HVilleThugg 0 Report post Posted September 28, 2003 (edited) THE 3RD ANNUAL SMARTMARKS FEDERATION AWARDS!! Brought to you by Frost Brand Cigars Here we go folks. After many delays, here are your 2003 Award Winners. First... THE SJL The Cyclone Comet Memoial Trophy - For Wrestler Of The Year Crow Comments - He almost dethroned HVT for the longest reign as SJL Champion, and produced a match with Sean Atlas and Christian Blackwell that was unfortunately left off the ballot for SJL Match of the Year. The Chris Storm Memorial Trophy - For Match Of The Year Dace Night vs Spike Jenkins (D@mnation In A Box, SJL Malice in Wonderland, 03-01-26) Comments - Spike wrote a gazillion word bloodbath that was probably his best match ever… and that was the LOSING match. One hell of a brutal match, with a killer stip. This is wear Dace Night first showed to us all just how fucking hardcore he was. He doesn’t curse as much as Neilsen, but still, the guy’s really brutal! Ejiro Fasaki vs Fugue (Caged Ladder Match, SJL World Title, SJL Wrath, 02-12-22) Comments - All I can say is...what a match! The El Luchadore Magnifico Mexican Pride Award - For Feud Of The Year Award Wildchild vs. Ejiro Fasaki Comments - easiest call on the JL ballot. This has been superbly booked and executed, though the best was yet to come. - I don’t follow the JL as much as I should, but I just remember a series of VERY awesome matches from these two, even for WF standards. So good – in fact – that I actually bothered to read them. The Ash Ketchum Pokeball Award - For Most Improved Wrestler Mike Van Siclen Comments - Snow Demon's in the WF. Who would've thought. - Whodathunkit? MVS has gone from mediocreness in the SJL, and now he's a former SWF Tag Team Champion. The Grimedogg Memorial Trophy - For Booker of the Year Alex Zenon Comments - Z's been fantastic with the JL, keeping the cards from getting stagant even when his roster thins like the JL does now and again. - Easily my favourite booker, always did good cards and provided excellent feedback. I tried my hardest to always write the matches he set for me. The HVT Thugg Passion Award - For Best World Champion Crow Comments - the bird was dominant during his reign, taking on all comers and narrowly missing Thugg's record. - 52 days, six defenses. Come on. The Frost Memorial Early Winter Trophy - For the European Champion of the Year Ejiro Fasaki Comments - Though he never jobbed the World to a girl to keep this belt, he certainly did a hell of a lot to elevate it. - Ejiro was just so badass when he had the European strap. How can I vote against the guy? The TV Champion of the Year Award Charlie "Grappler" Matthews Comments - the man's consistent. Made the TV belt matter when it could've been passed around week after week instead. - He was too good for this title. He actually jobbed it off so that he could run roughshod through the SJL. How cool is that? The Clan Memorial Stable of the Year Award Magnificent Seven (JL Division) Comments - This is a no-brainer. Some of the best writers currently in the SWF were in the Mag 7, and those in the JL are now thriving in the SWF. - Judge Mental, Ejiro Fasaki, Fugue, Janus. It reads like a who’s who of successful 2002-2003 bumpees, as well as one with promise who just never panned out. What more can you ask for? The Tom Flesher Heel of the Year Award Ejiro Fasaki Comments - He played to roll so well, you could help by hate him. In fact, IRL, I just hated him! I hate him right now! The Joy of X Trophy - For Face of the Year Wildchild Comments - A unique background, unbelieveable offense, and dat Cajun style. Rey Mysterio hopped up on coke. Beautiful. The Eddy Mac Award - For Best Promo Writer Crow Comments - Made me appreciate a gothic character. THAT is talent. - Crow’s character – as semi-stereotypical as it was – was somehow just so compelling from the start, and boy could the guy write a good promo to make me even more interested. The Promo of the Year Award An Open Letter to Tom Flesher - Ejiro Fasaki THE SWF The Jayson Grant Memorial Trophy - For Wrestler of the Year Tom Flesher Comments - Who else. In my opinion, no one has had a run of such consistency this year as Tom. He has been in or near the main event all year and has written some of the best matches this year. - The man writes some of the best wrestling in the federation week in and week out. He's almost always reliable, and he's been the best champion we've had since Edwin Mac. The Divefire Memorial Trophy - For Comeback Wrestler of the Year "TNT" Taylor Nicholas Thompson Comments - He won the 'Fuck over Frost, he ended ELM's reign...there isn't a whole lot he didn't do in that span of time. TNT truly is a pimp in every sense of the word. The Pay Per View Match of the Year Award Edwin MacPhisto vs Chris Raynor (Last Man Standing Match, Genesis III, 02-09-30) Comments - No other match this year has told a story like this one. No other match had the pathos, had the background or had the superb writers this one had. No contest in my opinion. - I wish he hadn't retired immediately after this, because in this match he showed everyone that he had what it took to be one of the absolute