UberTag
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It certainly deserves to. How long until we get a Bullet Club Wolfpac faction?
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Gotta take into account more people did watch nxt and did not watch NJPW though. It's still a niche. I was happy to see the G1 take event of the year, it's a lock for this year's event/ppv of the year too.
bean breath
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That's a good list for WWE stuff.
Also I would probably not feel uncomfortable at least nominating AJ for best outside of WWE. Getting out of that TNA shit hole might also qualify him for comeback of the year right?
True. I might have even voted for NXT. I don't remember. Still I think overall NXT got worse this year while New Japan basically kept going strong.
Shield/Wyatts got way over hyped. Nothing really happens in it. The fans are super into, though. If that same match was on a Raw in Corpus Christi, no one would have cared. The first Shield/Evolution match is very similar. It's the elimination match that was super dope.
That's a good list for WWE stuff.
Also I would probably not feel uncomfortable at least nominating AJ for best outside of WWE. Getting out of that TNA shit hole might also qualify him for comeback of the year right?
Really a toss up between him, Okada, and Nak for me.
Apart from the usual bullshit ("we listen to the audience" and "only Cena grabbed the brass ring") it was a nice interview.
It's cool to see Vince and Stone Cold interact more casually and their chemistry makes it entertaining.
It also shows,again, that WWE's problem is so much their large ideas and concepts but the day to day execution. The gigantic team of writers, the over saturation of the product and the misguided way they make part timers seem more interesting at the cost of the rest of the roster.
I wasn't expecting them to address Punk but it was nice of Vince to apologise, insincere or not.
It was more entertaining than Raw that's for sure.
It's cool to see Vince and Stone Cold interact more casually and their chemistry makes it entertaining.
It also shows,again, that WWE's problem is so much their large ideas and concepts but the day to day execution. The gigantic team of writers, the over saturation of the product and the misguided way they make part timers seem more interesting at the cost of the rest of the roster.
I wasn't expecting them to address Punk but it was nice of Vince to apologise, insincere or not.
It was more entertaining than Raw that's for sure.
+1
Rusev is great.
Charlotte is a good dark horse candidate here.
I don't agree with it, but I'll respect it!
*Puts on Cena hat*
I agree with you on Shield/Evolution 2 though.
Oh most definitely. Not even a contest. The only person I'd put in the running next to him for most improved is Charlotte. Who I would definitely put as the top female wrestler of the year as well.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
gonna have to agree
Most likely for my performer of the year
Naomichi Marufuji
Daisuke Sekimoto
Jun Kasai(in a completely different way from everyone else in here)
Tetsuya Naito(who always seems to be on here)
Tanahashi(while I'm still sick of the guy, 2013 and 2014 proved he's one of the best of all time with his match quality)
Shibata
AJ Styles. Which is mind blowing to me considering how fucking bland I found him for the past 6 years.
WWE guys just usually don't work enough matches for me to include them unless it's like Cena(and that's not happening) or Bryan or something.
Naomichi Marufuji
Daisuke Sekimoto
Jun Kasai(in a completely different way from everyone else in here)
Tetsuya Naito(who always seems to be on here)
Tanahashi(while I'm still sick of the guy, 2013 and 2014 proved he's one of the best of all time with his match quality)
Shibata
AJ Styles. Which is mind blowing to me considering how fucking bland I found him for the past 6 years.
WWE guys just usually don't work enough matches for me to include them unless it's like Cena(and that's not happening) or Bryan or something.
Oh yes, totally. From the women's wrestling I have seen this year this is definitely the case. There might be better ones out there in Shimmer or something but I really don#t get to see that.
I just rewatched it so it is fresh in my mind. There is no substance to the match. It would have been a fun Raw main event, but it had a really hot crowd to make it memorable.
Frecklestein
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I would've loved to have Austin pressure Vince into talking about why we haven't seen any black or asian champs in a long ass time.
yeahyeahrockuhuh
SquashMatch
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Most improved character is the Miz, guy was unwatchable before the Hollywood gimmick and now I enjoy his character a lot, add Sandow and that is one of the most entertaining segments during every show.
FallingEdge
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Ishii is wreslter of the year. Not even close.
And we'll all have to suffer the consequences.
Also, can you really be a household name if barely anyone knows anything about the current WWE roster?
Only dressing the doctors gave punk was this
Budget cuts must be really bad when they can't afford pyro, and Newman's Own.
