Best (and worst) of 2014

Post #1 » by **loserX** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:35 pm

The time of year for retrospection...just thought I'd ask what you guys think! (I only watch WWE but you are free to answer for whatever promotions you like.)

Superstar/diva of the year
Worst superstar/diva of the year
Best "technical wrestler" of the year
Tag team of the year
Match of the year
PPV of the year
Worst PPV of the year
Program/feud of the year
Worst program/feud of the year
Best babyface of the year
Best heel of the year
Best surprise of the year
Biggest disappointment of the year
Best "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014)
Worst "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014)
Fill in the blank: 2015 will be the year of _______

And of course anything else you want to weigh in on

Have at it!

Post #2 » by **Marcus** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:14 pm

Superstar/diva of the year - Adam Cole BABAY!!! / Pai J Lee (WWE) Candace LaRae (Indys)
Worst superstar/diva of the year - Great Khali / Eva Marie
Best "technical wrestler" of the year - Kyle O'Reilly
Tag team of the year - Young Bucks
Match of the year - (couple i gotta watch before making that determination)
PPV of the year - Pick a NXT Takeover
Worst PPV of the year - dunno
Program/feud of the year - Adam Cole's title runs in RoH and PWG
Worst program/feud of the year - Bella Beef
Best babyface of the year - Sami Zayn
Best heel of the year - Adam Cole BABAY!!!
Best surprise of the year - Seth Rollins turn
Biggest disappointment of the year - No Solomon Crowe
Best "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Rusev (does anyone else qualify)
Worst "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Adam Rose (again, anybody else qualify)
Fill in the blank: 2015 will be the year of _______ - Finn Balor (NXT/WWE) Trevor Lee (Indys) EC3 (TNA)

Post #3 » by **loserX** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:44 pm

Marcus wrote:Best "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Rusev (does anyone else qualify)

In the WWE? Sting :wink:

Good list, thanks! Of the matches you have seen so far, which one stands out to you most?

Post #4 » by **Marcus** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:59 pm

loserX wrote:
Marcus wrote:Best "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Rusev (does anyone else qualify)

In the WWE? Sting

Good list, thanks! Of the matches you have seen so far, which one stands out to you most?

Daniel Bryan v Bray Wyatt (Royal Rumble)
Kyle O' Reilly v Zack Sabre Jr. (BOLA 2014)
NXT Fatal Fourway
Shield v Wyatts (Elimination Chamber)
Trevor Lee v Cedric Alexander v Andrew Everett (Mystery Vortex II)

TheGameChanger · Post #5 » by **TheGameChanger** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:49 am

For WWE/TNA (Don't get to watch much of the indies)

Superstar/diva of the year Lesnar - Gail Km
Worst superstar/diva of the year The Bunny
Best "technical wrestler" of the year - Ziggler
Tag team of the year - Miz and Sandow
Match of the year- SS Main Event (Thought it was well booked and had a Big Match vibe to it)
PPV of the year - Survivor Series
Worst PPV of the year - Bound for Glory
Program/feud of the year- Lashley v Roode
Worst program/feud of the year - Bully Ray v Dixie
Best babyface of the year - Cena
Best heel of the year - EC3
Best surprise of the year - Lesnar ending the streak.
Biggest disappointment of the year - TNA not getting a good tv deal
Best "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Bram
Worst "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - The Bunny
Fill in the blank: 2015 will be the year of - Roman Reigns

SDM · Post #6 » by **SDM** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 2:23 pm

Superstar/diva of the year - AJ Styles. He's really elevated his profile. For the ladies, Sasha Banks.

Worst superstar/diva of the year - Cameron. Anyone who selects anything else will be shot on sight. She tried to pin someone's back. TWICE. And then got indignant about it when the ref wouldn't count!

Best "technical wrestler" of the year = Daniel Bryan, Lesnar

Tag team of the year - saaaad category... in the main shows, Enzo and Cass. They best personify a tag team to me, one guy talks, one guy puts in the work, not the Usos, who are basically the same guy. Young Bucks are hot, but they're too spot monkey for me.

Match of the year - Styles/Cole in Toronto, Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte

PPV of the year - NXT The R Most Recent R One

Worst PPV of the year = Battleground

Program/feud of the year = Bryan/Authority

Worst program/feud of the year = Show/Lesnar from WWE, Sam Shaw/Anderson from TNA.

