Wrestling Observer Awards for 2007

[Nate 0]

as the title suggests these are the Wrestling Observer's Awards for 2007:

 

Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Award (Wrestler of the Year):

 

1. John Cena (437 #1 votes) - 2,459 pts

2. Bryan Danielson (77) - 928

3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (42) - 728

4. Shawn Michaels (32) - 579

5. Takeshi Morishima (41) - 565

6. Mistico (6) - 510

7. Mitsuharu Misawa (33)

8. Cibernetico (28) - 290

9. Kurt Angle (7) - 202

10.Edge (16) - 196

 

 

Most Outstanding Wrestler

 

1. Bryan Danielson (434) - 2,646

2. Shawn Michaels (46) - 468

3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (62) - 642

4. Naomichi Marufuji

5. Nigel McGuiness

6. Samoa Joe

7. KENTA

8. Takeshi Morishima

9. Edge

10. John Cena

 

 

Tag Team of the year

 

1. Mark & Jay briscoe (474) - 2,641

2. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelly (58) - 1,132

3. Kevin Steen & El Generico (0) - 690

4. Giant bernard & Travis Tomko

5. Matt & Jeff Hardy

6. Paul London & Brian Kendrick

7. Lance Cade & trevor Murdoch

8. Masato Yoshino & Naruki Dio

9. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori

10. Ricky Marvin & Kotaro Suzaki

 

 

Most Improved

 

1. MVP (305) - 1,966

2. Claudio Castagnoli (34) - 564

3. Tomko

4. Takeshi Morishima

5. Candice Michelle

6. Jeff Hardy

7. Umaga

8. John Cena

9. Hirooki Goto

10. Batista

 

 

Best on Interviews

 

1. John Cena (151) - 1,243

2. Santino Marella (133) - 1,208

3. Edge

4. Quinton jackson

5. Larry Sweeny

6. Christian Cage

7. Frank Shamrock

8. Tito Ortiz

9. Mr. kennedy

10. Ric Flair

 

 

Best Technical Wrestler

 

1. Bryan Danielson (529) - 2,928

2. Nigel McGuiness (15) - 784

3. Yuji Nagata

4. Fit Finlay

5. KENTA

6. Kurt Angle

7. Naomichi Marufuji

8. Mike Quackenbush

9. Shawn Michaels

10. Samoa Joe

 

 

Brusier Brody Best Brawler Award

 

1. Takeshi Morishima (157) - 1,464

2. Umaga (101) - 1,199

3. Samoa Joe (115) - 1,129

4. Fit Finlay

5. Necro Butcher

6. Togi Makabe

7. John Cena

8. Abyss

9. Undertaker

10. Rhyno

 

 

Best Flying Wrestler

 

1. Mistico (162) - 1,394

2. Ricky Marvin

3. Jack Evans

4. AJ Styles

5. Pac

6. Matt Sydal

7. Jeff Hardy

8. Matt Cross

9. Dragon Kid

10. Rey Mysterio jr.

 

 

Most Overrated

 

1. Giant Khali (187) - 1,210

2. Mr. Kennedy (80) - 586

3. HHH

4. Bobby Lashley

5. Batista

6. Big Daddy V

7. Randy Orton

8. Kurt Angle

9. Kevin Nash

10. Mistuharu Misawa

 

 

Most Underrated

 

1. Shelton Benjamin (98) - 735

2. Jamie Noble

3. Paul London

4. Alex Shelley

5. William Regal

6. Brian Kendrick

7. Matt Hardy

8. Go Shiozaki

9. AJ Styles

10. Christopher Daniels

 

 

Promotion of the Year

 

1. UFC (280) - 2,479

2. ROH

3. WWE

4. NOAH

5. AAA

6. CMLL

7. New Japan

8. Dragon Gate

9. Strikeforce

10. TNA

 

 

Best Weekly TV Show

 

1. The Ultimate Fighter (390) - 2,463

2. WWE RAW

3. WWE Smackdown

4. AAA

5. CMLL

6. Wrestling Society X

7. NOAH

8. Inside MMA

9 & 10. Bodog Fight Costa Rica & TNA Impact (tie)

 

 

Worked Match of the Year:

 

1. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (8/25) (118) - 1,199[/b]

2. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori Vs. Kota Ibushi & Naomichi marufuji (7/15) (131) - 1,108

3. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuiness (6/9) - (146) - 1,061

4. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels (4/23) (74) - 809 pts.

