From: hekunze@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Herb Kunze)
Subject: Usenet Year-End Achievement Awards 1992 - Call for Nominations
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 19:42:25 GMT

Well, it's that time again.  Yup, time for the Usenet Year-End Achievement
awards.  This is the third year I've run this poll and I hope that 
participation increases to a new high.  

To summarize, there are a total of 46 categories that I'll ask you to vote
on (yes, partial votes are allowed).  For each category, you can give your
top three choices, with a first place vote netting 5 points, a second place
vote netting 3 points and a third place vote netting 1 point.  You cannot
vote for a tie; you must rank each wrestler (tag-team, whatever) 
individually.  

Before we get to the actual voting period, we'll have a nomination period.
During this time, you can send me via e-mail possible vote-getters for any
category.  I will include the list of suggestions with each category when
it comes time to vote as a reminder of possible voting choices.  You can
of course vote for something which doesn't get suggested.  (It's just that
in the first year I ran this, many people did forget about things that
had happened much earlier in the year and said that if they had remembered
they would have voted differently.)

All votes should be based on things which occurred anywhere in the world
between November 9, 1991, and November 8, 1992.  I'll try my best to 
ensure that things that don't qualify don't get counted.  With that in
mind, the "nomination period" will run from now through to October 18.
At that point, the "voting period" will start and run until November 15.
Yes, this may mean that people who vote early will miss the chance to
vote on something that happens near the end of the voting year, but we
need to finish this early if we want to have results posted before the
end of university terms.

Below is a list of the award categories, their descriptions, and the
past winners.  Please read this carefully to ensure that you get the
purpose of each category.  This note ends with another copy of the
list of categories, provided to make it easy for you to send me 
suggestions in e-mail.

I will include further reminders about the awards in my weekly posts
and may even include the current list of suggestions from week to week
so you can see if there are any obvious omissions.

Thanks for your time.  Any suggestions, as always, are welcome.  

                                                             Herb...
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Summary of Award Categories:

 1. Best Wrestler of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the athlete who was the best overall wrestler of the
        year. This includes all facets of wrestling: workrate, technical
        ability, interviews, charisma, etc.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Curt Hennig
        1991: Ric Flair
 2. Best Tag Team of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the tag team who were the best overall team of the year.
        This includes all facets of wrestling: workrate, technical ability,
        interviews, charisma, hot team moves, etc.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: The Steiners
        1991: The Steiners
 3. Best Heel Of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the person who best incurred the wrath of the mark in
        all of us. This person can bring on the fans' wrath like no other
        did in the past year.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Ted DiBiase
        1991: Cactus Jack
 4. Best Babyface of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the person who best portrayed the "hero" in the drama
        that is pro-wrestling.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Hulk Hogan
        1991: Brian Pillman
 5. Best Worker
      Award Description:
        To be given to the wrestler with, on average, the best workrate.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Ric Flair / Randy Savage (tie)
        1991: Jushin Riger
 6. Best Jobber
      Award Description:
        To be given to the Professional Loser that does an incredible
        job of putting his name opponent over. Maybe the bumps that this person
        takes are just that much more spectacular than other PLs. After seeing
        a match with this person, you feel sorry about he/she took and
        realize how good it made his/her name opponent look.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Barry Horowitz
        1991: Rip Rogers
 7. Best Flyer
      Award Description:
        To be given to the wrestler who did the most and the best high-flying
        maneuvers throughout the year.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: Jushin Riger
 8. Best Technical Wrestler
      Award Description:
        To be given to the wrestler who has the most technical ability.
        The number of holds and moves you see this person do and the crispness
        with which the moves are executed makes his/her matches a pleasure
        to watch.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: Bret Hart
 9. Best Brawler
      Award Description:
        To be given to the wrestler who brawled his/her way through the year
        most convincingly. This award would go to Frank "Bruiser Brody" Goodish
        if he were still around.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: Stan Hansen
10. Most Favourite Wrestler
      Award Description:
        To be given to the wrestler you like the most, regardless of the reason.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: Ric Flair
11. Most Improved Wrestler
      Award Description:
        To be given to the wrestler who most improved himself/herself
        in all facets of the sport in the past year.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Lex Luger
        1991: Ron Simmons
12. Most Overrated Wrestler
      Award Description:
        To be given to the wrestler who really has little talent, but has
        a large place in the spotlight nonetheless. This is a measure of how 
        undeserved a wrestler's push is.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Hulk Hogan
        1991: Hulk Hogan
13. Best Wrestling Gimmick
      Award Description:
        To be given to the wrestler who had the best character gimmick in the
        past year.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: Undertaker
14. Best Wrestling Move
      Award Description:
        To be given to the move that is just the damn best thing you've seen
        this past year. This should probably be a "finishing" move or something
        really spectacular.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Scott Steiner's Frankensteiner
        1991: Scott Steiner's Frankensteiner
15. Best Match of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the best wrestling match you've seen this year, either
        live, on TV, PPV, or in an arena, or on tape. If it took place in the
        past year, it is eligible. Please name the event at which the match
        occurred, or give the date on which it took place.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Hart Foundation vs. Rockers at SNME 04/90
        1991: Steiners vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Hase in Tokyo, 03/21/91
16. Best Feud of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the feud that gave us the most heated and best wrestling
        match(es) of the year.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Doom vs. Horsemen
        1991: Steiners vs. Doom
17. Worst Wrestler of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the name athlete who was the worst overall wrestler
        in the past year. Minimal techinical ability, lousy interviews,
        non-existent workrate, and the charisma of a rock should describe
        this person.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Junkfood Dog
        1991: Andre The Giant
18. Worst Tag Team of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the name tag team who were the worst overall wrestlers
        in the past year. Minimal technical ability, lousy interviews,
        non-existent workrate, the charisma of a rock, and lousy team moves
        should describe this pair.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Rhythm & Blues
        1991: The Patriots
19. Worst Heel of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the person whose casting as a bad guy just didn't
        work well. Maybe there was just no heel heat drawn or maybe the fans
        actually cheered this person, but for whatever reason the heel image
        just didn't get over.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Rick Martel
        1991: The Mountie
20. Worst Babyface of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the person whose casting as a good guy just didn't
        work well. Maybe there was just no face heat drawn or maybe the fans
        actually booed this person, but for whatever reason the face image
        just didn't get over.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Dusty Rhodes
        1991: P.N.News
21. Worst Worker
      Award Description:
        To be given to the name wrestler whose workrate is so low it's barely
        measurable.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Junkfood Dog
        1991: Andre The Giant
22. Least Favourite Wrestler
      Award Description:
        To be given to the wrestler you like the least, regardless of the 
        reason. 
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: Hulk Hogan
23. Most  Deteriorated Wrestler
      Award Description:
        To be given to the person whose skill has deteriorated the most over
        the past year. This person should be a shadow of his/her former self.
        (I used to call this the "Most Unimproved Wrestler" award, but the
        meaning of it wasn't clear enough for some voters, I think.)
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Dusty Rhodes
        1991: Hulk Hogan
24. Most  Underrated Wrestler
      Award Description:
        To be given to the person whose ability merits a far greater push than
        the person receives. There may be many such people, but the winner
        of this award should have the most ability with least push.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Terry Taylor
        1991: Cactus Jack Manson
25. Worst Wrestling Gimmick
      Award Description:
        To be given to the wrestler who had the worst character gimmick
        in the past year.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: Mike Rotunda as Irwin R. Shyster
26. Worst Wrestling Move
      Award Description:
        To be given to the move that is the worst thing you've seen this year.
        This shouldn't be given to a move that was flubbed by a wrestler
        - the move was performed correctly, but was just too stupid for words.
        This move should probably be a "finishing" move or something that was
        meant to be spectacular.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Hulk Hogan's leg-drop
        1991: Hulk Hogan's leg-drop
27. Worst Match of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the worst wrestling match you've seen this year, either
        live, on TV, PPV, or in an arena, or on tape. If it took place in the
        past year, it is eligible. Please name the event at which the match
        occurred, or give the date on which it took place.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Ric Flair vs. Junkfood Dog at CoC XI
        1991: El Gigante vs. Sid Vicious at SuperBrawl
28. Worst Feud of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the feud that nobody cared about at all this year.
        When they were pushing the feud on TV, you'd go to the fridge for 
        a snack. 
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Hulk Hogan vs. Earthquake
        1991: Hulk Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter
29. Most Disappointing News Item of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the wrestling news item that most disappointed
        you when heard of it. When you first learned of this news story,
        you couldn't believe that it was true, and when you learned that 
        it was, you were bummed out for a while.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: Scott Steiner gets injured
30. Most Obnoxious Personality
      Award Description:
        To be given to the person who just rubs you the wrong way. This could
        be anybody involved in the wrestling biz.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: Dusty Rhodes
31. Best Manager of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the manager who outperformed his peers at ringside
        and behind the microphone in interviews.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Jim Cornette
        1991: Bobby Heenan
32. Best Announcer
      Award Description:
        To be given to the commentator/announcer who makes the most insightful
        and entertaining comments while pushing his product.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Jesse Ventura
        1991: Jesse Ventura
33. Best Colour Commentator
      Award Description:
        To be given to the colour commentator who provides the most insightful
        and entertaining comments.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: Bobby Heenan
34. Best Interviewee
      Award Description:
        To be given to the person who gives the best interview in the biz.
        This could be a wrestler or a manager.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Ric Flair
        1991: Ric Flair
35. Best Angle of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the best angle you've seen in the sport this year.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Horsemen turn heel
        1991: "Real World Champion" Ric Flair challenges Hulk Hogan
36. Best Organization
      Award Description:
        To be given to the organization/promotion that has the best product.
        This is the organization whose TV and house shows you just can't miss.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: NWA
        1991: WWF
37. Best Wrestling Show
      Award Description:
        To be given to the best wrestling show you saw this year. This could
        be a Pay-Per-View, any regular television event (Clash of Champions,
        Saturday Night's Main Event, or even a syndicated show), or even an 
        arena event you attended.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: WCW & New Japan Supershow PPV, 3/21/91, (aired on tape)
38. Best Promotional Move
      Award Description:
        To be given the best move made by a promotion this past year. This
        could include giving somebody a push, demoting someone, firing someone,
        hiring someone, or anything of a promotional nature.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: WWF signing Ric Flair
39. Worst Manager of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the manager whose presence at ringside and during
        interviews is really unnecessary. This person does little to enhance
        the matches in which is/her wrestler(s) participates.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Mr. Fuji
        1991: Coach
40. Worst Announcer
      Award Description:
        To be given to the commentator/announcer who makes the dumbest comments
        while pushing his product. This person probably gets you to turn down
        the TV when he/she is announcing.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Vince McMahon
        1991: Vince McMahon
41. Worst Colour Commentator
      Award Description:
        To be given to the colour commentator who provides the dumbest 
        comments. You may even turn the sound off when this person is talking.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: Dusty Rhodes
42. Worst Interviewee
      Award Description:
        To be given to the person who gives the worst interview in the biz.
        This could be a wrestler or a manager.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Ultimate Warrior
        1991: El Gigante
43. Worst Angle of The Year
      Award Description:
        To be given to the worst angle you've seen in the sport this year.
        It may be the worst because of taste or because of execution.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: Earthquake breaking Hogan's ribs & get well card drive 
               / Black Scorpion (tie)
        1991: WWF exploiting the war
44. Worst Organization
      Award Description:
        To be given to the organization/promotion that has the worst product.
        This is the organization whose TV and house shows you wouldn't
        even think of attending. Probably not even as a freebie.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: WWF/AWA (tie)
        1991: WCW
45. Worst Wrestling Show
      Award Description:
        To be given to the worst wrestling show you saw this year. This could
        be a Pay-Per-View, a Clash of Champions, a Saturday Night's Main Event,
        or an arena show you attended. We'll avoid syndicated shows for this
        award, since when they're bad it's the norm.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: WCW Great American Bash
46. Worst Promotional Move
      Award Description:
        To be given the worst move made by a promotion this past year. This
        could include giving somebody a push, demoting someone, firing someone,
        hiring someone, or anything of a promotional nature.
      Previous Winners:
        1990: N/A
        1991: WCW losing Ric Flair
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Award List:

 1. Best Wrestler of The Year
 2. Best Tag Team of The Year
 3. Best Heel Of The Year
 4. Best Babyface of The Year
 5. Best Worker
 6. Best Jobber
 7. Best Flyer
 8. Best Technical Wrestler
 9. Best Brawler
10. Most Favourite Wrestler
11. Most Improved Wrestler
12. Most Overrated Wrestler
13. Best Wrestling Gimmick
14. Best Wrestling Move
15. Best Match of The Year
16. Best Feud of The Year
17. Worst Wrestler of The Year
18. Worst Tag Team of The Year
19. Worst Heel of The Year
20. Worst Babyface of The Year
21. Worst Worker
22. Least Favourite Wrestler
23. Most  Unimproved Wrestler
24. Most  Underrated Wrestler
25. Worst Wrestling Gimmick
26. Worst Wrestling Move
27. Worst Match of The Year
28. Worst Feud of The Year
29. Most Disappointing News Item of The Year
30. Most Obnoxious Personality
31. Best Manager of The Year
32. Best Announcer
33. Best Colour Commentator
34. Best Interviewee
35. Best Angle of The Year
36. Best Organization
37. Best Wrestling Show
38. Best Promotional Move
39. Worst Manager of The Year
40. Worst Announcer
41. Worst Colour Commentator
42. Worst Interviewee
43. Worst Angle of The Year
44. Worst Organization
45. Worst Wrestling Show
46. Worst Promotional Move
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