2019 Schmoedown Awards

**Schmoedown Awards 2019** was an event that honored the most memorable matches, players and events that took place during the Movie Trivia Schmoedown in 2019. It took place on January 11, 2020 at the Comedy Store.

## Nominations

### The Yodi Award

* **Rachel Cushing** and **Clarke Wolfe**

### Best Entrance by an Individual

* Greg Alba (A Star Is Born entrance at the 2019 Free 4 All)
* William Bibbiani (Love Actually entrance against Chance Ellison)
* Rachel Cushing (Lord of the Rings entrance in San Diego)
* Andrew Dimalanta (X-Wing entrance against Laura Kelly)
* ***John Rocha (Showing up at the last minute to defend team belt while sick at the 2019 Schmoedown Spectacular)***
* Jeff Sneider (Bear Jew entrance at the 2019 Free 4 All)

### Best Teams Entrance

* Crimson Fury (Tim Franco revealed as mystery partner)
* The Loony Bin (Debut)
* Scream Queens (Scream entrance by stabbing Samm Levine)
* ***Shazam (Pretending they are announcers)***
* Shirewolves (Thelma and Louise entrance against Critically Acclaimed)

### Innergeekdom/Star Wars Player

* Rachel Cushing
* Alex Damon
* Chandru Dhandapani
* Mike Kalinowski
* ***Kevin Smets***

### Upset of the Year

* Crimson Fury beats Loose Cannons
* Stacy Howard beats Mark Reilly
* ***The Loony Bin beats Time Machine***
* The Odd Couple beats Shirewolves
* Paul Oyama beats Dan Murrell

### Podcast/Aftershow of the Year

* ***Call to Action***
* Dedicated to Art
* Abby Freel Twitter Reactions
* JAWMovies
* Take 3 Productions

### Manager of the Year

* Robert Meyer Burnett
* ***Tom Dagnino***
* John Kaiser
* Ken Napzok and Grace Hancock
* Roxy Striar
* Jay Washington

### Babyface Team of the Year

* Founding Fathers
* The Paddington Two
* ***Shazam***
* Shirewolves
* Wildberries

### Heel Team of the Year

* Crimson Fury
* The Family
* ***KOrruption***
* The Movie Guys
* The Odd Couple

### Babyface of the Year

* Ben Bateman
* William Bibbiani
* Rachel Cushing
* ***Brendan Meyer***
* Dan Murrell

### Heel of the Year

* Robert Meyer Burnett
* ***Andrew Ghai***
* Grace Hancock
* John Kaiser
* Mike Kalinowski

### New Team of the Year

* The Family
* The Loony Bin
* The Movie Guys
* ***Shazam***
* Time Machine

### Rookie of the Year

* Brendan Meyer
* Paul Oyama
* Paul Preston
* Tom Reimann
* ***Kevin Smets***

### Comeback Player of the Year

* ***Ben Bateman***
* Andrew Ghai
* Mike Kalinowski
* Dan Murrell
* Jeff Sneider

### Moment of the Year

* Matt Atchity challenges his own win against The Family
* Ben Bateman wins singles tournament and title in same night at Spectacular
* ***William Bibbiani goes from #1 to the very end at Free 4 All***
* Rachel Cushing beats Mike Kalinowski to become double champion
* John Rocha shows up to play sick at Spectacular

### Match of the Year

* Ethan Erwin vs. Dan Murrell
* Founding Fathers vs. KOrruption in Orlando
* ***Mike Kalinowski vs. Rachel Cushing at Throwdown***
* Mike Kalinowski vs. Rachel Cushing in San Diego
* Mike Kalinowski vs. Kevin Smets at Collison
* KOrruption vs. Shirewolves
* The Loony Bin vs. Time Machine
* Shazam vs. The Movie Guys

### Team of the Year

* ***Founding Fathers***
* KOrruption
* The Odd Couple
* Shazam
* Shirewolves

### Singles Player of the Year

* ***Ben Bateman***
* William Bibbiani
* Mike Kalinowski
* Dan Murrell
* Paul Oyama

### Player of the Year

* Ben Bateman
* William Bibbiani
* Rachel Cushing
* Mike Kalinowski
* ***Dan Murrell***