List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Rookie of the Year

List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Section Title: Rookie of the Year
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Year	Wrestler	Promotion(s)

1980	Barry Windham	National Wrestling Alliance

1981	Brad Armstrong

Brad Rheingans

1982	Steve Williams

1983	The Road Warriors

1984	Tom Zenk	World Wrestling Federation

Keiichi Yamada	New Japan Pro-Wrestling

1985	Jack Victory	National Wrestling Alliance

1986	Bam Bam Bigelow	Continental Wrestling Association

1987	Brian Pillman	Stampede Wrestling

1988	Gary Albright

1989	Dustin Rhodes	World Championship Wrestling

1990	Steve Austin

1991	Johnny B. Badd

1992	Rey Misterio Jr.	Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

1993	Jun Akiyama	All Japan Pro Wrestling

1994	Mikey Whipwreck	Extreme Championship Wrestling

1995	Perro Aguayo Jr.	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

1996	The Giant	World Championship Wrestling

1997	Mr. Águila	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

1998	Goldberg	World Championship Wrestling

1999	Blitzkrieg

2000	Sean O'Haire

2001	El Hombre Sin Nombre	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

2002	Bob Sapp	K-1

2003	Chris Sabin	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Ring of Honor Pro Wrestling Zero-One Max

2004	Petey Williams	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

2005	Shingo Takagi	Dragon Gate

2006	Atsushi Aoki	Pro Wrestling Noah

2007	Erick Stevens	Ring of Honor

2008	Kai	All Japan Pro Wrestling

2009	Frightmare	Chikara

2010	Adam Cole	Ring of Honor Combat Zone Wrestling

2011	Daichi Hashimoto	Pro Wrestling Zero1

2012	Dinastía	Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide

2013	Yohei Komatsu	New Japan Pro-Wrestling

2014	Dragon Lee	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

2015	Chad Gable	WWE

2016	Matt Riddle	Evolve Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

2017	Katsuya Kitamura	New Japan Pro-Wrestling

2018	Ronda Rousey	WWE

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Takagi won the 2005 Wrestling Observer Rookie of the Year award.
Takagi won the 2005 Wrestling Observer Rookie of the Year award.
Takagi won the 2005 Wrestling Observer Rookie of the Year award.

final_sentence: Takagi won the 2005 Wrestling Observer Rookie of the Year award.
final_sentence: Takagi won the 2005 Wrestling Observer Rookie of the Year award.
final_sentence: Takagi won the 2005 Wrestling Observer Rookie of the Year award.