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Wrestling Observer Awards for 2013 revealed

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#1 ·
Did a quick search but couldn't see a thread - have bolded the awards awarded to WWE and TNA:

Wrestler of the Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW)
Most Outstanding Wrestler: Hiroshi Tanahasi (NJPW)
Best Box Office Draw: The Rock (WWE)
Feud of the Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (NJPW)
Tag Team of the Year: Christopher Daniels and Kazarian (TNA)
Most Improved: Kazuchika Okada (NJPW)
Best on Interviews: CM Punk (WWE)
Most Charismatic: The Rock (WWE)
Best Technical Wrestler: Daniel Bryan (WWE) - Has won this award every year since 2005.
Bruiser Brody Memorial Award for Best Brawler: Kevin Steen (ROH)
Best Flying Wrestler: Kota Ibushi (Dramatic Dream Team)
Most Overrated: Ryback (WWE)
Most Underrated: Tyson Kidd (WWE)
Promotion of the Year: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Best Weekly Television Show: TNA Impact Wrestling
Match of the Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki - King of Pro Wrestling; Tokyo, Japan; October 8th (NJPW)
Rookie of the Year: Dinastía (Asistencia Asesoría y Administración)
Best Non-Wrestler: Paul Heyman (WWE) - Last win for Heyman in this category was in 2002
Best TV Announcer: Jim Ross (WWE) - 14 time winner in this category.
Worst TV Announcer: Michael Cole (WWE) - 4th consecutive year "winning" this category
Best Major Show: King of Pro Wrestling (NJPW)
Worst Major Show: No Surrender (TNA)
Best Wrestling Maneuver: Kazuchika Okada - Rainmaker (Wrist lock into a short-arm lariat) (NJPW)
Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: WWE broadcasting a dead Jerry Lawler being revived after a heart attack, and then having CM Punk and Paul Heyman mock the heart attack in front of Lawler (WWE)
Worst TV Show: WWE Monday Night RAW
Worst Worked Match: John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis - Over the Limit (WWE)
Worst Feud: John Cena vs. Kane (WWE)
Worst Promotion: TNA
Best Booker: Jado and Gedo (NJPW)
Best Gimmick: Joseph Park, Esq. - Lawyer brother of Abyss (TNA)
Worse Gimmick: Aces & Eights - Invading biker gang (TNA)
Best Pro Wrestling Book: Shooters: The Toughest Men in Professional Wrestling - Jonathan Snowden
Best Pro Wrestling DVD: CM Punk: Best in The World (WWE)
 
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#44 ·
Full results w/ runners-up/top ten/numbers/etc. blah

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR)

1. HIROSHI TANAHASHI (419) 3,328

2. C.M. Punk (294) 2,325
3. Kazuchika Okada (75) 1,221
4. John Cena (31) 857
5. Daniel Bryan (5) 204
6. Austin Aries (2) 157
7. Bobby Roode (10) 130
8. Cima (3) 101
9. Sheamus (4) 69
10. The Rock (2) 37

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER

1. HIROSHI TANAHASHI (394) 2,695

2. Kazuchika Okada (114) 1,326
3. Daniel Bryan (153) 1,273
4. El Generico (55) 515
5. C.M. Punk (34) 469
6. Austin Aries (20) 358
7. Davey Richards (18) 317
8. Dolph Ziggler (2) 244
9. Daisuke Sekimoto (5) 197
10. Tetsuya Naito (1) 161

BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW

1. THE ROCK (422) 2,620

2. John Cena (92) 1,564
3. Brock Lesnar (123) 1,309
4. Anderson Silva (55) 733
5. Georges St-Pierre (26) 565
6. Chael Sonnen (9) 317
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi (22) 245
8. Jon Jones (2) 212
9. C.M. Punk (4) 121

