ESPN announces Best WWE Moment ESPY nominations

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

ESPN has revealed the nominees for this year's Best WWE Moment ESPY Award.

The 16 nominees for the award have been placed into a bracket, with fan voting beginning today and taking place in three stages through July 8. The ESPYS will air live on ABC at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, July 20.

The Best WWE Moment nominees are:


Left side of the bracket --

• Brock Lesnar wins men's Royal Rumble match vs. Bianca Belair wins Raw Women's Championship at WrestleMania 38
• John Cena returns at Money in the Bank 2021 vs. Ronda Rousey wins women's Royal Rumble match
• WWE welcomes back live crowds in July 2021 vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin stuns everyone at WrestleMania 38 night two
• Roman Reigns becomes Undisputed WWE Universal Champion at WrestleMania 38 vs. Cody Rhodes returns at WrestleMania 38

Right side of the bracket --

• Big E cashes in Money in the Bank briefcase to win WWE Championship vs. The Miz turns against Logan Paul at WrestleMania 38
• Becky Lynch returns at SummerSlam 2021 vs. The Undertaker gets inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame
• Edge defeats Seth Rollins inside Hell in a Cell at Crown Jewel 2021 vs. Wee Man body slams Sami Zayn at WrestleMania 38
• Brock Lesnar returns at SummerSlam 2021 vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin returns to the ring at WrestleMania 38 night one

The ESPYS celebrate "the greatest moments and achievements in sports over the last year."

This is the third time that the Best WWE Moment category has been included in the ESPYS. In 2019, Roman Reigns returning from leukemia won the inaugural award. Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair becoming the first Black women to main event WrestleMania won the award in 2021.

There was no Best WWE Moment category at the 2020 ESPYS due to the award show changing its focus amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

WWE's Matt Camp and Ryan Pappolla hosted a bracketology special on YouTube to unveil this year's nominees:

 

[Death By Looch]

Can't wait for the final between "Cody Rhodes returns to WWE at Wrestlemania" and "Stone Cold returns to the ring at Wrestlemania"

 

[Daddy Dom]

Should be Cody tbh

 

[Deezy]

Cody working with the pec should've been nominated.....only thing ESPN actually brought up in non-synergy related segments.

 

[Chris]

Cody working with the pec should've been nominated.....only thing ESPN actually brought up in non-synergy related segments.

Maybe it didn't make the cut timeline wise? I don't think they have an official date cutoff tho so it might just be in that limbo that wouldn't be included next year either

 

[Daddy Dom]

Cena returning at mitb did and that didn't happen yet

 

[Dale]

Cody, Bex and Austin returning to the ring are my Top 3 from this.

 

[Chris]

Cena returning at mitb did and that didn't happen yet

That was MITB 2021 lol I think the timeline might be from Mania to Mania actually

 

[Daddy Dom]

That was MITB 2021 lol I think the timeline might be from Mania to Mania actually

Wait he was at mitb 2021

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Wait he was at mitb 2021

Yea

 

[Daddy Dom]

I totally forgot bout it

 

[Chris]

Taker, Cody, Austin, Big E the finalists

 

[Dale]

Cody then Austin for me.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Yeah it's got to be Cody for me, surreal moment seeing him back in WWE and then getting Seth vs Cody too

Although I also never thought I'd see Austin wrestling a proper match like he did with Owens

 

[Chris]