Dave Meltzer and the Wrestling Observer printed the listing of awards for the better of 2020, the place it seems that Jon Moxley was thought-about the finest fighter of the 12 months, in addition to many classes dominated by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) on Wwe, which was badly rated by followers.
Annually the publication’s subscribers select their favorites from an enormous listing of classes.
Nonetheless, with the COVID-19 Pandemic, there have been only a few firms that labored and if extra consideration is generally paid to the battle in the United States, in 2020 nearly all of it got here all the way down to WWE-AEW for a lot of followers
The 2020 Wrestling Observer Awards
With out additional ado, we go away you the full listing of final 12 months’s award winners.
Lou Thesz / Ric Aptitude Award (Wrestler of the 12 months)
Jon Moxley on the January 8, 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite – AEW
Jon Moxley Kenny Omega Tetsuya Naito Kota Ibushi Drew McIntyre Bayley Go Shiozaki Roman Reigns Mayu Iwatani Chris Jericho
Excellent fighter
Kenny Omega Kota Ibushi Shingo Takagi Tomohiro Ishii Will Ospreay Minoru Suzuki Kazuchika Okada Hiromu Takahashi Go Shiozaki Phoenix King
Group of the 12 months
Younger Bucks Kenny Omega & Adam Web page FTR Harmful Tekkers Bayley & Sasha Banks The North Greatest Pals Lucha Brothers Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi Santana & Ortiz, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly
Higher in interviews
Eddie Kingston Jon Moxley MJF Cody Rhodes Chris Jericho Taz Roman Reigns Jay White Pat McAfee Randy Orton
Promotion of the 12 months
AEW NJPW WWE Stardom UFC Professional Wrestling Noah Impression Wrestling Dragon Gate ROH DDT
Greatest weekly present
AEW Dynamite WWE NXT Being the Elite AEW Darkish WWE SmackDown NJPW Sturdy ROH Impression Wrestling MLW Fusion WWE NXT UK
Greatest battle of the 12 months
Kenny Omega & Adam Web page vs. Younger Bucks (AEW Revolution) Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night time 1) FTR vs. Younger Bucks (AEW Full Gear) Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night time 2) Ilja Dragunov vs. WALTER (NXT UK, October 2020) Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki (NJPW G1 Climax, Night time 13) Hiromu Takahashi vs. Will Ospreay (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night time 1) Go Shiozaki vs. Takashi Sugiura (Noah Closing Chronicle) Stadium Stampede (AEW Double or Nothing) Adam Web page, Alex Reynolds & John Silver vs. MJF, Ortiz & Santana (AEW Dynamite – Brodie Lee Tribute Present)
USA / Canada MVP
Jon Moxley Kenny Omega Cody Rhodes Drew McIntyre Roman Reigns Chris Jericho Bayley Adam Cole Adam Web page
Japan MVP
Tetsuya Naito Kota Ibushi Go Shiozaki Kazuchika Okada Mayu Iwatani Minoru Suzuki Hiromu Takahashi Will Ospreay Tomohiro Ishii Shingo Takagi
MVP of Mexico
Rey Fénix on the October 21, 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite – AEW Rey Fénix Laredo Child Pagano LA Park Volador, Jr. Psycho Clown Kenny Omega Rush Pentagón, Jr. Ultimo Guerrero
Europe MVP
WALTER topped NXT UK Champion at TakeOver New York – WWE WALTER Will Ospreay Zack Saber, Jr. Cara Noir Ilja Dragunov
No Heavyweight MVP
Hiromu Takahashi Phoenix King Darby Allin Rey Mysterio The Phantasmo
Ladies’s MVP
Bayley Mayu Iwatani Sasha Banks Asuka Hikaru Shida Io Shirai Giulia Thunder Rosa Yuka Sakazaki Britt Baker, Hana Kimura, Serena Deeb
Highest grosser
Conor McGregor Jon Moxley Chris Jericho Tetsuya Naito Roman Reigns Kenny Omega Younger Bucks Khabib Nurmagomedov Jorge Masvidal Cody Rhodes
Rivalry of the 12 months
Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston (AEW) Cody Rhodes vs. Brodie Lee (AEW) Adam Web page vs. Kenny Omega (AEW) Jon Moxley vs. Chris Jericho (AEW) FTR vs. Younger Bucks (AEW) MJF vs. Cody Rhodes (AEW) Adam Web page & Kenny Omega vs. Younger Bucks (AEW) Jey Uso vs. Roman Reigns (WWE) The Elite vs. The Internal Circle (AEW) Edge vs. Randy Orton (WWE)
Fighter who has improved the most
Britt Baker Giulia John Silver Taichi Jungle Boy Brodie Lee Roman Reigns Tay Conti YOSHI-HASHI Adam Web page
Extra charismatic
MJF Orange Cassidy Jon Moxley Hiroshi Tanahashi Eddie Kingston Chris Jericho Cody Rhodes Tetsuya Naito Kenny Omega Ricky Starks
Bryan Danielson Award (Greatest Technical Wrestler)
Zack Saber, Jr. Daniel Bryan Jonathan Gresham Kyle O’Reilly Timothy Thatcher Will Ospreay Kenny Omega Minoru Suzuki Syuri Kota Ibushi
Bruiser Brody Memorial Award (Greatest Brawler)
Jon Moxley Tomohiro Ishii Brodie Lee Minoru Suzuki Shingo Takagi Eddie Kingston WALTER Matthew Justice
Greatest aerial fighter
