Good evening wrestling fans, and welcome to the 2nd Annual All-Purpose Wrestling Topic Year-End Awards!
It was yet another incredible year in the wild and wacky world of professional wrestling. Champions rose, storylines thrilled, and matches excited! There was never a dull moment industry-wide in 2011!
Tonight, I will be unveiling the winners that you selected in 12 incredible categories!
The first award will be presented in a few short minutes.
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. http://bryandanielson.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo3.jpg
Winter's theme in TNA squeaks out an extremely narrow victory!
The runners-up and their point totals: 2nd Place "Smoke and Mirrors (V2)": 19
3rd Place "Flight of the Valkyries (Remix)": 14
Also Receiving Votes "Written In My Face": 11 "K.O.W. (Kings)": 10 "Cult of Personality": 10 "Radio": 8 "Say It To My Face": 8 "Only One Can Judge": 7 "I Am Perfection": 7 "I Came to Play": 7 "Here to Show the World": 5 Titus O'Neil's FCW Theme: 5 "This Fire Burns": 5 "You Suck": 5 "All About the Power": 4 "RockHouse (nWo Theme)": 3 "Get On Your Knees": 3 "Tyrannosaurus": 3 "Unsettling Differences": 3 "The Truth Shall Set Me Free (silent)": 3 "619": 2 "Hardcore Country": 2 "Ecstacy of Gold": 2 "Freefall": 2 "Voices": 2
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. http://bryandanielson.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo3.jpg
Winter's theme in TNA squeaks out an extremely narrow victory!
The runners-up and their point totals: 2nd Place "Smoke and Mirrors (V2)": 19
3rd Place "Flight of the Valkyries (Remix)": 14
Also Receiving Votes "Written In My Face": 11 "K.O.W. (Kings)": 10 "Cult of Personality": 10 "Radio": 8 "Say It To My Face": 8 "Only One Can Judge": 7 "I Am Perfection": 7 "I Came to Play": 7 "Here to Show the World": 5 Titus O'Neil's FCW Theme: 5 "This Fire Burns": 5 "You Suck": 5 "All About the Power": 4 "RockHouse (nWo Theme)": 3 "Get On Your Knees": 3 "Tyrannosaurus": 3 "Unsettling Differences": 3 "The Truth Shall Set Me Free (silent)": 3 "619": 2 "Hardcore Country": 2 "Ecstacy of Gold": 2 "Freefall": 2 "Voices": 2
Hands of the Wicked top 3 (or 5) for sure. But no way in hell this should beat This Fire.
Oh well, at least Hardcore Country did not.....
WTF?
Those 2 people should never be allowed to vote for anything ever again in their lives.
Of note in that category, Cody Rhodes got the most votes overall, but voters were somewhat split on his current theme ("Smoke and Mirrors V2") and his GROTESQUE theme ("Only One Can Judge")
Had they pooled their resources, the formerly "dashing" one could have pulled out the victory!
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. http://bryandanielson.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo3.jpg
The runners-up and their point totals: 2nd Place Booker T: 32
3rd Place Jim Ross: 19
Also Receiving Votes William Regal: 15 UltraMantis Black: 13 Mike Tenay: 12 Scott Stanford: 10 Matt Striker: 7 Excalibur: 7 Sheamus: 5 Kevin Kelly: 3 Tim Donst: 3 Mike Hogewood: 3 Brie Bella: 3 Michael Cole: 2
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. http://bryandanielson.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo3.jpg
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Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.
The runners-up and their point totals: 2nd Place CM Punk vs. John Cena: 34
3rd Place Zack Ryder vs. Dolph Ziggler: 19
Also Receiving Votes Yoshi Tatsu vs. Tyson Kidd: 13 All-Night Express vs. The Briscoe Brothers: 11 Sheamus vs. Christian: 5 R-Truth vs. Little Jimmy: 5 D'Angelo Dinero vs. Devon: 5 Green Ant vs. Tursas: 5 Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose: 5 Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes: 3 Edge vs. Dolph Ziggler: 3 Cody Rhodes vs. Booker T: 3 Bully Ray vs. Ken Anderson: 3 R-Truth vs. John Cena: 2 Eddie Edwards vs. Davey Richards: 2 John Cena vs. The Rock: 2 Randy Orton vs. CM Punk: 2 Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara: 2 Sting vs. Eric Bischoff: 2 Kevin Steen vs. The Young Bucks: 2 UltraMantis Black vs. Ares: 2 Mark Henry vs. Sheamus: 2 Wade Barrett vs. Randy Orton: 2 John Cena vs. Kane: 2
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. http://bryandanielson.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo3.jpg
The runners-up and their point totals: 2nd Place R-Truth turns on Little Jimmy; goes crazy: 24
3rd Place Kevin Steen terrorizes Ring of Honor: 16
Also Receiving Votes The curse of King of the Ring strikes King Sheamus: 5 Bobby Roode wins Bound For Glory Series, gets screwed: 5 Sara del Rey breaks away from the BdK: 4 "Dashing" Cody Rhodes breaks face, becomes GROTESQUE: 4 Mark Henry institutes the Hall of Pain: 3 The Ryder Revolution takes hold: 3 Green Ant rides the Flex Express: 3 John Laurinaitis takes over as Interim Raw GM: 3 John Cena vs. The Rock: 2 Sting tries to bring back the real Hulk Hogan: 2 UltraMantis Black turns tecnico to fight the BdK; re-unites with Hallowicked: 2
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. http://bryandanielson.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo3.jpg
2010 Winner: The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels, Wrestlemania XXVI
And the 2011 award goes to...
