*** Official 2010 WWE Royal Rumble Thread - 8pm et Jan 31 PPV (pg 13) ***

[4wrestling]

2009 Wrestling Observer Awards (as voted on by WO readers):

Wrestler of the Year: Chris Jericho
MMA Most Valuable Fighter: Brock Lesnar
Most Outstanding Wrestler: Bryan Danielson
Most Outstanding Fighter: Georges St. Pierre
Best Box Office Draw: Brock Lesnar
Feud of the Year: CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy
Tag Team of the Year: The American Wolves
Most Improved: The Miz
Best on Interviews: Chris Jericho
Most Charismatic: John Cena
Best Technical Wrestler: Bryan Danielson
Best Brawler: Necro Butcher
Best Flying Wrestler: Kota Ibushi
Most Overrated: Triple H
Most Underrated: Evan Bourne
Promotion of the Year: UFC
Best Weekly TV Show: Smackdown
Match of the Year: Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels
MMA Fight of the Year: Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida
Rookie of the Year: Frightmare
Best Non-Wrestler: Vickie Guerrero
Best Announcer: Jim Ross
Worst Announcer: Michael Cole
Best Major Wrestling Show: DGUSA: Open the Historical Gate

Class B Awards

Worst Major Wrestling Show: TNA Victory road
Best Wrestling Maneuver: More Bang for Your Buck (The Young Bucks)
Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Piggy James angle
Worst TV Show: Impact
Worst Match of the Year: Sharmell vs. Jenna Morasca
Worst Feud of the Year: Chavo Guerrero vs. Hornswoggle
Worst Promotion of the Year: TNA
Best Booker: Joe Silva
Promoter of the Year: Dana White
Best Gimmick: CM Punk
Worst Gimmick: Hornswoggle
Best Pro Wrestling Book: Midnight Express 25th Anniversary Scrapbook by Jim Cornette
Best Pro Wrestling DVD: Macho Madness



And in full detail:


Wrestler of the Year

1. CHRIS JERICHO (269)1,815 - 2nd year in a row.
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi (97)1,057
3. Naruki Doi (51)751
4. C.M. Punk (53)714
5. Randy Orton (67)692
6. Jeff Hardy (46)464
7. John Cena (32)272
8. Davey Richards (11)268
9. Bryan Danielson (20)266
10. Kurt Angle (13)254

Most Outstanding Wrestler

1. BRYAN DANIELSON (211,838 - 4 years in a row.
2. Davey Richards (161)1,719
3. KENTA (212)1,380
4. Chris Jericho (44)489
5. Kurt Angle (19)292
6. Shingo Takagi (12)284
7. Kota Ibushi (9)269
8. Nigel McGuiness/Desmond Wolfe (22)267
9. Shawn Michaels (29)233
10. Rey Mysterio (24)229

Best Box Office Draw

1. BROCK LESNAR (513)2,857 - 2nd year in a row.
2. John Cena (62)1,308
3. Georges St. Pierre (10)876
4. Frank Mir (5)335
5. Mistico (16)227
6. Jeff Hardy (4)223
7. Gina Carano (14)201
8. Kimbo Slice132
9. DX (3)90
10. Hiroshi Tanahashi 79

Feud of the Year

1. C.M. PUNK VS. JEFF HARDY (302)2,201
2. Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir (207)1,482
3. Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio (96)1,327
4. Quinton Jackson vs. Rashad Evans (23)315
5. New Japan vs. Pro Wrestling NOAH (25)281
6. Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels (4)272
7. Mistico vs. **** Casas (14)265
8. American Wolves vs. Steen & Generico (2)248
9. John Cena vs. Randy Orton (13)220
10. KENTA vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima (14)162

Tag Team of the Year

1. AMERICAN WOLVES - EDDIE EDWARDS & DAVEY RICHARDS (209)2,052
2. THE YOUNG BUCKS - Matt & Nick Jackson (232)1,806
3. JERISHOW - Chris Jericho & Big Show (171,367
4. BEER MONEY INC. - Robert Roode & James Storm (47)679
5. APOLLO55 - Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi (15)619
6. MOTOR CITY MACHINE GUNS - Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley (22)283
7. STEENERICO/EL GEEN - Kevin Steen & El Generico (6)217
8. Volador Jr. & La Sombra (9)199
9. LEGACY - Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes (1)87
10. DEGENERATION X - Shawn Michaels & HHH (3)79