Best babyface of the year = Daniel Bryan

Best heel of the year = Paul Heyman

Best surprise of the year = Rusev

Biggest disappointment of the year = Cesaro. Wrestlemania. Huge pop. LOOK AT THE FRICKIN GUY'S CAPABILITIES! Nonsensical, half-assed heel turn and is promptly thrown under the bus. Runner up: The handling of the Rhodes brothers... who were as over as over can be at the end of the year.

Best "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) = Rusev.

Worst "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) = The Bunny, I guess.

Fill in the blank: 2015 will be the year of Roman Reigns. Ugh.

Post #7 » by **spykelee** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 4:11 pm

All I know is last weeks Raw was the worst episode out of the last 1100 or so they've made. That takes some doing.

Post #8 » by **Marcus** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 4:25 pm

SDM wrote:Worst superstar/diva of the year - Cameron. Anyone who selects anything else will be shot on sight. She tried to pin someone's back. TWICE. And then got indignant about it when the ref wouldn't count!

lmao. at atleast she tries. unlike Eva Marie.

SDM · Post #9 » by **SDM** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 4:46 pm

Marcus wrote:
SDM wrote:Worst superstar/diva of the year - Cameron. Anyone who selects anything else will be shot on sight. She tried to pin someone's back. TWICE. And then got indignant about it when the ref wouldn't count!

lmao. at atleast she tries. unlike Eva Marie.

I saw her do a head scissors takedown at some point this year. She's automatically several tiers ahead of Cameron.

Post #10 » by **Marcus** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:08 pm

SDM wrote:
Marcus wrote:
SDM wrote:Worst superstar/diva of the year - Cameron. Anyone who selects anything else will be shot on sight. She tried to pin someone's back. TWICE. And then got indignant about it when the ref wouldn't count!

lmao. at atleast she tries. unlike Eva Marie.

I saw her do a head scissors takedown at some point this year. She's automatically several tiers ahead of Cameron.

touche sir. TOUCHE

TaiLs21 · Post #11 » by **TaiLs21** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:03 pm

SDM wrote:
Marcus wrote:
SDM wrote:Worst superstar/diva of the year - Cameron. Anyone who selects anything else will be shot on sight. She tried to pin someone's back. TWICE. And then got indignant about it when the ref wouldn't count!

lmao. at atleast she tries. unlike Eva Marie.

I saw her do a head scissors takedown at some point this year. She's automatically several tiers ahead of Cameron.

To quote Cameron, "boy bye"

PMFJB · Post #12 » by **PMFJB** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:21 pm

None of these include NXT people. No one in the real world other than dumb marks care about any of those indy promotions. So this is strictly wwe.

Superstar/diva of the year - Ambrose/Seth in a tie for me /Paige
Worst superstar/diva of the year - Batista/Anyone except paige and AJ
Best "technical wrestler" of the year - Daniel Bryan
Tag team of the year - Usos
Match of the year - Shield vs Wyatts/SS Main event
PPV of the year - Wrestlemania
Worst PPV of the year - TLC
Program/feud of the year - Authority vs Daniel Bryan
Worst program/feud of the year - Anything with Sheamus on it
Best babyface of the year - Daniel Bryan
Best heel of the year - Seth Rollins/Steph
Best surprise of the year - Daniel bryan main eventing WM
Biggest disappointment of the year - Keep pushing charismaless wrestlers (Sheamus/Batista)
Best "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Rusev
Worst "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Bunny
Fill in the blank: 2015 will be the year of Heel Cena/Seth Rollins

Post #13 » by **Marcus** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:32 pm

PMFJB wrote:None of these include NXT people. No one in the real world other than dumb marks care about any of those indy promotions. So this is strictly wwe.

Superstar/diva of the year - Ambrose/Seth in a tie for me /Paige
Worst superstar/diva of the year - Batista/Anyone except paige and AJ
Best "technical wrestler" of the year - Daniel Bryan
Tag team of the year - Usos
Match of the year - Shield vs Wyatts/SS Main event
PPV of the year - Wrestlemania
Worst PPV of the year - TLC
Program/feud of the year - Authority vs Daniel Bryan
Worst program/feud of the year - Anything with Sheamus on it
Best babyface of the year - Daniel Bryan
Best heel of the year - Seth Rollins/Steph
Best surprise of the year - Daniel bryan main eventing WM
Biggest disappointment of the year - Keep pushing charismaless wrestlers (Sheamus/Batista)
Best "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Rusev
Worst "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Bunny
Fill in the blank: 2015 will be the year of Heel Cena/Seth Rollins

did u watch WCW back in the day?

