2012 Wrestling Observer Awards

[Big Red Machine]

I don't have an actual source for these aside from another forum that i found them on while searching for the awards results so I am posting them here, rather than in the news section, but here goes

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR)
1: Hiroshi Tanahashi
2: CM Punk
3: Kazuchika Okada
4: John Cena
5: Daniel Bryan
6: Austin Aries
7: Bobby Roode
8: CIMA
9: Sheamus
10: The Rock

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER
1: Hiroshi Tanahashi
2: Kazuchika Okada
3: Daniel Bryan
4: El Generico
5: CM Punk
6: Austin Aries
7: Davey Richards
8: Dolph Ziggler
9: Daisuke Sekimoto
10: Tetsuya Naito


BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW
1: The Rock
2: John Cena
3: Brock Lesnar
4: Anderson Silva
5: Georges St-Pierre
6: Chael Sonnen
7: Hiroshi Tanahashi
8: Jon Jones
9: CM Punk

FEUD OF THE YEAR
1: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
2: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
3: The Rock vs. John Cena
4: CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan
5: Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate
6: John Cena vs. CM Punk
7: Blue Panther vs. Negro Casas
8: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar
9: Yuji Nagata vs. Stack of Arms
10: Bobby Roode vs. James Storm

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR
1: Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels & Kazarian)
2: Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane)
3: The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
4: The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe)
5: GET WILD (Takao Omori & Manabu Soya)
6: Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno & Stupefied)
7: STRONG BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi)
8: TenKoji (Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan)
9: Laughter7 (Katsuyori Shibata & Kazushi Sakuraba)
10: Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow)

MOST IMPROVED
1: Kazuchika Okada
2: Michael Elgin
3: Rush
4: Damien Sandow
5: Bully Ray
6: Adam Cole
7: Karl Anderson
8: Titus O'Neil
9: Dolph Ziggler
10: Kazarian

BEST ON INTERVIEWS
1: CM Punk
2: Chael Sonnen
3: The Rock
4: Paul Heyman
5: Christopher Daniels
6: Kevin Steen
7: Bully Ray
8: Daniel Bryan
9: The Big Show
10: Austin Aries

MOST CHARISMATIC
1: The Rock
2: Hiroshi Tanahashi
3: John Cena
4: CM Punk
5: Daniel Bryan
6: Chael Sonnen
7: Brock Lesnar
8: Georges St-Pierre
9: Shinsuke Nakamura
10: Austin Aries

BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER
1: Daniel Bryan
2: Prince Devitt
3: Davey Richards
4: Hiroshi Tanahashi
5: Zack Sabre Jr.
6: Yuji Nagata
7: Austin Aries
8: Daisuke Sekimoto
9: Negro Casas
10: Eddie Edwards

BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER)
1: Kevin Steen
2: Togi Makabe
3: Bully Ray
4: Sheamus
5: Brock Lesnar
6: Sami Callihan
7: Michael Elgin
8: The Big Show
9: Minoru Suzuki
10: LA Park

BEST FLYING WRESTLER
1: Kota Ibushi
2: Ricochet
3: PAC
4: El Generico
5: AR Fox
6: La Sombra
7: Samuray Del Sol
8: Prince Devitt
9: Mascara Dorada
10: Kenny Omega

MOST OVERRATED
1: Ryback
2: The Miz
3: Garett Bischoff
4: Randy Orton
5: Mr. Anderson
6: Sheamus
7: Matt Morgan
8: The Big Show
9: Rob van Dam
10: Brodus Clay

MOST UNDERRATED
1: Tyson Kidd
2: Dolph Ziggler
3: Daniel Bryan
4: Kassius Ohno
5: Jack Swagger
6: Drew McIntyre
7: Sin Cara
8: Tomohiro Ishii
9: Hunico
10: Justin Gabriel

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
1: New Japan Pro Wrestling
2: Ultimate Fighting Championships
3: World Wrestling Entertainment
4: Dragon Gate
5: Chikara
6: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
7: Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
8: IWRG
9: AAA
10: Ring of Honor

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW
1: TNA Impact
2: Ring of Honor
3: WWE NXT
4: WWE RAW
5: WWE Main Event
6: Dragon Gate Infinity
7: WWE SmackDown
8: Bellator
9: New Japan World Pro Wrestling
10: Fight Factory

MATCH OF THE YEAR
1: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki (October 8th)
2: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar (April 29th)
3: Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin (March 31st)
4: Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (June 16th)
5: The Undertaker vs. Triple H (April 1st)
6: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (March 4th)
7: Kota Ibushi vs. Kenny Omega (August 18th)
8: CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan (May 20th)
9: The Rock vs. John Cena (April 1st)
10: Blue Panther vs. Negro Casas (March 2nd)

FIGHT OF THE YEAR
1: Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier (May 15th)
2: Frankie Edgar vs. Benson Henderson (February 26th)
3: Georges St-Pierre vs. Carlos Condit (November 17th)
4: Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate (March 3rd)
5: Miesha Tate vs. Julie Kedzie (August 18th)
6: Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner (August 4th)
7: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (July 7th)
8: Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson (May 19th)
9: Jon Fitch vs. Erick Silva (October 13th)
10: Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (December 10th)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1: Dinastía
2: Mr. Touchdown Mark Angelosetti
3: Eita Kobayashi
4: ACH
5: Saturyne
6: Tadarius Thomas
7: Ross & Marshall von Erich

BEST NON-WRESTLER
1: Paul Heyman
2: Ricardo Rodriguez
3: Vickie Guerrero
4: AJ Lee
5: Gedo
6: John Laurinaitis
7: Truth Martini
8: Vince McMahon
9: Nigel McGuinness
10: Jim Cornette

BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER
1: Jim Ross
2: Nigel McGuinness
3: William Regal
4: Joe Rogan
5: John Bradshaw Layfield
6: Kevin Kelly
7: Mike Tenay
8: Michael Schiavello
9: Jesse Manuel Guillen
10: Mike Goldberg

WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER
1: Michael Cole
2: Taz
3: Booker T
4: Jerry Lawler
5: Josh Mathews
6: The Miz
7: Todd Keneley
8: Mike Goldberg
9: Jesus Zuniga
10: Mike Tenay

BEST MAJOR SHOW
1: New Japan King of Pro Wrestling
2: WWE Extreme Rules
3: WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
4: New Japan Dominion
5: ROH Glory by Honor XI
6: All Japan March 20th Sumo Hall
7: CMLL Anniversary Show
8: UFC 146
9: WWE TLC 2011
10: TNA Destination X

WORST MAJOR SHOW
1: UFC 149
2: Extreme Reunion (April 28th)
3: WWE No Way Out
4: TNA Against All Odds
5: TNA Genesis
6: WWE Royal Rumble
7: TNA Lockdown
8: WWE Hell in a Cell
9: TNA No Surrender
10: UFC on FX 4

BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER
1: Kazuchika Okada - Rainmaker
2: Antonio Cesaro - Neutraliser
3: Daniel Bryan - Yes/No Lock
4: Antonio Cesaro - Pop Up European
5: Ricochet - 630
6: Sonjay Dutt - Moonsault Double Foot Stomp
7: Dragon Kid - Dragon Rana

MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC
1: WWE's presentation of Paul Heyman and CM Punk coming in during Jerry Lawler's return, airing clips of him while he was dead and being revived, and the fake heart attack promo
2: Extreme Rising using Sabu's overdose/passing out while advertising his return to the promotion
3: UFC's handling of Jeremy Stephens' arrest, trying to bail him out and still have him fight on the show while he was stuck in jail that afternoon
4: Linda McMahon's senatorial campaign and how WWE handled it

WORST TELEVISION SHOW
1: WWE RAW
2: TNA Impact
3: Ultimate Fighter: Team Nelson vs. Team Carwin
4: WWE SmackDown
5: Ring of Honor
6: CMLL
7: Championship Wrestling from Hollywood

WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR
1: John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis (May 20th)
2: Santino Marella vs. Ricardo Rodriguez (June 17th)
3: Clay Guida vs. Gray Maynard (June 22nd)
4: John Cena vs. Kane (January 29th)
5: Gunner vs. Kris Lewis (August 23rd)
6: Divas Battle Royal (August 20th)
7: Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (April 1st)
8: Brodus Clay vs. David Otunga (June 17th)
9: Gunner vs. Garett Bischoff (February 12th)

WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR
1: John Cena vs. Kane
2: TNA vs. Aces & Eights
3: John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis
4: Kane vs. Zack Ryder
5: Vickie Guerrero vs. AJ Lee
6: AJ Styles vs. Claire Lynch

WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
1: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
2: Ring of Honor
3: World Wrestling Entertainment
4: Pro Wrestling NOAH
5: Extreme Rising
6: Strikeforce
7: Bellator
8: Inoki Genome Federation
9: Championship Wrestling from Hollywood

BEST BOOKER
1: Jado & Gedo
2: Joe Silva
3: Mike Quackenbush
4: Vince McMahon

PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
1: Dana White
2: Takaaki Kidani
3: Vince McMahon
4: Mike Quackenbush

BEST GIMMICK
1: Joseph Park, Esq.
2: Damien Sandow
3: Daniel Bryan
4: Kazuchika Okada
5: CM Punk
6: Ryback
7: Team Hell No
8: Antonio Cesaro
9: Bray Wyatt
10: Bully Ray

WORST GIMMICK
1: Aces & Eights
2: Tensai
3: Natalya
4: Claire Lynch
5: Brodus Clay
6: The Miz
7: AJ Lee
8: Joseph Park, Esq.

BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK
1: Jonathan Snowden - Shooters
2: Steven Johnson, Greg Oliver, Mike Mooneyham & JJ Dillon - Heroes & Icons: The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame
3: Booker T - From Prison to Promise
4: Lance Storm - Storm Front

BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD
1: CM Punk - Best in the World
2: The Last of McGuinness
3: Such Great Heights: The Jon Fitch Story

[Big Red Machine]

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR)
1: Hiroshi Tanahashi
2: CM Punk
3: Kazuchika Okada
4: John Cena
5: Daniel Bryan
6: Austin Aries
7: Bobby Roode
8: CIMA
9: Sheamus
10: The Rock

With the obvious exception The Rock's presence on the list (HE ONLY WRESTLED ONE F*CKING MATCH! HOW CAN HE BE THE WRESTLER OF THE YEAR?!- this spot should have been Steen's) this list looks decently fine to me, (although I probably would have switched Aries' and Cena's spots)



MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER
1: Hiroshi Tanahashi
2: Kazuchika Okada
3: Daniel Bryan
4: El Generico
5: CM Punk
6: Austin Aries
7: Davey Richards
8: Dolph Ziggler
9: Daisuke Sekimoto
10: Tetsuya Naito

I thought Michael Elgin and Adam Cole had batter years than Sekimoto and Naito


BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW
1: The Rock
2: John Cena
3: Brock Lesnar
4: Anderson Silva
5: Georges St-Pierre
6: Chael Sonnen
7: Hiroshi Tanahashi
8: Jon Jones
9: CM Punk

I think that Brock should actually get credit for creating more interest than Rock. Rock only wrestled one match, and that was a Mania that already had Triple H vs. Taker in a Hell in a Cell match with HBK as the ref and CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho. I think Brock's presence helped both Summer Slam and Extreme Rules more than Rock's helped Mania.




