Sheamus - 194 votes (39.1%)
Desmond Wolfe - 152 votes (30.6%)
Drew McIntyre - 29 votes (5.8%)
Hamada - 25 votes (5.0%)
Lacey Von Erich - 4 votes (0.8%)
Kenny Omega - 3 votes (0.6%)
The Young Bucks - 38 votes (7.7%)
Yoshi Tatsu - 19 votes (3.8%)
Davey Richards - 15 votes (3.0%)
Tyson Kidd - 14 votes (2.8%)
Brutus Magnus - 1 vote (0.2%)
Kazuchika Okada - 1 vote (0.2%)
Vance Archer - 1 vote (0.2%)
NEWS STORY OF THE YEAR (519 votes)
Bret Hart agrees to return to WWE. - 183 votes (35.3%)
Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff join TNA. - 160 votes (30.8%)
Jeff Hardy gets arrested two weeks after leaving WWE. - 47 votes (9.1%)
Shane McMahon leaves WWE. - 61 votes (11.8%)
TNA announces they will go head-to-head with WWE on January 4th. - 35 votes (6.7%)
Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness leave Ring Of Honor. - 13 votes (2.5%)
Ric Flair-NWA Title belt controversy. - 6 votes (1.2%)
WWE goes TV-PG as Linda McMahon runs for Senate. - 6 votes (1.2%)
PPV buys continue to decline. - 3 votes (0.6%)
Ring of Honor gets HDNet TV deal. - 2 votes (0.4%)
WWE sets live attendance gate record at Wrestlemania, $6.9 million. - 2 votes (0.4%)
WWE goes to Iraq to entertain the troops. - 1 vote (0.2%)
PROMOTION OF THE YEAR (473 votes)
WWE - 231 votes (48.8%)
TNA - 124 votes (26.2%)
Ring of Honor - 50 votes (10.6%)
Dragon Gate USA - 29 votes (6.1%)
Shimmer - 12 votes (2.5%)
Chikara - 10 votes (2.1%)
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla - 8 votes (1.7%)
New Japan Pro Wrestling - 6 votes (1.3%)
DDT - 2 votes (0.4%)
New England Championship Wrestling - 1 vote (0.2%)
SHOW OF THE YEAR (442 votes)
WWE Wrestlemania - April 5th - 164 votes (37.1%)
TNA Turning Point - November 15th - 75 votes (17.0%)
WWE Backlash - April 26th - 39 votes (8.8%)
TNA Bound For Glory - October 18th - 24 votes (5.4%)
WWE Royal Rumble - January 20th - 18 votes (4.1%)
DGUSA Open The Historic Gate - July 25th (aired September 4th) - 16 votes (3.6%)
WWE No Way Out - February 15th - 14 votes (3.2%)
WWE Raw from MSG - November 16th - 13 votes (2.9%)
ROH Glory By Honor VIII: The Final Countdown - September 26th - 13 votes (2.9%)
WWE Tribute To The Troops - December 19th - 12 votes (2.7%)
WWE Summerslam - August 23rd - 10 votes (2.3%)
TNA Final Resolution - December 20th - 9 votes (2.0%)
WWE Extreme Rules - June 7th - 7 votes (1.6%)
DGUSA Open The Untouchable Gate - September 6th (aired November 6th) - 7 votes (1.6%)
TNA Lockdown - April 19th - 4 votes (0.9%)
Shimmer Vol. 25 - May 3rd - 4 votes (0.9%)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III - January 4th - 3 votes (0.7%)
WWE Bragging Rights - October 25th - 3 votes (0.7%)
PWG One Hundred April 12th - 2 votes (0.5%)
PWG Guerre Sans Frontieres - September 4th - 2 votes (0.5%)
WWE Survivor Series - November 22nd - 2 votes (0.5%)
WWE The Bash - June 28th - 1 vote (0.2%)
STUPIDEST THING IN WRESTLING THIS YEAR (533 votes)
DX goes to Little People's Court / DX-Hornswoggle feud. - 64 votes (12.0%)
Piggy James storyline is based on legitimate feelings from WWE management. - 56 votes (10.5%)
Chavo Guerrero vs. Hornswoggle feud. - 45 votes (8.4%)
