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| LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (OVERALL PERFORMER OF THE YEAR) 1. MISTICO (220) 2,245 2. Edge (134) 1,985 3. Tito Ortiz (261) 1,620 4. Bryan Danielson (83) 947 5. Samoa Joe (60) 645 6. Mirko Cro Cop (92) 625 7. Matt Hughes (78) 516 8. Perro Aguayo Jr. (26) 505 9. John Cena (11) 453 10. Chuck Liddell (41) 353 HONORABLE MENTION: KENTA 275, Naomichi Marufuji 216, Minoru Suzuki 182, Rey Mysterio 97, Hiroshi Tanahashi 63 MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. BRYAN DANIELSON (401) 2,646 2. KENTA (98) 1,938 3. Samoa Joe (86) 1,335 4. Fit Finlay (65) 512 5. Edge (20) 269 6. Nigel McGuiness (1) 255 7. A.J. Styles (10) 242 8. Kurt Angle (9) 204 9. Takeshi Morishima 183 10. Rey Mysterio (16) 169 HONORABLE MENTION: Perro Aguayo Jr. 142, Chris Benoit 123, Naomichi Marufuji 118 BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. MISTICO (377) 3,112 2. Tito Ortiz (358) 2,902 3. Matt Hughes (53) 1,258 4. John Cena (80) 1,168 5. Ken Shamrock (25) 428 6. Hidehiko Yoshida (44) 379 7. Chuck Liddell (21) 377 8. Perro Aguayo Jr. (1) 322 9. Edge (4) 230 10. DX (2) 46 FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. TITO ORTIZ VS. KEN SHAMROCK (413) 2,877 2. Ring of Honor vs. Combat Zone Wrestling (269) 2,267 3. John Cena vs. Edge (185) 2,030 4. LAX vs. Styles & Daniels (2) 303 5. Ric Flair vs. Mick Foley (3) 271 6. Mistico vs. Black Warrior (16) 270 7. KENTA vs. Bryan Danielson (7) 200 8. Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuiness (5) 195 9. KENTA vs. Naomichi Marufuji (18) 182 10. Matt Hughes vs. Royce Gracie (8) 127 TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 1. HOMICIDE & HERNANDEZ (202) 1,794 2. Austin Aries & Roderick Strong (217) 1,573 3. A.J. Styles & Christopher Daniels (110) 1,077 4. Paul London & Brian Kendrick (52) 1,076 5. Mark & Jay Briscoe (94) 1,062 6. Averno & Mephisto (137) 819 7. Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone (49) 389 8. Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli (32) 359 9. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita (3) 269 10. Perro Aguayo Jr. & Hector Garza (37) 251 HONORABLE MENTION: Johnny Nitro & Joey Mercury 224, Chris Harris & James Storm 133, HHH & Shawn Michaels 92 MOST IMPROVED 1. TAKESHI MORISHIMA (143) 1,464 2. Johnny Nitro (141) 1,316 3. Nigel McGuiness (117) 851 4. Jay Briscoe (55) 443 5. Bobby Lashley (24) 386 6. Delirious (28) 338 7. John Cena (40) 327 8. Hernandez (33) 305 9. Mark Briscoe (19) 286 10. Go Shiozaki (2) 255 HONORABLE MENTION: Davey Richards 230, Edge 194, Giant Bernard 164, Matt Sydal 152, Mr. Kennedy 131, Chris Sabin 126, Naomichi Marufuji 109, Suwama 105, Alex Shelley 93, C.M. Punk 89, Katsuhiko Nakajima 87, Kenny Dykstra 77 BEST ON INTERVIEWS 1. MICK FOLEY (159) 1,484 2. Edge (127) 1,317 3. Konnan (160) 1,285 4. John Cena (113) 1,171 5. Jim Cornette (92) 804 6. Tito Ortiz (49) 317 7. Bryan Danielson (7) 221 8. Ric Flair (11) 207 9. Christian (8) 189 10. Frank Shamrock (35) 181 HONORABLE MENTION: Josh Barnett 135, C.M. Punk 90, Mr. Kennedy 88, Kurt Angle 88, Ken Shamrock 85, Paul Heyman 83 MOST CHARISMATIC 1. JOHN CENA (471) 2,889 2. Tito Ortiz (111) 969 3. Perro Aguayo Jr. (59) 848 4. Edge (29) 764 5. Mistico (7) 611 6. Minoru Suzuki (32) 366 7. Bas Rutten (29) 354 8. Georges St. Pierre (40) 307 