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MARCH 18, 2019 WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER: 2018 OBSERVER NEWSLETTER AWARDS
"CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS
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
A.J. Styles (3) 264
7. Johnny Gargano (5) 169
8. Will Ospreay 162
9. Kota Ibushi (6) 156
10. Ronda Rousey (7) 151
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kota Ibushi 21
10. Marty Scurll 19
Mustafa Ali 19
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Seth Rollins 24
10. Taichi 22
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
Tetsuya Naito 20
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1. RONDA ROUSEY 716
2. Utami Hayashishyta 299
3. Brian Pillman Jr. 61
4. Kacy Catanzaro 37
Marko Stunt 37
6. Yuya Uemura 27
7. Dragon Bane 10
8. Ultimo Maldito 9
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
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
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
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
Kento Miyahara Shutdown German suplex 26
Seth Rollins Curb Stomp 26
10. Ember Moon Eclipse 25
Omega & Ibushi Golden Trigger 25
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
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
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
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
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
Jay White 25
10. Pentagon Jr. 20
LIJ 20
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
Joey Ryan 24
9. Great O-Kharn 20
10. The Elite 18
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*
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
"CATEGORY A" AWARDS - WINNERS
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
A.J. Styles (3) 264
7. Johnny Gargano (5) 169
8. Will Ospreay 162
9. Kota Ibushi (6) 156
10. Ronda Rousey (7) 151
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kota Ibushi 21
10. Marty Scurll 19
Mustafa Ali 19
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Seth Rollins 24
10. Taichi 22
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
Tetsuya Naito 20
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1. RONDA ROUSEY 716
2. Utami Hayashishyta 299
3. Brian Pillman Jr. 61
4. Kacy Catanzaro 37
Marko Stunt 37
6. Yuya Uemura 27
7. Dragon Bane 10
8. Ultimo Maldito 9
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
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
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
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
Kento Miyahara Shutdown German suplex 26
Seth Rollins Curb Stomp 26
10. Ember Moon Eclipse 25
Omega & Ibushi Golden Trigger 25
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
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
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
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
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
Jay White 25
10. Pentagon Jr. 20
LIJ 20
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
Joey Ryan 24
9. Great O-Kharn 20
10. The Elite 18
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*
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
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