🏆 2019 FAN Wrestling Awards (IMPORTANT UPDATE pg3)

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Here's what I came up for my ballot. I waited until now because I didn't want to influence this year's results.

WWE-Only Categories (8):
Best Male WWE Wrestler: Daniel Bryan
Best Female WWE Wrestler: Io Shirai
Best WWE Tag Team: The Kabuki Warriors
Best WWE Match: Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole 2/3 Falls
Best WWE Promo/Non-Wrestling Segment: Daniel Bryan and ROWAN unveil the eco-friendly WWE title
Best WWE PPV/Major Event: NXT Takeover: Toronto
Best WWE Feud: Kofi Kingston vs. Daniel Bryan
Best WWE Spot: Ciampa hits the Air Raid Crash on Adam Cole off of the cage

AEW-Only Categories (8):
Best Male AEW Wrestler: Chris Jericho
Best Female AEW Wrestler: Riho
Best AEW Tag Team: Proud N Powerful
Best AEW Match: Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley at Full Gear
Best AEW Promo/Non-Wrestling Segment: The Inner Circle parodies Cody's video
Best AEW PPV/Major Event: Double or Nothing
Best AEW Feud: Cody vs. Jericho
Best AEW Spot: Joey Janela's Elbow Drop from the Ladder (Fyter Fest)

Combined Categories (13):
Worst Male Wrestler: Dolph Ziggler
The Eva Marie Memorial Snowcone for Worst Female Wrestler: Lana
Worst Tag Team: The Forgotten Sons
Worst Match: Seth Rollins vs. The Fiend at Hell in a Cell
Worst Promo/Non-Wrestling Segment: Rusev, Lashley, and Lana in Divorce Court
Worst PPV/Major Event: Super Showdown
Worst Feud: Rusev vs. Lashley
Most Improved Wrestler: Dark Order
Most Exciting Moment: Jon Moxley debuts for AEW
Most Hilarious Moment: The Inner Circle parodies Cody's video
Most Disappointing Moment: Hell in a Cell ends in a DQ/Stoppage
Most Embarrassing Moment: Paul Heyman's cuckold fetish infects Raw
Most WTF? Moment: The debut of Firefly Funhouse

[Bobeddy]

Here's how my ballot looked

WWE-Only Categories
Best Male WWE Wrestler - Adam Cole
Best Female WWE Wrestler - Io Shirai
Best WWE Tag Team - Kabuki Warriors
Best WWE Match - WALTER vs Tyler Bate
Best WWE Promo/Non-Wrestling Segment - Firefly Funhouse
Best WWE PPV/Major Event - Takeover Toronto
Best WWE Feud - Daniel Bryan vs Kofi Kingston
Best WWE Spot - Fiend's First Entrance

AEW-Only Categories
Best Male AEW Wrestler - PAC
Best Female AEW Wrestler - Hikaru Shida
Best AEW Tag Team - Lucha Bros
Best AEW Match - Cody vs Dustin Rhodes
Best AEW Promo/Non-Wrestling Segment - Jericho's improv victory speech after title win
Best AEW PPV/Major Event - Double or Nothing
Best AEW Feud - PAC vs Kenny Omega
Best AEW Spot - Moxley's Debut

Combined Categories
Worst Male Wrestler - Baron Corbin
The Eva Marie Memorial Snowcone for Worst Female Wrestler - Jessamyn Duke
Worst Tag Team - The Miz & Shane McMahon
Worst Match - Undertaker vs Goldberg
Worst Feud - Shane McMahon vs Roman Reigns
Most Improved Wrestler - Street Profits
Most Exciting Moment - Lynch/Flair/Rousey backstage fight
Most Hilarious Moment - Inner Circle spoof Cody's promo package
Most Disappointing Moment - Lesnar winning MITB
Most Embarrassing Moment - The Mike & Maria Kannelis Cucktime Variety Hour
Most WTF? Moment - First Firefly Funhouse

[Deleted]

Oh, fudge. I keep forgetting to vote on this damn thing, but I only want to pick the worst ones, so it's not like it would've counted.

