TH's Mock Observer Awards Ballot

Banks and Bayley got some shine on my hypothetical WON Award ballot
Photo Credit: WWE.com

In case you forgot, I let crack wrestling journalist and eternal pain in my rectal area Horb Flerbminber post his ballot for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards. It got me to wondering what my hypothetical ballot would look like. Of course, I presented the Bloggie Awards earlier this month, so why should I care about Big Dave Meltzer's Mark Awards? Well, for one, I like to involve myself in things that all the kids, cool or uncool, are doing. Second, the WON Awards are focused a bit differently than the Bloggies are, and they're more in detail.

So, I decided that I was gonna give a mock ballot a spin, since I don't have one and doubt I ever will have one. So here is how I would vote if I had me a say. Note, I don't have any votes in mixed martial arts categories because I don't watch or follow MMA. Simple enough, right?

CATEGORY "A" AWARDS

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD FOR WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 

1. Sasha Banks

2. Bayley
3. Kevin Owens

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 

1. Sasha Banks
2. Cesaro
3. John Cena

BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 

1. John Cena
2. Grado
3. Kevin Owens

FEUD OF THE YEAR 

1. Sasha Banks vs Bayley

2. Fenix vs. Mil Muertes
3. Kevin Condron vs. Chikara

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR 

1. The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston)

2. The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)
3. Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady

MOST IMPROVED 

1. Nikki Bella

2. Enzo Amore
3. Roman Reigns

BEST ON INTERVIEWS 

1. Enzo Amore
2. Xavier Woods
3. Big E

MOST CHARISMATIC 

1. Dalton Castle
2. Enzo Amore
3. Big E

BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER 

1. Drew Gulak
2. Silver Ant
3. Chad Gable

BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST BRAWLER 

1. Kevin Owens
2. Dean Ambrose
3. Eddie Kingston

BEST FLYING WRESTLER 

1. Fenix
2. Aerostar
3. Neville

MOST OVERRATED 

1. Seth Rollins
2. Jay Lethal
3. Kane/Big Show

MOST UNDERRATED 

1. Cesaro
2. ACH
3. Jakob Hammermeier

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 

1. Lucha Underground
2. WWE NXT
3. Chikara

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW 

1. Lucha Underground
2. WWE NXT
3. Journey into Chikara

PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR 

1. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley - NXT Takeover: Brooklyn
2. Mil Muertes vs. Fenix - Lucha Underground S1E19
3. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley - NXT Takeover: Respect

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 

1. Kevin Condron
2. Dana Brooke
3. Chad Gable

BEST NON-WRESTLER PERFORMER 

1. Dario Cueto
2. Catrina
3. Chris Trew

BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 

1. Eamon Paton
2. Corey Graves
3. Al Getz

WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER 

1. JBL
2. Kevin Kelly
3. Alex Riley

BEST MAJOR SHOW OF THE YEAR 

1. NXT Takeover: Brooklyn
2. Chikara Top Banana
3. NJPW WrestleKingdom 9

"CATEGORY B" AWARDS (these are pick one rather than rank a top three)

WORST MAJOR SHOW OF THE YEAR 

WWE Money in the Bank

BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER 

Pentagón, Jr's Armbreaker

MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC 

Using Reid Flair's death to further the Charlotte/Paige feud

WORST TELEVISION SHOW 

RAW

WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR 

Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins - WrestleMania 31

WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR
John Cena vs. Rusev

WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 

Global Force Wrestling

BEST BOOKER
Chris DeGeorge/Eric van Wagenen - Lucha Underground

PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 

Triple H

BEST GIMMICK

Kevin Condron/Snowflake

WORST GIMMICK 

Hatin'-ass Lana

BEST WRESTLING BOOK 

didn't read one

BEST WRESTLING DVD 

didn't watch one

I had some blurbs written up, but a lot of it felt either too close to what I wrote for the Bloggies or I couldn't really find the eloquence for the categories at hand. Anyway, if you really wanna fight over these, you know where to find me, on the Twitters @tholzerman.