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Added to the OP - and here's where I get caught up. I'm assuming best of the indies basically means north american promotions? Or...fuck. I hate the term indies, because it means different things to different people. Gonna assume big japanese promotions and mexican ones aren't a part of this.
British Monsoon
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Yeah, just US promotions...or North American promotions, but Canadian promotions don't seem too popular here anyways.
Lucha and puro are really in a whole different ball park to American indy wrestling, both stylistically and financially, so I didn't include either.
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It's tough - I consider them on a different level due to the amount of people watching it - but it's also very america-centric on my end. If it doesn't come on TV here (like weird-people luddite TV) I tend to classify it as the same area, which is a big disservice.
I'll be voting shortly. These, I need to think about - but also my biggest problem is I simply can't keep up with enough indies.
Hey now! She is perfectly fine in the ring. But none of the women look good in two minute suprise roll up matches.
Besides, nobody could have a good match with Vickie. She can't sell anything. Sometimes literally just doesn't better.
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Where the fuck are the Kaitlyn votes 
. MVP of the Indies: Austin Aries
. Promotion of the Year: TNA
. Match of the Year: Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode
. iPPV of the Year: TNA - Bound for GLory
. DVD/VOD/MP4 of the Year: TNA - Bound for Glory
. Rising Star of the Year: Austin Aries
. Rookie of the Year: Zema Ion
. Best Technical Wrestler: Samoa Joe
. Best High Flyer: Jeff Hardy
. Best Women's Wrestler: Miss Tessmacher
. Most Improved Wrestler: James Storm
. Angle of the Year: Aces & Eights
. Most Improved Promotion: TNA
. Fighting Spirit Award: Sting
. Promotion of the Year: TNA
. Match of the Year: Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode
. iPPV of the Year: TNA - Bound for GLory
. DVD/VOD/MP4 of the Year: TNA - Bound for Glory
. Rising Star of the Year: Austin Aries
. Rookie of the Year: Zema Ion
. Best Technical Wrestler: Samoa Joe
. Best High Flyer: Jeff Hardy
. Best Women's Wrestler: Miss Tessmacher
. Most Improved Wrestler: James Storm
. Angle of the Year: Aces & Eights
. Most Improved Promotion: TNA
. Fighting Spirit Award: Sting
Where the fuck are the Kaitlyn votes
I wanted to vote for her, but the rings skills are not there.
Damn women is gorgeous though.
Fixed.
- Best WWE Star - Daniel Bryan
I always knew Bryan was good but never suspected that he was this versatile. His transition from douchebag heel to loveable face, from main event to tag division, from matches with Punk to Sheamus to Kane, has been smooth as silk. He's been brilliant throughout. - Best Non-WWE International Star - Austin Aries
Unfortunately I don't watch independent or foreign wrestling - but I do watch TNA. And Austin Aries is fucking good. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived? Perhaps. - Best Female Wrestler - Pffffffffft.
- Best Tag Team - Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels (World Tag Team Champions of the World)
All of the chemistry of Hell No, with more great matches! And a bit more of variety to their schtick. Sorry, Kane lovers. - Best on the Mic - Bully Ray
Punk, Aries, and a few others also merit consideration, but Bully is just as deserving and a less obvious choice. - Best Comeback - Daniel Bryan
From Sheamus-jobber to bona fide fan favourite. - Best Gimmick - Daniel Bryan
- Most Improved - Daniel Bryan
I think he had all the tools before, but this year he's been able to demonstrate it. - Fall From Grace - Zack Ryder
"Oh, you're getting over, are you? Good luck with that." The most blatant case of career sabotage I think I've ever seen. - Best Newcomer - Antonio Cesaro
Growing on me week by week. Don't get me wrong - I do actually like Ryback; just in small doses. - Angle of the Year - The Rise of The Shield
I've a horrible feeling that I'm forgetting something obvious. - WWE Match of the Year - CM Punk versus John Cena, Night of Champions
These two are absolute magic together. I sit and stare at their matches like a besotted teenager. - Non-WWE International Match of the Year - Bobby Roode versus James Storm, Bound For Glory
There's a few TNA matches I could get through (most involving Austin Aries, James Storm and/or Bobby Roode) but this one is pretty much the most fun you can have with your pants on. - Best Feud - Bobby Roode versus James Storm
Should've main evented Bound For Glory, didn't, was still absolutely fantastic. The likes of Undertaker versus Triple H and The Rock versus John Cena were just all hype and bluster to me. I liked the end results, but the feuds themselves has me rolling my eyes. - Best PPV - Extreme Rules
All of the fantastic matches of WrestleMania, none of the shitty musical performances. - Worst Angle of the Year - Embrace The Hate
- Worst On-Screen Performer of the Year - Jeff Hardy
- Most Underutilized Performer - Zack Ryder
Best WWE Star - Daniel Bryan
What a year for this guy. Everything he's touched has turned to gold. From his three-way feud with Big Show and Mark Henry earlier this year, to YES YES YES, to 18 Seconds, to The Night After 18 Seconds, to his 2/3 falls match with Sheamus, to his feud with CM Punk and Kane and the rise of CrayJ, his amazing matches with CM Punk, to Anger Management, Team Hell No and the revival of the tag team division, all the way to TLC - without a doubt Daniel Bryan is the best thing to happen to WWE this year. It's not even fucking close.