best. I won't ever forget him saying "So...what do you think about big glass letters for the Genesis set?" And neither should you. The Non-PPV Match of the Year Award Sacred vs El Luchadore Magnifico (World Title Match, SWF Storm, 02-10-11) Comments - A sentimental favorite and the perfect Sacred match: weird spots, good humor, and amazing catharsis. These two did a ton of good stuff last fall and too much of it went unnoticed. - Sacred fuckin' owns you. The Feud of the Year Award Frost vs. Tom Flesher Comments - Second in command turns face after much abuse, tag partners break up, brutal blood feud - this had all the classic elements, and in truth, it lasted for almost a year of beautiful slow burn. All the little sidebars along the way - the King's road getting in the way of the tag titles, Frost's quest to get his fire back with help from LDP - paid off in a series of epic matches and one of the best blow-offs of the year, Window Pain 2k3. - Mind games ahoy, that led to one of the best matches that has been produced this year. The Jay Dawg Improvement Award - For Most Improved Wrestler Michael Craven Comments - From a joke mired in the HC / US Title division to a legitimate ME? How can you beat that? - It took a while, but he made the transformation away from Ash Ketchum, cut off the chaff, refined his writing style, pulled a string of "upsets" and made it to the tourney finals...and now he's second from the top of the card at Genesis. When he wins, it's not an upset anymore. The Axis Memorial Trophy - For Most Under-appreciated Wrestler Michael Craven Comments - Most notable when I think zero people predicted him to beat Kibs, Judge, AND Muzz at Ground Zero, and he proceeded to grind them all into paste. Wildchild Comments - The bizarre, high-flying man from the Bahamas hasn't gotten the respect he deserves despite a title reign and some great, great angles. The Stubby P. McWeed Trophy - For Booker of the Year Suicide King Comments - Because he'll murder me if I say otherwise, the goddamn autocrat! Booker gets involved with stories all year long, keeps stuff interesting...A1 vote from me. - King’s done one hell of a job booking our asses, despite the temper. Heh, I’m kidding about the temper, of course… sort of. The Rane Memorial Trophy - For Most Impressive Career El Luchadore Magnifico Comments - Can there be any doubt this man is one of the greatest in the Fed? Hell no. - Has anyone had as many title reigns as him? Won world titles a year apart, which is pretty much unprecedent, and is the number one name anyone thinks of when it comes to cruiserweights. Did it heel, did it face, pretty much did it all. Oh, and he always whooped King, too. Suckaaa! The Hville Thugg & Edwin MacPhisto Cup of Champions - For Best World Champion Tom Flesher Comments - The World Title meant more when he dropped it than when he won it. 'Nuff said. - tied the Suicide King for most defenses. Wrote lots of badass matches. Would like me to remind you that he IS better than you. The Fallout ICTV Champion of the Year Award Danny Williams Comments - Did more to elevate the belt than most, specifically his matches with Mak Francis. Good stuff. - Very tough call, but his ICTV matches were unmistakably great, day in, day out. I think he could have held this thing all summer if he really wanted to, but he did a lot to give the belt some serious legitimacy. The US Champion of the Year Award Ejiro Fasaki Comments - Changing his entrance and tweaking his gimmick to fit with the title is brilliance. - He was one of the best tag characters, and now he's one of the best singles characters. The US title revitalized Ejiro, and he does everything well: hilarious entrance, browbeating of Wildchild, great piss-off-the-fans promos, all of which make him a great champ and a glorious heel. The Grimedogg Hardcore Champion of the Year Award Judge Mental Comments - "Cleaned up" the HC division and made the belt seem important. What else could you ask? - The hardcore scene was surprisingly spare this year, but Judge did the most interesting stuff with it, as the anti-hardcore hardcore champ. Figure four is HARDCORE! The Light-Heavyweight Champion of the Year Award El Luchadore Magnifico Comments - Just name the award the El Luchadore Magnifico Trophy and be done with it. the best LHW in the SWF ever. - Uh, ELM? Sure, it was only around for two months, but he IS that belt. The Fallen Tag Team Trophy - For Tag Team of the Year Justice & Rule ("The Judge" William Hearford & Ejiro Fasaki) Comments - Nobody dominated any division this year like JnR. Even now while they are racking up singles victories, the thought of facing JnR in a tag match makes good teams tremble. - Helped kickstart a tag division that would become one of the most well-concieved, if not THE most well-concieved highlight of the federation. The Pay Per View of the Year Award From the Fire 2003 Comments - A new era begins as ELM's reign comes to an end, and no one no-showed the PPV! Who could ask for anything more? - Neilsen’s glorious return, a very nice Tom Flesher match, and that one explosive guy winning the World Title in one epic mofo of a match. And that’s just off