Yep, here we are once again... For those of you just tuning in, these are the rec.sport.pro-wrestling.* Year-End Achievement Awards. They celebrate the excellence, as well as the....opposite thereof, of the past year in professional wrestling. The Awards are decided by the readers of r.s.p-w, voting for a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in nearly fifty categories. Believe it or not, we're barely legal - this is our EIGHTEENTH year of Awards. Participation was flat with last year's levels, with 34 legible ballots cast. Once again, I hope that the QUALITY of the response makes up for the lower quantity. Again, I think we have some surprises in the results, but pleasantly so. If you disagree - hell, you should have voted! Thanks to everyone on r.s.p-w who participated, readers and lurkers alike! The following pages provided invaluable assistance with research. Bookmark them ALL right now: The Wrestling Supercards & Tournaments Web Page is THE place to get dates and results of every major card of the past year - and earlier For better of worse, THE website of r.s.p-w.* - basically I threw a bunch of links on a page but it's the quickest way to access full versions of ALL seventeen years of awards! Wikipedia has quickly become a great resource for looking up all sorts of obscure minutiae, and pro wrestling is no exception! It's Google. Nuff said. I can be reached by emailing crz{at}rspw{dot}org, amongst other ways. Without further ado, HEEEEEEEEEEEERE WE GO!!!! First, some general comments... This document is copyright 2007 by Christopher Robin Zimmerman. All rights reserved. Portions of this document are copyright 1990-1995 Herb Kunze and used with his kind permission. Visit the r.s.p-w Awards links page at . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First, some general comments... THE UNBALANCE: pacman jones..? Is he wrestler-_-? CRIMEFIGHTER: 2007 will be remembered as one of the worst years ever for the wrestling industry in the United States. The Benoit Family tragedy rocked the sport all the way to its foundation, leading to exposing a major steroid scandal involving Signature Pharmacy that has ensnared other pro sports from baseball to football to basketball, whereas congressional hearings will be held on the extent of this mess in 2008. The BALCO scandal which took down Marion Jones and Barry Bonds is likely just a preview of what's to come. The WWE's Wellness Policy has been shown to be ineffective and not well enforced. Getting down to the wrestling product itself, TNA has been in a virtual freefall. Once it was putting forth a superior ring product than WWE, now it's worse than WWE despite having higher level talent and an extra hour. WWE's product has stayed the same for the most part, WWE may get the best fed award simply cause the competition is worse, not because it's any better. Then you have WSX which would had provided an alternate on TV, only that MTV seems to have forgotten it used to have wrestling on its network and freaked over the violence, never mind the fact that they already were airing raunchy programming. And it seemed the scammers and con-artists were working overtime this year to rob people blind and take advantage of fans and wrestlers by setting up shows and conventions then running off with the cash. As for these awards, a lot of people keep saying RSPW is no longer relevant, and hasn't been for years, because message boards have replaced newsgroups in general. RSPW could get turnout by going out on these boards or Myspace and promote participation, but they don't do that (I have however), and this is why we have been only getting 20-40 people voting in this thing when it used to be hundreds. And no I don't believe smaller turnouts produce better results. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Wrestler Award Description: To be given to the athlete who was the best overall wrestler of the year. This includes all facets of wrestling: workrate, technical ability, interviews, charisma, value to his/her promotion, etc. In 1994, this award was split into three: North American, Non-North American, and overall. In 1998, it was recombined into one. Previous Winners: 1990: Curt Hennig 1991: Ric Flair 1992: Ric Flair 1993: Big Van Vader 1994: Bret Hart 1994: (NA) Sabu 1994: (non-NA) Chris Benoit 1995: (overall/NA) Shawn Michaels 1995: (non-NA) Chris Benoit 1996: (overall/NA) Shawn Michaels 1996: (non-NA) Jushin Liger 1997: (overall/NA) Shawn Michaels 1997: (non-NA) Taka Michinoku 1998: Stone Cold Steve Austin 1999: Chris Benoit 2000: Triple H 2001: Stone Cold Steve Austin 2002: Kurt Angle 2003: Kurt Angle 2004: Chris Benoit 2005: Eddie Guerrero 2006: Samoa Joe **2007**: John Cena 34 first place votes 34 second place votes 34 third place votes 4 5 3 41 John Cena 4 3 4 37 Edge 3 2 4 29 Samoa Joe 2 5 1 27 Bryan Danielson 5 0 0 25 Kurt Angle 1 2 6 23 Shawn Michaels 3 2 0 21 Takeshi Morishima 1 4 2 21 CM Punk 2 1 1 15 Undertaker 2 1 0 13 Finlay 1 2 0 11 AJ Styles 1 1 1 10 Christian Cage 1 0 2 9 Nigel McGuinness 1 1 0 8 Chris Benoit 1 0 1 7 Mistico 1 0 1 7 Jay Lethal 1 0 0 5 Gran Apache 0 1 0 3 Triple H 0 1 0 3 Sara Del Rey 0 1 0 3 Rey Mysterio 0 1 0 3 Mickie James 0 1 0 3 Chessman 0 0 1 2 Randy Orton 0 0 1 2 Naomichi Marufuji 0 0 1 2 Mr. Kennedy 0 0 1 2 Matt Hardy 0 0 1 2 King Booker 0 0 1 2 John Morrison 0 0 1 2 Chris Harris 0 0 1 2 Austin Aries CRIMEFIGHTER: Well Mistico was #3 on the PWI 500, and frankly Cena and Edge aren't the best wrestlers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Tag Team Award Description: To be given to the tag team who were the best overall team of the year. This includes all facets of wrestling: workrate, technical ability, interviews, charisma, hot team moves, value to their promotion, etc. In 1994, this award was split into three: North American, Non-North American, and overall. In 1998, it was recombined into one. Previous Winners: 1990: The Steiners: Rick & Scott 1991: The Steiners: Rick & Scott 1992: Terry Gordy & Steve Williams 1993: The Hollywood Blonds: Brian Pillman & Steve Austin 1994: (overall/non-NA) The Steiners: Rick & Scott 1994: (NA) Eddy Guerrero & Love Machine 1995: (overall/NA) Public Enemy: Flyboy Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge 1995: (non-NA) Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi 1996: (overall/NA) Harlem Heat: Booker T & Stevie Ray 1996: (non-NA) Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat 1997: (overall/NA) The Eliminators: John Kronus & Perry Saturn 1997: (non-NA) NWO: Masahiro Chono & Great Muta 1998: New Age Outlaws: Road Dogg Jesse James & Badd Ass Billy Gunn 1999: Hardy Boyz: Matt & Jeff 2000: Edge & Christian 2001: Edge & Christian 2002: Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit 2003: Self-Proclaimed World's Greatest Tag Team: Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas 2004: America's Most Wanted: Chris Harris & James Storm 2005: America's Most Wanted: Chris Harris & James Storm 2006: A.J. Styles & Christopher Daniels **2007**: Paul London & Brian Kendrick 33 first place votes 33 second place votes 33 third place votes 7 5 5 60 Paul London & Brian Kendrick 4 7 4 49 Motor City Machine Guns - Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley 9 0 0 45 Briscoe Brothers - Jay & Mark 5 4 3 43 LAX - Homicide & Hernandez 2 5 6 37 Hardys - Matt & Jeff 0 2 5 16 Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch 0 4 1 14 Rated RKO - Edge & Randy Orton 1 1 2 12 Matt Hardy & MVP 2 0 0 10 D-Generation X - Shawn Michaels & Triple H 0 2 2 10 Kevin Steen & El Generico 1 1 0 8 MNM - Johnny Nitro & Joey Mercury 1 0 1 7 William Regal & Dave Taylor 0 0 3 6 AJ Styles & Tomko 1 0 0 5 America's Most Wanted - Chris Harris & James Storm 0 1 0 3 Ricky Marvin & Kataro Suzuki 0 1 0 3 Deuce 'n' Domino 0 0 1 2 Team 3D - Brother Ray & Brother Devon HACK-MAN: No tag teams really stood out this year. I guess #1 was as easy pick in London/Kendrick. MCMG are taking off in TNA, so I went with them for #2. I was going to leave #3 blank, but I seem to recall Matt&Jeff having some decent matches even though they weren't together for long. CRIMEFIGHTER: The best tag teams are all cruiserweight tag teams, and all produced enjoyable matches all year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Heel Award Description: To be given to the person who was the best villain this past year. This person should bring out the fans' wrath. Match quality is not paramount here; this award should be based primarily on how over the wrestler was in the past year. Previous Winners: 1990: Ted DiBiase 1991: Cactus Jack Manson 1992: Jake Roberts 1993: Big Van Vader 1994: Bob Backlund 1995: Big Van Vader 1996: Steve Austin (Ring Master) 1997: Shawn Michaels 1998: Mr. McMahon (Vince McMahon) 1999: Triple H 2000: Triple H 2001: Stone Cold Steve Austin 2002: Kurt Angle 2003: Chris Jericho 2004: Triple H 2005: Eddie Guerrero 2006: Edge **2007**: Edge 34 first place votes 34 second place votes 34 third place votes 14 4 4 90 Edge 4 6 2 42 Christian Cage 2 5 2 29 Santino Marella 2 4 3 28 King Booker 2 1 6 25 Randy Orton 3 1 3 24 Mr. Kennedy 1 2 4 19 MVP 2 0 1 12 James Mitchell 1 1 2 12 Chris Hero 0 2 2 10 Umaga 0 1 2 7 AJ Styles 0 2 0 6 Mr. McMahon 1 0 0 5 X-Pac 1 0 0 5 John Morrison 1 0 0 5 Chris Benoit (I think somebody missed the point - CRZ) 0 1 1 5 Takeshi Morishima 0 1 0 3 Melina 0 1 0 3 Kurt Angle 0 1 0 3 Great Khali 0 1 0 3 Gamma 0 0 1 2 William Regal 0 0 1 2 James Storm HACK-MAN: There were two heels that came into their own in 2007: Edge and Santino. I can see people voting for Benoit, though he really became a heel post mortem. CRIMEFIGHTER: Well the guys I voted for I really despise. Randy Orton barf. Vinnie Mac barf. MMMMIIIISSSSTTTTTEEEERRRR Kennedy...ugh. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Babyface Award Description: To be given to the person who best portrayed the hero this past year. This person should get lots of fan support. Match quality is not paramount here; this award should be based primarily on how over the wrestler was in the past year. Previous Winners: 1990: Hulk Hogan 1991: Brian Pillman 1992: Sting 1993: Bret Hart 1994: Bret Hart 1995: Shawn Michaels 1996: Shawn Michaels 1997: Steve Austin 1998: Stone Cold Steve Austin 1999: The Rock 2000: The Rock 2001: The Rock 2002: Booker T 2003: Kurt Angle 2004: Eddie Guerrero 2005: Batista 2006: Rob van Dam / Rey Mysterio (tie) **2007**: CM Punk / John Cena (tie) 34 first place votes 34 second place votes 34 third place votes 7 1 3 44 John Cena 4 6 3 44 CM Punk 3 4 3 33 Shawn Michaels 2 4 5 32 Jeff Hardy 4 3 1 31 Rey Mysterio 2 1 1 15 Sting 2 1 1 15 Ric Flair 2 1 1 15 Eric Young 1 3 1 15 Matt Hardy 1 2 1 13 Austin Aries 1 1 2 12 Samoa Joe 0 2 2 10 Jay Lethal 1 0 1 7 Triple H 1 0 1 7 Nigel McGuinness 0 1 2 7 Maria 0 2 0 6 Jimmy Wang Yang 1 0 0 5 Undertaker 1 0 0 5 Mistico 1 0 0 5 CIMA 0 1 1 5 Rob Van Dam 0 1 1 5 Balls Mahoney 0 0 1 2 Mickey James 0 0 1 2 Hornswoggle 0 0 1 2 Claudio Castagnoli 0 0 1 2 Chris Harris BIGDADDYLOCO: Even tough guy Toby Keith types chant for the 'Rainbow Haired Warrior' during a beatdown. My second place vote goes to RVD because the WWE just couldn't bury him deep enough. CRIMEFIGHTER: As much as people hate John Cena, he always did what he could to save the day. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Worker Award Description: To be given to the wrestler with, on average, the best workrate. In 1994, this award was split into three: North American, Non-North American, and overall. In 1998, it was recombined into one. Previous Winners: 1990: Ric Flair / Randy Savage (tie) 1991: Jushin Liger 1992: Jushin Liger 1993: Bret Hart 1994: (overall/NA) Sabu 1994: (non-NA) Chris Benoit 1995: (overall/NA) Shawn Michaels 1995: (non-NA) Chris Benoit 1996: (overall/NA) Rey Mysterio, Jr. 1996: (non-NA) Jushin Liger 1997: (overall/NA) Shawn Michaels 1997: (non-NA) Taka Michinoku 1998: Mankind (Cactus Jack / Dude Love / Mick Foley) 1999: Chris Benoit 2000: Chris Benoit 2001: Chris Benoit 2002: Kurt Angle 2003: Kurt Angle 2004: Chris Benoit 2005: Chris Benoit 2006: Samoa Joe **2007**: Bryan Danielson 33 first place votes 33 second place votes 33 third place votes 8 1 2 47 Bryan Danielson 3 6 3 39 Samoa Joe 4 4 1 34 Shawn Michaels 4 1 3 29 Kurt Angle 3 4 1 29 Edge 2 3 1 21 CM Punk 3 1 0 18 Chris Benoit 1 2 2 15 Finlay 2 0 2 14 Christian Cage 2 0 0 10 Jay Lethal 0 1 3 9 John Cena 1 1 0 8 Nigel McGuinness 0 2 1 8 AJ Styles 0 1 1 5 William Regal 0 0 2 4 Takeshi Morishima 0 0 2 4 Mike Quackenbush 0 0 2 4 Alex Shelley 0 1 0 3 Sara Del Rey 0 1 0 3 Paul London 0 1 0 3 Naomichi Marufuji 0 1 0 3 Mickie James 0 1 0 3 Christopher Daniels 0 1 0 3 Carlito 0 0 1 2 Umaga 0 0 1 2 Shelton Benjamin 0 0 1 2 Rob Van Dam 0 0 1 2 Jimmy Wang Yang 0 0 1 2 Jamie Noble 0 0 1 2 Chris Sabin 0 0 1 2 Brian Kendrick CRIMEFIGHTER: Bryan Danielson continues to be one of the best workers in the country. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Flyer Award Description: To be given to the wrestler who did the most and the best high-flying maneuvers throughout the year. In 1994, this award was split into two: North American and Non-North American. In 1998, it was recombined. Previous Winners: 1991: Jushin Liger 1992: Jushin Liger 1993: 1-2-3 Kid (Lightning Kid) 1994: (NA) 1-2-3 Kid 1994: (non-NA) Jushin Liger 1995: (NA) Sabu 1995: (non-NA) Jushin Liger 1996: (NA) Rey Mysterio, Jr. 1996: (non-NA) Jushin Liger 1997: (NA) Rey Mysterio, Jr. 1997: (non-NA) Taka Michinoku 1998: (Billy) Kidman 1999: Jeff Hardy 2000: Jeff Hardy 2001: Rob van Dam 2002: Rey Mysterio 2003: Rey Mysterio 2004: Rey Mysterio 2005: A.J. Styles 2006: A.J. Styles **2007**: Paul London 33 first place votes 33 second place votes 33 third place votes 5 2 5 41 Paul London 6 2 1 38 AJ Styles 3 5 1 32 Jack Evans 4 1 2 27 Rey Mysterio 3 3 1 26 Jay Lethal 0 5 4 23 Jeff Hardy 3 1 1 20 Matt Sydal 1 2 4 19 Brian Kendrick 1 3 2 18 Jimmy Wang Yang 2 1 0 13 PAC 1 2 1 13 Chris Sabin 0 2 3 12 Sonjay Dutt 1 1 1 10 Matt Cross 1 0 1 7 Christopher Daniels 1 0 0 5 Super Fly 1 0 0 5 Dragon Kid 0 1 0 3 Laredo Kid 0 1 0 3 Gail Kim 0 1 0 3 El Generico 0 0 1 2 Valiente 0 0 1 2 Taiji Ishimori 0 0 1 2 Senshi 0 0 1 2 Petey Williams 0 0 1 2 Kane 0 0 1 2 Austin Aries HACK-MAN: For Best Flyer, I went with Jimmy Wang Yang (who is underused and underpushed), Jack Evans (one of the main things to watch in WSX), and Brian Kendrick. Daivari is a great flyer, but wasn't featured as such in WWE. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Technical Wrestler Award Description: To be given to the wrestler who has the most technical ability. The number of holds and moves you see this person do and the crispness with which the moves are executed makes his/her matches a pleasure to watch. In 1994, this award was split into three: North American, Non-North American, and overall. In 1998, it was recombined into one. Previous Winners: 1991: Bret Hart 1992: Bret Hart 1993: Bret Hart 1994: (overall/NA) Bret Hart 1994: (non-NA) Chris Benoit 1995: (overall/NA) Dean Malenko 1995: (non-NA) Chris Benoit 1996: (sweep) Dean Malenko 1997: (overall/NA) Dean Malenko 1997: (non-NA) Jushin Liger 1998: Dean Malenko 1999: Chris Benoit 2000: Chris Benoit 2001: Chris Benoit 2002: Chris Benoit 2003: Rey Mysterio 2004: Chris Benoit 2005: Chris Benoit 2006: Kurt Angle **2007**: Kurt Angle 33 first place votes 33 second place votes 32 third place votes 9 9 3 78 Kurt Angle 11 0 0 55 Bryan Danielson 7 1 3 44 Chris Benoit 2 3 2 23 Samoa Joe 0 5 2 19 Nigel McGuinness 1 3 2 18 Shelton Benjamin 0 3 4 17 Finlay 2 0 3 16 William Regal 1 2 0 11 Charlie Haas 0 3 1 11 CM Punk 0 1 3 9 Alex Shelley 0 1 2 7 Chavo Guerrero 0 1 0 3 Roderick Strong 0 1 0 3 Mike Quackenbush 0 0 1 2 Ric Flair 0 0 1 2 Petey Williams 0 0 1 2 Naomichi Marufuji 0 0 1 2 Hiroshi Tanahashi 0 0 1 2 Edge 0 0 1 2 Christopher Daniels 0 0 1 2 Chris Harris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Brawler Award Description: To be given to the wrestler who brawled his/her way through the year most convincingly. This award would go to Frank "Bruiser Brody" Goodish if he were still around. In 1994, this award was split into two: North American and Non-North American. In 1998, it was recombined. Previous Winners: 1991: Stan Hansen 1992: Cactus Jack 1993: Big Van Vader 1994: (NA) Cactus Jack 1994: (non-NA) Stan Hansen 1995: (NA) Cactus Jack 1995: (non-NA) Stan Hansen 1996: (NA) Mankind (Cactus Jack) 1996: (non-NA) Terry Funk 1997: (NA) Mankind 1997: (non-NA) Stan Hansen 1998: Mankind (Cactus Jack / Mick Foley / Dude Love) 1999: Mankind 2000: Mick Foley (Cactus Jack / Mankind) 2001: Stone Cold Steve Austin 2002: Brock Lesnar 2003: Brock Lesnar 2004: Batista 2005: Batista / Samoa Joe (tie) 2006: Samoa Joe **2007**: Samoa Joe 34 first place votes 34 second place votes 33 third place votes 9 6 0 63 Samoa Joe 7 2 1 43 Finlay 6 3 2 43 Umaga 4 4 0 32 Undertaker 2 2 7 30 John Cena 2 3 1 21 Takeshi Morishima 1 4 1 19 Abyss 0 2 3 12 Batista 1 1 1 10 Necro Butcher 0 2 2 10 Triple H 0 1 3 9 Rhino 1 0 0 5 Mark Briscoe 1 0 0 5 Hernandez 0 1 1 5 Homicide 0 0 2 4 Sandman 0 0 2 4 Kevin Steen 0 0 2 4 Jimmy Jacobs 0 0 2 4 Hardcore Holly 0 1 0 3 Nigel McGuiness 0 1 0 3 Jay Briscoe 0 1 0 3 Chris Benoit 0 0 1 2 Rob Van Dam 0 0 1 2 Edge 0 0 1 2 BJ Whitmer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Most Favourite Wrestler Award Description: To be given to the wrestler you like the most, regardless of the reason. Previous Winners: 1991: Ric Flair 1992: Ric Flair 1993: Ric Flair 1994: Ric Flair 1995: Shawn Michaels 1996: Stone Cold Steve Austin 1997: Stone Cold Steve Austin 1998: Mankind (Cactus Jack / Dude Love / Mick Foley) 1999: Chris Jericho 2000: Triple H 2001: Stone Cold Steve Austin 2002: Kurt Angle 2003: Kurt Angle 2004: Chris Benoit 2005: Eddie Guerrero 2006: Kurt Angle **2007**: Samoa Joe / CM Punk (tie) 33 first place votes 33 second place votes 33 third place votes 3 2 0 21 Samoa Joe 3 2 0 21 CM Punk 3 1 1 20 Matt Hardy 2 2 0 16 King Booker 3 0 0 15 Undertaker 2 1 1 15 Shawn Michaels 1 2 1 13 John Cena 1 2 1 13 Bryan Danielson 1 2 0 11 Mickie James 2 0 0 10 Christian Cage 1 1 1 10 Kurt Angle 1 1 1 10 Edge 1 1 1 10 Alex Shelley 0 2 2 10 AJ Styles 1 0 2 9 Ric Flair 1 0 1 7 Shelton Benjamin 1 0 1 7 Jimmy Wang Yang 1 0 1 7 Jimmy Jacobs 0 1 2 7 Chris Benoit 0 2 0 6 Santino Marella 0 2 0 6 Mr. Kennedy 1 0 0 5 Sara Del Rey 1 0 0 5 Lance Storm 1 0 0 5 Kevin Nash 1 0 0 5 Jay Lethal 1 0 0 5 Gran Apache 0 1 1 5 Umaga 0 1 1 5 Triple H 0 1 1 5 Rey Mysterio 0 1 1 5 Jeff Hardy 0 1 1 5 Finlay 0 0 2 4 William Regal 0 0 2 4 KENTA 0 1 0 3 Ric Converse 0 1 0 3 Nigel McGuinness 0 1 0 3 Laredo Kid 0 1 0 3 Chris Sabin 0 0 1 2 Valiente 0 0 1 2 Shelly Martinez (Ariel) 0 0 1 2 Senshi 0 0 1 2 Jack Evans 0 0 1 2 Elijah Burke 0 0 1 2 Carlito 0 0 1 2 Austin Aires 0 0 1 2 Alex Wright ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Most Improved Wrestler Award Description: To be given to the wrestler who most improved himself/herself in all facets of the sport in the past year. Previous Winners: 1990: Lex Luger 1991: Ron Simmons 1992: Steve Austin 1993: Marcus Alexander Bagwell 1994: Diesel 1995: Johnny B. Badd 1996: Wildman Marc Mero (Johnny B. Badd) 1997: Ken Shamrock 1998: The Rock 1999: Hardcore Holly 2000: Triple H 2001: Rob van Dam 2002: Trish Stratus 2003: John Cena 2004: Batista 2005: Batista 2006: Johnny Nitro **2007**: MVP 34 first place votes 34 second place votes 33 third place votes 8 6 3 64 MVP 6 5 4 53 Candice Michelle 4 4 1 34 John Cena 2 3 2 23 Umaga 3 0 2 19 Claudio Castagnoli 0 4 3 18 Elijah Burke 1 1 5 17 John Morrison 3 0 0 15 Mr. Kennedy 2 1 0 13 Tomko 1 2 0 11 Melina 0 0 4 8 Miz 1 0 0 5 Marco Corleone (Mark Jindrak) 1 0 0 5 Jay Briscoe 1 0 0 5 Big Daddy V 1 0 0 5 AJ Styles 0 1 1 5 Jimmy Jacobs 0 1 1 5 James Storm 0 1 1 5 Chuck Palumbo 0 0 2 4 Sting 0 1 0 3 X-Pac 0 1 0 3 Scott Steiner 0 1 0 3 Mark Briscoe 0 1 0 3 Jay Lethal 0 1 0 3 CM Punk 0 0 1 2 Lee Valiant 0 0 1 2 Kaz 0 0 1 2 Gail Kim 0 0 1 2 Erick Stevens HACK-MAN: For Most Improved Wrestler, the top two were easy picks. No one has improved nearly as much as John Morrison (though I preferred his old gimmick) and Candice Michelle. For a third pick, it was a toss up among Elijah Burke, CM Punk, John Cena, and Miz (who was unwatchable in 2006). CRIMEFIGHTER: You have to admit, John Cena improved a lot this year, wrestling Shawn Michaels helped a lot. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Most Overrated Wrestler Award Description: To be given to the wrestler who really has little talent, but has a large place in the spotlight nonetheless. This is a measure of how undeserved a wrestler's push is. Previous Winners: 1990: Hulk Hogan 1991: Hulk Hogan 1992: Ultimate Warrior 1993: Hulk Hogan 1994: Hulk Hogan 1995: Hulk Hogan 1996: Hulk Hogan 1997: Hulk Hogan 1998: Hollywood Hogan 1999: Hulk Hogan 2000: Goldberg 2001: The Undertaker 2002: Triple H 2003: Triple H 2004: Triple H 2005: John Cena 2006: Jeff Jarrett / Randy Orton (tie) **2007**: The Great Khali 34 first place votes 34 second place votes 34 third place votes 6 1 3 39 Great Khali 3 3 5 34 Bobby Lashley 3 3 1 26 Randy Orton 2 2 4 24 Triple H 1 5 1 22 Batista 3 1 0 18 John Cena 2 1 2 17 Mr. Kennedy 1 4 0 17 Big Daddy V 1 2 3 17 Robert Roode 2 0 1 12 Sting 2 0 1 12 CM Punk 1 0 3 11 Snitsky 2 0 0 10 Kurt Angle 0 3 0 9 Bryan Danielson 0 2 0 6 John Morrison 0 0 3 6 Jeff Jarrett 1 0 0 5 Undertaker 1 0 0 5 Pacman Jones 1 0 0 5 Negro Casas 1 0 0 5 Michelle McCool 1 0 0 5 Brother Ray 0 1 1 5 Umaga 0 1 1 5 Black Reign 0 1 0 3 Hijo de Perro Aguayo 0 1 0 3 Helmsley 0 1 0 3 Eric Young 0 1 0 3 Cody Rhodes 0 1 0 3 Brother D-Von 0 0 1 2 Shawn Michaels 0 0 1 2 Miz 0 0 1 2 King Booker 0 0 1 2 Gail Kim 0 0 1 2 Cibernetico HACK-MAN: It's a sad day when there are three people more overrated than the Undertaker, but Batista, Bryan Danielson, and Khali all for that description. As in past years, it's hard to leave out people like Big Daddy V, Brother Ray, Cody Rhodes, Booker, Monty Brown, Pacman, Orton, Umaga, and Taker. BIGDADDYLOCO: It's amazing Kennedy's one trick pony hasn't been sent to the glue factory yet. CRIMEFIGHTER: Khali is still overrated like mad, solely cause he's tallest. Lashley and Orton also are way overrated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Wrestling Gimmick Award Description: To be given to the wrestler who had the best character gimmick in the past year. Previous Winners: 1991: The Undertaker 1992: The Undertaker 1993: The Undertaker 1994: Bob Backlund as the real WWF champ 1995: Goldust 1996: NWO 1997: Mick Foley's multiple personalities 1998: Lionheart Chris Jericho as a Paragon of Virtue 1999: Hardcore Holly as The Big Shot and a Superheavyweight 2000: Edge & Christian, for the benefit of those with flash photography 2001: His name is Steve Austin - WWF Champion - he does not deserve this 2002: Matt Hardy's Mattitude 2003: John Cena as the Minister of Thuganomics 2004: Trish Stratus as an insincere meddler 2005: Mr. Kennedy handling his own ring introductions 2006: Booker T, after winning King of the Ring, becomes King of the World **2007**: Black Machismo Jay Lethal 34 first place votes 34 second place votes 33 third place votes 8 4 6 64 Black Machismo Jay Lethal 8 5 3 61 Santino Marella as sleazy Italian boyfriend 3 4 4 35 Chris Jericho inserting viral messages into WWE programming 2 2 3 22 King Booker 1 4 1 19 MVP 2 2 0 16 Mr. Kennedy... Kennedy 1 2 2 15 Jillian Hall, American Idol wanna-be 1 1 2 12 Jimmy Jacobs as Embittered Emo Warrior 1 1 2 12 Chris Hero & Sweet 'n' Sour Inc. 1 1 1 10 Kevin Nash as therapist 1 1 0 8 Jay Lethal 1 1 0 8 James Mitchell as devilish master of Abyss 1 1 0 8 Delirious 0 0 3 6 Ron Simmons as The Man Who Says Damn 1 0 0 5 Matt Classic 1 0 0 5 John Morrison as Jim Morrison wannabe 1 0 0 5 Cryme Tyme as thieving street thugs with bling 0 1 1 5 Alex Shelley Paparazzi Productions 0 0 2 4 Cade & Murdoch as sincere sportsmen 0 1 0 3 Shark Boy 0 1 0 3 Nitro & Melina 0 1 0 3 D-Generation X 0 1 0 3 Colt Cabana as the masked "Matt Classic" 0 0 1 2 William Regal 0 0 1 2 Maria as naive doe-eyes 0 0 1 2 Eric Young, underdog HACK-MAN: This was an unusual year, as there were a lot of good choices for "Best Wrestling Gimmick". Although I was a big mark for James Mitchell's gimmick, Jimmy Wang Yang, what Santino evolved into, Backlund's gimmick (that he lives outside wrestling), therapist Nash, Paparazzi Productions, and Maria's "stupid" gimmick, I was an even bigger mark for Cryme Tyme, Chris Jericho inserting viral messages into WWE programming, and Black Machismo Jay Lethal. BIGDADDYLOCO: Nobody could have done as much with the King gimmick as Booker. CRIMEFIGHTER: Jay Lethal...the modern day Macho Man Randy Savage... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Wrestling Move Award Description: To be given to the move that is just the damn best thing you've seen this past year. This should probably be a "finishing" move or something really spectacular. Previous Winners: 1990: Scott Steiner's Frankensteiner 1991: Scott Steiner's Frankensteiner 1992: Jushin Liger's moonsault off the second ropes to floor 1993: Big Van Vader's moonsault 1994: Vader's moonsault 1995: Hakushi's Space Flying Tiger Drop 1996: Wildman Marc Mero's Wild Thing shooting star press 1997: Bret Hart's figure four leglock around the ringpost 1998: Rock's People's Elbow elbowdrop 1999: Jeff Hardy's senton bomb 2000: Jeff Hardy's swantonbomb senton 2001: Rob van Damn's Five Star frog splash 2002: Brock Lesnar's F-5 fireman carry neckbreaker 2003: Brock Lesnar's F-5 fireman carry neckbreaker 2004: Petey Williams' Canadian Destroyer flip piledriver 2005: Petey Williams' Canadian Destroyer flip piledriver 2006: Petey Williams' Canadian Destroyer flip piledriver **2007**: Petey Williams' Canadian Destroyer flip piledriver / Homicide's Gringo Killer back to back double underhook piledriver (tie) 33 first place votes 32 second place votes 31 third place votes 3 2 1 23 Petey Williams' Canadian Destroyer 1 4 3 23 Homicide's Gringo Killa driver 2 1 2 17 Hernandez' Border Toss crucifix powerbomb 3 0 0 15 AJ Styles' Pele kick 2 1 1 15 Paul London's shooting star press 2 1 1 15 Briscoes' springboard Doomsday Device 1 1 3 14 Victoria's Widow's Peak neckbreaker 1 2 1 13 KENTA's Go 2 Sleep 1 2 0 11 Samoa Joe's muscle buster 2 0 0 10 CM Punk's Go 2 Sleep 1 1 1 10 Mr. Kennedy's Kenton Bomb top rope sentonbomb 1 1 1 10 Kurt Angle's heel hook 1 1 1 10 Bryan Danielson's Cattle Mutilation 1 1 0 8 Jeff Hardy's Whisper in the Wind 0 2 1 8 John Morrison's corkscrew moonsault 0 1 2 7 Senshi's Warrior's Way turnbuckle leaping chest stomp 0 2 0 6 Elijah Burke's Turnbuckle Handstand Elbowdrop 1 0 0 5 Valiente's triple jump moonsault to the floor 1 0 0 5 Sara Del Rey's Royal Butterfly 1 0 0 5 Mr. Kennedy's Green Bay Plunge top rope fireman's carry slam 1 0 0 5 King Booker's Spinarooni 1 0 0 5 John Cena's FU 1 0 0 5 Hornswoggle's Tadpole splash 1 0 0 5 El Generico's Turnbuckle Brainbustah! 1 0 0 5 Doug Williams' Chaos Theory Suplex 1 0 0 5 Chris Sabin's Hesitation Dropkick 1 0 0 5 Briscoes' springboard Jay-Driller 1 0 0 5 Big Show's chokeslam 0 1 1 5 Randy Orton's RKO 0 1 1 5 Jay Lethal's Lethal Combination 0 1 1 5 Homicide's tope con hilo 0 0 2 4 Christopher Daniels' BME moonsault 0 1 0 3 Takeshi Morishima's Backdrop Driver 0 1 0 3 Samoa Joe's Island Driver 0 1 0 3 Gran Apache's senton bomb 0 1 0 3 Finley's Celtic Knot indian deathlock 0 1 0 3 Chuck Taylor's Omega Driver 0 1 0 3 Brian Kendrick's Sliced Bread #2 shiranui 0 0 1 2 Shawn Michaels' Sweet Chin Music 0 0 1 2 Night Queens (AAA) (Not a move?) 0 0 1 2 John Morrison's Spinning Neckbreaker 0 0 1 2 Jay Briscoe's Jay Driller 0 0 1 2 Christopher Daniels' Angel's Wings 0 0 1 2 Chris Benoit's Crippler Crossface 0 0 1 2 Carlito's Back Stabber 0 0 1 2 Amazing Kong's vertical underhook facebuster ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Match Award Description: To be given to the best wrestling match you've seen this year, either live, on TV, PPV, or in an arena, or on tape. If it took place in the past year, it is eligible. In 1994, this award was split into three: North American, Non-North American, and overall. In 1997, due to lack of participation on both the NA and non-NA sides, it was recombined. Previous Winners: 1990: 04/22/90: Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart vs. Marty Janetty & Shawn Michaels (SNME) 1991: 03/21/91: Steiners vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Hase (Tokyo, aired on taped PPV) 1992: 01/18/92: Royal Rumble (Royal Rumble) 1993: 10/24/93: Cactus Jack vs. Big Van Vader (Halloween Havoc) 1994: (overall/NA) 03/20/94: Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (WrestleMania) 1994: (non-NA) 04/16/94: Chris Benoit vs. Great Sasuke (Super J Cup) 1995: (overall/NA) 08/27/95: Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (SummerSlam) 1995: (non-NA) 11/20/94: Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota (AJW V*TOP Tourney) 1996: (overall/NA) 03/31/96: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania) 1996: (non-NA) 03/17/96: Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani 1997: 10/05/97: Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker (Hell in the Cell cage) 1998: 06/28/98: Undertaker vs. Mankind (Hell in the Cell cage) 1999: 10/17/99: Brood (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. Edge & Christian (ladder) 2000: 08/27/00: Edge & Christian vs. Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz (tag TLC) 2001: 05/21/01: Steve Austin & Triple H (tag) vs. Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho (RAW) 2002: 10/20/02: Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio (WWE tag final) (No Mercy) 2003: 01/19/03: Kurt Angle (WWE) vs. Chris Benoit (Royal Rumble) 2004: 03/14/04: Triple H (World) vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania) 2005: 04/03/05: Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle (WrestleMania) 2006: 03/31/06: Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito vs. CIMA & Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino (ROH Supercard of Honor) **2007**: 04/23/07: John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels (RAW) 33 first place votes 31 second place votes 30 third place votes 3 5 2 34 04/23/07 John Cena v. Shawn Michaels (RAW) 5 1 1 30 04/01/07 John Cena (WWE) v. Shawn Michaels 2 3 3 25 04/01/07 Batista (World) v. Undertaker 2 3 1 21 01/28/07 John Cena (WWE) v. Umaga (Last Man Standing) 2 2 0 16 12/17/06 Paul London & Brian Kendrick (WWE tag) v. Hardys v. MNM v. William Regal & David Taylor (ladder) 1 2 1 13 06/09/07 Bryan Danielson v. Nigel McGuinness 2 0 1 12 09/09/07 Kurt Angle (X) v. Jay Lethal 2 0 1 12 04/28/07 Briscoe Brothers (ROH Tag) v. Motor City Machine Guns 1 1 1 10 12/10/06 Kurt Angle v. Samoa Joe 1 1 1 10 09/15/07 Briscoe Brothers (ROH tag) v. Kevin Steen & El Generico (ladder) 1 0 2 9 10/14/07 Samoa Joe v. Christian Cage 0 3 0 9 05/13/07 Chris Harris v. James Storm (Texas Death Match) 0 1 3 9 01/14/07 Kurt Angle v. Samoa Joe (Iron Man) 1 1 0 8 06/23/07 Bryan Danielson v. KENTA 1 0 1 7 10/14/07 LAX v. Triple X (Ultimate X) 1 0 1 7 04/01/07 Mr. Kennedy v. Edge v. CM Punk v. King Booker v. Jeff Hardy v. Matt Hardy v. Finlay v. Randy Orton (Money in the Bank ladder) 0 2 0 6 03/31/07 Jimmy Jacobs v. B.J. Whitmer (cage) 0 0 3 6 04/29/07 Undertaker (World) v. Batista (Last Man Standing) 1 0 0 5 12/23/06 Bryan Danielson (ROH) v. Homicide 1 0 0 5 10/13/07 Sara Del Rey v. Amazing Kong 1 0 0 5 09/28/07 Hijo de Lizmark v. Blue Panther v. Hijo del Perro Aguayo v. Villano V v. Dr. Wagner Jr. v. Ultimo Guerrero v. Mistico v. Atlantis 1 0 0 5 07/15/07 KENTA & Taiji Ishimori v. Naomichi Marufuji & Kota Ibushi 1 0 0 5 04/15/07 Kurt Angle & Samoa Joe & Rhino & Jeff Jarrett & Sting v. Christian Cage & Abyss & Tomko & Scott Steiner & AJ Styles 1 0 0 5 02/15/07 Samoa Joe v. Takeshi Morishima 1 0 0 5 01/21/07 Briscoe Brothers (GHC Jr) v. Ricky Marvin & Kotaro Suzuki 1 0 0 5 01/14/07 Christopher Daniels (X) v. Chris Sabin v. Jerry Lynn 0 1 1 5 08/25/07 Takeshi Morishima (ROH) v. Bryan Danielson 0 1 1 5 05/12/07 Briscoe Brothers (ROH tag) v. Claudio Castagnoli & Matt Sydal 0 0 2 4 12/08/06 Bryan Danielson (ROH) v. Samoa Joe (cage) 0 1 0 3 10/07/07 Triple H (WWE) v. Randy Orton (Last Man Standing) 0 1 0 3 07/01/07 Jushin Liger (open the Dream Gate) v. CIMA 0 1 0 3 05/06/07 Laredo Kid & Super Fly & Pegasso & Aero Star v. Gran Apache & Super Calo & Alan & Decnis 0 1 0 3 04/27/07 Takeshi Morishima (ROH) v. Austin Aries 0 0 1 2 08/25/07 Briscoe Brothers (ROH tag) v. El Generico & Kevin Steen (2/3) 0 0 1 2 04/30/07 Edge v. Randy Orton 0 0 1 2 03/31/07 CIMA & Susumu Yokosuka & Shingo v. Ryo Saito & Dragon Kid & Masaaki Mochizuki 0 0 1 2 02/24/07 Team Destiny v. Team Dynasty (War Games) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Feud Award Description: To be given to the feud that gave us the most heated and best wrestling match(es) of the year. In 1994, this award was split into two: North American and Non-North American. In 1996, due to lack of participation on the non-NA side, it was recombined. Previous Winners: 1990: Doom: Ron Simmons & Butch Reed vs. Horsemen: Arn Anderson & Barry Windham 1991: Doom: Ron Simmons & Butch Reed vs. Steiners 1992: Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage 1993: Big Van Vader vs. Cactus Jack 1994: (NA) Cactus Jack & partner vs. Nasty Boys 1994: (non-NA) All Japan Women vs. JWP (& other outside women) 1995: (NA) Dean Malenko vs. Eddy Guerrero 1995: (non-NA) Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota 1996: NWO vs. WCW 1997: Bret Hart / Hart Foundation vs. Steve Austin 1998: Mr. McMahon vs. Steve Austin 1999: Mankind vs. Rock 2000: Triple H vs. Mankind / Cactus Jack 2001: Rock vs. Chris Jericho 2002: Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle 2003: Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar 2004: Randy Orton vs. Mick Foley 2005: Matt Hardy vs. Edge 2006: Edge vs. John Cena **2007**: Matt Hardy vs. MVP 33 first place votes 31 second place votes 30 third place votes 8 6 2 62 Matt Hardy v. MVP 2 5 3 31 John Cena v. Shawn Michaels 4 1 3 29 Undertaker v. Batista 4 1 1 25 Briscoe Brothers v. Kevin Steen & El Generico 4 1 0 23 John Cena v. Edge 2 2 1 18 Nigel McGuinness v. Bryan Danielson 2 1 1 15 CM Punk v. John Morrison 2 1 0 13 Santino Marella v. Ron Simmons 0 3 1 11 Hardys v. MNM 1 1 0 8 Chris Harris v. James Storm 0 2 1 8 Kurt Angle v. Samoa Joe 1 0 1 7 Bryan Danielson v. Takeshi Morishima 0 1 2 7 D-Generation X v. Rated RKO 0 0 3 6 ECW Originals v. New Breed 1 0 0 5 Kevin Nash v. Kurt Angle 1 0 0 5 Gran Apache v. Billy Boy 1 0 0 5 CM Punk v. Elijah Burke 0 1 1 5 Team 3-D v. Steiner Brothers 0 1 1 5 Sting v. Abyss & James Mitchell 0 1 1 5 Resilience v. No Remorse Corps 0 1 1 5 Homicide v. Bryan Danielson 0 0 2 4 John Cena v. Umaga 0 0 2 4 Christian Cage v. Samoa Joe 0 1 0 3 Sara Del Rey v. Amazing Kong 0 1 0 3 Bob Backlund v. Chris Sabin & Eric Shelley 0 0 1 2 Randy Orton v. John Cena 0 0 1 2 Jimmy Jacobs v. BJ Whitmer 0 0 1 2 D-Generation X v. McMahons ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Wrestler Award Description: To be given to the name athlete who was the worst overall wrestler in the past year. Minimal technical ability, lousy interviews, non-existent workrate, and the charisma of a rock should describe this person. Previous Winners: 1990: Junkyard Dog 1991: Andre The Giant 1992: Nailz 1993: Giant Gonzalez 1994: Hulk Hogan 1995: Hulk Hogan 1996: Hulk Hogan 1997: Hulk Hogan 1998: Hollywood Hogan 1999: Hulk Hogan 2000: Hulk Hogan 2001: Buff Bagwell 2002: Jackie Gayda 2003: Nathan Jones 2004: Heidenreich 2005: Heidenreich 2006: The Great Khali **2007**: The Great Khali 33 first place votes 33 second place votes 33 third place votes 13 5 4 88 Great Khali 1 8 4 37 Big Daddy V 3 5 0 30 Pacman Jones 3 2 1 23 Kevin Nash 3 1 2 22 Boogeyman 0 1 8 19 Snitsky 2 0 0 10 Chris Benoit 0 2 2 10 Mark Henry 0 0 5 10 Chris Masters 1 0 2 9 BG James 1 1 0 8 Batista 1 0 0 5 Triple H 1 0 0 5 Sting 1 0 0 5 Kip James 1 0 0 5 Joe Lider 1 0 0 5 CM Punk 1 0 0 5 Brother Devon 0 1 1 5 Robert Roode 0 1 0 3 Shelly Martinez 0 1 0 3 Sandman 0 1 0 3 Mr. McMahon 0 1 0 3 Xtreme Tiger 0 1 0 3 Bobby Lashley 0 1 0 3 Big Show 0 1 0 3 Andrew Martin 0 0 1 2 Kevin Thorn 0 0 1 2 Hardcore Holly 0 0 1 2 Eric Young 0 0 1 2 Crazy Boy HACK-MAN: Anyone that doesn't vote Khali for "Worst Wrestler" needs psychological help. Batista and Big Daddy V are bad, but not "Khali bad". BIGDADDYLOCO: Devon is the luckiest Dudley of them all. One of the worst wrestlers to never be really called out. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Tag Team Award Description: To be given to the name tag team who were the worst overall wrestlers in the past year. Minimal technical ability, lousy interviews, non-existent workrate, the charisma of a rock, and lousy team moves should describe this pair. Previous Winners: 1990: Rhythm & Blues: Greg Valentine & Honky Tonk Man 1991: The Patriots: Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip 1992: Bushwhackers: Luke Williams & Butch Miller 1993: The Colossal Kongs: Awesome Kong & King Kong 1994: Bushwhackers: Luke Williams & Butch Miller 1995: Tekno Team 2000: Travis & Troy 1996: Godwinns: Henry O. & Phineas I. 1997: Godwinns: Henry O. & Phineas I. 1998: Diamond Dallas Page & Jay Leno 1999: Ministry of Darkness: Mideon & Viscera 2000: Harris Brothers: Big Ron & Heavy D 2001: Kronik: Brian Adams & Bryan Clarke 2002: Rosey & Jamal 2003: 3 Minute Warning: Rossey & Jamal / La Resistance: Sylvain Grenier & Rene Dupree & Rob Conway (tie) 2004: Hardcore Holly & Billy Gunn 2005: Legion of Doom: Road Warrior Animal & Heidenreich 2006: Dicks: Chad & James **2007**: Team Pacman: Ron Killings & Adam "Pacman" Jones 32 first place votes 30 second place votes 29 third place votes 10 3 4 67 Team Pacman - Ron Killings & Adam "Pacman" Jones 5 10 1 57 Voodoo Kin Mafia - BG & Kip James 4 2 2 30 Cryme Tyme - Shad Gaspard & JTG 2 1 4 21 Highlanders - Robbie & Rory McAllister 3 1 1 20 Deuce 'n' Domino 2 0 4 18 D-Generation X - Shawn Michaels & Triple H 1 1 5 18 Viscera & Charlie Haas 1 4 0 17 Major Brothers - Brett & Brian 1 1 3 14 Team 3-D - Brother Ray & Brother Devon 0 4 0 12 Ric Flair & Roddy Piper 1 1 1 10 Spirit Squad - Johnny & Kenny & Mitch & Nicky & Mikey 1 0 1 7 Serotonin - Kazarian & Matt Bentley & Johnny Devine 1 0 0 5 Crazy Boy & Joe Lider 0 1 1 5 Basham & Damaja 0 1 0 3 Kane & Undertaker 0 0 1 2 Steiner Brothers - Rick & Scott 0 0 1 2 John Cena & Shawn Michaels HACK-MAN: I was surprised that I ended up giving all three "Worst Tag Team" votes to TNA. Ron Killings & Pacman Jones were just awful (and don't forget to combine the two similar named teams). Kip James doesn't deserve to be drawing a paycheck in the biz. Devon can't make up for the awfulness that is Brother Ray in Team 3-D. CRIMEFIGHTER: Worst team, Pacman wasn't allowed to do anything, and we all knew he couldn't. Whatta waste. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Heel Award Description: To be given to the person whose casting as a bad guy just didn't work well. Maybe there was just no heel heat drawn or maybe the fans actually cheered this person, but for whatever reason the heel image just didn't get over. Previous Winners: 1990: Rick Martel 1991: The Mountie Jacques Rougeau 1992: Razor Ramon 1993: Giant Gonzalez 1994: Bastion Booger 1995: Zodiac (The Butcher/Brutus Beefcake) 1996: Hulk Hogan 1997: Ahmed Johnson 1998: Hollywood Hogan 1999: Sting 2000: Goldberg 2001: Rob van Dam 2002: Triple H 2003: Triple H 2004: Jeff Jarrett 2005: Linda McMahon 2006: Vickie Guerrero **2007**: Vickie Guerrero 34 first place votes 33 second place votes 30 third place votes 7 3 5 54 Vickie Guerrero 6 3 1 41 Great Khali 2 5 3 31 Tatanka 2 2 4 24 Miz 1 4 3 23 Big Daddy V 4 0 0 20 Robert Roode 3 0 1 17 AJ Styles 1 2 2 15 Kip James 2 1 0 13 Randy Orton 1 2 0 11 Kevin Thorn 1 1 1 10 Gregory Helms 0 1 3 9 Lance Hoyt 0 2 1 8 Kurt Angle 1 0 1 7 Raven 1 0 1 7 Jeff Jarrett 1 0 1 7 Andrew Martin 0 2 0 6 Roderick Strong 0 2 0 6 Chavo Guerrero 0 2 0 6 BG James 1 0 0 5 Umaga 0 1 1 5 Mr. Kennedy 0 0 1 2 Shelton Benjamin 0 0 1 2 Abyss ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Babyface Award Description: To be given to the person whose casting as a good guy just didn't work well. Maybe there was just no face heat drawn or maybe the fans actually booed this person, but for whatever reason the face image just didn't get over. Previous Winners: 1990: Dusty Rhodes 1991: P.N. News 1992: Sid Justice 1993: Lex Luger 1994: Hulk Hogan 1995: Hulk Hogan 1996: John Tenta 1997: Rocky Maivia 1998: Warrior 1999: Hulk Hogan 2000: Hulk Hogan 2001: "The One" Billy Gunn 2002: Triple H 2003: Stephanie McMahon / Scott Steiner (tie) 2004: Hardcore Holly 2005: Randy Orton 2006: John Cena **2007**: Santino Marella 32 first place votes 31 second place votes 28 third place votes 4 7 2 45 Santino Marella 4 5 4 43 Hardcore Holly 4 1 4 31 Bobby Lashley 3 4 1 29 Triple H 3 1 2 22 Boogeyman 3 1 1 20 Kip James 1 3 3 20 Jeff Jarrett 2 1 3 19 John Cena 0 3 1 11 BG James 0 1 4 11 Junior Fatu 2 0 0 10 Sting 1 0 0 5 Shawn Michaels 1 0 0 5 Petey Williams 1 0 0 5 Kane 1 0 0 5 Chris Benoit 1 0 0 5 Batista 1 0 0 5 Abyss 0 1 1 5 CM Punk 0 1 0 3 Jim Ross 0 1 0 3 Eric Young 0 1 0 3 Bryan Danielson 0 0 1 2 Cody Rhodes 0 0 1 2 Carlito HACK-MAN: I feel bad that I forgot to nominate Rhyno for "Worst Babyface" (and didn't want to write him in--since I knew he had no chance of winning if not on the ballot), so I had to go with Batista, Bryan Danielson, and Hardcore Holly. Cody Rhodes escapes until next year... BIGDADDYLOCO: Cheering for Kane at this point feels a lot like cheering for 'Mean' Mike Enos in the waning WCW days. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Worker Award Description: To be given to the name wrestler whose workrate is so low it's barely measureable. Previous Winners: 1990: Junkyard Dog 1991: Andre The Giant 1992: Nailz 1993: Giant Gonzalez 1994: Hulk Hogan 1995: Hulk Hogan 1996: Hulk Hogan 1997: Hulk Hogan 1998: Hollywood Hogan 1999: Hulk Hogan 2000: Kevin Nash 2001: Buff Bagwell 2002: Jackie Gayda 2003: Nathan Jones 2004: Heidenreich 2005: Gene Snitsky / Kevin Nash / Chris Masters (tie) 2006: The Great Khali **2007**: The Great Khali 33 first place votes 33 second place votes 33 third place votes 16 5 2 99 Great Khali 1 8 5 39 Big Daddy V 5 1 1 30 Pacman Jones 2 3 3 25 Boogeyman 1 3 4 22 Mark Henry 2 1 2 17 Junior Fatu 0 2 6 18 Snitsky 1 1 1 10 Jim Duggan 1 1 1 10 Chris Masters 1 1 0 8 Hornswoggle 0 1 2 7 Torrie Wilson 1 0 0 5 Joe Lider 1 0 0 5 Chris Benoit 1 0 0 5 Batista 0 1 1 5 Kevin Thorn 0 1 0 3 Xtreme Tiger 0 1 0 3 Robert Roode 0 1 0 3 Kip James 0 1 0 3 John Cena 0 1 0 3 Bob Backlund 0 0 1 2 Mike Knox 0 0 1 2 Jeff Jarrett 0 0 1 2 Crazy Boy 0 0 1 2 BG James 0 0 1 2 Andrew Martin HACK-MAN: Though I was really tempted to vote for Bryan Danielson for "Worst Worker", I couldn't in good conscience call him worse than Great Khali, Chris Masters, or Pacman Jones. If I had more votes, I'd also vote for Viscera and Duggan. CRIMEFIGHTER: Khali continues to be one of the worst workers in the biz. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Least Favourite Wrestler Award Description: To be given to the wrestler you like the least, regardless of the reason. Previous Winners: 1991: Hulk Hogan 1992: Hulk Hogan 1993: Hulk Hogan 1994: Hulk Hogan 1995: Hulk Hogan 1996: Hulk Hogan 1997: Hulk Hogan 1998: Hollywood Hogan 1999: Hulk Hogan 2000: Hulk Hogan 2001: Buff Bagwell 2002: Triple H 2003: Triple H 2004: Triple H 2005: Triple H 2006: Jeff Jarrett **2007**: The Great Khali 33 first place votes 33 second place votes 33 third place votes 7 2 2 45 Great Khali 4 5 2 39 Triple H 3 2 2 25 Kip James 2 1 4 21 Randy Orton 4 0 0 20 Chris Benoit 1 2 2 15 Mark Henry 2 1 0 13 Hardcore Holly 2 1 0 13 Batista 0 3 2 13 Big Daddy V 1 1 2 12 Mr. McMahon 1 2 0 11 John Cena 0 3 1 11 Snitsky 1 1 1 10 Sting 1 1 1 10 Robert Roode 1 0 1 7 Jeff Jarrett 0 0 3 6 Hornswoggle 1 0 0 5 John Bradshaw Layfield 1 0 0 5 Joe Lider 1 0 0 5 CM Punk 0 1 1 5 Chris Masters 0 0 2 4 BG James 0 1 0 3 Xtreme Tiger 0 1 0 3 Shawn Michaels 0 1 0 3 Pacman Jones 0 1 0 3 Mr. Kennedy 0 1 0 3 Christopher Daniels 0 1 0 3 Brother Ray 0 1 0 3 Andrew Martin 0 0 1 2 Undertaker 0 0 1 2 Sean Waltman 0 0 1 2 Mike Knox 0 0 1 2 Kevin Nash 0 0 1 2 Jerry Lynn 0 0 1 2 Eric Young 0 0 1 2 Crazy Boy HACK-MAN: Batista, Hardcore Holly, and Great Khali kept me from voting for Viscera, Bryan Danielson, Masters, JJJ, Kip, Miz, Orton, and Taker as "Least Favourite Wrestler". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Most Deteriorated Wrestler Award Description: To be given to the person whose skill has deteriorated the most over the past year. This person should be a shadow of his/her former self. Previous Winners: 1990: Dusty Rhodes 1991: Hulk Hogan 1992: Hulk Hogan 1993: Hulk Hogan 1994: Hulk Hogan 1995: Hulk Hogan 1996: Hulk Hogan 1997: Roddy Piper 1998: British Bulldog 1999: Hulk Hogan 2000: Undertaker 2001: Undertaker 2002: Triple H 2003: Scott Steiner 2004: Jeff Hardy 2005: Vader 2006: Raven **2007**: Ric Flair 34 first place votes 34 second place votes 34 third place votes 6 2 2 40 Ric Flair 0 5 4 23 Raven 2 2 3 22 Black Reign (Dustin Rhodes) 2 3 1 21 Mick Foley 4 0 0 20 Chris Benoit 2 2 1 18 Brother Ray 2 2 0 16 Triple H 1 3 1 16 Roddy Piper 1 2 2 15 Junior Fatu 2 0 2 14 Kevin Nash 1 2 1 13 Tatanka 1 2 1 13 Rey Mysterio 2 0 0 10 Sting 0 0 5 10 Sabu 1 0 2 9 Jim Duggan 1 1 0 8 Undertaker 1 1 0 8 Scott Steiner 0 2 1 8 Rick Steiner 0 2 1 8 Kip James 1 0 1 7 Tommy Dreamer 0 0 3 6 Sandman 1 0 0 5 Shawn Michaels 1 0 0 5 Negro Casas 1 0 0 5 Big Daddy V 1 0 0 5 Akira Taue 0 0 2 4 Sergeant Slaughter 0 1 0 3 Hijo del Perro Aguayo 0 1 0 3 Bryan Danielson 0 1 0 3 Brother DeVon 0 0 1 2 Villano III HACK-MAN: A lot of people seem to just vote for people they don't like in "Most Deteriorated Wrestler". I see a bunch of people that can't work, but can't really say that they wrestled all that much better in 2006. While I'm tempted to go with Benoit, the three that seem to be worse in 2007 than in 2006 ended up being Rey Mysterio, Bryan Danielson, and Sandman. BIGDADDYLOCO: Most Deteriorated Wrestler is going to Brother Ray who was once a solid big man who at least tried to a fat guy who totally stopped selling, moving or just about anything else in the ring other than taking up more space. CRIMEFIGHTER: Rikishi thinks he should command a big-money contract...not anymore...your stock has fallen...and out of TNA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Most Underrated Wrestler Award Description: To be given to the person whose ability merits a far greater push than the person receives. There may be many such people, but the winner of this award should have the most ability with least push. Previous Winners: 1990: Terry Taylor 1991: Cactus Jack Manson 1992: Owen Hart 1993: Chris Benoit 1994: 1-2-3 Kid 1995: Barry Horowitz 1996: Owen Hart 1997: Chris Benoit 1998: Chris Benoit 1999: D'Lo