Combined Categories
Worst Male Wrestler - Lars Sullivan
The Eva Marie Memorial Snowcone for Worst Female Wrestler - Dana Brooke
Worst Tag Team - Braun Strowman & Seth Rollins
Worst Match - Undertaker vs Goldberg
Worst Feud - R-Truth vs. Drake Maverick
Most Improved Wrestler - Not a Worst Category, so Won't Vote
Most Exciting Moment - Note a Worst Category, so Won't Vote
Most Hilarious Moment - Not a Worst Category, so Won't Vote
Most Disappointing Moment - Lesnar winning the WWE Championship in 8 seconds on the first SmackDown on FOX
Most Embarrassing Moment - Mike Kanellis: Cuckold
Most WTF? Moment - Not a Worst Moment, so Won't Vote

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Man, I ran out of time to get my list in.

It's kind of a shame, because short of some quite massive ethical overhauls of WWE, I will never get to vote in that half of the categories again now I stopped watching.

Here's to many more years of AEW!

[JoDaNa1281]

Damn, forgot when these closed.

[sunnytaker]

Dec 28, 2019 16:27:21 GMT -5 JoDaNa1281 said:

Damn, forgot when these closed.

don't feel bad, I didn't even see the thread to begin with til just now. only took me a month...

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

You know how I always say "Pending real life stuff" in these things?

Real life stuff is kind of happening. Don't worry, it's not someone being sick or dying or anything... I'm just struggling to get this done. Writer's block has hit me like a punch in the face. I've calculated the results, so I at least have those if anyone wants to see them on time. But, unless I cram like a motherf***er over the next 48 hours (especially in what is supposed to be more heatwave weather here in Sydney)... The Golden Snowcones aren't gonna be ready if I want to present in the way I've always presented them, with the graphics and the writeups and all that stuff.

I'm really sorry.

[The Foreigner™: OffSZN]

You do great work for the boards! Don't sweat it.

I would be interested in the results by themselves, but if not, no big deal.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

THERE NEEDS TO BE A WRITE IN FOR THE LANA/LASHLEY WEDDING

SOMETHING, AN HONORABLE MENTION AT THE VERY LEAST

THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED MAN AND YOU KNOW IT

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Dec 30, 2019 23:16:14 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

THERE NEEDS TO BE A WRITE IN FOR THE LANA/LASHLEY WEDDING

SOMETHING, AN HONORABLE MENTION AT THE VERY LEAST

THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED MAN AND YOU KNOW IT

I'll make sure there's a reference to it somewhere.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Dec 30, 2019 23:20:05 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Dec 30, 2019 23:16:14 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

THERE NEEDS TO BE A WRITE IN FOR THE LANA/LASHLEY WEDDING

SOMETHING, AN HONORABLE MENTION AT THE VERY LEAST

THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED MAN AND YOU KNOW IT

I'll make sure there's a reference to it somewhere.

WWE's gonna keep you on your toes for next year.

[RI Richmark]

These are my picks:
WWE-Only Categories (8):
Best Male WWE Wrestler: Kofi Kingston
Best Female WWE Wrestler: Becky Lynch
Best WWE Tag Team: The Kabuki Warriors
Best WWE Match: The Women's Tag Team Championship at Elimination Chamber
Best WWE Promo/Non-Wrestling Segment: The backstage brawl between Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch on the Raw before WrestleMania
Best WWE PPV/Major Event: NXT Takeover War Games
Best WWE Feud: Kofi Kingston vs Vince McMahon
Best WWE Spot: Nia Jax & Tamina slamming the IIconics in the cage at Elimination Chamber

AEW-Only Categories (8):
Best Male AEW Wrestler: Chris Jericho
Best Female AEW Wrestler: Awesome Kong
Best AEW Tag Team: SCU
Best AEW Match: N/A (Haven't seen the PPV's and nothing on Dynamite has really stood out)
Best AEW Promo/Non-Wrestling Segment: Chris Jericho's video parodying Cody's video
Best AEW PPV/Major Event: N/A (Again, havent seen the PPVs)
Best AEW Feud: Chris Jericho vs Cody
Best AEW Spot: Darby Allin's dive while handcuffed

Combined Categories (13):
Worst Male Wrestler: Shane McMahon
The Eva Marie Memorial Snowcone for Worst Female Wrestler: Tamina
Worst Tag Team: The B Team
Worst Match: THAT Hell in a Cell match
Worst Promo/Non-Wrestling Segment: King Corbin rambling on about dogs
Worst PPV/Major Event: WWE TLC
Worst Feud: Braun Strowman vs. The Weekend Update guys
Most Improved Wrestler: King Corbin
Most Exciting Moment: Seth Rollins finally beats Brock Lesnar at Summerslam
Most Hilarious Moment: The Ronda/Charlotte/Becky brawl
Most Disappointing Moment: Brock squashes Kofi
Most Embarrassing Moment: Maria Kanellis embarrassing Mike by claiming he's not the father of her baby
Most WTF? Moment: The ending to Hell in a Cell

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Dec 29, 2019 10:04:08 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

You know how I always say "Pending real life stuff" in these things?