FEUD OF THE YEAR
1: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
2: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
3: The Rock vs. John Cena
4: CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan
5: Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate
6: John Cena vs. CM Punk
7: Blue Panther vs. Negro Casas
8: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar
9: Yuji Nagata vs. Stack of Arms
10: Bobby Roode vs. James Storm

Roode vs. Storm not being higher just shows how horribly TNA botched it. This was a pretty weak year for wrestling feuds, IMO, but I think that Roddy vs. Elgin deserved a spot on the list.

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR
1: Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels & Kazarian)
2: Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane)
3: The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
4: The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe)
5: GET WILD (Takao Omori & Manabu Soya)
6: Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno & Stupefied)
7: STRONG BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi)
8: TenKoji (Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan)
9: Laughter7 (Katsuyori Shibata & Kazushi Sakuraba)
10: Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow)

I really don't agree with either the Briscoes or Bad Influence being so high up on this list. The Briscoes really weren't that great this year, and Bad Influence, while entertaining characters, were not particularly great as a team. The Bucks really deserved this award.

MOST IMPROVED
1: Kazuchika Okada
2: Michael Elgin
3: Rush
4: Damien Sandow
5: Bully Ray
6: Adam Cole
7: Karl Anderson
8: Titus O'Neil
9: Dolph Ziggler
10: Kazarian

Pretty hard list to argue with at the top, although the FCW fan in me is insulted by Sandow's placement on this list. Didn't anyone else watch FCW? Speaking thereof, I think Bray Wyatt deserves a spot here showing us a completely new side of himself and having it be just plain awesome. Joseph Park, too.... OMFG I just thought of the MOST AWESOME MATCH EVER: Joseph Park vs. RD Evans!

BEST ON INTERVIEWS
1: CM Punk
2: Chael Sonnen
3: The Rock
4: Paul Heyman
5: Christopher Daniels
6: Kevin Steen
7: Bully Ray
8: Daniel Bryan
9: The Big Show
10: Austin Aries

I really didn't think Paul E. was amazingly great this year. That #4 spot belongs to Archibald Peck/R.D. Evans/Mixed Martial Archie/The Mysterious & Handsome Stranger. I think that Aries' and Rock's spots on the list should switched, I'd swap Bully out for James Storm and swap Big Show out for Sandow



MOST CHARISMATIC
1: The Rock
2: Hiroshi Tanahashi
3: John Cena
4: CM Punk
5: Daniel Bryan
6: Chael Sonnen
7: Brock Lesnar
8: Georges St-Pierre
9: Shinsuke Nakamura
10: Austin Aries

LESNAR? CHARISMATIC? I don't think so. Aries should be much higher up on this list, and Kevin Steen also deserves a spot

BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER
1: Daniel Bryan
2: Prince Devitt
3: Davey Richards
4: Hiroshi Tanahashi
5: Zack Sabre Jr.
6: Yuji Nagata
7: Austin Aries
8: Daisuke Sekimoto
9: Negro Casas
10: Eddie Edwards

Not much to say here. I actually haven't seen any of Sabre or Casas all year, though

BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER)
1: Kevin Steen
2: Togi Makabe
3: Bully Ray
4: Sheamus
5: Brock Lesnar
6: Sami Callihan
7: Michael Elgin
8: The Big Show
9: Minoru Suzuki
10: LA Park

Sure. Seems good

BEST FLYING WRESTLER
1: Kota Ibushi
2: Ricochet
3: PAC
4: El Generico
5: AR Fox
6: La Sombra
7: Samuray Del Sol
8: Prince Devitt
9: Mascara Dorada
10: Kenny Omega

I haven't seen much of Generico's non ROH & PWG stuff this year, but I think that AR Fox should have Generico's spot

MOST OVERRATED
1: Ryback
2: The Miz
3: Garett Bischoff
4: Randy Orton
5: Mr. Anderson
6: Sheamus
7: Matt Morgan
8: The Big Show
9: Rob van Dam
10: Brodus Clay
How the hell is Garrett Bischoff not #1 on this list? Even the fact that he is on TV makes Garrett the most overrated guy in the world. Orton at #4 is a bit ridiculous. I really don't feel that he was overpushed this year at all. His spot should go to Crimson. I think the top five should be Garrett, Sting, Mondo, Crimson, Haas


MOST UNDERRATED
1: Tyson Kidd
2: Dolph Ziggler
3: Daniel Bryan
4: Kassius Ohno
5: Jack Swagger
6: Drew McIntyre
7: Sin Cara
8: Tomohiro Ishii
9: Hunico
10: Justin Gabriel

this list seems good to me, aside from Cara. He really hasn't impressed me at all, and, somehow, I highly doubt this is all WWE's fault. If you want someone who's lack of push is WWE's fault, it is Nattie Neidhart, and she deserves the #2 spot on this list, right behind her BF.

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
1: New Japan Pro Wrestling
2: Ultimate Fighting Championships
3: World Wrestling Entertainment
4: Dragon Gate
5: Chikara
6: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
7: Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
8: IWRG
9: AAA
10: Ring of Honor


How the hell did ROH and TNA even make the top ten? Surely there are more than ten decent wrestling companies in the world! DDT should definitely be on this list, as should FCW. AIW, too... and PWG should be the number two, right behind New Japan

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW
1: TNA Impact
2: Ring of Honor
3: WWE NXT
4: WWE RAW
5: WWE Main Event
6: Dragon Gate Infinity
7: WWE SmackDown
8: Bellator
9: New Japan World Pro Wrestling
10: Fight Factory
Did someone confuse "best" for "worst" here? TNA and ROH as the top two? I highly doubt that anyone who could have possibly said that has even WATCHED those damn shows all year long! Once again FCW gets snubbed for the top spot! Main Event, NXT, and Dragon Gate were all very good, though.