Best Non-WWE International Star - Baz McMahon
I admit, to my shame, that I don't really watch wrestling other than WWE, so I'm going to use this slot for a comedy pick. It's the Video Game Championship Wrestling guy.
Best Female Wrestler - Eve
Please note that this would be AJ if I could remember a single match that she had this year. As is, Eve takes it for being a pretty solid heel.
Best Tag Team - Team Hell No
I thought about giving it to Rhodes Scholars, but nobody would give a crap about WWE's tag division if not for these guys. PTP were also good, and Mysterio/Sin Cara is good as well.
Best on the Mic - CM Punk
Not as good as in 2011, of course, but still better than everybody else.
Best Comeback -Jeritroll Jericho
Yeah, I know, Jerry Lawler had a heart attack, but here's the thing.
I'm super glad he's alright.
I am not glad he's back on commentary. Because he's terrible.
Best Gimmick - Damien Sandow
You're welcome.
I'll do the rest later.
What a year for this guy. Everything he's touched has turned to gold. From his three-way feud with Big Show and Mark Henry earlier this year, to YES YES YES, to 18 Seconds, to The Night After 18 Seconds, to his 2/3 falls match with Sheamus, to his feud with CM Punk and Kane and the rise of CrayJ, his amazing matches with CM Punk, to Anger Management, Team Hell No and the revival of the tag team division, all the way to TLC - without a doubt Daniel Bryan is the best thing to happen to WWE this year. It's not even fucking close.
Best Non-WWE International Star - Baz McMahon
I admit, to my shame, that I don't really watch wrestling other than WWE, so I'm going to use this slot for a comedy pick. It's the Video Game Championship Wrestling guy.
Best Female Wrestler - Eve
Please note that this would be AJ if I could remember a single match that she had this year. As is, Eve takes it for being a pretty solid heel.
Best Tag Team - Team Hell No
I thought about giving it to Rhodes Scholars, but nobody would give a crap about WWE's tag division if not for these guys. PTP were also good, and Mysterio/Sin Cara is good as well.
Best on the Mic - CM Punk
Not as good as in 2011, of course, but still better than everybody else.
Best Comeback -
Yeah, I know, Jerry Lawler had a heart attack, but here's the thing.
I'm super glad he's alright.
I am not glad he's back on commentary. Because he's terrible.
Best Gimmick - Damien Sandow
You're welcome.
I'll do the rest later.
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These two consistently cracked me up whenever I would catch TNA. Great characters.
Unless you're Daniel Bryan, in which case you simply cannot be stopped no matter how hard we try.
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Shit that's fantastic. We need more lesser-circulated gifs to have some time in the sun. Show em off people!
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Daniels & Kaz have been a great team since the beginning, but they've trolled it up so good the last 2 months. I honestly feel that they've been >>> Team Hell No for a while now.
The best tag team is an obvious toss-up between Hell No and Christopher Daniels and Kazarian. There's no other choices I can think of. I like teams like the PTP, the Rhodes Scholars, but Hell No and Daniels/Kazarian were out of this world, they were actually the best part of their respective companies.
Y'all better recognise.
When did Randy Orton go to TNA?
Best part about that is how synchronized they are without even looking at each other.
I always think this when I watch TNA. Austin Aries is their equivalent of Daniel Bryan, their best performer who can simply do it all, but Daniels seems so under-appreciated. His scarves alone crack me up.
I'd rather see him as their champ than Jeff bloody Hardy, but I can't see him ever being given a World title run there.
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Both AA and Daniels are wonderful and would no doubt be ruined with a WWE move - best chance is to let them do what they can in TNA, big fish in a small pond.
British Monsoon
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Some of my favourite gifs this year;
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You'd think that, but then you see how well Daniel Bryan is doing despite the WWE's (or part of the WWE anyway) best efforts. It's no longer a given that every indie darling will be a Kaval. The Shield has two indie darlings and they're getting a legit push so far.
Guess we'll never know what Austin Aries or Samoa Joe could have been in the WWE, but I'd love to see the likes of Aries as a real global superstar. TNA stars are a long way from pop culture.
Daniels is probably too old for the WWE, now.
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None of those gifs bother me in the slightest, and they're all so good.
Vince sad is so wrong but so good.
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Some of my favourite gifs this year;
If there was ever a time to use a KO finish...
I don't think it was a given that Kaval would be a Kaval - he just had no bloody patience. Bryan and Punk weren't handed monster pushes as soon as they walked through the door.
Edit: Just had to untick "Show Images" in my User CP. Chrome was dying.