Brown 2000: Al Snow 2001: Lance Storm 2002: D'Lo Brown 2003: Matt Hardy 2004: Paul London 2005: Shelton Benjamin 2006: Shelton Benjamin **2007**: Alex Shelley 33 first place votes 33 second place votes 32 third place votes 4 3 1 31 Alex Shelley 1 5 3 26 Shelton Benjamin 4 1 0 23 Elijah Burke 3 2 1 23 Brian Kendrick 1 3 4 22 Paul London 0 4 3 18 Matt Hardy 1 3 1 16 Stevie Richards 1 1 3 14 Senshi 2 1 0 13 Jay Lethal 2 1 0 13 Finlay 2 0 0 10 Santino Marella 2 0 0 10 AJ Styles 1 0 2 9 Christopher Daniels 0 2 1 8 Ron Killings 1 0 1 7 Jimmy Wang Yang 1 0 1 7 CM Punk 0 1 2 7 Jamie Noble 0 2 0 6 Chris Sabin 1 0 0 5 Valiente 1 0 0 5 Sara Del Rey 1 0 0 5 MVP 1 0 0 5 Kevin Nash 1 0 0 5 Charlie Haas 1 0 0 5 Carlito 1 0 0 5 Candice Michelle 0 1 1 5 John Morrison 0 0 2 4 Nunzio 0 1 0 3 Stuka Jr. 0 1 0 3 John Cena 0 1 0 3 Daizee Haze 0 0 1 2 Virus 0 0 1 2 PAC 0 0 1 2 Mike Quackenbush 0 0 1 2 Jimmy Jacobs 0 0 1 2 Big Show 0 0 1 2 Batista HACK-MAN: I wish I had remembered to nominate Daivari for "Most Underrated Wrestler", since he can do so much more than the crap he did in WWE. BIGDADDYLOCO: I voted Finlay and Stevie Richards #1 & 2 last year and I see no reason to change that this year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Wrestling Gimmick Award Description: To be given to the wrestler who had the worst character gimmick in the past year. Previous Winners: 1991: Mike Rotundo as Irwin R. Shyster 1992: Papa Shango's voodoo 1993: Doink the Clown 1994: Doink the Clown 1995: Dungeon of Doom 1996: The Leprechaun 1997: Glacier / Blood Runs Cold 1998: Warrior appears in "strange mist" / forms One Warrior Nation 1999: Beaver Cleavage (Chaz) 2000: That 70's Guy / Not a Mullet / Fat Chick Thriller / Career Killer Mike Awesome 2001: Diamond Dallas Page as Sara's Stalker 2002: WWE's necrophilia 2003: La Resistance as French sympathizers 2004: Heidenreich as a tortured poet 2005: Jillian Hall as a "fixer" with a giant growth on her face 2006: The Impostor Kane **2007**: D-Generation X as middle-aged teenagers 33 first place votes 32 second place votes 32 third place votes 7 2 3 47 D-Generation X as middle-aged teenagers 5 3 1 36 Big Daddy V going shirtless (with suspenders) 2 4 5 32 Vito as a man most comfortable in a dress 3 2 3 27 Cryme Tyme as black stereotypical criminals 2 4 1 24 Snitsky as generic vanilla monster 4 1 0 23 Dustin Rhodes as split personality "Black Reign" 2 3 0 19 Chris Masters as a "Masterpiece" of steroid use 0 1 5 13 Deuce 'n' Domino as That '50s Team 1 1 2 12 Eugene as mentally retarded & EVIL! 1 2 0 11 Boogeyman 2 0 0 10 Hornswoggle 1 1 1 10 Santino Marella as a "trained fan from Jersey" 0 2 2 10 Robert Roode, Incorporated 0 1 3 9 Spirit Squad 0 2 1 8 Kevin Thorn as a vampire 0 1 2 7 Roxxi Laveaux, Voodoo Valet 1 0 0 5 Dr. Kevin Nash 1 0 0 5 Crippler Chris Benoit 1 0 0 5 CM Punk - Straight Edge 0 0 2 4 MVP as overpaid cocky athlete 0 1 0 3 King Booker 0 1 0 3 Black Machismo Jay Lethal 0 0 1 2 Kelly Kelly HACK-MAN: My top six picks for "Worst Wrestling Gimmick" were all from WWE. BIGDADDYLOCO: DX was the gimmick that just wouldn't end/ CRIMEFIGHTER: Chris Masters won't be missed in WWE. Big Vito should stop wearing dresses, cause it hurt his career. He should had gone to ECW as part of the FBI. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Wrestling Move Award Description: To be given to the move that is the worst thing you've seen this year. This shouldn't be given to a move that was flubbed by a wrestler - the move was performed correctly, but was just too stupid for words. This move should probably be a "finishing" move or something that was meant to be spectacular. Previous Winners: 1990: Hulk Hogan's leg drop 1991: Hulk Hogan's leg drop 1992: Crush's Compactor head-vise 1993: Crush's Compactor head-vise 1994: Hulk Hogan's leg drop 1995: Hulk Hogan's leg drop 1996: Hacksaw Jim Duggan's taped fist 1997: Hulk Hogan's leg drop 1998: Hollywood Hogan's legdrop 1999: Hulk Hogan's legdrop 2000: Scotty 2 Hotty's Worm chop 2001: Chyna's handspring elbow 2002: Rikishi's stinkface 2003: Jim Ross' Stone Cold Stunner 2004: John Cena's Five Knuckle Shuffle fistdrop / Scotty 2 Hotty's Worm chop (tie) 2005: Viscera's Visagra rear mount 2006: The Great Khali's skull chop **2007**: The Great Kahli's skull chop 32 first place votes 32 second place votes 32 third place votes 5 5 3 46 Great Khali's skull chop 4 6 2 42 Great Khali's Giant Vice head vice 3 3 5 34 Umaga's Samoan Spike 4 3 1 31 Junior Fatu's stinkface 2 2 0 16 John Cena's Five Knuckle Shuffle fist drop 1 2 2 15 Big Daddy V's elbow drop 1 0 4 13 Viscera's rear splash & mount 1 0 4 13 Great Khali's headbutt 2 0 1 12 Randy Orton's RKO 0 3 1 11 Chris Masters' Master Lock full nelson 2 0 0 10 John Cena's FU 1 1 0 8 Mark Henry's bear hug 1 1 0 8 MVP's Playmaker 1 1 0 8 Kurt Angle's 450 splash 1 0 1 7 Triple H's Pedigree 1 0 1 7 CM Punk's Go 2 Sleep 1 0 0 5 Tomko's big boot 1 0 0 5 Randy Orton's chinlock 0 1 1 5 Snitsky's pumphandle slam 0 1 1 5 Shawn Michaels' inverted atomic drop 0 0 2 4 Great Khali's claw 0 1 0 3 Snitsky's big boot 0 1 0 3 King Booker's axe kick 0 1 0 3 Jeff Jarrett's Stroke 0 0 1 2 Trevor Murdoch's Candian destroyer 0 0 1 2 Petey Williams' Canadian Destroyer 0 0 1 2 CM Punk's Anaconda Vice BIGDADDYLOCO: I've don't think I've seen an RKO all year long that looked like it hurt. CRIMEFIGHTER: Anyone see how bad Kurt Angle botched a 450 on Sting? I did. And gads, Khali tries to crush peoples heads...barf. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Match Award Description: To be given to the worst wrestling match you've seen this year, either live, on TV, PPV, or in an arena, or on tape. If it took place in the past year, it is eligible. Previous Winners: 1990: 06/13/90: Ric Flair vs. Junkyard Dog (CoC XI) 1991: 05/19/91: El Gigante vs. Sid Vicious (SuperBrawl) 1992: 01/18/92: Beverly Brothers vs. Bushwhackers (Royal Rumble) 1993: 04/04/93: Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna (WrestleMania IX) 1994: 09/18/94: Jim Duggan vs. Steve Austin (Fall Brawl) 1995: 03/19/95: Hulk Hogan vs. Vader (Uncensored) 1996: 03/24/96: Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson & Lex Luger & Kevin Sullivan & Meng & Barbarian & Ze Gangsta & Ultimate Solution (Uncensored) 1997: 10/26/97: Hulk Hogan vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper (cage) (Halloween Havoc) 1998: 10/25/98: Hollywood Hogan vs. Warrior (Halloween Havoc) 1999: 09/26/99: Al Snow vs. Big Boss Man (Kennel from Hell) (Unforgiven) 2000: 06/25/00: Pat Patterson vs. Gerald Brisco (hardcore evening gown) 2001: 07/02/01: Booker T (WCW) vs. Buff Bagwell (RAW) 2002: 07/08/02: Jackie Gayda & Christopher Nowinski vs. Trish Stratus & Bradshaw (mixed tag RAW) 2003: 01/19/03: Triple H (world) vs. Scott Steiner (Royal Rumble) 2004: 03/14/04: Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg (WrestleMania) 2005: 04/18/05: Jim Ross vs. Triple H (no DQ) (RAW) 2006: 06/26/06: Kane vs. Impostor Kane (Vengeance) **2007**: 01/08/07: "Donald Trump" vs. "Rosie O'Donnell" (RAW) 32 first place votes 29 second place votes 29 third place votes 18 3 2 103 01/08/07 "Donald Trump" v. "Rosie O'Donnell" (RAW) 4 4 4 40 02/11/07 Christy Hemme v. Big Fat Oily Guy 3 0 2 19 08/26/07 Great Khali (World) v. Batista 2 0 4 18 04/15/07 Chris Harris v. James Storm (Blindfold Cage match) 0 4 1 14 10/14/07 15 Man Reverse Battle Royal 0 2 3 12 05/20/07 Mr. McMahon (ECW) & Shane McMahon & Umaga v. Bobby Lashley 1 1 1 10 12/03/06 Mike Knox & Kelly Kelly v. Kevin Thorn & Ariel 1 0 2 9 01/01/07 John Cena v. Kevin Federline (RAW) 0 2 1 8 07/22/07 Great Khali (World) v. Kane v. Batista 0 2 1 8 04/01/07 Great Khali v. Kane 1 0 1 7 08/12/07 Chris Harris v. Black Reign 0 2 0 6 06/17/07 Alex Shelley v. Bob Backlund 0 2 0 6 02/18/07 Finlay & Little Bastard v. Boogeyman & Mini-Boogeyman 0 2 0 6 01/28/07 Bobby Lashley v. Test 1 0 0 5 12/05/06 Bobby Lashley (ECW) v. Big Show 1 0 0 5 10/07/07 CM Punk (ECW) v. Big Daddy V 0 1 1 5 12/17/06 Miz v. Boogeyman 0 1 1 5 03/11/07 Sting v. Abyss (Last Rites) 0 0 2 4 06/17/07 Eric Young v. Robert Roode 0 1 0 3 10/07/07 Punjabi Prison Batista v. Great Khali 0 1 0 3 08/20/07 Mr. Kennedy v. Carlito (RAW) 0 1 0 3 06/03/07 Kane v. Mark Henry (lumberjack) 0 0 1 2 10/14/07 Ten Knockout Battle Royal 0 0 1 2 09/16/07 Undertaker v. Mark Henry 0 0 1 2 04/01/07 John Cena (WWE) v. Shawn Michaels CRIMEFIGHTER: As lead editor of the St. Louis Wrestling Community I know that St. Louis used to be a hotbed for wrestling with high standards. So WWE decided to give us St. Louis folk the WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR in fake Donald (Ace Steel) vs. fake Rosie (Kylie McLean). The fans promptly booed them out of the building. Thankfully, Vince McMahon had to sit there and listen to the crowd crap all over it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Feud Award Description: To be given to the feud that nobody cared about at all this year. When they were pushing the feud on TV, you'd go to the fridge for a snack. Previous Winners: 1990: Hulk Hogan vs. Earthquake 1991: Hulk Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter 1992: Ultimate Warrior vs. Papa Shango 1993: The Undertaker vs. Giant Gonzalez 1994: Doink vs. Bam Bam Bigelow 1995: Hulk Hogan vs. Dungeon of Doom 1996: Big Bubba vs. John Tenta 1997: Nation of Domination vs. Disciples of Apocalypse vs. Los Boricuas 1998: Warrior vs. Hollywood Hogan 1999: No Limit Soldiers vs. West Texas Rednecks 2000: Big Show vs. Big Boss Man 2001: Undertaker vs. Diamond Dallas Page 2002: Triple H vs. Kane 2003: Stephanie McMahon vs. Vince McMahon 2004: Chavo Guerrero vs. Jacqueline 2005: McMahon Family vs. Jim Ross 2006: Mr. McMahon (& Shane McMahon) vs. D-generation X **2007**: Mr. McMahon vs. Bobby Lashley / Voodoo Kin Mafia vs. Christy Hemme (tie) 31 first place votes 31 second place votes 31 third place votes 6 3 6 51 Mr. McMahon v. Bobby Lashley 4 5 8 51 Voodoo Kin Mafia v. Christy Hemme 4 2 3 32 Voodoo Kin Mafia v. WWE 3 3 2 28 Jonathan Coachman v. Hornswoggle 3 4 0 27 Mr. McMahon v. Donald Trump 2 1 4 21 Chris Benoit v. Chavo & Vickie Guerrero 3 0 2 19 Batista v. Great Khali 1 2 1 13 John Cena v. Kevin Federline 0 4 0 12 Eric Young v. Robert Roode 0 2 1 8 Umaga v. Santino Marella 1 0 0 5 Robert Roode v. Eric Young 1 0 0 5 Kane v. Big Daddy V 1 0 0 5 Great Khali v. John Cena 1 0 0 5 Christopher Daniels v. Sting 1 0 0 5 CM Punk v. Mike Knox 0 1 1 5 Sting v. Abyss 0 1 1 5 Hornswoggle v. Jamie Noble 0 1 0 3 Robert Roode v. Samoa Joe 0 1 0 3 Kane v. MVP 0 1 0 3 Batista v. Undertaker 0 0 1 2 Team 3D v. The Steiners 0 0 1 2 Angle v. Samoa Joe BIGDADDYLOCO: This is one of those that have a lot of good options that are hard to argue with, but I went with Coach v. Hornswoggle because it irritates the piss out of me and it isn't funny. CRIMEFIGHTER: Worst feud...anything with a McMahon in it will automatically suck, except when a McMahon is losing big to DX. The New Age Outlaws sure stunk up the place with their dumb feuds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Most Disappointing News item Award Description: To be given to the wrestling news item that most disappointed you when heard of it. When you first learned of this news story, you couldn't believe that it was true, and when you learned that it was, you were bummed out for a while. Previous Winners: 1991: Scott Steiner gets injured 1992: Legion of Doom: Hawk & Animal split up 1993: WWF brings Hulk Hogan back and gives him the title 1994: WCW signs Hulk Hogan and makes him World champion 1995: Death of Eddie Gilbert 1996: Scott Hall and/or Kevin Nash leave WWF and/or join WCW 1997: Death of Brian Pillman 1998: Death of Louie Spicolli 1999: Death of Owen Hart 2000: David Arquette wins WCW World heavyweight championship 