Triple H vs. Randy Orton as the main event of Wrestlemania instead of Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels. - 40 votes (7.5%)
John Cena vs. Randy Orton feud goes on… and on… - 35 votes (6.6%)
New Raw wrestlers (Swagger, Bourne, MVP) being used wrong. - 34 votes (6.4%)
Raw Guest Hosts. - 32 votes (6.0%)
Jeff Hardy getting busted. - 27 votes (5.1%)
The Abraham Washington Show. - 24 votes (4.5%)
Michael Cole. - 23 votes (4.3%)
Dixie Carter's speech airing on Impact. - 21 votes (3.9%)
2009 Slammy Awards. - 17 votes (3.2%)
Santino wins Miss Wrestlemania. - 14 votes (2.6%)
Knife wielding Samoa Joe. - 13 votes (2.4%)
Cody Deaner becomes TNA Knockouts Champion. - 13 votes (2.4%)
John Cena's promos. - 12 votes (2.3%)
Jeremy Piven and Ken Joeng's night hosting Raw. - 9 votes (1.7%)
A whole Raw with a Lakers vs. Nuggets theme. - 8 votes (1.5%)
Raw's Got Talent. - 8 votes (1.5%)
Convoluted stipulation matches in TNA. - 8 votes (1.5%)
Randy Orton RKO's Dusty Rhodes and Cody does nothing about it / Legacy not standing up to Orton. - 8 votes (1.5%)
Zach Ryder's dream sequences on ECW. - 7 votes (1.3%)
Hernandez cashing in his Feast or Fired TNA title shot in a 4-way and getting taken out by Eric Young. - 7 votes (1.3%)
Mark Henry goes from dominant ECW star to Raw midcarder. - 5 votes (0.9%)
Donald Trump "buys" Raw. - 3 votes (0.6%)
TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR (490 votes)
Chris Jericho & Big Show - 185 votes (37.8%)
Beer Money Inc. - 91 votes (18.6%)
Motor City Machine Guns - 39 votes (8.0%)
American Wolves - 34 votes (6.9%)
DX - 25 votes (5.1%)
Beautiful People - 21 votes (4.3%)
Young Bucks - 19 votes (3.9%)
John Morrison and The Miz - 18 votes (3.7%)
Hart Dynasty - 16 votes (3.3%)
Team 3D - 12 votes (2.4%)
British Invasion - 12 votes (2.4%)
Briscoe Brothers - 11 votes (2.2%)
Bella Twins - 6 votes (1.2%)
Carlito and Primo Colon - 1 vote (0.2%)
TECHNICIAN OF THE YEAR (480 votes)
Nigel McGuinness/Desmond Wolfe - 131 votes (27.3%)
Bryan Danielson - 107 votes (22.3%)
Kurt Angle - 80 votes (16.7%)
Chris Jericho - 55 votes (11.5%)
CM Punk - 43 votes (9.0%)
AJ Styles - 22 votes (4.6%)
Davey Richards - 13 votes (2.7%)
Shawn Michaels - 15 votes (3.1%)
Christian - 10 votes (2.1%)
Doug Williams - 3 votes (0.6%)
Kevin Steen - 1 vote (0.2%)
TV SERIES OF THE YEAR (474 votes)
Friday Night Smackdown - 245 votes (51.7%)
TNA Impact - 105 votes (22.2%)
Raw - 64 votes (13.5%)
Ring Of Honor on HD Net - 32 votes (6.8%)
WWE Legends Of Wrestling - 16 votes (3.4%)
ECW - 6 votes (1.3%)
WWE Superstars - 6 votes (1.3%)
WRESTLER OF THE YEAR (576 votes)
Chris Jericho - 179 votes (31.1%)
CM Punk - 122 votes (21.2%)
AJ Styles - 78 votes (13.5%)
Kurt Angle - 42 votes (7.3%)
Nigel McGuinness/Desmond Wolfe - 35 votes (6.1%)
Randy Orton - 27 votes (4.7%)
Jeff Hardy - 26 votes (4.5%)
Davey Richards - 17 votes (3.0%)
Melina - 10 votes (1.7%)
John Morrison - 9 votes (1.6%)
Bryan Danielson - 6 votes (1.0%)
Christian - 6 votes (1.0%)
Edge - 6 votes (1.0%)
John Cena - 6 votes (1.0%)
Triple H - 5 votes (0.9%)
Kota Ibushi - 1 vote (0.2%)
Takashi Sugiura - 1 vote (0.2%)
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