My 2019 WON Awards Ballot

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My 2019 WON Awards Ballot

Post by cero2k » Jan 19th, '20, 13:41

I had some small changes of heart since I wrote the ballot for ours. I've had some time to check stuff in hindsight and rewatch some stuff.

1. LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD - 1. Ospreay, 2. Okada, 3. Miyahara
2. MMA MOST VALUABLE FIGHTER: 1. "Cowboy" Donald Cerrone, 2. Khabib Nurmagomedov, 3. Israel Adesanya
3. MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: 1. Ospreay, 2. Takagi, 3. Fenix
4. MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER: 1. Israel Adesanya, 2. Jorge Masvidal, 3. Henry Cejudo
5. TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR - 1. LAX/ProudnPowerful, 2. AXIZ, 3. Young Bucks
6. BEST ON INTERVIEWS - 1. Jericho, 2. Starr, 3. MJF
7. PROMOTION OF THE YEAR - 1. NJPW, 2. AAA, 3. Dragon Gate
8. BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW -1. AEW Dynamite, 2. Impact Wrestling, 3. MLW Fusion
9. PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR - 1. Takagi vs. Ospreay (BOSJ Finals), 2. Shingo vs Ishii (G1 Climax 8.8), 3. Okada vs. SANADA (G1 Climax 8.3)
10. MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR -1. Gastelum vs Adesanya (UFC 236), 2. Usman vs Covington (UFC 245), 3. Holloway vs Poirier II (UFC 236)

1. UNITED STATES/CANADA PRO WRESTLING MVP - Chris Jericho
2. JAPAN MVP - Kazuchika Okada
3. MEXICO MVP - L.A. Park
4. EUROPEAN MVP - David Starr
5. NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP - Hijo del Vikingo
6. WOMAN WRESTLING MVP - Saree
7. WOMAN MMA MVP - Nuñez
8. BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW - Rey Wagner (if this weeks' Connor match happened last year, i'd vote for him)
9. FEUD OF THE YEAR - Jordan Devlin vs. David Starr
10. MOST IMPROVED - Thunder Rosa
11. MOST CHARISMATIC - Cody
12. BRYAN DANIELSON BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER AWARD - ZSJ
13. BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL BEST BRAWLER AWARD - Shingo Takagi
14. BEST FLYING WRESTLER - Fenix
15. MOST OVERRATED - Seth Rollins
16. MOST UNDERRATED - Daga
17. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - Karl Fredericks
18. BEST NON-WRESTLER PERFORMER - Konnan
19. BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER - Excalibur
20. WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER - Beth Phoenix
21. BEST MAJOR SHOW - NJPW BOSJ Finals
22. WORST MAJOR SHOW OF THE YEAR - WWE Hell in a Cell
23. BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER - Miyahara's Shutdown German Suplex
24. MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC - Angel o Demonio's promo and booking after he tried to kill Cuervo
25. WORST TELEVISION SHOW - WWE RAW
26. WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR - Fiend vs. Rollins @ HIAC
27. WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR - Rusev vs Lashley
28. WORST PROMOTION - WWE
29. BEST BOOKER - Gedo
30. PROMOTER OF THE YEAR - Kidani/Meij, soooo close to voting for Tony Khan, again, if the 2023 deal was announced before 2020, it be an easy vote for him.
31. BEST GIMMICK - Maki Itoh
32. WORST GIMMICK - The Fiend
33. BEST WRESTLING BOOK -
34. BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD/STREAMING DOCUMENTARY - - Vice's Dark Side of the Ring series
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Re: My 2019 WON Awards Ballot

Post by Big Red Machine » Feb 20th, '20, 22:26

Here's mine:


WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:
1. Chris Jericho
2. Will Ospreay
3. WALTER

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER:
1. Will Ospreay
2. Kazuchika Okada
3. Johnny Gargano

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR:
1. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly
2. Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham
3. Roppongi 3K

BEST ON INTERVIEWS:
1. David Starr
2. Chris Jericho
3. Adam Cole

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR:
1. AEW
2. ROH
3. WWE

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW:
1. NXT
2. 205 Live
3. NXT UK

MATCH OF THE YEAR:
1. Briscoes vs. Guerrillas of Destiny- ROH Manhattan Mayhem 2019
2. Will Ospreay vs. Kazuchika Okada- NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
3. Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano- NXT TakeOver: XXV

US/CANADA MVP- Chris Jericho
JAPAN MVP- Will Ospreay
EUROPEAN MVP- David Starr
NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP- Dragon Lee
WOMAN MVP- Shayna Baszler
FEUD OF THE YEAR- Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano
MOST IMPROVED- Veit Muller
MOST CHARISMATIC- Adam Cole
BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER- Jonathan Gresham
BEST BRAWLER- WALTER
BEST FLYING WRESTLER- Will Ospreay
MOST OVERRATED- Baron Corbin
MOST UNDERRATED- Mustafa Ali
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR- Dani Luna
BEST NON-WRESTLER- Zelina Vega
BEST TV ANNOUNCER- Nigel McGuinness
WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER- Michael Cole
BEST MAJOR SHOW- NXT TakeOver: XXV
WORST MAJOR SHOW- NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXVI: Day 11
BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER- Shayna Baszler’s Kirafuta Clutch
MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTICS- Angel o Demonio's promo and booking after he tried to kill Cuervo
WORST TELEVISION SHOW- WWE Smackdown
WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR- Sanada, EVIL, & BUSHI vs. Minoru Suzuki, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Taichi (NJPW New Japan Cup 2019: Day 6)
WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR- Bully Ray vs. Mark Haskins
WORST PROMOTION- RevPro
BEST BOOKER- Triple H
PROMOTER OF THE YEAR- Tony Khan, Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega, Brandi Rhodes, & the Young Bucks
BEST GIMMICK- Absolute Andy (heel insecure about his age who thus tries to act cool and the fans laugh at him)
WORST GIMMICK- Bray Wyatt/The Fiend
BEST STREAMING DOCUMENTARY/DVD- Dark Side of the Ring on Bruiser Brody’s murder


I must say, I absolutely DESPISE this new format with the MVPs for different regions and weight classes. The weight classes one got me this year. Do Ospreay and Shingo still count as junior heavyweights? Zack Sabre Jr. is definitely under the weight limit but always wrestlers as a heavyweight. How about women or male wrestlers who are under the limit but don't wrestle somewhere where there isn't a Cruiserweight Title for them to go after and are thus treated no differently than the heavyweights in those promotions?

I also really hate not being able to give 2nd and 3rd place votes for a lot of the Class B awards, especially things like Best/Worst major show, Best Booker, Best Promoter, best/worst TV announcer, which really feel like they (or at least the positive ones) should be Class A awards.
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