FEUD OF THE YEAR

1. HIROSHI TANAHASHI VS. KAZUCHIKA OKADA (275) 1,753

2. Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (238) 1,689
3. The Rock vs. John Cena (121) 1,136
4. C.M. Punk vs. Daniel Bryan (49) 512
5. Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate (15) 371
6. John Cena vs. C.M. Punk (16) 291
7. Blue Panther vs. ***** Casas (25) 271
8. John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar (7) 235
9. Yuji Nagata vs. Stack of Arms (8) 214
10. Bobby Roode vs. James Storm (22) 203

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR

1. CHRISTOPHER DANIELS & KAZARIAN (373) 2,248

2. Kane & Daniel Bryan (124) 1,219
3. Young Bucks (78) 1,071
4. Mark & Jay Briscoe (43) 805
5. Takao Omori & Manabu Soya (73) 612
6. Super Smash Brother (61) 579
7. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (51) 539
8. Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan (8) 347
9. Katsuyori Shibata & Kazushi Sakuraba (2) 184
10. Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow (3) 161

MOST IMPROVED

1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA (517) 2,948

2. Michael Elgin (52) 887
3. Rush (64) 576
4. Damien Sandow (33) 552
5. Bully Ray (25) 344
6. Adam Cole (14) 322
7. Karl Anderson (1) 253
8. Titus O’Neil (9) 194
9. Dolph Ziggler (20) 178
10. Frankie Kazarian (18) 173

BEST ON INTERVIEWS

1. C.M. PUNK (365) 2,668

2. Chael Sonnen (145) 1,557
3. The Rock (129) 1,131
4. Paul Heyman (37) 608
5. Christopher Daniels (12) 299
6. Kevin Steen (14) 291
7. Bully Ray (22) 284
8. Daniel Bryan (14) 272
9. Big Show (2) 176
10. Austin Aries (8) 167

MOST CHARISMATIC

1. THE ROCK (298) 2,077

2. Hiroshi Tanahashi (74) 1,275
3. John Cena (69) 1,067
4. C.M. Punk (107) 1,032
5. Daniel Bryan (67) 539
6. Chael Sonnen (28) 378
7. Brock Lesnar (6) 281
8. Georges St-Pierre (3) 199
9. Shinsuke Nakamura (2) 124
10. Austin Aries (1) 117

BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER

1. DANIEL BRYAN (391) 2,513

2. Prince Devitt (122) 1,030
3. Davey Richards (43) 969
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi (77) 774
5. Zack Sabre Jr. (52) 536
6. Yuji Nagata (41) 369
7. Austin Aries (13) 273
8. Daisuke Sekimoto (2) 144
9. ***** Casas (5) 134
10. Eddie Edwards (3) 119

BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER)

1. KEVIN STEEN (368) 2,457

2. Togi Makabe (49) 755
3. Bully Ray (71) 726
4. Sheamus (31) 716
5. Brock Lesnar (69) 466
6. Sami Callihan (27) 404
7. Michael Elgin (3) 231
8. Big Show (26) 221
9. Minoru Suzuki (29) 203
10. L.A. Park (11) 176

BEST FLYING WRESTLER

1. KOTA IBUSHI (285) 1,857

2. Ricochet (111) 1,229
3. Pac (88) 1,108
4. El Generico (87) 722
5. A.R. Fox (46) 540
6. La Sombra (17) 415
7. Samuray del Sol (46) 412
8. Prince Devitt (9) 300
9. Mascara Dorada (26) 271
10. Kenny Omega (22) 241

MOST OVERRATED

1. RYBACK (148) 1,028

2. The Miz (88) 825
3. Garett Bischoff (55) 405
4. Randy Orton (21) 299
5. Ken Anderson (9) 295
6. Sheamus (13) 286
7. Matt Morgan (21) 240
8. Big Show (2) 195`
9. Rob Van Dam (14) 142
10. Brodus Clay (1) 134

MOST UNDERRATED

1. TYSON KIDD (286) 1,629

2. Dolph Ziggler (85) 718
3. Daniel Bryan (56) 357
4. Kassius Ohno (32) 293
5. Jack Swagger (9) 260
6. Drew McIntyre (19) 251
7. Sin Cara (18) 209
8. Satoshi Ishii (15) 183
9. Hunico (6) 172
10. Justin Gabriel 139

