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Wrestler of the year – Ric Flair/Lou Thesz Awards:

  • (1) Kazuchika Okada (NJPW)
  • (2) Kenny Omega (NJPW)
  • (3) Tetsuya Naito (NJPW)
  • (4) AJ Styles (WWE)
  • (5) Kento Miyahara (AJPW)

Most outstanding wrestler:

  • (1) Kazuchika Okada (NJPW)
  • (2) Kenny Omega (NJPW)
  • (3) AJ Styles (WWE)
  • (4) Tetsuya Naito (NJPW)
  • (5) Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW)

Tag team of the Year:

  • (1) The Young Bucks (ROH/NJPW) (4th year in a row)
  • (2) The Usos (WWE)
  • (3) War Machine (ROH in 2017)
  • (4) Sheamus & Cesaro (WWE)
  • (5) Nueva Generacion Dinamitas (CMLL)

Best on Interviews:

  • (1) Conor McGregor (UFC)
  • (2) Chris Jericho (WWE)
  • (3) The Miz (WWE)
  • (4) Kenny Omega (NJPW)
  • (5) Kevin Owens (WWE)

Promotion of the Year:

  • (1) NJPW (by far. 5871 votes)
  • (2) ROH (1297 votes)
  • (3) WWE
  • (4) UFC
  • (5) CMLL

Best weekly TV show:

  • (1) NJPW on AXS
  • (2) NXT
  • (3) CMLL Friday Night Arena Mexico
  • (4) Being the Elite
  • (5) ROH

Match of the Year:

  • (1) Okada vs. Omega, WrestleKingdom 11 (NJPW)
  • (2) Okada vs. Omega, Dominion 6.11 (NJPW)
  • (3) Okada vs. Shibata, April 9th (NJPW)
  • (4) Naito vs. Omega, G1 CLIMAX 27 (NJPW)
  • (5) Okada vs. Omega, August 12th (NJPW)

Feud of the Year:

  • (1) Omega – Okada (NJPW) (by far. 938 votes)
  • (2) McGregor – Mayweather (UFC/Boxing) (62 votes)
  • (3) Tanahashi – Naito (NJPW)
  • (4) KUSHIDA – Takahashi (NJPW)
  • (5) Jones – Cormier (UFC)

Most charismatic:

  • (1) Tetsuya Naito (NJPW)
  • (2) Conor McGregor (UFC)
  • (3) Kenny Omega (NJPW)
  • (4) Matt Riddle (PWG)
  • (5) Shinsuke Nakamura (WWE)

Best technical wrestler:

  • (1) Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW) (4th year in a row)
  • (2) KUSHIDA (NJPW)
  • (3) Hideki Suzuki (BJW?)
  • (4) Marty Scurll (ROH)
  • (5) Pete Dunne (WWE)

Best brawler – Bruiser Brody Memorial Awards:

  • (1) Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW)
  • (2) SHIBATA (NJPW)
  • (3) Minoru Suzuki (NJPW)
  • (4) Walter (WXW)
  • (5) Samoa Joe (WWE)

Best flying wrestler:

  • (1) Will Ospreay (NJPW)
  • (2) Ricochet (NJPW in 2017)
  • (3) Volador Jr. (CMLL)
  • (4) Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW)
  • (5) Rey Fénix (free agent)

Most overrated 

  • (1) Jinder Mahal (WWE)
  • (2) Roman Reigns (WWE)
  • (3) Baron Corbin (WWE)
  • (4) CODY (ROH/NJPW)
  • (5) The Miz / Bray Wyatt (a tie) (WWE)

Most underrated:

  • (1) Rusev (94 votes)
  • (2) Tomohiro Ishii (92 votes)
  • (3) Finn Bálor
  • (4) Sami Zayn
  • (5) Kassius Ohno

Rookie of the Year:

  • (1) Ketsuya Kitamura (NJPW)
  • (2) Microman (CMLL)
  • (3) Bianca Belair (WWE)
  • (4) Tomoyuki Oka (NJPW)
  • (5) Austin Theory (WWN)

Best non-wrestler:

  • (1) Daniel Bryan (WWE)
  • (2) Zelina Vega (WWE)
  • (3) Paul Heyman (WWE)
  • (4) Stokely Hathaway (EVOLVE)
  • (5) Dario Cueto (Lucha Underground)

Best TV announcer:

