Marty Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR) 1. CHRIS JERICHO (139) 1,198 2. Edge (116) 1,168 3. Shawn Michaels (157) 1,111 4. Keiji Muto (97) 976 5. Nigel McGuinness (45) 658 6. John Cena (73) 595 7. Shingo Takagi (57) 449 8. Cibernetico (53) 377 9. Kurt Angle (32) 275 10. Bryan Danielson (12) 215 HONORABLE MENTION: Hiroshi Tanahashi 199, Kensuke Sasaki 178, Randy Orton 125, HHH 113, Kenta Kobashi 112, Jeff Hardy 85, Naomichi Marufuji 71, Samoa Joe 62 ---------- MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE FIGHTER 1. BROCK LESNAR (658) 3,618 2. Georges St. Pierre (81) 1,808 3. Randy Couture (25) 473 4. Fedor Emelianenko (31) 453 5. Anderson Silva (2) 406 6. Forrest Griffin (2) 241 7. Gina Carano (1) 240 8. Kimbo Slice (3) 200 9. Masato (27) 181 10. Chuck Liddell 168 HONORABLE MENTION: Quinton Jackson 157, B.J. Penn 89, Urijah Faber 84, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 81 ---------- MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. BRYAN DANIELSON (325) 2,042 2. Shawn Michaels (173) 1,406 3. Nigel McGuinness (32) 753 4. Naomichi Marufuji (46) 718 5. Chris Jericho (36) 578 6. Kurt Angle (47) 426 7. KENTA (19) 315 8. Hiroshi Tanahashi (16) 277 9. Edge (17) 251 10. Masato Tanaka (29) 185 HONORABLE MENTION: Jeff Hardy 164, El Generico 155, Samoa Joe 127, Cima 122, Shingo Takagi 115, Blue Panther 107, Austin Aries 94 ---------- MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 1. GEORGES ST. PIERRE (333) 2,512 2. Anderson Silva (215) 2,146 3. B.J. Penn (35) 789 4. Fedor Emelianenko (46) 538 5. Brock Lesnar (55) 458 6. Miguel Torres (13) 337 7. Eddie Alvarez (17) 310 8. Forrest Griffin (8) 289 9. Urijah Faber (5) 271 10. Kenny Florian 135 HONORABLE MENTION: Thiago Alves 132 ---------- BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. BROCK LESNAR (605) 3,532 2. Mistico (118) 1,525 3. John Cena (107) 1,207 4. Georges St. Pierre (3) 1,064 5. Cibernetico (19) 511 6. Randy Couture (7) 394 7. Chuck Liddell (13) 305 8, Kimbo Slice (4) 264 9. Keiji Muto 197 10. Kenta Kobashi 173 HONORABLE MENTION: Edge 84, HHH 61 ---------- FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. CHRIS JERICHO VS. SHAWN MICHAELS (443) 2,647 2. Undertaker vs. Edge (56) 1,195 3. New Japan vs. Zero-One Max (71) 595 4. Austin Aries vs. Jimmy Jacobs (19) 416 5. Konnan vs. Joachim Roldan (37) 362 6. Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra (2) 321 7. Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens (15) 289 8. Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels (19) 232 9. HHH vs. Jeff Hardy (6) 160 10. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe (2) 138 HONORABLE MENTION: Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness 128, Awesome Kong vs. Gail Kim 110, Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture 84, Junie Browning vs. Efraim Escudero 72, Shawn Michaels vs. Batista 70 ---------- TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. JOHN MORRISON & THE MIZ (294) 2,130 2. Kevin Steen & El Generico (137) 1,099 3. Robert Roode & James Storm (30) 1,077 4. Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi (120) 1,035 5. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori (83) 804 6. Mark & Jay Briscoe (30) 708 7. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black (38) 469 8. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley (15) 460 9. Shingo Takagi & BxB Hulk (16) 252 10. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (22) 251 HONORABLE MENTION: Homicide & Hernandez 205, Kensuke Sasaki& Katsuhiko Nakajima 144, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano 142, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase 122., Teddy Hart & Jack Evans 70, Team 3-D 66 ---------- MOST IMPROVED 1. THE MIZ (203) 1,578 2. Tyler Black (194) 1,244 3. John Morrison (15) 237 4. Cody Rhodes (22) 235 5. Suwama (16) 234 6. Yamato (33) 216 7. Kofi Kingston (9) 184 8. Shingo Takagi (14) 182 9. Ted DiBiase (8) 116 10. Rhett Titus (13) 96 HONORABLE MENTION: Nigel McGuinness 92, Atsushi Aoki 90, Kevin Steen 85, Chris Jericho 84, Robert Roode 84, Davey Richards 68, The Brian Kendrick 62, Mike Knox 60 ---------- BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. CHRIS JERICHO (272) 1,979 2. Santino Marella (137) 1,309 3. Edge (43) 654 4. Dana White (42) 594 5. Shawn Michaels (18) 405 6. Ric Flair (37) 344 7. Larry Sweeney (17) 298 8. Cibernetico 215 9. Jimmy Jacobs (5) 166 10. John Cena (4) 135 HONORABLE MENTION: Vickie Guerrero 129, Kurt Angle 115, Frank Shamrock 107, Mick Foley 89, JBL 80, Konnan 74, Randy Orton 73, Kenny Florian 72 ---------- MOST CHARISMATIC 1. JOHN CENA (245) 1,586 2. Brock Lesnar (86) 856 3. Edge (43) 617 4. Santino Marella (77) 579 5. Kenta Kobashi (35) 522 6. Shawn Michaels (37) 452 7. Chris Jericho (26) 442 8. Cibernetico (26) 434 9. Quinton Jackson (2) 318 10. Hiroshi Tanahashi (20) 299 HONORABLE MENTION: Jeff Hardy 295, Randy Couture 239, Gina Carano 238, Perro Aguayo Jr. 235, Georges St. Pierre 198, Randy Orton 162, Yoshihiro Akiyama 117, Ric Flair 111 ---------- BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. BRYAN DANIELSON (582) 3,231 2. Nigel McGuinness (45) 1,192 3. Kurt Angle (68) 748 4. Naomichi Marufuji (32) 694 5. Atsushi Aoki 364 6. William Regal (6) 260 7. Yuji Nagata 236 8. Chris Jericho (24) 222 9. Shawn Michaels (10) 208 10. Mike Quackenbush (9) 179 HONORABLE MENTION: Blue Panther 162, Roderick Strong 119, Josh Barnett 90, Fit Finlay 82, Matt Hardy 63 ---------- BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. NECRO BUTCHER (193) 1,386 2. Samoa Joe (127) 1,133 3. Takeshi Morishima (125) 1,044 4. Undertaker (76) 831 5. Masato Tanaka (40) 576 6. Togi Makabe (28) 534 7. Fit Finlay (48) 358 8. Awesome Kong (21) 343 9. Jimmy Jacobs (17) 268 10. Kevin Steen (8) 172 HONORABLE MENTION: Abyss 162, Kurt Angle 141, Edge 119, Umaga 78, Nigel McGuiness 70 ---------- BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. EVAN BOURNE (323) 2,188 2. Kota Ibushi (108) 1,746 3. Mistico (115) 1,510 4. Jack Evans (59) 1,217 5. Dragon Kid (67) 604 6. Masato Yoshino (49) 424 7. A.J. Styles (24) 399 8. Jeff Hardy (22) 351 8. Rey Mysterio (2) 332 10. Pac (15) 277 HONORABLE MENTION: Teddy Hart 251, Valiente 246, Taiji Ishimori 242, El Blazer 192, Naomichi Marufuji 174, BxB Hulk 161, Ricky Marvin 160, El Generico 157, Prince Devitt 126, KENTA 116 ---------- MOST OVERRATED 1. VLADIMIR KOZLOV (143) 1,022 2. HHH (139) 953 3. Great Khali (64) 583 4. Sting (38) 377 5. Kevin Nash (37) 374 6. Batista (32) 372 7. Kane (38) 332 8. C.M. Punk (34) 305 9. Mr. Kennedy (29) 299 10. JBL (18) 197 HONORABLE MENTION: Mark Henry 196, Team 3-D 170, Mitsuharu Misawa 119, John Cena 117, Booker T 88, Scott Steiner 82, Randy Orton 77, Samoa Joe 72 ---------- MOST UNDERRATED 1. MVP (91) 840 2. Scotty Goldman (87) 567 3. Jamie Noble (50) 484 4. Alex Shelley (53) 464 5. Elijah Burke (39) 419 6. Paul London (57) 358 7. C.M. Punk (22) 287 8. John Morrison (31) 277 9. Shuji Kondo (10) 189 10. Chris Sabin (5) 182 HONORABLE MENTION: Brian Kendrick 176, Matt Hardy 164, Jimmy Wang Yang 99, Davey Richards 85, Roderick Strong 81 ---------- PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS (533) 3,340 2. World Wrestling Entertainment (52) 1,329 3. Ring of Honor (58) 1,188 4. Dragon Gate (26) 591 5. New Japan Pro Wrestling (33) 575 6. World Extreme Cagefighting (7) 406 7. Pro Wrestling NOAH (15) 312 8. Total Nonstop Action (32) 276 9. AAA (12) 227 10. CHIKARA (21) 209 HONORABLE MENTION: CMLL 183, IWRG 131, Dream 86 ---------- BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER (196) 1,616 2. WWE Raw (128) 1,467 3. WWE ECW (92) 1,165 4. WWE Smackdown (70) 887 5. Dragon Gate Infinity (89) 682 6. Inside MMA (61) 407 7. AAA (14) 329 8. Pro Wrestling NOAH (19) 306 9. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (9) 282 10. CMLL (1) 228 HONORABLE MENTION: TNA Impact 196, Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling 166, IWRG 157 ---------- WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. SHAWN MICHAELS VS. CHRIS JERICHO 10/5 PORTLAND (179) 1,146 2. Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels 3/30 Orlando (140) 933 3. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe 4/13 Lowell (33) 622 4. Blue Panther vs. Villano V 9/19 Mexico City (30) 594 5. Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama 12/2/07 Tokyo (36) 539 6. Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries 12/29/07 New York (37) 475 7. Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson 2/23 New York (49) 405 8. Undertaker vs. Edge 3/30 Orlando (22) 386 9. Naomichi Marufuji & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. KENTA & Kota Ibushi 9/14 Tokyo (39) 360 10. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino & Genki Horiguchi vs. Cima & Ryo Saito & Dragon Kid 3/29 Orlando (12) 348 HONORABLE MENTION: KENTA vs. Naomichi Marufuji 10/25 Tokyo 313, Undertaker vs Edge 8/17 Indianapolis 301, Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black 3/16 Philadelphia 280, Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black 7/26 Detroit 251, Naomichi Marufuji vs. Shuji Kondo 11/3 Tokyo 217, Kenta Kobashi & KENTA vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima 6/14 Tokyo 198, Volador Jr. & Sagrado & La Sombra vs. El Hijo del Fantasma & La Mascara & Valiente 4/30 Mexico City 192, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Kotaro Suzuki 9/6 Tokyo 114, Kurt Angle vs. A.J. Styles 8/10 Trenton 113, HHH vs. Jeff Hardy 10/5 Portland 113, Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi 3/28 Orlando 109, Kurt Angle vs. Yuji Nagata 1/4 Tokyo 78, Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Tyler Black & Jimmy Jacobs 9/19 Boston 76, Takeshi Morishima vs. Naomichi Marufuji 12/2/07 Tokyo 72 ---------- SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. FORREST GRIFFIN VS. QUINTON JACKSON 7/5 LAS VEGAS (160) 1,362 2. Roger Huerta vs. Clay Guida 12/8/07 Las Vegas (237) 1,353 3. Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver 6/1 Sacramento (63) 1,070 4. Miguel Torres vs. Yoshiro Maeda 6/1 Sacramento (108) 1,008 5. Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture 11/15 Las Vegas (99) 907 6. Cung Le vs. Frank Shamrock 3/29 San Jose (83) 867 7. Eddie Alvarez vs. Joachim Hansen 5/11 Saitama (93) 781 8. Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva 12/29/07 Las Vegas (70) 642 9. Eddie Alvarez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri 7/21 Osaka (2) 523 10. Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch 8/9 Minneapolis (21) 314 HONORABLE MENTION: Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir 2/2 Las Vegas 152, Kazuo Misaki vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama 12/31/07 Saitama 95, Jon Koppenhaver vs. Jared Rollins 12/8/07 Las Vegas 70, Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra 4/19 Montreal 62, Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith 5/31 Atlantic City 60 ---------- ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. KAI (84) 966 2. Amasis (81) 925 3. Ryota Hama (88) 462 4. Kento Miyahara (35) 454 5. Joe Hennig (41) 378 6. Nick Jackson (15) 324 7. Consequences Creed (47) 295 8. Atsushi Sawada (13) 292 9. Ophidian (1) 275 10. King Mo (35) 175 HONORABLE MENTION: Takashi Okita 72 ----------- BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. LARRY SWEENEY (260) 2,208 2. Vickie Guerrero (327) 2,039 3. Jim Cornette (22) 548 4. Mick Foley (15) 474 5. Nobuhiko Takada (45) 323 6. Vince McMahon (2) 294 7. Dana White (3) 225 8. Konnan (35) 211 9. Teddy Long (11) 139 10. Karen Angle 67 ---------- BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. MATT STRIKER (264) 1,950 2. Jim Ross (232) 1,906 3. Joe Rogan (99) 1,110 4. Mike Goldberg (49) 698 5. Frank Mir (2) 296 6. Mike Tenay (9) 285 7. Tazz (3) 249 8. Dave Prazak (31) 239 9. Gus Johnson (30) 238 10. Mauro Ranallo(16) 196 HONORABLE MENTION: Mick Foley 129, Bas Rutten 127, Frank Shamrock 122, Lenny Leonard 105 ---------- WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. MIKE ADAMLE (289) 1,623 2. Don West (93) 1,364 3. Michael Cole (107) 1,310 4. Todd Grisham (70) 806 5. Mike Tenay (12) 274 6. Jerry Lawler (4) 172 7. Mauro Ranallo (14) 141 8. Tazz (13) 107 9. Bubba the Love Sponge (12) 90 10. Jay Glazer 67 ---------- BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE WRESTLEMANIA 3/30 ORLANDO (158) 1,683 2. UFC 91 11/15 Las Vegas (199) 1,677 3. WEC 6/1 Sacramento (43) 682 4. ROH Supercard of Honor 3/29 Orlando (112) 673 5. WWE No Mercy 10/5 Portland (52) 635 6. ROH Death Before Dishonor 8/2 New York (2) 249 7. Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/2 Tokyo (16) 234 8. ROH Take No Prisoners 3/16 Philadelphia (29) 212 9. WWE Royal Rumble 1/27 New York (2) 194 10. Dragon Gate 9/5 Los Angeles (18) 179 HONORABLE MENTION: UFC Ultimate Fighter finals 12/8/07 Las Vegas 169, ROH Rising Above 12/29/07 New York 151, UFC 79 12/29/07 Las Vegas 134, TNA Lockdown 4/13 Lowell 122, ROH 3/28 Orlando 115, ROH Driven 9/19 Boston 114, ROH 9/14 Tokyo 112, UFC 81 2/2 Las Vegas 85, TNA Bound for Glory 10/12 Chicago 74, UFC 87 8/9 Minneapolis 60, ROH 7/26 Detroit 60 ---------- * Number of first place votes marked in parenthesis * ---------- CATEGORY B Awards (Determined By First Place Votes) ---------- WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. WWE SURVIVOR SERIES 11/23 BOSTON 116 2. TNA Sacrifice 5/11 Orlando 95 3. YAMMA Pitfighting 4/11 Atlantic City 90 4. TNA No Surrender 9/14 Oshawa 52 5. Elite XC on CBS 10/1 Fort Lauderdale 41 6. Strikeforce at the Dome 2/23 Tacoma 31 7. TNA Destination X 3/9 Norfolk 27 8. UFC 90 10/25 Chicago 26 9. WWE Cyber Sunday 10/26 Phoenix 25 10. WWE Unforgiven 9/7 Cleveland 18 HONORABLE MENTION: TNA Final Resolution 1/6 Orlando 14 ---------- BEST WRESTLING MANOEUVER 1. EVAN BOURNE (SHOOTING STAR PRESS) 259 2. Tyler Black (God’s Last Gift) 46 3. Undertaker (Gogoplata) 34 4. Mistico (La Mistica) 30 5. Chris Jericho (Codebreaker) 26 6. KENTA (Go 2 Sleep) 24 7. Randy Orton (RKO) 22 8. Dragon Kid (Dragonrana) 20 9. Kota Ibushi (Double Moonsault) 19 10. Taiji Ishimori (Superstar Elbow) 18 HONORABLE MENTION: Tyler Black (Phoenix Splash), Masato Tanaka ( Sliding D) 16 ---------- MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE JEFF HARDY TEASED OVERDOSE TO GET HITS 241 2. TNA Using Jill Jarrett’s death in Angle vs. Jeff storyline 165 3. WWE having the set collapse on Vince McMahon just days after a TNA crew member was killed in similar fashion 49 4. ROH Larry Sweeney rape tease on Allison Danger 46 5. IWA Mid South Mike Levy incident 41 6. Elite XC pushing Kimbo Slice as a main eventer 29 7. AAA using Antonio Pena’s ashes in an angle 25 8. WWE McMahon’s Millions 23 ---------- WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. TNA IMPACT 520 2. Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling 43 3. WWE ECW 41 4. WWE Raw 34 5. AAA 11 6. WWE Smackdown 10 ---------- WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. HHH VS. KOZLOV VS. EDGE 11/23 BOSTON 118 2. Paulo Filho vs. Chael Sonnen 11/5 Hollywood, FL 34 3. Santino Marella vs. Honky Tonk Man 10/26 Phoenix 22 5. Warrior vs. Orlando Jordan 6/25 Madrid, Spain 19 6. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. Big Show 6/29 Dallas 16 7. Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy 8/17 Indianapolis 15 8. Rhodes & DiBiase vs. Lawler & Cole 7/28 Washington 14 9. A.J. Styles vs. Frank Trigg 9/14 Oshawa 13 ---------- WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. REY MYSTERIO VS. KANE 215 2. Sonjay Dutt vs. Jay Lethal 101 3. Main Event Mafia vs. Front Line 52 4. HHH vs. Vladimir Kozlov 35 5. B.G. James vs. Kip James 19 6. Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy 16 7. Samoa Joe vs. Kevin Nash 15 8. Tommy Dreamer vs. Colin Delaney 14 9. Jamie Noble vs. Chuck Palumbo 12 Armando Estrada vs. Colin Delaney 12 Team 3-D vs. X Division 12 ---------- WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION WRESTLING 404 2. Elite XC 232 3. All Japan Pro Wrestling 36 4. World Wrestling Entertainment 34 5. Inoki Genome Federation 19 IWA Mid South 19 7. Hustle Fighting Opera 18 8. AAA 16 ---------- BEST BOOKER 1. JOE SILVA 383 2. Gabe Sapolsky 229 3. Gedo & Jado 86 4. Mike Quackenbush 55 5. Vince McMahon 29 6. Michael Hayes 28 7. Genki Horiguchi 26 8. Russo/Mantel/Jarrett 12 ---------- PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 1. DANA WHITE 699 2. Vince McMahon 60 3. Cary Silkin 46 4. Naoki Sugabayashi 10 5. Dixie Carter 9 ---------- BEST GIMMICK 1. SANTINO MARELLA 338 2. Beautiful People 62 3. Rhett Titus 36 4. Charlie Haas 21 5. John Morrison 14 6. Junie Browning 12 7. Festus 9 ---------- WORST GIMMICK 1. KHALI KISS CAM 62 2. Whiny World Champion Samoa Joe5 9 3. Super Eric 52 4. G.M. Mike Adamle 25 5. Stone Cold Shark Boy 21 6. Cute Kip 19 7. Kung Fu Naki 15 8. Sheik Abdul Bashir 14 9. Charlie Haas 12 10. Bella Twins 11 ---------- BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. GORGEOUS GEORGE/JOHN CAPOUYA 192 2. Ring of Hell/Matt Randazzo 75 3. Wrestlecrap Book of Lists/Randy Baer 54 4. Tales from the Mat/Tito Santana 37 5. Becoming the Natural/Randy Couture & Loretta Hunt 35 6. Benoit/Oliver & Johnson & Muchnick & McCoy 33 7. Made in America/Matt Hughes 15 8. Jim Londos Record Book/Steve Yohe 9 Adventures in Larryland/Larry Zbyszko 9 ---------- BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. RIC FLAIR DEFINITIVE COLLECTION 216 2. Ric Flair High Spots Shoot 83 3. Mr. Perfect 49 4. The Rock: Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment 46 5. PWG Sells Out 37 6. Wrestlemania 24 33 7. Hell in a Cell 19 8. Viva La Raza/Eddie Guerrero Story 11 9. TNA Global Impact Tokyo Dome 10 ---------------------------- Credit: Dave Meltzer, www.WrestlingObserver.com / www.F4WOnline.com ---------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB8 Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Surprised to see Michaels and Jericho pick up Worked Match of the Year with the Ladder match. Personally, it was my favourite match last year, but I didn't expect it to do very well. Michaels seemed to do really well in general, actually. Well, as well as one can do when it comes to winning an internet award . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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