2015 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards
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Wrestler of the Year – AJ Styles
Most Outstanding Wrestler – AJ Styles
Feud of the Year – Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo
Tag Team of the Year – Young Bucks
Of course. Next.
Most Improved – Bayley
Best on Interviews – Conor McGregor
Most Charismatic – Shinsuke Nakamura
Yep. No argument on that actually. The dude is a machine.
Best Technical Wrestler – Zack Sabre Jr.
Best Brawler – Tomohiro Ishii
Best Flyer – Riccochet
Most Overrated – Kane
Who rates Kane highly in the first place? Reigns is second. This should of course be the Young Bucks.
Most Underrated – Cesaro
Promotion of the Year – New Japan
Best Weekly TV Show – NXT
Yep, with Lucha Underground second. Dang it Meltzer give me something to get mad at you over!
Match of the Year – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi
You knew it would be something from New Japan, though to be fair I gave this an A. Bayley vs. Sasha from Brooklyn was third.
Rookie of the Year – Chad Gable
Best Non-Wrestler – Dario Cueto
Best Announcer – Mauro Ranallo
Again, no surprise here.
Worst Announcer – John Layfield
Best Major Wrestling Show – Wrestle Kingdom IX
Worst Major Wrestling Show – TripleMania XXIII
Best Wrestling Maneuver – Styles Clash
Worst Match of the Year – Psycho Clowns vs. Villanos
Worst Feud of the Year – Team PCB vs. Team Bella vs. Team BAD
Worst Promotion of the Year – TNA
Can we just rename this the TNA Award? You would think after a nine year run it might be time.
Best Booker – Paul Levesque/Ryan Ward
Promoter of the Year – Dana White
The first wrestling promoter is Takaaki Kidani of New Japan.
Worst Gimmick – Stardust
2015 Awards: News Story of the Year
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2015 Awards: Promo of the Year
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First up we have the post Wrestlemania promo with Heyman saying Brock will be getting his rematch that night instead of waiting any amount of time. This was all about the delivery that only Heyman can bring.
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2015 Awards: Moment of the Year
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2015 Awards: Non-Wrestler of the Year
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2015 Awards Worst Wrestler of the Year
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So yeah, as usual the Diva wins this.
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2015 Awards: Worst Match of the Year
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And never mind as Big Show and Kane took out Swagger, Ziggler, Wyatt and Ambrose before being dumped by Reigns at the same time in a moment that was done way better when Shawn Michaels eliminated Yokozuna and Vader in 1996 (a good way to do a Rumble where everyone knew who was winning).
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2015 Awards: Group/Tag Team of the Year
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2015 Awards: Worst Major Show of the Year
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The show had another big draw though in the Undertaker/Kane vs. the Wyatt Family. This was also everything the fans were expecting: a dull match, a predictable ending, and another big waste of time that could have led somewhere but wound up being another way to praise some older guys who are only so interesting in the first place. After that all you had was a pretty boring midcard and that made for a horrible show.
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2015 Awards: Most Improved
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