Most Improved

1. THE MIZ (6664 - 2nd year in a row.
2. Cody Rhodes (87)619
3. Kofi Kingston (50)482
4. Zack Ryder (17)356
5. Dolph Ziggler (20)344
6. Brutus Magnus (19)310
7. Chris Hero (50)282
8. Goldust (29)265
9. Prince Devitt (12)235
10. Kenny King (14)195

Best on Interviews

1. CHRIS JERICHO (292)2,328 - 2nd year in a row.
2. C.M. Punk (205)1,836
3. Frank Mir (67)914
4. Dana White (3393
5. Eddie Kingston (29)205
6. Jim Cornette (16)150
7. Quinton Jackson (15)146
8. John Cena (5)146
9. Brock Lesnar (10)129
10. Nigel Mc****ss/Desmond Wolfe (2)126

Most Charismatic

1. JOHN CENA (115)958 - 4th year in a row.
2. Jeff Hardy (124)904
3. Brock Lesnar (76)862
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi (52)685
5. Yamato (47)604
6. Chris Jericho (3469
7. C.M. Punk (2297
8. Shawn Michaels (29)284
9. Frank Mir (9)187
10. Randy Orton (11)139

Best Technical Wrestler

1. BRYAN DANIELSON (401)2,478 - 5th year in a row. First time ever this has happened.
2. Kurt Angle (55)963
3. Davey Richards (92)922
4. Nigel Mc****ss/Desmond Wolfe (37)682
5. Naruki Doi (6)324
6. Prince Devitt (1287
7. Mike Quackenbush (29)243
8. Johnny Saint (5)204
9. William Regal (2)129
10. KENTA (14)107

Best Brawler

1. NECRO BUTCHER (107)837 - 2nd year in a row.
2. Samoa Joe (112)796
3. Masato Tanaka (89)685
4. Togi Makabe (49)666
5. Chris Hero (90)550
6. Abyss (2342
7. Fit Finlay (17)335
8. Takeshi Morishima (24)306
9. Undertaker (2`254
10. Eddie Kingston (3)197

Best High Flying Wrestler

1. KOTA IBUSHI (389)2,282
2. Evan Bourne (82)1,037
3. Dragon Kid (111)817
4. Pac (10)611
5. Mistico (41)502
6. Prince Devitt (9)460
7. A.J. Styles (49)432
8. Rey Mysterio (44)391
9. Taiji Ishimori (2)253
10. Jack Evans (22)237

Most Overrated

1. HHH (86)836
2. Team 3-D (43)475
3. Kane (39)439
4. Vladimir Kozlov (39)332
5. Kevin Nash (33)313
6. Batista (23)282
7. Tiger Mask (31)267
8. Great Khali (19)226
9. Mark Henry (24)208
10. Sheamus (22)193

Most Underrated

1. EVAN BOURNE (205)1,561
2. Christian (76)640
3. Jack Swagger (49)625
4. Alex Shelley (29)280
5. William Regal (23)226
6. Shelton Benjamin (17)216
7. Mike Knox (12)215
8. Paul Burchill (26)197
9. Tyson Kidd (17)178
10. MVP (14)157

Promotion of the Year

1. Ultimate Fighting Championship (379)2,167
2. Dragon Gate (131)1,539
3. World Wrestling Entertainment(45)889
4. New Japan Pro Wrestling (32)724
5. CHIKARA (21)461
6. Ring of Honor (2)426
7. World Extreme Cagefighting (1403
8. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (21)355
9. Strikeforce (1)242
10. Total Nonstop Action (3)92

Best Weekly Show

1. WWE SMACKDOWN (242)1,986
2. UFC Ultimate Fighter (157)1,567
3. Ring of Honor (130)1,563
4. Dragon Gate Infinity (190)1,549
5. WWE ECW (4)498
6. WWE Raw (6)348
7. TNA Impact (3)229
8. New Japan World Pro Wrestling (13)155
9. Inside MMA (133
10. CMLL (5)107

