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Another blockbuster year for the Awards!

For those of you just joining us, these are the rec.sport.pro-wrestling.*
Year-End Achievement Awards.  They celebrate the excellence and the...other
side of the year in professional wrestling.

The Awards are decided by the readers of r.s.p-w, voting for a 1st, 2nd, and
3rd place in nearly fifty categories.  This is the TENTH year for the Awards,
which is rather amazing in itself (if I do say so myself.  :) )  The first
six years were run by Herb Kunze ([e-mail]) - from 1996 on, I have
somehow managed to churn this thing out even as it's grown into the monster
you now read today.

This year we top out at just under 575K, up about 40K from last year.  We
didn't get as many ballots this year (I *believe* the final total settled
around 383) but we DID get more comments!

Sadly, I received around a hundred ballots which were illegible to my
scripts or sent in a format I couldn't read.  Several of these people
eventually submitted readable ballots; however, many did not.  Still others
tried to send in ballots after the 6 December deadline, by which time I'd
already started counting and couldn't include their votes.  If they included
comments, however, they WERE added later.

Thanks to James Brown, Telex, Banco de Gaia, Loop Guru, and Way Out West for
providing music to crunch numbers to.  Thanks also to Dr Pepper, Cherry
Coke and 7-Eleven (home of the Slurpee) for providing me with the necessary
caffeine to complete this project by my second deadline.  ;-)

Special thanks to John C. and Selena Kyte for plugging the Awards.  Special
raspberries to Rick Scaia for trying REALLY hard to sabotage the smartness
level of the voting pool like he did last year.  ;-)  I have a feeling I'm
forgetting some thanks here - email me if I was supposed to thank you and
didn't, and I'll put you in the "corrected" version that'll come out
sometime in early 2000.  Oh, and thanks to Sven Mascarenhas - at least I
didn't forget HIM.

And EXTRA special thanks to Kim - just because.

The following pages provided invaluable assistance with research.  Bookmark
them ALL right now:

<http://hometown.aol.com/wsandt/cards/index.html>
  The Wrestling Supercards & Tournaments Web Page

<http://www.albany.net/~hit/puroresu/>
  The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo

<http://www.photon.co.jp/sections/6_staff/glenn/nCo/finish/finish.html>
  The Official RSP-W Finishing Moves List

<http://www.otherarena.com/>
  the Other Arena

<http://www.CRZ.net/wrestling/>
  [slash] wrestling - a good site to check up on Mondays past ;-)

If you are interested in the whole shebang as opposed to however many chunks
your news server turned this thing into, I recommend the following FTP link
for your Web browser:

<http://www.CRZ.net/cgi-bin/redirect.cgi?ftp://ftp.CRZ.net/pub/users/chris/99awards.txt>

There will eventually be a web version of these awards, but not until next
year.  I imagine Herb will also archive it for me on his page as well.

DIG IN, BABY!

And so, without further ado...

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THE 1999 REC.SPORT.PRO-WRESTLING YEAR-END ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

This entire document copyright 1999 by Christopher Robin Zimmerman.  Portions
of this document are copyright 1990-95 by Herb Kunze and used with his kind
permission.

Visit Herb's Awards page at <http://www.twc-online.com/herb/Awards.html>.

*PLEASE* CONTACT ME FIRST BEFORE USING ANY PART OF THESE RESULTS!!
I can be reached by emailing [e-mail].

First, some general comments...

TORREY M. SPEARS: Wrestling, as a whole peaked in 1999 with the mainstream
media... never again will it be some 'backwoods hick' thing.  At the same
time, Sports Entertainment will rule the next millenium..... 'wrestling'
as we knew it is dead.

LARRYBUD: #1 story of the year is Owen Hart's death at "Over the Edge" and
the reaction from it.  #2 story is the tumult in the WCW from the firing
of Bischoff to hiring of Russo/Ferrerra. Thanks for making this possible!

SCOTT GRIFFITH: That was a lot of fun!  Thanks for the effort CRZ, and
keep up the good work.  Sorry I don't read your recaps on Wrestline.
haha The Netcop is just funnier for my recapping dollar.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Compared to 1998, 1999 was a horrible year for wrestling
in North America. While Mankind had an incredible year, the success of one
of the true nice guys of wrestling doesn't balance the loss of class acts
such as Rick Rude and Owen Hart. Match quality and lengths dropped across
the board (and almost overnight in WCW), political pressure killed angles,
and others that should have been wiped out at the moment of their
conception were allowed to continue. Yet there were bright lights: for the
first time in a long time, it seemed as if we're finally going to be able
to get rid of the stars of the 80s who somehow stuck around to become the
stars of the 90s. The WWF has a ton of young talent just waiting for
Austin to finally move into acting (now, who does that sound like?) in
Edge, Christian, the Hardyz, Papi Chulo, Kurt Angle, D'Lo Brown and Test.
WCW can look into the next decade safe in the knowledge that they've got
Chris Benoit, Billy Kidman, and especially Bill Goldberg under their wing.
And ECW has Lance Storm, the man who's my pick to be the next Bret Hart,
waiting until Mr. 4:20 moves into the mainstream and gets crushed just as
badly as he did last time. So while the year may have been bad, there were
some notable bright spots and plenty of hope for the future.  Oh, one last
thing: Test gets the consensus Rookie of the Year award, I should think.

BILL LEHECKA: The WWF outdistanced it's competitor this year.  It put on
more cognitave, entertaining shows.  Granted there was a lack of wrestling
compared to WCW, the storylines made up for it, from Rock and Mankind, to
Chris Jericho's introduction to the WWF, it was the year of the WWF.
That's all I really have to say.  I might add an addendum, if that's OK.
Later.

JBELL55146: WWF and ECW pretty much stayed content with little spurts here
and there while WCW might as well have had Celine Dion singing 'My Heart
Will Go On' cuz they sank faster then the Titanic ever could.  Hopefully
they will get their heads on straight and put forth a good 2000.

JOHN C.: Thanks for allowing me to vote and I look forward to the results
and comments. Take care.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: Welcome to the year of Sports Entertainment, as WCW went
clearly over to the side of sport entertainment and WWF continued to win
the ratings battle. People changed sides, the front office was shooked up,
and in the end I'm less optimistic about the future of wrestling at the
end of this year then last year. Last year it seemed like the WCW would go
into a new age without Hulk Hogan and provide us with quality wrestling
thanks to the lWo. Hulk Hogan returned, and WCW went down the crapper.
Now Hulk Hogan is gone again, but we all know he'll be back to pollute the
air waves. And with Russo at the helm, sport entertainment at WCW will
never allow to deliver a quality 10 minute cruiserweight match again. Not
enough T&A I guess...  The WWF continued on it's course, and desptie the
fact the ideas seem a bit bland to me at years end they have remained true
to form. Which is a angle driven, storyline company. The arrival of
Jericho helped liven things up, and the Hardyz and The Holly's entertained
me. But the HHH angle doesn't intrest me, and the WWF had some really big
stinkers this year, mostly involving either the females or Kane and the
Big Slow.  So as we hit Y2J head on, things look grim for a turn to
quality wrestling. The rating are high, and WCW seems determined to become
the WWF so it looks like a shift back to work rate is less and less
likely. And as the old war horses Ric Flair and Brett Hart walk into the
fading sunset, as Chris Benoit seems destined to get the short end of the
stick regardless of who's running WCW.  The fact that Hulk Hogan might be
doing an Austin gimmick soon....  But maybe the new fans may tire of the
new age soap opera. Maybe they'll leave and allow the old fans to come
back, to see the stars of the new generation craft a legacy. Not based
solely on promos and angels, but on great work rate. Maybe we'll have our
Steamboat/Flair for the next cenutry...  Maybe...But I wouldn't count on
it....

DMIKESTER: First off, CRZ, I want to say thank you.  You have given me
many hours of enjoyment and satisfaction at seeing a recapper who really
cares about what he's doing and knows what he's talking about.  There are
only a handful of reporters like you, and you are one of the best of those
proud few.  Thank you. I based the beginning on "wrestling" talent,
something that seems to have been forgotten by everyone except the most
dedicated wrestling fans.  The reason I watch ECW more than WWF now is
because of the wrestling that still exists there.  I also watch WCW when
there's a match like Bret Hart v. Chris Benoit.  I've been going through
the 'Net and many people who have been talking about their nominations
have said Steve Austin is the best wrestler of the year when they don't
even consider how horrible he's become since he became a babyface in the
WWF.

JAMIE COVILLE: On the "worst" stuff it's hard to pick just three ;)

STACY MCMACKIN: Next year, eliminate the "Best Jobber" and "Best Jobber To
The Stars" categories. The concept makes no sense, a wrestler is a
wrestler.  Sometimes they win, sometimes they lose. The only time when
"jobber" was an appropriate term in wrestling was when they actually had
squash matches on wrestling tv shows where one guy ALWAYS WON and one guy
ALWAYS LOST. They no longer do that... everybody sometimes wins and
sometimes loses these days.

GRAHAM PRESTON: This year was pretty lackluster and will become one of the
most notorious years of wrestling history.  Wrestling became Sports
Entertainment, drew massive ratings, and ... Owen.  Hopefully his death
will not be relegated to trivia games, and tongue in cheek references.
One can only hope wrestling will go back more to its roots whil keeping
some SE, to attract the diehard smarts to the blowjob obsessed typical
10-12 year old catchphrase memorising, DD only, type people.  Thank god
for November '98 to about March '99 Corporation/Rocky type stuff to save
this year from almost complete boredom.  Hopefully this time next year
I'll be writing about Benoit's 5 month title reighn in which he got mega
over, and became a GOD~! to smarks, marks and smarts.  I'm out.

CHRIS VAUGHN: This year's nominees GREATLY upsets me. This poll is VERy
workrate, and by no means covers all aspects of wrestling. It kills me to
see that you cannot even put Hulk Hogan in the best wrestler category.
Yes, he is old. Yes, he's not a great wrestler, but he's still one of the
best entertainers in the business, and wrestling is Sports Entertainment.
Hogan was included in evey category that was in any way a category that
put wrestlers down. Not everyone is a mark for good technical wrestling,
and quality grappling! (IE: Chris Benoit, Bret Hart) Remember, not
everyone shares your opinions on good wrestling.  (Hello!  Where were you
when we were nominating?  Also, you were free to vote for people thta
weren't nominated.  I guess it helps to READ THE RULES, huh? - CRZ)

THE H-BOMB: I can't believe that Chris Benoit won "Jobber to the Stars"
last year. I voted, and ignored him because he did earn wins. He was
deserving of a push, but he wasn't fed to every at Eric Bischoff's whim.
Taka is someone deserving of a push, but at the same time doesn't collect
any wins at all. And that, my friend, is why he is your "Jobber to the
Stars" this year!  "Most Improved" is a tough category this year. I've
only begun watching ECW in September, since I'm in the deprived country of
Canada :) , so I can't acurately give any of their performs any votes.
What I'm left with is WWF and WCW stars, who in most cases always had the
skills, but was finally given a chance by their promotion. Such is the
case with Hardcore Holly. Many people may argue, but he had the skill all
along. It wasn't as evident as "Spark Plug", but in the New Midnight
Express, I got to see his talent. I give Lenny number 1, for the sole
reason that if he had talent, WCW didn't even care to show it. Instead of
jobbing while showcasing his skills, he was plain and simply doing Barry
Horowitz's job.  I didn't vote in either Major Show category, because I
didn't feel that I could vote seeing how I was unable to watch any of the
Major Shows over the past year, because in September of '98 the stupid
cable company pulled pay-per-view.  Call me crazy, but Little Guido always
has good matches, thus I included him as one of my picks for best wrestler
of the year.

TOXICENEMA: After a great year for wrestling in 1998, 1999 was a big
letdown. WCW hit the absolute rock bottom in terms of PPV's, and angle
development. Its choatic, dartboard booking was at the absolute worst this
year. It's too bad, because solid workers like Kanyon, Guerrero and the
like will be overlooked for WWF talent that was pushed correctly (Edge,
Hardyz) . WWF started out really good, but lost its way after WM, not
having a legitimate heel to foil Rock or Austin. They spent most of the
summer trying to create HHH into that mold, boring the audience. But the
audience had no alternatives to turn to. ECW lost a few steps with a
combination of pushing the wrong people (New Jack, Balls&Axl)  and losing
alot of workers (Sandman, Taz, Douglas) .

GREGG MIXDORF:  This year in wrestling seemed to be a down year for in the
ring competition.  With only three matches to really chose from.  I have
gotten sick and tired of the entertainment side of the equation
outweighing the sports side.  Take for example last night (11/29/99) way
to much wedding and not enough action. The wedding itself seemed to last
for an eternity.  I'm digressing here but I think this point needs to be
brought out.  Wrestling needs to start focussing on wrestling again.
This problem has been amplified by the fact that WCW has gone to the crash
t.v. format.  You no longer can catch a good long match on monday nights
anymore.  You have to wait untill Friday nights and sit through a bunch of
commercial breaks to do so.  I would really like to see ECW go to a two
hour format and allow almost everyone of their matches to go ten minutes a
peice.  This would be great and allow those of us who like actuall in ring
wrestling to be able to see it.  I'm sad to say it but I miss the old
Nitro.  I miss Billy Kidman in a ten minute match against Juventud.  Damn
do I ever miss those great cruserweight matches that Russo seems intent on
getting rid of.  I want more of that and I can't get it.  I thought you
missed an obvious category with best up and comming wrestler. A young
talent who will be very good and very over some day. Papi Chulo is my
favorite young talent in the WWF right now.  I go nuts everytime he is on
Jakked/Metal.  I have begun watching these shows just to be able to watch
him wrestle.  Got to see him and TAKA Michinoku go at it one night.  It
was a terriffic match.  I want more.  I hope that Papi and Amy Dumas do
get paired up like I read somewhere.  That would be fantastic.  Another
guy that has me cheering everytime he is on my t.v. is Kurt Angle. This
guy is a great heal.  I'm amazed at the heat he is receiving so early on
in his career.  I really enjoy his style, kind of reminds me of Brett Hart
in a way but maybe that has more to do with his build and patriotism than
anything else.  The other young guy that I really enjoy is Blitzkrieg.
Although I haven't seen him for a while I was real impressed with him when
he was on.  A variety of cool moves and great high flying ability.  I want
more Blitzkrieg!  Thanks for this opportunity to vote on this year in
wrestling.  Have a great New year and continues success in the future.

BLANK: Does anyone notice that FIVE of the nominated matches for Worst
Match were from that Legends abomination?  Can we let that die???  I know
you don't accept multiple votes for the same event, but Owen Hart's death
so far overshadowed everything else that it was a statement vote.  Same
with the Heroes of Wrestling -- God, what one card can do to wreck
wrestling...  I didn't order it, and I still thought it was the worst card
of all time...

MARK SMITH: For my comments, I'd just like to say thanks to CRZ for always
busting his ass to make sure things are getting done in the online
wrestling world.  We love ya, Chris.

CHRIS FAIRBANKS: Goddamn, that's a long email!  And it took so long to
copy and paste!  And it's really late at night!  And I have class in a few
hours!  Crap!

BEN MILLER: I hate to point out specific worst ofs, but Kevin Nash as
booker and the Onita matches in New Japan were two of the worst angles,
promotional moves, etc. in the time I have been watching wrestling.
Without question, 1996 was the greatest year I have ever seen in wrestling
and the reason it became my passion, and I am amazed how far it has fallen
in match quality and risen in profits over the past three years.  I always
like to think of what five American wrestlers I would select if given a
draft, and after this year, I would take Rock, Jericho, Booker T, Juventud
and Benoit.  I think within a year I could deliver great matches along
with cool angles that draw with those four on top and Juvy headlining some
cruiserweights.

DC1CB1: Watching ECW as I type this. Gertner is making me laugh my ass off
with his Pokemon jokes during the Super crazy match. I prefer to see more
wrestling. I can remember watching wrestling and wondering what was gonna
happen IN the ring. Wish it would get back to that some more.  Got email
address from Wresteline.com 3. ANDREW: Triple H is one of the best heels
I've ever seen.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Well... a strange year. No real dominant wrestlers or
teams, unlike last year, with titles changing all over the place for no
good reason and no one getting more than about 2 months with any
particular belt. Could someone please tell the WWF and WCW that wrestler
getting a nice *long* title reign every once in a while isn't going to
instantly scare away all the viewers? For that matter, neither are matches
going more than five or ten minutes. No particularly great matches either,
though a lot of good and/or fun ones. I'm hardly one of those people who
demands a ***** match on every second show, but one or two matches over
****1/4 would be nice. The only match to have totally blown me off my feet
was the Ladder Match, and even that was badly flawed. No angles to match
Austin-McMahon also, either in longevity or greatness, though a few came
damn close. (read: Y2J, WWF Champion Mick Foley) . And then there was
Brian, and Gorilla, and Ravishing Rick. And Owen. Jesus Christ, *why*? !
OTOH, the sport is just hotter than its ever been, the WWF in particular
batting monstrous ratings and buyrates every time out. And we also saw the
emergence of ECW as a bona fide force in the business. So, all told, was
the year a good one? A bad one? An average? Probably the latter, really,
but mostly it was just... strange.

THERION: Overall comments - the "worst of" sections need a top five
instead of a top three. The best of's manage to stand out, but there were
so many worsts this year that it was hard to choose.

COLIN MACKINNON: Chris, you've been doing a great job with the RSPW
Awards, and it's nice to see you're in charge again this year.  I think I
speak for everyone who voted when I say "Thank you" for a job well done.
You've also done a fine job with your web site and the RAW/Nitro/Smackdown
recaps, and at times, it's hard to see where you actually find all this
free time. :)  Thanks again, and Happy Holidays.

CRAIG MALIN: DX (NAO/XPac) are terrible as heels because they play to the
crowd so much.  They should follow HHH's lead.  XPac looks like a six year
old riding a mechanical horse when he does the Bronco buster.  I know you
love Blackman but he's gotta learn to at least look at the camera during
an interview!!

SELENA KYTE:  I realize I'm a rarity in two areas so far as pro wrestling
fans are concerned.  I'm a woman who prefers female wrestling to male
wrestling, and I'm a person who prefers to be entertained by some
semblance of wrestling.  Both elements have been in short supply
throughout the past few years; none more so than in 1999.  I've gone from
being angry about the situation to a tolerance and an understanding of
today's form of pro wrestling, which is clearly not aimed towards me.
Everyone naturally votes for what they regularly see.  For the most part,
I've stopped watching WWF and WCW programming around five years ago.  If
I'm alerted to something worthwhile involving women on a WCW show through
the e-mail discussion group I belong to, the Women's Wrestling Mailing
List, I may tune in to watch the match.  Otherwise, I prefer to dedicate
my time and energy to learning and supporting the women on the independent
circuit and those wrestling in other countries, to the extent that I can.
My purpose in contributing to this year's poll is to highlight some women
whose actions I felt were deserving of attention this year beyond those in
the WWF, WCW, and ECW.  With one current all female promotion looking to
have more live events next year, and at least three new all female
promotions looking to start up next year, my hope is that more women
wrestling serious matches will be introduced to fans looking for
alternatives to the major promotions.  I would also like to see more
mention of women's pro wrestling matches from other countries besides
Japan, like Australia, Mexico, and Nigeria.  Maybe then, there will be a
more balanced representation on year end polls like this one.

CHAS DORMAN: WWF had a strong year dominating the ratings again.  They
picked up key free agents like Jericho, Wight, and Taz.  Austin vs McMahon
kept things interesting, and when it died down they gave McMahon HHH to
feud with. That feud looks promising as the wedding angle only made that
better. WCW had an off year, but now that Bischoff is gone and the young
guys are getting soem good angles, they shoudl be better next year.  The
"Powers That BE " angle can help them out, but only if they stay away from
Amway commercials and focus on the in ring hinderance of certain stars.
I look for more competition next year as both shows will get attention for
their "crash TV" styles.

OLIVER DAVIES: Have never seen any Japanese promotions, therefore I can't
vote on them. Other awards I'd give: Most underappreciated match of the
year: Ken Shamrock v Undertaker at Apr. In Your House, Favourite T & A
moment: Mud wrestling on Smackdown, most promising wrestlers: Chris
Jericho, Jeff Hardy, Edge. Most surprising talents: Shane Douglas, Kane,
Most surprising match: Shane v Test at Summer Slam, most memorable spot:
ending of ladder match at No Mercy, Best chemistry: Hands down - Rock and
Mick Foley I've finally gotten access to ECW, I suspect that if I'd seen
more of them this year they would have gotten my vote for promotion of the
year.

JASON BALDWIN:  I don't feel right voting for (or against) anything or
anybody I haven't seen. I'm sure some of the Japanese stars (probably all
of them) are better technicians & flyers, but based on my limited exposure
to their work (none of it from this year) , I can't in good conscience
vote on them.  This sums up my approach to voting:  Good babyface = I mark
out. I like you.  Bad babyface. I change the channel. You bore me.  Good
heel = I boo you. I hate you.  Bad heel = I change the channel. You bore
me.  Simple enough, eh?  And despite its popularity, I thought this was
just a rather pitiful year for wrestling in general. Or maybe I'm just
changing.

ROB EVANS: General Comments - CRZ rocks!  Thanks for taking the time to
facilitate the awards once again.

STINGER: ECW Rules. Sports Entertainment (short matches, wedding and Co.)
sucks.  See ya. Wrestling fan from Poland.

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Best Wrestler

Award Description:

To be given to the athlete who was the best overall wrestler of the year.
This includes all facets of wrestling: workrate, technical ability,
interviews, charisma, value to his/her promotion, etc. In 1994, this award
was split into three: North American, Non-North American, and overall. In
1998, it was recombined into one.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Curt Hennig
  1991: Ric Flair
  1992: Ric Flair
  1993: Big Van Vader
  1994: Bret Hart
  1994: (NA)         Sabu
  1994: (non-NA)     Chris Benoit
  1995: (overall/NA) Shawn Michaels
  1995: (non-NA)     Chris Benoit
  1996: (overall/NA) Shawn Michaels
  1996: (non-NA)     Jushin Liger
  1997: (overall/NA) Shawn Michaels
  1997: (non-NA)     Taka Michinoku
  1998: Stone Cold Steve Austin

**1999**: Chris Benoit

351 first place votes
345 second place votes
344 third place votes

 79 49 20  582   Chris Benoit
 73 53 26  576   Rock
 33 39 34  350   Mankind
 23 34 41  299   Chris Jericho
 30 28 20  274   Steve Austin
 18 17 29  199   Rob Van Dam
 12 18 13  140   Triple H
 16  7 15  131   Bret Hart
  8  6  6   70   Mitsuharu Misawa
  3  8 12   63   Eddie Guerrero
  6  6  6   60   Owen Hart
  5  5  9   58   Taz
  4  7  6   53   Jerry Lynn
  1  6 11   45   Goldberg
  6  1  5   43   Vader
  2  7  5   41   Sting
  3  6  1   35   Kenta Kobashi
  2  5  4   33   Edge
  2  3  3   25   Dean Malenko
  3  1  3   24   Ric Flair
  0  3  7   23   Lance Storm
  2  1  4   21   Kane
  0  4  4   20   Kidman
  2  3  0   19   Jeff Hardy
  1  2  3   17   D'Lo Brown
  0  2  4   14   Juventud Guerrera
  1  0  4   13   X-Pac
  0  3  1   11   Jushin Liger
  0  1  4   11   Perry Saturn
  2  0  0   10   Joe E. Legend
  0  2  2   10   Diamond Dallas Page
  1  0  2    9   Toshiaki Kawada
  1  0  2    9   Norman Smiley
  0  1  3    9   Jeff Jarrett
  1  1  0    8   Mona
  1  1  0    8   Manami Toyota
  0  0  4    8   Hardcore Holly
  1  0  1    7   Lexie Fyfe
  1  0  1    7   Al Snow
  0  0  3    6   Mike Awesome
  1  0  0    5   Yoshahiro Tajiri
  1  0  0    5   Test
  1  0  0    5   Tatsuhito Takaiawa
  1  0  0    5   Steve Regal
  1  0  0    5   Scott Hall
  1  0  0    5   Mariko Yoshida
  1  0  0    5   Great Sasuke
  1  0  0    5   Disco Inferno
  0  1  1    5   Vampiro
  0  1  1    5   Raven
  0  1  1    5   Masato Tanaka
  0  1  1    5   Booker T.
  0  0  2    4   Super Crazy
  0  0  2    4   Shane McMahon
  0  0  2    4   Billy Kidman
  0  0  2    4   Aja Kong
  0  1  0    3   Undertaker
  0  1  0    3   Taka Michinoku
  0  1  0    3   Nova
  0  1  0    3   Lioness Aska
  0  1  0    3   Kyoko Inoue
  0  1  0    3   Ken Shamock
  0  1  0    3   Jun Akiyama
  0  1  0    3   Hulk Hogan
  0  1  0    3   Hijo del Santo
  0  1  0    3   Christian
  0  1  0    3   Brandi Alexander
  0  0  1    2   Val Venis
  0  0  1    2   Strawberry Fields
  0  0  1    2   Shinjiro Otani
  0  0  1    2   Shiima Nobunaga
  0  0  1    2   Sabu
  0  0  1    2   Rey Mysterio Jr
  0  0  1    2   Randy Savage
  0  0  1    2   Psychosis
  0  0  1    2   Pete "Gas"
  0  0  1    2   Meng
  0  0  1    2   Little Guido
  0  0  1    2   Lenny
  0  0  1    2   Keiji Mutoh
  0  0  1    2   Evan Karagias
  0  0  1    2   Eiji Ezaki (Hayabusa)
  0  0  1    2   Chyna
  0  0  1    2   Bill Goldberg

CHRIS BIRD:  With no North American wrestler being both a major draw AND a
provider of great matches, that means we have to look to Japan, where
Vader singlehandedly revitalized All-Japan and his career at the same
time. The closest North American equivalents to Vader's success are Steve
Austin (who hasn't had as many good matches as Vader, putting him in the
#2 spot) and Goldberg (whose popularity more or less kept WCW afloat for
the year, giving him #3).

JEREMY MORAN: I halfway wonder if this category shouldn't be renamed "best
performer."  My choice, The Rock is not the best "wrestler" of the year,
but was the best showman of the year.  "Best wrestler" at this point is
closer to "best worker" than "best performer", at least in my crazed mind.

EDC: Benoit is great in the ring. He can wrestle all styles, and do them
well. His persona is a bit boring, and dull. Mankind on the other hand, is
great outside the ring, but his ring skills all center around Brawling
tactics. Saturn is becoming a Benoit Jr., And his mic-skills and
personality are coming around.

CYBERAL33: Kenta Kobashi has had an incredible year as far as great
matches, great workrate, and terrific face heat from the All Japan crowds.
Not even putting over Vader three times has stopped him from still being
the most over babyface in the league. His moveset is the best of anyone's
in wrestling as he has a wide variety of high flying moves, suplexes, and
slams. Kobashi also has the best and most over lariet in wrestling. And
this is made all the more spectacular when you consider the shap this
man's knees are in. He's been in pain in every match he's wrestled this
year and still manages world class performences everytime. Chris Benoit
has stepped up as the number one heaveyweight in WCW and should be
main-eventing any minute now. He has had great feuds with the Triad and,
of course, the spectacular three way feud with Rey Jr./Kidman and
Raven/Saturn. And also a match of the year canadate with Bret Hart. Misawa
has had a so-so year for him, but he's still one of the top wrestlers in
the world. He took some of the most vile bumps of the year and is now
paying the price for his recklessness, but it still didn't stop him from
having consistenty great matches.

RFLAGG13: Is there any doubt that Benoit owned 1999? This guy never fails
to impress me when he steps in the ring, and the only bad match he had was
against a truly impossible opponent (Sid). Austin continues to defy the
wishes of the workrate freaks by cranking out great matches everywhere he
goes--contrary to popular belief, he has an excellent sense of match
psychology and truly one of the great brawlers of all time. Third place
goes to Bret Hart--while he may be deteriorated, he still goes out and
proves that he's one of the best wrestlers on the face of the Earth.

K. CANZANELLA: Mitsuhara Misawa is the wrestler of the year. He was in 4
MOTY candidate matches. No one else comes close to this feat.  It's a
shame that his incredible work is starting to take it's toll upon his body
though... Santo Jr. gets second, as I don't think I've ever seen him in a
match that was less than good. It's been 13 years now and he's still going
as strong as ever. Benoit gets third, for basically smoking everyone in
the US in terms of good matches.

MR. JF: The Rock combines many of the element that I think should be
included in this category: Excellent mic skills, ring presence, nice
offense. His selling leaves a bit to be desired, but since being a good
showman is what wrestling is all about in North America, he gets it. Chris
Jericho would be # 1 if he had been more visible throughout the year. Eddy
Guerrero would be on the list if he had, as well.

GREG DILLARD: As far as "best wrestler" goes, I think that although the
amount of actual wrestling he performs has dwindled greatly you can't
dismiss the heights that this guy rose to over the year.  The Rock has
managed to climb from a mid card also ran to a guy that actually gets more
heat than Steve Austin, and the majority of that all happened this year.
As a face or heel The Rock managed to keep the fans interest all year long
while engaging some entertaining angles along the way.  Steve Austin
remains my second choice for simply staying over despite the rash of
injuries and outside commitments that have more or less relegated him to a
part time performer as of late.  Goldberg gets my final vote simply by
remaining the "next big thing" in wrestling and the shimmering hope that
WCW has of regaining prominence.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: I always try to give best wrestler to the people who I
have the most fun watching in the ring, not necessarily those with the
best ringwork or interviewing skills. And there's no one in any fed that I
appreciate watching more than D'Lo, with Benoit and Lynn a close second
and third, respectively.

FALCONARROW: Benoit is God, enough said. The Other 2 get on because they
are over even if I personally hate them both.

MIKE SONBY: Benoit carried just about everyone to a good match.  The Rock
took the step forward into becoming the main focus of the league.  And
Lenny, along with Lodi, took a bad gimmick, and through good in-ring work
and brilliant mic work, got over.  They were so hot that WCW, in their
infinite wisdom, took them off camera indefinitely.  Only in WCW is doing
a great job rewarded by being buried.

AARON: The Rock and Triple H are the most over heel/face combo in the
world right now. Misawa gets a nod because he's holding about 20 belts
right now.

OCTAVIAN:  I took the "value to the promotion" aspect of this award very
seriously in my considerations.  Obviously in technical wrestling Benoit
surpasses the Rock, but it is hard to say that Benoit has been as
important to WCW this past year as Rock has been WWF.

DON BECKER: While some folks may equate this with "Best Worker" or "Most
Favourite Wrestler" (love the anglophile spelling there, Chris), I've
viewed it as "Who's had the best year, career wise?"  In that case, is
there anyone who deserves it more than Vader?  At this point last year,
he'd been cast out of the WWF as a "fat piece of shit" and is now a
two-time Triple Crown winner, and has seen his career revitalized in a way
it never would've if he'd stayed in the States.  In North America, though,
it was all about The Rock and Triple H, who jumped from mid-card to main
event and have made the most of their opportunity.  Granted, if Triple H
remained the heatless wonder he was towards the beginning of his WWF title
reign, he wouldn't have rated at all, but he's actually become something
the WWF has been lacking: a heel.

Y2J MANIA:  This is a crowded field this year with many strong candidates
between the WWF's superstars Steve Austin, Rock, & Mankind; New Japan's
super talented juniors Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani;  All Japan's
heavyweights Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi, Toryumon's rising stars
Magnum Tokyo & Shiima Nobunaga, plus Great Sasuke who put on great matches
for several promotions.  I went with Austin and Rock for #1 and #2 for
putting on strong matches more often than not while being the two top
stars in the business, followed by Misawa for #3 who carried All Japan
this year with his wrestling, booking, and willingness to put opponents
over clean.

SHAWN MULLIN: I know a lot of people online are down on Austin.  "He's
getting old, his workate has gone downhill, the act is wearing thin, he's
not as over as the Rock" but lets make this simple.  Steve Austin was the
main draw of the most successful wrestling company in history (that's the
WWF in 1999). Steve Austin gets a huge pop no matter where he goes,
whether it's falling from his god-like 1998 pops or not.  Steve Austin, a
man with supposedly no workrate and 2 moves, had good to great matches at
Survivor Series, St.Valentine's Day Massacre, WrestleMania, Backlash,
Fully Loaded, SummerSlam and No Mercy.  He also carried most RAW matches
he was in with an intensity unmatched by no one, and even Herb Kunze, a
staunch WWF critic, will admit that.  So tell me, who's done more than
that this year?  That's all I've got to say about that :)  Mankind
continues to be the best mic workerin the business, and carried the Rock
and the Big Show through the first half of the year.  That's quite the
feat.  Chris Benoit makes every match he's in watcheable, and has in-ring
charisma that no one seems to recognise.  He was also involved in several
key midcard angles, each of them getting over. I'd say that's a good top
3.

MAX CHITTISTER: All three guys can do just about anything in the ring. So
many wrestlers are just one-dimensional; these are multi-tool guys.

JBELL55146: Beniot<1st> had more quality matches this year then anybody.
Rock<2nd> had entertaining matches against Foley, Austin, HHH, etc..etc...
And Foley<3rd> is well...Foley!

BLOB: This year was THE year for Jerry Lynn. He carried RVD to his best
matches the entire year, thus also creating the feud of the year. Benoit
gets #2 because he's Benoit! He put on great matches with the likes of
Bret Hart, Sting, Malenko, Saturn, etc etc etc. The Ayatollah of Rock and
Rollah gets my third place vote for his wonderful mic work and great
matches scattered throughout the year.

ADNAN VIRK: there are many better technical wrestlers than the Rock, but
the value to the promotion and charisma are big things...and the other
techies just don't have it.

BRUNO PULVER: Goldberg has gotten way better

GEORGE CARTER: Chris Benoit has had a break-out year. From the tag titles
to the US belt to the TV one, he held bumourous belts. He wrestled Dean
Malenko, Saturn, Raven, Dallas Page, Ric Flair, Curt Hennig, Sid, Bam Bam
Bigelow, Kidman, Rey Misterio Junior and even Hulk Hogan. He even holds
victories over each of these men (including DQs and COs wins). He wrestles
on every show from PPVs all the way down to Saturday Night. After hearing
from what Russo wants to do to Benoit next year, I expect the Crippler to
have main evented at least one PPV. My third choice is quite strange is
DDP but he had a good year. WHen he was the WCW Champ, he became earned
'Hardest worker in wrestling'. He put the title on the line on Thunder and
Nitro almost every week. He put the title on the line against Ric Flair,
Sting, Kevin Nash and even Bam Bam Bigelow. And in each of those matches,
there weren't many screwjobs IRRC, something which is unheard of today.
Plus his jobs to Kidman and Benoit were 'the right thing to do' which only
helps him win this place.

JOHN C.:I chose Austin, Foley, Rock because they were the best this past
year with Triple H probably being the fourth. It was tough picking Austin
but his feuds with Rocky, McMahon and HHH were well done while Foley was
injured for a few months and Rocky just isn't the worker Austin or Foley
is. I think Taz stood out a lot too but I didn't get to see ECW regularly
till August. WCW didn't really have one person that stood out for the
entire year (Goldberg and Hart were injured for a while). WCW also focused
the promotion around Nash, Hogan, Savage and Sid which was just a horrible
move. That's why I decided on those three from the WWF.

JON RICHARDSON: This year was hands down the year of The Rock.  There was
no other performer whom the fans wanted to see and see more often than The
Rock. With Steve Austin's decline due to injury and the fact that he
didn't always do his catchphrases in interviews the WWF crowds were more
than ready to eat up the
catchphrase-spewing-audience-playing-to-posing-before-every-move Rock.
2nd place goes to the man who had the Internet abuzz for 7 months
wondering where he would sign.  Chris Jericho was hands down the most
sought after free agent in wrestling history and upon his signing with the
WWF, the Internet ate it up.  Third place goes to Chris Benoit for being
the ultimate company man.  He jobbed whenever asked, continued working
hard in every match and it is finally looking like he's being rewarded for
it.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: My votes for Best wrestler cover my tastes in wrestling,
which are moslty work rare oriented. Thus Chris Benoit takes the number
one position, producing good matches most of the time and taking two swan
dives headbutts to get himself over (and then having both moves buried by
WCW...). Eddy G and Juvi round out my top 3, being the two best workers in
North America. Eddy G also gets big props for coming back as a man sized
worker after his horrible car accident.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: Here's something WCW still has to learn: Let your
wrestlers do what they can do best. Use their potential. While Stone Cold
and Rock are not my favourite wrestlers, they are the most over, most
important wrestlers today. Eddie Guerrero just never disappoints me, so I
chose him over Mankind, Goldberg and Sting. (1st: Austin, 2nd: Rock, 3rd:
Eddie)

ELLIOT SPARKS: Best Wrestler? Kenta Kobashi gets the nod here, chiefly for
being the most consistent grappler on the planet. Every Kenta match in
1999 was worth watching, and the Triple Crown match with Misawa is easily
the best of the annum. These performances have been miraculous considering
his body has recently resembled a surprisingly animate corpse, what with
Special K suffering injuries to his foot, knees, arm and back. In addition
to that, he's got the swankiest goatee beard in Japan. So while it wasn't
his greatest year in terms of championship success, it was one of his best
in terms of gutsy wrestling performances and facial hair growth. Jushin
Liger gets number two, as he's been great once again (albeit not as great
as Kobashi). Like Kenta, he gets the spot for performing well against all
odds, including a roadmap of injuries and the general decrapitation of
aging. Also notable is the fact that he's worked a super-solid schedule
and is still one of the five best all-round wrestlers in the world today.
His record-setting tenth IWGP Junior title win didn't hurt his case
either. The Rock gets number three despite his inconsistencies, for his
incredible rise to the top of the business. I'm not praising Rocky's push
as opposed to the man himself; I'm giving him credit for making his
ascention believable, and seizing the opportunity to showcase his skills
on the mic and in the ring. His matches might have been riddled with
fault, but that didn't stop him being one of the few guys in the WWF able
to hold together a decent match while keeping the crowd conscious. Those
two qualities are rarely found in the same State, let alone in the same
wrestler, so Maivia must be doing something right. Spare props go the the
Great Sasuke and Chris Benoit, for being the Great Sasuke and Chris
Benoit.

JOE GENTILE:  1st goes to the Rock. He really Upped his Game. HHH is
second. Whoever says this guy is STILL not ove ris out of his or her mind.
Austin takes third. While not close to 100%, this guy is still all over
the media.

CHANCE50JR: Yeah, Jericho got my second.  He's a real good wrestler
already, and has tons of potential.  I'm sic of hearing that he isn't over
in the WWF--he's only been here four months...he wasn't going to get the
championship his first week in...he has to earn it.  And I really don't
buy the locker room hating him and vice versa.  But for best wrestler, I
gave Rock the 1.  Yes, he can wrestle and his matches are entertaining.
And his interviews are great.  I actually think that it's a good thing he
hasn't had the title since WrestleMania...they're making us want another
Rock title reign even more.  Austin got my third, because I'm still a fan
of this great sport.

TOXICENEMA: Benoit is the model for consistency, in a very uneven field.
Injuries to others, and bad booking hasn't allowed others to shine this
year. DDP is a very underrated wrestler, and hopefully, people can put
aside their personal feelings and see this.

DAVID HANNA: Without any doubt, since his win at Surviror Series 1998, the
Rock has been the most consistently over wrestler for the past 12 months.
He rarely was out due to injury during the year.  He carried the promotion
when Austin was out after the Rock Bottom PPV.  No one desevers a long
title reign more than the Rock.  I think the fans will riot soon if they
don't put the strap on him.  His mic skills are unmatched.  He won the
title 3 times in the last 12 months.  Stone Cold is a close #1 but gets
2nd place to me.  To many injuries and his act is not as fresh as it once
was.  I give Chyna #3. Chyna has had a lot of firsts these past 12 months.
She was the 1st women in the Royal Rumble, in the King of The Ring, to be
the #1 contender and of course the first IC champ.  Pretty impressive.

JAMES GOWDEY: Rob Van Dam IS the whole F'n show, dammit!

MYKLL42:Chris Benoit had a breakthrough year in every area of wrestling
aside from workrate.  Mic skills improved (granted they couldn't get
worse. MYKLL42:, position on the card has vastly improved, and he is more
over now than he has ever been in the United States.

SEAN FLYNN: He who keeps me watching gets these votes.  Jericho is God,
The Rock is a technical bore but the most entertaining mike work in the
world, and well, Meng=Best Wrestler Votes.  Why?  Just because he does.

PEG AND/OR PATRICK: Sentimental Favorite

BEN MILLER:  For Best Wrestler, I think workrate and drawing power should
weight equally.  Austin drew the most again and worked hard all year.
Vader had even better matches and kept All Japan going, but didn't draw
enough to get number one.  The Rock is also a great draw, but his work
knocks him to number 3.

KEVIN WONG: If there were a "best gymnast" category, Rob Van Dam would be
number one. The best WRESTLER in ECW was Jerry Lynn, the New F'n Show.

ROB HUNTER: The obvious choice for most people would be The Rock, but I
opted to go with Mankind. He's proved in an out through the year that he
can have good matches with anybody. Sure, he's not as over as The Rock or
Steve Austin, but most of the smarts generally prefer Mankind. Austin had
a good year, but Rock and Mankind both had more title reigns than Austin.
Austin was also out with injuries for weeks at a time several different
times throughout the year. Nobody from WCW really comes to mind here as
they shifted who their top guys were in an out the past year.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: This year clearly belonged to the Rock, who clearly
established himself as a genuine main eventer. Indeed, he's probably gonna
win this, but I for one am not voting for him. Mankind gets the top vote
instead, since (a) I like him better, and (b) he's a better wrestler and
interviewee. RVD gets third. I don't particularly like him, but he's had a
hell of a year and been involved in some damn good matches.

EDDIE KIM: Lets finally give Mankind the Best Wrestler award for busting
his ass off before he retires.

RYAN GRANT:  The Rock is the most popular wrestler in the most popular
federation in North America; it's easy, then, to pick him as number 1.
While the WCW has been a clustercluck for most of the year, Goldberg has
been a constant that the fans could hang their hats on.  Third place
belongs to HHH, who I think has made the shift to Main Event Heel
admirably well.

COLIN MACKINNON: Finally, Chris Benoit starts winning some titles.  He put
on some great performances this year, and for once, wasn't *really*
buried. 1999 could well be looked at as Benoit's "breakthrough" year in
WCW. It's scary how popular Maivia is, however.

RICK SCAIA:  I think of the Wrestle of the Year as the MVP of the entire
industry. That means not only solid in-ring performance and mic work, but
a position as a company's top performer, and a proven business commodity.
With that in mind, the Wrestler of the Year for 1999 was the Rock.
Starting with his heel turn at the very start of the voting year (which
set up a hot run against Steve Austin) all the way through his present
status as the Fed's top babyface, the Rock was integral to everything that
happened in the industry's biggest company all year long.  And he cut
plenty of killer promos and had some entertaining matches along the way.
Rob Van Dam has almost single-handedly kept ECW viable, with his always
excellent matches, 20 month long TV Title reign, and loyalty to the
company even when others are jumping ship.  Steve Austin, still the most
recognizable man in the business and still busting his ass in
brawling-style main PPV main events, gets third.

JEREMY SORIA: I figured that there's no one in the WWF that wrestles
anymore, or at least folks in the upper tier. WCW may have its problems,
past and present, but it still has more than its fair share of wrestlers
that can, you know, wrestle.

JUSTIN JONES: To me, "Best Wrestler" is sort of like the MVP of wrestling;
like him or not, the Rock was unquestionably the MVP of wrestling over the
last year.

SELENA KYTE:  Lexie Fyfe has been in a lot of places this year, and seems
willing to travel anywhere she wanted.  She even made brief appearances in
the WWF and WCW.  While I admit some surprise that a major promotion
hasn't signed her by now, I'm not 100% sure she wants to work in the
current climate of the big three. Strawberry Fields is a rising star who's
on the verge of receiving national attention, and we may be talking about
her as being the best female wrestler next year.

HEATM:  I see a lot of Japanese names on this list, and none ring a bell
unfortunately.  My pick for best wrestler is Chris Benoit because I don't
remember a bad match he had.

MDB: Most over?  The Rock.  Sports entertainer of the year?  The Rock.
Best wrestler?  Chris Benoit.  I know it, you know it, the Rock knows it.

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Best Tag Team

Award Description:

To be given to the tag team who were the best overall team of the year.  This
includes all facets of wrestling: workrate, technical ability, interviews,
charisma, hot team moves, value to their promotion, etc. In 1994, this award
was split into three: North American, Non-North American, and overall. In
1998, it was recombined into one.

Previous Winners:

  1990: The Steiners: Rick & Scott
  1991: The Steiners: Rick & Scott
  1992: Terry Gordy & Steve Williams
  1993: The Hollywood Blonds: Brian Pillman & Steve Austin
  1994: (overall/non-NA) The Steiners: Rick & Scott
  1994: (NA)             Eddy Guerrero & Love Machine
  1995: (overall/NA)     Public Enemy: Flyboy Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge
  1995: (non-NA)         Mitsuhara Misawa & Kenta Kobashi
  1996: (overall/NA)     Harlem Heat: Booker T & Stevie Ray
  1996: (non-NA)         Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat
  1997: (overall/NA)     The Eliminators: John Kronus & Perry Saturn
  1997: (non-NA)         NWO: Masahiro Chono & Great Muta
  1998: New Age Outlaws: Road Dogg Jesse James & Badd Ass Billy Gunn

**1999**: Hardy Boyz: Matt & Jeff

350 first place votes
348 second place votes
335 third place votes

144 71 34 1001   Hardy Boyz - Matt & Jeff (New Brood)
 35 70 42  469   Edge & Christian
 31 35 26  312   Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko
 24 22 22  230   Dudley Boyz - Buh Buh Ray & D-Von
 21 24 19  215   Acolytes - Bradshaw & Faarooq
 14 17 23  167   Rock & Sock Connection - Rock & Mankind
 14  7 26  143   Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett
 16  8 14  132   New Age Outlaws - Road Dogg & Mr. Ass
  5  9 18   88   Hollys - Hardcore & Crash
  5 10 10   75   Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr.
  3  8  8   55   Kane & X-Pac
  3  9  6   54   Impact Players - Justin Credible & Lance Storm
  6  7  1   53   Burning - Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi
  4  2 12   50   West Hollywood Blondes - Lenny & Lodi
  3  6  4   41   Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn
  3  4  4   35   Harlem Heat - Stevie Ray & Booker T.
  1  4  9   35   Raven & Perry Saturn
  3  4  2   31   Crazy Max - Shima Nobunaga & Judo Suwa & Sumo Fuji
  0  4  7   26   Triad - Diamond Dallas Page & Bam Bam Bigelow & Kanyon
  2  5  0   25   Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa
  0  3  4   17   Rob Van Dam & Sabu
  0  1  7   17   Too Cool - Scottie Too Hottie & Grandmaster Sexy
  2  2  0   16   Las Cachorras Orientales - Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda
  1  1  2   12   Outsiders - Scott Hall & Kevin Nash
  0  1  4   11   Tommy Dreamer & Raven
  2  0  0   10   Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa
  0  0  5   10   Tatsuhito Takaiawa & Shinjiro Ohtani
  1  0  2    9   Bret Hart & Chris Benoit
  1  0  2    9   Angry Amish Roadkill & Danny Doring
  1  1  0    8   Mankind & Al Snow
  0  1  2    7   Revolution - Dean Malenko & Perry Saturn
  0  1  2    7   Nova & Chris Chetti
  0  2  0    6   Fit Finlay & Dave Taylor
  0  0  3    6   Jushin Liger & Great Sasuke
  1  0  0    5   Obnoxious Frat Boys (LWF)
  1  0  0    5   Kenta Kobashi & Toshiaki Kawada
  1  0  0    5   Double Inoue - Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue
  1  0  0    5   Danny Doring & Amish Roadkill
  1  0  0    5   Blonde Bombers - Dynamite Debbie & Stunning Stephanie
  0  1  1    5   Los Nuevos Infernales - Ultimo Guerrero & Satanico & Rey Bucanero
  0  1  1    5   Eddie Guerrero & Rey Mysterio Jr.
  0  1  0    3   Steve Regal & Dave Taylor
  0  1  0    3   Pat Patterson & Gerald Brisco
  0  1  0    3   Jushin Liger & El Samurai
  0  1  0    3   Edge & Gangrel
  0  1  0    3   Balls Mahoney & Axl Rotten
  0  0  1    2   Toxic Insanity
  0  0  1    2   Susan Green & Traci Richards
  0  0  1    2   New South -- Ashley Hudson & Cory Williams
  0  0  1    2   Meiko Satomura & Sonoko Kato
  0  0  1    2   Mean Street Posse - Rodney & Pete "Gas" & Joey Abs
  0  0  1    2   Manami Toyota & Yumiko Hotta
  0  0  1    2   Kaientai - Taka Michinoku & Sho Funaki
  0  0  1    2   Frank Parker & Roger Anderson
  0  0  1    2   Chikayo Nagashima & Sugar Sato

REJECTED

  0  0  1        Vince Russo & Ed Ferrara
  0  0  1        Tie votes

CHRIS BIRD: If we'd been able to nominate "Chris Benoit and miscellaneous
partner" then he'd win, because Benoit has been the single greatest tag
wrestler in years thanks to his superb work with Dean Malenko, Perry
Saturn, and Bret Hart. However, we can't, so that means the Malenko/Benoit
team (the longest and best of the three) takes second behind the Hardy
Boyz, who finally came into their own this year with lots of great matches
(including a MOTY candidate) and a likewise push. Third goes to Edge and
Christian, who improved by leaps and bounds and feuded with that thar #1
team.

EDC: Hardys shocked everyone by getting over in the WWF without cutting a
single promo or interview. Sheer insanity and great natural ability.
Benoit and Malenko are THE Tagteam in WCW. Especially when they wrestle as
heels they can take people apart systematically. CRAZY MAX is like the
Triad, except cooler, better, younger, faster, and more talented then the
Jersey boys. Eric Bishoff *should* have been fired for letting these guys
go.

CYBERAL33: This was a surprisingly strong year for tag teams. The Hardy
Boyz, Edge/Christian, The Triad, The Hollys, Misawa/Ogawa, The Acolytes,
Raven/Saturn, and The Filthy Animals all had good to great years, but the
award has to go to Kobashi and Akiyama. These two had a couple of match of
the year canidates, plus had a tremendous tag tournament in December.
Which only figures since you're putting together two of the best singles
wrestlers in the world. Second goes to Benoit and Malenko if not only for
their awesome display of double team moves in the handicap match against
Saturn on a Nitro.  These two are great! Third would go to Satomura and
Kato who have been involved in a good percentage of the great women's
matches this year. Each month, their timing as a team got better and they
also showed they could work the disgruntled partner angle as well.

K. CANZANELLA: Jun Akiyama and Kenta Kobashi are the best heavyweight tag
team in the world this year. Their timing and spots are perfect and they
took my MOTY vote, so that's gotta count for something. CRAZY MAX is KDX
raised from the ashes of McMoron's faults and born anew. These guys have
great attitudes and team spots and are so young that it's scary what an
injury-less career ahead will lead for them. Los Nuevos Infernales took my
third spot for being great rudos with lots of fun team spots,
unfortunately they didn't have as many of the great matches under their
belt due to EMLL formulaic booking.

MR. JF: If the Benoit & Malenko combo had stayed together longer, they'd
have been a lock for # 1.

GENE MOORE: Edge, Christian and the Hardy Boys may have given us the match
of the year at No Mercy, but the Rock and Sock Connection kept the viewers
interested for a longer stretch of time, and in doing so thrusted the tag
titles back into the main event spotlight.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: In tag team situations, Benoit does get best wrestler,
as his brief stint as Dean Malenko's permanent partner was great,
especially the image of the two of them carrying the belts to the ring
being led by Arn. The Terri Tournament combatants are the obvious choices
for the second and third slots, with the Hardyz barely edging (npi) out
the Blondz.

FALCONARROW: The Hardy Boys just rule. How bout putting the Tag Team
titles on them instead of the Outlaws.

AARON: Owen/Jarrett were the most dominant team of the first half of the
year, whilst the Hardyz get over more and more with the marks every day.
And Roadkill and Doring are the team of the future, baby!

OCTAVIAN:  Since WCW ignored the tag ranks for much of the year this is a
WWF dominated field for me.  I chose teams that have a distinct
ring-identity and chemistry.  Acolytes are the big tough power brawlers,
Hardyz are the ariel technicians, and Kane & X-pac very effectively meshed
the two.

DON BECKER: Same as Best Wrestler, this isn't necessarily about who the
best workers are, but who had the best year.  Of course, in this case, the
two meet, as I'd easily give that award to Ohtani and Takaiwa, who've been
dominant in their division over in New Japan.  Second would have to go to
the Hardy Boys, rather than Edge & Christian, based on the WWF title run.
And cruel fate is the determining factor in putting Owen Hart and Jeff
Jarrett no higher than third.

SHAWN MULLIN: Chris and Dean were the best this year.  Best workers by a
mile, and they made it work as faces, while being the biggest dicks this
side of the ocean when they turned heel.  Owen and Jeff were a good old
school team who carried the tag division for half a year.  The last spot
was down to Brood/Hardies, and the Brood was just far more over.

MAX CHITTISTER: Hardys won't have my vote until they learn how to hit
somebody and make it look like it hurts.

JBELL55146: The Ladder match made the careears of the Hardyz<1st> and Edge
and Christian.<3rd> The 2 teams will be the top of the game for a LONG
time.

BLOB: YIKES! This wasn't the greatest year for tag teams. I try to give
picks on teams that were together for most of the year, so unfortunately,
this rules out Benoit/Malenko and Saturn/Raven. I'm going to have to give
the nod to the Hardy Boys, who made WWF fans mark out everywhere. #2 goes
to the Impact Players, who were the top tag team in ECW for the entire
year. I'll give Edge/Christian #3 for their hard work as well.

BRUNO PULVER: Lenny&Lodi WHB angle is definitely the best thing in 99.

GEORGE CARTER: I remember the Hardys from a squash match on Superstars in
96. I think they wrestled Owen and the Bulldog or the New Rockers. Then in
Spring of 97, they wrestled the Head Bangers on a RAW in the Manhattan
Center, and once again they were awesome. They impressed me so much, and I
wondered why I never saw them again. Then when I heard last year that they
made some appearances on Shotgun, I hoped that they would hit it big in
99. I was right. Sure it seems like they wrestled Edge and Christian every
week but they continued to impress me. I regrettably state that I have yet
to see the ladder match, but I'm sure it lives up to the hype and that
will only make me choose them for this award even more.

JOHN C.:This was a tough call but I went with Hart & Jarrett cause they
teamed up to form a cohesive unit plus they had Debra with them so there's
a big plus right there. I picked Benoit & Malenko second because they put
on some terrific matches as a team as well as being a part of a decent
angle. The Hardy Boyz got my third place vote since their impact on the
tag team scene this year was huge with the exclamation point being the
ladder match at No Mercy.

MIKE SCHIRO:  It was a toss-up for me between CrazyMAX and the Hardyz, I
went with CrazyMAX because they are given the chance to wrestle for longer
lengths of time with better workers.  I wish the Hardyz were given more
time on TV.

JON RICHARDSON: In a year where tag teams seemed to form and break up on a
weekly basis it was absolutely shocking that the WWF would allow Jeff
Jarrett and Owen Hart to hold the tag team titles for almost 4 months
before losing them. Hart and Jarrett obviously loved working together and
played perfect heel foils to every babyface tag team out there.  Both the
Hardyz and Edge/Christian impressed the hell out of me, but they're going
to need to show that they can do more than just spectacular spots (and
work with more tag teams than just each other) before I could call either
of them number one.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: Tag Team wrestling in NA is on life support right now,
mostly because the straps are being used as secondary titles or trophys
for singles stars (Rock and Sock connection) or are just plain on the
wrong teams (NAO, Harlem Heat). The future seems bright though, as the WWf
tag team mid card seems loaded with talent, the Hardy'z, the Holly's, Too
Cool, Kaientai. If only they got pushed...  Yet my list is topped by two
WCW teams, simply because they held my intrest while WCW rebuilt the
division. Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko were an awesome heel team, getting
very legit heat before Bischoff broke them up and turned them face,
killing the heat. The Jersey Triad which fuded with the newly face Benoit
and Saturn though was a fine heel time and fun to watch. The Hardyz rule,
a should be the tag champs of the future...Unless they hurt themselves....

ELLIOT SPARKS:  Best tag team goes to Shinjiro Ohtani and Tatsuhito
Takaiwa. The brightest illuminations on the all-star Junior tag team
parade, these two are a perfect mix. Ohtani's overall greatness combined
with Takaiwa's ability to pop the crowd (and bones, if his lariat is half
as stiff as it looks), and the end result was the most reliable team of
the year. Check out the match with Liger and Sasuke, if you will. Shiima
Nobunaga and Sumo Fuji get the number two spot for being psycho Jap-lucha
indie fratboy fatboys, and Kane and X-Pac get the three for being decent
in the ring, not to mention having a good storyline throughout their
association. Which was nice.

TOXICENEMA: Hardyz elevated themselves from Dark Match fodder into
Upper-Mid Card of WWF PPV's. A deserved push from two kids who have been
wowing us for years.

DAVID HANNA:  What do you mean by best anyway?  Do you mean most over?
Not a great year for tag teams.  The WWF has a lot of strong ones, but no
real consistent ones.  NAO certainly are over still and get my vote from
being there in the begining of the year and at the end.  The Alcolytes
started out in the shadow of the Undertaker but have been slowly winning
the fans over. Owen and Jarret get my vote for 3rd.  A strong team that
was on top for awhile.  May not have been over, but they won titles and
that counts for something.

JAMES GOWDEY: I was SO GLAD that the Hardyz finally got a push. I'd always
loved them, even back in the days when they were just as popular as Too
Much. Wait a minute, they still are...

SEAN FLYNN: Have to go with the skill people in this one and give workrate
its due.

MARK SMITH:  I wish Mankind and Al Snow had been nominated.  I don't
remember if they were with the voting period, but they were easily the
best team for my money.

BEN MILLER:  American tag teams that can talk are so bad in the ring that
I just cannot name them here.  Give me Kobashi & Akiyama, Misawa & Ogawa
and Otani & Takaiwa for great matches all year.

KEVIN WONG: I suppose I could have put a WCW tag team out there...  oh
wait, that's right - there weren't any tag teams in WCW worth mentioning.
Not that it would've mattered - The Hardyz and the Suicide Blondes ruled
it this year.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Unlike last year, there was no real dominant team in either
of the Big Three. So, instead I'll give this to the best team of the
year--the Hardy Boyz. They had pretty much everything--memorable matches,
good moves, high spots... and the belts. Rock and Mankind get #2, albeit
purely based on the gimmick and because I think "The Rock and Sock
Connection" to be a damn cool name. Lenny and Lodi get #3 by being about
the only interesting thing about WCW. Kane and X-Pac would get fourth.

RYAN GRANT:  For the first time in a long time, this was a loaded
catagory. The highlight of the year, though, was The Acolytes running
roughshod over everyone who stood in their way.  It was great watching
Farooq and Bradshaw re-invent themselves after the end of the gawdawful
Ministry of Darkness angle.  Kane and X-Pac were underappreciated; two
good workers who had genuine chemistry and didn't suck.  Finally, Benoit
and Malenko--workrate can also be good TV.  I hate to leave off the West
Hollywood Blondes, the Hardcore Hollys, the Hardy Boys, and Edge and
Christian, but like I said, loaded year for tag teams.....

BERT SNOOVEN: It's a damn shame WCW could not keep Benoit & Malenko
together. Had they kept them together, this could have been the best tag
team of the 2000s, much like the Steiners in the 1990s pre-deterioration.

COLIN MACKINNON: The Hardyz and Edge/Christian deserve to be on there for
sure, thanks to their phenomenal match at No Mercy.  Sure, you could
classify it as a spotfest, but the two worked their asses off, and the
fans loved it.  Misterio and Kidman also put on some great matches,
especially against Raven/Saturn on Nitro.

RICK SCAIA:  In a year in which tag team wrestling has come back in style,
the New Age Outlaws were the only constants.  They started the year as the
signature tag team in the WWF, and they're closing out the year as the
champs once again.  Lots of other teams cycled in and out, but getting a
special nod from me this year will be the Hardys in second place (for
breaking through as credible challengers, and even champs for a while,
while having some of the WWF's best matches every week) and the Dudley
Boyz (who dominated the competitive ECW ranks till their very last night
in the company, and are under-rated in-ring performers) in third.

JEREMY SORIA: The one big thing as far as "best" goes isn't necessarily
who's got the best wrestling ability. I think that their ability to keep
the heat going, to keep the crowd entertained and busy while watching them
wrestle, is very, very important. All three teams have been able to do
that, and very well, I must add.

JASON BALDWIN: Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett were the perfect tag team -
talented workers with better than average mic work, and they constantly
amazed me.

HEATM:  Last year I said that when the Hardys are pushed, they will win
this category easily.  The Hardy Boyz are the only "real" tag team (as
opposed to two singles wrestlers thrown together) that have gotten over
without the help of any recycled catchphrases or bizarre sports
entertainment angles.

MDB: Benoit/Malenko could have been legendary if given the chance.
Imgine if they'd been around during the MidnightXpress/Tully&Arn days.
Hardyz get second and third is a draw among three or four quality teams
that simply didn't get a chance at doing good work for more than a month
or two out of the year, making it impossible to fairly choose one over the
others.

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Best Heel

Award Description:

To be given to the person who was the best villain this past year. This
person should bring out the fans' wrath. Match quality is not paramount
here; this award should be based primarily on how over the wrestler was in
the past year.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Ted DiBiase
  1991: Cactus Jack
  1992: Jake Roberts
  1993: Big Van Vader
  1994: Bob Backlund
  1995: Big Van Vader
  1996: Steve Austin (Ring Master)
  1997: Shawn Michaels
  1998: Mr. McMahon (Vince McMahon)

**1999**: Triple H

349 first place votes
340 second place votes
329 third place votes

105 52 39  759   Triple H
 66 52 33  552   Mr. McMahon
 55 45 32  474   Chris Jericho
 24 31 33  279   Jeff Jarrett
  9 23 25  164   Steve Corino
  8 16 22  132   Hardcore Holly
 12 12 13  122   Rock
  5 17 19  114   Undertaker
 11  6  8   89   Shane McMahon
  4  8 13   70   Ric Flair
  5  5  6   52   Big Bossman
  4  7  5   51   Raven
  3  4  4   35   Buh Buh Ray Dudley
  1  7  4   34   Eddie Guerrero
  1  6  4   31   Lance Storm
  1  4  6   29   Justin Credible
  1  6  1   25   Don Frye
  1  2  7   25   Cat
  0  4  6   24   Ivory
  2  1  5   23   Bret Hart
  2  2  3   22   Sid Vicious
  2  2  3   22   Shinjiro Otani
  3  1  1   20   Lenny
  1  3  3   20   Owen Hart
  3  1  0   18   Lioness Asuka
  0  3  4   17   Shane Douglas
  1  1  3   14   Scott Steiner
  0  2  4   14   Diamond Dallas Page
  2  1  0   13   Mr. Gannosuke
  2  0  0   10   Arn Anderson
  1  1  1   10   Masahiro Chono
  1  1  0    8   X-Pac
  1  1  0    8   Vince Russo
  1  1  0    8   Shocker
  1  1  0    8   Abismo Negro
  1  0  1    7   Taz
  1  0  1    7   Curt Hennig
  1  0  1    7   Cima (Shiima Nobunaga)
  0  1  2    7   Scott Hall
  0  2  0    6   Yoshihiro Tajiri
  1  0  0    5   Vader
  1  0  0    5   Randy Savage
  1  0  0    5   Pete Murphy
  1  0  0    5   Leilani Kai
  1  0  0    5   Kurt Angle
  1  0  0    5   Etsuko Mita
  1  0  0    5   Brandi Alexander
  0  1  1    5   Val Venis
  0  1  1    5   Total Package
  0  1  1    5   Mayumi Ozaki
  0  1  1    5   Dean Malenko
  0  0  2    4   Eric Bischoff
  0  0  2    4   Acolytes
  0  1  0    3   Hollywood Hogan
  0  1  0    3   Great Muta
  0  1  0    3   Blue Blazer
  0  1  0    3   Amanda Storm
  0  0  1    2   Scott Norton
  0  0  1    2   Scorpio Jr.
  0  0  1    2   Rodney
  0  0  1    2   Rick Michaels
  0  0  1    2   Masao Orihara
  0  0  1    2   Gangrel
  0  0  1    2   David Flair
  0  0  1    2   Chris Benoit
  0  0  1    2   Al Snow

CHRIS BIRD: Chris Jericho is a paragon of smarmy evil. So is Eddie
Guerrero. So is Steve Corino.

EDC: Best heel is a tough one to decide, because everyone has been jumping
back and forth between heel and face status all year. With that said,
Triple H is the only heel so far who I can't stand, which must mean he's
doing a good job. Vince McMahon played his over the top heel persona
greatly enough, and Ric Flair as the Psycho President wasn't great, but
Ric Flair sure made me laugh in them.

CYBERAL33: There is no bigger bitch then Lioness Asuka. She is so great at
being a heel and this comes years after her "retirement" which basically
served to bury her face character and 1999 was her resurgence as a great
wrestler. She plays to the crowd so well, and both matches with Chigusa
were pure hate! I was lucky enough to see Bret Hart work heel live and it
was great! He'd choke Booker T across the ropes all while giving the crowd
the finger. It's unfortunate that he's a face, but I'm sure a turn will
come soon. Orihara is one of the best heels ever. He gets some slack for
his work at times, but his attitude is so grungy and swarmy. Plus he uses
all the taunts from the double middle finger to the "I'm flying" pose. See
his match with Otani for an example of how to be a complete and total
dick.

RFLAGG13:  When The Rock was a heel, there was none better. I have never
seen someone with the ability to make a crowd despise him like The Rock
had, Vince McMahon aside. Eddy Guerrero gets the number 2 spot, which may
be a little high considering his heel heat is diluted by his affiliation
with the vomit inducing Filthy Animals. I freely admit this is a vote
mostly based on potential. Third goes to Vinny Mac, whose act got a bit
old this year. Still, the Higher Power thing drew heat, but I think he
should stay a face for a while.

K. CANZANELLA: Abismo Negro is inherently evil. He draws terrific heat,
and really knows how to be a jerk or completely viscous. See for instance
when he chained Kuije, a midget side kick, to the ring post and went wild
with chair shots. Shocker was awesome as a heel. Once again, being a heel
is all about having an attitude or being viscous, and Shocker had tons of
the first. Once he lost the mask he became even better as a heel because
of the english-speaking bleach blond heel gimmick. Scott Steiner only had
a hot streak for about 3 months but those three months were great.

GREG DILLARD: As far as best heel goes, I have to give this award to
Triple H.  Somehow the guy managed to evolve from getting massive face
pops as the leader of DX, into the guy getting "Asshole" chants while
leading the reincarnation of DX.  The process along the way painted Hx3 in
a number of different roles including psychotic vigilante, cowardly heel,
pathetic paper champion, and The Game.  By managing to get through all
that and bring a little credibility to the WWF title while still getting
booed out of buildings, Hx3 is my #1 heel for the year.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Being a good heel relies more on mic work these days
than an actual change of style in the ring, which is why I put the man
everyone loved to hate, Shane McMahon, into the top slot. Eddy is a god
second pick, although he's more of a dick than an outright heel. Bob Holly
AMAZED me by going from clueless putz (no offense, Stevie) to heat machine
almost overnight, and that has to be recognized.

FALCONARROW: Jericho is simply the best at being Arrogant

MATTHEW CLEARY: Etsuko Mita's size and dominance over smaller women in Neo
Ladies makes her a great heel.

AARON: I pick Triple H, Hardcore Holly and Steve Corino because these guys
go out there and get, you know, heel heat, which is unheard of these
days...

DON BECKER: A heel has to be able to generate a good chunk of hatred
because of his in-ring actions, and who better from the nominees than
Shinjiro "Dickhead" Ohtani?  I mean, that smug grin of his makes *me*
wanna slap him silly, and I like the guy!  The anti-hardcore Steve Corino
is a great slap in the face for ECW fans, and he's entertaining on the
stick to boot.  And Owen Hart worked because he was trying so hard to be a
babyface.

SHAWN MULLIN: Vince is an awesome heel.  The fans consistenly hated him
more than anyone, and this year was the "Vince finally gets his" year, and
I don't think I've seen a heel sell his own destruction better than Vince
does.  He got killed at the Massacre, his family fell appart and his face
would tell the tale, and at Fully Loaded, he bloody well cried as he
finally got beat for good. That's a perfect end to a classic heel
character.  Triple H never tried to be cool, he was a heel, and he finally
made it work.  Bob Holly gets booed more consistently than any midcarder.

MAX CHITTISTER: HHH is just about the only heel around who still really
does bad guy stuff. I don't like him, but he's a very good heel.

PAUL SHOCK: I can't believe all the heels that weren't on this list!  No
Justin Credible, no DDP, no Kurt Angle.  Not even the Bossman, and he
stole a corpse and killed a dog, for God's sake!

BLOB: Triple H is easily the best heel of the year. He's not a great
worker, but has great charisma and mic work. The Game was the most
successful gimmick for all heels in 1999. DDP delivered the goods and
secured my #2 vote for best heel, getting rid of his TERRIBLE babyface
gimmick. Chris "Bad Mamma Jamma" Jericho get #3 for his unparalleled humor
that he adds to his interviews and wrestling matches.

BRUNO PULVER: Flair is still the man, he got way over both heel/face.

JOHN C.:I'm not a big fan of Triple H but he did excellent work this year
to become wrestling's top heel. His run started back in March and it
rejuvenated his career not to mention propelling him into superstardom.
Vince was good again this year but as the year wore on the character got
stale and that's probably why he didn't get my number one vote. Bret Hart
got my third vote because the heel heat he got before his face turn was
fantastic. His speech at the Nitro in Toronto (intended to be heelish but
got face heat) and the spear with the steel plate on Goldberg were magical
but it's a shame that he couldn't stay heel for a little longer. I would
have put Jericho here too but since he wasn't doing anything for about
five months he just wasn't around long enough.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: 1999 can be best summed up as the year of week heels, or
simply the fact that all the good heels are being cheered as baby faces
(go fig?). Still, Chris Jericho was the best of the lot cutting super hot
promos and getting crowds to hate him instantly (A fine example is his
story about the Hildebrand Memorial show...). Eddy Guerrero works superb
as a heel, and so does Malenko. WCW should take notice and let them be the
new heels to terroize Baby Faces into the next millenium.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: Is there anybody who didn't want to see Shane McMahon
getting his ass handed to him?

JOE GENTILE:  1st to Jarrett. Simply put, he was THE most hated man in the
WWF. HHH, his heir apparent is second. Shane takes third as he was a
MEGA-heel during the Test wars.

CHANCE50JR: I put The Rock as best heel and babyface, because when he was
a heel, people, myself included absolutely hated him.  And the second he
made the face turn, people loved him...there was no awkward transition
period in between.  The most electrifying man in sports entertainment can
do it all.

DONALD SEMACK:  Triple H does what heels are suppose to do, do evil things
that make people hate them.

NATE PERRY: After Jericho and McMahon, I couldn't think of anyone else who
really stood out as a good heel, so I put Gangrel as 3rd just to piss off
Scott Keith

JOE GAGNE: In the "extreme" environment of ECW, the "old school" mentality
of Steve Corino was sure to make the fans hate him.  And Corino plays the
part excellently.  Triple H really grew into the WWF's top heel.  And Jeff
Jarrett finally drew some good heat with his "woman-hating" gimmick.

DAVID HANNA: Hard to be a good heel these days.  Triple H who was very
over as the leader of babyface DX, and probably collecting nice royalty
checks, traded it all in to be a heel.  And a real heel.  Not a suck to
the crowd heel like Hollywood Hogan or Nash.  HHH was old school.  He
wants to be hated, and does not try to be cool or hip.  It's not been a
strong year for heels. Steve Cornio is funny to watch and you enjoy seeing
him get beat around.  An excellent foil to Taz, to bad that feud never got
a chance to really get going.  Vince would be #1 but was not evil enough
this year.  I guess he spent more time being a heel then face this year,
but how could you follow up last years peformance?  The higher power was
an over angle, and I give him a vote for 3rd.

C. BENSINGER: Rick Flair -- Lifetime achievement

MYKLL42:Jeff Jarrett deserves this category for being one of the few heels
in the business who didn't go out to get cheers... now that has changed in
WCW, but his heel work in WWF was great.  Ric Flair gets my 3 vote because
he is Ric Flair.

SEAN FLYNN: It seems like forever ago, but the first half of the year it
was still all about McMahon/Austin.  And the Survivor Series Screwjob of
98 gave the Rock major heel heat.  And again I reiterate, Jericho is God.

LUCAS HARRIS: Flair could have won if WCW didn't do that stupid mental
patient thing.

BEN MILLER:  Chris Jericho trails HHH, but he could be tops given the
right push.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Steve Corino gets it.  I haven't actually seen him
*wrestle* (cause he doesn't seem to do that much :) , but the gimmick is
excellent, and all the ECW fans really hate his guts. Hardcore Holly gets
second--did anyone ever realize he had a *personality*? And the Y2J gets
third for playing the cowardly, arrogant heel to the hilt, and also cause
he kicks ass and all.

LORIE:  Ivory is the best new heel for 1999!  WWF needs to let her be all
that she can be!

RYAN GRANT:  The year started slowly for HHH, muddling around in the "Who
owns DX?" angle, but I thought he did a great job of building heat and
making the fans hate him.  Similarly, the year ended crappy for the
Undertaker, but the Higher Power angle had hellish heat while it was going
on.  In third, the most consistent heel of the year, Ivory. Most every
time she touched the mic it was pure gold.

RICK SCAIA:  Triple H is just about the only heel who actually WANTS to
get booed. And he's good at getting results.  Kudos to him, that makes him
the run-away Heel of the Year.  Vince McMahon also enjoys the jeers, and
his part-time heel stint in '99 get him second.  Jeff Jarrett was a heat
magnet in the latter stages of the voting year and gets third.

