Steelcage Forums End Of Year Awards 2021

[Stone Cold Tea]

Better late than never

That's right it's time to look back at the best and worst of 2021. For those of you unfamiliar with how we did this back in the day, I'm looking for nominees in the following 19 categories. You can nominate as many things as you want for each category and on January 18 (ish) I'll group them together and open a poll for each. Then you can vote on them all and we'll see who wins (or in some cases lose). These are rather informal so have some fun.

Here are the categories:

Wrestler Of The Year
Worst Match Of The Year
Finisher Of The Year
Rookie/Newcomer Of The Year
Promo Of The Year
Worst Wrestler Of The Year
Major Show Of The Year
Worst Major Show Of The Year
Most Improved Of The Year
Match Of The Year
Worst Angle Of The Year
Moment Of The Year
Non-Wrestler Of The Year
Spot Of The Year
Title Reign Of The Year
Surprise Of The Year
Group/Tag Team Of The Year
Angle Of The Year
Feud Of The Year
News Story Of The Year


You can make multiple posts if you forgot something. Also, if you have another category that might be good, let me know in here and I might add it to the list.

Go.

[Storm Trooper]

Categories I think we should add:
Commentator Of The Year
Overall best Weekly Show Of The Year (as in Raw, Dynamite, NXT, Smackdown, Impact, NXTUK, etc)


Also something up for debate: best Heel of the Year and best Babyface of the Year.

I'm gonna come back tomorrow or Wednesday to do my nominations.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Wrestler - Roman Reigns, MJF, Daniel Bryan, Big E, Lashley, Bianca Belair, Edge

Worst Match - Orton vs Wyatt (WM37)

Finisher - Roman Reigns Spear - Not the flashiest move but it was the finish to most of my favorite matches

Rookie/Newcomer - Rhea Ripley, Adam Cole, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Christian, Damian Priest

Promo - MJF's promo on Brian Pillman Jr. (https://youtu.be/YTlqOdsmuxM)

Worst Wrestler - Karrion Kross

Major Show - All Out, Money in the Bank

Worst Major Show - For the first time I can remember, every major show was good. WWE really stepped up this year.

Most Improved - Damian Priest, Liv Morgan, Austin Theory, Baron Corbin

Match - Reigns vs Bryan vs Edge (WM37), Reigns vs Cena (SummerSlam), Reigns vs Edge (MITB), Reigns vs Cesaro (Backlash), Reigns vs
Owens (Rumble), Bianca vs Sasha (WM37)

Worst Angle - Splitting up Hurt Business

Moment - Big E winning the world title, Xavier Woods winning KOTR, Bianca winning the women's title, CM Punk's return, Adam Cole and Daniel Bryan's debut

Non-Wrestler - Paul Heyman, MVP

Title Reign - Roman Reigns

Surprise - Adam Cole and Daniel Bryan's debut, Big E winning MITB, CM Punk's return (even though everyone was 99% sure), John Cena's
return

Group/Tag Team - Lucha Bros, The Usos, New Day, RKBro

Angle - Roman Reigns as the Tribal Chief

Feud - Reigns vs Edge, Reigns vs Cena, Reigns vs Owens, Edge vs Rollins

News Story - WWE releases

Commentator - Pat McAfee

Weekly Show - Smackdown

Overall this was a really good year for wrestling. The women had a down year with Asuka, Bayley, Sasha, and Becky all missing time.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Group/Tag Team - The Acclaimed, one of my favorite parts of AEW

[Yer Maw]

Wrestler Of The Year - Roman Reigns/Bryan Danielson

Worst Match Of The Year - Damien Priest v The Miz wrestlemania backlash

Finisher Of The Year - Claymore/Buckshot Lariat

Rookie/Newcomer Of The Year - Bron Breakker

Promo Of The Year - MJF & CM Punk

Worst Wrestler Of The Year - Any of the new NXT 2.0 Green rubes

Major Show Of The Year - Wrestlemania/All Out

Worst Major Show Of The Year - Wrestlemania Backlash

Most Improved Of The Year - Liv Morgan/Dante Martin

Match Of The Year - Kenny Omega v Bryan Danielson, Hangman Page v Bryan Danielson

Worst Angle Of The Year - Bringing up WWE releases in a storyline

Moment Of The Year - CM Punk return

Non-Wrestler Of The Year - Pat McAfee

Spot Of The Year - Edge & Christian reunite at the rumble

Title Reign Of The Year - Roman Reigns

Surprise Of The Year - CM Punk return/Bryan Danielson in AEW/ROH stopping shows

Group/Tag Team Of The Year - RKBro

Angle Of The Year - Edge v Seth Rollins

Feud Of The Year - Kenny Omega v Hangman Page

News Story Of The Year - WWE releases

[Yer Maw]

I forgot about Lucha Bros for tag team of the year.