MATCH OF THE YEAR
1: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki (October 8th)
2: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar (April 29th)
3: Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin (March 31st)
4: Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (June 16th)
5: The Undertaker vs. Triple H (April 1st)
6: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (March 4th)
7: Kota Ibushi vs. Kenny Omega (August 18th)
8: CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan (May 20th)
9: The Rock vs. John Cena (April 1st)
10: Blue Panther vs. Negro Casas (March 2nd)

Really don't feel like giving my thoughts on all of these matches here and on which ones got snubbed, so I'll just say that my top three were Davey Elgin, the Ladder Match from Threemendous III, and then Tanahashi vs. Suzuki, and that I don't think Triple H vs. Taker even belongs in the top 25 for this year.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1: Dinastía
2: Mr. Touchdown Mark Angelosetti
3: Eita Kobayashi
4: ACH
5: Saturyne
6: Tadarius Thomas
7: Ross & Marshall von Erich

II've never heard of Dinastia, but I highly doubt he can come anywhere close to the amazing year Mr. Touchdown has had, and ACH should be a lock for number 2.

BEST NON-WRESTLER
1: Paul Heyman
2: Ricardo Rodriguez
3: Vickie Guerrero
4: AJ Lee
5: Gedo
6: John Laurinaitis
7: Truth Martini
8: Vince McMahon
9: Nigel McGuinness
10: Jim Cornette

UCH! I hate this list, so here is mine:
1. Joseph Park
2. Abraham Washington
3. Truth Martini
4. Nigel
5. Johnny Ace
6. Cornette
7. Wink Vavasseur
8. Ricardo
9.Veronica
10.Derek Sabato





BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER
1: Jim Ross
2: Nigel McGuinness
3: William Regal
4: Joe Rogan
5: John Bradshaw Layfield
6: Kevin Kelly
7: Mike Tenay
8: Michael Schiavello
9: Jesse Manuel Guillen
10: Mike Goldberg

Mike Tenay? REALLY? This spot belongs to the long-overlooked Josh Matthews. Hell, Matthews should have Kevin Kelly's spot, and Kelly can slide down to #7. I think I'll throw Keneley in there, too, just because he has saved us from Tenay just a bit of Taz and Tenay's talking



WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER
1: Michael Cole
2: Taz
3: Booker T
4: Jerry Lawler
5: Josh Mathews
6: The Miz
7: Todd Keneley
8: Mike Goldberg
9: Jesus Zuniga
10: Mike Tenay

1.Tenay
2. Taz
3. Tenay again
4. Taz again
5. Booker T
6. Teany again
7. Taz again
8. Booker T again
9. Tenay & Taz again (tie)
10. Lawler
Have I mentioned how much I can't f*cking stand Taz & Tenay?


BEST MAJOR SHOW
1: New Japan King of Pro Wrestling
2: WWE Extreme Rules
3: WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
4: New Japan Dominion
5: ROH Glory by Honor XI
6: All Japan March 20th Sumo Hall
7: CMLL Anniversary Show
8: UFC 146
9: WWE TLC 2011
10: TNA Destination X

I'd put Threemendous III at the top and Glory By Honor up there at #3, and I think that Best in the World 2012 also deserves a spot

WORST MAJOR SHOW
1: UFC 149
2: Extreme Reunion (April 28th)
3: WWE No Way Out
4: TNA Against All Odds
5: TNA Genesis
6: WWE Royal Rumble
7: TNA Lockdown
8: WWE Hell in a Cell
9: TNA No Surrender
10: UFC on FX 4

I actually thought that Against All Odds was pretty good. I am surprised at the lack of mention of Victory Road, though.[b/]

BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER
1: Kazuchika Okada - Rainmaker
2: Antonio Cesaro - Neutraliser
3: Daniel Bryan - Yes/No Lock
4: Antonio Cesaro - Pop Up European
5: Ricochet - 630
6: Sonjay Dutt - Moonsault Double Foot Stomp
7: Dragon Kid - Dragon Rana

Really? The Rainmaker? COME ON! How about Adam Cole's brainbuster on the knee or Zema Ion's flipping facebreaker-type move?

MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC
1: WWE's presentation of Paul Heyman and CM Punk coming in during Jerry Lawler's return, airing clips of him while he was dead and being revived, and the fake heart attack promo
2: Extreme Rising using Sabu's overdose/passing out while advertising his return to the promotion
3: UFC's handling of Jeremy Stephens' arrest, trying to bail him out and still have him fight on the show while he was stuck in jail that afternoon
4: Linda McMahon's senatorial campaign and how WWE handled it
As far as #4 goes... what the hell did they want WWE to do? I barely remember this even getting mentioned, so I'm not sure how much of a promotional tactic it could have been

WORST TELEVISION SHOW
1: WWE RAW
2: TNA Impact
3: Ultimate Fighter: Team Nelson vs. Team Carwin
4: WWE SmackDown
5: Ring of Honor
6: CMLL
7: Championship Wrestling from Hollywood

As bad as the three hour Raw's are, Raw did have a very strong start to the year. #1 has got to be Impact and #2 has got to be ROH, hands down.


WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR
1: John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis (May 20th)
2: Santino Marella vs. Ricardo Rodriguez (June 17th)
3: Clay Guida vs. Gray Maynard (June 22nd)
4: John Cena vs. Kane (January 29th)
5: Gunner vs. Kris Lewis (August 23rd)
6: Divas Battle Royal (August 20th)
7: Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (April 1st)
8: Brodus Clay vs. David Otunga (June 17th)
9: Gunner vs. Garett Bischoff (February 12th)

Cena vs. Kane was worse than Gunner vs. Louis or Gunner vs. Garrett? Or any of the large number of Garrett/Devon vs. Robbie's matches? REALLY? Gunner vs.Louis is tops in my book simply because someone as bad as Louie never should have even made it on the air!

WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR
1: John Cena vs. Kane
2: TNA vs. Aces & Eights
3: John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis
4: Kane vs. Zack Ryder
5: Vickie Guerrero vs. AJ Lee
6: AJ Styles vs. Claire Lynch

Yeah, TNA vs. Aces & Eights should be #1. I'd put Haas & Benjamin vs. Briscoes at #2 just for the disappointment factor. AJ vs. Vickie should be #3 and Cena vs. Johnny Ace come sin at #4. Mondo vs. Bennett should be #5. As for AJ vs. Claire... that wasn't the feud! That was just a component of AJ vs. Daniels!

WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
1: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
2: Ring of Honor
3: World Wrestling Entertainment
4: Pro Wrestling NOAH
5: Extreme Rising
6: Strikeforce
7: Bellator
8: Inoki Genome Federation
9: Championship Wrestling from Hollywood

Okay, as bad as TNA was and as many problems as ROH had... if you are even going to count Extreme Rising, I don't see how it can't be #1.

BEST BOOKER
1: Jado & Gedo
2: Joe Silva
3: Mike Quackenbush
4: Vince McMahon

Yeah, Quack should be #1 here, no doubt. His angles are better than Jado & Gedo's and are MUCH, MUCH, MUCH more complex and thought-out. Quack's attention to detail is just amazing. Dusty also deserves a spot on this list, though I',m not sure whether or not to put him above or below Vince

PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
1: Dana White
2: Takaaki Kidani
3: Vince McMahon
4: Mike Quackenbush

Sure, whatever


BEST GIMMICK
1: Joseph Park, Esq.
2: Damien Sandow
3: Daniel Bryan
4: Kazuchika Okada
5: CM Punk
6: Ryback
7: Team Hell No
8: Antonio Cesaro
9: Bray Wyatt
10: Bully Ray

I know I am in the minority here, but I hated Bully Ray's stuff as a heel this year, and while Team Hell No is a great team with an awesome name, their gimmick of arguing over every little thing is obnoxious as hell. Johnny Ace's "corporate suit" gimmick should be up here, as should Mixed Martial Archie, but sometimes it is the simplest gimmicks that are the best: The Young Bucks and Roderick Strong have done absolutely outstanding jobs with the gimmick of "general douchebag," while James Storm worked wonders just being a beer-drinking cowboy.

WORST GIMMICK
1: Aces & Eights
2: Tensai
3: Natalya
4: Claire Lynch
5: Brodus Clay
6: The Miz
7: AJ Lee
8: Joseph Park, Esq.

GRRR... what the hell was the Miz's gimmick, even? Yeah, Aces & Eights deserve the top spot here, and the later stages of Crazy AJ is a solid #2 (basically anything after Raw 1000. Joseph Park does not belong anywhere near this list, either.



BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK
1: Jonathan Snowden - Shooters
2: Steven Johnson, Greg Oliver, Mike Mooneyham & JJ Dillon - Heroes & Icons: The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame
3: Booker T - From Prison to Promise
4: Lance Storm - Storm Front

The only one of these I have actually read is Storm Front, but Lance's stuff is always enjoyable to read

BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD
1: CM Punk - Best in the World
2: The Last of McGuinness
3: Such Great Heights: The Jon Fitch Story
I haven't seen it yet, but my heart wants this to go The Last of McGuinness, and, base doff of the reviews, I think that it deserves it, but I can't deny that the Punk DVD was pretty damn awesome

[KILLdozer]

Some of this shit's ridiculous,as usual. I see you didn't mention the fact MMA stuff gets spots because its not much use anymore ; That discussion has been had yearly so why do it again? Stuff like Park's gimmick...How in the fuck can a homie be no 1 best gimmick and the bottom of the worst gimmick at the same time? like seriously,are these decisions not being reviewed or are they just done by different ppl who have no idea about the other options? And couldn't agree more...A guy CAN'T be wreslter of the year when he was barely ever there at all. it was two matches actually though,Awesome Truth at SS. In a way I also find the bad commentators a bit biased seeing how the majority of them are WWE announcers...Way more than it should be....Just a side note here,,,But Negro Casas? Black Houses? Ok then lol.

[Big Red Machine]

Some of this s**t's ridiculous,as usual. I see you didn't mention the fact MMA stuff gets spots because its not much use anymore ; That discussion has been had yearly so why do it again? Stuff like Park's gimmick...How in the f**k can a homie be no 1 best gimmick and the bottom of the worst gimmick at the same time? like seriously,are these decisions not being reviewed or are they just done by different ppl who have no idea about the other options? And couldn't agree more...A guy CAN'T be wreslter of the year when he was barely ever there at all. it was two matches actually though,Awesome Truth at SS. In a way I also find the bad commentators a bit biased seeing how the majority of them are WWE announcers...Way more than it should be....Just a side note here,,,But Negro Casas? Black Houses? Ok then lol.

The Survivor Series match was 2011, not 2012

[KILLdozer]

Some of this s**t's ridiculous,as usual. I see you didn't mention the fact MMA stuff gets spots because its not much use anymore ; That discussion has been had yearly so why do it again? Stuff like Park's gimmick...How in the f**k can a homie be no 1 best gimmick and the bottom of the worst gimmick at the same time? like seriously,are these decisions not being reviewed or are they just done by different ppl who have no idea about the other options? And couldn't agree more...A guy CAN'T be wreslter of the year when he was barely ever there at all. it was two matches actually though,Awesome Truth at SS. In a way I also find the bad commentators a bit biased seeing how the majority of them are WWE announcers...Way more than it should be....Just a side note here,,,But Negro Casas? Black Houses? Ok then lol.