JEREMY SORIA: Aside - why was HHH listed multiple times in your list of
nominees (as Triple H or Hunter Hearst Helmsley) ? Anyway, The top two
heels in this business are Jericho and HHH. Both these guys just make you
want to kick their ass. The whole McMahon thing got old as the summer of
'99 wore on, but he was still the guy you just want to hate 'cause of
holding back SCSA and not wanting him to be champ.

JUSTIN JONES: Is it any surprise that Ric Flair could be one of the top
heels as well as one of the top babyfaces in the same year?

SELENA KYTE:  Leilani Kai has been a rulebreaker for so long, I don't
think she knows any other way to be.

JASON BALDWIN: Jeff Jarrett's last months in the WWF re-opened the book on
the "classic" heel with enough of a twist to be fresh. He reminded
everyone that it's still possible to get over with traditional heel
tactics and not as a bad guy you like to cheer for (Austin) or a smart-ass
with an anal fixation ("If you smell...?") . Hardcore Holly was the same
way, but Jarrett was just better. McMahon ... well, McMahon was just damn
good, as a heel, anyway. Much more convincing than as a face.

ROB EVANS: Best Heel - Nice to see Jarrett final get any kind of heat.
He's 2nd only to Rock, who was the best heel during his feud with Mankind.

MDB: Lest we forget, Ric Flair got people to cheer the red and yellow
Hogan. Case closed on best heel.  The braintrust at WCW doesn't know what
to do with Eddy.  Too bad they don't just let him be the superdick rudo he
could be.  No 3rd place since almost no one else in wrestling today
actually tries to get heel heat.

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Best Babyface

Award Description:

To be given to the person who best portrayed the hero this past year. This
person should get lots of fan support. Match quality is not paramount here;
this award should be based primarily on how over the wrestler was in the
past year.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Hulk Hogan
  1991: Brian Pillman
  1992: Sting
  1993: Bret Hart
  1994: Bret Hart
  1995: Shawn Michaels
  1996: Shawn Michaels
  1997: Steve Austin
  1998: Stone Cold Steve Austin

**1999**: The Rock

347 first place votes
338 second place votes
327 third place votes

135 61 24  906   Rock
 89 64 61  759   Mankind
 46 76 54  566   Steve Austin
 21 57 52  380   Goldberg
  6 11 23  109   Sting
  6  4 15   72   Bret Hart
  4  8  9   62   Kane
  3  7 11   58   Chris Benoit
  3  6  9   51   Test
  5  5  5   50   Kidman
  1  7  8   42   Ric Flair
  1  5  9   38   Rob Van Dam
  3  3  5   34   D'Lo Brown
  2  4  4   30   Edge
  3  1  3   24   Rey Mysterio Jr.
  1  0  7   19   Road Dogg
  0  3  3   15   Booker T.
  1  3  0   14   Manami Toyota
  2  0  1   12   Stevie Richards
  2  0  1   12   Mona
  1  1  2   12   Tommy Dreamer
  1  1  1   10   Al Snow
  1  1  0    8   Hulk Hogan
  0  2  1    8   Shane McMahon
  1  0  1    7   Magnum Tokyo
  1  0  1    7   Eiji Ezaki
  1  0  0    5   X-Pac
  1  0  0    5   Taz
  1  0  0    5   Meiko Satomura
  1  0  0    5   Kyoko Inoue
  1  0  0    5   Keiji Muto
  1  0  0    5   Crash Holly
  1  0  0    5   Chris Jericho
  1  0  0    5   Chigusa Nagayo
  0  1  1    5   Sandman
  0  1  1    5   Buff Bagwell
  0  0  2    4   Yumiko Hotta
  0  0  2    4   Jushin Liger
  0  0  2    4   Godfather
  0  1  0    3   Terry Funk
  0  1  0    3   Mitsuharu Misawa
  0  1  0    3   Mankind(NO)
  0  1  0    3   Kenta Kobashi
  0  1  0    3   Ken Shamrock
  0  1  0    3   Jerry Lynn
  0  1  0    3   Diamond Dallas Page
  0  0  1    2   Vince McMahon
  0  0  1    2   Super Crazy
  0  0  1    2   Perry Saturn
  0  0  1    2   Nova
  0  0  1    2   New Jack
  0  0  1    2   Negro Casas
  0  0  1    2   Mr. Niebla
  0  0  1    2   Blue Meanie
  0  0  1    2   Big Show

CHRIS BIRD: Rock and Austin might get face REACTIONS, but they're not
faces. Goldberg, Mankind and Test are the best examples of pure faces out
there today.

EDC: Goldberg wins easy here, since he's been a face all year. The Rock is
the most over face in the WWF right now, but that was true about 6 months
ago. Bret Hart is the type of face that will now be cheered out of sheer
respect. Turning him heel just wouldn't work now a days.

RFLAGG13: Hey WCW, notice I don't have any of your guys on this list?
That's because you seem incapable of producing any good faces, even though
RIC FLAIR is, you know, sitting right there. All right, enough of my
bitching. Starting off things is Mankind, and how could you not love Mick?
From my markout moment of the year seeing him win his first ever world
title,to conducting some of the most laugh out loud interviews I've ever
heard, to writing a bestselling book that's one of the funniest things
I've ever read, Mick has it all. The Rock is next, mainly for his ability
to hold the crowd in the palm of his hand and his outstanding (though
derivative) mic work. He should be the WWF champ right now. And lacking
anyone better to pick, my 3rd slot goes to Austin. I'm getting a bit sick
of his act, but it still works, and he's still over.

K. CANZANELLA: I thought Kidman worked terrific as a babyface this year,
and what's more he drew great pops for his ringwork and "aww shucks" never
die attitude, without having to resort to catchphrases or junk like that.
OTOH, I gave Rock second place, because the pops are too much to deny even
though he's about as close to a face the WWF has. Third goes to Mr.
Niebla, who was terrific in his role against Shocker and took two masks of
two very "tough" opponents.

GREG DILLARD: Best babyface is as easy as it gets.  Anyone that can coax
an entire arena to chant his name on cue gets this award hands down.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: This one's really obvious: Mick Foley put himself
through hell in 1998 to get himself a main event babyface push, and did he
ever use it. Now a three time world champion, best-selling author and
movie star, he's been more face like than anyone since Hogan himself. Test
gets second because of his remarkably good angle involving Stephanie, and
Bill Goldberg has to settle for third. Most other years, he'd have won -
but this was Foley's year to soak up the spotlight.

FALCONARROW: Goldberg for his face like stuff. Austin for his face pop and
Kane because you can't help but love Glen Jacobs in a gimmick that
requires no mic work.

AARON: Goldberg over The Rock and Mankind, simply because he's stayed over
with the WCW crowd, which is not an easy task on it's own, even through a
long hiatus.

DON BECKER: The Rock is better than anyone at inspiring the crowd to cheer
- witness the never-ending "Rocky" chant at the Smackdown tapings in
Nassau Coliseum in October.  Mankind is a great old-school face - people
like him because he's so gosh-darned likeable!  Goldberg also rates up
there just because of his sheer popularity - WCW could retire the tape
recorder if they wanted.

SHAWN MULLIN: Austin takes this 'casue of his consistent face heat, the
Rock was a heel half the year but equally over to Austin once he turned
face again, and Goldberg is over everywhere but in Canada vs. Bret.

MAX CHITTISTER: You couldn't get crowds to boo Mick Foley if you paid them
to. Same with Kane and Austin.

JBELL55146: NOBODY, not even Hogan during the mid 80's even came close to
getting the pops that Austin, Foley and The Rock got this year.

PAUL SHOCK: Sting gets the babyface vote, because this year he proved that
HE IS A FACE FOR GOD'S SAKE!!  DON'T EVEN THINK OTHERWISE!!

BLOB: The Rock really came into his own this year. He became more popular
than even Stone Cold for the latter part of the year, easily making him
#1. Goldberg gets the 2nd spot for all the chants for him even when he's
not wrestling! Rob Van Dam gets #3 for the absolute mayhem that occurs
when his music hits.

BRUNO PULVER: Blitzkrieg gets way over (at least IMODO) just by flying.

GEORGE CARTER: I think the Rock has done the impossible. He managed to get
a louder pop than Austin. That is a feat by itself. I can't believe that
he has yet to hold the WWF title as a face. Goldberg is ahead of Austin
only because I find it mindblowing that he is still as popular as he was
when he started his 'silent and dangerous squash the jobber' gimmick.

JOHN C.:Austin, The Rock and Goldberg all get huge pops constantly and I
decided to give Austin the #1 spot. The reason is cause Rock was a heel
for about five months, Goldberg was out of action for a few months and
Austin was pretty much there all the time. Austin is probably in line for
a heel turn (if he can stay healthy) so next year I doubt he'll be at the
top of this list.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: 1999 contiunes the trend of 1998, which is the fact that
the most over Babyfaces seem to be more bad guys than good guys. The most
over babyface, the Rock, is playing a classic heel gimmick. Yet the crowd
loves it, and I hate to admit but I love his schitick too. It may be
overused, but it just appeals to me...(even though his matches are only
so-so).  Booker T and Rey Misterio Jr are classic babyfaces though, and
they are the most over I've seen of the old school babyfaces so I threw
them up here as well.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: Both Austin and Rock get great babyface pops. However
I do have my problems to label them as "heroes", since both incorporate
heelish behaviour in their performances on the mic and in the ring. So I
put the purest hero first in Goldberg. Sting has a solid fanbase and is
always a valid choice. He just didn't do enough for me this year. Test had
an exellent first year and will be big in the future, these awards just
came too soon to vote for him. (1st: Goldberg; 2nd: Rock; 3rd: Austin)

JOE GAGNE: The Rock's an arrogant, badmouthing, S.O.B.  So why is he the
babyface of the year?  Beats me, but he is.  I don't care for Goldberg,
but the people go nuts for him, so he's #2.  And how can you not root for
Mick Foley?

DAVID HANNA:  Hard to tell who gets the louder pop, Austin or Rock?  I am
giving it to the Rock.  I like SCSA, and think hes great, but The Rock
shows no sign of wearing out his welcome.  Goldberg is easily the biggest
face over in WCW. To bad they wasted him all this year.  Won't someone
give this man another title run?

MYKLL42:I give this one to D-Lo... during this year he was a babyface as
long as I can remember and I just couldn't help being proud of him or
upset for him... that's what a baby face is supposed to do.

SEAN FLYNN: The Rock and Austin are gimmes.  New Jack I say after seeing
Anarchy Rulz live_.while there I can say when "Natural Born Killaz"  came
up the crowd went BERSERK!  Can he wrestle?  Not a lick.  Do crowds love
him?  Oh yeah.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Again, Rock'll probably win this one, and again, I'm not
voting for him. Way I figure, Mankind is a far better pure babyface;
Frankly, if you can't cheer for Mick, then you are a very, very sad person
and I pity you. Oh, and Mick's the *only* true People's Champion in
wrestling. Sorry, Rocky. Austin and Rock get second and third,
respectively. Austin *still* gets the bigger pops of the two, even if he
is starting to get stale.

LORIE:  WWF needs to get Mona if it is at all possible.  She and Ivory
would be great for each other!

RICK SCAIA:  It's almost pathetic:  the Rock has the fans in the palm of
his hands. Not even Hogan's "hulking up" or Steve Austin's breaking glass
engender the same response the Rock's promos and signature moves get.
Pavlov would have a field day.

JEREMY SORIA: One, two, three. The three top-tier wrestlers in the WWF. I
will be very surprised if The Rock isn't at the top of this year's list.
He certainly has evolved since those 1996-7 days when he was just a
"rookie sensation." I've always liked the Rock, even though these days
he's mostly a catchphrase machine. I think The Rock's progress all
throughout this year way surpassed the stuff that Stone Cold did in his
continuing adventures against McMahon. Mankind also deserves to get a spot
here. He finally had his "hard work" and "sacrifice" pay off in a
(still-controversial-to-me) title win in late December '98/early January
'99. I may never forgive his fans for the whole Time Magazine Man of the
Year tragedy, but at least my respect for him has gone up.

JASON BALDWIN: Mick does it better than anybody. Whatever "it" is.

MDB: Just as there are almost no real heels anymore, true babyfaces are
highly uncommon.  Mick Foley was the best babyface this year and in the
process one of the best of this decade and of all time.  Before Ric Flair
reminded the wrestling world of what a true heel was, he played the face
to perfection. If only Eric hadn't felt the need to pull the heartattack
angle, to put himself over, to send Ric to an insane asylum...

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Best Worker

Award Description:

To be given to the wrestler with, on average, the best workrate. In 1994,
this award was split into three: North American, Non-North American, and
overall.  In 1998, it was recombined into one.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Ric Flair / Randy Savage (tie)
  1991: Jushin Liger
  1992: Jushin Liger
  1993: Bret Hart
  1994: (overall/NA) Sabu
  1994: (non-NA)     Chris Benoit
  1995: (overall/NA) Shawn Michaels
  1995: (non-NA)     Chris Benoit
  1996: (overall/NA) Rey Mysterio, Jr.
  1996: (non-NA)     Jushin Liger
  1997: (overall/NA) Shawn Michaels
  1997: (non-NA)     Taka Michinoku
  1998: Mankind (Cactus Jack / Dude Love / Mick Foley)

**1999**: Chris Benoit

344 first place votes
340 second place votes
338 third place votes

159 60 19 1013   Chris Benoit
 19 30 18  221   Jeff Hardy
 24 17  9  189   Mankind
 12 21 23  169   Jerry Lynn
 10 25 20  165   Eddie Guerrero
 19  9 13  148   Rob Van Dam
 11 16 17  137   Chris Jericho
  6 14 16  104   Bret Hart
  4 16 17  102   Dean Malenko
  4 11 23   99   Kidman
 14  6  2   92   Mitsuharu Misawa
  3 10 14   73   Edge
  3  9 15   72   D'Lo Brown
  5  8  8   65   Yoshihiro Tajiri
  3  6 11   55   X-Pac
  4  8  4   52   Owen Hart
  3  5  9   48   Matt Hardy
  4  5  6   47   Juventud Guerrera
  3  6  2   37   Kenta Kobashi
  1  4  8   33   Shane McMahon
  3  3  3   30   Rey Mysterio Jr.
  1  3  8   30   Lance Storm
  1  4  6   29   Super Crazy
  2  2  5   26   Jushin Liger
  1  3  6   26   Kane
  0  5  5   25   Perry Saturn
  1  4  2   21   Steve Austin
  2  3  0   19   Sting
  2  2  1   18   Sabu
  2  2  1   18   Rock
  1  2  3   17   Val Venis
  1  1  4   16   Toshiaki Kawada
  0  3  2   13   Al Snow
  2  0  1   12   Diamond Dallas Page
  1  1  2   12   Great Sasuke
  1  1  1   10   Mike Awesome
  0  2  2   10   Masato Tanaka
  0  1  3    9   Psychosis
  1  0  1    7   Triple H
  1  0  1    7   Test
  1  0  1    7   Ric Flair
  1  0  1    7   Malia Hosaka
  1  0  1    7   Jun Akiyama
  0  1  2    7   Magnum Tokyo
  0  2  0    6   Lexie Fyfe
  0  2  0    6   Hardcore Holly
  0  0  3    6   Goldberg
  1  0  0    5   Taz
  1  0  0    5   Mona
  1  0  0    5   Mariko Yoshida
  1  0  0    5   Kyoko Inoue
  1  0  0    5   Kurt Angle
  1  0  0    5   Disco Inferno
  1  0  0    5   Chavo Guerrero Jr.
  0  1  1    5   Taka Michinoku
  0  1  1    5   Shiima Nobunaga
  0  1  1    5   Norman Smiley
  0  1  1    5   Manami Toyota
  0  1  1    5   Koji Kanemoto
  0  1  0    3   Shinjiro Otani
  0  1  0    3   Ken Shamrock
  0  1  0    3   Joe E. Legend
  0  0  1    2   Undertaker
  0  0  1    2   Tommy Dreamer
  0  0  1    2   Strawberry Fields
  0  0  1    2   Steve Blackman
  0  0  1    2   Raven
  0  0  1    2   Mayumi Ozaki
  0  0  1    2   Jeff Jarrett
  0  0  1    2   Grandmaster Sexy
  0  0  1    2   David Young
  0  0  1    2   Chyna
  0  0  1    2   Christian
  0  0  1    2   Booker T.
  0  0  1    2   Blitzkrieg
  0  0  1    2   Big Show
  0  0  1    2   Adam Pearce

CHRIS BIRD: Rule #1: Chris Benoit always is the first choice for this
award. Period, end of story, finito, no-further-discussion-Mister-Bond.
Eddie Guerrero had a superb year with tons of great work after returning
from a career-threatening injury (not to mention the terrific stuff he did
before). D-Lo Brown carried the likes of Mideon and Mark Henry to ***
matches, a Herculean feat.

EDC: Best workers is hard one to vote on. Benoit's matches are always
great, And I dig Saturn's ring work. Lance Storm was being wasted in ECW
as a jobber, but now that he has a catchphrase, he gets set up in better
matches. I wonder how the workrateCRU and the DVDVR Players voted on this
one....

GREG DILLARD: What can you say about Chris Benoit?  The internet loves him
and with reason. The guy works stiff, and can wrestle just about every
style around.  Whether brawling, flying, or mat wrestling Benoit is
believable and entertaining.  The top-cage flying headbutts this year may
be the thing that brings the markish fan onto the same bandwagon that the
internet has been on for a while.  Benoit is the best thing going in the
ring today.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: I haven't seen a Jeff Hardy match yet where he doesn't
amaze me. Sometimes it's a little thing, like getting *just* a little bit
extra off the Senton Swandive. Sometimes it's something dramatic, like the
first time I saw the rail runner clothesline. But the kid's already a
star, and he's getting better. Juvy was his usual consistent self, and
Sean Waltman had a good year, carrying a lot of dead wood to good - great
matches.

OCTAVIAN:  Benoit's superior ring psychology actually causes him to slip
to second here behind Super Crazy merely because Crazy's nonsensical
spotfests sends his workrate through the roof.  Kane gets the nod for
third place due to my "for a big man" qualifier.

DON BECKER: The sheer goodness of Chris Benoit in this regard can't be
overlooked, which is why I expect him to win this in a landslide.  Jeff
Hardy will probably end up wheelchair-bound before he's 30 because he's
willing to kill himself for our pleasure.  And you can't forget Magnum
Tokyo, who's involved himself in more ****+ matches in Toryumon than
anyone.

SHAWN MULLIN: Once again, Chris Benoit makes every match he wrestles in
watcheable.  That is an accomplishment considering what one can be forced
to work with in WCW.  Hell, his brawl with Knobbs was a fun match.. that's
Brian fucking Knobbs!  He can wrestle, brawl, fly.. this guy is the
absolute best in North America.  Kidman and Mankind get in here for making
most matches they're in entertaining, but they aren't at Chris' level.

MAX CHITTISTER: Jericho's been workin better than Benoit lately, but
Benoit wins because of Jericho's long layoff. If Edge dumps Christian and
goes full-time solo, he could OWN this category for the next few years.

BLOB: Chris Benoit is the definition of the great worker. All wrestlers
will soon be matched up to Benoit to see how great workers they really
are. Jerry Lynn worked his ass off at all of the ECW PPV's especially
Hardcore Heaven 99. Dean Malenko has always been a solid worker and gets
#3 for his work this year.

ADNAN VIRK: Matt and Jeff are actually tied I'd have to say...

BRUNO PULVER: So I think Flair/Bischoff was way better than
McMahon/Austin- so what. McMahon/Austin got the raitings, but
Flair/Bischoff was technically much better fued, too bad most of the fans
disagree with me on that.

GEORGE CARTER: Sadly Shawn Michaels isn't here to win this award so Chris
Benoit is the next best thing. Owen Hart, not to 'suck up' to him, has
ALWAYS been a solid worker, and he proved them in the first five months of
the year.

JOHN C.:Chris Benoit is the best worker in the world but it's a shame he's
not able to show it due to feuds with crap like Rick Steiner and Sid. He
had memorable matches against Hart, Malenko and while he was in NJPW
(that's what I'm told) plus some very good tag matches in early '99 to
solidify his spot as the top worker. Jerry Lynn, from what I saw of him,
can carry anybody to a good match, especially the overrated RVD. Kidman's
only going to get better and I think one day this guy will be at the top
as long as people look at his ability before they look at his size.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: Answered the same as number 1, reason the same as number
1..

JOE GENTILE:  The matches between Tajiri and Super Crazy were simply the
best series of matches of the year. They get the top two spots.  Lance
Storm takes third for his consistant good efforts.

MYKLL42:Chris Benoit.  Intensity and energy backed up by ability.  And
he'll put his body on the line (note: three diving headbutts from tops of
cages in the calendar year, one diving headbutt onto a chair. MYKLL42:.

SEAN FLYNN: Hardys due to the fact they bring that little extra suicidal
tendency to their work.  Eddy because I like his work more than Benoit's
work.

BEN MILLER:  I know Japanese votes are like throwing votes away, but
Misawa, Kobashi, Kanemoto and a slew of others from Japan and Mexico blew
all the Americans away with Michaels out and Benoit wrestling poor
heavyweights.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Kidman only gets third this year, since he seems to have
gotten a bit lazy and always seems to do the same damn spots. Top place
instead goes to Jeff Hardy, the most suicidal wrestler in the WWF. He may
not have much of that fancy psych-o-logy stuff, but if he can pull off
spotfests of the calibre of the No mercy Ladder Match, screw psych-o-logy.
Chris Benoit gets second, now that he seems to have started actually
making an effort in his matches again.

COLIN MACKINNON: The only reason Shane's #3 is because he isn't afraid to
put his body on the line.  Hell, Shane's better than half of the WWF's
roster, to put it lightly.  His performance against Test was surprisingly
good, for starters.  To be honest, with a little more training, Shane
could be packaged as a credible wrestler in the WWF, and if they ever
brought the LH Division back... :)

JEREMY SORIA: Mankind getting in the same ranks as Benoit and Malenko?
Yes, it's possible! He may have had a lot gone through him in the previous
nomination year, but during this past year, those things that would seem
to stop other wrestlers most certainly didn't stop Mankind. Benoit and
Malenko are on here as well; they still have a great deal of ability and
they make use of every minute they're wrestling.

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Best Jobber

Award Description:

To be given to the Professional Loser that does an incredible job of putting
his name opponent over. Maybe the bumps that this person takes are just that
much more spectacular than other PLs. After seeing a match with this person,
you feel sorry about the punishment he/she took and realize how good it made
his/her name opponent look.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Barry Horowitz
  1991: Rip Rogers
  1992: Barry Horowitz
  1993: Barry Horowitz
  1994: Barry Horowitz
  1995: Barry Horowitz
  1996: Barry Horowitz
  1997: Spike Dudley
  1998: Lenny Lane

**1999**: Bad Barry Horowitz

300 first place votes
263 second place votes
236 third place votes

 62 40 36  502   Barry Horowitz
 53 34 23  413   Pete "Gas"
 28 22 27  260   Disorderly Conduct
 18 26 21  210   Brooklyn Brawler
 15 13 12  138   Gambler
 12 15  5  115   Chris Daniels
  6 12 16   98   Dean Roll (Shark Boy)
  5  6  6   55   Gillberg
  2  7  4   39   Rodney
  4  2  5   36   Stoker Ishikawa
  6  0  0   30   Al Snow
  4  1  2   27   C.W. Anderson
  1  1  9   26   Hardbody Harrison
  4  1  1   25   Steve Blackman
  4  0  2   24   Brad Armstrong
  3  2  1   23   Stevie Richards
  3  2  1   23   La Parka
  2  4  0   22   Blue Meanie
  1  5  1   22   Norman Smiley
  3  2  0   21   Little Guido
  1  4  2   21   Johnny Swinger
  3  1  1   20   Taka Michinoku
  2  1  3   19   Silver King
  2  2  1   18   Lash LeRoux
  3  0  1   17   Simon Diamond
  3  0  1   17   Barry Darsow
  1  2  3   17   Joey Abs
  3  0  0   15   Papi Chulo
  2  1  1   15   Mean Street Posse
  1  2  2   15   Prince Iaukea
  1  3  0   14   Chris Jericho
  2  1  0   13   Crash Holly
  1  2  1   13   El Dandy
  1  2  1   13   Al Green
  2  0  1   12   Lodi
  2  0  1   12   Hulk Hogan
  1  1  2   12   Mike Enos
  1  2  0   11   Shawn Stasiak
  1  2  0   11   Pat Patterson
  2  0  0   10   Rock
  1  1  1   10   Mikey Whipwreck
  0  1  3    9   Scotty Riggs
  1  1  0    8   Psychosis
  1  1  0    8   Mideon
  1  1  0    8   Hardy Boyz
  1  1  0    8   Gerald Brisco
  1  1  0    8   Evan Karagias
  1  1  0    8   Blitzkrieg
  1  0  1    7   Dean Malenko
  1  0  1    7   Christian
  0  1  2    7   Allan Funk
  0  2  0    6   Lenny
  0  2  0    6   Kid Romeo
  1  0  0    5   X-Pac
  1  0  0    5   Tracey Smothers
  1  0  0    5   Tom Marquez
  1  0  0    5   Test
  1  0  0    5   Steve Corino
  1  0  0    5   Steve Armstrong
  1  0  0    5   Spike Dudley
  1  0  0    5   Shane McMahon
  1  0  0    5   Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
  1  0  0    5   Sal E. Graziano
  1  0  0    5   Road Dogg
  1  0  0    5   Nova
  1  0  0    5   Meat
  1  0  0    5   Mean Street Posse
  1  0  0    5   Mankind
  1  0  0    5   Julio Sanchez
  1  0  0    5   Joey Bridger
  1  0  0    5   Jason Cross (Welsh indie performer)
  1  0  0    5   Chris Benoit
  1  0  0    5   Brandi Alexander
  0  1  1    5   Scott Putski
  0  1  1    5   Juventud Guerrera
  0  1  1    5   Curly Bill
  0  0  2    4   Horace
  0  0  2    4   David Cash
  0  0  2    4   Bill Wiles
  0  1  0    3   Vampiro
  0  1  0    3   Total Package
  0  1  0    3   Taz
  0  1  0    3   Steve Lombardi
  0  1  0    3   Steve Austin
  0  1  0    3   Sick Boy
  0  1  0    3   Roadkill
  0  1  0    3   Ray Brooks
  0  1  0    3   Randy Savage
  0  1  0    3   Mr. Agulia
  0  1  0    3   Mike Sharpe
  0  1  0    3   Michael Saxon
  0  1  0    3   MVP
  0  1  0    3   Little Jeanie
  0  1  0    3   Knuckles Nelson
  0  1  0    3   Kit Carson
  0  1  0    3   Kenny Kaos
  0  1  0    3   Hugh Morris
  0  1  0    3   Hardcore Holly
  0  1  0    3   Gangrel
  0  1  0    3   Dudley Boyz
  0  1  0    3   Disciple
  0  1  0    3   Dave Burkhead
  0  1  0    3   Chase Tatum
  0  1  0    3   Adrian Byrd
  0  1  0    3   2 Cold Scorpio
  0  0  1    2   Villanos
  0  0  1    2   Villano V
  0  0  1    2   Villano IV
  0  0  1    2   Triple H
  0  0  1    2   Tori
  0  0  1    2   Texas Hangmen
  0  0  1    2   Sho Funaki
  0  0  1    2   Sean Stasiak
  0  0  1    2   Scott Armstrong
  0  0  1    2   Rick Fuller
  0  0  1    2   Prince Albert
  0  0  1    2   Phil Baker
  0  0  1    2   Pez Whatley
  0  0  1    2   Lizmark Jr.
  0  0  1    2   Konnan
  0  0  1    2   Justin Credible
  0  0  1    2   Juice (?)
  0  0  1    2   Jim Ross
  0  0  1    2   Jeff Jarrett
  0  0  1    2   Hardwork Bobby Walker
  0  0  1    2   Diamond Dallas Page
  0  0  1    2   Dale Wolfe
  0  0  1    2   Ciclope
  0  0  1    2   Chavo Guererro Jr.
  0  0  1    2   Ape Virgon

REJECTED

  1  0  0        Spanish Announcers' Table
  0  1  1        Mean Street Posse (duplicate)
  0  1  1        Pete "Gas" (duplicate)
  0  1  1        Barry Horowitz (duplicate)
  0  0  1        Mulkey Brothers (duplicate)

(As is the usual case, I throw my hands in the air and ignore the fact that
so many non-qualified people got votes in the jobber categories.  I swear,
NEXT YEAR they're gone!  Maybe. - CRZ)

ALEX BECKERS:  Ooops.  Haven't seen any of the other nominees wrestle.

EDC: This Catagory is OWNED by Barry Horowitz. Although this year he has
been able to use more of his offense, which for Barry is always good. The
Gambler is quite possibly the jobber of the decade, and Stoker gets on
here on sheer goofy-ness.

CYBERAL33: In this time of ratings wars there have not been many true
jobbers and that's a good thing. My first choice for jobber of the year
would have to be Disorderly Conduct, because they've actually had a 3 star
match or two this year. They bump well and sell well and that's the two
elements a jobber needs to have. They also weren't afraid to go on the
offensive and hit a nice assisted hangman's neckbreaker from time to time.
Second would be Saturday Night mainstay Dave Burkhead. Burkhead always
seems to be fired up and looks happy to be there. His work isn't too
terrible and hit an incredibly stiff lariet on Alan Funk, so I'm sold.
Third would be the enigma that is Ape Virgon. Sure it's just a guy in an
ape costume, but it's so freaking hilarious...especially when he goes to
the top rope and looks like he's going to do a move, but just jumps off
and starts making monkey sounds...classic.

MONTY ASHLEY: Now that Lenny has been given a push and a title (and an
inevitable de-push), none of my favorite jobbers are jobbers anymore.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: To me, there's only one real jobber on this list, and
it's a tag team. See if that makes sense while I stand in awe of the
coolness that is DC.

OCTAVIAN:  In this day and age of "crash tv" the jobber caste has nearly
been exterminated.  That being so, I can't think of a time I've seen
Disorderly Conduct win and I've always admired the work they do in the
ring.

DON BECKER: STOKAH~!  How can anyone NOT vote for a guy who lost a match
by running the ropes until he collapsed in exhaustion?  He regularly makes
me laugh until my stomach hurts.  God bless him!  Barry and the Brawler
get the old-school vote because, frankly, there *are* no real jobbers.

MAX CHITTISTER: These were the only three guys I saw who qualify as
stright-up jobbers.

PAUL SHOCK:  Disorderly Conduct wins.  Chris Daniels gets second, and its
a shame because this man is a hell of a wrestler.  Horowitz is third, for
sentiment.

BLOB: This category is usually clear-cut with the same three wrestlers
getting the spots. This year it was a little tougher because Lenny
"Gaylord" Lane jumped out of the Jobber category. Barry Horowitz gets #1
for his sheer jobbing ability. Brawler and Disorderly Conduct get #2 and
#3 respectively.

ALDO: Not much to work with this year.  I put Disorderly Conduct as #1 for
this category due to their workrate, fine doubleteams and the ability they
have to make their opponents look good.  Despite not seeing Barry Horowitz
or Hardbody Harrison on television much, I chose them as second and third
for their workrate and ability to put someone else over.

GEORGE CARTER: Barry is KING !!!

JOHN C.:If Pete Gas was able to move his neck (does he have a neck?) I
guarantee he'd be able to win a match or two.

NATE PERRY: Did anyone else have as much trouble thinking of good
jobbers/JTTS' as I did?

JAMES GOWDEY: Simply put, Mikey Whipwreck is the best loserr you'll ever
see.

SEAN FLYNN:  While the first two of my choices have enter push-dom on and
off recently, most of the year has been jobbing.

LUCAS HARRIS: Slim pickings this year...

B. SZPAKOWICZ: There are hardly any true jobbers left in wrestling
anymore, so I ain't voting. I did consider lodging a protest vote for
Corino though (has he actually one a single match in ECW to date?)

SEZ OF SEED: There are no real jobbers anymore.  I miss Iron Mike Sharpe,
too.

KEVIN PODSIADLIK: From the list of nominations it sure looks like we need
to fold this back into a single category

BERT SNOOVEN: It's a shame the jobbers are becoming an endangered species.
Where jobbers still exist, there are only a few really good ones. I didn't
pick perennial favorite Barry Horowitz this time around. Instead, I've
seen C.W. Anderson on ECW and I am very impressed with him. Too bad nobody
nominated him on the list. He is very impressive.

COLIN MACKINNON: I saw Chris Daniels a few times on Shotgun, and he
impressed me each time.  Barry's still great, but he wasn't on TV much
this year, from what I've seen.

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Best Jobber to the Stars

To be given to the "Superstar" who has no problem defeating "real" jobbers,
but for some reason can't score the victory when facing comparable opposition.
This award should recognise performers who manage to look good both in
victory AND defeat, as well as helping their opponents look good while
jobbing, and may or may not represent a wrestler deserving of a push (that is
better reflected in the "Most Underrated" category).

  1998: Chris Benoit

**1999**: Al Snow

327 first place votes
311 second place votes
295 third place votes

 67 23 24  452   Al Snow
 15 18 18  165   Norman Smiley
 19 15 11  162   Taka Michinoku
 15 14 11  139   La Parka
 14 14  8  128   Kaz Hayashi
 12 12 10  116   Blitzkrieg
  9 12 12  105   Jerry Lynn
 11 10  8  101   Psychosis
  9 14  7  101   Kanyon
 13  5 10  100   Gillberg
 10 10  7   94   Curt Hennig
  9  7 10   86   Steve Blackman
  5 12 12   85   Vampiro
  6 13  6   81   Gangrel
  7  6  5   63   Chris Benoit
  6  5  9   63   Christian
  4  8  8   60   Brad Armstrong
  5  4  5   47   Test
  5  5  3   46   Eddie Guerrero
  3  8  3   45   Steve Corino
  5  0  7   39   Papi Chulo
  0  5 12   39   Joey Abs
  4  4  3   38   Steve Regal
  5  3  1   36   Chris Jericho
  1  8  1   31   Mr. Ass
  3  1  6   30   Lash LeRoux
  3  2  4   29   Silver King
  4  0  3   26   Mankind
  3  1  4   26   Big Show
  2  3  3   25   Diamond Dallas Page
  1  4  4   25   Lodi
  3  1  3   24   D'Lo Brown
  3  1  1   20   Blue Meanie
  2  2  2   20   Stevie Richards
  3  0  2   19   X-Pac
  3  1  0   18   Rock
  2  2  1   18   Ric Flair
  1  3  2   18   Juventud Guerrera
  1  1  4   16   Rhino
  2  1  1   15   Kane
  2  1  1   15   Buff Bagwell
  1  3  0   14   Val Venis
  1  1  3   14   Edge
  2  1  0   13   Mikey Whipwreck
  1  2  1   13   Yuji Nagata
  1  2  1   13   Sean Stasiak
  1  2  1   13   Disco Inferno
  0  3  3   13   Hardcore Holly
  2  0  1   12   Vince McMahon
  2  0  1   12   Triple H
  1  1  2   12   Spike Dudley
  0  2  3   12   Jerry Flynn
  0  3  1   11   Funaki
  2  0  0   10   Taz
  2  0  0   10   Sting
  1  1  1   10   Mideon
  1  1  1   10   Barry Darsow
  1  0  2    9   Grandmaster Sexy
  0  3  0    9   Sid Vicious
  0  3  0    9   Perry Saturn
  1  1  0    8   Lenny
  0  2  1    8   Dean Malenko
  0  1  2    7   Bossman
  0  2  0    6   Scotty Riggs
  1  0  0    5   Raven
  1  0  0    5   Nova
  1  0  0    5   Mona
  1  0  0    5   Mike Enos
  1  0  0    5   Mark Henry
  1  0  0    5   Horace
  1  0  0    5   Hardy Boyz
  1  0  0    5   El Samurai
  1  0  0    5   Al Green
  0  1  1    5   Scott Hall
  0  1  1    5   Ken Shamrock
  0  1  1    5   Jeff Jarrett
  0  1  1    5   Evan Karagias
  0  1  1    5   Brian Adams
  0  1  1    5   Big Bossman
  0  0  2    4   Godfather
  0  1  0    3   Tommy Dreamer
  0  1  0    3   Steve Austin
  0  1  0    3   Spanish Announcers' Table
  0  1  0    3   Roadkill
  0  1  0    3   Road Dogg
  0  1  0    3   Luna
  0  1  0    3   Koko B. Ware
  0  1  0    3   David Taylor
  0  1  0    3   Crash Holly
  0  1  0    3   Chavo Guerrero
  0  1  0    3   Cat
  0  1  0    3   Axl Rotten
  0  0  1    2   Viscera
  0  0  1    2   Steve Armstrong
  0  0  1    2   Owen Hart
  0  0  1    2   Minoru Tanaka
  0  0  1    2   Masato Tanaka
  0  0  1    2   Lance Storm
  0  0  1    2   Fit Finlay
  0  0  1    2   David Flair
  0  0  1    2   Dave Taylor
  0  0  1    2   Booker T
  0  0  1    2   Bobby Duncum Jr.

CHRIS BIRD: Brad Armstrong is a JTTS to his fingertips, even if he could
become the "Brad Dogg" when he got desperate enough. Blitzkrieg and
Blackman both made their opponents look good.

CYBERAL33: WOW! It's a shame these guys are just jobbers to the stars as
they could be so much more. I'm the world's biggest Kaz mark, so I have to
pick him first. He actually had a few great matches this year and carried
Lenny Lane to the best match of his career. TAKA Michinoku has had an off
year, but still managed so good ECW matches and made Super Astros worth
waking up for.  Third would have to be Joey Abbs who has been completly
wasted in his current gimmick.

GENE MOORE: Honorable Mention to DDP for jobbing to the younger stars that
are deserving of a push.

GREG DILLARD: Jobber to the stars can also be called "most promising".
On that account I'm still waiting for Al Snow to break through.  He has
trained a ton of guys that have climbed above him in terms of credibility.
Still I have to think his in ring talent along with his self effacing
sense of humor will "click" with the fans sometime.  Close behind Snow is
Vampiro, a guy that has had his future shaken up enough this past year to
force a guy out of the business.  Still he managed to make a good decision
and stay in WCW, and with Russo writing storylines could turn into the
devilish character he was promised to be about two years ago.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: JTTS, on the other hand, was a rich field. I'm giving
them all to WCW: Lash was paid off for all of his good work with a push,
Smiley got over in spite of WCW's idiotic policies, and Dave Taylor is
just a great wrestler who loses every time he shows up on Nitro (or even
Thunder).

DON BECKER: Basically, who makes the stars look good?  TAKA is a bump
machine who could carry an average wrestler to a decent looking match -
no, he's not like Flair during his "broomstick rule" days... Brad
Armstrong is also in a similar position - a solid enough wrestler that if
he had some charisma could get over...but that's been his problem since
the late 80's.  Lash also gets a nod based on his skills.

MAX CHITTISTER: Lots of choices, but not many guys who can consistently
make their opponent look good while they lose.

PAUL SHOCK:  Gangrel wins.  Norman Smiley is second.  Rhino, the "rookie
monster" is third.  Maybe ECW could get this guy over as a monster if he
actually, I don't know...WON MATCHES??!!

BLOB: Why the hell must they job Psychosis all the time? He was a 2 time
CW Champ this year, one for a week, and the other was handed to him! He
was the best CW worker in WCW the entire year and deserved a 4-5 month CW
reign. Vampiro and Kanyon have also been jobbing and making their
opponents look much better in the process.

GEORGE CARTER: Last year I voted for Lenny Lane and he became the
Cruiserweight Champ, I hope that me voting for La Parka will get him more
air-time and victories.  La Parka has already started receiving this, but
at the butt of Russo's jokes, but if having him learn perfect english in 7
days is what it takes for him to get over, then I'm all for it.

JOHN C.:Al Snow has yet to be used right in the WWF and after endless
feuds with Hardcore Holly and the Big Bossman his career didn't progress
much in the past year. Al Snow is too good for this kind of crappy
treatment. Thankfully Benoit won quite a bit this year so I wouldn't
consider him eligible for this category.

JON RICHARDSON: Steve Blackman gets the nod here as I can't remember him
winning a single match the entire year.  The same goes for Kaz Hayashi.
My third pick is a sentimental one as I've always enjoyed Curt Hennig and
it's clear that he's now willing to put absolutely anybody over as his
career winds down.

JAMES GOWDEY: Triple H: He always beats the mid-carders, but usually uses
a cheap shot to win against the big names...

SEAN FLYNN:  X-Pac has been beaten severely this year, and Benoit has
consistently been on the short end of things.

BEN MILLER:  Benoit, Jericho and Juventud have such amazing potential.
If any off them were in ECW, they could carry the promotion because Heyman
would use them to their fullest.

KEVIN WONG: I guess it shouldn't be surprising that WCW has the best JTTS
- they hired so many of them!! Although I suppose by next year "Screamin'"
Norman won't be a JTTS, as over as he is right now.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: You mean internet darling Chris Benoit (with miniscule tag,
US and TV title reigns summing about 3 months) gets no nomination, while
2-time WCW champion Diamond Dallas Page does? :) My votes: 1. TAKA
Michinoku, 2. Kaz Hayashi, 3. Al Snow (until the last few weeks of the
voting year, anyway) . All of them are very good wrestlers who should be
doing more than jobbing in meaningless prelim matches (or to the Big
Bossman, whatever the case may be)

RICK SCAIA:  Al Snow's made being a jobber part of his gimmick.  Pin him,
pay him. Just as long as he's on TV and only dropping matches to the
bigger names, I guess it's OK.  Credit also to Steve Corino, who I don't
think has won an important match yet in ECW, but who revels in making his
opponents look like a million bucks and getting them over as huge
babyfaces.  On gimmick alone, Gillberg rounds out this list.

JEREMY SORIA: Never have I seen someone have absolutely more fun with
being a jobber to the stars on national TV than Duane Gill. I think, next
to Barry Horowitz, he is the most celebrated jobber today. The WWF had
tons of fun with him, his entrances, and all, and it was all in good fun;
even Bill Goldberg was amused. As for Lenny and Evan, they still do a lot
of good wrestling, but in the end, they get pinned and they get paid. And
very well, I might add.

JUSTIN JONES: Viva La Parka!

MICHAEL STAKELY: Best Jobber to the Stars Why? Why must the vast majority
of my favorite wrestlers be in this category?  Damn damn damn damn damn
damn damn damn...

HEATM:  The main objective of a JTTS is to maintain some interest in the
match.  Thus, LaParka is my choice for JTTS of the year.  Similarly, Lodi
was always entertaining even if you knew he was bound to get pinned.

MDB: Why is Medusa wrestling for the cruiser title when Kaz is right there
ready to be a star?  Oh yeah, it's WCW.  Poor Vampiro.  For two weeks it
seemed like he might actually get a real shot.

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Best Flyer

Award Description:

To be given to the wrestler who did the most and the best high-flying
maneuvers throughout the year. In 1994, this award was split into two: North
American and Non-North American.  In 1998, it was recombined.

Previous Winners:

  1991: Jushin Liger
  1992: Jushin Liger
  1993: 1-2-3 Kid (Lightning Kid)
  1994: (NA)     1-2-3 Kid
  1994: (non-NA) Jushin Liger
  1995: (NA)     Sabu
  1995: (non-NA) Jushin Liger
  1996: (NA)     Rey Mysterio, Jr.
  1996: (non-NA) Jushin Liger
  1997: (NA)     Rey Mysterio, Jr.
  1997: (non-NA) Taka Michinoku
  1998: (Billy) Kidman

**1999**: Jeff Hardy

344 first place votes
336 second place votes
328 third place votes

107 68 35  809   Jeff Hardy
 37 27 34  334   Super Crazy
 37 27 32  330   Blitzkrieg
 29 26 18  259   Rob Van Dam
 17 23 33  220   Kidman
 15 32 19  209   Matt Hardy
 16 26 22  202   Rey Mysterio Jr.
 16 14 18  158   Juventud Guerrera
 13 14  9  125   Sabu
  8 13 11  101   Psychosis
  5  9 11   74   Papi Chulo
  4  9 11   69   Edge
  3  6 16   65   Shane McMahon
  4  5 11   57   Eddie Guerrero
  2  7 10   51   Taka Michinoku
  7  3  3   50   Dragon Kid
  3  1  2   22   Chris Benoit
  0  5  3   21   Kane
  2  2  1   18   Chapparita Asari
  1  3  2   18   Christian
  2  1  1   15   Great Sasuke
  1  2  2   15   Kaz Hayashi
  0  3  2   13   Jerry Lynn
  2  0  0   10   Jushin Liger
  1  0  2    9   Test
  0  2  1    8   Tokyo Magnum
  0  2  1    8   Owen Hart
  0  0  4    8   X-Pac
  1  0  0    5   Reckless Youth
  1  0  0    5   Pantera
  1  0  0    5   Mankind
  1  0  0    5   Jody Fleisch/Doc Chan
  1  0  0    5   Jody Flash (British indie worker)
  1  0  0    5   Eiji Ezaki
  0  1  1    5   Chris Jericho
  0  1  0    3   Virus
  0  1  0    3   Tzuki
  0  1  0    3   Mike Quackenbush
  0  0  1    2   Yoshihiro Tajiri
  0  0  1    2   Mr. Niebla
  0  0  1    2   Mike Awesome
  0  0  1    2   Manami Toyota
  0  0  1    2   Ludxor
  0  0  1    2   Dino Bambino
  0  0  1    2   Bam Bam Bigelow
  0  0  1    2   Antifaz del Norte
  0  0  1    2   A.J. Styles

REJECTED
  5  1  4        Hardy Boyz
  0  0  1        Edge & Christian

CHRIS BIRD: Super Crazy is refining the art of flying by taking hangtime
to new psychotic levels. Jeff Hardy is refining the art of flying by
taking bumpery to new psychotic levels. Blitzkrieg is refining the art of
flying by taking midair acrobatics to new psychotic levels. Observant
types may notice a trend in those who are good flyers.

EDC: Silver King is a JTTS, which is a shame, becuase he should be more
over than any Luchador in the US. Kanyon always looks great in defeat, and
Norman Smiley is poised to become an Ultra-Star next year after getting
the Wiggle over with the crowds.

CYBERAL33: Pantera is the most graceful wrestler ever. His no hands over
the top rope somersault headbutt is spectacular! Papi Chulo has been
incredibly innovative this year and I love his space flying tiger drop
where the opponent moves and he lands on his feet! Yikes! Third would be
Jeff Hardy, just for his ability to not give a damn about his body...I
mean was that fall off the ladder REALLY neccessary?

K. CANZANELLA: No one has the flying ability of Aguila/Papi Chulo. Though
he isn't going anywhere in EMLL or in WWF, the matches he does get the
chance to work he manages to drop your jaw more than anyone with things
like his Tornillio Mortal or that un-be-liveable over the corner tope con
hilo. Tzuki is a mini but busts out big-junior-luchadore spots like asai
moonsaults and corkscrew dives to the floor. Mr. Niebla gets terrific air
under all his dives, and has some cool ones like Moonsaults to the floor
and vertical topes.

MR. JF: No one has really stood out except for Jeff "Fucking Psycho" Hardy
and to a certain extent Papi Chulo. The latter can't do much more than
fly, but he belongs in this category. Kane is mostly here to get enough
votes to annoy Kunze and his ilk.

NATHAN LONEY: Super Crazy is just that: totally fucking insane.  He flies
around like no one I've seen and he made the biggest impression on me.

JOEL BOUTIERE:  On Shane McMahon being Best Flyer:  this based on the fact
that the guy probably hasn't had much formal wrestling training, and still
manages to pull off some "holy shit!" moves, justifies my vote any day of
the week.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: As strange as it is, I could only find room to rank Jeff
Hardy in third. Juvy hasn't lost a step, and was better in the first half
of the year than the second. Blitz, on the other hand, was incredible all
year long. Pity that he rarely shows up on-screen these days.

MATTHEW CLEARY: ASARI's high flying antics in Neo Ladies puts her as my
favorite flyer.

OCTAVIAN:  No one even gets CLOSE to flying around the ring as much as
Blitzkrieg does.

DON BECKER: Dragon Kid does a standing front flip into a rana.  How cool
is that?!  Jeff Hardy also rates here, suicidal SOB that he is.
Blitzkrieg gets the third nod.

SHAWN MULLIN: Jeff Hardy is going to kill himself! :)

MAX CHITTISTER: Blitzkrieg and Edge actually HIT people. Agin, no Hardy
wins my vote until they make contact and stop telegraphing their
choreography.

JBELL55146: Jeff Hardy<1st> did more suicidal moves in the Ladder Match
alone then most guys have done all year! Juvy<2nd> and Blitzkrieg<3rd> are
being misused WAY to much by WCW

PAUL SHOCK: The first time I saw Blitzkrieg wrestle, I was blown out of my
mind.  This guy is incredible.  The Hardys are next, with Jeff "Michaels"
Hardy picked over Matt "Jannetty" Hardy.

BLOB: Super Crazy is one insane luchador. The Crazy Special seals him for
the top spot. Blitzkrieg's Stardust Press wins the second spot. Rey Jr's
crazy spots that are used WAY too often get him the 3rd and final spot.

ADNAN VIRK: Again...they're pretty much tied.

BRUNO PULVER: Just for a record: a)I dont hate WWF, I hate Austin. b)Yes,
I am a WcW mark. c)Yes I am at a same time BigPoppaPump and Benoit mark.
Go figure! d)I have nothing against sports entertainment, but to have a 45
minute talkathlon in a beginning of every Raw is just overkilling.

GEORGE CARTER: Juvy has finally overshadowed Rey this year. Maybe it is
because Rey has been fighting more heavyweight than cruiserweights but
nevertheless Juvy had a good year and I have a feeling that he may have a
even better one.  Blitzkrieg, with some work, could easily win this award
next year.

JOHN C.:Tough call but I picked Kidman, Super Crazy and Jeff Hardy
although there are a bunch of guys I could have picked from. The one with
the most potential has to be Jeff Hardy as this was pretty much his first
full year in the WWF but I expect big things out of him this year.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: Best flyer goes to Juvi, who I hope will enjpy this
award as his carrer is being flushed down the toliet by the Powers that
be!! All Hail Russo!!!!!!  The other two on this list should also start
looking for work, as I expect this category to be gone by next year.
Unless Shane McMahon steps up his insane bump taking...  ALL HAIL RUSSO!!!

ELLIOT SPARKS: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? If so, why is it running up
the wall of the arena and backflipping onto its opponent? Well, it's not a
bird or a plane; it's flyer of the year, Jody Flash. The British indie kid
is absolutely nuts, and even more importantly he's got the grace and
accuracy of a legend. Innovative moves like the springboard 360 tornado
DDT (which I couldn't possibly describe) and the wall-walk moonsault are
nothing short of amazing. Also amazing are Dragon Kid and Blitzkrieg, but
hey! They aren't British, so it's votes two and three for you, fellahs.

JOE GENTILE:  Blitzkrieg is awesome. Too bad he wears a mask, which means
instant doom in WCW.

CHANCE50JR: I put Test third...so sue me.  I pop every time he does the
elbow drop off the top rope.

DONALD SEMACK:  I'm going to enjoy all of Matt & Jeff's spot's now because
they probably end up like the Dynamite Kid.

JAMES GOWDEY: Is there any competition? Sabu is the best flyer I've EVER
seen. Better than those luchas in WCW! Better than Jeff Hardy! Even better
than the Big Show! This guy flat out rocks.

SEAN FLYNN: Ladder Match, enough said.

MARK SMITH: Jeff Hardy came VERY close to snagging my vote for the
Wrestler of the Year.  He's the only reason I watch Monday night TV
anymore.

BEN MILLER:  Van Dam's highspots are amazing, but Jeff Hardy is close.

KEVIN WONG: Blitzkrieg takes RVDs acrobatic arsenal to a new level.  The
fact that he does the Skytwister Press doesn't hurt either.  Jeff Hardy,
well, he's insane.  And speaking of insane, that's Sabu.  Considering all
he does is aerial highspots, he can't NOT be on here.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: 1. Jeff Hardy, who's positively psychotic at times. 2.
Kidman, who would probably win this if he actually, you know, bothered to
try. 3. Rob Van Dam, who is ridiculously amateurish and not very
well-rounded, but who still does some damn impressive flying spots.

MARK HALLING: It's sad, but Rey Mysterio doesn't fly anymore. Similar to
X-Pac, with age he's doing less of the crazy dives.

RICK SCAIA:  Nearly all of Sabu's offense revolves around flinging his
body off of ropes, chairs, tables, and the like.  For high risk offense,
Sabu was not only an innovator, he's still the industry premiere human
highlight reel. Jeff Hardy's grace and agility make him a solid runner up.
Also in ECW, Super Crazy impresses me as perhaps the best luchadore in the
US since WCW's contingent began backing off the high risk moves.

JEREMY SORIA: What they lack in catchphrases, they make up for in athletic
ability - plus the ability to gracefully leap from the ring to the
opponent down on the mat.

JUSTIN JONES: Achtung Blitzkrieg!

JASON BALDWIN: Mysterio barely edges out the Hardys, though Matt & Jeff
probably gave me more mark-out "Holy Shit!" moments than any others I've
seen in the last year.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Best Flyer?  Kidman (even though he's screwed up a
few SSPes this past year) , Jeff Hardy (who needs to work on psychology,
but is a great flyer nonetheless) , and Kaz Hayashi (who has made me
cringe with some of the sick bumps he's taken over the top rope to the
outside (often landing on his back) for the hundreds of people watching
WCWSN) .

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Best Technical Wrestler

Award Description:

To be given to the wrestler who has the most technical ability. The number
of holds and moves you see this person do and the crispness with which the
moves are executed makes his/her matches a pleasure to watch. In 1994, this
award was split into three: North American, Non-North American, and overall.
In 1998, it was recombined into one.

Previous Winners:

  1991: Bret Hart
  1992: Bret Hart
  1993: Bret Hart
  1994: (overall/NA) Bret Hart
  1994: (non-NA)     Chris Benoit
  1995: (overall/NA) Dean Malenko
  1995: (non-NA)     Chris Benoit
  1996: (sweep)      Dean Malenko
  1997: (overall/NA) Dean Malenko
  1997: (non-NA)     Jushin Liger
  1998: Dean Malenko

**1999**: Chris Benoit

344 first place votes
338 second place votes
329 third place votes

141 85 33 1026   Chris Benoit
 64 65 47  609   Bret Hart
 57 54 49  545   Dean Malenko
 16 16 27  182   Owen Hart
  8 17 30  151   Chris Jericho
  3 16 24  111   Jerry Lynn
  5 15 18  106   Lance Storm
  1 15 16   82   Eddie Guerrero
  9  6  9   81   Yoshihiro Tajiri
  3  5 11   52   Perry Saturn
  1  7 11   48   Steve Regal
  2  5  4   33   Kurt Angle
  2  2  6   28   Al Snow
  2  4  2   26   Koji Kanemoto
  3  2  0   21   Minoru Tanaka
  3  0  3   21   Shinjiro Otani
  2  1  4   21   Taz
  3  1  0   18   Rob Van Dam
  2  0  2   14   Ken Shamrock
  2  1  0   13   Mariko Yoshida
  2  1  0   13   Kiyoshi Tamura
  0  1  5   13   Norman Smiley
  1  2  0   11   Mikiko Futagami
  1  1  1   10   Daisuke Ikeda
  0  2  2   10   Little Guido
  0  2  2   10   Jushin Liger
  1  1  0    8   Mitsuharu Misawa
  1  0  1    7   Sting
  1  0  1    7   Riptide
  1  0  1    7   Carlos Amano
  0  1  2    7   Curt Hennig
  0  0  3    6   Jeff Jarrett
  1  0  0    5   Yuki Ishikawa
  1  0  0    5   Triple H
  1  0  0    5   Susan Green
  1  0  0    5   Road Dogg
  1  0  0    5   Nova
  1  0  0    5   Hulk Hogan
  1  0  0    5   Dan Severn
  0  1  1    5   Ric Flair
  0  1  1    5   Edge
  0  1  1    5   David Taylor
  0  0  2    4   Rey Mysterio Jr.
  0  1  0    3   X-Pac
  0  1  0    3   Test
  0  1  0    3   Naoya Ogawa
  0  1  0    3   Malia Hosaka
  0  1  0    3   Hacksaw Jim Duggan
  0  1  0    3   Cuddley Berr
  0  1  0    3   Bill Goldberg
  0  0  1    2   Yoshiyuki Saito
  0  0  1    2   Taka Michinoku
  0  0  1    2   Shane Douglas
  0  0  1    2   Mona
  0  0  1    2   Kanyon
  0  0  1    2   Gary Steele
  0  0  1    2   Fit Finlay
  0  0  1    2   Dr. Wagner Jr.
  0  0  1    2   Bert Hart
  0  0  1    2   Adam Pearce

CHRIS BIRD: While this might be a good candidate to rename "the Dean
Malenko Memorial Award", he doesn't win it this year. Bret Hart waged a
one-man crusade to bring mat-wrestling back to the masses. Norman Smiley
did the same and got over while doing it. Perry Saturn learned everything
Dean taught him and expanded on it to develop his own distinctly unique
and exciting mat style.

EDC: Super Crazy brings a new meaning to the term Flyer. Everything he
does is always on the mark and he hasn't botched anything I remember all
year. Hardy gets on because of his Hangtime, although he does seem out of
control sometimes. Dragon Kid can not be denied, but his blowing 50% of
his spots drops him to number 3.

CYBERAL33: I'm going to give Minoru Tanaka the best technical wrestler
award, but it's a close call. His main advantage is his quickness and the
sharpness, as he can break into a cross armbreaker (jujigatame) from any
position. Second would have to be Mariko Yoshida whose intense jiu-jutsu
training has really showed. She seems to now be the most credible fighter
in ARSION. Third is Steven Regal who can stretch anyone, even in the
routond shape he's in.  Europe has produced a ton of great wrestlers that
never seem to get any respect (Regal, Finlay, Taylor, Smiley, Jody Fleich,
etc.)

K. CANZANELLA: I was shootstyle-tape declined this year but I did get to
see the work of Minoru Tanaka and I think he is the best of the technical
wrestlers I have seen because of his ability to hit a killer submission
out of anywhere. Koji Kanemoto is also quite prolific in this style. He
gets second. Lance Storm is the best of the US technical wrestlers so I'll
give him the third place vote.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Much as it pains me, I simply can't give Owen first
place in this one. Dean Malenko was great up until Russo showed up,
especially in his last match with Misterio at the end of the voting
period. Tajiri did well enough for himself to earn third place (amazing
what more regular ECW exposure can get you).

FALCONARROW: Excuse my smartass vote for the Brooklyn Brawler :)

DON BECKER: Deano-Machino gets the top spot again this year.  Ohtani and
Ikeda round out my three, Ikeda going over because he gets to do more
mat-based stuff in BattleArts than Ohtani gets to in NJPW.

SHAWN MULLIN: Deano Machino can do everyone's moves better than they can.
He'll pull out moves he hasn't done in ages just to show people what he
can do.  I don't think anyone has the repetoire he has, and he rarely
flubs anything.  Benoit and Hart seem to know their shit too :)

MAX CHITTISTER: I don't think there's more than four "technical" wrestlers
left in the world, one of whom (Bret Hart) took most of the year off. So
it's Benoit, Malenko, and Eddy, like always.

PAUL SHOCK: Chris Benoit is the best wrestler in the world.  I felt I had
to vote for the late, great Owen Hart.  Speaking of guys from
Calgary...Alberta...  Canada, Storm edges into third over Malenko,
Guerrero, Snow and the Hitman.

BLOB: Dean Malenko's great technical wrestling and many different holds
and counters just barely put him over the Hart Brothers, who are famous
for their scientific ability. Owen will forever be known for his wonderful
mix of high impact and scientific wrestling.

GEORGE CARTER: Man, this award keeps getting more and more difficult to
choose each and every year. Dean is the purest of the pure and that's why
I still like him.  Bret isn't what he was a few years ago, but he is still
very good. And Owen gets my third voite for being the great technical
wrestler he has been for over a decade.

JOHN C.:You don't have to leave the province of Alberta for this one. The
top three are my fellow Canadians Benoit, Bret Hart and Lance Storm. Any
questions?

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: Hart wins this award thanks to his awesome match with
Benoit, as the two of them provide the last bastion of good old fashioned
North American style wrestling. Benoit comes in second because his mat
works is solid and great, and works well with his stiff brawling and
Japanese style offence.

JAMES GOWDEY: Funny, Hart, Benoit, and Malenko are all in
WCW...*coughMOREWRESTLINGWWFcough*

SEAN FLYNN: WCW's one strong point, though dying under Vinny Roo

BEN MILLER:  Kanemoto is in a league of his own.  Gotta love Benoit,
though.

KEVIN WONG: I almost voted for the Rock, because of his incredibly
technical Greco-Roman spit-laden smack to the side of the head.  Then I
realized that Triple H's knee arsenal was much more deserving, and then I
remembered that Hogan can still bust out that cross-armbreaker, so he HAD
to be placed first.  Then I realized the category was BEST Technical
Wrestler, not LEAST Technical Wrestler

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Rock?? Test?? Road Dogg?!? Right. Anyway, no one uses more
moves per match than Dean Malenko. Like a lot of other people, he doesn't
seem to use many of them anymore, but when he bothers to try, he's still
great. Chris Benoit gets second, with the same caveat. Al Snow gets third,
since he's the best (probably the *only*) technical wrestler in the WWF
and since I refuse to vote for Bret Hart.

JEREMY SORIA: Two-thirds of The New Japan Three are here... they still got
it after all these years. Owen Hart still had it as well... and as a
tribute to him, he's on my ballot.

SELENA KYTE:  I don't always need fancy moves or special holds to keep my
attention on the match.  I enjoy the basics as well, which is the main
reason why I admire veteran Susan Green.  Since she's traching other women
the basics as well, maybe there can be more of a balance between technical
skills and hard-impact moves.

JASON BALDWIN: Steven Regal is sooooooo underrated, it's not even funny.
So is Fit Finlay, but that's another category.

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Best Brawler

Award Description:

To be given to the wrestler who brawled his/her way through the year most
convincingly. This award would go to Frank "Bruiser Brody" Goodish if he
were still around. In 1994, this award was split into two: North American
and Non-North American.  In 1998, it was recombined.

Previous Winners:

  1991: Stan Hansen
  1992: Cactus Jack
  1993: Big Van Vader
  1994: (NA)     Cactus Jack
  1994: (non-NA) Stan Hansen
  1995: (NA)     Cactus Jack
  1995: (non-NA) Stan Hansen
  1996: (NA)     Mankind (Cactus Jack)
  1996: (non-NA) Terry Funk
  1997: (NA)     Mankind
  1997: (non-NA) Stan Hansen
  1998: Mankind (Cactus Jack / Mick Foley / Dude Love)

**1999**: Mankind

345 first place votes
330 second place votes
318 third place votes

135 56 31  905   Mankind
 78 54 28  608   Steve Austin
 13 19 27  176   Bradshaw
 17 17 11  158   Fit Finlay
 12 17 17  145   Chris Benoit
 10 11 17  117   Raven
  5 16 20  113   Hak (Sandman)
  9  9 13   98   New Jack
  5  8 16   81   Rock
  6 12  7   80   Mike Awesome
  6  9  5   67   Balls Mahoney
  4  9 10   67   Masato Tanaka
  1 12 11   63   Hardcore Holly
  2  8 11   56   Al Snow
  4  6  8   54   Tommy Dreamer
  1 10  9   53   Dudley Boyz
  2  6  9   46   Bam Bam Bigelow
  2  5  8   41   Goldberg
  1  4 11   39   Taz
  3  5  2   34   Kane
  3  3  5   34   Vader
  3  4  2   31   Faarooq
  3  1  3   24   Sabu
  0  6  3   24   Road Dogg
  2  1  4   21   Aja Kong
  4  0  0   20   David Finlay
  1  3  0   14   Big Bossman
  2  0  1   12   Sid Vicious
  0  2  3   12   Undertaker
  0  0  5   10   Triple H
  1  0  2    9   Justin Credible
  1  1  0    8   Mayumi Ozaki
  1  1  0    8   Lioness Asuka
  1  0  1    7   Meng
  0  1  2    7   Rhino
  1  0  0    5   Tomoaki Honda
  1  0  0    5   Juggernaut
  1  0  0    5   Ian Rotten
  1  0  0    5   Disco Inferno
  1  0  0    5   Daisuke Ikeda
  1  0  0    5   Cactus Jack
  1  0  0    5   British Bulldog
  0  0  2    4   Ken Shamrock
  0  0  2    4   Hulk Hogan
  0  1  0    3   Vampiro
  0  1  0    3   Scott Hall
  0  1  0    3   Sandman
  0  1  0    3   Rick Steiner
  0  1  0    3   Pierroth Jr.
  0  1  0    3   Norman Smiley
  0  1  0    3   Michelle Starr
  0  1  0    3   Las Cachorras Orientales
  0  1  0    3   Kyoko Inoue
  0  1  0    3   Kevin Nash
  0  1  0    3   Corporal Robinson
  0  1  0    3   Chyna
  0  1  0    3   Bret Hart
  0  0  1    2   Steve Blackman
  0  0  1    2   Shinobu Kandori
  0  0  1    2   Shane McMahon
  0  0  1    2   Scott Norton
  0  0  1    2   Psychosis
  0  0  1    2   Mima Shimoda
  0  0  1    2   Mad Man Pondo
  0  0  1    2   Gangrel
  0  0  1    2   Diamond Dallas Page
  0  0  1    2   Brooklyn Brawler
  0  0  1    2   Big Show
  0  0  1    2   Beau James

REJECTED

  0  1  0        D-Generation X

CHRIS BIRD: Mick Foley had a lousy year this year, so Steve Austin, Hak,
and Ballz Mahoney (so sue me. I like Ballz Mahoney) get the nod.

EDC: No one new stepped up in the Tech dept this year, so it goes to the
usual suspects. Triple H might get there if he continues to dismatel
people like he has in the last 2 months.

CYBERAL33: Chris Benoit is a tremendous pure wrestler and that's also what
makes him Best Brawler. It gives him an added dimension and adds
psychology to seemingly wild brawls. Vader is a stiff worker and his
punches have looked better and better this year in All Japan. Mick Foley
makes a match just by giving up his body and this year has been no
exception despite the outcry that he's giving his body a rest (see: I Quit
match with the Rock).

K. CANZANELLA: Chris Benoit is still the best brawler. Number two is
Pierroth Jr. because you take your average EMLL brawl and then you compare
it to a brawl with Pierroth in it and you see that the second makes the
other look like a Rock/Austin match in comparison. It's a shame they
didn't go through with his fued v. Santo Jr. I guess AAA Psicosis will get
my third. He's not tremendous or anything but his brawls are entertaining
and he is willing to take huge bumps.

MR. JF: Austin's matches are basically brawls, and Austin's matches are
generally pretty good. Hence, he gets this award. No one else is as
consistant in delivering good brawls as he is. Foley hasn't had a good
year match-wise, so he gets left out.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: When he wants to, Chris Benoit could be a better brawler
than anyone. Just looking at the snap in his chops (and the complete lack
of emotion with which he delivers them) makes him tops. Before the injury,
Fit Finlay was entertaining as hell to watch, and Bradshaw has the
potential to be a great Stan Hansen-like asskicker. He finally saw some of
that come out this year as part of the Acolytes - having Jeff Hardy around
to sell your finisher doesn't hurt.

AARON: Bradshaw is a sorely underrated brawler. He has the most legit
looking punches around, and those barfights are only going to serve to get
him over more. Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka turned a certain piss break
match into the sleeper math of the year at last year's Heatwave, and
continued their trends this year. Oh, and Bradshaw =3D ass kicker.

OCTAVIAN:  Interesting to note that my top three brawlers (Austin,
Mankind, and Rock) all held the WWF title this year.  Maybe not so
surprising considering the majority of the championship matches on ppv had
a large amount of brawling filler through the crowds and by the entrance
way.

DON BECKER: The best brawler should be one whose brawls look legit, in
which case David Finlay gets this one - can't go wrong with Irish
badasses.  Bradshaw is starting to remind me more and more of Stan Hansen
with better eyesight, and he's really come into his own.  Masato Tanaka
gets a nod for sheer violence and the physical abuse he's willing to take.

SHAWN MULLIN: Considering how he carried like 6 PPV main events with his
brawling skills, I'd saw Austin gets the nod here.  Mick and Benoit both
add more to brawls than your average hardcore shmo, at least their brawls
have something of substance to them.

MAX CHITTISTER: Mankind, Bradshaw, and Snow. Three guys who don't need
goofy things to hit people with.

JBELL55146: This should be renamed The Mick Foley Award!

PAUL SHOCK: They should rename this the Foley Award.  Why is Bradshaw on
the ballot, but not Faarooq?

BLOB: Mankind is known for his great brawling and had a couple of good
brawls within the past year. Goldberg is a very underrated brawler and
Masato Tanaka has had insane brawling this year.

JOHN C.:As long as Mick Foley is wrestling he has this award wrapped up,
end of discussion.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: The Mick Foley award goes to...Mick Foley!! Despite
being banged up and hurt, Foley continues to deliver solid and fun brawls
for the public. Benoit comes in second because of the solid brawling
aspect to his offence, including the best chops in the game. Austin comes
in third as his brawls are always fun to watch for a bit of good mayhem.

JOE GENTILE:  Mankind, hobbled and hurt is still the best brawler in the
game. Second goes to Dreamer, for his incredible efforts in ECW.  Mike
Awesome is just that. He gets third.

JAMES GOWDEY: Funny, Austin, Mankind, and Snow are all in
WWF...*coughLESSPUNCHINGWWFcough*

SEAN FLYNN: I like New Jack's psychotic brawls_.maybe it's the background
music, I don't know.

BEN MILLER:  Austin's matches are all brawls, and almost always good.
Foley, due to giving the fans everything they asked for and much more for
a decade, tapered off.  Benoit is great, but limited brawls keep him at 3.

KEVIN WONG: Fit Finlay deserves to be best brawler, basically because he
makes it look half-decent.  Now can someone explain why he's hanging with
the Blue Bloods??

B. SZPAKOWICZ: How many years running has some version of Mick Foley won
this now? :) Steve Austin gets second. All he does any more *is* brawl,
but he still puts in a good performance every time out (despite popular
opinion to the contrary) . Finally, Road Dogg was the best (I'd say the
only good) WWF hardcore champion, so he gets the third spot.

RYAN GRANT:  Becoming one of the best brawlers in the business is why
Steve Austin has been able to stay at the top of the heap.  It's also why
Mankind still (kinda) has a career.  Al Snow was also very good this year
in the Hardcore ranks.

JEREMY SORIA: Mankind? Higher than Stone Cold? Yes, it's possible! Who's
been out busting more ass than Stone Cold these days? Mankind! Chris
Benoit is still one mean badass who can brawl as well as he can wrestle.

JUSTIN JONES: What does "Best Brawler" mean, anyway? Brawling isn't really
wrestling, is it? What the hell, Mick was better than anyone else at it.

HEATM:  Mankind had wild brawls with Rock, Austin and Big Show among
others.  He's easily #1.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: For Best Brawler I was tempted to vote for both Fit
Finlay and Dave Finlay, since they were listed separately on the ballot,
but decided that After Benoit and Fit, I'd have to include Raven, who had
some nice brawls in WCW early in the year.

MDB: Finlay has got to be one of the toughest guys on Earth.  There's just
no stopping him.

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Most Favourite Wrestler

Award Description:

To be given to the wrestler you like the most, regardless of the reason.

Previous Winners:

  1991: Ric Flair
  1992: Ric Flair
  1993: Ric Flair
  1994: Ric Flair
  1995: Shawn Michaels
  1996: Stone Cold Steve Austin
  1997: Stone Cold Steve Austin
  1998: Mankind (Cactus Jack / Dude Love / Mick Foley)

**1999**: Chris Jericho

352 first place votes
343 second place votes
339 third place votes

 84 53 36  651   Chris Jericho
 50 38 31  426   Mankind
 54 34 26  424   Rock
 21 43 28  290   Chris Benoit
 14 14  8  128   Bret Hart
 11 16  9  121   Steve Austin
 10 10 10  100   Rob Van Dam
  9 10  5   85   Jeff Hardy
  5  7  8   62   Ric Flair
  6  5  7   59   D'Lo Brown
  7  7  1   58   Owen Hart
  4 10  3   56   Eddie Guerrero
  4  6  8   54   Hardcore Holly
  5  2 11   53   Raven
  6  3  5   49   Kane
  3  5  9   48   Goldberg
  6  3  4   47   Triple H
  2 10  3   46   Edge
  2  3  8   35   Yoshihiro Tajiri
  3  4  3   33   Sting
  2  4  4   30   Mike Awesome
  1  4  5   27   Taz
  1  3  6   26   Lance Storm
  2  1  6   25   Jerry Lynn
  2  2  4   24   Vampiro
  2  1  4   21   X-Pac
  2  1  4   21   La Parka
  2  0  4   18   Fit Finlay
  3  0  1   17   Al Snow
  0  3  4   17   Taka Michinoku
  1  1  4   16   Scott Hall
  0  2  4   14   Undertaker
  2  1  0   13   Sabu
  0  1  5   13   Booker T.
  2  0  1   12   Mitsuharu Misawa
  0  0  6   12   Toshiaki Kawada
  1  2  0   11   Hulk Hogan
  2  0  0   10   Joe E. Legend
  1  1  1   10   Roadkill
  1  0  2    9   Test
  1  0  2    9   Kanyon
  0  3  0    9   Ken Shamrock
  1  1  0    8   Steve Blackman
  1  1  0    8   Kenta Kobashi
  1  0  1    7   Shocker
  0  1  2    7   Norman Smiley
  0  1  2    7   Masato Tanaka
  0  2  0    6   Psychosis
  0  0  3    6   Christian
  1  0  0    5   Shinjiro Otani
  1  0  0    5   Shawn Michaels
  1  0  0    5   Rey Mysterio Jr.
  1  0  0    5   Perry Saturn
  1  0  0    5   Meiko Satomura
  1  0  0    5   Masahito Kakihara
  1  0  0    5   Mariko Yoshida
  1  0  0    5   Magnum Tokyo
  1  0  0    5   Lexie Fyfe
  1  0  0    5   Kyoko Inoue
  1  0  0    5   Koji Kanemoto
  1  0  0    5   Evan Karagias
  1  0  0    5   Disco Inferno
  1  0  0    5   Curt Hennig
  1  0  0    5   Chris Candido
  1  0  0    5   Bambi
  0  1  1    5   Steve Regal
  0  1  1    5   Mona
  0  1  1    5   Justin Credible
  0  1  1    5   Jeff Jarrett
  0  1  1    5   Ivory
  0  1  1    5   Great Sasuke
  0  0  2    4   Juventud Guerrera
  0  0  2    4   Chyna
  0  1  0    3   Val Venis
  0  1  0    3   Vader
  0  1  0    3   Tommy Dreamer
  0  1  0    3   Steve Corino
  0  1  0    3   Sid Vicious
  0  1  0    3   Shadow WX
  0  1  0    3   Reckless Youth
  0  1  0    3   Pete "Gas"
  0  1  0    3   New Jack
  0  1  0    3   Minoru Tanaka
  0  1  0    3   Mayumi Ozaki
  0  1  0    3   Manami Toyota
  0  1  0    3   Jushin Liger
  0  1  0    3   Dean Malenko
  0  1  0    3   Daisuke Ikeda
  0  1  0    3   Buff Bagwell
  0  1  0    3   Black Warrior
  0  1  0    3   Amanda Storm
  0  0  1    2   Vince McMahon
  0  0  1    2   Total Package
  0  0  1    2   Silver King
  0  0  1    2   Shane Douglas
  0  0  1    2   Sandman
  0  0  1    2   Mr. Ass
  0  0  1    2   Mideon
  0  0  1    2   Meng
  0  0  1    2   Matt Hardy
  0  0  1    2   Malia Hosaka
  0  0  1    2   Lenny
  0  0  1    2   Kurt Angle
  0  0  1    2   Kevin Nash
  0  0  1    2   Jun Akiyama
  0  0  1    2   Hiromichi Fuyuki
  0  0  1    2   Hardy Boyz
  0  0  1    2   Gillberg
  0  0  1    2   Gangrel
  0  0  1    2   Faarooq
  0  0  1    2   Eiji Ezaki
  0  0  1    2   David Young
  0  0  1    2   Crash Holly
  0  0  1    2   Chapparita Asari
  0  0  1    2   Cat
  0  0  1    2   Candy Okutsu
  0  0  1    2   Buh Buh Ray Dudley
  0  0  1    2   Blue Meanie
  0  0  1    2   Blitzkrieg
  0  0  1    2   Big Bossman
  0  0  1    2   Adam Pearce
  0  0  1    2   Abismo Negro

CHRIS BIRD: Nobody makes me mark out harder and more often than D-Lo
Brown. Although Jericho and Benoit come close.