5. John Cena Vs. Umaga (1/28) (46) - 458 pts.

6. Briscoes Vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico (9/15) (28) - 403 pts.

7. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels Vs. Edge Vs. Randy Orton (4/29) (26) - 280 pts.

8. Cima, Shingo Takagi & Susuma Yokosuka Vs. Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Masaaki Mochizuki (No Date given, ROH match?) (45) 267 pts.

9. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Hirooki Goto (11/11) (2) - 212 pts.

10. Hiroshi Tanahasi Vs. Yuji Nagata (4/13) - (1) - 196 pts.

 

11. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (9/15) - 184 pts.

12. Undertaker Vs. Batista (4/1) - 173 pts.

13. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels (4/1) - 167 pts.

14. BJ Whitmer Vs. Jimmy Jacobs (3/31) - 127 pts.

15. Briscoes Vs. Ricky marvin & Kotaro Suzuki (1/21) - 125 pts.

16. Takeshi Morishima Vs. Claudio Castragnoli (8/10) - 119 pts.

17. Chris Harris Vs. James Storm (5/13) - 96 pts.

18. Briscoes Vs. Claudio Castragnoli & Matt Sydal (5/12) - 88 pts

19. Kurt Angle Vs. Samoa Joe (12/10/06) - 67 pts

 

 

Best Non-Wrestler

 

1. Larry Sweeney (382) - 2,269

2. Vince mcMahon (97) - 847

3. Jim Cornette

4. Jim Mitchell

5. William Regal

6. Sharmell

7. Karen Angle

8. Lacey

9. Armando Estrada

10. Generalissimo Takada

 

 

Best Television Announcer

 

1. Jim Ross (325) - 2,257

2. JBL (184) - 1,609

3. Joe Rogan

4. Mauro Ranallo

5. Mike Goldberg

6. Dave Prazak

7. Frank Mir

8. Mike Tenay

9. Joey Styles

10. Kenny Bolin

 

 

Worst Television Announcer

 

1. Don West (269) - 2,204

2. Micheal Cole (116) - 1,130

3. Johnathan Coachman

4. Todd Grisham

5. Mike Tenay

6. Jerry Lawler

7. Col. Bob Sheridan

8. Joey Styles

9. Taz

10. Leticia Cline

 

 

Worst Major Wrestling Show

 

1. WWE/ECW December to Disremember (12/3/06) - 298 pts.

2. TNA Lockdown

3. WWE Unforgiven

4. TNA Hard Justice

5. UFC 78

6. TNA Victory Road

7. TNA Final Resolution

8. WWE Jugement Day

 

 

Best Wrestling Maneuver

 

1. KENTA's Go To Sleep - 98 pts.

2. Randy Orton's running soccer kick

3. Petey Williams Canadian Destroyer

4. Bryan Danielson's Cattle Mutilation

5. Matt Sydal's shooting Star press

6. Bryan Danielson's elbows

7. Samoa Joe's muscle buster

8. Takeshi Morishima's backdrop driver

9. CM Punks Go To Sleep

10. Shawn Michaels' superkick

 

 

Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic

 

1. TNA Signing Pacman Jones/Making it Rain - 317 pts.

2. Vince mcMahon's death

3. WWE's entire handling of post-benoit re: Steriods

4. Hornswoggle as Vince's illegitament son

5. Giant Khali as World Champion

6. WWE doing Benoit tribute show

 

 

