BEST and WORST of 2024 Categories

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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year coming up, POSTmarks! Here are the categories that will be used for the year-end awards that will be on Monday, December 30th!

Let’s make our picks here!

1. BEST WRESTLER (Female)
2. BEST TAG TEAM
3. BEST WRESTLER (Male)
4. BEST FEUD
5. WORST FEUD
6. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (content that is NOT in the ring such as documentaries, podcasts, digital series, books, etc. And also, let’s avoid picking POST in this one.)
7. BEST ENTRANCE
8. MOST IMPROVED
9. BIGGEST SETBACK
10. BEST ON THE MIC
11. WORST ON THE MIC
12. BEST CHARACTER
13. WORST CHARACTER
14. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW
15. BEST PPV
16. WORST PPV
17. BEST PROMOTION
18. WORST PROMOTION
19. MATCH OF THE YEAR
20. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR
21. BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR
22. BEST MOMENT OF THE YEAR

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1. BEST WRESTLER (Female) Jordynne Grace
2. BEST TAG TEAM Grizzled Young Vets
3. BEST WRESTLER (Male) Will Ospreay
4. BEST FEUD Swerve vs Hangman
5. WORST FEUD
6. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (content that is NOT in the ring such as documentaries, podcasts, digital series, books, etc) Mr McMahon Netflix series
7. BEST ENTRANCE Jey Uso
8. MOST IMPROVED Leon Slater
9. BIGGEST SETBACK Sanada
10. BEST ON THE MIC Will Ospreay
11. WORST ON THE MIC Jody Threat
12. BEST CHARACTER Roman Reigns
13. WORST CHARACTER
14. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW TNA Impact
15. BEST PPV TNA Sacrifice
16. WORST PPV Wrestle Mania night 1
17. BEST PROMOTION TNA
18. WORST PROMOTION WWE, I enjoy it the least
19. MATCH OF THE YEAR Stings retirement, runner ups go too Ospreay vs Micheal Oku (RevPro), Kaito Kiyomia vs Kenoh (Noah) and Ospreay vs Josh Alexander (TNA)
20. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR Women’s War Games (that first half was absolutely dreadful lol)
21. BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR of course, the Vince/Johnny Ace/WWE vs Janel Grant lawsuit
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1. BEST WRESTLER (Female)
Toni Storm

2. BEST TAG TEAM
The Young Bucks

3. BEST WRESTLER (Male)
Cody

4. BEST FEUD
Punk vs Drew

5. WORST FEUD
MJF/Cole
Loved what they did in 2023, went downhill so badly despite having two of the worlds best.

6. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (content that is NOT in the ring such as documentaries, podcasts, digital series, books, etc. And also, let’s avoid picking POST in this one.)
Mr. McMahon
(I didnt love it, but I only watched this and the Rise and Fall of WCW)

7. BEST ENTRANCE
Jey Uso

8. MOST IMPROVED
Liv Morgan

9. BIGGEST SETBACK
AEW

10. BEST ON THE MIC
Tie: CM Punk & Drew

11. WORST ON THE MIC
Mox

12. BEST CHARACTER
Christian

13. WORST CHARACTER
Giovanni Vinci - Talk about a total dud. Felt like something Vince would book.

14. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW
Dynamite

15. BEST PPV
WM 40 Night 2

16. WORST PPV
Crown Jewel

17. BEST PROMOTION
WWE

18. WORST PROMOTION
Probably something I dont watch as I only watch AEW and WWE.

19. MATCH OF THE YEAR
Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns

To explain, obviously the in ring wasn’t the best match of the year, but no other match had me as emotionally invested as this match and it wasn’t even close.

Honorable mention: Danielson vs Ospreay. In ring, nothing touches this IMO.

Second honorable mention: Sting/Darby vs The Young Bucks - Perfectly booked, and outside of Roman/Cody, no match had me more emotionally then this one.

20. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR
Probably some random TV match. I cant remember. Ill wait and see if anyone jogs my memory.

21. BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR
Vince McMahon fired by WWE/Human trafficking sandal

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1. BEST WRESTLER (Female)
Toni Storm

2. BEST TAG TEAM
In possibly the worst year ever for tag team wrestling (WWE/AEW), I think Frazier and Axiom had a pretty good batting average for good-to-great PPV matches.

3. BEST WRESTLER (Male)
Bryan Danielson

4. BEST FEUD
CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre

Honorable Mention to Swerve/Hanger… gets unfairly penalized because a lot of it was in 2023.

5. WORST FEUD
MJF/Devil (for never actually happening)
Rhea/Liv
Young Bucks takeover AEW

6. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA
Cornette podcasts (I don’t have a lot to choose from)

7. BEST ENTRANCE
Jey Uso

8. MOST IMPROVED
Still thinking on this one. I don’t like to pick somebody who was simply booked better than before, of which there are always multiple candidates.

9. BIGGEST SETBACK
MJF or LA Knight

10. BEST ON THE MIC
Drew McIntyre

11. WORST ON THE MIC
Jon Moxley

12. BEST CHARACTER
Toni Storm

13. WORST CHARACTER
Jon Moxley

14. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW
Dynamite
Honorable Mention to TWO HOUR Raw

15. BEST PPV
AEW Dynasty

16. WORST PPV
Summerslam (looking back, there’s also a bunch that I barely remember, which might be worse?)

17. BEST PROMOTION
I thought WWE had a better year than AEW. That’s all I’m “qualified” to comment on.

18. WORST PROMOTION
See above.

19. MATCH OF THE YEAR
Danielson vs. Swerve at All In

20. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR
Women’s Wargames at Survivor Series
EDIT: Uso vs. Uso at Mania was the shits too

21. BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR
Vince.

In a better world without that, it would be all of the new TV contracts, specifically Raw leaving USA for Netflix.

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1. BEST WRESTLER (Female) Toni Storm
2. BEST TAG TEAM skip
3. BEST WRESTLER (Male) Cody Rhodes
4. BEST FEUD Drew-Punk
5. WORST FEUD MJF-Cole
6. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (content that is NOT in the ring such as documentaries, podcasts, digital series, books, etc. And also, let’s avoid picking POST in this one.) Vince Netflix doc
7. BEST ENTRANCE Jey Uso (esp Backlash)
8. MOST IMPROVED Bron Brekker
9. BIGGEST SETBACK Bronson Reed injury
10. BEST ON THE MIC Drew
11. WORST ON THE MIC Ricochet
12. BEST CHARACTER Final Boss
13. WORST CHARACTER Jimmy Uso
14. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW Raw
15. BEST PPV WrestleMania
16. WORST PPV AEW World’s End 2023 since I couldn’t vote for it last year since we all did our lists early
17. BEST PROMOTION WWE
18. WORST PROMOTION AEW
19. MATCH OF THE YEAR Drew vs Punk
20. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR Jay vs Jimmy
21. BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR Raw to Netflix

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1. BEST WRESTLER (Female)
Willow Nightingale

2. BEST TAG TEAM
Fraxiom

3. BEST WRESTLER (Male)
Will Ospreay

4. BEST FEUD
Hangman Page vs Swerve Strickland

5. WORST FEUD
MJF vs Adam Cole

6. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (content that is NOT in the ring such as documentaries, podcasts, digital series, books, etc. And also, let’s avoid picking POST in this one.)
Mr. McMahon docuseries

7. BEST ENTRANCE
Jey Uso

8. MOST IMPROVED
Kyle Fletcher

9. BIGGEST SETBACK
Showing the All In footage

10. BEST ON THE MIC
Will Ospreay

11. WORST ON THE MIC
Natalya

12. BEST CHARACTER
Timeless Toni Storm

13. WORST CHARACTER
Johnathan Gresham, the ink squid demon whatever
Dishonourable mention to Wendy Choo as well. Spooky bullshit done horrible

14. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW
AEW Dynamite

15. BEST PPV
AEW All In

16. WORST PPV
WWE Crown Jewel

17. BEST PROMOTION
I still like AEW in general, but this one’s tough because they had major setbacks this year

18. WORST PROMOTION
I’ve heard AAA has been doing poorly, but this is also hard to do

19. MATCH OF THE YEAR
Bryan Danielson vs Swerve Strickland

20. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR
Jimmy Uso vs Jey Uso

21. BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR
Vince McMahon resignation

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This is a good one because I think there’s an argument that it setback both major promotions in some way, not to mention the IWC.

Also, some honorable mention belongs in some category (possibly a best and a worst) for the Wyatt Sicks.

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1. BEST WRESTLER (Female) - Jordynne Grace

2. BEST TAG TEAM - Sting/Darby (I guess. Horrible year for tag team wrestling)

3. BEST WRESTLER (Male) - Will Ospreay

4. BEST FEUD - Drew McIntyre vs CM Punk

5. WORST FEUD - The Elite takeover

6. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (content that is NOT in the ring such as documentaries, podcasts, digital series, books, etc. And also, let’s avoid picking POST in this one.) - Becky Lynch book

7. BEST ENTRANCE - Ospreay

8. MOST IMPROVED - Kyle Fletcher

9. BIGGEST SETBACK - Jade Cargill

10. BEST ON THE MIC - Drew McIntyre

11. WORST ON THE MIC - Finn Balor (some of the worst backstage vignettes ever)

12. BEST CHARACTER - Toni Storm

13. WORST CHARACTER - Adam Cole

14. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW - AEW Dynamite

15. BEST PPV - AEW Revolution

16. WORST PPV - Elimination Chamber

17. BEST PROMOTION - WWE

18. WORST PROMOTION - NWA

19. MATCH OF THE YEAR - Ospreay vs Takeshita (AEW Dynasty)

20. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR - Uso vs Uso at Wrestlemania

21. BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR - WWE/Netflix

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I gotta say tag team wrestling really took a back seat in 2024 compared to 2023, didn’t it. What happened?

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Trips/WWE don’t like tag teams and AEW ran through all of their good matchups before 2024.

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Ya, I chose the bucks based on in-ring but I wasn’t happy with my choice. Would have gone with sting/darby if sting hadn’t retired so early in the year.

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I feel it’s been better the last month or so, problem is WWE love putting them in stables that tend to hold them hostage.

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WWE has general issues with tag teams. They had the two singles guys in Judgement Day, both times. Awesome Truth existed as well. Than you had the same with A-Town Down Under. They were just given to Tanga Loa after Jacob Fatu won them.

The Young Bucks had the worst year of their careers since they were Generation Me. The matches were good, but them being the tag champs during that awful new Elite angle. They kept the belts hijacked and Private Party took a backseat due to the Continental Classic.

ABC in TNA were fine but TNA and would probably be my honourable mention. TNA also doesn’t have the biggest tag division either. Hell, NXT has a bunch of bumbling goofs in their tag division but Fraxiom stood out so well in their matches.

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Longtime patron, longtime lurker, compelled to post because I disagree pretty substantively with a lot of the replies (sorry).

1. BEST WRESTLER (Female): Rhea Ripley. Such a star.
2. BEST TAG TEAM: None deserving
3. BEST WRESTLER (Male): Gunther
4. BEST FEUD: Punk/Drew
5. WORST FEUD: MJF/Cole
6. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (content that is NOT in the ring such as documentaries, podcasts, digital series, books, etc. And also, let’s avoid picking POST in this one.): A&E - Stone Cold Steve Austin’s Last Match
7. BEST ENTRANCE: Wyatt Sicks (debut)
8. MOST IMPROVED: I always view this as a full package award - wrestling ability + creative + fan reaction. Bronson Reed. H/M Karrion Kross for finally finding his character.
9. BIGGEST SETBACK: Vinci
10. BEST ON THE MIC: Finn Balor - so smarmy.
11. WORST ON THE MIC:
12. BEST CHARACTER: Final Boss
13. WORST CHARACTER
14. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW: Raw
15. BEST PPV: WrestleMania
16. WORST PPV:
17. BEST PROMOTION: WWE
18. WORST PROMOTION:
19. MATCH OF THE YEAR: Reigns Cody Night 2.
20. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR
21. BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR: Vince