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A couple of things I really wish Austin had asked about would be
- Why are all promos completely scripted now?
- The entire odyssey of Daniel Bryan, which just flies in the face of Vince's PR "it's not about what I want, it's about what the fans want" nonsense in so many ways.
- The midcard belts being booked into irrelevancy.
Just to see Vince's answers. I expect he'd just point to them changing WM 30's plan for Bryan as them "listening to the audience", and ignore the previous two years of their booking for Bryan.
- Why are all promos completely scripted now?
- The entire odyssey of Daniel Bryan, which just flies in the face of Vince's PR "it's not about what I want, it's about what the fans want" nonsense in so many ways.
- The midcard belts being booked into irrelevancy.
Just to see Vince's answers. I expect he'd just point to them changing WM 30's plan for Bryan as them "listening to the audience", and ignore the previous two years of their booking for Bryan.
GIF of the year is totally the RKO out of nowhere from orbit
Real talk - Miz did improve this year.
Real talk - Miz did improve this year.
Frecklestein
Banned
I'd have to give it to Steph, honestly. She was pretty great in just about every segment she was in. But in terms of performers, I thought Seth had a pretty good year in all honesty.
Also, Rusev deserves to win something this year. He's been booked super well. I'm enjoying it before his comedy dance gimmick.
Sure, if you like boring as shit dudes with no personality. Like Adrian Neville and Ishii.
Miz is still shit. People only enjoy the matches because Sandow is incredible at the dumb shit they are making him do.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Miz's current character is basically the final form of his wwecw run when he had the sparkly fedora and cargo pants with the dirt sheet stuff
British Monsoon
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Ishii's personality is that he's stoic, dammit! Also, fighting spirit, man.
blackaroni
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Seth was great but for some reason he's not on my radar. I guess it's the fact I'm still mourning over the shield breakup...It's taking some time.
Rusev is a runner up though...
The heat Miz gets is X-Pac heat. People only tolerate Miz because of Mizdow.
He's boring, dry, generic as shit, and uninteresting. Sorry. There are a lot of people you can watch have strike battles that do everything better than him.
So he is a shonen anime main character?
So he is a shonen anime main character?
HHH might be my performer of the year, honestly. It's kind of a "by default" win since there was no break out full time star this year - Ambrose and Rollins are probably the closest.
Steph is good but Steph kind of goes on repeat after a while. During the Bryan feud she was pretty much repeating the same promo every week. Hunter gave better promos and while he was only in a few matches this year, they were all legit. Hunter was also a gif machine this year.
Steph is good but Steph kind of goes on repeat after a while. During the Bryan feud she was pretty much repeating the same promo every week. Hunter gave better promos and while he was only in a few matches this year, they were all legit. Hunter was also a gif machine this year.
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Singularity42
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Will there be a gimmick poster of the year?
Jobber of the year?
How about the chicken salad out of chicken shit award? That has to go to Sandow
Jobber of the year?
How about the chicken salad out of chicken shit award? That has to go to Sandow
HHH is maybe Most Improved of the year, but not Performer of the Year.
Don't have an alt, just making a rib on Shonen anime.
Liquidsnake
Banned
What was the sign in the crowd last night? Hey can I have a z pack or look at my bump...... what was it?
Unmentioned Data West 2014 awards:
Bumper of the year: Kotaro Suzuki HM: Bork
Double Team of the year:
Comedy spot of the year:
Pretty lady wrestler of the year:
Comeback of the year: Brother Yasshi as Brother Yasshi.
Bumper of the year: Kotaro Suzuki HM: Bork
Double Team of the year:
Comedy spot of the year:
Pretty lady wrestler of the year:
Prettiest man wrestler of the year:
Fuck you, Sunny
Comeback of the year: Brother Yasshi as Brother Yasshi.
British Monsoon
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I like Evie, she kicks hard. Too many women wrestlers wear kick pads and then throw strikes that look like ass.
Not in 2014 there aren't. There's Shibata, Ishii, Goto and old dudes like Masa Funaki and Kanemoto. Ishii's one of the best proponents of that style at present - I personally prefer Daisuke Sekimoto, but he doesn't have the stage that Ishii has, or the quality opponents.
Not in 2014 there aren't. There's Shibata, Ishii, Goto and old dudes like Masa Funaki and Kanemoto. Ishii's one of the best proponents of that style at present - I personally prefer Daisuke Sekimoto, but he doesn't have the stage that Ishii has, or the quality opponents.