EDC: The Usual Suspects win the top two spots in the Brawler award. Masato
Tanaka is in there for diversity.

RFLAGG13: Mankind has been a long time favorite of mine, so he
emphatically earns the top spot on my list. Second goes to one of the best
damned in-ring heels I've seen in a long time, Yoshihiro Tajiri. Damn, can
this guy throw some devastating kicks or what? Plus, I mark out for the
Tarantula. Third goes to The Rock, who despite really needing to learn
some new moves and how to sell them, is one of the best personalities in
the history of wrestling. Give him a few years, and he might be up there
with Ric Flair in consistently great interviews.

K. CANZANELLA: Shocker was my fave wrestler this year. Combine great
wrestling ability, great flying ability, and great dick heel attitude and
you get my ideal wrestler. I mark for Black Warrior. He's a great, great
wrestler who probably would have taken first but he fell out of the
shuffle later this year and didn't get to do much. Abismo Negro is very
very mean and I like very very mean wrestlers.

NATHAN LONEY:  I'm a Rock mark, through and through. 17. NATHAN LONEY:  I
said it when he was in the WWF, and I'll say it again... I get worried
that Erik Watts has a career in wrestling.  He totally sucks.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: RIP, Rocket - you were the greatest. The Blondz bring up
the rear.

FALCONARROW:  Yes, I did vote for Scott Hall. What is your problem? :)

MATTHEW CLEARY: Kyoko Inoue is still my favorite, after all these years.

SHAWN MULLIN: No one makes me mark out like Jericho.  No matter what he
does, I'm always into it.  It's fun to be a mark again, and no one really
brings that out in me like Jericho does.  His debut had me freaking out,
and I'm constantly entertained.  Hart and Benoit are also good old
Canadian boys who tell damn good stories in the ring, that's what I like
:)

MAX CHITTISTER: I have lots of favorites, and only three votes. God, I'd
love to vote for D-Lo, Stevie, Test, and Shane, too. Even if workrate is
dropping and match quality is plummeting, there are a lot of charismatic
performers out there that I have fun watching.

JBELL55146: I laughed more from Rock and Sock then I have at any wrestlers
in a long time. And Benoit is just the essense of cool.

PAUL SHOCK: When the Y2J countdown comes on, you can't tear me away from
the TV.

BLOB: It's hard not to give Bret Hart the award. I know he whines and
cries a lot, but he has been impressive this year. His work is not as good
as say, 1994, but excellent, nonetheless. As a Jerichoholic, Y2J is a
no-brainer for me. And an underrated great wrestler in Lance Storm is my
choice for #3.

ADNAN VIRK: Is vince a wrestler? Well he fought a few matches and won the
title, so I say that puts him in the catagory.

JOHN C.:I saw Chris Jericho's 8th match of his career back in 1992 and
from that day I was a Jerichoholic and will continue to be one till the
day I die. His debut in the WWF was remarkable and he's a class act all
the way, there's nothing bad to say about this guy.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN:  The same as 1 and 5, except that Jericho makes the
list. Although he isn't wrestling in as many good matches, Jericho stick
work and antics still make a good watch. I don't know where the Chyna
angle may go, but if Jericho wasn't in it then it would be a 10000 times
worse.  Benoit and Eddy rule, nuff said.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: I can't put Mankind at No.1 because (a) I do have a
girlfriend and (b) I don't want to be like Steve Austin :). So Eddie gets
first, Mick second and Jericho third.

JOE GENTILE:  1st: Foley is God! Accept it and worship him.  Jericho is
now second, as his antics as Y2J even supass his ring efforts.  3rd: I can
not believe that Hardcore Holly is the same guy who drove a friggin' race
car! He rules now!

JOE GAGNE: Chris Jericho's a joy to behold, whether he's on the stick or
in the ring.  What Chris Benoit lacks in personality he more than makes up
for it in intensity.  And D'Lo always puts in a great effort, and could
really be on of the stars of the future.

DAVID HANNA:  I respect Austin a lot.  For one, I don't believe the crap
the internet says about him.  The guy does job.  He works his ass off,
even at house shows.  For someone as massively over has Austin he never
takes a day off. Mankind is a joy to watch.  I hope he sticks around a few
more years.  He is funny and great on the stick.  After reading his book I
have a new found apperciation for the man they call Mankind.  Everyone
loves The Rock.  Well, except some workrate freak internet smarts.  Let's
face it, the guy is an entertainer.  The first of a new breed of wrestler
who will get over by entertaining and not wrestling.  The masses don't
care if you sell or do a hurcanrana.  They want to be entertained.  The
Rock does it for me.

JAMES GOWDEY: Sure, D'Lo's probably not going to win in this category, but
if he ever comes across these awards, at least he'll see that he's got
people that think he's one kick-spoony dude, dude.

SEAN FLYNN: This is the first year where Ric Flair wouldn't find a way
into this list_.hoping for better things in 2000.

BEN MILLER:  Austin is the man, but I love Foley and Juvy, too.

KEVIN WONG: I have Edge listed here (probably the only vote for him) , but
he's a pretty cool guy.  And plus, how can you not like a guy who, in a
real-life angle, is dating to Val Venis' sister (last I heard, anyways) .
But when all is said and done, I'm still an admitted Jerichoholic.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Shawn Michaels. :) Yeah, I know he doesn't wrestle anymore.
But I can dream, surely? Seriously, Chris Jericho became my favourite
active wrestler in the WWF about, oh, a whole three seconds after his
debut. And since I hate WCW and am utterly ambivalent to ECW, there's the
top vote. Mankind gets second, and I really wish he could have gotten one
higher. There's about a dozen people who could get third, so I'll randomly
give it to, say, Edge, cause he's Canadian.

SEZ OF SEED: With his shots against Wal-Mart (and the fact that he hates
The Rock, too) , I've got to let Al Snow creep up on Mick Foley to take
that coveted #1 spot.  Although he still doesn't have a snowball's chance
in hell here, pardon the pun.

RYAN GRANT:  Two of my favorites are in the ECW, Mike Aweseom and Jerry
Lynn. They both rank behind Kane, though.  Can't explain why I like the
big lug, but I really do.

RICK SCAIA:  Something as subjective as "Most Favorite" needs little
justification. But Mick Foley tops my list for sheer all-around
entertainment value.  His matches have dropped off a bit, but he's more
than made up for it with other elements of his performance.  The Rock
keeps getting better in the ring every time out (and I hope he keeps on
improving) , and is also gold on promos; an easy runner-up.  Rob Van Dam
gets third on my list, based sheerly on in-ring work.

JUSTIN JONES: Space Mountain may be the oldest ride in the park, but it's
still got the longest line, jack! WHOOO!

JASON BALDWIN: After months and months of build-up, the only true, happy,
perfect mark-out moment for me was when Jericho came out at the end of the
millennium countdown and ran down The Rock. I must have watched that a
half-dozen times that night.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER:  For Favorite Wrestler, it should surprise no one
that Benoit was my top pick.  Psicosis (as a write-in) gets second, and
I'm still pissed he had to lose the mask.  Third this year goes to Lenny
Lane as a write-in, since I've watched him from the front row in his
rookie matches in Minnesota as he climbs his way up to superstardom. I'd
love to put my two latest mark-out moment evokers (Super Crazy and Tajiri)
but there isn't room.  P.S.  Finlay is listed at least twice again; make
sure the totals are added together.

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Most Improved Wrestler

Award Description:

To be given to the wrestler who most improved himself/herself in all facets
of the sport in the past year.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Lex Luger
  1991: Ron Simmons
  1992: Steve Austin
  1993: Marcus Alexander Bagwell
  1994: Diesel
  1995: Johnny B. Badd
  1996: Wildman Marc Mero (Johnny B. Badd)
  1997: Ken Shamrock
  1998: The Rock

**1999**: Hardcore Holly

345 first place votes
329 second place votes
313 third place votes

 67 44 25  517   Hardcore Holly
 61 39 20  462   Kane
 31 28 40  329   Test
 30 37 34  329   Shane McMahon
 11 12 20  131   D'Lo Brown
  7 17 16  118   Chyna
 12  6 12  102   Goldberg
 10 11  7   97   Jerry Lynn
  7  7 13   82   Lenny
  4 13  8   75   Edge
  4  9 14   75   Val Venis
 10  6  3   74   Triple H
  9  3  4   62   Vader
  4  8  4   52   Jeff Hardy
  4  7  2   45   Christian
  4  3  6   41   Kidman
  5  4  1   39   Saturn
  4  4  3   38   Rock
  3  1  8   34   Curt Hennig
  2  4  6   34   Yoshihiro Tajiri
  5  1  1   30   Jeff Jarrett
  2  4  3   28   Blitzkrieg
  4  1  2   27   Hardy Boyz(NO)
  3  2  3   27   Chris Jericho
  3  3  1   26   Perry Saturn
  1  2  5   21   British Bulldog
  0  3  6   21   Super Crazy
  0  4  4   20   Matt Hardy
  3  0  2   19   Tokyo Magnum
  2  3  0   19   Chris Chetti
  3  1  0   18   Kanyon
  1  3  1   16   Chris Benoit
  3  0  0   15   Disco Inferno
  2  1  1   15   Norman Smiley
  1  2  1   13   Mona
  2  0  1   12   Diamond Dallas Page
  2  0  1   12   Bradshaw
  0  4  0   12   Lodi
  2  0  0   10   Roadkill
  1  1  1   10   Mankind
  0  0  5   10   Mike Awesome
  1  1  0    8   Lexie Fyfe
  1  1  0    8   Lash LeRoux
  1  1  0    8   Ken Shamrock
  1  1  0    8   Al Snow
  1  0  1    7   Pete "Gas"
  1  0  1    7   Cat
  1  0  1    7   Big Show
  0  1  2    7   Kurt Angle
  0  1  2    7   Danny Doring
  0  2  0    6   Rodney
  0  2  0    6   Road Dogg
  1  0  0    5   Yumi Fukawa
  1  0  0    5   Mr. Ass
  1  0  0    5   Lucha Kane
  1  0  0    5   Little Guido
  1  0  0    5   Kendall Windham
  1  0  0    5   Justin Credible
  1  0  0    5   Joe E. Legend
  1  0  0    5   David Taylor
  1  0  0    5   Cima
  1  0  0    5   Buh Buh Ray Dudley
  1  0  0    5   Adam Pearce
  0  1  1    5   Rhino
  0  1  1    5   Lance Storm
  0  1  1    5   Great Sasuke
  0  0  2    4   Viscera
  0  0  2    4   Steve Corino
  0  0  2    4   David Flair
  0  1  0    3   X-Pac
  0  1  0    3   Vampiro
  0  1  0    3   Too Cool(NO)
  0  1  0    3   Tommy Dreamer
  0  1  0    3   Sting
  0  1  0    3   Steve Regal
  0  1  0    3   Rob Van Dam
  0  1  0    3   Rikishi Fatu (ineligible?)
  0  1  0    3   Naoya Ogawa
  0  1  0    3   Mr. Neibla
  0  1  0    3   Minoru Tanaka
  0  1  0    3   Michiko Omukai
  0  1  0    3   Mark Henry
  0  1  0    3   Jerry Flynn
  0  1  0    3   Hiroyuki Kanda
  0  1  0    3   Gangrel
  0  1  0    3   Evan Karagias
  0  1  0    3   Derek St. Holmes
  0  1  0    3   Bret Hart
  0  1  0    3   Brandi Alexander
  0  1  0    3   Big Bossman
  0  0  1    2   Total Package
  0  0  1    2   Suicide Kid
  0  0  1    2   Strawberry Fields
  0  0  1    2   Papi Chulo
  0  0  1    2   Mikiko Futagami
  0  0  1    2   Maunekea Mossman
  0  0  1    2   Ivory
  0  0  1    2   Genki Horiguchi
  0  0  1    2   Droz
  0  0  1    2   Dean Malenko
  0  0  1    2   Cuddley Berr
  0  0  1    2   Chavo Guerrero Jr.
  0  0  1    2   Booker T.
  0  0  1    2   A.J. Styles

CHRIS BIRD: Vader is wrestling like it's 1992 again. Perry Saturn finally
learned how to throw a punch - among three hundred other things. Kane
improved his mobility, his moveset, and worked his ass off. These are
improvements.

JEREMY MORAN: While Kane is definitely the most improved wrestler of the
year (LUCHAKANE~!), I really feel kinda odd putting Shane Mc & Test in
this category.  I mean, yeah, they've improved from their first match, but
it's hard to call them "Most Improved" when there's nothing to improve
from.  They're definitely my choices for Rookies of the Year.  If we did
that.

EDC: Lenny Lane showed the world he was a player this year, but politics
may have doomed his career. Steve Regal bounced back from last years
spiral to almost getting into his world class form of 96. Test shows
promise, but lets hope he *doesn't* turn into Kevin Nash.

CYBERAL33: Compare Saturn's singles matches this year to his ones at the
begining of his WCW tenure and marvel at the difference. He has added
suplexes and submissions and by wrestling Eddie Guerrero two or three
hundred times can only get better. Curt Henning rejuvintated himself in
the Rap is Crap angle and his chops are still world class. Super Crazy
went from a spot-blowing machine into a pretty damn competent wrestler
thanks to a man named Taijiri (with help from Guido, TAKA, and the
rest...)

RFLAGG13: Kane is working his ass off in every match, and he's really
improved himself over this time last year. That alone puts him into the
top spot.  Second goes to Shane McMahon, who really couldn't have gone
anywhere but up.  Seriously, though, who ever thought we'd see Shane O'Mac
in 2 great PPV matches, including his MOTY candidate against Test? Third
goes to D-Lo Brown.  Aside from his unfortunate role on the paralyzing of
Droz, he only continues to improve. I fully expect great things out of
D-Lo in the future, if Vince McMahon doesn't decide to bury him for
injuring one of his workers.

K. CANZANELLA: Vader got booted out of Acme Acres and went to a real
wrestling fed in All Japan and found his workrate again. He went from
mediocre fat man to a very stiff working fat man who had several great
matches and was pretty dominant for a while. Great Sasuke also bounced
back, and proceeded to have some terrific matches in many different
styles. D'lo Brown keeps on improving, but it's a shame he won't be going
anywhere soon because he's being punished for having an uncooperative
opponent,a lack of catchphrases and a possession of *gasp* wrestling
ability.

GENE MOORE: When Shane McMahon first won the European title, I thought it
was a terrible move, and one that degraded the belt. Shane has proven me
wrong since then, and his recent crossbody from the top of the cage shows
why I think the boss' son deserves the Most Improved award.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Who told Glen Jacobs that he could do a pescado? The
Kane character has developed from a one-note sidekick to a compelling
babyface, while uttering maybe fifty words over the course of the year -
proof that fans care about something other than interviewing skill and
catchphrases. Bob Holly gained a good finisher, a great gimmick, and two
titles, while Billy Kidman continued his ascension to his throne as Randy
Savage for the next decade.

MATTHEW CLEARY: The ARSION trio are all some of the best workers you never
hear of in the States.

AARON: Pathetically enough, Shane-O has become one of the WWF's best
flyers. And I could honestly say that he'll wear the WWF title someday.
Test and Kane have also improved greatly.

JOHN ROMANO: Holly went from hanging out with that fat, useless, crack
addict, to becoming a formidable wrestler in the WWF midcard.

DON BECKER: Three guys who went from barely watchable to (almost-)must
see.  Kane went from nothing to something by adding an impressive arsenal
of high-impact moves that just look really cool.  Vader, as I mentioned up
top, went from piece-o-shit to championship material.  And Goldberg is no
longer one-dimensional and boring to watch.

SHAWN MULLIN: Shane went from annoying bitch announcing Sunday Night Heat
to bumpmachine who can actually pull off some wrestling moves, and do some
crazy stuff.  Plus, he can now put on a decent act, and has great
charisma.  Too bad his basics truly blow.  Bob Holly was a living joke for
5 years, now he's RSPW's darling, and one of the most over heels in
wrestling.  I'd say that was an improvement. Test has developped character
and some nice, crisp lookin high impact offence.  Lets hope he can learn
match flow.

MAX CHITTISTER: Six months ago, Kane had this locked up, but he backslid a
little over the last few months. Shane and Bob Holly both re-created
themselves in the last year into solid, entertaining performers who can go
in the ring.

JBELL55146: 2 words: LUCHA-KANE! And Wasn't Bob Holly a race car driver?
How the times have changed

PAUL SHOCK:  Glen Jacobs has improved so much this year, I now just think
of him as Kane.  Issac Yankem is a distant memory.  After all the
criticism about pushing him too soon, Goldberg is now a legitimate
wrestler.  He knows how to do more than two moves, and can pace himself.
For third, I've got to vote the Bulldog, because he's improved SO much
from his godawful 1998.  I would have voted for Hardcore Holly, but he's
not really improved, just pushed.

BLOB: WCW wrestlers take all 3 spots here. DDP has more than doubled his
workrate this year and has become much more bareable. I used to think of
this guy as an idiot, but he really proved himself this year. I like Perry
Saturn more every time I see him wrestle, and he's got to be in the top 5
wrestlers in WCW. Goldberg also added a couple of good power moves to his
repetoire en route to getting #3 on my list.

GEORGE CARTER: Kane wins this one hands down. A year ago I hated Kane with
a passion, and now the WWF has made me actually care for the scarred
brother of the Undertaker. Also, his wrestling skills has improved from
being almost as bad as Rick Steiner to being the (sorry Bobby) 'Best Big
Man in the business'.  Who ever thought I'd mark out for Thurman Sparky
Plugg ??? His skills have improved and he is much more interesting than
ever. Finally, this 'Rap is Crap' gimmick has been a God-send for Curt
Hennig. Before he was just some annoying guy who was a shadow of his
former self. Now he is the guy who sang 'Rap is Crap'. A fire has been
lightened under him and I think that he will have a solid year in 2000.

JOHN C.:My pick here is D'Lo Brown for his much improved effort in the
ring. I must applaud Hardcore Holly on the way he went from being a non
factor to providing fans with a very intriguing character.

JON RICHARDSON: Though Kane is by no means an excellent wrestler, Glen
Jacobs has obviously put a great deal of work into getting himself into
good physical shape and improving himself.  Instead of just doing the
Undertaker's repertoire of moves (which he did for far too long) he has
now added enough (and does it quickly enough) that he was actually able to
keep up with X-Pac when the two were a tag team.  2nd most improved would
be Test as he has moved on from doing more than just power moves.  The
site of the 6'10" guy coming off the top turnbuckle is most impressive.
Third Place goes to pre-injury Droz.  Droz managed to get over post-LOD
and had improved enough as a wrestler to be carried to a watchable match
by just about anybody.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: Test suprises me, as he went from a big stiff with
nothing to a decent big man with a variety of offence. All in under a
year. Sure he can't produce top quality matches yet, but he's been in the
game for under a year and has shown this much. I'm willing to give him a
year to devlope more.  Bigelow suprised me as he came in on fire in WCW,
working some good quality brawls and was fun to watch in the triad
gimmick. He's making me forget the last few days of his WWF run. Saturn
keeps improving, add some more offence and better transition to his game.
If he can elminate teh crappy punches from his offence then he'll crack
some of my top wrestler categories.

DUNCAN O'SULLIVAN: Where was Little Guido in the nominations? He has gone
from comedy wrestler to one of ECW`s best since going solo.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: Hardcore Holly developed a personality this year. Just
compare him to last year's Bob Holly and you can see the difference.  The
British Bulldog was much better years ago, but he really took a step
forward from his last WCW stint. Kane is just not awful anymore. (1st:
Hardcore Holly, 2nd: Kane, 3rd: Bulldog)

ELLIOT SPARKS: Vader's comeback in All Japan has been nothing short of a
miracle. >From fat bastard to killer heel in the space of six months, Leon
White improved immensely in the first half of the voting year. The
progression may not have continued later in the annum, but it honestly
didn't have to: the return to form was miraculous on its own. Improvement
would have been an unthinkable bonus.

JOE GENTILE:  The key is not who is the best wrestler, but who improved
the most.  Therefore, my votes go 1: Kane, who went from fair to very
good; 2 Test, who went from bad to good; and 3: D'Lo Brown, who went from
very good to great.

CHANCE50JR: In the past year, D-Lo Brown has become one of my favorite
wrestlers to watch.  Not just because of his gimmicks (they should stick
him with the "proud european champion" gimmick again) but also because
he's great in the ring.

DAVID HANNA:  Kane certainly has shown a lot.  His weight is down and his
moves have gotten more varied and better.  He is fun to watch.  His
character has also grown and I see Kane moving up the ladder next year.
Shane certainly has shown he can wrestle.  What these awards need is a
Rookie of the Year award. Shane would fit better there.  Chyna who was
just a crotch hitting valet has grown into a competent worker and her PPV
matches are usually one of the best on the show.

JAMES GOWDEY: Shane, Rodney, Pete "Gas"... All three of these guys were
pretty much normal until they worked on their mat skills. Look at them
now, they became actual wrestlers (Rodney can do a MOONSAULT?!) . Of
course, all Shane-O-Mac's matches are just a pleasure to watch, so I had
to pick him.

MYKLL42:Perry Saturn had an amazing year, to the point where I almost
thought he could have pulled out a MOTYC with Eddy Guerrero.  That never
materialized with the Russofication of WCW, but the potential was there,
as it never would have been a year and a half ago.

SEAN FLYNN: Shane has become a legitimate wrestler_.amazing.

BEN MILLER:  Buh Buh Ray is getting much, much better, and if put in a
feud with good workers, I think he could break out.  For such little
experience, Chyna is surprisingly not awful.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Shane McMahon. I think going from being an incredibly
annoying announcer with literally no in-ring skills to being an
entertaining character and decent worker in less than a year is a pretty
damn good leap. He's no HBK, sure, but he's far better than he has any
right to be. Hardcore Holly gets second for actually growing a personality
and Test gets third for both in-ring talent and personality implants.

RYAN GRANT:  Both Test and Hardcore Holly really came out of nowhere this
year (in a very real sense for Test, since he only debuted this time last
year) to rise to the top of the ranks.  Hardcore especially did a great
job of turning around what was a long, long losing streak (JOB Squad!
New Midnights!) to become a fun guy to watch on Monday night.

BERT SNOOVEN: I remember the awards last year, when Bob Holly only got one
vote for most improved wrestler. I was the one who voted for him. He began
to shine last year, but he's really blossomed this year. Having Crash
along doesn't hurt. My second place nod goes to Kane. What made him get up
one morning and decide to actually start wrestling? One of a few big guys
who isn't a complete sloth.

WILL BRICKLES: C'mon!  Bradshaw has improved his game so much and he's not
even nominated.  Give me a break.  (Why didn't YOU nominate him? - CRZ)

COLIN MACKINNON: I started to watch ECW on TNN this year, and Jerry Lynn's
impressed me a lot.  He's come a long way from his J.L. days in the WWF.
Val's good at getting heel heat, and that even showed at the EMLL
Anniversary Show in Mexico a few months back.  D-Lo's quickly becoming one
of my favorites.

RICK SCAIA:  A year ago, Shane McMahon hadn't ever stepped in the ring as
a wrestler on TV.  Today, I'll be honest:  I kind of look forward to
seeing him step into the ring.  He was surprisingly OK in his first
in-ring appearance at WrestleMania 15, and has gotten better every time
out, including his match at SummerSlam against Test that rated as the best
of the night.  By adding a bit of polish and a whole lot of charisma, D'Lo
Brown gets second on this list.  Goldberg notches third as he continues to
expand his once-laughable repretoire.

JEREMY SORIA: Holly and Venis should be tied with each other as far as
this award goes, in my opinion. The gimmick change, as it were, for Holly
was just the thing he needed to get himself into the picture. Val Venis'
character has filled out nicely - people are starting to care for him (or
against him, as it were) .

JUSTIN JONES: Test came out of nowhere to be a more-than-competent worker
whose midcard status belies his importance in WWF angles.

SELENA KYTE:  I am extremely fascinated and pleased with the improvement
of Mona over the past year.  From her Starla Saxton days in the PGWA and
other independents to now, her physique and skills have improved
tremendously. And I'll admit, getting her into WCW and transforming her
into Mona was probably a great career move for her.  With the more
hard-impact moves she's doing, though, I'm not sure it's a good idea for
her to be wrestling barefoot.

HEATM:  Kane has far surpassed anyone's expectations of him when he first
came in.  Shane McMahon had some terrific matches at Wrestlemania,
Summerslam and an IYH ladder match, not to mention his solid work on RAW
and Smackdown.

ROB EVANS: Most Improved - 1 and 2 have to go to Jarrett and Holly.  Both
have really come a long way this year.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Most Improved Wrestler?  Shit, did ANYONE know
Shane McMahon could do half of what he's done in the past year?  He's heir
to a billion dollar corporation and should never have to step in the ring
and he's only been out-bumped by Mankind!  I'm not sure if it's fair to
put Tajiri as #2, since I don't think I saw him before this year, but I'm
voting for him anyway.  Jeff Hardy gets number three, to make this the
first year in the history of the RSPW awards (and I believe I've voted
every year) that no WCW wrestler has received at least one of my votes for
most-improved.  I remember the year when it was hard to decide between DDP
and Johnny B Badd because there wasn't even a close third that year!

MDB: Most Improved?  No one improved this year.  Bulldog, Hennig, and
Regal did better in 99 than in 98 but they are still shadows of former
selves.  I suppose Kane will win this.  Someone started the rumor that
he's improved and dispite merely doing the exact same things he's done the
last two years, the rumor won't die.  <insert living dead/Undertaker joke>

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Most Overrated Wrestler

Award Description:

To be given to the wrestler who really has little talent, but has a large
place in the spotlight nonetheless. This is a measure of how undeserved a
wrestler's push is.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Hulk Hogan
  1991: Hulk Hogan
  1992: Ultimate Warrior
  1993: Hulk Hogan
  1994: Hulk Hogan
  1995: Hulk Hogan
  1996: Hulk Hogan
  1997: Hulk Hogan
  1998: Hollywood Hogan

**1999**: Hulk Hogan

349 first place votes
341 second place votes
333 third place votes

 69 30 20  475   Hulk Hogan
 29 28 19  267   Kevin Nash
 33 19 14  250   Rock
 29 12 14  207   Steve Austin
 16 23 17  183   Sid Vicious
 22 12 10  166   Rob Van Dam
 22  7 10  151   Goldberg
  9 16 24  141   Mr. Ass
 14 12  7  120   Buff Bagwell
  8 11 13   99   Triple H
  5 13 14   92   Total Package
  8 11  5   83   Chyna
  6  7 11   73   Big Bossman
  5 10  9   73   Diamond Dallas Page
  7  9  4   70   Bret Hart
  6  6  8   64   Taz
  3 10  9   63   Konnan
  4  9  6   59   Shane Douglas
  3  8  9   57   Big Show
  5  6  4   51   Vampiro
  5  4  7   51   Shane McMahon
  2  8  8   50   Road Dogg
  2  6  8   44   Scott Steiner
  6  3  2   43   Chris Benoit
  2  5  8   41   Undertaker
  3  5  4   38   Sable
  2  5  6   37   X-Pac
  3  2  6   33   Ric Flair
  3  2  5   31   Sting
  3  2  2   25   Chris Jericho
  1  4  4   25   Berlyn
  2  2  2   20   Godfather
  1  3  3   20   Sabu
  1  2  3   17   Justin Credible
  1  2  2   15   Dean Malenko
  1  0  5   15   Roddy Piper
  1  2  1   13   Jeff Jarrett
  0  3  2   13   Scott Hall
  0  3  2   13   Rick Steiner
  0  3  2   13   Kane
  0  2  2   10   Mark Henry
  0  3  0    9   Randy Savage
  0  1  3    9   Fit Finlay
  1  0  1    7   Warrior
  0  1  2    7   Debra
  0  1  2    7   British Bulldog
  0  0  3    6   Val Venis
  1  0  0    5   Vader
  1  0  0    5   Tori
  1  0  0    5   Rey Mysterio Jr.
  1  0  0    5   Norman Smiley
  1  0  0    5   Meng
  1  0  0    5   Kurt Angle
  0  0  2    4   Cat
  0  1  0    3   Wrath
  0  1  0    3   Owen Hart
  0  1  0    3   Kidman
  0  1  0    3   Kendo KaShin
  0  1  0    3   Eddie Guerrero
  0  1  0    3   David Flair
  0  1  0    3   Booker T.
  0  0  1    2   Vince McMahon
  0  0  1    2   Tommy Dreamer
  0  0  1    2   Test
  0  0  1    2   Sandman
  0  0  1    2   Mankind
  0  0  1    2   Madusa
  0  0  1    2   Fantasia
  0  0  1    2   Evan Karagias
  0  0  1    2   Disciple
  0  0  1    2   Buh Buh Ray Dudley

REJECTED

  0  1  1        Triple H (duplicate)
  0  1  1        Chyna (duplicate)
  0  1  0        "Tie" votes

CHRIS BIRD: Kevin Nash built the entire promotion around himself and it
fell apart. Hulk Hogan did too, and it fell apart too - it just took a
little longer. Billy Gunn got the most undeserved push of the year,
forever proving that he is dependent on Road Dogg for his heat.

EDC: What do these three all have in common? The all say the same thing
over and over and over again. And the suck in the ring too.

RFLAGG13: For everyone who says Vader is back, I say GET A CLUE. He's
still one of the slowest pieces of crap on legs, and he's only been in
great matches because Misawa carried him. He said it best at Over The Edge
'98 when he told the world, "I'm a big fat piece of s***." I
wholeheartedly concur. Next up, we've got Randy Savage, who a lot of
people say is the only WCW main eventer who is any good anymore. I just
don't see it, and the fact that he's been injuring people right and left
with the flying elbow doesn't help matters.  Third, we present the British
Bulldog, who a lot of people seem to be saying is back somehow. Sorry, he
still sucks, and he will never be any good anymore.

K. CANZANELLA: Rocky Miavia takes the cake. If I have to read one more
rube tell me how many "****+" matches he's in or how his interviews are
all different because he changes the catchphrases around I think I'm going
to puke. He's a shitty worker who once had potential, but now would rather
be lazy and ride on the fan's fondness for repetitiveness than do
anything. Taz had a kata hajime on that ECW world title belt and almost
successfully suffocated it. Thank God he's now gone to the fed that shall
dare not feculantize my TV set anymore. You know the only reason Gunn got
that huge singles push is because the WWF wanted to run up the ass count
into triple digits each show. Stick to pointing at Road Dogg's wang,
please.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: With increased exposure to ECW comes more exposure to
those I hate the most: Rob Van "Too flashy for my own good" Dam and Taz,
who I'm thinking I'm going to hate in the WWF. Van Dam can't work a good
match without a chair being involved, Taz doesn't sell for anyone other
than Mike Awesome, and neither is anything when they're before crowds
bigger than 600. Shane Douglas was hailed as one of the best pickups WCW
made all year: instead, his much-vaunted interviews have been pathetically
bad. Even if he does remember what city he's in.

AARON: Shane Douglas must retire. And quickly. Being the gimped bitch boy
for the Revolution isn't going to get him anywhere. Big Show had a lot of
hype going into the WWF, and so far, has failed pretty badly due to his
laziness. Hulk is Hulk.

DON BECKER: I hesitate to add him simply because he's not a wrestler, but
Shane McMahon takes a few nice-looking bumps and all of a sudden he's a
"best flyer" nominee?  As SCSA would say, "eh eh".  I'm still scratching
my head as to why Kendo KaShin was given the IWGP Jr. title and the Best
Of The Super Juniors tourney this year, but then again so are a lot of
other net folk.  Taz's one-dimensional offense may have been caused by
Paul Heyman's booking of him as mini-Goldberg, but time will tell if Vince
can do anything more interesting with him.

SHAWN MULLIN: The definition of this award is who got the largest
undeserved push, and Hogan is almost always going to get this award.
This guy has worn out his welcome as WCW champion, he's worn out his
welcome in the main event, and unlike Flair, you can't go back to Hogan
and always come out successful.  Chyna sucks, and she's only been truly
over when she was matched up with the surprisingly over Jeff Jarrett.
Most of the time the reactions for her are quiet and mixed, and she's not
half the wrestle Shane McMahon is.  That's not good folks.  Billy Gunn
will never be over or interesting on his own.

MAX CHITTISTER: What's the big deal about Vampiro? I don't care if she is
great PR, Chyna needs to be carried through every little bit of a match
(except the nut punch, that is). And Billy Gunn is all attitude, no skill.

CAN00K: I hate Hulk Hogan.

PAUL SHOCK:  HHH is an AWFUL wrestler.  He's a good interview, and that's
it.  I kept hearing how good Douglas was in ECW, but all I saw in WCW was
a pudgy version of HHH with a good finisher.  Shane McMahon had his
moments, but let's be honest, people.  When he had to get in there and mat
wrestle, he was sucking wind after about twenty seconds.

BLOB: Man oh man, did the marks ever come out of their holes when Hogan
turned back into the Hulkster. There is no question about Hogan. As for
Luger, he is WAY overrated as well. The guy is just terrible. Undertaker
is getting to be more and more unbearable as time passes by.

ALDO: Why did WCW keep giving in to Hulk Hogan pre-Russo?  He sucks as a
wrestler, has an irritating voice, won't job for most anyone and has the
least convincing finishing sequence I've seen in my life.  Yet, he gets
most of the focus during much of 1999!  I placed Debra second mainly due
to her only asset -- her breasts.  If someone came up to her and slashed
her tits off, there would be no reason to keep her employed.  Third went
to Sid Vicious in this category.  I'll admit that I marked out when I saw
him appear live at ECW's Guilty As Charged, but he's too much of a
neanderthal in a ring and his interviews are atrocious.  Thank God someone
kept him away from the scissors this year.

GEORGE CARTER: 'Too soon' is what you can say to describe Triple H's title
reign. The only time he was interesting was when he, Shawn, Chyna and Rick
Rude were all apart of DX, but since he 'picked up the ball' Hunter has
been boring.  He has decent mic skills, his wrestling skils are
non-existant (but looks at Austin) and it takes him to reform DX, verbally
attack Jesse the Body Ventura, beat up Vince, Shane, the Rock, Austin and
Arnold. in order to get heat.I don't think I have ever seen a promotion
promote a guy so heavily just to get him over (the last time was either
Rocky Maivia or Glacier/Blood Runs Cold).

JOHN C.:Hogan is the pick of many people but I have to go with Nash cause
he was easily the worst wrestler this year. Watch any of his matches with
Hogan, Sid or Savage and try not to cry.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN:  The Outsiders, the people who helped make WCW into the
#1 company for awhile. And boy if WCW and others didn't think they could
do it again...And boy did Nash booking suck, big time...  And people still
think they're creative and innovative. Nope, Awful and terriible are
better words for them. Overrated is another one.  Shane Douglas leaps to
mind as well, being another Heyman creation. His in-ring schtick was
middling at best, not worthy of the franchise hype given him by some ECW
marks. At least he's good on the stick, where he should be kept.

ELLIOT SPARKS: Most over-rated is a category that may as well be sponsored
by World Wrestling Federation Entertainment (Inc). With the year's crop of
Sports Entertainment Superstars largely consisting of people with little
pro wrestling training, there's a wealth of 'serious competitors' that
have no place in a wrestling ring. But it's not their push that makes
these people truly over-rated; it's the acceptance they have garnered from
fans of all kinds. Chyna epitomises this whole deal, so she gets my top
vote. A pathetic performer, I'm shocked that so many people overlook her
imcompetence because of her laughable status as an 'equal rights' icon. If
people would stop and think, maybe they would realise what a joke her push
really is. Worse yet, the punchline sucks.

DAVID HANNA:  We are entitled to our opinions.  I think Chris Benoit and
Dean Malenko are two of the most overrated guys on all the internet.  I am
so sick and tired of everyone trying to out praise Herb Krunze.  These
guys suck.  I am not talking workrate here.  I am talking what matters in
the 90s and thats mic skills, charisma and personality.  I voted for Billy
Gunn 3rd because everyone thinks he is better than the Road Dogg.  Uh-uh.
Billy is boring, he is blessed to have Mr. Armstrong to carry his ass.

SEAN FLYNN: This is tough, because I like all of these guys, particularly
RVD.  However, they are all overrated due to their fanbases.  Rey is
deteriorated and repetitive.  Benoit: great technician, but doesn't know
how to make himself seem important (partially crappy booking) , and RVD is
good, but NOT the next Shawn Michaels.

LUKE JOHNSTON: Without a doubt, the most overrated wrestler in this
industry in the year 1999 was Rick Steiner. Never before have I seen a man
pushed so unmercifully down the collective throats of fans while receiving
absolutely no heat whatsoever. WCW's pathetic attempts to establish him as
a main eventer by teaming him with Sid Vicious and giving him lengthy
title reigns were met with zero response from the audience. Not getting
the hint, however, WCW continued to push and push and push, and as the
voting year comes to an end Rick Steiner still holds onto the TV title.
It's one of those things that makes you scratch your head and wonder what
the hell is going on.=20

BEN MILLER:  Van Dam is just so bad in so many areas that highspots cannot
make up for it.

KEVIN WONG: What do you mean I can only choose 3??  This year, I've
decided to gloss over the obvious choices and list these three guys:
Berlyn, because at one point, Alex Wright was at least a decent wrestler;
Konnan, who is exactly what he says he is - the Lucha Hulk Hogan; Rob Van
Dam, because he's simply not that great.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Can someone please kill Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Triple
H? The last two are particularly annoying, since they have far more
ability than they ever bother to show. Diesel was actually a *decent*
wrestler, folks. Really! And HHH does have moves not involving his knee.
He just refuses to use them!

SUGAR RAY: Hulk Hogan continues to be pushed to the world title and only
God knows why. Will our suffering ever end ? David Flair, US champion???
What the fuck is that??? And in case you haven't noticed, Roddy Piper is
past his prime and he can retire now. Giving him the US title made a
mockery of the belt.

JEREMY SORIA: Wow, someone actually rated higher than Diamond Dallas Page
this year, eh?  Jeff Jarrett, no one cares about you. They never did in
the WWF, and they most certainly won't in WCW. Do we have to El KaBong you
over the head with your own guitar to make you understand that?

MICHAEL STAKELY: Most overrated Of course this will probably be won by
Kevin Nash or Hogan who don't really belong in this category, the vast
majority of internet fans hate them as is.  Perhaps it would be best to
just retire Hogan from the voting entirely and give him a Lifetime
Overrated Achievement Award so other deserving candidates can get a shot.
1st. It occurs to me that if Rob Van Dam was in any other organization his
stalling and crowd pandering would result in him being burned in effigy...
plus it would have almost universally been accepted that Jerry Lynn was
doing all of the work. 2nd. Catchphrase to move ratio: 2 to 1.  Thanks but
no.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Most Overrated Wrestler is the ONE category each
year where I have trouble narrowing it down to twenty, much less three.
The top two are easy:  Steve Austin and Taz.  Neither one should have won
a single match all year, much less hold a world title.  Austin is a
cripple who hasn't been all that interesting for two years, and may have
been the most interesting with Pillman in th Hollywood Blonds. For the
third spot I considered Buff Bagwell, Big Show, Billy Gunn, Bret Hart,
Dean Malenko (who was at the top of my list for "favorite wrestler" only
three years ago) , Godfather, Hulk Hogan, Ivory, Kevin Nash, Mark Henry,
Sting, Tori, Triple H, and Undertaker, but ended up going with Debra.
She was boring in WCW and the plastic surgery only made her a little more
pleasing on the eyes, but was still damn annoying.  That, and she'd
probably getting old enough to be my grandmother, and there's people my
age who are grandparents.  It was especially hard to leave out Konnan and
Shane Douglas, who should both have been jobbing to Mike Tenay.

MDB: World Champ Triple H.  Does that sound pathetic or what?  Sid is one
of the luckiest guys in the world.  Why promoters think anyone cares about
him is beyond me.  And just to prove anyone could hold the WWF title and
still have WCW's ass handed to them, Vince put the belt on the Big Giant
in the middle of one of the lamest feuds of the decade.

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Best Wrestling Gimmick

Award Description:

To be given to the wrestler who had the best character gimmick in the past
year.

Previous Winners:

  1991: The Undertaker
  1992: The Undertaker
  1993: The Undertaker
  1994: Bob Backlund as the real WWF champ
  1995: Goldust
  1996: NWO
  1997: Mick Foley's multiple personalities
  1998: Lionheart Chris Jericho as a Paragon of Virtue

**1999**: Hardcore Holly as The Big Shot and a Superheavyweight

339 first place votes
330 second place votes
313 third place votes

 72 52 41  598   Hardcore Holly as a "Super Heavyweight" ("Big Shot")
 68 34 27  496   Chris Jericho as Y2J - saviour of the WWF
 30 32 20  286   Mankind as the Rock's best friend
 26 18  5  193   Rock
 18 14 20  172   Lenny & Lodi as...brothers
  5 23 15  124   Jeff Jarrett as a male chauvanist
  6 12 17  100   Steve Corino as an old school wrestler/a whiner
 13  4  5   87   Blue Blazer
 10  7  8   87   Mr. Socko
  7  9 12   86   Godfather
  4 14  5   72   Great Muta
  3 11  8   64   La Parka
  4  7 10   61   Norman Smiley
  4  5 13   61   Stevie Richards as everybody else
  3 12  5   61   Yoshihiro Tajiri as Great Muta ripoff
  8  2  7   60   Kane
  6  4  6   54   Angry Amish Roadkill
  7  2  5   51   Undertaker
  2  7  9   49   Brood
  1  4  9   35   West Texas Rednecks
  2  4  4   30   Cat as "the greatest"
  2  3  4   27   GTV
  1  6  2   27   Revolution
  1  5  3   26   Chyna
  5  0  0   25   Rock & Sock Connection
  1  3  5   24   Ric Flair as President of WCW
  2  3  2   23   Al Snow
  4  0  1   22   Babar the Elephant Boy
  2  1  3   19   Raven
  3  1  0   18   Kurt Angle
  2  2  1   18   SSU in GAEA
  2  2  1   18   D-Generation X
  1  3  1   16   Goldberg
  1  3  1   16   Gangrel
  1  2  1   13   Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry
  1  1  2   12   Val Venis
  0  3  1   11   Berlyn
  1  1  1   10   Too Cool
  1  1  1   10   Sandman
  0  2  2   10   Triple H
  0  2  2   10   Steve Austin
  1  0  1    7   Mr. McMahon
  0  1  2    7   New Jack
  0  0  3    6   Rikishi Fatu
  1  0  0    5   Tokyo Magnum as a male stripper
  1  0  0    5   Taz
  1  0  0    5   Simon Diamond
  1  0  0    5   Sandman-Tommy Dreamer-Raven (eligible?)
  1  0  0    5   Oz Academy
  1  0  0    5   Mr. Gannosuke as Hayabusa
  1  0  0    5   Mikiko Futagami as a shootkicker
  1  0  0    5   Mean Street Posse
  1  0  0    5   Jerry Lynn
  1  0  0    5   Higher Power
  1  0  0    5   Eddie Guerrero as a rudo
  1  0  0    5   Disco Inferno
  0  1  1    5   Sabu
  0  1  1    5   Chris Benoit
  0  1  1    5   Big Bossman
  0  1  1    5   Barry Darsow forgetting his gimmick
  0  1  1    5   Acolytes
  0  0  2    4   Corporation
  0  0  2    4   Bret Hart
  0  1  0    3   West Hollywood Blondes
  0  1  0    3   Spike Dudley as the Giant Killer
  0  1  0    3   Los Brujas
  0  1  0    3   Lex Luger as the Total Package
  0  1  0    3   Jushin Liger
  0  1  0    3   Jersey Triad
  0  1  0    3   Ivory
  0  1  0    3   Gillberg
  0  1  0    3   Eiji Ezaki as H, Mr. "sports entertainment"
  0  1  0    3   Edge
  0  1  0    3   Dudley Boys
  0  1  0    3   Derek St. Holmes
  0  1  0    3   Crazy Max
  0  1  0    3   Buh Buh Ray Dudley
  0  1  0    3   Anti-US/Canada revolution (?)
  0  0  1    2   Vincent as "Curly Bill"
  0  0  1    2   Team Nostradamus
  0  0  1    2   Shane Douglas
  0  0  1    2   Screamin' Norman Smiley
  0  0  1    2   Scott Hall
  0  0  1    2   Reckless Youth
  0  0  1    2   Outsiders
  0  0  1    2   No Limit Soldiers
  0  0  1    2   Mr. Rocko
  0  0  1    2   Meng
  0  0  1    2   Los Chivas Rayadas
  0  0  1    2   Gerald Brisco & Pat Patterson
  0  0  1    2   Filthy Animals
  0  0  1    2   Dead Pool
  0  0  1    2   Dave Taylor & Steve Regal & Fit Finlay as British ass kickers
  0  0  1    2   Cuddley Berr is a "Super Bear"
  0  0  1    2   Chris Chetti "Livin La Vida Loca"
  0  0  1    2   Beaver Cleavage
  0  0  1    2   Ashley Hudson/Cory Williams as "The New South"

REJECTED - ineligible

  0  1  0        Oklahoma
  0  0  1        Creative Control

CHRIS BIRD: Hardcore Holly was a BRILLIANT gimmick that didn't need to be
modified to get tons of old-school-honest-to-god heel heat. The West Texas
Rednecks salvaged no less than five wrestling careers. Lenny and Lodi made
me laugh a lot, and what more can one ask for, really...?

JEREMY MORAN: Owen's gonna get a lot of sympathy votes here as the Blue
Blazer, but it really was a great gimmick.  Considering all the "faces"
who even five years ago would have been heels, it was interesting to see
the roles reversed and a "face" who was technically a heel because of who
he wrestled.  Bob Backlund was ahead of his time.

EDC: La Parka brings a new meaning to the word gimmick. He lives it, baby!
WTRs where great just by being politically incorrect. Hardcore Holly went
from an nobody, to crowd favorite in about a blink of an eye.

CYBERAL33: Taijiri has really found his niche in ECW. He has established a
great look for himself and it helps make up for his size...he's still a
potential main eventer thanks to this. Corino's old school gimmick has
been cracking up independent fans for years and it fits him so well. His
resthold while seated on a steel chair is classic...almost as good as
teasing the throw into the crowd. Hardcore Holly's dillusional gimmick
cracks me up everytime (especially the early challenges to take on the
Acolytes by himself!). Gotta love the scale!

K. CANZANELLA: Lenny and Lodi's gay gimmick was freaking hilarious and
executed to a -T-, and you have to give them credit for trying such a
gimmick in front of such an immature audience. Tajiri doesn't have much
charisma so it was wise to give him a gimmick that revolves around mystery
and silence than keep him as a face. What Lucha Fan *doesn't* mark for the
Soccer Goats?

SVEN MASCARENHAS: I'm really ambivalent about putting the Blue Blazer as
my first place vote, but I can't help think of that BRILLIANT interview
Owen pulled off on the UPN pilot. The Blazer, hero for children and adults
everywhere, was an incredible thought, and it's a shame that it ended the
way it did, because (despite what Bret Hart says) Owen looked like he was
having the time of his life. While Hardcore Holly and Steve Corino's
gimmicks were basically polar opposites, they both succeeded in their own
way.

MATTHEW CLEARY: Mikiko Futagami's new look and image are just so badass.

OCTAVIAN:  I don't know about anyone else but Tajiri went from very
watchable in the ring to very entertaining with his Muta ripoff.

DON BECKER: The "allegedy 800-pound" Holly cousins schtick is hilarious -
just hilarious.  And pretty damned creative, I must confess.  Tajiri as a
Muta ripoff is a pretty faithful homage.  Lenny & Lodi as...brothers gets
the sympathy vote, as if Turner's standard & practices folk read this...

SHAWN MULLIN: Y2J is a great gimmick, it's perfect for Jericho.  He's a
clueless heel so he's actually going to believe that sports entertainment
is sinking the WWF, and the great part is, he's actually representing a
lot of wrestling traditionalists in what he says.  Unfortunatley, it's
just too damn easy to like Jericho.  The Big Shot gimmick is another great
clueless heel gimmick that turned Bob Holly's career around, and the West
Texas Redknecks made Curt Hennig fun again.

MAX CHITTISTER: It took a while to grow on me, but I really got into Lenny
and Lodi. Mick and Rock together are pure gold. While I may not like it, a
wrestling pimp has great potential for both crowd reaction and instant
feuds.

CAN00K: The Rock and Sock Connection produced some of the funniest moments
in sports-entertainment this year.  Granted, it produced "This is your
life...".  I still think Foley was hilarious in that segment, and the lack
of a real punchline, along with the fact that The Rock said nothing but
his stupid, repetitive, unfunny, and overused catchphrases was the thing
that made it suck.

PAUL SHOCK:  Superheavyweight Holly gets my vote, because he was just so
damn funny.  GTV is second, because it was a (semi-) believable way of
getting cameras into places that you wouldn't expect them to be.
Finally, La Parka.  To quote Chan and Charlie from DDT Digest; how can you
not like "an old, knee-wobbling Mexican wearing an outfit that resembles a
skeleton?"

BLOB: A lot of good wrestling gimmicks came out this year, but 3 really
stood out in my mind. Chris Jericho gets unbelievable pops for WWF marks
that could care less about wrestling, propelling him over "I Hate
Hardcore" Steve Corino. Speaking of Corino, if doesn't make the top 5,
it'll be a damn shame. Hearing his interviews are a treat. As for the big
shot, he made thousands of wrestling fans into major Holly marks.

GEORGE CARTER: Even if the big payoff was a screwjob on Smackdown, I liked
the Rock and Sock Connection. It was entertaining (even if they had that
horrid 30 minute 'This is your life' segment on RAW) and just plain fun.

JOHN C.:I have to go with Jericho cause his entrance into the WWF was just
spectacular. After that it was tough call but I have to say Bob Holly's
"big shot" gimmick and Flair as commissioner were also memorable gimmicks
of the past year.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: The WWF does gimmicks right, and wrong...But they do it
right more often than WCW. The Rocks gimmick is a fine example, as it
elevates a mid-card abaility wrestler into the super-stardom. A fine
gimmick delivered by a man who has embraced Sports Entertainment.  Y2J
though, is a mic of Old school heel tatics with New attitude sports
entertainment. And Jericho is Jericho, which must tick WCW off because his
gimmick is more over in the WWf despite not being too different from his
old WCW one.  Foley is fun, nuff said...

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: Both the Blue Blazer and "Big Shot" Holly were
hilarious. I give WCW much credit for keeping the Berlyn gimmick far less
offensive then it could have been, so I want to reward it here with a 3rd
place.

JOE GENTILE:  1st: Hardcore Holly as a Superheavyweight? It amazes me that
the WWF was even able to get me to care about this guy, never mind make
him one of my favorites. 2nd: Y2J, his intro was the markout moment of the
year.  3rd:  Flair as comissioner. Why oh WHY did WCW screw this one up???

CHANCE50JR: Okay, they didn't need to bring Crash into things, because Bob
Holly as the Big Shot was entertaining as hell.  But he still manages to
keep me interested even with Crash weighing things down.  I'd like to see
how long they can keep this running and how far they can take it.  I never
thought I'd be a Bob Holly fan, but the gimmick changed things.

DAVID HANNA:  GTV is a great story telling tool.  As CRZ likes to lament
about cameramen in places they should not be, GTV solves that problem.  I
bet we see a GTV segment at Test's bachelor party! (I was wrong about
that!) The GodFather's Ho Train is an excellent example of the current
state of wrestling.  The Godfather is no lurchador but this gimmick has
made him one of the most popular mid card guys in either Fed.  Hardcore
Holly had something going when he was trying to be the Big Show's friend.
It's ashame they abounded this angle before it went the distance, but I
still got a lot of laughs out of it.

MARK SMITH:  "Gimmicks" aren't really being pushed anymore, as opposed to
"characters," but the original "Big Shot" was a shot of genius that had me
laughing my ass off for a while.  I really thought Beaver Cleavage
would've gotten over, given the chance.

BEN MILLER:  Wrestling is depraved, so give me the woman beater, the sex
addict and the dominatrix.

KEVIN WONG: Bob Holly has finally gotten a measure of respect by having a
decent character.  And I thought the "brothers" thing was hilarious.  And
GTV has been done well - at least you don't have to explain how a
cameraman got there.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: With apologies to the West Hollywood Blonds, Godfather,
Kane, Rock, Corino and Tajiri, this goes to: Hardcore Holly, the (roughly)
400 pound mammoth that he is; Chris Jericho for, well, doing about the
same thing he did last year; and Mankind for the Rock and Sock Connection.

RYAN GRANT:  CHICKENNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

JEREMY SORIA: Again as a tribute to Owen Hart, he's on the ballot. Chris
Jericho's whole gimmick, from WCW into the WWF, has certainly been a blast
to watch. And the whole Lenny and Lodi thing was very promising and
actually a positive thing - never has having blow pops before the match
been so fun.

JUSTIN JONES: Rock N Sock! Rock N Sock! Oh, and I don't care if it's a
rip-off, Tajiri's Muta gimmick is the coolest thing in ECW. Put a belt on
this guy already.

HEATM:  No one else has gotten over on the strength of their gimmick more
than the Godfather.  He's at least attempted to take a sure-fire face
gimmick and work it to the point where the fans are actually cheering him
too.

ROB EVANS: Best Gimmick - Stevie Richards as everybody else could be an
awesome gimmick.  His opponents would "never know which Stevie was going
to show up."  Too bad it's used only as comedy.

MDB: The secret to Rock's success is that Mankind makes the arrogant
Maivia's schtick tolerable.  For 15 minutes on Raw, Foley brought out
people from Rock's life and the segment scored a record rating in the
Monday night wars.

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Best Wrestling Move

Award Description:

To be given to the move that is just the damn best thing you've seen this
past year. This should probably be a "finishing" move or something really
spectacular.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Scott Steiner's Frankensteiner
  1991: Scott Steiner's Frankensteiner
  1992: Jushin Liger's moonsault off the second ropes to floor
  1993: Big Van Vader's moonsault
  1994: Vader's moonsault
  1995: Hakushi's Space Flying Tiger Drop
  1996: Wildman Marc Mero's Wild Thing shooting star press
  1997: Bret Hart's figure four leglock around the ringpost
  1998: Rock's People's Elbow elbowdrop

**1999**: Jeff Hardy's senton bomb

341 first place votes
335 second place votes
326 third place votes

 73 42 24  539   Jeff Hardy's senton bomb
 28 16 11  210   Chris Benoit's diving headbutt
 23  9 13  168   Rock's People's Elbow elbowdrop
 18 13 12  153   Kidman's shooting star press
 10 13 16  121   Dudley Boyz' Dudley Death Drop
 10 12 14  114   Mike Awesome's Awesome Bomb powerbomb
  9 13 10  104   Chris Jericho's double powerbomb
  8 14  8   98   Chris Benoit's locomotion German suplex
  6  9 12   81   Tajiri's Tarantula rope-assisted crab
  9  6  6   75   Blitzkrieg's sky twister press
  6  6 12   72   Yoshihiro Tajiri's Tarantula rope-assisted crab
  5  6 14   71   Steve Austin's Stone Cold Stunner
  4  9 11   69   Rob Van Dam's Five Star frog splash
 11  3  0   64   Toshiaki Kawada's Ganso Bomb
  4  9  5   57   D'Lo Brown's 'Lo-Down frog splash
  6  6  3   54   Kenta Kobashi's Burning Hammer
  5  4  8   53   Edge's spear
  4  7  6   53   D'Lo Brown's Sky-Hi Rydeen Bomb
  2  9  5   47   Jerry Lynn's cradle piledriver
  3  4  9   45   Gangrel's Impaler jumping DDT
  2  5  9   43   Rock's Rock Bottom uranage
  5  4  2   41   Rob Van Dam's Van Daminator spin kick into a chair
  5  3  2   38   Chris Jericho's Walls of Jericho Boston crab (Liontamer)
  5  2  2   35   Taz' Tazmission kati hajime
  2  5  5   35   Jeff Hardy's clothesline off the barricade
  3  3  5   34   Faarooq's Dominator
  4  2  2   30   Triple H's Pedigree
  1  5  5   30   Goldberg's spear
  3  3  2   28   Kane's tope suicida
  1  6  2   27   Eddie Guerrero's Gorry Special 2000
  0  7  2   25   Test's top rope elbowdrop
  1  5  2   24   Chris Benoit's Crippler crossface
  1  5  1   22   Dragon Kid's Dragon Rana
  3  2  0   21   Bret Hart's Sharpshooter
  3  0  2   19   Yoshihiro Tajiri's Dropkick of Woe
  1  2  4   19   Chris Benoit's knife-edge chop
  1  2  4   19   Chris Benoit's dragon suplex
  2  2  1   18   Mitsuharu Misawa's Emerald Erosion
  1  1  5   18   Taka Michinoku's Michinoku Driver
  3  0  0   15   Mitsuharu Misawa's Tiger Driver
  2  1  1   15   Super Crazy's moonsault trifecta
  1  2  2   15   Super Crazy's Crazy Especial Asai moonsault
  0  1  6   15   Hardcore Holly's Falcon Arrow
  2  0  2   14   Rob Van Dam's somersault plancha
  2  0  2   14   Kaz Hayashi's springboard DDT
  2  1  0   13   Black Warrior's 90 mph tope suicida
  1  2  1   13   Diamond Dallas Page's Diamond Cutter
  0  3  2   13   Rey Mysterio's top rope Frankensteiner off partner's boost
  0  3  2   13   Juventud Guerrera's Juvi Driver
  0  2  3   12   Wrath's Meltdown
  1  2  0   11   Christian's Tomokaze
  0  1  4   11   La Parka's corkscrew moonsault
  2  0  0   10   Mitsuharu Misawa's Tiger Driver '91
  2  0  0   10   Dick Togo's Senton Splash
  2  0  0   10   Bret Hart's figure four around the ringpost
  1  1  1   10   Goldberg's Jackhammer
  1  1  1   10   Edge's Downward Spiral DDT
  0  2  2   10   Big Show's chokeslam
  1  1  0    8   Kevin Nash's Jackknife powerbomb
  1  1  0    8   Hijo del Santo's swandive senton into a corner-post tope suicida
  0  2  1    8   Chavo Guerrero Jr.'s Tornado DDT
  0  2  1    8   Al Snow's Snowplow
  1  0  1    7   Steve Corino's seated reverse chinlock
  1  0  1    7   Sabu's Triple Jump Moonsault
  1  0  1    7   Chris Jericho's Lionsault quebrada
  0  1  2    7   Taka Michinoku's Asai Moonsault
  0  1  2    7   Chapparita Asari's Skytwister Press
  0  2  0    6   Hikari Fukuoka's Moonsault double stomp
  0  2  0    6   Blitzkrieg's firebird splash
  1  0  0    5   X-Pac's X Factor facebuster
  1  0  0    5   Takaiwa's Triple powerbomb into a Death Valley Driver
  1  0  0    5   Scott Hall's Outsider's Edge crucifix powerbomb
  1  0  0    5   Ric Flair's knife-edge chop
  1  0  0    5   Paolo Silva's Thrown crucifix powerbomb
  1  0  0    5   Nova's Spin Doctor
  1  0  0    5   Kyoko Inoue's Niagara Driver
  1  0  0    5   Kenta Kobashi's Emerald Driver
  1  0  0    5   Kaoru Ito's foot stomp off the top rope
  1  0  0    5   Juventud Guerrera's Juvi Juicer running cradle neckbreaker
  1  0  0    5   Jody Fleisch/Doc Chan's springboard shooting star press to the outside
  1  0  0    5   Jeff Hardy's ladder catapult splash
  1  0  0    5   Hayabusa's stardust press
  1  0  0    5   Hardcore Holly's dropkick
  1  0  0    5   Edge & Christian's superplex off the shoulders
  1  0  0    5   Chi Chi Cruz's suplex into Michinoku driver
  1  0  0    5   Blitzkrieg's stardust press
  1  0  0    5   Akira Hokuto's Northern Lights suplex
  0  1  1    5   Mankind's Mandible Claw
  0  1  1    5   Jeff Hardy's ladder guillotine legdrop
  0  0  2    4   Matt Hardy's sentonbomb
  0  0  2    4   Juventud Guerrera's Air Juvi
  0  1  0    3   Yumiko Hotta's Pyramid Driver
  0  1  0    3   Val Venis' testicular claw
  0  1  0    3   Super Nova's Kryptonite Krunch
  0  1  0    3   Spike Dudley's Acid Drop
  0  1  0    3   Perry Saturn's Death Valley Driver
  0  1  0    3   New Jack's dive off of the basketball hoop
  0  1  0    3   New Jack's balcony dive
  0  1  0    3   Mitsuhara Misawa's Emerald Dream
  0  1  0    3   Ken Shamrock's ankle lock submission
  0  1  0    3   Juventud Guerrera's firebird splash
  0  1  0    3   Hulk Hogan's legdrop
  0  1  0    3   Hardy Boyz' double sentonbomb
  0  1  0    3   Great Sasuke's tope con hilo
  0  1  0    3   Godfather's Ho Train avalanche
  0  1  0    3   Disco Inferno's swinging neckbreaker
  0  1  0    3   Chris Chetti's Amityville Horror
  0  1  0    3   Buff Bagwell's Buff Blockbuster somersault neckbreaker
  0  1  0    3   Booker T's axe kick
  0  1  0    3   Balls Mahoney's Nutcracker Suite
  0  1  0    3   Al Snow's missed moonsault from the barricade
  0  0  1    2   Viscera's splash
  0  0  1    2   Vader's powerbomb
  0  0  1    2   Total Package's Torture Rack
  0  0  1    2   Taz' T-Bone Tazplex
  0  0  1    2   Super Crazy's top rope moonsault into crowd
  0  0  1    2   Steve Williams' fallaway German suplex
  0  0  1    2   Shane McMahon's plancha
  0  0  1    2   Scott Taylor's forearm drop
  0  0  1    2   Rock's floatover DDT
  0  0  1    2   Rob Van Dam's split-legged moonsault
  0  0  1    2   Ricky Marvin's no hands running corkscrew plancha
  0  0  1    2   Perry Saturn's top rope elbow drop
  0  0  1    2   Minoru Tanaka's Northen Lights suplex into a cross armbar
  0  0  1    2   Mike Awesome's no hands tope
  0  0  1    2   Mike Awesome's Awesome Splash
  0  0  1    2   Meng's Tongan Death Grip
  0  0  1    2   Manami Toyota's Japanese Ocean Cyclone suplex
  0  0  1    2   Kyoko Inoue's Spidernest STF
  0  0  1    2   Kanyon's Flatliner
  0  0  1    2   Jody Flash's Wall-walk moonsault
  0  0  1    2   Hardy's tandem top-rope splash and top-rope legdrop
  0  0  1    2   Gillberg's spear
  0  0  1    2   Edge & Christian's Double Superplex
  0  0  1    2   Diamond Dallas Page's tunraround uranage
  0  0  1    2   David Young's Spinebuster Slam

REJECTED - for most, no wrestler named

  3  2  1        shooting star press
  2  0  2        DDT
  1  2  1        "Anything by..." votes
  1  1  0        moonsault
  1  1  0        piledriver
  1  0  1        Asai moonsault
  1  0  0        inverted surfboard
  1  0  0        Tombstone Piledriver
  1  0  0        Swandive Headbutt
  1  0  0        Super Space Flying Tiger Drop
  1  0  0        Split Legged Moonsault
  1  0  0        Russo and Ferrara going to WCW
  1  0  0        Frog Splash
  1  0  0        Fisherman Buster
  1  0  0        Death Valley Driver
  0  0  2        "Tie" votes
  0  1  0        spear
  0  1  0        Tiger Bomb
  0  1  0        Pumphandle Slam
  0  1  0        Crucifix
  0  1  0        450 splash
  0  0  1        guillotine legdrop
  0  0  1        Tornado DDT
  0  0  1        Spicolli Driver
  0  0  1        Running Ligerbomb
  0  0  1        Powerbomb
  0  0  1        Figure Four Leglock
  0  0  1        Corkscrew Plancha

CHRIS BIRD: Tajiri's Tarantula is cool, and unlike anything else performed
in the ring today. Jerry Lynn's cradle piledriver is an old classic with a
brutal-looking modern twist. Jeff Hardy looks like he's going to break his
fucking neck every time he does that senton, yet somehow he never does.

ALEX BECKERS:  I really meant to nominate the Pedigree and the Fame-Asser.
When those hit right, they look REALLY PAINFUL.

EDC: Juvy's neckbreaker always gets me jumping everytime I see it. He
should do it more often. Mike Awesome's Powerbomb is great because he'll
do it to anybody, anywhere. From the Top rope, off the Apron, thru tables,
etc. The Gory 2000 is an awesome variation on the old Gory Driver.

CYBERAL33: The Ganso Bomb fit so well into the tapistray of the match and
feud between Misawa and Kawada that it has to be number 1. Hopefully, we
won't see it again, unless it's neccessary. This is the last year to vote
for the moonsault footstomp of Hikari's so I'm putting it at number 2.
I've never seen anyone else perform this move and it is completly
ribshattering. I bet Amano, Kansai, Devil, and the rest are happy to see
Hikari go! Third is Jeff Hardy's run up the barricade and clothesline. I
marked like a maniac the first time I saw this, unbelievably creative! Way
to go Jeff...and you didn't even have to kill yourself for this one!

RFLAGG13: I don't mark out for much these days, but my jaw always hits the
floor when Mike Awesome powerbombs his victim through a table to the
outside of the ring. The same goes for Jeff Hardy's breathtaking
somersault sentonbomb, and I really hope he doesn't end up breaking his
neck doing it one day. 3rd goes to Rob Van Dam's Five Star Frog Splash,
since he gets an amazing amount of hangtime out of it. I've never really
seen anything like it.

MR. JF: Only seen it once, but DAMN!

PAUL ZOROVICH: It's important to differentiate the "ordinary" Benoit
swandive from his swandive FROM THE TOP OF THE CAGE~!.  The "ordinary"
swandive is OK, but theSWANDIVE FROM THE TOP OF THE CAGE~! is such a
crazy, insane, yea, STUPID move that it stands alone in this category.

SCOTT GRIFFITH: I don't feel that I can accurately judge this category.
I've not seen most of the moves listed because of their Japanese nature,
but I'm sure that many of them are more worthy than my choices.  In fact,
I'd like to see a tape of them all!  Most of them sound pretty
spectacular.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: The biggest problem every year is deciding which of
D'Lo's move I'm going to put at the top of the ballot. His Rydeen bomb,
specifically when he snaps it off after a short-arm clothesline, is
awe-inspiring. The Lo Down makes RVDs Frog splash look downright pathetic.
And Jeff Hardy's rail runner was the best new move I'd seen in a long
time.

OCTAVIAN:  I simply love the aesthetics of Tajiri's tarantula, but you
never see it actually finish a match.  It's just there to pop the crowd.
Since it involves the ropes it would be interesting to work it to the
audience that the move is absolutely excruciating but the victim needs
only to last in it for the five count before the mandatory rope break.

JOHN ROMANO:  These are the moves everyone wants to see - too bad all
these guys are busy jobbing - so all you get to see is the "symbol" that
the move is coming.

DON BECKER: Three moves that make me mark out like a madman - the Burning
Hammer, the Sky-Hi, and the Tarantula.  If I were allowed to pick five,
Kawada's Ganso Bomb would also rate, though simply because it didn't
cripple or kill Mitsuharu Misawa, as would the Awesome Bomb.

MAX CHITTISTER: Not many guys make me jump out of my seat with one move.
Jericho, Test, and Edge do it on a pretty consistent basis (with honorable
mention to Shane for is elbowdrop from SS).

JBELL55146: Jeff Hardy's Senton Bomb<1st> is a thing of beauty.  Ditto
Kidman's SSP<2nd>. And Goldberg should watch Edge do a spear once and a
while. He might learn something

CAN00K: If you've never seen the Kawada's Gansobomb, what the hell are you
waiting for?  I liked it and Kobashi's Burning Hammer because they
killified Misawa.  The Dragon Rana is also quite nifty if the Dragon Kid
actually hits it.

PAUL SHOCK:  When I saw Whipwreck get Awesome-bombed, I thought he was
dead.  Seriously.  When Awesome goes to one of the Big Two, he will get
over for the rest of his life by doing this just once.  Rey's assisted
franksteiner is second, because it just looks so damn cool.  The 3D gets
third, because I just like it.  What better reason than that?

BLOB: Blitzkrieg's Stardust Press and Super Crazy's Crazy Special was just
amazing high risk moves, and make me mark out until I could mark no more.
Tajiri's tarantula is a very unique move that really impressed me.

GEORGE CARTER: Jeff Hardy's Sentonbomb somersault swandive is a thing of
beauty.  Benoit's headbutt has impressed me ever since he did it from the
top of a cage on Thunder. And Holly's falcon arrow inverted suplex is
pretty well done.

JOHN C.:I chose Jericho's double powerbomb because it's a great feat of
strength for a guy that many people consider to be too small. I've seen
him do it many times in his early days but he gave Road Dogg the double
powerbomb through a table on Smackdown it reminded me of the move so it
became my favorite.  The best moonsault in wrestling these days (because
Ultimo Dragon is out) belongs to Taka Michinoku so that's why he's number
two. Third is Gangrel's Implant DDT cause it's the best version of the DDT
that I have ever seen.

JON RICHARDSON: The move of the year is Edge's spear, hands down.  I don't
know if the WWF told him to do it to make fun of Goldberg or if he just
added it on his own but he does it with such force it looks far more
believable as an actually painful move than a spear done by anybody else
in the business. Jeff Hardy's swandive senton bomb comes in a close second
as he does it with such flair (and that he doesn't blow the spot, no
matter where he is doing it) and panache it looks even more impressive
than Dick Togo's. Kidman's shooting star press would have been higher on
the list but he got so sloppy with it as the year went on that I certainly
couldn't consider it to be number one.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: I just love the Tiger driver, for some reason. It's a
simple power bomb varient, but it just seems so devistating. Perhaps it's
because I saw Misawa rule with it in my (very limited) exposure to All
Japan.  I love the Super Fisherman's buster as well, a urge Kidman to pick
it up and start a feud with Liger in Japan. The Swan Dive headbutt is just
awesome, and Benoit does it better than anyone else.

ELLIOT SPARKS: Best move is undoubtedly Toshiaki Kawada's Ganso Bomb. This
was probably the most deceptive move of the year, as it got all the
puroresu marks up in arms about the danger of an 'unprotected piledriver',
despite the fact that it was much safer and more calculated than people
think. Kawada has certainly mastered the art of making stuff look
dangerous. Spots two and three go to the year's aerial innovations:
Toryumon's Dragon Kid with his 360 degree Dragon Rana, and Brit indie
worker Jodie Flash with his wall-walk moonsault. Both look like they were
lifted from insane martial arts films, and blow away anything ever seen in
the mainstream US promotions.

JOE GAGNE: Jeff Hardy's somersault senton always makes my jaw drop.
Sure, the People's Elbow is goofy, but you won't hear a bigger crowd
reaction.  And I'm as jaded as anyone, but when I first saw Super Crazy's
asai moonsault, I couldn't help but say "Holy Shit."

DAVID HANNA:  I looked at this award as who gets the biggest pops for
there moves. That elbow is over.  Way over.  You can laugh it, you can
wonder why people pop for it, but they do.  Stone Cold's stunner is still
one of my favorites. Still gets huge pops too.  Goldberg's spear and
jackhammer are pretty nifty too.  I would put Mr. Socko at 4, who would
have thought people would pop for a stupid sock?  I love reading about
that in his book.

MYKLL42:Jeff Hardy's sweet little senton bomb.  There are only two moves
that make me stand up while watching wrestling... that senton and Benoit
jumping off a cage.

SEAN FLYNN: These are the moves I always am amused by.  Sure I could have
said Benoit's rolling suplexes, or the Awesome Bomb from ring to outside
table, or Kidman's shooting star press, but I want to be original and
honest.  And at heart, I'm a sad little mark.