Match of the Year

1. UNDERTAKER VS. SHAWN MICHAELS 4/5 HOUSTON (304) 2,110
2. Davey Richards vs. Shingo Takagi 9/6 Chicago (81)855
3. KENTA vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 3/1 Tokyo (51)737
4. Bryan Danielson vs. Naruki Doi 9/6 Chicago (66)706
5. KENTA & Go Shiozaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima 6/22 Tokyo (63)517
6. Davey Richards vs. KENTA 4/3 Houston (29)432
7. Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho 6/28 Sacramento (19)322
8. Bryan Danielson vs. Davey Richards 9/25 Boston (19)199
9. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels vs. A.J. Styles 11/15 Orlando (4)187
10. KENTA vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 2/11 Tokyo (2)143

Rookie of the Year

1. FRIGHTMARE (205)1,451
2. Ricky Steamboat Jr. (89)1,074
3. Brutus Magnus (94)751
4. Ryota Hama (50)694
5. Cody Deaner (23)269
6. Strong Man Jon Anderson (14)246
7. Rouge (6)167
8. Bo Rotundo (6)108
9. Jesse Neal 64
10. Chris Jones 49

Best Non Wrestler

1. VICKIE GUERRERO (296)2,022
2. Jim Cornette (76)695
3. Don West (115)689
4. Prince Nana (15)479
5. Vince McMahon (10)464
6. Teddy Long (26)345
7. Dana White (2249
8. Generalissimo Takada (21)199
9. Abraham Washington (7)111
10. Larry Sweeney (3)107

Best Television Announcer

1. JIM ROSS (305)2,091
2. Matt Striker (156)1,178
3. Joe Rogan (100)984
4. Taz (36)646
5. Mike Hogewood (12)408
6. Michael Schiavello (19)391
7. Don West (2288
8. Mike Tenay (11)131
9. Mike Goldberg (4)126
10. Dave Prazak 115

Worst Television Announcer

1. MICHAEL COLE (397)2,571
2. Jerry Lawler (47)1,159
3. Todd Grisham (34)484
4. Don West (31)325
5. Mike Hogewood (34)286
6. Matt Striker (22)233
7. Byron Saxton (5)224
8. Dave Prazak (10)192
9. Michael Schiavello (21)152
10. Mike Tenay (6)125

Best Major Wrestling Show

1. DRAGON GATE USA OPEN THE HISTORICAL GATE 7/25 PHILADELPHIA (144)1,229
2. UFC 100 7/11 Las Vegas (150)1,066
3. Dragon Gate USA Open the Untouchable Gate 9/6 Chicago (94)1,030
4. WWE WrestleMania 25 4/5 Houston (47)587
5. TNA Turning Point 11/15 Orlando (40)357
6. New Japan Jan. 4 Tokyo Dome (39)255
7. WWE Backlash 4/26 Providence (32)254
8. WEC 6/7 Sacramento (17)228
9. PWG 7/31 Reseda (19)210
10. ROH Supercard of Honor 4/3 Houston 199

Worst Major Wrestling Show

1. TNA VICTORY ROAD 7/19 ORLANDO 478
2. WWE Breaking Point 9/13 Montreal 22
3. Ultimate Chaos 6/27 Biloxi 19
4. WWE Bragging Rights 10/25 Pittsburgh 15
5. WWE The Bash 6/28 Sacramento 13
6. TNA Hard Justice 8/16 Orlando 13
7. WWE Hell in a Cell 10/4 Newark 9
8. TNA Genesis 1/11 Charlotte 6
9. UFC 97 4/18 Montreal 5

Best Wrestling Maneuver

1. YOUNG BUCKS - MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK 127
2. Evan Bourne - Shooting Star Press 90
3. Kota Ibushi - Golden Star Press 74
4. Shinsuke Nakamura - Bom a Ye 58
5. John Morrison - Starship Pain 45
6. Randy Orton - RKO 40
7 C.M. Punk - Go 2 Sleep 37
8.Dragon Kid - Dragonrana 36
9. Randy Orton - Punt 31
10. Taiji Ishimori - Superstar Elbow 21

Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic

1. PIGGY JAMES ANGLE 166
2. Vickie Guerrero being called a pig 109
3. Using the death of Jeff Hardy’s dog in the Hardy Boys angle 46
4. WWE not acknowledging the death of Umaga on TV 19

Worst TV Show

1. TNA IMPACT 382
2. WWE Raw 256
3. WWE ECW 28
4. AAA 13
5. WWE Superstars 10

Worst Feud of the Year

1. CHAVO GUERRERO VS. HORNSWOGGLE 358
2. HHH vs. Randy Orton 78
3. John Cena vs. Big Show 41
4. Main Event Mafia vs. Front Line 39
5. Kane vs. Great Khali 38
6. Randy Orton vs. Shane McMahon 33
7. John Cena vs. The Miz 19
8. Santina Marella vs. Vickie Guerrero 18

Worst Promotion of the Year

1. TNA 424
2. IWA Mid South 195
3. Combat Zone Wrestling 61
4. Affliction 55
5. WWE 53
6. AAA 25
7. Hustle 20

Best Booker

1. JOE SILVA 242
2. Mike Quackenbush 137
3. Gedo & Jado 119
4. Gabe Sapolsky 65
5. Adam Pearce 21
6. Sean Shelby 19
7. Sanshiro Takagi 18
8. Vince McMahon 16

Best Promoter

1. DANA WHITE 547
2. Sanshiro Takagi 62
3. Vince McMahon 42
4. Cary Silkin 27
5. Mitsuharu Misawa 20
6. Scott Coker 14

Best Gimmick

1. C.M. PUNK STRAIGHT EDGE SOCIETY 287
2. Pope D’Angelo Dinero 51
3. Yoshikawa 39
4. A Double Austin Aries 37
5. Santino Marella 24
6. Zack Ryder 21
7. The Beautiful People 20
8. King Mo 19


Worst Gimmick

1. HORNSWOGGLE 112
2. Abraham Washington 86
3. Samoa Joe Nation of Violence 82
4. Santino Marella 31
5. ODB 25
6. Dr. Stevie 19
7. Tiffany 15
8. Pretty Ricky 10

Best Wrestling Book

1. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS 25TH ANNIVERSARY SCRAPBOOK BY JIM CORNETTE 211
2. Queen of the Ring (Mildred Burke) by Jeff Leen 199
3. Drawing Heat the Hard Way by Larry Matysik 110
4. Total MMA by Jonathan Snowden 105
5. Blood in the Cage by L. Jon Wertheim 77
6. WWE Encyclopedia by Brian Shields/Kevin Sullivan 44
7. Got Fight? by Forrest Griffin 31
8. My Life in Wrestling by Gary Hart 30
9. My Life Outside the Ring by Hulk Hogan 12

Best Pro Wrestling DVD

1. MACHO MADNESS 111
2. Rise and Fall of WCW 88
3. Dragon Gate USA Open the Historic Gate 85
4. Starrcade: The Essential Collection 64
5. Best of Saturday Night’s Main Event 52
6. Guest Booker: Jim Cornette 27
7. Best of Smackdown 10th anniversary 12

 

[D Fly]

They hate TNA with a passion.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

Spoiler

Spoiler

Spoiler [+]

Spoiler

An ad for the Elimination Chamber PPV aired in some markets on ESPN earlier today. The add promotes that the WWE Title will be on the line in one Chamber match while another will decide who faces off against the World Champion from Smackdown. If this is the case that would mean the winner of the Rumble will choose to go after the WWE Title at Wrestlemania.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

not my speculations.....