9. Forrest Griffin (4) 242 10. Colt Cabana (10) 212 HONORABLE MENTION: Samoa Joe 206, Ric Flair 188, Kid Yamamoto 182, Hulk Hogan 165, DX 151, C.M. Punk 149, Homicide 123, Mirko Cro Cop 120, KENTA 117, Choi Hong-man 116, King Booker 101 BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 1. BRYAN DANIELSON (593) 3,266 2. Chris Benoit (38) 928 3. KENTA (32) 794 4. Nigel McGuiness (19) 781 5. Kurt Angle (32) 582 6. William Regal (29) 580 7. Fit Finlay (34) 543 8. Roderick Strong (8) 199 9. Naomichi Marufuji (3) 134 10. Samoa Joe (2) 122 HONORABLE MENTION: Osamu Nishimura 76 BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER) 1. SAMOA JOE (242) 2,064 2. Fit Finlay (188) 1,640 3. Homicide (97) 1,172 4. Necro Butcher (86) 806 5. Takeshi Morishima (11) 536 6. Abyss (28) 465 7. Rhino (12) 310 8. Perro Aguayo Jr. (25) 299 9. Edge (16) 194 10. William Regal (18) 177 HONORABLE MENTION: Chris Benoit 132, B.J. Whitmer 87, Umaga 86, Mick Foley 72 BEST FLYING WRESTLER 1. MISTICO (346) 2,957 2. A.J. Styles (168) 1,513 3. Jack Evans (89) 1,217 4. KENTA (39) 790 5. Rey Mysterio (89) 677 6. Matt Sydal (37) 600 7. Naomichi Marufuji (64) 495 8. Dragon Kid (25) 486 9. Volador Jr. (22) 365 10. Ricky Marvin (41) 312 HONORABLE MENTION: Yoshitsune 289, Paul London 207, Pac 138, Cima 115, Laredo Kid 111, Mark Briscoe 105, Mascarita Sagrada 92, Jimmy Wang Yang 80, Sonjay Dutt 70 MOST OVERRATED 1. BATISTA (179) 1,422 2. Jeff Jarrett (145) 1,294 3. HHH (65) 770 4. Carlito (67) 547 5. Shawn Michaels (29) 354 6. Randy Orton (46) 335 7. Vince McMahon (40) 279 8. Great Khali (38) 273 9. Sting (15) 255 10. Big Show (14) 190 HONORABLE MENTION: Bobby Lashley 160, Kurt Angle 158, Chris Masters 145, Rob Van Dam 127, Test 125, King Booker 116, John Cena 108, Mr. Kennedy 94, Groon XXX 92, MVP 90, Mitsuharu Misawa 89, Mark Henry 83, Abyss 77, Universo 2000 72 MOST UNDERRATED 1. SHELTON BENJAMIN (203) 1,510 2. William Regal (168) 1,139 3. Matt Hardy (70) 717 4. Jamie Noble (30) 581 5. Alex Shelley (7) 308 6. Suwa 165 7. Super Crazy (1) 147 8. Paul London 128 9. Takashi Sugiura 126 10. Senshi (5) 120 Colt Cabana (11) 120 HONORABLE MENTION: Jay Lethal 119, Charlie Haas 115, C.M. Punk 104, Carlito 99, Ron Killings 96 PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP (743) 4,164 2. Ring of Honor (124) 1,856 3. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (55) 1,578 4. Pro Wrestling NOAH (65) 1,468 5. World Wrestling Entertainment (20) 510 6. Pride Fighting Championships (4) 386 7. AAA (5) 238 8. Total Nonstop Action (2) 172 9. Hero's 110 10. New Japan Pro Wrestling 58 BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 1. ULTIMATE FIGHTER (581) 3,345 2. CMLL (49) 1,496 3. WWE Smackdown (115) 1,337 4. Pro Wrestling NOAH (67) 895 5. TNA Impact (29) 824 6. WWE Raw (47) 694 7. AAA (3) 218 8. ECW (16) 215 9. UFC Unleashed (18) 136 10. Dragon Gate (4) 121 HONORABLE MENTION: IFL 85 WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. DRAGON KID & RYO SAITO & GENKI HORIGUCHI VS. CIMA & NARUKI DOI & MASATO YOSHINO 3/31 CHICAGO (305) 1,994 2. KENTA vs. Naomichi Marufuji 10/29 Tokyo Budokan (263) 1,968 3. Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA 9/16 New York (185) 1,805 4. Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuiness 8/12 Liverpool (51) 928 5. Samoa Joe vs. A.J. Styles 12/11/05 Orlando (53) 572 6. KENTA vs. Low Ki 12/17/05 Edison, NJ (39) 439 7. Chris Benoit vs. Fit Finlay 5/21 Phoenix (34) 381 8. Samoa Joe & B.J. Whitmer & Bryan Danielson & Ace Steel & Adam Pearce & Homicide vs. Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero & Nate Webb & Necro Butcher & Eddie Kingston Cage of Death 7/15 Philadelphia (27) 313 9. Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima vs. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji 7/6 Tokyo Budokan Hall (20) 307 10. Kurt Angle vs. The Undertaker 2/19 Baltimore (21) 200 HONORABLE MENTION: Chris Hero & Super Dragon & Necro Butcher vs. Samoa Joe & Adam Pearce & B.J. Whitmer 4/22 Philadelphia 173, Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura 3/5 Tokyo Budokan Hall 155, Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe 11/19 Orlando 138, Averno & Mephisto vs. El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas 12/16/05 Arena Mexico, Edge vs. John Cena 9/17 Toronto 114, Edge vs. Mick Foley 4/2 Chicago 113, Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong 3/31 Chicago Ridge 95, Samoa Joe vs. A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels 78 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1. ATSUSHI AOKI (406) 2,655 2. Cody Runnels (101) 1,159 3. Shuhei Taniguchi (41) 1,062 4. Ippei Ota (22) 868 5. Daniel Rodimer (16) 564 6. Kristal Marshall (20) 362 7. Mitsuhide Hirasawa (14) 152 BEST NON-WRESTLER 1. JIM CORNETTE (296) 2,101 2. Konnan (178) 1,414 3. Jim Mitchell (46) 688 4. Armando Alejandro Estrada (65) 663 5. Paul Heyman (57) 574 6. Sharmell (8) 376 7. Vince McMahon (35) 298 8. Prince Nana (15) 295 9. Kevin Nash (19) 211 10. Kevin Federline 188 HONORABLE MENTION: Melina 133, JBL 96, Lita 80, Julius Smokes 75 BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. JIM ROSS (257) 1,998 2. JBL (152) 1,580 3. Mauro Ranallo (158) 1,347 4. Mike Tenay (133) 1,128 5. Joe Rogan (66) 776 6. Mike Goldberg (61) 684 7. Joey Styles (10) 399 8. Dr. Alfonso Morales (49) 314 9. Bas Rutten (12) 207 10. Tazz (1) 147 WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 1. TODD GRISHAM (223) 1,877 2. Michael Cole (165) 1,504 3. Jonathan Coachman (172) 1,465 4. Don West (62) 840 5. Jerry Lawler (38) 534 6. Mike Tenay (32) 236 7. Rebecca DiPietro (15) 234 8. Joey Styles 172 9. Frank Trigg (21) 157 10. JBL (7) 144 BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. ROH 9/16 GLORY BY HONOR V NEW YORK MANHATTAN CENTER (204) 1,504 2. Pride Final Conflict 9/10 Saitama (179) 1,468 3. ROH 3/31 Supercard of Honor Chicago Ridge (122) 958 4. NOAH 3/5 Tokyo Budokan Hall (124) 935 5. WWE Wrestlemania 4/2 Chicago (77) 798 6. ROH 4/1 Better than our Best Chicago Ridge (49) 506 7. ROH 8/12 Unified Liverpool (29) 466 8. UFC 65 11/18 Sacramento (27) 409 9. Hero's 8/5 Yokohama Arena (30) 298 10. WWE ECW One Night Stand 6/13 New York (31) 287 HONORABLE MENTION: Pride Real Deal 10/21 Las Vegas 281, WWE Unforgiven 9/17 Toronto 268, WWE Judgment Day 5/21 Phoenix 183, ROH Death Before Dishonor IV 7/15 Philadelphia 162, TNA Bound for Glory 10/22 Plymouth, MI 156, UFC 59 4/15 Anaheim 130, Pride Otoko Matsuri 12/31/05 Saitama 118, UFC 60 5/27 Los Angeles 105, Pro Wrestling NOAH 4/23 Tokyo Budokan Hall 90, WWE No Mercy 10/8 Raleigh 88, ROH 4/22 Philadelphia 100th show 80, WWE SummerSlam 8/20 Boston 70 WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW 1. UFC 61 