2008 Awards Catch Up
Biggest News Event:
Ric Flair Retirement
Chris Jericho return
Kenta Kobashi return
Jeff Hardy suspension
Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Award (Wrestler of the Year)
Shawn Micheals
Most Outstanding Wrestler
Shawn Micheals
Bryan Danielson
Jeff Hardy
Kurt Angle
Ric Flair
Randy Orton
Austin Aries
Best Box Office Draw
John Cena
Ric Flair
Shawn Michaels
HHH
The Undertaker
Feud of the Year
Shawn Micheals vs. Ric Flair
Tag Team of the Year:
Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi
Shingo Takagi & BxB Hulk
American Dragon & Austin Aries
The Miz & John Morrison
Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi
Shingo Takagi & BxB Hulk
Chris Hero & Sara Del Rey
Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore
Jesse & Festus
Team 3D
MCMGs
Most Improved
Maria
Batista
Randy Orton
Best Event:
Royal Rumble 2008
No Way Out 2008
Wrestlemania XXIV
ROH 6Th Anniversary Show
Brawler of the Year
Masato Tanaka
Togi Makabe
Umaga
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
Larry Sweeney
Best Technical Wrestler:
Bryan Danielson
Ryo Saito
Austin Aries
Go Shiozaki
Kevin Steen
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
Finlay
Ricochet
Cody Rhodes
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 far my top pick for the promotion of 2008:
NOAH
Dragon Gate
WWE
ROH
Worst Promotion:
CZW
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 ****
Austin Aries vs. Go Shiozaki****1/4 ROH 6th Anniversary Show
Rookie of the Year:
Koffi Kingston
Best Non-Wrestler:
Vickie Geurrero
Larry Sweeney
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
Dylan Summers vs. Danny Havok
Worst promotion of the Year
TNA
CZW
Best Booker
Gabe Sapolsky
Promoter of the Year:
Vince McMahon
Best Gimmick:
Jesse & Festus
Age of the Fall
Dylan Summers (Necro Butcher/CZW)
Worst Gimmick:
Raeesha Saeed
Nicky Benz
Most Embrassing Moment Award:
CZW’s Nicky Benz
Best Pro Wrestling Book:
Best Pro Wrestling DVD:
