I received a half-dozen notes over the weekend asking me about the 1990
wrestling awards survey I ran at the end of last year. I did post the
attached results at the end of the year, but I gather from these notes
that something may have gone wrong with the distribution. I figure
that there are probably others who missed the post, so I've re-posted
it below.
Herb...
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The Usenet Pro-Wrestling Year-End Achievement Awards 1990
The results in this note are based on votes obtained from you, the readers
of Rec.sport.pro-wrestling, over the past three weeks. I received a total
of 41 notes with full or partial votes. In the awards list presented
below, the number of valid votes received for a category appears in
brackets next to the category. The difference between this number and
41 is the number of disallowed/null votes received for that category.
I'll list the top 3 runner-ups (if they have more than a single vote)
and the winner for each category as well as their respective number of
votes in brackets, so you can see who really swept the field.
Without further ado, here we go with the awards in some sort of climactic
order:
Worst Manager of The Year (39)
3. Sapphire (2.5)
2. Jimmy Hart (2)
1. Slick (6.5)
Winner: Mr. Fuji (14.5)
Worst Announcer of The Year (36)
3. Gene Okerlund / Jim Ross (3)
2. Gorilla Monsoon (4)
1. Roddy Piper (5)
Winner: Vince McMahon (7)
Worst Interviewee of The Year (38)
2. Trucker Norm / Scott Steiner / Kerry von Erich
Junkfood Dog / El Gigante (tie: 2)
1. Sting (3)
Winner: Ultimate Warrior (12)
Worst Angle of The Year (36)
3. Norman's multiple identities (1.5)
2. Twin Stings @ HH / Saba Simba / Jose Gonzales stabbing angle
with one of the Japanese promotions (tie: 2)
1. Sgt. Slaughter & General Adnon / Nikolai Volkoff's Americanization /
Dudes with Attitudes feud with Horsemen / Big Boss Man's mother
jokes (tie: 3)
Winner: Earthquake breaking Hogan's ribs & get well card drive /
Black Scorpion (tie: 5)
Worst Organization of The Year (33)
2. CNWA / All organizations (tie: 2)
1. NWA (3)
Winner: WWF / AWA (tie: 10)
Best Manager of The Year (39)
2. Teddy Long (3)
1. Bobby Heenan (14)
Winner: Jim Cornette (16)
Best Announcer of The Year (41)
3. Bobby Heenan (2)
2. Dirty Dutch Mantell / Jim Ross (tie: 3.5)
1. Roddy Piper (7)
Winner: Jesse Ventura (18)
Best Interviewee of The Year (40)
3. Hulk Hogan / Roddy Piper / Stan Hansen (tie: 2)
2. Road Warriors (4)
1. Randy Savage (6)
Winner: Ric Flair (9)
Best Angle of The Year (34)
2. Big Boss Man's mother jokes / Big Boss Man face turn (tie: 2)
1. Black Scorpion vs. Sting (6)
Winner: Horesmen turn heel (7)
Best Organization of The Year (36)
3. USWA (3)
2. No such animal (5)
1. WWF (11.5)
Winner: NWA (13.5)
Worst Feud of The Year (38)
2. Nikolai Volkoff vs. Sgt. Slaughter / Big Boss Man vs. Heenan/Rude
Hogan/Tugboat vs. Bravo/Earthquake / Flair vs. Junkfood Dog (tie: 2)
1. Dusty Rhodes vs. Randy Savage /Black Scorpion vs. Sting (tie: 2)
Winner: Hulk Hogan vs. Earthquake (4)
Worst Match of The Year (29)
2. Junkfood Dog vs. Moondog @ HH /
Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior @ WM (tie: 2)
1. Dusty & Sapphire vs Savage & Sherri @ WM (3)
Winner: Ric Flair vs. Junkfood Dog @ CoC (5)
Worst Move in Wrestling of the Year (41)
3. Honky Tonk Man's "Shake, Rattle & Roll" /
Any tag-team off-the-top-rope finisher (tie: 2)
2. Earthquake's sit (6)
1. Sgt. Slaughter's Atomic Noogie (7)
Winner: Hulk Hogan's Leg Drop (12)
Most Underrated Wrestler of The Year (41)
3. Jim Powers / Koko B. Ware / Mike Rotunda / Scott Steiner /
Ultimate Warrior (tie: 2)
2. Tito Santana / Paul Roma / Brad Armstrong (tie: 3)
1. Cactus Jack Manson (4)
Winner: Terry Taylor (4.5)
Most Deteriorated Wrestler of The Year (38)
3. Greg Valentine / Akeem (tie: 2)
2. Ultimate Warrior (3)
1. Junkfood Dog / Andre The Giant (tie: 4)
Winner: Dusty Rhodes (7)
Worst Worker of The Year (36)
3. Andre The Giant / Dusty Rhodes / Sgt. Slaughter (tie: 2)
2. Earthquake (4)
1. Ultimate Warrior (6)
Winner: Junkfood Dog (15)
Worst Face of The Year (37)
3. El Gigante / Junkfood Dog / Koko B. Ware / Norman /
Tugboat (tie: 2)
2. Sting (3)
1. Ultimate Warrior (5)
Winner: Dusty Rhodes (6)
Worst Heel of The Year (40)
3. Akeem / Black Scorpion / Honky Tonk Man (tie: 2)
2. Dino Bravo / Sgt. Slaughter (tie: 3)
1. Earthquake (7)
Winner: Rick Martel (8)
Worst Tag Team of The Year (41)
3. Andre The Giant & Haku / Earthquake & Dino Bravo /
Junkfood Dog & El Gigante / Orient Express (tie: 2)
2. Master Blasters (3)
1. Bushwhackers (7)
Winner: Rhythm & Blues (17)
Worst Wrestler of The Year (39)
3. Ultimate Warrior (3)
2. El Gigante (4)
1. Dusty Rhodes (7)
Winner: Junkfood Dog (12)
Best Jobber of The Year (39)
2. Playboy Buddy Rose / Brooklyn Brawler (tie: 3)
1. Iron Mike Sharpe / Jim Powers (tie: 4)
Winner: Barry Horowitz (15)
Best Feud of The Year (36)
3. Dusty Rhodes vs. Randy Savage / Ric Flair vs. Sting /
LOD vs. Demolition / Midnight Express vs. Southern Boys (tie: 2)
2. Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger (3)
1. Steiners vs. Doom (4)
Winner: Doom vs. Horsemen (6)
Best Match of The Year (33)
2. Steiners vs. Nasty Boys @ HH (2)
1. Southern Boys vs. Midnight Express @ Bash /
Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior @ WM /
Curt Hennig vs. Tito Santana @ SNME in August (tie: 3)
Winner: Hart Foundation vs. Rockers @ SNME (6)
Best Move in Wrestling of The Year (40)
3. Randy Savage's flying elbow / Jake Robert's DDT (tie: 2)
2. Steiners top-rope DDT (3.5)
1. Power & Glory's superplex & splash (8)
Winner: Scott Steiner's Frankensteiner (18.5)
Most Overrated Wrestler of The Year (41)
3. Dusty Rhodes / Ric Flair / Sting (tie: 2)
2. Earthquake (3.5)
1. Junkfood Dog (5)
Winner: Hulk Hogan (7)
Most Improved Wrestler of The Year (38)
2. Sid Vicious (2)
1. Big Boss Man / Paul Roma / Scott Steiner (tie: 6)
Winner: Lex Luger (9)
Best Worker of The Year (39)
2. Bret Hart (2.5)
1. Curt Hennig (9.5)
Winner: Ric Flair / Randy Savage (tie: 10)
Best Face of The Year (37)
3. Jeff Jarrett / Kerry von Erich / Rick Steiner / Sting (tie: 2)
2. Lex Luger (3)
1. Scott Steiner (5)
Winner: Hulk Hogan (11)
Best Heel of The Year (41)
3. Curt Hennig / Earthquake (tie: 3)
2. Randy Savage / Ric Flair (tie: 4)
1. Sid Vicious (5)
Winner: Ted DiBiase (9)
Best Tag Team of The Year (41)
3. Doom / Midnight Express (tie: 4)
2. Hart Foundation (5)
1. LOD, Road Warriors (9)
Winner: Steiners (14)
Best Wrestler of The Year (39)
3. Bret Hart / Hulk Hogan / Lex Luger / Stan Hansen (tie: 2)
2. Scott Steiner (3)
1. Ric Flair (10)
Winner: Curt Hennig (13)
That's All!
Thanks to everyone who participated.
Herb...
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