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (497) 3,452

2. Ultimate Fighting Championships (91) 1,388
3. World Wrestling Entertainment (85) 1,357
4. Dragon Gate (33) 477
5. CHIKARA Pro (19) 344
6. Total Nonstop Action (18) 324
7. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (3) 308
8. IWRG (5) 255
9. AAA (12) 253
10. ROH 133

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW

1. TNA IMPACT (122) 1,043

2. Ring of Honor (73) 926
3. WWE NXT (61) 869
4. WWE Monday Night Raw (76) 828
5. WWE Main Event (85) 819
6. Dragon Gate Infinity (65) 781
7. WWE Smackdown (28) 591
8. Bellator (60) 433
9. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (62) 401
10. Fight Factory (36) 289

PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR

1. HIROSHI TANAHASHI VS. MINORU SUZUKI 10/8 TOKYO (277) 2,014

2. John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar 4/29 Chicago(87) 1,202
3. Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin 3/31 Ft. Lauderdale (146) 1,185
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 6/16 Osaka (121) 1,057
5. Undertaker vs. HHH 4/1 Miami (77) 859
6. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito 3/4 Tokyo (68) 661
7. Kenny Omega vs. Kota Ibushi 8/18 Tokyo (35) 204
8. C.M. Punk vs. Daniel Bryan 5/20 Raleigh (4) 180
9. The Rock vs. John Cena 4/1 Miami (18) 135
10. Blue Panther vs. ***** Casas 3/2 Mexico City (2) 121

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1. DINASTIA (199) 1,530

2. Mr. Touchdown (214) 1,496
3. Eita Kobayashi (106) 755
4. ACH (5) 519
5. Saturyne (31) 341
6. Tadarius Thomas (40) 291
7. Ross & Marshall Von Erich (1) 110

BEST NON-WRESTLER

1. PAUL HEYMAN (479) 2,747

2. Ricardo Rodriguez (97) 1,291
3. Vickie Guerrero (24) 722
4. A.J. (22) 464
5. Gedo (25) 404
6. John Laurinaitis (3) 172
7. Truth Martini (4) 157
8. Vince McMahon (2) 153
9. Nigel McGuinness (8) 129
10. Jim Cornette 99

BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER

1. JIM ROSS (234) 1,902

2. Nigel McGuinness (205) 1,647
3. William Regal (64) 967
4. Joe Rogan (130) 965
5. JBL (47) 777
6. Kevin Kelly (29) 364
7. Mike Tenay (10) 192
8. Michael Schiavello (24) 181
9. Jesse Manuel Guillen (12) 175
10. Mike Goldberg (6) 115

WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER

1. MICHAEL COLE (166) 1,723

2. Taz (117) 1,242
3. Booker T (151) 1,023
4. Jerry Lawler (109) 920
5. Josh Matthews (23) 412
6. The Miz (28) 214
7. Todd Keneley (17) 184
8. Mike Goldberg (10) 135
9. Jesus Zuniga (12) 95
10. Mike Tenay (8) 90

BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW

1. NEW JAPAN KINGS OF PRO WRESTLING 10/8 TOKYO (425)2,618

2. WWE Extreme Rules 4/29 Chicago (118) 1,348
3. WWE WrestleMania 4/1 Miami (13) 1,033
4. New Japan Dominion 6/16 Osaka (23) 479
5. ROH Glory by Honor 10/13 Mississauga (38) 364
6. All Japan 3/20 Tokyo (2) 323
7. CMLL Anniversary show 9/14 Arena Mexico (29) 257
8. UFC 146 All Heavyweight show 5/26 Las Vegas (13) 213
9. WWE TLC 2011 12/18 Baltimore (17) 185
10. TNA Destination X 7/8 Orlando (2) 184

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WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW

1. UFC 149 7/21 CALGARY 214

2. Extreme Reunion 4/28 Philadelphia 113
3. WWE No Way Out 5/20 East Rutherford, NJ 94
4. TNA Against All Odds 2/12 Orlando 74
5. TNA Genesis 1/8 Orlando 39
6. WWE Royal Rumble 1/29 St. Louis 32
7. TNA Lockdown 4/15 Nashville 28
8. WWE Hell in a Cell 10/28 Atlanta 27
9. TNA No Surrender 9/9 Orlando 23
10. UFC on FX Maynard vs. Guida 6/22 Atlantic City 19

BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER

1. KAZUCHIKA OKADA RAINMAKER 201

2. Antonio Cesaro Neutralizer 92
3. Daniel Bryan Yes/No/LeBell lock 82
4. Antonio Cesaro versions of bolo forearm 64
5. Ricochet 630 30
6. Sonjay Dutt moonsault double foot stomp 29
7. Dragon Kid dragon rana 18

MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC

1. WWE’S PRESENTATION OF PAUL HEYMAN AND C.M. PUNK COMING IN DURING JERRY LAWLER’S RETURN, AIRING CLIPS OF HIM WHILE HE WAS DEAD AND BEING REVIVED, AND THE FAKE HEART ATTACK PROMO 493

2. Extreme Rising using Sabu’s overdose/passing out while advertising his return to the promotion 44
3. UFC’s handling of Jeremy Stephens’ arrest, trying to bail him out and still have him fight on the show while he was stuck in jail that afternoon 27
4. Linda McMahon’s senatorial campaign and how WWE handled it 19

WORST TELEVISION SHOW

1. WWE RAW 319

2. TNA Impact 199
3. Ultimate Fighter: Nelson vs. Carwin 81
4. WWE Smackdown 71
5. Ring of Honor 41
6. CMLL 17
7. Championship Wrestling from Hollywood 16

WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR

1. JOHN CENA VS. JOHN LAURINAITIS 5/20 RALEIGH 151

2. Santino Marella vs. Ricardo Rodriguez 6/17 E Rutherford 78
3. Clay Guida vs. Gray Maynard 6/22 Atlantic City 48
4. John Cena vs. Kane 1/29 St. Louis 38
5. Gunner vs. Kris Lewis 8/23 Orlando 38
6. Divas Battle Royal 8/20 Fresno 29
7. Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan 4/1 Miami 28
8. Brodus Clay vs. David Otunga 6/17 East Rutherford 25
9. Gunner vs. Garett Bischoff 2/12 Orlando 21

WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR

1. JOHN CENA VS. KANE 253

2. TNA vs. Aces and 8s 192
3. John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis 65
4. Kane vs. Zack Ryder 43
5. Vickie Guerrero vs. A.J. Lee 41
6. A.J. Styles vs. Claire Lynch 19
 
#54 ·
Ryback? Overrated?

Yeah, that's bullshit. As much bullshit as TNA being a better show than RAW. Seriously, who voted on this crap?

Tyson Kidd? Most underrated? There's a reason why he's not on television and that's because he has as much personally as the chair I'm sitting on right now. And I'm guaranteeing you nobody who vote for him if he wasn't a Hart.
 
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#112 ·
Nailed with Raw being the worst show. Nevermind wrestling, it's the worst TV show on in general over ANYTHING on TV including things such as Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Oh Sit (the musical chair gameshow), and anything else.
 
#66 ·
True fans being those fans here who live off copy and paste versions of his newsletter via newzsotes?

These awards are always littered with Japan and TNA. Not to say I disagree, but even if Punk or anyone else had five star matches all year long, it would still be Bryan who won that award, Meltzer will make sure of that.
This is an extremely ignorant claim if you look at what promotion the match of the year came from for the past 4-5 years.

Wow, what prestigious awards! Everyone should be so honored.......oh wait. Why do people give a fuck what Meltzer marks think? They're all just marks for that overrated shit over in Japan.
I take it don't read many Wrestler autobiographies some have listed the awards among the greatest accomplishments.
 
