2021 Wrestling Revolution Awards.

[cero2k]

Submit one winner and one runner up. You may use a tag team for all individual awards aside from Wrestler of the Year, Worker of the Year, best on the Mic.

GRADING PERIOD: 2021

*Match of the Year:

*Wrestler of the Year (best overall):

*Worker of the Year (best matches):

*Tag Team of the Year:

Stable of the Year:

*Woman of the Year:

*Woman’s match of the Year:

Best Non-wrestler of the Year:

Storyline of the Year:

Worst Storyline of the Year:

Feud of the Year:

Worst Feud of the Year (this should be between guys who are on a least the upper mid-card- something the company really wanted to be a big deal, but totally failed):

Promotion of the Year:

Worst Promotion of the Year:

*Best Individual Show of the Year (must be a single event. If you want to nominate an episode of a TV program, you must give the date):

Worst Major Show of the Year (must be a PPV or indy show, no episodes of TV shows):

Best TV Show of the Year:

Worst TV Show of the Year:

Best on the Mic (overall best promos):

Promo of the Year (single best promo):

Booker of the Year (if you don't know who is booking the promotion in question, just put down the name of the promotion):

Worst Booker of the Year:

Rookie of the Year (Less than a year in major promotion):

Comeback of the year (either a comeback from injury or retirement, or a revitalization of someone's career):

Most Improved Wrestler of the Year:

Best debut (or return to a promotion) of the year:

Announcer of the Year:

Worst Announcer of the Year:

Best Babyface of the Year:

Best Heel of the Year:

Best Turn of the Year:

Breakout Star of the Year:

Worst Waste of Talent in a promotion:

YOUR Mark Out Moment of the Year:

In-ring Spot of the Year:

Most Shocking Moment of the Year:

Non-kayfabe News Story of the Year:

I Can't Believe That Worked! Award (the thing you thought fans would crap on, but instead it got over):

Get Off My TV! Award:

Throw The Remote Award (most facepalmingly or infuriatingly awful booking decision):

**COMPLETE SPECULATION AWARDS**
Whose star will shine brightest in the second half of 2022:

Wildest Prediction for 2022:

[Big Red Machine]

Wildest Prediction for the second half of 2022:

I think you mean first half there, boss.

[cero2k]

Wildest Prediction for the second half of 2022:

I think you mean first half there, boss.

lol yes, I guess it makes it even wilder if you can predict something in the second half only

[cero2k]

GRADING PERIOD: 2021

*Match of the Year:
W: World Of Stardom Championship Match - Utami Hayashishita (c) vs. Syuri @ STARDOM Tokyo Dream Cinderella 2021 SE
RU: IWGP Heavyweight Title / IWGP Intercontinental Title Match - Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Jay White @ NJPW WK 15, 1.5
HM: The only other 10/10 I gave on 2021: 5STAR Grand Prix 2021 Final Match - Syuri vs. Momo Watanabe @ STARDOM 5★STAR Grand Prix 2021, 9.25

*Wrestler of the Year (best overall):
W: Syuri
RU: Shingo Takagi
HM: Utami Hayashishita

*Worker of the Year (best matches):
W: Shingo Takagi
RU: Utami Hayashishita
HM: Josh Alexander

*Tag Team of the Year:
W: Dangerous Tekkers
RU: The Young Bucks

Stable of the Year:
W: The Elite
RU: The 37KAMIINA

*Woman of the Year:
W: Syuri
RU: Utami Hayashishita
HM: Britt Baker

*Woman’s match of the Year:
W: World Of Stardom Championship Match - Utami Hayashishita (c) vs. Syuri @ STARDOM Tokyo Dream Cinderella 2021 SE
RU: 5STAR Grand Prix 2021 Final Match - Syuri vs. Momo Watanabe @ STARDOM 5★STAR Grand Prix 2021, 9.25

Best Non-wrestler of the Year:
W: Don Callis
RU: Dan Lambert

Storyline of the Year:
W: Adam Page regains confidence, finally wins AEW title.
RU: Mayu Iwatani loses everything she loves.

Worst Storyline of the Year:
W: Alexa Bliss becomes a pervert's weird fantasy.
RU: Nicki A.S.H.

