolfpac (6) 316 4. Juventud Guerrera vs. Billy Kidman (11) 235 5. Undertaker vs. Kane (3) 224 6. New Japan vs. NWO (13) 203 7. Ric Flair vs. Eric Bischoff (7) 198 8. Steve Austin vs. Mick Foley (11) 178 9. DX vs. The Nation (2) 160 10. Steve Austin vs. Undertaker (4) 158 Honorable Mention: Chris Benoit vs. Booker T 124, Chris Jericho vs. Dean Malenko 117, Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada 108, Lioness Asuka vs. Kyoko Inoue 107, Taz vs. Shane Douglas 82 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. SHINJIRO OTANI & TATSUHITO TAKAIWA (245) 1,597 2. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (162) 1,359 3. Billy Gunn & Jesse Jammes (139) 989 4. Sabu & Rob Van Dam (71) 651 5. Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka (54) 581 6. Stan Hansen & Vader (41) 441 7. Jushin Liger & El Samurai (17) 414 8. Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace (40) 349 9. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (25) 269 10. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (3) 214 Honorable Mention: Masahiro Chono & Keiji Muto 198, Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley 148, Lance Storm & Chris Candido 133, Jushin Liger & Kendo Ka Shin 108, Brian Christopher & Scott Taylor 97, Koji Kanemoto & Kendo Ka Shin 81 MOST IMPROVED 1. ROCKY MAIVIA (191) 1,322 2. Billy Kidman (147) 1,140 3. D-Lo Brown (88) 722 4. Ken Shamrock (16) 311 5. Satoshi Kojima (28) 283 6. Chris Jericho (16) 262 7. Justin Credible (26) 225 8. Kendo Ka Shin (25) 216 9. Booker T (20) 196 10. Michiko Omukai (23) 176 Honorable Mention: Yuji Nagata 169, Jun Akiyama 162, Yumi Fukawa 149, Juventud Guerrera 106, Chris Kanyon 104, Balls Mahoney 88, Chavo Guerrero Jr. 88, X-Pac 86, Lenny Lane 70 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. STEVE AUSTIN (265) 1,739 2. Mick Foley (247) 1,516 3. Chris Jericho (55) 1,018 4. Ric Flair (56) 737 5. Rocky Maivia (14) 514 6. Arn Anderson (47) 468 7. Vince McMahon (38) 375 8. Shane Douglas (16) 214 9. Masahiro Chono (2) 106 10. Rob Van Dam 68 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. STEVE AUSTIN (504) 2,889 2. Rocky Maivia (31) 1,012 3. Bill Goldberg (13) 903 4. Ric Flair (56) 683 5. Chris Jericho (22) 257 6. Kevin Nash (6) 92 7. Mick Foley (10) 85 8. Masahiro Chono 83 9. La Parka 74 10. Antonio Inoki (4) 73 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. KIYOSHI TAMURA (210) 1,294 2. Shinjiro Otani (176) 1,283 3. Dean Malenko (124) 1,130 4. Chris Benoit (88) 900 5. Koji Kanemoto (53) 635 6. Jushin Liger (51) 432 7. Mitsuharu Misawa (79) 338 8. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (17) 333 9. Jun Akiyama (14) 306 10. Ultimo Dragon (19) 281 Honorable Mention: Volk Han 268, Kendo Ka Shin 198, Bret Hart 169, Juventud Guerrera 128, Chris Jericho 104, Ken Shamrock 100, Owen Hart 87, Dr. Wagner Jr. 86, Billy Kidman 72 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. MICK FOLEY (587) 3,061 2. Chris Benoit (16) 686 3. Steve Austin (19) 645 4. Masato Tanaka (1) 338 5. Mayumi Ozaki (34) 268 5. Tommy Dreamer (8) 268 7. Terry Funk 172 8. Raven (4) 148 9. Sabu (2) 119 10. Sandman (17) 104 Honorable Mention: Stan Hansen 99, New Jack 95, Ian Rotten 89 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. JUVENTUD GUERRERA (406) 2,475 2. Rey Misterio Jr. (83) 750 3. Hayabusa (30) 603 4. Billy Kidman (13) 571 5. Shinjiro Otani (27) 405 6. Great Sasuke (26) 378 7. Rob Van Dam (34) 319 8. Taka Michinoku (8) 265 9. Hikari Fukuoka (21) 209 10. Psicosis (8) 169 Honorable Mention: Dragon Kid 143, Koji Kanemoto 95, Kaz Hayashi 72 MOST OVERRATED 1. HULK HOGAN (231) 1,570 2. Warrior (103) 755 3. Kevin Nash (47) 607 4. Bill Goldberg (61) 582 5. Lex Luger (13) 515 6. Diamond Dallas Page (56) 424 7. Kane (20) 302 8. Undertaker (10) 222 9. Sting (23) 194 10. Billy Gunn (19) 190 Honorable Mention: Rob Van Dam 162, Scott Norton 142, Scott Steiner 128, Jeff Jarrett 117, Atsushi Onita 108, Jesse Jammes 107, Bret Hart 84, Taz 75 MOST UNDERRATED 1. CHRIS BENOIT (215) 1,352 2. Taka Michinoku (70) 685 3. Psicosis (97) 643 4. Brian Christopher (68) 621 5. Chris Jericho (25) 242 6. Dick Togo (37) 227 7. Kaz Hayashi (29) 179 8. La Parka (1) 149 9. Billy Kidman (26) 146 10. Scorpio (5) 124 Honorable Mention: Chavo Guerrero Jr. 118, Dean Malenko 112, Jerry Lynn 104, Silver King 100, Juventud Guerrera 95, D-Lo Brown 90, Ultimo Dragon 89, Kentaro Shiga 83, Jun Akiyama 82, Eddie Guerrero 79 BEST PROMOTION 1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (297) 2,801 2. World Wrestling Federation (403) 2,463 3. All Japan Pro Wrestling (41) 1,120 4. Extreme Championship Wrestling (22) 572 5. World Championship Wrestling (12) 428 6. RINGS (35) 305 7. EMLL 107 8. GAEA (2) 88 9. Arsion (1) 69 10. Ultimate Fighting Championships 62 BEST WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWF RAW IS WAR (412) 2,554 2. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (221) 2,140 3. All Japan Pro Wrestling 30 (56) 1,121 4. Extreme Championship Wrestling (52) 684 5. WCW Nitro (11) 622 6. WWF Sunday Night Heat 228 7. EMLL 82 8. WCW Saturday Night 69 9. Memphis Power Pro 49 10. WWF Shotgun Saturday Night 25 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. MITSUHARU MISAWA VS. KENTA KOBASHI 10/31 TOKYO (288) 1,937 2. Undertaker vs. Mankind 6/28 Pittsburgh (190) 1,292 3. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 6/27 Yokohama (141) 1,088 4. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada 5/1 Tokyo Dome (26) 482 5. Steve Austin vs. Dude Love 5/31 Milwaukee (43) 417 6. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 12/5/97 Tokyo (14) 406 7. Juventud Guerrera vs. Billy Kidman 11/16 Wichita (19) 329 8. Rocky Maivia vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley 8/30 New York (9) 306 9. Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada 6/12 Tokyo (21) 218 10. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama 7/25 Tokyo (22) 202 Honorable Mention: Koji Kanemoto vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. 6/3 Osaka 176, Ric Flair vs. Bret Hart 1/25 Dayton 155, Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels 3/29 Boston 136, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Koji Kanemoto & Dr. Wagner Jr. 8/8 Osaka 135, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Jushin Liger & El Samurai 8/2 Tokyo 110, Genichiro Tenryu vs. Shinya Hashimoto 8/1 Tokyo 95 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. BILL GOLDBERG (363) 2,041 2. Dragon Kid (108) 1,017 3. Magnum Tokyo (52) 1,014 4. Shima Nobunaga (23) 374 5. Sable (5) 342 6. Ayako Hamada (15) 271 7. Evan Tanner (15) 239 8. Erika Watanabe (10) 176 9. Brian Johnston (1) 140 10. Minoru Fujita (26) 138 Honorable Mention: Masamichi Marufuji 109, Mika Akino 108, Makoto Hashi 83 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. JIM ROSS (535) 2,933 2. Mike Tenay (55) 1,402 3. Joey Styles (21) 734 4. Jerry Lawler (12) 464 5. Yoshinori Tsuji (29) 312 6. Scott Hudson (9) 208 7. Tony Schiavone (11) 160 8. Jeff Blatnick (2) 149 9. Jim Cornette 130 10. Mike Goldberg 71 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. LEE MARSHALL (210) 1,792 2. Tony Schiavone (154) 1,142 3. Shane McMahon (118) 1,076 4. Larry Zbyszko (66) 960 5. Bobby Heenan (8) 335 6. Michael Cole (21) 284 7. Joey Styles (17) 214 8. Vince Russo (33) 179 9. Michael St. John (16) 162 10. Jerry Lawler (19) 96 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. ECW HEAT WAVE 8/2 DAYTON (174) 1,188 2. WWF Wrestlemania 3/29 Boston (105) 1,069 3. New Japan G-1 Quarters 8/1 Tokyo (122) 770 4. All Japan Tokyo Dome 5/1 (29) 747 5. WWF SummerSlam 8/30 New York (52) 723 6. WWF King of the Ring 6/28 Pittsburgh (85) 721 7. New Japan Tokyo Dome 1/4 (52) 351 8. UFC Redemption 5/15 Mobile (37) 223 9. UFC Battle in the Bayou 3/13 New Orleans (2) 215 10. WCW Souled Out 1/24 Dayton (1) 102 Honorable Mention: WWF Survivor Series 11/15 St. Louis 79 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. WCW FALL BRAWL 9/13 WINSTON-SALEM 215 2. WCW Road Wild 8/8 Sturgis 108 3. WCW Halloween Havoc 10/24 Las Vegas 97 4. ECW November to Remember 11/1 New Orleans 53 5. ECW Wrestlepalooza 5/3 Marietta 47 6. WCW World War III 11/22 Auburn Hills 44 7. WCW Bash at the Beach 7/12 San Diego 34 8. WWF Judgment Day 10/18 Chicago 20 9. WWF D-Generation X 12/7/97 Springfield 14 10. WCW Starrcade '97 12/28/97 Washington 13 Honorable Mention: WWF No Way Out 2/15 Houston 10 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. KENTA KOBASHI RACK INTO DEATH VALLEY BOMB 149 2. Rocky Maivia Corporate Elbow 140 3. Hayabusa Phoenix Splash 71 4. Tatsuhito Takaiwa triple bomb into DVD 55 5. Billy Kidman shooting star press 52 6. Bill Goldberg spear & jackhammer 40 7. Dragon Kid 450 into huracanrana 36 8. Shinjiro Otani spinning power bomb 34 9. Hikari Fukuoka moonsault foot stomp 33 10. Steve Austin stone cold stunner 25 Honorable Mention: Juventud Guerrera 450 splash 18, D-Lo Brown sky high power bomb 17, Manami Toyota Japanese Ocean Cyclone suplex 16, Chaparita Asari sky twister 13, Juventud Guerrera Air Juvi 13, Sabu & Rob Van Dam Rolling Thunder 12, Chris Benoit rolling german suplex 9 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WCW EXPLOITING SCOTT HALL'S PROBLEMS 190 2. WWF Austin/McMahon hostage angle 52 3. WCW suing Ric Flair 50 4. WWF exposing Jacqueline's boobs 39 5. WCW's handling of Louie Spicolli's death 30 6. WWF & WCW treatment of foreign stars 28 7. Raw content knowing 35% of audience is kids 27 8. WWF Terri Runnels pregnancy angle 26 9. Hulk Hogan running for President 25 10. ECW exploiting Dreamer's grandfather's death 23 Honorable Mention: Big Japan alligator match 20, WWF embalming angle 19, Jay Leno wrestling 18, Hawk drug addiction angle 16 READERS PERSONAL FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. MICK FOLEY 133 2. Chris Jericho 119 3. Shinjiro Otani 89 4. Steve Austin 60 5. Ric Flair 58 6. Chris Benoit 36 7. Jushin Liger 31 8. Rocky Maivia 21 9. Rob Van Dam 18 10. Kenta Kobashi 16 Honorable Mention: Kiyoshi Tamura 15, Rey Misterio Jr. 12, Juventud Guerrera 10, Bret Hart 9 READERS LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. HULK HOGAN 162 2. Warrior 157 3. Diamond Dallas Page 46 4. Bill Goldberg 34 5. Kevin Nash 28 6. Lex Luger 25 7. Ernest Miller 21 8. Scott Steiner 20 9. Jeff Jarrett 18 10. Steve McMichael 12 10. Konnan Honorable Mention: Kane 10 WORST WRESTLER 1. WARRIOR 229 2. Hulk Hogan 141 3. Steve McMichael 115 4. Kurrgan 40 5. Mark Henry 26 6. Van Hammer 13 6. Shinya Kojika 8. Atsushi Onita 12 9. Stevie Ray 11 10. Disciple 10 WORST TAG TEAM 1. KURRGAN & GOLGA 259 2. LOD 2000 94 3. DOA 57 4. New Age Outlaws 56 5. Public Enemy 47 6. Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley 31 7. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart 22 8. Southern Justice 10 9. High Voltage 9 10. Giant & Scott Hall 8 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WCW NITRO 135 2. WCW Saturday Night 133 3. Music City Wrestling 116 4. WCW Thunder 115 5. WCW World Wide 78 6. AAA 54 7. WWF Live Wire 34 8. Memphis Power Pro 17 9. WWF Sunday Night Heat 12 10. WWF Shotgun 10 WORST MANAGER 1. SONNY ONOO 419 2. Lance Wright 62 3. Yamaguchi-san 56 4. Luna 20 5. Jackyl 18 6. Babu 17 7. Paul Bearer 16 8. Tennessee Lee 13 9. Paul Ellering 12 10. Jacqueline 10 Honorable Mention: Joel Gertner 9 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. HULK HOGAN VS. WARRIOR 10/24 LAS VEGAS 322 2. War Games 9/13 Winston-Salem 93 3. Hogan & Bischoff vs. Page & Leno 8/8 Sturgis 64 4. Oddities vs. Kaientai 8/30 New York 38 5. Undertaker vs. Kane 10/18 Chicago 20 6. Hogan & Rodman vs. Page & Malone 7/12 San Diego 19 7. Steve McMichael vs. Stevie Ray 6/22 Jacksonville 18 8. Bam Bam Bigelow vs. New Jack 5/3 Marietta 16 9. Steve McMichael vs. Brian Adams 8/8 Sturgis 15 10. Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage 3/15 Mobile 13 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. HULK HOGAN VS. WARRIOR 323 2. LOD 200 vs. DOA 80 3. Rick Steiner vs. Scott Steiner 52 4. Val Venis vs. Kaientai 18 5. Oddities vs. Head Bangers 17 6. Val Venis vs. Goldust 15 7. Wolfpac vs. Black & White 14 8. Hulk Hogan vs. Diamond Dallas Page 11 8. Tommy Dreamer vs. Justin Credible 10. Jack Victory vs. New Jack 10 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. WARRIOR 269 2. Scott Steiner 146 3. Diamond Dallas Page 36 4. Ernest Miller 25 5. Val Venis 20 6. Steve McMichael 19 7. Eric Bischoff 15 8. Jacqueline 13 9. Colorado Kid 12 10. Hulk Hogan 10 10. Vince McMahon WORST PROMOTION 1. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING 215 2. Music City Wrestling 171 3. AAA 134 4. Big Japan Pro Wrestling 111 5. Extreme Championship Wrestling 98 6. Memphis Power Pro 70 7. NWA 31 8. UFO 29 9. World Wrestling Federation 22 10. IWA Japan 10 BEST BOOKER 1. VINCE MCMAHON 328 2. Paul Heyman 149 3. Riki Choshu 126 4. Mitsuharu Misawa 74 5. Keiichi Yamada 72 6. John Perretti 20 7. Antonio Pena 17 8. Vince Russo 12 9. Kevin Sullivan 7 10. Terry Taylor 6 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. VINCE MCMAHON 489 2. Riki Choshu 172 3. Shohei Baba 43 4. Paul Heyman 24 5. Eric Bischoff 22 6. Cesar Johnson 19 SHOOTER OF THE YEAR 1. FRANK SHAMROCK 495 2. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 37 3. Alexander Otsuka 36 4. Rickson Gracie 33 5. Mark Kerr 28 6. Evan Tanner 17 7. Maurice Smith 15 7. Tank Abbott 9. Masakatsu Funaki 14 10. Bas Rutten 12 Honorable Mention: Bart Gunn 10 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. JERRY BOHLANDER VS. KEVIN JACKSON3/13 NEW ORLEANS 119 2. Pete Williams vs. Mark Coleman 5/15 Mobile 115 3. Kimo vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 3/13 New Orleans 98 4. Alexander Otsuka vs. Marco Ruas 10/11 Tokyo 75 5. Bart Gunn vs.Steve Williams 47 5. Frank Shamrock vs. Jeremy Horn 5/15 Mobile 47 7. Frank Shamrock vs. John Lober 10/16 Rio de Janiero 42 8. Rickson Gracie vs. Nobuhiko Takada 10/11 Tokyo 34 9. Enson Inoue vs. Randy Couture 10/24 Tokyo 21 10. Mikey Burnett vs. Eugenio Tadeu 3/13 New Orleans 20 Honorable Mention: Tank Abbott vs. Pedro Rizzo 10/16 Rio de Janiero 19, Maurice Smith vs. Randy Couture 12/17/97 Yokohama 12 BEST GIMMICK 1. STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN 131 2. Vince McMahon 77 3. Bill Goldberg 63 4. Chris Jericho 40 5. Rock 36 6. DX 35 7. Three faces of Foley 34 8. Gangrel 32 9. Kane 28 10. Al Snow & Head 25 Honorable Mention: Val Venis 22, Four Horsemen 16, Stephen Regal 13 WORST GIMMICK 1. ODDITIES 116 2. Warrior 74 3. Scott Hall 44 4. LWO 43 5. Val Venis 37 6. Stephen Regal 30 7. Al Snow & Head 32 8. Goldust 27 9. Tiger Ali Singh 22 10. Dustin Runnels 18 Honorable Mention: OWN 15, Barry Darsow 14, Judy Bagwell 14, Pepe 12, Hawk 11, Too Much 10, Midnight Express 10, Disciple 10 MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. WARRIOR 165 2. Oddities 112 3. Hulk Hogan 58 4. Val Venis 47 5. Scott Hall 44 6. Godfather 42 7. Goldust 33 8. Scott Steiner 25 9. Dennis Rodman 17 10. Sable 16 Honorable Mention: Jay Leno 13
1997WRESTLER OF THE YEAR1. MITSUHARU MISAWA (338) 2,288 2. Bret Hart (72) 758 3. Kenta Kobashi (79) 722 4. Steve Austin (79) 705 5. Shawn Michaels (51) 510 6. Shinya Hashimoto (10) 345 7. Shinjiro Otani (19) 208 8. Koji Kanemoto (18) 197 9. Toshiaki Kawada (3) 194 10. Rey Misterio Jr. (12) 191 Honorable Mention: Jushin Liger 154, Eddie Guerrero 87, Dean Malenko 74, Maurice Smith 74 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. MITSUHARU MISAWA (143) 1,002 2. Rey Misterio Jr. (114) 894 3. Shinjiro Otani (82) 713 4. Kenta Kobashi (59) 680 5. Koji Kanemoto (47) 544 6. Eddie Guerrero (48) 538 7. Shawn Michaels (65) 484 8. Chris Benoit (43) 467 9. Ultimo Dragon (23) 275 10. Dean Malenko (20) 215 Honorable Mention: Toshiaki Kawada 185, Manami Toyota 119, Jushin Liger 110, Taka Michinoku 91, Bret Hart 78, Jun Akiyama 72 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. HULK HOGAN (235) 1,576 2. Shinya Hashimoto (137) 1,176 3. Steve Austin (76) 746 4. Riki Choshu (58) 537 5. Bret Hart (33) 466 6. Roddy Piper (9) 329 7. Shawn Michaels (17) 323 8. Ric Flair (8) 182 9. Mitsuharu Misawa (2) 131 10. Undertaker (5) 111 Honorable Mention: Nobuhiko Takada 90, Atsushi Onita 78 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. STEVE AUSTIN VS. HART FOUNDATION (157) 1,212 2. WCW vs. NWO (116) 891 3. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (93) 715 4. Otani & Kanemoto vs. Liger & Samurai (47) 362 5. New Japan vs. NWO (38) 353 6. Michinoku Seikigun vs. Kaientai DX (11) 287 7. Diamond Dallas Page vs. Randy Savage (18) 259 8. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Misterio Jr. (12) 244 9. El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas (23) 155 10. Jerry Lawler vs. ECW (17) 148 Honorable Mention: Sabu vs. Taz 130, Dean Malenko vs. Eddie Guerrero 122, Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker 119, Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada 91 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. MITSUHARU MISAWA & JUN AKIYAMA (222) 1,448 2. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (146) 1,375 3. Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace (25) 521 4. Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda (44) 392 5. Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto (34) 367 6. Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (42) 342 7. Perry Saturn & John Kronus (41) 335 8. Rick & Scott Steiner (24) 319 9. Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono (28) 244 10. Dick Togo & Mens Teioh (22) 215 Honorable Mention: Sabu & Rob Van Dam 183, Scott Hall & Kevin Nash 159, Harlem Heat 134, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima 92, Legion of Doom 71 MOST IMPROVED 1. TATSUHITO TAKAIWA (138) 923 2. Rocky Maivia (45) 488 3. Marcus Bagwell (45) 391 4. Maunukea Mossman (39) 340 5. Ken Shamrock (47) 304 6. Koji Kanemoto (28) 255 7. Alex Wright (15) 155 8. Yoshihiro Tajiri (19) 154 8. Disco Inferno (17) 10. NWO Sting (19) 138 Honorable Mention: Johnny Smith 137, Mortis 132, Kendo Ka Shin 92, Manabu Nakanishi 82, Yuji Nagata 79, Hayabusa 75, Tomoko Kuzumi 73 BEST ON INTERVIEW 1. STEVE AUSTIN (252) 1,643 2. Ric Flair (53) 695 3. Shane Douglas (39) 520 4. Bret Hart (40) 505 5. Arn Anderson (62) 370 6. Shawn Michaels (29) 354 7. Mankind (31) 347 8. Kevin Nash (30) 316 9. Hulk Hogan (3) 78 10. Brian Pillman 63 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. STEVE AUSTIN (178) 1,267 2. Ric Flair (102) 998 3. Shawn Michaels (114) 956 4. Sting (56) 383 5. Hulk Hogan (23) 283 6. Diamond Dallas Page (4) 205 7. Riki Choshu (29) 199 8. Roddy Piper (8) 146 9. Bret Hart (7) 129 10. Undertaker (3) 95 Honorable Mention: La Parka 85 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. DEAN MALENKO (214) 1,519 2. Chris Benoit (82) 939 3. Shinjiro Otani (63) 785 4. Ultimo Dragon (50) 485 5. Mitsuharu Misawa (56) 420 6. Volk Han (38) 345 7. Kiyoshi Tamura (54) 308 8. Eddie Guerrero (24) 291 9. Koji Kanemoto (18) 272 10. Bret Hart (14) 143 Honorable Mention: Kenta Kobashi 140, Daisuke Ikeda 97, Rey Misterio Jr. 94, Steve Regal 79, Ken Shamrock 73 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. MANKIND (266) 1,654 2. Chris Benoit (121) 841 3. Tommy Dreamer (87) 752 4. Sandman (17) 363 5. Terry Funk (25) 317 6. New Jack (21) 292 7. Sabu (16) 228 8. David Finlay (6) 221 9. Wing Kanemura (12) 191 10. Mayumi Ozaki (19) 155 Honorable Mention: Steve Austin 120, Masato Tanaka 110, Aja Kong 85 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. REY MISTERIO JR. (412) 2,502 2. Taka Michinoku (45) 811 3. Great Sasuke (22) 692 4. Juventud Guerrera (9) 408 5. Sabu (16) 328 6. Hayabusa (19) 243 7. Ultimo Dragon 220 8. Shinjiro Otani (10) 219 9. Psicosis (20) 175 10. Mr. Aguila (4) 167 Honorable Mention: Hector Garza 99, Koji Kanemoto 90 MOST OVERRATED 1. HULK HOGAN (224) 1,451 2. Lex Luger (87) 1,018 3. Kevin Nash (35) 417 4. Roddy Piper (19) 299 5. Sycho Sid (23) 277 6. Kensuke Sasaki (28) 252 7. Hunter Hearst Helmsley (15 )166 8. Steve McMichael (15) 158 9. Shane Douglas (13) 138 10. Scott Hall (13) 117 Honorable Mention: The Giant 101, Taz 86, Sandman 79 MOST UNDERRATED 1. FLASH FUNK (92) 666 2. Chris Benoit (100) 662 3. Psicosis (52) 649 4. Juventud Guerrera (47) 570 5. Al Snow (54) 440 6. La Parka (15) 209 7. Chris Jericho (17) 189 8. Chris Candido (22) 165 9. Johnny Smith (19) 119 10. Marcus Bagwell (12) 118 Honorable Mention: Ultimo Dragon 112, Silver King 99, Billy Kidman 78 BEST PROMOTION 1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (311) 2,270 2. All Japan Pro Wrestling (115) 1,529 3. World Championship Wrestling (131) 1,337 4. Extreme Championship Wrestling (39) 677 5. World Wrestling Federation (77) 646 6. RINGS 97 7. EMLL 84 8. Michinoku Pro 72 9. Pancrase 70 10. Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling 64 BEST WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW 1. NEW JAPAN WORLD PRO WRESTLING (141) 1,558 2. All Japan Pro Wrestling 30 (142) 1,292 3. WCW Monday Nitro (144) 1,225 4. Extreme Championship Wrestling (119) 1,118 5. WWF Raw is War (76) 802 6. EMLL (12) 155 7. WCW Saturday Night (7) 96 8. Promo Azteca 49 9. WWF Shotgun Saturday Night 34 10. WWF Superstars 33 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. BRET HART VS. STEVE AUSTIN 3/23 CHICAGO (125) 1,070 2. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 1/20 Osaka (133) 1,013 3. Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels 10/5 St. Louis (99) 899 4. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Misterio Jr. 10/26 Las Vegas (57) 643 5. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada 6/6 Tokyo (64) 560 6. El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto 6/5 Tokyo (43) 446 7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 12/6/96 Tokyo (37) 317 8. Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Masato Yakushiji vs. Mens Teioh & Dick Togo & Taka Michinoku 4/13 Philadelphia (5) 138 9. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 10/21 Tokyo (20) 119 10. Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani 2/9 Sapporo (10) 83 Honorable Mention: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels 11/9 Montreal 82, Bret & Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith & Jim Neidhart & Brian Pillman vs. Steve Austin & Ken Shamrock & Goldust & Legion of Doom 7/6 Calgary 70, Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko 12/29/96 Nashville 66, Hector Garza & Juventud Guerrera & Lizmark Jr. vs. La Parka & Psicosis & Villano IV 7/13 Daytona Beach 62 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. MR. AGUILA (202) 1,356 2. Chris Chetti (73) 1,053 3. Don Frye (79) 876 4. Kazuyuki Fujita (64) 542 5. Naoya Ogawa (46) 530 6. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (29) 448 7. Jason Godsey (20) 120 8. Brackus (4) 70 9. Ernest Miller 60 10. Bulldog Raines (1) 37 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. MIKE TENAY (222) 1,738 2. Joey Styles (173) 1,350 3. Jim Ross (95) 1,115 4. Jim Cornette (15) 324 5. Tsuji (36) 254 6. Tony Schiavone (6) 200 7. Jerry Lawler (11) 197 8. Larry Zbyszko (3) 122 8. Bruce Beck (1) 10. Bobby Heenan 56 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. DUSTY RHODES (292) 1,812 2. Rick Rude (18) 531 3. Eric Bischoff (27) 441 4. Lee Marshall (47) 433 5. Larry Zbyszko (32) 395 6. Vince McMahon (29) 358 7. Bobby Heenan (14) 344 8. Tony Schiavone (25) 227 9. Jerry Lawler (12) 134 10. Michael St. John (9) 127 Honorable Mention: Joey Styles 86 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. WWF CALGARY STAMPEDE 7/6 CALGARY (182) 1,133 2. ECW Barely Legal 4/13 Philadelphia (139) 1,083 3. WWF Wrestlemania 3/23 Chicago (35) 288 4. WCW Starrcade '96 12/29/96 Nashville (22) 257 5. Extreme Fighting Championships IV 3/28 Des Moines (4) 226 6. WCW SuperBrawl 2/23 San Francisco (14) 184 7. WCW Bash at the Beach 7/13 Daytona Beach (16) 178 8. New Japan 6/5 Tokyo Budokan Hall (22) 171 9. UFC Ultimate Ultimate '96 12/7/96 Birmingham (3) 145 10. All Japan Women 8/20 Tokyo Budokan Hall (12) 119 Honorable Mention: WCW Slamboree 5/18 Charlotte 100, New Japan Wrestling World in Tokyo Dome 1/4 96, WCW Halloween Havoc 10/26 Las Vegas 87, WWF Royal Rumble 1/19 San Antonio 79, WWF SummerSlam 8/3 East Rutherford 77, WWF One Night Only 9/20 Birmingham, England 72 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNERS DETERMINE BY FIRST PLACE VOTES WORST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. WCW NWO SOULED OUT 1/25 CEDAR RAPIDS 341 2. WCW World War III 11/23 Auburn Hills 41 3. ECW Hardcore Heaven 8/16 Ft. Lauderdale 32 4. WCW Road Wild 8/9 Sturgis 30 5. WCW Uncensored 3/16 North Charleston 22 6. WCW Halloween Havoc 10/26 Las Vegas 17 7. WWF Survivor Series 11/9 Montreal 13 7. ECW November to Remember 11/30 Monaca 13 9. KRS Pride One 10/11 Tokyo Dome 12 10. WWF Royal Rumble 1/19 San Antonio 7 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE DIAMOND CUTTER 66 2. Koji Kanemoto reverse Frankentoyota 60 3. Rey Misterio Jr. springboard huracanrana 57 4. Hector Garza corkscrew plancha 49 5. Taka Michinoku springboard plancha 40 5. Steve Austin stone cold stunner 7. Taka Michinoku Michinoku Driver II 29 8. El Samurai top rope reverse DDT 25 9. Tatsuhito Takaiwa triple power bomb 24 10. Tommy Rogers tomokaze 17 10. Chris Jericho Jericho spike super Frankensteiner Honorable Mention: Marcus Bagwell Buff blockbuster 16, Great Sasuke Sasuke special 16, Juventud Guerrera Air Juvi 13, Ultimo Dragon running Liger bomb 12, Bret Hart figure four around post 11, Chaparita Asari sky twister press 11, Rey Misterio Jr. springboard plancha into huracanrana on floor 9, Shinjiro Otani springboard DDT 8, Ultimo Dragon Asai moonsault 6 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWF MELANIE PILLMAN INTERVIEW ON RAW DAY AFTER BRIAN'S DEATH 183 2. WWF double-cross of Bret Hart at Survivor Series 166 3. WWF promising Bret Hart and delivering a midget 29 4. WWF racial angles 27 5. WWF Brian Pillman/Marlena angle 21 6. NWO spoof of Arn Anderson's retirement 18 7. WWF/WCW Encouraging fans to throw things/hit the ring 12 8. ECW not firing New Jack 7 9. WWF Goldust/Marlena break-up angle 6 10. WCW advertising Hall on PPV when they knew he wouldn't be there 5 READERS PERSONAL FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. CHRIS BENOIT 80 2. Ric Flair 67 3. Steve Austin 60 4. Shawn Michaels 39 5. Manami Toyota 36 6. Shinjiro Otani 31 7. Jushin Liger 26 8. Super Delfin 25 8. Rey Misterio Jr. 25 10. Bret Hart 20 Honorable Mention: Eddie Guerrero 13, Mankind 13, Kenta Kobashi 13, Undertaker 12, Takako Inoue 12, Mitsuharu Misawa 11, Koji Kanemoto 11, Toshiaki Kawada 10, Brian Pillman 10, Volk Han 10 READERS LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. HULK HOGAN 148 2. Shawn Michaels 66 3. Kevin Nash 46 4. Lex Luger 40 5. Hunter Hearst Helmsley 27 6. Taz 24 7. Goldust 18 8. Shane Douglas14 9. Glacier 9 9. Bret Hart 9 Honorable Mention: Steve McMichael 8, Sycho Sid 8 WORST WRESTLER 1. HULK HOGAN 93 2. Steve McMichael 61 3. Lex Luger 55 4. Interrogator 52 5. Ahmed Johnson 36 6. Roddy Piper 33 7. Sandman 32 8. Jim Duggan 17 9. Sycho Sid 16 10. Jimmy Valiant 14 Honorable Mention: Rusher Kimura 13, Giant Baba 12, Brian Lee 11, Vincent 9 WORST TAG TEAM 1. GODWINNS 198 2. Legion of Doom 36 3. Meng & Barbarian 35 4. Recon & Sniper 26 5. Kevin Nash & Scott Hall 25 6. Billy Gunn & Jesse Jammes 23 6. Blackjacks 8. Public Enemy 21 9. High Voltage 17 10. Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley 15 Honorable Mention: Glacier & Ernest Miller 12, Head Bangers 10 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. USWA 124 2. WCW Pro 78 3. WWF Live Wire 67 4. WCW Monday Nitro 55 5. WWF Shotgun Saturday Night 44 6. WWF Raw is War 39 7. WWF Superstars 32 8. WCW Saturday Night 31 9. WCW Main Event 18 10. WCW World Wide 13 10. AAA WORST MANAGER 1. SONNY ONNO 175 2. Debra McMichae 43 3. Sable 42 4. James Vandenburg 39 5. Jackyl 38 6. Teddy Long 30 7. Uncle Cletus 24 8. Iron Sheik 17 9. Jacquelyn 16 10. Jimmy Hart 10 Honorable Mention: Ted DiBiase 9, Hillbilly Jim 8 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. HULK HOGAN VS. RODDY PIPER 10/26 LAS VEGAS 182 2. Sabu vs. Sandman 11/30 Monaca 158 3. Reggie White vs. Steve McMichael 5/18 Charlotte 71 4. Shane Douglas vs. Pit Bull #2 4/13 Philadelphia 28 5. Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant 1/25 Cedar Rapids 22 5. World War III Battle Royal 11/23 Auburn Hills 22 7. DOA vs. Truth Commission 11/9 Montreal 20 8. Faarooq vs. Crush vs. Savio Vega 9/7 Louisville 15 9. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels 11/9 Montreal 13 10. Steve McMichael vs. Alex Wright 10/26 Las Vegas 8 Honorable Mention: Hulk Hogan vs. Lex Luger 8/9 Sturgis 7, Disco Inferno vs. Jacquelyn 10/26 Las Vegas 7 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. DOA VS. BORICUAS VS. NOD 99 2. Legion of Doom vs. Godwinns 63 3. Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper 62 4. WCW vs. NWO 43 5. Glacier & Miller vs. Wrath & Mortis 27 6. Ahmed Johnson vs. Nation of Domination 22 6. Disco Inferno vs. Jacquelyn 22 8. Jeff Jarrett vs. Steve McMichael 21 9. Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart 12 10. NWO vs. Ray Traylor 11 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. AHMED JOHNSON 211 2. Alex Wright 39 3. Lex Luger 38 4. Roddy Piper 28 5. Hunter Hearst Helmsley 26 6. Road Warriors 21 7. Shawn Michaels 18 8. Ken Shamrock 14 9. Jacquelyn 13 10. Scott Steiner 11 10. Raven Honorable Mention: Marc Mero 9, The Giant 8, Steve McMichael 8 WORST PROMOTION 1. UNITED STATES WRESTLING ASSOCIATION 251 2. World Wrestling Federation 89 3. AAA 68 4. World Championship Wrestling 52 4. Big Japan Pro Wrestling 6. Extreme Championship Wrestling 31 7. Music City Wrestling 30 8. World Wrestling Council 24 9. Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling 12 10. Catch Wrestling Association 11 Honorable Mention: National Wrestling Alliance 9, Louisville IWA 9 BEST BOOKER 1. PAUL HEYMAN 252 2. Riki Choshu 88 3. Terry Taylor 77 4. Shohei Baba 59 5. Jushin Liger 58 6. Vince McMahon 39 7. Great Sasuke 26 8. Eric Bischoff 22 9. Kevin Sullivan 18 10. Konnan 9 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. RIKI CHOSHU 311 2. Eric Bischoff 132 3. Vince McMahon 61 4. Paul Heyman 57 5. Shohei Baba 51 6. Steve Nelson 9 7. Konnan 7 7. Masami Ozaki 7 9. Atsushi Onita 6 10. Antonio Pena 4 SHOOTER OF THE YEAR 1. MAURICE SMITH 346 2. Vitor Belfort 48 3. Dan Severn 47 4. Mark Kerr 41 5. Don Frye 33 6. Yuki Kondo 32 7. Mark Coleman 19 8. Randy Couture 17 9. Frank Shamrock 15 10. Tom Erikson 12 Honorable Mention: Masakatsu Funaki 11, Bas Rutten 11, Kevin Jackson 9 SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. MAURICE SMITH VS. MARK COLEMAN 7/27 BIRMINGHAM 357 2. Vitor Belfort vs. Randy Couture 10/17 Bay St. Louis 43 3. Lisa Hunt vs. Donna Cauthen 4/12 Amarillo 35 4. Carlos Baretto vs. David Beneteau 10/17 Bay St. Louis 26 5. Wallid Ismail vs. Yoshiki Takahashi 2/7 Dothan 13 6. Rickson Gracie vs. Nobuhiko Takada 10/11 Tokyo 12 7. Kimo vs. Paul Varelans 12/7/96 Birmingham 11 8. Frank Shamrock vs. Tsuyoshi Kousaka 9/26 Sapporo 9 9. Don Frye vs. Tank Abbott 12/7/96 Birmingham 7 9. Frank Shamrock vs. John Lober 1/20 Honolulu 7 BEST GIMMICK 1. STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN 93 2. NWO 69 3. Kane 68 4. Dude Love 35 5. Degeneration X 32 6. Oz Academy 31 7. Sting 29 8. Raven's nest 17 9. Al Snow's head 13 10. Full Blooded Italians 10 Honorable Mention: Chyna 7 WORST GIMMICK 1. NEW GOLDUST 68 2. Truth Commission 58 3. Glacier 57 4. Degeneration X 30 5. Rockabilly 28 6. Dude Love 25 7. NWO 17 8. Sting 12 9. Kane 9 9. Flash Funk MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. NEW GOLDUST 176 2. Hulk Hogan 105 3. Shawn Michaels 49 4. Glacier 26 5. Godwinns 21 6. Roddy Piper 19 7. Sandman 16 8. Jim Duggan 15 8. New Jack 10. Interogator 9 10. Giant Baba
1996WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. Kenta Kobashi (217) 1,668 2. Shawn Michaels (218) 1,598 3. Mitsuharu Misawa (65) 840 4. Manami Toyota (55) 594 5. Rey Misterio Jr. (25) 498 6. Shinya Hashimoto (23) 359 7. Mark Coleman (7) 267 8. Nobuhiko Takada (25) 245 9. Dan Severn (19) 219 10. Steve Austin (7) 201 Honorable Mention: Great Sasuke 183, Bret Hart 147, Chris Benoit 139, Keiji Muto 132, Toshiaki Kawada 95, Ric Flair 75 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Rey Misterio Jr. (177) 1,354 2. Manami Toyota (116) 935 3. Kenta Kobashi (103) 919 4. Chris Benoit (67) 629 5. Shinjiro Otani (73) 611 6. Shawn Michaels (53) 559 7. Mitsuharu Misawa (57) 550 8. Dean Malenko (35) 346 9. Ultimo Dragon (9) 323 10. Toshiaki Kawada (11) 258 Honorable Mention: Great Sasuke 203, Eddie Guerrero 138, Jun Akiyama 107, Jushin Liger 82, Sabu 80, Steve Austin 74 BEST BABYFACE 1. Shawn Michaels (205) 1,415 2. Bret Hart (87) 827 3. Perro Aguayo (63) 689 4. Undertaker (27) 326 5. Sandman (41) 325 6. Mitsuharu Misawa (22) 299 7. Negro Casas (26) 265 8. Kenta Kobashi (24) 261 9. Riki Choshu (21) 243 10. Shinya Hashimoto (25) 191 Honorable Mention: Tommy Dreamer 164, Sting 153, La Parka 146, Keiji Muto 125, Ric Flair 122, Great Sasuke 119, Masakatsu Funaki 115, Sycho Sid 114, Randy Savage 77 BEST HEEL 1. Steve Austin (157) 1,186 2. Masahiro Chono (125) 991 3. Shane Douglas (113) 915 4. Hulk Hogan (75) 632 5. Taz (33) 434 6. Mankind (27) 383 7. Kevin Nash (7) 177 8. Yoji Anjoh (13) 138 9. Raven (1) 137 10. Ric Flair (14) 133 Honorable Mention: Brian Pillman 121, Scott Hall 111 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Wcw Vs. Nwo (197) 1,207 2. Undertaker vs. Mankind (33) 559 3. New Japan vs. UWFI (61) 467 4. Raven vs. Sandman (17) 414 5. Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage (31) 295 6. El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas (38) 252 7. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko (21) 246 8. Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Lee (27) 243 9. Sabu vs. Rob Van Dam (17) 232 10. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (19) 219 Honorable Mention: Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera 216, Steve Regal vs. David Finlay 182, Shane Douglas vs. Pit Bulls 149, Eliminators vs. Gangstas 138, Chris Benoit vs. Kevin Sullivan 133 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (339) 2,311 2. Eliminators (171) 1,205 3. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (65) 989 4. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (24) 611 5. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas (51) 579 6. Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (43) 541 7. Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda (9) 347 8. Harlem Heat (23) 293 9. Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki (5) 235 10. Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (17) 216 Honorable Mention: Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue 205, Gangstas 195, Kevin Nash & Scott Hall 121, Rick & Scott Steiner 78 MOST IMPROVED 1. Diamond Dallas Page (229) 1,496 2. Taka Michinoku (36) 613 3. Jun Akiyama (85) 602 4. Steve Austin (20) 281 5. Marc Mero (21) 218 6. Yuji Nagata (17) 216 7. Rob Van Dam (15) 187 8. Marcus Bagwell (15) 169 9. Halloween (19) 159 10. Shinjiro Otani (1) 155 Honorable Mention: Perry Saturn 148, Pit Bull #2 128, Louie Spicolli 122, Masato Yakushiji 108, Reggie Bennett 93, Chris Jericho 86, Hiroyoshi Tenzan 72, Hunter Hearst Helmsley 70 MOST UNIMPROVED 1. Hulk Hogan (127) 841 2. Vader (80) 509 3. Randy Savage (43) 462 4. Sycho Sid (52) 430 5. Lex Luger (20) 353 6. Scott Hall (10) 193 7. Ric Flair (13) 149 7. Barry Windham (4) 149 9. Stan Hansen (8) 144 10. Kevin Nash (11) 136 Honorable Mention: Public Enemy 119, Sabu 110, Jake Roberts 107, Jim Duggan 77 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Steve Austin (90) 996 2. Shane Douglas (76) 607 3. Ric Flair (61) 573 4. Arn Anderson (53) 405 5. Bret Hart (48) 369 6. Mankind (49) 355 7. Stevie Richards (35) 319 8. Jim Cornette (29) 267 9. Kevin Nash (19) 218 10. Roddy Piper (13) 177 Honorable Mention: Shawn Michaels 166, Hulk Hogan 128, Brian Pillman 113 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Shawn Michaels (245) 1,594 2. Ric Flair (78) 889 3. Perro Aguayo (43) 679 4. Hulk Hogan (35) 299 5. La Parka (45) 280 6. Bret Hart (8) 227 7. Steve Austin (13) 212 8. Undertaker (10) 172 9. Riki Choshu (8) 169 10. Sid (13) 168 Honorable Mention: Kevin Nash 159, Roddy Piper 132, Nobuhiko Takada 120, Antonio Inoki 97, Sandman 95, Stevie Richards 72 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Dean Malenko (233) 1,590 2. Chris Benoit (134) 1,288 3. Shinjiro Otani (74) 596 4. Steve Regal (35) 454 5. Jushin Liger (36) 359 6. Kenta Kobashi (15) 305 7. Manami Toyota (18) 289 8. Eddie Guerrero (1) 253 9. Masakatsu Funaki (3) 211 10. Bret Hart (7) 136 Honorable Mention: Dan Kroffat 122, Volk Han 120, Rey Misterio Jr. 114 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Mankind (268) 1,689 2. Tommy Dreamer (103) 974 3. Gangstas (49) 433 4. Sandman (23) 365 5. Terry Funk (17) 298 6. Raven (6) 210 7. Wing Kanemura (9) 170 8. David Finlay (8) 169 9. Sabu (5) 156 10. Aja Kong (10) 145 Honorable Mention: Tank Abbott 122, Mr. Pogo 114, Brian Lee 109, Dynamite Kansai 97, The Gladiator 91 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Rey Misterio Jr. (541) 2,960 2. Great Sasuke (72) 1,404 3. Sabu (14) 546 4. Ultimo Dragon (11) 501 5. Psicosis (15) 414 6. Taka Michinoku (9) 302 7. Hayabusa (6) 300 8. Shinjiro Otani (8) 253 9. Juventud Guerrera (2) 165 10. Too Cold Scorpio (9) 164 Honorable Mention: Manami Toyota 132 MOST OVERRATED 1. Hulk Hogan (292) 1,686 2. Sycho Sid (85) 1,075 3. Lex Luger (28) 612 4. Randy Savage (15) 233 5. Shawn Michaels (22) 162 6. Ultimate Warrior (17) 137 7. Ahmed Johnson (2) 96 8. Kevin Nash (3) 94 9. Sabu (11) 78 10. Undertaker (2) 68 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Leif Cassidy (90) 938 2. Chris Candido (69) 574 3. Psicosis (52) 416 4. Juventud Guerrera (8) 293 5. Chris Jericho (28) 266 6. Steve Regal (37) 232 7. Eddie Guerrero (22) 190 8. Masato Yakushiji (14) 183 9. Taka Michinoku (6) 168 10. Shinjiro Otani (6) 144 Honorable Mention: Dean Malenko 141, Alex Wright 140, Shiro Koshinaka 120, Stevie Richards 118, Billy Kidman 92, David Finlay 77 BEST PROMOTION 1. New Japan Pro Wrestling (327) 2,403 2. All Japan Pro Wrestling (116) 1,792 3. Extreme Championship Wrestling (141) 1,360 4. World Championship Wrestling (42) 493 5. Michinoku Pro Wrestling (25) 431 6. World Wrestling Federation (43) 424 7. Ultimate Fighting Championships (2) 132 8. AAA (10) 108 9. Pancrase (9) 88 10. All Japan Women61 BEST WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW 1. Extreme Championship Wrestling (286) 1,838 2. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (145) 1,836 3. All Japan Pro Wrestling 30 (107) 1,359 4. WCW Monday Nitro (80) 934 5. WWF Monday Night Raw (43) 620 6. AAA (9) 182 7. USWA Memphis live show (1) 57 8. WCW Saturday Night37 9. WWF Superstars of Wrestling35 10. Emll34 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama Vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (131) 6/7 Tokyo 946 2. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera 3/9 Philadelphia (107) 781 3. Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Shiryu & Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki vs. Gran Hamada & Super Delfin & Tiger Mask & Gran Naniwa & Masato Yakushiji 10/10 Tokyo (59) 419 4. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 5/23 Sapporo (37) 335 5. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels 3/31 Anaheim (26) 321 6. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis 7/7 Daytona (29) 297 7. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin 11/17 New York (32) 294 8. Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel 4/28 Omaha (28) 284 9. Ultimo Dragon vs. Shinjiro Otani 8/4 Tokyo (9) 265 10. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis 12/13/95 Tokyo (39) 229 Honorable Mention: Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind 9-22 Philadelphia 223, Bas Rutten vs. Masakatsu Funaki 9-7 Tokyo 169, Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada 10-18 Tokyo 155, Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon 11-24 Norfolk 146, Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko 10-27 Las Vegas 132, Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace 9-5 Tokyo 126, Don Frye vs. Amoury Bitetti 5-17 Detroit 122, Antonio Inoki vs. Vader 1-4 Tokyo 117, Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda vs. Mariko Yoshida & Kaoru Ito 8-6 Hakata 96, Sabu vs. Rob Van Dam 4-20 Philadelphia 80, Rey Misterio Jr. & Ultimo Dragon vs. Psicosis & Heavy Metal 6-1 Los Angeles 77 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. The Giant (247) 1,589 2. Yuki Kondo (167) 1,144 3. Rocky Maivia (40) 652 4. Mosco de la Merced (22) 368 5. Sugar Sato (21) 296 6. Bobby Walker236 7. Mascarita Sagrada Jr. (25) 228 8. Mano Negra Jr. (20) 209 9. Steve McMichael (5) 187 10. Kiuma Kunioku (2) 133 MANAGER OF THE YEAR 1. Jim Cornette (160) 1,240 2. Sunny (135) 1,077 3. Miss Janet (74) 488 4. Bill Alfonso (52) 484 5. Francine (22) 346 7. Scott Bowden (19) 259 8. Woman (21) 253 9. Ted DiBiase (18) 172 10. Clarence Mason (1) 136 Honorable Mention: Jimmy Hart 90 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Joey Styles (289) 1,890 2. Jim Ross (146) 1,582 3. Mike Tenay (52) 567 4. Bruce Beck (20) 452 5. Lance Russell216 6. Vince McMahon (6) 210 7. Tony Schiavone (2) 190 8. Kevin Kelly148 9. Tsuji (15) 104 10. Alfonso Morales (4) 65 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Dusty Rhodes (233) 1,658 2. Eric Bischoff (131) 1,054 3. Lee Marshall (46) 528 4. Vince McMahon (22) 369 5. Cory Maclin (19) 274 6. Bobby Heenan (4) 197 7. Lord Alfred Hayes (18) 144 8. Tony Schiavone125 9. Mr. Perfect (7) 85 10. Todd Pettingill84 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. War Super J Cup Second Stage 12-13-95 Tokyo219 2. WCW Great American Bash 6-16 Baltimore105 3. NJPW `96 Battle Formation 4-29 Tokyo Dome49 4. NJPW Skydiving J 6-17 Tokyo48 5. World Wrestling Peace Festival 6-1 Los Angeles40 6. FMW Kawasaki Baseball Stadium 5-539 7. WWF Wrestlemania XII 3-31 Anaheim29 7. WCW Bash at the Beach 7-7 Daytona Beach29 9. NJPW G-1 & J Crown first night 8-2 Tokyo25 10. NJPW G-1 & J Crown finals 8-5 Tokyo23 Honorable Mention: WWF Survivor Series 11-17 New York 20, NJPW `96 Wrestling World in Tokyo Dome 16, Pancrase Tokyo Tough 9-7 Tokyo 11 WORST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. Wcw Uncensored 3-24 Tupelo237 2. WCW Slamboree 5-19 Baton Rouge70 3. WCW World War III 11-24 Norfolk35 4. WCW Hog Wild 8-10 Sturgis34 5. EFC II 4-26 Khanawake16 6. WWF Beware of Dog I 5-26 Florence15 7. WWF Wrestlemania XII 3-31 Anaheim13 8. WCW Halloween Havoc 10-27 Las Vegas11 9. WCW SuperBrawl 2-11 St. Petersburg10 10. WWF In Your House 4-28 Omaha8 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Ultimo Dragon Running Liger Bomb41 2. Sabu triple jump moonsault37 3. Marc Mero Wild Thing35 4. Eliminators Total elimination34 5. Great Sasuke Sasuke special32 6. Diamond Dallas Page Diamond cutter22 6. Rey Misterio Jr. Die hard into Frankensteiner22 8. Rey Misterio Jr. dive into Frankensteiner on floor21 8. Rey Misterio Jr. plancha into Frankensteiner21 10. Rey Misterio Jr. huracanrana off top to floor20 Honorable Mention: Too Cold Scorpio Scorpio splash 14, Manami Toyota dropkick off top to floor 13, Dean Malenko stomach block off ropes 12, Manami Toyota Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex 12, Too Cold Scorpio drop the bomb 11 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWF Tease And Usage Of New Razor & Diesel 165 2. WCW Gene Okerlund 900 line lies and teases42 3. WWF Pillman/Austin gun angle28 4. WCW usage of racist characters like Onno26 5. ECW crucifixion angle23 6. WWF Jose Lothario heart attack tease21 7. ECW usage of Tyler Fullington16 8. WWF Billionaire Ted skits15 9. WWF Michaels/Diana Smith angle11 10. WCW advertising Pillman at Uncensored10 BEST COLOR COMMENTATOR 1. Jerry Lawler178 2. Mike Tenay141 3. Larry Zbyszko42 4. Jeff Blatnick30 5. Jim Ross29 6. Kevin Nash25 7. Jim Cornette19 8. John Peretti15 9. Ken Shamrock14 10. Arturo Rivera12 READERS PERSONAL FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Ric Flair64 2. Manami Toyota61 3. Rey Misterio Jr.44 4. Terry Funk41 4. Shawn Michaels41 6. Toshiaki Kawada36 7. Kenta Kobashi35 8. Jushin Liger32 9. Sabu30 10. Bret Hart29 READERS LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Hulk Hogan 260 2. Jim Duggan 57 3. Lex Luger 46 4. Sycho Sid 22 5. Shawn Michaels 18 6. Randy Savage 14 7. Shane Douglas 10 8. Ultimate Warrior 7 8. Steve McMichael 7 8. Booty Man 7 WORST WRESTLER 1. Loch Ness 185 2. Hulk Hogan 150 3. Jim Duggan 78 4. Sycho Sid 25 5. Giant Baba 16 6. Ultimate Warrior 15 6. Booty Man 15 8. Sandman 14 9. Renegade 13 10. 911 7 10. Maxx Muscle 7 WORST TAG TEAM 1. Godwinns158 2. Nasty Boys56 3. Public Enemy53 4. Dick Slater & Mike Enos39 5. Gangstas36 6. Faces of Fear29 7. American Males25 8. Bad Crew22 9. High Voltage21 10. Tony Atlas & Koko Ware9 10. Amazing French Canadians9 Honorable Mention: Kevin Nash & Scott Hall 8 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. Awf Warriors Of Wrestling303 2. WCW Saturday Night78 3. WWF Live Wire71 4. WCW Pro56 5. WCW Nitro39 6. WCW Main Event29 7. USWA Championship Wrestling26 8. WWF Blast Off23 9. WCW Prime18 10. WCW World Wide10 Honorable Mention: WWF Superstars 9, Extreme Championship Wrestling 9 WORST MANAGER 1. Sonny Onno206 2. Col. Rob Parker95 3. Jose Lothario34 4. Kloudi25 5. Elizabeth24 6. Teddy Long21 7. Sable17 8. Zeb16 9. Bill Alfonso15 10. Damien Kane11 10. Rico Suave (AWF) 9 Honorable Mention: Jimmy Hart 10, Booty Babe 9, Paul Bearer 9, Mr. Fuji 9 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Hogan & Savage Vs. Flair & Anderson & Meng & Barbarian & Sullivan & Ze Gangsta & Ultimate Solution & Luger (3/24, Tupelo) 211 2. Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage (10/27, Las Vegas) 62 3. Ultimate Warrior vs. Goldust (4/28 Omaha) 59 4. Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant (8/10 Sturgis) 41 5. Giant vs. Loch Ness (3/24 Tupelo) 17 6. Dan Severn vs. Ken Shamrock (5/17 Detroit 12 7. Jerry Lawler vs. Mark Henry (9/22 Philadelphia) 9 8. Jim Cornette vs. Jose Lothario (9/22 Philadelphia) 8 9. Jerry Lawler vs. Jake Roberts (8/18 Cleveland) 7 10. Warrior vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley (3/31 Anaheim) 6 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Big Bubba Vs. John Tenta78 2. WCW vs. NWO69 3. Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage35 4. Jim Duggan vs. V.K. Wallstreet34 5. New Japan vs. UWFI25 6. Smoking Gunns vs. Godwinns21 6. Ice Train vs. Scott Norton21 8. D-Von Dudley vs. Dudleys16 9. Vince McMahon vs. Jim Ross15 10. Jerry Lawler vs. Jake Roberts13 Honorable Mention: Marc Mero vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley 12, Diamond Dallas Page vs. Booty Man 11, Ahmed Johnson vs. Faarooq 9, Shawn Michaels vs. Davey Boy Smith 9 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Ahmed Johnson72 2. Hulk Hogan70 3. Sycho Sid38 4. Randy Savage37 5. Ultimate Warrior 35 6. Rick Steiner 20 7. Hunter Hearst Helmsley19 8. Jim Duggan14 9. Lex Luger12 10. Sonny Onno11 10. Kevin Sullivan11 Honorable Mention: Buh Buh Ray Dudley 8 WORST PROMOTION 1. American Wrestling Federation319 2. USWA214 3. World Championship Wrestling89 4. World Wrestling Federation30 5. IWA Japan25 6. Extreme Championship Wrestling17 7. EMLL13 8. Extreme Fighting Championships10 9. FMW6 9. AAA6 BEST BOOKER 1. Paul Heyman326 2. Jushin Liger107 3. Riki Choshu88 4. Kevin Sullivan26 5. Vince McMahon22 6. Giant Baba20 7. Victor Quinones16 8. Great Sasuke12 9. Negro Casas7 10. Rossy Ogawa6 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Riki Choshu385 2. Giant Baba112 3. Eric Bischoff58 4. Vince McMahon47 5. Paul Heyman36 6. Konnan13 7. Tod Gordon12 8. Bob Meyrowitz9 9. Takashi Matsunaga8 10. Masami Ozaki6 BEST GIMMICK 1. Nwo138 2. Stone Cold Steve Austin70 3. Stevie Richards & Blue Meanie62 4. Mankind38 5. Macho Warrior Ric Hogan25 6. Damian 66624 7. Flash Funk18 8. Loose Cannon Brian Pillman17 9. Goldust 16 10. Nation of Domination 12 10. Raven 12 10. La Parka 12 Honorable Mention: J.T. Smith as Italian 11, Blue World Order 8, Glacier WORST GIMMICK 1. New Razor, Diesel And Double J75 2. Braun the Leprechaun74 3. Stalker45 4. Glacier36 5. Booty Man29 6. Zero24 7. Dudleys23 8. NWO22 9. T.L. Hopper21 10. Sonny Onno19 Honorable Mention: Goldust 16, Godwinns 13, Loch Ness 11, Faarooq 10, Kloudi 9, Flash Funk 7 MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. Hulk Hogan 131 2. Goldust 102 3. Jim Duggan 44 4. Loch Ness 34 5. Ultimate Warrior 25 6. Randy Savage 18 6. Braun the Leprechaun 18 8. T.L. Hopper 15 9. Buh Buh Ray Dudley 11 10. Booty Man 7 10. Yokozuna 7 1995CATEGORY A AWARDS - WINNERS DETERMINED BY POINTS VOTED ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS. WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. Mitsuharu Misawa (232)1,851 2. Shawn Michaels (191)1,527 3. Manami Toyota (151)1,156 4. Keiji Muto (61)567 5. Eddie Guerrero (35)463 6. Kenta Kobashi (47)455 7. Toshiaki Kawada (34)415 8. Ken Shamrock (35)367 9. Bret Hart (9)257 10. Ric Flair (8)211 Honorable Mention: Chris Benoit 180, Rey Misterio Jr. 175, Sabu 172, Dan Severn 171 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Manami Toyota (195)1,275 2. Eddie Guerrero (114)1,139 3. Rey Misterio Jr. (127)1,081 4. Chris Benoit (88)1,012 5. Kenta Kobashi (95)999 6. Shawn Michaels (103)734 7. Mitsuharu Misawa (35)334 8. Toshiaki Kawada (11)315 9. Sabu (29)287 10. Dean Malenko102 Honorable Mention: Psicosis 79 BEST BABYFACE 1. Perro Aguayo (181)1,532 2. Atsushi Onita (211)1,343 3. Shawn Michaels (168)1,338 4. Bret Hart (46)723 5. Sting (33)364 6. Mitsuharu Misawa (11)227 7. Keiji Muto (10)207 8. The Undertaker (9)166 9. Public Enemy (5)119 10. Kenta Kobashi (23)118 Honorable Mention: Razor Ramon 94, Akira Hokuto 73 BEST HEEL 1. Masa Chono (72)1,001 2. Ric Flair (120)871 3. Cactus Jack (84)562 4. Big Van Vader (48)423 5. Raven (20)219 6. Sandman (5)214 7. Mascara Ano 2000 (13)158 8. Psicosis147 9. Cien Caras (10)132 10. Tank Abbott (24)122 Honorable Mention: Jerry Lawler 120, Yoji Anjoh 119, Jeff Jarrett 118, El Santo Negro 113, Al Snow 113, Stevie Richards 99, Shane Douglas 90, Tracy Smothers 72, Negro Casas 60 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Dean Malenko Vs. Eddie Guerrero (152)1,145 2. Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer (102)836 3. New Japan vs. UWFI (108)819 4. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (46)700 5. Misawa and co. vs. Kawada and co. (69)686 6. USWA vs. SMW (85)635 7. Cactus Jack vs. Terry Funk (38)351 8. Public Enemy vs. Gangstas (1)60 9. Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage (5)59 10. Cactus Jack vs. Tommy Dreamer (5)58 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (242)1,883 2. Public Enemy (260)1,727 3. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (59)756 4. Head Hunters (61)591 5. Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (51)494 6. Smoking Gunns (16)249 7. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko (17)238 8. PG-13 (8)197 9. Harlem Heat (8)172 10. Raven & Stevie Richards (11)168 Honorable Mention: Heavenly Bodies 123, Fuerza & Juventud Guerrera 121, Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas 107 MOST IMPROVED 1. Johnny B. Badd (116)974 2. Mikey Whipwreck (55)551 3. Juventud Guerrera (59)483 4. Diamond Dallas Page (44)473 5. Alex Wright (43)424 6. Hayabusa (47)371 7. Sandman (30)298 8. Hector Garza (35)259 9. Stevie Richards (31)253 10. Billy Jack Haynes (21)189 Honorable Mention: Tommy Dreamer 161, Devon Storm 149, Reggie Bennett 147, Koji Kanemoto 131, Jean Pierre Lafitte 130, Shinjiro Otani 120, Raven 117, Diesel 75, Jesse James Armstrong 70 MOST UNIMPROVED 1. Hulk Hogan (98)1,221 2. Lex Luger (31)546 3. Diesel (42)296 4. Sid (29)278 5. Jim Duggan (12)272 6. Randy Savage (15)248 7. Road Warrior Hawk (31)245 8. Ric Flair (23)171 9. Goldust (11)142 10. Masa Chono (23)122 Honorable Mention: Dean Douglas 113, Sting 106, Bret Hart 91, Zodiac 89, Yokozuna 78, Bubba Rogers 76, Undertaker 75 MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. Hulk Hogan (236)1,730 2. Eric Bischoff (175)1,497 3. Steve McMichael (19)448 4. Gene Okerlund (35)427 5. Vince McMahon (23)286 6. Dusty Rhodes (13)161 7. Sonny Onno (6)79 8. Paul Heyman (5)78 9. Todd Pettengill (3)62 10. Randy Savage (3)49 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. CACTUS JACK (433)2,337 2. Ric Flair (66)742 3. Jim Cornette (20)327 3. Shawn Michaels (6)327 5. Public Enemy (8)324 6. Steve Austin (3)279 7. Al Snow (3)190 8. Arn Anderson (7)189 9. Akira Hokuto (25)181 10. Shane Douglas113 Honorable Mention: Stevie Richards 101, Buddy Landel 99, Raven 77, Bret Hart 70 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Shawn Michaels (214)1,554 2. Perro Aguayo (159)1,319 3. Atsushi Onita (124)925 4. Ric Flair (92)897 5. Akira Hokuto (19)259 6. Sting (15)248 7. Undertaker (6)135 8. Public Enemy (6)134 9. Konnan115 10. La Parka (9)109 Honorable Mention: Hulk Hogan 105 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Chris Benoit (245)1,762 2. Dean Malenko (119)1,225 3. Eddie Guerrero (96)1,167 4. Manami Toyota (114)777 5. Kenta Kobashi (12)355 6. Jushin Liger245 7. Bret Hart (15)134 8. Rey Misterio Jr. (7)111 9. Steve Regal (9)96 10. Shawn Michaels (7)70 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Cactus Jack (321)2,016 2. Terry Funk (21)705 3. Public Enemy (53)632 4. Sabu (38)541 5. Sandman (34)393 6. Head Hunters (23)372 7. Aja Kong (33)236 8. Tommy Dreamer (6)227 9. Big Van Vader (11)142 10. Shoji Nakamaki (10)121 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Rey Misterio Jr. (659)3,442 2. Great Sasuke (11)1,132 3. Sabu (38)641 4. Manami Toyota (35)631 5. Psicosis (13)579 6. Eddie Guerrero (25)474 7. Hayabusa (14)343 8. Jushin Liger (7)226 9. Too Cold Scorpio122 10. Shinjiro Otani (2)99 Honorable Mention: Ultimo Dragon 82 MOST OVERRATED 1. Hulk Hogan (397)2,136 2. Lex Luger (12)675 3. Diesel (32)490 4. Mabel (22)287 5. Cibernetico (24)207 6. Renegade (19)185 7. Randy Savage (9)168 8. Jim Duggan (4)165 9. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. (25)157 10. Bret Hart (19)140 Honorable Mention: Cien Caras 132, Sid 119, Undertaker 116 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Skip (126)951 2. Al Snow (88)652 3. Dean Malenko (31)393 4. Takashi Iizuka (23)253 5. Hakushi (10)252 6. Eddie Guerrero (28)214 6. Brian Pillman (23)214 8. Steve Austin (17)206 9. Chris Benoit (26)190 10. Jerry Lynn aka Mr. J.L. (27)173 Honorable Mention: Juventud Guerrera 145, Jean Pierre Lafitte 105, Tom Prichard 98, Felino 96, Chris Jericho 96, Taka Michinoku 85, Johnny B. Badd 82, Steve Regal 77, D.Lo Brown 71 BEST PROMOTION 1. New Japan Pro Wrestling (421)2,638 2. Extreme Championship Wrestling (157)1,458 3. All Japan Pro Wrestling (87)1,443 4. All Japan Womens Pro Wrestling (81)1,088 5. AAA (21)632 6. World Wrestling Federation (22)279 7. Smoky Mountain Wrestling (9)180 8. Ultimate Fighting Championships137 9. United States Wrestling Association (1)96 10. IWA Japan (7)89 Honorable Mention: World Championship Wrestling 88 BEST WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW 1. Extreme Championship Wrestling (352)2,074 2. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (107)1,333 3. All Japan Pro Wrestling 30 (79)1,304 4. AAA (31)733 5. WWF Monday Night Raw (40)703 6. WCW Monday Nitro (42)582 7. United States Wrestling Association (6)181 8. Smoky Mountain Wrestling (7)177 9. WWF Superstars of Wrestling (1)62 10. WWF Action Zone (2)37 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Manami Toyota Vs. Kyoko Inoue (5/7 Tokyo) (175)1,119 2. Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (8/27 Pittsburgh) (92)860 3. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (10/7 Philadelphia) (73)662 4. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (1/24 Yamagata) (83)648 5. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi (1/19 Osaka) (69)624 6. Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko (4/15 Philadelphia )(45)419 7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (6/9 Tokyo) (37)361 8. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (9/22) Mexico City (22)321 9. Ultimo Dragon vs. Lion Heart (7/7 Tokyo) (5)227 10. Manami Toyota vs. Akira Hokuto (9/2 Tokyo) (12)201 Honorable Mention: Oleg Taktarov vs. Tank Abbott 9-8 Casper 168, Cactus Jack & Head Hunters vs. Terry Funk & Shoji Nakamaki & Leatherface 4-2 Tokyo 158, Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa vs. Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue 8-30 Osaka 157, Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Stan Hansen vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada & Johnny Ace 4-2 Tokyo 153, Shawn Michaels vs. Jeff Jarrett 7-23 Nashville 126, Sabu vs. Devon Storm 10-28 Woodbury 122, Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada 7-24 Tokyo 112, Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue 4-15 Tokyo 110, Rey Misterio & Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Fuerza Guerrera & Juventud Guerrera 3-2 Xalapa 108, Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko 5-13 Philadelphia 92, Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko 8-26 Philadelphia 86, Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong 6-27 Sapporo 73, Pit Bulls vs. Raven & Steve Richards 9-16 Philadelphia 70 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Perro Aguayo Jr. (442)2,497 2. KGB (27)581 3. Chris Kanyon (31)534 4. Bomber Hikari (35)480 5. Misae Watanabe (12)353 6. Kenichi Yamamoto (11)276 7. Nobue Endo (49)265 8. Guy Mezger (2)241 9. Yoshiko Tamura (1)229 10. El Puerto Ricano (16)198 Honorable Mention: Maunukea Mossman 72 MANAGER OF THE YEAR 1. Jim Cornette (302)1,985 2. Paul E. Dangerously (79)771 3. Brandon Baxter (52)672 4. Woman (49)618 5. Sunny (36)432 6. Sister Sherri (8)314 7. Ted DiBiase (12)280 8. Rob Parker (11)122 9. Jimmy Hart (7)78 10. Stevie Richards (10)74 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Joey Styles (441)2,552 2. Jim Ross (41)1,070 3. Lance Russell (27)557 4. Akira Fukuzawa (21)469 5. Chris Cruise (4)337 6. Vince McMahon (13)302 7. Arturo Rivera (23)229 8. Bruce Beck (2)213 9. Chip Kessler (11)161 10. Tony Schiavone (4)68 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Steve Mcmichael (251)1,706 2. Eric Bischoff (140)1,415 3. Dusty Rhodes (52)587 4. Vince McMahon (49)503 5. Sonny Onno (6)207 6. Tony Schiavone (1)169 7. Cory Maclin157 8. Todd Pettingill (5)138 9. Bobby Heenan94 10. Dok Hendrix76 Honorable Mention: Bert Prentice 72 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES BEST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. Weekly Pro Wrestling 4-2 Tokyo Dome368 2. SMW Super Bowl of Wrestling 8-4 Knoxville89 3. New Japan/UWFI 10-9 Tokyo Dome56 4. All Japan Women 9-2 Tokyo Budokan Hall48 5. All Japan Women 3-26 Yokohama Arena37 6. WWF SummerSlam 8-27 Pittsburgh35 7. UFC VI 9-8 Casper32 8. WWF Royal Rumble 1-22 Tampa21 9. IWA Death match tournament 8-20 Kawasaki20 10. New Japan 4-29 Pyongyang North Korea13 10. AAA Triplemania II-B 6-18 Tonala13 Honorable Mention: Wrestlemania XI 4-2 Hartford 10, ECW Hostile City Showdown 9-16 Philadelphia 8 WORST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. Wcw Uncensored 3-19 Tupelo200 2. WWF King of the Ring 6-25 Philadelphia103 3. WWF In Your House 10-22 Winnipeg74 4. WCW Bash at the Beach 7-16 Huntington Beach66 5. WCW Halloween Havoc 10-29 Detroit38 6. WCW Starrcade '94 12-27-94 Nashville27 7. WCW Fall Brawl 9-17 Asheville17 8. Extreme Fighting Championships I 11-18 Wilmington12 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Misterio Jr. Flip Dive Into Frankensteiner On Floor136 2. Misterio Jr. springboard plancha into Frankensteiner on floor99 3. Chaparita Asari sky twister press92 4. Benoit tombstone piledriver off middle rope75 5. Scorpio & Rocco Rock going through three tables31 6. Ultimo Dragon spin plancha25 7. Hector Garza spin plancha24 7. Toyota Reverse Frankentoyota24 9. Psicosis moonsault senton etc20 10. Scorpio tumbleweed15 Honorable Mention: Hakushi space flying tiger drop 14, Hokuto flip dive 14, Hayabusa Phoenix splash 13, Misterio Jr. flying Frankensteiner off top rope 12, Toyota dropkick off top rope to floor 12, Benoit power bomb 12, Misterio Jr. handspring into huracanrana 11, Misterio Jr. huracanrana off apron to floor 10 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WCW GENE OKERLUND 900 LINE COME-ONS/LIES 95 2. WCW The Giant billed as the son of Andre 87 3. WWF Shawn Michaels fake aneurism/stroke 84 4. WCW Okerlund's 900 line tease on Blackwell 34 5. WCW Exploiting MDA in Fall Brawl promos 31 6. WCW Giant being thrown off Cobo Arena 26 7. Incredibly Strange Wrestling 17 8. SMW using racism for Gangstas heat 12 9. WCW trashing WWF on Nitro 9 10. ECW crucifying Dreamer 8 10. WCW using Sonny Onno heel Japanese gimmick 8 BEST COLOR COMMENTATOR 1. Jerry Lawler122 2. Bobby Heenan94 3. Mike Tenay72 4. Dok Hendrix68 5. Joey Styles57 6. Jim Ross35 7. Arturo Rivera34 8. Larry Zbyszko24 9. Les Thatcher18 9. Dave Brown18 Honorable Mention: Jeff Blatnick 17, Don Wilson 13, John Peretti 12 READERS PERSONAL FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Manami Toyota119 2. Shawn Michaels63 3. Rey Misterio Jr.61 4. Chris Benoit50 5. Ric Flair46 6. Eddie Guerrero43 7. Sabu42 7. Cactus Jack42 9. Terry Funk41 10. Bull Nakano24 Honorable Mention: Jushin Liger 20, Ken Shamrock 19, Toshiaki Kawada 18, Bret Hart 15, Al Snow 14, Akira Hokuto 10, Sandman 9, Great Sasuke 9 READERS LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Hulk Hogan377 2. Jim Duggan36 3. Diesel16 4. Dave Sullivan15 5. Sid10 6. Bret Hart7 7. Mabel6 WORST WRESTLER 1. Renegade106 2. Jim Duggan82 3. Dave Sullivan72 4. Hulk Hogan65 5. Zodiac37 6. Mabel35 7. Sid28 8. Rayo de Jalisco Jr.15 9. El Gigante14 10. Cien Caras13 Honorable Mention: Bob Backlund 9 WORST TAG TEAM 1. Bunkhouse Buck & Dick Slater 136 2. Tekno Team 2000 79 3. Men on a Mission 66 4. Bushwhackers 50 5. American Males 43 6. Harlem Heat 10 6. Dinamitas 10 8. Dudleys 9 9. Blu Brothers 8 10. Owen Hart & Yokozuna 7 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. Wcw Saturday Night 146 2. WCW World Wide 95 3. WWF Mania 73 4. WCW Pro 50 5. WCW Main Event 41 6. Ozark Mountain 26 7. WCW Nitro 23 8. WWF Action Zone 21 9. Deep South 13 10. AWF 12 Honorable Mention: USWA 9, NWC 9, WWF Challenge 8 WORST MANAGER 1. Mr. Fuji247 2. Sonny Onno75 3. Harvey Whippleman69 4. Jimmy Hart56 5. Rob Parker47 6. Kevin Sullivan22 7. Shinja7 8. Paul Bearer6 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Sting Vs. Tony Palmore 1-4 Tokyo151 2. Mabel vs. Yokozuna 10-22 Winnipeg99 3. Perro Aguayo vs. Cibernetico 10-27 Tehuacan48 4. Jim Duggan vs. Meng 3-19 Tupelo39 5. Harvey Whippleman vs. Howard Finkel 1-9 Houston30 6. Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant 10-29 Detroit22 7. Antonio Inoki vs. Sting 1-4 Tokyo20 8. Sting & Hawk vs. Meng & Kurasawa 8-6 Daytona19 9. Mabel vs. Savio Vega 6-25 Philadelphia15 10. Hulk Hogan vs. Butcher 12-27-94 Nashville13 Honorable Mention: Rayo de Jalisco Jr. vs. Mascara Ano 2000 11-25 Los Angeles 12, Diesel vs. Mabel 8-27 Pittsburgh 11, Blue Bloods vs. Nasty Boys vs. Harlem Heat 7-16 Huntington Beach 9, Hulk Hogan vs. Big Van Vader 3-19 Tupelo 8, Jim Duggan vs. Bubba Rogers 11-26 Norfolk 8 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Hogan Vs. Dungeon Of Doom291 2. Diamond Dallas Page vs. Dave Sullivan27 2. Jim Duggan vs. Bubba Rogers27 4. Dave Sullivan vs. Bubba Rogers24 5. Undertaker vs. Mabel13 6. Undertaker vs. Kama12 7. Diesel vs. Sid9 7. Bob Backlund vs. Man Mountain Rock9 9. Francine vs. Beulah8 9. Henry Godwinn vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley8 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Hulk Hogan 126 2. Renegade 87 3. Dave Sullivan 47 4. Diesel 22 5. Bob Backlund 21 6. Lex Luger 18 7. 1-2-3 Kid 14 8. Goldust 12 9. Jim Duggan 9 10. Too Cold Scorpio 8 WORST PROMOTION 1. World Championship Wrestling332 2. Incredibly Strange Wrestling149 3. American Wrestling Federation48 4. United States Wrestling Association39 5. World Wrestling Federation37 6. Ozark Mountain Wrestling25 7. National Wrestling Council24 8. World Wrestling Council14 9. Union of Wrestling Force International13 10. Frontier Martial Arts/Wrestling12 BEST BOOKER 1. Paul Heyman395 2. Riki Choshu149 3. Jim Cornette36 4. Vince McMahon19 5. Antonio Pena13 6. Konnan12 7. Randy Hales11 7. Giant Baba11 9. Kevin Sullivan7 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Riki Choshu207 2. Shohei Baba194 3. Vince McMahon73 4. Antonio Inoki69 5. Takashi Matsunaga37 6. Tod Gordon34 7. Antonio Pena30 8. Paul Heyman29 9. Kim Jong II19 10. Jim Cornette18 Honorable Mention: Tarzan Yamamoto 12, Randy Hales 11 BEST GIMMICK 1. Disco Inferno69 2. Raven59 3. Undertaker35 4. Goldust31 5. El Santo Negro27 6. Mikey Whipwreck26 7. Stevie Richards25 7. Public Enemy 25 9. Bill Alfonso24 10. Dudleys20 Honorable Mention: Waylon Mercy 18, La Parka 17, Bubba Ray Dudley 17, Bodydonnas 14, Super Delfin 13, Super Heel Devil Masami 13, Bob Backlund 12, Jushin Liger 12, Sandman 10, Shooter Dean Malenko 9 WORST GIMMICK 1. Goldust 119 2. Dungeon of Doom 103 3. Yeti 60 4. Renegade 33 5. Zodiac 32 6. Shark 21 6. Dave Sullivan 21 8. Isaac Yankem 18 9. Disco Inferno 15 10. Bertha Faye 13 Honorable Mention: Henry Godwinn 9, Avatar 9, Kama 8 MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. Hulk Hogan112 2. Goldust107 3. Yetti52 4. Renegade29 5. Henry Godwinn28 6. Zodiac23 7. Jim Duggan22 9. My Flowers21 9. Dave Sullivan19 10. Disco Inferno15 Honorable Mention: Bertha Faye 9, Mabel 8 1994CATEGORY A AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY POINTS VOTED ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. Toshiaki Kawada (134) 960 2. Sabu (123) 923 3. Ric Flair (71) 616 4. Kenta Kobashi (44) 488 5. Steve Williams (25) 442 6. Great Sasuke 424 7. Shawn Michaels 354 8. Mitsuharu Misawa 332 9. Bret Hart 311 10. Terry Funk 305 Honorable mention: Nobuhiko Takada 217, Konnan El Barbaro 215, Love Machine 209, Vader 166, Shane Douglas 142, Jushin Liger 141, Akira Hokuto 104, Perro Aguayo 93 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Kenta Kobashi (119) 1,121 2. Sabu (162) 1,009 3. Chris Benoit (95) 993 4. Great Sasuke (75) 626 5. Toshiaki Kawada (33) 566 6. Shawn Michaels 538 7. Manami Toyota 289 8. Ric Flair 247 9. Rey Misterio Jr. 160 10. Vader 144 Honorable Mention: Love Machine 135, Mitsuharu Misawa 135, Jushin Liger 124, Steve Williams 116, Bret Hart 112, Akira Hokuto 99, Eddy Guerrero 75, Psicosis 72 BEST BABYFACE 1. Atsushi Onita (298) 2,095 2. Perro Aguayo (121) 1,183 3. Bret Hart (57) 710 4. Hulk Hogan (77) 652 5. The Undertaker (38) 350 6. Nobuhiko Takada 322 7. Sting 296 8. El Hijo del Santo 199 9. Razor Ramon 191 10. Mitsuharu Misawa 190 Honorable Mention: Ric Flair 114, Kenta Kobashi 81 BEST HEEL 1. Love Machine (416) 2,598 2. Ric Flair (54) 626 3. Vader (58) 616 4. Shane Douglas (45) 496 5. Bob Backlund (46) 488 6. Konnan El Barbaro 433 7. Shawn Michaels 376 8. Mr. Pogo 177 9. Jerry Lawler 147 10. Owen Hart 100 Honorable Mention: Masa Chono 71 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Gringo Locos Vs. Mexican AAA (157) 961 2. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (80) 738 3. Misawa & co. vs. Kawada & co. (74) 665 4. Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair (66) 649 5. Konnan El Barbaro vs. Perro Aguayo (22) 353 6. Atsushi Onita & FMW vs. Mr. Pogo & W*ING 264 7. Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels 262 8. Sabu vs. Terry Funk 211 9. Sabu vs. Cactus Jack 197 10. Sandman vs. Tommy Dreamer 152 Honorable Mention: Sandman vs. Tommy Cairo 100, Steve Williams vs. Toshiaki Kawada 98, Ricky Steamboat vs. Steve Austin 97, Nasty Boys vs. Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne 86, Ric Flair vs. Vader 70 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Love Machine & Eddy Guerrero (376) 2,568 2. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (88) 926 3. Public Enemy (85) 857 4. Heavenly Bodies (32) 558 5. Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda (36) 324 6. Rock & Roll Express 261 7. Shawn Michaels & Diesel 242 8. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada 218 9. Rick & Scott Steiner 213 10. Hell Raisers 186 Honorable Mention: Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas 172, Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada 145, Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase 99, El Hijo del Santo & Octagon 89, Head Hunters 80, Nasty Boys 78 MOST IMPROVED 1. Diesel (98) 795 2. Shane Douglas (99) 655 3. Love Machine (67) 409 4. Shinjiro Otani (28) 362 5. Johnny B. Badd (31) 286 6. Razor Ramon 197 7. Latin Lover 182 8. Konnan El Barbaro 160 9. Al Snow 144 10. Steve Williams 142 Honorable Mention: Shinya Hashimoto 130, Public Enemy 104, The Gladiator 95, Tommy Dreamer 90, Taka Michinoku 72, Sakie Hasegawa 71 MOST UNIMPROVED 1. Hulk Hogan (110) 848 2. Lex Luger (91) 712 3. Jim Duggan (32) 389 4. Masa Chono (28) 199 5. Sting (18) 198 6. Guardian Angel 197 7. Road Warrior Hawk 188 8. Dave Sullivan 185 9. Jerry Lawler 181 10. The Butcher 134 Honorable Mention: Ric Flair 132, Bret Hart 122, Honkytonk Man 118, Davey Boy Smith 112, King Kong Bundy 108, Jake Roberts 103, Undertaker 95, Riki Choshu 91, Sid Vicious 84, Bull Nakano 78, Jim Neidhart 72 MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. Hulk Hogan (192) 1,418 2. Eric Bischoff (121) 1,214 3. Vince McMahon (54) 446 4. Gene Okerlund (33) 408 5. Herb Abrams (21) 226 6. Gorilla Monsoon 223 7. Todd Pettengill 148 8. Jimmy Hart 133 9. Jim Cornette 128 10. Shane Douglas 114 Honorable Mention: Dennis Coraluzzo 110, Bret Hart 100 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. RIC FLAIR (175) 1,283 2. Shane Douglas (122) 1,215 3. Jim Cornette (62) 708 4. Paul E. Dangerously (62) 501 5. Cactus Jack (49) 472 6. Shawn Michaels 211 7. Jerry Lawler 195 8. Bob Backlund 144 9. Jake Roberts 143 10. Public Enemy 139 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Atsushi Onita (227) 1,688 2. Ric Flair (124) 918 3. Perro Aguayo (74) 709 4. Hulk Hogan (55) 585 5. Sting (17) 327 6. The Undertaker 310 7. Konnan El Barbaro 256 8. Nobuhiko Takada 239 9. Shawn Michaels 217 10. Love Machine 142 Honorable Mention: Bret Hart 140, Diesel 96 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Chris Benoit (299) 1,815 2. Kenta Kobashi (61) 855 3. Jushin Liger (42) 484 4. Hiroshi Hase (26) 461 5. Manami Toyota (37) 342 6. Bret Hart 324 7. Steve Regal 262 8. Nobuhiko Takada 186 9. Toshiaki Kawada 184 10. Shawn Michaels 155 Honorable mention: Mitsuharu Misawa 150, Wayne Shamrock 149, Royce Gracie 137, Negro Casas 119, Ric Flair 114, Dean Malenko 90, Akira Hokuto 89, Blue Panther 88, Minoru Suzuki 72 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. Cactus Jack (313) 2,180 2. Sabu (122) 1,151 3. Terry Funk (59) 922 4. Vader (40) 521 5. Stan Hansen (9) 316 6. Public Enemy 122 7. Atsushi Onita 84 8. Aja Kong 71 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Great Sasuke (411) 2,478 2. Rey Misterio Jr. (152) 2,149 3. Sabu (96) 1,208 4. Jushin Liger (25) 437 5. Manami Toyota (19) 355 6. Too Cold Scorpio 283 7. Chris Benoit 211 8. 1-2-3 Kid 172 MOST OVERRATED 1. Hulk Hogan (301) 1,859 2. Jim Duggan (33) 597 3. Lex Luger (38) 448 4. The Butcher (39) 355 5. Diesel (26) 317 6. Bret Hart 230 7. Sting 132 8. Cien Caras 119 9. Masa Chono 118 10. Dave Sullivan 103 Honorable Mention: The Undertaker 101, Bob Backlund 93 MOST UNDERRATED 1. Brian Pillman (123) 764 2. Chris Benoit (120) 762 3. Al Snow (88) 621 4. 1-2-3 Kid (30) 413 5. Shinjiro Otani (3) 169 6. Bobby Eaton 160 7. Terry Taylor 132 8. Brad Armstrong 105 9. Steve Regal 100 10. Shiro Koshinaka 99 Honorable Mention: Tazmaniac 96, Felino 95, Eddy Guerrero 89 BEST PROMOTION 1. AAA (154) 1,810 2. All Japan Pro Wrestling (201) 1,658 3. Extreme Championship Wrestling (162) 1,187 4. New Japan Pro Wrestling (61) 889 5. All Japan Womens Pro Wrestling (87) 771 6. Smoky Mountain Wrestling 284 7. World Wrestling Federation 267 8. UWFI 152 BEST WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW 1. Extreme Championship Wrestling (318) 1,892 2. AAA Lucha Libre (95) 993 3. All Japan Pro Wrestling 30 (85) 973 4. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (35) 768 5. WWF Monday Night Raw (67) 697 6. Smoky Mountain Wrestling 550 7. WCW Saturday Night 112 8. USWA Championship Wrestling 78 9. WWF Superstars 77 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Razor Ramon Vs. Shawn Michaels 3-20 New York (125) 984 2. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada 6-3 Tokyo (136) 945 3. Great Sasuke vs. Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit) 4-16 Tokyo (99) 928 4. Machine & Guerrero vs. Santo & Octagon 11-6 Los Angeles (85) 799 5. Terry Funk vs. Shane Douglas vs. Sabu 2-5 Philadelphia (48) 508 6. Ric Flair vs. Vader 12-27-93 Charlotte 281 7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 5-21 Sapporo 171 8. Nasty Boys vs. Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne 4-17 Chicago 157 9. Jushin Liger vs. Great Sasuke 4-16 Tokyo 154 10. Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs. Nasty Boys 5-22 Philadelphia 148 Honorable Mention: Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota 11-20 Tokyo 147, Akira Hokuto & Kyoko Inoue vs. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada 12-10-93 Tokyo 124, Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Steve Williams 7-28 Tokyo 109, Great Sasuke vs. Ginsei Shinzaki 4-29 Tokyo 97, Wild Pegasus & Shinjiro Otani vs. Black Tiger (Eddy Guerrero) & Great Sasuke 10-18 Odawara 91, Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart 8-29 Chicago 74, Steve Williams vs. Kenta Kobashi 9-3 Tokyo 74, Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart 3-20 New York 72 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Mikey Whippreck (108) 1,012 2. Jean Paul Levesque (112) 795 3. Bas Rutten (95) 624 4. 911 (45) 579 5. Tamon Honda (74) 505 6. Vagabundo 423 7. Bryant Anderson 298 8. Gangstas 296 9. Hiroshi Ono 167 10. Duke Droese 96 Honorable Mention: Jason DiLucia 96, Alex Wright 92, Fobia 84, Tadao Yasuda 75 MANAGER OF THE YEAR 1. Jim Cornette (254) 1,776 2. Paul E. Dangerously (159) 1,140 3. Sensuous Sherri (64) 703 4. Tammy Fytch (26) 634 5. Ted DiBiase (24) 361 6. Woman 185 7. Harley Race 166 8. Jason 133 9. Col. Rob Parker 76 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Joey Styles (221) 1,356 2. Jim Ross (120) 1,164 3. Vince McMahon (56) 671 4. Akira Fukuzawa (89) 612 5. Chris Cruise (20) 382 6. Lance Russell 256 7. Arturo Rivera 240 8. Tony Schiavone 224 9. Bob Caudle 209 10. Dr. Alfonso Morales 191 Honorable Mention: Gordon Solie 153, Sam Rosen 85 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Gorilla Monsoon (176) 1,368 2. Eric Bischoff (132) 1,253 3. Randy Savage (56) 431 4. Tony Schiavone (36) 418 5. Cory Macklin (5) 336 6. Vince McMahon 274 7. Gene Okerlund 214 8. Stan Lane 209 9. Art Donovan 162 10. Todd Pettengill 151 Honorable Mention: Brian Webster 144, Herb Abrams 128, Willie Watts 125, Doyle King 99, Ollie M 91 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES BEST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. New Japan Super J Cup 4-16 Tokyo 277 2. AAA/IWC When Worlds Collide 11-6 Los Angeles 163 3. All Japan Women Big Egg Wrestling Universe 11-20 Tokyo 106 4. WCW Spring Stampede 4-17 Chicago 61 5. WWF Wrestlemania X 3-20 New York 25 6. WCW Starrcade '93 12-27-93 Charlotte 23 7. SMW Night of the Legends 8-5 Knoxville 15 8. AAA TripleMania II-B 5-15 Zapopan 13 9. WCW Halloween Havoc 10-23 Detroit 8 10. WCW Slamboree '94 Philadelphia 8 WORST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. Uwf Blackjack Brawl 9-25 Las Vegas 125 2. WCW Halloween Havoc 10-23 Detroit 101 3. WCW Clash 11-16 Jacksonville 79 4. WWF King of the Ring 6-19 Baltimore 58 5. WCW Fall Brawl 9-18 Roanoke 45 6. WWF Survivor Series 11-23 San Antonio 44 7. WWF Royal Rumble 1-23 Providence 38 8. WWF SummerSlam 8-29 Chicago 18 9. WCW Clash 8-24 Cedar Rapids 13 10. NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 5-1 Fukuoka Dome 12 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. Great Sasuke Space Flying Tiger Drop 121 2. Eddy Guerrero Frankensteiner off Machine's shoulders 113 3. Rey Misterio Jr. Frankensteiner off top rope 64 4. Scott Steiner SDD 56 5. Steve Williams backdrop driver 49 6. Sabu moonsault on table 46 7. Vader moonsault 26 8. Too Cold Scorpio Scorpio splash 15 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. Wcw Retiring Ric Flair 169 2. Hulk Hogan and friends taking over WCW 69 3. SMW Gangstas race-baiting angles 51 4. Undertaker death and resurrection angle 49 5. ECW NWA title double-cross 41 6. WCW Hulk Hogan/Nancy Kerrigan angle 38 7. WCW not pushing AAA PPV show 28 8. WCW Dave Sullivan dyslexia gimmick 24 9. WCW 900 line frauds 20 BEST COLOR COMMENTATOR 1. Bobby Heenan 228 2. Mike Tenay 156 3. Jerry Lawler 94 4. Jeff Blatnick 70 5. Arturo Rivera 37 6. Ramon Castillo 13 7. Larry Zbyszko 12 8. Les Thatcher 11 READERS PERSONAL FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Sabu 88 2. Ric Flair 83 3. Shawn Michaels 57 4. Manami Toyota 47 5. Cactus Jack 39 6. Toshiaki Kawada 31 7. Vader 28 8. Terry Funk 22 9. Love Machine 13 10. Great Sasuke 12 Honorable Mention: Akira Hokuto 11, Al Snow 11, Nobuhiko Takada 11, Jushin Liger 10, Steve Williams 10, Eddy Guerrero 9, Jerry Lawler 8 READERS LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Hulk Hogan 370 2. Jim Duggan 32 3. Dave Sullivan 19 4. The Butcher 14 5. Lex Luger 11 WORST WRESTLER 1. Dave Sullivan 292 2. Jim Duggan 38 3. El Sicodelico 25 4. The Butcher 23 5. Mabel 22 6. King Kong Bundy 19 7. Fred Ottman 12 8. Honkytonk Man 12 9. El Gigante 12 WORST TAG TEAM 1. Bushwhackers 223 2. Men on a Mission 124 3. Harlem Heat 38 4. Gangstas 26 5. Stars & Stripes 22 6. Pretty Wonderful 12 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. Wcw Saturday Night 131 2. GWF 93 3. WCW Main Event 81 4. WCW World Wide 74 5. WWF Mania 58 6. IWCCW 37 7. WCW Pro 36 8. USWA Championship Wrestling 10 9. WWF Challenge 8 WORST MANAGER 1. Mr. Fuji 226 2. Harvey Whippleman 82 3. Col. Rob Parker 45 4. Jimmy Hart 42 5. Hunter Q. Robbins III 25 6. Oscar 24 7. Sensuous Sherri 21 8. Lou Albano 17 9. Harley Race 12 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Lawler & Queasy & Cheesy & Sleazy Vs. Doink & Dink & Wink & Pink 11-23 San Antonio 128 2. Undertaker vs. Undertaker 8-29 Chicago 93 3. Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair 10-23 Detroit 44 4. Jim Duggan vs. Steve Austin 9-18 Roanoke 38 5. Tyler Mane vs. Steve Ray 9-25 Las Vegas 19 6. Hogan & Sting & Dave Sullivan vs. Avalanche & Butcher & Kevin Sullivan 17 7. Undertaker vs. Yokozuna 1-23 Providence 16 8. Roddy Piper vs. Jerry Lawler 6-19 Baltimore 15 9. Irish Assassin vs. Samson 9-25 Las Vegas 13 10. Jim Steele vs. Equalizer 2-20 Albany, GA 13 Honorable Mention: Antonio Inoki vs. Steve Regal 8-24 Cedar Rapids 12, Perro Aguayo & Cibernetico & Jimmy Snuka vs. Cien Caras & Warlord & Canek 9-27 Tijuana 12, Jushin Liger vs. Satoru Sayama 5-1 Fukuoka Dome 11 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Jerry Lawler Vs. Doink 108 2. Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan 73 3. Kevin Sullivan vs. Dave Sullivan 41 4. Jim Duggan vs. Steve Austin 37 5. Undertaker vs. Yokozuna 36 6. Vader vs. Guardian Angel 16 7. Bret Hart vs. Jim Neidhart 15 8. Hulk Hogan & Dave Sullivan vs. Faces of Fear 15 9. Honkytonk Man vs. Johnny B. Badd 14 10. Lex Luger vs. Tatanka 10 Honorable Mention: Rock & Roll Express vs. Gangstas 9, Stars & Stripes vs. Pretty Wonderful 9 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Dave Sullivan 72 2. Mr. Fuji 40 3. Bob Backlund 35 4. Jim Duggan 32 5. Hulk Hogan 30 6. Lex Luger 24 7. Owen Hart 23 8. The Butcher 23 9. Alex Wright 16 10. Too Cold Scorpio 15 Honorable mention: Alundra Blayze 14, Harley Race 12, Tatanka 10, 1-2-3 Kid 8, Diesel 8, Crush 8, Nasty Boys 8 WORST PROMOTION 1. World Championship Wrestling 403 2. Global Wrestling Federation 102 3. World Wrestling Federation 66 4. North Georgia Wrestling Association 17 5. National Wrestling Alliance 14 6. IWCCW 13 7. Extreme Championship Wrestling 11 BEST BOOKER 1. Paul Heyman 322 2. Antonio Pena 136 3. Jim Cornette 73 4. Shohei Baba 37 5. Vince McMahon 15 6. Dutch Mantel 10 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. Shohei Baba 229 2. Antonio Pena 202 3. Tod Gordon 136 4. Vince McMahon 45 5. Jim Cornette 31 6. Ron Skoler 30 7. Seiji Sakaguchi 28 8. Takashi Matsunaga 27 BEST GIMMICK 1. The Undertaker 105 2. Mikey Whippreck 104 3. Bob Backlund 75 4. La Parka 47 5. Public Enemy 33 6. Gringo Locos 19 7. The Sandman 15 8. Diesel 12 9. Madonna's Boyfriend 11 10. Razor Ramon 9 10. AAA Minis 9 WORST GIMMICK 1. Dave Sullivan 154 2. Duke "Dumpster" Droese 62 3. Doink the Clown 48 4. Gangstas 41 5. Evil Undertaker 35 6. The Butcher 23 7. Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly 22 8. Alex "Disco Nazi" Wright 20 9. Prince Kharis 15 10. Guardian Angel 13 Honorable mention: Mabel 12, Bob "Falling Down" Backlund 11 MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. Doink The Clown 141 2. Dave Sullivan 132 3. Hulk Hogan 84 4. Mabel 28 5. Jim Duggan 22 6. Duke Droese 12 7. Alex Wright 8 1993WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. Vader 2. Kenta Kobashi 3. Bret Hart 4. Toshiaki Kawada 5. Ric Flair MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Kenta Kobashi 2. Manami Toyota 3. Toshiaki Kawada 4. Jushin Liger 5. Vader BEST BABYFACE 1. Atsushi Onita 2. Sting 3. Bret Hart 4. Konnan 5. Mitsuharu Misawa BEST HEEL 1. Vader 2. Jerry Lawler 3. Yokozuna 4. Cien Caras 5. Jake Roberts FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Jerry Lawler vs Bret Hart 2. Kawada & Co. vs Misawa & Co. 3. Vader vs Cactus Jack 4. New Japan vs WAR 5. Bob Armstrong vs Jim Cornette TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Hollywood Blonds (Steve Austin&Brian Pillman) 2. Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard&Jim DelRey) 3. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada 4. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi 5. Rick & Scott Steiner 5. Love Machine & Eddy Guerrero (238 points) - WO correction 1/24/94 MOST IMPROVED 1. Tracey Smothers 2. Marcus Bagwell 3. Sabu 4. Steve Williams 5. Jun Akiyama MOST UNIMPROVED 1. Rick Rude 2. Sid Vicious 3. Lex Luger 4. Curt Hennig 5. Ric Flair MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. Vince McMahon 2. Eric Bischoff 3. Dusty Rhodes 4. Sid Vicious 5. Gorilla Monsoon BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. JIM CORNETTE 2. Ric Flair 3. Jerry Lawler 4. Arn Anderson 5. Brian Christopher MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Ric Flair 2. Atsushi Onita 3. Sting 4. Undertaker 5. Sid Vicious BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Hiroshi Hase 2. Jushin Liger 3. Kenta Kobashi 4. Manami Toyota 5. Bret Hart BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD - BEST BRAWLER 1. Cactus Jack 2. Vader 3. Stan Hansen 4. Atsushi Onita 5. Sabu BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Jushin Liger 2. Rey Misterio Jr. 3. Manami Toyota 4. Sabu 5. 2 Cold Scorpio MOST OVERRATED 1. Sid Vicious 2. Lex Luger 3. Hulk Hogan 4. Ludvig Borga 5. Yokozuna MOST UNDERRATED 1. Bobby Eaton 2. Wild Pegasus (Benoit) 3. Terry Taylor 4. Sabu 5. 2 Cold Scorpio BEST PROMOTION 1. All Japan 2. All Japan Women 3. New Japan 4. Smoky Mountain Wrestling 5. AAA BEST TELEVISION SHOW 1. All Japan 2. Smoky Mountain Wrestling 3. WWF Monday Night Raw 4. New Japan World Pro 5. AAA MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki (4-11) Osaka 2. Steve Williams vs. Kenta Kobashi (8-31) Toyohashi 3. Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori (4-2) Yokohama 4. Cactus Jack vs. Vader (10-24) New Orleans 5. Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi (7-29) Tokyo 6. Hikari Fukuoka & Cuty Suzuki & Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue & Sakie Hasgewa (7-31) Yokohama 7. Sting vs. Vader (2-21) Asheville 8. Lightning Kid (X-Pac) vs. Sabu 4-17 Minneapolis 9. Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty (7-10) New York 10. Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawasda (2-28) Tokyo 11. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi (4-14) Nagoya 12. El Hijo del Santo vs. Heavy Metal (1-29) Mexico City 13. Winners [Abismo Negro & Rey Misterio Jr. & Super Calo] vs. Jerry Estrada & Heavy Metal & Psicosis (1-29) Mexico City 14. Bret Hart vs. Curt Hennig (6-11) Dayton 15. Mitsuhau Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (3-27) Kyoto 16. Atsushi Onita vs. Terry Funk (5-5) Kawasaki 17. Devil Masami vs. Bull Nakano (4-18) Tokyo 18. Steiners vs. Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey (8-30) Auburn Hills, MI 19. Heavy Metal & Psicosis & Picudo vs. Winners & Serup Calo & Rey Misterio Jr. (2-14) Mexico City ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Jun Akiyama 2. Bobby Blaze 3. Smoking Gunns (Billy&Bart) 4. Juventud Guerrera 5. Dennis Koslowski (Duane Koslowski's twin brother) - 1/24/94 WO correction MANAGER OF THE YEAR 1. Jim Cornette 2. Tammy Fytch (Sunny) 3. Ron Wright 4. Paul E.Dangerously 5. Harley Race BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Jim Ross 2. Tony Schiavone 3. Bob Caudle 4. Vince McMahon 5. Akira Fukuzawa (AJ) WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Gorilla Monsoon 2. Eric Bischoff 3. Cory Macklin 4. Vince McMahon 5. Jay Sulli BEST WRESTLING MOVE 1. Vader: Moonsault 2. 2 Cold Scorpio: Scorpio Splash (450° Splash) 3. Manami Toyota: Springboard Moonsault off top rope nach draußen 4. Ultimo Dragon: Asai Moonsault 5. Manami Toyota: Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex BEST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. All Japan Women Dreamslam I (2.4., Yokohama) 2. WCW Super Brawl III (21.2., Asheville) 3. All Japan Women Dreamslam II (11.4., Osaka) 4. AAA Triplemania (30.4., Mexico City) 5. New Japan Fantastic Story (4.1., Tokyo Dome) WORST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. WCW Fall Brawl (19.9., Houston) 2. WCW Battlebowl (20.11., Pensacola) 3. WWF Wrestlemania IX (4.4., Las Vegas) 4. WWF Survivor Series (24.11., Boston) 5. WCW Clash of the Champions XXV (10.11., St.Petersburg) MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. Cactus Jack Angle,where he lost his memory 2. WWF 900 Telephone Hotline 3. WWF Xenophobie Angles (foreigners as Heels) 4. WCW´s reaction to the knife fight between Sid Vicious and Arn Anderson 5. WCW Mini Video with the exploding boat BEST COLOR COMMENTATOR 1. Bobby Heenan 2. Jesse Ventura 3. Dutch Mantell 4. Larry Zbyszko 5. Jerry Lawler READERS´ FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Ric Flair 2. Manami Toyota 3. Vader 3. Shawn Michaels 5. Jushin Liger 5. Sabu READERS´ LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Sid Vicious 2. Hulk Hogan 3. Shockmaster (Typhoon) 4. The Equalizer (Dave Sullivan) 4. Jose Gonzales aka Invader I WORST WRESTLER 1. The Equalizer 2. Giant Gonzales 3. Sid Vicious 4. Shockmaster 5. Bastion Booger (Mike Shaw) WORST TAG TEAM 1. Colossal Kongs 2. Bushwhackers 3. Harlem Heat (Stevie Ray&Booker T) 4. Keith & Kent Cole 5. Jurrassic Powers (Scott Norton&Hercules Hernandez) WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. GWF on ESPN 2. WWF Mania 3. WCW Main Event 4. WCW Saturday Night 5. IWCCW WORST MANAGER 1. Mr. Fuji 2. Harvey Whippleman 3. Paul Bearer 4. Missy Hyatt 5. Col. Robert Parker (Robert Fuller) WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Doinks(Men on a Mission&Bushwhackers) vs Headshrinkers&Bastion Booger&Bam Bam Bigelow (24.11., Boston Survivor Series) 2. Undertaker vs Gonzales (30.8., Auburn Hills Summer Slam) 3. Rick Rude vs Road Warrior Hawk (10.11., St.Petersburg Clash XXV) 4. War Games (17.9., Houston Fall Brawl) 5. Sting vs The Prisoner (aka Nailz / 23.5., Atlanta Slamboree) WORST FEUD 1. Undertaker vs Giant Gonzales 2. Johnny B.Badd vs Maxx Payne 3. Lex Luger vs Yokozuna 4. Dusty Rhodes vs The Assassin 5. Lex Luger vs Yokozuna WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Mr. Fuji 2. Scott Steiner 3. Lex Luger 4. Yokozuna 5. Harley Race WORST PROMOTION 1. WCW 2. GWF 3. WWF 4. ECW 5. W*ING BEST BOOKER 1. Jim Cornette 2. Riki Choshu 3. Giant Baba 4. Vince McMahon 5. Eddie Gilbert BEST PROMOTOR 1. Giant Baba 2. Vince McMahon 3. Antonio Pena 4. Jim Cornette 5. Matsunaga Brothers (AJW) BEST GIMMICK 1. Undertaker 2. Doink The Clown 3. 1-2-3 Kid 4. Hollywood Blonds 5. Tammy Fytch WORST GIMMICK 1. Shockmaster 2. Bastion Booger 3. Friar Ferguson 4. Doink The Clown 5. Prince Kharis MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. Bastion Booger 2. Shockmaster 3. Doink The Clown 4. Bushwhackers 5. The Equalizer 1992WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. Ric Flair 2. Bret Hart 3. Mitsuharu Misawa 4. Jushin Liger 5. Manami Toyota MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Jushin Liger 2. Manami Toyota 3. Kenta Kobashi 4. Toshiaki Kawada 5. Ric Flair BEST BABYFACE 1. Sting 2. Atsushi Onita 3. Mitsuharu Misawa 4. Bret Hart 5. Vampiro Canadiense BEST HEEL 1. Rick Rude 2. Ric Flair 3. Jake Roberts 4. Shawn Michaels 5. Big Van Vader FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Moondogs vs Jerry Lawler&Jeff Jarrett 2. Tsuruta & Co. vs Misawa & Co. 3. Rick Rude vs Rick Steamboat 4. Ric Flair vs Randy Savage 5. Heavenly Bodies vs Fantastics TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Terry Gordy & Steve Williams 2. Can Am Express (Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas) 3. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada 4. Rick&Scott Steiner 5. Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane&Tom Pritchard) MOST IMPROVED 1. El Samurai 2. Brian Christopher 3. Shawn Michaels 4. Dustin Rhodes 5. Mariko Yoshida MOST UNIMPROVED 1. Randy Savage 2. Ultimate Warrior 3. Ron Simmons 4. Tony Atlas 5. Undertaker MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. Bill Watts 2. Vince McMahon 3. Gorilla Monsoon 4. Erik Watts 5. Jim Ross BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. RIC FLAIR 2. Jim Cornette 3. Paul E.Dangerously 4. Jake Roberts 5. Arn Anderson MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Sting 2. Atsushi Onita 3. Ric Flair 4. Vampiro Canadiense 5. Undertaker BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Jushin Liger 2. Hiroshi Hase 3. Manami Toyota 4. Bret Hart 5. Ric Flair BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD - BEST BRAWLER 1. Cactus Jack 2. Stan Hansen 3. Atsushi Onita 4. Moondogs 5. Big Van Vader BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Jushin Liger 2. Manami Toyota 3. Brian Pillman 4. Ultimo Dragon 5. Rey Misterio Jr. MOST OVERRATED 1. Erik Watts 2. Ultimate Warrior 3. Van Hammer 4. Ron Simmons 5. Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) MOST UNDERRATED 1. Terry Taylor 2. Lightning Kid (X-Pac) 3. Bobby Eaton 4. Brian Pillman 5. Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit) BEST PROMOTION 1. New Japan 2. All Japan 3. All Japan Women 4. Smoky Mountain Wrestling 5. WWF BEST TELEVISION SHOW 1. All Japan 2. New Japan World Pro 3. Smoky Mountain Wrestling 4. WWF Superstars 5. WCW Saturday Night MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (5-25) Miyagi 2. Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (2-29) Milwaukee 3. Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue (4-25) Yokohama 4. Jushin Liger vs. El Samurai (4-30) Tokyo 5. Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada (8-15) Tokyo 6. El Hijo del Santo & Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Negro Casas & Tim Patterson & Horace Boulder (5-16) Los Angeles 7. Sting & Nikita Koloff & Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat & Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton & Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko & Rick Rude War Games (5-17) Jacksonville 8. Bret Hart vs. British Bulldog (8-29) London 9. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Yumiko Hotta & Suzuka Minami (3-17) Tokyo 10. Eddie Gilbert vs. Terry Funk (11-14) Wayne, NJ 11. Royal Rumble (1-19) Albany, NY 12. Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (12-27) East Rutherford, NJ 13. Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage (4-5) Indianapolis 14. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (11-27) Richfield, OH 15. Sting vs. Cactus Jack (6-20) Mobile 16. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Masa Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa (7-5) Tokyo 17. Sting vs. Big Van Vader (7-18) Albany 18. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue (3-20) Tokyo* 19. Rick Rude vs. Masahiro Chono (8-12) Tokyo ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Rey Misterio Jr. 2. Psicosis 3. Diamond Dallas Page 4. Volk Han 5. Erik Watts MANAGER OF THE YEAR 1. Jim Cornette 2. Paul E.Dangerously 3. Ron Wright 4. Madusa 5. Sensational Sherri BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Jim Ross 2. Tony Schiavone 3. Bob Caudle 4. Akira Fukuzawa (AJ) 5. Vince McMahon WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Gorilla Monsoon 2. Vince McMahon 3. David Webb 4. Lord Alfred Hayes 5. Jim Ross BEST WRESTLING MOVE 1. 2 Cold Scorpio: Scorpio Splash (450° Splash) 2. Manami Toyota: Quebrada over top rope 3. Jushin Liger: Frankensteiner off top rope 4. Masa Chno: STF 5. Great Sasuke: Moonsault (Space Flying Tiger Drop) BEST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. All Japan Women Wrestlemarinepaid ´92 (25.4, Yokohama) 2. WCW Super Brawl II (29.3., Milwaukee) 3. WWF Royal Rumble (19.1., Albany) 4. New Japan G1-Climax Final Night (12.8., Tokyo Sumo Hall) 5. WWF Summer Slam (29.8., London Wembley Stadium) WORST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. WCW Halloween Havoc (25.10. Philadelphia) 2. WCW Great American Bash (18.7., Albany) / WCW Clash XXI (18.11., Macon) 4. WWF Wrestlemania VIII (5.4., Indianapolis) 5. WCW Beach Blast (20.6., Mobile) MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WCW pushes Erik Watts 2. Papa Shango Voodoo Angle 3. Ultimate Warrior Kotz-Angle 4. Buddy Rose claims he's responsible for Buzz Sawyer's death 5. Racist Angles with Ron Simmons BEST COLOR COMMENTATOR 1. Bobby Heenan 2. Jesse Ventura 3. Dutch Mantell 4. Curt Hennig 5. Michael Hayes READERS´ FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Ric Flair 2. Jushin Liger 3. Manami Toyota 4. Cactus Jack 5. Kenta Kobashi / Shawn Michaels READERS´ LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Erik Watts 2. Ultimate Warrior 3. Jim Duggan 3. Hulk Hogan 5. Papa Shango WORST WRESTLER 1. Andre The Giant 2. Nailz 3. Ultimate Warrior 4. El Sicodelico 5. Van Hammer WORST TAG TEAM 1. Bushwackers 2. Natural Disasters (Earthquake&Typhoon) 3. Andre&Giant Baba 4. Vegas Connection (Vinnie Vegas & Dallas Page) 5. Chavo Guerrero & El Sicodelico WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. GWF on ESPN 2. IWCCW 3. NAWA 4. WWF Prime Time Wrestling 5. WCW Power Hour / WCW Main Event / WWF Superstars WORST MANAGER 1. Mr. Fuji 2. Dr.Harvey Whippleman 3. The Genius (Lanny Poffo) 4. Gary Hart 5. Sebastian WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Rick Rude vs Masa Chono (25.10., Philadelphia Halloween Havoc) 2. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice (5.4., Indianapolis Wrestlemania VIII) 3. Sting vs Jake Roberts (25.10., Philadelphia Halloween Havoc) 4. Mr. Pogo vs Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (8.3., Tokyo, Barbed-Wire Baseball Bat Match) 5. Paul E. Dangerously vs Madusa (18.11., Macon, Clash XXI) WORST FEUD 1. Ultimate Warrior vs Papa Shango 2. Ron Simmons vs Barbarian 3. Bog Boss Man vs Nailz 4. Undertaker vs Kamala 5. Steiners vs Steve Williams & Terry Gordy WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Ultimate Warrior 2. Vinnie Vegas (Kevin Nash) 3. Kerry Von Erich 4. Erik Watts 5. Tony Atlas WORST PROMOTION 1. GWF 2. WCW 3. IWCCW 4. WWF 5. WAR BEST BOOKER 1. New Japan (Riki Choshu, Hiroshi Hase, Masa Saito, Liger) 2. Giant Baba 3. Jim Cornette 4. Vince McMahon 5. Antonio Pena BEST PROMOTOR 1. Giant Baba 2. Vince McMahon 3. Jim Cornette 4. Seiji Sakaguchi 5. Akira Maeda BEST GIMMICK 1. Undertaker 2. Skinheads (Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura, Aki Saito, Masashi Aoyagi) 3. Mike Samples 4. Jushin Liger 5. Razor Ramon / Ron Wright WORST GIMMICK 1. Papa Shango 2. Doink The Clown 3. Razor Ramon 4. Maniac Mike Davis / Repo Man MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. Papa Shango 2. Erik Watts 3. Andre The Giant 4. Bushwhackers 5. Nailz 1991WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. Jumbo Tsuruta 2. Ric Flair 3. Jushin Liger 4. Keiji Muto 5. Bull Nakano MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Jushin Liger 2. Hiroshi Hase 3. Kenta Kobashi 4. Ric Flair 5. Keiji Muto BEST BABYFACE 1. Hulk Hogan 2. Sting 3. Atsushi Onita 4. Randy Savage 5. Mitsuharu Misawa BEST HEEL 1. Undertaker 2. Ric Flair 3. Jake Roberts 4. Aja Kong 5. Cactus Jack FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Tsuruta& Co vs Misawa & Co 2. Flair vs Hogan 3. Eddie Gilbert vs Cactus Jack 4. Aja Kong vs Bull Nakano 5. Randy Savage vs Jake Roberts TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Misawa&Kawada 2. Rick&Scott Steiner 3. Hiroshi Hase&Kensuke Sasaki 4. Steve Williams&Terry Gordy 5. Rockers (Shawn Michaels&Marty Jannetty) MOST IMPROVED 1. Dustin Rhodes 2. Steve Austin 3. Cactus Jack 4. Billy Black 5. Kyoko Inoue MOST UNIMPROVED 1. Davey Boy Smith 2. Hulk Hogan 3. Sid Justice/Vicious 4. Tatsumi Fujinami 5. Greg Valentine MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. Herb Abrams (UWF Promotor/commentator) 2. Jim Herd (WCW President) 3. Vince McMahon 4. Hulk Hogan 5. Dusty Rhodes BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. RIC FLAIR 2. Arn Anderson 3. Paul E.Dangerously 4. Jake Roberts 5. Jerry Lawler MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Hulk Hogan 2. Atsushi Onita 3. Sting 4. Ric Flair 5. Sid Justice BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Jushin Liger 2. Hiroshi Hase 3. Ric Flair 4. Keiji Muto 5. Akira Hokuto BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD - BEST BRAWLER 1. Cactus Jack 2. Atsushi Onita 3. Stan Hansen 4. Bull Nakano 5. Terry Gordy BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Jushin Liger 2. Yoshihiro Asai (Ultimo Dragon) 3. Brian Pillman 4. Bobby Eaton 5. Owen Hart MOST OVERRATED 1. Sid Justice 2. Hulk Hogan 3. Van Hammer 4. Ultimate Warrior 5. El Gigante MOST UNDERRATED 1. Terry Taylor 2. Naoki Sano 3. Brian Pillman 4. Brad Armstrong 5. Bobby Eaton BEST PROMOTION 1. All Japan 2. New Japan 3. All Japan Women 4. WWF 5. WCW BEST TELEVISION SHOW 1. All Japan 2. New Japan World Pro 3. WWF Superstars 4. WCW Saturday Night 5. WWF Prime Time Wrestling MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Steiners vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (3-21) Tokyo 2. Bull Nakano vs Akira Hokuto (1-4) Tokyo 3. Ric Flair & Larry Zbyszko & Sid Vicious & Barry Windham vs. Steiners & Sting & Brian Pillman War Games (2-24) Phoenix 4. Cactus Jack vs. Eddie Gilbert (8-3) Philadelphia 5. Steiners vs. Sting & Lex Luger (5-19) St. Petersburg 6. Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko vs. Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes (11-18) Savannah 7. Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior (3-34) Los Angeles 8. Curt Hennig vs. Bret Hart (8-27) New York 9. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (4-20) Tokyo 10. Jushin Liger vs. Hiroshi Hase (5-6) Tokyo 11. Keiji Muto vs. Masahiro Chono (8-11) Tokyo 12. Jushin Liger vs. Chris Benoit (10-18) Hiroshima 13. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kenta Kobashi (5-24) Osaka 14. Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair (10-25) Oakland 15. Jushin Liger vs. Owen Hart (4-27) Okinawa 16. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Toshiaki Kawada (10-24) Yokohama 17. Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs. Esther Moreno & Manami Toyota (4-29) Tokyo 18. Ric Flair vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (3-21) Tokyo ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Johnny B. Badd (Mark Mero) 2. Lightning Kid (X-Pac) 3. Ishinriki 4. Debbie Malenko 5. Chaz Taylor MANAGER OF THE YEAR 1. Sensational Sherri 2. Paul Bearer 3. Paul E.Dangerously 4. Bobby Heenan 5. Jim Cornette BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Jim Ross 2. Tony Schiavone 3. Vince McMahon 4. Dr.Alfonso Morales (EMLL) 5. Akira Fukuzawa (AJ) WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Gorilla Monsoon 2. Herb Abrams 3. Lord Alfred Hayes 4. Vince McMahon 5. Eric Bischoff BEST WRESTLING MOVE 1. Masao Orihara: Moonsault off top rope to outside 2. Jushin Liger: Top Rope Frankensteiner 3. Yoshihiro Asai: Asai Moonsault 4. Scott Steiner: Frankensteiner 5. Jushin Liger: Asai Moonsault BEST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. WCW Wrestlewar 91 (24.2., Phoenix) 2. New Japan Starrcade 91 in Tokyo Dome (21.3., Tokyo) 3. All Japan Women 26.5. Tokyo 4. WCW Clash of the Champions 17 (18.11., Savannah) 5. WWF Royal Rumble 91 (16.1., Miami) / WCW Super Brawl I (19.5., St.Petersburg) WORST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. WCW Great American Bash (14.7., Baltimore) 2. WWF Survivor Series (27.11, Detroit) 3. WWF Summer Slam (27.8., New York) 4. WWF Wrestlemania VII (26.3., Los Angeles) 5. WCW Clash of the Champions 16 (5.9., Charleston) MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWF uses Golf War as Storyline for Wrestlemania 2. WCW fires Ric Flair 3. WWF Angle with Jake Roberts´ Snake 4. Hulk Hogan lies about Steroids on Arsenio Hall (Talkshow) 5. Hulk Hogan title of "immortal" BEST COLOR COMMENTATOR 1. Paul E. 2. Bobby Heenan 3. Roddy Piper 4. Scott Anthony (Raven) 5. Randy Savage READERS´ FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Ric Flair 2. Jushin Liger 3. Cactus Jack 4. Hiroshi Hase 5. Jumbo Tsuruta READERS´ LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Hulk Hogan 2. Van Hammer 3. Jose Gonzales aka Invader I 4. Jim Duggan / Andre The Giant WORST WRESTLER 1. Andre The Giant 2. El Gigante 3. Oz (Kevin Nash) 4. Bill Kazmaier 5. Sid Justice WORST TAG TEAM 1. Andre&Giant Baba 2. Bushwackers 3. Patriots (Firebreaker Chip&Todd Champion) 4. Natural Disasters (Earthquake&Typhoon) 5. Freebirds (Garvin&Hayes) / Undertakers WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. UWF (Abrams) WORST MANAGER 1. Mr. Fuji 2. Coach (John Tolos) 3. Slick 4. General Adnan (Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie) 5. Jimmy Hart WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Bobby Eaton&P.N.News (Cannonball Grizzly) vs Steve Austin&Terry Taylor (Scaffold Match, Bash in Baltimore, 14.7.91) 2. Sid Vicious vs El Gigante (Stretcher Match Superbrawl I , 19.5.91) 3. Van Hammer vs Terry Taylor (Clash 16 , 5.9.91) 4. Oz vs Bill Kazmaier (Halloween Havoc, 27.10.91 5. Chamber of Horrors Match: Sting&Steiners&Gigante vs Vader&Cactus&Diamond Studd&Abdullah (Havoc, 27.10.91) WORST FEUD 1. Hulk Hogan vs Sgt.Slaughter 2. Gigante vs One Man Gang 3. Gigante vs Flair 4. Davey Boy Smith vs Warlord 5. Gigante vs Sid / Big Boss Man vs Mountie / P.N.News vs Johnny B. Badd WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Ultimate Warrior 2. Van Hammer 3. Kerry Von Erich 4. Hulk Hogan 5. Sting WORST PROMOTION 1. UWF (Herb Abrams) 2. WCW 3. USWA 4. WWF 5. IWCCW BEST BOOKER 1. Giant Baba 2. Riki Choshu 3. McMahon/Pat Patterson 4. Eddie Gilbert (USWA) 5. Bill Eadie (Global) BEST PROMOTOR 1. Giant Baba 2. Vince McMahon 3. Joel Goodhart 4. Atsushi Onita 5. Antonio Inoki BEST GIMMICK 1. Undertaker 2. Johnny B. Badd 3. Ric Flair as “Real World Champion” 4. Paul Bearer 5. The Mountie WORST GIMMICK 1. Oz 2. Van Hammer 3. Rasta The Voodooman 4. P.N.News 5. Patriots MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. Van Hammer 2. Andre The Giant 3. P.N.News 4. Hulk Hogan 5. Gigante 5. Oz 1990CATEGORY A AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. Ric Flair (122) 997 2. Jushin Liger (139) 992 3. Jumbo Tsuruta (136) 887 4. Akira Maeda (56) 595 5. Mitsuharu Misawa (32) 547 Honorable Mention: Hulk Hogan 414, Mr. Perfect 228, Scott Steiner 203, Lex Luger 122, Keiji Muto 112, Sting 91
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Jushin Liger (332) 1,746 2. Ric Flair (78) 918 3. Bobby Eaton (21) 539 4. Mr. Perfect (35) 427 5. Mitsuharu Misawa (8) 311 Honorable Mention: Scott Steiner 298, Jumbo Tsuruta 130, Negro Casas 107, Yoshihiro Asai 87, Randy Savage 82
BEST BABYFACE 1. Hulk Hogan (328) 1,773 2. Akira Maeda (32) 556 3. Ultimate Warrior (3) 520 4. Sting (23) 515 5. Mitsuharu Misawa (31) 319 Honorable Mention: Scott Steiner 176, Jushin Liger 167, Lex Luger 138, Masaharu Funaki 85
BEST HEEL 1. Ric Flair (54) 512 2. Eddie Gilbert (63) 449 3. Ted DiBiase (32) 421 4. Stan Hansen (44) 377 5. Jerry Lawler (47) 361 Honorable Mention: Randy Savage 349, Terry Funk 261, Rick Rude 255, Sid Vicious 232, Mr. Perfect 163, Earthquake 142, Negro Casas 100, Aja Kong 85, Am Anderson 84 1. Jumbo Tsuruta VS. Mitsuharu Misawa (111) 887 2. Ric Flair vs. Sting (56) 550 3. Chris Adams & Toni vs. Steve Austin & Jeannie (61)389 4. Steiners vs. Nasty Boys (30) 378 5. Jushin Liger vs. Pegasus Kid (52) 373 Honorable Mention: Jerry Lawler vs. Eddie Gilbert 351, Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano 267, Hulk Hogan vs. Earthquake 240, Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger 229, Steiners vs. Doom 206, Doom vs. Ric Flair & Am Anderson 178, Yoshihiro Asai vs. Negro Casas 161, Midnight Express vs. Southern Boys 120 1. Rick & Scott Steiner (215) 1,473 2. Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (134) 1,136 3. Shawn Michaels & Marty Janetty (24) 545 4. Keiji Muto & Masa Chono (45) 429 5. Ron Simmons & Butch Reed (20) 364 Honorable Mention: Steve Williams & Terry Gordy 181, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada 129, Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong 112, Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart 88
MOST IMPROVED 1. Kenta Kobashi (103) 715 2. Ron Simmons (96) 698 3. Scott Steiner (66) 483 4. Paul Roma (23) 256 5. Butch Reed (22) 237 Honorable Mention: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 203, Madusa 175, Kensuke Sasaki 167, Nasty Boys 145, Brian Pilman 105, Pegasus Kid 99, Undertaker Mark Calaway 84 1. Sting (64) 519 2. Samson Fuyuki (52) 408 3. Junkyard Dog (40) 307 4. Sgt. Slaughter (28) 203 5. Akira Maeda (7) 183 Honorable Mention: Dusty Rhodes 176, Sid Vicious 175, Michael Hayes 160, Jimmy Garvin 157, Ultimate Warrior 151, Kerry Von Erich 130, Jim Duggan 113
MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. Vince McMahon (72) 612 2. Ultimate Warrior (60) 557 3. Dusty Rhodes (51) 379 4. Herb Abrams (47) 296 5. Jim Herd (40) 259 Honorable Mention: Gorilla Monsoon 244, Ole Anderson 187, Jose Gonzales 167, Brother Love 155, Hulk Hogan 141, Ed Whalen 108, Gene Okerlund 106, Junkyard Dog 90
BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. ARN ANDERSON (82) 704 2. Jerry Lawler (103) 701 3. Jim Cornette (81) 630 4. Ric Flair (42) 427 5. Ole Anderson (25) 297 Honorable Mention: Terry Funk 202, Larry Zbyszko Eddie Gilbert 155, Hulk Hogan 117, Randy Savage Roddy Piper 93, Paul E. Dangerously 92 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Hulk Hogan (270) 1,579 2. Akira Maeda (45) 732 3. Ultimate Warrior (32) 621 4. Ric Flair (20) 287 5. Sting (12) 274 Honorable Mention: Sid Vicious 270, Roddy Piper 101
BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Jushin Liger (240) 1,413 2. Ric Flair (64) 590 3. Bobby Eaton (59) 519 4. Mr. Perfect (34) 349 5. Scott Steiner (30) 266 Honorable Mention: Negro Casas 180, Naoki Sano 159, Bret Hart 156, Nobuhiko Takada 144, Keiji Muto 137, Mitsuharu Misawa 124, Hiroshi Hase 95 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD - BEST BRAWLER 1. Stan Hansen (212) 1,286 2. Atsushi Onita (131) 848 3. Terry Gordy (30) 477 4. Terry Funk (53) 469 5. Aja Kong (7) 168 Honorable Mention: Steve Williams 150, Jerry Lawler 126, Nasty Boys 125, Eddie Gilbert 111
BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Jushin Liger (419) 2,189 2. Yoshihiro Asai (15) 411 3. Bobby Eaton (18) 374 4. Pegasus Kid 337 5. Keiji Muto 336 Honorable Mention: Owen Hart 302, Brian Pullman 302, Mitsuharu Misawa 273, Atlantis 268, Super Astro 256, Shawn Michaels 85, El Hijo Del Santo 84
MOST OVERRATED 1. Ultimate Warrior (144) 975 2. Sting (65) 554 3. Sid Vicious (49) 437 4. Dino Bravo (28) 356 5. Earthquake (27) 300 Honorable Mention: Hulk Hogan 289, Dusty Rhodes 104, Akira Maeda 103
MOST UNDERRATED 1. Bobby Eaton (54) 356 2. Brian Pittman (45) 339 3. Brad Armstrong (30) 316 4. Terry Taylor (23) 235 5. Tommy Rogers (23) 207 Honorable Mention: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 205, Tito Santana 178, Kenta Kobashi 159, Cactus Jack 140, Toshiaki Kawada 133, Barry Horowitz 124, Scotty the Body 122, Tony Anthony 114, Buddy Landel 108, Pegasus Kid 99, Bret Hart 87 BEST PROMOTION 1. All Japan Pro Wrestling (167) 1,802 2. New Japan Pro Wrestling (81) 1,101 3. Japan UWF (45) 712 4. World Wrestling Federation (61) 548 5. World Championship Wrestling (39) 461 Honorable Mention: United States Wrestling Association 250, All Japan Women Wrestling Association 120, Universal Wrestling Association Mexico 103 BEST TELEVISION SHOW 1. All Japan Pro Wrestling (195) 1,343 2. New Japan Pro Wrestling (104) 1,068 3. WWF Superstars of Wrestling (68) 562 4. World Championship Wrestling (60) 551 5. USWA Wrestling Challenge (32) 257 Honorable Mention: WMC Championship Wrestling Memphis 265, WWF Prime Time Wrestling 173, Lucha Libre 157, NWA Main Event 144, NWA Pro Wrestling 134, NWA Power Hour 114 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano 1/31 Osaka (201) 1,394 2. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa 6/8 Tokyo (43) 465 3. Midnight Express vs. Southern Boys 7/8 Baltimore (42) 444 4. Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior 4/1 Toronto (56) 416 5. Steiners vs. Nasty Boys 10/27 Chicago (29) 289 Honorable Mention: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Dragon Master & Masanobu Kurisu 4/1 Tokyo 233, Keiji Moto vs. Hiroshi Hase 9/14 Hiroshima 232, Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger 2/25 Greensboro 195, Fantastics vs. Joe Malenko & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 172, Yoshihiro Asai vs. Negro Casas 6/7 Tokyo 99, Jushin Liger vs. Pegasus Kid 8/19 Tokyo 97
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Steve Austin (218) 1,211 2. Koji Kitao (31) 573 3. Richard Slinger 87 4. Billy Black 125 5. Larry Oliver 69
MANAGER OF THE YEAR 1. Jim Cornette (160) 1,304 2. Bobby Heenan (151) 1,223 3. Queen Sensational Sherri (81) 825 4. Theodore R. Long (34) 462 5. Paul E. Dangerously 106 Honorable Mention: Jimmy Hart 92 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Jim Ross (322) 1,795 2. Tony Schiavone (10) 408 3. Vince McMahon (18) 338 4. Lance Russell (12) 331 5. Dr. Alfonso Morales (13) 252 Honorable Mention: Chris Cruise 144, Gorilla Monsoon 98, Bob Caudle 42
WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Herb Abrams (149) 1,007 2. Gorilla Monsoon (66) 602 3. Ed Whelan (67) 524 4. Lord Al Hayes (44) 421 5. Vince McMahon (54) 411 Honorable Mention: J.C. Carson 280, Gordon Solie 211, Bob Caudle 198, Marc Lowrance 174, Sean Mooney 106, Ralph Strangis 101 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES 1. U.S. AND JAPAN WRESTLING SUMMIT 4/13 Tokyo 110 2. WCW Great American Bash 7/8 Baltimore 78 3. WCW Starrcade '89 12/13/89 Atlanta 65 4. Combined Tokyo Dome 2/10 55 5. WWF Wrestlemania VI 4/1 Toronto 43 Honorable Mention: WCW Halloween Havoc 10/27 Chicago 42, WCW Wrestle War '90 2/25 Greensboro 29, New Japan 11/1 Tokyo Budokan Hall 25 WORST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. WCW CLASH XIII 11/20 JACKSONVILLE 222 2. WWF Summer Slam 8/27 Philadelphia 36 3. WCW Capital Combat 5/19 Washington 31 4. WWF Wrestlemania 4/1 Toronto 30 5. WWF Survivor Series 11/22 Hartford 20 Honorable Mention: WWF Royal Rumble 18 1/21 Orlando, WCW Clash XII 9/5 Asheville 12
BEST WRESTLING MOVE 1. SCOTT STEINER'S FRANKENSTEINER 168 2. Jushin Ligers's shooting star press 97 3. Yoshihiro Asai's moonsault out of ring 89 4. Steiner brothers top rope DDT 50 5. Jushin Liger's dive with flip out of ring 28 Honorable Mention: Super Astro's headfirst dive onto the floor 27, Power & Glory powerplex 14, Steiners top rope bulldog 12 1. ATSUSHI ONITA STABBING ANGLE WITH JOSE GONZALES 325 2. WCW racism angle 22 3. Black Scorpion angle 18 4. Hulk Hogan summer injury angle 15 5. Gobbledy Gooker 11 5. WWF Slaughter/Adnon Iraq angle 11
BEST COLOR COMMENTATOR 1. JESSE VENTURA 171 2. Paul E. Dangerously 75 3. Jim Cornette 41 4. Dutch Mantell 33 5. Freebirds 32 Honorable Mention: Roddy Piper 26, Bobby Heenan 20, Jerry Lawler 19 STRONGEST WRESTLER 1. STEVE WILLIAMS 237 2. Doug Furnas 41 3. Legion of Doom Animal 20 4. Rick Steiner 16 5. Davey Boy Smith 7 1. Ric Flair 143 2. Jushin Liger 107 3. Scott Steiner 34 4. Terry Funk 23 5. Kenta Kobashi 13 5. Bobby Eaton 13 Honorable Mention: Negro Casas 12, Mr. Perfect 11, Randy Savage 10 READERS´ MOST HATED WRESTLER 1. Ultimate Warrior 117 2. Dusty Rhodes 51 3. Dino Bravo 50 4. Jose Gonzales 45 5. Junkyard Dog 42 Honorable Mention: Hulk Hogan 31, Jim Duggan 21, Earthquake 18, Sid Vicious 15, Sgt. Slaughter 14 WORST WRESTLER 1. Junkyard Dog 145 2. Sid Vicious 38 3. Andre the Giant 31 4. Tugboat 27 5. Ultimate Warrior 24 Honorable Mention: Earthquake 22, Dino Bravo 15, Giant Baba 12, Tiger Joel Singh 11, Dusty Rhodes 11 WORST TAG TEAM 1. GIANT BABA & ANDRE THE GIANT 130 2. Master Blasters 92 3. Bushwhackers 65 4. Rhythm & Blues 20 5. Bolsheviks 19 Honorable Mention: Freebirds 16, Earthquake & Dino Bravo 16, Butch Masters & Skywalker Nitron 13 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. AWA ON ESPN 110 2. ICW Wrestling 75 3. CNWA 40 4. Herb Abrams' UWF 31 5. Windy City Wrestling 29 Honorable Mention: IWA 28, NWA World Wide Wrestling 25, WWF Prime Time Wrestling 23, WWF All-American Wrestling 16, WWF Wrestling Challenge 11, WWF Superstars of Wrestling 101. AWA on ESPN WORST MANAGER 1. MR. FUJI 176 2. General Adnon 34 3. Slick 27 4. Jimmy Hart 20 5. Little Richard Marley 19 Honorable Mention: Percy Pringle 18, Sapphire 17, Ox Baker 12, Theodore R. Long 12, Woman 10WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. SID VICIOUS VS. NIGHT STALKER 11/20 Jacksonville 220 2. Master Blasters vs, Brad Armstrong & Tim Homer 915 Asheville 21 3. Ric Flair vs. Junkyard Dog 6/18 Columbia 13 4. Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Butch Masters & Nirron 11/25 Yokohama 12 5. Giant Baba & Andre the Giant vs. Demolition 4/13 Tokyo
WORST FEUD 1. RIC FLAIR VS. JUNKYARD DOG 95 2. Nikolai Wolkoff vs. Sgt. Slaughter 84 3. Sting vs. Black Scorpion 79 4. Nikolai Volkoff vs. Boris Zhukov 35 5. Hulk Hogan vs. Earthquake 28 Honorable Mention: Dino Bravo vs. Tugboat 17, Bushwhackers vs. Rhythm & Blues 12 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. ULTIMATE WARRIOR 174 2. Kerry Von Erich 63 3. Sting 25 4. Sid Vicious 19 5. Junkyard Dog 14 Honorable Mention: Dino Bravo 10 WORST PROMOTION 1. AMERICAN WRESTLING ASSOCIATION 144 2. World Championship Wrestling 83 3. World Wrestling Federation 52 4. International Championship Wrestling 47 5. World Class Championship Wrestling 6 Honorable Mention: CNWA 25, Abrams UWF 18, Georgia All-Star Wrestling 12, USWA 10 BEST BOOKER 1. SHOHEI BABA 225 2. Eddie Gilbert 93 3. McMahon/Patterson 41 4. Riki Choshu 40 5. Akira Maeda 14 Honorable Mention: Ric Flair 10 BEST PROMOTOR 1. SHOHEI BABA 237 2. Vince McMahon 100 3. Akira Maeda 71 4. Antonio Inoki 47 5. Jerry Jarrett 14 Honorable Mention: Paco Alonso 12, Atsushi Onita 12, Gary Juster 11 1. The Undertaker 106 2. Jushin Liger 59 3. Michael Wall Street 40 4. The Juicer 27 5. Black Scorpion 21 Honorable Mention: Big Van Vader 15WORST GIMMICK 1. GOBBLEDY GOOKER 73 2. Black Scorpion 72 3. Saba Simba 35 4. Master Blasters 28 5. Little Richard Marley 17 Honorable Mention: Tugboat 15, Michael Wall Street 14 1. DUSTY RHODES 73 2. Junkyard Dog 39 3. Ultimate Warrior 30 4. Saba Simba 25 5. Little Richard Marley 23 Honorable Mention: Gobbledy Gooker 18, Trucker Norm 17, Earthquake 16, Andre the Giant 15, Buddy Rose 14 1989WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. RIC FLAIR (351) 2,254 2. Akira Maeda (141) 1,561 3. Terry Funk (112) 1,110 4. Genichiro Tenryu (22) 509 5. Ricky Steamboat (14) 422 Honorable Mention: Randy Savage 197, Jushin Riger 183, Hulk Hogan 161, Lex Luger 120 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. RIC FLAIR (356) 2,146 2. Jushin Riger (107) 1,368 3. Ricky Steamboat (54) 988 4. Terry Funk (82) 826 5. Genichiro Tenryu (11) 289 Honorable Mention: Great Muta 114, Nobuhiko Takada 108, Naoki Sano 87 BEST BABY FACE 1. HULK HOGAN (385) 2,244 2. Ultimate Warrior (44) 949 3. Akira Maeda (95) 853 4. Ric Flair (30) 684 5. Sting (25) 576 Honorable Mention: Rick Steiner 147, Roddy Piper 105 BEST HEEL 1. TERRY FUNK (351) 2,340 2. Randy Savage (97) 1,249 3. Lex Luger (72) 1,062 4. Rick Rude (21) 575 5. Ted DiBiase (9) 125 Honorable Mention: Zeus 91 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. FLAIR VS. FUNK (262) 1,930 2. Flair vs. Steamboat (251) 1,921 3. Tsuruta vs. Tenryu (35) 538 4. Riger vs. Sano (24) 496 5. Hogan vs. Savage (25) 491 Honorable Mention: Brainbusters (Blanchard & Anderson) vs. Rockers (Michaels & Janetty) 279 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. MICHAELS & JANNETTY (160) 1,310 2. Blanchard & Anderson (127) 1,308 3. Fuyuki & Kawada (127) 1,137 4. Rick & Scott Steiner (104) 928 5. Kroffat & Furnas (67) 695 Honorable Mention: Eaton & Lane 290, Road Warriors 181, Tsuruta & Yatsu 148, Demolition 117 MOST IMPROVED 1. LEX LUGER (316) 2,072 2. Scott Steiner (114) 1,097 3. Rick Rude (91) 1,045 4. Naoki Sano (19) 292 5. Dan Kroffat (23) 235 Honorable Mention: Doug Furnas 119, Jushin Riger 93, Great Muta 92 MOST UNIMPROVED 1. JIM DUGGAN (132) 860 2. Red Rooster (44) 413 3. Barry Windham (46) 375 4. Jerry Lawler (23) 273 5. Dick Murdoch (24) 266 5. Akeem (16) Honorable Mention: Andre the Giant 210, Owen Hart 156, Hercules 153, Hiroshi Hase 144, Dusty Rhodes 138, Stan Lane 137, Ultimate Warrior 130, Jake Roberts 123, Ted DiBiase 108, Tommy Rich 91, Dino Bravo 85, Sting 84 MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. DUSTY RHODES (146) 964 2. Vince McMahon (68) 711 3. Ed Whalen (59) 431 4. Ultimate Warrior (25) 340 5. Hulk Hogan (26) 296 Honorable Mention: Eric Embry 279, Verne Gagne 249, Jose Gonzales 175, Jim Duggan 128, Carlos Colon 115, Gary Hart 114, Brother Love 98, Lord Al Hayes 90, Mean Gene Okerlund 88, Roddy Piper 84 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. TERRY FUNK (271) 1,730 2. Jim Comette (122) 1,110 3. Ric Flair (60) 807 4. Randy Savage (15) 377 5. Paul E. Dangerously (22) 316 Honorable Mention: Roddy Piper 257, Rick Steiner 183, Jerry Lawler 159, Lex Luger 113, Scotty the Body 80 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. HULK HOGAN (237) 2,083 2. Akira Maeda (125) 1,377 3. Ultimate Warrior (160) 1,369 4. Sting (44) 492 5. Ric Flair (26) 388 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. JUSHIN RIGER (93) 786 2. Ric Flair (112) 777 3. Ricky Steamboat (58) 626 4. Nobuhiko Takada (73) 515 5. Akira Maeda (35) 384 Honorable Mention: Mr. Perfect 270, Great Muta 264, Owen Hart 255, Scott Steiner 239, Bret Hart 236, Genichiro Tenryu 195, Kazuo Yamazaki 192, Ted DiBiase 137, Hiroshi Hase 116, Rick Steiner 111, Dan Kroffat 109, Joe Malenko 85, Yoshiaki Fujiwara 85 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. TERRY FUNK (368) 2,130 2. Genichiro Tenryu (47) 683 3. Terry Gordy (29) 599 4. Ric Flair (20) 571 5. Stan Hansen (48) 481 Honorable Mention: Steve Williams 140, Barry Windham 80 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. JUSHIN RIGER (373) 1,885 2. Naoki Sano (12) 696 3. Great Muta (38) 502 4. Owen Hart (29) 265 4. Brian Pillman (20) Honorable Mention: Atlantis 219, Super Boy 121, Super Astro 97, Bobby Eaton 88 MOST OVERRATED 1. ULTIMATE WARRIOR (292) 2,040 2. Hulk Hogan (84) 929 3. Dino Bravo (58) 483 4. Dusty Rhodes (29) 447 5. Eric Embry (6) 191 Honorable Mention: Andre the Giant 151, Sid Vicious 149, Jerry Lawler 131, Brutus Beefcake 130, Jim Duggan 108, Zeus 92 MOST UNDERRATED 1. DAN KROFFAT (93) 618 2. Bret Hart (46) 433 3. Chris Benoit (20) 401 4. Brad Armstrong (41) 322 5. Eddie Gilbert (40) 316 Honorable Mention: Tim Horner 298, Owen Hart 297, Red Rooster 230, Shawn Michaels 191, Bobby Eaton 168, Scott Steiner 164, Jushin Riger 143, Mr. Perfect 116, Ricky Steamboat 113, Scotty the Body 110, Cactus Jack Manson 85, Johnny Smith 85, Mike Rotunda 84 BEST PROMOTION 1. UNIVERSAL WRESTLING FEDERATION (279) 2,115 2. All Japan Pro Wrestling (218) 1,601 3. New Japan Pro Wrestling (45) 965 4. National Wrestling Alliance (90) 827 5. World Wrestling Federation (48) 577 Honorable Mention: Don Owen Promotions 183 BEST TELEVISION SHOW 1. ALL JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (209) 1,272 2. NWA World Championship Wrestling (134) 1,036 3. New Japan Pro Wrestling (51) 1,008 4. Portland Wrestling (48) 716 5. WWF Superstars (77) 691 Honorable Mention: NWA Power Hour 496, NWA Main Event 284, WWF Prime Time Wrestling 253 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT 4/2 NEW ORLEANS (180) 1,204 2. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat 5/7 Nashville (112) 971 3. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat 2/20 Chicago (110) 966 4. Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk 11/15 Troy (75) 923 5. Jushin Riger vs. Naoki Sano 9/20 Osaka (52) 453 Honorable Mention: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu 6/5 Tokyo 425, Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk 7/23 Baltimore 229, The Foot Loose vs. Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat 6/5 Tokyo 201, Jushin Riger vs. Naoki Sano 7/13 Tokyo 179, Bob Backlund vs. Nobuhiko Takada 12/22/88 Osaka 123, Rockers vs. Brainbusters 2/17 Hershey 99, Akira Maeda vs. Nobuhiko Takada 1/10 Tokyo 85 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. DUSTIN RHODES (132) 1,094 2. Wayne Bloom (125) 1,071 3. Salman Hashimikov (108) 932 4. Larry Cameron (60) 501 5. Victor Zangiev (36) 345 Honorable Mention: Mike Enos 303, Super Boy 297, Lee Scott 280, Bobby Bradley 85 MANAGER OF THE YEAR 1. JIM CORNETTE (262) 1,761 2. Bobby Heenan (109) 1,233 3. Paul E. Dangerously (78) 894 4. Sensational Sherri (95) 892 5. Theodore R. Long (4) 202 Honorable Mention: Scandor Akbar 102, Gary Hart 90 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. JIM ROSS (487) 2,772 2. Tony Schiavone (31) 809 3. Lance Russell (18) 634 4. Vince McMahon (14) 399 5. Gordon Solie (7) 153 Honorable Mention: Bob Caudle 124, Don Koss 117, Chris Cruise 80 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. ED WHALEN (296) 1,761 2. Hillbilly Jim (80) 723 3. Gorilla Monsoon (64) 623 4. Lord Alfred Hayes (48) 565 5. Vince McMahon (57) 383 Honorable Mention: Mark Lowrance 297, Bulldog Bob Brown 229, Frank Dusek 200, Tim Dix 97 CATEGORY B -- WINNERS JUDGED BY MOST FIRST PLACE VOTES BEST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. NWA BALTIMORE BASH 7/23 168 2. NWA Nashville Wrestle War 5/7 145 3. AJPW Tokyo Budokan Hall 6/5 105 4. NWA New York Knockout 11/1 574 5. NWA Chitown Rumble 2/20 37 Honorable Mention: NWA Starrcade '88 Norfolk 12/26/88 21, UWF Osaka Baseball Stadium 5/4 20, NWA Ragin Cajun Clash 4/2 New Orleans 8 WORST MAJOR WRESTLING CARD 1. WWF WRESTLEMANIA V 4/2 ATLANTIC CITY 285 2. WWF Survivor Series 11/23 Chicago 80 3. WWF Summer Slam 8/28 Meadowlands 62 4. AWA Superclash III 12/13/88 Chicago 57 5. NWA Halloween Havoc 10/28 Philadelphia 26 Honorable Mention: WWF Royal Rumble 1/15 Houston 14 BEST WRESTLING MOVE 1. SCOTT STEINER FRANKENSTEINER 280 2. Great Muta moonsault 111 3. Jushin Riger somersault splash 26 4. Hulk Hogan superplex off cage 23 5. Scott Steiner blockbuster suplex 14 Honorable Mention: Brian Pillman "Air Pillman" 12, Jushin Riger suplex out of ring 12 HARDEST WORKER 1. TERRY FUNK 250 2. Ric Flair 238 3. Jushin Riger 48 4. Ricky Steamboat 27 5. Ted DiBiase 11 BIGGEST SHOCK OF THE YEAR 1. DUSTY RHODES GOES TO WWF 143 2. Jose Gonzales babyface push 97 3. New Japan debuts Soviets 39 4. Rick Steamboat not resigned by NWA 38 5. Blanchard & Anderson quit WWF 37 Honorable Mention: Antonio Inoki elected to parliament 17, Zeus does job for Hogan at Summer Slam 16, Jim Cornette turns on Dynamic Dudes 15, Ricky Steamboat returns to NWA 10, Verne Gagne's comments on Bruiser Brody 9 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. JOSE GONZALES BABYFACE PUSH 373 2. Toni Adams spanking 62 2. Dusty Rhodes toilet bowl skit 4. Hulk Hogan manhandling Sensational Sherri 34 5. DeBeers-Dukes painting angle 33 Honorable Mention: Verne Gagne's remarks on Bruiser Brody 23, Terry Funk/Ric Flair plastic bag angle 20, Angles involving Carl Styles glass eye 12, World Wrestling Council selling Bruiser Brody videotape 12, Eric Embry vomits in ring 11, Angles attacking cripples in Portland 8 BEST COLOR COMMENTATOR 1. JESSE VENTURA 310 2. Jim Cornette 181 3. Scotty the Body 74 4. Paul E. Dangerously 14 5. Michael Hayes 13 Honorable Mention: Terry Funk 8 STRONGEST WRESTLER 1. STEVE WILLIAMS 440 2. Rick Steiner 37 3. Road Warrior Animal 12 3. Doug Furnas 12 5. Scott Steiner 6 5. Davey Boy Smith 6 READERS' FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. RIC FLAIR 236 2. Terry Funk 93 3. Jushin Riger 80 4. Akira Maeda 31 5. Roddy Piper 25 Honorable Mention: Great Muta 24, Mr. Perfect 23, Owen Hart 17, Ricky Steamboat 13, Nobuhiko Takada 13, Scott Steiner 10, Lex Luger 8 READERS' MOST HATED WRESTLER 1. ULTIMATE WARRIOR 117 2. Dusty Rhodes 107 3. Hulk Hogan 77 4. Jose Gonzales 73 5. Jim Duggan 46 Honorable Mention: Dino Bravo 22, Eric Embry 19, Andre the Giant 18, Brutus Beefcake 15, Akira Maeda 13, Greg Gagne 12 WORST WRESTLER 1. ANDRE THE GIANT 249 2. Ultimate Warrior 119 3. Jim Duggan 30 4. Junkyard Dog 25 5. Dino Bravo 20 Honorable Mention: Sid Vicious 16, Hillbilly Jim 15, Dusty Rhodes 12 WORST TAG TEAM 1. POWERS OF PAIN 190 2. Bushwackers 86 3. Andre & Haku 69 4. Ding Dongs 42 5. Slaughter & Von Raschke 39 Honorable Mention: Giant Baba & Rusher Bolsheviks 21, New Zealand Militia 16 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. ICW WRESTLING 188 2. AWA on ESPN 184 3. USWA Challenge 49 4. WWF All American 37 5. Southern Championship 29 Honorable Mention: WWF Bobby Heenan Show 21, Pro Wrestling Plus 17, NWA World Championship Wrestling 16, Stampede Wrestling 13, Atlantic Coast Wrestling 13, Chicago Championship Wrestling 9, WWF Prime Time Wrestling 8 WORST MANAGER 1. MR. FUJI 268 2. Gary Hart 42 2. Sir Oliver Humperdink 42 4. Samuel F. Kent 29 5. Percy Pringle 25 5. Abdul Wizal 25 Honorable Mention: Tojo Yamamoto 23, Hiro Matsuda 22, Elizabeth 17, Paul Ellering 15, Ox Baker 15, Woman 14, Jimmy Hart 14, Slick 9, Nate the Rat 9 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. ANDRE THE GIANT VS. ULTIMATE WARRIOR 10/31 TOPEKA SNME 111 2. Ding Dongs debut vs. George South & Cougar Jay 6/14 Fort Bragg 60 3. Andre the Giant vs. Jake Roberts 4/2 Atlantic City 57 4. Paul Jones vs. Ivan Koloff 12/7/88 Chattanooga 49 5. Dusty Rhodes vs. Honkeytonk Man 8/28 Meadowlands 41 Honorable Mention: Rougeaus vs. Bushwackers 4/2 Atlantic City 31, Scott Hall vs. Sid Vicious TBS 31, POWW Lingerie Battle Royal 12/13/88 Chicago 21, Tommy Rich vs. Cuban Assassin 10/28 Philadelphia 18, Hulk Hogan vs. The Genius 10/31 Topeka SNME 12, Andre the Giant vs. Ultimate Warrior 9/30 MSG 9 WORST FEUD 1. ANDRE VS. WARRIOR 219 2. Andre vs. John Studd 139 3. Garvin vs. Valentine 30 4. Rooster vs. Brawler 18 4. Luger vs. Rich 18 4. Dukes vs. DeBeers 18 Honorable Mention: Hogan vs. Zeus 14, Andre vs. Roberts 13, Embry vs. Akbar 11, Snuka vs. Honkeytonk Man 9 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. ULTIMATE WARRIOR 227 2. Kerry Von Erich 38 3. Jimmy Snuka 34 4. Andre the Giant 21 5. Zeus 16 5. Steve Williams 16 5. Woman 16 WORST PROMOTION 1. AMERICAN WRESTLING ASSOCIATION 306 2. U.S. Wrestling Association 66 3. World Wrestling Federation 57 4. World Wrestling Council 49 4. ICW 49 Honorable Mention: National Wrestling Alliance 21, Stampede Wrestling 13, Championship Wrestling Association 8 BEST BOOKER 1. SHOHEI BABA 251 2. Len Denton 224 3. McMahon/Patterson 95 4. Akira Maeda 78 5. Ric Flair 74 Honorable Mention: NWA summer booking committee 23, Eric Embry 11, Dutch Mantell 9 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. AKIRA MAEDA 326 2. Vince McMahon 157 3. Shohei Baba 156 4. Antonio Inoki 51 5. Jim Herd 30 Honorable Mention: Gary Juster 18 BEST GIMMICK 1. JUSHIN RIGER 161 2. Beetlejuice 118 3. Robin Green into Woman 83 4. Mr. Perfect 29 5. The Genius 23 Honorable Mention: Skyscrapers 22, Rick Steiner character 22, Bushwackers 15, Zeus 9, Great Muta 8 WORST GIMMICK 1. DING DONGS 154 2. Red Rooster 90 3. P.Y. Chu Hi 41 4. Dusty Rhodes 36 5. Norman 25 Honorable Mention: Zeus 23, Matman 14, Woman 12, Col. DeBeers 8 MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. 'ANDRE THE GIANT 116 2. Dusty Rhodes 102 3. Red Rooster 94 4. Ultimate Warrior 37 5. Zeus 31 Honorable Mention: Akeem 24, Bushwackers 21, Norman 18, Hulk Hogan 13, Ding Dongs 1988WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. Akira Maeda (223) - 1,304 points 2. Ric Flair (75) - 712 points 3. Tatsumi Fujinami (26) - 608 points 4. Randy Savage (66) - 597 points 5. Ted DiBiase (41) - 510 points Honorable Mention: Jerry Lawler (164 points), Owen Hart (161 points), Bruiser Brody (155 points), Chigusa Nagayo (124 points), Eddie Gilbert (85 points), Barry Windham (72 points), Sting (66 points) MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Tatsumi Fujinami (177) - 1,158 points 2. Owen Hart (109) - 868 points 3. Ric Flair (111) - 832 points 4. Ted DiBiase (47) - 738 points 5. Barry Windham (20) - 258 points Honorable Mention: Keiichi Yamada (207 points), Tiger Mask (162 points), Bobby Eaton (105 points), Chigusa Nagayo (99 points), Nobuhiko Takada (96 points) BEST BABYFACE 1. Hulk Hogan (156) - 1,172 points 2. Sting (75) - 851 points 3. Akira Maeda (117) - 807 points 4. Randy Savage (47) - 758 points 5. Chigusa Nagayo (63) - 438 points Honorable Mention: Ultimate Warrior* (117 points), Rick Steiner (101 points), Elizabeth (77 points) BEST HEEL 1. Ted DiBiase (162) - 1,231 points 2. Eddie Gilbert (77) - 603 points 3. Barry Windham (29) - 364 points 4. Andre The Giant (30) - 356 points 5. Rick Rude (21) - 326 points Honorable Mention: Ric Flair (261 points), Genichiro Tenryu (216 points), Big Boss Man (114 points), Road Warriors (92 points), Tommy Rich (61 points) FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Midnight Express vs Fantastics (129) - 1,068 points 2. Randy Savage vs Ted DiBiase (107) - 875 points 3. Jerry Lawler vs Eddie Gilbert (40) - 401 points 4. Tenryu & Hara vs Tsuruta & Yatsu (26) - 271 points 5. Flair vs Sting (15) - 208 points Honorable Mention: Jake Roberts vs Rick Rude (201 points), Midnight Express vs Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson (168 points), Midnight Express vs Original Midnight Express (161 points), Jerry Lawler vs Kerry Von Erich (109 points), Ric Flair vs Lex Luger (85 points) TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & StanLane) (309) - 1,705 points 2. The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) (31) - 705 points 3. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (13) - 570 points 4. The Foot Loose (Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki) (15) - 411 points 5. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara (20) - 292 points Honorable Mention: Road Warriors (187 points), Crush Gals (90 points), Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond (79 points), Rockers (66 points), Samoan Swat Team (65 points) MOST IMPROVED 1. Sting (124) - 925 points 2. Rick Steiner (63) - 561 points 3. Biff Wellington (46) - 507 points 4. Samson Fuyuki (71) - 485 points 5. Chris Benoit (15) - 289 points Honorable Mention: Lex Luger (268 points), Keiichi Yamada (108 points), Johnny Ace (102 points), Paul Roma (87 points), Steve cox (84 points), Big Van Vader (81 points), Mike Rotunda (75 points), Dan Kroffatt (75 points), Jeff Jarrett (68 points) MOST UNIMPROVED 1. Bam Bam Bigelow (70) - 505 points 2. Greg Valentine (55) - 473 points 3. Steve Williams (27) - 259 points 4. Ricky Morton (18) - 224 points 5. Ultimate Warrior* (31) - 213 points Honorable Mention: Jim Duggan (200 points), Nikita Koloff (186 points), Kevin Von Erich (149 points), Terry Taylor (136 points), Dusty Rhodes (114 points), Don Muraco (110 points), Dino Bravo (98 points), Jerry Lawler (88 points), Riki Choshu (81 points), Junkyard Dog* (80 points), Ken Patera (70 points) MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. Dusty Rhodes (109) - 755 points 2. David Crockett (85) - 668 points 3. Vince McMahon (31) - 324 points 4. Ultimate Warrior* (27) - 218 points 5. Gorilla Monsoon (20) - 194 points Honorable Mention: Ed Whalen (158 points), Hulk Hogan (125 points), Superstar Billy Graham (123 points), Larry Nelson (108 points), Carlos Colon (105 points), Jose Gonzales (75 points), Ricky Morton (60 points) BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Jim Cornette (307) - 1,696 points 2. Paul E. Dangerously (30) - 659 points 3. Ric Flair (25) - 405 points 4. Jerry Lawler (6) - 261 points 5. Road Warrior Hawk (4) - 139 points Honorable Mention: Michael Hayes (131 points), Ted DiBiase (128 points), Rick Steiner (83 points) MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Sting (99) - 995 points 2. Hulk Hogan (101) - 887 points 3. Akira Maeda (111) - 732 points 4. Ric Flair (51) - 492 points 5. Chigusa Nagayo (67) - 426 points Honorable Mention: Ultimate Warrior* (288 points), Randy Savage (240 points), Road Warriors (92 points), Jim Duggan (71 points), Rick Steiner (66 points) BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Tatsumi Fujinami (159) - 1,074 points 2. Owen Hart (120) - 885 points 3. Hiroshi Hase (49) - 578 points 4. Akira Maeda (31) - 296 points 4. Nobuhiko Takada (29) - 296 points Honorable Mention: Ted DiBiase (267 points), Ric Flair (199 points), Barry Windham (136 points), Keiichi Yamada (121 points), Bret Hart (69 points) BEST BRAWLER 1. Bruiser Brody (209) - 1,519 points 2. Barry Windham (45) - 462 points 3. Terry Gordy (36) - 312 points 4. Ted DiBiase (35) - 299 points 5. Jerry Lawler (18) - 299 points Honorable Mention: Stan Hansen (271), Eddie Gilbert (240 points), Ashura Hara (198 points), Genichiro Tenryu (131 points), Steve Williams (95 points), Bobby Eaton (81 points), Road Warrior Hawk (66 points) BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Owen Hart (236) - 1,544 points 2. Tiger Mask (64) - 800 points 3. Bobby Eaton (46) - 696 points 4. Atlantis (63) - 534 points 5. Keiichi Yamada (37) - 348 points Honorable Mention: Super Black Ninja (96 points), Mando Guerrero (63 points) MOST OVERRATED 1. Dusty Rhodes (141) - 1,065 points 2. Ultimate Warrior* (88) - 806 points 3. Hulk Hogan (57) - 548 points 4. Nikita Koloff (10) - 194 points 5. Dino Bravo (26) - 161 points Honorable Mention: Lex Luger (157 points), Andre the Giant (102 points), Brutus Beefcake (81 points), Antonio Inoki (71 points) MOST UNDERRATED 1. Tiger Mask (19) - 522 points 2. Chris Benoit (48) - 463 points 3. Owen Hart (61) - 423 points 4. Brad Armstrong (46) - 402 points 5. Sam Houston (17) - 233 points Honorable Mention: Keiichi Yamada (210 points), Bobby Eaton (199 points), Barry Horowitz (161 points), Terry Taylor (147 points), Rick Steiner (119 points), Biff Wellington (108 points), Pat Tanaka (102 points), Toshiaki Kawada (99 points), Bret Hart (98 points), Tim Horner (83 points), Tommy Rogers (78 points), Brian Pillman (78 points), Eddie Gilbert (76 points), Jerry Morrow (72 points) BEST PROMOTION 1. New Japan Pro Wrestling (99) - 1,216 points 2. Universal Wrestling Federation (197) - 1,194 points 3. World Wrestling Federation (109) - 845 points 4. All Japan Pro Wrestling (36) - 693 points 5. National Wrestling Alliance (37) - 435 points Honorable Mention: Continental Wrestling Federation (181 points), Championship Wrestling Association (180 points), ALl Japan Women's Wrestling Association (161 points), Stampede Wrestling (150 points) BEST TELEVISION SHOW 1. New Japan Pro Wrestling (176) - 1,064 points 2. WWF Superstars of Wrestling (77) - 564 points 3. Continental Wrestling Federation (49) - 520 points 4. All Japan Pro Wrestling (1) - 456 points 5. CWA 90 Minute Memphis show (33) - 453 points Honorable Mention: TBS World Championship Wrestling (354 points), Stampede Wrestling (180 points), WWF Prime Time Wrestling (181 points), Exciting Women's Wrestling (98 points), WWF Wrestling Challenge (78 points) MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Ric Flair vs. Sting (3/27 - Greensboro) (120) - 907 points 2. Midnight Express vs. Fantastics (3/27 - Greensboro) (46) - 510 points 3. Midnight Express vs. Fantastics (4/26 - Chattanooga) (53) - 486 points 4. Footloose vs. Shinichi Nakano & Shunji Takano (7/19 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall) (22) - 177 points 5. Ted DiBiase vs. Randy Savage (4/25 - Madison Square Garden) (12) - 151 points 6. Chigusa Nagayo vs Lioness Asuka (8/25 Kawasaki) - 147 points 7. Antonio Inoki vs Tatsumi Fujinami (8/8 Yokohama) - 146 points 8. Tatsumi Fujinami vs Riki Choshu (6/24 Osaka) - 120 points 9. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (8/30 Osaka) - 117 points 10. Midnight Express vs Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson (8/26 Greensboro) - 110 points 11. Ted Dibiase vs Randy Savage (7/22 MSG Cage match) - 108 points 12. Owen Hart vs Hiroshi Hase (5/27 Sendai) - 99 points 13. Hiroshi Hase vs Shiro Koshinaka (3/19 Tokyo) - 85 points 14. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Tiger Mask (3/9 Yokohama) - 76 points 15. Owen Hart vs Keiichi Yamada (6/10 Hiroshima) - 72 points 16. Akira Maeda vs Kazuo Yamazaki (5/12 Tokyo) - 63 points 16. Owen Hart vs Shiro Koshinaka (6/24 Osaka) - 63 points 18. Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (8/13 Tokyo) - 62 points ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Gary Albright (46) - 330 points 2. Todd Morton (22) - 318 points 3. Ricky Rice (33) - 292 points 4. Kenta Kobashi (36) - 270 points 5. Scott Steiner (34) - 264 points Honorable Mention: Cactus Jack Foley (216 points), Derrick Dukes (131 points), Scotty the Body (121 points), Shiego Miyato (62 points) MANAGER OF THE YEAR 1. Jim Cornette (342) - 2,001 points 2. Paul E. Dangerously (42) - 1,022 points 3. Bobby Heenan (12) - 473 points 4. J.J.Dillon (6) - 144 points 5. Dallas Page - 73 points Honorable Mention: Jimmy Hart (60 points) BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Jim Ross (272) - 1,648 points 2. Lance Russell (88) - 998 points 3. Tony Schiavone - 433 points 4. Vince McMahon (9) - 174 points 5. Gordon Solie (10) - 117 points Honorable Mention: Gorilla Monsoon (75 points), Lee Marshall (69 points), Bob Caudle (68 points) WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. David Crockett (124) - 977 points 2. Superstar Billy Graham (107) - 802 points 3. Ed Whalen (80) - 684 points 4. Marc Lowrance (29) - 281 points 5. Gorilla Monsoon (15) - 207 points 5. Rod Tronguard (13) - 207 points Honorable Mention: Lord Alfred Hayes (195 points), Larry Nelson (96 points), Vince McMahon (91 points) CATEGORY B -- WINNERS JUDGED BY MOST FIRST PLACE VOTES BEST WRESTLING MOVE 1. Keichi Yamada: Shooting Star Press (177 points) 2. Hiroshi Hase: Northern Lights Suplex (42 points) 3. Owen Hart: Moonsault Press (38 points) 4. Midnight Express: Vegomatic (34 points) 5. Owen Hart: Rope Walk Hip Toss (22 points) Honorable Mention: Jake Roberts' DDT (13 points), Atlantis' back flip splash and press (9 points) HARDEST WORKER 1. Ric Flair (178 points) 2. Ted DiBiase (59 points) 3. Bobby Eaton (49 points) 4. Owen Hart (27 points) 5. Tatsumi Fujinami (24 points) 5. Samson Fuyuki (24 points) Honorable Mention: Barry Windham (12 points), Kazuo Yamazaki (9 points) BIGGEST SHOCK OF THE YEAR 1. Murder of Bruiser Brody (352 points) 2. Fatal Car Accident of Adrian Adonis (21 points) 3. Success of UWF (Japan) (10 points) 3. Ted Turner buys Jim Crockett's NWA (10 points) 5. Barry Windham Heel Turn (9 points) MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. Fritz Von Erichs brush with death (134 points) 2. WWC still employs Jose Gonzales (41 points) 3. WWF ignores the death of Adrian Adonis on TV (40 points) 4. Carlos Colon using wife in angle (36 points) 5. NWA reviving the Midnight Rider (17 points) Honorable Mention: NWA and WWF ignoring the death of Bruiser Brody on television (12 points), Elizabeth shedding her skirt at Summer Slam (12 points), NWA using Magnum T.A. in angle (12 points), Rick Rude's tights (10 points) BEST COLOR COMMENTATOR 1. Jesse Ventura - 345 points 2. Makhan Singh - 40 points 3. Jim Cornette - 9 points 4. Bobby Heenan - 7 points 5. Bobby Jaggers - 6 points STRONGEST WRESTLER 1. Steve Williams - 196 points 2. Road Warrior Animal - 110 points 3. Davey Boy Smith - 17 points 4. Doug Furnas - 11 points 5. Rick Steiner - 10 points Honorable Mention: Ultimate Warrior* - 9 points READERS´ FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Ric Flair - 124 points 2. Owen Hart - 45 points 3. Bruiser Brody - 27 points 4. Ted DiBiase- 26 points 5. Midnight Express - 18 points 5. Nobuhiko Takada - 18 points Honorable Mention: Barry Windham (17 points), Keiichi Yamnada (17 points), Bret Hart (14 points), Akira Maeda (12 points), Terry Funk (11 points), Sting (10 points), Tatsumi Fujinami (9 points), Randy Savage (9 points), Riki Choshu (9 points) READERS´ LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Dusty Rhodes - 166 points 2. Ultimate Warrior* - 57 points 3. Hulk Hogan - 36 points 4. Jose Gonzales - 29 points 5. Jim Duggan - 15 points Honorable Mention: Junkyard Dog* (11 points), Andre the Giant (9 points) WORST WRESTLER 1. Ultimate Warrior* - 176 points 2. Andre The Giant - 69 points 3. Junkyard Dog* - 64 points 4. Dino Bravo - 12 points 5. Rufus Jones - 11 points WORST TAG TEAM 1. Bolsheviks (Boris Zhukov & Nikolai Volkoff) - 195 points 2. Soldat Ustinov & Teijo Khan - 41 points 3. Powers of Pain (Warlord & Barbarian) - 21 points 4. Top Guns - 18 points 5. The Commandos - 18 points WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. AWA on ESPN - 111 points 2. NWA Main Event - 88 points 3. Deep South - 56 points 4. World Class - 44 points 5. ICW Wrestling (Savoldi) - 41 points Honorable Mention: TBS World Championship Wrestling (22 points), Wild West Wrestling (16 points), WWF Prime Time Wrestling (12 points) WORST MANAGER 1. Mr. Fuji - 162 points 2. Paul Jones - 102 points 3. Oliver Humperdink - 52 points 4. Abdul Wizal - 36 points 5. Frenchy Martin - 30 points Honorable Mention: Baron Von Raschke (22 points), Downtown Bruno (9 points) WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee (April 21, Kawasaki) - 80 points 2. Ultimate Warrior* vs Hercules (March 27, Atlantic City/Wrestlemania) - 56 points 3. Ultimate Warrior* vs Honkytonk Man (August 29, MSG/Summer Slam) - 39 points 4. Andre The Giant vs Junkyard Dog* (October 10, Paris) - 35 points 5. Jake Roberts vs Rick Rude (March 27, Atlantic City/Wrestlemania) - 27 points Honorable Mention: Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant (2/5, Indianapolis) (25 points), Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant (3/27, Atlantic City) (16 points), Randy Savage vs Andre the Giant (9/29, MSG) (9 points) WORST FEUD 1. Midnight Rider vs Tully Blanchard - 60 points 2. Jim Duggan vs Dino Bravo - 49 points 2. Brutus Beefcake vs Ron Bass - 49 points 4. Junkyard Dog* vs Ron Bass - 39 points 5. Koloffs vs Russian Assassins - 26 points Honorable Mention: Andre the Giant vs Jim Duggan (21 points), Kevin Sullivan vs Jimmy Garvin (16 pointS), Nikita Koloff vs Al Perez (15 points), Greg Valentine vs Don Muraco (14 points), Ultimate Warrior* vs Honkytonk Man (12 points), Jerry Lawler vs Kerry Von Erich (12 points), Ultimate Warrior* vs Hercules (10 points) WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Steve Williams - 188 points 2. Ultimate Warrior* - 68 points 3. Kerry Von Erich - 24 points 4. Tommy Rich - 13 points 5. Andre The Giant - 9 points WORST PROMOTION 1. American Wrestling Association - 117 points 2. Oregon Wrestling Federation - 116 points 3. World Wrestling Association - 50 points 4. Deep South - 42 points 5. World Class - 40 points Honorable Mention: National Wrestling Alliance (35 points), ICW (28 points), World Wrestling Federation (26 points), World Wrestling Council (15 points), National Wrestling Federation (9 points) BEST BOOKER 1. Eddie Gilbert - 261 points 2. Pat Patterson/Vince McMahon - 110 points 3. Akira Maeda - 24 points 4. Eric Embry - 9 points 5. Seiji Sakaguchi - 8 points BEST PROMOTER 1. Vince McMahon - 216 points 2. Akira Maeda - 97 points 3. Jerry Jarrett - 49 points 4. Gary Juster - 42 points 5. Giant Baba - 29 points BEST GIMMICK 1. Varsity Club/Rick Steiner - 132 points 2. Big Van Vader - 130 points 3. Million Dollar Man - 47 points 4. Big Boss Man - 23 points 5. Brother Love - 18 points 5. Buddy Rose/Avalanche as Beach Boys - 18 points Honorable Mention: Honkytonk Man (14 points), Rick Rude's kissing girls (11 points) WORST GIMMICK 1. Midnight Rider - 167 points 2. Brutus The Barber - 33 points 3. Akeem the African Dream - 32 points 4. Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig - 18 points 5. Unifying AWA and World Class titles - 17 points Honorable Mention: King Haku (15 points), Brother Love (14 points), Ultimate Warrior* (11 points), Big Van Vader (9 points), Rick Rude kissing girls (9 points), Red Rooster (9 points) MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. George Steele - 83 points 2. Dusty Rhodes - 75 points 3. Ultimate Warrior* - 29 points 3. Jose Gonzales - 29 points 5. Giant Baba - 26 points 5. Andre the Giant - 26 points Honorable Mention: Akeem (20 points), Jimmy Valiant (14 points), Rick Rude (11 points) *Ultimate Warrior was referred to as "Anabolic Warrior" and Junkyard Dog was referred to "Junkfood Dog" throughout this issue.