Worst Television Show

 

1. TNA Impact - 476 pts

2. WWE/ECW - 122

3. WWE RAW

4. Wrestling Society X

5. WWE Heat

6. IFL Battleground

 

 

Worst Feud of the Year

 

1. Kane Vs. Big Daddy V - 204 pts

2. VKM Vs. Christy Hemme - 121

3. Eric Young Vs. Robert Roode

4. Batista Vs. Giant Khali

5. Vince McMahon Vs. Bobby Lashley

6. Layla Vs. Kelly kelly

7. Kane Vs. Giant Khali

8. Cody Rhodes Vs. Bob Holly

9. Abyss Vs. Black Reign

10. WWE Vs. Honesty & John Cena Vs. Giant Khali (TIE)

 

 

Worst Match of the Year

 

1. Chris Harris Vs. James Storm (Blindfold match - 4/15) - 149 pts

2. Fake Donald Trump Vs. Fake Rosie O'Donell (1/8) - 119

3. Giant Khali Vs. Kane (4/1)

4. Giant Khali Vs. Horsnwoggle (11/17)

5. Layla Vs. Kelly Kelly (11/27)

6. Monsters Battle Royal Kane Vs. Giant Khali Vs. Mark henry (10/30)

7. Big Daddy V. Vs. Boogyman (9/18)

8. Kane Vs. Mark henry (6/3)

9. Chrsity Hemme Vs. Fat Oily Guy (2/11)

10. Giant Khali Vs. Batista (10/7)

 

 

Worst Promotion of the year

 

1. TNA - 520 pts

2. WWE - 42 pts

3. IFL

4. All-Japan

5. AAA

6. IWA Puerto Rico

 

 

Best Gimmick

 

1. Santino Marella - 344 pts.

2. Black Machismo Jay Lethal - 52

3. MVP

4. Fetus

5. Takeshi Morishima

6. Matt Classic

7. Delirious

8. King Booker

9. Chris Hero

10. Awesome Kong

 

 

Worst Gimmick

 

1. Black Reign - 203 pts

2. Horswoggle McMahon - 88

3. Pacman Jones

4. Big Daddy V

5. Jillian Hall singing

6. VKM

7. Abyss

8. Fat Oiley Guy

9. Boogyman

10. HG & Giant Khali (TIE)

 

Best Box office Draw

 

1. John Cena (331) - 2,299

2. Chuck Lidell (267) - 2,192

3. Mistico (133) - 1,603

4. Randy Couture

5. Quinton Jackson

6. Tito Ortiz

7. Cibernetico

8. Kid Yamanoto

9. Perro Aguayo jr.

10. HHH

 

Feud of the Year

 

1. Undertaker Vs. Batista (148) -1,160

2. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (89) - 1,119

3. Briscoes Vs. Steen & El Generico (121) - 1,045

4. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels

5. Matt Hardy Vs. MVP

6. Frank Shamrock Vs. Phil Baroni

7. Matt Hughes Vs. Matt Serra

8. Tito Ortiz Vs. Chuck Lidell

9. Gran Apache Vs. Billy Boy

10. Vince McMahon Vs. Donald Trump

 

Most Charismatic

 

1. John Cena (358) - 2,447

2. Quinton Jacklson (158) - 1,491

3. Cibernetico

4. Randy Couture

5. Shawn Michaels

6. Tito Ortiz

7. Mistico

8. Edge

9. Jeff Hardy

10. Forrest Griffin

 

Rookie of the year

 

1. Eric Stevens (106) - 756

2. Joe Doering (88) - 752

3. Tim Donst

4. La Sombra

5. Cyber Kong

6. Ted DiBiase Jr.

7. Ted McNailer

8. Lince Dorado

9. Seiya Sanada

10. Bobby Dempsey

 

Best Major Wrestling Show

 

