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Post by mrpeacock on Feb 23, 2024 10:43:52 GMT -5
WWE has won Promotion of the year for the first time since 2000 which is a wild streak. Triple H also got Booker of the Year while Nick Khan got promoter of the year.
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Post by Schizo on Feb 23, 2024 11:01:33 GMT -5
Well deserved I believe, WWE had arguably one of their best years in 2023
Also, Tony Khan twitter rant incoming in 3…2…1
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Post by Legion on Feb 23, 2024 11:05:02 GMT -5
HBK was robbed.
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Post by tagteammatchplaya on Feb 23, 2024 11:08:30 GMT -5
The real booker of the year in our hearts
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Feb 23, 2024 11:18:19 GMT -5
Can't wait for Tony's tweets
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Post by tirtefaa on Feb 23, 2024 11:21:00 GMT -5
Can't wait for Tony's tweets If he had any sense about how much this award doesn't matter in any context, he'd focus his energies on what he can do better for his company. The only award that matters is who has the most eyes on the product.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Feb 23, 2024 11:24:54 GMT -5
Can't wait for Tony's tweets If he had any sense about how much this award doesn't matter in any context, he'd focus his energies on what he can do better for his company. The only award the matters is who has the most eyes on the product. Man I love AEW and overall appreciate what Tony Khan has brought to the wrestling world, but that "If" is doing a LOT of work.
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Post by floundertime on Feb 23, 2024 11:32:47 GMT -5
He didn’t even make top 5. As Bobby would say, this is the biggest miscarriage of justice of all time
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Feb 23, 2024 11:45:36 GMT -5
THE STREAK...is over.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Feb 23, 2024 11:47:28 GMT -5
No kidding. Dude’s working primarily with cast-offs, second chance folks that didn’t have a spot somewhere, and relatively inexperienced talent and has created a hot ticket. NXT is getting the most buzz it has in years. When you can work with so little and STILL turn things around, that’s a real Booker. Not just a dude who makes matches that sound cool.
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Post by fw91 on Feb 23, 2024 11:50:58 GMT -5
How can he win booker of the year, when he doesn't even know the meaning of the word, controversial?
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Post by cornettesracket on Feb 23, 2024 12:08:43 GMT -5
Just looked at the full list of awards and only two that really don’t make sense. Excalibur as best TV commentator is a choice, and one I don’t agree with. Also the worst match of the year being bray Wyatt and L.A. knight, okay I understand it wasn’t a good match but in hindsight with what we know about bray’s health and untimely death, could voters not have picked another one ?
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Post by Error on Feb 23, 2024 12:11:37 GMT -5
How do they get credit when Vince ran the company for 9 months before selling it?
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Post by Mecca on Feb 23, 2024 12:19:46 GMT -5
I don't think any of this is really at all that surprising, Dave has been beating the drum that WWE rules and AEW is going down the shitter for a good 8 months.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 23, 2024 12:20:00 GMT -5
I don't really think Nick Khan fits a promoter in the traditional sense but I get what they were going for.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 23, 2024 12:21:02 GMT -5
Also keep in mind that AEW won Best TV Show and Best Major Show so folks still felt that AEW had a good year. WWE just had a really hot year financially and a better creative year than recently.
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Post by cornettesracket on Feb 23, 2024 12:21:42 GMT -5
I don't really think Nick Khan fits a promoter in the traditional sense but I get what they were going for. Person in overall control I guess. good to see HHH get some credit for the jobs he done in creative.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Feb 23, 2024 12:24:08 GMT -5
Also keep in mind that AEW won Best TV Show and Best Major Show so folks still felt that AEW had a good year. WWE just had a really hot year financially and a better creative year than recently. There will be tribal weirdos that make this something it's not, but I think what this tells me is that wrestling just had a really great year. I'll take it.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Feb 23, 2024 12:55:13 GMT -5
Just looked at the full list of awards and only two that really don’t make sense. Excalibur as best TV commentator is a choice, and one I don’t agree with. Also the worst match of the year being bray Wyatt and L.A. knight, okay I understand it wasn’t a good match but in hindsight with what we know about bray’s health and untimely death, could voters not have picked another one ? They also gave Booker T worst announcer. I can’t agree with that when Matt Striker is still out here gassing up Matt Riddle’s behavior on commentary.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Feb 23, 2024 12:59:04 GMT -5
Also keep in mind that AEW won Best TV Show and Best Major Show so folks still felt that AEW had a good year. WWE just had a really hot year financially and a better creative year than recently. It's a very interesting set of awards, in terms of breaking down the major promotions. Most of NJPW's positive awards have to do with Will Ospreay, who might have racked up the most awards given to any individual wrestler in the history of WON. (Granted, because the MVP awards didn't exist until recently, and I get the vibe that him getting Europe MVP is a big WON reader blindspot thing, like how lucha fans said that Fenix got Mexico MVP in a year where he barely wrestled in Mexico.) They also got the Most Overrated [translation: most over-pushed] for SANADA, which is pretty rare - WWE dominated that category for so long that it's surprising to see an NJPW wrestler there. AEW got a lot of awards on the merits of the individual workers: Best Tag Team, Most Charismatic, Best on Interviews, Best Non-Wrestler, Best Brawler, Best Technical, Best Gimmick, Most Improved. Best Weekly TV Show and Best Major Show also indicate a lot of quality in the product. Worst Feud and Worst Gimmick are both knocks on the overall quality, given it's an indictment of the entire Devil angle. WWE got awards that are very "the whole promotion is doing well": Best Booker, Best Promoter, Best Promotion, Feud of the Year. While also getting knocked for anything to do with Vince being part of the promotion. The story of the year, according to the awards, is: WWE is an incredibly healthy business that's overall strong, AEW has most of the most stand-out workers and the highest highs, NJPW is struggling with losing their best talent.
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