the top of my head. The Stable of the Year Award Magnificent Seven Comments - The Fed revolved around these guys most of the year. - You know, when the first new line-up of M7 guys started replacing the older ones – Mercury, Mak, J&R, Janus, Atlas, etc… I’ll admit that I was pretty disappointed at first. But – and I don’t know when exactly – suddenly M7 ruled the entire fucking fed. Janus was the most powerful midcarder around, J&R killed everyone in the tag team division, and Tom (and Frost too, for a while) could destroy most any opposition. It was crazy go nuts, and it still is for all I can tell. Props to everyone in the stable throughout this year for keeping it on top after that little minifeud last year with that Carnival thing putting it there. The Ace of Clubs Trophy - For Heel of the Year Tom Flesher Comments - Nobody, but nobody, played the heel better than this guy in the last year. - This category is dominated by Magnificent Seven members, but Flesher sticks out in my mind. He's superior (pun intended). The Grand Slam Trophy - For Face of the Year Frost Comments - The charismatic big guy that everyone can get behind, and did get behind for several months. Not many people can slam someone through a pane of glass and still be the good guy. Frost can. - It's a close call, but Frost was just a big guy you could fall in love with. Or something like that. The Cyclone Comet Trophy - For Best Promo Writer Nathaniel "Silent" Kibagami Comments - The drama, the desire, and a quantity unmatched. As far as flat-out creative writing goes I don't think there's anyone better in the fed these days. The Rookie Of The Year Award "The Judge" William Hearford Comments - One year ago, he main evented Countdown to Genesis for the JL World title. This year, he main events Genesis for the SWF World title. A pretty clear choice. - He's main eventing Genesis, man! How great is that? The Promo of the Year Award The Luvin' Spoonful - Alex Zenon Comments - I spend all fucking year pimping “In the Fade” for best promo of all time, and then I go and switch around at the last minute! SWERVE~! I don’t know. Zenon’s promo was just so fun, and so epic, and so A-Team-esque… there was nothing not to love. Bazillions of laughs, though it wasn’t just a comedy promo – it was a promo with a point, and it really got it across. Also, I do believe that this was the last great Carnie prank, and we hadn’t had one in such a long time… Zenon, though you never showed as a match-writer, hats off to you for my new favorite promo of all time. Huzzah. GENERAL The Mayor McCheese Comedic Moment of the Year Award Judge vs Ejiro - Judge Mental & Ejiro Fasaki (Ping Pong Challange, SWF Lockdown, 03-05-28) Comments - This made me die with my leg in the air. The Munich Jackass Trophy - For ”Tool” of the Year Blazenwing Comments - Who cares if Thoth won a world title--THIS will be his greatest achievement, the TRULY legendary thing. - There is no fuckin' question that this guy is a tool. He is the stupidest, the worst and the most fuckin' annoying person I've had the unfortunate 'pleasure' to speak to. Black & Decker, kill him now. Da "I'm very sorry for the lateness and the...uhhhh...not showy-ness" H Edited October 1, 2003 by HVilleThugg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HVilleThugg 0 Report post Posted October 1, 2003 HERE IT IS!! Da "now to find a SQL 7 Driver so I can make tables for the website" H Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devo 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 Hell yes. Three-time LHW Award Winner, baby! Oh, and the career thing. Thanks for the votes, folks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
janusd 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 (Y)(Y) @ M7 taking both stable titles. (N)(N) @ this being the ONLY place I was mentioned. No solo awards for me. Congrats to those who did win, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. S£im Citrus 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 You love me! You really love me! I'd like to thank all the little people that got me to where I am today... so Ejiro and Mike, thanks very much! Oh, and I don't deserve to share the most-underappreciated award with Craven; that guy rocks the casbah! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank Kingsley 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 ROCK~! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coffin Surfer 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 Thanks to all who voted, though I am baffled as to why I won for the ICTV title and not the U.S. Title. I think alot of people got the title reigns mixed up. Since the Mak Francis matches(Iron Man) were for the U.S. title. So I guess that says how much we elevated the title, when we tricked people into thinking it was the #2 belt in the fed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Above Average 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 If that's the case, we (as in Danny and his match writing ability) rule all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace309 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 Well, see, we