Nobody has created a thread for this yet, so I figured I would start the discussion. This is always a fun topic IMO. Here were last years categories:
Does Wai usually ask you to make it? I thought it was just something created by whomever every year. Not trying to step on your toes. Feel free to delete the thread if you have one planned.
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Here are my picks:
BEST WRESTLER (Female)
Toni Storm
BEST TAG TEAM
FTR
BEST WRESTLER (Male)
MJF (honorable mention: Gunther)
BEST FEUD
Sami/Bloodline
WORST FEUD
Jimmy Uso turning on the Bloodline only to re-join the Bloodline (if that counts)
BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA
The Iron Claw
MOST IMPROVED
Shinsuke Nakamura Not as far as abilities go, but based on push and character change.
BIGGEST SETBACK
AEW with the EVP/Punk/Jungle Boy Drama
BEST ON THE MIC
MJF
WORST ON THE MIC
Zoey Stark
BEST CHARACTER
LA Knight (guy got himself mega over with nothing)
WORST CHARACTER
Austin Theory
BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW
WWE Smackdown
BEST PPV
Wrestlemania Night 1 (honorable mention: AEW All In)
WORST PPV
N/A
BEST PROMOTION
For the first time in years, I’m going with WWE.
WORST PROMOTION
ROH
MATCH OF THE YEAR
Sami & Kevin vs the Uso’s - WM Night 1
WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR
Rhea vs Maxxine Dupri (would never have thought of it if not for @PJ-River, that match looked like a beginners wrestling school match)
BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR
WWE Sale
Yes, Iron Claw was the best media for me too!
I copy pasted my answers from another forum. So the format is different even though the categories are generally the same.
BEST MALE WRESTLER - Gunther
BEST FEMALE WRESTLER - Rhea Ripley
BEST TAG TEAM/STABLE - Judgment Day
BEST STORYLINE/FEUD - Bloodline Saga
BEST MATCH - The Usos vs Owens & Zayn
BEST PROMO SEGMENT - Cody Rhodes & Paul Heyman on Raw February 6th
BEST MOMENT - Sami Zayn face turn at the end of Royal Rumble
BEST CHARACTER - Roman Reigns, The Tribal Chief
BEST PPV EVENT - WrestleMania 39 Night 1
BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW - WWE NXT
MOST IMPROVED WRESTLER - Dominic Mysterio
WORST PPV EVENT - WWE Payback
WORST WEEKLY TV SHOW - AEW Rampage
BIGGEST WRESTLING STORY - WWE/UFC merger followed by AEW selling 80k+ at Wembley Stadium.
BEST WRESTLING MEDIA - Pollock & Thurston
Here are my picks:
BEST WRESTLER (Female) - Toni Storm
BEST TAG TEAM - Didn’t really love any this year
BEST WRESTLER (Male) - MJF
BEST FEUD - MJF Adam Cole
WORST FEUD - the various mists in the female divisions
BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA - Bedroom Beethovens- best podcast ever sadly came to an end this year
MOST IMPROVED - Big Bill
BIGGEST SETBACK - Britt Baker
BEST ON THE MIC - Toni Storm
WORST ON THE MIC - FTR (they’re not the worst but I can’t stand Dax since his podcast)
BEST CHARACTER - swerve (by miles)
WORST CHARACTER - Saraya
BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW - Dynamite
BEST PPV - Forbidden Door
WORST PPV - Wrestlemania Night 2. Such a disappointment after night 1
BEST PROMOTION - AEW
WORST PROMOTION - ?
MATCH OF THE YEAR - swerve vs Hangman
WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR - Roman vs Cody
BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR - Acclaimed 69 days as champions…or All in breaking gate record at Wembley
In progress:
It’s funny the number of people who list WWE as their best promotion and then award best wrestler (male and female), best tag team, best character and best on mic and best storyline and PPV to others.
It’s almost like it’s the best just because it’s popular but you don’t like the parts of it that much lol
No different than 2022 (or was it 2021 - fuzzy memory) when you could easily pick Roman and Sasha/Becky/Charlotte as the best wrestlers, but AEW as the best promotion.
Or pick a year from 1995-2000. My best male wrestler would almost definitely be in WCW, but best promotion from 1997-2000 would’ve been WWF. (Or ECW because I was a teenage smark).
oh yes good point
I think it’s as simple as AEW’s highs are really high and their lows are very low. WWE had a more consistent year. I don’t think AEW had a great year at all.
It’s totally this. WWE more often than not had a good show. AEW might have had the better high marks if you look at single elements in a vacuum but WWE gave me more or less a 7.5-8/10 on most things. AEW couldn’t match that. It probably had more 10/10 elements but also a lot more on the other side.
This is so oddly true this year.
Especially when it’s been the exact opposite every year for the past 10 years.
I can’t think of a single thing AEW has done worse than WWE. RAW is unwatchable garbage still. Roman is barely there.
Jimmy Uso storyline makes no sense.
I don’t know - anyone who cheered the Miz and wanted him to face Gunther is what’s wrong with wrestling fans now I find. AEW was much better I thought this year with killer PPVs all year.