Spoiler

Stuff that seems obvious with this spoiler:
Rumble winner is challenging for the WWE title.
Undertaker is bringing the WHC to Mania.
HBK isn't winning the rumble.
Batista isn't winning the rumble. He'd only go after the WWE title if Cena held it, and Orton is facing Sheamus, not Cena.
WWE Title Chamber : Sheamus, Orton, HHH or Cena (Rumble Loser), Kofi, Big Show, MVP
WHC Shot Chamber: HBK, Batista, Jericho, Mysterio, Punk, Edge

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

damn i messed it up n it wont let me fix it....
can someone log into my acdount n fix it.....my fault fellas

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

o ok nevermind, those were my friends ealrly mania predictions

on other notes, jericho is sporting a black eye n bishoff has denied the rumors of tna signing honky tonk man

 

[JAYxSF415]

Originally Posted by GotHolesInMySocks

Spoiler

Spoiler

Stuff that seems obvious with this spoiler:
Rumble winner is challenging for the WWE title.
Undertaker is bringing the WHC to Mania.
HBK isn't winning the rumble.
Batista isn't winning the rumble. He'd only go after the WWE title if Cena held it, and Orton is facing Sheamus, not Cena.
WWE Title Chamber : Sheamus, Orton, HHH or Cena (Rumble Loser), Kofi, Big Show, MVP
WHC Shot Chamber: HBK, Batista, Jericho, Mysterio, Punk, Edge

Spoiler

Is this real or not? Reading your last 3 posts, I honestly can't tell.

  

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

^not real.... my boys pre mania predictions

but the hiddrn one is real

 

[4wrestling]

On my way to go see Avatar.  Will post a full preview later this afternoon.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

does anyone know of a good link to stream the rr or is that frowned upon here

 

[chino905]

^ Streams are usually posted like a hour or a half hour before show time.

 

[mjmoney23]

Actualy have a nice crowd of guys for tonights show, probably the biggest since mania. Should be a good time, I will post my reactions tomorrow.

 

[JAYxSF415]

I'm calling it..

Dibiase is going to win it..

 

[chino905]

Triple H is goin to win

 

[INTLplayers]

^if HHH doesn't win he will definitely be last 2

and why is Sheamus all the way in the back in that pic?

 

[vegetaray123]

Edge will come back tonight...His only purpose will be to take Jericho out of the rumble match...

HHH or Cena will win the rumble match...Remember Cena said he wouldn't loose until he gets a title back...

The big pale Irish monster will retain...Ted will get involved with the match and cost Randy the loss...As a payback Randy / Rhodes will cause the million dollar kid to get knocked out of the rumble...

Taker will retain...

Christian will drop the belt tonight and end up on either Smackdown or Raw after the draft...

 

[str1nger]

Sheamus/Orton should be cool. Always been a big fan of matches where there isn't a clear face or heel, similar to HBK/Taker. Haven't been able to get into Sheamus much, probably because his title reign came outta nowhere, but this match might change that.

Christian always seem to be able to have a good match, Taker/Rey should be outstanding, and the Rumble itself.. looks like a good card.

 

[22stylez]

i'm really excited to see orton/sheamus. something really fresh. especially a fresh heel champion taking on a heel like orton. should be interesting to see the crowd behind orton since its always been like that for a while. orton has been one of my favorite heels aside from punk and jericho. i hope he wins but i know sheamus will retain.

also interesting to see if they start the edge/jericho feud tonight. rumble is always one of my favorite ppvs. so many interesting things happening like who the mystery entrees are etc. i remember how exciting last years rumble was knowing orton was going to win it

and us anticipating a christian return and a rvd return.

soooooo excited to be back on NT and wrestling threads as maybe some of yalll have been wondering where i have been both here and gwo. well i got a new computer so i'm back full time!

 

[stillin729]

def gonna need streams, im not paying for this but Royal Rumble is something I always look fwd to

 

[celticspride34]

Rey/sheamus/jackson leave as champs and punk wins the rumble. I think so anyways.

 

[hellaones]

RR has always been my favorite ppv b/c of the Rumble match itself  

 

[kingfoamnyc]

What's G.W.O? And ima need a stream

 

[quiickz]

Originally Posted by KingFoamNYC

What's G.W.O? And ima need a stream

 

[rpjgator]

Gillberg/eugene/ or doink will win !

 

[D Fly]

4wrestling will win.