The Survivor Series match was 2011, not 2012

I don't think so,but I'll take the guy who was sober all year's word over mine always.

[cero2k]

But Negro Casas? Black Houses? Ok then lol.

sure dude, of the Casas' lucha dynasty. He's kinda old now, i'm quite surprised he received a mention, but he's still quite solid. Now i feel i should really pay more attention to his feud with Blue Panther

[cero2k]

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR)

With the obvious exception The Rock's presence on the list (HE ONLY WRESTLED ONE F*CKING MATCH! HOW CAN HE BE THE WRESTLER OF THE YEAR?!- this spot should have been Steen's) this list looks decently fine to me, (although I probably would have switched Aries' and Cena's spots)

totally agree with you, i would probably swap sheamus and rock for steen and generico, or ziggler

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER

I thought Michael Elgin and Adam Cole had batter years than Sekimoto and Naito
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BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW

I think that Brock should actually get credit for creating more interest than Rock. Rock only wrestled one match, and that was a Mania that already had Triple H vs. Taker in a Hell in a Cell match with HBK as the ref and CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho. I think Brock's presence helped both Summer Slam and Extreme Rules more than Rock's helped Mania.

It's true what you say, but Rock also worked the 1000th show and several shows before WM


FEUD OF THE YEAR

Roode vs. Storm not being higher just shows how horribly TNA botched it. This was a pretty weak year for wrestling feuds, IMO, but I think that Roddy vs. Elgin deserved a spot on the list.

Cena/Lesnar here is given too much credit IMO, it was a month long feud, nothing more. There are so many more feuds deserving than Cena/Lesnar. Touchdown/Peck, Quack/Shard, Steen/Richards, Aries/Roode


TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR

I really don't agree with either the Briscoes or Bad Influence being so high up on this list. The Briscoes really weren't that great this year, and Bad Influence, while entertaining characters, were not particularly great as a team. The Bucks really deserved this award.

I like the list for the most part, but like you said, briscoes are a bit too high. I wanna think of teams that i would swap with rhodes scholars, but none really comes to mind to deserve the spot. maybe Future Shock or FIST. I would add Los Trauma from Mexico, but they're not all that known around the world yet

MOST IMPROVED

Pretty hard list to argue with at the top, although the FCW fan in me is insulted by Sandow's placement on this list. Didn't anyone else watch FCW? Speaking thereof, I think Bray Wyatt deserves a spot here showing us a completely new side of himself and having it be just plain awesome. Joseph Park, too.... OMFG I just thought of the MOST AWESOME MATCH EVER: Joseph Park vs. RD Evans!

What you said, I don't think Kaz has really improved from what he used to be, he just received much more attention this year. I would give his spot to someone like Bennett, Kaitlin, Tess, or someone who really came from zero to something. With Wyatt and Park, i don't think they belong here, they didn't really improve wrestling-wise, they only found gimmicks they can play out soo good.

BEST ON INTERVIEWS

I really didn't think Paul E. was amazingly great this year. That #4 spot belongs to Archibald Peck/R.D. Evans/Mixed Martial Archie/The Mysterious & Handsome Stranger. I think that Aries' and Rock's spots on the list should switched, I'd swap Bully out for James Storm and swap Big Show out for Sandow

Show delivered some great promos as soon as he turned heel. I would puss Bully Ray higher up.

MOST CHARISMATIC

LESNAR? CHARISMATIC? I don't think so. Aries should be much higher up on this list, and Kevin Steen also deserves a spot

I'm not exactly sure what they're going for charismatic, but yeah Lesnar and St-Pierre here make no sense.

BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER

Not much to say here. I actually haven't seen any of Sabre or Casas all year, though

List looks good, Sabre is good, you should look him up. I'm surprised about Casas, i know he's good, but I figured his time had passed.

BEST FLYING WRESTLER

I haven't seen much of Generico's non ROH & PWG stuff this year, but I think that AR Fox should have Generico's spot

I would swap Omega for Rich Swann, I think Generico should be a little lower on the list

MOST OVERRATED

How the hell is Garrett Bischoff not #1 on this list? Even the fact that he is on TV makes Garrett the most overrated guy in the world. Orton at #4 is a bit ridiculous. I really don't feel that he was overpushed this year at all. His spot should go to Crimson. I think the top five should be Garrett, Sting, Mondo, Crimson, Haas

I don't see how Miz, Anderson, or Morgan are there and not say Kelly Kelly or Sting

MOST UNDERRATED

this list seems good to me, aside from Cara. He really hasn't impressed me at all, and, somehow, I highly doubt this is all WWE's fault. If you want someone who's lack of push is WWE's fault, it is Nattie Neidhart, and she deserves the #2 spot on this list, right behind her BF.

Cara is not underrated, he simply doesn't fight like he used too, regardless who's fault it is. I don't see how Ohno is underrated while still in FCW, but i guess he could be champion. I would swap Gabriel for Zema Ion

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

How the hell did ROH and TNA even make the top ten? Surely there are more than ten decent wrestling companies in the world! DDT should definitely be on this list, as should FCW. AIW, too... and PWG should be the number two, right behind New Japan

I'm ok with this list, TNA and ROH had bad years, but not THAT bad to be left out. I'm surprised IWRG made it in

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW

Did someone confuse "best" for "worst" here? TNA and ROH as the top two? I highly doubt that anyone who could have possibly said that has even WATCHED those damn shows all year long! Once again FCW gets snubbed for the top spot! Main Event, NXT, and Dragon Gate were all very good, though.

honestly, this list should be empty.

