So you don't have to.

Also, hateful commentary in red. 

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

1. WILL OSPREAY (302) 1,814

2. Cody Rhodes (119) 1,330

3. MJF (80) 927

Yeah, Ok.


MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER

1. WILL OSPREAY (548) 3,086

2. Bryan Danielson (122) 1,773

3. Kenny Omega (19) 590

Yeah, Ok.. there's an obvious trend here. 


TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR

1. FTR (344) 2,341

2. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn (106) 1,128

3. Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi (71) 712


BEST ON INTERVIEWS

1. EDDIE KINGSTON (199) 1,483

2. MJF (140) 1,441

3. Christian Cage (148) 921

Three cheers for the the ramblings of a lunatic. 


PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

1. WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT (406) 2,359

2. All Elite Wrestling (194) 1,965

3. New Japan Pro Wrestling (17) 1,011

Damn straight. 


BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW

1. AEW DYNAMITE (430) 2,707

2. AEW Collision (74) 1,483

3. WWE Smackdown (128) 1,434

You are joking? #howstheratings


PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR

1. KENNY OMEGA VS. WILL OSPREAY 1/4 TOKYO (474) 3,018

2. Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay 6/25 Toronto (116) 1,227

3. MJF vs. Bryan Danielson 3/5 San Francisco (115) 1,065

Yeah, Ok.... 


UNITED STATES/CANADA MVP

1. CODY RHODES 268

2. Bryan Danielson 139

3. MJF 135

Damn straight! The man deserves it. 


JAPAN MVP

1. WILL OSPREAY 434

2. Kazuchika Okada 243

3. Tetsuya Naito 80

But, he's British... 


MEXICO MVP

1. MISTICO 416

2. El Hijo del Vikingo 314

3. Rocky Romero 68


EUROPE MVP

1. WILL OSPREAY 754

2. Michael Oku ` ` 45

3. Zack Sabre Jr. 26

Ahh. See.. they fixed it. 


HODGE AWARD/NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP

1. EL HIJO DEL VIKINGO 189

2. Hiromu Takahashi 144

3. Darby Allin 139

The " I didn't break my neck, but I tried " award.


WOMEN’S WRESTLING MVP

1. RHEA RIPLEY 359

2. Giulia 162

3. Athena 114

It was the year of Rhea after all. 


FEUD OF THE YEAR

1. SAMI ZAYN & KEVIN OWENS VS. BLOODLINE 268

2. Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland 119

3. Kento Miyahara vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 98

100%


BEST BOX OFFICE PRO WRESTLING

1. ROMAN REIGNS

2. Cody Rhodes

3. John Cena

100%


MOST IMPROVED

1. JULIA HART 117

2. Dominik Mysterio 86

3. Mariah May 49

#moonsault


MOST CHARISMATIC

1. MJF 162

2. Roman Reigns 88

3. Kento Miyahara 81

#heel101


BRYAN DANIELSON AWARD (BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER)

1. BRYAN DANIELSON 549

2. Zack Sabre Jr. 427

3. Josh Alexander 17

What? 


BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER)

1. JON MOXLEY 383

2. Tomohiro Ishii 91

3. Adam Page 78

This could have easily been called the " Heaven is a place on Earth " award for number of botches. 


BEST FLYING WRESTLER

1. EL HIJO DEL VIKINGO 595

2. Will Ospreay 52

3. Rey Fenix 37

Didn't we already do this one?


MOST OVERRATED

1. SANADA 114

2. Roman Reigns 109

3. CM Punk 63

Honourable mention : Chris Jericho. 


MOST UNDERRATED

1. CHAD GABLE 84

2. Konosuke Takeshita 80

3. Daniel Garcia 50

100% - Give this man a title


ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1. YUMA ANZAI 205

2. Action Andretti 140

3. Megan Bayne 65

Andretti made his pro debut on November 2, 2019... but sure.


BEST NON-WRESTLER

1. DON CALLIS 266

2. Paul Heyman 198

3. Prince Nana 175

Or worst. There's a fine line here. 


BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER

1. EXCALIBUR 183

2. Ian Riccaboni 139

3. Kevin Kelly 137

That's just bullshit. 


WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER

1. BOOKER T 198

2. Kevin Patrick 162

3. Jim Ross 90

As above. 


BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW

1. AEW REVOLUTION 3/5 SAN FRANCISCO 188

2. AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door 6/25 Toronto 128

3. AEW All In 8-27 London 111

Maybe. 


WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW

1. WWE CROWN JEWEL 11/4 RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 141

2. NWA Samhain 10/28 Cleveland 89

3. AEW Worlds End 12/30 Uniondale, NY 79

Sure. 


BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER

1. WILL OSPREAY HIDDEN BLADE 139

2. Will Ospreay stormbreaker 76

3. Kenny Omega one winged angel 68

Really? 


MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC

1. WWE ENABLING VINCE MCMAHON AND HIM BEING BACK IN POWER/TKO KEEPING HIM IN POSITION OF POWER 197

2. WWE Continued relationship with Saudi Arabia 140

3. NWA cocaine spot on PPV 89

Not really a promo tactic, but sure. 


WORST TELEVISION SHOW

1. NWA POWERR 194

2. WWE Raw 176

3. WWE NXT 112

Rampage was excluded from this list as the requirement was 400,000 viewers. Dave's words, not mine. 


WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR

1. BRAY WYATT VS. LA KNIGHT 1/28 SAN ANTONIO 105

2. Tyrus vs. EC 3 8/27 St. Louis 85

3. Shane McMahon/Snoop Dogg vs. The Miz 4/2 Los Angeles 58

Yeah. It's hard to defend that match.  


WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR

1. MJF VS. THE DEVIL 167

2. Outcasts vs. AEW Originals 114

3. Tyrus vs. EC 3 74

TK vs The Internet came in 4th. 


WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

1. NWA 456

2. AAA 88

3. WWE 61

Disagree with WWE even being on this list considering AEW exists. 


BEST BOOKER

1. PAUL LEVESQUE 360

2. Tony Khan 146

3. Juan Manuel Mar 104

100%


PROMOTER OF THE YEAR

1. NICK KHAN 371

2. Tony Khan 239

3. Dana White 146

100%, but it's really Triple H.


BEST GIMMICK

1. TONI STORM 239

2. Christian Cage 204

3. Orange Cassidy 48

Meh.  


WORST GIMMICK

1. THE DEVIL 76

2. QTV 72

3. Toni Storm 49

Easily, potentially.... as above. 

Hating on Will is certainly a choice. But if you want to believe sports entertainment produces the best wrestling matches that is on you. Most disagree. The only real debate for match of the year was which Kenny and Will match it was, and Will clearly was the most outstanding wrestler this year. If people did not watch his work, that is on them.

Got to wonder how much attitudes would change if Will signed with WWE instead of AEW for the lame people into tribalism.

Yeah, Nah.

That " Yeah. Ok " = I agree with that.

Ctrl + F - Gunther

No Results

Yeah, the extremely wealthy and high IQ subscriber base needs a proper education.

Be the change you wanna see. Fork over those dimes and VOTE. Did they change the name of the workhorse award? Coulda sworn it used to be Lou Thesz/Flair?

I agree with Will Ospreay picking up all the Best Wrestler/MVP awards.

Brian Danielson vs Zack Sabre Jr. is my MOTY but I am not especially against the top 3.

The lack of anything NXT is pretty lame TBH outside of burying Booker T who actually brings energy in his calling of matches. Same with putting this top 3 in worst promotion when you have fucking AEW Collison runner up for top program of the year. You can't tell me Julia Hart has had a more improved 2023 year than like Tiffany Stratton who just bumped her ass off in Perth and confirmed what we all knew in NXT about her. Not even shading Hart but Stratton is miles above her talent wise, that's just a fact of life. 

Lola Vice should have gotten rookie of the year or at least on the top 3 too but I get it, she only appeared for half the year. 2024 is going to be a different story.

NAH-NAH.. How did L A KNIGHT... YEAH, not make the top 3 for charisma? The man literally talked his way into the main event, with everybody saying..

If these were still printed on paper, I wouldn’t wipe my arse with them. Congratulations to all the winners.

I just realized the BD is a separate award LULZ.

Like not sure why people shit on an award list for a community they are not a part of. These are subscribers who enjoy Dave's shit. We know Dave's two favorite feds and AEW and NJPW, why are we shocked his fans like NJPW and AEW?

Still say people who are trashing Willy simply have not seen him this year. Willy is on his own level this year and is the clear standout guy right now. Why WWE losing out on him was a big deal. He is basically another Seth Rollins if they signed him, in a creative guy who can do it all.

I'll make sure to keep my opinions to myself next week during the Academy Awards.

I mean the business has told us ad nauseam that if you've never taken a bump you aren't to comment on it...

I honestly don't care about these awards.

For real. Look at the numbers voting too. What like 500 people. We had more than that I think voting on some of the MotY stuff on the old boards during the peak.

And Academy is just as BS.  Through preferential voting generic shit rises to the top.  Hence oscar bait filmmaking.

Up next,

It's the First Annual Cult of Cornette Awards for Outstanding Achievements in The Field of Excellence.

Sounds to me like the wrestling section is just slacking. Let's do this.

I'm glad the N.W.A. being trash is the only thing everybody agrees on. :stupidl:

I'm sure NWA is just happy to be thought of.

I wonder what makes the who is the devil storyline so hated among subscribers. Adam Cole was hurt. They were fucked when Cole went down.

They were probably banking on someone else being All Elite.

It makes no sense. It has no place in modern wrestling.

Devil storyline just went on way, way too long for it to be the obvious outcome. With Wardlow randomly stapled to it nonetheless.

They debuted something like Scapegoat Jack Perry, may have worked.  But to use Cole turning that was telegraphed super hard was just lame.

I've always liked the move they made in NXT where Roddy turned and joined The Undisputed Era mid match. That could have been an option right here, with Cole turning on MJF mid match giving The Kingdom The ROH Tag Titles right there and becoming The Undisputed Kingdom in the process. Instead of the entire " guy in a mask like it's 1994 " angle.

Not only did it drag on but the segments were poorly produced and it devalued everyone. I didn't think much of it, but the Brochachos were over and were one of the few angles that resonated with the audience. To undo all that and leave us with this dead in the water Undisputed Kingdom gimmick was always going to cop flack.

The issue was that they booked themselves into a corner. The only person who could have pulled the Devil off was Punk, anyone else either didn't have the chops (Jack Perry) or they were too obvious (Adam Cole).