MARK SMITH:  This was a fun catagory this year.  The Burning Hammer and
Kawada's Ganso Bomb are both the God-loving ULTIMATE NECK-DEATH moves that
seem to define All Japan anymore, but I'm such a mark that I had to go
with Hardy's Senton bomb :-)

BEN MILLER:  You just gotta see Kobashi's Burning Hammer to believe it.
The real credit here goes to Misawa for taking it.

KEVIN WONG: Can I vote for Wrestlemania 2000 moves??  The
powerbombs-to-DVD and triple powerbomb moves are sweet!!  From the moves
I've actually seen, my three are the Gory Special 2000, the Hardy Boyz'
top rope legdrop/splash combo (what's it called??  the Chet Morton??) ,
and the most electrifying (an over) move in sports entertainment, The
People's Elbow

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Jeff Hardy's Senton Bomb and Chris Jericho's Double Power
Bomb get the top two votes, on account of being too damn cool. For number
three, my protest vote goes to Shane McMahon's plancha off the cage, cause
it should at least have gotten a nomination.

THERION: I really missed not seeing Sabu's triple jump moonsault and
Arabian Facebuster in this section.

RICK SCAIA:  The moves that impress me most are the ones that make me say
either "Ouch, that really hurts," or "Wow, I could never do that."
Tajiri's Dropkick of Woe gets me cringing every time.  Damned scary.
Jerry Lynn's Cradle Piledriver was a really cool, really convincing
modification of an already believable move.  Rounding out the list:  Jeff
Hardy's Sentonbomb drops my jaw everytime.

JEREMY SORIA: Forget Val Venis' top-rope "Money Shot"... The Stone Cold
Stunner will always be the true money shot in the WWF. (A bit of
hyperbole, I must admit, but the crowd goes super-crazy whenever SCSA hits
him with the Stunner. Hell, they do it too with the Rock's finishers.)

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: For Best Wrestling Move people will complain, but I
had to chose the three that make me mark out the most (and isn't that the
purpose of this category?) and Benoit gets all three: Chris Benoit's
diving headbutt, Chris Benoit's locomotion German suplex, Chris Benoit's
knife-edge chop.  The only other move that really makes me mark out is
Tajiri's Tarantula.

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Best Match

Award Description:

To be given to the best wrestling match you've seen this year, either live,
on TV, PPV, or in an arena, or on tape. If it took place in the past year,
it is eligible. In 1994, this award was split into three: North American,
Non-North American, and overall.  In 1997, due to lack of participation on
both the NA and non-NA sides, it was recombined.

Previous Winners:

  1990: 04/22/90: Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart vs. Marty Janetty & Shawn
                  Michaels (SNME)
  1991: 03/21/91: Steiners vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Hase (Tokyo, aired
                  on taped PPV)
  1992: 01/18/92: Royal Rumble (Royal Rumble)
  1993: 10/24/93: Cactus Jack vs. Big Van Vader (Halloween Havoc)
  1994: (overall/NA) 03/20/94: Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (WrestleMania)
  1994: (non-NA)     04/16/94: Chris Benoit vs. Great Sasuke (Super J Cup)
  1995: (overall/NA) 08/27/95: Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (SummerSlam)
  1995: (non-NA)     11/20/94: Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota (AJW V*TOP Tourney)
  1996: (overall/NA) 03/31/96: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania)
  1996: (non-NA)     03/17/96: Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani
  1997: 10/05/97: Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker (Hell in the Cell cage)
  1998: 06/28/98: Undertaker v. Mankind (Hell in the Cell cage)

**1999**: 10/17/99: Brood (Matt & Jeff Hardy) v. Edge & Christian (ladder)
                    (No Mercy)

335 first place votes
308 second place votes
296 third place votes

148 59 26  969   10/17/99 Brood v. Edge & Christian (ladder)
 64 58 27  548   10/04/99 Bret Hart v. Chris Benoit (Nitro)
 12 16 29  166   08/22/99 Test v. Shane McMahon (Love her or leave her)
  9 17 23  142   01/24/99 Rock v. Mankind (I quit WWF)
  5 19 17  116   02/14/99 Steve Austin v. Vince McMahon (cage)
  9 10  8   91   05/16/99 Rob Van Dam v. Jerry Lynn (TV, no time limit)
  6 11  7   77   10/08/99 Rob Van Dam v. Jerry Lynn (TNN TV)
  5 11  8   74   09/19/99 Taz v. Masato Tanaka v. Mike Awesome (ECW)
  5  5 11   62   04/11/99 Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko v. Raven & Perry Saturn
  6  4  7   56   12/29/98 Rock v. Mankind (WWF)
  4  7  7   55   03/21/99 Rob Van Dam v. Jerry Lynn (TV)
  9  1  3   54   06/13/99 Kenta Kobashi v. Mitsuharu Misawa
  3  7  7   50   04/11/99 Juventud Guerrera v. Blitzkrieg
  3  7  6   48   12/27/98 Kidman v. Rey Mysterio Jr. v. Juventud Guerrera (Cruiser triangle)
  5  6  2   47   03/28/99 Rock v. Steve Austin (WWF)
  1  8  7   43   01/17/99 Kidman v. Rey Mysterio Jr. v. Juventud Guerrara v. Psychosis (Nitro four corners Cruiser)
  5  0  8   41   02/14/99 Mankind v. Rock (last man standing WWF)
  3  2 10   41   04/25/99 Steve Austin v. Rock (WWF)
  4  4  1   34   01/22/99 Mitsuharu Misawa v. Toshiaki Kawada
  3  3  2   28   03/06/99 Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa v. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama
  1  5  4   28   04/26/99 Diamond Dallas Page v. Sting (WCW Nitro Match 1)
  4  1  2   27   03/29/99 Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko v. Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro tag)
  2  2  5   26   09/27/99 Kidman v. Psychosis (Nitro mask vs. hair)
  0  5  4   23   09/19/99 Jerry Lynn v. Lance Storm
  0  3  6   21   09/19/99 Yoshihiro Tajiri v. Super Crazy v. Little Guido
  1  2  2   15   01/31/99 Rock v. Mankind (Halftime Heat WWF)
  0  3  3   15   09/26/99 Triple H v. Rock v. Big Show v. British Bulldog v. Mankind v. Kane (WWF)
  1  2  1   13   10/04/99 Dean Malenko v. Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro)
  2  0  1   12   07/22/99 Mona v. Brandi Alexander (Thunder)
  1  1  2   12   05/01/99 Vader v. Mitsuharu Misawa
  1  2  0   11   02/07/99 Great Sasuke v. Magnum Tokyo
  2  0  0   10   Rob Van Dam v. Jerry Lynn (TV) (which one?)
  1  1  1   10   07/05/99 Triple H v. Rock (RAW cage)
  0  2  2   10   09/26/99 Chris Jericho v. X-Pac
  1  0  2    9   10/23/99 Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama v. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa
  0  1  3    9   04/25/99 Undertaker v. Ken Shamrock
  0  0  4    8   06/13/99 Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn v. Triad (tag)
  1  0  1    7   04/04/99 Suger Sato & Chikayo Nagashima & Kaori Nakayama v. Toshie Uematsu & Satura Hirota & Rie Tamada
  0  1  2    7   10/24/99 D'Lo Brown v. Chris Jericho (Euro Heat)
  0  1  2    7   10/23/99 Rob Van Dam v. Sabu (TV)
  0  2  0    6   04/19/99 Rey Mysterio Jr v. Blitzkrieg v. Psychosis v. Juventud (Nitro four corners Cruiser)
  0  0  3    6   06/27/99 Road Dogg v. Chyna (KotR Quarter)
  1  0  0    5   Taz v. Bam Bam Bigelow (ineligible?)
  1  0  0    5   Mankind v. Rock(which one?)
  1  0  0    5   10/30/99 Mitusuaru Misawa v. Vader
  1  0  0    5   09/06/99 Ivory v. Tori (RAW Women's hardcore)
  1  0  0    5   08/12/99 Danny Doring & Amish Roadkill v. Chris Chetti & Super Nova
  1  0  0    5   03/17/99 Jushin Liger v. Koji Kanemoto
  0  1  1    5   12/28/98 Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman v. Eddie Guerrero & Juventud Guerrera (Nitro)
  0  0  2    4   Rob Van Dam v. Jerry Lynn (which one?)
  0  1  0    3   09/23/99 Triple H v. Rock (SmackDown Brahma bullrope)
  0  1  0    3   09/13/99 Chris Jericho v. Gotch Gracie (RAW)
  0  1  0    3   09/13/99 Chris Benoit v. Dean Malenko (Nitro)
  0  1  0    3   09/09/99 Rock & Mankind v. Undertaker & Big Show (SmackDown Buried Alive)
  0  1  0    3   07/04/99 Chi-Chi Cruz v. Joe E. Legend
  0  1  0    3   03/21/99 Sabu v. Taz (FTW)
  0  1  0    3   03/14/99 Hollywood Hogan v. Ric Flair (WCW first blood cage)
  0  1  0    3   01/24/99 30 man Royal Rumble
  0  0  1    2            Rey Mysterio Jr. v. Kidman (Cruiser) (which one?)
  0  0  1    2            Perry Saturn & Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko v. Diamond Dallas Page & Kanyon & Ric Flair (Thunder)
  0  0  1    2            Mr. Niebla v. IWRG Mr. Niebla, Mexico City
  0  0  1    2   12/27/98 Eric Bischoff v. Ric Flair
  0  0  1    2   11/01/99 Sting v. Brian Knobs (WCW Tourney)
  0  0  1    2   11/01/99 Chris Benoit v. Dean Malenko (cage)
  0  0  1    2   10/25/99 Test v. British Bulldog (RAW cage)
  0  0  1    2   09/06/99 Juventud Guerrera & Blitzkrieg & Psychosis v. Kidman & Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Eddie Guerrero
  0  0  1    2   08/22/99 Steve Austin v. Mankind v. Triple H (WWF)
  0  0  1    2   08/14/99 Hulk Hogan v. Kevin Nash (WCW retirement)
  0  0  1    2   07/23/99 Mitsuharu Misawa v. Toshiaki Kawada
  0  0  1    2   07/19/99 Eddie Guerrero v. Psychosis (Nitro)
  0  0  1    2   06/  /99 10-Man Elimination Torneo Cibenernetico
  0  0  1    2   05/17/99 Raven & Perry Saturn v. Dean Malenko & Chris Benoit (Nitro tag)
  0  0  1    2   04/22/99 Magnum Tokyo & Dragon Kid & Arai v. Shiima Nobunaga & Judo Suwa & Sumo Fuji
  0  0  1    2   04/11/99 Ric Flair v. Hulk Hogan v. Sting v. Diamond Dallas Page (WCW)
  0  0  1    2   04/11/99 Rey Mysterio Jr. v. Kidman (Cruiser)
  0  0  1    2   03/ /99 Cuddley Berr v. F-f-f-fuzz
  0  0  1    2   01/29/99 Hardy Boyz v. Serial Thrillaz (OMEGA)
  0  0  1    2   01/17/99 Goldberg v. Scott Hall (ladder)
  0  0  1    2   01/10/99 Super Crazy v. Yoshihiro Tajiri

REJECTED - outside the period between 11/02/98 and 11/01/99

  2  1  0        11/07/99 Mike Awesome v. Masato Tanaka (ECW)
  0  1  3                 "Tie" votes
  0  1  2        11/21/99 Bret Hart v. Chris Benoit (WCW Tourney Final)
  0  1  0                 Mankind v. Rock (which one?)
  0  1  0                 Jerry Lynn v. Rob Van Dam (which one?)
  0  1  0        11/25/99 Hardys v. The New Age Outlaws (SmackDown cage)
  0  1  0        11/14/99 Chyna v. Chris Jericho (IC)
  0  1  0        11/07/99 Sabu v. Chris Candido
  0  1  0        10/25/98 Bret Hart v. Sting (US)
  0  1  0        06/28/98 Undertaker v. Mankind (Hell in the Cell)
  0  0  1        11/21/99 Chris Benoit v. Jeff Jarrett (WCW Tourney Semifinal)

CHRIS BIRD: The ladder match at No Mercy and the Owen Hart tribute match
on Nitro were so hard to decide between, but in the end, I gave the ladder
match the nod for #1 just because I enjoyed it that little tiny bit more
for no particular reason. #3 was the superb match between Jerry Lynn and
Lance Storm at Anarchy Rulz, which didn't need anything more than good
wrestling - no ladders, no special emotional significance - to be a
terrific match.

ALEX BECKERS:  Edge/Xian and the Hardys are my two favorite teams, and I
STILL haven't seen the ladder match!  AARGH!

EDC: The best match of the year, IMO, was the Three way at Anarchy Rulz
for the World Title. The New Brood vs. Old Brood was the best Light weight
match of the year. The First Toryumon Main Event was Awesome, a great
match for these rookies.

CYBERAL33: Misawa/Kawada from January was unreal...everything from Kawada
wrestling with a broken arm to the Ganso Bomb to the 2 INCREDIBLE shuchoku
rakka shikki no brainbusters! I love the announcer at the end...great
wrestling. The tag match from March was also incredible and Ogawa has
really stepped up when no one thought he could. The 3 x 3 survival match
from the 4/4/99 GAEA show was one of the best booked matches I have ever
seen, it had me (and the crowd) on my feet from the start to finish.

RFLAGG13: I admit it, I'm a sucker for high spots, and the spots don't get
much higher than those in the ladder match from No Mercy. I swear, all 4
people involved in this should get a huge ass pay raise, because they
really put their bodies on the line for that one. Next we go to an
underrated match from TNN TV featuring Jerry Lynn vs. Rob Van Dam on Oct.
8. I felt this one had better psychology than their Living Dangerously
meeting, and even though I knew the outcome, Jerry Lynn had me fooled into
thinking he might actually win it. 3rd goes to the unbelievably great
Benoit/Malenko vs. Raven/Saturn match from Spring Stampede. Tag team
wrestling doesn't get much better than that, folks.

K. CANZANELLA: Kobashi/Akiyama v. Misawa/Ogawa was a hell of a match. It
had great heat, tons of nearfalls, awesome psychology, and a great finish.
Sasuke v. Magnum Tokyo gets my second place vote. It was a great blend of
styles and had several awesome spots, and a well-planned finish. Those who
say the matwork didn't lead anywhere are missing the point of how Sasuke's
attacks to the legs and lower back affected the outcome of the finish. I'm
gonna give a Lucha Libre match the third place vote, and I will give it to
the Tornero Cibernetico over the Relevos Suicidas match, since the Torneo,
while meaning less than the masks match, was superior to the Relevos
Suicidas match, and gave the younger mildly pushed EMLL stars the chance
to show off their skills. And imagine, it could have been even better, but
the Black Warrior got injured so they had to take him out.

MARC LETZMANN: The 01/21/99 Mitsuharu Misawa v. Toshiaki Kawada (Ganso
Powerbomb match) was on 01.22.99, according to Pro Wrestling GONG

SVEN MASCARENHAS: I'm predisposed to like tag matches more than singles,
so the great match from the ACC on Nitro between the Horsemen and the
future Filthy Animals blew me away; it's lack of a gimmick is what raises
it above the ladder match. And Lynn vs. Storm was dammed good, too.

FALCONARROW: I loved the 3-Way at Slamboree. Sue me, I like some spot
fests :)

OCTAVIAN:  I hope I don't sound like a bastard for saying so but I'd be
disappointed if the Hart vs. Benoit memorial match on Nitro wins this one.
The category is "Best Match" not "Match had for the Best Reason." Yes
Owen's death is tragic and yes it was touching and a wonderful gesture for
WCW to allow Hart and Benoit to put together a long wrestling match in his
honor, however the match in and of itself didn't even reach **** in my
opinion.

JOHN ROMANO:  Test and Shane - sports entertainment at its best.

DON BECKER: Kobashi/Misawa from June was fantastic in terms of the match
flow and the psychology - two guys who know each other so well that they
know counters to the counters to the counters to the big moves...
Hart/Benoit was a fantastic old-school match and an easy pick for NA MOTY.
Brood/Blonds was a fantastic bit of a lucha/junior trainwreck, made
extra-sweet because the four of them got a standing ovation from the
ever-jaded WWF crowd simply for putting on a great match.

SHAWN MULLIN: I pick the ladder match about the Owen Tribute match, even
though Bret and Benoit are 2 of my top 3 favs.  The one reason I put it
ahead is that the Ladder match started off with a crowd who could care
less about 2 midcard teams and ended in a standing ovation.  They sucked
teh crowd in, and had them absolutely going crazy.  The Bret/Benoit match
was the best pure wrestling match we've seen in a long time, but they
level of interest, which was ok (heat I mean), never really increased
throughout the match.  They didn't suck them in.  My third choice, Rock
vs. Austin from Backlash, is here to represent the WWF Main Event brawl
that carried their PPVs all year, and this great, intense, perfectly
booked match was the best of the bunch.

MAX CHITTISTER: Three hot blowoffs (yes, feuds CAN end, WCW!). If Chyna
beats Road Dogg, this match goes from second-best to second-worst.

JBELL55146: No Match had me jumping off my seat more then the Ladder
Match.  Beniot/Hart<2nd>was the most technical sound match since
Hart/Michaels at Wrestlemania XIII.  And Foley/Rocky Last Man Standing
answered the question "How Many Chair Shots CAN Mick Foley Take in rabid
succession?"

PAUL SHOCK:  I can only limit this to matches I've seen, and I rarely get
PPV.  So, the I Quit Match from the Royal Rumble gets it, despite the
crappy ending.  The only RVD/Lynn match I saw was by all Net reports one
of their weakest ones, but I still loved it.  Sting/Page from Nitro gets
third.  You know, this was really a poor year for actual wrestling.
Thanks, Mr. Russo!

BLOB: The tribute match near the end of the year stole the spotlight from
other great matches that could've been in the top 3. Simply put, it was
30+ minutes of pure wrestling action. The Sting/DDP match had every
possible aspect of good wrestling a match could have. The crowd response
was exceptional, as was the wrestling, brawling, psychology, etc. The New
Brood vs Edge/Christian was the ultimate spotfest that made even the WWF
fans give a standing ovation for.

GEORGE CARTER: The tag team title match from the Nitro in Toronto was the
best match I have seen all year long. It had the intensity of
Steamboat/Savage, the pure wrestling of Bret/Benoit, the drama of
Rock/Austin and the high flying moves of Rey/Juvy. This was a pure
classic. Benoit/Hart had an excellent 30 minute match, something unheard
of in these 'Crash TV' days. That was probably the best 100 % pure
wrestling match since Hennig/Hart at SUmmerSlam 91. Sadly, I haven't seen
the Hardys/Edge & Christian ladder match yet, so I couldn't judge it yet.

JOHN C.:The best match was Hart/Benoit because it was in tribute to Owen,
it was given about thirty minutes and was on free TV. My second is the
ladder match from No Mercy cause I love ladder matches and this was very
original with plenty of fantastic highspots. Number three for me was
Juvi/Blitzkrieg from Spring Stampede since it was the best one on one PPV
match this year.

ELLIOT SPARKS: Best match is a fine category. Not too many
earth-shattering bouts this year, but plenty that qualify as great.
Standing atop the heap is Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi, and their
terrific 43 minute Triple Crown match. Maybe it was a bit repetetive
towards the end, but the bout still had everything: sensible build,
explosive false-finishes, killer bumps, and even a dash of psychology. The
crowd seemed to like it too. Second place goes to Bret Hart vs Chris
Benoit, from that edition of Nitro. Maybe this wouldn't have been quite as
memorable if it weren't for the situation surrounding the match, but the
situation was quite extraordinary, and made up for any tiny faults in the
wrestling itself. The emotion and reality of two guys performing in honour
of a fallen comrade will likely not be seen for many years to come. Third
spot goes to Rey Jr, Kidman, and Juvi Guroovy for their Starrcade '98
lucha clinic. Excellent timing and execution, this was a genuinely
king-sized wrestling match that didn't suffer from the stunt-styled
deficiencies of the Hardys/Blonds ladder match. Superb performances in
every respect. Also, special mention to the other real contenders for
MOTY: Rob Van Dam vs Jerry Lynn from Hardcore Heaven and September's TNN
show, Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama vs Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshi Ogawa
from AJPW's March 6th show, Juventud vs Blitzkrieg from Spring Stampede,
the No Mercy ladder match, and Vader vs Mitsuharu Misawa at AJPW's Tokyo
Dome show. Some excellent shit, if I say so myself.

JOE GAGNE: Hardys/Edge Christian ladder match has been labeled a spotfest,
but I have never seen such effort and spots in one match. Bravo.
Hart/Benoit was a classic, a lengthy, well paced, beautifully wrestled
match.  Owen would be proud.  Shane/Test from Summerslam had a great
story, excellent booking, and a hell of an effort from both men. I have no
qualms with putting it third.

MYKLL42:Bret Hart v. Chris Benoit (Nitro. MYKLL42:... if it weren't for
commercial interruptions, this would be up there in Match of the Decade
rankings... as it is, we'll really never know.  Amazing technical match,
slow building of crowd heat with absolutely no backstory at all.  They
told their own story in the ring.  With Hart and Benoit, wrestling is no
longer sports entertainment, it's art.

SEAN FLYNN: The Ladder Match was incredible.  The Vince/Austin match was
tense and the perfect sports entertainment match.  And watching Mick take
the belt was a heartwarming moment.  I'm sorry, but the Bret/Benoit
tribute match just didn't do it for me, so it takes fourth.

MARK SMITH:  Woof.  Not a good year for America in this one.  Japanese
stuff took all three top spots this year.

LUKE JOHNSTON: The 10/04/99 Bret Hart v. Chris Benoit match from Nitro was
without a doubt the best match of 1999. In typical Internet smart fashion,
a lot of people tried to nitpick at it and attack WCW for little things
like showing commercials during the match, but when you got right down to
it, this match represented everything that pro wrestling is supposed to be
and more. If there was ever a single match that should be required viewing
for all wrestling fans, this is it.=20

BEN MILLER:  All hail Misawa for being as banged up as he is and giving
three out of this world performances against Vader, Kobashi and in a tag
match with Ogawa against Burning.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Edge and Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz was *not* the best
ladder match of all time (it was still surpassed by both HBK/Razor ladder
matches, very easily) . It was, however, a breathtaking cavalcade of
incredible spots, and that's good enough for the top vote. Some people can
talk about it lacking psychology (and would be quite right to do so) , but
with this caliber of spots, the aforementioned people can stick their
psychology directly up Billy Gunn's namesake. RVD vs. Jerry Lynn match
#27452 (of their 47000 match series) gets number two (This being the no
time-limit one on 5/16) . Mankind vs. Rock from Royal Rumble was the best
of that particular 65000 match series, and it gets number three.

THERION: 07/22/99 Miss Madness v. Brandi Alexander (Thunder) gets
honorable mention as the only decent woman's match in any of the big 3
this year.

RYAN GRANT:  Blitzkreig is one of the most exciting cruiserweights in the
game today, IMO, and his match against Juventud was far and away the match
of the year to me.  Great highflying action that had me on my feet many a
time.  Second and third were sports entertainment matches: Austin vs.
McMahon from St. Valentine's Day Massacre, and Test vs. Shane McMahon from
Summerslam.  Neither match had any right being good, but they were both
very memorable encounters that didn't suck.

KEVIN PODSIADLIK: I couldn't bring myself to vote for Sting/Hogan (10/24)
, but in retrospect I can't think of a more poetically just way to
(perhaps) end Hogan's wrestling career.

BERT SNOOVEN: Chris Benoit wins the trifecta. His tag matches with Malenko
against Raven & Saturn and Mysterio & Kidman were marvelous. His singles
match with Bret Hart recently was a classic.

RICK SCAIA:  There's very little to say about the Edge/Christian vs. the
Hardys match that hasn't already been said, so I'll keep it simple: I
didn't even have to think twice about voting it as my personal Match of
the Year.  In second is the Taz vs. Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome ECW
Title match from the September PPV; cool surprise appearance (and win) by
Awesome, and great drama and action all the way through.  Rounding out my
top three is a controversial choice:  I really liked the Austin/McMahon
cage match from St. Valentine's Day Massacre.  Not a wrestling
masterpiece, but there was high drama, the Big Show's debut, and a lot of
hard work none-the-less.  It was a very satisifying climax to the long
standing Austin/McMahon feud.

JEREMY SORIA: If only Bobby Heenan had been sent away during the
Hart/Benoit match, my only fault there. UT vs. Ken Shamrock? I got to see
this not too long ago, and hey - it was acutally surprisingly good!

JUSTIN JONES: I know there's lots of people who will refuse to vote for a
Match of the Year that featured Shane McMahon, but that's just silly. When
you consider the combination of ring-work, super high spots, and most
importantly, on-the-money booking and psychology, Shane/Test from
Summerslam was the MOTY.

MATT SPAULDING: 07/05/99 Triple H v. Rock (RAW cage) was a VERY close
fourth for me.  Additional props to:  10/04/99 Bret Hart v. Chris Benoit
(Nitro) , 01/24/99 Rock v. Mankind (I quit WWF)

HEATM:  Bret vs. Benoit in tribute to Owen was memorable in more than one
way, and it was easily the best pure wrestling match of the year.  In
terms of spotfests, Brood vs. Edge/Christian was slightly better than
anything from RVD and Jerry Lynn, who get #2 and #3 respectively.

ROB EVANS: Best Match - They hyped the ladder match as "best ladder match
ever." They were right.  Props to the Hardys, Edge, & Christian.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Best Match.  Keller and Meltzer keep talking about
the 4/11 Juvy/Blitzkreig match from a WCW PPV, but I can't for the life of
me remember it.  I was thinking about going back through the PPV matches I
rated for the past year, as that would be more fair (instead of the more
recent matches being more fresh in my mind) but I decided to go with what
I remembered being **** or better from the last year.

MDB: Bret v. Benoit in tribute to Owen Hart.  This match was what
wrestling can be and should be like.  My second fav match this year also
came on free TV.  The cruiser four way on Nitro had its faults, chief
among them Psic getting the belt without pinning the champ, but I'll take
20 minutes like that everytime.  Brood v. Brood gets third because I tend
to rate gimmick matches lower.

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Best Feud

Award Description:

To be given to the feud that gave us the most heated and best wrestling
match(es) of the year. In 1994, this award was split into two: North
American and Non-North American.  In 1996, due to lack of participation on
the non-NA side, it was recombined.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Doom: Ron Simmons & Butch Reed vs. Horsemen: Arn Anderson & Barry
        Windham
  1991: Doom: Ron Simmons & Butch Reed vs. Steiners
  1992: Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage
  1993: Big Van Vader vs. Cactus Jack
  1994: (NA)     Cactus Jack & partner vs. Nasty Boys
  1994: (non-NA) All Japan Women vs. JWP (& other outside women)
  1995: (NA)     Dean Malenko vs. Eddy Guerrero
  1995: (non-NA) Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota
  1996: NWO vs. WCW
  1997: Bret Hart / Hart Foundation vs. Steve Austin
  1998: Mr. McMahon vs. Steve Austin

**1999**: Mankind v. Rock

341 first place votes
318 second place votes
307 third place votes

 89 53 29  662   Mankind v. Rock
 77 20 30  505   Steve Austin v. Vince McMahon (& Shane/Corporate Ministry)
 36 34 28  338   Jerry Lynn v. Rob Van Dam
 29 25 38  296   Brood v. Edge & Christian
 23 24 16  219   Steve Austin v. Rock
  8 21 30  163   Jeff Jarrett v. Women
  7 15 11  102   Test v. Shane McMahon (& Mean Street Posse)
  8  8 15   94   Ric Flair v. Eric Bischoff
  5  9  9   70   Steve Austin v. Triple H
  3  9 12   66   Yoshihiro Tajiri v. Super Crazy
  5  5  7   54   Tommy Dreamer v. Raven
  4  6  4   46   WCW "old" v. WCW "young"
  4  5  2   39   Vince McMahon v. Triple H
  1  7  5   36   LWO v. Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman
  3  4  3   33   Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko v. Rey Mysterio Jr. & Kidman v. Raven & Saturn
  2  4  5   32   X-Pac v. Shane McMahon
  3  3  3   30   Kenta Kobashi v. Vader
  1  8  0   29   Revolution v. Filthy Animals
  5  0  0   25   GAEA v. SSU
  2  3  2   23   Horsemen v. Flock
  1  4  3   23   Vince McMahon v. D-Generation X
  3  1  1   20   Magnum Tokyo v. Shiima Nobunaga
  2  0  4   18   West Texas Rednecks v. No Limit Soldiers
  0  3  4   17   Goldberg v. Sid Vicious
  0  4  2   16   Chris Jericho v. Chyna
  0  4  2   16   Chris Benoit v. Dean Malenko
  0  4  2   16   Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn v. Triad
  2  1  0   13   Mona v. Brandi Alexander
  2  0  0   10   Joe E. Legend v. Chi Chi Cruz (Grand Prix)
  1  1  1   10   Steve Austin v. Undertaker
  0  2  2   10   Sabu v. Taz
  0  0  5   10   Filthy Animals v. Revolution
  1  1  0    8   Steve Corino v. Tommy Dreamer
  1  0  1    7   Steve Corino v. Taz
  1  0  1    7   Shocker v. Mr. Niebla
  1  0  1    7   Rob Van Dam v. Sabu
  1  0  1    7   Chris Jericho v. Perry Saturn
  1  0  1    7   Chris Benoit v. Diamond Dallas Page
  0  1  2    7   Rock v. Triple H
  0  1  2    7   Kane v. X-Pac
  0  2  0    6   Amanda Storm v. Violet Flame
  1  0  0    5   Untouchables v. Burning
  1  0  0    5   Union v. Corporation
  1  0  0    5   Rock v. Juventud Guerrara(NO)
  1  0  0    5   Ric Flair v. Randy Savage
  1  0  0    5   Mr. Neibla v. IWRG Mr. Niebla
  1  0  0    5   Ian Rotten v. Corporal Robinson
  1  0  0    5   Danny Doring & Amish Roadkill v. Chris Chetti & Super Nova
  1  0  0    5   Chyna v. Jeff Jarrett
  1  0  0    5   CIMA v. Taka Michinoku
  0  1  1    5   WWF v. WCW
  0  1  1    5   Villano III v. Atlantis
  0  1  1    5   Triple H v. WWF
  0  1  1    5   Mankind v. Val Venis
  0  0  2    4   Mitsuharu Misawa v. Toshiaki Kawada
  0  0  2    4   Ken Shamrock v. Undertaker (Ministry of Darkness)
  0  1  0    3   Vince McMahon v. Shane McMahon
  0  1  0    3   Vince McMahon & Steve Austin v. The Ministry of Darkness
  0  1  0    3   Taz v. ECW
  0  1  0    3   Steve Corino v. ECW
  0  1  0    3   Sabu v. Justin Credible
  0  1  0    3   NWO v. WCW
  0  1  0    3   Mr. Gannosuke v. Eiji Ezaki
  0  1  0    3   Mitsuharu Misawa v. Vader
  0  1  0    3   Mitsuharu Misawa & Naoya Ogawa v. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama
  0  1  0    3   Mean Street Posse v. Stooges
  0  1  0    3   Manami Toyota v. Shinobu Kandori
  0  1  0    3   Kidman v. Rey Mysterio Jr.
  0  1  0    3   Kane v. Pete Rose
  0  1  0    3   Jerry Lynn v. Justin Credible
  0  1  0    3   Ivory v. Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young
  0  1  0    3   Impact Players v. Tommy Dreamer
  0  1  0    3   Hollywood Hogan v. Sting
  0  1  0    3   Hollywood Hogan v. Ric Flair
  0  1  0    3   Godfather v. Blue Blazer
  0  1  0    3   Eddie Guerrero v. former LWO members
  0  1  0    3   Disco Inferno v. Konnan
  0  1  0    3   Chris Jericho v. WWF
  0  0  1    2   Yumiko Hotta v. Shinobu Kandori
  0  0  1    2   Triple H v. Kane
  0  0  1    2   Torch v. Strife
  0  0  1    2   Strawberry Fields v. Malia Hosaka
  0  0  1    2   Raven v. Hak v. Bam Bam Bigelow
  0  0  1    2   Masato Tanaka v. Mike Awesome
  0  0  1    2   Lexie Fyfe v. Malia Hosaka
  0  0  1    2   Kane v. everybody
  0  0  1    2   Kane v. Big Show
  0  0  1    2   Juventud Guerrera v. Blitzkrieg
  0  0  1    2   Goldberg v. Bret Hart
  0  0  1    2   Dudley Boyz v. Acolytes
  0  0  1    2   Cuddley Berr v. F-f-f-fuzz
  0  0  1    2   Bam Bam Bigelow v. Scott Hall v. Goldberg
  0  0  1    2   Al Snow v. Hardcore Holly

CHRIS BIRD: Edge and Christian vs. the Hardyz was quixotic (multiple
turns! Gangrel forms the New Brood!) yet utterly entertaining. Test vs.
Shane McMahon was a new-school feud done in an old-school way. The lWo vs.
Rey and Kidman was a quietly ignored classic little feud.

EDC: Not many great fueds that lasted all year. Lynn v. RVD was good
because it gave us the best matchs. Rock v. Steve Austin was good but as
played out as the whole Vince v. Austin or UT v. Austin. Ric Flair and
Bishoff was great for one night.

CYBERAL33: The GAEA vs. SSU feud involved the most talent in the history
of the business, and you can't go wrong with that. Ozaki, Aja, KAROU,
Meiko, Kato, Chigusa, Lioness, etc. Great matches all around and it
brought to life the classic Chigusa/Lioness feud too. The Hardy Boyz and
Edge/Christan made WWF TV worth watching and climaxed with the stupendous
ladder match while Lynn and Van Dam had a tremendous series of matches as
well.

K. CANZANELLA: Shocker v. Mr. Niebla was a great fued that provided plenty
of good matches and some heavy duty bladejobs. LWO v. Kidman and Rey Jr.
was maybe the best fued for real wrestling in the US this year. During
this time period, each Nitro would have 3 or 4 matches of 15 minutes each
with the cruiserweights. Also, Eddy was very over as a heel here and was
wrestling like he should, not like the crap they have him playing now.
Lastly, I voted for Brood v, Hardyz/Edge, because this fued provided the
only real good wrestling the WWF would be seeing on free TV and managed to
semi-interest the fans back into the action.

MR. JF: In the year that was Russo-hot-shot booking in the WWF and a
clusterfuck in WCW, there weren't many memorable feuds in the Big Two.
ECW's RVD vs Jerry Lynn would have gotten # 1if they'd have Lynn go over
in a blowoff.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: I'm going to continue the "Year of Foley" trend here:
he's had two separate, but equally great issues with the Rock, and the
first one was the best feud of the year, as it had good wrestling, comedy
and drama. The LWO and Blondz / Brood feud were great feuds that were
advanced almost exclusively in the ring, which makes them worthy of
recognition.

MATTHEW CLEARY: The SuperStar Unit angle has been my favorite angle ever,
even eclipsing Manami Toyota's Freedom Force angles in the earlier parts
of the Nineties. It is the best invasion angle ever done, hands down.

OCTAVIAN:  The feud that ended 98 with WWF on fire carried the fed well
into summer of 99.

DON BECKER: There are two schools of thought for how this category should
go - one says the better the matches, the better the feud.  The other says
the better the angle, the better the feud.  Which is why this is such a
hard choice to make.  Mankind/Rock made for better TV than Brood/Blonds,
but there's no doubt that the latter made for better matches.  If I could
give tie votes, I would, but I'll have to give the nod to the better TV.
Tommy/Raven gets third because the feud has hit a strong level of
intensity that could make it the winner of this award in 2000.

SHAWN MULLIN: Mankind vs. the Rock was a true one on one feud done through
wrestling matches, and increasingly interesting and heated promos.  No
feud produced as many good matches and as much one on one heat for that
long.  They were on PPV 4 straight times, and the heat never died.. plus 3
other big matches on TV in between that time.. too bad they never had a
true blowoff.  Austin vs. Mcmahon was on its last legs, but still produced
great and heated "heel gets his" moments at Massacre and Fully Loaded.
The Heat never died, even if the story dragged a bit.  Finally, the Brood
vs. Hardys feud was the wrestling highlite of most WWF shows throughout
the late spring, summer and fall.

MAX CHITTISTER: Test v. Shane was just such a great feud. Good beginning,
great middle, hot blowoff, and an actual ending. Woo-hoo!

PAUL SHOCK:  I could watch Rock vs. Austin all day.  Jeff Jarrett as a
chauvinist finally got him over.  Benoit/Saturn vs. The Triad made for
some great matches.

BLOB: The great wrestling and carrying ability of Jerry Lynn easily makes
this the feud of the year. Both RVD/Lynn put on an incredible Shawn
Michaels like show and truly gave the fans their money's worth. The
Benoit/Saturn vs Triad feud helped keep WCW worth watching during the
summer months of the year. The Hardy's vs Edge & Christian feud made for
the best matches for WWF all year.

GEORGE CARTER: This was a rather disappointing year for feuds IMO. The
only one that stood out was the Rock/Austin feud at the beginning of the
year.  Mankind/Rock's matches were good but the title changed hands so
often that by the time their ladder match happened on RAW (the day after
St Valentine's Day Massacre) I had NO IDEA who the champ was and it felt
like the Rock retaining the belt instead of winning it for a third time.

JOHN C.:Austin/Rock was easily the most anticipated feud of the year and
delivered as far as matches and storyline go so that's why that feud got
my vote. I put Flair/Bischoff second because the heat was pretty
incredible but that's cause Flair was the one carrying in it and it
resulted in several beatings of Bischoff which is always a good thing.

JON RICHARDSON:  The best feud would be the one that inspired the best
promos and the best matches.  Hands down this year it would be Mankind vs.
The Rock.  For three months these two went at it in every kind of match,
pretty much splitting the series, while doing amazingly entertaining
interviews on both sides.  Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn produced two
incredible matches yet really did nothing to elevate either wrestler so I
couldn't consider it to be the best.  Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Super Crazy got
the third spot as it seemed to be the only feud that lasted the entire
year (and is still going ) with neither man ever getting an advantage.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN:  Ugh...This should be a 10 person long ballot, as all
feds have oddles of crud stinking up the ranks. It's just that of all the
crud out there, I wonder why Viscera and Mideon have a job. I mean Sid and
the Godfather draw some pops, but Viscera and Mideon draw nothing from the
crowd, simply because they go to pick up a beer when they come out. And
they can't wrestle, and they can't cut promo's...and even more horrifying,
their a tag team...Ugh...

SIXKKS:  We've seen Kane and Pete Rose twice in two years and if I never
see it again it was one of the most entertaining fueds in WM history
because it only develops during WM.  And if it continues then it would
still be great because I'll always be on the look out for Pete Rose and
wait to laugh my ass off!

DONALD SEMACK:  The Rock & Mankind were entertaining weather they were
enemies or friend, (if you don't count "This is Your Life") !

JOE GAGNE: Good feuds should produce good matches.  Rock/Mankind, Lynn/Van
Dam, and Brood/Christian-Edge all produced great matches.

MYKLL42:I gave WCW "old" v. WCW "young" my 3rd place vote because it had
so much potential, even though it didn't live up to it.  Rock v. Mankind
gets my number one for the sheer entertainment value and consistent
quality of the matches.

SEAN FLYNN: Austin and Vince were still hot for months into this vote.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: I'm not up on ECW feuds, and WCW sucks, so all these are
gonna be from the WWF. 1: Mankind vs. Rock. Did these two ever wrestle a
bad match? (Halftime Heat didn't happen. Don't even mention it) . And it
was a hot feud, actually made sense and all, and gave Mick Foley two
World's Titles. Good enough. 2: Rock vs. Steve Austin. Several good
matches, actual *continuity* with past angles, and the two hottest
wrestlers on the planet. 3: Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon. Not as good as
last year, but it did result in a couple fun matches, and one of the
biggest (though by no means best) angles of the year in the Greater Power.

LORIE:  Hoping that I can vote that the WWF did the "best promotional
move" in next year's RSPW awards----and I will be able to if WWF has X-Pac
win clean over Kane at the 12/12/99 PPV.  I am so tired of X-Pac being
"too small" to win against large guys, especially since WWF is going to
push same-size Jericho and much-shorter Taz as monster killers. That makes
no sense!

JUSTIN JONES: Mankind vs. the Rock is the feud that carried the WWF for
three months while Austin and Undertaker were on the shelf.  I can't WAIT
for the next Royal Rumble....Mick vs. the Rock: "I Quit On Your Grave"

HEATM: Mankind and the Rock went at it for over four months and had some
tremendous fights which really elevated both guys.  After that was done,
they teamed up -- and they were still feuding.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Best Feud. Yoshirio Tajiri v. Super Crazy made me
mark out every time I saw them.  They could put thin on TNN every week for
a year and I don't think I'd get sick of it. 2nd: Jerry Lynn v. Rob Van
Dam.  How can they put the same two guys in against each other so often
(and these usually aren't short matches) and keep me glued to the set
every freakin' time?  I had a hard time picking a 3rd, since no other feud
came even CLOSE to these two, so I was thinking about leaving it blank.
I ended up flipping a three-sided coin to chose among Chris Benoit v.
Diamond Dallas Page, Edge/Christian v. Brood, and Benoit v. DDP (which
sticks in my mind because DDP was the first "main eventer" to give Benoit
a "break" and let him pin him clean. And this was before TPTB came in and
started *forcing* old guys to put over young guys. :-)

MDB: Best feud? The closest to a real feud I saw this year was the Flair
vendetta that, like everything else in wrestling this year, just couldn't
hold together for a logical ending/sugueway into something new.
(Remember Flair beating Steamboat only to get piledriven by Funk?) Vince
v. Austin was most successful for a second year, but it was really just
more of the same.

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Worst Wrestler

Award Description:

To be given to the name athlete who was the worst overall wrestler in the
past year. Minimal technical ability, lousy interviews, non-existent
workrate, and the charisma of a rock should describe this person.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Junkyard Dog
  1991: Andre The Giant
  1992: Nailz
  1993: Giant Gonzalez
  1994: Hulk Hogan
  1995: Hulk Hogan
  1996: Hulk Hogan
  1997: Hulk Hogan
  1998: Hollywood Hogan

**1999**: Hulk Hogan

343 first place votes
336 second place votes
327 third place votes

 96 36 22  632   Hulk Hogan
 35 28 26  311   David Flair
 16 23 23  195   Mideon
 14 16 27  172   Viscera
 12 22 12  150   Kevin Nash
 11 16 15  133   Big Bossman
 10 12 19  124   Sid Vicious
 11 14  9  115   Brian Knobs
  8 12  6   88   Rick Steiner
  7 13  5   84   Fabulous Moolah
  8  8  7   78   Sable
  6  9 10   77   Hacksaw Jim Duggan
  6  7 12   75   Cat
  5  9  6   64   Jake Roberts
  6  7  6   63   Swoll
  1 10 12   59   Roddy Piper
  6  6  5   58   Big Show
  2  8 10   54   Mae Young
  2  7 10   51   Warrior
  7  0  5   45   Goldberg
  6  3  2   43   Steve Austin
  3  4  6   39   Total Package
  6  2  1   38   Rock
  4  3  4   37   Erik Watts
  4  3  3   35   Debra
  4  3  2   33   Road Dogg
  4  3  2   33   Mr. Ass
  4  1  3   29   Diamond Dallas Page
  3  4  1   29   New Jack
  2  5  1   27   Randy Savage
  2  4  1   24   Godfather
  3  2  1   23   Undertaker
  1  4  2   21   Triple H
  2  1  3   19   Steve Blackman
  0  4  3   18   British Bulldog
  1  2  3   17   Stevie Ray
  3  0  0   15   Lex Luger
  1  1  3   14   Atsushi Onita
  0  2  3   12   Nicole Bass
  1  2  0   11   Vince McMahon
  1  2  0   11   Sting
  1  2  0   11   Buff Bagwell
  0  1  4   11   Van Hammer
  2  0  0   10   Chris Benoit
  1  1  1   10   Pete "Gas"
  1  1  1   10   Chyna
  1  0  2    9   Prince Albert
  1  0  2    9   Konnan
  0  1  3    9   Evan Karagias
  1  1  0    8   Kendall Windham
  0  2  1    8   Yokozuna
  1  0  1    7   Mankind
  1  0  0    5   Viscra
  1  0  0    5   Sabu
  1  0  0    5   Ric Flair
  1  0  0    5   Norman Smiley
  1  0  0    5   Maestro
  1  0  0    5   King Kong Bundy
  1  0  0    5   Jeff Jarrett
  1  0  0    5   Fit Finlay
  1  0  0    5   D'Lo Brown
  1  0  0    5   Curly Bill (Vincent)
  0  1  1    5   Sean Stasiak
  0  1  1    5   Scott Steiner
  0  1  1    5   Chase Tatum
  0  0  2    4   Scott Hall
  0  0  2    4   Mark Henry
  0  1  0    3   Shane McMahon
  0  1  0    3   Shane Douglas
  0  1  0    3   Juice
  0  1  0    3   George Steele
  0  1  0    3   Droz
  0  1  0    3   4x4
  0  0  1    2   Tori
  0  0  1    2   Steve Williams
  0  0  1    2   Steve Regal
  0  0  1    2   Roadkill
  0  0  1    2   PN News
  0  0  1    2   Meng
  0  0  1    2   Joey Abs
  0  0  1    2   Jaque Mate
  0  0  1    2   Disciple
  0  0  1    2   Dennis Rodman
  0  0  1    2   Bret Hart
  0  0  1    2   Big Ted Sweet
  0  0  1    2   Berlyn
  0  0  1    2   "Tie" votes(NO)

CHRIS BIRD: Viscera can barely move, Swoll is little better, and Mideon is
horrid...and that's only scraping the very bottom of a very putrid, rotten
barrel. I didn't have room for Hulk Hogan, Sable, Moolah, Rick Steiner,
Nash, Sid, Savage, Knobbs, Stevie Ray...I could go on, believe me...

EDC: Brian Knobs is a bad wrestler. He has no buisness being in the ring,
much less a WCW ring. David Flair is worse, but its his first gig, and
atleast he's willing to take a face first bump or two. Eric Watts is
hopeless, and I hope he never works again.

RFLAGG13: Sure, a lot of people sucked this year, but no one quite
approached the abomination that is David Flair. He has absolutely no
business being in the ring, and his little brother Reid is probably a
better worker than he is at this point. Second goes to Big Bossman, who
managed to take a mildly over hardcore division and turn it into a
festering pile of garbage. Third is Kevin Nash, who should retire to do
commentary. His mic skills are literally his only saving grace.

K. CANZANELLA: Big Show is horrible. For a guy who's 7'2, he sure as hell
is having a hard time getting himself over. The Undertaker should retire
now. The heat's gone, the aura's gone, the work that was always bad is
even worse, the gimmick's outdated, and the guy is too banged up. Jaque
Mate bores me tremendously. He isn't.... good.

SCOTT GRIFFITH:  Gosh... I could fill this one up all day.  There are so
many deserving horrible wrestlers.  I was leaning towards any No Limit
soljah, but they lasted all of a month so I ditched that though.  Really,
this category was way to easy to come up with.  Maybe there are just way
to many horrible wrestlers out there.  Ugggh....

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Congratulations, Sable, you managed to knock Warrior and
David Flair off the top of the list.

FALCONARROW: and Hogan doesn't get any of my votes due to his lack of
Action

AARON: The fact that Flair, Piper and Moolah all held single titles this
year makes it even more pathetic.

JOHN ROMANO:  Mideon sucks however you spell it.

DON BECKER: Ah, yes - the award on whose presence offends me most in a
wrestling ring.  And at the top of that would be the No Limit Soldiers,
represented here by Master P's bodyguard Swoll.  Atsushi Onita wouldn't
get a vote from me if he'd stayed in FMW, because his presence worked
there.  But the man adds absolutely nothing to the New Japan product, and
he's to blame for stinking up three huge shows for NJPW.  Debra should
simply stick to being a side attraction, because she's good at that.

Y2J MANIA: Randy Savage is an easy #1 with terrible matches, bad
interviews, and he injured several guys with his elbow drop.  "Big
Immobile"  Kevin Nash is #2 since he stinks at wrestling, booking, doing
interviews, color commentary, and anything else he tries.  Onita takes #3
since he can't have a half-decent match with anyone any more.

MAX CHITTISTER: There may be people with fewer skills, but did anybody put
forth less effort than Debra, Sable, and Warrior?

CAN00K: I hate Hulk Hogan.

PAUL SHOCK:  It was a tough choice, but I took Hogan over his little
sister, Mae Young.  Knobbs is awful.

BLOB: Not much to say here, except for the fact that Austin, Hogan and
David Flair were the worst all year.

ALDO: Why did I put Hacksaw Jim Duggan ahead of Hulk Hogan in this
category?  Hogan will sell moves from time to time, whereas the most I've
seen Hacksaw do is yell "HOOOOO" after being slugged in the corner.  Both
are pathetic wrestlers who should get punked by everyone in the WCW locker
room, though.  As for Kevin Nash, he has some charisma, despite the fact
that he's lazier than a high school burnout and has the weakest powerbomb
I've ever seen.

GEORGE CARTER: David Flair wins this dubious honor easily. He had no
charisma, no impressive moves, no expreience, no mic skills, no heat ...
he had NOTHING.  4x4 gets second for being related to Master P. I admit
that I only saw this guy wrestle once and I didn't pay too close attention
but I'm sure he sucked. And Viscera gets third for being the same slow fat
ass he was when he was 'our' King.

JOHN C.:People like Jim Ross and Stephanie McMahon were in actual matches
this year but I don't consider one match as a way to judge the worst
wrestler so that's why my picks are Nash, Hogan and Bossman. These three
were part of the worst matches this entire year even when they are in the
ring with a decent wrestler. Nash and Hogan "retired" this past year, too
bad it wasn't true.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN:  Which is why the worst worker category has is really a
conituation of 18. Sid , Hogan, and SMith fill the ranks here....

TREVOR KING: Evan Karagias: you know you're bad when pretty-boy Kidman
needs to work stiff with you because you don't know what you are doing.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: "Hitchhiker's Guide To Become A Bad Wrestler" should
be written by Rick Steiner.

JOE GENTILE:  David Flair, ugh, tiem to change the channel. Mideon is so
bad, that I actually get angry to seem him on TV.  Hey Brian Knobbs, your
career is over, deal with it!!!

MYKLL42:If I could, I would have had Brian Knobs, David Flair and Jake
Roberts all tied for first.  The only reason I would hesitate with Flair
is because he might be a very good person... I have a sneaky suspicion
Knobs and Roberts aren't.  But this is Worst Wrestler, and in that area,
they all suck.

SEAN FLYNN: The geriatrics of WCW get the top_watching Debra pretend to
wrestle was so bad I missed Sable just a little.

KEVIN WONG: I have a policy where I don't consider the non-wrestlers to be
wrestlers.  The Dennis Rodmans and Jim Rosses of the world are not
wrestlers, so I won't include them, instead confering the dishonour on the
WCW trio of Swoll, Chase Tatum and the Cat

B. SZPAKOWICZ: David Flair should not get within 50 fucking feet of a
wrestling ring. Not until a few years from now, at least. Christ,
virtually anyone off this newsgroup could probably wrestle a better match
than him. Viscera is a fat-assed piece of crap and he sucks. Hogan is, and
always will be, Hogan.

THERION: You needed about 15 slots for this section. Just picking the top
three suck wrestlers was the most difficult choice on the survey.

RYAN GRANT:  Congratulations, Jake, on being voted my worst wrestler of
the year.  Don't celebrate too hard.

BERT SNOOVEN: Worst wrestler? It's a shame there's only three. It was very
tough narrowing this down, but I chose Sable as THE worst. With good
reason. Promoting her as a wrestler when she couldn't (because of the
implants and because she didn't have the skills) wrestle was bad enough,
but the success got to her head, and I am glad she is gone. Next one goes
to Flair the younger. Gee, when you are the son of one of the greatest
wrestlers of all times, you'd figure Davey Boy (not Smith) would have some
level of competence, or genetics at the very least. He's been on for a few
months but he still looks as shaky as Pepper. Too bad Bossman can't grind
him up and feed him to Al Snow.

COLIN MACKINNON: You can't deny the fact that it's great to see Jim Duggan
back, after successfully beating cancer.  You also can't deny the fact
that the man should retire - soon.

JEREMY SORIA: It's not that he can't wrestle, it's just that he doesn't
have any heat, and no one has cared enough to tell him that he sucks. The
crowd has been trying, though.  Also, I think the WWF should try not to
duplicate WCW in incorporating a seniors' division with putting Moolah and
Mae back in the ring.

JUSTIN JONES: It's almost not fun voting for Hogan as Worst Wrestler,
since we know he's gonna win it every year.  Even the fact that he's
apparently added the dreaded Dim Mak "Death Touch" to his arsenal can't
overcome the inertia of his putrescence.

OLIVER DAVIES: I gave Warrior 2nd & Mae Young 3rd because at least Young
can take a bump...

HEATM:  In all my years watching wrestling, I have never seen anyone so
unprepared for wrestling as David Flair.  I'm not sure if his gimmick was
to be a bad wrestler, but either way, no one is supposed to be that bad.

MDB: At least Piper can get the crowds going with his tired antics.  At
least the Bossman can move kind of quickly and do his stock set of moves.
The Big Giant has nothing going for him except an overactive thyroid.

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Worst Tag Team

Award Description:

To be given to the name tag team who were the worst overall wrestlers in the
past year. Minimal technical ability, lousy interviews, non-existent
workrate, the charisma of a rock, and lousy team moves should describe this
pair.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Rhythm & Blues: Greg Valentine & Honky Tonk Man
  1991: The Patriots: Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip
  1992: Bushwhackers: Luke Williams & Butch Miller
  1993: The Colossal Kongs: Awesome Kong & King Kong
  1994: Bushwhackers: Luke Williams & Butch Miller
  1995: Tekno Team 2000: Travis & Troy
  1996: Godwinns: Henry O. & Phineas I.
  1997: Godwinns: Henry O. & Phineas I.
  1998: Diamond Dallas Page & Jay Leno

**1999**: Ministry of Darkness: Mideon & Viscera

334 first place votes
318 second place votes
301 third place votes

 81 48 46  641   Mideon & Viscera
 68 41 24  511   Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young
 16 48 22  268   First Family - Brian Knobs & Hugh Morrus
 22 19 25  217   No Limit Soldiers - Swoll & 4x4 & Chase Tatum & BA
 15 14 22  161   West Texas Rednecks - Barry & Kendall Windham
  8 22 26  158   Rick Steiner & Sid Vicious
 21  5 10  140   New Age Outlaws - Road Dogg & Mr. Ass
  8 12  6   88   LOD 2000 - Road Warrior Hawk & Road Warrior Animal & Droz
  7 10  9   83   Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Erik Watts
 10  3  8   75   West Texas Rednecks - Bobby Duncum Jr. & Kendall Windham
  7  6  4   61   Undertaker & Big Show
  4  5 11   57   West Texas Rednecks - Kendall Windham & Curly Bill
  3  8  5   49   Droz & Prince Albert
  5  5  4   48   Disorderly Conduct - Mean Mike & Tuff Tom
  5  3  5   44   Hulk Hogan & Ric Flair
  2  4  9   40   Steve Austin & Jim Ross
  6  0  0   30   Dudley Boyz - Buh Buh Ray & D-Von
  4  2  2   30   Outsiders - Scott Hall & Kevin Nash
  4  1  3   29   Chris Jericho & Curtis Hughes
  2  3  5   29   Randy Savage & Sid Vicious
  3  2  2   25   Kane & X-Pac
  1  3  3   20   Nikolai Volkoff & Iron Sheik
  1  3  3   20   Acolytes - Faarooq & Bradshaw
  3  0  2   19   Too Cool - Grandmaster Sexy & Scotty 2 Hottie
  2  1  3   19   Hollys - Hardcore & Crash
  2  1  2   17   Rock & Sock Connection - Rock & Mankind
  1  3  1   16   Mean Street Posse - Rodney & Pete "Gas" & Joey Abs
  1  1  3   14   Insane Clown Posse - Shaggy 2 Dope & Violent J
  1  2  1   13   Big Bossman & Prince Albert
  2  0  1   12   NWO - Brian Adams & Horace
  2  0  1   12   Head Bangers - Mosh & Thrasher
  1  1  2   12   Spike Dudley & Balls Mahoney
  1  1  2   12   Axl Rotten & Balls Mahoney
  2  0  0   10   Harlem Heat - Stevie Ray & Booker T.
  0  2  1    8   Triad - Diamond Dallas Page & Bam Bam Bigelow & Kanyon
  0  2  1    8   Filthy Animals - Konnan & Kidman
  1  0  1    7   Pat Patterson & Gerald Brisco
  1  0  1    7   West Texas Rednecks - Barry Windham & Curly Bill
  0  2  0    6   West Hollywood Blondes - Lenny & Lodi
  0  2  0    6   Val Venis & Godfather
  0  2  0    6   Los Hermanos Dinimitia - Mascara Ano 2K & Cien Caras & Universo 2K
  1  0  0    5   Test & Stephanie McMahon
  1  0  0    5   Roadkill & Danny Doring
  1  0  0    5   Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett
  1  0  0    5   Mark Henry & D'Lo Brown
  1  0  0    5   Hugh Morrus & Meng
  1  0  0    5   Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman
  1  0  0    5   D'Lo Brown & Test
  1  0  0    5   Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko
  1  0  0    5   Big Swoll & 4x4
  1  0  0    5   Berlyn & Curly Bill
  0  1  1    5   Super Nova & Chris Chetti
  0  1  1    5   Samoan Swat Team - Samu & Fatu
  0  1  1    5   Raven & Tommy Dreamer
  0  1  1    5   Public Enemy - Flyboy Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge
  0  1  1    5   Los Villanos - IV & V
  0  1  1    5   First Family - Brian Knobs & Barbarian
  0  1  1    5   Curt Hennig & Barry Windham
  0  1  1    5   Baldies
  0  0  2    4   Steve Regal & Dave Taylor & Fit Finlay (& Chris Adams)
  0  0  2    4   Disciples of Apocalypse - Skull & 8-Ball
  0  1  0    3   Simon Diamond & Dick
  0  1  0    3   Sid Vicious & Goldberg
  0  1  0    3   Sabu & Rob Van Dam
  0  1  0    3   Oddities - Kurrgan & Golga & Giant Silva
  0  1  0    3   Men From Down Under - Luke Graham & Butch Miller
  0  1  0    3   Ken Shamrock & Big Bossman
  0  1  0    3   Jeff Jarrett & Debra
  0  1  0    3   JOB Squad - Holly & Scorpio
  0  1  0    3   High Voltage - Robbie Rage & Kenny Kaos (eligible?)
  0  1  0    3   Hardy Boyz - Matt & Jeff
  0  1  0    3   F.B.I. - Tracy Smothers & Little Guido
  0  1  0    3   Danny Doring & Amish Roadkill
  0  1  0    3   Curt Hennig & Curly Bill
  0  1  0    3   Big Bossman & Ken Shamrock
  0  1  0    3   Berlyn & Wall
  0  0  1    2   Texas Hangmen - 1 & 2
  0  0  1    2   Rick & David Flair
  0  0  1    2   Raven & Perry Saturn
  0  0  1    2   McMahons - Vince & Shane
  0  0  1    2   Kane & Chyna
  0  0  1    2   Impact Players - Lance Storm & Justin Incredible
  0  0  1    2   Goldust & Blue Meanie
  0  0  1    2   Faces of Fear - Meng & Barbarian
  0  0  1    2   Armstrong Brothers - Scott & Steve

REJECTED - ineligible in timeframe

  2  4  3        Creative Control
  0  2  0        Konnan & anybody
  0  1  0        Nasty Boys
  0  1  0        Diamond Dallas Page & Jay Leno
  0  0  1        Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone

CHRIS BIRD: Mideon and Viscera were uniformly terrible. The First Family
were just as bad. The Acolytes were a little better but with greater
exposure, thus they were nearly as bad.

EDC: Mideon and Mabel are a waste of space by themselves, who thought
putting them together in a tag team should be shot. Moolah and Mae are too
damn old to be in the ring. Swoll and 4x4 did nothing of importance,
except a few token WCWSN apperances.

RFLAGG13: Wow, what can you say about Moolah and Mae Young? Well, my
mother always told me if you can't say something nice, don't say anything
at all. Rick Steiner and Sid Vicious did their best to stink up the
wrestling ring during their short partnership, and the Windham brothers
got one of the most undeserved title reigns I've ever seen. This ain't
1991 anymore, Barry, your time is gone. Kendall never really had anything
to begin with, though, except maybe his resemblance to Steve Austin.

K. CANZANELLA: Now take your two worst wrestlers and have them team
together. Woo-hoo! Hermanos Dinimitia do nothing for me. Universo 2k tries
very hard, but his brothers just stink. Hog Farmer and Fat Black Guy with
blond mohawk become one and form a heat-killing team for all the ages.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Recipe for terror: Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Eric Watts vs.
the First Family vs. Mideon and Viscera, best of five falls.

AARON: Any tag team with a combined age in quadruple digits isn't going to
get my praises. Mideon and Viscera move like a couple of pregnant yaks.
And when one half of your tag team consists of Fatu's ass...

OCTAVIAN:  If I NEVER see Mae Young and Moolah in the ring again it will
be too soon.  The First Family do nothing for me.  Rick Steiner and Sid
Vicious?  Two of my LEAST favorite wrestlers on the same team?  An easy
#3.

JOHN ROMANO:  All these teams were real losers.  Maybe Holly's partner and
Road Dogg could get together and call themselves "Smoke and Coke."

DON BECKER: Mideon and Viscera are limited because they're JUST TOO FAT
((c) 1999 Scott Keith), Swoll & 4x4 just had no place in a wrestling ring
to begin with - which is a convenient excuse for them.  Kendall and Curly
were harmless enough, but Kendall Windham's not what he used to be, and
neither is Curly (though he was never much to begin with).

MAX CHITTISTER: Moolah and Mae individually weren't bad enough to crack my
three worst, but put them together, and you have Pure Suck.

PAUL SHOCK:  Swoll and 4x4 were wastes of money.  How did the Windhams win
the tag belts, again?  I'm glad the LOD retired.

BLOB: Only one thing to say about Mideon & Viscera: YIKES! Swoll & 4x4 and
Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Eric Watts were just pitiful as well.

GEORGE CARTER: Hootie Hoo ! 4x4 and Swoll gets first place ! The
Undertaker and the Big Show gets second cause when they teamed up, the
Undertaker was just there to be THERE. The poor guy was waiting for
surgery and he couldn't wrestle, yet the WWF gave them the titles
nonetheless. Mideon and Viscera gets third for their previous horrid tag
partners.

JOHN C.:Mideon & Viscera are easily the choice for this one although Barry
& Kendall Windham were a close second because they actually had a title
reign.  This was a VERY bad year for tag team wrestling. Very, very bad.
Did I mention it was a bad year?

JOE GENTILE:  Ok, you have a battle royal to detemine who gets the title
shot at your flagship event, and the best you can come up with is D'Lo
Brown and Test?!?!  Who booked that crap?!?

JOE GAGNE: Swoll and 4x4 were so wretched they didn't even deserve to beat
the First Family.  Do Mideon and Viscera have any redeeming qualities?
And the fact that the Whindams had a title reign in '99 speaks volumes
about WCW.

C. BENSINGER: Moolah/Mae Yong -- One has to wonder how this got on TV in
the first place

SEAN FLYNN: Brian Knobbs makes six figures_life isn't fair.

KEVIN WONG: Hard to believe that there was a team worse than Mae and
Moolah.  But they're both over 70.  What's Duggan and Watts' excuse for
sucking??

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young, Mideon and Viscera, and UT
and Big Show. Hell, can any of these six wrestle? (Okay, Show and UT could
if they bothered to. So why don't they?) Why, then, are they on my TV
screen?

BERT SNOOVEN: The winners of the Worst Tag Team award...Moolah & Mae. They
belong in a tar pit, not a mud pit. Or anywhere near a wrestling ring for
that matter.

SUGAR RAY: Creative Control arrives in WCW and they get pushed!!! Why?
They suck!  Come on Russo, you can do better than this!

JEREMY SORIA: Not really in any particular order, to be honest. I never
really cared for Viscera; but then again, who did? The Steve Austin/Jim
Ross pairing was much like when John Glenn and the space shuttle crew went
up again in space; John Glenn (Jim Ross) just sat there while he let
everyone else (Steve Austin) do most of the work. And finally, when the
fans say they want puppies, they don't mean an old bunch of old dogs like
Moolah and Young.

ROB EVANS: Worst Tag Team - LOD 2000, should have called them 2000 years
OLD.  They belong in WCW.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER:  Worst Tag Team (remember to combine the Moolah/Mae
Young duplicates)  easy 1st: Mideon & Viscera 2nd: Acolytes - Faarooq &
Bradshaw distant 3rd: Kane & X-Pac

MDB: If Hogan had half the dignity and class Flair does, then maybe a
superstar team of Flair and Hogan could work.  But he doesn't and it
didn't.

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Worst Heel

Award Description:

To be given to the person whose casting as a bad guy just didn't work well.
Maybe there was just no heel heat drawn or maybe the fans actually cheered
this person, but for whatever reason the heel image just didn't get over.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Rick Martel
  1991: The Mountie Jacques Rougeau
  1992: Razor Ramon
  1993: Giant Gonzalez
  1994: Bastion Booger
  1995: Zodiac (The Butcher/Brutus Beefcake)
  1996: Hulk Hogan
  1997: Ahmed Johnson
  1998: Hollywood Hogan

**1999**: Sting

343 first place votes
325 second place votes
309 third place votes

 72 21 26  475   Sting
 36 12 11  238   Hollywood Hogan
 18 22 26  208   Rick Steiner
 23 16 18  199   David Flair
 11 24 14  155   Mr. Ass
 16 16  8  144   Berlyn
 14 13 15  139   Sable
 16 10 13  136   Steve Blackman
 13 16 11  135   Cat
 12 14 14  130   Big Bossman
 11 16 12  127   Sid Vicious
  9 13 12  108   Mideon
 10  6  3   74   Triple H
  6 10  6   72   Undertaker
  2 11 12   67   Viscera
  6  8  6   66   Brian Knobs
  5  7 10   66   Roddy Piper
  2 10  9   58   Mark Henry
  2  8 11   56   Big Show
  5  5  6   52   Diamond Dallas Page
  5  7  2   50   Kevin Nash
  4  6  2   42   Chris Jericho
  4  5  3   41   Randy Savage
  3  1  5   28   Jeff Jarrett
  3  2  3   27   Chyna
  3  1  4   26   Rock
  2  1  6   25   Scott Steiner
  3  1  2   22   Road Dogg
  3  2  0   21   Ric Flair
  2  2  1   18   Val Venis
  0  0  8   16   Vincent
  2  1  1   15   X-Pac
  1  2  2   15   Kendall Windham
  1  2  2   15   British Bulldog
  0  3  3   15   Total Package
  1  3  0   14   Curly Bill (Vincent)
  2  0  1   12   Justin Credible
  0  2  3   12   Ivory
  0  3  0    9   Ken Shamrock
  1  1  0    8   Prince Albert
  1  1  0    8   Hardcore Holly
  0  2  1    8   Fit Finlay
  0  2  1    8   Chris Benoit
  1  0  1    7   Jim Ross
  1  0  1    7   Buh Buh Ray Dudley
  0  1  2    7   Tiger Ali Singh
  0  2  0    6   Taz
  0  2  0    6   Shane McMahon
  1  0  0    5   Kanyon
  1  0  0    5   Curt Hennig
  1  0  0    5   Crash Holly
  1  0  0    5   Brian Adams
  1  0  0    5   Bret Hart
  1  0  0    5   Al Snow
  0  1  1    5   Vince McMahon
  0  0  2    4   Simon Diamond
  0  1  0    3   Stevie Ray
  0  1  0    3   Shane Douglas
  0  1  0    3   Rey Mysterio Jr.
  0  1  0    3   Prophet
  0  1  0    3   Meng
  0  1  0    3   Lance Storm
  0  1  0    3   Eric Bischoff
  0  0  1    2   Vince Russo
  0  0  1    2   Scott Hall
  0  0  1    2   Rhino
  0  0  1    2   Maestro
  0  0  1    2   Dean Malenko
  0  0  1    2   Chris Adams

REJECTED

  5  1  1        New Age Outlaws
  0  2  0        Outsiders
  0  1  0        Powers That Be
  0  0  1        Hollys
  0  0  1        First Family

CHRIS BIRD: Undertaker turned heel, got face heat, and then eventually
dwindled down to sucking heat away from over wrestlers and hurting them.
Brian Knobbs' heel pushes were pathetic. Sid was a joke.

EDC: David Flair is quite possibly the worst wrestler in the world. As a
heel he was laughable. Viscera and Berlyn suck but not as badly as DF.

RFLAGG13: Hey, for old times sake, why don't we put Hogan at the top here?
He deserves every bit of it, even if he does get voted for this
automatically.  Second is Rick Steiner, whose nonexistant mic skills make
me want to chuck a bowling ball through my TV. His wrestling doesn't do
much for me, either.  Third is the Undertaker, whose ridiculous antics
earlier this year as leader of the Ministry reek of desperation in a vain
attempt to keep him over. I admire him for being able to stay over this
long, but enough already.

K. CANZANELLA: Berlyn is a horribly outdated gimmick on the worst wrestler
possible to be chosen to play the part. Yeah, the Germans are taking over
and their machine of war is a pasty white guitar string with a common mid
grade power move as a finisher. ... Yeah. The Undertaker is supposed to be
scary or something but boy does he bore the beegeesus out of me. I am ass
man! This song is ass man!  You can kiss my ass Mcman!

JOEL BOUTIERE: On Sting for worst heel:  Not because he sucks or anything,
but... come on!  The Stinger, a heel?!?  Nobody bought it, so definitely
worst heel goes to Sting.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Memo to Steve Blackman: if you're supposed to be evil,
you have to act evil. David Flair only got remotely threatening after the
year ended, and DDP had to ask fans to boo him... definitely not a good
sign, for him or his momma.

AARON: Dting as a bad guy? Boy, that was a hit. Bossman, particularly
during the Al Snow fued, was the most heatless heel this side of Double J.
And Sid ran the whole bad-ass concept into the ground.

OCTAVIAN:  I voted for Sting as Worst Heel not because I don't like him as
a wrestler, but because the heel turn was never really pulled off well
enough for me to consider him in that category.  In my eyes he's a tweener
at best.

DON BECKER: You know, it figures that David Flair would pick up a gimmick
that works for him *after* the voting period.  But until he became the
fisherman from I Know What You Did Last Summer, he just seemed absolutely
clueless about what to do in the ring.  Chyna got big babyface pops as a
heel, and that's pretty much a good sign that you should not be a heel.
Same goes for Sting - if your heel turn gets you tons of face heat,
something just isn't working.

MAX CHITTISTER: Sable and Berlyn never did anything in the ring to make me
hate them (I hate them for another set of reasons entirely). And I just
laugh at Mideon.

JBELL55146: Whoever planned the whole Sting turning heel angle should be
shot!  Wow, Sting being misused by WCW. What a shocker!

CAN00K: Die Hogan die.  Bad-ass HHH didn't do anything for me, I always
liked DX HHH better.

PAUL SHOCK:  In what could be the first unanimous vote in RSPW history,
Sting gets the worst heel award.  UT's heel interviews were much crappier
than his face interviews, as in his face interviews didn't involve
motorcycles.  You can't have a "worst" category with Roddy Piper.

BLOB: Rhetorical Question: Can anyone get less crowd reactions that Steve
Blackman, Mideon, Viscera?

ALDO: When Rick Steiner says, "I am the DFG..." does he mean Dog Faced
Gremlin or Dumb Fucking Goon?  DDP's heel schtick is so unfunny that
it's... well, not funny.  As for Berlyn, he gets a reaction -- people
changing the channel to USA.

GEORGE CARTER: Triple H, Jeff Jarrett and Sting are the worst heels this
year. You could barely tell that Sting was a heel by the crowd reaction.
Jarrett needs puppies and to beat up women to get heat. And Triple H needs
to gang rape Stephanie McMahon to do so.

JOHN C.:Maybe if Sting knew he was supposed to act like a heel he would've
been better at it. He didn't change his ring attire, he barely used heel
tactics and he hit Hogan with a bat seemingly every week. Why would I boo
someone who does that?

JON RICHARDSON: Attempting to get Curt Hennig over as a heel by having him
hate rap music was one of the worst ideas that WCW ever had.  Do they
really know their fanbase that badly?

RICHARD BEAUBIEN:  Sting was one of the worst heels I've ever seen, simply
because he tried to be a babyface while doing it. It was as if Sting
didn't want to be evil, even though if done right it could of been super
hot. Of course it wasn't done right...  The Cat is always a good choice
for bad heel, as his mic work sucks and his heat is always bad heat. The
fans hate him, not his actions. Rick Stiener is a bad wrestler and a bad
heel as he just can't channel his brothers skills. Scott, while a bad
wrestler, could at least cut a solid promo. Rick can't, and he just stinks
on the mic and can draw little heel heat.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: Sting turns on Hogan and I'm supposed to boo him?
Mr.Ass and Untertaker didn't generate any real heel heat.

ELLIOT SPARKS: Billy Gunn and Brian Knobbs were, per se, the two worst
heels of 1999. They weren't so much ineffective as bad guys as simply
ineffective, hence they get my top two votes. Sting gets third, but
through no fault of his own; he could have been an excellent heel if
management had actually put a little thought into the turn, and maybe
tried their hand at fundamentally sensible booking. But because the
bookers have been going shit for whiskers to ensure he's booked either as
an ambiguous tweener or a simple bystander, the whole heel turn has been
one big mistake. The poor guy was never given a chance.

JOE GENTILE:  Mideon. No one cares.  Sable takes second. No matter what
"heelish" acts she did, she got cheers as long as her boobs were there.
Brian Knobbs, your career is over. Deal with it!!!!

C. BENSINGER: Steve Blackman -- Charisma of a turnip

MYKLL42:Chris Jericho and Sting both deserve my number one vote.  Sting is
a career face, and Jericho was just not booked right.  He was a great heel
in WCW, he could be a great heel in the WWF.  But he gets more cheers than
boos.

SEAN FLYNN: They tried to reform the now, people didn't care.  They tried
to make Alex Wright interesting, people didn't care.  They tried to give
Simon a job, people cried.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Steve Blackman, Berlyn and David Flair, cause the crowd
doesn't care about any of them. Well, okay, they hate Flair, but that's
Bischoff-type heat, not proper heel heat.

