POST Wrestling’s Best of 2021 Show

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Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2022/01/07/post-wrestlings-best-of-2021-show/

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POST Wrestling’s John Pollock & Wai Ting and upNXT’s Braden Herrington & Davie Portman discuss the many highlights of the past year in our Best of 2021 Show.

Watch video of this podcast on POST’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/WwGm8px3Wfw

This year’s categories:

  1. BIGGEST STORY OF 2021
  2. MATCH OF THE YEAR
  3. BEST WRESTLER (Male)
  4. BEST WRESTLER (Female)
  5. BEST TAG TEAM
  6. BEST PROMOTION
  7. BEST FEUD
  8. BEST EVENT
  9. BEST ON THE MIC
  10. BEST GIMMICK
  11. BEST BROADCASTER
  12. MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER
  13. BEST SERIES (In-Ring)
  14. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA

Photos Courtesy: Stardom / AEW

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Here are my picks as follows:

1. BIGGEST STORY OF 2021 - CM Punk debut on AEW Rampage (Biased since I was there LIVE)

2. MATCH OF THE YEAR - Bryan Danielson vs Kenny Omega – AEW Grand Slam – 9/22/21

3. BEST WRESTLER (Male) - Bryan Danielson

4. BEST WRESTLER (Female) - Thunder Rosa

5. BEST TAG TEAM - FTR

6. BEST PROMOTION - AEW (with an honorable mention to GCW)

7. BEST FEUD - The Inner Circle vs The Pinnacle

8. BEST EVENT - AEW All Out

9. BEST ON THE MIC- MJF

10. BEST GIMMICK - Danhausen

11. BEST BROADCASTER - Chris Charlton

12. MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER - Cora Jade

13. BEST SERIES (In-Ring) - AEW Dynamite (Honorable Mention to NXT UK)

14. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA - WWE Biography on A&E

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I kept track of my favorite matches last year, and despite Bryan Danielson’s late surge and 4+ hours of match time in AEW since September, Shingo Takagi popped up on my list more, so I will side with John on this one and vote Shingo as Best Male Wrestler.

Thunder Rosa is my pick for Best Female Wrestler as well.

My pick for Match of Year may have to be Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii from the first night of the G1 Climax.

I can’t say how much Japanese wrestling will influence me in '22, as I dropped my NJPW World subscription in December. Too many late nights and early mornings, too much to watch after the fact, too many shitty undercards.

Finally, I’ll throw in a pick for Best Non-Wrestling Media: the articles on the Player’s Tribune. Danielson thanking WWE as he starts in AEW, Eddie Kingston taking us on his journey, and especially Amanda Huber and her relationship with Brodie Lee, the end of which made me cry.

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  1. BIGGEST STORY OF 2021: the debuts at All Out

  2. MATCH OF THE YEAR: Josh Alexander vs TJP, Iron Man match on Impact

  3. BEST WRESTLER (Male): Josh Alexander

  4. BEST WRESTLER (Female): Serena Deeb

  5. BEST TAG TEAM: Young Bucks

  6. BEST PROMOTION: AEW

  7. BEST FEUD: Kenny Omega vs Sami Callihan

  8. BEST EVENT: AEW All Out

  9. BEST ON THE MIC: MJF

  10. BEST GIMMICK: Chris Bey

  11. BEST BROADCASTER: Tony Shavonie

  12. MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER: Ren Narita

  13. BEST SERIES (In-Ring): AEW Dynamite

  14. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA: Dark side of the Ring

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  1. BIGGEST STORY OF 2021 - WWE releases

  2. MATCH OF THE YEAR - Hangman vs Danielson - 60 mins

  3. BEST WRESTLER (Male) - Kenny Omega

  4. BEST WRESTLER (Female) - Deonna Purrazzo

  5. BEST TAG TEAM - FTR

  6. BEST PROMOTION - AEW

  7. BEST FEUD - Hangman vs Omega

  8. BEST EVENT - All Out

  9. BEST ON THE MIC - MJF

  10. BEST GIMMICK - Malaki Black

  11. BEST BROADCASTER - Excalibur

  12. MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER - Tay Conti

  13. BEST SERIES (In-Ring) - Dynamite

  14. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA - Darkside

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  1. BIGGEST STORY OF 2021
    The behind the scenes politicking in WWE that ultimately led to the death of the NXT 99% of us knew and loved.

  2. MATCH OF THE YEAR
    The Young Bucks vs Lucha Bros (All Out).

  3. BEST WRESTLER (Male)
    Daniel Bryan Danielson
    (Guy main evented Wrestlemania, had an awesome debut in AEW, and had some of the best matches of the year in AEW. You just can’t beat that kind of year.)

  4. BEST WRESTLER (Female)
    Bianca Belair

  5. BEST TAG TEAM
    The Young Bucks

  6. BEST PROMOTION
    AEW

  7. BEST FEUD
    Page vs Omega

  8. BEST EVENT
    AEW All Out

  9. BEST ON THE MIC
    Paul Heyman

  10. BEST GIMMICK
    Roman Reigns: Head of the Table

  11. BEST BROADCASTER
    Pat Mcafee
    (Its not easy to be a good commentator in WWE, yet, he managed to do so.)

  12. MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER
    Britt Baker

  13. BEST SERIES (In-Ring)
    Smackdown
    (For me, there is no easier watch. I’m done in 45min, and I’m almost always entertained).

  14. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA
    I guess Darkside, but thats because its the only thing I have watched that applies outside of a few of those A&E specials.

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  1. BIGGEST STORY OF 2021 - CM Punk coming back to wrestling

  2. MATCH OF THE YEAR - Young Bucks vs Lucha Bros at All Out

  3. BEST WRESTLER (Male) - Bryan Danielson

  4. BEST WRESTLER (Female) - Syuri

  5. BEST TAG TEAM - Young Bucks

  6. BEST PROMOTION - AEW

  7. BEST FEUD - Omega vs Hangman

  8. BEST EVENT - AEW All Out

  9. BEST ON THE MIC - MJF

  10. BEST GIMMICK - MJF “Better than You” gimmick

  11. BEST BROADCASTER - Excalibur

  12. MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER - Dante Martin

  13. BEST SERIES (In-Ring) - AEW Dynamite

  14. BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA - Dark Side of The Ring