King Phoenix Will Ospreay Hiromu Takahashi Nick Jackson Darby Allin Dragon Dia Rey Mysterio Matt Jackson Son Of The Viking Bandit
Extra overrated
Bray Wyatt EVIL King Corbin Nia Jax Braun Strowman Goldberg Cody Rhodes Seth Rollins, The Miz Charlotte Aptitude
Most underrated
Ricochet Chad Gable Riddle Cesaro, Mustafa Ali Keith Lee Tomohiro Ishii Phoenix King Toa Henare Aleister Black
Rookie of the 12 months
Pat McAfee Anna Jay SB KENTo Dominik Mysterio Prime Flight Will Hobbs Benjamin Carter Blake Christian Alan Angels Yuki Mashiro
Greatest non-fighter
Taz Paul Heyman Don Callis Tony Schiavone Jake Roberts Adam Pearce Zelina Vega
Greatest commentator
Excalibur Kevin Kelly Tony Schiavone Jim Ross Mark Pickering Hugo Savinovich Wade Barrett Chris Jericho Ian Riccobani Jae Church, Samoa Joe
Worst commentator
Michael Cole Corey Graves Beth Phoenix Jim Ross Josh Mathews Byron Saxton Tom Phillips Madison Rayne Vic Joseph
Greatest wrestling present
AEW Revolution NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night time 1 NJPW G1 Climax, Night time 13 AEW Dynamite (Brodie Lee Tribute Present) AEW Double or Nothing AEW Full Gear NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night time 2 WWE Royal Rumble NXT TakeOver: Portland
Worst wrestling present
WWE Tremendous ShowDown WWE The Horror Present at Excessive Guidelines WWE WrestleMania 36, Half 2 WWE Cash in the Financial institution AEW All Out WWE Survivor Sequence WWE WrestleMania 36, Half 1 WWE TLC
Greatest ending transfer
One Winged Angel (Kenny Omega) Buckshot Lariat (Adam Web page) Buckshot V-Set off (Adam Web page & Kenny Omega) Kamigoye (Kota Ibushi) Paradigm Shift (Jon Moxley), Hidden Blade (Will Ospreay) Stormbreaker (Will Ospreay) Coffin Drop ( Darby Allin) Pumping Bomber (Shingo Takagi) Whirling Sweet (Mizuki) Black Arrow (Pac)
Worst promotional tactic
WWE fires many abilities WWE working with out COVID proof WWE banning their expertise from having alternatives with third events WWE in Saudi Arabia AEW persevering with the Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara Rey Mysterio shedding his eye Dana White tries to launch a present in a Native American zone WWE continues to work with wrestlers with allegations of sexual misconduct, Bushiroad handles the dying of Hana Kimura WWE utilizing the firing of Drake Maverick as storyline
Worst TV present
WWE Uncooked Impression Wrestling WWE SmackDown ROH WWE NXT, WWE 205 Reside
Worst battle of the 12 months
Braun Strowman vs. The Fiend (WWE The Horror Present at Excessive Guidelines) Goldberg vs. The Fiend (WWE Tremendous ShowDown) Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara (AEW All Out) Edge vs. Randy Orton (WWE WrestleMania 36, Half 2) Bray Wyatt vs. John Cena (WWE WrestleMania 36, Half 2) Brock Lesnar vs. Ricochet (WWE Tremendous ShowDown) Jado vs. Toru Yano (NJPW New Japan Cup, Night time 1) Britt Baker vs. Huge Swole (AEW All Out Randy Orton vs. The Fiend (WWE TLC) Braun Strowman vs. The Fiend (WWE SummerSlam)
Worst rivalry of the 12 months
Braun Strowman vs. Bray Wyatt (WWE) Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton (WWE) Lana vs. Nia Jax (WWE) Rey Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins (WWE) EVIL vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW) Retribution vs. WWE (WWE) Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara (AEW) Road Income vs. Viking Raiders (WWE) Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus (WWE), Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy (AEW)
Worst promotion of the 12 months
WWE Impression Wrestling ROH MLW NJPW
Greatest Booker of the 12 months
Tony Khan Gedo Nosawa Rongai Rossy Ogawa Sanshiro Takagi Paul Levesque Hunter Johnson
Promoter of the 12 months
Tony Khan Dana White Sanshiro Takagi Harold Meij Joe Koff, Brett Lauderdale Vince McMahon
Greatest character
Orange Cassidy Brodie Lee Roman Reigns Adam Web page Darby Allin Kenny Omega MJF The Fiend Eddie Kingston Darkish Order
Worst character
The Fiend Retribution Alexa Bliss Seth Rollins Grasp Wato Dexter Lumis King Corbin Lana Nice-O-Khan Miro
Greatest e-book
Killing the Enterprise (Younger Bucks) Eighth Marvel of the World (Pat Laprade and Bertrand Hebert) Below the Black Hat (Jim Ross) Shamrock: World’s Most Harmful Man (Jonathan Snowden) Wrestling Observer Yearbook: 1997 (Dave Meltzer) NJPW 12 months in Overview 2020 (Voices of Wrestling) Grasp of the Ring (Tim Hornbaker)
Greatest documentary
Darkish Facet of the Ring: Owen Hart Darkish Facet of the Ring: Chris Benoit WWE The Final Trip Darkish Facet of the Ring: Herb Abrams You Can’t Kill David Arquette WWE 24: Edge Darkish aspect of the Ring: Brawl for All, AEW Street to Full Gear Darkish Facet of the Ring: New Jack
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