#37 ·
What I'd really like to know is if TNA was around the same quality in 2012 as their debut Impact of 2013, because I decided to watch that, for whatever reason, and God DAMN, it was one of the worst wrestling shows I've ever seen in my life. If it was that quality last year, there's no justification whatsoever for it to be the best weekly show, even with all the fuckery on Raw. The only thing on that show that was even moderately entertaining was Daniels mocking Storms accent, which was about 10 seconds of a 2 hour broadcast.
 
#43 ·
Worst TV Announcer: Michael Cole (WWE) - 4th consecutive year "winning" this category
I think Lawler has been alot worse than cole, while both are bad Cole at least handled Lawlers heart attack in a very professional way and can at least call a match. Where as Lawler pretty much sells Cena and undermining everyone else just top make everything Cena does look great, all the while telling awful jokes.
 
#99 · (Edited)
NJPW deserve all the awards they won. WWE loyalist can complain all they want, NJPW kicked major ass in quality for 2012, something WWE failed to do with the exception of a few diamonds within piles of shit. Also glad Okada won three awards, he deserves them.
 
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Better for who? For the people who voted, who are 95% hardcore smarks, who're biased to the type of wrestling NJPW does: no theatrics, "wrestling as sport". That's why you have pure workers like Tyson Kidd winning awards. But I'm not defending WWE as a whole and I'm sure NJPW puts on a good wrestling show. The thing that bothers me is Tanahashi winning Wrestler of the Year over a guy like CM Punk who's been carrying the number 1 wrestling company in the world (by a long margin) on his back. Look at the amount of work CM Punk does and what Tanahashi does: 3 hour RAW, big PPV every single month, three house-shows a week and the ocasional Smackdown. It's simply too big a difference between the work of the two.
 
#91 · (Edited)
JBL makes up a lot of shit. he's definitely a funny color buy, but JR is still the GOAT. anytime he calls a major or semi-major match he adds to the importance. he also commentates regularly on NXT. voting is among subscribers, some of who are international and probably get NXT on their TV. others have watched NXT on their computers etc. absolutely no problem with this award.

Best Weekly Television Show: TNA Impact Wrestling


All the power to TNA but I was shocked to see the Wrestling Observer give them that award.
wrestling observer didn't give them the award. the fans voted on the awards. the votes were split among 5 WWE programs. i seriously doubt TNA wins the award if shows like Slam, Main Event and NXT aren't an option. however they did make great improvements for a period this year so i don't have a huge problem with them winning the award.

What's more surprising is that TNA won worst promotion despite Impact Wrestling winning best weekly television show.
the main reason this occurred is likely due to WWE voting getting split. a lot of the people that split their votes for WWE shows as best show probably voted TNA as worst promotion. also promotion isn't just the show itself. it can be a host of bad angles, bad ppvs, low buyrates, low attendances and other bad business decisions/metrics. TNA completely dropped like 8 PPVs this year and basically admitted they were failing in that sector of their business. it's completely warranted that you could vote TNA worst promotion and best show if you take into account those factors.

throw in never ending angles like the Claire Lynch angle and Ace's and Eights. paying money for a chick to be a hot referee and her debut flopping. Brooke Hogan segments in general. all completely justifiable reasons for voting it worst promotion even if you find the core matches/angles etc. entertaining.

regardless they likely only won the show b/c the vote split. obviously if we eliminated some options we wouldn't know if people may have changed their main event vote to raw or w.e, but given the results for worst promotion it seems unlikely an overwhelming majority would've voted impact. i do agree w/ whoever said that ROH probably should've won worst promotion though. likely didn't happen because less eyes are on the promotion.


Best Weekly Television Show: TNA Impact Wrestling

They not watching NXT?
the overwhelming majority probably don't watch NXT b/c it's not available in America on television and it's kind of a nothing show in the grand scheme of the promotion. some voted for it, maybe others would've voted for it if WWE didn't offer 4 other shows as well. NXT from what i've seen is good for what it is, but highly overrated just b/c it features different guys. personally i think Main Event is the best weekly television show, but i wouldn't have voted it as it wasn't around all year.

