PWI'S End of the Year Awards

[JimSteel]

1-ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

WINNER:MONTY BROWN- 41%
1ST RUNNER UP:Petey Williams-38%
2ND RUNNER UP:Johnny Nitro-9%
3RD RUNNER UP:Matt Cappotelli-4%
OTHER:8%

OTHER VOTE GETTERS:Jonathan Coachman,Da Beast,D-Ray 3000+Mike Taylor

NOTE:NWA-TNA gets this award but I think Petey Williams should have won it

2-INSPIRATIONAL WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

WINNER:EDDIE GUERRERO-30%
1ST RUNNER UP:Chris Benoit-22%
2ND RUNNER UP:Eugene-20%
3RD RUNNER UP:William Regal-6%
OTHER:22%

OTHER VOTE GETTERS:Shelton Benjamin,John Cena,The Hurricane,Rey Misterio Jr, Victoria+David Young

3-MOST IMPROVED WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

WINNER:RANDY ORTON-37%
1ST RUNNER UP:Shelton Benjamin-17%
2ND RUNNER UP:Batista-14%
3RD RUNNER UP:JBL-10%
OTHER:22%

OTHER VOTE GETTERS:Abyss,The Naturals,Eugene,Chris Harris,Matt Morgan,Samoa Joe+Michael Shane

4-COMEBACK OF THE YEAR

WINNER:EDGE-46%
1ST RUNNER UP:Jeff Hardy-27%
2ND RUNNER UP:William Regal-19%
3RD RUNNER UP:Chavo Guerrero Sr-6%
OTHER:2%

OTHER VOTE GETTERS:Shelton Benjamin,Jazz,Viscera+David Young

NOTE:Edge deserved the award but William Regal should have gotten alot more votes coming back from his health problems

5-WOMAN OF THE YEAR

WINNER:VICTORIA-33%
1ST RUNNER UP:Trish Stratus-26%
2ND RUNNER UP:Stacy Keibler-11%
3RD RUNNER UP:Molly Holly-8%
OTHER:22%

OTHER VOTE GETTERS:Tracy Brooks,Dawn Marie,Jazz,Gail Kim,Alexis Laree,Nidia, Trinity+Torrie Wilson

6-FEUD OF THE YEAR

WINNER:TRIPLE H VS CHRIS BENOIT-43%
1ST RUNNER UP:Mic Foley vs Randy Orton-21%
2ND RUNNER UP:Christian vs Trish Stratus vs Y2J-11%
3RD RUNNER UP:Matt Hardy-5%
OTHER:20%

OTHER VOTE GETTERS:Booker T vs John Cena,John Cena vs Renee Dupree,Eugene vs Triple H,Eddie Guerrero vs JBL,Triple H vs Randy Orton,Molly Holly vs Victoria,Jeff Jarrett vs A.J. Styles,JBL vs Undertaker,C.M. Punk vs Ricky Steamboat and Raven vs Sabu

7-MOST POPULAR WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

WINNER:JOHN CENA-31%
1ST RUNNER UP:Chris Benoit-22%
2ND RUNNER UP:Eddie Guerrero-19%
3RD RUNNER UP:Eugene-7%
OTHER:21%

OTHER VOTE GETTERS:Y2J,Ron Killings,HBK,Rey Misterio Jr,A.J. Styles,Undertaker +RVD

8-MOST HATED WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

WINNER:TRIPLE H-37%
1ST RUNNER UP:JBL-29%
2ND RUNNER UP:Kurt Angle-11%
3RD RUNNER UP:Jeff Jarrett-7%
OTHER:16%

OTHER VOTE GETTERS:Batista,Christian,Jonathan Coachman,La Resistance,Spike Dudley,Heidenreigh,Kane+Trist Stratus

9-MATCH OF THE YEAR

WINNER:TRIPLE H VS CHRIS BENOIT VS HBK-48%
1ST RUNNER UP:Chris Benoit vs Randy Orton-16%
2ND RUNNER UP:Randy Orton vs Cactus Jack-11%
3RD RUNNER UP:Eddie Guerrero vs Kurt Angle-8%
OTHER:17%

10-TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR

WINNER:AMERICA'S MOST WANTED-32%
1ST RUNNER UP:La Resistance-31%
2ND RUNNER UP:Dudleys-15%
3RD RUNNER UP:Charlie Haas+Rico-11%
OTHER:11%

OTHER VOTE GETTERS:Colt Cabana+C.M. Punk,Triple X,Evolution,3 Live Crew,Billy Kidman+Paul London, and Rhyno+Tajiri

NOTE:AMW Deserved it and shouldnt have been that close. Charlie Haas+Rico? Triple X should have gotten more votes

11-WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

WINNER:CHRIS BENOIT-72%
1ST RUNNER UP:Randy Orton-9%
2ND RUNNER UP:Eddie Guerrero-9%
3RD RUNNER UP:A.J. Styles-6%
OTHER:4%

OTHER VOTE GETTERS:Triple H,Jeff Jarrett,JBL+Samoa Joe

JIM

NOTE:

[Agent Morris]

Man, it's hard to believe PWI is still in existence. I mean, don't they have enough WWE mags on the shelf? I mean, let's face facts...there's only one show in town. NWA TNA turns my stomach. It looks like American Gladiators or one of the other "test your might against former ex-con football player" shows of the 90's. To me, PWI's credibility died in 2001 with ECW and WCW. Jeez, I havent picked up an issue in years....what do the "Top Rankings Across The Country" look like now?? Should be 2-4 rows. So sad, considering 20 yrs ago you had Central States, Stampede, Mid South, Mid Southern, AWA, etc. Well this rant is over....see ya again soon!

[Big Bri]

Guest-Agent said:

NWA TNA turns my stomach. It looks like American Gladiators or one of the other "test your might against former ex-con football player" shows of the 90's. To me, PWI's credibility died in 2001 with ECW and WCW. Jeez, I havent picked up an issue in years....what do the "Top Rankings Across The Country" look like now?? Should be 2-4 rows. So sad, considering 20 yrs ago you had Central States, Stampede, Mid South, Mid Southern, AWA, etc. Well this rant is over....see ya again soon!

Hey, set-wise TNA is doing the best they can with the budget they have. They're just trying to make themselves stick out by looking a little different.

For bad sets, nothing was worse then the "futuristic" look of "WCW Saturday Night"!!! What a joke! It was even more of a joke when I went to a TV taping of it once!

Just a side note about American Gladiators (which I thought was a decent show). Didn't Gemini look as if he could have been Ron Simmons' brother?

[Agent Morris]

TNA is trying to stick out huh? Yeah, nothing sticks out like a HEXAGON battleground. I can't even call it a "ring". The one thing that I liked about TNA when I tuned in, I saw a team that had a MANAGER. Even though the manager was some no-name, that is still something that's missing from today's wrestling. I'm sick of Divas..they should all be dropped except Trish. And even then she should be a manager.

As for American Gladiators, yeah Gemini looked like a Simmons. Malibu looked like a roided up Stevie Richards. Nitro looked like a roided up Dean Cain.