2008 Year End Awards

I will put the winner, then I will put the winner for the other 2 promotions after.

Promotion Of The Year - WWE (just ahead of ROH)
ROH, TNA

Overall Wrestler of the Year - Nigel McGuinness/Bryan Danielson
WWE - Shawn Michaels
TNA - Kurt Angle

Match Of The Year - Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness (6th Anniversary Show)
WWE - Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels (Wrestlemania 24)
TNA - Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett (Bound for Glory)
PWG - Bryan Danielson vs. Low-Ki (All Star Weekend VI Night 1)
Kensuke Office - Kenta Kobashi, KENTA, Atsushi Aoki & Akihiko Ito vs. Kensuke Sasaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Takashi Okita & Kento Miyahara
WxW - Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Hero (3/9)
NOAH - KENTA vs. Naomchi Marufuji (10/25)
FIP - Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens (Redifined)
BJW - Daisuke Sekimoto & Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Takashi Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto (1/2)
NJPW - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (1/4)
Dragon Gate - Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino vs. Shingo Takagi & BxB Hulk (1/15)
ZERO1-MAX - Masato Tanaka vs. Daisuke Sekimoto 1/1

Show/Card Of The Year - ROH 6th Anniversary Show
PWG All Star Weekend VI Night 1
Neither WWE or TNA are able to win this category.

PPV Of The year - WWE Wrestlemania 24
TNA - Bound for Glory
ROH - Take No Prisoners

Babyface Of The Year - Danielson
WWE - Cena
TNA - Styles

Heel Of The Year - Nigel McGuinness
WWE - Jericho
TNA - Angle

Diva Of The Year - Amesome Kong
WWE - Beth Phoenix
ROH - MsChif

Tag Team Of The Year - Age of the Fall
WWE - Miz & Morrison
TNA - Motor City Machine Guns

Announcer Of The Year - Jim Ross
ROH - only 1 choice
TNA - only 1 choice

Colour Commentator Of The Year - Striker
ROH - only 1 choice
TNA - only 1 choice

Most Improved Wrestler Of The Year - Miz
ROH - Edwards
TNA - Roode

Promo Of The Year - HBK/Flair (Old Yeller)
ROH - Danielson and Nigel at 6YA.
TNA - Christian ("The Road Home" before No Surrender)

Best Workrate Of The Year - Bryan Danielson
WWE - Shawn Michaels
TNA - Kurt Angle

Storyline Of The Year - The Curse of Ric Flair (Michaels retres Flair and it leads to feuds with Batista and in particular Jericho)
ROH - Nigel McGuinness - Screw the Fans
TNA - The Build of Joe/Angle in the Cage.

Feud Of The Year - Michaels vs. Jericho
Indy's - Hero vs. Tornado (PWG)
TNA - Angle vs. Jarrett

Best Wrestling Move Of The Year - KENTA's Go 2 Sleep
WWE - Evan Bourne's SSP
TNA - Kaz's Legdrop off the Scaffold at Victory Road

Most Improved Promotion Of The Year - WWE
TNA
ROH

Title Of The Year - ROH World Title
WWE Title
World Title
TNA Title

Return/Debut/Breakout Performer Of The Year - Tyler Black
WWE - Evan Bourne
TNA - Beer Money


Suprise of the Year - Gabe is Fired as ROH Booker
WWE - CM Punk wins the World Title
TNA - Jarrett's return

Worst Promotion Of The Year - IWA:MS

Worst Match Of The Year - Mickie Knuckles vs. Mike Levy

Worst Show/Card Of The Year - TNA Final Resoltion 2
ROH - Transform
WWE Great American Bash

Worst Announcer Of The Year - Michael Cole

Worst Colour Commentator Of The Year - Don West

Worst Performer Of The Year - Hornswoggle
ROH - Ruckus
TNA - Consequences Creed

Worst Feud Of The Year - Lethal vs. Dutt
WWE - Mysterio vs. Kane
ROH - Adam Pearce vs. Delirious

Worst Wrestling Move Of The Year - Tadpole Splash
TNA - Creed's Flipping Clothesline
ROH - Ruckus' Cratwheel into the corner

Biggest Disappointment Of The Year - Samoa Joe's whiny attitude
WWE - Jeff Hardy gets suspended before Mania for Wellness Policy violation.
ROH - So many uninteresting shows.