To say that Ryback is overpushed is absurd. He was in two titles matches in 2012; neither of which disappointed. He managed to get himself over, and didn't take up much screen time. He was underpushed if anything.
underpushed? so he should've ended Punk's screen run or beat more top guys? i'd say Ryback is overrated because at his talent level he shouldn't be in main events. sure he managed to get over by squashing people, but he's not THAT over. some crowds seem to react to him, while others don't. his promos are garbage as well. not worthy of being a top guy.
He didn't get himself over. He got pushed to the moon and back.
agreed.
lolWrestlingObserver... butthurt since 1983. :punk2
care to explain son? don't blame the publication if you're mad though, blame the voters.
They deserve it. They truly were the best weekly show.

Very surprised and a little confused at how TNA managed to win "Best weekly show" and "worst promotion". Doesn't really add up.
take 2: the main reason this occurred is likely due to WWE voting getting split. a lot of the people that split their votes for WWE shows as best show probably voted TNA as worst promotion. also promotion isn't just the show itself. it can be a host of bad angles, bad ppvs, low buyrates, low attendances and other bad business decisions/metrics. TNA completely dropped like 8 PPVs this year and basically admitted they were failing in that sector of their business. it's completely warranted that you could vote TNA worst promotion and best show if you take into account those factors.

throw in never ending angles like the Claire Lynch angle and Ace's and Eights. paying money for a chick to be a hot referee and her debut flopping. Brooke Hogan segments in general. all completely justifiable reasons for voting it worst promotion even if you find the core matches/angles etc. entertaining.

regardless they likely only won the show b/c the vote split. obviously if we eliminated some options we wouldn't know if people may have changed their main event vote to raw or w.e, but given the results for worst promotion it seems unlikely an overwhelming majority would've voted impact. i do agree w/ whoever said that ROH probably should've won worst promotion though. likely didn't happen because less eyes are on the promotion.



Yep I just don't understand how in the hell you have best show but worst promotion, it sort of negates the whole list. Even though I do agree with most other picks. Seems pretty stupid to me. Also I agree with JBL being top broadcaster instead of JR as he hasn't really been on tv at all this year.
take 3: the main reason this occurred is likely due to WWE voting getting split. a lot of the people that split their votes for WWE shows as best show probably voted TNA as worst promotion. also promotion isn't just the show itself. it can be a host of bad angles, bad ppvs, low buyrates, low attendances and other bad business decisions/metrics. TNA completely dropped like 8 PPVs this year and basically admitted they were failing in that sector of their business. it's completely warranted that you could vote TNA worst promotion and best show if you take into account those factors.

throw in never ending angles like the Claire Lynch angle and Ace's and Eights. paying money for a chick to be a hot referee and her debut flopping. Brooke Hogan segments in general. all completely justifiable reasons for voting it worst promotion even if you find the core matches/angles etc. entertaining.

regardless they likely only won the show b/c the vote split. obviously if we eliminated some options we wouldn't know if people may have changed their main event vote to raw or w.e, but given the results for worst promotion it seems unlikely an overwhelming majority would've voted impact. i do agree w/ whoever said that ROH probably should've won worst promotion though. likely didn't happen because less eyes are on the promotion.


JR is also on NXT regularly, while JBL constantly makes up "facts" regardless of how entertaining he is.

WO awards awful as usual

they have no credibility to the TRUE fans
considering true fans are voting on the awards and are probably more well versed in pro graps than you are, they hold plenty of credibility.

Those awards are stupid as fuck.
gotten to.

These awards are always littered with Japan and TNA. Not to say I disagree, but even if Punk or anyone else had five star matches all year long, it would still be Bryan who won that award, Meltzer will make sure of that.
Meltzer doesn't "make sure" of anything. his subscribers vote based upon their opinions. Meltzer said he DIDN'T even agree with Bryan winning the award.

