WON Awards 2008

2008 WRESTLING OBSERVER

1. CHRIS JERICHO (139)1,198
2. Edge (116)1,168
3. Shawn Michaels (157)1,111
4. Keiji Muto (97)976
5. Nigel McGuinness (45)658
6. John Cena (73)595
7. Shingo Takagi (57)449
8. Cibernetico (53)377
9. Kurt Angle (32)275
10. Bryan Danielson (12)215

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE
1. BROCK LESNAR (658)3,618
2. Georges St. Pierre (81)1,808
3. Randy Couture (25)473
4. Fedor Emelianenko (31)453
5. Anderson Silva (2)406
6. Forrest Griffin (2)241
7. Gina Carano (1)240
8. Kimbo Slice (3)200
9. Masato (27)181
10. Chuck Liddell168

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER
1. BRYAN DANIELSON (325)2,042
2. Shawn Michaels (173)1,406
3. Nigel McGuinness (32)753
4. Naomichi Marufuji (46)718
5. Chris Jericho (36)578
6. Kurt Angle (47)426
7. KENTA (19)315
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi (16)277
9. Edge (17)251
10. Masato Tanaka (29)185

MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
1. GEORGES ST. PIERRE (333)2,512
2. Anderson Silva (215)2,146
3. B.J. Penn (35)789
4. Fedor Emelianenko (46)538
5. Brock Lesnar (55)458
6. Miguel Torres (13)337
7. Eddie Alvarez (17)310
8. Forrest Griffin (8)289
9. Urijah Faber (5)271
10. Kenny Florian135

BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW
1. BROCK LESNAR (605)3,532
2. Mistico (118)1,525
3. John Cena (107)1,207
4. Georges St. Pierre (3)1,064
5. Cibernetico (19)511
6. Randy Couture (7)394
7. Chuck Liddell (13)305
8, Kimbo Slice (4)264
9. Keiji Muto197
10. Kenta Kobashi 173

FEUD OF THE YEAR
1. CHRIS JERICHO VS. SHAWN MICHAELS (443)2,647
2. Undertaker vs. Edge (56)1,195
3. New Japan vs. Zero-One Max (71)595
4. Austin Aries vs. Jimmy Jacobs (19)416
5. Konnan vs. Joachim Roldan (37)362
6. Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra (2)321
7. Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens (15)289
8. Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels (19)232
9. HHH vs. Jeff Hardy (6)160
10. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe (2) 138

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR
1. JOHN MORRISON & THE MIZ (294)2,130
2. Kevin Steen & El Generico (137)1,099
3. Robert Roode & James Storm (30)1,077
4. Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi (120)1,035
5. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori (83)804
6. Mark & Jay Briscoe (30)708
7. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black (38)469
8. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley (15)460
9. Shingo Takagi & BxB Hulk (16)252
10. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima (22)251

MOST IMPROVED
1. THE MIZ (203)1,578
2. Tyler Black (194)1,244
3. John Morrison (15)237
4. Cody Rhodes (22)235
5. Suwama (16)234
6. Yamato (33)216
7. Kofi Kingston (9)184
8. Shingo Takagi (14)182
9. Ted DiBiase (8)116
10. Rhett Titus (13)96

BEST ON INTERVIEWS
1. CHRIS JERICHO (272)1,979
2. Santino Marella (137)1,309
3. Edge (43)654
4. Dana White (42)594
5. Shawn Michaels (18)405
6. Ric Flair (37)344
7. Larry Sweeney (17)298
8. Cibernetico 215
9. Jimmy Jacobs (5)166
10. John Cena (4)135

MOST CHARISMATIC
1. JOHN CENA (245)1,586
2. Brock Lesnar (86)856
3. Edge (43)617
4. Santino Marella (77)579
5. Kenta Kobashi (35)522
6. Shawn Michaels (37)452
7. Chris Jericho (26)442
8. Cibernetico (26)434
9. Quinton Jackson (2)318
10. Hiroshi Tanahashi (20)299

BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER
1. BRYAN DANIELSON (582)3,231
2. Nigel McGuinness (45)1,192
3. Kurt Angle (68)748
4. Naomichi Marufuji (32)694
5. Atsushi Aoki364
6. William Regal (6)260
7. Yuji Nagata236
8. Chris Jericho (24)222
9. Shawn Michaels (10)208
10. Mike Quackenbush (9)179

BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER)
1. NECRO BUTCHER (193)1,386
2. Samoa Joe (127)1,133
3. Takeshi Morishima (125)1,044
4. Undertaker (76)831
5. Masato Tanaka (40)576
6. Togi Makabe (28)534
7. Fit Finlay (48)358
8. Awesome Kong (21)343
9. Jimmy Jacobs (17)268
10. Kevin Steen (8)172

BEST FLYING WRESTLER
1. EVAN BOURNE (323)2,188
2. Kota Ibushi (108)1,746
3. Mistico (115)1,510
4. Jack Evans (59)1,217
5. Dragon Kid (67)604
6. Masato Yoshino (49)424
7. A.J. Styles (24)399
8. Jeff Hardy (22)351
8. Rey Mysterio (2)332
10. Pac (15)277

MOST OVERRATED
1. VLADIMIR KOZLOV (143)1,022
2. HHH (139)953
3. Great Khali (64)583
4. Sting (38)377
5. Kevin Nash (37)374
6. Batista (32)372
7. Kane (38)332
8. C.M. Punk (34)305
9. Mr. Kennedy (29)299
10. JBL (18)197

MOST UNDERRATED
1. MVP (91)840
2. Scotty Goldman (87)567
3. Jamie Noble (50)484
4. Alex Shelley (53)464
5. Elijah Burke (39)419
6. Paul London (57)358
7. C.M. Punk (22)287
8. John Morrison (31)277
9. Shuji Kondo (10)189
10. Chris Sabin (5)182

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
1. ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS (533)3,340
2. World Wrestling Entertainment (52)1,329
3. Ring of Honor (58)1,188
4. Dragon Gate (26)591
5. New Japan Pro Wrestling (33)575
6. World Extreme Cagefighting (7)406
7. Pro Wrestling NOAH (15)312
8. Total Nonstop Action (32)276
9. AAA (12)227
10. CHIKARA (21)209

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW
1. THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER (196)1,616
2. WWE Raw (128)1,467
3. WWE ECW (92)1,165
4. WWE Smackdown (70)887
5. Dragon Gate Infinity (89)682
6. Inside MMA (61)407
7. AAA (14)329
8. Pro Wrestling NOAH (19)306
9. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (9)282
10. CMLL (1)228

WORKED MATCH OF THE YEAR
1. SHAWN MICHAELS VS. CHRIS JERICHO 10/5 PORTLAND (179)1,146
2. Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels 3/30 Orlando (140)933
3. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe 4/13 Lowell (33)622
4. Blue Panther vs. Villano V 9/19 Mexico City (30)594
5. Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama 12/2/07 Tokyo (36)539
6. Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries 12/29/07 New York (37)475
7. Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson 2/23 New York (49)405
8. Undertaker vs. Edge 3/30 Orlando (22)386
9. Naomichi Marufuji & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. KENTA & Kota Ibushi 9/14 Tokyo (39)360
10. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino & Genki Horiguchi vs. Cima & Ryo Saito & Dragon Kid 3/29 Orlando (12)348