7/8 LAS VEGAS 155 2. WWE Cyber Sunday 11/5 Cincinnati 107 3. WWE Royal Rumble 1/29 Miami 92 4. WWE Great American Bash 7/23 Indianapolis 76 5. WWE Backlash 4/30 Lexington 60 6. TNA Genesis 11/19 Orlando 31 7. TNA Victory Road 7/16 Orlando 25 8. TNA Bound for Glory 10/22 Plymouth, MI 23 9. TNA Hard Justice 8/13 Orlando 22 10. WWE Survivor Series 11/26 Philadelphia 18 HONORABLE MENTION: WWE New Year's Revolution 1/8 Albany, NY 17, ECW One Night Stand 6/13 New York 16 MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 1. WWE EXPLOITING THE DEATH OF EDDY GUERRERO 682 2. IWA having Savio Vega stab Invader in the chest 37 3. Vince McMahon feuding with God 24 WORST TELEVISION SHOW 1. WWE RAW 245 2. WWE ECW 173 3. TNA Impact 143 4. AAA 141 5. WWE Smackdown 55 6. Ultimate Fighter 37 7. Ohio Valley Wrestling 19 8. WWE Heat 12 WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 1. TNA REVERSE BATTLE ROYAL 10/24 ORLANDO 103 2. Kane vs. Imposter Kane 6/25 Charlotte 82 3. Undertaker vs. Big Show 7/23 Indianapolis 79 4. Tim Sylvia vs. Jeff Monson 11/18 Sacramento 56 5. Batista vs. Big Show 8/1 New York 44 6. Kurt Angle vs. Mark Henry 1/29 Miami 37 7. Shelton Benjamin vs. Viscera 1/8 Albany, NY 36 8. Undertaker vs. Great Khali 5/21 Phoenix 30 9. Tim Sylvia vs. Andre Arlovski 7/8 Las Vegas 26 10. JBL vs. Boogeyman 1/29 Miami 22 WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. DX VS. MCMAHONS 221 2. DX vs. Spirit Squad 90 3. Kane vs. Imposter Kane 82 4. Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero 67 5. Undertaker vs. Great Khali 55 6. Vince McMahon vs. God 47 7. Batista vs. King Booker 41 8. Kevin Nash vs. Chris Sabin 29 9. Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett 26 10. VKM vs. DX 22 WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 1. WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT 244 2. New Japan Pro Wrestling 225 3. Total Nonstop Action 205 4. Hustle 95 5. World Fighting Alliance 51 6. Ohio Valley Wrestling 47 7. AAA 26 8. Combat Zone Wrestling 21 9.1PW 19 10. IWA Puerto Rico 18 BEST GIMMICK 1. LATIN AMERICAN EXCHANGE 184 2. King Booker 127 3. Delirious 68 4. C.M. Punk 39 5. Edge 29 6. Mr. Kennedy 27 7. Umaga 25 8. Eric Young 20 9. :Larry Sweeney 17 9. Jimmy Wang Yang 17 WORST GIMMICK 1. VITO 131 2. VKM 86 3. Imposter Kane 79 4. Big Dick Johnson 65 5. DX 51 6. X Division Jackass gimmick 38 7. King Booker 25 8. The Miz 22 9. Abyss 16 10. Spirit Squad 14 BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK 1. TANGLED ROPES BY SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM/KEITH GREENBERG) 154 2. The Cowboy and The Cross by Cowboy Bill Watts/Scott Williams 109 3. Cheating Death, Stealing Life by Eddie Guerrero/Michael Krugman 85 4. Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW by Scott Williams 65 5. Controversy Creates Cash by Eric Bischoff/Jeremy Roberts 29 6. Wrestling's Sinking Ship by Ian Hamilton 24 7. Luchadores by Lourdes Gobet 22 8. Rise and Fall of ECW by Thomas Loverro 14 BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD 1. THE BRET HART STORY 299 2. Heroes of World Class: The Von Erichs 297 3. Loose Cannon The Brian Pillman Story 139 4. American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story 22 5. Wrestling's Greatest Managers 12 6. 20 Years Too Soon: The Superstar Billy Graham Story 11 7. History of the WWE Championship 10 |