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CHRIS JERICHO WINS BIG - THE 2008 PWINSIDER.COM YEAR END AWARDS ARE ONLINE

By Buck Woodward on 2009-01-17 22:54:04

 

HEEL OF THE YEAR (949 votes) 
Chris Jericho - 489 votes (51.5%)
Edge - 259 votes (27.3%)
Vickie Guerrero - 52 votes (5.5%)
Randy Orton - 37 votes (3.9%)
Kurt Angle - 34 votes (3.6%)
Santino Marella - 27 votes (2.8%)
Nigel McGuiness - 22 votes (2.3%)
Jimmy Jacobs - 8 votes (0.8%)
Larry Sweeney - 6 votes (0.6%)
A heel not listed here. - 5 votes (0.5%)
Mark Henry - 4 votes (0.4%)
Chris Hero - 3 votes (0.3%)
Human Tornado - 2 votes (0.2%)
Big Show - 1 vote (0.1%)

BABYFACE OF THE YEAR (1240 votes) 
Jeff Hardy - 592 votes (47.7%)
CM Punk - 152 votes (12.3%)
Shawn Michaels - 76 votes (6.1%)
John Cena - 65 votes (5.2%)
Ric Flair - 59 votes (4.8%)
AJ Styles - 58 votes (4.7%)
Matt Hardy - 43 votes (3.5%)
Evan Bourne - 31 votes (2.5%)
The Undertaker - 29 votes (2.3%)
Batista - 28 votes (2.3%)
Bryan Danielson - 28 votes (2.3%)
Mickie James - 24 votes (1.9%)
Curry Man - 10 votes (0.8%)
Charlie Haas - 9 votes (0.7%)
A wrestler not listed here. - 9 votes (0.7%)
Eric Young - 7 votes (0.6%)
Rey Mysterio - 7 votes (0.6%)
Tommy Dreamer - 5 votes (0.4%)
Jay Lethal - 4 votes (0.3%)
Shark Boy - 4 votes (0.3%)

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR (871 votes) 
WWE - 539 votes (61.9%)
Ring Of Honor - 162 votes (18.6%)
TNA - 73 votes (8.4%)
Celebrity Championship Wrestling - 41 votes (4.7%)
A promotion not listed here. - 19 votes (2.2%)
CHIKARA - 16 votes (1.8%)
New Japan Pro Wrestling - 11 votes (1.3%)
Pro Wrestling Noah - 5 votes (0.6%)
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla - 3 votes (0.3%)
Pro Wrestling Riot - 2 votes (0.2%)

NEWS STORY OF THE YEAR (930 votes) 
Ric Flair's Retirement - 374 votes (40.2%)
Jeff Hardy's rise, fall, and rise again. - 144 votes (15.5%)
Former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar becomes UFC Heavyweight champion. - 129 votes (13.9%)
Joey Styles knocks out JBL during Iraq tour. - 104 votes (11.2%)
The movie "The Wrestler" receives critical acclaim. - 61 votes (6.6%)
Gabe Sapolsky is removed as booker of Ring Of Honor. - 40 votes (4.3%)
Mick Foley leaves WWE, signs with TNA. - 19 votes (2.0%)
WWE pushes young talent. - 13 votes (1.4%)
Gail Kim leaves TNA for WWE. - 11 votes (1.2%)
Hogan family dominates tabloid headlines. - 10 votes (1.1%)
Floyd Mayweather appears at Wrestlemania. - 7 votes (0.8%)
A story not listed here. - 5 votes (0.5%)
Smackdown is cancelled by CW, moves to MyNetwork TV. - 4 votes (0.4%)
WWE stock drops. - 4 votes (0.4%)
Kurt Angle continues to claim he will go into MMA. - 2 votes (0.2%)
Vince McMahon gives away millions of dollars on Raw. - 2 votes (0.2%)
WWE battles Dale Ganger over AWA name. - 1 vote (0.1%)

Concerning the "News Story" category, we have always made a conscious decision not to include the death of a wrestler in the News Story poll.  The reason is twofold.  One is out of respect to the family members of the deceased, and the other is simply because we feel it would be in poor taste to put someone's passing in a "competition" with other events that aren't nearly as serious or important. A person's passing should not be trivialized in a competition.

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