THERION: WCW wins hands down as the promotion that does the worst at
trying to put over natural heels to be babyfaces and natural faces as
heels. Sable's attempt at being heel before she was booted failed pretty
miserably, too, but I don't think that was the WWF's fault.

BERT SNOOVEN: I'm so amazed that WCW believed Hogan was such a face that
if Sting attacked His Orangeness, he'd be a heel. Not only did it make for
a poorly executed heel turn, but it made Sting more popular. Second place:
Mr. Ass. Hard to tell what he is, since the crowd doesn't react to Billy
under any circumstances. Hmm...he's called Mr. Ass, so maybe he should do
the Dana Carvey routine from "Saturday Night Live" where he played George
Michael. If he repeatedly said, "Look at my butt" in a British accent,
maybe he could get a sympathy laugh.

SUGAR RAY: Sting trying to be a heel! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! And some
people actually thought it could work! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! What a failure,
except of course in Canada, where he managed to be massively over as a
heel. As for the Rock, sorry people, but the Rock can't even be a heel
anymore. The people just won't stop to sing along!

JEREMY SORIA: Hogan takes the token first place spot. Berlyn gets second
place, in that he shed his dance-baby-dance persona for a persona that was
much more suited for Brakus two years ago.

HEATM:  The only person who thought that Sting was a heel was Tony
Schiavone.

MDB: David Flair, you're adopted.  Apparently, so is the Big Giant.  Rick
Steiner, you look all real tough and mean with that leather jacket and
that bandanna.  Yeah, right.

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Worst Babyface

Award Description:

To be given to the person whose casting as a good guy just didn't work well.
Maybe there was just no face heat drawn or maybe the fans actually booed
this person, but for whatever reason the face image just didn't get over.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Dusty Rhodes
  1991: P.N. News
  1992: Sid Justice
  1993: Lex Luger
  1994: Hulk Hogan
  1995: Hulk Hogan
  1996: John Tenta
  1997: Rocky Maivia
  1998: Warrior

**1999**: Hulk Hogan

332 first place votes
314 second place votes
299 third place votes

100 42 24  674   Hulk Hogan
 40 45 27  389   Master P
 38 22 36  328   Eric Bischoff
 26 22 17  230   Buff Bagwell
 14 17 21  163   Konnan
 10 14 16  124   Chaz
  8 16 14  116   Kevin Nash
  8 15  8  101   Disciple
  5  9 19   90   Shane Douglas
  8  9 11   89   Lex Luger
  9  5 10   80   Big Show
  7  4  6   59   Diamond Dallas Page
  3  9  6   54   Fabulous Moolah
  2  7 11   53   Chyna
  5  3  9   52   Godfather
  1  5  8   36   Goldberg
  4  3  3   35   Sid Vicious
  0  8  5   34   Stevie Ray
  6  1  0   33   Steve Austin
  3  4  3   33   Rock
  2  3  6   31   Dean Malenko
  2  5  1   27   Vince McMahon
  2  5  1   27   Sean Stasiak (Meat)
  1  4  5   27   Lash LeRoux
  0  7  0   21   Val Venis
  1  2  2   15   Mr. Ass
  2  0  2   14   Roddy Piper
  0  4  1   14   Rick Steiner
  1  2  1   13   Debra
  2  0  1   12   David Flair
  1  1  2   12   Sting
  1  2  0   11   Jim Ross
  2  0  0   10   Ric Flair
  1  1  1   10   X-Pac
  1  1  1   10   Bret Hart
  1  1  0    8   Road Dogg
  0  2  1    8   Taz
  1  0  1    7   Triple H
  1  0  1    7   Mike Awesome
  1  0  1    7   Meng
  1  0  1    7   Goldust
  1  0  1    7   Disco Inferno
  0  2  0    6   Tommy Dreamer
  1  0  0    5   Warrior
  1  0  0    5   Steve Blackman
  1  0  0    5   Rikishi (ineligible?)
  1  0  0    5   Mankind
  1  0  0    5   Lenny
  1  0  0    5   Jerry Lynn
  1  0  0    5   Curt Hennig
  1  0  0    5   Colorado Kid
  1  0  0    5   Chris Benoit
  1  0  0    5   Booker T.
  0  1  1    5   Randy Savage
  0  1  1    5   Al Snow
  0  1  0    3   Test
  0  1  0    3   Scott Hall
  0  1  0    3   Public Enemy
  0  1  0    3   Kane
  0  1  0    3   Juventud Guerrera
  0  1  0    3   Fit Finlay
  0  1  0    3   Evan Karagias
  0  1  0    3   El Rayo De Jalisco Jr.
  0  1  0    3   Edge
  0  0  1    2   Will Sasso
  0  0  1    2   Stephanie McMahon
  0  0  1    2   Sable
  0  0  1    2   New Jack
  0  0  1    2   Mark Henry
  0  0  1    2   Mae Young
  0  0  1    2   Ken Shamrock
  0  0  1    2   Eddie Guerrero
  0  0  1    2   Christian
  0  0  1    2   Bart Gunn

REJECTED

  0  1  2        No Limit Soldiers
  0  0  1        Revolution


CHRIS BIRD: Hulk Hogan's red-and-yellow run transcended "shitty" to
achieve "actively insulting to wrestling fans everywhere". Chaz was given
a token JTTS run to "prove" that wrestlers need an outlandish gimmick to
get over. I don't think anybody even *understood* Master P.

EDC: David Flair is quite possibly the worst wrestler in the world. He was
worse as a face. Bishoff has no buisness being a face, no body likes him.
And he goes over Fit Finlay. WTF? Master P made me wish that there was
more violence on the streets, just so his whole "positive Image" gimmick
can get shoved up his ass more.

RFLAGG13: Get Hogan off my TV, NOW. He has no business trying to pull his
outdated babyface routine, and I can only hope his supposed retirement
proves true this time. Alas, I fear it is not to be. Konnan, you are
neither bowdy bowdy nor rowdy rowdy. You in fact suck, and I sincerely
hope the crowd gets sick of you and you get thrown out on your ass. And
Master Percy...do I need to say anything about this? Hey, I like rap, but
after seeing you I was definitely siding with the "rap is crap" faction.

K. CANZANELLA: Lash LeRoux gets no heat. He's just boring. Hoooooooooootie
Whoooooooooo the hell is gonna cheer for something like this?

FALCONARROW: and Hogan gets both #1 votes for worst face and heel

AARON: Hogan used every damn cheezy stereotype when it came to his face
run. Konnan playing the warm and fuzzy gangsta doesn't do it for me. And
Shane Douglas was the undisputed master of the spontaneous cone of
silence.

DON BECKER: As I said above, someone turning on Hogan got more face heat
than the return of the yellow and red.  Eric Bischoff only turned face in
the eyes of the commentary team, as he remained a cocky SOB.  And nobody
really cared about Moolah the first time she turned face back in 1988.

MAX CHITTISTER: Master P, Chaz, and Buff. DCCMM.

CAN00K: I never want to see your face again, Hogan.

PAUL SHOCK: The red and yellow Hogan brought back memories of childhood
nostalgia...for about five minutes.  Master P sure is a humanitarian, all
right.  He goes out of his way to tell how he sells drugs, and smacks
bitches.  What a role model.  Why would anyone cheer the Disciple?
Seriously?

BLOB: I wanted to make this a 3-way tie, but I'll give Hogan #1, Austin #2
and Nash #3.

GEORGE CARTER: Hoody Hoo !! Master P is gonna make some noise !!!!
*Crickets chirping*. Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash are horrible faces. Nash is
better as a tweener.

JOHN C.:If you actually like Bagwell, Rick Steiner or Konnan I hope you
get a checkup with your doctor real soon because you need some help.

JON RICHARDSON: See #19.  Attempting to get Master P (and the No Limit
Soldiers) over as babyfaces merely because they are all rappers is just
not going to work.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN:  The return of Hulkamania didn't work, nuff said.
Malenko and Guerrero just don't work as babyfaces IMSO. They're best stuff
comes with them being heels, drawing Eddie sucks chants and look super
pleased at crippling a man. They just don't make good baby faces...

ELLIOT SPARKS: Hulk Hogan was easily the worst face of the year. In fact,
his return to the red-'n'-yellow was so badly presented and received that
it could've been a surregate continuation of the Blue Blazer story; he was
the babyface you loved to hate. Unfortunately, drawing hate from the
audience was not the bookers' intention, so instead of being a brilliant
stroke of genius, this was a pointless stroke of the ego.

SEAN FLYNN: And the Hulk sweeps both end.  He brought out red and yellow,
I brought up something kinda greenish yellow.  Sean Stasiak wouldn't be
treated like a piece of meat_.a piece of crap however_..  Bisch
confronting the artist once and again called Sandman oughta be on a Netcop
Busts tape.

KEVIN WONG: It's amazing to me how un-over Master P was with the
ingnorant-to-urban-hip-hop-culture WCW crowd.  Then again, I like hip-hop,
and I'd never heard of Master P until the announcement the WCW signed him.
Oh yeah, Bischoff is here, too, but that's sort of academic

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Master P gets top honours (?) here. The crowd cheering the
*other* guys when you're supposed to be the babyface is not good. Hogan
and Bischoff get second and third. Nobody cares, guys.

THERION: WCW wins hands down as the promotion that does the worst at
trying to put over natural heels to be babyfaces and natural faces as
heels. Sable's attempt at being heel before she was booted failed pretty
miserably, too, but I don't think that was the WWF's fault.

SUGAR RAY: Hogan trying to be a face! What a fucking joke! People cheered
when Sting hit him with the baseball bat. Enough said.

COLIN MACKINNON: Whoever came up with the smart idea of bringing Master P
into WCW should be shot.  A total flop, right from the start.

JEREMY SORIA: Well, it's the Big Slow. Didn't get too much more heat after
leaving WCW, and not much more people care for him here. And Total Package
may have been Lex Luger, but it's still the same hunky wrestler with
little wrestling ability left.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Worst Babyface was easy to pick the worst three out
of the 20 horrid faces, but determining the order was a bit more
difficult.  I went with 1st: Taz. 2nd: Steve Austin. 3rd: Shane Douglas

MDB: Hootie Hoo!  Hootie Hoo!

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Worst Worker

Award Description:

To be given to the name wrestler whose workrate is so low it's barely
measureable.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Junkyard Dog
  1991: Andre The Giant
  1992: Nailz
  1993: Giant Gonzalez
  1994: Hulk Hogan
  1995: Hulk Hogan
  1996: Hulk Hogan
  1997: Hulk Hogan
  1998: Hollywood Hogan

**1999**: Hulk Hogan

331 first place votes
319 second place votes
304 third place votes

 91 48 20  639   Hulk Hogan
 33 30 31  317   Kevin Nash
 29 18 21  241   David Flair
 18 25 12  189   Sid Vicious
 10 21 22  157   Viscera
 15 12 15  141   Rick Steiner
 13 14  8  123   Big Show
 10 10 19  118   Mideon
 14  8 10  114   Sable
  8 11 11   95   Jake Roberts
 10  9  6   89   Dennis Rodman
  8  9 11   89   Brian Knobs
  8  8  7   78   Hacksaw Jim Duggan
  3 15  9   78   Total Package
  5 10  8   71   Fabulous Moolah
  7  4 11   69   Big Bossman
  3  8  5   49   Stevie Ray
  1  8  9   47   Randy Savage
  6  2  5   46   Steve Austin
  4  1 11   45   British Bulldog
  4  6  2   42   Chyna
  1  5 11   42   Mae Young
  4  2  5   36   Goldberg
  3  2  4   29   Debra
  3  3  1   26   Rock
  2  2  3   22   Roddy Piper
  0  5  3   21   Disciple
  3  0  2   19   Konnan
  2  1  1   15   Triple H
  0  2  4   14   Van Hammer
  1  2  1   13   Godfather
  1  1  2   12   Road Dogg
  1  2  0   11   Undertaker
  1  1  0    8   New Jack
  1  0  1    7   Curly Bill (Vincent)
  1  0  1    7   Cat
  1  0  1    7   Brian Adams
  0  2  0    6   Swoll
  0  2  0    6   Mr. Ass
  0  2  0    6   Kane
  1  0  0    5   Sean Stasiak (Meat)
  1  0  0    5   Ric Flair
  1  0  0    5   Paul Wight
  1  0  0    5   Mean Street Posse
  1  0  0    5   Gangrel
  1  0  0    5   Bret Hart
  1  0  0    5   Atsushi Onita
  0  1  1    5   Sting
  0  1  0    3   Visera
  0  1  0    3   Steve Blackman
  0  1  0    3   Meng
  0  1  0    3   Kendall Windham
  0  1  0    3   Diamond Dallas Page
  0  1  0    3   Blue Meanie
  0  1  0    3   Big Ted Sweet
  0  1  0    3   All-American Boy
  0  0  1    2   Yokozuna
  0  0  1    2   X-Pac
  0  0  1    2   Warrior
  0  0  1    2   Tori
  0  0  1    2   Shane Douglas
  0  0  1    2   Pete "Gas"
  0  0  1    2   PN News
  0  0  1    2   Mark Henry
  0  0  1    2   Ivory
  0  0  1    2   El Rayo de Jalisco Jr.
  0  0  1    2   Buff Bagwell

REJECTED

  0  1  1        Sable

CHRIS BIRD: Fabulous Moolah had no business being in a ring. Neither did
Randy Savage come to think of it. And Viscera, we have covered.

EDC: Bulldog, Mideon, and Mae Young have no business being in the ring. I
dont think Mae Young had any offense to speak of, And all Bulldog did was
walk around his matches.

K. CANZANELLA: Big Slow, Big Bossman, and Big Viscera. What do these guys
all have in common? No, not the first word. They all really, really suck.

SCOTT GRIFFITH:  Kevin Nash is the definition of "Anti-Workrate."
Uggh.... If he worked any more matches that he did, he'd be my #1 choice.
This field was obviously flooded with viable candidates.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Remarkable fact: in the persons of Van Hammer and Rick
Steiner, WCW had two wrestlers who were worse than the Fabulous Moolah.
Scary, but true.

DON BECKER: Jake Roberts proved that he is not a better wrestler drunk
than when he's sober.  As happy as I am that Jim Duggan's now cancer-free,
I'd still rather not see him in the ring ever again.  Van Hammer offers
nothing to WCW's product and should've remained wherever he was stuck for
the last six years.

MAX CHITTISTER: Just about all of my Worsts are going to the women this
year. It's not because I'm a woman-hater, it's because the WWF pushed
women who are just that bad.

CAN00K: I mean it, Hogan.  Go away.

PAUL SHOCK:  I consider this award only for nominees who don't try.  Some
guys, like David Flair for example, may suck, but at least they show some
effort.  Duggan has been doing the same thing for years, and so has Hogan.
Sable thought it was enough for her to "grind" her way through matches, so
she gets the bronze.

BLOB: Hogan again takes the top honor in this category. I would give the
honors to Rodman but I had pity on him since he's not a real wrestler and
gave him #2. And if Total Package could work less than what he does now,
he would.

GEORGE CARTER: The Boss Man wrestled two of the worst matches I have ever
seen in my life (against the Undertaker and Al Snow) and I'm sure his big
payoff match against the Big Show will make my list next year. Debra won
the WOmen's belt for having nice puppies and she never actually WRESTLED,
unlike David Flair (who is 3rd BTW). Debra makes David Flair look like
Shawn Michaels. If they won't fight or wrestle, then DON'T LET THEM
WRESTLE !!!!!

JOHN C.:How many times can I say Kevin Nash is the worst? Here it is one
more time, Kevin Nash is the worst worker in the world.

JON RICHARDSON: Was there a match this year that Kevin Nash didn't phone
in?  I don't think I saw him give an effort once all year.  Rick Steiner
has deteriorated so much that he can no longer wrestle any kind of style
yet he'll still occasioanlly try to do things.  He'll always fail, but
he'll try.  Midion certainly tries every time he goes out there, he's just
a godawful wrestler.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: Nash is horrible.

JAMES GOWDEY: Let's go over the formula for most of Stone Cold Steve
Austin's matches, shall we?  "Punch, punch, punch, punch, punch, kick,
punch, punch, punch, slam head into STEEL, punch, punch, roll into ring,
Thesz press, punch, punch, punch, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp,
gutshot, Stunner, end."  Now THAT'S a worker!

SEAN FLYNN: Another WCW trio takes it.  At least Steiner didn't kill
anyone this year_thank God for small miracles.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: David Flair, Viscera, Hogan. But there's about a dozen
other guys who deserve to "win".

SUGAR RAY: Hogan, Piper, Mideon, they all suck hard. And to think I had to
leave out Viscera, David Flair, Meng, Jerry Flynn, Ric Flair... People,
this sport needs to be cleaned from a LOT of junk!

JEREMY SORIA: Hogan, of course, gets the token first place vote. Jake
Roberts shows us that he really didn't mean to keep his promise to stay on
the wagon in 1996 when he found religion. And here's Sable, who has the
nerve to say she was exploited by the WWF when she didn't mind giving lots
of young adolescents their first wet dreams.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Quit tempting me to vote for both Paul White and
Big Show. :-)

MDB: At least 3H can use his knee for offense.  At least Stvie Rey can do
a decent kick and punch.  Big Giant, you suck!

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Least Favourite Wrestler

Award Description:

To be given to the wrestler you like the least, regardless of the reason.

Previous Winners:

  1991: Hulk Hogan
  1992: Hulk Hogan
  1993: Hulk Hogan
  1994: Hulk Hogan
  1995: Hulk Hogan
  1996: Hulk Hogan
  1997: Hulk Hogan
  1998: Hollywood Hogan

**1999**: Hulk Hogan

340 first place votes
334 second place votes
321 third place votes

103 33 17  648   Hulk Hogan
 21 25 24  228   Konnan
 13 20 20  165   Big Bossman
 18 12 10  146   Rick Steiner
 13 14 12  131   Buff Bagwell
 12 15 13  131   Kevin Nash
 10 14 16  124   Viscera
  9 18 12  123   Sid Vicious
  9 13 16  116   Cat
  9 13 10  104   Mideon
  7 13 12   98   Brian Knobs
  7 11  9   86   Mr. Ass
 11  4  7   81   Triple H
  8  7  6   73   Sable
  7  5  7   64   Diamond Dallas Page
  5  9  5   62   Road Dogg
  8  3  6   61   Goldberg
  9  3  2   58   Rock
  5  4 10   57   Total Package
  6  7  2   55   Chyna
  5  4  5   47   Steve Austin
  6  1  3   39   Steve Blackman
  2  5  7   39   Van Hammer
  2  4  6   34   Stevie Ray
  4  3  2   33   Godfather
  3  2  6   33   David Flair
  2  5  4   33   Jerry Flynn
  4  2  3   32   Jeff Jarrett
  0  6  7   32   Randy Savage
  1  5  5   30   Big Show
  3  3  2   28   X-Pac
  2  4  3   28   Shane Douglas
  3  1  2   22   Vince McMahon
  3  1  2   22   Bret Hart
  1  2  3   17   Mark Henry
  1  3  1   16   Justin Credible
  0  4  2   16   Undertaker
  0  2  4   14   Spike Dudley
  1  1  2   12   Fabulous Moolah
  0  2  3   12   Roddy Piper
  1  2  0   11   Ric Flair
  0  3  1   11   Norman Smiley
  0  2  2   10   Mae Young
  1  0  2    9   Taz
  0  1  3    9   Madusa
  1  1  0    8   Chris Benoit
  0  2  1    8   Val Venis
  0  2  1    8   Fit Finlay
  0  2  0    6   Sting
  0  2  0    6   Hacksaw Jim Duggan
  0  2  0    6   Grandmaster Sexy
  0  2  0    6   Debra
  1  0  0    5   Shawn Michaels
  1  0  0    5   Curtis Hughes
  1  0  0    5   British Bulldog
  1  0  0    5   Berlyn
  0  1  1    5   Sabu
  0  1  1    5   Rey Mysterio Jr.
  0  0  2    4   Prince Albert
  0  1  0    3   Steve Regal
  0  1  0    3   Scott Hall
  0  1  0    3   New Jack
  0  1  0    3   Meng
  0  1  0    3   Maestro
  0  1  0    3   Ken Shamrock
  0  1  0    3   Kane
  0  0  1    2   Warrior
  0  0  1    2   Test
  0  0  1    2   Steve Williams
  0  0  1    2   Scott Steiner
  0  0  1    2   Scott Norton
  0  0  1    2   Sandman
  0  0  1    2   Lash LeRoux
  0  0  1    2   Kenny Kaos
  0  0  1    2   Kanyon
  0  0  1    2   Ivory
  0  0  1    2   Goldust
  0  0  1    2   Evan Karagias
  0  0  1    2   Disco Inferno
  0  0  1    2   Curt Hennig
  0  0  1    2   Colorado Kid
  0  0  1    2   Brian Adams
  0  0  1    2   Bam Bam Bigelow

REJECTED

  0  1  2        "Tie" votes
  0  0  1        Mean Street Possee
  0  0  1        Dudley Boyz

CHRIS BIRD: God do I hate the Rock. We're talking OODLES of hate. Hogan
isn't far behind, and I would die happy if I never had to see Vince
McMahon's mug on my face ever again.

EDC: Something about the Rock just rubs me the wrong way. Maybe if he quit
being a mic hog, and did something about his ringskills... I don't care if
Chyna is the first female IC champ, I say SHOW ME THE WORK RATE! If she
could do a tope con hilo, I might mark out for her. But that would require
her to get Triple H's steroid needles out her ass.

K. CANZANELLA: I can't stand the Rock. I see him cut funny interviews
about Kane and Pig Slow and wrestle decent matches against HHH earlier in
his career, and then I see him talk about wanting to rectally invade every
known wrestler on earth and sleepwalk through his matches now and think
what a waste it is. Taz just friggin' sucks. Yeah, you show 'em pudgy,
maybe if they provide a step ladder in the Octagon you'll choke out Royce
Gracie or kick Maurice Smith's ass. Undertaker can ruin anything he is
involved in. That's how much he annoys me.

DOUG EHRMANTRAUT: Goldberg is a poisonous canker rotting the already
necrotic flesh of WCW.  Cut him out, throw him on the floor, and step on
him.  Just be sure you don't get any on you.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Hey, Nash, you dumbass. Not only did you run a perfectly
good promotion into the ground, but you dragged your lazy pal Gonnad into
the spotlight with you.

AARON: I don't much go for the puff characters, and Buff and Mr. Ass in
particular. And every time I see Stevie Ray, I know I'm gonna have to see
that huge, ugly ghetto scar of his.

SHAWN MULLIN: I hate Kevin Nash.  I hate how Kevin Nash acts like he's too
cool for wrestling.  I hate how he ruins every angle he's in by acting
like it's a big joke, and it doesn't matter.  I hate how he lumbers his
lazy ass around the ring and never does anything intense or interesting.
HE SUCKS.  Chyna's overpush pisses me off, and Konnan is just plain
annoying, but at least they have the respect to actually try.

MAX CHITTISTER: It kills me to list Savage (one of my old faves) at #2,
but he was just so bad this year. And I hated Sable even before she got
fired. Bodaceous ta-tas can only take you so far, toots.

JBELL55146: Nobody annoys me more then Konnan and Buff.  Trying to pick
one I hate more took me longer to think about then any other award!

PAUL SHOCK:  Stevie Ray is third, because he is an awful wrestler and he's
holding back the career of his brother.  But at least he's an okay
interview.  Hogan is second, because he's an awful wrestler and is at
least five years past retirement.  But at least he can, on occasion, give
a good interview.  Rick Steiner is my least favourite wrestler because he,
to be blunt, sucks at everything he does.  No workrate, no charisma, no
heat= the worst wrestler going.

BLOB: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Hate Hogan. Ditto for Nash. Does anyone even
close to like Rick Steiner?

GEORGE CARTER: Why does Steve Blackman still have a job ??? He should have
been subjected to Jakked/Metal after calling Terry Taylor 'Ken Shamrock'
for like a minute. Since I shouldn't count the Funeral/Bossman/Big Show
incident (because of the timeframe), the Bossman makes # 2 on my list.
Finally the Dudleys s-s-s-s-s-sucks !!!

JOHN C.:I don't like Nash in the ring but he's decent on the mic so that's
why Bagwell is my choice for this category.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: Hulk Hogan refuses to step down, and seems to be taking
WCW down with him. He won't job cleanly to the man, Ric Flair; he won't
let Goldberg take the spotlight needed to get the company back on top. And
you can be damn sure he's the one who built the ceiling keeping talented
young guy's like Benoit down....All that and he seems primed to come back
for one more run on top to feed his egp. For that, I simply say fuck you
Hulk Hogan!!!

JOE GENTILE:  Konnan: He's Rowdy Rowdy and Bowdy Bowdy... AND HE SUCKS!!!!

SEAN FLYNN: These two take the top because GF and Val make me ashamed to
watch wrestling with my wife.  I don't mind a bit of T&A, but the misogyny
in these gimmicks makes me feel dirty and shamed of my love of wrestling.
Hulk is 3 on general principles.

LUKE JOHNSTON: Rick Steiner gets my vote for least favorite wrestler.
Sid's refusal to take chops from Benoit at Fall Brawl, his egotistical and
stubborn attitude backstage, his mind numbingly horrendous interviews, and
his overall crappy workrate cement his place as #2. Buff Bagwell gets my
#3 vote for refusing to job to Berlyn at Fall Brawl... and not getting
punished for it. Plus he's annoying and arrogant as hell, so there.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: And the Hulk Hogan Memorial Least Favorite Wrestler Award
goes to... yep, you guessed it. I still hate Bret Hart, so he gets second.
And David Flair gets third, on account of being David Flair.

THERION: Damned difficult to pick the only top three most annoying
wrestlers who make me change the channel.

EDDIE KIM: Ernest Miller is the one guy who will get me really pissed off
like a mark when I see him.  There are worse wrestlers than Prince Albert
but at least they don't also make me physically ill with their back hairs.

JEREMY SORIA: Jeff Jarrett, you suck and nobody cares about you anymore.
Is that so hard for you to understand?

JUSTIN JONES: Oh, and I REALLY can't wait for Shane Douglas to get healthy
again....I've long been anticipating Shane Douglas vs. Reid Flair in a "No
Needle In My Ass Match"

MICHAEL STAKELY:  Least Favorite So many to hate, so few votes... 3rd.
Somebody get him off of my television screen now damnit! WCW, the
cruiserweight belt has suffered enough thanks to you, please mercy kill it
now if you're not going to put it around the waist of someone with actual
talent.  And I don't mean Madusa.

HEATM:  The happiest days in my life this year were the Mondays when I
could tune into Nitro and not worry about seeing Lex Luger.  Likewise,
Vince Russo should be given a medal for taking Hulk Hogan off TV.  My
tolerance level for the Big Bossman bottomed out after his feud with Al
Snow.

MDB:  Least favorites: Vince and the Rock.  Everything that is wrong with
wrestling today.  Well, that's not fair actually.  Much worse are the fans
who make the "entertainment" in pro wrestling these days so successful.
But you gotta like those who complan about lack of wrestling on wrestling
shows and then mark out for the People's catchphrase and the latest
chapter of the McMahon soap opera.

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Most Deteriorated Wrestler

Award Description:

To be given to the person whose skill has deteriorated the most over the
past year. This person should be a shadow of his/her former self.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Dusty Rhodes
  1991: Hulk Hogan
  1992: Hulk Hogan
  1993: Hulk Hogan
  1994: Hulk Hogan
  1995: Hulk Hogan
  1996: Hulk Hogan
  1997: Roddy Piper
  1998: British Bulldog

**1999**: Hulk Hogan

334 first place votes
321 second place votes
304 third place votes

 48 25 11  337   Hulk Hogan
 34 27 17  285   Jake Roberts
 32 28 18  280   Randy Savage
 30 23 23  265   Undertaker
 31 19 21  254   British Bulldog
 16 13 20  159   Scott Steiner
 16 16 12  152   Kevin Nash
 13 18 14  147   Rick Steiner
 11 21 14  146   Roddy Piper
 11 19 15  142   Steve Austin
 13 15 15  140   Ric Flair
 13 11 15  128   Mankind
 10  5  6   77   Rey Mysterio Jr.
  9  4  8   73   Shane Douglas
  9  4  7   71   Fabulous Moolah
  3 12  1   53   Buff Bagwell
  3  5  9   48   Berlyn
  1  7 11   48   Total Package
  5  1  7   42   Bret Hart
  2  4  7   36   Sabu
  3  5  2   34   Rock
  3  3  2   28   Big Show
  2  4  2   26   Madusa
  0  4  6   24   Curt Hennig
  2  2  3   22   Tommy Dreamer
  1  2  3   17   Scott Hall
  3  0  0   15   Owen Hart
  2  1  1   15   Akira Taue
  1  1  2   12   Mae Young
  0  2  3   12   Al Snow
  1  1  1   10   Barry Windham
  0  2  2   10   Diamond Dallas Page
  0  2  1    8   Gangrel
  1  0  1    7   Hacksaw Jim Duggan
  0  1  2    7   Ken Shamrock
  0  2  0    6   Sting
  1  0  0    5   Steve Regal
  1  0  0    5   Shawn Michaels
  1  0  0    5   Mark Henry
  1  0  0    5   Hayabusa
  0  1  1    5   Meng
  0  0  2    4   Sid Vicious
  0  1  0    3   Vader
  0  1  0    3   Steve Williams
  0  1  0    3   Sandman
  0  1  0    3   Sable
  0  1  0    3   Nikolai Volkoff
  0  1  0    3   Devil Masami
  0  1  0    3   Chrt Hennig
  0  1  0    3   Chris Jericho
  0  1  0    3   Chris Candido
  0  1  0    3   Brian Knobs
  0  0  1    2   X-Pac
  0  0  1    2   Warrior
  0  0  1    2   Perry Saturn
  0  0  1    2   One Man Gang
  0  0  1    2   Marty Jannetty
  0  0  1    2   Marc Mero
  0  0  1    2   Lance Storm
  0  0  1    2   Kidman
  0  0  1    2   Jimmy Snuka
  0  0  1    2   Jerry Lawler
  0  0  1    2   Jeff Jarrett
  0  0  1    2   Iron Sheik
  0  0  1    2   Dean Malenko
  0  0  1    2   Chris Benoit
  0  0  1    2   Buh Buh Ray Dudley
  0  0  1    2   Big Bossman
  0  0  1    2   Bert Hart
  0  0  1    2   Atushi Onita
  0  0  1    2   Akira Hokuto

REJECTED

  0  2  2        Ric Flair - duplicate votes
  1  0  0        "Tie" votes
  0  1  0        Bobby Heenan (ineligible)

CHRIS BIRD: Randy Savage can barely punch. Kevin Nash can barely walk.
Kind of an easy vote.

EDC: Bulldog and Moolah should be out of the business, they're disgracing
the rest of there careers by continuing to compete. Rey Rey has blown out
his knees more times then I can remember.

K. CANZANELLA: Shane Douglas used to be good, now he's rotund and awful.
Buff Bagwell doesn't seem to care after the neck injury. Rey Misterio is
still a really good wrestler, but considering where he was when his knees
were healthy and he was masked, and where he is now... the difference is
startling.

GENE MOORE: There's a reason why the Undertaker has downgraded his feud
with Kane. He makes Kane look like the real Phenom.

FETT9025: I thought about putting Owen Hart as "most deteriorated", but
that's just fucking cold.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Davey Boy Smith was able to work great matches as late
as 1997. See what brining Warrior into your promotion can do to your
employees? Don't make that mistake, Mr. Heyman. Sabu continues to amaze
me, as he's actually managed to cut some spots from his repertoire while
still remaining unmatchable. And Shane Douglas is a shell of the young
star that I remember teaming with Ricky Steamboat. Hell, he's a shell of
the injured ECW heavyweight champion I remember beating Terry Funk.

CHRIS OSTER: Anyone who votes for Owen Hart here deserves to be strung up
by their thumbs.  That goes triple for whoever nominated him.

MIKE SONBY: Savage has just become an embarassment.  Injuries have slowed
down Mankind and Austin this year, to the point that they can't deliver
stellar matches.  Hopefully rest will help them recover.

AARON: Scabu and Ric have become shells of their former selves. Austin's
work hasn't gotten offensive yet, but that beer gut certainly has.

OCTAVIAN:  Heroes of Wrestling proved that Jake the Snake earned top
honors in this category.

JOHN ROMANO:  The sad thing is that Mideon could beat this guy.  Piper
sucks.

DON BECKER: Akira Taue has finally been passed in terms of importance and
skill by Jun Akiyama in the AJPW Big Five.  Jake Roberts has shown more
personal deterioration than anyone in the biz, which has affected his
in-ring work - he didn't suck so badly last time I saw him as he did this
year.  The Rock just doesn't seem to be trying anymore, and as one of his
biggest supporters last year, that's disappointing.

SHAWN MULLIN: Randy Savage stunk during his 3-4 months this year.  He's
always been the one we all said hadn't lost a step whereas the other old
guys had.  However, Randy lost that step and then some this year.  Sorry
Mach, you were a favorite of mine for years, but you've lost your game.

MAX CHITTISTER: Most of the easy picks have either been on huge downward
trends for years (Hogan, the Steiners, Savage) or sucked to begin with
(Piper, Mae Young). Jake the Snake, DBS, and Alex Wright were all at least
acceptable a couple of years ago, but now shouldn't even be allowed to buy
tickets.

JBELL55146: Taker'<1st> used to one of my all time fav's, now since the
injuries, he is a shell of his former self. Ditto about Savage<2nd>

PAUL SHOCK:  Savage was useless after his knee surgery, Jake Roberts is a
pitiful drunk and Roddy Piper reached the apex of uselessness; Bret Hart
couldn't even carry him to a good match.

BLOB: Undertaker has gone from mysterious to bearable to simply
unbearable. I can't stand to watch this guy anymore. If I see another
Undertaker/Austin matchup, I think I'm going to have to stop watching WWF.
Buff Bagwell has really lost some talent this year. He seemed much better
when he was teaming up with guys like 2 Cold, Riggs, and even last year. I
never thought Luger was anything much, but he's gotten worse, if that's
possible.

GEORGE CARTER:  Poor Bulldog, he should have retired after Montreal. He
was horrible in WCW, but even worse now. The Undertaker has never been
great but he outdid himself this year by not going for surgery early and
'gracing us' with even more horrible matches.

JOHN C.:The Randy Savage I saw in '99 was nowhere near the wrestler who
took part in the classic matchup against Steamboat at WrestleMania III.
Savage is horrible in the ring now but he does have Gorgeous George so
he's not that bad. Rick and Scott Steiner are next cause they were great
wrestlers a few years ago but now they are pathetic in the ring.

JON RICHARDSON:  It's truly sad to see how badly both Steiner Brothers
have declined over the past year.  Injuries (and steroids) have obviously
ravaged the two of them but that they can no longer even be carried to a
good match is really upsetting to see.  I'm not sure whether Kevin Nash
has actually deteriorated due to his eternal laziness but he certainly
can't wrestle for more than a couple of minutes without starting to blow
everything that he does.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: Remember when Alex Wright could wrestle? I normally
don't vote for something I didn't see, but the reports on the internet
convinced me to put Jake Roberts second. Savage: When you can't execute
your finishing move anymore, it's time to retire. (1st: Berlyn, 2nd:
Roberts, 3rd: Savage)

ELLIOT SPARKS: The Undertaker's deterioration has been terrible. In every
respect, the poor guy has suffered; in terms of his status in the
promotion, his physical condition, and probably in terms of his morale for
the wrestling business. Worst of all, it wasn't even his fault: had the
bookers been more careful with his stories, he might still be on top of
the WWF. More importantly, if he was given time off at a more convenient
date his body might not have crumbled in the discouraging way that it has.

JOE GENTILE:  Mankind gets my top vote. While some may consider this an
insult to Mick, I consider it a compliment. No one will ever have another
year like Mick had a year ago. Austin is second for all his injuries.
Sabu takes third. I guess no one could keep up that pace forever.

DONALD SEMACK:  I just wish that they wouldn't have take the mask of.
That, and injuries, have ruined the mystique of Rey Misterio Jr.

NATE PERRY: Whoever nominated Owen Hart for Most Deteriorated is a
complete asshole.

RUTGERSGYM: You mean I can't just say, "Everyone who appeared on the
Heroes of Wrestling PPV"????

JOE GAGNE: Did the Steiners really used to be the best tag team in the
world?  Look at them now:  Scott is (or was) a juiced up freak, while Rick
became the sloppiest wrestler in America.  Alex Wright used to be
watchable, but the pasty-white Berlyn is just awful to watch.

DAVID HANNA:  Kevin Nash is pathetic.  He looks like a big goof out there
trying to be cool and hip.  It's sad.  What is sadder are ther morons who
cheer this guy who couldn't work if his life depended upon it.  After all
that was said about Jake the Snake at his last PPV outing, how can he not
be on this short list?  Let's not forget Nash's buddy Scott Hall.  Who
cares what this stoned out loser has to say?  Again, its like "cheer for
me, I am cool!"  The tag team "Too Cool" are more cool then the Outsiders.

SEAN FLYNN: I know he was injured and and in awful angles, but damn UT
sucked this year as compared to the past.  Savage once was an exception to
old and slow in WCW_no more.  As for Tommy, it's not that his skills are
worse, he just looks so hurt with every step now to me.

KEVIN WONG: Madusa has deteriorated immensely, both in ring skills and
looks. Randy Savage should probably quit before he hurts more people.
And any skill Alex Wright had left him when he shaved his head.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Anyone remember the time when Lex Luger was actually, you
know, *good*? Yes he was, really. There was a time he could actually
wrestle a good match with the likes of Flair or Steamboat. Shame someone
went and gave him the impression he was a *draw*. Kevin Nash was also, as
Diesel, a better worker than he's given credit for. Then he got lazy.
Really lazy. Really, really lazy. And Scott Steiner is just a shadow of
his former self. Again, lots of other possibilities, but really, none of
them have deteriorated much over the *past year*, so these three votes are
as good as any.

RYAN GRANT:  Where did the Jake Roberts I knew and loved as a kid go?
What happened to the British Bulldog who worked a **** 1/2 match with Owen
just two years ago?  How did the Undertaker manage to become even less
mobile?

RICK SCAIA:  I am kind of upset that people always use the Most
Deteriorated category to vote for their least favorite WCW wrestlers year
in and year out.  Trust me people:  they can't deteriorate that much EVERY
year from six years running; and some of 'em just weren't that good to
begin with.  So in an effort to keep this list fresh, I'll top my list
this year with Jake Roberts; Jake has been showing the signs of age for a
while, but his embarrasing display at the Heroes of Wrestling show
indicated a deterioration as a person, as well as as a performer.  Scott
Steiner used be a damned good wrestler; over the past year, he never
showed us once why we used to like him.  Undertaker used to be one of the
best big men in the business, but was slowed by injuries in 1999.

JEREMY SORIA: Jake fell off the wagon and has had a hard time getting back
on again. Alex Wright took what had been a decent gimmick and a decent
body into a character that just does NOT fit him at all.

SELENA KYTE:  You know, for a wrestler to have his or her skills
deteriorating over the year, wouldn't s/he have needed skills to begin
with?  So why was Sable nominated in this category?

MICHAEL STAKELY: Most deteriorated It's actually sad to see the guys on
this list these days, when I was ten or eleven they were all really
talented, these days not even Benoit can make Steiner watchable, Savage is
only slightly above that level, and Bulldog makes the Mean Street Posse
look good in comparison.

HEATM:  Hard to believe that Randy Savage once had five star matches with
Ricky Steamboat.  Savage is now a complete shell of his former self, and
one has to look no further than the lungs of Charles Robinson that Savage
punctured while dropping the elbow.  Meanwhile, Roddy Piper's wrestling
skills have reached ridiculously bad proportions.  British Bulldog
narrowly beats out Curt Hennig for third place.

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Most Underrated Wrestler

Award Description:

To be given to the person whose ability merits a far greater push than the
person receives. There may be many such people, but the winner of this award
should have the most ability with least push.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Terry Taylor
  1991: Cactus Jack
  1992: Owen Hart
  1993: Chris Benoit
  1994: 1-2-3 Kid
  1995: Barry Horowitz
  1996: Owen Hart
  1997: Chris Benoit
  1998: Chris Benoit

**1999**: D'Lo Brown

345 first place votes
331 second place votes
320 third place votes

 28 16 11  210   D'Lo Brown
 21 16 12  177   Al Snow
 23 14  4  165   Chris Benoit
 12 15  9  123   Booker T.
 15  9  6  114   Edge
 10 10  9   98   Christian
  7 11 14   96   Vampiro
  9  8 13   95   Norman Smiley
 10  6 13   94   Taka Michinoku
  8 11 10   93   Blitzkrieg
  7 12  9   89   Hardcore Holly
 11  7  6   88   Grandmaster Sexy
 10  8  6   86   Jerry Lynn
  9  9  5   82   Chris Jericho
  8  7 10   81   Test
 11  5  5   80   Jeff Hardy
  6  8  9   72   Kanyon
  5  6 12   67   Kane
 10  2  5   66   Owen Hart
  5  9  7   66   La Parka
  7  6  4   61   Eddie Guerrero
  5  7  7   60   Kaz Hayashi
  5  6  8   59   Psychosis
  7  5  1   52   Yoshihiro Tajiri
  4  8  4   52   Lenny
  3  4  7   41   Papi Chulo
  3  6  1   35   Hugh Morrus
  2  3  5   29   Triple H
  3  4  0   27   Danny Doring
  1  4  5   27   Perry Saturn
  4  2  0   26   Steve Blackman
  2  4  2   26   Rob Van Dam
  4  1  1   25   Nova
  1  3  6   26   Faarooq
  3  2  2   25   Cat
  2  3  3   25   Val Venis
  0  7  2   25   Juventud Guerrera
  2  1  4   21   Meng
  2  1  4   21   Lash LeRoux
  2  1  4   21   Dean Malenko
  2  2  2   20   Crash Holly
  2  2  2   20   Chyna
  1  2  4   19   Silver King
  1  3  2   18   Mike Awesome
  2  1  2   17   Shane McMahon
  2  1  2   17   Mona
  1  2  3   17   Viscera
  1  2  3   17   Lance Storm
  1  2  3   17   Kidman
  1  3  1   16   El Samurai
  2  1  1   15   Steve Corino
  2  1  1   15   Masahito Kakihara
  2  1  1   15   Chavo Guerrero Jr.
  2  1  0   13   X-Pac
  2  0  1   12   Buff Bagwell
  1  1  2   12   Steve Regal
  1  1  2   12   Lodi
  1  2  0   11   Roadkill
  1  0  3   11   Super Crazy
  2  0  0   10   Road Dogg
  2  0  0   10   Justin Credible
  2  0  0   10   Evan Karagias
  2  0  0   10   Diamond Dallas Page
  0  2  2   10   Prince Albert
  1  0  2    9   Little Guido
  1  1  0    8   Lexie Fyfe
  1  1  0    8   Kurt Angle
  1  1  0    8   Disco Inferno
  1  0  1    7   Scott Steiner
  1  0  1    7   Ken Shamrock
  1  0  1    7   Jacqueline
  1  0  1    7   Ivory
  0  1  2    7   Goldberg
  0  2  0    6   Minoru Tanaka
  0  0  3    6   Stevie Richards
  1  0  0    5   Yumi Fukawa
  1  0  0    5   Tony Rivera
  1  0  0    5   Raven
  1  0  0    5   Mark Henry
  1  0  0    5   Mankind
  1  0  0    5   Kenta Kobashi
  1  0  0    5   Hulk Hogan
  1  0  0    5   Gangrel
  1  0  0    5   Curt Hennig
  1  0  0    5   Chi-Chi Cruz
  1  0  0    5   Bradshaw
  1  0  0    5   Blue Meanie
  1  0  0    5   Adam Pearce
  0  1  1    5   Sean Stasiak
  0  1  1    5   Sabu
  0  1  1    5   Luna
  0  0  2    4   Vito LaGrasso
  0  0  2    4   Riptide
  0  0  2    4   Mr. Ass
  0  0  2    4   Matt Hardy
  0  0  2    4   El Pantera
  0  1  0    3   Violent J
  0  1  0    3   Toshiaki Kawada
  0  1  0    3   Steven Regal
  0  1  0    3   Scotty Too Hottie
  0  1  0    3   Scott Hall
  0  1  0    3   Rock
  0  1  0    3   Reckless Youth
  0  1  0    3   Pete "Gas"
  0  1  0    3   Mikiko Futagami
  0  1  0    3   Meiko Satomura
  0  1  0    3   Johnny Smith
  0  1  0    3   Jeff Jarrett
  0  1  0    3   Hacksaw Jim Duggan
  0  1  0    3   El Dandy
  0  1  0    3   David Young
  0  1  0    3   Chris Chetti
  0  1  0    3   Brandi Alexander
  0  1  0    3   Brad Armstrong
  0  1  0    3   Axl Rotten
  0  0  1    2   Wrath
  0  0  1    2   Van Hammer
  0  0  1    2   Torch
  0  0  1    2   Simon Diamond
  0  0  1    2   Sid Vicious
  0  0  1    2   Shiro Koshinaka
  0  0  1    2   Rodney
  0  0  1    2   Michiko Omuka
  0  0  1    2   Funaki
  0  0  1    2   Don Montoya
  0  0  1    2   Bret Hart
  0  0  1    2   Big Show

REJECTED

  1  5  1        Hardy Boyz
  0  1  0        Too Cool
  0  0  1        "Tie" votes


EDC: Chavo has every bit of ability as Eddy has, yet he still hasn't held
any belt to speak of. Lenny Lane was a victim of Politics, but he has
proven if given the chance, he can perform. Vito LaGrasso may become ECW's
secret weapon.

RFLAGG13: Blitzkrieg is one of the best highflyers I've ever seen. I don't
know if I buy the bit about his photographic moveset, but he's incredible
for such a young guy. Rob Van Dam is rather underappreciated by a lot of
people, who apparently haven't bothered to notice that he's actually a
well rounded wrestler now. Third is the criminally underlooked Papi Chulo,
who would be a prime candidate for the WWF Light Heavyweight title if
someone would just revive the damned division.

K. CANZANELLA: Tony Rivera is one of the most underutilized talents in
wrestling. The guy is the best low/midcard technico EMLL has but they give
him no push and he doesn't get much recognition online. La Parka has too
much charisma to be jobbing left and right for everyone. Kaz Hayashi is
ultra talented but they do nothing with him. I wish they'd cut him and
NJPW would pick him up full time.

WILLIAM SCHLICKENMAIER:  It was purely happenstance that all three men I
named here were black.  I feel that they are underrated as wrestlers --
the color of their skin has nothing to do with it.  I was going to mention
people like Edge, the Hardy Boyz, and Vampiro, but I feel that they are
already acknowledged.  D'Lo, Farooq and Norman are really not.

MR. JF: TAKA based on the push he's getting. Booker T is too often
overlooked as a future main eventer, and Triple-H is a lot better than
what a lot of people on the Net give him credit for.

FETT9025: 1 & 2 are write-ins.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Owen Hart never won the world title. That says it all.

MATTHEW CLEARY:  Once again, the ARSION trio deserves some recognition
here, as does Rie Tamada.

AARON: Why isn't there a cult for Danny Doring yet!? I see a huge future
for this guy, as long as he takes Roadkill along for the ride. La Parka
is, obviously, the second coming of Christ, which warrants mention here.
And Farrooq, well, he got mad skillz, cracka.

JOHN ROMANO:  Farooq deserves a chance.  He could handle anyone they put
out there.  Viscera is so underrated.  No one, and I mean no one, does a
belly-to-belly suplex like this man.

DON BECKER: No one gives Al Snow any credit for his in-ring abilities,
maybe because he doesn't get to show them that often.  Norman Smiley is
finally getting a chance at stardom because of his skill.  Meng,
meanwhile, is a legitimate badass whose career is stalling because he
can't be more than just your token savage in baggy pants.

SHAWN MULLIN: Eddie Guerrero can get over as a heel like that, he oozes
charisma, he can work a mic, and he's probably the 2nd best wrestler in
North America. So, why can't he get a decent freakin' angle!?  Wow, it
must be fun playing 4th to Konnan, mini-Konnan and "I'm just not a homy"
Kidman.

MAX CHITTISTER: The laugh is obnoxious, to be sure, but Brian Christopher
really does have skills.

JBELL55146: Edge<1st> WILL be a star in this sport.  Eddy<2nd> and Booker
T<3rd> are yet another example of WCW's inept booking team

CAN00K: Kanyon and Christian are two wrestlers with major potential, and
seeing Kaz Hayashi now is depressing when you consider he was once the
great masked god of Kaientai DX, Shiryu.

PAUL SHOCK:  It's like the song goes; you don't know what you've got ætil
it's gone.  Owen Hart is the easy choice as most underrated wrestler.
Booker T is second, and Al Snow gets third.  The good thing is these two
are starting to get some semblance of a push, especially Snow.

BLOB: I still believe that Psychosis is WAYYYY underrated and needs about
a spot on more WCW PPV's. Al Snow is very underrated as well, especially
considering his good technical wrestling and ring savvy. Leroux is a young
threat just waiting to go up the WCW roster.

JOHN C.:Until Booker T. gets a long U.S. title reign he'll be the most
underrated wrestler in the business.

ELLIOT SPARKS: Brian Christopher is the most under-rated man in pro
wrestling today. Forget D'lo Brown and X-Pac; if one WWF wrestler is being
short-changed by the fans and bookers alike, it's the supremely talented
'Too Sexy'. Seven years spent learning the craft in Memphis are going to
waste as long as Jerry Jr. is in such a low-profile position.

DONALD SEMACK:  It doesn't matter who signs him, (although I'll only get
to see him live with the WWF) , as long as they push him he'll be a big
star.

RUTGERSGYM: Psicosis deserves better than a couple of sub-one week
Cruiserweight title reigns, solet's put him in as WCW's token misused
cruiserweight and as #1 in my vote.  Al Snowhas been caught up so much in
the hardcore/comic relief division that we forget that hecan wrestle (as
we saw glimpses of in his performances the week after No Mercy) , and Val
Venis is actually decent as well.

JOE GAGNE: Steve Corino is talented on the mic and in the ring. Now, if
only he could win a match.  Danny Doring acts like a goof, but he really
is an entertaining wrestler.  Al Snow is much more than a brawler, and
will hopefully get to show his skills in the future.

JAMES GOWDEY: Steve Blackman...he may not have the interview sKilZ, but
he's still one helluva worker.

SEAN FLYNN: Put them in any order really, I like watching all of them.
Guido gets one because he gets NO respect, even from online fans, which at
least like Papi and Sho.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Chris Benoit (who may be in World's title contention as you
read this, but wasn't during the voting period. Give him the bloody strap,
Russo. I don't care how, just do it.) , and TAKA are both great overall
wrestlers who should be doing far better than they are. And Kane gets
third on account of being far better in the ring then all the online fans
give him credit for.

WILL BRICKLES: Damn, Bradshaw is so underrated he doesn't make your
underrated list (You seem unclear on the concept - CRZ)

COLIN MACKINNON: The rumors seem to be leaning towards Papi Chulo being
repackaged and placed back into the WWF mainstream.  It's about time.
Papi Chulo's had some great matches on Heat and Jakked/Metal, and, if the
WWF ever pushes him as a credible contender or brings the LH Division
back, he could get over.  Papi just needs that one big break.

RICK SCAIA:  It's a shame that Owen Hart never really got the chance at
main event status that I think he really deserved.  Six months of top
matches against his brother Bret is a distant memory, and more fans will
remember him as the mid-carder he was during the latter stages of his
career.  It was easy for all of us to recognize Owen's talents after his
death, but it's kind of sad to think that if we'd all been just a bit more
observant of them during his life, he never would have been in the
position of reprising the Blue Blazer at all.  The Slammy Award Winning
"King of Harts" might have been all the gimmick he needed.  Rounding out
my list of most under-utilized and under-appreciated performers for 1999:
Al Snow (who should be much more than a hardcore comedy act and jobber to
the stars) and Ivory (whose gimmick of cutting heel promos and challenging
women out of the crowd was great, but was tossed aside in favor of
dragging Moolah and Mae Young out of retirement to totally devalue the
entire concept of the women's division) .

JEREMY SORIA: Ken Shamrock, in my opinion, still hasn't gotten a lot of
the respect that he certainly richly deserves. Lenny Lane is just plain
underrated, period. Lodi tried to help him, and himself, get higher up in
the minds of wrestling fans, but of course GLAAD but the kabosh on that.

JUSTIN JONES: Booka T! Give that brutha a title shot already! Sucka.

SELENA KYTE:  Lexie Fyfe and Riptide would probably receive more press if
they went with the current direction of evening gown matches and the such,
but because they produce good matches on the independent circuit, which is
what they do best, very little is said about them.  Too bad; today's fans
are missing out on a couple of exciting ladies.

MICHAEL STAKELY: Most underrated These of course are a few of the very
talented people who are often referred as jobbers whenever someone *cough
Scaia cough* bitches about lack of starpower on Thunder.  1st. Should be
trading world title matches with Benoit. 2nd. Has one of the best gimmicks
in wrestling, should be TV title champion... oh wait... 3rd. "Hey Vince
what about this guy? Great wrestling, entertaining facial expressions. But
he doesn't have good mike skills." "Eh, useless then. Let's have almost
every match he's in interrupted and then have him squashed by Steve
Williams."

HEATM:  Take away Val Venis' gimmick and you're left with a very good
wrestler who doesn't get enough credit for his solid matches.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Most Underrated Wrestler. 1st: Chris Benoit (since
his push didn't get off until after the end of the voting period) , 2nd:
Lenny, 3rd: Psychosis, 4th: Norman Smiley, 5th: Kanyon, 6th: Papi Chulu,
7th: Jerry Lynn, 8th: Jeff Hardy, 9th: Jerry Flynn, 10th: Kaz, 11th: Fit,
12th: Tajiri, 13th: Super Crazy, 14th: Lash (who wasn't pushed until the
end of the period we're voting on) , 15th: Lodi, 16th: Steve Regal

MDB: Booker T could be World champ so easy.  Though I should count my
blessings, Russo pushing Booker would no doubt result in a Maivia clone.
I wish Kaz and Vampiro had been around in like 97/98 when they you know,
wrestled, in WCW.

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Worst Wrestling Gimmick

Award Description:

To be given to the wrestler who had the worst character gimmick in the past
year.

Previous Winners:

  1991: Mike Rotundo as Irwin R. Shyster
  1992: Papa Shango's voodoo
  1993: Doink the Clown
  1994: Doink the Clown
  1995: Dungeon of Doom
  1996: The Leprechaun
  1997: Glacier / Blood Runs Cold
  1998: Warrior appears in "strange mist" / forms One Warrior Nation

**1999**: Beaver Cleavage (Chaz)

336 first place votes
319 second place votes
310 third place votes

 36 20 16  272   Chaz Warrington as Beaver Cleavage and "Chaz"
 28 25 23  261   No Limit Soldiers
 27 19  9  210   Big Show's dad's cancer
 20 25 14  203   Hulk Hogan's Red & Yellow returns
 19 27 11  198   Brian Adams as KISS Demon
 13 18 20  159   Sid Vicious as the Millennium Man
 18 12 13  152   Mystery of the Hummer Driver
 13 12 15  131   Ministry of Darkness / Corporate Ministry
 15  8  5  109   Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young
  7 12 19  109   Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry as a sex addict
  8 10 15  100   Konnan's rap career
  9  7  2   70   Barry Darsow as a golfer
  8  4  9   70   Berlyn
  8  2  9   64   Maestro
  3  9 10   62   Coach Buzz Stern & Luther Biggs
  5  5  8   56   Mideon
  6  6  3   54   Godfather as a pimp
  2 10  7   54   Rey Mysterio Jr. as Mini-Konnan
  6  2  8   52   Lex Luger as Total Package
  4  5  5   45   Steven Regal as a "Real Man's Man"
  4  5  4   43   Evil Sting
  4  2  7   40   Stephanie McMahon's amnesia
  2  4  8   38   Jeff Jarrett as a misogynist
  3  3  5   34   Billy Gunn as Mr. Ass
  4  1  5   33   Prince Albert
  4  2  2   30   Brad Armstrong as "BA"
  0  5  5   25   Viscera
  2  2  4   24   Vincent as Curly Bill
  2  3  2   23   David Flair
  3  1  2   22   Vince McMahon as the higher power
  3  2  0   21   Ric Flair goes nuts
  3  2  0   21   Powers that Be
  4  0  0   20   Blue Blazer
  2  2  2   20   Val Venis
  1  4  1   19   Wife Beater
  0  3  5   19   Big Bossman
  2  2  1   18   Oklahoma(NO)
  3  0  1   17   Sable
  2  1  2   17   Undertaker
  1  2  2   15   Filthy Animals
  1  2  1   13   PMS
  2  0  1   12   Los Spice Boys
  1  2  0   11   Meat (Sean Stasiak)
  0  1  4   11   MVP
  2  0  0   10   Triple H & Stephanie wed(NO)
  2  0  0   10   Justin Credible
  2  0  0   10   Creative Control(NO)
  1  1  1   10   Hacksaw Jim Duggan
  1  1  1   10   Buff Bagwell
  0  2  2   10   Steve Blackman as a silent assassin
  1  1  0    8   Al Snow & Head
  0  2  1    8   Baldies
  1  0  1    7   West Texas Rednecks
  1  0  1    7   Norman Smiley
  1  0  1    7   Goldberg
  0  2  0    6   Disco Inferno
  0  0  3    6   Test & Stephanie's Marriage
  0  0  3    6   Kurt Angle
  1  0  0    5   Warrior
  1  0  0    5   Tiger Ali Singh
  1  0  0    5   Shane McMahon as Corporate Ministry leader
  1  0  0    5   Seven(NO)
  1  0  0    5   Rock`
  1  0  0    5   Patty Stone Grinder
  1  0  0    5   New Age Outlaws
  1  0  0    5   Kane`
  1  0  0    5   Judge Jeff Jones
  1  0  0    5   Head Bangers
  1  0  0    5   Gambler
  1  0  0    5   El Dandy
  1  0  0    5   Dustin Rhodes(NO)
  1  0  0    5   Curtis Hughes as Jericho's bodyguard
  1  0  0    5   Chyna as the "First Ever Woman To _______"
  1  0  0    5   Chavo Guerrara as a salesman(NO)
  1  0  0    5   Cat
  1  0  0    5   Buzzkill(NO)
  1  0  0    5   Buh Buh Ray Dudley
  1  0  0    5   Acolytes
  0  1  1    5   Van Hammer as a 70's dude
  0  1  1    5   Rock & Sock Connection
  0  1  1    5   Miss Kitty
  0  1  0    3   Union
  0  1  0    3   Too Cool
  0  1  0    3   Test as Steph's fiancee
  0  1  0    3   Super Nova
  0  1  0    3   Super Heel Devil Masami
  0  1  0    3   Road Dogg
  0  1  0    3   Randy Savage
  0  1  0    3   Mike Awesome
  0  1  0    3   Mean Street Posse
  0  1  0    3   Kane & X-Pac
  0  1  0    3   Juventud Guerrera's immigration
  0  1  0    3   Hardcore Holly
  0  1  0    3   Hardcore Brian Knobs
  0  1  0    3   Eric Bischoff becomes good & fair
  0  1  0    3   Disciples of Apocalypse
  0  1  0    3   Diamond Dallas Page
  0  1  0    3   D-Generation X
  0  1  0    3   Big Show as a killer
  0  0  1    2   Who pulled the briefcase?
  0  0  1    2   West Hollywood Blonds
  0  0  1    2   Wall
  0  0  1    2   Tony Marinara
  0  0  1    2   Steven Regal & Dave Taylor
  0  0  1    2   Rob Van Dam
  0  0  1    2   Rick Steiner
  0  0  1    2   Rap vs. Country Music
  0  0  1    2   Nitro Girls
  0  0  1    2   Mr. Socko
  0  0  1    2   Fatu as a sumo wrestler
  0  0  1    2   Danny Doring

CHRIS BIRD: The Ministry of Dorkness was an all-time low for the
Undertaker, and I count the Underfaker and the purple plastic facemask in
that count. PMS were given wrestlers to "feud" with when they were solely
meant to be eye candy. I still don't understand the No Limit Soldiers.

EDC: Beaver Clevage was a horrid gimmick, Vince was smart to kill it. I
don't care how big their tits were, PMS was a lame gimmick. So was Steven
Regal's a real Man's Man gimmick. Say what you will about Vince, at least
he has the balls to kill gimmicks quick.

RFLAGG13: Gee, I wonder why all of these are WCW gimmicks? Now then--it
seems to me that if you're going to hype an angle to the moon like was
done with the hummer driver, it might be a good idea to figure out WHO IT
WAS. Even if they had picked someone stupid and completely illogical, it
would have been better than the end result. Hulk Hogan going back to the
red and yellow--do I care?  Does anybody care? Obviously someone thought
this was a good idea, but they were sadly mistaken. And Coach Buzz
Stern--congratulations, WCW, you've come up with a worse gimmick for him
than Glacier. I knew you could do it.

K. CANZANELLA: Los Spice Boys are an example of how *not* to do a gay
gimmick. They are all talented workers, but it is near impossible to watch
a match of theirs with them in such tiny pants. Koneheadcito is left open
to too many Mini-Me jokes. Steve Blackman was a real stroke of the genious
of McMahon. Take a guy with nearly no charisma, and have him put an
exclamation point on that in front of WWF fans who have no tolerance for
anything not as charismatic as the Rock or Austin.

MR. JF: Fuck you too, Mr. Ferrera.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: And now we're on to our "Let's trash WCW's idiotic
plotlines" segment. First up, we have the No Limit Soldiers, gangsta
rapper faces in the deep south. Was I the only one who knew this wouldn't
work? Compared to that idiocy, the Beav and Rey Rey make sense.

AARON: Funny how the feces always rises to the top when you have the
superior product. The Ministry of Darkness, The Real Man's Man and Beaver
Cleavage are all bi-products of the WWF, despite having the better overall
fed.

DON BECKER: Beaver Cleavage was just piss-poor from the beginning.  Wife
Beater is just tasteless, and MVP didn't work five years ago for Steve
Lombardi; why would it work now for Dale Torborg?

SHAWN MULLIN: There's nothing worse than Mark Henry as a sex addict.
Mark Henry's gimmick has led to more useless crap this year than pretty
much anything I've ever seen.  The bondage crap, the transvestite, the
therapy sessions, sleeping with his sister.. good lord.  The only
wrestling developments any of it led to were D-Lo being robbed of a chance
to shine as IC champ, and some crap with Viscera.  At least Buzz and the
KISS Demon got no real play.

MAX CHITTISTER: So many bad gimmicks, so few votes...

JBELL55146: If your not down with the worst angle prolly ever, I got 2
woooorrrds for ya! ' HOOTY HOO!!!!!!!!' :)

CAN00K: You suck, Hulk Hogan.

PAUL SHOCK:  Who was the Hummer driver?  Savage?  Sid?  Hogan?  Sting?
Goldberg?  Scott Hall?  Vince McMahon?  Bill Clinton?  Monty Python?
You?  Me?  CRZ?  Ricky Martin?  The Pope?  Stephanie getting amnesia is SO
eighties.  Brad Armstrong, a honky from Georgia, sure fit in well with
those No Limit Soldiers, eh?

BLOB: The cancer angle was just plain terrible. There was no need for such
an idiotic angle to get Big Show over. There could have been at least a
1000 gimmicks better than this one. The Hummer Driver angle went so much
longer than it was supposed to that it started to bug me. Rey Jr. as Mini
Konnan was one of the worst career moves Rey could've taken.

ALDO: When I see the Red and Yellow of Hogan's outfit on my screen, it
makes me want to vomit.  Coming in a close second is Konnan's "rap
career."  Granted, it wouldn't have been as bad if Skee-vone and company
not played the long-form videos on every televised broadcast, but Konnan
sucks as a musician.  The reason why I have Brian Adams' KISS gimmick on
the list is not only the sheer stupidity of it, but the fact that KISS
sold out to a major corporation and also the fact that the Demon never got
off the ground.

GEORGE CARTER:  Beaver Clevage. Nuff said. If that KISS Demon/Vampoiro/Son
of Satan/Holy Water crap happened, then that would have won.

JOHN C.:The doctor says it will be three years before I see normally again
after that "Mae Young incident" when she was half naked on Raw. The
horror!!

RICHARD BEAUBIEN:  Hulkmania is dead and buried, and they brought it
back...*shudder* The Quaker taker comes in second, as a way to bury a
super over character. The WWF was lucky that the Undertaker could survive
these insanely bad gimmicks some what intact, or else they'd be in a huge
pickle right now.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: I felt insulted by Stephanie's amnesia, plain and
simple. And I really missed the MVP as much as the Goobledegooker or
Teckno Team 2000. When you talk about "unstoppable", Alex Wright just
doesn't come to mind, so Berlyn takes 3rd best (see my comment there) and
3rd worst gimmick.

JOE GENTILE:  If WCW couldn't get raqtings with legitimate rock groups,
why the hell would they think they could with Konnan rapping?

MYKLL42:Golf and wrestling do not mix, so Barry Darsow gets my vote.
Oddly enough, he also gets my vote for Best Angle a bit further down.

SEAN FLYNN: Ric Flair got me into and kept me into wrestling for over a
decade.  To see what happened to him this year was an atrocity, and I hope
Eric Bischoff burns in hell for it.

MARK SMITH:  This was pretty hard to vote for, as there were a lot of
gimmicks that really, really blew this year.  I'm not sure if the Big
Show's dad having cancer is technically a gimmick, but it got my vote.

KEVIN WONG: There's a graveyard of gimmicks that were doomed to fail from
the start. No Limit Soldiers, Beaver Cleavage, and the KISS Demon are just
some of them.  I'd put in the Hummer Driver and the Higher Power, but
those were more of an angle

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Beaver... Cleavage? Can someone please shoot whoever came
up with that? Please? No one cared about Hogan last time he was in the
red-and-yellow, and, guess what, they still don't. Plus the whole gimmick
is outdated and just plain nauseating and all... Oh, and what's that? Mark
Henry is a sex addict? Whatever.

THERION: Again, really hard to pick just three out of this list.

EDDIE KIM:  The Blue Blazer gimmick was the worst one because it was
responsible for the death of a great man and wrestler.

BERT SNOOVEN: I'm glad WWF sank the Beaver Cleavage ship fast. I was
worried that, in this era of sports entertainment, he'd become bigger than
Austin. Second worst gimmick: Berlyn. The German "machine" has a bodyguard
carrying his matches. He was so much better as just plain ol' Alex Wright.

COLIN MACKINNON: The angle was never really answered, it just dragged on,
it was stupid, etc.  That's one of the few reasons why I'm happy Russo and
Ferrera are in WCW now - We'll hopefully never hear of that angle again.

JEREMY SORIA: Jarrett, if you don't have the body like Warrior or the
ability like Benoit, or even the charisma like Stone Cold, then you
shouldn't be even at or near the top card. Shawn Stasiak as Meat was a
very interesting gimmick, and a nicely stiff one as well when PMS was
still together.... but it flew like a lead balloon. I don't know if I can
do that, dump on the entire (Corporate)  Ministry gimmick, but hey, for
them to pass these guys off as Goth, it ended up being really, really
stupid.

JUSTIN JONES: Sadly, "Master P's Rap Career" was not eligible for "Worst
Gimmick", so I was forced to vote for Konnan, by Crom.

MICHAEL STAKELY: Worst gimmick 25A. - This one wins handily by being
offensive to any viewers who know somebody who has suffered from cancer,
several wrestlers who just lost a dear friend, and also by managing to
spit on the memory of anyone who ever received a ten bell salute in their
honor.  25B. Too bad the millenium doesn't start until 2001.

HEATM:  I'm positive Curly Bill was intended as some sort of racist joke
about African American rednecks, but I'm still having nightmares trying to
understand the rationale behind such a bad gimmick.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Worst Wrestling Gimmick. The first two were easy
(Rey Mysterio Jr. as Mini Konnan and Konnan's rap career) .  I just picked
one of about 14 I didn't like for #3 (Billy Gunn as Mr. Ass)

MDB: Big Giant's dad's cancer angle was tasteless, explotive, lame, and
hasn't given us one good match.  Everything bad said about the nWo angle
goes double for the Corporate Ministry.  Remember when Rey Misterio was
cool?

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Worst Wrestling Move

Award Description:

To be given to the move that is the worst thing you've seen this year. This
shouldn't be given to a move that was flubbed by a wrestler - the move was
performed correctly, but was just too stupid for words. This move should
probably be a "finishing" move or something that was meant to be
spectacular.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Hulk Hogan's leg drop
  1991: Hulk Hogan's leg drop
  1992: Crush's Compactor head-vise
  1993: Crush's Compactor head-vise
  1994: Hulk Hogan's leg drop
  1995: Hulk Hogan's leg drop
  1996: Hacksaw Jim Duggan's taped fist
  1997: Hulk Hogan's leg drop
  1998: Hollywood Hogan's legdrop

**1999**: Hulk Hogan's legdrop

325 first place votes
314 second place votes
297 third place votes

 79 35 18  536   Hulk Hogan's legdrop
 30 22 11  238   Rock's People's Elbow elbowdrop
 24 20 16  212   Brian Knobs' Pitty City
 17 27 13  192   Meng's Tongan Death Grip
 10 20 16  142   Hacksaw Jim Duggan's Old Glory kneedrop
 14 14 11  134   X-Pac's bronco buster
 12 13 14  127   Godfather's Ho Train avalanche
 16  7 11  123   Road Dogg's jukin' and jivin' right hand
 12  8 12  108   Billy Gunn's Fame-Ass'er
  7  7 18   92   Swoll's heart punch
 11 10  2   89   Chyna's low blow
  8  7 13   87   Rick Steiner's bulldog
  9  8  4   77   Rob Van Dam's Van Daminator spin kick into a chair
  1 11 13   64   Konnan's Tequila Sunrise
  3  9  9   60   Scott Steiner's Steiner Recliner camel clutch
  6  4  6   54   Kevin Nash's Jackknife powerbomb
  5  6  5   53   Mankind's mandible claw
  7  1  2   42   Cat's Feliner thrust kick
  4  6  2   42   Kidman's powerbomb counter
  1  7  7   40   Lex Luger's Torture Rack
  2  2  8   32   Rey Mysterio Jr.'s rough rider
  2  4  3   28   Road Dogg's kneedrop
  1  2  7   25   Triple H's high knee
  3  2  1   23   Steve Austin's Stone Cold Stunner
  2  4  0   22   Sable's Sablebomb powerbomb
  0  4  5   22   Val Venis' Testicular Fortitude claw
  0  4  4   20   Berlyn's reverse neckbreaker
  0  2  5   16   Barbarian's Kick of Fear
  2  1  1   15   Godfather's Pimp Drop
  0  1  6   15   Spike Dudley's Acid Drop
  0  2  4   14   Rock's chinlock
  2  1  0   13   Triple H's Pedigree
  1  2  1   13   Big Bossman's Bossman Slam
  2  0  1   12   Steve Blackman's Lethal Kick
  1  2  0   11   X-Pac's X Factor facebuster
  2  0  0   10   Undertaker's chokeslam
  2  0  0   10   Hulk Hogan's back rake
  1  0  2    9   Disco Inferno's Last Dance
  1  1  0    8   Yoshihiro Tajiri's Tarantula
  1  1  0    8   Rick Steiner's submission hold
  1  1  0    8   Goldberg's jackhammer
  0  2  1    8   Viscera's splash
  0  2  1    8   Sid Vicious' chokeslam
  0  2  1    8   Rock's Rock Bottom uranage
  0  2  1    8   Jeff Jarrett's Stroke front face Russian legsweep
  1  0  1    7   Shane McMahon's spear
  1  0  1    7   Sandman's kendo stick-assisted side Russian legsweep
  1  0  1    7   Kidman's shooting star press
  1  0  1    7   Buff Bagwell's Buff Blockbuster
  1  0  0    5   Viscera's spinning heel kick
  1  0  0    5   Test's pumphandle slam
  1  0  0    5   Norman Smiley's Big Wiggle
  1  0  0    5   Kevin Nash's kneelift
  1  0  0    5   Kane's tope suicida
  1  0  0    5   Head Bangers' Stage Dive
  1  0  0    5   Big Show's big boot
  0  1  1    5   Goldust's Shattered Dreams kick to the groin
  0  0  2    4   Yoshinari Ogawa's eyepoke
  0  0  2    4   Randy Savage's flying elbowdrop
  0  1  0    3   Undertaker's rope walk
  0  1  0    3   Taz' Tazmission kati hajime
  0  1  0    3   Sid Vicious' powerbomb
  0  1  0    3   Roddy Piper's sleeper
  0  1  0    3   Mideon's pump-handle hip-toss
  0  1  0    3   Mideon's Eye Opener neckbreaker
  0  1  0    3   Kurt Angle's reverse fireman's carry
  0  1  0    3   Ken Shamrock's anklelock
  0  1  0    3   Juventud Guerrera's Juvi Elbow elbowdrop
  0  1  0    3   Jeff Jarrett's El Kabong with the guitar
  0  1  0    3   Jeff Jarret's Inverted Leg Sweep
  0  1  0    3   Chris Benoit's snot rocket
  0  1  0    3   Chris Benoit's locomotion German Suplex
  0  1  0    3   Chris Benoit's Crippler Crossface
  0  1  0    3   British Bulldog's running powerslam
  0  1  0    3   Brian Adams' piledriver
  0  1  0    3   Bradshaw's Clothesline from Hell
  0  1  0    3   Big Show's chokeslam
  0  0  1    2   Val Venis' irish-whip, kneelift, irish-whip, kneelift, stall, stall, stall, Russian legsweep
  0  0  1    2   Triple H's kneelift
  0  0  1    2   Tori's spear
  0  0  1    2   Stephanie McMahon's WEAK kick to Joey Abs
  0  0  1    2   Sid Vicious' punches
  0  0  1    2   Sid Vicious' Nerve Hold
  0  0  1    2   Scotty Riggs' fivearm
  0  0  1    2   Rock's "tap opponent on commentator's table"
  0  0  1    2   Rob Van Dam's punches
  0  0  1    2   Road Dogg's pumphandle slam
  0  0  1    2   Rey Mysterio Jr.'s springboard sitting bodypress
  0  0  1    2   Lex Luger's clothesline
  0  0  1    2   Lance Storm's drop toehold into Boston Crab
  0  0  1    2   Lance Storm's chair shots
  0  0  1    2   Konnan's rolling clothesline
  0  0  1    2   Jerry Lynn's cradle piledriver
  0  0  1    2   Hulk Hogan's big boot
  0  0  1    2   Gillberg's spear
  0  0  1    2   Fabulous Moolah's punch
  0  0  1    2   Diamond Dallas Page's Diamond Cutter
  0  0  1    2   David Flair's knife-edge chop
  0  0  1    2   Chyna's Pedigree
  0  0  1    2   Chris Jericho's double powerbomb
  0  0  1    2   Brad Armstrong's Russian legsweep

REJECTED - mostly no wrestler named

  1  2  2        Anything By "________" votes
  1  2  1        sleeper
  1  0  1        big leg
  1  0  0        heart punch
  1  0  0        low blow
  1  0  0        gorilla slam
  1  0  0        front facelock
  1  0  0        Chris Jericho jumping to WWF (not a wrestling move)
  1  0  0        bearhug
  1  0  0        anklelock
  1  0  0        superkick
  1  0  0        "Tie" votes
  0  1  1        spear
  0  1  0        sunset flip
  0  1  0        slingshot suplex
  0  1  0        rear chinlock
  0  1  0        chokeslam
  0  1  0        big foot
  0  0  1        headbutt
  0  0  1        constant low blows
  0  0  1        spinning toehold
  0  0  1        choke

CHRIS BIRD: The Ho Train sucks. Hell, even *King Kong Bundy* quit using an
avalanche splash five years ago. The People's Elbow sucks. It's a shitty
finisher. Randy Savage can't do his flying elbowdrop without crushing
somebody's ribs, thus it sucks too.