  • (1) Mauro Ranallo (WWE)
  • (2) Corey Graves (WWE)
  • (3) Don Callis (TNA/NJPW)
  • (4) Shinpei Nogami (NJPW)
  • (5) Kevin Kelly (NJPW)

Worst TV announcer:

  • (1) Booker T (WWE)
  • (2) Percy Watson (WWE)
  • (3) JBL (WWE)
  • (4) Matt Striker (Lucha Underground)
  • (5) Byron Saxton (WWE)

Best major  show:

  • (1) WrestleKingdom 11 (NJPW)
  • (2) Dominion 6.11 (NJPW)
  • (3) UFC 217
  • (4) NXT Takeover: Chicago (WWE)
  • (5) G1 Finals (NJPW)

Worst major wrestling show:

  • (1) Battleground (WWE)
  • (2) Triplemania XXV (AAA)
  • (3) Bound for Glory (TNA)
  • (4) WrestleMania 33 (WWE)
  • (5) Payback (WWE)

Best wrestling move:

  • (1) One-Winged Angel (Kenny Omega, NJPW)
  • (2) Rainmaker (Kazuchika Okada, NJPW)
  • (3) Destino (Tetsuya Naito, NJPW)
  • (4) V-Trigger (Kenny Omega, NJPW)
  • (5) Black Mass (Aleister Black, WWE)

Most disgusting promotional tactic:

  • (1) WWE promoting Jimmy Snuka a hero in death (WWE)
  • (2) Jinder Mahal racial interview about Nakamura (WWE)
  • (3) Ultimate Warrior lionization – Breast Cancer campaign (WWE)
  • (4) Pushing Jinder Mahal as a champion for the Indian market (WWE)
  • (5) Gabi Garcia against smaller women (Rizin)

Worst TV show:

  • (1) RAW (WWE)
  • (2) Impact (TNA)
  • (3) 205 Live (WWE)
  • (4) SmackDown! (WWE)
  • (5) AAA

Worst match of the year:

  • (1) Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton, WrestleMania 33 (WWE)
  • (2) Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton, House of Horrors (WWE)
  • (3) AAA Rumble
  • (4) Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley, Kendo Stick on a Pole (WWE)
  • (5) Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal, Punjabi Prison (WWE)

Worst feud of the year:

  • (1) Orton vs. Wyatt (WWE)
  • (2) Nakamura vs. Mahal (WWE)
  • (3) Orton vs. Mahal (WWE)
  • (4) Bayley vs. Bliss (WWE)
  • (5) Wyatt vs. Balor (WWE)

Worst promotion:

  • (1) TNA
  • (2) AAA
  • (3) WWE
  • (4) ICW
  • (5) Lucha Underground

Best booker:

  • (1) Gedo (by fucking far. 1,025 votes) (NJPW)
  • (2) Triple H (48 votes) (WWE)
  • (3) Jun Akiyama (AJPW)
  • (4) Smallman, Briley, Joseph (PROGRESS)
  • (5) Christian Michael Jakobi (WXW)

Promoter of the year:

  • (1) Takaaki Kidani (NJPW) (771 votes)
  • (2) Dana White (UFC) (198 votes)
  • (3) Triple H (WWE) (109 votes)
  • (4) Showtime Sports (36 votes)
  • (5) Jim Smallman (25 votes)

Best gimmick:

  • (1) Los Ingobernables de Japon (NJPW)
  • (2) Velveteen Dream (WWE)
  • (3) Marty Scurll (ROH)
  • (4) The Elite (ROH/NJPW)
  • (5) Drew Gulak (WWE)

Worst gimmick:

  • (1) Bray Wyatt & Sister Abigail (WWE)
  • (2) Jason Jordan as Kurt Angle’s son (WWE)
  • (3) Dolph Ziggler (WWE)
  • (4) Jinder Mahal (WWE)
  • (5) Mike Kanellis (WWE)

Best pro-wrestling book:

  • (1) Crazy like a Fox – The Brian Pillman story
  • (2) Slobberknocker, Jim Ross
  • (3) Best seat in the house, Justin Roberts
  • (4) Sisterhood of the Squared Circle,
  • (5) No is a four letter word, Chris Jericho

Best documentary:

  • (1) Ric Flair 30-for-30
  • (2) Bruiser Brody, the last wrestling rebel
  • (3) Fight Owens Fight
  • (4) WWE 365 with Kevin Owens
  • (5) WWE 24: Finn Bálor