2008 Match of the Year

Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness ROH 2/23 ****3/4
Kenta Kobashi, KENTA, Atsushi Aoki & Akihiko Ito vs. Kensuke Sasaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Takashi Okita & Kento Miyahara KO 8/17 ****1/2
Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Hero WXW 3/9 ****1/2
Adam Pearce vs. Brent Albright ROH 8/2 ****1/2
KENTA vs. Naomichi Marufuji NOAH 10/25 ****1/2
Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black ROH 3/16 ****1/2
The Murder City Machine Gunns vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black ROH 4/18 ****1/2
Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels WWE 3/30 ****1/2
Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA NOAH 10/13 ****1/2
Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Bryan Danielson ROH 8/2 ****1/2
Erick Stevens vs. Roderick Strong FIP 2/16 ****1/2
Austin Aries vs. Bryan Danielson ROH 3/16 ****1/2
Kenta Kobashi & KENTA vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima NOAH 6/14 ****1/2
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico ROH 9/19 ****1/2
Bryan Danielson & Austin Aries vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black ROH 6/7 ****1/2
Bryan Danielson vs. Low Ki PWG 1/5 ****1/4
Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries ROH 3/29 ****1/4
KENTA & Kota Ibushi vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Katsuhiko Nakajima ROH 9/14 ****1/4
Daisuke Sekimoto & Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Takashi Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto BJW 1/2 ****1/4
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Takeshi Morishima NOAH 3/2 ****1/4
Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett TNA 10/12 ****1/4
The Murder City Machine Gunns vs. The Briscoes ROH 4/19 ****1/4
Takeshi Morishima, Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kenta Kobashi, Tamon Honda & Shuhei Taniguchi NOAH 2/21 ****1/4
Austin Aries vs. Go Shiozaki ROH 2/23 ****1/4
Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles TNA 8/10 ****1/4
Edge vs. Undertaker WWE 8/17 ****1/4
Nigel McGuinness vs. Claudio Castagnoli ROH 7/26 ****1/4
Curry Man/Sabin/Shelley vs. Doi/Milano Collection AT/Puma vs. Williams/Koslov/Dux vs. Guerrero/Bucanero/Averno TNA 7/13 ****1/4
The Undertaker vs. Edge WWE 8/17 ****1/4
Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino vs. Shingo Takagi & BxB Hulk DG 1/15 ****1/4
HHH vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho vs. JBL vs. Umaga WWE 2/17 ****1/4
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho WWE 10/5 ****1/4
Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black ROH 7/26 ****1/4
Jimmy Jacobs vs. BJ Whitmer IWA:MS 3/1 ****1/4
Bryan Danielson & Eddie Edwards vs. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori NOAH 6/21 ****1/4
Muscle Outlawz vs. Typhoon ROH 3/29 ****1/4
Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy WWE 10/26 ****1/4
Masato Tanaka vs. Daisuke Sekimoto ZERO1-MAX 1/1 ****1/4
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura NJPW 1/4 ****1/4
Bryan Danielson vs. CIMA PWG 1/6 ****1/4
Nigel McGuinness vs. El Generico ROH 8/15 ****
Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness ROH 9/13 ****
Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black ROH 5/9 ****
The Briscoes vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura NOAH 3/2 ****
Chris Hero, Candice LeRae & Necro Butcher vs. Human Tornado Claudio Castagnoli Eddie Kingston PWG 1/5 ****
Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle TNA 4/13 ****
No Remorse Corps vs. Takeshi Morishima, Go Shiozaki & Naomichi Marufuji ROH 5/9 ****
El Generico & Kevin Steen vs. The Murder City Machine Guns ROH 8/2 ****
The Motor City Machine Guns vs. Beer Money TNA 11/9 ****
Erick Stevens vs. Roderick Strong ROH 6/7 ****
Erick Stevens vs. Austin Aries ROH 1/11 ****
Triple H vs. John Cena WWE 6/29 ****
Bryan Danielson & Austin Aries vs. The Murder City Machine Guns ROH 8/1 ****
Jimmy Jacobs vs. BJ Whitmer IWA:MS 4/12 ****
CM Punk vs. MVP vs. Y2J vs. Morrison vs. Kennedy vs. Carlito vs. Benjamin WWE 3/30 ****
Jeff Hardy vs. HHH WWE 10/5 ****
Bryan Danielson vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru ROH 9/14 ****
Angle/Team 3D vs. Styles/Rhino/Christian TNA 7/13 ****
BxB Hulk/Shingo vs. KENTA/Ishimori DG 3/20 ****
Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels WWE 5/18 ****
AJ Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi NJPW 2/17 ****
Kurt Angle vs. Christian Cage TNA 1/6 ****
Jacobs/Black vs. Danielson/Aries vs. Whitmer/Albright vs. Romero/Richards ROH 1/26 ****
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Go Shiozaki ROH 8/2 ****
Kurt Angle vs. Christian Cage TNA 2/10 ****
Bryan Danielson vs. Mike Quackenbush WXW 3/7 ****
Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black ROH 1/25 ****
Erick Stevens vs. Roderick Strong FIP 7/19 ****
Kurt Angle vs. Abyss TNA 11/9 ****
Nigel McGuinness vs. Roderick Strong ROH 1/26 ****
BxB Hulk & Shingo vs. El Generico & Kevin Steen ROH 3/29 ****
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black vs. Go Shiozaki & Naomichi Marufuji ROH 8/1 ****
Erick Stevens vs. Roderick Strong ROH 3/29 ****
Roderick Strong vs. Davey Richards ROH 9/13 ****
John Cena vs. Chris Jericho WWE 11/23 ****
Motor City Machine Guns vs. Dick Togo & Hidaka Ikuto ZERO1-MAX 1/1 ****
Edge vs. Undertaker WWE 4/27 ****