EDC: Billy Gunn's Fame Asser is quite possibly the dumbest move I have
ever seen. Big Poppa Pump's Stiener Recliner is only fun when its called
the REAR CHINLOCK OF HIDEOUS DISCOMFORT~! And Hogan's Legdrop is only fun
if its called the LEGDROP OF OF DEATH~! God Bless Dean Rasmussen....

K. CANZANELLA: If the leg drop gets this award over the People's elbow
again I really will have to question the sanity of online fans. The Acid
drop is ridiculous.

GENE MOORE: It saddens me to watch somebody have to sell the "dazed and
confused" look for 5 seconds while Road Dogg pretends he can dance.

NATHAN LONEY:  To paraphrase Scott Keith: "Drop the fucking chair, or use
it on him!"

SVEN MASCARENHAS: The Van Daminator is the most business-exposing piece of
crap that I've ever seen someone try in a wrestling ring. Kidman's
powerbomb counter just bores me to death because people keep making the
stupid mistake of attempting the powerbomb. And Billy: IT'S A ROCKER
DROPPER, no matter what dumb name Russo came up with it for you.

MIKE SONBY: Why is Steiner still allowed to do this move?

AARON: Nash's flower drop certainly doesn't have the mystique it used to
have. The Van Daminator wouldn't work on a mental deficient, let alone a
trained wrestler. Just hit him with the fucking chair! And the Bronco Hump
is disturbing.

JOHN ROMANO:  Let's just say X-Pac really sucks.

DON BECKER: Brian Knobbs' Pitty City gets the top spot because IT IS NOT A
WRESTLING MOVE!  I mean, the Van Daminator is just plain stupid, but
there's a modicum of skill involved.  Hulk Hogan's legdrop of doom just
doesn't cut it as a finisher anymore, but it's not the worst of the bunch
anymore.

SHAWN MULLIN: Kidman's powerbomb counter is my vote.  Counters should
never be in a guy's repetoire, especially not as a setup move.  Hacksaw
didn't wrestle much, but anyone who uses a kneedrop as a finisher deserves
mention in this category.  Also, a kick to the face isn't much better
Barbarian.

MAX CHITTISTER: Memo to WWF roster: if you're going to be anywhere near
Chyna, WEAR A FREAKING CUP!

CAN00K: My cats can do a better legdrops than Hulk Hogan.

PAUL SHOCK:  Here's the reason Billy Gunn never got over; using the
Dumb-Asser as his finisher.  The shame is that Mr. Ass is letting a
perfectly good tornado DDT go to waste.  Honourable mention to Jim
Duggan's Old Glory, which always rendered the area of the mat next his
opponent's head unconscious, and to Brian Knobbs' Pitty City.

BLOB: I just wish for once that Kidman would actually take a powerbomb.
This move has annoyed me so many times it's a disgrace. Meng's finisher
should be a regular in this category as it just plain sucks. Swoll's heart
punch was the worst possible move he could've done as a finisher.

GEORGE CARTER:  Why is the heart punch so lethal (especially when it is
from Swoll) ???

JOHN C.:Hogan's legdrop sucks but nothing is worse than Swoll's "heart
punch."  As much as Hogan and Nash suck, Swoll is even worse.

JON RICHARDSON: X-Pac's bronco buster is a horrible move as is.  Why did
everybody else decide to start doing it?

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: As much as I love the Tiger Dirver, I hate Sid's and
Nash's fucked up ten ways to sunday soon to cause injury Power Bomb. The
Godfather replaced his super weak Pimp-Drop (WHICH IS NOT A DVD...The move
sucks so bad it doesn't deserve the name) with an even more awfull
Ho-train..

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: My grandpa could kick out of a People's Elbow (and he
died 2 years ago). My grandpa also wouldn't wait half a minute for the
Rock to execute a Rock Bottom. (1st: People's Elbow, 2nd: Rock Bottom,
3rd: Steiner's Bulldog)

JOE GENTILE:  The Ho Train is an insult to a fan's intelligence.
Benoit's rolling suplexes are stupid. Are we supposed to believe that
Benoit has the strength to lift the guy up off the ground from that
position.... TWICE?!? It is so obvious that the opponent kicks off the
floor!  3rd: Pitty City. Brian Knobbs, your career is over. Deal with it!

NATE PERRY: I suppose Benoit's snot rocket isn't exactly a move, but
Malenko keeps selling it!

RUTGERSGYM: Oh, hell, the Legdrop of Doom and other favorites will
probably get enough votes as it is, so let's throw a few more stinkers
into the mix.  First, then, I went with Test's version of the Meltdown,
since he used it more often with Wrath out of action.  (I hate the move in
general, regardless of who uses it) Can anyone tell me what the hell the
pumphandle is supposed to do?  Second, well, I got four words for you: YOU
CAN'T POWERBOMB KIDMAN!  Third goes to Rey's springboard crotch drop of
doom.  With his knee problems I can understand why Rey would go easy, but
that is just a sorry excuse for a highspot.

JOE GAGNE: Van Dam's "please hold a chair to your face while I kick it"
maneuver remains contrived and idiotic.  Kidman's powerbomb reversal isn't
a bad move, per se, but when he does it in every single match, wellà.And
the heart punch should have gone out with Mean Mark Callous. I guess awful
wrestlers like Swoll deserve awful finishers.

SEAN FLYNN: The submission hold was silly it was so bad.  The bulldog
looks awful and is dangerous.  Luger, after 15 years, it appears will
never learn the clothesline.

KEVIN WONG: You know, I think they simply f*cked up when they called it a
heart punch.  I think that Swoll was trying to do a palm thrust to the
chin - which in real life could break your neck, but he did it so poorly
that it hit somewhere in between neck and heart.  Not that I'm
complaining, since it's clear that Swoll didn't actually have any
wrestling ability.  Speaking of breaking your neck, that's what the
Steiner bulldog could do to you. Note to Rick: If you can't do a dangerous
move properly, don't do it. Finally, there's the Van Daminator.  Sure it's
quick, but I would think that a wrestler would have the common sense not
to catch the chair if it's RVD throwing it to you.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: The Fame-Asser gets third. I like the Rocker Dropper,
really I do, but by no means should it be a *finisher*.

RYAN GRANT:  The Acid Drop wouldn't be so intolerable if they would just
show a little moderation in the use of it.....

BERT SNOOVEN: I think the worst moves in the business are the Headbangers'
Stage Dive and Scott Steiner's Steiner Recliner. Mosh & Thrasher should
find a tag team finisher they can properly time and connect. As for Scott
Steiner, he should arch his opponent's back when doing a camel clutch.
When the opponent is on all fours, it doesn't even look like the hold
causes mild discomfort.

JEREMY SORIA: Again, Hulk Hogan gets the token first place vote.  I know
the El Kabong isn't even a legitimate finisher, but he uses it so much
that it could just be a finisher.  An elbow drop as a finisher? Yes, it
gets the millions (AND MILLIONS) of people orgasms, but it's still just a
lousy elbow drop. Randy Savage did it much better back in the '80s!

JUSTIN JONES: Pedigree:  Worst...Move...EVER

MATT SPAULDING: How exactly does one tap out while six feet off the
ground?

HEATM:  The Tongan Death Grip is utterly ridiculous.  Enough said.

ROB EVANS: Worst Move - Billy Gunn's Lame-Asser should unseat Hogan's
legdrop as reigning champ.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Worst Wrestling Move. When did the WWF take over in
this category?  I usually pick some of the lame crap moves WCW wrestlers
do (maybe because there are more wrestlers?) but there wasn't anything
close to these three losers this year: 1st: Rock's People's Elbow
elbowdrop 2nd: Godfather's Ho Train running splash 3rd: Mankind's Mandible
Claw

MDB: Maivia's People's elbow is the new Hogan leg drop (except Hogan's leg
drop actual could pass as a finisher) and 5 or 10 years from now you'll be
ready to admit I'm right.

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Worst Match

Award Description:

To be given to the worst wrestling match you've seen this year, either live,
on TV, PPV, or in an arena, or on tape. If it took place in the past year,
it is eligible.

Previous Winners:

  1990: 06/13/90: Ric Flair vs. Junkyard Dog (CoC XI)
  1991: 05/19/91: El Gigante vs. Sid Vicious (SuperBrawl)
  1992: 01/18/92: Beverly Brothers vs. Bushwhackers (Royal Rumble)
  1993: 04/04/93: Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna (WrestleMania IX)
  1994: 09/18/94: Jim Duggan vs. Steve Austin (Fall Brawl)
  1995: 03/19/95: Hulk Hogan vs. Vader (Uncensored)
  1996: 03/24/96: Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson &
                  Lex Luger & Kevin Sullivan & Meng & Barbarian & Ze Gangsta
                  & Ultimate Solution (Uncensored)
  1997: 10/26/97: Hulk Hogan vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper (cage) (Halloween Havoc)
  1998: 10/25/98: Hollywood Hogan vs. Warrior (Halloween Havoc)

**1999**: 09/26/99: Al Snow v. Big Bossman (kennel from Hell) (Unforgiven)

309 first place votes
289 second place votes
277 third place votes

 64 42 19  484   09/26/99 Al Snow v. Big Bossman (kennel from hell Hardcore)
 31 15 20  240   10/10/99 Jake Roberts & Yokozuna v. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart
 31  8  9  197   01/04/99 Kevin Nash v. Hollywood Hogan (WCW Nitro)
 18 18 11  166   09/27/99 Ivory v. Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young (evening gown)
 10 19 11  129   03/28/99 Big Bossman v. Undertaker (Hell in a Cell)
  8 19 12  121   10/17/99 Ivory v. Fabulous Moolah (Women's)
  8 12  7   90   08/14/99 Hulk Hogan v. Kevin Nash (WCW Retirement)
  7  7 16   88   07/11/99 Buff Bagwell v. Roddy Piper (boxing)
  6 12  7   80   01/31/99 Rock v. Mankind (WWF Halftime Heat)
  9  6  7   77   12/27/98 Eric Bischoff v. Ric Flair
  4  7 13   67   07/11/99 Hardcore Invitational Junkyard Battle Royal
  6  6  9   66   10/25/99 Outsiders v. Pornstars (Nitro)
  5  8  4   57   04/05/99 Stevie Ray v. Horace v. Brian Adams v. Vincent (battle royal Nitro)
  6  5  2   49   02/15/99 Hollywood Hogan v. Roddy Piper (WCW Nitro)
  6  4  3   48   03/14/99 Hollywood Hogan v. Ric Flair (WCW first blood cage)
  4  3  8   45   09/12/99 Berlyn v. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
  5  5  1   42   10/24/99 Sting v. Hulk Hogan (WCW)
  4  3  6   41   01/24/99 30 man Royal Rumble
  4  4  4   40   03/28/99 Sable v. Tori (Women's)
  2  5  7   39   03/21/99 New Jack v. Mustafa
  4  4  1   34   05/10/99 Sable v. Debra (RAW Women's evening gown)
  3  4  3   33   11/01/99 Madusa v. Evan Karagias (Nitro)
  4  2  2   30   05/24/99 David Flair v. El Dandy (Nitro)
  0  6  5   28   08/16/99 Hulk Hogan v. Sid Vicious (WCW Nitro)
  3  2  3   27   04/01/99 Hollywood Hogan v. Disciple (Thunder)
  3  0  6   27   08/14/99 Randy Savage v. Dennis Rodman
  3  1  3   24   07/12/99 Randy Savage v. Hollywood Hogan (WCW Nitro)
  3  2  1   23   02/21/99 Roddy Piper v. Scott Hall (US)
  2  2  1   18   03/28/99 Bart Gunn v. Butterbean (BRAWl for All)
  1  3  2   18   01/18/99 Chyna v. Pat Patterson & Gerald Brisco (RAW)
  0  2  6   18   06/27/99 Kane v. Big Show
  2  1  2   17   02/14/99 Goldust v. Bluedust
  1  2  3   17   12/13/98 Steve Austin v. Undertaker (Buried alive)
  2  1  1   15   11/23/98 Christian v. Duane Gill (LH RAW)
  2  0  2   14   06/27/99 Steve Austin v. Vince & Shane McMahon (handicap ladder)
  1  1  3   14   03/22/99 Sable v. Ivory (RAW Women's)
  1  2  1   13   07/11/99 Kevin Nash & Sting v. Randy Savage & Sid Vicious (WCW)
  1  2  1   13   04/12/99 Goldust v. Godfather (IC RAW)
  0  3  2   13   10/10/99 Luke & Butch v. Nikolai Volkoff & Iron Sheik
  1  1  2   12   05/23/99 Val Venis & Nicole Bass v. Jeff Jarrett & Debra
  1  2  0   11   09/26/99 Triple H v. Rock v. Mankind v. Kane v. Big Show v. British Bulldog (WWF)
  1  2  0   11   06/13/99 Kevin Nash v. Randy Savage (WCW)
  1  1  1   10         ?? Big Show v. Big Bossman (eligible?)
  1  1  1   10   11/15/98 Rock v. Big Bossman
  0  2  2   10   07/25/99 Ken Shamrock v. Steve Blackman (circle of iron)
  1  0  2    9   10/21/99 Fabulous Moolah v. Mae Young (Women's SmackDown!)
  1  0  2    9   04/25/99 Ken Shamrock v. Undertaker
  0  2  1    8   07/11/99 Konnan & Rey Mysterio Jr. & Swoll & Brad Armstrong v. Curt Hennig & Bobby Duncum Jr. & Barry & Kendall Windham (elimination)
  1  0  1    7   11/22/98 Cat & Sonny Onoo v. Perry Saturn & Kaz Hayashi
  1  0  1    7   10/14/99 Godfather v. Mideon (SmackDown!)
  1  0  1    7   09/12/99 Hulk Hogan v. Sting (WCW)
  1  0  1    7   07/19/99 Hollywood Hogan v. Sid Vicious (WCW Nitro)
  0  1  2    7   10/07/99 Miss Kitty v. Ivory (SmackDown! mud)
  0  1  2    7   09/16/99 Triple H v. Vince McMahon (WWF SmackDown!)
  0  2  0    6   06/13/99 Cat v. Horace
  1  0  0    5         ?? P.N. News v. Spike Dudley
  1  0  0    5   12/28/98 Ric Flair v. Eric Bischoff
  1  0  0    5   10/24/99 Brad Armstrong v. Berlyn
  1  0  0    5   10/22/99 Mike Awesome v. New Jack (ECW TNN)
  1  0  0    5   07/26/99 David Flair v. Chris Benoit (US)
  1  0  0    5   07/11/99 Cuban Assasin v. Beast (boxing)
  1  0  0    5   07/05/99 Kevin Nash v. Sid Vicious (WCW Nitro)
  1  0  0    5   06/27/99 Undertaker v. Rock (WWF)
  1  0  0    5   06/13/99 Ric Flair v. Roddy Piper
  1  0  0    5   04/19/99 Viscera v. Big Show (RAW)
  0  1  1    5   10/17/99 Jeff Jarrett v. Chyna (IC good housekeeping)
  0  0  2    4   09/06/99 Ivory v. Tori (Women's hardcore RAW)
  0  0  2    4   08/22/99 Ivory v. Tori (Women's)
  0  1  0    3         ?? Ric & David Flair v. Barry Windham & Curt Hennig
  0  1  0    3   12/27/98 Goldberg v. Kevin Nash (WCW)
  0  1  0    3   12/27/98 Brian Adams & Scott Norton v. Fit Finlay & Jerry Flynn
  0  1  0    3   10/24/99 Goldberg v. Sid Vicious
  0  1  0    3   09/27/99 Harlem Heat v. Barry & Kendall Windham (Tag Nitro)
  0  1  0    3   09/26/99 Val Venis v. Steve Blackman
  0  1  0    3   09/13/99 Chris Jericho v. Gotch Gracie
  0  1  0    3   07/11/99 Rick Steiner v. Van Hammer (TV)
  0  1  0    3   05/16/99 Dudley Boyz v. Spike Dudley & Balls Mahoney
  0  1  0    3   05/03/99 Buff Bagwell v. Cat (Nitro)
  0  1  0    3   02/15/99 Bret Hart v. Will Sasso (Nitro)
  0  1  0    3   02/14/99 Kane & Chyna v. Triple H & X-Pac
  0  1  0    3   02/14/99 Al Snow v. Bob Holly (Hardcore)
  0  1  0    3   01/04/99 Kensuke Sasaki v. Atsushi Onita
  0  0  1    2         ?? Key on a Pole match(?)
  0  0  1    2   11/22/98 Chris Jericho v. Bobby Duncum Jr. (TV)
  0  0  1    2   10/28/99 D'Lo Brown v. British Bulldog (Euro SmackDown!)
  0  0  1    2   10/25/99 Norman Smiley v. Bam Bam Bigelow (Hardcore Nitro)
  0  0  1    2   10/10/99 George Steele v. Greg Valentine
  0  0  1    2   08/28/99 Great Muta v. Great Nita (exploding no-rope barbed wire match)
  0  0  1    2   06/27/99 Chyna v. Road Dogg (KotR quarterfinal)
  0  0  1    2   06/07/99 Ken Shamrock v. Vince McMahon (Lion's Den RAW)
  0  0  1    2   05/16/99 Taz v. Chris Candido (ECW)
  0  0  1    2   05/16/99 Nicole Bass v. Tori
  0  0  1    2   05/09/99 Roddy Piper v. Ric Flair
  0  0  1    2   05/09/99 Gorgeous George v. Charles Robinson
  0  0  1    2   03/28/99 Billy Gunn v. Hardcore Holly v. Al Snow (Hardcore triangle)
  0  0  1    2   03/15/99 Big Bossman v. Mideon (Hard Times cage)
  0  0  1    2   03/14/99 Stevie Ray v. Vincent
  0  0  1    2   02/21/99 Hollywood Hogan v. Ric Flair (WCW)
  0  0  1    2   02/14/99 Steve Austin v. Vince McMahon (cage)

REJECTED - took place outside of 11/02/98 - 11/01/99

  5  4  4        "Anything with _________" votes
  2  2  0        11/14/99 Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young & Tori & Debra v. Ivory &
Luna & Jacqueline & Terri
  1  1  2        11/21/99 David Flair v. Kimberly
  1  2  0        11/14/99 Triple H v. Big Show v. Rock (WWF triangle)
  2  0  0        11/14/99 Chyna v. Chris Jericho (IC)
  1  0  2        11/21/99 Goldberg v. Sid Vicious (I quit)
  1  0  1        11/15/99 Norman Smiley v. Jimmy Hart (Hardcore Nitro)
  1  0  0        11/15/99 Villano V v. El Dandy v. Psychosis v. Silver King v. Juventud Guerrera (pinata on a pole)
  0  1  0        11/18/99 Viscera v Kane (SmackDown!)
  0  1  0        11/15/99 Dean Malenko & Perry Saturn v. Konnan & Eddie Guerrero (House of Pain Nitro)
  0  0  1        11/29/99 Goldberg v. Kevin Nash (Nitro)
  0  0  1        11/22/99 Spice v. Tyrgress (Nitro)
  0  0  1        11/06/99 Spike Dudley & Simon Diamond & Little Guido & Nova & Jazz & Little Guido Clusterfuck

CHRIS BIRD: Kennel in the Cell will no doubt go down in wrestling history
as one of the worst ideas of all time. Fabulous Moolah beating someone a
QUARTER HER AGE...yeah, sure, whatever. Vince McMahon winning the World
title belt cheapened and tarnished it forever.

EDC: The nWo Finger poke match was a slap in the face of anybody that's
ever set foot in the ring. Hogan/Piper part 304992 was pretty bad. Ivory
and the to old ladies in a strip match was a really, REALLY Bad Idea.

RFLAGG13: The fingerpoke of doom reminded me of the Shawn Michaels/Triple
H "match"  for the Euro title on Raw sometime in 97, but at least that one
had the benefit of being amusing. The Undertaker and Bossman managed to
completely ruin the Hell In A Cell match, which is quite a feat. And for
our third exhibit, Hogan denies Flair the WCW title at Superbrawl IX in
one of the most despicable acts of ego running rampant that I've ever
seen. Despite being beaten down on Nitro for 15 damn minutes, Flair still
had to do the job. And sentiment aside, the match sucked.

K. CANZANELLA: Hey, let's put two cages inside each other, put two guys
inside who don't do much, and on the outside, put a few puppy dogs who are
into sniffing each other's asses as protection. And let's make it the
climax of an animal-knapping murder. It would be coherent and sports
entertaining. Goldust v. Godfather was a comedy match, and yet I wasn't
laughing. Sable and Tori blew more spots than Sunny would blow men in
their match.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: I've got nothing funny to say about this one other than
to note the date of the Hogan / Disciple match

AARON: That big schmoz at HOW was probably the worst match of all time.
Can't wait to see what's brewing for the next PPV! Kennel From Hell was
nauseating, as were any of the matches involving Moolah.

DON BECKER: Was there anything more pathetic than watching Jake Roberts'
performance at Heroes Of Wrestling?  I mean, it could've been somewhat
watchable if Roberts were in better condition.  Snow/Bossman in the Double
Doggie Death Match was ruined by a shitty gimmick.  For my third vote, I
have to go off the board and pick Muta/Nita from Jingyu Stadium, which had
one bright spot - the death of Onita's Muta knockoff.

SHAWN MULLIN: I can't think of anything worse than watching Ivory attempt
to disrobe 2 women over 70.  However, I put Bossman vs. Undertaker here
because even though their match wasn't the worst, it devalued the greatest
match gimmick I've ever seen.  I mean, destroyed its prestigue.  The
kennell match didn't help it much either, and I've never heard of anything
dumber or more convoluted.  Ok, maybe that 3 level cage from way back, but
lets not go there.

MAX CHITTISTER: How many matches did I see this year that made me
embarrased to be a wrestling fan? Too many, most of them involving women
getting their clothes ripped off.

BLOB: You had 2 of WCW's complete worst in Nash/Hogan and I don't think
they could've put on a better match if they wanted to (LOL!). The Brawl
For All really took Bart Gunn's credibility down a lot. The Hardcore
Invitational Junkyard Battle Royal was the absolute worst it could've
possibly been, with the wrong people going over, etc.

GEORGE CARTER:  Bossman/Snow and Bossman/UT were HORRID !!! And the
Hogan/Nash retirement match was SO anti-climatic and BORING ! The only
reason I saw that PPV was to see Hogan retire.

JOHN C.:Hogan vs. Nash at Road Wild was the worst of them all because it
was actually a world title match and main event. Hogan literally did two
moves and they were the big foot and legdrop which my two year old son can
do. It was just a sickening match to watch and will remain the worst world
title match I've ever seen as the main event on a PPV, even worse than
Diesel vs.  Mabel.

JON RICHARDSON: The fact that Eric Bischoff would even consider booking
himself over Ric Flair is such a disgusting idea that this match easily
rates worst match of the year.  On the blow-off PPV of the year, Bischoff
can't give one of the most popular wrestlers in history a clean win over a
non-wrestler?  Talk about ego.  Moolah vs. Ivory made the list because
80-year old women should not be involved in wrestling matches, and they
certainly shouldn't be winning titles.  Kennel in a Cell gets my last vote
because it wins the award for the "stupidest gimmick match in NA I've ever
heard of".  How the match could be any good when saddled with a gimmick
that bad is beyond me.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: Piper v. Hall gave me nightmares.

ELLIOT SPARKS: The worst match of the year has to be something
spectacular. Not only does it have to be nauseatingly bad, it has to do so
on as many levels as possible. For the first time in history, I think we
have a winner; a match that scored 100% failure in every category. I'm
talking about pathetic action. I'm talking about terrible camera angles,
making most of the match unwatchable. I'm talking about total lack of
hype; it was only announced a week before it took place. On top of all
that, I'm talking about a myriad of injuries; it wielded a separated
shoulder, a broken foot, multiple concussions, and a glass-cut that nearly
removed Silver King's face. Indeed, I'm talking about the Bash at the
Beach 'Junkyard Invitational' match. It's almost on par with the
Uncensored '96 triple-deck cage match, if it needs explaining any further.

JOE GENTILE:  Bluedust vs. Golddust could have been SO MUCH more. If onlyu
they even TRIED to build up a story behind it!

CHANCE50JR: I think Golddust v. Godfather on RAW was the absolute low
point for the IC-title.  Wait--isn't the Road Dog a former ic-champion?
Geez, it hasn't been a good year at all for the IC belt.

RUTGERSGYM: About the alleged Heroes of Wrestling main event: Chris Benoit
is the only person who could possibly carry a drunk Jake Roberts, and
Yoko, Neidhart, and Bundy are no Benoits.  If I was more merciful, I
wouldn't vote for the Hardcore junkyard battle royal because what I can't
see (in this case half the damn match) can't hurt me, but I'm not, so it
gets second.  Third is the Human Blown Spot Reel that was Sable vs. Ivory.
But at least it was short.

JOE GAGNE: Berlyn/Jim Duggan from Fall Brawl was a train wreckùDuggan no
sold everything, and Berlyn actually needed help to beat his sorry ass.
That match destroyed any hope the Berlyn gimmick had to get over.  And
after his matches with Al Snow and the Undertaker, it's safe to say that
the Big Bossman should be allowed near any kind of cage anytime soon.

SEAN FLYNN: The reformation of the nWo, what a god-awful mistake as it not
only devalued the title by a fake match, it gave to Hogan again, and tried
to continue the deadest angle this side of Larry Zybysko's gag order.

LUKE JOHNSTON: The nWo B-Team battle royal from 4/5/99 was easily the most
offensively pathetic match I saw all year. You know how it's not pleasant
to look at a catastrophic automobile accident when you pass by one on the
highway, but we all get that rubber-neck syndrome and do it anyway? That's
what watching this match was like.=20

ANDREW: The kennel from hell was like a nightmare from hell.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Heroes of Wrestling just sucked shit as a whole. None of
the matches were even *remotely* good and all were really
indistinguishably bad, so when give the main event the top vote, it really
represents all of 'em. The Kennel from Hell was just horrid, and insults
the memories of all cage (and hell in a Cell) matches before and since.
Finally, Nash vs. Hogan on January Fourth. I enjoyed this when the WWF did
it with Shawn, Hunter and the European belt in '97. But a World Title
should *not* be treated like that.

LORIE:  Considering that WWF gets the heat for racy content, it is
surprising that WCW had two of the most sleazy matches in 1999 and that
the PTC is not after them for those matches.

SIMON ROBERTS: Seeing Mae Young in her underwear was NOT what I needed

RYAN GRANT:  I didn't think anything all year would be as bad as the HITC
match from Wrestlemania.  Al Snow and The Bossman managed to prove me
wrong with Hell in a Kennel.  Ugh, ugh, and ugh again.

KEVIN PODSIADLIK: I mean, when Jim Ross feels he has to effectively
apologize for a match...!

COLIN MACKINNON: I thought Roberts had battled back from his personal
demons.  I guess I was wrong.  The Heroes of Wrestling match was a -*****
match, and did a fantastic job of exposing the business.  Snow and Bossman
tried, but the Kennel from Hell concept was horrible.

JEREMY SORIA: They really, really dropped the ball with the Royal Rumble
in 1999, as bad as they did in 1994 (the "tie" with Bret and Luger) .
Russo and Ferrara should be ashamed of themselves, but they aren't. They
followed up that poor effort with the Rock/Mankind match that they (or
USA) didn't even bother to beam out to the West Coast when Halftime rolled
around that night.  What could have been an interesting and good PPV
turned extremely ugly, and this tag team match is definitive proof.

MATT SPAULDING: 1st: Whoever booked that boxing match (on a PPV, no less)
should be run out of wrestling.  Oh, wait...  2nd: The double cage format
has potential, but it wasn't done right here.  3rd: What's sad about this
is, if it's just Venis v. Jarrett without Nicole and Debra, it becomes a
pretty GOOD match.

MDB: Everybody sing, 'He tried to kill me with a forklift!!' Poor
Undertaker.  Going for the threepeat MotY and he gets Bossman in the cell.

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Worst Feud

Award Description:

To be given to the feud that nobody cared about at all this year. When they
were pushing the feud on TV, you'd go to the fridge for a snack.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Hulk Hogan vs. Earthquake
  1991: Hulk Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter
  1992: Ultimate Warrior vs. Papa Shango
  1993: The Undertaker vs. Giant Gonzalez
  1994: Doink vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
  1995: Hulk Hogan vs. Dungeon of Doom
  1996: Big Bubba vs. John Tenta
  1997: Nation of Domination vs. Disciples of Apocalypse vs. Los Boricuas
  1998: Warrior vs. Hollywood Hogan

**1999**: No Limit Soldiers vs. West Texas Rednecks

328 first place votes
308 second place votes
297 third place votes

 50 35 38  431   No Limit Soldiers v. West Texas Rednecks
 48 34 18  378   Ivory v. Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young
 37 36 20  333   Al Snow v. Big Bossman
 24 13  5  169   Big Show v. Big Bossman
 18 14 16  164   Hulk Hogan v. Kevin Nash
 16 17 11  153   Kevin Nash v. Randy Savage
 17 11 12  142   Fabulous Moolah v. Mae Young
  8 17 19  129   Randy Savage v. Dennis Rodman
  8  8 10   84   NWO Hollywood v. NWO Wolfpac
  5 11  6   70   Corporation v. Ministry of Darkness
 10  4  3   68   David Flair & Roddy Piper v. Ric Flair & co.
  3  9 13   68   Revolution v. First Family
  7  6  5   63   Hulk Hogan v. Sting
  5  7  8   62   Ken Shamrock v. Steve Blackman
  4  6  9   56   Berlyn v. Buff Bagwell
  4  6  6   50   Ric Flair v. Eric Bischoff
  4  4  8   48   Sable v. Tori
  3  4  7   41   Val Venis v. Steve Blackman
  3  1 11   40   Goldberg v. Sid Vicious
  3  5  4   38   D'Lo Brown v. PMS
  2  2 11   38   Jeff Jarrett v. Chyna
  6  0  1   32   Steve Austin v. Mr. McMahon (Corporate Ministry)
  5  2  0   31   Steve Austin v. Undertaker
  1  5  5   30   Berlyn v. Brad Armstrong
  1  4  6   29   Rock v. Mr. Ass
  2  3  3   25   Road Dogg v. Mr. Ass
  3  3  0   24   Sid Vicious v. Goldberg
  2  4  1   24   D'Lo Brown v. Mark Henry
  1  2  4   19   Big Show v. Kane
  0  4  3   18   Vince McMahon v. Triple H
  3  0  1   17   NWO Black & White
  1  2  0   11   David Flair v. Kimberly
  2  0  0   10   Impact Players v. Tommy Dreamer & Raven
  1  1  1   10   Ivory v. Tori
  1  0  2    9   Test v. Shane McMahon (& Mean Street Posse)
  0  3  0    9   Chris Jericho v. Chyna
  0  3  0    9   "Anything with" votes
  1  1  0    8   Ric Flair v. Hollywood Hogan
  1  1  0    8   Kane v. Viscera
  0  0  4    8   Godfather v. Mideon & Viscera
  1  0  1    7   Hulk Hogan v. Sid Vicious
  1  0  1    7   Filthy Animals v. Revolution
  1  0  1    7   Bambi v. Peggy Lee Leather
  0  1  2    7   New Jack v. Baldies
  0  2  0    6   Kevin Nash v. Sid Vicious
  0  2  0    6   Chaz v. Meat
  1  0  0    5   WWF v. WCW
  1  0  0    5   WCW "old" v. WCW "young"
  1  0  0    5   Union v. Corporate Ministry
  1  0  0    5   Sting v. Ric Flair
  1  0  0    5   Rock v. Steve Austin
  1  0  0    5   Rock v. Mankind
  1  0  0    5   Ric Flair(?)
  1  0  0    5   Revolution v. Ric Flair
  1  0  0    5   Public Enemy v. Brood
  1  0  0    5   Powers that Be v. Buff Bagwell
  1  0  0    5   Disco Inferno v. Konnan
  1  0  0    5   D-Generation X v. Chyna
  1  0  0    5   Buff Bagwell v. Cat
  1  0  0    5   British Bulldog v. Big Bossman
  1  0  0    5   Big Show v. Undertaker
  0  1  1    5   Diamond Dallas Page v. Scott Steiner
  0  0  2    4   Vince McMahon v. Ministry of Darkness
  0  0  2    4   Steve Austin v. Triple H
  0  1  0    3   Vampiro v. Demon
  0  1  0    3   Undertaker v. Vince McMahon
  0  1  0    3   Ric & David Flair v. Diamond Dallas Page
  0  1  0    3   McMahons v. everybody
  0  1  0    3   Mark Henry v. D'Lo Brown
  0  1  0    3   Kevin Nash v. Goldberg
  0  1  0    3   Kane v. X-Pac
  0  1  0    3   Hulk Hogan v. Powers that Be
  0  1  0    3   Fantasia v. John Balsamo
  0  1  0    3   Dr. Death v. the Misfits (NO)
  0  1  0    3   D'Lo Brown v. Jeff Jarrett
  0  1  0    3   Chris Benoit v. Dean Malenko
  0  1  0    3   Buff Bagwell v. Ric Flair & Roddy Piper
  0  1  0    3   Bret Hart v. Lex Luger
  0  0  1    2   Vince McMahon v. D-Generation X
  0  0  1    2   Val Venis v. Ken Shamrock v. Mr. Ass
  0  0  1    2   Steve Austin v. Jeff Jarrett
  0  0  1    2   Spike Dudley v. Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley
  0  0  1    2   Rock v. British Bulldog
  0  0  1    2   Rick Steiner v. Sid Vicious
  0  0  1    2   Randy Savage v. Hollywood Hogan
  0  0  1    2   Powers that Be v. WCW
  0  0  1    2   Mike Awesome v. Masato Tanaka
  0  0  1    2   Mankind v. Val Venis
  0  0  1    2   Jerry Lynn v. Rob Van Dam
  0  0  1    2   Goldberg v. Hollywood Hogan
  0  0  1    2   Cat v. Buff Bagwell
  0  0  1    2   Buff Bagwell v. Powers that Be
  0  0  1    2   Beast v. Cuban Assasin
  0  0  1    2   Al Snow v. Hardcore Holly

EDC: Rednecks v. No Limit was a terrible gimmick, fued, match, what have
you. And Whats funnier is that the Rednecks won! Imagine if the NAACP got
wind of that!

K. CANZANELLA: Steve Austin v. Undertaker was terrible cartoon crap. Rock
v. Mr. Ass gets second cuz I hate both of these guys. Corporation v.
Ministry of Darkness was another one of those "exciting, compelling,
coherent" WWF angles I keep hearing about.

JOEL BOUTIERE: On Sting vs. Hulk Hogan as worst feud:  the two played the
roles completely opposite of the way the fans wanted them to play, so this
feud just didn't work at all.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Savage vs. Nash? Hummers and poop. Berlyn vs. Bagwell
was just insulting to most people's intelligence, and Venis and Blackman's
main motivation for fighting was a misplaced vibrator. Ugh.

AARON: The Bossman/Snow fued lasted almost all year, and, hey, who DID win
it anyways? And the matches sucked in addition. Any fued where a decrepid
old woman loses her clothing gets thumbs down, and the Buff/Berlyn fued
only served to show that Buff is a little bitch and Jim Duggan is a man's
man.

DON BECKER: Ivory vs. Monday Night Geritol was neither interesting nor
enjoyable, no matter how hard Ivory tried, and resulted in Mae Young being
stripped to her skivvies.  Someone needs to die for that one.  The First
Family/Revolution killed whatever heat the Revolution could've gotten, and
leaving the Revolution may have saved Chris Benoit's career.  And not even
T&A fans could get behind Sable/Tori.

SHAWN MULLIN: The women's feud sucked in more ways than any of us can
list, but D-Lo vs. PMS bugged me almost as much.  The fake pregnancy crap,
the bondage stuff with Mark Henry.. oh god.. how bad was that!?  DIE VINCE
RUSSO :)

MAX CHITTISTER: Find one more person for Moolah and Mae to feud with, and
they can have a clean sweep in this category.

PAUL SHOCK:  Oh, that wily Bischoff!  He outsmarted Flair again!  Plus
beat him in the ring.  That's why he's the best wrestling promoter ever,
by gosh!

BLOB: Steve Austin v. Undertaker was the sickest, nastiest feud of the
year. There were a total of 5 wrestling moves in the matches, and a total
of 3956 punches in the feud. Hogan vs Nash sucked big time, but I wasn't
really expecting much. Rap vs Country was a pretty bad feud, especially
since guys like Master P and Swoll were brought into the company.

GEORGE CARTER:  Pepper # 1 ! Also, why should we care about two old women
fighting ??

JOHN C.:The No Limit Soldiers v. West Texas Rednecks was easily the worst.
In fact did the No Limit Soldiers do anything that was good?

JON RICHARDSON: The opposite of a good feud is one that produces horrible
promos and even worse matches.  Therefore, the easy winner this year is
Randy Savage vs. Kevin Nash.  The fact that this feud also spurned the
"Who Drove the Hummer?" angle only serves to drag this feud down even
further.  A close second on the list is Goldberg vs. Sid Vicious.
Between Sid's incoherant ramblings, Goldberg's lack of mike skills, a
series of increasingly stupid vignettes involving rented cars, and a
blow-off match that didn't blow anything off, it was truly godawful.  The
Rappers vs. The Twangers gets my last vote because it shows just how out
of touch WCW was with it's fans. The Soldiers weren't over as faces, the
Rednecks weren't over as heels, yet WCW continued pushing them that way
for no reason I can find.

LEO CHIU: Shamrock/Blackman feud has Shamrock's line of the year. In the
Iron Circle, he yells, "You like weapons? AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

JOE GAGNE: Let's see, Snow/Bossman resulted in one of the worst angles,
and one of the worst matches, so it's the easy "winner."
Ivory/Moolah-Young?  Is there any need to elaborate?  The fact that Sid
was built up with the ridiculous "Millennium Man" gimmick at the expense
of others, and then his feud with Goldberg doesn't reach any satisfactory
conclusion earns them third place.

JAMES GOWDEY: Big Show vs. Big Bossman: I'd rather have seen a feud of
them fighting to keep the "Big" in their names...

SEAN FLYNN: Old men fighting, it's either free dentures day at the senior
center, or the main events in WCW.  Snow/BBM led to Kennel in a cell,
which is unforgivable.

LUKE JOHNSTON: The West Texas Rednecks vs No Limit Soldiers was by fay the
worst fued of the year, and quite possibly the decade. I've never felt
more embarrased and ashamed of being a wrestling fan than I was whenever
Master P and his goons invaded my TV with their ridiculous "Hooty-hoo!"
shouts. What complete and utter crap.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Ivory vs. Moolah and Mae Young... Can someone get those two
old hags off the screen before my eyes start to bleed? Al Snow vs. Bossman
dragged on for ever and ever and ever and did anyone give a damn? Nope.
Flair vs. Bischoff gets third for the horrible, horrible, horrible booking
at Starrcade.

SUGAR RAY: The feud for leadership of the black and white nWo was just too
ridiculous for words, and who the hell cared, huh ? As for Gorgeous George
vs Charles Robinson, Mr.Robinson should be ashamed that he actually
accepted such a crappy storyline.

JEREMY SORIA: Even though it was just the thing to humiliate Jarrett out
of the WWF, it was just plain silly.  The whole Ric Flair/Bischoff thing
in 1998 was ugly enough, but it got uglier the next year with the
de-evolution of Ric Flair, trying to make him look crazy.  As much as I
liked Brad Armstrong and Chase Tatum in the No Limit Soldiers, they had no
talent whatsoever.

SELENA KYTE:  Bambi and Peggy Lee Leather have battled each other for over
a decade.  I would've thought by now that they moved on to the other women
on the independent circuit.  I doubt many fans know what started the feud
in the first place, and even if they did, I'm not sure it warrants
continuing this feud for all these many years.

MICHAEL STAKELY: Worst feud 1st. I think this one really needs no
explanantion. 2nd. This one was just disturbing and stupid. Plus I used to
have a pet dog named Pepper and yes, she was a Chihuahua. Sniff,
insensitive bastards. 3rd. Ummm... isn't the heel supposed to you know win
at least once?  Not overly offensive in concept, just VERY poorly
executed.

MATT SPAULDING: Buff was right...  no buildup for this thing at all.

MDB: Corporation v. Ministry gets the Worst feud nod over Savage/Nash
because Corporation/Ministry was more absurd, larger in scope, drawn out
longer, and led to dozens of bad matches.  Nash v. Savage gave us the
happy result of effectively ending both their careers.

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Most Disappointing News item

Award Description:

To be given to the wrestling news item that most disappointed you when heard
of it. When you first learned of this news story, you couldn't believe that
it was true, and when you learned that it was, you were bummed out for a
while.

Previous Winners:

  1991: Scott Steiner gets injured
  1992: Legion of Doom: Hawk & Animal split up
  1993: WWF brings Hulk Hogan back and gives him the title
  1994: WCW signs Hulk Hogan and makes him World champion
  1995: Death of Eddie Gilbert
  1996: Scott Hall and/or Kevin Nash leave WWF and/or join WCW
  1997: Death of Brian Pillman
  1998: Death of Louie Spicolli

**1999**: Death of Owen Hart

338 first place votes
311 second place votes
302 third place votes

302 11  4 1551   Death of Owen Hart
  3 64 34  275   Death of Rick Rude
  3 47 47  250   Droz paralyzed during a match
  3 49 29  220   Death of Gorilla Monsoon
  2 25 18  121   Death of Brian Hildebrand
  9 10  9   93   WCW signs Vince Russo & Ed Ferrara away from WWF
  1 14 10   67   Phil Mushnick uses Owen Hart's death to advance agenda
  1  9 12   56   WCW removes Lenny & Lodi from television
  1  7 12   50   WWF converts to almost all "sports entertainment"
  0  7 11   43   Ultimo Dragon's career ends
  0  5  6   27   Internet posters disrespect wrestling tragedies
  0  6  4   26   Steve Austin requires surgery
  0  4  7   26   Craig Kilborn makes tasteless joke about Owen Hart
  0  5  5   25   Mankind to retire soon
  0  3  8   25   Rena Mero sues WWF
  0  4  4   20   Death of Giant Baba
  0  2  7   20   WCW awards US title to David Flair
  3  0  2   19   Shawn Michaels retires
  0  4  2   16   Chris Jericho leaves WCW / signs with WWF
  1  0  5   15   Martha Hart sues WWF
  0  3  3   15   WWF slows Chris Jericho's push
  0  1  4   11   WWF gives light heavyweight title to Duane Gill
  0  2  2   10   Fit Finlay injured
  0  1  3    9   Rey Mysterio Jr. reduced to mini Konnan
  0  1  3    9   Psychosis still doesn't get a push
  1  1  0    8   RAW beats Nitro for many weeks straight
  1  1  0    8   Death of Rageina Cage
  0  2  1    8   Taz leaves ECW / signs with WWF
  1  0  1    7   Hacksaw Jim Duggan returns to WCW
  0  1  2    7   Tony Atlas falls on hard times
  0  1  2    7   Sunny does crack
  0  1  2    7   Kathie Lee Gifford uses Rick Rude's death to bring up old grudge
  0  1  2    7   Hulk Hogan unretires
  0  1  2    7   Chris Benoit jobs US title to Sid Vicious
  0  2  0    6   Death of Tony Rumble
  0  0  3    6   PTC attacks WWF (ineligible?)
  0  0  3    6   ECW gets low ratings
  1  0  0    5   WCW doesn't go under
  1  0  0    5   Eric Bischoff reassigned
  1  0  0    5   Creation of SmackDown!
  0  1  1    5   Jeff Jarrett leaves WWF / signs with WCW
  0  1  1    5   Gordon Solie has throat cancer
  0  1  1    5   Gene Okerlund signs three-year contract
  0  1  1    5   Dudley Boyz leave ECW / jump to WWF
  0  0  2    4   Hulk Hogan's leaving WCW revealed to be a work
  0  1  0    3   Warrior's Bitching
  0  1  0    3   Undertaker may face retirement
  0  1  0    3   Sid Vicious in ECW
  0  1  0    3   Sandman returns to ECW
  0  1  0    3   Russo cuts lucahdores TV time
  0  1  0    3   Man of the Year Mankind/Matthew Shepard debacle
  0  1  0    3   Internet newsboards totally become a joke
  0  1  0    3   Hacksaw Jim Duggan recovering from cancer
  0  1  0    3   Fabulous Moolah returns to the ring
  0  1  0    3   Death of Jackie Sato
  0  1  0    3   Death of Emiko Kado
  0  1  0    3   David Flair wins U.S. Title
  0  0  1    2   WCW develops KISS wrestlers
  0  0  1    2   WCW deemphasizes wrestling under Russo & Ferrara
  0  0  1    2   Vince Russo, Ed Ferrara still employed
  0  0  1    2   Vince McMahon, Bret Hart continue feud
  0  0  1    2   Tony Schiavone not fired by Russo & Ferrara
  0  0  1    2   Sting wins World Title
  0  0  1    2   Raven leaves WCW / signs with ECW
  0  0  1    2   Possibility of another Heroes of Wrestling PPV
  0  0  1    2   LWO disbanded
  0  0  1    2   Jushin Liger coming to WCW
  0  0  1    2   Jake Roberts appears drunk at PPV
  0  0  1    2   Hulk Hogan wins WCW Title again
  0  0  1    2   Hulk Hogan turns face
  0  0  1    2   Hulk Hogan lives through the year
  0  0  1    2   Fabulous Moolah wins WWF women's title
  0  0  1    2   ESPN makes tasteless remark about Owen Hart
  0  0  1    2   Death of Therese Theis
  0  0  1    2   Death of Rick Wilson (Renegade)
  0  0  1    2   Continuing WWF markdom of 99% of internet fan population
  0  0  1    2   Chyna retains IC title over Jericho
  0  0  1    2   Chris Jericho turned into a jobber
  0  0  1    2   Chris Benoit pushed
  0  0  1    2   Buff Bagwell's primadonna backstage attitude
  0  0  1    2   Buff Bagwell re-signs with WCW
  0  0  1    2   Brian Christopher Injured

REJECTED

  3  0  0        "Tie" votes
  0  0  1        Death of Hiro Matsuda (ineligible time)

CHRIS BIRD: One thing about wrestling deaths: Gorilla Monsoon's passing is
far less tragic than that of Rick Wilson. Gorilla led a full life and was
loved. Renegade shot himself because he couldn't get work wrestling. And
yet, I am sure that Monsoon will get more votes than Renegade. Such is the
way of wrestling fans.

EDC: Too many Deaths in wrestling this year. It was almost hard to narrow
it down to just 3.

CYBERAL33: 1999 will go down as a tragic year in wrestling. Nothing
reflects this more then the careless death of Owen Hart. Along with the
deaths of other legends like Gorilla Moonsoon, Rick Rude, Giant Baba, and
Jackie Sato. But the top three losses were the wrestlers I watched growing
up as a kid. Owen, Rude, and Moonsoon (as an announcer of course.)
Monsoon was the man who helped make me love wrestling. He brought a
respect to it in a way similar to Gorden Solie (who I didn't have the
privilage of hearing growing up). He called the moves and always used a
dramatic tone to get over an angle. His call along with Heenan's make it
worth sitting through a Battle Cat/Barbarian match. Rick Rude was the
consumate heel...he had a body that everyman wished they had and used that
to taunt the crowd and his opponents. But the icing on the cake was the
painted tights. Who can forget when he painted Jake Robert's wife on the
tights? Classic. Of course, Owen was a consumate professional and from
everyone's comments he was a great family man and comedian. We'll dearly
miss all five. Rest in peace and thanks for the memories.

RFLAGG13: Geez, what a downer year for wrestling. Many of my favorite
personalities died this year, and none affected me more than Owen Hart.
Partly it was the shock of how it happened, and part of it stemmed from
the fact that I would never see him wrestle again. I truly believe that if
he had lived, his Blue Blazer character would be in main event angles
right now. Second is Rick Rude, who was simply one of the best heels of
all time. Val Venis practically owes his career to Rude's heat gathering
techniques, but Rude was simply the best. Third is Gorilla Monsoon's
death. I grew up listening to Monsoon calling the action, and the
Monsoon/Ventura team was simply the best of all time. All three will be
missed, and my heart goes out to their families.

K. CANZANELLA: The Death of Owen Hart obviously will take this award, as
he was a great wrestler who died in a horrible way doing a ridiculous
stunt. We'll miss you brah. If Owen's death mortally wounded the state of
US wrestling, then Russo and Ferrera taking over WCW bound and gagged it,
and shot it in the face with an elephant gun. The only good wrestling
federation left on free TV became nothing more than a lame WWF ripoff. RIP
US wrestling 1900-1999. Ultimo Dragon's career ending was sad because he
was one of the best junior heavyweight wrestlers ever, but his hand got
messed up by a hack of a Doctor.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for what Mushnik did. None
whatsoever. I don't want to trivialize any person's death, so I'm
boycotting the rest of this category and asking that you remember Jerry
Lawler's words: "Never forget to tell someone you love them, because you
never know if you'll have another chance." Amen to that.

AARON: It's almost not even worth it to nominate anyone else for this
category. Truly a sad year for wrestling.

DON BECKER: This was such a horrible year for wrestling, and it's
difficult to pick any one tragedy over any other, though Owen Hart's
death, especially the way it occurred, hit me the hardest.  Tony Atlas'
financial problems also sucked because it brings up a sad fact of life -
unless you are a top star for a long time or are smart with your money,
being a pro wrestler is no way to make a living.  Ultimo Dragon's
retirement also disappointed me, not only because we'll never see him
wrestle again, but because a different surgeon could've kept Dragon's arm
healthy.

SHAWN MULLIN: Nothing compares to the death of Owen Hart.  The other
deaths obviously are tragic in their own way, but they aren't really
wrestling stories.  Owen Hart died during a wrestling show, performing a
wrestling stunt, and that's the worst thing that's happened in wrestling
ever since I've followed it.

MAX CHITTISTER: This sums up the year to me: Rick Williams shooting
himself in the head doesn't even make the ballot.

JBELL55146: Owen's death is the worst thing ever to happend in the
wrestling business.  It was the only time pro wrestling made ME cry. Rest
In Peace Owen!

PAUL SHOCK:  There were too many untimely deaths in sport this year.
Walter Payton, Greg Moore, Payne Stewart, Wilt Chamberlain...the list goes
on and on.  Owen Hart and Rick Rude are two more people who died before
their time.

BLOB: This was a bad year for wrestling as Owen Hart, Gorilla Monsoon,
Mark Curtis, Rick Rude, Giant Baba and several others lost their life.
Owen Hart's was by far the most tragic, not to make any of the others
light, however.

GEORGE CARTER:  Owen's death has been the most disappoting wrestling
related event in my whole life. He did NOT desreve it. No one deserves it.
Seeing Gorrila at WrestleMania was such a sad site to see, and his death
wasn;t a shock, but sad nevertheless. Rick Rude's death also was
depressing. I can't believe that all three of these are all deaths. I
think that I speak for everybody when I say that I hope we don't see one
of these next year, or ever.

JON RICHARDSON: That Mark Madden actually considers himself to be a
respected journalist and is shocked when people don't praise him to the
skies easily gets him number one on this list.  He is hardly ever right
when passing on information, then proceeds to bash both other federations
"company shills", even though their accuracy is superior.  The sheer gall
of labeling himself "the Internet Icon" in merely the icing on the
obnoxious cake.  Sable is the obvious choice for second as she actually
believes herself to be a serious actress, and a marketable personality
without the WWF.  That to this day she is referred to as "the former
Sable" and not as "Rena Mero" proves her wrong.  If Vince McMahon
continues on his current path of attempting to offend everybody he meets,
he'll be an easy number one for next year.

DUNCAN O'SULLIVAN: The death of anyone sucks (usually) so why bother
discriminating against any of them. Hence my answer "X" personality in
regards to that category.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: I didn't want to choose between personal tragidies, so
I left them out altogether.

ELLIOT SPARKS: I think the Most Disappointing News Item category is quite
redundant this year. With nearly a dozen deaths to deal with, it's
inevitable that events relating to those deaths will take the most votes.
But in that light, the award could be interpreted as a chance for us, a
public only exposed to fictional personas, to rate on a scale of 1 to 3
the lives of men and women we genuinely don't have a clue about. While
that isn't the meaning of the award, that is how it could be
misinterpreted, and I don't want to be party to something with that kind
of potential. Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I feel quite
content not voting in this category.

JOE GENTILE:  Owen Harts death almost caused me to never watch wrestling
again. i still get sick with grief when I think about it.

SCBRYANT1:  Should be a tie, as one's death shouldn't be ranked above
someone's elses. (toss in all the other people who died this year, too)

RUTGERSGYM: It goes without saying that what happened to Owen was probably
the most depressing thing I had to witness as a wrestling fan, but coming
in a close second are the numerous clowns online who tried to get
themselves over by making stupid and classless jokes about it (and other
wrestling-related tragedies) .  Third goes to Russo and Ferrara
introducing "Crash TV" to WCW, putting more into angles and characters but
wasting the wrestlers who can wrestle, which was always the one thing WCW
had going for it against the WWF.

JOE GAGNE: The loss of Owen and Rick Rude were tremendous losses to the
sport, and it's always sad to see a young wrestler like Droz suffer such a
crippling injury.

JAMES GOWDEY: *sniff*... Rest in peace, Owen. We love you, man!

SEAN FLYNN: Owen, Rest In Peace.  The Duds leaving is a shame, as I think
they would have been huge for ECW now that they're national, keeping that
anything can happen feeling alive.  Hulk came back, millions wept.

MARK SMITH:  It was hard to read down the list of nominations for this
category. Lots of this stuff really sucked to have happen.  Owen Hart took
the top spot.  RIP.

KEVIN WONG: When someone takes a real death lightly, or uses it to further
their own personal agendas like taking shots at wrestling or wrestling
workrate, it isn't disappointing, it's disgusting.  We know what's going
to win, and it's unfortunate that it will.

BRYTON SAMPSON :It's pretty damn hard to choose just three of these. Just
about every nomination accounts for a really, really depressing news item.
Despite all the great things that happened, it was actually kind of a bad
year to be a pro-wrestling fan (Phil Mushnick attacks, Owen dies, WCW's
suck factor increasing exponentially week after week after week, etc)

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Anyone who doesn't vote for Owen's death here should be
shot. Literally. Not just the worst thing to happen this year, probably
the worst to happen in the past decade and possibly ever. And in a truly
sad year for wrestling, Brian Hildebrand and Gorilla Monsoon's deaths get
numbers two and three, and Rick Rude's would get fourth.

SIMON ROBERTS: Nothing can describe the enormous loss of Owen Hart

SEZ OF SEED: I hate this catergory.  It makes you rank death.  Was the
death of Owen Hart really more tragic than the death of Gorilla Monsoon.
No, of course not.  And what about those who didn't even make my list,
like Brian Hildebrand and The Renegade.  Or the tragedy that befell Darren
Drozdov.  My heart goes out to the families of all these people.

EDDIE KIM:  Not only was I disappointed by Gorilla Monsoon's death, I was
disappointed by the WWF quickly glossing over the issue rather than giving
the man a well-deserved tribute.  Then a few weeks later, they give more
time to the "death" of the Big Show's dad.

RYAN GRANT:  Nothing dissapointed me, saddened me, sickened me more than
Owen's death.  It was great watching him come up through the WWF,
wrestling in great matches all over that I marked out for....and then, he
was gone.  And why did he die?  For the furtherance of my second place
vote, the WWF moving into sports entertainment completely. Senseless,
absolutely senseless.  Then there was Rick Rude's death, another string in
a series of low blows that wrestling delivered this year.

SUGAR RAY: Deaths and severe injuries just plain suck, all of them.

JEREMY SORIA: To echo Zipp, 5/23/99 was the day pro wrestling died. We
miss you, Owen.  The whole debacle with all the RSPWers (and other online
wrestling fans)  usurping slain gay student Matthew Shepard in the online
race for Time's Man of the Year is a painful memory for those who were
thirsting for justice for Shepard's killers. [in the end, justice was
never served for the two thugs, serving life terms instead of being
condemned] The whole point was that it made ALL wrestling fans look like
idiots. It sticks to this very day.  The other debacle was when GLAAD
"strongly warned" WCW about the Lenny/Lodi angle, forcing the two
wrestlers out of a job. This ultra-embarrassing step by GLAAD has caused
two very funny and entertaining wrestlers to stay off TV for life. Sad.

SELENA KYTE:  I would think that Owen Hart's death overshadows everything
else that happened this year because of the type of person he was and the
circumstances surrounding his death.  The tributes and news stories
dominated my hometown of St. Louis the day after when RAW came into town,
so it was hard for me to ignore. Not to diminish the importance of all of
the other important events, but ranking up there for me was the sudden and
untimely death of a woman who was going to start her career under the name
of Rageina Cage.  I exchanged quite a few e-mails with her and she was a
part of the Women's Wrestling Mailing List for a while.  She was
distressed about the portrayal of women on TV these days and wanted to
make a more positive contribution to pro wrestling.  She was ridiculed for
wanting to make this career choice, but she was determined to make her
dreams come true. She attended many matches and received advice from a lot
of people in the business.  She worked very hard to learn various moves
and develop a personality.  I'm quite sure that she would've achieved the
same level of success and fame as a lot of the other women in the business
if she were still alive.  It's sad that well never know what might have
been, but her story serves as a reminder that some dreams are worth
pursuing if it's what you really want to do in life.

MICHAEL STAKELY: Most disappointing news item 1st The two items cannot be
seperated in my mind. 3rd I think WCW has a running competition to see who
they can screw over the most, Benoit or Psychosis. Phantom title reigns, a
one week reign, forced to lose his mask to satisfy Bischoff's ego, and now
reduced to being squashed by Steve Williams.

HEATM:  Anything other than Owen Hart's accidental death is a distant
second.  Having said that, it was a very disappointing year for deaths in
wrestling.  Gorilla Monsoon was someone I grew accustomed to hearing every
Saturday morning on Superstars.  Brian Hildebrand's story was nothing
short of tragic.

ROB EVANS: Most Disappointing News Item - Too many deaths this year.
We'll miss 'em all.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Most Disappointing News item. As much as I liked
Brian Hildebrand, I decided not to go with any of the "deaths" this year.
This left me with nine items that I still wanted to vote for: 1. Fit
Finlay injured 2. WWF signs Taz 3. Raven leaves WCW 4. Rey Mysterio Jr.
reduced to being mini Konnan 5. WCW removes Lenny & Lodi from television
6. WWF converts to almost all "sports entertainment" 7. WWF sues Martha
Hart 8. Jim Duggan returns to WCW 9. WWF gives light heavyweight title to
Duane Gill

MDB: I refuse to vote on which deaths and injuries were more tragic than
others.  Therefore I go with the Crash TV invasion of WCW.

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Most Obnoxious Personality

Award Description:

To be given to the person who just rubs you the wrong way. This could be
anybody involved in the wrestling biz.

Previous Winners:

  1991: Dusty Rhodes
  1992: Vince McMahon
  1993: Vince McMahon
  1994: Hulk Hogan
  1995: Eric Bischoff
  1996: Eric Bischoff
  1997: Eric Bischoff
  1998: Eric Bischoff

**1999**: Eric Bischoff

335 first place votes
316 second place votes
307 third place votes

 44 36 23  374   Eric Bischoff
 40 19 18  293   Tony Schiavone
 26 19 17  221   Vince Russo
 26 14 15  202   Bob Ryder
 22 24  9  200   Hulk Hogan
 21 23 13  200   Mark Madden
 17 18 19  177   Sable
 13  8 12  113   Buff Bagwell
 11  9 10  102   Jason Hervey
  8  8  8   80   Cat
  9  6  7   77   Vince McMahon
  3 11 12   72   Konnan
  4  7  8   57   Kevin Nash
  6  3  4   47   Rock
  3  6  7   47   Michael Cole
  6  2  5   46   Bill Alfonso
  2  7  6   43   Warrior
  1  8  7   43   Gene Okerlund
  5  1  7   42   Bret Hart
  1  5 11   42   Larry Zbyszko
  4  5  2   39   Jim Ross
  3  4  4   35   Dennis Rodman
  3  3  5   34   Al Isaacs
  3  3  4   32   Jerry Lawler
  3  2  5   31   X-Pac
  2  2  6   28   Triple H
  0  4  7   26   Sid Vicious
  2  4  1   24   Paul Bearer
  2  3  2   23   Chyna
  1  4  2   21   Dave Meltzer
  2  2  2   20   Steve Austin
  2  1  3   19   Joel Gertner
  1  4  1   19   Justin Credible
  1  0  7   19   Kevin Kelly
  1  2  3   17   Road Dogg
  2  0  3   16   Big Bossman
  3  0  0   15   Jeff Jarrett
  2  1  1   15   Scott Steiner
  1  2  2   15   Shane Douglas
  2  1  0   13   Roddy Piper
  1  2  1   13   Debra
  2  0  1   12   Michael Hayes (Dok Hendrix)
  1  1  2   12   Shawn Michaels
  1  1  2   12   Rick Steiner
  1  2  0   11   Spike Dudley
  1  2  0   11   Mike Tenay
  1  2  0   11   Ivory
  2  0  0   10   Ric Flair
  2  0  0   10   Grandmaster Sexy
  2  0  0   10   Godfather
  1  1  1   10   Jimmy Hart
  1  1  1   10   Chris Hyatte
  0  2  2   10   Shane McMahon
  1  1  0    8   Steve Corino
  1  1  0    8   Oklahoma (ineligible)
  1  1  0    8   Brian Knobs
  0  2  1    8   Diamond Dallas Page
  0  1  2    7   Rob Van Dam
  0  1  2    7   Ed Ferrara
  0  2  0    6   Cyrus
  1  0  0    5   Stephanie McMahon
  1  0  0    5   Scott Hall
  1  0  0    5   Marcus Bagwell
  1  0  0    5   Lilian Garcia
  0  1  1    5   Val Venis
  0  1  1    5   Mr. Ass
  0  1  1    5   Chris Jericho
  0  0  2    4   Mideon
  0  1  0    3   Rikki Rachtman
  0  1  0    3   Phil Mushnick
  0  1  0    3   Nicole Bass
  0  1  0    3   Mark Henry
  0  1  0    3   Johnny Mac (LWF)
  0  1  0    3   Joey Styles
  0  1  0    3   Herb Kunze
  0  0  1    2   Undertaker
  0  0  1    2   Tammy Sytch
  0  0  1    2   Paul Heyman
  0  0  1    2   Magnificent Mike (LWF)
  0  0  1    2   Jim Duggan
  0  0  1    2   Jim Cornette
  0  0  1    2   Disco Inferno
  0  0  1    2   Christopher Robin Zimmerman

REJECTED - ineligible

  1  0  0        Outsiders
  1  0  0        Hollys
  1  0  0        ECW crowd
  1  0  0        "Tie" votes
  0  1  1        Shawn Michaels
  0  1  1        Sable
  0  1  0        Too Cool
  0  1  0        New Age Outlaws
  0  0  1        Powers that Be

JEREMY MORAN: What does it say about the current of our great sport when
the three people who annoy me most in the sport aren't even competitors,
and two of them (Isaacs and Hyatte) are just Net geeks?

EDC: Bob Ryder must be destroyed...

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Hey Madden, how's your savior of wrestling doing now?
Tony, SHUT UP. And Russo was pissing me off so much in his last few weeks
in the WWF that I was dammed glad to see him go to WCW... until I realized
the folly in letting him run *any* promotion without any checks or
balances.

AARON: Madden and Ryder both have egos the size of their appetites. Buff
refuses to job and is therefore a bitch.

DON BECKER: If I hear Jerry Lawler say "PUPPIES!" one more time, I'm going
to pull an Elvis and shoot my damned TV.  Mark Madden's whole gimmick is
that he's obnoxious, and it works.  I'd say more about Tony Schiavone, but
FANS WE'RE OUT OF TIME!

SHAWN MULLIN: Sable, Nash and Okerlund.  Thinking of those 3 on my TV
screen makes me shudder.  Sable was annoying in the ring, annoying on the
mic, and mostly annoying once she was gone.  There is no one I'd like more
to never see again.  Nash, well I went over my dislike for him earlier.
Okerlund never has a clue what's going on during his interviews, yet still
consistently adds clueless comments.

MAX CHITTISTER: Two guys whose voices I've never heard and whose faces
I've never seen win my votes for Most Obnoxious. Thank god for
1wrestling.com and Russo's interviews on Wrestlemaniacs.

CAN00K: *click* is the sound of my remote changing the channel whenever
Hogan appears on my television.  Thankfully, we don't have to see Bischoff
anymore, and hopefully Mr. Ryder won't become an on-camera WCW
personality.  Even though we all I expect he'll debut on-camera by licking
whipped cream off of a bound and gagged Asya while Chad Damiani whips him
with golden chains bought by the revenue collected from 1wrestling.com
ads.  Then he'll justify it in his widely read column by telling a story
about how he and Asya are romantically linked in real life, and therefore,
since it wasn't an act, but a real perverse pleasure, he had no problem
with it.  But it was nothing like Mark Henry, oh no no no no no no.

BLOB: Wow..Cole is making fun of Lawler? This is the same guy that called
a DDT a bulldog and the steel steps a steel chair. Unbelieveable! Rick
Steiner's catchphrase was as obnoxious as Konnan's so they got #2 and #3.

GEORGE CARTER:  For one/two hours, Jason Hervey made me want to destroy my
TV. JR is an excellent commentator but when he shills, he shills even more
annoyingly than Schiavone. He is SO obnoxious that I find myself screaming
at him sometimes.

JOHN C.:Bagwell beats out Sable for this one but I must admit that it was
a tough choice. The fact that some people actually like these two people
is what really is obnoxious.

SIXKKS:  This is a good thing right?

JOE GENTILE:  Sable. What an arrogant bitch.  Hey Sable, you didn't have
talent, you had big boobs.  Nicole Bass takes second. Sexual Harassment?
Shhhheaaahhh right!  Meltzer takes third. Hey, it's great this guy has
been able to make a living, but MUST he take his shirt off for photos????

DONALD SEMACK:  If Russo says that he listens to the internet then why
does he keep pissing off everyone on it.

URBAN ZOMBIE: If anyone voted for Al Isaacs here, when Schiavone, Bischoff
and Ryder were within plain view, I will lose what little faith in
humanity I had left.

SEAN FLYNN: All of these piss me off with rampant misogyny and unnecessary
exploitation.  The word "puppies" shrieked over and over is enough to make
me want to torture myself with bamboo shoots or Rick Steiner matches.

KEVIN WONG: You know, I could easily have put down Joel Gertner, Mark
Madden and Chris Hyatte down here, but all things considered, their
"gimmicks" are based on being obnoxious.  I mean, everything about Joel
Gertner is meant to piss people off.  Bischoff, Cole, and "Fat" Tony can
piss you off just by talking, and they're trying to be serious..

JEREMY SORIA: Jarrett, we don't care about you. Okerlund, you're too old
and too square to fit in with WCW. And Rock, do you think you can try to
incorporate your catchphrases without the crowd prompting you for them?

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER:  Most Obnoxious Personality 1. Gene Okerlund
(stealing heat from workers)  2. Konnan (and for making Rey annoying as
well)  3. Bill Alfonso (choke on the damn whistle already)  4. Debra (at
least put a bag over her head)  5. Hulk (no explanation needed)  6.
VinneRu (F-ing up TWO feds)

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Best Second

Award Description:

To be given to the manager who outperformed their peers at ringside and behind
the microphone in interviews.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Jim Cornette
  1991: Bobby Heenan
  1992: Mr. Perfect
  1993: Jim Cornette
  1994: Jim Cornette
  1995: Jim Cornette
  1996: Sunny
  1997: Chyna
  1998: Chyna

**1999**: Dawn Marie

315 first place votes
300 second place votes
286 third place votes

 32 24 23  278   Dawn Marie
 33 24 16  269   Debra
 26 17 21  223   Torrie Wilson
 28 18 13  220   Chyna
 25 17 17  210   Ralphus
 27 17 11  208   Bill Alfonso
 21 12 12  165   Arn Anderson
 18 16 11  160   Steve Corino
  9 22 15  141   Terri Runnels
 15  8 10  119   Joel Gertner
 11  9  9  100   Lodi
  6  9 17   91   Miss Kitty
  7 11 10   88   Howard Finkel
  7 10 10   85   Paul Bearer
  6  4  8   58   Shane McMahon
  4  8  7   58   Pat Patterson & Gerald Brisco
  5  6  6   55   Jimmy Hart
  3  9  6   54   Mean Street Posse
  3  5  4   38   Ryan Shamrock
  2  5  5   35   Michael Hayes
  2  6  3   34   Francine
  2  4  4   30   Ms. Madness (Mona)
  3  3  2   28   Tammy Lynn Sytch
  0  4  8   28   Elizabeth
  1  6  2   27   Gorgeous George
  1  5  3   26   Blue Meanie
  3  2  2   25   Insane Clown Posse
  1  2  1   13   Tori
  1  1  2   12   Gangrel
  0  2  3   12   Sonny Onoo
  2  0  0   10   Jim Cornette
  2  0  0   10   Head
  1  1  1   10   Shane Douglas
  1  1  1   10   Chastity
  1  1  0    8   Kuije
  1  1  0    8   Jerry Lawler
  1  0  1    7   Harold Finkel
  0  1  2    7   Jack Victory
  0  1  2    7   Curly Bill
  0  1  2    7   Angelica
  0  2  0    6   Mr. Socko
  1  0  0    5   Shawn Michaels
  1  0  0    5   Miss Savannah
  1  0  0    5   Holly's Scale
  1  0  0    5   Dave Prazak
  0  1  1    5   Charles Robinson
  0  0  2    4   Godfather's Ho's
  0  1  0    3   Sena Wakana
  0  1  0    3   Miss Congeniality
  0  1  0    3   Kimberly
  0  1  0    3   Dok Hendrix
  0  0  1    2   Vince McMahon
  0  0  1    2   The Wall
  0  0  1    2   Sign Guy Dudley
  0  0  1    2   Sable
  0  0  1    2   Roger Ferrari
  0  0  1    2   Raven
  0  0  1    2   Professor Theodore Eacher
  0  0  1    2   Pepper
  0  0  1    2   Kevin Nash
  0  0  1    2   Jeff Jones
  0  0  1    2   Count Grog
  0  0  1    2   Bobcat
  0  0  1    2   Alushe

CHRIS BIRD: Jim Ross sucks completely. Mike Tenay, Joey Styles, and Scott
Hudson all CALL MOVES (remember that, Jim?).

EDC: Dawn Marie is just so damn hot. And her Breast don't really
disproportion her body any!

K. CANZANELLA: Kuije rocks as a second to Abrijle. Abrijle is an average
comedy wrestler with a wicked neon color dragon suit, and Kuije is his
second who wears nearly the same get-up... except he is a midget. He does
comedy spots and challenges the rudos, only to be punted, beaten with
chairs and thrown in the air. Arn Anderson takes second since basically he
was the only manager who did what a manager is supposed to do this year.

NATHAN LONEY:  Even if the match is boring, Meanie can perk up fans who've
lost interest.  :) The stuff about gimmicks: Hardcore Holly's "Big Shot"
gimmick was probably the best new one this year.  He wasn't a guy who
wanted to kick ass.  He wanted to kick the asses of BIG guys.  Very
entertaining.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Arn Anderson handed Benoit a title. In my book, that's
enough to give him the win. Besides, he's still a great interview, and the
spinebuster on Kidman on that one Thunder episode brought a tear to my
eye. Mona combines great looks and some good talent; Dawn Marie is just
hot, so she's on here in lieu of Chyna, who just doesn't have "it" any
more.

DON BECKER: Dawn Marie really piques my interest... and if I mention what
else she does for me, my girlfriend would slap me.  Chris Jericho's jump
to the WWF was a disappointment because it ended Ralphus' career.  And
Jack Victory gets the sympathy vote for being wheelchair-bound :)

SHAWN MULLIN: Lodi and the Posse actually helped the wrestlers they were
with get over as heels.  It's not often a manager does that these days.
Dawn Marie is just really hot :) and she's got amazing charisma.

MAX CHITTISTER: I've been down on wrestling women all year, but I do enjoy
Dawn Marie. She's no Ralphus, though. Keep the Fink around for a couple
more weeks and he sneaks in at number 3 instead of the Meanie.

JONATHAN P. HOWE: The scale is the greatest second in history.  You know
it's almost always going to get involved and it doesn't have to worry
about getting hurt.

JBELL55146: Steve Corino<1st> is hilarious. The Mean Street Possee<2nd>
are cool and will take hella bumps. and Debra<3rd> cuz well...Puppies!

CAN00K: I like breasts.