Real life stuff is kind of happening. Don't worry, it's not someone being sick or dying or anything... I'm just struggling to get this done. Writer's block has hit me like a punch in the face. I've calculated the results, so I at least have those if anyone wants to see them on time. But, unless I cram like a motherf***er over the next 48 hours (especially in what is supposed to be more heatwave weather here in Sydney)... The Golden Snowcones aren't gonna be ready if I want to present in the way I've always presented them, with the graphics and the writeups and all that stuff.

I'm really sorry.

Dude, you said yourself if the brush fires blow in a certain way, your life is screwed. Focus on that more than some silly award right now. We can wait a few weeks.

[Deleted]

You can post the thing half year late and it's still appreciated, no hurries.

I'm just glad to hear there's a mention for Bob and Lana's wedding - The REAL winner. \o/

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

OK, since it's New Year's, here's a bit of proof of concept that these are getting worked on...

Worst Feud: Rusev v Bobby Lashley

Once again, the Rusev/Lana relationship has been used as fodder for the winner of this award. And while debate about whether its part of some Machiavellian scheme by Vince McMahon to woo the Ravishing Russian will rage on until the heat death of the universe, what we're left with in relation to on-screen matters is some very divisive material.

Before the start of this angle, both Rusev and Lana had been off of TV for months, amidst rumours of burnout and creative dissatisfaction. Eventually, Rusev returned to TV in mid-September with a win over the hapless Mike Kanellis (whose own depiction of marital turbulence with pregnant wife Maria very nearly won this award), but Lana was still absent, which only served to ask more questions. Eventually they were answered when, during a Universal Championship Match with Seth Rollins, Bobby Lashley appeared, making a return from injury... And he was not alone, as he was accompanied by Lana. To the confusion of most (and the amusement of Randy Orton and King Corbin, snickering at the side like naughty schoolboys), they proceeded to make out on the stage, with Rusev standing baffled in the ring. Over the following weeks, Lana would go back and forth between sessions of pampering with Lashley and accusing Rusev of knocking her up and being a sex-hungry freak, with the Bulgarian Brute seemingly at a loss at what to do. Soon enough, police got involved, with Rusev breaking multiple restraining orders in a series of hit-and-run attacks on Lashley. In fact, all three ended up getting arrested over the course of the storyline. Oh, a match? They did have one of those eventually. A tables match at TLC that was won by Lashley. However, the storyline is still technically going, and it doesn't look like we're any closer to the end of it.

All that said, the late arrival of these Snowcones has allowed the opportunity for extra segments to be referenced, in particular the shambolic Lashley/Lana wedding on the last RAW of the year on December 30, one that ended with Liv Morgan returning to TV for the first time in months to declare herself as having had a lesbian fling with Lana and also had Rusev hiding inside a soon-to-be-demolished giant cake. It was too late to change the outcome here, but it was a hilarious footnote to our worst wrestling feud of the year. And hey, I managed to get through this award without using the word "cuck"... Ah, dammit.

Dishonourable Mentions: Mike Kanellis v Maria Kanellis, Roman Reigns v King Corbin

Best WWE Match/Most Exciting Moment: Daniel Bryan v Kofi Kingston (WrestleMania XXXV)

It was a title bout that, ironically enough, mirrored the past rise and heroic triumph of its antagonist. Daniel Bryan, defending the WWE Championship against Kofi Kingston. The fortunes of WrestleMania XXXV as a whole rode largely on this match alone, and it delivered in every way possible.