1987CATEGORY A AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS 1. RIKI CHOSHU (135) 1,042 2. Ric Flair (132) 1,005 3. Hulk Hogan (59) 647 4. Ted DiBiase (16) 206 5. Chigusa Nagayo (16) 205 Honorable Mention: Randy Savage 203, Genichiro Tenryu 149, Owen Hart 138, Nobuhiko Takada 90, Barry Windham 68, Curt Hennig 65 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. RIC FLAIR (184) 1,164 2. Owen Hart (26) 655 3. Nobuhiko Takada (79) 637 4. Chigusa Nagayo (27) 279 5. Ted DiBiase (20) 203 Honorable Mention: Barry Windham 201, Akira Maeda 124, Curt Hennig 123, Tatsumi Fujinami 114, Randy Savage 108, Bobby Eaton 104, Genichiro Tenryu 90, Ricky Steamboat 85 1. HULK HOGAN (275) 1,413 2. Chigusa Nagayo (44) 370 3. Randy Savage (18) 272 4. Jerry Lawler (7) 261 5. Road Warriors (3) 242 5. Riki Choshu 242 Honorable Mention: Ricky Steamboat 140, Dusty Rhodes 84, Antonio Inoki 69 1. TED DIBIASE (59) 630 2. Austin Idol (78) 597 3. Dump Matsumoto (57)491 4. Terry Taylor (47) 419 5. Ric Flair (53) 381 Honorable Mention: Honkytonk Man 318, Andre the Giant 140, Riki Choshu 113, Curt Hennig 71 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Jerry Lawler vs. Tommy Rich & Austin Idol (177) 1,038 2. Steamboat vs. Savage (30) 426 2. Inoki vs. Saito (46) 426 4. Andre vs. Hogan (17) 194 5. Savage vs. Honkeytonk (18) 186 Honorable Mention: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu 167, Negro Casas vs. El Hijo Del Santo 167, Ric Flair vs. Ron & Jimmy Garvin 123, New Leaders vs. Now Leaders 103, Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham 102, Terry Taylor vs. Chris Adams 77, Strike Force vs. Islanders 65, Four Horseman vs. Road Warriors & Super Powers 63
TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. LANE & EATON (167) 1,032 2. Maeda & Takada (45) 505 3. Road Warriors (38) 390 4. Condrey & Eaton (40) 324 5. Tenryu & Hara (42) 286 Honorable Mention: Jumping Bomb Angels 203, Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond 183, Strike Force 179, Rock & Roll Express 145, Hart Foundation 120, Islanders 89
MOST IMPROVED 1. BIG BUBBA ROGERS (91) 619 2. Sting (35) 319 3. Curt Hennig (30) 236 4. Lex Luger (17) 229 5. Masaharu Funaki (31)196 Honorable Mention: Owen Hart 180, Keiichi Yamada 154, Pat Tanaka 138, Stan Lane 108, Brian Pillman 105, Jeff Jarrett 69, Kendall Windham 68, Eddie Gilbert 63
MOST UNIMPROVED 1. BUTCH REED (47) 381 2. Yoshiaki Yatsu (45) 339 3. Jim Duggan (36) 242 4. Steve Williams (15) 158 5. George Takano (18) 135 Honorable Mention: Nikita Koloff 131, Adrian Adonis 125, Dynamite Kid 98, Hiroshi Wajima 90, Terry Gordy 88, Buddy Landel 77, Paul Orndorff 72, Greg Valentine 66, Bob Orton 63
MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. DAVID CROCKETT (95) 705 2. Dusty Rhodes (89) 570 3. Vince McMahon (20) 276 4. Gorilla Monsoon (9) 188 5. Ricky Morton (14) 149 Honorable Mention: Fritz Von Erich 135, Hulk Hogan 128, Larry Nelson 111, Riki Choshu 90, Gene Okerlund 71 1. JIM CORNETTE (179) 1,170 2. Ric Flair (44) 665 3. Paul E. Dangerously (17) 239 4. Jerry Lawler (12) 204 5. Austin Idol (14) 137 Honorable Mention: Ted DiBiase 93, Randy Savage 83, Terry Taylor 66
MOST CHARISMATIC 1. HULK HOGAN (261) 1,403 2. Road Warriors (6) 432 3. Riki Choshu (25) 418 4. Chigusa Nagayo (22) 371 5. Ric Flair (14) 279 Honorable Mention: Dusty Rhodes 134, Randy Savage 132 1. NOBUHIKO TAKADA (50) 468 2. Owen Hart (48) 438 3. Akira Maeda (28) 355 4. Tatsumi Fujinami (33) 316 5. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (46) 285 Honorable Mention: Ted DiBiase 261, Ric Flair 200, ,Masa Saito 177, Curt Hennig 156, Hiroshi Hase 144, Barry Windham 131, Bret Hart 71, Brad Armstrong 65, Kazuo Yamazaki 63, Rick Martel 60
BEST BRAWLER 1. BRUISER BRODY (94) 609 2. Terry Gordy (29) 279 3. Steve Williams (29) 278 4. Eddie Gilbert (33) 275 5. Ted DiBiase (18) 226 Honorable Mention: Dump Matsumoto 165, Dick Murdoch 153, Jerry Lawler 151, Stan Hansen 135, Jim Duggan 129, Akira Maeda 90, Ron Garvin 63
BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. OWEN HART (144) 990 2. Bobby Eaton (95) 800 3. Tiger Mask (25) 444 4. Keiji Mute (45) 361 5. Keiichi Yamada (5) 238 Honorable Mention: Randy Savage 205, Silver King 153, Islander Tama 87, Super Astro 80, Negro Casas 76, Chris Champion 63
MOST OVERRATED 1. DUSTY RHODES (102) 798 2. Hulk Hogan (116) 767 3. Nikita Koloff (26) 329 4. Lex Luger (14) 210 5. Hiroshi Wajima (36) 180 Honorable Mention: Kevin Von Erich 110, Antonio Inoki 75, Steve Williams 69, Honkeytonk Man 64, Andre the Giant 60
MOST UNDERRATED 1. BRAD ARMSTRONG (42) 294 2. Pat Tanaka (32) 237 3. Bret Hart (24) 224 4. Bobby Eaton (25) 214 5. Kazuo Yamazaki (36) 193 Honorable Mention: Curt Hennig 188, Owen Hart 123, Sam Houston 120, Masahuar Funaki 115, Terry Taylor 78, Eddie Gilbert 70, Keiichi Yamada 66, Billy Travis 64
BEST PROMOTION 1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (149) 1,032 2. Titan Sports (107) 827 3. All Japan Women (48) 481 4. Jim Crockett Promotions (40) 457 5. Jarrett Promotions (32) 404 Honorable Mention: Stampede Wrestling 305, All Japan Pro Wrestling 275, Universal Wrestling Federation 104, UWA in Mexico 74
BEST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WMC-TV FROM MEMPHIS (119) 836 2. New Japan (87) 819 3. WWF Superstars (66) 618 4. All Japan (36) 305 5. All Japan Women (13) 256 Honorable Mention: Pro Wrestling this Week 190, UWF Wrestling 185, WTBS World Championship Wrestling 120, Stampede Wrestling 117, Power Pro Wrestling 95, NWA World Wide Wrestling 78, WWF Prime Time Wrestling 62
MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. SAVAGE VS. STEAMBOAT 3-29 Pontiac (112) 849 2. Flair vs. Windham 1-20 Fayetteville (49) 561 3. Chigusa vs. Asuka 2-26 Kawasaki (69) 444 4. Takada vs. Koshinaka 2-5 Tokyo (51) 327 5. Maeda & Takada vs. Muto & Koshinaka 3-20 Tokyo (27) 276 Honorable Mention: Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham 4-11 Baltimore 273, El Hijo Del Santo vs. Negro Casas 7-27 hair vs. hair match Los Angeles 177, Jerry Lawler vs. Austin Idol hair vs. hair match 4-27 Memphis 161, Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu 10-6 Tokyo 135, War Games I 7-4 Atlanta 115, Choshu & Maeda & Takada & Fujinami & Strong Machine vs. Inoki & Saito & Sakaguchi & Fujiwara & Murdoch 9-17 Osaka 102, Maeda & Takada vs. Fujiwara & Yamazaki 9-1 Fukuoka 97, Inoki vs. Saito 4-27 Tokyo 90, Bockwinkel vs. Hennig 5-2 San Francisco 83
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. BRIAN PILLMAN (137) 788 2. Shane Douglas (72) 622 3. Biff Wellington 267 4. Doug Furnas (12) 176 5. Ron Simmons (15) 144 Honorable Mention: Hiroshi Wajima 119, John Tenta 117, Johnny Ace 99, The Terminator 71, Steve Cox 60
MANAGER OF THE YEAR 1. JIM CORNETTE (224) 1,268 2. Paul E. Dangerously (42) 643 3. Bobby Heenan (30) 522 4. Jimmy Hart (17) 255 5. Ichimasa Wakamatsu (22) 117 Honorable Mention: J.J. Dillon 109, Downtown Bruno 89, Elizabeth 60
BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. LANCE RUSSELL (144) 960 2. Jim Ross (92) 864 3. Tony Schiavone (31) 585 4. Wakabayashi (31) 155 5. Gordon Solie (10) 147 Honorable Mention: Vince McMahon Hosaka 90, Ed Whelan 72
WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. DAVID CROCKETT (183) 1,407 2. Bill Mercer (26) 354 3. Gino Monsoon (20) 295 4. Rod Trongard (15) 279 5. Vince McMahon (15) 184 Honorable Mention: Larry Nelson 100, David McLane 93, Mark Lawrence 90, Mike McGuirk 69, Rock Hunter 69, Kuromichi 68 CATEGORY B AWARDS - WINNER DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES
BEST WRESTLING MOVE 1. KEIICHI YAMADA'S SHOOTING STAR PRESS 49 2. Diamond & Tanaka's slingshot DDT 45 3. Masa Saito's Saito suplex 27 4. Jake Roberts' DDT 20 5. Owen Hart's flip off the ropes into an armlock 19 Honorable Mention: Keiji Muto's moonsault press 18, Randy Savage's flying elbow drop 11, New Breed's crotch drop double team move 11, Midnight Express' rocket launcher 10, Midnight Express' divorce court 10, Owen Hart's blind sunset flip 9, Silver King's moonsault attack 9, Owen Hart's dives into the audience 9, Yumi Ogura's tombstone pile driver off the middle ropes 9, Road Warriors clothesline off the top ropes 8
HARDEST WORKER 1. RIC FLAIR 269 2. Masaharu Funaki 24 3. Bret Hart 11 4. Masa Saito 10 5. Chigusa Nagayo 9
BIGGEST SHOCK OF THE YEAR 1. CROCKETT PURCHASES THE UWF 105 2. Mike Von Erich's suicide death 48 3. Honkeytonk wins IC title 31 4. The fall of the NWA 27 5. Ron Garvin wins NWA title 20 Honorable Mention: Death of Haru Sonoda in plane crash 18, Akira Maeda "shoot-kicks" Riki Choshu 11, Fall of New Japan 11
MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WCCW used Mike Von Erich's Death for a Memorial Show / poem for Mike under a Scaffold and in front of the Womens Mud Match 2. Flair Interview with a Mannequin 3. Deep South Angle, where Corp. Carl Styles´ Glass eye was knocked out 4. WCCW/Von Erichs in general (Kerrys too early return after his accident, Anti-drug message from Kerry, etc. 5. WCCW Oriental Tool Gimmick BEST COLOR COMMENTATOR 1. Jesse Ventura 2. Nick Bockwinkel 3. Missy Hyatt 3. Magnum T.A. 5. Bobby Jaggers 5. Jim Davies STRONGEST WRESTLER 1. Steve Williams 2. Road Warrior Animal 3. Doug Furnas READERS´ FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Ric Flair 2. Nobuhiko Takada 3. Owen Hart 4. Riki Choshu 5. Randy Savage READERS´ LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Dusty Rhodes 2. Hulk Hogan 3. Riki Choshu 4. Honky Tonk Man 5. Nikita Koloff WORST WRESTLER 1. Junkyard Dog 2. Andre The Giant 3. Jimmy Valiant 4. Ivan Putski 5. Bugsy McGraw WORST TAG TEAM 1. Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw 2. Boris Zhukov & Soldat Ustinov 3. Barbie Dolls 4. Bolsheviks (Boris Zhukov&Nikolai Volkoff) WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. World Class 2. AWA on ESPN 3. Deep South / GLOW 5. NWA on WTBS WORST MANAGER 1. Mr. Fuji 2. Paul Jones 3. Sir Oliver Humperdink 4. Abdual Wizal / Percy Pringle (Paul Bearer) / Skandor Akbar / Bobby Heenan / Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Hogan vs Andre (March 27, Pontiac Wrestlemania III) 2. Giant Baba vs Raja Lion (June 9, Tokyo Budokan) 3. Danny Davis vs George Steele (November 15, Seattle) 4. Steve Williams vs Barry Windham (November 26, Chicago Starrcade) 5. King Kong Bundy&Little Tokyo&Lord Littlebrook vs Hillbilly Jim&Haiti Kid&Little Beaver (March 27, Pontiac Wrestlemania III) WORST FEUD 1. George Steele vs Danny Davis 2. Butch Reed vs Billy Graham 3. Dusty Rhodes vs Lex Luger 4. Kevin Von Erich vs Al Perez 5. Kevin Von Erich vsBrian Adias WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Bugsy McGraw 2. Tommy Rich 3. Steve Williams 4. Kevin Kelly&Nick Kiniski&Madusa Miceli 5. Lex Luger WORST PROMOTION 1. World Class 2. AWA 3. Central States 4. Crockett Promotions 5. GLOW BEST BOOKER 1. Patterson/McMahon 2. Lawler/Jarrett 3. Eddie Gilbert 4. Giant Baba 5. Len Denton BEST GIMMICK 1. Ted Dibiasie Million Dollar Man 2. Honky Tonk Man 3. Road Warriors 4. Hulk Hogan 5. Big Bubba Rogers / Zodiac WORST GIMMICK 1. Adorable Adrian Adonis 2. Outback Jack 3. Mighty Wilbur 4. George The Animal Steele 5. Brutus The Barber Beefcake MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. George Steele 2. Adrian Adonis 3. Giant Baba 4. Dusty Rhodes 5. Jimmy Valiant 1986WRESTLER OF THE YEAR1. Ric Flair (240) - 1,359 points 2. Hulk Hogan (22) - 304 points 3. Ted DiBiase (3) - 244 points 4. Akira Maeda (18) - 239 points 5. Terry Gordy (9) - 198 points Honorable Mention: Riki Choshu (144 points), Yoshiaki Yatsu (139 points) MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. Ric Flair (126) - 832 points 2. Tatsumi Fujinami (79) - 672 points 3. Ted DiBiase (40) - 421 points 4. Nobuhiko Takada (24) - 228 points 5. Bobby Eaton (13) - 220 points Honorable Mention: Ricky Steamboat (139 points), Yoshiaki Yatsu (121 points), Terry Gordy (120 points), Tiger Mask (108 points) BEST BABYFACE 1. Hulk Hogan (241) - 1,299 points 2. Jim Duggan (6) - 316 points 3. Riki Choshu (9) - 267 points 4. Ricky Morton (10) - 220 points 5. Road Warriors (1) - 147 points Honorable Mention: Roddy Piper (109 points), Dusty Rhodes (106 points), Jerry Lawler (85 points), Magnum TA (84 points), Chigusa Nagayo (75 points) BEST HEEL 1. Michael Hayes (96) - 711 points 2. Ric Flair (54) - 492 points 3. Dump Matsumoto (63) - 424 points 4. Bill Dundee (25) - 267 points 5. Paul Orndorff (19) - 265 points Honorable Mention: Randy Savage (168 points), Col. DeBeers (121 points), Larry Zbyszko (102 points) FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Hogan vs Orndorff (78) - 603 points 2. Midnight Express vs Rock n´ Roll Express (66) - 592 points 3. Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee (48) - 403 points 4. Rick Steamboat vs Jake Roberts (12) - 150 points 5. Riki Choshu & Yoshi Yatsu vs Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta (24) - 147 points Honorable Mention:Freebirds vs DiBiase & Williams (138 points), Fujinami vs. Maeda (117 points), Fantastics vs. Sheepherders (106 points), Takada vs. Koshinaka (102 points), Magnuma TA vs. Koloff (82 points), Rockers vs. Rose & Somers (82 points) TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey) (172) - 1,068 points 2. Riki Choshu & Yoshie Yatsu (24) - 544 points 3. Rock n´ Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) - (30) - 408 points 4. Road Warriors (27) - 345 points 5. British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid) (19) - 198 points Honorable Mention: Freebirds (130), Midnight Rockers (129), DiBiase & Williams (109), Fantastics (88) MOST IMPROVED 1. Rick Steiner (78) - 573 points 2. John Tatum (39) - 400 points 3. Sting (27) - 237 points 4. Jack Victory (12) - 196 points 5. Shawn Michaels (7) - 186 points Honorable Mention: Sam Houston (118 points), Steve Williams (99 points), Keiji Muto (87 points), Buddy Roberts (84 points) MOST UNIMPROVED 1. Bob Orton (31) - 199 points 2. Kevin Von Erich (24) - 192 points 3. Paul Orndorff (18) - 181 points 4. Roddy Piper (15) - 157 points 5. Dynamite Kid (22) - 154 points Honorable Mention: Dick Slater (106 points), Don Muraco (100 points), Adrian Adonis (85 points), Junkyard Dog (82 points), Davey Boy Smith (78 points) MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. Vince McMahon (93) - 678 points 2. Gorilla Monsoon (42) - 488 points 3. David Crockett (31) - 324 points 4. Larry Nelson (33) - 250 points 5. Hulk Hogan (15) - 187 points Honorable Mention: Gene Okerlund (165 points), Dusty Rhodes (112 points) BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Jim Cornette (120) - 856 points 2. Ric Flair (64) -607 points 3. Michael Hayes (19) - 307 points 4. Roddy Piper (18) - 109 points 5. Bill Dundee (13) - 180 points Honorable Mention: Jim Duggan (103 points), Jimmy Garvin (75 points) MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Hulk Hogan (214) - 1,333 points 2. Road Warriors (6) - 327 points 3. Riki Choshu (27) - 318 points 4. Roddy Piper (13) - 204 points 5. Ric Flair (10) - 174 points Honorable Mention: Dusty Rhodes (102 points), Ricky Morton (81 points), Michael Hayes (81 points) BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Tatsumi Fujinami (118) - 879 points 2. Yoshi Yatsu (96) - 579 points 3. Ted Dibiasie (49) - 406 points 4. Nobuhiko Takada (12) - 394 points 5. Ric Flair (25) - 237 points Honorable Mention: Chavo Guerrero (178 points), Ricky Steamboat (145 points), Akira Maeda (123 points), Dynamite Kid (105 points), Bobby Eaton (75 points) BEST BRAWLER 1. Terry Gordy (72) - 648 points 2. Bruiser Brody (76) - 616 points 3. Jim Duggan (72) - 588 points 4. Stan Hansen (33) - 307 points 5. Ted DiBiase (7) - 127 points Honorable Mention: Steve Williams (78 points) BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Tiger Mask (Misawa) (97) - 789 points 2. Bobby Eaton (120) - 760 points 3. Chavo Guerrero (27) - 270 points 4. Negro Casas (25) - 213 points 5. Keiji Muto (9) - 151 points Honorable Mention: Randy Savage (138 points), Owen Hart (124 points), Ricky Steamboat (114 points), Tonga Kid (82 points), La Fiera (81 points) MOST OVERRATED 1. Hulk Hogan (148) - 861 points 2. Dusty Rhodes (28) - 472 points 3. Paul Orndorff (34) - 295 points 4. Mike Von Erich (15) - 150 points 5. Junkyard Dog (2) - 144 points Honorable Mention: Lance Von Erich (142 points), Kevin Von Erich (133 points), Lex Luger (130 points), Nikita Koloff (81 points) MOST UNDERRATED 1. Bobby Eaton (31) - 288 points 2. Bret Hart (25) - 222 points 3. Jack Victory (19) - 181 points 4. Hector Guerrero (18) - 148 points 5. Chavo Guerrero (16) - 112 points Honorable Mention: Masa Fuchi (108 points), Brad Armstrong (85 points) BEST PROMOTION 1. UWF (Bill Watts) (175) - 986 points 2. New Japan (60) - 672 points 3. Jim Crockett Promotions (52) - 637 points 4. All Japan (25) - 492 points 5. Titan Sports/WWF (13) - 203 points Honorable Mention: Jarrett Promotions (150 points), All Japan Woman (121 points) BEST TELEVISION SHOW 1. Universal/UWF (237) - 1,269 points 2. Memphis live Show (22) - 400 points 3. New Japan (15) - 336 points 3. All Japan (0) - 336 points 5. Power Pro/UWF (7) - 295 points Honorable Mention: WWF Superstars (165 points), Crockett Worldwide (148 points), Japanese Girls (117 points) MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham (2/14 - Orlando) (31) - 325 points 2. Yoshiaki Yatsu & Riki Choshu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu (1/28 - Tokyo) (55) - 322 points 3. Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda (6/12 - Osaka) (39) - 267 points 4. Midnight Express vs. Rock 'n Roll Express (8/16 - Philadelphia) (16) - 174 points 5. Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada (9/19 - Fukuoka) (27) - 172 points Honorable Mention: Fantastics vs Sheepherders (4/19 New Orleans) (147 points), Midnight Rockers vs Buddy Rose & Doug Somers (8/7 Las Vegas) (132 points), The Cobra vs Nobuhiko Takada (6/17 Nagoya) (129 points), Ric Flair vs Ricky Morton (7/5 Charlotte) (97 points), British Bulldogs vs Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake (4/7 Chicago) (76 points) ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Bam Bam Bigelow (193) - 1,122 points 2. Owen Hart (78) - 661 points 3. Sting (18) - 243 points 4. Savannah Jack (6) - 72 points 5. Chris Benoit (6) - 70 points MANAGER OF THE YEAR 1. Jim Cornette (222) - 1,203 points 2. Bobby Heenan (33) - 625 points 3. Jimmy Hart (4) - 150 points 4. Percy Pringle (5) - 133 points 5. J.J.Dillon (0) - 117 points Honorable Mention: Scandor Akbar (106 points) BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Lance Russell (112) - 702 points 2. Jim Ross (79) - 573 points 3. Tony Schiavone (18) - 273 points 4. Gordon Solie (9) - 67 points 5. Ichiro Furutachi (9) - 63 points WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. David Crockett (42) - 400 points 2. Bill Mercer (56) - 399 points 3. Gorilla Monsoon (39) - 376 points 4. Barry Richards (57) - 353 points 5. Larry Nelson (24) - 216 points Honorable Mention: Rod Rongard (189 points), Vince McMahon (184 points), Lord James BlearS (147 points), Lord Al Hayes (91 points), Gene Okerlund (90 points), Ernie Ladd (85 points) BEST WRESTLING MOVE 1. Chavo Guerrero's Backflip Flying Body Press (76 points) 2. Jake Roberts' DDT (40 points) 3. Dynamite Kid's superplex from top rope (21 points) Other top contenders: Ric Flair's flip into the turnbuckles and landing on his feet (15 points), Bobby Eaton's top rop leaps (13 points), Keiji Muto's Backward Splash off the top rope (12 points), Rick Steiner's belly-to-belly suplex (9 points), Nobuhiko Takada's fullnelson into a german suplex (dragon suplex) (7 points), Tiger Mask's flip off the top rope into a leg lariat (7 points), Negro Casas' bump off the top ropes to the floor (7 points) 5. Bobby eaton: Legdrop/Bodypress from top rope HARDEST WORKER 1. Ric Flair (246 points) 2. Tatsumi Fujinami (18 points) 3. Bret Hart (12 points) Other top contenders: Ricky Steamboat (10 points), Terry Gordy (9 points), Sam Houston (6 points), Ted DiBiase (5 points), Bobby Eaton (5 points) BIGGEST SHOCK OF THE YEAR 1. Magnum T.A.'s Accident (87 points) 2. Gino Hernandez's death (79 points) 3. Harley Race in the WWF (24 points) Other top contenders: Kerry Von Erich's motorcycle accident (6 points), Demise of AWA (6 points), AWA title not changing hands in the ring and way it was handled (6 points) MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. Equating an angle (Chris Adams' blindness) with Gino Hernandez's death (45 points) 2. Mud matches in World Class (28 points) 3. Adrian Adonis' gay act (24 points) Other top contenders: Continued use of Magnum T.A.'s name in Starcade hype (22 points), Kevin Von Erich's interview where he said his brother was killed in a match by a kick to the stomach (21 points), usage of celebrities at WrestleMania II (12), John Boyd-Jeff Jarrett Snake Pit Match in Memphis (11 points), Parking Lot incident with Rhodes & Four (three) Horsemen (9 points), "Make it Good" Roddy Piper vs. Mr. T match (9 points), The idea that nothing (injuries, titles changes, etc.) has happened until it airs on TV-- so guys can defend belts after losing them till the TV airs (9 points), WrestleMania Battle Royal with football players (6 points), Wheeling Kerry Von Erich out for every big show (6 points), Chris Adkisson (Von Erich) saying after Kevin's title win that "God" gave us another world champion (6 points) BEST TV COLOR COMMENTATOR 1. Michael P.S. Hayes 159 2. Jesse Ventura 105 3. Nick Bockwinkel 18 Other contenders: Jim Cornette 15, Bobby Heenan 6 STRONGEST WRESTLER 1. Road Warrior Animal 150 2. Steve Williams 123 3. Road Warrior Hawk 6 READERS' FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Ric Flair 96 2. Bruiser Brody 18 3. Roddy Piper 16 Other contenders: Nobuhiko Takada 13, Road Warrior Hawk 13, Jake Roberts 12, Ted DiBiase 12, Jerry Lawler 12, Terry Gordy 9, Terry Funk 9, Ricky Steamboat 7, Jim Duggan 7, Steve Williams 7, Bruno Sammartino 7, Kuniaki Kobayashi 7 READERS' LEAST FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. Hulk Hogan 85 2. Dusty Rhodes 54 3. Junkyard Dog 16 Other contenders: Mike Von Erich 13, Honkytonk Man 12, Jimmy Valiant 11, Ron Garvin 9, Andre the Giant 9, Hilbilly Jim 7, Lance Von Erich 6 WORST WRESTLER (ROOKIES INELIGIBLE) 1. Mike Von Erich 49 2. Andre the Giant 33 3. Jimmy Valiant 26 Other contenders: Hulk Hogan 22, Lance Von Erich 22, Uncle Elmer 21, George Steel 15, Rufus Jones 14, Junkyard Dog 14, Honkytonk Man 14, Dusty Rhodes 12, John Studd 9, Abdullah the Butcher 9, Dan Spivey 6 WORST TAG TEAM 1. Junkyard Dog/George Steele 70 2. Lance/Mike Von Erich 42 3. Mike Rotundo/Dan Spivey 22 Other contenders: King Kong Bundy & John Studd 20, Bladerunners 18, Kareem Muhammad & Ed Gantner 12, Lance Von Erich & Dingo Warrior 12, Moondogs 7, New Guinea Headhunters 6 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. California Championship 127 2. AWA on ESPN 67 3. World Class 33 Other contenders: Wrestling TNT 14, Big-Time Wrestling (Portland) 13, WWF Wrestling Challenge 12, Crockett Worldwide 7, Crockett WTBS 7, WWF Superstars 7, ICW 7, Bruiser Bedlam 6, Prime Time Wrestling 6, Tomko 6, All American Wrestling 6, GLOW 6 WORST MANAGER 1. Paul Jones 97 2. Sheik Adnan El Kaissey 45 3. Mr. Fuji 45 Other contenders: Slick 37, Lou Albano 20, The Wizard 20, Percy Pringle 16, Sir Oliver Humperdink 7, Fred Blassie 7 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Roddy Piper vs. Mr. T 196 (4/7 Uniondale, NY) 2. Hulk HOgan vs. King Kong Bundy 15 (4/7 Los Angeles, CA) 3. Don Muraco vs. Paul Orndorff 14 (4/7 Uniondale, NY) Other contenders: Kevin Von Erich vs. Black Bart 11 (10/12 Dallas), Machines vs. King Kong Bundy & John Studd 6 (8/25 New York), Antonio Inoki vs. Leon Spinks 6 (10/9 Tokyo) WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Machines vs. Bundy & Studd 72 2. Valiant vs. Jones 43 3. Hall vbs DeBeers 30 Other top contenders: Paul Orndorff vs. Don Muraco 27, Randy Savage vs. George Steele 19, Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes 12, Magnum T.A. vs. Nikita Koloff 8 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Mike Von Erich 78 2. Jimmy Snuka 71 3. Kendall Windham 18 Honorable Mention: Ron Garvin 12, Denny BRown 11, Lance Von Erich 8, Tommy Rich 7, Robert Gibson 7, Rick Rood 6 BEST VALET 1. Missy Hyatt 169 2. Precious 97 3. Baby Doll 14 Honorable Mention: Elizabeth 10, Dark Journey 9, Linda Street 6 WORST VALET 1. Elizabeth 68 1. Sunshine 68 3. Brenda Britton 42 Honorable Mention: Dark Journey 25, Raven Rood 21, Honey 11, Baby Doll 10 WORST PROMOTION 1. AWA 84 2. California Championship 78 3. World Class 64 Honorable Mention: WWF 33, Portland 9, ICW 6, Tomko 6 BEST BOOKER 1. Dusty Rhodes 118 2. Ken Mantell 111 3. Bill Dundee 29 Honorable Mention: Jerry Lawler 28 BEST GIMMICK PERFORMER 1. Adrian Street 36 2. Jake Roberts 30 3. Big Bubba Roberts 27 3. Missing Link 27 Honorable Mention: Kevin Sullivan 21, Road Warriors 20, Col. DeBeers 18, Kimala 13, Jim Cornette 9, Randy Savage 9, Jimmy Garvin 8 WORST GIMMICK PERFORMER 1. Adrian Adonis 70 2. Honkytonk Man 48 3. George Steel 40 Honorable Mention: Harley Race 15, Giant Machine 12, Corporal Kirchner 8, Junkyard Dog 6, Abdullah the Butcher 6 MOST EMBARRASSING WRESTLER 1. Adrian Adonis 50 2. Mike Von Erich 34 2. George Steele 34 Honorable Mention: Jimmy Valiant 31, Uncle Elmer 26, Baron Von Raschke 10, Honkytonk Man 9, Abdullah the Butcher 9, Kimala 9, Silo Sam 8 1985WRESTLER OF THE YEAR1. RIC FLAIR (95) 523 2. Riki Choshu (11) 207 3. Roddy Piper (10) 129 4. Hulk Hogan (7) 113 5. Bruiser Brody (2) 86 Honorable Mention: Ted DiBiase 54, Stan Hansen 41, Dynamite Kid 40 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Tiger Mask vs. Kuniaki Kobyashi 6-21 in Tokyo (45) 295 2. Lioness Asuka vs. Jaguar Yokota 8-22 in Tokyo (27) 175 3. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan cage match 3-22 in Houston (14) 160 4. Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich 1-25 in St. Louis (8) 121 5. Freebirds vs. Road Warriors 9-28 in Chicago (1) 70 Honorable Mention: Ric Flair vs. Harley Race 2-24 Meadowlands 68, Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff vs. Mr. T & Hulk Hogan 3-31 New York 63, Rick Martel vs. Jumbo Tsuruta 9-29 St. Paul 40, Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper 2-18 New York 35, Fabulous Ones vs. Sheepherders 8-12 Memphis 33, Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody 8-1 Tokyo 32, Riki Choshu vs. Genichiro Tenryu 6-21 Tokyo 30 BEST BABY FACE 1. HULK HOGAN (88) 445 2. Kerry Von Erich (13) 277 3. Jim Duggan (14) 184 4. Riki Choshu (5) 115 5. Road Warriors (1) 83 Honorable Mention: Jerry Lawler 47 BEST HEEL 1. RODDY PIPER (86) 483 2. Ted DiBiase (11) 185 3. Michael Hayes (2) 161 4. Stan Hansen (5) 103 5. Ric Flair (11) 99 Honorable Mention: Tully Blanchard 59, Terry Funk 45, Chris Adams 40, Randy Savage 31 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. DUGGAN VS. DIBIASE (35) 387 2. Tiger Mask vs. Kobayashi (25) 227 3. Choshu vs. Tenryu (5) 171 4. Hogan vs. Piper (15) 107 5. Blanchard vs. TA (3) 71 Honorable Mention: Flair vs. TA 60, Fabulous Ones vs. Sheepherders 49, Road Warriors vs. Freebirds 49, Piper vs. Orndorff 41, Flair vs. Rhodes 41 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. THE BRITISH BULLDOGS (42) 356 2. Midnight Express (36) 315 3. Road Warriors (31) 189 4. Choshu & Yatsu (7) 115 5. DiBiase & Williams (5) 111 Honorable Mention: Terry Gorsy & Michael Hayes 52, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson 42 MOST IMPROVED 1. STEVE ''DR. DEATH'' WILLIAMS (39) 289 2. Genichiro Tenryu (34) 205 3. Road Warrior Animal (8) 135 4. Tiger Mask (15) 123 5. Kuniako Kobayashi (9) 69 Honorable Mention: Road Warrior Hawk 66, Dale Veasy 40, Tommy Rogers 36, Toshiaki Kawada 30, Jake Roberts 30 MOST IMPRESSIVE 1. DYNAMITE KID (52) 390 2. Tiger Mask (35) 266 3. Ric Flair (29) 247 4. Ted DiBiase 83 5. Randy Savage (59) Honorable Mention: Bobby Eaton 33, Kuniaki Kobyashi 31 MOST WASHED UP 1. SGT. SLAUGHTER (47) 343 2. Adrian Adonis (24) 254 3. Kevin Von Erich (11) 87 4. Brian Blair (7) 50 5. Junkyard Dog (6) 43 Honorable Mention: Dusty Rhodes 30, Jimmy Snuka 30 MOST OBNOXIOUS PERSONALITY 1. VINCE MCMAHON JR. (37) 327 2. Gorilla ''Gino'' Monsoon (41) 260 3. Gene Okerlund (25) 221 4. Dusty Rhodes (7) 83 5. Hulk Hogan (7) 77 Honorable Mention: Bill Apter 69, David Crockett 49, ken Resnick 30 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. JIMMY CORNETTE (46) 321 2. Ric Flair (27) 255 3. Roddy Piper (13) 207 4. Michael Hayes (19) 153 5. Cowboy Bill Watts (101) Honorable Mention: Jim Duggan 100, Larry Zbyszko 48, Jerry Lawler 44, Ted DiBiase 43 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. TATSUMI FUJINAMI (53) 389 2. Dynamite Kid (29) 157 3. Akira Maeda (109) 4. Yoshiaki Fujiawara (4) 101 5. Ted DiBiase (85) Honorable Mention: Satoru Sayama 46, Steve Wright 30 BEST BRAWLER 1. STAN HANSEN (48) 405 2. Bruiser Brody (60) 384 3. Jim Duggan (12) 145 4. Terry Gordy 100 5. Terry Funk 81 Honorable Mention: Ric Flair 60, Ted DiBiase 48, Dynamite Kid 40 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. HULK HOGAN (59) 397 2. Riki Choshu (23) 215 3. Road Warriors (14) 206 4. Ric Flair (13) 203 5. Roddy Piper (10) 85 Honorable Mention: Kerry Von Erich 53 MOST AGILE WRESTLER 1. TIGER MASK (73) 447 2. Dynamite Kid (20) 238 3. Satoru Sayama (25) 204 4. Bobby Eaton (5) 119 5. The Cobra 98 Honorable Mention: Randy Savage 36 STRONGEST WRESTLER 1. ROAD WARRIOR ANIMAL (128) 632 2. Butch Reed (4) 214 3. Road Warrior Hawk 207 4. Davey Boy Smith 60 5. Tom Magee (4) 23 MOST OVERRATED 1. HULK HOGAN (87) 513 2. Dusty Rhodes (19) 196 3. Junkyard Dog (10) 151 4. Sgt. Slaughter (1) 85 5. Andre the Giant (6) 70 Honorable Mention: Paul Orndorff 62, Road Warriors 38, John Studd 33, Rand Savage 30 MOST UNDERRATED 1. BOBBY EATON (64) 395 2. Brad Armstrong (5) 102 3. Dale Veasy (4) 77 4. Hiro Saito 43 5. Rick Martel 37 Honorable Mention: Animal Hamaguchi 34, Kuniaki Kobyashi 30, Ricky Steamboat 30 BEST CIRCUIT 1. ALL JAPAN (69) 461 2. Mid South (32) 364 3. Japanese girls (13) 113 4. Crockett 99 5. New Japan (3) 88 Honorable Mention: UWF 66, WWF 57, Memphis 38 BEST TV SHOW 1. MID SOUTH (79) 500 2. All Japan (33) 351 3. Memphis 131 4. New Japan 64 5. Japanese Girls 57 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. TIGER MASK'S DIVES OUT OF RING 71 2. Dynamite Kid's super superplex 45 3. Lioness Asuka's giant swing 7 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. JACK VICTORY 57 2. Keiji Mutoh 37 3. Sean Michaels 26 4. John Nord 15 5. Shinya Hashimoto HARDEST WORKER 1. RIC FLAIR 122 2. Tiger Mask 21 3. Animal Hamaguchi 7 3. Dynamite Kid 7 BIGGEST SHOCK 1. WWF GETTING ON NETWORK TV 28 2. Wrestlemania hype 17 3. Media explosion 15 4. Death of Jay Youngblood 3 5. Brody walking out on Baba 12 6. Eddie Graham's suicide 10 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. USING MIKE VON ERICH'S BRUSH WITH DEATH TO SELL TICKETS 57 2. Mr. T wrestling 19 3. The Hillbilly routine 11 4. Rock & Wrestling promotion 8 5. Billing wrestlers who aren't going to appear 6 BEST TV ANNOUNCER 1. LANCE RUSSELL 70 2. Jesse Ventura 49 3. Bill Watts 22 4. Nick Bockwinkel 9 5. Jim Ross 7 BEST MANAGER 1. JIMMY CORNETTE 117 2. Bobby Heenan 5 2. Scandor Akbar READERS FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. RIC FLAIR 54 2. Terry Funk 14 3. Bruiser Brody 13 4. Riki Choshu 12 5. Ted DiBiase 6. Kuniaki Kobyashi 7 6. Dynamite Kid 8. Terry Gordy 6 9. Roddy Piper 5 10. Road Warriors 3 READERS MOST HATED WRESTLER 1. HULK HOGAN 54 2. Dusty Rhodes 23 3. Greg Gagne 8 4. Sgt. Slaughter 7 4. Andre the Giant 7 WORST WRESTLER 1. Uncle Elmer 30 2. Lance Vaughn Erich 22 3. Kendall Windham 19 4. Cousin Junior 17 5. George Steele 11 WORST TAG TEAM 1. THE HILLBILLIES 89 2. The Freedom Fighters 11 3. Bundy & Studd 9 4. Jarrett & Yamamoto 7 5. The Batten Twins 5 WORST TV SHOW 1. FLORIDA 51 2. All-American Wrestling 28 3. Central States 24 4. Prime Time Wrestling 18 5. Pro Wrestling USA 17 WORST MANAGER 1. MR. FUJI 38 2. Paul Jones 23 3. Sheik Kaissey 20 4. Tom Branch 19 5. Sunshine 14 6. Fred Blassie 11 7. Percy Pringle 10 WORST TV ANNOUNCER 1. GORILLA MONSOON 35 2. Gene Okerlund 21 3. Bill Mercer 19 4. Lord Al Hayes 14 5. Vince McMahon 11 6. Ron Tronguard 10 WORST FEUD 1. SLAUGHTER VS ZHUKOV 47 2. Andre vs. Studd 38 3. Von Erichs vs. Gino/Chris 11 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON 23 2. Lance Vaughn Erich 20 3. Mike Von Erich 17 4. Kerry Von Kerich 15 5. Andre the Giant 14 5. Buck Zumhofe WORST MATCH 1. ALBANO VS. BLASSIE 19 2. Andre vs. Studd 13 2. Wahoo vs. Voodoo Mulumba 4. Hogan vs. Piper 8 4. Flair vs. Rhodes
1984WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. RIC FLAIR (106) 518 2. Dynamite Kid (11) 184 3. Bruiser Brody (2) 174 4. Hulk Hogan (10) 128 5. Riki Choshu (7) 73 Honorable Mentions: Super Tiger 71, Roddy Piper 66, Kerry Von Erich 51
BEST BABY FACE 1. HULK HOGAN (48) 372 2. Kerry Von Erich (37) 323 3. Sgt. Slaughter (15) 193 4. Riki Choshu (16) 96 5. Jerry Lawler (6) 88 Honorable Mentions: Jimmy Snuka 73, Dusty Rhodes 41, Ricky Steamboat 39
BEST HEEL 1. RODDY PIPER (70) 440 2. Iron Sheik (17) 139 3. Bruiser Brody (13) 127 3. Michael Hayes (8) 127 5. Butch Reed (5) 117 Honorable Mentions: Paul Orndorff 114, Kevin Sulivan 71, Riki Choshu 46, Chris Adams 40 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. VON ERICHS VS FREEBIRDS (36) 339 2. Ishingun vs Seikigun (54) 330 3. Slaughter vs Sheik (23) 201 4. Piper vs Snuka (11) 99 5. Blackwell vs Brody (6) 69 Honorable Mentions: Midnight Express vs Rock & Rock Express 62, Flair Vs Steamboat 60, Lawler vs Rude 52, Cobra vs Dynamite Kid 40
TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. ROAD WARRIORS (59 369 2. Smith/Kid (26) 274 3. Brody/Hansen (34) 256 4. Murdoch/Adonis (13) 163 5. Choshu/Hamoaguchi (12) 151 Honorable Mention: Condrey/Eaton 72
MOST IMPROVED 1. THE COBRA (32) 244 2. Kerry Von Erich (4) 100 3. Tiger Mask (14) 94 4. Hercules Hernandez (7) 78 5. Tonga Kid (11) 67 Honorable Mentions: Jesse Barr 61, Brian Blair 46, Nobuhiko Takada 41, Buddy Landell 40, Brian Adias 38 MOST IMPRESSIVE 1. DYNAMITE KID (96) 562 2. Ric Flair (24) 244 3. Davey Boy Smith (8) 190 4. Super Tiger (7) 107 5. Tiger Mask 45 Honorable Mention: Bruiser Brody 42 MOST WASHED UP 1. JIMMY SNUKA (26) 228 2. Jay Strongbow (14) 105 3. Tito Santana (8) 86 4. The Crusher (11) 75 5. Hulk Hogan (2) 73 Honorable Mentions: Mad Dog Vachon 59, Giant Baba 49, Dusty Rhodes 43, Antonio Inoki 42, Don Muraco 42, Ken Patera 40, Jake Roberts 40, Junkyard Dog 39
MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. VINCE MCMAHON (90) 510 2. Gorilla Monsoon (4) 96 3. Lord Al Hayes (9) 85 4. Angelo Mosca (5) 68 5. Hulk Hogan (2) 61 Honorable Mentions: Gordon Solie 55, Ole Anderson 54, Jack Reynolds 43, Gene Okerlund 42
BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. JIMMY HART (46) 332 2. Roddy Piper (35) 287 3. Ric Flair (29) 276 4. Jerry Lawler (3) 96 5. Michael Hayes (6) 58 Honorable Mentions: Lou Albano 55, Jim Cornette 48
MOST CHARISMATIC 1. RIC FLAIR (48) 319 2. Michael Hayes (24) 224 3. Hulk Hogan (17) 211 4. Kerry Von Erich (22) 194 5. Riki Choshu (17) 162 Honorable Mentions: Roddy Piper 40, Dusty Rhodes 36
BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. DYNAMITE KID (33) 207 1. MASA SAITO (29) 207 3. Tatsumi Fujinami (18) 188 4. Super Tiger (13) 152 5. Chavo Guerrero (8) 72 Honorable Mentions: Ric Flair 71, Keith Hayward 65, Yoshiaki Fujiwara 43, Nobuhiko Takada 40
BEST BRAWLER 1. BRUISER BRODY (132) 720 2. Stan Hansen (7) 282 3. Terry Gordy (4) 169 4. Jerry Lawler (7) 64 5. Paul Orndorff 52
MOST AGILE WRESTLER 1. DYNAMITE KID (57) 367 2. The Cobra (30) 264 3. Tiger Mask (26) 262 4. Super Tiger (18) 194 5. El Gran Hamada (5) 58 STRONGEST 1. BUTCH REED (70) 366 2. Road Warrior Animal (26) 243 3. Tony Atlas (15) 146 4. Road Warrior Hawk (2) 96 5. Hulk Hogan (6) 76 Honorable Mentions: John Studd 73, Ken Patera 71, Davey Boy Smith 47 MOST OVERRATED 1. JOHN STUDD (28) 225 2. Hulk Hogan (29) 183 3. Junkyard Dog (23) 181 4. Dusty Rhodes (11) 175 5. Ivan Putski (18) 150 Honorable Mentions: Andre the Giant 115, Jimmy Snuka 85, Giant Baba 58, Tito Santana 43, Brutus Beefcake 43 MOST UNDERRATED 1. BRIAN BLAIR (27) 225 2. Nobuhiko Takada (18) 127 3. Ron Starr (3) 84 4. Dynamite Kid (9) 79 5. Don Kernodle (12) 60 Honorable Mentions: Davey Boy Smith 57, Masa Saito 56, Bob Orton 51, Kuniski Kobyashi 45, Isamu Teranish 37 BEST CIRCUIT 1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (66) 426 2. All Japan Pro Wrestling (24) 289 3. Mid South (26) 276 4. Jarrett Promotions (11) 149 5. Mid Atlantic (7) 72 Honorable Mention: UWF 63, World Class 53 BEST TV SHOW 1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (52) 356 2. Mid South (36) 312 3. Jarrett Promotions (24) 231 4. All Japan Pro Wrestling (11) 171 5. World Class (9) 151 Honorable Mention: Portland 36 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. FREEBIRDS VS VON ERICHS, 7/4 Ft. Worth Street Fight (22) 184 2. Slaughter vs Sheik , 6/16 New York Boot Camp bout (19) 131 3. Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich, 5/6 Texas Stadium (14) 99 4. Dynamite Kid vs. The Cobra, 7/5 Tokyo (3) 90 5. Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Nobuhiko Takada, 4/19 Tokyo (4) 80 Honorable Mentions: Flair vs Steamboat, 5/29 New Jersey 65, Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki, 14/5 Tokyo 63, Hulk Hogan vs Iron Sheik, 1/23 New York 59, Davey Boy Smith-Dynamite Kid-David Shults vs Antonio Inoki-Fujinami-Cobra, 7/13 Japan 56, Bruiser Brody vs Jerry Blackwell, 10/21 St. Paul 53, Dynamite Kid vs Davey Boy Smith, 7/20 Osaka 53, Super Tiger vs Akira Maeda, 9/11 Tokyo 50, Ricky Steamboat vs Dick Slater, early June Greenville 40, Flair vs Kerry Von Erich, 5/24 Yokosuka 38, The Cobra vs. Kuniaki Kobayshi, 8/2 Tokyo 36 BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 1. DYNAMITE KID/DAVEY BOY SMITH ONE ARM POWER CLEAN AND DROPKICK OFF THE TOP ROPES 36 2. Tiger Mask's dive out of the ring, full flip and backward splash onto a foe 33 3. Kuniaki Kobayashi's backward suplex with the guy on his shoulders off the middle ropes 13 4. Tonga Kid's dive 9 5. Jimmy Snuka's dive 8 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. TOM ZENK 11 1. KEIICHI YAMADA 3. Nikiata Koloff 10 3. Mike Von Erich 10 HARDEST WORKER 1. RIC FLAIR 80 2. Dynamite Kid 40 3. Bruiser Brody 7 BIGGEST SHOCK 1. DEATH OF DAVID VON ERICH 115 2. McMahon purchasing GCW 11 3. Bruno rejoining WWF 9 4. Sheik beat Backlund 7 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN'S FAKE HEART CONDITION AND HEART ATTACK 36 2. Cyndi Lauper and David Wolfe's involvement in wrestling 21 3. Kevin Sullivan usage of knives to the heart 24 4. Stripper cage matches with the girls in Southwest 13 5. The entire Mulligan-Sullivan feud 12 BEST ANNOUNCER 1. LANCE RUSSELL 70 2. Bill Watts 23 3. Gordon Solie 12 4. Mr Furutachi 10 5. Gene Okerlund 8 BEST MANAGER 1. JIMMY HART 84 2. Lou Albano 25 3. Jim Cornette 18 READERS FAVORITE WRESTLER 1. RIC FLAIR 41 2. Dynamite Kid 36 3. Bruiser Brody 25 4. Roddy Piper 7 4. Super Tiger READERS MOST HATED WRESTLER 1. IVAN PUTSKI 35 2. Andre the Giant 19 3. Junkyard Dog 15 4. Kimala 12 5. Dusty Rhodes 11 5. Bob Backlund 11 5. Hulk Hogan 11 WORST WRESTLER 1. IVAN PUTSKI 34 2. Kimala 27 3. The Crusher 14 4. Jay Strongbow 13 4. Junkyard Dog 13 4. Rufus Jones 13 WORST TAG TEAM 1. CRUSHER & BARON VON RASCHKE 84 2. Ron Garvin & Jerry Oates 13 3. The Samoans 11 4. Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas 7 5. King Parsons & Buck Zomhofe 6 WORST TV SHOW 1. WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION 67 2. American Wrestling Association 23 3. Tuesday Night Titans 21 4. The Best of Ole Anderson 17 5. Southwest 9 5. World Wrestling Association 9 5. Tomko Vancouver 9 WORST MANAGER 1. MR. FUJI 67 2. Johnny Valiant 21 3. Tojo Yammoto 11 4. Scandor Akbar 9 5. Paul Jones 8 WORST ANNOUNCER 1. ANGELO MOSCA 51 2. Gorilla Monsoon 26 3. Jack Reynolds 22 4. Ron Tronguard 15 5. Gordon Solie 13 Honorable Mentions: Lord Al Hayes 12, Vince McMahon 9 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. MOOLAH VS. RICHTER 19 2. Studd vs Andre 18 3. Martel vs. Tsuruta (title change, St. Paul) 10 4. Road Warriors vs Crusher & Baron 10 5. Stella Mae vs Nicola Roberts 8 WORST FEUD 1. ANDRE THE GIANT VS JOHN STUDD 55 2. Jake Roberts vs Ronnie Garvin 31 3. Mr. Fuji vs Tiger Chung Lee 11 4. Tommy Rich vs Eddie Gilbert 7 5. Hulk Hogan vs John Studd 6 WORST ON INTERVIEWS 1. JIMMY SNUKA 21 2. Thunderbolt Patterson 18 3. Bob Backlund 17 4. Kerry Von Erich 13 5. Andre the Giant 6 5. Mike Von Erich 6
1983WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. Ric Flair (43) 252 2. Hulk Hogan (18) 147 3. Tiger Mask (3) 57 4. Harley Race (3) 42 5. Jimmy Snuka 36 Honorable mention: Bruiser Brody 33 BEST BABY FACE 1. HULK HOGAN (27) 154 2. Jimmy Snuka (12) 111 3. Tiger Mask (7) 82 4. Kerry Von Erich (4) 51 5. Bob Backlund (6) 50 Honorable Mention: Junkyard Dog 41, Kevin Von Erich, 29, Tommy Rich 26, Jerry Lawler 24 BEST HEEL 1. MICHAEL HAYES (22) 142 2. Sgt. Slaughter (14) 122 3. Don Muraco (3) 66 4. Buzz Sawyer (5) 48 5. Butch Reed (6) 45 Honorable Mention: Ric Flair 30, Ted DiBiase 29, Abdullah the Butcher 23 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. VON ERICHS vs FREEBIRDS (42) 244 2. Muraco vs Snuka (15) 156 3. Rich vs Sawyer (6) 72 4. Steamboat & Youngblood vs Slaughter & Kernodle 43 5. Piper vs Valentine (5) 42 Honorable Mention: Inoki's forces vs Revolutionary Army (or Fujinami vs Chosyu) 33, Funks vs Brody-Hansen 27 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. STEAMBOAT & YOUNGBLOOD (28) 169 2. Road Warriors (18) 131 3. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (15) 96 4. Jack & Jerry Brisco (5) 90 5. Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes (5) 59 Honorable mention: Chosyu & Saito 57, Slaughter & Kernodle 51, Steve Keirn & Stan Lane 27 MOST IMPROVED 1. CURT HENNIG (9) 77 2. Brett Sawyer (8) 60 3. Terry Allen (4) 55 4. Ray Hernandez (7) 51 5. Chris Adams (7) 48 Honorable Mention: Mike Rotundo 41, Tito Santana 35, Barry Windham 27, Yoshiaki Yatsu 22 BEST WRESTLING MOVE 1. JIMMY SNUKA'S SUPERFLY SPLASH (23) 139 2. Tiger Mask leap out of ring (13) 91 3. Super Destroyer's Superplex (6) 67 4. Bob Orton's Superplex or powerslam off top ropes (6) 66 5. Dynamite Kid's Suplex to the floor / Diving Headbutt (3) 40 MOST IMPRESSIVE WRESTLER 1. DYNAMITE KID (24) 144 2. Tiger Mask (13) 120 3. Ric Flair (8) 89 4. Adrian Adonis (3) 65 5. Hulk Hogan (3) 33 Honorable Mention: Paul Orndorff 23, Bob Orton 22 MOST WASHED UP WRESTLER 1. CHIEF JAY STRONGBOW (8) 77 2. Billy Graham (9) 66 3. Mr.Wrestling II (8) 56 4. Swede Hanson (8) 50 5. Butcher Vachon (3) 49 Honorable Mention: Giant Baba 41, Bob Backlund 39, Dick the Bruiser 36, Harley Race 29, Don Muraco 24 MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. VINCE MCMAHON (14) 108 2. Ole Anderson (13) 75 3. Tommy Rich (6) / Kal Rudman (7) 2 5. Gorilla Monsoon (5) 39 Honorable Mention: Bob Backlund 36, Gordon Solie 27, David Crockett 24 BEST BRAWLER 1. BRUISER BRODY (43) 268 2. Stan Hansen (12) 138 3. Buzz Sawyer (3) 54 4. Terry Gordy 34 5. Sgt. Slaughter (3) 31 Honorable Mention: Roddy Piper 29 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. TIGER MASK (15) 106 2. Chavo Guerrero (10) 102 3. Dynamite Kid (9) 54 4. Paul Orndorff (6) 41 5. Bob Orton (1) / Steve Wright (3) 30 Honorable Mention: Tatsumi Fujinami 24, Riki Chosyu 24 MOST AGILE WRESTLER / BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. TIGER MASK (42) 228 2. Dynamite Kid (12) 108 3. Chavo Guerrero (1) 63 4. Dos Caras (4) 49 5. Jimmy Snuka (2) 41 Honorable Mention: El Gran Hamada 27 STRONGEST WRESTLER 1. HULK HOGAN (13) 153 2. Butch Reed (13) 99 3. Ken Patera (8) 69 4. Tony Atlas (5) 68 5. Andre the Giant (8) 48 Honorable Mention: Bruiser Brody 43, Niccoli Volkoff 36 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. RODDY PIPER (20) 141 2. Ric Flair (15) 108 3. Jimmy Hart (7) 76 4. Bobby Heenan (8) 44 5. Michael Hayes (5) 42 Honorable Mention: Jerry Lawler 36, Don Muraco 29, Nick Bockwinkel 28, Dusty Rhodes 23, Jesse Ventura 22 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. RIC FLAIR (16) 139 2. Hulk Hogan (12) 91 3. Tiger Mask (12) 76 4. Michael Hayes (9) 75 5. Jimmy Snuka (8) 53 Honorable Mention: Roddy Piper 44, Kerry Von Erich 42, Junkyard Dog 27, Fabulous Ones 22 MOST OVERRATED 1. BOB BACKLUND (27) 153 2. Dusty Rhodes (8) 75 3. Tommy Rich (6) 59 4. Jimmy Snuka (1) 33 5. Mr.Wrestling II (1) 27 Honorable Mention: John Studd 24, Giant Baba 24, Junkyard Dog 22 MOST UNDERRATED 1. DYNAMITE KID (12) 102 2. Scott McGhee (6) 38 3. Masa Saito (3) 34 4. Tito Santana (5) 33 5. Don Kernodle (3) Chic Donovan (5) 30 Honorable Mention: Riki Choshu 27, Isamu Teranishi 25 MOST LIKELY TO MAKE IT BIG IN 1984 1. MIKE VON ERICH (7) 49 2. The Cobra (7) 37 3. Tim Horner (1) 28 4. Terry Allen (4) Tommy Rogers (1) 26 Honorable Mention: Scott McGhee 23 BEST CIRCUIT / PROMOTION 1. Mid Atlantic (24) 187 2. New Japan (24) 168 3. WCCW (11) 136 4. WWF (6) 63 5. CWA Memphis (4) 49 BEST TELEVISION SHOW 1. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (21) 135 2. WCCW World Class (10) 132 3. Mid South TV (14) 122 4. CWA Memphis (7) 53 5. WWF (3) 30 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Rick Steamboat & Jay Youngblood vs. Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle (3/12 - Greensboro) 19 2. Harley Race vs. Ric Flair (11/24 - Greensboro) 17 3. Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid (4/23 - Tokyo) 13 4. Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan (6/2 - Tokyo) 9 5. Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (8/31 - Tokyo) 8 6. Von Erichs vs Freebirds 7-4 Ft. Worth 7 7. Ric Flair vs Kerry Von Erich (12-25-82 Dallas) 6 8. Don Muraco vs Jimmy Snuka (7-23 Landover) 6 9. Kerry Von Erich vs Michael Hayes cage match (11-24 Dallas) 5 10. Roddy Piper vs Greg Valentine dog collar match (11-24 Greensboro) 5 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. ROAD WARRIORS 18 2. Billy Jack Haynes 17 3. Tonga Kid (Sam Fatu), Angelo Mosca Jr. 5 HARDEST WORKER 1. DYNAMITE KID 25 2. Ric Flair 15 3. Tiger Mask 6 BIGGEST SHOCK OF THE YEAR 1. RIC FLAIR LOSING NWA BELT TO HARLEY RACE 15 2. Tiger Mask resigns 13 3. Inoki vs Hogan IWGP Titlematch 9 Honorable Mention: Return of Blackjack Lanza 5, Butch Reed turning heel 5 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. Eddie Gilbert's Neck Injury, used later for an angle 23 2. Ole Anderson announces World Champion is not at show and doesn't return admission 13 3. Joe Blanchard´s Announcement for a tournament to crown the "real" world champion 5 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. GORDON SOLIE 26 2. Bill Watts 15 3. Lance Russell 10 Honorable Mention: Don Koss (Portland) 5, Bill Mercer (WCCW) 5 MANAGER OF THE YEAR 1. JIMMY HART 34 2. Lou Albano 17 3. Bobby Heenan 8 Honorable Mention J.J.Dillon 6, Grand Wizard 5 BEST THREE MAN TEAM 1. FREEBIRDS 45 2. Masa Saito & Riki Choshu & Killer Khan 24 3. Von Erichs 11
1982WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. Ric Flair (18) 109 2. Roddy Piper (3) 46 3. Harley Race (5) 36 4. Tiger Mask (3) 34 5. Jimmy Snuka (3) 33 Honorable Mention - Hulk Hogan BEST HERO OF THE YEAR 1. Hulk Hogan (11) 57 2. Jimmy Snuka (8) 47 3. Junkyard Dog (2) 34 4. Roddy Piper (3) 27 5. Paul Orndorff (4) / Tommy Rich (1) 23 Honorable Mention - Antonio Inoki, Dusty Rhodes, Jerry Lawler, Ricky Steamboat BEST VILLIAN OF THE YEAR 1. Buzz Sawyer (6) 53 2. Ted Dibiasie (2) 40 3. Roddy Piper (7) 37 4. Masked Superstar (2) / Ric Flair (2) 20 Honorable Mention - Adrian Adonis, Sgt. Slaughter, Terry Funk, Greg Valentine, Buddy Rode, Ken Patera, Don Muraco FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Ted Dibiasie vs Junkyard Dog (9) 60 2. Tommy Rich vs Buzz Sawyer (6) 47 3. Roddy Piper vs Bob Armstrong (4) 30 4. Jimmy Snuka vs Lou Albano (3) 27 5. Jimmy Snuka vs Bob Backlund 17 Honorable Mention - Inoki vs. Rusher Kimura, Terry Funk vs Rhodes TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson (12) 82 2. Samoans (6) 38 3. Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell (3) 32 4. Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito (2) 28 5. Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes (5) 27 Honorable Mention - Sheepherders, Inoki & Hogan, Funks MOST IMPROVED 1. Jim Duggan (5) 48 2. Butch Reed (7) 42 3. Don Kernodle (2) 15 4. Buzz Sawyer (1) 14 5. King Kong Bundy 12 MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. Lou Albano (3) 23 2. Jimmy Valiant (3) 22 3. David Crockett (3) 21 4. Vince McMahon (3) 20 5. Fred Blassie (1) / Gordon Solie (1) / Tommy Rich (1) 12 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Roddy Piper (12) 85 2. Jerry Lawler (2) 40 3. Ric Flair (3) 25 4. Terry Funk (2) 20 5. Nick Bockwinkel (3) 18 Honorable Mention - Jesse Ventura, Dusty Rhodes MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Dusty Rhodes (8) / Ric Flair (6) 47 3. Roddy Piper (4) 43 4. Jimmy Snuka (6) 42 5. Hulk Hogan (6) 37 Honorable Mention - Tommy Rich, Junkyard Dog, Michael Hayes, Jerry Lawler MOST IMPRESSIVE WRESTLER 1. Tiger Mask (13) 72 2. Jimmy Snuka (6) 57 3. Paul Orndorff (1) 19 4. Ted Dibiasie 12 5. Nick Bockwinkel (1) / Adrian Adonis (1) 11 MOST WASHED UP 1. Billy Graham (7) 40 2. Gene Kiniski (1) 35 3. Pedro Morales (2) 24 4. Dominic DeNucci (3) 18 5. Ray Stevens (2) 16 Honorable Mention - Angelo Poffo, Stan Stasiak, Jay Strongbow, Dick the Bruiser BEST SCIENTIFIC WRESTLER 1. Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) (5) 38 2. Steve Wright (6) / Bob Backlund (3) 30 4. Dory Funk (5) 26 5. Ted Dibiasie (2) 18 Honorable Mention - Jim Brunzell, Billy Robinson, Jack Brisco, Mil Mascaras, Les Thornton BEST BRAWLER 1. Bruiser Brody (13) 81 2. Stan Hansen (2) 33 3. Dusty Rhodes (5) 30 4. Buzz Sawyer (3) 23 5. Jerry Lawler (2) 17 Honorable Mention - Dick Murdoch, Terry Funk, Harley Race, Roddy Piper, Abdullah the Butcher MOST AGILE / BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) (24) 129 2. Jimmy Snuka (7) 67 3. Dos Caras 16 4. Mil Mascaras 14 5. Chavo Guerrero (1) 12 Honorable Mention - Rocky Johnson STRONGEST WRESTLER 1. Ken Patera (15) 96 2. Tony Atlas (7) 64 3. Hulk Hogan (8) 55 4. Butch Reed / Andre The Giant (2) 18 Honorable Mention - Paul Ellering, Jos LeDuc MOST OVERRATED 1. Pedro Morales (3) 48 2. Bob Backlund (6) 42 3. Tommy Rich (3) 24 4. Giant Baba (4) 22 5. Dusty Rhodes (3) 20 Honorable Mention - Ivan Putski, Kerry Von Erich MOST UNDERRATED 1. Adrian Adonis (5) 30 2. Dynamite Kid (4) 22 3. Bob Orton (1) 17 4. Larry Zbyszko (3) / Butch Reed (3) / Johnny Rodz (3) / Dos Caras (3) 15 Honorable Mention - Ron Fuller, Dick Slater, Chic Donovan, Manny Fernandez, Buzz Sawyer, Animal Hamaguchi ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Steve Williams 10 2. Mike Rotundo 6 MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid (8/5 - Tokyo) / (Ric Flair vs. Bob Backlund (4/7 - Atlanta) 7 3. Bob Backlund vs. Jimmy Snuka (MSG) 5 4. Bob Backlund vs Adrian Adonis (1-30 MSG) 5. Buddy Rose vs David Schultz (Chain match Portland) 6. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (2-7 Greensboro) 7. Ric Flair vs Stan Hansen (10-3 Atlanta) BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Gordon Solie 11 2. Frank Bonnema (Portland) 5 2. Gene Okerlund 5 4. Lance Russel 5. Vince McMahon 6. Mark Nulty BEST FINISH MANUVER 1. Super Destroyer (Scott Irwin) : Superplex (4) 52 2. Jimmy Snuka Superfly Splash (6) 49 3. Tiger Mask leap out of ring (4) 31 4. Buzz Sawyer Powerslam (3) 31 5. Tito Santana Bridging Leglock (3) 18 Honorable Mention - Bob Backlund's chicken wing HARDEST WORKER 1. Ric Flair 6 1. Tiger Mask 6 3. Dynamite Kid 3 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. Bob Backlund as WWF Champion 9 2. Louisville Battle Royal with 4 women 5 3. Backlund must win against Snuka 3 3. Lawler & Andy Kaufman Angle 3 3. Snuka & Albano Feud 3 BIGGEST SHOCK OF THE YEAR 1. Otto Wanz winning the AWA Title 16 2. Ted Dibiasie Heel Turn 8 3. Jody Arnold pinning Superstar Graham in Phoenix 3 1981WRESTLER OF THE YEAR1. Ric Flair BEST BABYFACE 1. Tommy Rich BEST HEEL 1. Don Muraco FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Andre The Giant vs Killer Khan TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Terry Gordy & Jimmy Snuka MOST IMPROVED 1. Adrian Adonis MOST OBNOXIOUS 1. Gene LeBelle MOST IMPRESSIVE WRESTLER 1. Don Muraco BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. Lou Albano / Roddy Piper MOST WASHED UP 1. Peter Maivia MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Michael Hayes BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Ted Dibiasie BEST BRAWLER 1. Bruiser Brody STRONGEST WRESTLER 1. Tony Atlas MOST AGILE / BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. Jimmy Snuka MOST OVERRATED 1. Pedro Morales MOST UNDERRATED 1. Buzz Sawyer ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Brad Armstrong 1. Brad Rheingans MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter (4/21 - Madison Square Garden) 2. Dusty Rhodes vs. Ric Flair (9/17 - Kansas City) BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. Gordon Solie BEST WRESTLING MOVE 1. Jimmy Snuka: Superfly Splash MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. Gene LeBelle Promotion claiming the “The Monster” was built in a laboratory BIGGEST SHOCK OF THE YEAR 1. Tommy Rich wining the NWA Title from Harley Race 1980WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. Harley Race BEST BABYFACE 1. Dusty Rhodes BEST HEEL 1. Larry Zbyszko FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zbyszko TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts MOST IMPROVED 1. Larry Zbyszko MOST CHARISMATIC 1. Ric Flair BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. Bob Backlund BEST BRAWLER 1. Bruiser Brody MOST IMPRESSIVE WRESTLER 1. Ken Patera MOST WASHED UP WRESTLER 1. Baron Scicluna MOST OVERRATED 1. Mr. Wrestling II MOST UNDERRATED 1. Hussein Arab (Iron Sheik) ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. Barry Windham MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera (5/19 - Madison Square Garden) 2. Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko (9/8 - Shea Stadium) |
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