DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 I'm just going to do the winner and runner-up for now. No MMA or Box Office here (since MMA won that with Brock Lesnar). Wrestler of the Year: Chris Jericho (1,198 points) Runner-up: Edge (1,168 points) Most Outstanding: Bryan Danielson (2,042) Runner-up: Shawn Michaels (1,406) Feud of the Year: Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels (2,647 - a whopping 443 1st place votes) Runner-up: Edge vs. Undertaker (1,195 points, and by comparison, only 56 1st place votes). Tag-team of the Year: Miz and Morrison (2,130) Runner-up: Kevin Steen & El Generico (1,099). Most Improved: The Miz (1,578) Runner-up: Tyler Black (1,244) Best on Interviews: Chris Jericho (1,979) Runner-up: Santino Marella (1,309) Most Charismatic: John Cena (1,586) Runner-up: Brock Lesnar (856) Best Technical Wrestler: Bryan Danielson (3,231) Runner-up: Nigel McGuinness (1,192) Brody Memorial (Best Brawler): Necro Butcher (1,386) Runner-up: Samoa Joe (1,133) Best Flyer: Evan Bourne (2,188) Runner-up: Kota Ibushi (1,746) Most Overrated (over-pushed): Vladimir Koslov (1,022) Runner-up: HHH (953) Most Underrated (under-pushed): MVP (840) Runner-up: Scotty Goldman (567) Promotion of the Year: UFC (3,340) Runner-up: WWE (1,329) Best Weekly TV: The Ultimate Fighter (1,616) Runner-up: Raw (1,467) Match of the Year: Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho - No Mercy Ladder Match (1,146) Runner-up: Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair - WrestleMania XXIV (933) Rookie of the Year: KAI (966) Runner-up: Amasis (925) Non-Wrestler of the Year: Larry Sweeney (2,208) Runner-up: Vickie Guerrero (2,039) Best Announcer: Matt Striker (1,950) Runner-up: Jim Ross (1,906) Worst Announcer: Mike Adamle (1,623) Runner-up: Don West (1,364) Best Major Show: WrestleMania XXIV (1,683) - First time a WWE show has won this award since 2002 and only the 2nd WrestleMania (after X-7) to ever win. Go E! Runner-up: UFC 91 (1,677) Point of annoyance: The award is called "Best Major Wrestling Show" but MMA is still eligible? They need to split this for 2009... Class B Awards: Worst Major Show: Survivor Series 2008 (116) Runner-up: TNA Sacrifice Best Move: Bourne's SSP (259) Runner-up: Tyler Black's "God's Last Gift" (46) Most Disgusting Tactic: The (alleged) teased overdose of Jeff Hardy to get website hits (241) Runner-up (aka what ACTUALLY should have won): TNA using Jill Jarrett's death in the Angle/Jarrett storyline (165) Worst TV Show: Impact (520) Runner-up: Hogan's Celebrity Wrestling (43) (Bullshit, and I was glad to see it actually had some "Best TV Show" votes.) Worst Match: HHH vs. Kozlov vs. Edge - Survivor Series 2008 (118) Runner-up: Paulo Filho vs. Chael Sonnen (34) Worst Feud: Rey Mysterio vs. Kane (215) Runner-up: Jay Lethal vs. Sonjay Dutt (101) Worst Promotion: TNA (404) Runner-up: EliteXC (232) Best Booker: Joe Silva (383) Runner-up: Gabe Sapolsky (229) Promoter of the Year: Dana White (699) Runner-up: Vince McMahon (60) Best Gimmick: Santino Marella (338) Runner-up: The Beautiful People (62) Worst Gimmick: Khali Kiss Cam (62) Runner-up: Whiny World Champion Samoa Joe (59) Best Book: Gorgeous George (192) Runner-up: Ring of Lies (75) Best DVD: Ric Flair Definitive Collection (216) Runner-up: Ric Flair Highspots Shoot (83) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 A couple of points on those awards. How is TNA a worse promotion than Elite XC when that group actually went under? Second, I fail to see how a harmless comedy gimmick like Khali doing the Kiss Cam is nearly as destructive as Samoa Joe's horrendous booking as TNA champion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 EliteXC, despite going under, built cards and presented shows that got buzz and people were interested in. Of course, they had that HUGE misstep which cost them fans, credibility, and eventually their own business, so yes, they deserved to be voted for, but TNA just continually went out of their way to alienate any potential new audience. I guess it's the same as Gabe being runner-up for Best Booker despite the fact he booked himself right out of a job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkius Maximus 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 Reading the awards, I found it highly silly that Meltzer buried some of the choices the voters made. Seemed counter productive. If you don't want certain people winning certain awards or coming close (I think it was Santino getting #2 in most charisma that got him the most) to the point where you just bury it...then why not just have a ballot with names? Venkman explained the Elite XC/TNA thing well...The reason the Khali Kiss Cam was voted in, is because it would eat up six or so minutes per show with the same routine for week after week. And it didn't accomplish anything. Khali's not even on Smackdown much anymore, is he? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 The hell is EliteXC? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 EliteXC, possibly better known as "The Company Gina Carano and/or Kimbo Slice Fought For". I pretty much watched the CBS shows just to see Gina fight as I'm not a fan of MMA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 Ohhhhhhhhh! That MMA league. Why the hell does Meltzer mix Pro Wrestling and MMA in his awards? That doesn't make a lot of sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkius Maximus 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 Because they come from the same stock. MMA wouldn't exist as it is without pro-wrestling. Plus, he's slowly begun separating them more and more every year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 Yeah, it was nice when worked and shoot matches got separate MOTY categories. Like I said, I hope "Major Show" is the next award split. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 I actually agree with most of them this year. Aside from Khali's Kiss Cam (so it 'eats up TV time', people have gone from hating the guy to chanting for him and the Kiss Cam's been the main reason. Joe's gone from the other way from chanting to hate.) and Gabe getting votes (ROH fans, loyal to the bitter last), can't see much wrong. Rookie Of The Year Runner-up: Amasis (925) Yay! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Truthiness 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 There is no excuse for Vince/Steph not being Booker Of The Year on the wrestling side. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 Brock Lesnar is the runner-up for Most Charismatic? Really? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkius Maximus 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 Brock gets points for lassoing Herring post fight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
