2023 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards

[Rosie]

Interesting to see WWE finally return as the best promotion but I think it is probably well deserved. Triple H creatively has been doing great. I think that along with AEW having a few more missteps than usual lead to it. But a lot of deserved awards.

But on the note of worst match, you can probably take either or with it. That Jericho match was ROUGH, but the Bray/LA Knight match was hurt due to the entire stipulation making the match visibly impossible to see, the glow in the dark stuff not fitting anything related to the tone they wanted. I think I remember watching the Rumble, wanting to give WWE a shot, seeing that match, and immediately stopped watching. It was that rough for me as a viewer. Only thing that was 'good' was Bray's entrance. The fact that is forever Bray's final match sort of leaves an extra bitter taste in my mouth. Then just as Hoss mentioned as I typed this, yeah, Tyrus vs EC3 also could have won (Or ANY Tyrus match) along with Gable and Corbin.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Where did the needle penis match come on Worst Match ranking? I'd love to know that tbh

 

[Brandon Blaze]

I can see the argument for both sides. Most of the people upset by it, probably are huge Bray fans, and it probably hurts a little bit to see one of his last pieces of work, win such a negative award. But yeah, at the same time I guess you can’t really disqualify it. You can definitely argue that something else should’ve won, because they were worse ones out there.

 

[Comrade Khan]

It's a valid selection and I don't feel it's anything to really be emotional about. It isn't an attack on who Bray Wyatt was as a man, friend, husband and father.

That said, I also think there probably were worse matches. EC3 vs. Tyrus no doubt. Gable vs. Corbin maybe. Jericho vs. Cole woulda also been valid in my mind.

yeah I was gonna say there's probably like a bunch of Tyrus matches that no one watched that were way worse lmao just ya, nobody watched em

 

[Comrade Khan]

Where did the needle penis match come on Worst Match ranking? I'd love to know that tbh

I feel like that was probably too recent

 

[Leon TrotSky]

I feel like that was probably too recent

It was March

 

[Comrade Khan]

It was March

wow really. fucking time flies man

 

[Rosie]

It was March

It is always too recent for that spot to exist.

 

[Brandon Blaze]

I’m probably nitpicky and it probably doesn’t actually count as a match lol. But the whole Shane/Snoop vs Miz match was just bad. But I guess it depends on if you count that as a real match

 

[Chris]

I’m probably nitpicky and it probably doesn’t actually count as a match lol. But the whole Shane/Snoop vs Miz match was just bad. But I guess it depends on if you count that as a real match

This was like 2nd or 3rd lol I don't think the penis needle match actually got votes

 

[Brandon Blaze]

This was like 2nd or 3rd lol I don't think the penis needle match actually got votes

Then yeah, that would have got my vote probably lol. Oh well, it’s not a huge deal and is what it is. I’m just happy for some of the positive awards, and some of my favorites winning.

 

[Dale]

WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW
WWE CROWN JEWEL 11/4 RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 141

That's purely because it was in Saudi right?

 

[Brandon Blaze]

I don’t even remember watching it, but looking at some of the results, I know I did because I remember some lmao. But I don’t think I watched it all… but they were probably worse shows, yeah.

 

[Dale]

Roman/Knight main evented. Was the show Kairi returned on too.

 

[Brandon Blaze]

Roman/Knight main evented. Was the show Kairi returned on too.

Yeah, I looked at the results to see, and I remembered like all that.

Checked the thread, I dipped out before the last two matches, not sure why, can’t remember as I didn’t say in the thread lol. Never went back to watch.