2018 End of Year Awards

2018 End of Year Awards

To end the year here is a list of awards from the year which outline some of my favorite and least favorite stuff from 2018

Match of the Year:

  1. Kento Miyahara Vs Naomichi Marufuji AJPW champions carnival final ****3/4
  2. Kento Miyahara vs Zeus AJPW 21.10.2018 ****3/4
  3. Zeus Bodyguard Shingo Takagi Vs Jun Akiyama Yuji Hino Joe Doering AJPW cc finals day ****1/2
  4. Zeus Vs Joe Doering AJPW new years wars 02/01/2018 ****1/2
  5. Go Shiozaki Vs Takshi Suigura NOAH Kawasaki festival ****1/2
  6. Jun Akiyama Vs Naomichi marufuji AJPW cc B block final ****1/2
  7. Andrade Cien Almas Vs Johnny Gargano NXT title ****1/2
  8. Los Mercenarios (El Texano Jr., La Mascara & Rey Escorpion) vs Joe Lider, Murder Clown & Pagano AAA Triplemania ****1/4
  9. Kento Miyahara vs marufuji 2 ****1/4
  10. Jun Akiyama Daisuke Sekimoto vs Kento Miyahara Yoshi Tatsu RWTL 20.11.18 ****1/4

Wrestler of the year (overall, so matches, charisma, star power, importance to promotion etc):

  1. Kento Miyahara (AJPW)
  2. Masashi Takeda (AJPW, BJW, FREEDOMS)
  3. Takashi Suguira (NOAH)

Wrestler of the year purely in ring:

  1. Jun Akiyama (AJPW)
  2. Kento Miyahara (AJPW)
  3. Zeus (AJPW)

Best Promotion:

  1. AJPW no surprise there
  2. NOAH
  3. BJW

Best show:

  1. AJPW Champions Carnival Finals Day

Worst Match

  1. Golden Lovers vs Young Bucks NJPW strong Style Evolved

Worst Wrestler

Worst wrestler of the year and Worst wrestler I have ever seen, he has never had a single good performance ever.
  1. Kenny Omega

Overall it was a pretty good year, I watched less than I have compared to 2015,16,17 etc. I limited it down to stuff that I generally enjoy in AJPW, NOAH, BJW and then cherry pick other stuff. In 2019 I would like to add Wrestle-1 to a regular watch rather than just one or two matches a year.

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