PMFJB · Post #14 » by **PMFJB** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:03 pm

Marcus wrote:
PMFJB wrote:None of these include NXT people. No one in the real world other than dumb marks care about any of those indy promotions. So this is strictly wwe.

Superstar/diva of the year - Ambrose/Seth in a tie for me /Paige
Worst superstar/diva of the year - Batista/Anyone except paige and AJ
Best "technical wrestler" of the year - Daniel Bryan
Tag team of the year - Usos
Match of the year - Shield vs Wyatts/SS Main event
PPV of the year - Wrestlemania
Worst PPV of the year - TLC
Program/feud of the year - Authority vs Daniel Bryan
Worst program/feud of the year - Anything with Sheamus on it
Best babyface of the year - Daniel Bryan
Best heel of the year - Seth Rollins/Steph
Best surprise of the year - Daniel bryan main eventing WM
Biggest disappointment of the year - Keep pushing charismaless wrestlers (Sheamus/Batista)
Best "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Rusev
Worst "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Bunny
Fill in the blank: 2015 will be the year of Heel Cena/Seth Rollins

did u watch WCW back in the day?

Yep until it started being an abomination of a wrestling company when Russo took over.

Post #15 » by **Marcus** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:05 pm

PMFJB wrote:
Marcus wrote:
PMFJB wrote:None of these include NXT people. No one in the real world other than dumb marks care about any of those indy promotions. So this is strictly wwe.

Superstar/diva of the year - Ambrose/Seth in a tie for me /Paige
Worst superstar/diva of the year - Batista/Anyone except paige and AJ
Best "technical wrestler" of the year - Daniel Bryan
Tag team of the year - Usos
Match of the year - Shield vs Wyatts/SS Main event
PPV of the year - Wrestlemania
Worst PPV of the year - TLC
Program/feud of the year - Authority vs Daniel Bryan
Worst program/feud of the year - Anything with Sheamus on it
Best babyface of the year - Daniel Bryan
Best heel of the year - Seth Rollins/Steph
Best surprise of the year - Daniel bryan main eventing WM
Biggest disappointment of the year - Keep pushing charismaless wrestlers (Sheamus/Batista)
Best "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Rusev
Worst "new wrestler" (appearing on main roster for first time in 2014) - Bunny
Fill in the blank: 2015 will be the year of Heel Cena/Seth Rollins

did u watch WCW back in the day?

Yep until it started being an abomination of a wrestling company when Russo took over.

so nothing but WWE since then?

PMFJB · Post #16 » by **PMFJB** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:06 pm

Marcus wrote:
PMFJB wrote:
Marcus wrote:
did u watch WCW back in the day?

Yep until it started being an abomination of a wrestling company when Russo took over.

so nothing but WWE since then?

Tried TNA but any organization that thinks Bully Ray is the face of your company needs to stop being a wrestling company.

Also I stopped watching somewhere around the mid 00s until the summer of punk. I would watch stuff here and there but once they went full PG that was also plain awful. They had 0 stars other than Cena. When they started trying to make Jeff Hardy I was done.

Post #17 » by **Marcus** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:08 pm

PMFJB wrote:
Marcus wrote:
PMFJB wrote:Yep until it started being an abomination of a wrestling company when Russo took over.

so nothing but WWE since then?

Tried TNA but any organization that thinks Bully Ray is the face of your company needs to stop being a wrestling company.

so in your mind there is nothing other wrestling promotion worth even giving a chance regardless of who works there?

Post #18 » by **Stanford** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:09 pm

Daniel Bryan does like 5 moves and they're all kicks and flying ****. How is he the best technical wrestler of the year? Tyson Kidd should probably win that. He had a really great year.

Post #19 » by **Marcus** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:10 pm

PMFJB wrote:Also I stopped watching somewhere around the mid 00s until the summer of punk.

Summer of Punk in RoH or WWE? because i never any of Punk's WWE run branded that way.

PMFJB · Post #20 » by **PMFJB** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:10 pm

Stanford wrote:Daniel Bryan does like 5 moves and they're all kicks and flying ****. How is he the best technical wrestler of the year? Tyson Kidd should probably win that. He had a really great year.

It was main roster only. I put a disclaimer no NXT guys.