CM Punk vs. John Cena, Money in the Bank with 63 points!
The runners-up and their point totals: 2nd Place Randy Orton vs. Christian, Over the Limit: 13
3rd Place Davey Richards vs. Eddie Edwards, Best in the World: 8
Also Receiving Votes SmackDown Elimination Chamber, Elimination Chamber: 7 Dolph Ziggler vs. John Morrison, Survivor Series: 7 King Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan, Raw: 5 CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio, Capitol Punishment: 5 Kevin Steen vs. El Generico, Steen Wolf: 5 Dick Togo vs. Antonio Honda, DDT: 5 The Miz vs. John Morrison, Raw: 4 Royal Rumble, Royal Rumble: 3 Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton, Night of Champions: 3 Austin Aries vs. Low-Ki vs. Jack Evans vs. Zema Ion, Destination X: 3 John Cena vs. Rey Mysterio, Raw: 3 El Generico vs. 1-2-3 Kid, King of Trios Night Three: 3 Dave Finlay vs. Sami Callihan, EVOLVE 9: 3 Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler, SmackDown: 3 Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk vs. John Cena, Hell in a Cell: 2 Raw Elimination Chamber, Elimination Chamber: 2 Rey Mysterio/Alex Riley vs. The Miz/Jack Swagger, Raw: 2 Eddie Edwards vs. Roderick Strong, Death Before Dishonor IX: 2 Eddie Kingston vs. Fire Ant, Martyr Yourself to Caution: 2 Jun Akiyama vs. Suwama, All-Japan Pro Wrestling: 2 CM Punk vs. The Miz vs. Alberto Del Rio, TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs: 2
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. http://bryandanielson.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo3.jpg
Yeah, his stuff on ECW is comparable to his 2011 Superstars matches and run later in the year. I like the dude a lot but I don't think he's improved much, if at all.
From: JaKyL25 | #031 Kevin Steen vs. El Generico, Steen Wolf: 5
i was thinking about this as my two or three but went with the finlay and akiyama matches. good stuff though. i like it more than their match at final battle!
The runners-up and their point totals: 2nd Place TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs: 19
3rd Place Elimination Chamber: 12
Also Receiving Votes Best in the World: 10 Royal Rumble: 7 King of Trios: 6 Kobe World Festival: 5 Eight: 5 Wrestlemania XXVII: 5 Extreme Rules: 4 Survivor Series: 3 Vengeance: 3 Honor Takes Center Stage: 3 Destination X: 2 Capitol Punishment: 2 High Noon: 2
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. http://bryandanielson.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo3.jpg
From: JaKyL25 | #038 3rd Place Ring of Honor Wrestling (Sinclair): 10
worst result
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Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.
The runners-up and their point totals: 2nd Place Ring of Honor: 17
3rd Place CHIKARA: 14
Also Receiving Votes New Japan Pro Wrestling: 11 Total Nonstop Action: 9 Pro Wrestling Guerrilla: 6 Pro Wrestling NOAH: 2 Dragon Gate: 2 Wrestling Retribution Project: 2
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. http://bryandanielson.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo3.jpg
From: the icon ownz all | Posted: 1/3/2012 3:00:13 AM | #029 zack ryder hasn't really improved in the ring or on the mic! he just has a mostly entertaining 5 minute youtube show once a week.
He improved in connecting with the fans and making them care about his matches, so...I guess that counts as improving his charisma? >.>
He did improve in the ring a bit though, even if nowhere near as close as the others in that list. He started doing flippy s*** a few months ago that he never did before.
The runners-up and their point totals: 2nd Place Mark Henry: 23
3rd Place Dolph Ziggler: 15
Also Receiving Votes Kevin Steen: 10 Sheamus: 7 Eddie Edwards: 7 Zack Ryder: 6 John Cena: 5 The Miz: 5 Christian: 5 Rey Mysterio: 5 R-Truth: 3 Hiroshi Tanahashi: 3 Alberto Del Rio: 3 Dick Togo: 3 Daniel Bryan: 3 Randy Orton: 3 Bobby Roode: 2 Eddie Kingston: 2 Daisuke Sekimoto: 2 Mason Ryan: 2
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero. http://bryandanielson.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/photo3.jpg
solid top three for wrestlers. surprised no one else voted for mysterio, and everyone should watch dick togo's 2011 matches on youtube. guy was on fire last year.
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Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.