These are my 3/4 of the way through the year awards for the WWE. I figured since we've been getting a SHITLOAD of stuff that we actually rank, I might as well use it. Anywho...ON WITH THE AWARDS!!!
WWE Wrestler of the Year: There is no doubt in my mind that Kurt Angle is YOUR wrestler of the year. He has gotten ****+ matches out of Edge, Rey Mysterio, and taken guys like Billy Kidman and John Cena and gotten good matches out of them. Plus, he has had the match of the year with Chris Benoit. He has shined on the undercard for way too long, and in my opinion, when his big push comes for the WWE title, it will be well deserved.
Other considerations: Chris Benoit, Rob Van Dam, Eddie Guerrero
WWE Biggest Dissapointment of the Year: Easy EASY choice with this one...Triple H Since returning at Royal Rumble, he has not a match over *** except for the Michaels match, where Shawn just laid it all out and gave him something to work with. HHH then being given the world championship is just a slap in the face since Booker T and Rob Van Dam are easily more over and have proven themselves in the ring.
Other Considerations: The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, Test
WWE Most Improved Wrestler: Another no doubter for me. It's Edge because in the last month alone, he has put up THREE ****+ matches, including the two ****+ matches he had with Kurt in the beginning of the year. I'm STILL hoping for an Edge/Benoit program, as in my mind, that might be the pinnacle for Edge.
Other Considerations: Booker T, Rob Van Dam, Bubba Ray Dudley
WWE Best Tag Team: I guess this has to go to Billy and Chuck since they had a nice little reign as champs. The fact that they really didn't get over until the whole marriage thing kinda hampers the pick, but there was really nobody else.
Other Considerations: Storm/Christian, Benoit/Guerrero
WWE Future Superstar: I'm still considering him part of the future: Brock Lesnar. He has shown that he has some of the tools he needs to be a big player. He just needs to get rid of that stupid bearhug and bust out the SSP already!!!
Other Considerations: John Cena, Bautista, Jaime Knoble
WWE Most Underused Talent: Here's my shocker...Ric Flair. I really think he can and could've been used better. He's only one of the greatest ever (I still think that Misawa, Kawada and Jumbo were better) and him being a bitch to the Big Show, and now being HHH's bitch is just a slap in the face of this man's nearly 30-year storied career. I do offer the WWE this little challenge: Find Ricky Steamboat. Find him now. I think that if he and Ric wrestled on the mat for 15 minutes, it'd be better than 90% of the matches we've seen this year. And that's with two people who have a horrible back problem...
Other Considerations: Booker T, Chris Jericho, Billy Kidman
WWE Conspiracy Victim: One winner...one winner only...Chris Jericho. I swear that if the glass ceiling was any shorter, than he would be about 5'6" and THEN he'd be more underutilized.
Other Considerations: RVD, anybody who has watched HHH in the last two months...
WWE Cruiserweight of the Year: Now THIS is a toughie...You could go with Mysterio, but I'm going with the Redneck Messiah. Jamie Knoble has been a really good cruiser since his debut way back when. He has been a really solid wrestler who has turned into a Benoit-like wrestler in that division. I see nothing but good things for this man, and if he ever gets a bigger push against a guy like Mysterio...watch out.
Other Considerations: Mysterio, Hurricane, Billy Kidman
WWE Feud of the Year: Without question in my mind, it has been the Angle/Benoit series. The sad part? It took them eight months to realize it...which is absolutely horrible...
Other Considerations: RVD/Brock, Rocky/Hogan, Jericho/HHH
WWE Woman of the Year: It was either Steph's tits or Trish Stratus...I think it's Trish Stratus and I'm sticking to it.
Other Considerations: Molly, Jazz, Nidia
The Outsider who could help out the WWE: Right now, if you look in NA, you see people like AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, Lo Ki, American Dragon, and many others who have stepped it up to new levels. In all that, I still think you need to go across the sea to find the next big talent. In what may be the biggest surprise out of these awards, Taiyo Kea could be the man who could help out the WWE a whole lot. He brings credentials of holding the AJPW Unified Tag Titles on many occasions, is a credible wrestler, and he's Hawaiian, which means that if he and Rocky ever got together...look out. I really see promise for him. He'd need to work on promos and such, but if he seriously was given a push as a guy who grew up with Rocky or something like that, and was a rival, we might have a nice little feud on our hands.
Other Considerations: AJ Styles, American Dragon, Chris Daniels
And finally...
WWE Match of the Year: I guess the fact that it came from the SmackDown! brand...the brand who had all the good wrestling talent didn't really play into it...did it? Sarcasm aside, it's Unforgiven 2002, and it's Angle/Benoit and it's a MOTHERFUCKING wrestling clinic. It's not the best match of the year in all of wrestling (w/ the 4-way from Week2 NWA:TNA and the Tenryu/Kojima AJPW Triple Crown match from July being a little bit better), but it kills most of the wrestling that year. I say mostly because I'm assuming Eddie, RVD, and Edge decided that they wanted a say in this category, as well.
Other Considerations: RVD/Eddie RAW Ladder match (6/26), Eddie/Edge (9/27 SmackDown!), Angle/Edge Hair vs. Hair Match
Those are my awards. Let the dispution and the addition of awards BEGIN!!!!