2001: Chris Benoit out for the year after neck surgery 2002: Steve Austin leaves WWE in frustration over creative direction 2003: Death of Curt Hennig 2004: Brock Lesnar leaves WWE to try out for the NFL 2005: Death of Chris Candido 2006: Death of Eddie Guerrero **2007**: Chris Benoit commits double murder/suicide 33 first place votes 32 second place votes 31 third place votes 32 0 0 160 Chris Benoit commits double murder/suicide 1 7 3 32 Mike Awesome commits suicide 0 6 2 22 Death of Sherri Martel 0 3 5 19 WWE lets Paul Heyman's contract lapse 0 4 1 14 WWE suspends many performers over steroid use 0 2 4 14 Death of Bam Bam Bigelow 0 1 3 9 TNA pulls talent from ROH & PWG 0 2 1 8 Wrestling Society X cancelled 0 1 1 5 Roddy Piper diagnosed with cancer 0 1 1 5 King Booker quits WWE 0 1 1 5 Death of Missing Link 0 0 2 4 Death of Bad News Brown 0 1 0 3 Ric Flair moves to Smackdown 0 1 0 3 Death of John Kronus 0 1 0 3 Chris Jericho returns to WWE 0 0 1 2 WWE runs the diva search, again 0 0 1 2 Triple H tears his other quad 0 0 1 2 Steiner Brothers reunion scrapped by injury 0 0 1 2 Ric Flair (apparently) quits WWE 0 0 1 2 Gateway Championship Wrestling folds 0 0 1 2 Death of Ernie Ladd REJECTED - duplicate votes 0 1 1 Chris Benoit commits double murder/suicide CRIMEFIGHTER: There is no incident this year that didn't have more of an immeadiate, wide-reaching and negative impact on professional wrestling than the Benoit family tradegy, and the ramifications of this sad story will be felt for years and years to come on this and all other sports as Congress is gearing up to hold hearings on the rampant steriod use by athletes and the massive distribution ring that includes BALCO and Signature Pharmacy. On other fronts, an attempt to get another alternative wrestling product on TV ended in failure due to MTV's lack of committment. Plus a significant group that gave us a number of current indy stars GCW shut down, the Benoit family tradegy ironically was the straw that broke the camel's back. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Most Obnoxious Personality Award Description: To be given to the person who just rubs you the wrong way. This could be anybody involved in the wrestling biz. Previous Winners: 1991: Dusty Rhodes 1992: Vince McMahon 1993: Vince McMahon 1994: Hulk Hogan 1995: Eric Bischoff 1996: Eric Bischoff 1997: Eric Bischoff 1998: Eric Bischoff 1999: Eric Bischoff 2000: Vince Russo 2001: Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley 2002: Jerry Lawler 2003: Stephanie McMahon 2004: Jerry Lawler 2005: Stephanie McMahon 2006: Don West **2007**: Mr. McMahon 32 first place votes 31 second place votes 31 third place votes 8 1 3 49 Mr. McMahon 5 5 2 44 Don West 4 0 4 28 Triple H 3 2 2 25 Mike Tenay 2 2 3 22 Miz 2 1 2 17 Kip James 1 3 1 16 Jerry Lawler 1 2 1 13 Karen Angle 1 2 0 11 Donald Trump 1 2 0 11 Brother Ray 0 3 1 11 Jonathan Coachman 1 1 0 8 Santino Marella 0 2 0 6 Randy Orton 1 0 0 5 Ric Flair 1 0 0 5 Jim Ross 1 0 0 5 CM Punk 0 1 1 5 John Bradshaw Layfield 0 1 1 5 Jeff Jarrett 0 1 1 5 Iron Sheik 0 0 2 4 Shawn Michaels 0 0 2 4 Jeremy Borash 0 1 0 3 Stephanie McMahon 0 1 0 3 BG James 0 0 1 2 Slick Johnson 0 0 1 2 Shane McMahon 0 0 1 2 Robert Roode 0 0 1 2 Michael Cole 0 0 1 2 John Cena HACK-MAN: It's bad when there's no one even CLOSE to being as annoying as Don West and Mike Tenay. Two guys that aren't supposed to be heels have more heat than anyone in TNA or WWE. They should teach classes in getting over as obnoxious personalities. CRIMEFIGHTER: Vinnie Mac continues to be the most obnoxious figure on TV today, and I'm tired of watching to him stroke his own ego for the benefit of no one. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Second Award Description: To be given to the manager who outperformed their peers at ringside and behind the microphone in interviews. This award was discontinued after the 2001 awards and reinstated in 2006. Previous Winners: 1990: Jim Cornette 1991: Bobby Heenan 1992: Mr. Perfect 1993: Jim Cornette 1994: Jim Cornette 1995: Jim Cornette 1996: Sunny 1997: Chyna 1998: Chyna 1999: Dawn Marie 2000: Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley 2001: Stacy Keibler 2006: Armando Alejandro Estrada (Osama Rodriguez Alejandro) **2007**: James Mitchell 33 first place votes 31 second place votes 31 third place votes 5 5 1 42 James Mitchell 6 1 1 35 Larry Sweeney 3 4 2 31 Sharmell 4 1 2 27 Karen Angle 2 3 1 21 Ariel 1 3 3 20 Armando Estrada 3 0 2 19 Kevin Nash 1 2 4 19 Maria 2 2 1 18 Konnan 0 2 4 14 Lacey 0 2 2 10 Melina 0 0 5 10 Ms. Brooks 1 1 0 8 Jackie Moore 0 2 1 8 Matt Striker 1 0 1 7 Lita 0 2 0 6 Christy Hemme 1 0 0 5 Ty Dillenger 1 0 0 5 Julius Smokes 1 0 0 5 Joey Eastman 1 0 0 5 Alicia Webb 0 1 1 5 Cherry BIGDADDYLOCO: Konnan might be the only manager that added any value to a feud this year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Announcer Award Description: To be given to the commentator/announcer who makes the most insightful and entertaining comments while pushing his product. "Ring announcers" don't qualify here. As of 1992, the difference between this and colour commentator will be enforced. Previous Winners: 1990: Jesse Ventura 1991: Jesse Ventura 1992: Jim Ross 1993: Jim Ross 1994: Jim Ross 1995: Jim Ross 1996: Jim Ross 1997: Jim Ross 1998: Jim Ross 1999: Jim Ross 2000: Jim Ross 2001: Jim Ross 2002: Michael Cole 2003: Michael Cole 2004: Jim Ross 2005: Joey Styles 2006: Joey Styles **2007**: Jim Ross 33 first place votes 31 second place votes 27 third place votes 15 5 6 102 Jim Ross 6 10 10 80 Joey Styles 4 6 3 44 Michael Cole 4 6 3 44 Dave Prazak 4 4 2 36 Mike Tenay 0 0 2 4 Ben Jordan 0 0 1 2 John Bradshaw Layfield (for calling No Way Out when Michael Cole lost his voice) BIGDADDYLOCO: When JR and Lawler have their stuff together they are still pretty solid, but the are lost with out each other these days. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Colour Commentator Award Description: To be given to the colour commentator who provides the most insightful and entertaining comments. Previous Winners: 1991: Bobby Heenan 1992: Bobby Heenan 1993: Jesse Ventura 1994: Bobby Heenan 1995: Bobby Heenan 1996: Bobby Heenan 1997: Jerry Lawler 1998: Jerry Lawler 1999: Jerry Lawler 2000: Jerry Lawler 2001: Paul Heyman 2002: Tazz 2003: Tazz 2004: Tazz 2005: Tazz 2006: John Bradshaw Layfield **2007**: John Bradshaw Layfield 33 first place votes 32 second place votes 27 third place votes 21 5 2 124 John Bradshaw Layfield 7 12 7 85 Tazz 1 8 6 41 Jerry Lawler 4 4 4 40 Kevin Nash 0 1 4 11 Don West 0 1 2 7 Eddie Kingston 0 1 0 3 Lenny Leonard 0 0 1 2 Konnan 0 0 1 2 Bert Ernst HACK-MAN: If JBL doesn't run away with "Best Colour Commentator", people need to get their heads examined. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Interviewee Award Description: To be given to the person who gives the best interview in the biz. This could be a wrestler or a manager. Previous Winners: 1990: Ric Flair 1991: Ric Flair 1992: Ric Flair 1993: Ric Flair 1994: Ric Flair 1995: Shawn Michaels 1996: Stone Cold Steve Austin 1997: Stone Cold Steve Austin 1998: Mankind (Dude Love / Cactus Jack / Mick Foley) 1999: Mankind 2000: The Rock 2001: Stone Cold Steve Austin 2002: Kurt Angle 2003: Chris Jericho 2004: Chris Jericho 2005: Eddie Guerrero 2006: Mick Foley **2007**: Edge 32 first place votes 32 second place votes 32 third place votes 8 7 1 63 Edge 8 4 5 62 Santino Marella 3 4 1 29 Christian Cage 3 0 3 21 John Cena 2 1 1 15 Jimmy Jacobs 2 0 2 14 Ric Flair 0 3 2 13 John Bradshaw Layfield 1 2 0 11 Iron Sheik 1 0 3 11 Mr. Kennedy 0 2 2 10 Kurt Angle 0 2 1 8 William Regal 0 2 1 8 MVP 1 0 1 7 Shawn Michaels 1 0 1 7 James Mitchell 1 0 0 5 Kevin Nash 1 0 0 5 AJ Styles 0 0 2 4 Alex Shelley 0 1 0 3 Triple H 0 1 0 3 Delirious 0 1 0 3 Colt Cabana 0 1 0 3 Briscoe Brothers 0 1 0 3 Austin Aries 0 0 1 2 Scott Steiner 0 0 1 2 Raven 0 0 1 2 Maria 0 0 1 2 Eddie Kingston 0 0 1 2 CM Punk 0 0 1 2 Adam Pearce ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Angle Award Description: To be given to the best angle you've seen in the sport this year. Previous Winners: 1990: Horsemen turn heel 1991: "Real World Champion" Ric Flair challenges Hulk Hogan 1992: Ric Flair "knew Elizabeth first" 1993: WWF brings in Sean Waltman as 1-2-3 Kid 1994: Shane Douglas forfeits NWA title moments after winning it 1995: Barry Horowitz finally wins on WWF television 1996: NWO forms and attempts takeover of WCW 1997: Bret Hart turns on USA, reforms Hart Foundation 1998: Mr. McMahon offers Steve Austin the easy way - or the hard way 1999: "Countdown to the Millennium" ends with Chris Jericho's WWF debut 2000: Triple H, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, Kurt Angle love triangle 2001: ECW joins WCW, forms alliance 2002: Goldust, Booker T turn "At the Movies" gig into friendship 2003: Paul Heyman presents Kurt Angle with Team Angle 2004: Chris Benoit's world championship journey ends with WrestleMania win 2005: Matt Hardy returns to WWE to seek revenge on Edge & Lita 2006: Joey Styles quits RAW during live broadcast **2007**: Chris Jericho inserts viral messages into WWE programming 32 first place votes 31 second place votes 31 third place votes 6 5 4 53 Chris Jericho inserts viral messages into WWE programming 3 4 5 37 MVP, Matt Hardy compete in various events to see who is better 6 0 2 34 John Cena holds WWE Championship for over a year 3 1 3 24 Jay Lethal shows off his dead-on Randy Savage impression 2 3 1 21 Randy Orton boots John Cena's father 2 2 2 20 Edge & Randy Orton reluctantly team up, forming Rated RKO 1 4 0 17 Age of the Fall debuts by attacking Briscoes 2 1 1 15 Homicide's quest for ROH title leads to Final Battle 2006 1 3 0 14 Kevin Nash as Kurt's therapist 0 1 5 13 Austin Aries returns to ROH 1 1 2 12 Lashley breaks through cage onto Umaga 1 1 0 8 Mr. McMahon, Donald Trump put hair on the line 1 0 1 7 Sweet 'n' Sour Inc. tortures Bobby Dempsey 0 1 2 7 D-Generation X Reforms 1 0 0 5 Vince McMahon blown up in a limo 1 0 0 5 Eric Young seduced by Ms. Brooks to sign contract 1 0 0 5 Billy Boy disguises self as Alfa to regain love of Faby Apache 0 1 1 5 William Regal hosts WWE Dating Game 0 1 0 3 The Kevin Nash PCS Challenge 0 1 0 3 Spirit Squad sent packing back to OVW on camera 0 1 0 3 Jimmy Jacobs becomes jealous of Colt Cabana 0 0 1 2 TNA starts an ACTUAL women's division 0 0 1 2 BG James reports on "The Marine" from empty theater CRIMEFIGHTER: I think a lot of people would had been happy to see Vince McMahon not on TV for months and months and months after he was "blown up" in a limo. That ended with the Benoit tradegy bringing him back on TV. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Organization Award Description: To be given to the organization/promotion that has the best product. This is the organization whose TV and house shows you just can't miss. Previous Winners: 1990: NWA 1991: WWF 1992: WCW 1993: SMW 1994: ECW 1995: WWF 1996: WWF 1997: WWF 1998: WWF 1999: WWF 2000: WWF 2001: WWF 2002: WWE (WWF) 2003: WWE 2004: WWE 2005: TNA 2006: WWE **2007**: WWE 30 first place votes 30 second place votes 26 third place votes 13 3 3 80 WWE 9 8 5 79 ROH 5 9 6 64 TNA 1 3 0 14 SHIMMER 1 0 2 9 Wrestling Society X 0 1 3 9 Pro Wrestling NOAH 0 1 2 7 PWG 1 0 0 5 AAA 0 1 1 5 Dragon Gate 0 1 1 5 CHIKARA 0 1 0 3 Rough Wrestling International 0 1 0 3 CWF-MidAtlantic 0 1 0 3 CMLL 0 0 1 2 IWA-Mid South 0 0 1 2 CZW 0 0 1 2 All American Wrestling ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best TV Show Award Description: To be given to what is on average the best wrestling TV show. In 1994, TV shows and major shows were given separate award categories. Previous Winners: 1991: 03/21/91: WCW & New Japan Supershow (aired on tape) 1992: 01/18/92: WWF Royal Rumble 1993: WWF Monday Night RAW weekly TV 1994: WWF Monday Night RAW 1995: WWF Monday Night RAW 1996: WWF Monday Night RAW 1997: WWF Monday Night RAW (WWF RAW is War / WWF RAW / WWF War Zone) 1998: WWF RAW is WAR (RAW / War Zone) 1999: WWF RAW is WAR (RAW / War Zone) 2000: WWF RAW is WAR (RAW / War Zone) 2001: WWF RAW (RAW is War / War Zone / RAW Zone) 2002: WWE SmackDown! 