[Uncle Sam]

My view is more myopic than ever and my memory hasn't improved much either. Still, let's take a swing at this.

Wrestler Of The Year
'Hangman' Adam Page
Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.
'Daniel' Bryan Danielson
Darby Allin
Bianca Belair
CM Punk

Worst Match Of The Year
Randy Orton vs. The Fiend, WrestleMania

Finisher Of The Year
Coffin Drop - Darby Allin
Buckshot Lariat - Adam Page
Redrum - HOOK

Rookie/Newcomer Of The Year
HOOK
Bron Breakker

Promo Of The Year
CM Punk returns
"Nobody wants you here" - Eddie Kingston squares up to CM Punk
"That's Cowboy shit" - Adam Page reacts to regaining his number one contendership

Worst Wrestler Of The Year
Karrion Kross
Chris Jericho

Major Show Of The Year
AEW All Out
WWE WrestleMania

Most Improved Of The Year
Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D
'Hangman' Adam Page
Dante Martin

Match Of The Year
CM Punk vs. Darby Allin, AEW All Out
Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair, WWE WrestleMania
Darby Allin & Sting vs. Men of the Year, AEW Double or Nothing
Kenny Omega vs. PAC vs. Orange Cassidy, AEW Double or Nothing
CM Punk vs. Eddie Kingston, AEW Full Gear

Moment Of The Year
CM Punk returns
Bianca Belair and Sasha Bank face each other in the main event of WrestleMania
Daniel Bryan and Adam Cole debut near simultaneously
Darby Allin accepts his fate, fist bumps Sting and mounts his last stand against Miro

Non-Wrestler Of The Year
Tony Schiavone
Excalibur
Taz

Spot Of The Year
Dante Martin uses the ropes to flip over Kenny Omega
Sting leaps off the poker chips at Double or Nothing

Title Reign Of The Year
Darby Allin, TNT Championship

Surprise Of The Year
CM Punk returns
HOOK can wrestle good
Bray Wyatt released

Group/Tag Team Of The Year
The Undisputed Era
Sting & Darby Allin
Adam Page and the Dark Order
The Elite
Team Taz

Angle Of The Year
Hangman's redemption
The sending of HOOK

Feud Of The Year
Adam Page vs. Kenny Omega
Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar

News Story Of The Year
WWE sacks a bunch of people, p.1, 2, 3 & 4

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Rookie of the Year - Rhea. I'm biased no doubt, nut she was an ACTUAL Rookie.

Announcer - Pat

Surprise of the Year - Lesnar returns as a face

News Story of the Year - Fans allowed back to see the shows

Tag-team - It's the Uso's. Hands down.

[Storm Trooper]

Wrestler Of The Year:
Roman Reigns

Finisher Of The Year
Roman Reigns Guillotine
End of Days
Bron Breakker's Press Powerslam (don't know what he's calling it)

Rookie/Newcomer Of The Year
Bron Breakker (He legit could win this award 3 consecutive years)
Rhea Ripley (Does she count? She debuted on RAW this year and won the singles and Tag titles but was a mainstay on NXT in 2020)
Omos
Bad Bunny
Hook
Pat McAfee (at Commentary)

Promo Of The Year
CM Punk Return (honestly don't remember much aside from the Ice Cream bars and that he ripped WWE)

Worst Wrestler Of The Year
QT Marshall
Dolph Ziggler

Major Show Of The Year
SummerSlam

Most Improved Of The Year
King/Broke/Happy Corbin (honestly I don't think it's fair to put him here as he's always been good he's just now getting better material)

Match Of The Year
Sasha Banks/Bianca Belair (WrestleMania Night 1)


Moment Of The Year
Big E winning the WWE Championship
Brian Danielson/Adam Cole AEW Debuts
CM Punk AEW debut

Non-Wrestler Of The Year
Pat McAfee
Paul Heyman

Title Reign Of The Year
The only one to last the entirety of 2021, Roman Reigns as Universal Champion
Bobby Lashley, WWE Championship

Surprise Of The Year
Matt Cardona beating Nick Gage and winning the GCW Championship
Bad Bunny being pretty good at Mania
Brock Lesnar returns as a face
Becky Lynch returns at SummerSlam and turns heel

Group/Tag Team Of The Year
RK-Bro
Bloodline/Usos
New Day
FTR

Angle Of The Year
Broke Baron Corbin


Feud Of The Year
Brock Lesnar/Roman Reigns

News Story Of The Year
WWE Network moves to Peacock (thus getting a 3rd Billion Dollar TV rights deal).
NXT shifts to "NXT 2.0" and most of the veteran talent leaves the brand.

Commentator of the year:
Pat McAfee
Jim Ross
Tony Schiavone
Wade Barrett

[Stone Cold Tea]

Polls will be posted this evening