Jan 29, 2015 WON awards, very accurate actually. Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2014 Awards Tier 1 Awards: Lou Thez/Ric Flair Award (Wrestler of the Year):Shinsuke Nakamura(NJPW) MMA Most Valuable Fighter:Ronda Rousey(UFC) Most Outstanding Wrestler:AJ Styles(NJPW/ROH) Best Box Office Draw:Ronda Rousey(UFC) Feud of the Year:Jon Jones vs Daniel Cormier(UFC) Tag Team of the Year:The Young Bucks(NJPW/ROH/PWG) Most Improved:Alexander Rusev(WWE) Best on Interviews:Paul Heyman(WWE) Most Charismatic:Shinsuke Nakamura(NJPW) Best Technical Wrestler:Zack Sabre Jr(NOAH) Bruiser Brody Award (Best Brawler):Tomohiro Ishii(NJPW) Best Flying Wrestler:Ricochet/Prince Puma(DG-USA, Lucha UG) Most Overrated Wrestler:Kane(WWE) Most Underrated Wrestler:Cesaro(WWE) Promotion of the Year:New Japan Pro Wrestling Best Weekly TV Show:NXT(WWE) Most Outstanding Fighter:Ronda Rousey(UFC) Match of the Year:AJ Styles vs Minoru Suzuki(NJPW G1 Climax 24) Fight of the Year:Hendricks vs Lawler(UFC) Rookie of the Year:Dragon Lee II(CMLL) Best Non-Wrestler:Paul Heyman(WWE) Best TV Announcer:William Regal(WWE) Worst TV Announcer:John Bradshaw Layfield(WWE) Best Major Show (PPV):G1 Climax 24 - Day 7(NJPW) Tier 2 Awards Worst Major Wrestling Show (PPV):Battleground(WWE) Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic:WWE insulting fans who bought PPVs(WWE) Best Wrestling Maneuver:Meltzer Driver- The Young Bucks Worst TV Show:Monday Night RAW(WWE) Worst Match of the Year:John Cena vs Bray Wyatt(WWE Extreme Rules) Worst Feud of the Year:Brie Bella vs Nikki Bella(WWE) Worst Promotion of the Year:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Best Booker:Gedo and Jado(NJPW) Promoter of the Year:Mr. Kidani(NJPW) Best Gimmick:Rusev/Lana - Russian Sympathizers (WWE) Worst Gimmick:Adam Rose - Flamboyant Partier(WWE) Best Pro Wrestling Book:The Death of WCW Best Pro Wrestling DVD:Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
Jan 29, 2015 I'm confused on how Kane won "Most Overrated." I've never seen anyone say anything good about how he is now... Unless they are talking about how WWE is using Kane.
Jan 29, 2015 exactly, nobody likes Kane anymore or wants to see him on TV...yet he's always on TV in segments and in main events.
Jan 29, 2015 Anyways according to an interview with Super Crazy, NJPW essentially "bought" Pro Wrestling NOAH. EDIT: I guess I was wrong, it's more of a business relationship where NJPW is helping out Pro Wrestling NOAH, so basically NOAH "works" for NJPW.
Mar 1, 2015 I didn't watch it (once again, laptop is a---. My birthday is in a couple of weeks if one of you want to be generous lol) but from what I heard it was good except for the main event
Mar 3, 2015 Matches were good, but the main event left a sour taste in my mouth. Way to make your world champion look weak going into a match against the "legend of ROH" Samoa Joe.
Mar 3, 2015 So you weren't impressed by the ME or the ROH PPV, which one is it? ME action wise was fine but it was definitely overbooked but not too surprising from a fatal four way, but still hurt the match. Jay Briscoe is 2 time champ (only second man to do so), was never pinned for the title (stripped) and hasn't been pinned in 2 years...this is the current storyline they are running with. I'm assuming you're saying weak cause he got knocked out and fell on the guy for the pin...well they were in Vegas and whole PPV was about odds and chances.
Mar 3, 2015 Mainly the main event I wasn't impressed with, but it puts a shade over the rest of the PPV imo. The main event really killed the "ROH isn't like WWE" idea that people say, when they had a WWE-esque finish. I just don't think Jay Briscoe should of won out of luck if they are really trying to build to a big match with Samoa Joe. The rest of the card was pretty good, bar 1-2 matches though. I just wasn't as impressed with the PPV as past ones I've watched.
Mar 5, 2015 New Japan Cup 2015: Day 1 will be shown live on NJPW World and in /wooo/tube - http://taima.tv/r/wooo and /wooo/alt - http://taima.tv/r/woooalt at 5am EST / 10am GMT. Here's the lineup for the show: New Japan Cup 2015 First Round Match: Bad Luck Fale vs. Kazuchika Okada New Japan Cup 2015 First Round Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano New Japan Cup 2015 First Round Match: Karl Anderson vs. Tetsuya Naito New Japan Cup 2015 First Round Match: Doc Gallows vs. Kota Ibushi Six Man Tag Team Match: Captain New Japan, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi vs. CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii) and Kazushi Sakuraba New Japan Cup 2015 First Round Match: Hirooki Goto vs. Yuji Nagata New Japan Cup 2015 First Round Match: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Satoshi Kojima New Japan Cup 2015 First Round Match: Togi Makabe vs. Tomoaki Honma New Japan Cup 2015 First Round Match: YOSHI-HASHI vs. Yujiro Takahashi Eight Man Tag Team Match: Jay White, Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA & Yohei Komatsu vs. Mascara Dorada, Ryusuke Taguchi, Sho Tanaka & Tiger Mask