POST “BEST OF 2020” Categories

General
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  • BIGGEST STORY OF 2020 COVID-19
  • MATCH OF THE YEAR Stadium Stampede
  • BEST WRESTLER (Male) Jon Moxley
  • BEST WRESTLER (Female) La Hiedra
  • BEST TAG TEAM Hangman & Omega
  • BEST PROMOTION AEW
  • CINEMATIC MATCH OF THE YEAR Stadium Stampede
  • BEST FEUD Jon Moxley vs Eddie Kingston
  • BEST EVENT Revolution
  • BEST ON THE MIC Eddie Kingston
  • BEST GIMMICK Hangman Page
  • BEST BROADCASTER The team of Excalibur and Taz
  • MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER Evil Uno
  • BEST SERIES (In-Ring) AEW Dynamite
  • BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (ie: Book, Documentary, Podcast, Web Series, etc.) Bret Hart telling us “don’t feel sorry for him”
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Biggest story= speaking out movement
Match of the year= young bucks vs FTR at full gear
Best male wrestler= John moxley
Best female wrestler= Sasha banks
Best tag team= The north( Ethan Paige and josh Alexander)
Best promotion= AEW
Cinematic match= Stadium stampede
Best feud= Roman reigns vs jay uso
Best event= AEW full gear
Best on the mic Eddie Kingston( honorable Mention to Eric young)
Best gimmick= Roman reigns head of table
Best broadcaster= Excalibur
Most improved= Rohit raju
Best series in ring= AEW
Best non wrestling media= dark side of the ring( honorable mention to talk is Jericho

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Well now that I see the actual catagories I’ll give my answers more specifically, sorry to double up Wai! But here I go.

  1. BIGGEST STORY OF 2020: #Speaking Out
  2. MATCH OF THE YEAR: Okada vs Ibushi (WK night 1)
  3. BEST WRESTLER (Male): Kenny Omega
  4. BEST WRESTLER (Female): Rhea Ripley
  5. BEST TAG TEAM: the Young Bucks
  6. BEST PROMOTION: Impact Wrestling
  7. CINEMATIC MATCH OF THE YEAR: Stadium Stampede
  8. BEST FEUD: Reigns vs Jey Uso
  9. BEST EVENT: Wrestle Kingdom night 1
  10. BEST ON THE MIC: Eddie Kingston
  11. BEST GIMMICK: Eric Young
  12. BEST BROADCASTER: Tony Shavonie
  13. MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER: Kaito Kiyomiya
  14. BEST SERIES (In-Ring): Dragon Gate (I know it isn’t typical weekly tv like in North America, but still)
  15. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (ie: Book, Documentary, Podcast, Web Series, etc.) Post Wrestling of course! With AEW Unrestricted as a close second
  • Robbie S.E.
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  1. BIGGEST STORY OF 2020
    Speaking out

  2. MATCH OF THE YEAR
    Young Bucks Vs Omega & Page - AEW Revolution

  3. BEST WRESTLER (Male)
    Jon Moxley

  4. BEST WRESTLER (Female)
    Asuka

  5. BEST TAG TEAM
    Young Bucks

  6. BEST PROMOTION
    AEW

  7. CINEMATIC MATCH OF THE YEAR
    Stadium Stampede - AEW Double or Nothing

  8. BEST FEUD
    Jon Moxley Vs Eddie Kingston

  9. BEST EVENT
    AEW Revolution

  10. BEST ON THE MIC
    Chris Jericho

  11. BEST GIMMICK
    The Inner Circle

  12. BEST BROADCASTER
    Tony Schiavone

  13. MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER
    Hikaru Shida

  14. BEST SERIES (In-Ring)
    AEW Dynamite

  15. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (ie: Book, Documentary, Podcast, Web Series, etc.)
    The Last Dance

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  1. BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR - Speaking Out

  2. MATCH OF THE YEAR - Best Friends ft OC and Sue vs Proud & Powerful, Parking Lot Brawl

  3. BEST WRESTLER (Male) - Jon Moxley

  4. BEST WRESTLER (Female) - Asuka

  5. BEST TAG TEAM - Undisputed Era

  6. BEST PROMOTION - AEW - hammered NXT in the ratings overall, and bested Monday Night Raw in key demos by end of year. What a huge success.

  7. CINEMATIC MATCH OF THE YEAR - These matches are terrible viewing and being entertained by such lousy, poor-quality “cinema” only furthers the perception of wrestling fans being a bit “HE TOOK HIS DURRRRB”

  8. BEST FEUD - Moxley vs Kingston

  9. BEST EVENT - Wrestle Kingdom

  10. BEST ON THE MIC - Roman Reigns, followed closely by MVP and MJF.

  11. BEST GIMMICK - John Silver, followed closely by Orange/Darby

  12. BEST BROADCASTER - TV - Tony Schiavonne; Non-TV - Kefin Mahon (over and over and over, again and again and again and again)

  13. MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER - Pat Patterson - what an incredible improvement made by the end of the year. And good riddance, the fucking nonce.

Love to Roddy Piper.

In all seriousness, MJF has improved his ring work to get toward the standard of his mic work. Likewise, Reigns has brought his mic work up to his ring standards. Shout out too to Britt Baker and The Hurt Business.

  1. BEST SERIES (In-Ring) - AEW Dark - it’s what we’ve wanted for so long. Pure wrestling, and a great format that allows to dip in and out through the week.

  2. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (ie: Book, Documentary, Podcast, Web Series, etc - The Wrestler Review with John Hastings & Dylan Gott. These guys talked themselves into devoting an entire year of podcasting to covering the life of Vince McMahon, and regretted it almost from the get go, but carried on through regardless. And it’s an incredible anthology on the life and times of McMahon, profiling his family and then a weekly episode for each year of his career from taking over the Fed from Vinny J Mac up until the present day. Hilarious listening. And trying not tag Hastings on Twitter with ridiculous quotes of his while he was on America’s Got Talent this summer was almost impossible. AND THEY HAVE MASSIVE LOADS.

Honourable mentions:

Pods

  • Everything by the PodCrabs crew (Kevin Mahon, Adam Bibilo, Jo Graham, Billy Keable et al - thee guys smash it every year - Attitude Era Podcast, How2Wrestling etc)
  • Anything with Alex Patel; a great example of how you guys go above and beyond to put a fantastic product out to both us Patrons and your non-paying listeners.
  • Also Wai’s interview with Chocolate Croissants was brilliant to listen to.

Books

  • Wrestling Observer Yearbook ‘97
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Hey Guys!

Farmer Brent posting!

  1. BIGGEST STORY OF 2020
    Covid in Wrestling

  2. MATCH OF THE YEAR
    WALTER v Dragunov

  3. BEST WRESTLER (Male)
    Drew Macintyre

  4. BEST WRESTLER (Female)
    Sasha Banks

  5. BEST TAG TEAM
    Hangman and Omega

  6. BEST PROMOTION
    NXT

  7. CINEMATIC MATCH OF THE YEAR
    Boneyard Match

  8. BEST FEUD
    Roman Reigns v Jey USO

  9. BEST EVENT
    2020 Royal Rumble

  10. BEST ON THE MIC
    MJF

  11. BEST GIMMICK
    Roman Regina head of the table

  12. BEST BROADCASTER
    Tom Philips

  13. MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER
    Jey Uso

  14. BEST SERIES (In-Ring)- NXT

  15. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (ie: Book, Documentary, Podcast, Web Series, etc.)
    83 Weeks