1. ROH Man Up (188) - 1,296

2. WWE Wrestlemania (133) - 1,138

3. Pride 2nd Coming

4. ROH Driven

5. Pride Otoko Matsuri

6. Strikeforce/EXC Judgement Day

7. WWE Backlash

8. UFC 68

9. UFC 66

10. UFC 76

 

Best Booker

 

1. Gabe Sapolsky - 495 pts.

2. Joe Silva - 128

3. Riki Choshu

4. Michael Hayes

5. Dorian Roidan

6. Vince McMahon

 

 

Promoter of the year

 

1. Dana White - 412 pts

2. Vince mcMahon - 113

3. Cary Siikin

4. Joachim Roldan

5. Paco Alonso

 

Best Pro Wrestling Book

 

1. Hitman by Bret Hart - 266 pts

2. A Lion's Tale by Chris Jericho - 237

3. Brody Vs. Larry Matysik

4. Hardcore Diaries by Mick Foley

5. NWA by Tim Hornbacker

6. Lucha Loco by Malcom Venville

7. Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels by Oliver/Johnson

 

 

Best Pro Wrestling DVD

 

1. Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen - 332 pts

2. History of the AWA - 73

3. The Ladder matches

4. Shawn Michaels: Heartbreak & Triumph

5. The New and Improved DX

[Vern Gagne 0]

Great Khali isn't good enough to be overrated.

[tekcop 0]

That was kind of my thought. I like Khali, but who overrates him of all people? Eh, just like every other year. I don't care about this at all.

[Brocklock 0]

I guess the Overrated/Underrated awards are based on pushes and not what people on the net think. Shelton is a little overrated on the net on his ability, but since he wasn't getting pushed too much in 07 he won most underrated.

[Jacques 0]

Can't believe Mike Tenay didn't got the worst announcer award.

[Nate 0]

what stood out to me was TNA was rated worst promotion, especially over Wrestling Soceity X and WSX and Heat was rated as a better TV show then Impact, I figured TNA had a bad year, but I didnt realize that bad

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

Your "Festus" typo amuses me... the very idea that "Fetus" is the #4 gimmick of the year.

 

And just to clarify, yes, WON Award Terminology for Overrated / Underrated means "Overpushed" and "Underpushed". Not sure why Dave just doesn't call the categories that...

[cabbageboy 0]

These awards are really silly, since the Observer actually lists MMA fighting in the same awards with worked pro wrestling. That to me is stupid. Khali is considered one of the worst wrestlers in the world, so he's hardly overrated. And to be honest, his world title run wasn't THAT bad....hell it was better than Rey's last year.

 

You know who should have been higher on the overrated list? Umaga. Kennedy at this point is well known to be mediocre so I'm not sure he's the most overrated guy. But really Umaga had one quality match with Cena and a whole lot of bullshit (maybe Jeff bounced like a rag doll for him a few times as well).

 

And I still insist that Black Reign is a fun gimmick, dammit!

[Nate 0]

Your "Festus" typo amuses me... the very idea that "Fetus" is the #4 gimmick of the year.

 

And just to clarify, yes, WON Award Terminology for Overrated / Underrated means "Overpushed" and "Underpushed". Not sure why Dave just doesn't call the categories that...

 

for the record I copied and pasted this from a different site

[luke-o 0]

How did Santino win 2nd place on "best on interviews" for 2007? Guy cracks a couple of jokes and all of a sudden he's the new Ric Flair? Give me a break.

[RepoMan 0]

Your "Festus" typo amuses me... the very idea that "Fetus" is the #4 gimmick of the year.

I thought Fetus was some wierd gimmic floating around in the Indies. I was going to youTube it to see what the gimmic was all about.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

How did Santino win 2nd place on "best on interviews" for 2007? Guy cracks a couple of jokes and all of a sudden he's the new Ric Flair? Give me a break.

Finally! The number of people riding Santino's dick is frightening.

[Hawk 34 0]

"Most overrated" actually means most overpushed. Same with "Most Underrated". Why they don't call it like that, I'll never understand.