That night in Metlife Stadium, the capacity crowd witnessed 23 minutes and 45 seconds of wrestling theatre at its finest with this match. Bryan, with his enforcer Erick Rowan in his corner, and Kingston, with his New Day brethren Big E and Xavier Woods in his corner, fought with everything they had. Bryan, being the scheming veteran, used all his cunning to try and extinguish the challenger's chances. Kingston was breaking out new moves left and right to get Bryan on the back foot, but eventually it seemed like hope was lost for the challenger when Bryan hit him with his signature knee strike and locked him into his LeBell Lock submission. But Kingston refused to surrender, kicking out of the knee, countering out of the submission hold and, keeping hold on the wrist, he rained down a series of stomps on the champion. Backing up to the corner, he waited for Bryan to get to his feet... WHAMMO, one Trouble In Paradise later, and the veritable eruption of noise in reaction to Kingston's win could have been heard in Manhattan. With Big E and Woods hoisting him on his shoulders, and his young children at his side, with the fireworks going off and people cheering and crying everywhere from in the stands, to backstage, to his homeland of Ghana... Kingston raised the more conventional version of the WWE Championship high above his head. He had done it. He was the 51st WWE Champion, the first one to be born in Africa, and not one person was ever going to take that honour from him.

This match and Kingston's victory meant a lot of things to a lot of people. It proved that in this cynical age that nice guys can finish first, that the world will still rally behind a worthy hero, and there haven't been very many heroes more worthy of such a victory than Kofi Kingston. The fact that it happened in such a great match is the cherry on top.

Honourable Mentions (Best WWE Match): Johnny Gargano v Adam Cole (NXT Takeover: New York), WALTER v Tyler Bate (NXT UK Takeover: Cardiff)
Honourable Mentions (Most Exciting Moment): AEW premieres their weekly TV show Dynamite on TNT, Jon Moxley debuts at AEW Double Or Nothing

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Well, I voted for the winner of Most Exciting Moment. But for Worst Feud, I voted for Roman vs Corbin. And for Best Match, I voted WALTER vs Bate from Takeover Cardiff.

[Deleted]

I'm glad Bob and Lana's wedding will be remembered in the "Worst Feud" parts of 2019.

...

I just want to say one more time, that I would be willing to bet my ballsacks that it would also win "Best WWE Promo/Non-Wrestling Segment" award by landslide, if there was a re-vote.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Look, here's what I'm going to do... I'll post the winners in here now, at least there's that. After a few days, I'l unsticky this thread and let it fall off, because my head is just not in writing the full article right now, and I'm really sorry to keep stringing you guys along and letting everybody down.

Should it all start clicking again and the whole thing gets done properly eventually, you'll all be the first to know.

That said, here are the winners of the 2019 FAN Golden Snowcones... abridged format:

Best Male WWE Wrestler
***WINNER*** - Daniel Bryan
Honourable Mentions: Adam Cole, Kofi Kingston, WALTER

Best Female WWE Wrestler
***WINNER*** – Becky Lynch
Honourable Mentions: Io Shirai, Rhea Ripley, Shayna Baszler

Best WWE Tag Team
***WINNER*** - The Undisputed Era
Honourable Mentions: The Revival, Kabuki Warriors

Best WWE Match
***WINNER*** - Daniel Bryan v Kofi Kingston (WrestleMania 35)
Honourable Mentions: Johnny Gargano v Adam Cole (Takeover New York), WALTER v Tyler Bate (UK Takeover Cardiff)

Best WWE Promo/Non-Wrestling Segment
***WINNER*** - The first Firefly Fun House (RAW 4/22)
Honourable Mentions: Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey brawl backstage and get arrested (RAW 4/1), The New Day confronts Vince McMahon (SmackDown 3/26)

Best WWE PPV/Major Event
***WINNER*** - WrestleMania 35
Honourable Mentions: NXT Takeover: WarGames III, NXT Takeover: New York

Best WWE Feud
***WINNER*** - Daniel Bryan v Kofi Kingston
Honourable Mentions: Johnny Gargano v Adam Cole, Candice LeRae v Io Shirai

Best WWE Spot
***WINNER*** - Tommaso Ciampa hits Adam Cole with air raid crash from top of steel cage (Takeover WarGames III)
Honourable Mentions: Io Shirai moonsaults onto Candice LeRae from top of steel cage (Takeover WarGames III), Keith Lee pounces Adam Cole into the crowd (NXT 11/27)

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Best Male AEW Wrestler
***WINNER*** - Chris Jericho
Honourable Mentions: Jon Moxley, Cody Rhodes

Best Female AEW Wrestler
***WINNER*** - Riho
Honourable Mentions: Hikaru Shida, Kris Statlander