Feud of the Year:
W: Kenny Omega vs Adam Page for AEW
RU: Matt Cardona vs GCW for GCW

Worst Feud of the Year:
W: Alexa Bliss vs [Insert Name Here] for WWE
RU: Jon Moxley vs Minoru Suzuki for AEW

Promotion of the Year:
W: AEW
RU: STARDOM

Worst Promotion of the Year:
W: WWE

*Best Individual Show of the Year:
W: STARDOM All-Star Dream Cinderella
RU: AEW ALL OUT 2021

Worst Major Show of the Year:
W: WWE Survivor Series 2021
RU: WWE Wrestlemania Backlash (was this the one with the zombies?)

Best TV Show of the Year:
W: AEW Dynamite
RU: Impact Wrestling

Worst TV Show of the Year:
W: Judging by popular opinion: NXT & RAW

Best on the Mic:
W: Eddie Kingston
RU: Don Callis
HM: KENTA & Zack Sabre Jr.

Promo of the Year:
W: CM Punk's return promo
RU: Eddie Kingston's promo on CM Punk

Booker of the Year:
W: Tony Khan
RU: Rossy Ogawa

Worst Booker of the Year:
W: NOSAWA Rongai

Rookie of the Year:
W: Oiwa/Fujita for NJPW
RU: Arisu Endo for TJPW
HM: Hook & Yuki Arai

Comeback of the year:
W: CM Punk
RU: Matt Cardona
HM: Bryan Danielson

Most Improved Wrestler of the Year:
W: Tay Conti
RU: Mina Shirakawa

Best debut (or return to a promotion) of the year:
W: CM Punk to AEW
RU: Bryan Danielson/Adam Cole to AEW

Announcer of the Year:
W: Milano Collection AT for NJPW
RU: Excalibur for AEW

Worst Announcer of the Year:
W: Kevin Gill for GCW
RU: Matt Striker for Impact

Best Babyface of the Year:
W: "Hangman" Adam Page
RU: Syuri

Best Heel of the Year:
W: Matt Cardona for GCW
RU: Deonna Purrazzo
HM: Kenneth Omega (w/ Don Callis)

Best Turn of the Year:
W: Starlight Kid for STARDOM
RU: The Inner Circle for AEW

Breakout Star of the Year:
W: Britt Baker, D.M.D.
RU: Daniel Garcia
HM: Dante Martin

Worst Waste of Talent in a promotion:
W: Most Japanese wrestlers that wrestled in the US during 2021

YOUR Mark Out Moment of the Year:
W: Emi Sakura enters the All-Star Dream Cinderella rumble with Gatoh Move roster.
RU: Jay White debuts on Impact Wrestling
HM: Yukio Sakaguchi confronts Kenoh in defense of DDT.

In-ring Spot of the Year:
W: Ospreay flips over Shingo's Pumping Bomber, follows with Os Cutter
RU: Miu Watanabe's two-person giant swing.

Most Shocking Moment of the Year:
W: Katsuyori Shibata wrestles Zack Sabre Jr.
RU: CM Punk likes Pro Wrestling again

Non-kayfabe News Story of the Year:
W: WWE fires 100+ throughout the year.
RU: AEW signs CM Punk

I Can't Believe That Worked! Award:
W: Great-O-Khan
RU: The Forbidden Door

Get Off My TV! Award:
W: Dick Togo
RU: Does Twitter count? Danhausen/Warhorse

Throw The Remote Award:
W: SHO turns into Jr. Heavyweight EVIL

**COMPLETE SPECULATION AWARDS**
Whose star will shine brightest in the second half of 2022: MJF

Wildest Prediction for 2022: WWE is sold

[Big Red Machine]

Submit one winner and one runner up. You may use a tag team for all individual awards aside from Wrestler of the Year, Worker of the Year, best on the Mic.

GRADING PERIOD: 2021

*Match of the Year: Ilja Dragunov vs. WALTER- NXT Takeover XXXVI
RU: Matt Cardona vs. Nick Gage- GCW Homecoming

*Wrestler of the Year: Adam Cole
RU: Ilja Dragunov

Worker of the Year (best matches): Adam Cole
RU: Ilja Dragunov

Tag Team of the Year: Young Bucks
RU: Pretty Deadly

Stable of the Year: LIJ
RU: United Empire

*Woman of the Year: Dr. Britt Baker, DMD
RU: Raquel Gonzalez

*Women’s match of the Year: Meiko Satomura vs. Kay Lee Ray- NXT UK 6/10/2021
RU: Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Gonzalez- NXT New Year’s Evil

