2008 Best of Awards: 1st Quarter Grades
April 13, 2008
It’s my birfday!
Biggest News Event:
Ric Flair Retirement
Chris Jericho return
Kenta Kobashi return
Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Award (Wrestler of the Year)
Shawn Micheals
John Cena
Most Outstanding Wrestler
Shawn Micheals
Best Box Office Draw
John Cena
Ric Flair
Feud of the Year
Shawn Micheals vs. Ric Flair
Tag Team of the Year:
Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi
Shingo Takagi & BxB Hulk
Most Improved
Maria
Best Event:
Royal Rumble 2008
No Way Out 2008
Wrestlemania XXIV
Wrestler of the Year
Jeff Hardy
Kurt Angle
Ric Flair
Randy Orton
John Cena
Brawler of the Year
Masato Tanaka
Togi Makabe
Umaga
Tag Team of the Year
MCMGs
The Miz & John Morrison
Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi
Shingo Takagi & BxB Hulk
Best on Interviews:
Ric Flair
Most Charimsatic:
Ric Flair
Edge
Naoya Ogawa
Toshie Uematsu
Santino Marella
MVP
Ric Flair
John Cena
HHH
Shawn Micheals
Santino Marella
Chris Jericho
Best Technical Wrestler:
Bryan Danielson
Ryo Saito
Bruiser Brody Memorial Award (Best Brawler)
Best Flying Wrestler:
Masaaki Mochizuki
BxB Hulk
Masato Yoshino
Susumu Yokosuko
Most Overated:
The Great Khali
Holly & Rhodes
Dragon Kid
Hornswaggle
Most Underated:
Super Crazy
Val Venis
Jimmy Wang Yang
Best Promotion:
So far I have watched a little bit of a lot of different things. Most of it is puro but of course you can throw in the WWE and TNA. So frar my top pick for the promotion of 2008:
NOAH
Dragon Gate
WWE
Best Weekly Tv Show:
WWE RAW
MOTY contenders:
Kurt Angle (c) vs. Yuji Nagata **** 1/4/08
Kurt Angle vs. Christian Cage ***
Kurt Angle vs. Christian Cage ***3/4 (Against All Odds PPV 2/10/08)
Triple HHH vs. Jeff Hardy *** - Armageddon 12/16/07
Shinsuke Nakamura Vs. Togi Makabe, IWGP #1 Contendership - NJPW 12/9/07 ***3/4
Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama - NOAH 12/2/07 ***
Kota Ibushi (c) vs. KAGETORA (El Dorado***3/4) 12/29/07
Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki vs. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori ***3/4 - NOAH 1/20/08
ROH World Title: Nigel McGuinnes (c) vs. Go Shiosaki ***3/4 -NOAH 1/20/08
Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki vs. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori ***3/4 -NOAH 1/6/08
JWP Tag Team Title: Tsubasa Kuragaki & Kayoko Haruyama (c) vs. Nanae Takahashi & Natsuki*Taiyo 12/9/08 ****
JWP Openweight Title: Azumi Hyuga (c) vs. Kaori Yoneyama 12/9/08 ***1/2
The Royal Rumble 1/27/08 ***1/2
IWGP Heavyweight Title:
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura *** 1.4.08
Masato Tanaka (c) vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (Z1 World Heavyweight Title)***3/4 — 1/1/08
NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Title: Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin (c) vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Dick Togo ***3/4 — 1/1/08
Ric Flair vs. Shawn Micheals - Wrestlemania XXIV ****1/4
Masato Yoshino & Yasushi Kanda vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & K-Ness vs. Shingo Takagi & BxB Hulk vs. Susumu YokosuKA & pac 1/12/07 ***1/2
Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi vs. Aoki & Yoshinobu Kanemura ***3/4 -{12/28/07}
Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino (c) vs. BxB Hulk & Shingo Takagi ***3/4 -{1/15/08}
Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe **** TNA Lockdown PPV
Nigel McGuiness vs. Austin Aries ***3/4
Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black ****1/4
Rookie of the Year:
Koffi Kingston
Best Non-Wrestler:
Vickie Geurrero
Best Television Announcer:
Mauro Ranallo
Jim Ross
Worst Television Announcer:
Coach
Don West
Mike Adamle
Tazz
The guys from Heat
Best Major Wrestling Show:
Wrestlemania XXIV
Category “B” Awards
Worst Major Wrestling Show
Worst Event:
Inoki Genome 2
CZW Cage of Death 9
IWA-DS 12/1/2007 Carnage Cup
Best Wrestling Manuever:
Kanada Driving Elbow
Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic:
ROH rape angle
Worst Television Show:
TNA iMpact
WWE Heat
Worst Match of the Year
Bunnymania- Wrestlemania XXIV
Worst Feud of the Year
Booker T vs. Robert Roode
Finlay & Hornswoggle vs. JBL/Vince McMahon
Worst promotion of the Year
TNA
Best Booker
Gabe Sapolsky
Promoter of the Year:
Vince McMahon
Best Gimmick:
Jesse & Festus
Worst Gimmick:
Raeesha Saeed
*** Most Embrassing Moment Award:
Best Pro Wrestling Book:
Best Pro Wrestling DVD:
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