Best AEW Tag Team
***WINNER*** - Lucha Bros
Honourable Mentions: SoCal Uncensored, Private Party

Best AEW Match
***WINNER*** - Cody Rhodes v Dustin Rhodes (Double Or Nothing)
Honourable Mentions: Jon Moxley v Kenny Omega (Full Gear), Lucha Bros v Young Bucks (All Out)

Best AEW Promo/Non-Wrestling Segment
***WINNER*** – Chris Jericho "prepares" for Cody Rhodes (Dynamite 11/6)
Honourable Mentions: Cody Rhodes makes career announcement (Dynamite 11/6), MJF turns heel on Cody Rhodes (Full Gear)

Best AEW PPV/Major Event
***WINNER*** - Double Or Nothing
Honourable Mentions: Full Gear, All Out

Best AEW Feud
***WINNER*** - Cody Rhodes v Chris Jericho
Honourable Mentions: Kenny Omega v Jon Moxley, Cody Rhodes v Dustin Rhodes

Best AEW Spot
***WINNER*** - Darby Allin hits Coffin Drop to the outside holding a barrel (All Out)
Honourable Mentions: Jon Moxley crawls through broken glass to escape Kenny Omega's Sharpshooter (Full Gear), Pentagon Jr hits Matt Jackson with Canadian Destroyer off a ladder through a table (All Out)

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Worst Male Wrestler
***WINNER*** - Shane McMahon
Dishonourable Mentions: King Corbin, Lars Sullivan

The Eva Marie Memorial Snowcone for Worst Female Wrestler
***WINNER*** - Tamina
Dishonourable Mentions: Lacey Evans, Lana

Worst Tag Team
***WINNER*** - The Forgotten Sons
Dishonourable Mentions: Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode, The Miz and Shane McMahon

Worst Match
***WINNER*** – Seth Rollins v Bray Wyatt (Hell In A Cell)
Dishonourable Mentions: The Undertaker v Goldberg (Super Show Down), Kofi Kingston v Brock Lesnar (SmackDown 10/4)

Worst Promo/Non-Wrestling Segment
***WINNER*** - King Corbin brings out big dog mascot (SmackDown 11/15)
Dishonourable Mentions: Lana fakes pregnancy (RAW 11/11), Sami Zayn's Electric Chair (RAW 5/27)

Worst PPV/Major Event
***WINNER*** – Super Show Down
Dishonourable Mentions: Crown Jewel, Hell In A Cell

Worst Feud
***WINNER*** - Rusev v Bobby Lashley
Dishonourable Mentions: Mike Kanellis v Maria Kanellis, Roman Reigns v King Corbin

Most Improved Wrestler
***WINNER*** - Hangman Page
Honourable Mentions: King Corbin, Keith Lee

Most Exciting Moment
***WINNER*** - Kofi Kingston wins WWE Championship (WrestleMania 35)
Honourable Mentions: AEW premieres Dynamite on TNT, Jon Moxley debuts in AEW (Double Or Nothing)

Most Hilarious Moment
***WINNER*** - Chris Jericho "prepares" for Cody Rhodes (Dynamite 11/6)
Honourable Mentions: Orange Cassidy is found standing in the bathroom during backstage brawl (Dynamite 11/13), Mayor Glen Jacobs wins the 24/7 Championship (RAW 9/16)

Most Disappointing Moment
***WINNER*** - Brock Lesnar beats Kofi Kingston to win WWE Championship (SmackDown 10/4)
Dishonourable Mentions: Baron Corbin retires Kurt Angle (WrestleMania 35), Charlotte Flair beats Asuka to win SmackDown Women's Championship (SmackDown 3/26)

Most Embarrassing Moment
***WINNER*** - Maria Kanellis continually humiliates Mike Kanellis
Dishonourable Mentions: WWE's Saudi Arabian "adventures", King Corbin brings out big dog mascot (SmackDown 11/15)

Most WTF? Moment
***WINNER*** - Seth Rollins v Bray Wyatt in Hell In A Cell goes to no finish (Hell In A Cell)
Dishonourable Mentions: Maria Kanellis wants to be impregnated by Becky Lynch (RAW 7/1), Bret Hart is attacked at the Hall Of Fame

[Allie Kitsune]

I'd completely forgotten that Sami Zayn's Electric Chair was a thing.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Candice vs Io got an honorable mention for Best Feud?

I wasn't the only one who voted for it!