2024 Wrestling Thread | WWE Friday Night Smackdown

[robpzee612]

 

[T0INE]

That 3rd pic is crazy.

 

[robpzee612]

He want some of that Viper's venom

 

[T0INE]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Respect to TK for this above all.

 

[Nike Jordan]

Bump for the new page.

2023 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards

Spoiler

First place votes are in parenthesis

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

1. **WILL OSPREAY (302) 1,814**

2. Cody Rhodes (119) 1,330

3. MJF (80) 927

4. Roman Reigns (106) 904

5. Bryan Danielson (49) 590

**MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE**

1. **JON JONES (57) 474**

2. Islam Makhachev (51) 472

3. Leon Edwards (34) 332

4. Israel Adesanya (33) 224

5. Sean Strickland [18] 139

**MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER**

1. **WILL OSPREAY [548] 3,086**

2. Bryan Danielson (122) 1,773

3. Kenny Omega (19) 590

4. Zack Sabre Jr. (15) 282

5. Kento Miyahara (11) 185

**MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR**

1. **ISLAM MAKHACHEV (129) 793**

2. Leon Edwards (26) 367

3. Sean Strickland (32) 306

4. Alex Pereira (10) 114

5. Jon Jones (6) 79

**TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR**

1. **FTR (344) 2,341**

2. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn (106) 1,128

3. Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi (71) 712

4. Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe (82) 473

5. Young Bucks (42) 435

**BEST ON INTERVIEWS**

1. **EDDIE KINGSTON (199) 1,483**

2. MJF (140) 1,441

3. Christian Cage [148] 921

4. Jon Moxley (50) 705

5. Cody Rhodes (51) 626

**PROMOTION OF THE YEAR**

1. **WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT (406) 2,359**

2. All Elite Wrestling (194) 1,965

3. New Japan Pro Wrestling (17) 1,011

4. CMLL (90) 965

5. UFC (52) 580

**BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW**

1. **AEW DYNAMITE (430) 2,707**

2. AEW Collision (74) 1,483

3. WWE Smackdown [128] 1,434

4. CMLL Super Viernes (67) 518

5. WWE NXT (3) 309

**PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR**

1. **KENNY OMEGA VS. WILL OSPREAY 1/4 TOKYO (474) 3,018**

2. Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay 6/25 Toronto (116) 1,227

3. MJF vs. Bryan Danielson 3/5 San Francisco (115) 1,065

4. Swerve Strickland vs. Adam Page 11/18 Los Angeles (33) 464

5. FTR vs. White & Robinson (5) 266

**MMA FIGHT OF THE YEAR**

1. **ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI VS. ISLAM MAKHACHEV 2/11 PERTH, AUSTRALIA (164) 822**

2. Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Moreno 7/8 Las Vegas (7) 285

3. Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev 3/18 London (2) 171

4. Geoff Neal vs. Shavkat Rakhimonov 3/4 Las Vegas (3) 91

5. Jamahal Hill vs. Glover Teixeira 2/21 Rio de Janeiro [8] 83
==

“CATEGORY B” AWARDS


**DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES

UNITED STATES/CANADA MVP**

1. **CODY RHODES 268**

2. Bryan Danielson 139

3. MJF 135

4. Roman Reigns 109

5. Jon Moxley 36

**KOICHI YOSHIZAWA AWARD**
**JAPANESE MVP**

1. **WILL OSPREAY 434**

2. Kazuchika Okada 243

3. Tetsuya Naito 80

4. Kento Miyahara 67

5. Yuma Aoyagi 30

**MEXICO MVP**

1. **MISTICO 416**

2. El Hijo del Vikingo 314

3. Rocky Romero 68

4. Volador Jr. 30

5. Pentagon Jr. 7

**EUROPE MVP**

1. **WILL OSPREAY 754**

2. Michael Oku ` ` 45

3. Zack Sabre Jr. 26

4. Spike Trivet 8

**HODGE AWARD/NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP

1. **EL HIJO DEL VIKINGO 189**

2. Hiromu Takahashi 144

3. Darby Allin 139

4. Orange Cassidy 83

5. Mistico 34

**WOMEN’S WRESTLING MVP**

1. **RHEA RIPLEY 359**

2. Giulia 162

3. Athena 114

4. Tam Nakano 65

5. Becky Lynch 63

**WOMEN’S MMA MVP**

1. **ALEXA GRASSO 147**

2. Zhang Weili 45

3. Amanda Nunes 20

**FEUD OF THE YEAR**

1. **SAMI ZAYN & KEVIN OWENS VS. BLOODLINE 268**

2. Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland 119

3. Kento Miyahara vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 98

4. Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay 91

5. Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley 44

**BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW MMA**

1. **JON JONES**

2. Israel Adesanya

3. Islam Makhachev

**PRO WRESTLING**

1. **ROMAN REIGNS**

2. Cody Rhodes

3. John Cena

**MOST IMPROVED**

1. **JULIA HART 117**

2. Dominik Mysterio 86

3. Mariah May 49

4. Shota Umino 49

5. Swerve Strickland 47

**MOST CHARISMATIC**

1. **MJF 162**

2. Roman Reigns 88

3. Kento Miyahara 81

4. Giulia 57

5. Cody Rhodes 49

**BRYAN DANIELSON AWARD**

**(BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER)**

1. **BRYAN DANIELSON 549**

2. Zack Sabre Jr. 427

3. Josh Alexander 17

**BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD**

**(BEST BRAWLER)**

1. JON MOXLEY 383**

2. Tomohiro Ishii 91

3. Adam Page 78

4. Eddie Kingston 74

5. Gunther 46

**BEST FLYING WRESTLER**

1. **EL HIJO DEL VIKINGO 595**

2. Will Ospreay 52

3. Rey Fenix 37

4. Mascara Dorada 36

5. Komander 28

**ROOKIE OF THE YEAR**

1. **YUMA ANZAI 205**

2. Action Andretti 140

3. Megan Bayne 65

4. Oleg Boltin 49

5. Kelani Jordan 38

**BEST NON-WRESTLER**

1. **DON CALLIS 266**

2. Paul Heyman 198

3. Prince Nana 175

4. Renee Paquette 31

5. RJ City 18

**MOST OVERRATED**

1. **SANADA 114**

2. Roman Reigns 109

3. CM Punk 63

4. Tyrus 62

5. MJF 55

**MOST UNDERRATED**

1. **CHAD GABLE 84**

2. Konosuke Take****a 80

3. Daniel Garcia 50

4. Mike Bailey 49

5. Yota Tsuji 42

**BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER**

1. **EXCALIBUR 183**

2. Ian Riccaboni 139

3. Kevin Kelly 137

4. Nigel McGuinness 133

5. Chris Charlton 89

**WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER**

1. **BOOKER T 198**

2. Kevin Patrick 162

3. Jim Ross 90

4. Michael Cole 48

5. Corey Graves 42

**BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW**

1. **AEW REVOLUTION 3/5 SAN FRANCISCO 188**

2. AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door 6/25 Toronto 128

3. AEW All In 8-27 London 111

4. WWE WrestleMania night one 4/1 Los Angeles 101

5. AEW All Out 9/3 Chicago 72

**WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW**

1. **WWE CROWN JEWEL 11/4 RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 141**