Wow, what prestigious awards! Everyone should be so honored.......oh wait. Why do people give a fuck what Meltzer marks think? They're all just marks for that overrated shit over in Japan.
i've only seen 3 NJPW shows from 2012, most of them were fantastic. the Tokyo Dome Show which had no impact on the voting was CLASSIC. it's ok that you haven't watched the product yourself, but you shouldn't post on subject matters you clearly aren't versed in.

How does TNA receive the worst major show and worst promotion of the year awards but win the best weekly show award? That makes no sense.
take 4: the main reason this occurred is likely due to WWE voting getting split. a lot of the people that split their votes for WWE shows as best show probably voted TNA as worst promotion. also promotion isn't just the show itself. it can be a host of bad angles, bad ppvs, low buyrates, low attendances and other bad business decisions/metrics. TNA completely dropped like 8 PPVs this year and basically admitted they were failing in that sector of their business. it's completely warranted that you could vote TNA worst promotion and best show if you take into account those factors.

throw in never ending angles like the Claire Lynch angle and Ace's and Eights. paying money for a chick to be a hot referee and her debut flopping. Brooke Hogan segments in general. all completely justifiable reasons for voting it worst promotion even if you find the core matches/angles etc. entertaining.

regardless they likely only won the show b/c the vote split. obviously if we eliminated some options we wouldn't know if people may have changed their main event vote to raw or w.e, but given the results for worst promotion it seems unlikely an overwhelming majority would've voted impact. i do agree w/ whoever said that ROH probably should've won worst promotion though. likely didn't happen because less eyes are on the promotion.

Ugh. Fuck these awards. How is Ryback overrated? How is TNA the best weekly TV show and worst promotion?

Ugh, the marks really know how to shit on these things, don't they? No wonder I don't pay attention to the Meltzer Markout Awards. :argh:
which awards did they shit on?


Scratching my head seeing Impact win best TV show, than reading on and seeing TNA named worst promotion.
take 5: the main reason this occurred is likely due to WWE voting getting split. a lot of the people that split their votes for WWE shows as best show probably voted TNA as worst promotion. also promotion isn't just the show itself. it can be a host of bad angles, bad ppvs, low buyrates, low attendances and other bad business decisions/metrics. TNA completely dropped like 8 PPVs this year and basically admitted they were failing in that sector of their business. it's completely warranted that you could vote TNA worst promotion and best show if you take into account those factors.

throw in never ending angles like the Claire Lynch angle and Ace's and Eights. paying money for a chick to be a hot referee and her debut flopping. Brooke Hogan segments in general. all completely justifiable reasons for voting it worst promotion even if you find the core matches/angles etc. entertaining.

regardless they likely only won the show b/c the vote split. obviously if we eliminated some options we wouldn't know if people may have changed their main event vote to raw or w.e, but given the results for worst promotion it seems unlikely an overwhelming majority would've voted impact. i do agree w/ whoever said that ROH probably should've won worst promotion though. likely didn't happen because less eyes are on the promotion.


Nothing wrong with a bit of Tanahashi love. Dude is the best wrestler in the world.
idk about best wrestler in the world, but he definitely is worthy of the WOTY award given the criteria.

Some of these results are just freakin' weird.

How on Earth can TNA be voted the 2nd Worst Promotion, but TNA Impact voted the Best Weekly Television show (by a pretty good margin over the WWE shows too)? I mean I understand there are other factors that go into deciding how good a promotion is, but if they have the best TV show, shouldn't that ease off almost winning worst promotion?
take 6: the main reason this occurred is likely due to WWE voting getting split. a lot of the people that split their votes for WWE shows as best show probably voted TNA as worst promotion. also promotion isn't just the show itself. it can be a host of bad angles, bad ppvs, low buyrates, low attendances and other bad business decisions/metrics. TNA completely dropped like 8 PPVs this year and basically admitted they were failing in that sector of their business. it's completely warranted that you could vote TNA worst promotion and best show if you take into account those factors.