MATCH OF THE YEAR

Really don't feel like giving my thoughts on all of these matches here and on which ones got snubbed, so I'll just say that my top three were Davey Elgin, the Ladder Match from Threemendous III, and then Tanahashi vs. Suzuki, and that I don't think Triple H vs. Taker even belongs in the top 25 for this year.

I don't think Rock/Cena belongs here. I would swap it with the PWG ladder match or the Shield/hell No/Ryback TLC

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

II've never heard of Dinastia, but I highly doubt he can come anywhere close to the amazing year Mr. Touchdown has had, and ACH should be a lock for number 2.

I wanna say there are better Rookies than Saturyne out there, and if they couldn't come up with three more, I would add Willie Mack, Shard (i'm not sure how much of a rookie he is), Veda Scott, Cedric Alexander, Athena, Allisyn Kay, Evie...the list goes on!

BEST NON-WRESTLER

UCH! I hate this list, so here is mine:
1. Joseph Park
2. Abraham Washington
3. Truth Martini
4. Nigel
5. Johnny Ace
6. Cornette
7. Wink Vavasseur
8. Ricardo
9.Veronica
10.Derek Sabato


I'm actually cool with both lists

MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC

4: Linda McMahon's senatorial campaign and how WWE handled it
As far as #4 goes... what the hell did they want WWE to do? I barely remember this even getting mentioned, so I'm not sure how much of a promotional tactic it could have been

I'm guessing they're blaming the AW thing on #4

BEST BOOKER

Yeah, Quack should be #1 here, no doubt. His angles are better than Jado & Gedo's and are MUCH, MUCH, MUCH more complex and thought-out. Quack's attention to detail is just amazing. Dusty also deserves a spot on this list, though I',m not sure whether or not to put him above or below Vince

I think this is your Quack fan talking, not to take anything away from him, i've loved his work too, but Jado and Gedo have done a pretty good job soo far. Consider they book shows that are not usually driven by storylines like Quack does.

WORST GIMMICK

GRRR... what the hell was the Miz's gimmick, even? Yeah, Aces & Eights deserve the top spot here, and the later stages of Crazy AJ is a solid #2 (basically anything after Raw 1000. Joseph Park does not belong anywhere near this list, either.

I personally don't think the Aces and 8s gimmick is bad at all, i think it's pretty awesome, the booking may be bad, but the gimmick is awesome.



BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD
1: CM Punk - Best in the World
2: The Last of McGuinness
3: Such Great Heights: The Jon Fitch Story
I haven't seen it yet, but my heart wants this to go The Last of McGuinness, and, base doff of the reviews, I think that it deserves it, but I can't deny that the Punk DVD was pretty damn awesome

This

I would also like to point out that there awards are quite sexists. not a single mention of a woman or woman promotion, other than AJ Lee was a terrible gimmick and Saturyne is a good rookie

[Big Red Machine]

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR)

With the obvious exception The Rock's presence on the list (HE ONLY WRESTLED ONE F*CKING MATCH! HOW CAN HE BE THE WRESTLER OF THE YEAR?!- this spot should have been Steen's) this list looks decently fine to me, (although I probably would have switched Aries' and Cena's spots)

totally agree with you, i would probably swap sheamus and rock for steen and generico, or ziggler

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER

I thought Michael Elgin and Adam Cole had batter years than Sekimoto and Naito
This

BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW

I think that Brock should actually get credit for creating more interest than Rock. Rock only wrestled one match, and that was a Mania that already had Triple H vs. Taker in a Hell in a Cell match with HBK as the ref and CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho. I think Brock's presence helped both Summer Slam and Extreme Rules more than Rock's helped Mania.

It's true what you say, but Rock also worked the 1000th show and several shows before WM


FEUD OF THE YEAR

Roode vs. Storm not being higher just shows how horribly TNA botched it. This was a pretty weak year for wrestling feuds, IMO, but I think that Roddy vs. Elgin deserved a spot on the list.

Cena/Lesnar here is given too much credit IMO, it was a month long feud, nothing more. There are so many more feuds deserving than Cena/Lesnar. Touchdown/Peck, Quack/Shard, Steen/Richards, Aries/Roode


TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR

I really don't agree with either the Briscoes or Bad Influence being so high up on this list. The Briscoes really weren't that great this year, and Bad Influence, while entertaining characters, were not particularly great as a team. The Bucks really deserved this award.

I like the list for the most part, but like you said, briscoes are a bit too high. I wanna think of teams that i would swap with rhodes scholars, but none really comes to mind to deserve the spot. maybe Future Shock or FIST. I would add Los Trauma from Mexico, but they're not all that known around the world yet

MOST IMPROVED

Pretty hard list to argue with at the top, although the FCW fan in me is insulted by Sandow's placement on this list. Didn't anyone else watch FCW? Speaking thereof, I think Bray Wyatt deserves a spot here showing us a completely new side of himself and having it be just plain awesome. Joseph Park, too.... OMFG I just thought of the MOST AWESOME MATCH EVER: Joseph Park vs. RD Evans!

What you said, I don't think Kaz has really improved from what he used to be, he just received much more attention this year. I would give his spot to someone like Bennett, Kaitlin, Tess, or someone who really came from zero to something. With Wyatt and Park, i don't think they belong here, they didn't really improve wrestling-wise, they only found gimmicks they can play out soo good.