SHOOT MATCH OF THE YEAR
1. FORREST GRIFFIN VS. QUINTON JACKSON 7/5 LAS VEGAS (160)1,362
2. Roger Huerta vs. Clay Guida 12/8/07 Las Vegas (237)1,353
3. Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver 6/1 Sacramento (63)1,070
4. Miguel Torres vs. Yoshiro Maeda 6/1 Sacramento (108)1,008
5. Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture 11/15 Las Vegas (99)907
6. Cung Le vs. Frank Shamrock 3/29 San Jose (83)867
7. Eddie Alvarez vs. Joachim Hansen 5/11 Saitama (93)781
8. Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva 12/29/07 Las Vegas (70)642
9. Eddie Alvarez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri 7/21 Osaka (2)523
10. Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch 8/9 Minneapolis (21)314

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1. KAI (84)966
2. Amasis (81)925
3. Ryota Hama (88) 462
4. Kento Miyahara (35)454
5. Joe Hennig (41)378
6. Nick Jackson (15)324
7. Consequences Creed (47)295
8. Atsushi Sawada (13)292
9. Ophidian (1)275
10. King Mo (35)175

BEST NON-WRESTLER
1. LARRY SWEENEY (260)2,208
2. Vickie Guerrero (327)2,039
3. Jim Cornette (22)548
4. Mick Foley (15)474
5. Nobuhiko Takada (45)323
6. Vince McMahon (2)294
7. Dana White (3)225
8. Konnan (35)211
9. Teddy Long (11)139
10. Karen Angle 67

BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER
1. MATT STRIKER (264)1,950
2. Jim Ross (232)1,906
3. Joe Rogan (99)1,110
4. Mike Goldberg (49)698
5. Frank Mir (2)296
6. Mike Tenay (9)285
7. Tazz (3)249
8. Dave Prazak (31)239
9. Gus Johnson (30)238
10. Mauro Ranallo(16)196

WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER
1. MIKE ADAMLE (289)1,623
2. Don West (93)1,364
3. Michael Cole (107)1,310
4. Todd Grisham (70)806
5. Mike Tenay (12)274
6. Jerry Lawler (4)172
7. Mauro Ranallo (14)141
8. Tazz (13)107
9. Bubba the Love Sponge (12)90
10. Jay Glazer67

BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW
1. WWE WRESTLEMANIA 3/30 ORLANDO (158)1,683
2. UFC 91 11/15 Las Vegas (199)1,677
3. WEC 6/1 Sacramento (43)682
4. ROH Supercard of Honor 3/29 Orlando (112)673
5. WWE No Mercy 10/5 Portland (52)635
6. ROH Death Before Dishonor 8/2 New York (2)249
7. Pro Wrestling NOAH 3/2 Tokyo (16)234
8. ROH Take No Prisoners 3/16 Philadelphia (29)212
9. WWE Royal Rumble 1/27 New York (2)194
10. Dragon Gate 9/5 Los Angeles (18)179

"CATEGORY B" AWARDS - WINNER
DETERMINED BY FIRST PLACE VOTES

WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW

1. WWE SURVIVOR SERIES 11/23 BOSTON116
2. TNA Sacrifice 5/11 Orlando95
3. YAMMA Pitfighting 4/11 Atlantic City90
4. TNA No Surrender 9/14 Oshawa52
5. Elite XC on CBS 10/1 Fort Lauderdale41
6. Strikeforce at the Dome 2/23 Tacoma31
7. TNA Destination X 3/9 Norfolk27
8. UFC 90 10/25 Chicago26
9. WWE Cyber Sunday 10/26 Phoenix25
10. WWE Unforgiven 9/7 Cleveland18

BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER

1. EVAN BOURNE SHOOTING STAR PRESS259
2. Tyler Black God’s Last Gift46
3. Undertaker gogoplata34
4. Mistico La Mistica30
5. Chris Jericho codebreaker26
6. KENTA Go 2 sleep24
7. Randy Orton RKO22
8. Dragon Kid dragonrana20
9. Kota Ibushi double moonsault19
10. Taiji Ishimori superstar elbow18

MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC
1. WWE JEFF HARDY TEASED OVERDOSE TO GET HITS241
2. TNA Using Jill Jarrett’s death in Angle vs. Jeff storyline165
3. WWE having the set collapse on Vince McMahon just days after a TNA crew member was killed in similar fashion49
4. ROH Larry Sweeney rape tease on Allison Danger46
5. IWA Mid South Mike Levy incident41
6. Elite XC pushing Kimbo Slice as a main eventer29
7. AAA using Antonio Pena’s ashes in an angle25
8. WWE McMahon’s Millions23

WORST TELEVISION SHOW
1. TNA IMPACT520
2. Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling43
3. WWE ECW41
4. WWE Raw34
5. AAA11
6. WWE Smackdown 10

WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR
1. HHH VS. KOZLOV VS. EDGE 11/23 BOSTON118
2. Paulo Filho vs. Chael Sonnen 11/5 Hollywood, FL34
3. Santino Marella vs. Honky Tonk Man 10/26 Phoenix22
5. Warrior vs. Orlando Jordan 6/25 Madrid, Spain19
6. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. Big Show 6/29 Dallas16
7. Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy 8/17 Indianapolis15
8. Rhodes & DiBiase vs. Lawler & Cole 7/28 Washington14
9. A.J. Styles vs. Frank Trigg 9/14 Oshawa13

WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR
1. REY MYSTERIO VS. KANE215
2. Sonjay Dutt vs. Jay Lethal101
3. Main Event Mafia vs. Front Line52
4. HHH vs. Vladimir Kozlov35
5. B.G. James vs. Kip James19
6. Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy16
7. Samoa Joe vs. Kevin Nash15
8. Tommy Dreamer vs. Colin Delaney14
9. Jamie Noble vs. Chuck Palumbo12
Armando Estrada vs. Colin Delaney12
Team 3-D vs. X Division12

WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
1. TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION404
2. Elite XC232
3. All Japan Pro Wrestling36
4. World Wrestling Entertainment34
5. Inoki Genome Federation19
IWA Mid South19
7. Hustle Fighting Opera18
8. AAA16

BEST BOOKER
1. JOE SILVA383
2. Gabe Sapolsky229
3. Gedo & Jado86
4. Mike Quackenbush55
5. Vince McMahon29
6. Michael Hayes28
7. Genki Horiguchi26
8. Russo/Mantel/Jarrett12

PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
1. DANA WHITE699
2. Vince McMahon60
3. Cary Silkin46
4. Naoki Sugabayashi10
5. Dixie Carter9

BEST GIMMICK

1. SANTINO MARELLA338
2. Beautiful People62
3. Rhett Titus36
4. Charlie Haas21
5. John Morrison14
6. Junie Browning12
7. Festus9

WORST GIMMICK
1. KHALI KISS CAM62
2. Whiny world champion Samoa Joe59
3. Super Eric52
4. G.M. Mike Adamle25
5. Stone Cold Shark Boy21
6. Cute Kip19
7. Kung Fu Naki15
8. Sheik Abdul Bashir14
9. Charlie Haas12
Bella Twins11

BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK
1. GORGEOUS GEORGE/JOHN CAPOUYA192
2. Ring of Hell/Matt Randazzo75
3. Wrestlecrap Book of Lists/Randy Baer54
4. Tales from the Mat/Tito Santana37
5. Becoming the Natural/Randy Couture & Loretta Hunt35
6. Benoit/Oliver & Johnson & Muchnick & McCoy33
7. Made in America/Matt Hughes15
8. Jim Londos Record Book/Steve Yohe9
Adventures in Larryland/Larry Zbyszko9

BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD
1. RIC FLAIR DEFINITIVE COLLECTION216
2. Ric Flair High Spots Shoot83
3. Mr. Perfect49
4. The Rock: Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment46
5. PWG Sells Out37
6. Wrestlemania 2433
7. Hell in a Cell19
8. Viva La Raza/Eddie Guerrero Story11
9. TNA Global Impact Tokyo Dome10