Vinny Lupton
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Voting for subscribers only but what would you vote for?
Note: I dont follow MMA and this is my thread so I cut out the MMA awards
"CATEGORY A" AWARDS. PICK A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE FINISHER IN EACH CATEGORY. POINTS WILL BE AWARDED ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. THE WINNER OF THE AWARD IS DETERMINED BY TOTAL POINTS.
1. LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD - This is open to pro wrestlers, for a combination of everything, being both important and influential this year in a positive manner from a business perspective, combining both box office impact as well as strong match quality in worked matches. Last year's top three were Shinsuke Nakamura, A.J. Styles and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
3. MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: This is based on working ability in the ring only. Simply, the best workers in the world on a consistent basis over the past year. Drawing power, charisma and push shouldn't be considered. Last year's top three were A.J. Styles, Tomohiro Ishii and Shinsuke Nakamura.
5. BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW - Based on drawing big houses (or for that matter selling tickets to small houses as the case may be), buy rates and/or television ratings. Ring work shouldn't even be considered. Last year's top three were Ronda Rousey, John Cena and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
6. FEUD OF THE YEAR - This should be based on a combination of having a compelling storyline along with having great matches that should strengthen the box office. Last year's top three were Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier, Daniel Bryan vs. The Authority and Rush vs. Negro Casas.
7. TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR - For the best working and most valuable tag team during the previous year. Last year's top three were The Young Bucks, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly and T-Hawk & Eita.
8. MOST IMPROVED - This is based on making the biggest strides in ring work during the previous year. This should not be for someone who was already good, but was given a bigger push. Last year's top three were Rusev, Charlotte and Sasha Banks.
9. BEST ON INTERVIEWS - Who has given the best interviews on a consistent basis over the past year? Reputation from previous years shouldn't be taken into consideration. It should be based on work over the course of the year as opposed to one or two memorable interviews. Last year's top three were Paul Heyman, Conor McGregor and Jay Briscoe.
10. MOST CHARISMATIC - What person had to do the least to get the most out of it? Who do crowds naturally react to emotionally even before the person does anything? Last year's top three were Shinsuke Nakamura, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Conor McGregor.
11. BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER - This is for having the ability to use high level technical wrestling moves within the context of building a great worked pro wrestling match. Last year's top three were Zack Sabre Jr., Kyle O’Reilly and A.J. Styles.
12. BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD - This is for the wrestler who uses brawling tactics to put together the best matches during the previous year. It's not for a guy who does brawling matches that aren't any good. Last year's top three were Tomohiro Ishii, Katsuyori Shibata and Dean Ambrose.
13. BEST FLYING WRESTLER - This is for the wrestler who does the most innovative and solidly executed flying maneuvers within the context of putting together great wrestling matches. This is not for simply the hottest daredevil moves, which are sometimes hit and sometimes miss. Last year's top three were Ricochet, Kota Ibushi and Flamita.
14. MOST OVERRATED - The wrestler who gets the biggest push, despite lacking ring ability or charisma. Last year's top three were Kane, Roman Reigns and Randy Orton.
15. MOST UNDERRATED - The wrestler with the most ability, who, for whatever reason, doesn't get a push commensurate with their ability. This should be based on this past year, and not a business reputation earned in prior years. Last year's top three were Cesaro, Tomoaki Honma and Tyson Kidd.
16. PROMOTION OF THE YEAR - Should be based on which group put together the best live and television product on a consistent basis, and secondarily, the ability to sell that product at a high level. This means box office and marketing combined with product quality. Theoretically, the top pick should be a company at or near the top on both categories. Last year's top three were New Japan Pro Wrestling, Ring of Honor and Dragon Gate.
17. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW - Weekly television shows are the only ones eligible, not monthly shows, specials or individual episodes of a specific program. This is for the best consistent program. Last year's top three were WWE NXT, Ring of Honor and Lucha Underground.
18. PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR - Pick the three best matches, in order, from the time period. Remember, matches from last December are eligible, but nothing after November 30th from this year is eligible. Please list both the date and location of the match, because some matches were held many times during the year. Last year's top three were A.J. Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki from August 1 in Tokyo, Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura from August 10 in Tokorozawa and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata from September 21 in Kobe.
20. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - This is based on ring performance, not how someone is pushed or necessarily even long-term star potential. By the standards of the category, a rookie is someone who hasn't had a regular job with a full-time wrestling company before September 1, 2014. Top contenders for this award are Chad Gable, Jay White, Dana Brooke, Takehiro Yamamura, Kaito Ishida, Cody Hall, Yuma Aoyagi, Kumagoro, Shotaro Ashino, Hugo Knox, Mike Rallis aka Riddikk Moss, Josh Woods, Braun Strowman, Nia Jax, Jon Webb and Shiro Tomoyose. Last year's top three were Dragon Lee, Moose and Yuga Hayashi.
21. BEST NON-WRESTLER PERFORMER - For the best performer on a television show who isn't a traditional wrestler, whether they be a management figure, a woman who doesn't wrestle, or a traditional manager. Last year's top three were Paul Heyman, Stephanie McMahon and Lana.
22. BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER - Last year's top three were William Regal, Shimpei Nogami and Jim Ross.
23. WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER - Last year's top three were John Layfield, Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole.
24. BEST MAJOR SHOW - This should be a major show, as opposed to a TV taping or house show, although TV specials like Saturday Night's Main Event or Ultimate Fight Night are eligible. Last year's top three were New Japan G-1 tournament show on August 1 in Tokyo, New Japan G-1 tournament show on August 3 in Tokyo and WWE WrestleMania on April 6 in New Orleans.
"CATEGORY B" AWARDS. PICK ONE IN EACH CATEGORY. WINNER CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF FIRST PLACE VOTES.
1. WORST MAJOR SHOW OF THE YEAR - Last year's top three were WWE Battleground on July 20 in Tampa, TNA Lockdown on March 9 in Miami and WWE Royal Rumble on January 26 in Pittsburgh.
2. BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER - Last year's top three were the Young Bucks Meltzer Driver, Kazuchika Okada’s Rainmaker and Neville’s Red Arrow.
3. MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC - Last year’s top three were WWE insulting fans who purchased PPVs on television, Dixie Carter Tweeting that a Storm was coming to Tokyo during a typhoon, and TNA building TV for months about Dixie Carter going through a table.
4. WORST TELEVISION SHOW - Last year's top three were WWE Raw, TNA Impact and WWE Smackdown.
5. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR - Last year's top three were John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt on May 4 Extreme Rules in East Rutherford, NJ, Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs. Daniel & Rolles Gracie on January 4 at the Tokyo dome and Naomi vs. Cameron on September 15 in Lafayette, LA.
6. WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR - Last year's top three were Nikki Bella vs. Brie Bella, Minoru Suzuki vs. Toru Yano and John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt.
7. WORST PROMOTION - Last year's top three were TNA (for the eighth straight year), World Wrestling Entertainment and CHIKARA Pro.
8. BEST BOOKER - Last year's top three were Gedo & Jado, Genki Horiguchi and Paul Levesque/Ryan Ward.
9. PROMOTER OF THE YEAR - Last year's top three were Takaaki Kidani, Dana White and Scott Coker
10. BEST GIMMICK - Last year's top three were Rusev & Lana, The Bullet Club and Yosuke Santa Maria.
11. WORST GIMMICK - Last year's top three were Adam Rose, Samuel Shaw and The Bunny.
12. BEST WRESTLING BOOK - Last year's top three were Death of WCW, by Bryan Alvarez and R.D. Reynolds, The Best in the World At What I have No Idea, by Chris Jericho and Bluegrass Brawlers: The Story of Professional Wrestling in Louisville, by John Cosper.
13. BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD - Last year's top three were Ladies and Gentleman: My Name is Paul Heyman, by WWE, Macho Man: The Randy Savage Story, by WWE and Wrestling Road Diaries II, by Colt Cabana.