PAUL SHOCK:  Chyna, because she's just really damn cool.  Dawn Marie,
because she's hot and she stands by her man.  Lodi, because of his signs
and he stands by his man...oh sorry, his brother.

BLOB: There is no better valet than Torrie Wilson. DAMN, SHE IS GORGEOUS~!
Ryan Shamrock & Miss Kitty aren't too far behind.

GEORGE CARTER:  Arn Anderson as a manager has so much potential. He wins
this award only because we saw him do a spinebuster during David Flair
matches (that along with Torrie Wilson were the only reasons why I didn't
hate David so much). Mona was equally impressive and Chyna did her usual
stuff.

JOHN C.:Debra managed the tag champs, the IC champ and "won" the Women's
title so she's obviously the pick here. Since Torrie and Mona are both
pretty hot it was a tough choice but I go with Debra because she has the
bigger breasts and when all is said in done isn't that what matters? I
know we are supposed to call them puppies but I'm a normal person and call
them breasts, I guess I may need counseling.

ELLIOT SPARKS: Though Joel Gertner still gets the nod, Chyna gets my
second best vote for best second (which is confusing, but only to the
simple minded). Why? Because outside the ring is where she belongs and
excels, and she should remain there until she learns to wrestle.

SEAN FLYNN: Anyone who didn't enjoy Gertner's schtick is either
humor-impaired or dead.  Ralphus helped give Jericho that goofy mystique.
AA because well, I need someone for third_he swings a mean tire iron too.

MARK SMITH:  Ryan Shamrock was the hottest woman in the wrestling world
this year.  Too bad she might end up with the Maestro.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Corino, cause he's amazingly obnoxious and annoying and
*entertaining*, and Dawn Marie and Miss Kitty cause, well, cause they're
hot.

RICK SCAIA:  The role of the manager is a lost art.  As the wrestlers
themselves become more reliant on their own mic skills and catchphrases,
the need for a real manager -- in the style of Bobby Heenan circa 1987 --
has diminished, I guess.  Joel Gertner never really managed, but his
pre-match spiels with the Dudley Boyz made him the best second in the
business this year.  Bill Alfonso is a more traditional manager type, and
gets second on the list. The other part of the reason managers seem to
have disappeared:  it's easier to get a cheap pop if you're hanging with a
hot chick than with some retired, out-of-shape wrestler.  So in third
place is my long-standing personal favorite of the female valets, Terri
Runnels.

JEREMY SORIA: Gotta love Chris Jericho's lackeys in WWF and WCW. Some
great hilarious stuff. And the Blue Meanie in WWF was hilarious, Bluedust
and the Blue World Order again was great.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Best Second (Manager) : Dawn Marie & Torrie Wilson
for their Talent & Ability (thank you Mark Madden) and Ralphus for making
me laugh.

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Best Announcer

Award Description:

To be given to the commentator/announcer who makes the most insightful and
entertaining comments while pushing his product.  "Ring announcers" don't
qualify here.  As of 1992, the difference between this and colour commentator
will be enforced.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Jesse Ventura
  1991: Jesse Ventura
  1992: Jim Ross
  1993: Jim Ross
  1994: Jim Ross
  1995: Jim Ross
  1996: Jim Ross
  1997: Jim Ross
  1998: Jim Ross

**1999**: Jim Ross

325 first place votes
294 second place votes
259 third place votes

191  68  17 1193   Jim Ross
 87 107  39  834   Joey Styles
 17  60  86  437   Scott Hudson
 14  39  44  275   Mike Tenay
  2   3  37   93   Michael Cole
  0   4  14   40   Kevin Kelly
  3   0   3   21   EMLL's announcing team
  1   2   4   19   Tony Schiavone
  2   0   4   18   Mark Madden
  1   2   2   15   Mauro Renallo (Stampede)
  0   2   2   10   Marcelo (SuperAstros) (eligible?)
  1   0   0    5   Gorilla Monsoon (eligible?)
  1   0   0    5   All Japan Announcer
  0   1   0    3   Carlos Cabrerra (WWF Spanish)
  0   0   1    2   Shoyuchi Arai
  0   0   1    2   Rock
  0   0   1    2   Les Thatcher
  0   0   1    2   Kenny McBride (UWA - British promotion)

REJECTED - colour commentators are ineligible for this award

  1   3   0        Jerry Lawler
  2   0   0        Oklahoma (ineligible - time)
  2   0   0        Howard Finkel
  0   2   0        Tony Chimel
  1   0   0        Cyrus
  0   0   2        Shane Douglas
  0   1   0        Vince McMahon
  0   1   0        Arnold Schwarzenegger
  0   0   1        Joel Gertner
  0   0   1        "Tie" votes

CHRIS BIRD: Cyrus rules it. Nuff said.

EDC: Usual Suspects agian....

CYBERAL33: An announcer makes the match. Or at least adds to it. The All
Japan announcer has such excitement/concern in his voice that he adds at
least a star to a main event. Go watch Misawa/Kawada again. Then watch it
without the sound. Different match, right? Jim Ross is always great at
getting over an angle and Joey Styles actually tries to learn about the
wrestlers and moves so props to both of those guys as well.

NATHAN LONEY:  I like Jim Ross.  Styles just grew on me, though.  Joey is
quite talented pumping up the TV audience, and I can't wait to see more of
him.

SCOTT GRIFFITH:  Could be renamed to "Guy who least insults my
intelligence as a wrestling fan."

MARC LETZMANN: The AJPW Announce Team Should be listed. Even though they
speak Japanese, they provide the most intresting, most entertaining, and
best overall comentary.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: I like Tenay's work, particularly as a colour guy, but
he's a superb pbp man as well. Ross has slipped, but is still good, while
Joey Styles, the heir apparent, waits in ECW for his chance at the big
time.

DON BECKER: Scott Hudson should be WCW's lead play-by-play guy.  He shills
for the company without being obnoxious, he's intelligent without being
boring, and sounds genuinely excited about the action.  His two-week stint
on Nitro made the show more interesting.  And I dig Spanish announcers
because they get into the program - Cabrerra goes over Marcelo because
I've heard more of Cabrerra.

SHAWN MULLIN: Ross is getting a bit annoying with his hyperbole lately,
but there's no one who makes a big match seem more important than Jim
Ross.  He sells things how they should be sold, and makes it exciting to
watch when he's on the mic. You can't say that about anyone else, but
Styles and Hudson are watcheable.

MAX CHITTISTER: There's only three decent announcers left: throw the names
in a hat and pick 'em.

BLOB: Joey Styles is the real deal! He completely outdistanced himself
from any real competition in this category as Ross had a mediocre at best
year. Hudson was a VERY capable backup for Schiavone and let's hope he
takes his job permanently. The master of knowledge Tenay was up to his
usual good commentating.

GEORGE CARTER:  Thank goodness for Scott Hudson !! I DON'T hate him unlike
my second choice, JR. Those 2/3 weeks that he was on Nitro were a Godsend.

JOHN C.:Ross had a tough year and I applaud him for being so successful
upon his return from Bells Pallsy because he did an admirable job. Joey
Styles, after only two months of listening to the guy, has won me over
with his great announcing. Tenay is my third pick cause he's the only
announcer that actually knows the name of every move.

DONALD SEMACK:  These two are the only reason I watch Stampede every week.
Bad News is easily the best colour man since Jesse Ventura.

SEAN FLYNN: J.R. tells the story so well, you feel the intensity when he's
on (and screw you Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara) .  Joey is the voice in
one's head whenever thinking about ECW moments.  Scott Hudson gets my
third vote in the hopes that someone sees this and fires Tony's worthless
ass.

KEVIN WONG: Having finally watched ECW, I can safely say that Joey Styles
is a great play-by-play man.  He gets the top spot mostly because JR has
been doing more shilling, and less play-by-play over the past year.  And
Scott Hudson is probably the most underrated announcer in the Big 3 today.
Too bad he's stuck doing Saturday Night.

RICK SCAIA:  Over the past several years, I've continuously flip-flopped
in the Best Announcer category.  This year, I'm doing it again:  going
back to Joey Styles as my top choice and Jim Ross as the close runner-up.
Since both have gotten a bit away from playing it totally straight and
just calling play-by-play, in favor of a bit more attitude and
storytelling, the deciding factor here was the simple fact that Styles was
active all year long, while Ross missed over four months of TV due to
illness and backstage politics. This is as tough a call as I had to make
on this entire ballot, however: both men are excellent.  The distant third
on this list:  Scott Hudson, who impressed me as WCW's top commentator
during his brief run on Nitro this summer.

JEREMY SORIA: Jim Ross stands alone. Joey Styles isn't the same he was
four-five years ago.

HEATM:  Joey Styles is a solid announcer but he can get really annoying in
a hurry.  At least Scott Hudson doesn't have to beat you over the head
with his excitement.  Jim Ross should have no trouble winning this
category for the eighth straight year.

ROB EVANS: Best Announcer - JR, Joey, and Scott "I earned my spot on
Nitro" Hudson.

MDB: Scott Hudson got two weeks to show how good an announcer he was.
His reward?  Rick Steiner punks him and he's sent back to WCWSN.  Screw
you, WCW.

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Best Colour Commentator

Award Description:

To be given to the colour commentator who provides the most insightful and
entertaining comments.

Previous Winners:

  1991: Bobby Heenan
  1992: Bobby Heenan
  1993: Jesse Ventura
  1994: Bobby Heenan
  1995: Bobby Heenan
  1996: Bobby Heenan
  1997: Jerry Lawler
  1998: Jerry Lawler

**1999**: Jerry Lawler

328 first place votes
300 second place votes
270 third place votes

138 70 37  974   Jerry Lawler
 64 64 47  606   Bobby Heenan
 56 38 33  460   Cyrus
 27 46 44  361   Joel Gertner
  9 15 25  140   Kevin Nash
  6 23 18  135   Rock
  8  9 16   99   Mike Tenay
  3  8 14   67   Jim Cornette
  3  9  6   54   Larry Zbyszko
  1  4  7   31   Terry Taylor
  0  4  5   22   Dusty Rhodes
  1  0  7   19   Undertaker
  3  1  0   18   Jesse Ventura
  2  0  1   12   Shane Douglas
  0  3  0    9   Michael Hayes
  1  0  0    5   Bad News Allen (Stampede)
  0  0  2    4   Dutch Mantell
  0  1  0    3   Tom Pritchard
  0  0  1    2   Tony Rumble
  0  0  1    2   Michael Cole
  0  0  1    2   Mankind
  0  0  1    2   Madusa
  0  0  1    2   Hugo Savninovich
  0  0  1    2   Bradshaw

REJECTED

  4  3  0        Jim Ross (not a colour commentator)
  1  1  1        Joey Styles (not a colour commentator)
  1  0  0        Carlos Cabrerra (not a colour commentator)
  0  1  1        Arnold Schwarzenegger (ineligible)

EDC: see 32

K. CANZANELLA:  None. All of these guys are annoying shills.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Cyrus is a great reason to watch ECW. Cornette is always
good on the mic, and Heenan showed flashes of his old self, along with a
touching tribute to his old partner, Gorilla Monsoon.

DON BECKER: Cyrus and Joel Gertner have the toughest job in the business:
carrying Joey Styles.  Cyrus does a slightly better job of it than Joel,
though.  And The Brain is starting to regain some of his old form; good
for him.. and us!

SHAWN MULLIN: Lawler may be annoying.. PUPPIES! PUPPIES!.. but he gets
things over.  Hell, the whole puppies thing vaulted Debrah up more than
she could have on her own, but maybe that's not a good thing.  Heenan is
also fairly good at putting the workers over.

MAX CHITTISTER: There's only three decent color commentators left: throw
the names in a hat and pick 'em.

BLOB: Joel Gertner had me rolling on the floor this year, with his great
phrases. The height of his performance occured at Heatwave 99. Lawler was
very funny as well, but he got very repititive quickly. Heenan was good
for some laughs too.

GEORGE CARTER:  All he needed was 2 hours on Thunder, and Kevin Nash wins
this one VERY easily. Kev, I always knew you had it in you. A commentator
hasn't made me laugh so much and hard since Jerry Lawler in 93. Prediction
for 2000 : Bobby Heenan wins this award next year.

JOHN C.:Lawler was just great as usual this past year so he's my pick
here. I would have to say that number two is Cyrus cause he brought
intelligence and humour to the announce position and made it work
perfectly plus he's Canadian like me!

DONALD SEMACK:  These two are the only reason I watch Stampede every week.
Bad News is easily the best colour man since Jesse Ventura.

SEAN FLYNN: Cyrus works great with Joey.  Tenay knows stuff, even if he
doesn't always get to show it.  And Lawler is annoying, but for each time
he pisses me off, he makes me laugh, so he gets three.

KEVIN WONG: Don Callis is gold on the mic, and it's a damn shame he isn't
used that much by ECW, but one can always hope.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Further evidence that Kevin Nash should stay the Hell out
of the ring: he has a great career waiting for him as a colour
commentator. Mystery Kevin Theater 3000 absolutely kicked ass, and may
have singlehandedly made that particular episode of Thunder survivable.

KEVIN PODSIADLIK: Nash as color commentator worked only because they
didn't overuse him.

JEREMY SORIA: Both Lawler and Heenan take their second-banana places very
seriously, even if it looks like they goof off all the time.

OLIVER DAVIES: That one Raw when Jesse did colour reminded me of just how
great he was, I had to give him the vote for nostalgia's sake.

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Best Interviewee

Award Description:

To be given to the person who gives the best interview in the biz. This could
be a wrestler or a manager.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Ric Flair
  1991: Ric Flair
  1992: Ric Flair
  1993: Ric Flair
  1994: Ric Flair
  1995: Shawn Michaels
  1996: Stone Cold Steve Austin
  1997: Stone Cold Steve Austin
  1998: Mankind (Dude Love / Cactus Jack / Mick Foley)

**1999**: Mankind

337 first place votes
326 second place votes
318 third place votes

104  94  44  890   Mankind
119  39  45  802   Rock
 60 104  67  746   Chris Jericho
 25  30  42  299   Ric Flair
  3  18  22  113   Steve Austin
  2   5  21   67   Hardcore Holly
  4   7  11   63   Steve Corino
  3   2   2   25   Bret Hart
  1   2   5   21   Triple H
  1   3   3   20   Taz
  1   1   5   18   Shane Douglas
  2   0   3   16   Ivory
  0   1   6   15   Raven
  0   2   4   14   Cat
  2   0   1   12   Curt Hennig
  1   1   2   12   Arn Anderson
  2   0   0   10   Michael Cole
  1   1   1   10   Undertaker
  0   1   3    9   Al Snow
  0   1   2    7   Vince McMahon
  0   1   2    7   Steve Regal
  0   1   2    7   Road Dogg
  0   1   2    7   Buh Buh Ray Dudley
  0   0   3    6   Scott Hall
  1   0   0    5   Vader
  1   0   0    5   Joel Gertner
  1   0   0    5   Joe E. Legend
  1   0   0    5   Gene Okerlund
  1   0   0    5   Disco Inferno
  1   0   0    5   Atsushi Onita
  0   1   1    5   Pierroth Jr.
  0   1   1    5   Chyna
  0   0   2    4   Scott Steiner
  0   1   0    3   Sting
  0   1   0    3   Sid Vicious
  0   1   0    3   Rob Van Dam
  0   1   0    3   Mankind(NO)
  0   1   0    3   Kevin Nash
  0   1   0    3   Kane
  0   1   0    3   Johnny Ace
  0   1   0    3   Joey Styles
  0   1   0    3   Jim Cornette
  0   1   0    3   Eddie Guerrero
  0   0   1    2   Val Venis
  0   0   1    2   Triad
  0   0   1    2   Stevie Ray
  0   0   1    2   Shane McMahon
  0   0   1    2   Roadkill
  0   0   1    2   Pete "Gas"
  0   0   1    2   Outsiders
  0   0   1    2   Mike Burton (Bart Gunn)
  0   0   1    2   Michelle Starr
  0   0   1    2   Kevin Kelly
  0   0   1    2   Kanyon
  0   0   1    2   Jeff Jarrett
  0   0   1    2   Hulk Hogan
  0   0   1    2   Fit Finlay
  0   0   1    2   Cyrus
  0   0   1    2   Chavo Guerrero Jr.

EDC: Ric Flair is always somewhere in the top 3 in the interview
catergory. Same for Mankind. I think Shane Douglas surprised a few people
that said he couldn't interview.

K. CANZANELLA:  Mic Foley is still the king of the microphone. Pierroth
Jr. cuts *great* rudo promos, with a very mean voice, intensity that has
his veins popping out, and the occasional awesome "Hahahaha" laugh. Steve
Corino cut some great heel promos this year, especially related to Tommy
Dreamer and the hardcore style of wrestling.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Can anyone top a Foley interview? There's some people
who're close (Steven Regal's facial expressions are priceless, and Bob
"Big Shot" Holly's sheer incredulousness was funny as all hell), but Foley
is above all others when it comes to both entertainment and hyping the
match. If you haven't read his book, do so. If you have, buy another copy
and screw the New York times over that much more. After all, who'd you
rather read: a book by Mick Foley or another estrogen laden Oprah
selection?

DON BECKER: Mick Foley is still the king... though why Cactus Jack was
nominated is beyond me.  The Cat, as much as you want to see him get his
ass whupped, is gold behind the mike.  Same with Ivory, whose mic skills
are vastly underrated.  In both cases, they communicate perfectly well
that they are heels, and you should boo them like nobody's business.

SHAWN MULLIN: Mankind is still the best on the stick.  He can get any
angle over, and always plays his part to perfection.  Jericho never ceases
to entertain, and the Rock, while he may be repetative, has the crowd in
the palm of his hand.

MAX CHITTISTER: I can't believe I just voted for Bob Holly in the Best
Interviewee category. I feel so dirty...

JBELL55146: Foley always is coming up with something original to say. Yes,
I know Rocky says the same thing every week....but I ALWAYS mark out for
it every time.  And Y2J's interview when he debuted is one of the best
interviews ever.

CAN00K: Is there ever a Mankind/Jericho/Flair promo that isn't
entertaining? Foley in "This is your life" still cracked me up.
Jericho's interview in his debut was certainly one of, if not THE greatest
markout moment of the year.  And of course, Flair is Flair.

PAUL SHOCK:  Foley, Jericho, Rock.  How can anybody argue with this?

BLOB: Chris Jericho's mic work was unmatched by any superstar this year.
Flair's interviews are still great and Foley's comments were a bright part
of WWF's broadcast.

GEORGE CARTER:  Rock delivers the goods every single week. Ric Flair still
has more love for the sport than anyone else, and Jericho had another good
year.

JOHN C.:Foley is better on the mic than he is in the ring and that's
saying a lot cause he's pretty damn talented inside a ring too. Flair's
promos as the commissioner were fantastic and really were the highlight to
a lot of low times for WCW this past year. Jericho gets the third spot
over Austin, Rocky and McMahon because his speeches upon debuting in the
WWF were classic. I don't think I'll ever forget the way I marked out
during his speech on August 9, 1999 in Chicago when he made his Raw debut
and for the first time said "Welcome to Raw is Jericho." I'm a
Jerichoholic, what did you expect me to say?

SEAN FLYNN: Is there anyone else who could come close to these guys
anymore?

KEVIN WONG: the Rock, Chris Jericho and Austin. All 3 can work the mic,
and the audience, any way they want to.  I put Jericho second because of
that great promo he cut in Toronto last March on Nitro - I don't think a
crowd has ever turned on a wrestler faster than with that speech.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: "Welcome to RAW... is... Jericho!" Y2J's debut promo was
easily my favourite of the year, and a few of his others are in the top
ten. So he gets the top spot. Foley is Foley. Rock's fifty trillion
catchphrases can be very annoying, but he *does* put them together damn
well, and can be incredibly funny, so he gets third.

JEREMY SORIA: Mankind still has the ability to get the crowd on his side.
The Rock and Chris Jericho have been giving some great promos on the mike
over the past year. Their exchanges back in August on Raw literally stole
Jesse Ventura's thunder.

JUSTIN JONES: In order to be the Man, you've got to beat the Man....and
nobody will ever do that in the interview department.

HEATM:  Chris Jericho drops to #3 because he wasn't on TV for several
months this year.  His mic work in his first WWF appearance was good
enough for me.  Mankind is #1 on my list.  I loved Steve Corino as the
mouthpiece for Tajiri and he's a fantastic heel interview.  My honourable
mention goes to Ivory, who didn't have much material to work with, but
still managed to be one of the best mic workers in the WWF.

MDB: I tend to like Flair on the mic just a bit more than Mick, but Mick
had the more consistent material this year. (The promos Flair cut on Eric
and Hogan late98/early99 were some of the best this decade.) Third goes to
Y2J who will very likely be the champ of 2000.

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Best Angle

Award Description:

To be given to the best angle you've seen in the sport this year.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Horsemen turn heel
  1991: "Real World Champion" Ric Flair challenges Hulk Hogan
  1992: Ric Flair "knew Elizabeth first"
  1993: WWF brings in Sean Waltman as 1-2-3 Kid
  1994: Shane Douglas forfeits NWA title moments after winning it
  1995: Barry Horowitz finally wins on WWF television
  1996: NWO forms and attempts takeover of WCW
  1997: Bret Hart turns on USA, reforms Hart Foundation
  1998: Mr. McMahon offers Steve Austin the easy way - or the hard way

**1999**: "Countdown to the Millennium" ends with Chris Jericho's WWF debut

322 first place votes
301 second place votes
286 third place votes

 61 46 42  527   Millennium Countdown ends with appearance by Chris Jericho
 44 17 19  309   Mankind gets betrayed at Survivor Series, Rock becomes Corporate Champion
 26 30 29  278   Mankind marks out for the Rock, forms Rock & Sock Connection
 23 28 23  245   Hardcore Holly proclaims self "Big Shot," wants superheavyweights
 24 21 11  205   Mankind wins WWF title
 23 15  8  176   Bret Hart retires after "pinning" Goldberg
 10 15 24  143   Raven returns to ECW and wins tag titles with Tommy Dreamer
 19  7  3  122   Who is the Greater Power?
  5 12  9   79   Lenny & Lodi develop a special bond
  5 10  9   73   Jeff Jarrett beats on women
  3  7  3   42   Kane teams with X-Pac
  4  7  0   41   Test asks Stephanie McMahon out
  0  7 10   41   GTV
  4  4  3   38   President Flair assigns Eric Bischoff a series of humiliating jobs
  3  5  4   38   D-Generation X reunites
  6  0  2   34   Ministry of Darkness unites with Corporation
  4  2  2   30   Mankind holds Shane McMahon hostage to get title shot
  3  3  3   30   Mr. Socko
  3  3  3   30   McMahon vs. Austin for ownership of the WWF
  4  2  1   28   Crazy Max as psycho fratboys from hell
  2  4  3   28   Owen Hart returns as Blue Blazer
  0  4  7   26   Latino World Order
  5  0  0   25   Steve Austin becomes CEO
  2  4  1   24   Big Show's father has cancer
  2  3  2   23   Young guns fight old establishment in WCW
  1  3  4   22   Powers that Be take over WCW
  1  2  5   21   Curt Hennig forms West Texas Rednecks
  2  1  3   19   Various superstars of joshi puroresu form the heel SSU and invade GAEA
  1  2  3   17   Mark Calloway thinks he IS the Undertaker
  2  0  3   16   Terri Invitational Tournament
  2  0  2   14   Kurt Angle
  1  2  0   11   Shocker turns rudo, aligns with IWRG wrestlers
  0  1  4   11   Triple H says he's "The Game"
  2  0  0   10   Kurt Angle, WWF's only real athlete
  1  1  1   10   Yoshihiro Tajiri sells out to Steve Corino
  0  3  0    9   Triple H betrays D-Generation X at Wrestlemania
  0  3  0    9   Revolution
  1  1  0    8   Akira Hokuto returns to action, joins SSU
  0  2  1    8   Impact Players take over ECW
  1  0  1    7   Triple H marries Stephanie McMahon
  1  0  1    7   Howard Finkel becomes Y2J's personal Warrior
  1  0  1    7   David Flair goes psycho
  0  1  2    7   Barry Darsow rediscovers his old gimmicks
  0  1  2    7   Al Snow goes insane
  0  2  0    6   Hardy Boyz find success with Michael Hayes
  0  0  3    6   Sting turns
  0  0  3    6   Jerry Lynn becomes the new f'n show
  1  0  0    5   Vince vs. Triple H
  1  0  0    5   Vince vs Shane McMahon
  1  0  0    5   Vince forms Corporation, screws Mankind, Rock turns heel
  1  0  0    5   Vince McMahon goes ballistic
  1  0  0    5   Undertaker/Ministry
  1  0  0    5   Undertaker tries to steal the WWF from Vince
  1  0  0    5   Triple H v McMahon
  1  0  0    5   Triple H v Austin v McMahon
  1  0  0    5   Steve Corino Mr. Old School/anti-Dreamer
  1  0  0    5   Steve Austin/McMahon payoff
  1  0  0    5   Steve Austin vs. McMahon and Ministry
  1  0  0    5   Rossy Moreno joins Los Brujas
  1  0  0    5   Raven and Dreamer win Tag Belts
  1  0  0    5   Oz Academy & Akira Hokuto & Aja Kong form Team Nostradamus
  1  0  0    5   Oklahoma
  1  0  0    5   NWO Invasion
  1  0  0    5   Mr. McMahon offers bounty on Austin at Royal Rumble
  1  0  0    5   Moolah & Mae Young resurrect women's wrestling
  1  0  0    5   Mark Henry's Sex Addiction
  1  0  0    5   Mankind's book & related stories
  1  0  0    5   Foley's best selling book
  1  0  0    5   Blue Blazer attempts to save the WWF from itself
  0  1  1    5   Eddie Guerrero seeks revenge on former LWO members
  0  0  2    4   Test asks Stephaine McMahon out
  0  0  2    4   Hulk Hogan retires
  0  1  0    3   WCW title tourney gets belt off the usual suspects
  0  1  0    3   Vince McMahon and Steve Austin join forces against the Ministry
  0  1  0    3   Vader wins Triple Crown
  0  1  0    3   Vader busts open Kobashi with a hardaway headbutt
  0  1  0    3   Too Cool & Rikishi relationship
  0  1  0    3   Rock turns face
  0  1  0    3   Norman Smiley scared of Hardcore Matches
  0  1  0    3   Mr. Gannosuke steals Hayabusa's mask & wears it in a softcore porn
  0  1  0    3   Ministry kidnaps Stephanie McMahon
  0  1  0    3   Mankind turns face
  0  1  0    3   Mankind places himself into the SummerSlam main event
  0  1  0    3   Mankind lets out all his anger on the Rock
  0  1  0    3   La Parka
  0  1  0    3   Kane getting ditched by numorous members DX
  0  1  0    3   Juventud Guerrera gets deported
  0  1  0    3   Horsemen turn heel at Uncensored
  0  1  0    3   GAEA's "God Only Knows" Tour features superstars from OZ Academy
  0  1  0    3   Formation of the Revolution
  0  0  1    2   WCW has great tag division(For a while)
  0  0  1    2   Vampiro joined by the Misfits
  0  0  1    2   Taz v Shane fued (hitman type angle)
  0  0  1    2   Steve Austin releases power to Vince MacMahon
  0  0  1    2   Shane refuses to let Test date Stephanie
  0  0  1    2   Sandman returns to ECW
  0  0  1    2   Ric Flair protects his son's title.
  0  0  1    2   Return of Evil Jim Ross
  0  0  1    2   Pete Rose attacks Kane at WrestleMania
  0  0  1    2   Pete "Gas" returns at SummerSlam
  0  0  1    2   Outsiders return
  0  0  1    2   Norman Smiley goes Hardcore
  0  0  1    2   Mankind steals Rock's money
  0  0  1    2   Mankind and the Rock are obsessed with deafeating one another
  0  0  1    2   Kevin Nash drops title
  0  0  1    2   Ivory gives women in the audience "their big break"
  0  0  1    2   Corino hires Taijiri to attack Taz
  0  0  1    2   Bret Hart turns face
  0  0  1    2   At Home with Raven
  0  0  1    2   32 Man WCW World title Tournament

REJECTED

  1  2  0        Triple H marries Stephanie McMahon
  0  0  1        "Anything with" votes

EDC: Call me Crazy, but I love the whole "childhood dream" title angles.
It really was great to see Mick Foley get his first World Title this year.
Jericho's First Enterance in te WWF was great. LWO could have been so
great, but the Main Event just couldn't stand getting out cheered by a
dozen Mexicans in funny outfits....

K. CANZANELLA: Shocker's rudo turn was pulled off perfectly. He started to
develop an ego, and wouldn't allow his fellow technicos to tag him in.
Eventually, he sat around cheering for the rudos in one whole 4 on 4
match, and then made his move as his enemy Niebla was out from a beatdown,
joining in on the fun. I liked when the Horsemen turned heel. It was a
good, simple angle. Nothing else is really worth talking about.

JOEL BOUTIERE:  On the Higher Power:  Yeah, the ending was disappointing,
but you gotta admit, it got us all talking, didn't it?

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Survivor Series was the first case of a show that I've
ever seen where the ENTIRE THING fit into the angle, and everything built
as it progressed. The entire thing was brilliant. Jericho's appearance was
the markout moment of the year for me, and the Rock and Sock was great
stuff until the birthday party.

FALCONARROW: I did vote for Kurt Angle on this.

MATTHEW CLEARY: The news of Akira Hokuto coming back to wrestling was the
best wrestling news of the year, and then the fact she joined a tag team
with Mayumi Ozaki and joined the SuperStar Unit was truly awesome and
added even more heat to an already hot angle. It makes the SSU just that
much more elite.

OCTAVIAN:  Even though I mostly knew that Jericho would be the result of
WWF's Millennium countdown, the moment gave me shivers when it arrived and
I marked out like mad when it occured.

DON BECKER: Though I'm tempted to vote for Kurt here (nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!),
Mankind holding Shaneo-Mac hostage led to my single favorite mark-out
moment of the voting period, so that's getting my top vote.  Chris
Jericho's WWF debut and the whole Millennium Countdown bit was executed
very well.  Raven's return was also well-executed, and him teaming with
Dreamer keeps ECW's best feud in recent memory alive.

SHAWN MULLIN: The best angles of the year are 3/4 of the things that
actually had me marking out in its truest form.  The Rock swerve at
Survivor Series had me searching for words, just totally shocked.. "this
can't be right" then realizing how well it actually worked had me
flabbergasted.  That was awesome.  Jericho's debut had me on my feet in
front of my TV, as sad as that is.  Bret's angle with Goldberg is probably
the most re-watched clip on my wrestling tapes this year.. it was that
damn good.  The 4th thing was Mankind winning the belt on RAW... and I
guess the Greater Power thing was interesting, but a bit of a let down.

MAX CHITTISTER: Everybody and their brother knew the Millenium Man was
Jericho, and everybody and their brother still popped like mad for it. Now
THAT's execution, people.

JBELL55146: The Millenium countdown was the one big payoff that didnt'
disapoint. The Survivor Series had the great 'WTF' ending and a little nod
at Montreal. and Bob Holly becoming a 'superheavyweight' was just plain
hilarious

CAN00K: Y2J makes his debut.  I mark like a crackwhore finding a hidden
stash. Next.

PAUL SHOCK:  The best angle of the year was the one that was untimely cut
short.  Had Owen Hart lived as the milk-drinking, goody-two-shoes
superhero Blue Blazer, I am certain he'd be in main events by now.  The
character was the perfect heel for today's WWF, and Kurt Angle is being
brought along in kind of the same fashion.  I know there's a backlash
against the gimmick for causing Owen's death, but the Blue Blazer really
was a great idea.

BLOB: Mankind's angles were just wonderful this year, playing off the Rock
extremely well. The Young vs Old made for some interesting matches in WCW
and Triple H's gimmick made me a Triple H fan.

GEORGE CARTER:  The Bret Hart/Goldberg angle in Toronto was great, too bad
the death of Owen halted it (not if that was bad enough). The Young vs.
Old angle was great when it began but then it trailed off to ther parts.

JOHN C.:Props go to Bob Holly as he went from being Sparky Plugg to the
"Big Shot" in what quickly became one of my favorite gimmicks in all of
wrestling. Jericho's Raw debut and his speech towards the Rock were
magical but it was brief so Holly gets my pick.

ELLIOT SPARKS: The Blue Blazer angle was the most creative storyline of
the year. Its anti-heel gimmickry was a great counter to the anti-hero
attitude dominating today's WWF, plus it gave Owen Hart a chance to show
his stuff. It's a true shame that it was never carried to its conclusion.

JOE GENTILE:  Y2J's appearance will rival that of any wrestler in this
history of wrestling.  Mankind winning the title was proof that the WWF
LISTENS to its fans.  Sparky Plugg is not only intersting, he is one of my
favorites!

RUTGERSGYM: For some reason it was pretty hard this year to come up with a
set of particularly stand-out angles.  So I went with what made me mark
out the most.  First comes Rock and the McMahons swerving Mankind at
Survivor Series (mostly because I was clamoring at the time for Rock to
turn heel again) , then comes Chris Jericho's WWF debut, though the follow
up to that is pretty slow so far.  Finally, ECW handled the return of two
of its most popular stars (Raven and Sandman) very well, but the Sandman
return made me mark out a little more, so it goes third.

SEAN FLYNN: The countdown was a simple thing, that ended up building
insane momentum for Jericho's debut.  The Foley thing was realistic and
well-done.  Ric Flair did a wonderful Bill Watts/Verne Gagne parody with
that angle.

MARK SMITH:  Chris Jericho's debut was the moment of the freaking YEAR
(save Foley's first title win) on WWF TV as they built and built and built
and then hit a five-run grand slam with everything coming off as perfectly
as possible.  Also, the anticipation for the Higher Power was absolutely
insane, no matter how stupidly it turned out.

B. SZPAKOWICZ:  Anyone remember how much everyone marked out when Rock
turned heel at Survivor Series? Remember that *nobody* called it? Remember
that it still actually made *perfect* sense in retrospect. 'Nuff said.
Chris Jericho's debut was possibly the biggest markout of the year. It
would get the top vote if Rock's turn wasn't so well crafted. And Mick
Foley winning the WWF title was just one of those moments that made me
incredibly happy to be a Wrestling fan.

SUGAR RAY: The love story between Test and Stephanie is WWF at its best in
the fine art of storytelling. At first, I couldn't care less, but then
Shane McMahhon got involved and disagreed, which led to the fabulous Test
vs Shane match at Summerslam. And now, with HHH married to Stephanie, who
knows how it will end ? Just a great storyline that just keeps getting
better every week.

COLIN MACKINNON: If they had kept the Young vs. Old angle in WCW running,
who knows what could have happened.  Very cool idea.  The Bret Hart
"retiring" angle was also excellent, simply because it was unexpected.

JEREMY SORIA: The whole Lenny/Lodi thing was great to watch, until GLAAD
stopped all that. But it was fun to see blow-pops before the matches.
Mankind and The Rock had a certain something together, it was a very
interesting bond together as The Rock & Sock connection. And of course,
Owen Hart's Blue Blazer gimmick made a triumphant comeback, being
juxtaposed with the vile and disgusting WWF.

JUSTIN JONES: The betrayal of Mankind at Survivor Series and the turn of
the Rock as the Corporate Champ was the angle that set the dinner table
for the Feud of the Year.

HEATM:  Chris Jericho's entrance into the WWF was the best angle out of
either fed.  Rock turning on Mankind at Survivor Series was great, and
triggered a series of great matches that was one of the bright spots of
the WWF at that time.  I also enjoyed the Raven feud with Dreamer for the
last four months of the voting period.

MDB: Best angle was Bret's swerve on Goldberg.  Totally unexpected,
unpredictable.  Just a great markout moment.  And whatever the politics,
the lWo will live forever.

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Best Organization

Award Description:

To be given to the organization/promotion that has the best product. This is
the organization whose TV and house shows you just can't miss.

Previous Winners:

  1990: NWA
  1991: WWF
  1992: WCW
  1993: SMW
  1994: ECW
  1995: WWF
  1996: WWF
  1997: WWF
  1998: WWF

**1999**: WWF

329 first place votes
311 second place votes
270 third place votes

230  46  18 1324   WWF
 53 155  65  860   ECW
 19  63 111  506   WCW
  7  20  16  127   AJPW
  3   9   7   56   Toryumon
  3   7   9   54   NJPW
  2   3   4   27   EMLL
  3   0   4   23   GAEA
  2   2   3   22   ARSION
  2   1   1   15   BattlArts
  0   2   4   14   NWA
  2   0   1   12   Grand Prix Wrestling
  0   2   3   12   OMEGA
  0   2   1    8   NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
  0   0   4    8   New Japan
  0   0   4    8   ECCW
  1   0   0    5   RINGS
  1   0   0    5   Mid American Wrestling
  1   0   0    5   Georgia Wrestling Alliance
  1   0   0    5   DX(NO)
  0   1   1    5   WWF(NO)
  0   0   2    4   APW
  0   1   0    3   NCW
  0   1   0    3   Michinoku Pro
  0   1   0    3   ECWA
  0   0   1    2   W*ING
  0   0   1    2   World Wrestling Alliance
  0   0   1    2   WOWF
  0   0   1    2   UFO
  0   0   1    2   Stampede Wrestling
  0   0   1    2   Seton Hall Wrestling Federation
  0   0   1    2   OVW
  0   0   1    2   NWA-Georgia
  0   0   1    2   NWA Worldwide
  0   0   1    2   MCW
  0   0   1    2   LWF
  0   0   1    2   IWA Mid-South
  0   0   1    2   GLCW
  0   0   1    2   Florida Championship Wrestling
  0   0   1    2   FMW
  0   0   1    2   Bloody Rage American
  0   0   1    2   AAA

CHRIS BIRD: ECW gets my top nod this year for making an entertaining
product out of VIRTUALLY NOTHING. That's brilliance. Toryumon put on
way-cool-beans stuff and made Tokyo Magnum's career. NJPW was good like
always.

EDC: American wrestle hit rock bottom this year. Only ECW had a good year,
and much of that has to do with the big Two's failures. Toryumon is
hitting on all cylinders, and its only there first year!

AARON: WWF has had the superior product for the last 52 weeks plus, and
even with the new look WCW, doesn't look to be letting that go for a
while. ECW has fallen a bit since coming onto TNN, but are still higher
than WCW, who gets third almost by default, despite having the best T&A in
the bidness.

DON BECKER: Given the choice of any organization in wrestling, if I could
only choose one to watch from here on in, I'd vote for Toryumon in a
heartbeat.  If I could choose a second, I'd choose All Japan.  And if I
could chose a third, the WWF.  The first two put on some of the best
wrestling (though AJPW's booking leaves something to be desired, thank you
very much Mrs. Baba), and the WWF just does a great job of producing
entertaining television.

SHAWN MULLIN: They didn't do everything right, but the WWF was the most
successful wrestling company ever in 1999.  They've got to be doing
something right.

MAX CHITTISTER: The only organization I watch consistently is WWF, and
they haven't done well enough to deserve my vote.

JBELL55146: While not as good as last year, WWF still easily had the top
quality program in North America.  ECW had some really good moments this
year and with everybody coming back, should be back at the top of their
game next year. WCW was Beniot, Kidman, and Eddy and well....dat's about
it!:)

BLOB: ECW just beat out the "Big 2" this year in terms of pure
wrestling/brawling/entertainment. WCW was weak for various portions of the
year, but had some great matches, improving considerably over last year.
NJPW was the hottest ticket in Japan.

GEORGE CARTER:  Well, overall the WWF had a better year, but since I am
'old fashioned' I wabt to see WRESTLING and not SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT. But
3 hours of Nitro is just too much and I can stomach 2 hours of Raw.

JOHN C.:WWF gets the top spot over WCW because they had a better Monday
night show and better PPVs. In the short time I've seen ECW I like what
they offer so I think in the future they'll be moving up this list.

JON RICHARDSON:  For this one I needed to vote for the promotion which did
the most to please its fans and improve the quality of what it does.
That could only be ECW.  ECW finally took the steps required to be a
national promotion and the deals with TNN and Acclaim can only help.

DUNCAN O'SULLIVAN: I only watch the big three hence only three
organisations between the best / worst category. Anyway ECW has gotten
better since last year. Both WCW and WWF have succeeded in a 17 year
wrestling fan in switching them off. WCW gets the nod as worst
organisation as I stopped watching them first.

DONALD SEMACK:  I don't think that anyone really deserved to be #1, but
the WWF seem to at least a direction compared to everybody else.

SEAN FLYNN: WWF had a wonderful year.  ECW went national and kept plugging
along despite some BIG road bumps.  No third place, since the only thing
I've seen otherwise is WCW, which deserves no votes here.

MARK SMITH:  Toryumon came out of NOWHERE this year to instantly become my
favorite foreign promotion.  Watching all the younger guys bust it out
with Sasuke, et al is just great stuff.

SUGAR RAY: As much as I love the WWF storytelling, when you wanna watch
wrestling, ECW is number 1 and no one else even comes close. Long live
ECW, the best that there is.

SELENA KYTE:  The Georgia Wrestling Alliance has been consistent this year
in regularly presenting women's matches alongside the men, and it is the
home of the only women's tag team champions in North America.

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Best TV Show

Award Description:

To be given to what is on average the best wrestling TV show. In 1994, TV
shows and major shows were given separate award categories.

Previous Winners:

  1991: 03/21/91: WCW & New Japan Supershow (aired on tape)
  1992: 01/18/92: WWF Royal Rumble
  1993: WWF Monday Night RAW weekly TV
  1994: WWF Monday Night RAW
  1995: WWF Monday Night RAW
  1996: WWF Monday Night RAW
  1997: WWF Monday Night RAW (WWF RAW is War / WWF RAW / WWF War Zone)
  1998: WWF RAW is WAR (RAW / War Zone)

**1999**: WWF RAW is WAR

328 first place votes
312 second place votes
297 third place votes

218  42  22 1260   WWF RAW is WAR
 27 112  53  577   WWF SmackDown!
 28  43  52  373   ECW on TNN
 17  48  56  341   WCW Monday Nitro
 12  26  18  174   ECW Hardcore TV
  8   5   8   71   All Japan 30
  1   3  28   70   WWF Sunday Night Heat
  4   5  15   65   WCW Saturday Night
  2   6  11   50   WCW Thunder
  1   5  10   40   WWF Jakked / Metal (Shotgun)
  3   2   2   25   EMLL Saturday Lucha Libre
  2   1   5   23   WWF Los SuperAstros
  2   2   3   22   Toryumon TV
  3   1   0   18   GAEA G-Panic TV
  0   4   3   18   NJPW TV
  1   1   0    8   AAA Lucha Lunes
  0   1   2    7   WWF LiveWire
  0   1   2    7   WCW Live
  0   2   0    6   WCW Nitro: Festival de Luche
  0   0   2    4   WCW Worldwide
  0   1   0    3   WWF Metal / Jakked
  0   1   0    3   Michinoku Pro TV
  0   1   0    3   GAEA Battle station
  0   0   1    2   Wrestling Power '99
  0   0   1    2   WWF SuperAstros
  0   0   1    2   UWA Wrestling Rampage (British show)
  0   0   1    2   NWA Wildside
  0   0   1    2   JWP
  0   0   1    2   Champ Forum (Japan)

CHRIS BIRD: ECW on TNN was a distinctly old-school show, so I loved every
minute of it. The Big Two only put out good wrestling on their unimportant
weekend shows, so that's what gets my other votes.

EDC: ECW's Hardcore TV was good when they weren't hyping anything. Nitro
proved it was that bad when they had the Spanish announcers on. Smakedown
had more speed than RAW, it just clicked more than RAW does or has.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: I only saw SuperAstros on four occasions, but I loved
every second of those two hours. It was something totally different, lucha
with WWF production values, and it was dammed fun while it lasted. Shotgun
was its usual consistent self, while WCWSN was a good mix of old-school
bookings and young flyers. Works for me.

DON BECKER: Again, based on my choices for best Organzation, All Japan 30
has the best televised wrestling around.  WWF Jakked/Metal/Shotgun is the
meeting point between sports entertainment and good wrestling, and Japan's
Champ Forum has a great format - bring in a wrestler, interview him/her,
show matches from his/her promotion.  Could work in the States if the WWF
and WCW would cooperate.

CAN00K: ECW on TNN was my first glimpse of ECW ever.  I likey velly much.

PAUL SHOCK:  Why was Heat not on the ballot?

BLOB: The TNN debut for ECW was one of its high points, as now they tried
harder to form a acceptable television show. Thunder showcased many of
WCW's luchadors and other young talents as WCW Saturday Night.

MIKE SCHIRO:  Toryumon TV kicks so much ass, the CrazyMAX/TOKYO fued
carried the promotion with stellar matches throughout the year.

SEAN FLYNN: Raw is Monday.  I'm told there's another show on that
night_.never heard of it though.  Bunch of mid-carders wrestle there ;)

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Under no circumstances will I vote for anything with the
letters W, C and W, in that order, in its name. Nope. Nu-huh.

JEREMY SORIA: The WWF is with a complete sweep this year. Raw takes its
place at number one, and SmackDown! gets the number 2 spot. And during PPV
Sundays, Heat becomes the Free-For-All, not the pre-taped crap they put on
the PPV Countdown show.

HEATM:  Tough to argue with RAW being the best TV show.  It may not be a
show primarily based in wrestling but it still had the best production,
the most intriguing talent, and the best storylines.

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Best Major Show

Award Description:

To be given to the best major event. This could be a pay-per-view, a TV
special, or any big arena event. In 1994, TV shows and major shows were
given separate award categories.

Previous Winners:

  1991: 03/21/91: WCW & New Japan Supershow (aired on tape)
  1992: 01/18/92: WWF Royal Rumble
  1993: WWF Monday Night RAW weekly TV
  1994: 03/20/94: WWF WrestleMania X
  1995: 08/27/95: WWF SummerSlam
  1996: 03/31/96: WWF WrestleMania XII
  1997: 04/14/97: ECW Barely Legal
  1998: 03/24/98: WWF WrestleMania XIV

**1999**: 08/22/99 WWF SummerSlam

285 first place votes
256 second place votes
243 third place votes

 46 36 32  402   08/22/99 WWF SummerSlam
 54 28 16  386   03/28/99 WWF WrestleMania XV
 24 28 30  264   09/19/99 ECW Anarchy Rulz
 30 18 21  246   04/11/99 WCW Spring Stampede
 21 13 19  182   10/17/99 WWF No Mercy
 24 10 13  176   11/15/98 WWF Survivor Series
 10 30 18  176   02/14/99 WWF St. Valentine's Day Massacre
 11 19 14  140   04/25/99 WWF Backlash
 14 11  9  121   08/02/99 ECW Heat Wave
  6  8 10   74   01/24/99 WWF Royal Rumble
  5  5  6   52   01/10/99 ECW Guilty as Charged
  4  4  4   40   03/21/99 ECW Living Dangerously
  3  4  5   37   05/16/99 ECW Hardcore Heaven
  0  6  4   26   09/26/99 WWF Unforgiven
  2  3  3   25   12/27/98 WCW Starrcade
  2  3  2   23   06/27/99 WWF King of the Ring
  2  2  0   16   04/04/99 New Japan Tokyo Dome
  3  0  0   15   04/04/99 GAEA
  0  1  6   15   03/14/99 WCW Uncensored
  1  1  2   12   07/25/99 WWF Fully Loaded
  2  0  0   10   05/01/99 AJPW Tokyo Dome
  1  1  0    8   12/26/98 Together 1st All Star Women's Wrestling
  1  1  0    8   04/03/99 ECW Cyberslam
  1  0  1    7   05/02/99 All Japan Tokyo Dome
  0  0  3    6   01/17/99 WCW Souled Out
  1  0  0    5            GAEA 4th Anniversary
  1  0  0    5   09/15/99 GAEA Double Destiny
  1  0  0    5   06/11/99 All Japan Super Power Series
  1  0  0    5   05/24/99 WWF RAW is WAR - Tribute to Owen Hart
  1  0  0    5   04/10/99 NJPW Spirit
  1  0  0    5   01/04/99 New Japan Tokyo Dome
  0  1  1    5   10/24/99 WCW Halloween Havoc
  0  1  0    3   10/30/99 All Japan Budokan Hall
  0  1  0    3   10/23/99 ECW Arena
  0  1  0    3   09/24/99 EMLL 66th Anniversary
  0  1  0    3   01/08/99 UFC XXVIII
  0  0  1    2            NJ Top of the Super Jrs.
  0  0  1    2            FMW Last Day of Hayabusa
  0  0  1    2            ECCW Season's Beatings-Better Late Than Never
  0  0  1    2   12/13/98 WWF Rock Bottom
  0  0  1    2   10/11/99 New Japan Tokyo Dome
  0  0  1    2   05/09/99 WCW Slamboree
  0  0  1    2   01/21/99 All Japan

REJECTED - not a "Major Show" or didn't take place between 11/02/98-11/01/99

  4  7  6        11/07/99 ECW November to Remember
  4  1  2                 WWF RAW is WAR
  0  5  6        11/21/99 WCW Mayhem
  1  3  1                 WCW Monday Nitro
  1  2  1                 WWF SmackDown!
  1  0  1                 ECW on TNN
  1  0  0        11/29/99 WWF RAW is LOVE
  0  1  0                 WCW Thunder

CHRIS BIRD: In spite of being total shit for most of the year, WCW got it
together long enough for Spring Stampede to be the best PPV of the year by
a mile and a half. ECW Anarchy Rulz had three **** matches on it and did
indeed rule. (Rul?) No Mercy started out lousy (Moolah!) but then ended
strong with some really kickass matches, of course including the ladders.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: While Survivor Series had great angles, SummerSlam had
the angles AND the wrestling. And Spring Stampede was an example of just
how good WCW can be when they wanted to be.

AARON: Anarchy Rulz was my first ECW PPV and will not be the last. I
thought everything clicked, even the much bitched about main event.
Massacre & No Mercy were huge surprises in my eyes.

DON BECKER: I have to go off the board for my top pick, and I really
enjoyed All Japan's Dome show this year, which was a great card from top
to bottom.  WWF No Mercy and ECW Anarchy Rulz were the best shows in the
States this year, with No Mercy getting the edge for having the WWF's
MOTY.

SHAWN MULLIN: Survivor Series wasn't the best "wrestling" show.. although
Mankind vs. Austin and Mankind vs. the Rock were damn fine matches.. but
it told the best and most interesting story.  I've never been as involved
and entertained as I was watching the storyline play out.  Too bad the
wrestling was rushed.  No Mercy, after the opening crap, had the match of
the year, a fine main event and average to good stuff for the rest of the
show. Also, 'Mania15 was the most underrated show on the net.  The
wrestling was good from the top to the bottom except for the women's match
and the Hell in the Cell.  The Main event was great, and there was lots of
interesting stuff throughout the card.

BLOB: WCW Spring Stampede showcased WCW's best stuff and easily walked
away with the Major Show award. ECW's Anarchy Rulz was ECW's most
sucessful pay per view, and it seemed that way as well. Heatwave was way
above average and was one of the best ones of the year.

ADNAN VIRK: I didn't witness any ECW ppvs

JOHN C.:Spring Stampede was the best PPV of the year as it was one of the
few WCW PPVs this year where all the wrestlers were on from top to bottom.
It provided three good to very good matches plus Hogan got injured during
the main event which is always a plus. The major WWF PPVs were a
disappointment for the most part although I enjoyed Backlash and
Summerslam was decent too.  I put Anarchy Rulz third since it was quite
enjoyable although an RVD/Balls Mahoney main event was a letdown.

MIKE SCHIRO:  This ECW, sans the poor main event, was a pretty good
top-to-bottom show.  The whole Mike Awesome re-debut left a great taste in
my mouth after the show was over.

ELLIOT SPARKS: Best major show is, with a lot of doubt, NJPW's 'New Japan
Spirit '99'. While it didn't have a single bout worthy of the year's top
ten matches list, this one was nonetheless infected with bouts ranging
from solid to superb. Aside from a main event which saw a revitalised
Keiji Muto carry Don Frye to a great mat exhibition and a typically
enjoyable Kanemoto/Ohtani match, this was notable for the input of
outsiders. Battlarts guys came, saw, and won me over - Minoru Tanaka in
particular. Then the Great Sasuke showed his colours in the great IWGP
Junior tag match, working with Liger to produce a memorable start to a
forgettable reign. All things considered, one of the best shows to take
place anywhere the last five years. But I'm the only person voting for it,
I'd bet. Spot two goes to ECW commercial tape Cyberslam, again from April,
which was absolutely stocked to the gills. An excellent mungloid Jap-lucha
opener gave way to excellent displays of pure lucha, yet more mungloid
Jap-lucha, hardcore brawling as it should be, and a bunch of solid
brawl-based US pro-style matches. The main event was a bit fecal, but with
an undercard this good the complaints should be few. I bet I'm the only
person who votes for this, too. Final spot again goes to ECW, for the
oft-forgotten Guilty as Charged. In my view, it was even better than
Anarchy Rulz, peaking with two excellent matches (Van Dam vs Storm and
Dreamer vs Credible) and consistency throughout. Maybe two people will
vote for this, if we're lucky. Also, props to WWF Backlash, Summerslam and
No Mercy, WCW Spring Stampede, and AJPW's Tokyo Dome show. A good
selection, in retrospect.

DONALD SEMACK:  Vince McMahon's performance is what made this card
memorable for me.

SEAN FLYNN:  SVM had a couple wonderful things on it.  Anarchy Rulz was
the hottest show of the year.  SS means WCW gets a vote!  Good card, only
really good thing from them this year.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: A rather tepid year for PPVs. Anarchy Rulz, Backlash, and
Wrestlemania get my votes, but none of them were actually particularly
great. (And WMXV *was* a good show. It just should have been better.)

JEREMY SORIA: For a non-Big-Five WWF PPV to top a Big Five PPV, it has to
be extremely impressive with great matches all around. That's exactly what
Backlash delivered.

HEATM:  ECW Heat Wave put every wrestler, angle and gimmick together in
one cohesive show that was the best PPV of the year.  In the WWF,
Wrestlemania XV was still, top to bottom, their most entertaining show of
the year.

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Best Promotional Move

Award Description:

To be given to the best move made by a promotion this past year. This could
include giving somebody a push, demoting someone, firing someone hiring
someone, or anything of a promotional nature.

Previous Winners:

  1991: WWF signs Ric Flair
  1992: WCW signs Jake Roberts
  1993: WWF works with SMW & USWA
  1994: WWF pushes Bret Hart as champion again
  1995: WCW signs Sabu, Chris Benoit, Eddy Guerrero & Dean Malenko away
  1996: WCW signs Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Ted DiBiase & Syxx
  1997: ECW uses "working agreement" with WWF
  1998: WWF books Vince McMahon into top storyline role

**1999**: WWF signs Chris Jericho

324 first place votes
308 second place votes
293 third place votes

 72 68 34  632   WWF signs Chris Jericho
 47 30 41  407   ECW signs with TNN for national TV deal
 45 35 36  402   WCW (Turner) reassigns Eric Bischoff
 34 26 23  294   WCW signs Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara
 25 16 18  209   WWF gets a timeslot on UPN
 22 17 15  191   WWF airs tribute to Owen Hart on RAW is WAR
 14 14 19  150   WWF gives title to Mankind
 12 11 19  131   WWF signs Jesse Ventura as SummerSlam referee
  8  8 14   92   ECW re-signs Raven
  7 13  8   90   WCW airs Owen Hart tribute match on Nitro
  3 11  8   64   WCW gives titles to Chris Benoit
  3  9  6   54   WCW accepts Hulk Hogan's 90-day notice
  4  4  7   46   WWF goes public with offering
  3  6  4   41   WWF airs Countdown to the Millennium
  2  2  5   26   ECW gives Mike Awesome the World title
  0  6  4   26   WWF signs Paul Wight
  0  3  6   21   WWF signs Taz
  2  1  1   15   Mankind writes his autobiography
  0  3  2   13   Sable appears in Playboy - twice
  2  0  1   12   WCW signs Jeff Jarrett
  2  0  0   10   WCW resumes women's wrestling matches
  1  0  2    9   WWF pushes Triple H
  1  0  2    9   MTV makes a "True Life" special on pro wrestling
  1  1  0    8   WCW/WWF book stars on other TV shows
  1  1  0    8   Mr. Socko
  0  2  1    8   WCW gives titles to Bret Hart
  0  2  1    8   ECW re-signs Sandman & Mikey Whipwreck
  0  2  0    6   WWF books Austin/McMahon cage match PPV main event
  1  0  0    5   Wal-Mart pulls Al Snow's action figure
  1  0  0    5   WWF starts putting more wrestling on RAW
  1  0  0    5   WWF pushes young talents
  1  0  0    5   WWF pushes Rock
  1  0  0    5   WWF hires Jesse Ventura for SummerSlam
  1  0  0    5   WWF gets Austin vs. McMahon all over the mainstream media
  1  0  0    5   WWF airs Halftime Heat
  1  0  0    5   Rob Van Dam's Five Star Frogsplash
  1  0  0    5   NWA puts World title on Naoya Ogawa & Gary Steele
  1  0  0    5   GAEA's "God Only Knows" Tour features OZ Academy superstars
  1  0  0    5   ECW keeps TV title on Rob Van Dam all year
  1  0  0    5   ECW Anarchy Rulz
  1  0  0    5   All Japan pushes Vader
  0  0  2    4   WWF uses other stars on its programming
  0  0  2    4   WWF puts over Edge/Christian vs. Hardys ladder match
  0  0  2    4   WWF gives tag team titles to Hardy Boyz
  0  0  2    4   WWF buys ad time during the Super Bowl
  0  1  0    3   Windy City Pro Wrestling broadcasts matches over the Internet
  0  1  0    3   WWF teams Rock & Mankind
  0  1  0    3   WWF signs Dudley Boyz
  0  1  0    3   WWF releases "WWF: The Music Volume 4"
  0  1  0    3   WWF pushes Kane
  0  1  0    3   WWF brings back elimination matches for Survivor Series
  0  1  0    3   WWF books Stephanie McMahon into storylines
  0  1  0    3   WCW tries to clean up, gets rid of Bischoff
  0  1  0    3   WCW holds 32-man tourney for World title
  0  1  0    3   WCW fires Dusty Rhodes
  0  1  0    3   WCW books Kiss on Nitro
  0  1  0    3   People's Elbow
  0  1  0    3   New Japan pushes Kendo Ka Shin
  0  1  0    3   ECW signs Cyrus The Virus
  0  1  0    3   ECW pushing foreign wrestlers correctly
  0  1  0    3   ECW loses Shane Douglas
  0  0  1    2   WWF signs British Bulldog
  0  0  1    2   WWF de-emphasizes Steve Austin
  0  0  1    2   Steve Corino appears at Limp Bizkit concert
  0  0  1    2   Michinoku Pro books Toryumon wrestlers
  0  0  1    2   Hard Core Division
  0  0  1    2   DX
  0  0  1    2   Bronco Buster
  0  0  1    2   All Japan continuing to have 100% clean finishes

K. CANZANELLA: The descision to air a tribute match for Owen Hart with two
of the greatest in the sport for 35 minutes in remembrance of his
wrestling ability was terrific. Yeah, all the online "smarts" thought it
was a ratings ploy, or a sympathy ploy, but as one person put it, you look
in the emotion in these guys eyes and tell me with a straight face that
you aren't making shit up to blast your favorite fed's competition. Sadly,
this would be the last real great wrestling match of the millennium in the
big two, as soon after, dumb and dumber took over. WWF giving Mankind a
title was a good idea because it allowed the matches to focus around him
and not around Steve Austin v. Undertaker or Kane for the billionth time.
I still can't believe WCW let Jericho go but decided to hire Master P.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: While I don't care for a lot of the things ECW does as a
whole, the signing of Raven was brilliant, something which I should have
expected from Heyman but somehow never occurred to me. Jesse Ventura
brought HUGE publicity the WWF's way, and it was a nice way of reconciling
the differences between the Body and McMahon. And Bischoff's final
dismissal brought a shout from me as I checked my mail the day it
happened.

AARON: The tribute to Owen Hart was probably the classiest piece of
television I've seen this year. Props should be given to WCW for their
small tribute to Owen as well. Jericho and ECW on TNN were big deals at
the time, but are starting to lose momentum, so neither was good enough
for first.

DON BECKER: Wrestling returning to a regular spot on network TV for the
first time since the days of the Dumont network is a Really Big Deal, and
the WWF effectively couped WCW's attempts to run shows on NBC.  The
respective Owen Hart tributes were also classy maneuvers on the part of
both the WWF and WCW.  The WWF put on one of its best shows all year by
scrapping angles and gimmicks for one night, while WCW did something you
just don't see anymore - aired a nearly half-hour long match on free TV.

MAX CHITTISTER: The TNN deal didn't do anything to help ECW's product, but
it's hard to find a move that did more to help a promotion as a whole than
that one.

JBELL55146: Reassigning Bischoff actually came about one year too late.
And the WWF signing Paul Wright and Chris Jericho will do more for them in
the long run then anything.

PAUL SHOCK:  The only good promotional move that WCW made was by firing
the guy who made all of the bad moves; Bischoff.

BLOB: Chris Jericho's signing was the no-brainer was best promotional
move. ECW's TNN deal helped propel the company out of a bad situation. WCW
finally gave US and TV titles to Benoit, but screwed him out of the World
Title.

GEORGE CARTER:  Bischoff did a lot for wrestling than most people give him
credit for.  No matter how bad he was, there was always ONE thing that was
worthwhile in WCW. But the bad outweighed the good and he was running WCW
into the ground.  So WCW reassigning him was probably the best move this
year. The WWF going national for the first time since 90 or 91 was a big
part in their expansion in popularity. Finally, WCW signing Russo &
Ferrera will be more important long term than they are right now.

JOHN C.:When the signing of Jericho to the WWF was announced I was elated
cause finally my favorite wrestler in the world would be given a chance to
shine in the WWF instead of in WCW. Many people were disappointed with the
way he was used upon his debut but I'm pretty sure that in the long run it
will work. As one wise man once said "you can't hold talent down for too
long cause the cream will rise to the top."

JON RICHARDSON:  ECW signing with TNN was hands down the best move down by
any promotion all year.  It finally gets ECW exposed on a national (and
international) level as well as adding a much needed influx of cash into
the promotion.  The WWF signing Chris Jericho was a close second.
Jericho was the prize free agent due to his excellent ring work and his
golden capabilities on the microphone and the WWF was smart to sign him
long-term.  Signing Jesse Ventura was another shrewd move by the WWF as it
provided them with constant publicity in the lead-up to Summerslam.  Not
all of it positive publicity mind you, but since Vince McMahon will take
any kind of publicity, he certainly got what he wanted.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: The firing of Bischoff seemed to hearld a new start for
WCW, and the hopes that a new direction could be had for a company that
still had promise. Of course the powers that be came, and we must all HAIL
RUSSO!!! And T&A...  The WWF grabbing Jericho was a great movie because
they have the next big star, and if the goof up then at least WCW doesn't
have him to use...

SEAN FLYNN: While everyone moans about the first few months of Jericho's
time, I look at the long term.  Five years from now, people will not
remember the first few months of the biggest star in the sport.  Wight is
big, fairly marketable and young.  WCW fired Uncle Eric_about damn time.

MARK SMITH:  ECW's TV deal this year was a very happy moment for all the
long time fans.  I wish them all the best in the future.  The WWF and
Chris Jericho aren't turning out as they'd planned, I think, but if they
keep their promotional machine behind him, he'll be big.  Trust me.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: The WWF managing to get the single most important
ex-wrestling personality on the planet to referee their second biggest
show was the biggest coup of the year, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
(Probably the biggest of the past few years) ECW getting a national TV
show was also huge, even if the show itself could be (far, far) better.
Finally, WCW's stealing Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara was *their* biggest
coup. (Though there really was no way in hell it could have singlehandedly
brought the WWF down.)

SUGAR RAY: WCW finally fires Eric Bischoff. By very far the greatest news
I heard all year long. Hiring Russo and Ferrera guarantees thhat WCW will
never suck again. Amen to that! And WCW finally gives the great Bret Hart
the world title he deserved all along. About time!

RICK SCAIA:  In the big-man-centric WWF, I would never have guessed it,
but even as I sit here today with the Big Show as WWF champ and Chris
Jericho losing matches to women, I think we'll look back at 1999 and
decide it was Jericho's jump to the WWF that was ultimately more
important.  It's not about what the bookers think, it's about how the fans
react, and right now, Jericho's getting more reaction than Wight.  It's
only a matter of time before the creative plan follows suit.  I think
snagging Jericho was the Best Promotional Move of 1999.  WCW's decision to
grab Vince Russo and Ed Ferrera was also a good move that should produce
results in the long term. ECW's acquisition of a national cable outlet
marked that company's true launch into the mainstream spotlight.

JEREMY SORIA: WWF, in an uncharacteristic move, allowed all the wrestling
fans to have a wonderfully comforting group-therapy session, if you will,
by doing a tribute to the fallen hero on the May 24 Raw. Great move. WCW,
in a similar move, allowed Bret Hart to put on a tribute match with CHris
Benoit to remember Owen. And WWF literally saves UPN with its weekly
SmackDown! on Thursdays.

SELENA KYTE:  There's a lot of useful technology independent companies
could use to better promote themselves.  Money is always an impediment,
but if the opportunity is there, why not take advantage of it?  Windy City
Pro Wrestling may be leading the way with their decision to broadcast some
of their matches over the Internet, and in doing so, gain some new fans.

HEATM:  The best promotional move was ECW signing a deal with TNN.  That
show is gaining popularity already and should be a driving force in
turning the Big 2 into the Big 3.  The *biggest* promotional move was
WCW's signing of Russo and Ferreira because it changed the structure of
their program.  Thus, Eric Bischoff's demotion was #2.  WWF signing
Jericho will work to their advantages many years down the road when he
will be their biggest star.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Best Promotional Move. Here were my top six: 1. ECW
signs with TNN for national TV deal 2. WCW gives titles to Chris Benoit 3.
ECW gives Mike Awesome the World Heavyweight Title 4. ECW signs Raven 5.
WWF gets a timeslot on UPN 6. WCW airs Owen Hart tribute match on Nitro

MDB: ECW getting a national TV deal, even if it's TNN, was a real
breakthrough.  Even if the ratings haven't been the big numbers they were
predicting, ECW took a big step to being a real contender.  WWF getting
Jericho was a no brainer, but it will pay off in the years to come.  And
wasn't it great to see Foley as WWF champ?

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Worst Second

Award Description:

To be given to the manager whose presence at ringside and during interviews
is really unnecessary. This person does little to enhance the matches in
which his/her wrestler(s) participates.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Mr. Fuji
  1991: Coach John Tolos
  1992: Harvey Wippleman
  1993: Harvey Wippleman
  1994: Harvey Wippleman
  1995: Harvey Wippleman
  1996: Teddy Long
  1997: Uncle Cletus
  1998: Eric Bischoff

**1999**: Curtis Hughes

294 first place votes
279 second place votes
263 third place votes

 54 39 27  441   Curtis Hughes
 43 24 17  321   Sonny Onoo
 27 32 26  283   Jimmy Hart
 24 19 14  205   Coach Buzz Stern
 14 20 21  172   Asya
 13 18 21  161   Terri (PMS)
 17 12  6  133   Bill Alfonso
 11 16 15  133   Judge Jeff Jones
 14 11 11  125   Paul Bearer
 12 12 13  122   Wall
 10 11 14  111   Debra
  7  7 11   78   Prince Albert
  3  6 12   57   Miss Elizabeth
  4  9  4   55   Howard Finkel
  7  1  5   48   Chyna
  3  5  3   36   Miss Kitty
  2  5  3   31   Sid Vicious
  5  0  1   27   Oklahoma(NO)
  4  1  2   27   Nicole Bass
  1  4  4   25   Chastity
  1  3  5   24   Sign Guy Dudley
  1  4  1   19   Eric Bischoff
  2  1  2   17   Torrie Wilson
  2  2  0   16   Francine
  2  1  0   13   Michael Hayes
  2  0  1   12   Tori
  2  0  1   12   Sal E. Graziano
  1  2  0   11   Sable
  1  1  1   10   Vincent (Curly Bill)
  1  1  1   10   Arn Anderson
  0  2  2   10   Jason
  0  2  1    8   Gorgeous George
  0  1  2    7   Nikita Brezhnikov
  1  0  0    5   Tammy Lynn Sytch
  1  0  0    5   Stevie Richards
  1  0  0    5   Steve Lynskey
  1  0  0    5   Dick Hertz
  0  1  1    5   Ho's
  0  1  1    5   Cyrus
  0  0  2    4   Mean Street Posse
  0  1  0    3   Royce C. Profit (Tom Cusati)
  0  1  0    3   Professor
  0  1  0    3   Luna
  0  1  0    3   James Vandenburg
  0  1  0    3   Eddie Guerrero
  0  0  1    2   Yamaguchi-san (eligible?)
  0  0  1    2   Shane McMahon
  0  0  1    2   Pete "Gas"
  0  0  1    2   Marianna
  0  0  1    2   Madusa
  0  0  1    2   Kimberly
  0  0  1    2   Jack Victory
  0  0  1    2   Ivory
  0  0  1    2   Gangrel
  0  0  1    2   Ernest T.
  0  0  1    2   Dawn Marie
  0  0  1    2   Charles Robinson

REJECTED

  0  0  1        Howard Finkel (duplicate)

CHRIS BIRD: Paul Bearer was probably someone really evil in a past life to
be so lame in this one.

EDC: Hughes sucks even 100 pounds lighter. PMS was a braindead gimmick.
Bearer can't even take a bump he's so fat.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: So you've got a world champion who'd be credible going
over anyone in wrestling. And who do you pair him up with? A bad interview
with a bush-league gimmick. Jeff Jones is the worst thing to happen to
Mike Awesome, and he's practically handed the world title to RVD as a
result.

DON BECKER: Bill Alphonso annoys me like no other, and not in the good
way, either.  Sonny Onoo is just plain offensive.  And since I have a hard
time picking a third, I'll just pick on another bad stereotype in
Brezhnikov.

MAX CHITTISTER: I don't care about Debra's breasts. But at least she does
something; Kitty just stands there. God, she's a waste of space.

PAUL SHOCK:  It's amazing; Curtis Hughes couldn't even get over by hanging
with Y2J.

BLOB: Prince Albert, Hughes, and Bearer were all terrible managers/valets
and deserve these spots.

JOHN C.:The scariest man in wrestling: Nicole Bass.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: Oh, no!

JOE GAGNE: Did anyone think "Coach" Buzz Stern would be over? Sonny Onoo
and Jeff Jones were both annoying and useless.

SEAN FLYNN: I know this is unpopular in the 99% male world of RSPW, but
these people have no purpose other than their mammaries.  No personality,
no skills, no nothing.  That's why they get the vote over Francine, Chyna,
or even Asya.  At least they have something to give to the sport.

LORIE:  Please, WWF, do NOT bring Torrie Wilson in!  I could not imagine
that anybody could be worse than Sable but that gal is totally useless!

SEZ OF SEED: Yes, Debra's ugly.  And annoying.  And balding.  Deal with
it.

EDDIE KIM:  Not only did Caurtis Hughes almost destroy Chris Jericho's
career before it took off in the WWF, he almost destroyed Ken Shamrock's
life with a sloppy kick.

MDB: Finkel and Hughes.  Hard to believe anyone could hold down Jericho
but they were doing it.

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Worst Announcer

Award Description:

To be given to the commentator/announcer who makes the dumbest comments
while pushing his product. This person probably gets you to turn down the TV
when he/she is announcing. As of 1992, the difference between this and
colour commentator will be enforced.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Vince McMahon
  1991: Vince McMahon
  1992: Vince McMahon
  1993: Vince McMahon
  1994: Eric Bischoff
  1995: Eric Bischoff
  1996: Eric Bischoff
  1997: Tony Schiavone
  1998: Tony Schiavone

**1999**: Tony Schiavone

321 first place votes
283 second place votes
246 third place votes

224 52 29 1334   Tony Schiavone
 34 76 38  474   Eric Bischoff
 15 54 62  361   Michael Cole
  8 31 33  199   Kevin Kelly
  8 22 35  176   Shane McMahon
 11  9  4   90   Jim Ross
  9  5 13   86   Randy Rosenblum
  3  8  4   47   Joey Styles
  3  4 10   47   Scott Hudson
  0  6  3   24   Mike Tenay
  0  1  0    3   Mark Smart (NWA New England)
  0  1  0    3   Bert Prentice
  0  0  1    2   Vince McMahon
  0  0  1    2   Dr. Alfonso Morales
  0  0  1    2   Al Isaacs

REJECTED - colour commentators are ineligible for this award

  0  8  8        Tony Schiavone (duplicates)
  5  1  2        Lilian Garcia
  0  5  1        Larry Zbyszko
  1  1  3        Oklahoma (ineligible timeframe
  0  3  1        Jason Hervey
  0  0  2        Terry Taylor
  0  1  0        Road Dogg
  0  1  0        Joel Gertner
  0  1  0        Cyrus
  0  1  0        Bobby Heenan
  0  0  1        Michael Hayes
  0  0  1        Michael Cole (duplicate)
  0  0  1        Lee Marshall
  0  0  1        Kane

CHRIS BIRD: Neither Michael Cole nor Kevin Kelly has the slightest bit of
charisma, the slightest idea of how to call a match, neither one can build
excitement worth a damn, and they both call it "action adventure" rather
than wrestling, so screw them!

EDC: Worst Announcers are almost any of the WWF second stringers. Cole did
a little better this year, that's why I put him at the bottom of the list.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: My definition of hell: stuck in a room with Tony S.
Shane MacMahon and Eric Bischoff and forced to watch Heroes of Wrestling.

AARON: Whereas Gordon Solie was hyped before this classic PPV, we were
instead treated to this schmuck, who had trouble calling simple dropkicks.
Kevin Kelly looks like such a dork in those 1-800-COLLECT spots for Slam
Jam, so he gets number 2. Schiavone only third!? Get outta here...

DON BECKER: Who is Randy Rosenblum, and can someone promise me he'll never
be heard from again?  Joey Styles is no longer as interesting or as
exciting as he used to be.  And I'd say more about Tony Schiavone, but
FANS WE'RE OUT OF TIME! (I promise, no more of that joke for a LONG time)

Y2J MANIA: Tony Schivonne for helping the hardcore division get over by
explaining on the air how chair & garbage can shots make lots of noise but
don't really hurt.