like you JUST enough to want to recognize you, but we like Ejiro more. Specifically, we like him enough to recognize him for the right belt. I'm very pleased with the results here, as I'm sure you all know. I'm still angry that I didn't win Best Tag Team, Best Latino Athlete or Best Booker, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrestlingDeacon 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 Thank you for the two awards I won. I am disappointed that I did not win ppv match of the year, but look what I lost to. Nor did I win best promo, which is the one I really wanted. I job that to Zenon? Man, I'm in the Twilight Zone now. Although I am happy that my face turn met with so much succes and a key to that was the feud with Tom. I think the comment above really expresses what made it work with the slow burn and all the little side bars. Even when we weren't dirctly feuding or dealing with each other, the undercurrent was still sizzling with each other. I proudly share this trophy with Tom. I'll keep it at my house on Mondays, Tuesdays and every other Thursday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnnieEclectic 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 Yeah yeah, fuck you all, I lied. I'm posting again, screw you, I'm a hypocrite. With that out of the way, I want to say that the two awards deserved most were Judge's. Rookie of the Year and HCG champ of the year are both well founded and deserved. Good job. Oh yeah, I guess Tom deserved that award he got, for something. Whatever -Annie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. S£im Citrus 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 :: uses Jedi mind-trick :: You want to read Genesis... You want to comment on the HC Title match... You want to come out of retirement... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Secret Agent 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 Yeah, I don't think we got a single comment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crowe 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 The Cyclone Comet Memoial Trophy - For Wrestler Of The Year Crow The HVT Thugg Passion Award - For Best World Champion Crow The Eddy Mac Award - For Best Promo Writer Crow Wow. Thanks people. I'm actually very surprised that I got the Best Promo Writer award, out of all the awards I was nominated for, I didn't vote for myself on this one! Aha, very cool. (Y) Once again, thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chirs3 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 The Pay Per View Match of the Year Award Edwin MacPhisto vs Chris Raynor (Last Man Standing Match, Genesis III, 02-09-30) [Neo] ... whoa.. [/Neo] I honestly wasn't expecting Edwin/Raynor to win against such stiff competition, but here we are... wow... thanks! *sticks that sucker in his sig, and is never taking it out* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crippler Crossface 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 Woo-hoo, I won the awards I thought I'd win. Thanks to everyne who voted for me for both Most Improved and Most Under-appreciated. I'm glad to see that I tied with Wildchild for the second award, because of all the storylines right now, the ones intriguing me most have been both the Commish storyline and Wildchild/Dangerous. Keep up the good work, WC. I'm looking forward to see what twist you guys throw in next. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace309 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 I still say we should give UnderAppreciated to the runner-up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. S£im Citrus 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2003 I take that as high praise; thank you very much! I don't have the talent of a Taamo, or a Danny, or a Judge to tell a story in the ring, so I try to create interesting storylines for my character. But, I don't have the skill of a Thoth or a Kibs or a Thugg to promo, either, so I just kind of use the matches as a vehicle to enhance the storytelling. Match-as-promo, or something like that. I take it as a great source of gratification that others are somewhat entertained by the stuff that I write... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0 Report post Posted October 3, 2003 Me and Dace tied Ejiro/Fugue, which from what I remember, was a great match. I still think I should of won, but this almost makes up for it. Wow, match of the year. Insane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rawknight 0 Report post Posted October 3, 2003 *notes own characters name does not appear ONCE in final show, despite being nominated for a couple of awards* *Kills everyone* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
janusd 0 Report post Posted October 3, 2003 *notes own characters name does not appear ONCE in final show, despite being nominated for a couple of awards* *Kills everyone* *Dark Bombs Va'aiga through his feud with Crow* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rawknight 0 Report post Posted October 3, 2003 *Stingers Janus thorugh HIS Fued with Crow* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