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Longtime patron, frequent poster, compelled to satarize the above post because I disagree pretty substantively with the way he introduced himself (sorry).

1. BEST WRESTLER (Female) : I’m gonna go with Iyo Sky although for just persona, it could’ve gone to Liv Morgan
2. BEST TAG TEAM : Plenty deserving - The Young Bucks
3. BEST WRESTLER (Male) : Drew McIntyre
4. BEST FEUD : Punk/Drew
5. WORST FEUD : Cody vs Solo - (MJF v Cole was arguably worse but couldn’t really be helped)
6. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA: Chris Van Vliet
7. BEST ENTRANCE : Return of the full OG Bloodline
8. MOST IMPROVED : Liv Morgan
9. BIGGEST SETBACK : AEW as a company
10. BEST ON THE MIC : MJF
11. WORST ON THE MIC : Nia Jax
12. BEST CHARACTER : Drew McIntyre
13. WORST CHARACTER: Bo Dallas cosplaying as his brother
14. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW : Raw
15. BEST PPV : WrestleMania
16. WORST PPV :Bash in Berlin
17. BEST PROMOTION : WWE
18. WORST PROMOTION : AEW
19. MATCH OF THE YEAR : Drew vs Punk HIAC
20. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR Jimmy vs Jey: WM XL
21. BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR : The Paul Levesque Era

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Actually I’m changing my answer to this. Nothing beats this. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back. The video only proved Punk to be a truth teller. Punk described the incident exactly as it happened. And fallout from that being that if Punk told the truth about this, he probably spoke the truth about everything else. The clip raised Punk and sunk AEW at the same time. Not to mention how Tony Khan lied with his HR fed line of how he felt like his life was in danger.

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I disagree with some things here. He came across more aggressive in the video than he was saying. On top of that, Punk lunges at Tony Khan and a bunch of monitors are knocked over. To me, I viewed it as less of people lying, but rather both sides having different perspectives. I think that’s one reason why Tony did it. He had his perspective, and he thought more people would see it his way. I also don’t think Punk lied either.

I also do have to say that I was for this in the beginning and I thought it was kinda cute how The Young Bucks were blaming their loss on this, which came across as smarmy. It also did get Jack Perry more over. That being said, I was wrong due to the fact the ratings slowly started dwindling and that seemed to be the main trigger point. AEW wasn’t doing too bad at the start of the year. They even beat Raw and Smackdown in Canada in January. But, that left a bad taste in people’s mouths.

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There are two sides to every story plus the real truth.

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I dunno to my eyes it didn’t seem exactly like Punk described it. In Punk’s story he talks about it like he confronted him with this “aw shucks why are you acting like this Jack Perry?” attitude, and that Perry was the aggressor challenging Punk to get physical. It just didn’t look that way to me. I still think AEW airing the footage was the dumbest thing they’ve ever done and made a bad situation worse, but I still don’t really buy Punk’s side of the story either.

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The issue is the footage had no audio, so all Tony accomplished by airing the footage was essentially giving fans a fill in the blank for narrative. The CM Punk apologists will think what happened was what they already thought happened, and the AEW apologists will do the same. The problem was the people in the middle were just annoyed that they have to listen to both sides continually whine about it.

The other problem, is the AEW fans who will always take the companies side were not going anywhere, but by airing the footage, you definitely lost many of the Punk fans and pissed off the neutral fans. Just a bad move.

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