MAX CHITTISTER: There's only three announcers left with enough personality
for me to hate them: throw the names in a hat and pick 'em.

PAUL SHOCK:  Schiavone and Bischoff are the easy top two.  Third is the
horribly overrated Joey Styles, who I got my first taste of from ECW on
TNN.  What I'll remember about Styles is when Joel Gertner introduced
himself as the colour commentator, Joey pitched a fit like a little
schoolgirl in the ring.  That sums up Styles for me.

BLOB: Michael Cole needs to be out a job and fast! Schiavone improved but
still calls many moves wrong. Jim Ross made a subpar showing this year and
deserves to be on this list. He doesn't know half the moves, and is way
too much of a face commentator.

ADNAN VIRK: I also believe that Tony Schiovani deserves the worst
announcer award

GEORGE CARTER:  Tony is a HORRIBLE announcer. I hate Jim Ross even more
but when Ross calls a match, he does it better than anyone else.

JOHN C.:Whenever the word "worst" comes up the name Eric Bischoff comes to
mind.

ELLIOT SPARKS: Worst announcer? Two words: Ear-ache Bischoff. Good Lord,
he might've had a decent grasp on fundamental wrestling commentary, but he
was the most annoying man to grace the booth in 1999. Whether he was
intentionally annoying is a matter for debate, but the end result was
still awful. Really awful.

NATE PERRY: I wasn't sure if Kevin Kelly was an announcer or a color
commentator, so I voted him in twice.

JAMES GOWDEY: Shiavone... you know he's bad when he tries to make a lame
comeback on TV to the smarks online making fun of him.

SEAN FLYNN: I don't think there's anyone else worthy of this award, which
ought to be called the Tony Schiavone memorial award.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Who the fuck was Randy Rosenblum, anyway? A friend of the
producer?

SUGAR RAY: Fans were happy when Tony wasn't there for a little while. That
tells you all you need to know about how much Tony S-U-C-K-S!

JEREMY SORIA: It may sound like blasphemy, but even though Joey Styles
knows his stuff, he just isn't what he was four-five years ago.

MATT SPAULTING: Chris, in your Schiavone rant during a Nitro report
sometime last month (I don't have time to go back and see which one) , you
ran down all the announcers who "kick Schiavone's ass".  You forgot to
add, "...and once Michael Cole figures out the difference between a drop
toehold and a legsweep, HE'LL kick your ass."

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Worst Colour Commentator

Award Description:

To be given to the commentator/announcer who makes the dumbest comment while
pushing his product. This person probably gets you to turn down the TV when
he/she is announcing.

Previous Winners:

  1991: Dusty Rhodes
  1992: Lord Alfred Hayes
  1993: Randy Savage
  1994: Dusty Rhodes
  1995: Steve McMichael
  1996: Dusty Rhodes
  1997: Dusty Rhodes
  1998: Larry Zbyszko

**1999**: Jason Hervey

300 first place votes
264 second place votes
235 third place votes

 81 40 20  565   Jason Hervey
 66 36 31  500   Larry Zbyszko
 38 38 26  356   Eric Bischoff
  7 34 26  189   Robert Wuhl
 14 13 12  133   Bobby Heenan
 18  8  7  128   Jerry Lawler
 11 13 11  116   Kevin Kelly
  6 13 15   99   Michael Hayes (Dok Hendrix)
  5 12 11   83   Shane McMahon
  6  7  9   69   Mike Tenay
  3  9 13   68   Terri Runnels
  8  2 10   66   Joel Gertner
  4  8 11   66   Vince Russo
  7  4  8   63   Kevin Nash
  4  4  5   42   Terry Taylor
  3  5  2   34   Stephanie McMahon
  3  2  1   23   Dusty Rhodes
  2  3  0   19   Michael Cole
  1  1  3   14   Cyrus
  1  1  0    8   guy from the Break the Barrier video
  0  2  0    6   Shane Douglas
  0  2  0    6   Jim Cornette
  1  0  0    5   Tom Pritchard
  1  0  0    5   Steve Morgan (British colour commentator)
  1  0  0    5   Jim Ross
  1  0  0    5   Crash Holly
  0  0  2    4   Undertaker
  0  0  2    4   Madusa
  0  1  0    3   Road Dogg
  0  1  0    3   Lash LeRoux
  0  1  0    3   Hardcore Holly
  0  1  0    3   Bruce Pritchard
  0  0  1    2   Steve Austin
  0  0  1    2   Scott Hall
  0  0  1    2   Rock
  0  0  1    2   Juventud Guerrera
  0  0  1    2   Hollywood Hogan
  0  0  1    2   Cory Macklin

REJECTED

  4  1  3        Arnold Schwarzenegger (ineligible time)
  3  1  1        Tony Schiavone (not a colour commentator)
  1  1  0        Oklahoma (ineligible time)

CHRIS BIRD: If I hafta hear Jerry Lawler pant after tits ONE MORE
TIME...I'll change the channel so I don't buy a shotgun and an Al Snow
figure from Wal-Mart and kill him with them.

EDC: Joel Gertner isn't funny unless he's on PPV. Hervey needs to stay
away from my TV.

K. CANZANELLA: While I did say all the color commentators were annoying
shills above, I will nominate Jerry Lawler for first since he doesn't seem
to care about the action or being funny but rather acting like a 13-year
old.

AARON: Larry Z's high pitched squeals were enough to put him first. Eric
Bischoff's final hours saw him flagrantly trying to put HIMSELF over
wrestlers, as well as mocking characters that HE'D thought up! I hope
Dairy Queen's treating him right. And Mike Tenay rounds it up due to his
appaling lack of personality.

DON BECKER: Gotta go with the celebs: Jason Hervey probably got a big-ol'
hard-on because he got to be on TV again for two weeks.  As for Robert
Wuhl, he just seemed clueless behind the mic.  Lawler gets the third nod
because he's gone from decent heel commentator to slobbering dirty old
man.

SHAWN MULLIN: Kevin Kelly is the ultimate, annoying WWF mark as a color
commentator. It sounds so forced too, he just irritates me to all hell.

MAX CHITTISTER: I really realy REALLY wanted to vote for Lawler, but WCW
found a way to beat him out. And I don't even watch Arli$$.

PAUL SHOCK:  Why wasn't Ah-nold on this?  Did CRZ not want to spell out
Schwarzenegger on the ballot?  (Mostly 'cause he was INELIGIBLE, DUDE. -
CRZ)

BLOB: Hervey was one of the worst guests on Nitro and should never be back
on the broadcast. Bischoff and Hayes were really stupid as color guys too.

GEORGE CARTER:  No more Jason Hervey !!!!! And Arl$$ on Nitro ??? Does he
REALLY believe he is Arli$$ ?

ELLIOT SPARKS: Worst colour commentator is going to take some explaining.
Aside from the six people that watched the British UWA's 'Wrestling
Rampage' show and the further three that read my recap of it, Steve Morgan
is an unknown quantity. The people who have yet to hear his voice can
consider themselves blessed. Basically, he's not even a wrestling
commentator. He was a TV presenter shoved into the booth by the UWA's
parent company, L!VE TV, and his take on humour involved mindless shouting
and 'jokes' about Rod Stewart. He was unamusing, he was annoying, and
often drowned out the better-informed commentary of Kenny McBride and Ross
Gordon. Unskilled and unsavoury, I'd be pleased to never hear his voice
again. Thanks to the closure of L!VE TV, my dream might well be realised.

NATE PERRY: I wasn't sure if Kevin Kelly was an announcer or a color
commentator, so I voted him in twice.

SEAN FLYNN: Even though he only announced once, the horrible memory of
Robert Wuhl, in Arliss character, doing color, is burned in my memory
forever.  The McMahon kids learned the art of bad announcing from their
dad obviously.

EDDIE KIM:  Here is the full transcript of Arnold's commentary on
Smackdown: "Oww...oohh..oh no...umph."

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Worst Colour Commentator. 1st: Jerry Lawler, 2nd:
Jason Hervey, 3rd: Larry Zbyszko

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Worst Interviewee

Award Description:

To be given to the person who gives the worst interview in the biz. This
could be a wrestler or a manager.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Ultimate Warrior
  1991: El Gigante
  1992: Ultimate Warrior
  1993: Giant Gonzalez
  1994: Yokozuna
  1995: Hulk Hogan
  1996: Ahmed Johnson
  1997: Ahmed Johnson
  1998: Warrior

**1999**: Sid Vicious

313 first place votes
304 second place votes
292 third place votes

 33 22 22  275   Sid Vicious
 36 18 17  268   Steve Blackman
 20 17 19  189   Rick Steiner
 20 12 15  166   David Flair
 17 16 12  157   Hulk Hogan
 18 14 10  152   Brian Knobs
 11 17 10  126   Sable
  9 12 17  115   Randy Savage
  8 14 16  114   Konnan
 11  5 10   90   Mr. Ass
  7 10  7   79   British Bulldog
  8  8  6   76   Goldberg
  6  9  9   75   Roddy Piper
  9  4  4   65   Buff Bagwell
  7  7  3   62   Big Show
  5  8  5   59   Gangrel
  3  8  9   57   Ken Shamrock
  8  2  5   56   Rock
  7  5  1   52   Barbarian
  6  4  5   52   Jake Roberts
  4  8  3   50   Lilian Garcia
  5  5  3   46   Berlyn
  3  5  7   44   Stephanie McMahon
  3  5  4   38   Big Bossman
  3  3  7   38   Chris Benoit
  2  1 10   33   Kane
  0  6  7   32   X-Pac
  4  3  1   31   Undertaker
  1  5  4   28   Chyna
  3  2  2   25   Dean Malenko
  4  0  2   24   Diamond Dallas Page
  2  3  2   23   Total Package
  4  0  1   22   Steve Austin
  2  2  3   22   Kidman
  3  1  1   20   Cat
  1  2  4   19   Stevie Ray
  1  3  1   16   Test
  0  4  1   14   Juventud Guerrera
  1  2  1   13   Triple H
  0  3  2   13   Scott Steiner
  2  0  0   10   Paul Wight
  2  0  0   10   Godfather
  1  1  1   10   Warrior
  1  1  1   10   Taz
  1  1  1   10   Road Dogg
  1  0  2    9   Terry Taylor
  0  3  0    9   Kevin Nash
  1  1  0    8   Jerry Lynn
  1  1  0    8   Bret Hart
  0  2  1    8   Steve Williams
  1  0  1    7   Ivory
  0  2  0    6   Terri Runnels
  0  2  0    6   Shane Douglas
  0  2  0    6   Justin Credible
  1  0  0    5   Yurple
  1  0  0    5   Sting
  1  0  0    5   Rob Van Dam
  1  0  0    5   Linda McMahon
  1  0  0    5   Lance Storm
  1  0  0    5   Dennis Rodman
  0  1  1    5   Mideon
  0  1  0    3   Val Venis
  0  1  0    3   Ric Steiner
  0  1  0    3   Perry Saturn
  0  1  0    3   Mike Tenay
  0  1  0    3   Meng
  0  1  0    3   Master P
  0  1  0    3   Faarooq
  0  1  0    3   Eric Bischoff
  0  1  0    3   Eddie Guerrero
  0  1  0    3   Debra
  0  1  0    3   Crash Holly
  0  1  0    3   Christian
  0  0  1    2   Vince McMahon
  0  0  1    2   Simon Diamond
  0  0  1    2   Ric Flair
  0  0  1    2   Psychosis
  0  0  1    2   Paul Bearer
  0  0  1    2   Mark Henry
  0  0  1    2   Maestro
  0  0  1    2   Mae Young
  0  0  1    2   Lou Albano
  0  0  1    2   Lash LeRoux
  0  0  1    2   Jerry Flynn
  0  0  1    2   Gene Okerlund
  0  0  1    2   Danny Doring
  0  0  1    2   Bill Alfonso
  0  0  1    2   Bam Bam Bigelow

REJECTED - not in timeframe

  1  0  1        Barbara Bush

EDC: Mr. Ass is all looks. The one Promo he cut was really awful. Lillian
Garcia just has that Dumb-Fuck look to her, and she's screwed up a ton of
lines this year. At least Blackman's got the rant part down...

K. CANZANELLA: Taz's interviews never end, and never make any sense or
prove anything. Kind of like a RSPW META thread. Gangrel sounds like a
retard. Rocky Miavia takes too much mic time to say too little that is
new.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Someone should send David Flair to a public speaking
class, remind Steve Blackman that there's a camera in the room, and think
of ANYTHING for Chris Benoit to say other than the worst catchphrases to
come out of a good wrestler's mouth since Bret Hart though up "Best there
is..."

FALCONARROW: How you say, I will vote for Barbarian

AARON: This guy was gonna win this category one way... OR ANOTHER!!! How
much you wanna bet somebody else makes that joke. Gangrel sounds oddly
like a Newfie when he talks, and Kenny was just as big a chump as always.

DON BECKER: The way I see it, Steve Blackman's going to win this one
way...or another.  Jake Roberts' one televised interview this year was
marred by all the free alcohol at the casino, and Billy Gunn contributes
nothing to an already bad catchphrase, not to mention his below-par solo
work.

MAX CHITTISTER: On my Christmas list: to Sid, a Sid-to-English dictionary.
To Piper, a new almanac (so he can catch up on some current events). To
Sable, a roll of duct tape, because there's just no hope for her.

CAN00K: Have I mentioned that I despise Hogan?  Blackman's one interview
when he talked to Terry Taylor as if he were Shamrock was pretty funny,
but only because it was so bad. :)

PAUL SHOCK:  Piper, easily.  If he were to describe himself, it would be
as a worse speaker than the Speaker of the House!  (Rim shot)

BLOB: Speedy Gonzales took #1. "Your daddy died! WAH!" took #2. "Your ass
is grass and I'm gonna smoke it!!" took #3.

ALDO: If I see Sid Vicious speak on my screen just one more time, I'm
going to go nucking futs.  By the way, does anyone understand what the
hell kind of dialect Konnan is using?  And why all the food references?
As for Rick Steiner, someone should have ripped his voice box out long
ago.

GEORGE CARTER:  That night where Steve Blackman 'mistaken' Terry Taylor
for Ken Shamrock was one of the funniest blunders this year. Vince, if you
REALLY want to push Steve; NO MIC TIME !! And Lilian Garcia is the worst
ring announcer I have ever heard. And I really CAN'T believe that David is
the son of Ric. I bet Reid has better mic skills, but then again, if I was
standing next to Torrie Wilson, I might not be too great.

JOHN C.:Bagwell, Knobs and Stephanie McMahon were easy choices. Bagwell is
not the stuff while Knobs is just plain nasty on the mic and Stephanie is
just too bland to do anything. Rick Steiner is an easy pick at number four
as he was given WAY too much mic time this year.

TREVOR KING: People accuse The Rock of being repetitive, but every Bagwell
interview is some contrived varation of the Buff and stuff rhyme.

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: The worst part about Berlyn speaking German ist dass
ich ihn immer noch verstehen kann ( = is that I can still understand him).

ELLIOT SPARKS: WORST INTERVIEWEE IS BRIAN KNOBBS. Y'KNOW, THE GUY WHO
CAN'T STOP SHOUTING? HE'S JUST TERRIBLE. BUT IT MUST BE SAID, IT'S QUITE
THE INFECTIOUS HABIT.

RUTGERSGYM:  I think it's obvious that the male McMahons inherited all the
acting ability of the family.  Road Dogg goes next for deteriorating in
mic skills.  Is it just me, or was RD decent during the NAO's first heel
run?  Now he can't get away from the catchphrases even when the Outlaws
turned heel again (hell, at least Val Venis stopped doing his "Hello
ladies" schtick when he turned, and the Rock tried to keep the fans from
singing along while he was a heel) Knobs gets to be the honorary First
Family representative, and I DIDN'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT!!!!

JAMES GOWDEY: My GOD! Yurple the Clown had to have had the most annoying
rendition of "Happy Birthday" I've ever heard.

SEAN FLYNN: Why Steiner gets to talk is beyond me.  Brian Knobbs
interviews are definitely NASTY!  And Sean says "simon, go away."

LUCAS HARRIS: "I will...how you say...eat your lunch?" With lines like
that, how can you go wrong?

SIMON ROBERTS: The British accent does not seem right

THERION: All three tied for first place. Honorable mention to Chris Benoit
as best wrestler but worst interviewee. Sad, but true.

EDDIE KIM: Lilian Garcia makes me long for the good old days when Craig
DeGeorge was in the WWF.

SUGAR RAY: When David Flair holds the mic, don't you just want to kill him
? Yeah, me too!

MATT SPAULDING: The other two left blank because I'd probably get DQ'd for
putting WCW down twice.

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Worst Angle

Award Description:

To be given to the worst angle you've seen in the sport this year. It may be
the worst because of taste or because of execution.

Previous Winners:

  1990: Earthquake breaks Hulk's ribs & get well card drive /
        Black Scorpion (tie)
  1991: WWF exploits the Gulf war
  1992: Papa Shango curses the Ultimate Warrior
  1993: WCW's Cactus Jack gets amnesia; search leads to Cleveland
  1994: WCW gives Hulk Hogan the WCW Title
  1995: WCW bills Giant as Andre the Giant's alleged son
  1996: Jim Ross announces return of Razor Ramon and Diesel to WWF
  1997: Brian Pillman claims paternity of Dakota Runnells
  1998: "Mysterious laughter" source revealed as Chucky the doll

**1999**: Big Show's father stricken with cancer, Big Bossman exploiting it

324 first place votes
310 second place votes
302 third place votes

 70 32 13  492   Big Show's father has cancer / Big Bossman messes with Big Show
 49 36 46  445   Who drove the Hummer?
 39 32 26  343   Master P arrives in WCW, No Limit Soldiers are formed to combat the evil forces of country music
 33 28 25  299   Big Bossman kills Pepper, feeds him to Al Snow
 15 23 15  174   Sid Vicious' "Millennium Man" winning streak
  5 13  9   82   NWO reunites following "finger poke" match
  6  9 12   81   Undertaker holds mock sacrifices, crucifixions
  7  8 10   79   Who is the Greater Power?
  7  7  9   74   Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young interfere in matches
  9  4  2   61   Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair's double-turn
  6  5  7   59   Terri Runnels fakes miscarriage, blames D'Lo Brown
  5  7  6   58   Lex Luger "dies," renamed Total Package
  5  5  9   58   Ric Flair suffers heart attack
  4  8  6   56   Ric Flair goes nuts with power as WCW President
  4  5  8   51   Sting turns heel
  3  6  8   49   Mark Henry as a sex addict
  3  6  6   45   Jeff Jarrett beats up women
  3  3  7   38   Stephanie McMahon and Test to wed
  4  4  1   34   Beaver Cleavage
  2  3  7   33   Powers that Be
  3  2  5   31   Marianna accuses Chaz of beating her
  2  2  5   26   Steiners jump Sting...with attack dogs
  4  1  1   25   Blue Blazer
  3  1  3   24   Debra wins women's title by being stripped
  3  2  1   23   Ministry of Darkness (Corporate Ministry)
  2  2  2   20   Jim Ross goes postal upon returning from Bells Palsy bout
  1  3  3   20   X-Pac is underdog that overcomes odds in every match
  1  3  1   16   Internet rumors about Hogan mentioned, without anyone on TV actually identifying them
  2  1  1   15   Steve Austin gets the title one day after King of the Ring
  2  1  1   15   Chyna wins intercontinental championship
  1  3  0   14   KISS Demon is born out of a pod during KISS appearance on Nitro
  1  1  3   14   Vince McMahon wins WWF title
  1  1  3   14   Kevin Nash & Randy Savage feud features lots of sewage
  2  1  0   13   Randy Savage beats up his own women
  0  1  5   13   Psychosis given phantom Cruiserweight title reign
  0  3  1   11   Hogan's red and yellow returns
  0  3  1   11   Bob Orton & Jimmy Snuka's 15-year-old feud is rekindled...in a card game
  2  0  0   10   David Flair as Wrestler or Psycho
  1  1  1   10   Stephanie McMahon's amnesia
  1  1  1   10   Oklahoma
  0  3  0    9   GTV
  1  1  0    8   Sid interrupts matches with powerbombs
  0  2  1    8   Mankind marks for Rock
  0  2  1    8   Chavo Guerrero Jr. encouraged to become Amway salesman(NO)
  1  0  1    7   Val Venis gets Terri Runnels pregnant
  1  0  1    7   "Anything with" votes
  0  1  2    7   Goldust steals Head for no particular reason
  0  2  0    6   Revolution forms
  1  0  0    5   WCW treating Kaz Hayashi as retarded child
  1  0  0    5   Spike Dudley giant-killer
  1  0  0    5   Ric Flair suffers a heart attack
  1  0  0    5   Rena Mero attempts to gain credibility by suing WWF
  1  0  0    5   Open field beat down of Ric Flair
  1  0  0    5   Nash and Savage
  1  0  0    5   NWO attacks Flair's family
  1  0  0    5   Kane & Tori
  1  0  0    5   Gillberg
  1  0  0    5   Flair institutionalized
  1  0  0    5   Bret hart memorial match
  0  1  1    5   WWF referees strike
  0  1  1    5   Mankind, Shamrock, Test, Big Show form Union
  0  1  1    5   Goldberg
  0  0  2    4   Wedding
  0  0  2    4   Nitro Girls feud
  0  0  2    4   Corporate Ministry
  0  1  0    3   Undertaker attempts to embalm Steve Austin
  0  1  0    3   Triple H suffers rattlesnake bite
  0  1  0    3   Silt the Shocker's Birthday Party
  0  1  0    3   Sid passes out to a Goldberg cobra clutch choke
  0  1  0    3   Shane McMahon behind the Ministry
  0  1  0    3   Randy Savage to pass the torch
  0  1  0    3   New writers join WCW
  0  1  0    3   Nash retiring
  0  1  0    3   NWO black & white breaks up
  0  1  0    3   Moolah comes out of retirement
  0  1  0    3   Kevin Nash as Vince McMahon
  0  1  0    3   Kane Humanized
  0  1  0    3   Jim Ross and Steve Austin tag
  0  1  0    3   JOB Squad
  0  1  0    3   Hawk is an addict, Droz is his pusher
  0  1  0    3   Dudleys vs Axl/Balls/New Jack/Spike/....
  0  1  0    3   Chris Jericho on a WCW losing streak
  0  1  0    3   Chris Benoit and his "mutual respect" BS
  0  1  0    3   Bossman becomes #1 contender
  0  1  0    3   Atsushi Onita invades New Japan
  0  1  0    3   "Tie" votes(NO)
  0  0  1    2   X-Pac not wanting Kane to interfere
  0  0  1    2   Vince on TV 5 hours a week
  0  0  1    2   Undertaker's black wedding to Stephanie
  0  0  1    2   Undertaker holds mock sacrifices, cricifixions
  0  0  1    2   Stone Cold vs. Vince II
  0  0  1    2   Shane McMahon wins European championship
  0  0  1    2   Raw is JR
  0  0  1    2   Rap is Crap Tour
  0  0  1    2   Nash v Hogan
  0  0  1    2   Kurt Angle
  0  0  1    2   Hulk Hogan
  0  0  1    2   Hogan retires
  0  0  1    2   Hacksaw Duggan as a Janitor
  0  0  1    2   Evil front office duo of Piper and Flair
  0  0  1    2   El Dandy's right punch of doom
  0  0  1    2   Dwarves v. Midgets
  0  0  1    2   Chris Jericho saves the WWF
  0  0  1    2   Bret Hart whining
  0  0  1    2   Big Bossman impersonates a wrestler(NO)

EDC: This was the year of the Bad Angles! So many to choose from... The
Cancer Angle was pretty offensive to a lot of people, Master P was the
face after all?, and the Stiener Doggys was funnier than I don't know
what. The switching Camera Angles, the Hand wrapped in a towel, etc.

CYBERAL33: The worst angle is the Sid's "undefeated" streak. What made it
even worse was the Thunder loss to Saturn that was never aknowledged. The
whole run-in thing was the worst thing WCW could have done. Absolutly
terrible. No thought was shown by anyone in the promotion regarding this
angle. The next worst was the Silt the Shocker Birthday Party from Nitro.
No one gave a rat's ass about this guy or Master P and the crowd was dead
silent throughout the whole thing. Third is Chaz's woman beater angle. It
never made any sense and they only showed one or two segments on RAW, the
rest was on Jakked. Weird.

K. CANZANELLA: The Higher Power farce takes the trophy of mediocrity over
a slew of other bad angles.  Everyone was throwing out x wrestler as the
person, or maybe another wrestler who wasn't employed with the company,
but I could tell you from the time the angle started who it was, just
based on the way the WWF books. Next worst was the whole Undertaker of
darkness, with the logofixions, sacrifices, and "He's a mark for his own
gimmick who think's he's a dead man but he can still lift the lights". The
whole thing just sucked. Lastly I put the dwarves v. midgets, which was an
AAA angle in which dwarf rudos clashed with midget technicos based on the
fact that they had a disagreement in an amusement park.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: The Hummer driver was never really resolved (I know
Bossman lifted the briefcase, and Billy Gunn ran over Austin, but even I
couldn't figure this one out). Master P was an insult to *everyone*
involved with the angle, but it gets number two because it saved Curt
Hennig's career. And making a man eat his dog? Now that was disturbing.

AARON: Jake Roberts pretty much sealed the fate of this joke of an
organization. We can only hope Stampede signs him up, because they sure as
hell ain't getting that kind of entertainment out of that bevy of jobbers.
And finally, three word: Exploding Anus Match. And they bitch about the
WWF...

DON BECKER: "Big Show's father has cancer" was just plain tasteless,
though it hits a little close to home seeing as my father died of cancer
less than two years ago.  Terri's fake pregnancy was also pretty pathetic.
Master P's arrival was also bad, though it spawned the "Rap Is Crap"
video, which was pretty amusing.

MAX CHITTISTER: If you want to repackage a wrestler, how about CHANGING
HIS NAME? or his apearance, or his wrestling style. That funeral was for
the symbolic death of Luger's credibility.

JBELL55146: Who Drove The Hummer? The fact that the angle got recycled and
used 4 or so times is bad enough, but still, the fact they still haven't
resolved it is what is the worse! Master P saving us against the evil
forces of <gasp> country music makes me want to listen to garth brooks
more. And the NWO reuniting was just a horribly planned out idea.

BLOB: The cancer gimmick was hands down the worst gimmick of the year.
NUFF SAID. The Total Package and Hummer were terrible gimmicks too.

GEORGE CARTER:  The Blue Blazer angle by far. If that didn't happen, Owen
would still be with us. In a far placed second, the Beaver Clevage was the
most imbicile and insulting angles I have seen this year, and the Bossman
feeding Al Snow Pepper was just plain horrible.

JOHN C.:Hummer driver is the answer since we never were told who it was
that actually made sense. Second worst has to be Rap vs. Country as the
premise was just ridiculous while the Moolah & Mae stuff was just painful
to watch.

JON RICHARDSON: That the WWF would base an angle around cancer truly
frightens me. There are few people in the world that haven't been touched
by cancer in one way or another and this angle was sure to offend most of
them.  Who Drove the Hummer? would easily have been number one if it
hadn't been for the cancer angle.  The Hummer was pointless, drawn out for
far too long, resurrected more than once, and ultimately still blown off
without ever supplying us with an answer.  The fact that there were two
angles worse than the No Limit Soldiers really scares me.

RICHARD BEAUBIEN: Hulk Hogan turning back into, well Hulk Hogan, was a bad
move in every way. It was flimsy attempt to bring life back into a dying
character and it offered little new for the crowds who no longer care for
the old super hero baby face. On the same Hogan ego induced wavelength is
the reforming of the nWo, which did little since everyone knew the nWo
weren't invaders at the time. They were looked at as WCW employees, and
that took half of the steam out of the angle...  The powers that be is an
intresting Catch-22, too smart for the causual fans and too stupid for the
smart fans to care about...

DUNCAN O'SULLIVAN: Is it just me or did the amount of shity angles this
year outweight the good (ECW excluded.)

LEO CHIU: BBM seems to be at the heart of boring storylines. BBM "dies" at
the hands of the Ministry at WM15, kills Pepper and feeds him to Snow, and
takes Big Show's dad's coffin for a landsurf. Sadistic fellow isn't he?

JAN-MORTIZ KAEDING: "All of the above" would get rejected, wouldn't it ?
(Yup. - CRZ)

ELLIOT SPARKS: Worst angle is a bountiful category, which is a real shame.
There were just so many bad angles in 1999. But even amongst the huge
selection, three still stood out; especially the cancer angle. While
people have bashed the moral implications of this story more times than I
can count, the most important thing for me is that it added nothing to the
feud between the Big Show and the Big Bossman. Its link with pro wrestling
was so tenuous that I just wasn't interested, morals aside. The fact that
it has been pushed to the top of the promotion only makes matters worse.
Number two was Mark Henry's sex angle, which again lacked any real
connection with wrestling, and number three was the Hummer story. If that
choice needs explaining, then you need your head examining. With a
pickaxe.

DONALD SEMACK:  WCW should have just forgotten about it, but no they had
to make sure that the whole Hummer angle became COMPLETELY CONVOLTED
first.

RUTGERSGYM: Snow/Pepper/Bossman goes first, for (hopefully) obvious
reasons.  Surprisingly, when I was thinking about WCW's worst angle this
year, I didn't settle for the Master P fiasco, since it did give us "I
Hate Rap" and was actually funny in a campy sort of way.  On the other
hand, Sid's "Winning Streak for the Millennium" wound up pissing me off
much more when he started running in during decent matches, especially
that one Malenko/Benoit match.  Finally, though the Big Two have many more
"worthy" candidates, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the POKER GAME
OF DOOM between Bob Orton and Jimmy Snuka.  Well you can't blame them for
trying to recreate 1985, right down to the hokey Saturday Night's Main
Event-like angles.

JOE GAGNE:  So many to choose fromàAl Snow eating Pepper was dumb on many
levels, so it takes #1.  Nothing good came out of the Big Show cancer
angle.  When the hummer driver wasn't revealed at Bash at the Beach, I
joked that we wouldn't find out until Halloween Havoc.  Oh, how wrong I
wasà

SEAN FLYNN: Once again, anti-woman angles make me unhappy, so all of these
score points.

MARK SMITH:  All three of these were really, really bad.  Amazingly
enough, all were even worse than the Flair heart attack angle, which I had
pegged as first-place in this category for sure.

ANDREW: "Who drove the Hummer?" fit right in with "Who raised the
briefcase?"

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Big Show's dad having cancer was stupid and insulting. It
(will have) provided the weakest WWF main event of 1999. Frankly, the fact
that it very much toes the line of good taste is just icing on the
dungheap. The whole Orton and Snuka thing (cause the guy cheats at
poker???) was ridiculous. And Al Snow eating Pepper was also stupid and
insulting and again, it also being rather sick was just an added bonus
feature.

SIMON ROBERTS: Way too much like a soap

EDDIE KIM: Who drove the Hummer?  My guess is that it was the Black
Scorpion.

SUGAR RAY: Boy when the bookers are clueless, the sport becomes truly
embarrassing.  Randy Savage beating women was so bad many called for hhis
firing. Big Boss Man's antics with Al Snow's pet and Paul Wight's dead
father show just how much the WWF is desperate to make us care about this
worthless piece of trash.

JEREMY SORIA: The whole Ric Flair thing was tasteless, no doubt about it.
And this was BEFORE Russo/Ferrara jumped to WCW! And the other medical
things about WWF, with Big Show and Mark Henry, were tasteless and silly,
respectively.

MICHAEL STAKELY: Worst angle Damn there are just so many to pick from this
year.

MATT SPAULDING: 1st: The one-armed man from 'The Fugitive'.  2nd: The
crowd says, "IT DOESN'T MATTER IF STING TURNED ON HOGAN!"  3rd: Nothing
against Psychosis, but phantom title changes in general are nothing but
BS, particularly the way THIS one came about...

HEATM:  There are so many to choose from, but the one that stands head and
shoulders above the rest was the Hummer angle that no one ever did solve.

ROB EVANS: Worst Angle - Sid beat nobody!  How lame is that?

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Worst Organization

Award Description:

To be given to the organization/promotion that has the worst product. This
is the organization whose TV and house shows you wouldn't even think of
attending. Probably not even as a freebie.

Previous Winners:

  1990: WWF / AWA (tie)
  1991: WCW
  1992: WWF
  1993: WCW
  1994: WCW
  1995: WCW
  1996: AWF
  1997: WCW
  1998: WCW

**1999**: WCW

265 first place votes
187 second place votes
149 third place votes

127 46 25  823   WCW
 67 40 13  481   Heroes of Wrestling
 29 19 12  226   WWF
  9 17 17  130   ECW
  8 10 24  118   NWA
  3 11 12   72   FMW
  2 14  8   68   MCW
  5  7  9   64   Stampede
  3  2  6   33   Big Japan Pro Wrestling
  3  0  2   19   NWA Worldwide
  0  5  2   19   NJPW
  1  1  4   16   Clique Championship Wrestling
  1  2  2   15   Power Pro
  1  2  1   13   AJPW
  2  0  1   12   ECCW
  1  1  0    8   Kick Ass Wrestling
  1  0  1    7   NWA New England
  0  1  2    7   BattlARTS
  0  2  0    6   SMW (ineligible?)
  0  2  0    6   NWA Southwest
  0  2  0    6   Michinoku Pro
  1  0  0    5   OVW
  1  0  0    5   Mid-South Wrestling (ineligible?)
  1  0  0    5   IPW
  1  0  0    5   Dandy Wrestling
  1  0  0    5   CZW
  1  0  0    5   ARISON
  0  1  1    5   NWA New Jersey
  0  1  1    5   Juggalo Championship Wrestling
  0  0  2    4   AAA
  0  1  0    3   XPW
  0  1  0    3   WCPW
  0  1  0    3   Southern States Wrestling
  0  1  0    3   IWU (Georgia)
  0  1  0    3   IWA (Australia)
  0  0  1    2   WWA
  0  0  1    2   Osaka Pro
  0  0  1    2   New Dimension Wrestling
  0  0  1    2   NWA Ohio Valley Wrestling
  0  0  1    2   King Style Pro Wrestling
  0  0  1    2   IBM (?)
  0  0  1    2   Battle Dome (not a wrestling organisation?)
  0  0  1    2   BJPW

REJECTED - ineligible

  0  4  4        WCW (duplicate)
  1  0  0        NWO
  0  0  1        UFC
  0  0  1        Break the Barrier (not a fed)

(and probably some others that I don't know about - CRZ)

EDC: Worst Organization?  WCW easily wins this honor, for killing off
their CW division. The WiFF almost won, except they got RID of Russo and
Ferrera.

OCTAVIAN:  I didn't vote for Worst Organization because I'm only familiar
with the big three in North American and AJPW.  None of them suck so much
I'd consider them the worst and I'm not about to be petty and vote an
organization as being the worst just because I don't like some of their
current wrestlers or angles.

DON BECKER:  FMW has to shove firecrackers up Eiji Ezaki's ass to get
people to care about them - that's pretty sad.  WCW just about hit rock
bottom this year with some of the worst TV since the whole Monday Night
war started.  And Heroes Of Wrestling... well, the only thing that kept
them from rating higher was the fact that they only ran one show.

MAX CHITTISTER: I haven't watched anything consistently that was bad
enough to deserve a vote.

JBELL55146: Trying to find the point where WCW actually hit rock bottom is
really hard to tell. I think the night where "Sable" was in the stands,
Master P was having fun busting country records, and Kevin Nash and Randy
Savage were pouring sewage, while Eric Bischoff kept on saying 'It's On!'
during the show showed just how low one company can get.

BLOB: WWF completely detoriated and had the absolute minimum amount of
wrestling an organization could possibly have. The emphasis on angles and
storylines diminished any value a broadcast could have, the PPV's were
extremely weak, and the bonehead angles created made this the worst year
for WWF non-ratings wise. Heroes of Wrestling was an extremely poor PPV
and wasn't worth half the price of admission. The Anus Explosion Death
Match gets #3.

DUNCAN O'SULLIVAN: I only watch the big three hence only three
organisations between the best / worst category. Anyway ECW has gotten
better since last year. Both WCW and WWF have succeeded in a 17 year
wrestling fan in switching them off. WCW gets the nod as worst
organisation as I stopped watching them first.

LEO CHIU: That's right, BATTLE DOME is more interesting than WCW.

TREVOR KING: The quality of wrestling on Stampede makes the WWF look like
All Japan. For all the talk the Hart boys make about there not being
enough wrestling out there, they certainly aren't helping by putting out
this garbage.

ELLIOT SPARKS: Worst organisation is WCW, hands down. The promotion has
suffered in every way possible this year, creatively, financially, and in
terms of injuries/talent jumping ship. Maybe more importantly, aside from
a handful of excellent matches, everything they've put on TV has been
unadulterated fuckwittery. Their choice of saviour was equally
disenchanting, as Vince Russo will only be a short-term solution - if he
solves anything at all, that is. Also, props to Heroes of Wrestling for
establishing their cack factor within seconds of their first show, and
credit to FMW for wrecking a solid product with anus explosions and porn
star rapes. What a glorious year for pro wrestling.

DONALD SEMACK:  Heroes of Wrestling was a good idea in concept ONLY after
that, well you know the rest.

DAVID HANNA:  How can WCW not win this award?  There treatment of Ric
Flair alone is reason enough to bury this organization.

SEAN FLYNN: WCW would get all my votes if I could do it.  I don't know if
they count, but HoW deserves it's vote.  And hey, it has a commish, so it
ought to be allowed.

MARK SMITH:  WCW still takes the top spot.  I really wish they would get
better.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: If Heroes of Wrestling ever try to put on another PPV, can
someone please eviscerate whoever comes up with the damn idea forthwith?
Thanks.

SEZ OF SEED: Yes, ECW's overrated.  And deteriorating.  And relys on cheap
heat.  And the fans are obnoxious.  Deal with it.

COLIN MACKINNON: Heroes of Wrestling was a bad idea just waiting to
happen.  FMW still has good matches, but they've gotten even more
tasteless. Examples: Urinating on Arai in public, having porn stars in
matches, sticking dynamite up people's asses...  The list goes on.  WCW is
going downhill fast, thanks to Russo and Ferrera.

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Worst TV Show

Award Description:

To be given to what is on average the worst wrestling TV show. In 1994, TV
shows and major shows were given separate award categories.

Previous Winners:

  1991: 07/07/91: WCW Great American Bash
  1992: 12/03/91: WWF This Tuesday In Texas
  1993: 04/04/93: WWF WrestleMania IX
  1994: WCW World Wide
  1995: WWF Mania
  1996: AWF Warriors of Wrestling
  1997: WWF LiveWire
  1998: WCW Worldwide

**1999**: WCW Thunder

284 first place votes
256 second place votes
231 third place votes

 71 60 30  595   WCW Thunder
 62 29 21  439   WCW Worldwide
 40 37 38  387   WCW Saturday Night
 38 26 23  314   WCW Monday Nitro
 14 27 27  205   WWF LiveWire
  9 19  9  120   WCW Pro
 18  5  6  117   WWF RAW is WAR
  8 13 12  103   WWF Sunday Night Heat
  3 14 13   83   WWF Superstars
  7  5 15   80   ECW on TNN
  3  8 19   77   WWF Jakked / Metal
  2  7  7   45   WWF SmackDown!
  1  3  6   26   NWA World Wide Wrestling
  3  1  0   18   Stampede Wrestling
  1  2  1   13   ECW Hardcore TV
  1  0  1    7   WWF Los SuperAstros
  1  0  0    5   World Wrestling Alliance (NWA Southwest) TV
  1  0  0    5   WCW Main Event
  1  0  0    5   NWA New England weekly tv show
  0  0  1    2   Ultimate Professional Wrestling
  0  0  1    2   Kick Ass Wrestling weekly TV
  0  0  1    2   Heroes Of Wrestling

EDC: The only real problem I had with Nitro is that they still had Hogan
and co. on there. RAW and Thunder were terrible this year. Nitro stunk to
high Heaven.

DON BECKER: WWF LiveWire is just pointless, and has been since they got
rid of the call-in format.  WCW Worldwide is like Saturday Night without
the charm.  And Thunder was Nitro Lite for most of '99.

MAX CHITTISTER: I haven't watched anything consistently that was bad
enough to deserve a vote.

BLOB: WWF almost clean sweeps this category but good old WCW Pro throws
them a bone.

JOHN C.:If you've sat through an hour of WCW Worldwide I seriously hope
you took a trip to the doctor to make sure you are thinking properly.

ELLIOT SPARKS: Worst TV show? Nitro was bad, Thunder was worse. But since
there's more Nitro than Thunder, the balance of abysmality has been
returned to normal. Raw gets third for epitomising the evil (or at the
very least, predictable) nature of today's WWF.

DAVID HANNA:  WCW has been very hard to watch this year.  Be it on TV or
PPV.  Its hard to believe that Nitro used to paste Raw in the ratings.
That everyone wore NWO shirts and they were hip and cool.  1998 was the
transition year. 1999 was when Nitro hit the bottom.  I put Nitro first
because for being a "flagship" show that hardly ever delivered anything
memorable in the past 52 weeks.  Can anyone sit through 3 hours of Nitro?

SEAN FLYNN:  I hate WCW shows this year.  The big shows had nothing to go
for them, and the little shows had some nice technical skills, but nothing
tying it together.

COLIN MACKINNON: Worldwide, Superstars and LiveWire are all pointless
recap shows with little unique footage/matches.  Worldwide is the only
exception, but decent matches are rare there.

JEREMY SORIA: Worldwide turned into a clip show, and there is one less
place for some up-and-coming wrestlers to show their talents. What a
shame.

SELENA KYTE:  There's senior bowling, senior golf, and for all intensive
purposes, senior boxing.  Thanks to Heroes Of Wrestling, now there's an
official seniot pro wrestling circuit.  From what I've read of the
pay-per-view, it's probably not a good idea to have too many of these
things.  Aren't reunion banquets and autograph shows enough?

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Worst Major Show

Award Description:

To be given to the worst major event. This could be a pay-per-view, a TV
special, or any big arena event. In 1994, TV shows and major shows were
given separate award categories.

Previous Winners:

  1991: 07/07/91: WCW Great American Bash
  1992: 12/03/91: WWF This Tuesday In Texas
  1993: 04/04/93: WWF WrestleMania IX
  1994: 06/19/94: WWF King of the Ring
  1995: 03/19/95: WCW Uncensored
  1996: 03/24/96: WCW Uncensored
  1997: 01/25/97: NWO Souled Out
  1998: 08/08/98: WCW Road Wild

**1999**: 10/10/99: Heroes of Wrestling

271 first place votes
231 second place votes
216 third place votes

126  8  9  672   10/10/99 Heroes of Wrestling
 22 41 36  305   07/11/99 WCW Bash at the Beach
 18 38 21  246   08/14/99 WCW Road Wild
 19 24 17  201   05/23/99 WWF Over the Edge
  9 13  9  102   09/26/99 WWF Unforgiven
  3 13 23  100   06/27/99 WWF King of the Ring
  8 10 12   94   09/12/99 WCW Fall Brawl
  8  9 12   91   01/17/99 WCW Souled Out
  9 10  7   89   10/24/99 WCW Halloween Havoc
  9  6  7   77   11/15/98 WWF Survivor Series
  3 12 11   73   03/14/99 WCW Uncensored
  7  9  5   72   03/28/99 WWF WrestleMania XV
  5  5 15   70   01/24/99 WWF Royal Rumble
  3 11  4   56   06/13/99 WCW Great American Bash
  4  5  6   47   02/21/99 WCW Superbrawl IX
  2  5  1   27   12/27/98 WCW Starrcade
  0  1  4   11   05/16/99 ECW Hardcore Heaven
  2  0  0   10   05/16/99 WWF UK No Mercy
  0  1  3    9   05/09/99 WCW Slamboree
  1  0  1    7   04/11/99 WCW Spring Stampede
  1  0  0    5   11/22/98 WCW World War III
  1  0  0    5   10/11/99 WWF RAW is WAR (Atlanta)
  0  0  2    4   08/03/99 WCW Nitro Girls
  0  0  2    4   03/21/99 ECW Living Dangerously
  0  1  0    3   10/17/99 WWF No Mercy
  0  0  1    2   09/28/99 New Japan Jingu Stadium
  0  0  1    2   08/02/99 ECW Heat Wave
  0  0  1    2   04/25/99 WWF Backlash

REJECTED - either not a "Major Show" or not within 11/02/98-11/01/99

  4  1  1                 WCW Thunder
  4  0  0                 WCW Monday Nitro
  1  2  0                 "Tie" votes
  1  0  1        11/07/99 WCW Mayhem
  0  2  0                 WWF SmackDown!
  0  2  0        11/14/99 WWF Survivor Series
  1  0  0                 ECW on TNN
  0  1  1        10/10/99 Heroes of Wrestling
  0  1  0                 War Games
  0  1  0                 WWF RAW is WAR
  0  0  1                 WWF Sunday Night Heat
  0  0  1                 WCW Saturday Night
  0  0  1                 NWO (?)
  0  0  1                 ECW Hardcore TV

CHRIS BIRD: Heroes of Wrestling was bad comedy. WrestleMania XV was a
travesty and the worst Mania since the dreaded #9. The Royal Rumble didn't
have any good matches and Vince McMahon won the damn thing.

EDC: I didn't even bother watching the bad shows, so how would I know...

K. CANZANELLA: WWF King of the Ring had no good matches. It was 3 hours of
nothingness. For a show named WrestleMania, there sure wasn't a lot of
it...

SVEN MASCARENHAS: The Royal Rumble was an embarrassment, from the missed
three count in the European Title match to the disturbing ending to the
Rock / Mankind match. Road Wild and BatB were the two most prominent
Nash-booked shows: 'nuff said.

AARON: Heroes Of Wrestling was the worst PPV I'd ever had the displeasure
of watching. The only saving point was Jake making a fool of himself. Bad
matches, bad announcing, bad editing and really bad facelifts (Sherri).
Over The Edge will hopefully be the last time it's ever called that, and
The Royal Rumble almost caused a riot at my house.

DON BECKER: Is there any doubt that Heroes Of Wrestling will win this one?
WWF Over The Edge simply should not have continued, with Owen Hart's death
casting a pall over the rest of the show.  WCW Bash At The Beach had
little redeeming qualities.

MAX CHITTISTER: It's not the WWF's fault, but I had to vote for Over the
Edge. But it still wasn't as bad as Heroes of Wrestling.

BLOB: WWF OTE cost Owen Hart his life and therefore is the worst PPV of
the year. Wrestlemania XV was the weakest Wrestlemania ever with the
exception of WM 11. WCW Bash At The Beach was terrible as a crapppy
Hardcore Battle Royal and tag match main event pretty much sealed its
fate.

GEORGE CARTER:  The worst pay per view of all-time, Over the Edge.

JOHN C.:Please no more mention of the Heroes of Wrestling PPV. Road Wild
had Hogan, Nash, Sid, Savage and Rodman in "big" matches so how could that
not be the worst one of the year? I put Over The Edge number three because
we lost Owen Hart on what was the saddest day in wrestling this year for
sure.

RUTGERSGYM: Now, anyone who knows me knows that I am probably one of the
biggest '80s buffs there is.  But Heroes of Wrestling was not nostalgia,
it was an endless parade of flabby thighs, pot bellies, and worse puppies
than Mae Young's.  And of course bad wrestling.  When Jim Neidhart and
King Kong Bundy are the only guys on the card who actually still look like
wrestlers, you know you have a problem.

JOE GAGNE: I only voted for Heroes of Wrestling, because nothing else came
close to its awfulness.  It's like the AWF all over again.

SEAN FLYNN:  HoW sucked_.it sucked so bad.  The summer this year of WCW
was atrocious, into summer of 91 levels bad.  Piper and Bagwell boxing.
Master P and the No Talent soldiers_HOOTY HOO!

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Heroes of Wrestling, of course. Over the Edge was, aside
from the obvious, just a really crappy wrestling show to boot. (I refuse
to comment on the show continuing. What the hell would *you* have done if
you were in Vince's position, people? In my case, I really don't know.)
Halloween Havoc gets third on account of just really, really sucking in
the typical WCW way.

SIMON ROBERTS: May not be a major show but it was the biggest waste of
money ever (I get US PPV's for Free BTW) It opened with Tiger Ali Singh v.
Gillberg and did not get much better

SUGAR RAY: I knew Heroes of wrestling would suck. I just knew it. I could
smell it from miles away. I mean come on now, for years we have been
whining about the old guys holding the spotlight. So when they decided to
make a pay per view with seniors only, my conclusion was that only a
complete moron would actually buy that shit. It turned out even worse than
expected. Hey oldies, thanks for the memories, but now, retire and don't
come back, E-V-E-R.

RICK SCAIA:  Perhaps the easiest no-brainer on the entire ballot: picking
the Heroes of Wrestling PPV as the Worst Major Show of 1999.  Everything
about it was awful, from the production to the match quality to the
announcing. In fact, it was so bad that it actually crossed over to the
point where I was glad I saw it.  So awful it was actually funny, the HOW
event joins some very select company such as the old AWF weekly show and
some of the old WCW mini-movies.  Just dreadful.  And yet, I could not
turn away!

JEREMY SORIA: Heroes of Wrestling would have been good if they only wanted
to wax nostalgic and not try to relive the early-mid '80s. (Also if Jake
Roberts stayed on the wagon.)  The Royal Rumble was ruined by Russo and
Ferrara in 1999. Shame.  And the whole tragedy of Over the Edge got a lot
of criticism for a lot of folks, but hey, it's true what they say, the
show MUST go on.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Worst Major Show.  I went through my old PPV
ratings and took the three I rated as the worst. 1st: 10/24/99 WCW
Halloween Havoc, 2nd: 07/25/99 WWF Fully Loaded (write-in, so I'll
probably be the only one voting on this one) , 3rd: 09/12/99 WCW Fall
Brawl.  Well crap, man.  Guess there goes my title of being so WCW-biased
that I can't be objective.  Guess the one-third that claim I'm WWF-biased
were right after all. ;-)

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Worst Promotional Move

Award Description:

To be given to the worst move made by a promotion this past year. This could
include giving somebody a push, demoting someone, firing someone hiring
someone, or anything of a promotional nature.

Previous Winners:

  1991: WCW loses Ric Flair
  1992: WCW bans off the top rope moves under Bill Watts
  1993: WCW tapes 13 weeks of TV at one time in Orlando, Fla.
  1994: WCW lets Hulk Hogan control his scenarios
  1995: WCW gives Hulk Hogan too much control
  1996: WWF lets Scott Hall and/or Kevin Nash go
  1997: Sting doesn't wrestle for the entire year
  1998: WCW sues Ric Flair, causing nearly five month absence from television

**1999**: (Tie) WCW lets big names go / WCW signs musical acts for Nitro

321 first place votes
295 second place votes
289 third place votes

 32 28 15  274   WCW lets big names go (Chris Jericho/Raven/Giant)
 30 26 23  274   WCW signing too many musicians (Chad Brock/Megadeth/KISS)
 18 30 13  206   WCW forms major angle around Master P, No Limit Soldiers
 29  5 11  182   WCW signs Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara
 29  7  6  178   WWF continues pay-per-view after Owen Hart's death
 20  6 15  148   WCW books Eric Bischoff over Ric Flair
 13 11 16  130   WCW brings back Hulkamania
 14  8  4  102   Vince McMahon engages in public debate with Martha Hart
 12 10  5  100   WWF loses Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara
 10 10 10  100   WWF converts to almost all "sports entertainment"
  8 11 13   99   WCW lets wrestlers book themselves
  7 12 12   95   WCW pushes old guys ahead of young talent
  8  4 10   72   ECW lets Dudley Boyz and Taz go
  3 13  8   70   WCW removes Lenny & Lodi from television
  4 11  6   65   WCW brings back Dennis Rodman...again
  5  2  8   47   WrestleLine absorbs WrestleManiacs
  5  3  5   44   WCW plays Konnan's rap videos repeatedly
  5  2  4   39   Overabundance of man vs. woman matches
  2  5  7   39   WWF gives light heavyweight title to Duane Gill
  4  5  0   35   Vince McMahon wins the Royal Rumble
  3  6  1   35   WCW jobs out Flair
  2  5  5   35   WWF gives the title to Vince McMahon
  2  4  5   32   WCW turns Sting heel
  4  1  3   29   WCW gives Hulk Hogan the title
  2  3  4   27   WCW books first loss for Goldberg
  3  1  2   22   WCW breaks up Four Horsemen
  2  3  1   21   WWF pushes Triple H
  2  3  1   21   WCW lets Kevin Nash book
  2  0  5   20   WWF brings back Mabel
  1  1  6   20   WWF airs "This is Your Life" skit
  2  2  0   16   WCW announces million dollar giveaway
  0  3  3   15   WWF turns Hardcore division into comedy matches
  2  0  2   14   WCW gives Rick Steiner TV title
  0  3  2   13   WWF pairs Chris Jericho with Curtis Hughes
  0  2  3   12   WWF lets Jeff Jarrett go
  1  2  0   11   WWF bends to the PTC
  2  0  0   10   WWF gives intercontinental title to Chyna
  2  0  0   10   Oklahoma
  1  1  1   10   WCW fires Eric Bischoff
  0  3  0    9   WCW promotes women as T&A
  1  1  0    8   WWF signs Public Enemy
  0  0  4    8   WCW culminates Hardcore division with lame junkyard battle royal
  1  0  1    7   WWF breaks up D-Generation X
  0  1  2    7   WWF starts producing SmackDown!
  0  1  2    7   WCW signs Sid Vicious
  0  2  0    6   WWF gives title to Big Show
  0  2  0    6   WCW books celebrities in wrestling matches
  1  0  0    5   Warrior wrestles
  1  0  0    5   WWF's losing Russo and Ferrara as head writers
  1  0  0    5   WWF unites Ministry of Darkness and Corporation
  1  0  0    5   WWF signs Paul Wight
  1  0  0    5   WWF re-signs Mideon
  1  0  0    5   WWF loses sponsors
  1  0  0    5   WWF does not have its creative team under long-term contract
  1  0  0    5   WWF buries D'Lo Brown
  1  0  0    5   WWF books Big Show cancer angle
  1  0  0    5   WWF & WCW & FMW de-emphasizing in ring product in lieu of soap opera
  1  0  0    5   WCW/WWF loses Terry Taylor
  1  0  0    5   WCW turns Hulk Hogan face
  1  0  0    5   WCW re-signs Hulk Hogan
  1  0  0    5   WCW pushes Cat
  1  0  0    5   WCW lets Nitro Girls act
  1  0  0    5   WCW hires celebrities to wrestle and announce
  1  0  0    5   WCW drops the NWO
  1  0  0    5   WCW brings in ARLI$$
  1  0  0    5   WCW books Bret Hart in a match with Will Sasso
  1  0  0    5   WCW becomes more like the WWF
  1  0  0    5   Vince McMahon continues Over the Edge after Owen's death
  1  0  0    5   Too many title changes
  1  0  0    5   Tanaka's roaring elbow
  1  0  0    5   Hyping Hogan v Warrior
  1  0  0    5   Hulk Hogan not really fired
  1  0  0    5   ECW doesn't push young wrestlers
  1  0  0    5   Chad Brock on Nitro
  1  0  0    5   "Beyond the Mat" not getting nationwide release this year
  0  1  1    5   WCW gives United States title to Sid Vicious
  0  1  1    5   Shinya Hashimoto buried
  0  0  2    4   WWF suspends Luna
  0  0  2    4   WWF goes public
  0  0  2    4   WWF brings back Fabulous Moolah
  0  0  2    4   WCW loses Chris Jericho
  0  0  2    4   Sherri Martel wins and defends the AWA Superstars Of Wrestling Women's title against men in "drag queen" clothing
  0  0  2    4   Overabundance of matches featuring non-wrestlers
  0  0  2    4   Jingyu Stadium Show
  0  1  0    3   WWF trains fans to ignore wrestling
  0  1  0    3   WWF slows Chris Jericho's push
  0  1  0    3   WWF reforms D-Generation X
  0  1  0    3   WWF pushes Mr. Ass
  0  1  0    3   WWF pushes Mae Young
  0  1  0    3   WWF not pushing Edge/Christian to the moon
  0  1  0    3   WWF encourages voting Mankind for Time's Man of the Year
  0  1  0    3   WWF doesn't deliver Austin at Survivor Series
  0  1  0    3   WWF continues to push Big Bossman
  0  1  0    3   WWF breaks up New Age Outlaws
  0  1  0    3   WWF books wedding angle
  0  1  0    3   WWF airs footage from Big Show's father's funeral
  0  1  0    3   WCW signs Tank Abbott
  0  1  0    3   WCW releases reformed NWO merchandise
  0  1  0    3   WCW lets Russo & Incest Boy run wild
  0  1  0    3   WCW lets NWO angle linger
  0  1  0    3   WCW let wrestlers book themselves
  0  1  0    3   WCW leaves Bischoff in charge for as long as they did
  0  1  0    3   WCW keeps Ric Flair off TV
  0  1  0    3   WCW ignores luchadores
  0  1  0    3   WCW hotshots ideal main events for Starrcade on Nitro
  0  1  0    3   WCW gives David Flair the US title for a long time
  0  1  0    3   WCW doesn't let Ric Flair go
  0  1  0    3   Steve Austin's Thesz Press
  0  1  0    3   Russo/Ferrara jump made so public
  0  1  0    3   Misawa fights Vader 4 times
  0  1  0    3   Ken Shamrock injured
  0  1  0    3   Jim Ross getting mocked by Ferarra and Dr. Death
  0  1  0    3   Eric Bischoff allows any wrestler unhappy with WCW to leave
  0  1  0    3   ECW rehires Sandman
  0  1  0    3   ECW puts on crappy show on TNN
  0  1  0    3   ECW keeps the same midcard angles for years
  0  1  0    3   ECW keeps same format for TV when they get national
  0  1  0    3   Big Show vs. Bossman Headlines pay-per-view
  0  0  1    2   Women beating trends for all
  0  0  1    2   WWF turns Heat into clip show
  0  0  1    2   WWF signs British Bulldog
  0  0  1    2   WWF releases Oddities
  0  0  1    2   WWF loses Acclaim as game makers
  0  0  1    2   WWF hires Taz
  0  0  1    2   WWF forces employees to sign one-year no-compete contracts
  0  0  1    2   WWF cheapens ten bell salute
  0  0  1    2   WWF cancels Los SuperAstros
  0  0  1    2   WCW retains Hogan, Piper, Savage etc
  0  0  1    2   WCW releases Scott Norton
  0  0  1    2   WCW not Firing Bishoff Sooner
  0  0  1    2   WCW makes Road Wild free
  0  0  1    2   WCW frequently mentions the WWF
  0  0  1    2   WCW books one-day World title reign for Randy Savage
  0  0  1    2   WCW books Goldberg vs. Sid
  0  0  1    2   WCW books Bret Hart "retirement"
  0  0  1    2   WCW allows Hulk Hogan to continue wrestling
  0  0  1    2   WCW & WWF treats foreign wrestlers badly
  0  0  1    2   Vince McMahon's TV hiatus shortened
  0  0  1    2   Steve Austin re-injured
  0  0  1    2   Stampede returns to television
  0  0  1    2   Rena Mero sues WWF
  0  0  1    2   Rena Mero gets a front row seat to Nitro
  0  0  1    2   New Japan brings in Atsushi Onita
  0  0  1    2   Kane's fist off top ropes
  0  0  1    2   ECW gives the World title to Mike Awesome
  0  0  1    2   ECW falls into "sports entertainment"
  0  0  1    2   Beaver Cleavage

JEREMY MORAN: Yes, I voted for the signing of Russo & Ferrara as best and
worst promotional moves.  When it happened, it was one of the biggest
things that had happened to WCW.  Finally, they had people who could write
coherent storylines.  Unfortunately, since then we've had to deal with the
Fucking Powers That Be, who've not only booked themselves into the lead
angle, they're booking the whole damn federation around themselves.

EDC: I truely think that Russo and Ferrera are Wrestling's equivlant to
the Anti-Christs. Everything they do is too glamourized, too main stream.
And as everybody knows, too Mainstream really sucks;)

K. CANZANELLA: WCW hiring Master P is even worse of a move when you
consider they blew all that money on a guy who wasn't over instead of on
keeping Chris Jericho. Misawa fighting Vader 4 times was a huge mistake
because of the fact that Vader, who should have been pushed as an
unstoppable monster, jobbed in almost all of the big singles matches
between them. Things can only get worse in WCW with Russo and Ferrera
around...

SCOTT GRIFFITH:  Another category with a plethora of choices.

SVEN MASCARENHAS: Goldberg's first loss being anything less than an epic,
last stand defense of his title against insurmountable odds and a greater
power (or, better still, Bret Hart) was an insult to fans everywhere, and
pretty much killed the Goldberg mystique. Master P I've already screamed
about, and the removal of Lenny and Lodi due to political pressure is an
example of why WCW will never be up to the WWF's standards: they just
aren't willing to take any chances.

AARON: Wrestlemaniacs became unreadable after they sold out. Bringing back
Curtis Hughes was a huge mistake on the part of the WWF, and set Jericho
back a couple months in the process. Stampede makes me vomit in terror.

DON BECKER: Vince McMahon's verbal sparring with a grieving widow is
pretty low, even for Vinnie Mac.  Continuing the Over The Edge PPV was
also not what I would've done, though I do have to give credit to the guys
for at least continuing the PPV at a difficult time.  As for WrestleLine
and Wrestlemaniacs, the big problem with it is that they ended up spaying
and neutering the WM staff - Online Onslaught, while still a good opinion
piece, just doesn't have the bite it used to (sorry, Rick.)

SHAWN MULLIN: I don't know what I would have done in Vince's place, but
continuing the PPV got him more bad press, and negative vibes than
anything he's done in a while, so in retrospect it wasn't a good PR move.

MAX CHITTISTER: Burying guys who get over, resigning guys who were pains
in the ass to begin with, and booking the wrong talent to win... welcome
to WCW.

JBELL55146: Ya can't really have a Young Vs. Old fued when the old doesn't
want to lose, now can ya?  WCW letting Jericho, Wright and Raven go will
come back to haunt them for a long time. And since when did Nitro become
American Bandstand anyway?

BLOB: The WCW signing of Russo and Ferrera completely made it sports
entertainment and cut the wrestling completely out. ECW's loss of the
Dudley Boyz and Taz was hard for the organization because these 3
wrestlers have been around ECW for a long time and are misused/will be
misused in WWF. The hardcore division of WCW was pitiful with the only
good matches involving ECW greats Bam Bam Bigelow, Raven and the Sandman.

GEORGE CARTER:  All three of my choices are somehow related to each other.
My top ope was WCW letting go of Jericho/Giant/Raven. Instead of paying
those guys more money (or giving them more of a spotlight), Eric chose
give that money and spotlight to Master P & friends (KISS and the great
Chad Brock).

JOHN C.:WCW booking musicians on a wrestling show every week pissed me off
more than anything this year. It's not something I want to see when I
watch a wrestling OR sports entertainment company. WCW bringing back
Rodman is the second worst because he was nowhere near the $1 million he
got paid. There were way too many matches involving men vs. women so that
turned out to be my third choice.

MIKE SCHIRO:  The state of American wrestling absolutely sucks.  I had
such a hard time picking from this list of nominees because there were not
many things done right this year.

JON RICHARDSON: WCW signing Vince Russo and Ed Ferrera will most certainly
come back to haunt them.  While there has been a short term jump in the
ratings for now, as they move further and further away from anything
resembling wrestling they will turn off all of the core WCW audience.
They aren't drawing new fans into wrestling like they were able to in the
WWF, and the WWF is still doing "Russo and Ferrera" better than Russo and
Fererra.  WCW also obviously hasn't learned anything from repeatedly
giving Dusty Rhodes booking power as Kevin Nash was given control of the
federation.  We were then treated to months of the laziest man in
wrestling putting himself over everybody else.  Finally, I hate to dwell
on this point, but the whole Master P thing will go down in history as one
of the worst ideas ever.

DONALD SEMACK:  Why didn't the WWF reschedule later in the week and offer
refunds.  Is it really that hard to show some respect?

RUTGERSGYM: When the "powers that be" signed with WCW, I remember Vince
Russo saying that talent such as Chris Benoit would finally get a chance
to get over.  Unfortunately, he seems to fail to get that wrestlers like
Benoit can be entertaining by being great workers who wrestle great
matches.  The Filthy Animals and the Revolution have been wasted in this
manner as well IMO.  Since the WWF's talent pool is a little thinner, I
excused their reliance on sports entertainment from being second, but
placed it third because there were a lot of matches I wish got more time
(Jericho vs. D-Lo comes to mind) .  The middle spot is held by the WWF not
quite following up the awesome debut Chris Jericho got (though the worst
of course came after the voting period)

SEAN FLYNN:  ECW could have used Taz very well now as they go national.
WCW let go the biggest superstar of the next 10 years.  In returns they
ended up with Jeff "slapnuts" Jarrett, and the Wonder Twins.  Mark my
words, Russo will kill WCW to a point where rating go under 2.5 every
week.

LUCAS HARRIS: In a year this crappy, it's hard to choose JUST 3.

MARK SMITH:  I really thought WCW would take all the spots this year.
The first one went to them for letting all the big names go, but second
went to the WWF for letting Russo and Ferrara get away.  I was really
shocked when I read that at work one day.  Also, Master P was truly the
low point for WCW this year.

B. SZPAKOWICZ: Losing two of your main writers is *never* a good thing.
The WWF may have come out of Russo and Ferrara's defection unscathed, but
it could have been disastrous. Note to WCW, re: Sting: Turning your second
biggest babyface heel just to pop a cheep rating is just plain *dumb*.
Especially when you don't give the fans any concrete reason to boo him, as
the WWF did with Rock after Survivor Series. Oh and, guys, I know that I
for one never, ever, e-e-e-ever needed to see Hulk fucking Hogan again.
Especially when the Hollywood gimmick was far more palatable.

SIMON ROBERTS: Killed the potentially good light-heavyweight division for
the sake of a bad joke

SEZ OF SEED: Hmmm, who'd have thunk it.  Russo screwed up WCW.  No one
really...  No wait.  I did.

THERION: Special honorable mention for WrestleLine absorbs WrestleManiacs

SUGAR RAY: Vince continuing the pay per view after Owen's death shows just
how much of a heartless jackass he really is. As for WCW giving the US
title to David Flair, that shows how stupid WCW can be. So many others
would have benefited from such a long push.

COLIN MACKINNON: Signing Russo/Ferrera is going to seriously hurt WCW in
the long run, if things don't quite go the way they planned.  Announcing a
million dollar contest and never following up on it is a fantastic way to
get some PR, as well.  Finally, you can't deny the fact that Duane Gill
pretty much killed off the WWF Light Heavyweight Division for the time
being, and humiliated people like Taka Michinoku, Christian, etc. during
the process.  Horrible move by the WWF, in terms of match quality, etc.

JUSTIN JONES: Continuing the "Over the Edge" PPV after Owen's death was
the wrong decision, and it made Vince look even slimier than usual. And
only Eric Bischoff would have the hubris to book himself over the greatest
performer in the history of "our sport".

SELENA KYTE:  A lot of items on this list are probably complaints of those
who don't like the growing emphasis on outside the ring, very adult themed
storylines.  Others may see these things as being good for the industry,
and good for their short attention spans.  It's probably all based on a
person's perspective.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: Worst Promotional Move was another that was hard to
limit.  If I ignore the WCW musician votes and decide against the write-in
for Rey being mini-Konnan, I'm left with: 1. WWF continues pay-per-view
after Owen Hart's death 2. Vince McMahon engages in public debate with
Martha Hart 3. WCW lets big names go (Jericho/Raven/Giant)  4. WWF hires
Taz 5. WCW pushes old guys ahead of young talent. 6. WCW removes Lenny &
Lodi from television 7. WWF converts to almost all "sports entertainment"
8. WWF loses Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara 9. WCW signs Shane Douglas 10. WWF
gives Vince McMahon the title 11. WWF gives light heavyweight title to
Duane Gill 12. WWF pairs Chris Jericho with Curtis Hughes 13. WWF pushes
Triple H as monster heel, gives him world title 14. WWF signs British
Bulldog 15. WWF turns hardcore division into comedy matches

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And now, the 'netter-suggested Awards...

Funniest Moments in Sports Entertainment
1st: Hardcore Holly tells Gangrel, "Dracula you fat bastard" to get on the
scale and he does!!
2nd: Mankind as Rocky's #1 fan during the 'Rise and Fall of the Rock and
Sock Connection'
3rd: Rock's impersonations of other wrestlers

Best Online commentator:  (3 way tie) CRZ, Micasa, Netcop

Best Active Canadian Wrestler
1st: Chris Jericho
2nd: Edge
3rd: Val Venis

The Owen Hart Award for the Wrestler with ****+ Workrate who has Actual
Heat!
1st: Owen Hart
2nd: Chris Jericho
3rd: Chris Benoit

Best Booker
1st: Vince McMahon
2nd: Vince Russo
3rd: Al Snow (credited with coming up with Socko)

Hottest Wrestling Chick
1st: Ryan Shamrock
2nd: Gorgeous George
3rd: Sable

Best spot of the year: Chris Benoit's diving headbutt off the cage. The
first one, on Thunder.

Tears of Sorrow:  Hearing about the death of Owen Hart Hearing about the
death of Ravishing Rick Rude Hearing about the death of Gorilla Monsoon

Tears of Joy/Never been prouder:  Watching Mick Foley win the WWF title
Watching the WWF put on a non-gimmick card in memory of Owen Hart Watching
the Taz vs Shane Douglas match from the ECW arena

Worst Promotional Move (cross-promotional)  By the time this is printed,
there will be 19 World Title reigns in the last 12 months in both the WWF
and WCW, including 1 reign by a non-wrestler (Vince McMahon) and 1 really
undeserved reign from Hulk Hogan

Greatest Moments of the Year:  Foley winning the world title Ric Flair &
Arn Anderson reuinite the Horsemen (not sure if that was last year???)
Chris Jericho's debut in the WWF The Sandman returns to the ECW Arena

Most Memorable Moment:  Chris Jericho Appears on RAW

Most Memorable Interview:  Mankind "This is your life" for the Rock

Most Unapreciated thing in wrestling: WWF Heat's Deja-Video

Most biased Internet reporter: Bob Ryder

worst internet reporter: Dave Sherer

Best Internet Reporter: None they all suck

Best Internet Wrestling Event: Scotsman's "Fool the net reporters"

Best Wrestler Website:  Chris Jericho

Best Wrestling Oppinion board: www.xwrestling.com/uncensored (wrestling
uncensored)

Worst Wrestling website: www.prowrestling.com

Best (Catch)phrase:
1st: Scott Steiner's "Big Bad Booty Daddy"
2nd: Rock's "That Jabronie Juventud"
3rd: Mankind's "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I THINK!"

Worst (Catch)phrase:
1st: Rick Steiner's "Want Some? Come Get Some!"
2nd: Chris Benoit's "Silent But Violent!"
3rd: Taz's "Beat me if you can.  Survive if I let you."

Hottest Female:
1st: Torrie Wilson
2nd: Ryan Shamrock
3rd: Miss Kitty

Nastiest Female:
1st: Mae Young
2nd: Fabulous Moolah
3rd: Luna Vachon

Best Chat Area:
1st: EFnet's #wrestling
2nd: Dalnet's #wwf
3rd: Undernet's #wrestling

Best Radio Show:
1st: Between The Ropes (www.betweentheropes.com"
2nd: WCW Live (webevents.broadcast.com/wcw/radioshow)
3rd: LAW (www.liveaudiowrestling.com)

Best News Reporter
1st: CRZ
2nd: CRZ
3rd: CRZ
(whoops, did I suck up just a little?)
(I DARE you to find the last time I reported NEWS ;-) - CRZ)

Worst Utilization of Talent: WCW

The New York times shocker award: Mick Foley, Best Selling author...I
doubt anyone thought it would be this big.

The English as a Second Language award: La Parka and Kaz Hayashi, who
'learned' perfect english in less than a weeks time...

The Chinese Martial Arts Movie Dubbing award- Or look, the words don't
match their mouth movements- WCW...They make Jacky Chan movies seem well
dubbed...:)

The Don't you wish they were as over as Pokemon award: Kaientai and Kaz
Hayashi, who should be as over with wrestling fans as the other Japanese
import is over with Kids

The Ralphus Award:  Howard Finkel, who tried damn hard to be a good
Ralphus!!!

MY Gawd, I can't believe he did that award:  Shared by Chris Benoit for
his two Top of the cage diving head butts, and Shane McMahon who proved to
be quite the little bump taker.

The pot Calling the Kettle black award: To the WWF, who actually had a
champion older than Hulk Hogan. You go Moolah!!

Best Ring Intro Music
1st: Jericho
2nd: HHH
3rd: Godfather

I wouldn't mind seeing a category called "Best Markout Moment"
1st:  Jericho debuts as countdown ends
2nd:  Shane McMahon with top rope elbow onto Test/Spanish Announce Table
3rd:  Mankind wins WWF title

Another cool category would be "Best/Worst Entrance Music"
1st:  The Rock

2nd:  Jericho
3rd:  HHH Worst
1st:  Mr. Ass

longest running angle:  Who is selling out.  It all makes sense now back
at Summerslam 92 Randy Savage sold out and had Mr Perfect in his corner
thus he kept the title.  When he left to go to WCW and joined the NWO Curt
Hennig joined up.  Now with all that History clearly Curt Hennig drove the
hummer and he and Savage will soon join up to rule the wrestling
world!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after Savage passes the torch to him at a big
ceremony.

Most Controversial Angle:  Undertaker/Ministry vs. WWF

Worst Champion
1st: Rick Steiner (WCW TV)
2nd: Mideon (WWF Euro)
3rd: Barry & Kendall Windham (WCW Tag Team)

Best Entrance Music
1st: D'Lo Brown
2nd: Edge
3rd: X-Pac

Biggest Upset
1st: Lenny over Rey Mysterio Jr. (Thunder WCW Cruiserweight title)
2nd: Hardy Boyz over Acolytes (RAW WWF Tag Team title)
3rd: Val Venis over Mankind (WWF No Mercy)

CRZ SEZ: "Whew!!  It's done - AGAIN!  THANKS EVERYBODY!  SEE YOU NEXT
YEAR!  NOW GO VISIT MY GODDAM WEBSITE!  ;-)"