POST Wrestling's Best of 2021 Picks

Originally published at POST Wrestling's Best of 2021 Picks

This past week, we released POST Wrestling’s Best of 2021 Show featuring the panel of John Pollock, Wai Ting, Davie Portman, and Braden Herrington.

The four shared their picks in fourteen categories covering the year that was from the best match of the year, best wrestler, biggest story, and lots more.

The Worst of 2021 Show will be released this Friday featuring the same panel.

BIGGEST STORY OF 2021

John Pollock
: CM Punk’s return
Last Year: Speaking Out

Wai Ting
: CM Punk’s return
Last Year: The Death of Hana Kimura

Davie Portman
: CM Punk’s return
Last Year: Edge returns (a positive story)

Braden Herrington
: CM Punk’s return
Last Year: Speaking Out

MATCH OF THE YEAR

John Pollock: The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros. (AEW All Out)
Last Year: Kenny Omega & Hangman Page vs. The Young Bucks (AEW Revolution)

Wai Ting
: The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros. (AEW All Out)
Last Year: Kenny Omega & Hangman Page vs. The Young Bucks (AEW Revolution)

Davie Portman
: MJF vs. Darby Allin (AEW Full Gear)
Last Year: Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi (Wrestle Kingdom 14 – Night 1)

Braden Herrington
: Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson (AEW Grand Slam)
Last Year: Kenny Omega & Hangman Page vs. The Young Bucks (AEW Revolution)

BEST WRESTLER (Male)

John Pollock: Shingo Takagi
Last Year: Minoru Suzuki

Wai Ting
: Bryan Danielson
Last Year: Jon Moxley

Davie Portman
: Bryan Danielson
Last Year: Jon Moxley

Braden Herrington
: Bryan Danielson
Last Year: Kota Ibushi

BEST WRESTLER (Female)

John Pollock: Utami Hayashishita
Last Year: Mayu Iwatani

Wai Ting
: Syuri
Last Year: Sasha Banks

Davie Portman
: Serena Deeb
Last Year: Sasha Banks

Braden Herrington
: Bianca Belair / Dr. Britt Baker (tie)
Last Year: Io Shirai

BEST TAG TEAM

John Pollock: The Young Bucks
Last Year: The Young Bucks

Wai Ting
: FTR
Last Year: The Young Bucks

Davie Portman
: The Young Bucks
Last Year: The Young Bucks

Braden Herrington
: The Young Bucks
Last Year: The Young Bucks

BEST PROMOTION

John Pollock: AEW
Last Year: AEW

Wai Ting
: AEW
Last Year: AEW

Davie Portman
: AEW
Last Year: AEW

Braden Herrington
: AEW
Last Year: AEW

BEST FEUD

John Pollock: Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri
Last Year: Edge vs. Randy Orton

Wai Ting
: Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
Last Year: Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso

Davie Portman
: Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
Last Year: Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio

Braden Herrington
: Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
Last Year: Edge vs. Randy Orton

BEST EVENT

John Pollock: AEW All Out
Last Year: G1 Climax – Day 13 in Osaka

Wai Ting
: AEW All Out
Last Year: AEW Revolution

Davie Portman
: AEW Winter is Coming
Last Year: G1 Climax – Day 13 in Osaka

Braden Herrington
: AEW All Out
Last Year: Wrestle Kingdom 14 – Night 1 / NXT Halloween Havoc (tie)

BEST ON THE MIC

John Pollock: MJF
Last Year: Eddie Kingston

Wai Ting
: MJF
Last Year: Eddie Kingston

Davie Portman
: MJF
Last Year: Eddie Kingston

Braden Herrington
: MJF
Last Year: Eddie Kingston

BEST GIMMICK

John Pollock: Matt Cardona
Last Year: “The Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns

Wai Ting
: Kenny Omega – The Belt Collector
Last Year: “The Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns

Davie Portman
: Joe Gacy
Last Year: “The Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns

Braden Herrington
: Kenny Omega – The Belt Collector
Last Year: John Silver

BEST BROADCASTER

John Pollock: Stewart Fulton
Last Year: Chris Charlton

Wai Ting
: Taz & Excalibur
Last Year: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone & Excalibur

Davie Portman
: Taz
Last Year: Tony Schiavone

Braden Herrington
: Excalibur
Last Year: Tony Schiavone

MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER

John Pollock: Daniel Garcia
Last Year: Yuya Uemura

Wai Ting
: Miro
Last Year: Sonya Deville

Davie Portman
: Josh Alexander
Last Year: Raquel Gonzalez

Braden Herrington
: Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus
Last Year: Hangman Page

BEST SERIES (IN-RING)

John Pollock: AEW Dynamite
Last Year: AEW Dynamite

Wai Ting
: AEW Dynamite
Last Year: AEW Dynamite

Davie Portman
: AEW Dynamite
Last Year: AEW Dynamite

Braden Herrington
: AEW Dynamite
Last Year: AEW Dynamite

BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA

John Pollock: MOX by Jon Moxley
Last Year: The Eighth Wonder of the World by Pat Laprade & Bertrand Hebert, “Shamrock” by Jonathan Snowden (tie)

Wai Ting
: Dark Side of the Ring Season 3
Last Year: Dark Side of the Ring Season 2

Davie Portman
: Brian Mann’s recap of the Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page program
Last Year: New Day “Feel the Power” (June 8th podcast covering racial injustice)

Braden Herrington
: Dark Side of the Ring – Collision in Korea
Last Year: Dark Side of the Ring Season 2