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Also those of you who may have missed out last night, we have a few firsts for GWF last night:
First Time Travel
First TV Title Match
First Match With Bootaaay Wrestling
First Appearance of Jaekwon15
First Appearance of Strobogo
and much more. Tune in to the replay at:
http://twitch.tv/Sunnybuns
First Time Travel
First TV Title Match
First Match With Bootaaay Wrestling
First Appearance of Jaekwon15
First Appearance of Strobogo
and much more. Tune in to the replay at:
http://twitch.tv/Sunnybuns
I love Cesaro!
British Monsoon
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Found these from earlier in the year;
Ah, come on - that one was pretty tame by comparison.
Nice, thanks for the reminder - will watch later this evening
Ah, come on - that one was pretty tame by comparison.
Nice, thanks for the reminder - will watch later this evening
Liquidsnake
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Some of my favourite gifs this year;
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This gets my vote. Jesus.
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Yeah, I think she was just taking an opportunity presented to her.
Speaking of Layla, she's improved a whole lot since returning this year - I love the deep armdrag cradle pin she does;
Also, NSFW gif of the year;
http://i.minus.com/i4woBzDNlFJPc.gif
Poor Hunner
And who could blame her?
Speaking of Layla, she's improved a whole lot since returning this year - I love the deep armdrag cradle pin she does;
Also, NSFW gif of the year;
http://i.minus.com/i4woBzDNlFJPc.gif
Poor Hunner
Professor Beef
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I knew you'd come around! Give me a hug!
The weird thing about that is since it happened under their watch, WWE sees it as their creation and thus think that they were able to get Daniel over. Ryder meanwhile got over on the internet by himself and since WWE had no power over it, they didn't understand why Ryder suddenly became super popular and saw it as a nuisance that needed to be swept aside.
I cannot remember a more deliberate attempt at trying to kill someone's popularity anywhere.
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Beef, I feel bad about what happened to you in the Rumble last night. I think you deserve a title shot next GWF.
To me, This year belonged to :
CM Punk
Austin Aries
Bobby Roode
Daniel Bryan
AJ Lee
Bully Ray
Bad Influence
Sheamus
Dolph Ziggler
If I had to pick just one, it would be Punk. Sheamus and Ziggler both work their asses off and consistently have great matches. Bully Ray is one of the most entertaining guys around right now. Shouting during his matches and crazy selling. Bad Influence had great matches with Angle and Styles ,and they were also given a terrible storyline line yet managed to make it entertaining with their over the top goofiness. AJ Lee was involved in some of the craziest stuff we've seen in a while and her moments will probably stand out the most. Daniel Bryan managed to get over despite all odds and ended up getting a really entertaining character. Austin Aries had an amazing ride to the top with all the momentum in the world. Seeing him win the belt was a highlight of the year to me. Roode did a great job as top heel of the company for quite a while. Still though, Punk is the best performer in all of pro-wrestling. Every second the guy is on is just golden.
Match of the Year for me is either:
Smackdown Elimination Chamber - Elimination Chamber
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena - Extreme Rules
HHH vs. Undertaker - Wrestlemania 28
The Shield vs. Ryback, Daniel Bryan, and Kane - TLC
Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode - Destination X
AJ Styles and Kurt Angle vs. Bad Influence - Slammiversary
If I had to pick one, it would be Lesnar/Cena. I loved the style and atmosphere of the match. Very good.
I think this was a very, very underrated year for WWE.
CM Punk
Austin Aries
Bobby Roode
Daniel Bryan
AJ Lee
Bully Ray
Bad Influence
Sheamus
Dolph Ziggler
If I had to pick just one, it would be Punk. Sheamus and Ziggler both work their asses off and consistently have great matches. Bully Ray is one of the most entertaining guys around right now. Shouting during his matches and crazy selling. Bad Influence had great matches with Angle and Styles ,and they were also given a terrible storyline line yet managed to make it entertaining with their over the top goofiness. AJ Lee was involved in some of the craziest stuff we've seen in a while and her moments will probably stand out the most. Daniel Bryan managed to get over despite all odds and ended up getting a really entertaining character. Austin Aries had an amazing ride to the top with all the momentum in the world. Seeing him win the belt was a highlight of the year to me. Roode did a great job as top heel of the company for quite a while. Still though, Punk is the best performer in all of pro-wrestling. Every second the guy is on is just golden.
Match of the Year for me is either:
Smackdown Elimination Chamber - Elimination Chamber
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena - Extreme Rules
HHH vs. Undertaker - Wrestlemania 28
The Shield vs. Ryback, Daniel Bryan, and Kane - TLC
Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode - Destination X
AJ Styles and Kurt Angle vs. Bad Influence - Slammiversary
If I had to pick one, it would be Lesnar/Cena. I loved the style and atmosphere of the match. Very good.
I think this was a very, very underrated year for WWE.
Well Vince did have Dusty Rhodes dress in polka dots to try to kill his popularity.
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