2. NWA Samhain 10/28 Cleveland 89

3. AEW Worlds End 12/30 Uniondale, NY 79

4. WWE Fastlane 10/7 Indianapolis 51

5. AAA TripleMania 8/12 Mexico City 50

**BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER**

1. **WILL OSPREAY HIDDEN BLADE 139**

2. Will Ospreay stormbreaker 76

3. Kenny Omega one winged angel 68

4. El Hijo del Vikingo second rope step up 630 58

5. Komander ropewalk shooting star 32

**MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC**

1. **WWE ENABLING VINCE MCMAHON AND HIM BEING BACK IN POWER/TKO KEEPING HIM IN POSITION OF POWER 197**

2. WWE Continued relationship with Saudi Arabia 140

3. NWA cocaine spot on PPV 89

4. Powerslap and continuing on TV after Dana White slapped his wife 83

5. AEW signing Ric Flair 49

**WORST TELEVISION SHOW
1. NWA POWERR 194**

2. WWE Raw 176

3. WWE NXT 112

4. Powerslap: Road to the Title 109

5. AEW Rampage 80

**WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR**

1. **BRAY WYATT VS. LA KNIGHT 1/28 SAN ANTONIO 105**

2. Tyrus vs. EC 3 8/27 St. Louis 85

3. Shane McMahon/Snoop Dogg vs. The Miz 4/2 Los Angeles 58

4. Baron Corbin vs. Gable Steveson 7/30 Cedar Park, TX 47

5. Ronda Rousey vs. Shayna Baszler 8/5 Detroit 44

**WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR**

1. **MJF VS. THE DEVIL 167**

2. Outcasts vs. AEW Originals 114

3. Tyrus vs. EC 3 74

4. Ronda Rousey vs. Shayna Baszler 57

5. Adam Cole vs. Chris Jericho 48

**WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR**

1. **NWA 456**

2. AAA 88

3. WWE 61

4. Control Your Narrative 17

5. MLW 16


**BEST BOOKER**

1. **PAUL LEVESQUE 360**

2. Tony Khan 146

3. Juan Manuel Mar 104

4. Shuji Ishikawa 74

5. Rossy Ogawa 68

**PROMOTER OF THE YEAR**

1. **NICK KHAN 371**

2. Tony Khan 239

3. Dana White 146

4. Chavo Lutteroth III 112

5. Rossy Ogawa 34

**BEST GIMMICK**

1. **TONI STORM 239**

2. Christian Cage 204

3. Orange Cassidy 48

4. Bloodline 38

5. Brochachos 36

**WORST GIMMICK**

1. **THE DEVIL 76**

2. QTV 72

3. Toni Storm 49

4. House of Torture 40

5. Outcasts 39

**BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK**

1. **THE LAST REAL WORLD CHAMPION BY TIM HORNBAKER 77**

2. Tod is God by Tod Gordon 50

3. Ringmaster by Abraham Josephine Riesman 49

4. Keirn Chronicles by Steve Keirn and Ian Douglass` 39

5.Wrestling Observer Complete Collection 1989 by Dave Meltzer 22

**BEST PRO WRESTLING DOCUMENTARY**

1. **DARK SIDE OF THE RING: CHRIS AND TAMMY 97**

2. VOW: The Life, career, and death of Eddie Gilbert 80

3. American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes 69

4. Dark Side of the Ring: Marty Jannetty 65

5. Dark Side of the Ring: Magnum T.A. 34

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/CPAP7uzD0r

 

[lzd325]

Going to bed in 5 mins so I can be up at 5am to watch AussieMania.

I hope y’all get to bed soon.

 

[noblekane]

lol how did kevin patrick not win worst announcer?

and roman reigns has charisma?

 

[B Sox]

Doesn’t seem like there’s anything really “dark” about this?

 

[green rhino123]

im back but not likethat

But we were all counting on you.

 

[noblekane]

Going to bed in 5 mins so I can be up at 5am to watch AussieMania.

I hope y’all get to bed soon.

ill be there bud

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Usually up at five am anyway thanks to the kiddo. Doubt I’ll watch elimination chamber though. Will just catch the rerun.

 

[Peep Game]

 

[1995]

Okay this is actually sick

 

[T0INE]

 

[noblekane]

one of the dumbest corniest cringe moments in wrestling history

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Prime Goldberg




Prime Goldberg or Prime Warrior?

 

[jshortt]

There's really a dude named Cappuccino Jones wrestling right now?

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Prime Goldberg




Prime Goldberg or Prime Warrior?

Tough pick. Elite level explosiveness from both dudes. Flip of the coin.

 

[B Sox]

Pirates were tryna get the chamber

Michael Cole says real pirates messed up WWE’s travel plans for the Elimination Chamber

Cole explains how the Elimination Chamber structure made its way to Australia, and blames pirates for screwing up the original route through the Suez Canal.

www.cagesideseats.com

 

[Blue Mamba]

one of the dumbest corniest cringe moments in wrestling history

Nah this was funny. Edge and Big Show’s reactions were like Team USA reacting to New Zealand’s haka dance

 

[Maximus Meridius]

 

[robpzee612]

Welp good luck who wanna watch EC lol I gotta be at work at 11 am.

 

[D Fly]

I don't know if I'm gonna make it through the whole show NTWT

I'm at work struggling right now. I'm getting old

 

[green rhino123]

NTWT - Early Morning Elimination Chamber Weekend Edition