TNA Genesis 2009 Review

Rave/Dutt/Kiyoshi vs. LAX/Young - **3/4
Fun opener. Always entertaining to see Hernandez kill jobbers. A nice way to build him up for his eventual title shot.

Shelley vs. Sabin - ****
Best X-Division match in about 3 years imo. Just great stuff. I like how they were countering every little move because they knew each other so well. I'm not big on the finish though.

Sewell vs. Bashir - *1/4
Ugh. I was hoping that this wasn't where this feud was gonna go. Match wasn't awful but I couldn't care less about either guy.

Lethal/Creed vs. Beer Money vs. Abyss/Morgan - **1/2
More fun from Beer Money as they are starting to leave their stamp on every match their in. Lethal looked pretty good here too. I guess we'll see him and Creed get their rematch at AAO while Abyss and Morgan have a 1 on 1 match.

Kahn/Saeed/Bolt vs. ODB/Whilde/Roxxi - 1/2*
Definition of filler. Not a thing stood out so I'll just move on instead of trying to force interest in it.

Angle vs. Jarrett - ****1/4
This was NOT filler. Just a hair behind their BFG match in October for me, although it is sooooo close. None the less this is a true evolution of the 1st match. They certainly did not start out with chain wrestling here. Pure blood feud and a perfect sequel for these guys. I can't wait for the 3rd match. I loved how Angle countered the things that Jarrett got in the 1st match (the superplex, the enzuiguri). Note to Kurt Angle: You're gonna die in the ring. Please calm the fuck down. There's no reason for you to be falling on your neck on the concrete from the stage. Thank you. Finish was kinda meh but I guess it worked setting up Angle as a machine. MORE PLEASE.

Sting vs. Rhino - *1/2
At least the parking lot beating gave them a story to work off of. That said, it was too simple of a match for me to enjoy that much. Just a throwaway defense against a paper challenger for Sting. Hopefully he drops the title soon.

Foley/Styles/Devon vs. Booker/Steiner/Kip - **
Match was doomed form the get go with Cute Kip in there. They turned it into a fun brawl towards the end so I'll reward them for that. Foley looked awkward but that's to be expected. I'd bet Angle could still get ***3/4 out of him.

Overall a fun little show with 2 great matches. The final 2 matches were disappointing but I didn't have high hopes anyway.

ROH New Horizons Review

The Briscoes vs. Young/Franklin - 1/2*

Delirious vs. Erick Stevens vs. Ruckus vs. Shane Hagadorn (4CS) - **

Kevin Steen vs. Necro Butcher (No DQ) - **1/2

Hero/Shiozaki vs. Strong/Marufuji - ***1/2

Nigel McGuinness vs. Claudio Castganoli (ROH World Title) - ****1/4

Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black - ****1/4

DVD Bonus Matches:

Kenny Omega vs. Silas Young - *3/4

The Honor Rumble - **1/2

ROH The Tokyo Summit Review

Austin Aries vs. Tyler Black - ***1/4

Eddie Edwards vs. Kazushi Miyamoto - *1/2

El Generico vs. Taiji Ishimori - ***

The Briscoes vs. Richards/Morishima - ***

Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Bryan Danielson (GHC Jr. Heavyweight Title) - ****

KENTA & Kota Ibushi vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Katsuhiko Nakajima - ****1/4

Kensuke Sasaki vs. Roderick Strong - ***1/4

Nigel McGuinness vs. Jimmy Jacobs (ROH World Title) - ***3/4

DVD Bonus Match:

Hirayanagi/Suzuki vs. Naito/Yujiro - *1/2 (LMAO at the end when Suzuki got locked outside the building and it became an handicap match)