2003: WWE Smackdown 2004: WWE RAW (RAW / RAW Zone) 2005: TNA iMPACT! (TNA Wrestling Impact!) 2006: WWE Smackdown **2007**: WWE RAW (RAW / RAW Zone) / WWE Smackdown (tie) 30 first place votes 29 second place votes 28 third place votes 9 10 2 79 WWE RAW 8 7 9 79 WWE Smackdown 7 3 7 58 TNA iMPACT! 1 6 4 31 ECW on SciFi 4 1 3 29 Wrestling Society X 1 0 0 5 AAA on Galavision 0 1 1 5 CMLL Guerreros del Ring 0 1 0 3 TNA Xplosion 0 0 1 2 NWA Anarchy TV 0 0 1 2 Memphis Wrestling TV HACK-MAN: In 2007, three shows were more entertaining than Raw, Smackdown, or Impact: ECW on SciFi (mainly due to Punk/Morrison feud, RVD, and Ariel), Wrestling Society X (despite being spot-fu and stupid special effects, it was actually fun to watch), and NWA Anarchy TV (the few eps I was able to watch online, since my local station stopped showing it). CRIMEFIGHTER: If wrestling fans, and MTV itself gave it a chance, WSX would have gotten popular with wrestling fans. Instead, MTV got all scared about people emulating the stuff shown on it (as if Jack@$$ wasn't doing it already) and pulled the plug before all ten episodes aired. Ridicious. Also sad that a few of those folks on WSX I've seen in person and it provided an outlet for them to get national exposure and raise their profile that they wouldn't had gotten otherwise. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Major Show Award Description: To be given to the best major event. This could be a pay-per-view, a TV special, or any big arena event. In 1994, TV shows and major shows were given separate award categories. Previous Winners: 1991: 03/21/91: WCW & New Japan Supershow (aired on tape) 1992: 01/18/92: WWF Royal Rumble 1993: WWF Monday Night RAW weekly TV 1994: 03/20/94: WWF WrestleMania X 1995: 08/27/95: WWF SummerSlam 1996: 03/31/96: WWF WrestleMania XII 1997: 04/14/97: ECW Barely Legal 1998: 03/24/98: WWF WrestleMania XIV 1999: 08/22/99: WWF SummerSlam 2000: 01/23/00: WWF Royal Rumble 2001: 04/01/01: WWF WrestleMania X-7 2002: 08/25/02: WWE SummerSlam 2003: 03/30/03: WWE WrestleMania XIX 2004: 03/14/04: WWE WrestleMania XX 2005: 04/03/05: WWE WrestleMania 21 2006: 04/02/06: WWE WrestleMania 22 **2007**: 04/01/07: WWE WrestleMania 23 29 first place votes 28 second place votes 25 third place votes 13 5 1 82 04/01/07 WWE WrestleMania 23 2 2 8 32 01/28/07 WWE Royal Rumble 4 2 0 26 06/23/07 ROH Driven 3 2 2 25 10/14/07 TNA Bound for Glory 2 2 3 22 04/29/07 WWE Backlash 0 2 3 12 12/23/06 ROH Final Battle 1 2 0 11 05/12/07 ROH Respect Is Earned 0 2 1 8 12/17/06 WWE Armageddon 1 0 1 7 09/15/07 ROH Man Up 0 2 0 6 08/25/07 ROH Manhattan Mayhem II 0 2 0 6 03/31/07 ROH Supercard Of Honor II 1 0 0 5 10/13/07 SHIMMER vol. 15/16 taping 1 0 0 5 09/28/07 CMLL 74th Anniversary 1 0 0 5 01/14/07 TNA Final Resolution 0 1 1 5 06/17/07 TNA Slammiversary 0 1 1 5 06/03/07 WWE One Night Stand 0 1 1 5 05/13/07 TNA Sacrifice 0 0 2 4 04/28/07 ROH Good Times Great Memories 0 1 0 3 09/09/07 TNA No Surrender 0 1 0 3 07/15/07 AAA Triplemania XV 0 0 1 2 09/16/07 AAA Verano de Escandalo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Promotional Move Award Description: To be given to the best move made by a promotion this past year. This could include giving somebody a push, demoting someone, firing someone hiring someone, or anything of a promotional nature. Previous Winners: 1991: WWF signs Ric Flair 1992: WCW signs Jake Roberts 1993: WWF works with SMW & USWA 1994: WWF pushes Bret Hart as champion again 1995: WCW signs Sabu, Chris Benoit, Eddy Guerrero & Dean Malenko away 1996: WCW signs Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Ted DiBiase & Syxx 1997: ECW uses "working agreement" with WWF 1998: WWF books Vince McMahon into top storyline role 1999: WWF signs Chris Jericho 2000: WWF signs Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn 2001: WWF adds ECW to "invasion" angle 2002: WWE names Paul Heyman head of SmackDown! writing team 2003: NWA TNA offers one cent PPV 2004: WWE books Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero to World, WWE championships 2005: TNA gains Spike TV timeslot 2006: TNA signs Kurt Angle soon after WWE releases him **2007**: Spike TV, TNA agree on expanding "iMPACT!" to second hour 32 first place votes 31 second place votes 30 third place votes 6 5 2 49 TNA gets second hour on Spike TV 6 1 6 45 WWE suspends wrestlers for wellness violations 5 3 4 42 ROH starts airing PPVs 4 2 2 30 WWE keeps John Cena as champion for over a year 1 3 3 20 TNA holds more PPVs outside of Orlando 2 2 1 18 TNA starts legitimate women's division, brings in real talent 1 3 2 18 TNA lets Jeff Jarrett fade out of main event for a while 2 1 2 17 WWE keeps Jim Ross as lead RAW announcer 2 1 2 17 WWE erases Chris Benoit from history 1 1 2 12 WWE books Edge World Championship win 1 1 0 8 ROH pushes Takeshi Morishima as dominant force 0 1 2 7 ROH tours England & Japan 0 2 0 6 WWE gets big publicity for Trump/McMahon feud 1 0 0 5 SHIMMER pushes Sara Del Rey as champ 0 1 0 3 WWE releases Test 0 1 0 3 WWE hires Marcus Cor Von 0 1 0 3 St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame established 0 1 0 3 ROH emphasizes importance of tag championship through main event defenses 0 1 0 3 ROH brings in Misawa 0 0 1 2 ROH runs Samoa Joe Farewell Tour alongside Fifth Year Festival 0 0 1 2 ECW gets Big Daddy V CRIMEFIGHTER: For all the bone-headed things TNA has done this year, at least they have an actual women's division with actual women wrestlers instead of fashion models whose wrestling abilities are no better than backyarders. And locally an independent Wrestling Hall of Fame for those who wrestled at the Chase in St. Louis was established to honor the greats that isn't controlled by WWE. ROH getting PPV is a start. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Second Award Description: To be given to the manager whose presence at ringside and during interviews is really unnecessary. This person does little to enhance the matches in which his/her wrestler(s) participates. This award was discontinued after the 2001 awards and reinstated in 2006. Previous Winners: 1990: Mr. Fuji 1991: Coach John Tolos 1992: Harvey Wippleman 1993: Harvey Wippleman 1994: Harvey Wippleman 1995: Harvey Wippleman 1996: Teddy Long 1997: Uncle Cletus 1998: Eric Bischoff 1999: Curtis Hughes 2000: Mae Young 2001: Sara 2006: Vickie Guerrero **2007**: Vickie Guerrero 31 first place votes 31 second place votes 30 third place votes 8 5 1 57 Vickie Guerrero 6 5 5 55 Runjin Singh 5 2 1 33 Karen Angle 1 2 8 27 Ashley 2 4 1 24 Roxxi Laveaux 2 3 2 23 Jackie Moore 2 2 3 22 Michelle McCool 2 1 2 17 Raven 0 3 2 13 Christy Hemme 2 0 0 10 Ms. Brooks 0 2 1 8 Shane Hagadorn 1 0 0 5 Kip James 0 1 1 5 Ariel 0 0 2 4 Daivari 0 1 0 3 BG James 0 0 1 2 Matt Striker BIGDADDYLOCO: Jackie Moore was useless over 10 years ago. CRIMEFIGHTER: Karen Angle hasn't exactly contributed to the betterment of the TNA product has she? Her involvement has helped make TNA SUCK badly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Announcer Award Description: To be given to the commentator/announcer who makes the dumbest comments while pushing his product. This person probably gets you to turn down the TV when he/she is announcing. As of 1992, the difference between this and colour commentator will be enforced. Previous Winners: 1990: Vince McMahon 1991: Vince McMahon 1992: Vince McMahon 1993: Vince McMahon 1994: Eric Bischoff 1995: Eric Bischoff 1996: Eric Bischoff 1997: Tony Schiavone 1998: Tony Schiavone 1999: Tony Schiavone 2000: Tony Schiavone 2001: Tony Schiavone 2002: Jim Ross 2003: Jim Ross 2004: Jonathan Coachman 2005: Jonathan Coachman 2006: Todd Grisham **2007**: Mike Tenay 30 first place votes 27 second place votes 20 third place votes 8 5 5 65 Mike Tenay 8 2 3 52 Kris Kloss 2 8 1 36 Michael Cole 3 3 3 30 Josh Mathews 3 4 1 29 Jim Ross 2 3 2 23 Jack Korpela 0 2 2 10 Todd Grisham 1 0 0 5 Jonathan Coachman 1 0 0 5 Joe E. Slick 1 0 0 5 Eric Gargiulo 1 0 0 5 Don West 0 0 2 4 Joey Styles 0 0 1 2 Jeremy Borash ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Colour Commentator Award Description: To be given to the commentator/announcer who makes the dumbest comment while pushing his product. This person probably gets you to turn down the TV when he/she is announcing. Previous Winners: 1991: Dusty Rhodes 1992: Lord Alfred Hayes 1993: Randy Savage 1994: Dusty Rhodes 1995: Steve McMichael 1996: Dusty Rhodes 1997: Dusty Rhodes 1998: Larry Zbyszko 1999: Jason Hervey 2000: Mark Madden 2001: Mark Madden 2002: Jerry Lawler 2003: Jerry Lawler 2004: Jerry Lawler 2005: Jerry Lawler 2006: Don West **2007**: Don West 29 first place votes 23 second place votes 17 third place votes 21 1 2 112 Don West 7 8 5 69 Jerry Lawler 1 6 4 31 Bret Ernst 0 5 4 23 Tazz 0 2 1 8 John Bradshaw Layfield 0 1 0 3 Jonathan Coachman 0 0 1 2 Randy Orton CRIMEFIGHTER: Don West is still the worst color man on TV. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Interviewee Award Description: To be given to the person who gives the worst interview in the biz. This could be a wrestler or a manager. Previous Winners: 1990: Ultimate Warrior 1991: El Gigante 1992: Ultimate Warrior 1993: Giant Gonzalez 1994: Yokozuna 1995: Hulk Hogan 1996: Ahmed Johnson 1997: Ahmed Johnson 1998: Warrior 1999: Sid Vicious 2000: Hardy Boyz 2001: Linda McMahon 2002: Triple H 2003: Al Wilson 2004: Lita 2005: Linda McMahon 2006: The Great Khali **2007**: The Great Khali 32 first place votes 31 second place votes 20 third place votes 16 2 2 90 Great Khali 5 8 8 65 Bobby Lashley 4 7 4 49 Pacman Jones 2 0 3 16 Runjin Singh 2 1 0 13 Triple H 2 1 0 13 Big Daddy V 0 3 2 13 Chris Masters 0 2 2 10 Randy Orton 0 2 1 8 Kelly Kelly 1 0 1 7 Vito 0 1 1 5 Jeff Hardy 0 1 1 5 Batista 0 0 2 4 Super Crazy 0 0 2 4 Shelton Benjamin 0 1 0 3 Mr. McMahon 0 1 0 3 Eugene 0 1 0 3 CM Punk 0 0 1 2 Miz CRIMEFIGHTER: Khali still can't talk, guess that's why he has a manager. Lashley aren't great communicators either. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Angle Award Description: To be given to the worst angle you've seen in the sport this year. It may be the worst because of taste or because of execution. Previous Winners: 1990: Earthquake breaks Hulk's ribs & get well card drive / Black Scorpion (tie) 1991: WWF exploits the Gulf war 1992: Papa Shango curses the Ultimate Warrior 1993: WCW's Cactus Jack gets amnesia; search leads to Cleveland 1994: WCW gives Hulk Hogan the WCW Title 1995: WCW bills Giant as Andre the Giant's alleged son 1996: Jim Ross announces return of Razor Ramon and Diesel to WWF 1997: Brian Pillman claims paternity of Dakota Runnells 1998: "Mysterious laughter" source revealed as Chucky the doll 1999: Big Show's father stricken with cancer; Big Boss Man exploits it 2000: Mae Young's pregnancy results in birth of hand 2001: Triple H quickly returns from fall inside car dropped from forklift 2002: Triple H reveals Kane's role in a death - and immediately afterwards 2003: Dawn Marie, Al Wilson give new meaning to "'til death do us part" 2004: Kane stalks, then impregnates, then marries Lita 2005: Masked men attack Undertaker after Daivari is "sacrificed" in match 2006: Vickie Guerrero turns on Rey Mysterio **2007**: Mr. McMahon presumed dead after limousine explodes 31 first place votes 31 second place votes 29 third place votes 8 2 1 48 Mr. McMahon presumed dead in limo explosion 3 8 2 43 Rosie imposter has match with Trump imposter 5 3 4 42 Mr. McMahon has bastard son 3 2 7 35 Mr. McMahon becomes ECW Champion 3 3 3 30 TNA allows Pacman Jones to "make it rain" 2 3 0 19 Battle of the Billionares 2 1 3 19 TNA all-title match marred by Karen Angle swerve 1 3 1 16 Big Daddy V wrestles topless 1 1 1 10 Sting's Last Rites match includes coffin hanging from rafters 1 1 1 10 Kurt, Karen Angle in domestic dispute 0 2 2 10 Christy Hemme cries about women's wrestling; wrestles fat guy 1 1 0 8 Big Daddy V steals ECW Title Contendership; loses via DQ 0 1 2 7 CM Punk joins, then quits New Breed 1 0 0 5 James Gang become Voodoo Kin Mafia, goof on DX & WWE 0 0 1 2 Ron Simmons says "Damn!" each week on RAW 0 0 1 2 Ms. Brooks v. Eric Young in bikini contest on PPV CRIMEFIGHTER: The worst match is also the worst angle, though the fake Rosie/fake Donald thing really is a part of the whole Battle of the Billionaires storyline and yet another means for Vinnie Mac to stroke his own ego in front of the cameras when no one wants to see him on television. Course we hoped him being blown up in the limo would rid us of his ugly mug, but was not to be. Speaking of bad booking, what in the world was creative thinking running a month long angle for the #1 contendership for the ECW title only to pull out Big Daddy V to steal it from Tommy Dreamer and put on a very short and terrible match with CM Punk on a PPV? Stupid stupid stupid. And lastly the Hornswoggle thing being McMahon's kid...yeah what did that do for anyone? It was funny for about five seconds...then the ratings took a dive back to where they were again. Heck, I thought they were gonna bring back the juniors division when they put the cruiser belt on him! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Organization Award Description: To be given to the organization/promotion that has the worst product. This is the organization whose TV and house shows you wouldn't even think of attending. Probably not even as a freebie. Previous Winners: 1990: WWF / AWA (tie) 1991: WCW 1992: WWF 1993: WCW 1994: WCW 1995: WCW 1996: AWF 1997: WCW 1998: WCW 1999: WCW 2000: WCW 2001: WCW 2002: XPW 2003: XPW 2004: TNA 2005: WWE 2006: WWE **2007**: Wrestling Society X 26 first place votes 22 second place votes 17 third place votes 8 6 1 60 WSX 8 5 1 57 TNA 5 5 4 48 WWE 0 4 6 24 CZW 3 0 1 17 ROH 2 1 2 17 WEW 0 1 0 3 Ultimate Velocity Wrestling 0 0 1 2 Intergalatic Wrestling Federation 0 0 1 2 HUSTLE (Is this wrestling? I thought it was MMA - CRZ) CRIMEFIGHTER: Last year WWE won best AND worst org, meaning fans have a love-hate relationship with it. Alas WWE hasn't really gotten any better, but TNA has gotten MUCH MUCH worse. Really they've squandered all opportunities to make gains on WWE with such horrible booking and production of their TV show--yet have a lot more former WWE guys on roster. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst TV Show Award Description: To be given to what is on average the worst wrestling TV show. In 1994, TV shows and major shows were given separate award categories. Previous Winners: 1991: 07/07/91: WCW Great American Bash 1992: 12/03/91: WWF This Tuesday In Texas 1993: 04/04/93: WWF WrestleMania IX 1994: WCW World Wide 1995: WWF Mania 1996: AWF Warriors of Wrestling 1997: WWF LiveWire 1998: WCW Worldwide 1999: WCW Thunder 2000: WCW Thunder 2001: (tie) WWF Excess / WCW Thunder 2002: WWF Excess 2003: WWE RAW 2004: The WWE Experience 2005: The WWE Experience 2006: WWE RAW **2007**: Wrestling Society X 25 first place votes 24 second place votes 23 third place votes 6 6 2 52 Wrestling Society X 8 2 2 50 TNA Impact! 7 2 3 47 ECW on SciFi 3 5 4 38 WWE RAW 1 2 3 17 WWE Smackdown 0 2 5 16 WWE Heat 0 3 1 11 TNA Xplosion 0 1 3 9 WWE AM RAW 0 1 0 3 JCW Slam TV CRIMEFIGHTER: There's not many wrestling shows on TV, but internet broadcast shows are increasing in number. Regardless, TNA Impact has fallen, and fallen down hard. Two hours hasn't helped matters at all, and no new fans are tuning in to watch it no matter what they put on the screen. JCW Slam TV is only for those with poor communication skills and folks who want to see how many times a four-letter word can be used in a sentence--this could only air over the internet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Major Show Award Description: To be given to the worst major event. This could be a pay-per-view, a TV special, or any big arena event. In 1994, TV shows and major shows were given separate award categories. Previous Winners: 1991: 07/07/91: WCW Great American Bash 1992: 12/03/91: WWF This Tuesday In Texas 1993: 04/04/93: WWF WrestleMania IX 1994: 06/19/94: WWF King of the Ring 1995: 03/19/95: WCW Uncensored 1996: 03/24/96: WCW Uncensored 1997: 01/25/97: NWO Souled Out 1998: 08/08/98: WCW Road Wild 1999: 10/10/99: Heroes of Wrestling 2000: 10/29/00: WCW Halloween Havoc 2001: 01/14/01: WCW Sin 2002: 06/23/02: WWE King of the Ring 2003: 06/15/03: WWE Bad Blood / 05/19/03: WWE Judgment Day (tie) 2004: 06/27/04: WWE Great American Bash 2005: 07/24/05: WWE Great American Bash 2006: 07/23/06: WWE Great American Bash **2007**: 12/03/06: ECW December to Dismember 25 first place votes 24 second place votes 23 third place votes 15 2 2 85 12/03/06 ECW December to Dismember 0 7 2 25 08/12/07 TNA Hard Justice 2 1 4 21 09/16/07 WWE Unforgiven 2 2 1 18 07/22/07 WWE Great American Bash 2 1 1 15 11/05/06 WWE Cyber Sunday 0 2 4 14 02/18/07 WWE No Way Out 2 0 0 10 04/15/07 TNA Lockdown 1 1 1 10 05/20/07 WWE Judgement Day 0 1 3 9 06/24/07 WWE Vengeance 1 1 0 8 11/19/06 TNA Genesis 0 1 2 7 10/07/07 WWE No Mercy 0 1 1 5 02/11/07 TNA Against All Odds 0 1 1 5 01/07/07 WWE New Year's Revolution 0 1 0 3 10/14/07 TNA Bound for Glory 0 1 0 3 09/09/07 TNA No Surrender 0 1 0 3 08/26/07 WWE SummerSlam 0 0 1 2 04/01/07 WWE WrestleMania 23 CRIMEFIGHTER: It's little wonder WWE decided to give New Years Resolution to Kansas City and saddle us with Judgement Day. Thanks WWE, for nothing. For those who bought Decembers ECW show...my condolances. Geez, why'd WWE run five PPVs in a month?? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Worst Promotional Move Award Description: To be given to the worst move made by a promotion this past year. This could include giving somebody a push, demoting someone, firing someone hiring someone, or anything of a promotional nature. Previous Winners: 1991: WCW loses Ric Flair 1992: WCW bans off the top rope moves under Bill Watts 1993: WCW tapes 13 weeks of TV at one time in Orlando, Fla. 1994: WCW lets Hulk Hogan control his scenarios 1995: WCW gives Hulk Hogan too much control 1996: WWF lets Scott Hall and/or Kevin Nash go 1997: Sting doesn't wrestle for the entire year 1998: WCW sues Ric Flair, causing nearly five month absence from television 1999: (Tie) WCW lets big names go / WCW signs musical acts for Nitro 2000: WCW gives Benoit, Guerrero, Malenko, and Saturn requested releases 2001: WWF botches seemingly surefire WWF/WCW "interpromotional" storyline 2002: WWE airs simulated necrophilia in attempt to foster controvery 2003: WWE pushes McMahons, announcers rather then pushing wrestlers 2004: WWE runs Diva Search during multiple segments of many weeks of RAW 2005: WWE airs "terrorist attack" on Undertaker soon after London bombings 2006: WWE repeatedly uses Eddie Guerrero's death as storyline material **2007**: TNA books tag title win for Pacman Jones despite "no contact" clause 32 first place votes 31 second place votes 31 third place votes 5 2 6 43 TNA hires Pacman Jones, books to tag team championship win 5 5 1 42 WWE excises all mention of Chris Benoit 3 5 1 32 TNA fails to shake up creative team, lets Vince Russo book 3 1 3 24 WWE fails to elevate new stars while roster depleted by injury 3 2 0 21 WWE fails to toughen drug policy after it's revealed as a joke 2 2 2 20 WWE runs Diva Search despite employing too many divas already 3 0 2 19 WWE airs three hour tribute to Chris Benoit 1 2 0 11 WWE Smackdown roster raid leads to Great Khali as champion 2 0 0 10 TNA announcers continue to scream to distract from matches 1 1 1 10 TNA fails to push Samoa Joe to World Championship 1 0 2 9 WWE promotes Stephanie McMahon & John Laurinaitis 1 1 0 8 WWE only announces two matches for ECW PPV before airing 0 1 2 7 TNA fails to push Motor City Machine Guns 0 2 0 6 TNA doesn't focus on X Division 0 0 3 6 WWE books cruiserweight championship reign for Hornswoggle 1 0 0 5 TNA books Kurt Angle to win every title simultaneously 1 0 0 5 ECW pushes Test 0 1 0 3 WWE lets Paul Heyman's contract expire 0 1 0 3 WWE books intercontinental title win for "Italian in crowd" 0 1 0 3 WWE abandons cruiserweight championship/division 0 1 0 3 TNA pulls talent from ROH & PWG 0 1 0 3 TNA hires Big Fat Naked Oily Guy as a parody, keeps him 0 1 0 3 TNA books X Division in backstage skits most of the time 0 1 0 3 NWA cuts ties with TNA 0 0 1 2 WWE never uses, gets rid of most ECW alumni 0 0 1 2 WWE lets Rob Van Dam re. spect. walk. 0 0 1 2 WWE fails to start booking Ric Flair retirement storyline 0 0 1 2 WSX pushes Vampiro as its top star 0 0 1 2 TNA follows Jay Lethal win over Kurt Angle with...nothing 0 0 1 2 TNA puts AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels as heels 0 0 1 2 TNA continues to push Team 3D 0 0 1 2 TNA books Abyss to win NWA title... by DQ CRIMEFIGHTER: Well, guess the stupid moves keep coming and it's getting harder and harder to figure out what really did the most damage. The biggest, most castrophic move in wrestling has to be Dixie Carter's continued denial of what's killing TNA, the creative team. Dixie claims Vince Russo doesn't have that much input, I do NOT believe her. The booking TNA did this year was horrible, and continued claims of "well we only had an hour to fit in everything" was quickly exposed as BS once they went to two hours, cause they had even more time to put forth horrible booking. Like the Chicago Bears refusing to switch out their quarterback despite everyone saying he's horrible, TNA refuses to switch out their creative team despite everyone knowing they're horrible. And the ratings for the show are stuck at 1.0-1.1 and not going anywhere. Signing as many former WWE talent as possible will not make a difference. Speaking of creative, why won't they push Samoa Joe to the world title? He was the top star in TNA and creative have RUINED him. Then there's WWE signing a bunch of former ECW guys and end up never using any of them on ECW. How stupid is that? Rather hard to believe Sci-Fi renewed the show at all, cause most people wouldn't miss the "new" ECW if it got cancelled. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- And now, the 'Netter suggested awards... Best Ladder Match That Made You Jump Out Of Your Seat WAY Too Many Times 1st: Briscoe Brothers (ROH tag) v. Kevin Steen & El Generico 2nd: Paul London & Brian Kendrick (WWE tag) v. Hardy Boyz v. MNM v. William Regal & David Taylor 3rd: Mr. Kennedy v. Edge v. CM Punk v. King Booker v. Jeff Hardy v. Matt Hardy v. Finlay v. Randy Orton (Money in the Bank) Best Cage Match 1st: 03/31/07 Jimmy Jacobs v. B.J. Whitmer 2nd: 04/15/07 Team Angle v. Team Christian (Lethal Lockdown) 3rd: 12/08/06 Bryan Danielson (ROH) v. Samoa Joe (cage) Best Tag Team Match That Didn't Seem To End 1st: 07/15/07 KENTA & Taiji Ishimori v. Naomichi Marufuji & Kota Ibushi 2nd: 05/12/07 Briscoe Brothers (ROH tag) v. Claudio Castagnoli & Matt Sydal 3rd: 09/22/07 Taku Iwasa & Keni'chiro Arai v. Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka (IJ Tag) Honourable Mention WWE books Matt Hardy/Evander Holyfield "boxing" match for Saturday Night's Main Event on network television in prime time...and gets absolutely no publicity from it ----------------------------------------------------------------------