Best Non-wrestler of the Year: Taz
RU: MVP

Storyline of the Year: Marius Al-Ani’s winning streak
RU: Samoa Joe returns to NXT as William Regal’s enforcer, then has to become a wrestler to take the title from Karrion Kross

Worst Storyline of the Year: Dexter Lumis/Indi Hartwell/The Way/etc. crap
RU: Bullet Club’s loaded boot

Feud of the Year: Daniel Bryan vs. Roman Reigns
RU: Jordan Devlin vs. A-Kid

Worst Feud of the Year: Randy Orton vs. The Fiend & Alexa Bliss
RU: Cody Rhodes vs. the Factory

Promotion of the Year: GCW
RU: AEW?

Worst Promotion of the Year: WWE
RU: New Japan

*Best Individual Show of the Year: AEW Double Or Nothing 2021
RU: NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver: Night 1
Worst Major Show of the Year (must be a PPV or indy show, no episodes of TV shows):

Best TV Show of the Year: NXT UK
RU: Dynamite (the best of a bad- or at least underachieving- bunch. I probably would have given this to Rampage if it had been around for more of the year. ROH was probably third place)

Worst TV Show of the Year: Raw
RU: Smackdown
(NXT’s good period in the beginning of the year saves it from getting this spot)

Best on the Mic (overall best promos): MJF
RU: Adam Cole

Promo of the Year (single best promo): Adam Cole from the 6/1/2021 NXT
RU: MJF from the 11/17/2021 Dynamite

Booker of the Year: Triple H/Jim Smallman/whoever is booking NXT UK
RU: wXw crew

Worst Booker of the Year: Vince/Prichard/whoever else
RU: Gedo

Rookie of the Year: Jade Cargill
RU: Bron Breakker, I guess?

Comeback of the year: Sting
RU: CM Punk

Most Improved Wrestler of the Year: Michael Knight
RU: Dante Martin

Best debut (or return to a promotion) of the year: Malakai Black in AEW
RU: Axel Tischer in wXw

Announcer of the Year: Wade Barrett
RU: Taz

Worst Announcer of the Year: Beth Phoenix
RU: Jimmy Smith

Best Babyface of the Year: Ilja Dragunov
RU: Meiko Satomura

Best Heel of the Year: MJF
RU: Dan Lambert

Best Turn of the Year: Adam Cole turns on Kyle O’Reilly?
RU: MJF turns on the Inner Circle?

Breakout Star of the Year: Dante Martin
RU: Pretty Deadly

Worst Waste of Talent in a promotion: Drew Gulak in WWE
RU: Nikki Cross in WWE

YOUR Mark Out Moment of the Year: The whole Joe/Regal segment when Joe convinced Regal not to quit
RU: Stephanie Maze returns from her injury and gets a big hug from Fast Time Moodo

In-ring Spot of the Year: Edge uses the bar of a chair to aid in his Crossface against Roman Reigns, Roman almost taps
RU: Roman Reigns powerbombs Rey Mysterio out of the ring, into the wall of HIAC

Most Shocking Moment of the Year: ROH announces they are taking a hiatus
RU: ?

Non-kayfabe News Story of the Year: Triple H removed from power
RU: ROH is going on hiatus

I Can't Believe That Worked! Award (the thing you thought fans would crap on, but instead it got over): RK-Bro and whiny annoying Riddle
RU: Hook

Get Off My TV! Award: John Silver
RU: Gallus

Throw The Remote Award: Becky Lynch returns by turning heel and squashing Bianca Belair
RU: G-d interferes to help Roman Reigns beat Finn Balor

**COMPLETE SPECULATION AWARDS**
Whose star will shine brightest in the first half of 2022: Adam Cole
RU: Bryan Danielson

Wildest Prediction for the first half of 2022: WWE is Sold
RU: Hunter and Steph either leave WWE or engineer some sort of corporate takeover

[cero2k]

Worst Storyline of the Year: Dexter Lumis/Indi Hartwell/The Way/etc. crap

totally forgot that even happened

[Big Red Machine]

Worst Storyline of the Year: Dexter Lumis/Indi Hartwell/The Way/etc. crap

totally forgot that even happened

I said that SOOOO many times while looking back over stuff (particularly with WWE, but also a little bit with New Japan and AEW).