throw in never ending angles like the Claire Lynch angle and Ace's and Eights. paying money for a chick to be a hot referee and her debut flopping. Brooke Hogan segments in general. all completely justifiable reasons for voting it worst promotion even if you find the core matches/angles etc. entertaining.

regardless they likely only won the show b/c the vote split. obviously if we eliminated some options we wouldn't know if people may have changed their main event vote to raw or w.e, but given the results for worst promotion it seems unlikely an overwhelming majority would've voted impact. i do agree w/ whoever said that ROH probably should've won worst promotion though. likely didn't happen because less eyes are on the promotion.


How in God's name is John Cena third most charismatic when half the fans hate his guts even though he's supposed to be the top babyface? And heck, if this week's Raw is any indicator, a lot of them don't even have the energy to react to him anymore.
you seem to be confusing charisma with overness. bad booking/writing/character has nothing to do with Cena's charisma.

How is Cena Vs. Kane the worst feud? I mean yeah it was bad, but seriously? The worst?!?! Claire Lynch and that whole fiasco was not as bad as Cena/Kane, really?! AJ/Vickie is probably the only one I would accept being worse than Claire Lynch since it ripped off elements from that.
probably because the Cena/Kane matches/promos/angles were horrendous and the Lynch storyline had Daniels GOATing as well as decent-good matches between Styles/Daniels. not even sure if AJ/Vickie was eligible as i forget when that feud started. regardless, Cena/Dolph was also better than the Cena/Kane abomination.

And I don't understand this about the Observer awards. What is the difference between Wrestler of the Year (Flair/Thesz award) and Most Outstanding Wrestler? Isn't that the same thing?
WOTY - Both performance in the ring as well as drawing power, marketability, value to the promotion and significance during the year among both shoot and worked matches should be considered.

Most Outstanding Wrestler is purely the best in-ring, bell-to-bell performer. Anything that takes place in a legitimate match situation should not be considered.

I am amazed so many people here can't grasp the fact WWE has 5 TV shows now. Those 5 shows spilt the vote.
lol seriously. p. sure half the people posting don't even realize these were voted on though.
Man, wrestling observer really hates Kane eh?
he has had some really shitty feuds.
How did Sheamus vs. Del Rio not win worst feud?
probably b/c the matches were passable.
Horrible awards.
care to elaborate brother?
Wrestling Observer hate Cena too, huh?
maybe the voters do, not the newsletter or dave himself.

Best Weekly TV Show is Impact but the Worst Promotion is TNA? How does that make any sense at all?
take 7: the main reason this occurred is likely due to WWE voting getting split. a lot of the people that split their votes for WWE shows as best show probably voted TNA as worst promotion. also promotion isn't just the show itself. it can be a host of bad angles, bad ppvs, low buyrates, low attendances and other bad business decisions/metrics. TNA completely dropped like 8 PPVs this year and basically admitted they were failing in that sector of their business. it's completely warranted that you could vote TNA worst promotion and best show if you take into account those factors.

throw in never ending angles like the Claire Lynch angle and Ace's and Eights. paying money for a chick to be a hot referee and her debut flopping. Brooke Hogan segments in general. all completely justifiable reasons for voting it worst promotion even if you find the core matches/angles etc. entertaining.

regardless they likely only won the show b/c the vote split. obviously if we eliminated some options we wouldn't know if people may have changed their main event vote to raw or w.e, but given the results for worst promotion it seems unlikely an overwhelming majority would've voted impact. i do agree w/ whoever said that ROH probably should've won worst promotion though. likely didn't happen because less eyes are on the promotion.

I think they have a thing against Kane. Hes won that "award" an absurd amount of times. I mean hes been in some bad feuds but not on the level of Cena/Laurinaitus.
no one has anything against Kane. his feuds just suck.

I am glad New Japan Pro Wrestling dominated the 2012 wrestling observer awards. It was their best year plus their wrestling was more enjoyable than WWE, ROH and TNA.
pretty much brother.
 
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