BEST ON INTERVIEWS

I really didn't think Paul E. was amazingly great this year. That #4 spot belongs to Archibald Peck/R.D. Evans/Mixed Martial Archie/The Mysterious & Handsome Stranger. I think that Aries' and Rock's spots on the list should switched, I'd swap Bully out for James Storm and swap Big Show out for Sandow

Show delivered some great promos as soon as he turned heel. I would puss Bully Ray higher up.

MOST CHARISMATIC

LESNAR? CHARISMATIC? I don't think so. Aries should be much higher up on this list, and Kevin Steen also deserves a spot

I'm not exactly sure what they're going for charismatic, but yeah Lesnar and St-Pierre here make no sense.

BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER

Not much to say here. I actually haven't seen any of Sabre or Casas all year, though

List looks good, Sabre is good, you should look him up. I'm surprised about Casas, i know he's good, but I figured his time had passed.

BEST FLYING WRESTLER

I haven't seen much of Generico's non ROH & PWG stuff this year, but I think that AR Fox should have Generico's spot

I would swap Omega for Rich Swann, I think Generico should be a little lower on the list

MOST OVERRATED

How the hell is Garrett Bischoff not #1 on this list? Even the fact that he is on TV makes Garrett the most overrated guy in the world. Orton at #4 is a bit ridiculous. I really don't feel that he was overpushed this year at all. His spot should go to Crimson. I think the top five should be Garrett, Sting, Mondo, Crimson, Haas

I don't see how Miz, Anderson, or Morgan are there and not say Kelly Kelly or Sting

MOST UNDERRATED

this list seems good to me, aside from Cara. He really hasn't impressed me at all, and, somehow, I highly doubt this is all WWE's fault. If you want someone who's lack of push is WWE's fault, it is Nattie Neidhart, and she deserves the #2 spot on this list, right behind her BF.

Cara is not underrated, he simply doesn't fight like he used too, regardless who's fault it is. I don't see how Ohno is underrated while still in FCW, but i guess he could be champion. I would swap Gabriel for Zema Ion

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

How the hell did ROH and TNA even make the top ten? Surely there are more than ten decent wrestling companies in the world! DDT should definitely be on this list, as should FCW. AIW, too... and PWG should be the number two, right behind New Japan

I'm ok with this list, TNA and ROH had bad years, but not THAT bad to be left out. I'm surprised IWRG made it in

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW

Did someone confuse "best" for "worst" here? TNA and ROH as the top two? I highly doubt that anyone who could have possibly said that has even WATCHED those damn shows all year long! Once again FCW gets snubbed for the top spot! Main Event, NXT, and Dragon Gate were all very good, though.

honestly, this list should be empty.

MATCH OF THE YEAR

Really don't feel like giving my thoughts on all of these matches here and on which ones got snubbed, so I'll just say that my top three were Davey Elgin, the Ladder Match from Threemendous III, and then Tanahashi vs. Suzuki, and that I don't think Triple H vs. Taker even belongs in the top 25 for this year.

I don't think Rock/Cena belongs here. I would swap it with the PWG ladder match or the Shield/hell No/Ryback TLC

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

II've never heard of Dinastia, but I highly doubt he can come anywhere close to the amazing year Mr. Touchdown has had, and ACH should be a lock for number 2.

I wanna say there are better Rookies than Saturyne out there, and if they couldn't come up with three more, I would add Willie Mack, Shard (i'm not sure how much of a rookie he is), Veda Scott, Cedric Alexander, Athena, Allisyn Kay, Evie...the list goes on!

BEST NON-WRESTLER

UCH! I hate this list, so here is mine:
1. Joseph Park
2. Abraham Washington
3. Truth Martini
4. Nigel
5. Johnny Ace
6. Cornette
7. Wink Vavasseur
8. Ricardo
9.Veronica
10.Derek Sabato


I'm actually cool with both lists

MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC

4: Linda McMahon's senatorial campaign and how WWE handled it
As far as #4 goes... what the hell did they want WWE to do? I barely remember this even getting mentioned, so I'm not sure how much of a promotional tactic it could have been

I'm guessing they're blaming the AW thing on #4

BEST BOOKER

Yeah, Quack should be #1 here, no doubt. His angles are better than Jado & Gedo's and are MUCH, MUCH, MUCH more complex and thought-out. Quack's attention to detail is just amazing. Dusty also deserves a spot on this list, though I',m not sure whether or not to put him above or below Vince

I think this is your Quack fan talking, not to take anything away from him, i've loved his work too, but Jado and Gedo have done a pretty good job soo far. Consider they book shows that are not usually driven by storylines like Quack does.

WORST GIMMICK

GRRR... what the hell was the Miz's gimmick, even? Yeah, Aces & Eights deserve the top spot here, and the later stages of Crazy AJ is a solid #2 (basically anything after Raw 1000. Joseph Park does not belong anywhere near this list, either.

I personally don't think the Aces and 8s gimmick is bad at all, i think it's pretty awesome, the booking may be bad, but the gimmick is awesome.



BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD
1: CM Punk - Best in the World
2: The Last of McGuinness
3: Such Great Heights: The Jon Fitch Story
I haven't seen it yet, but my heart wants this to go The Last of McGuinness, and, base doff of the reviews, I think that it deserves it, but I can't deny that the Punk DVD was pretty damn awesome

This

I would also like to point out that there awards are quite sexists. not a single mention of a woman or woman promotion, other than AJ Lee was a terrible gimmick and Saturyne is a good rookie

Not at all. The fact that they are not specifically singling women and women's promotion out because of gender is the true essence of equality. They arne't on this list is either because they weren't good (not necesarrily the workers faults- Nattie hasn't been a chance to succeed this year just like JTG hasn't bee given one) or because there isn't much attention paid to them... just the same as smaller indies or European promotions don't have much attention paid to them on this list.