Note: I dont follow MMA and this is my thread so I cut out the MMA awards
"CATEGORY A" AWARDS. PICK A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE FINISHER IN EACH CATEGORY. POINTS WILL BE AWARDED ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. THE WINNER OF THE AWARD IS DETERMINED BY TOTAL POINTS.
1. LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD - This is open to pro wrestlers, for a combination of everything, being both important and influential this year in a positive manner from a business perspective, combining both box office impact as well as strong match quality in worked matches. Last year's top three were Shinsuke Nakamura, A.J. Styles and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
3. MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: This is based on working ability in the ring only. Simply, the best workers in the world on a consistent basis over the past year. Drawing power, charisma and push shouldn't be considered. Last year's top three were A.J. Styles, Tomohiro Ishii and Shinsuke Nakamura.
5. BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW - Based on drawing big houses (or for that matter selling tickets to small houses as the case may be), buy rates and/or television ratings. Ring work shouldn't even be considered. Last year's top three were Ronda Rousey, John Cena and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
6. FEUD OF THE YEAR - This should be based on a combination of having a compelling storyline along with having great matches that should strengthen the box office. Last year's top three were Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier, Daniel Bryan vs. The Authority and Rush vs. Negro Casas.
7. TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR - For the best working and most valuable tag team during the previous year. Last year's top three were The Young Bucks, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly and T-Hawk & Eita.
8. MOST IMPROVED - This is based on making the biggest strides in ring work during the previous year. This should not be for someone who was already good, but was given a bigger push. Last year's top three were Rusev, Charlotte and Sasha Banks.
9. BEST ON INTERVIEWS - Who has given the best interviews on a consistent basis over the past year? Reputation from previous years shouldn't be taken into consideration. It should be based on work over the course of the year as opposed to one or two memorable interviews. Last year's top three were Paul Heyman, Conor McGregor and Jay Briscoe.
10. MOST CHARISMATIC - What person had to do the least to get the most out of it? Who do crowds naturally react to emotionally even before the person does anything? Last year's top three were Shinsuke Nakamura, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Conor McGregor.
11. BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER - This is for having the ability to use high level technical wrestling moves within the context of building a great worked pro wrestling match. Last year's top three were Zack Sabre Jr., Kyle O’Reilly and A.J. Styles.
12. BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD - This is for the wrestler who uses brawling tactics to put together the best matches during the previous year. It's not for a guy who does brawling matches that aren't any good. Last year's top three were Tomohiro Ishii, Katsuyori Shibata and Dean Ambrose.
13. BEST FLYING WRESTLER - This is for the wrestler who does the most innovative and solidly executed flying maneuvers within the context of putting together great wrestling matches. This is not for simply the hottest daredevil moves, which are sometimes hit and sometimes miss. Last year's top three were Ricochet, Kota Ibushi and Flamita.
14. MOST OVERRATED - The wrestler who gets the biggest push, despite lacking ring ability or charisma. Last year's top three were Kane, Roman Reigns and Randy Orton.
15. MOST UNDERRATED - The wrestler with the most ability, who, for whatever reason, doesn't get a push commensurate with their ability. This should be based on this past year, and not a business reputation earned in prior years. Last year's top three were Cesaro, Tomoaki Honma and Tyson Kidd.
16. PROMOTION OF THE YEAR - Should be based on which group put together the best live and television product on a consistent basis, and secondarily, the ability to sell that product at a high level. This means box office and marketing combined with product quality. Theoretically, the top pick should be a company at or near the top on both categories. Last year's top three were New Japan Pro Wrestling, Ring of Honor and Dragon Gate.
17. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW - Weekly television shows are the only ones eligible, not monthly shows, specials or individual episodes of a specific program. This is for the best consistent program. Last year's top three were WWE NXT, Ring of Honor and Lucha Underground.
18. PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR - Pick the three best matches, in order, from the time period. Remember, matches from last December are eligible, but nothing after November 30th from this year is eligible. Please list both the date and location of the match, because some matches were held many times during the year. Last year's top three were A.J. Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki from August 1 in Tokyo, Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura from August 10 in Tokorozawa and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata from September 21 in Kobe.
20. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - This is based on ring performance, not how someone is pushed or necessarily even long-term star potential. By the standards of the category, a rookie is someone who hasn't had a regular job with a full-time wrestling company before September 1, 2014. Top contenders for this award are Chad Gable, Jay White, Dana Brooke, Takehiro Yamamura, Kaito Ishida, Cody Hall, Yuma Aoyagi, Kumagoro, Shotaro Ashino, Hugo Knox, Mike Rallis aka Riddikk Moss, Josh Woods, Braun Strowman, Nia Jax, Jon Webb and Shiro Tomoyose. Last year's top three were Dragon Lee, Moose and Yuga Hayashi.
21. BEST NON-WRESTLER PERFORMER - For the best performer on a television show who isn't a traditional wrestler, whether they be a management figure, a woman who doesn't wrestle, or a traditional manager. Last year's top three were Paul Heyman, Stephanie McMahon and Lana.
22. BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER - Last year's top three were William Regal, Shimpei Nogami and Jim Ross.
23. WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER - Last year's top three were John Layfield, Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole.
24. BEST MAJOR SHOW - This should be a major show, as opposed to a TV taping or house show, although TV specials like Saturday Night's Main Event or Ultimate Fight Night are eligible. Last year's top three were New Japan G-1 tournament show on August 1 in Tokyo, New Japan G-1 tournament show on August 3 in Tokyo and WWE WrestleMania on April 6 in New Orleans.
"CATEGORY B" AWARDS. PICK ONE IN EACH CATEGORY. WINNER CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF FIRST PLACE VOTES.
1. WORST MAJOR SHOW OF THE YEAR - Last year's top three were WWE Battleground on July 20 in Tampa, TNA Lockdown on March 9 in Miami and WWE Royal Rumble on January 26 in Pittsburgh.
2. BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER - Last year's top three were the Young Bucks Meltzer Driver, Kazuchika Okada’s Rainmaker and Neville’s Red Arrow.
3. MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC - Last year’s top three were WWE insulting fans who purchased PPVs on television, Dixie Carter Tweeting that a Storm was coming to Tokyo during a typhoon, and TNA building TV for months about Dixie Carter going through a table.
4. WORST TELEVISION SHOW - Last year's top three were WWE Raw, TNA Impact and WWE Smackdown.
5. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR - Last year's top three were John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt on May 4 Extreme Rules in East Rutherford, NJ, Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs. Daniel & Rolles Gracie on January 4 at the Tokyo dome and Naomi vs. Cameron on September 15 in Lafayette, LA.
6. WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR - Last year's top three were Nikki Bella vs. Brie Bella, Minoru Suzuki vs. Toru Yano and John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt.
7. WORST PROMOTION - Last year's top three were TNA (for the eighth straight year), World Wrestling Entertainment and CHIKARA Pro.
8. BEST BOOKER - Last year's top three were Gedo & Jado, Genki Horiguchi and Paul Levesque/Ryan Ward.
9. PROMOTER OF THE YEAR - Last year's top three were Takaaki Kidani, Dana White and Scott Coker
10. BEST GIMMICK - Last year's top three were Rusev & Lana, The Bullet Club and Yosuke Santa Maria.
11. WORST GIMMICK - Last year's top three were Adam Rose, Samuel Shaw and The Bunny.
12. BEST WRESTLING BOOK - Last year's top three were Death of WCW, by Bryan Alvarez and R.D. Reynolds, The Best in the World At What I have No Idea, by Chris Jericho and Bluegrass Brawlers: The Story of Professional Wrestling in Louisville, by John Cosper.
13. BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD - Last year's top three were Ladies and Gentleman: My Name is Paul Heyman, by WWE, Macho Man: The Randy Savage Story, by WWE and Wrestling Road Diaries II, by Colt Cabana.