The Piledriver Report’s 2014 End of the Year Awards

***Before I begin this week’s article, I would like to inform everyone that this may be the last Piledriver Report that you will see for the next few weeks. I have several work conflicts that may prevent me from writing a weekly column. However, if time allows, I will try to get articles in when I can. If not, I will see everyone in mid-February.

As you dissect my Award votes, please note that my selections are heavily WWE centric. The reason for this isn’t because I am biased towards the WWE. It’s because I tend to watch the WWE product more than any other wrestling promotion. Please feel free to write your picks in the Comments section. Without further ado, here’s my picks.

“CATEGORY A” AWARDS – PICK A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE FINISHER IN EACH CATEGORY. POINTS WILL BE AWARDED ON A 5-3-2 BASIS. THE WINNER OF THE AWARD IS DETERMINED BY TOTAL POINTS.

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD FOR WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

1. Seth Rollins
2. John Cena
3. Brock Lesnar

MMA MOST VALUABLE FIGHTER
1. Jon Jones
2. Ronda Rousey
3. Cain Velasquez

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER
1. Sami Zayn
2. Daniel Bryan
3. Seth Rollins

MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER
1. Jon Jones
2. Cain Velasquez
3. Ronda Rousey

BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW

1. John Cena
2. Ronda Rousey
3. Brock Lesnar

FEUD OF THE YEAR
1. Bryan vs. The Authority
2. Evolution vs. The Shield
3. Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR
1. Factory’s Finest: Clutch Adams and Mike Spanos (my brother is Clutch Adams, so I’m biased)
2. Jimmy and Jey Uso
3. Young Bucks

MOST IMPROVED
1. Damien Sandow
2. The Miz
3. Luke Harper

BEST ON INTERVIEWS

1. Paul Heyman
2. Stephanie McMahon
3. Seth Rollins

MOST CHARISMATIC
1. Brock Lesnar
2. John Cena
3. Daniel Bryan

BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER
1. Seth Rollins
2. Daniel Bryan
3. Cesaro

BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST BRAWLER
1. Dean Ambrose
2. Bray Wyatt
3. Kevin Steen

BEST FLYING WRESTLER
1. Adrian Neville
2. Sami Zayn
3. Tyson Kidd

MOST OVERRATED

1. Roman Reigns
2. Randy Orton
3. Rusev

MOST UNDERRATED
1. Cesaro
2. Dolph Ziggler
3. Stephanie McMahon

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
1. UFC
2. WWE
3. Ring of Honor

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW
1. SmackDown!
2. Lucha Underground

PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR
1. Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn: NXT Take Over: R Evolution
2. Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyson Kidd vs. Tyler Breeze: NXT Take Over
3. The Shield vs. Evolution: Extreme Rules

MMA MATCH OF THE YEAR
1. Johnny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler I
2. Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes II
3. Junior Dos Santos vs. Stipe Miocic

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1. Clutch Adams (once again, he’s my brother, so I’m biased, but watch his stuff on YouTube through my You Tube channel. He’s pretty good.)

BEST NON-WRESTLER PERFORMER

1. Paul Heyman
2. Stephanie McMahon
3. Lana

BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER
1. Mike Goldberg
2. Joe Rogan
3. William Regal

WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER
1. Jerry Lawler
2. JBL
3. Michael Cole

BEST MAJOR SHOW OF THE YEAR
1. NXT Take Over: R Evolution
2. SummerSlam
3. WrestleMania XXX

“CATEGORY B” AWARDS – PICK ONE IN EACH CATEGORY. WINNER CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF FIRST PLACE VOTES.
WORST MAJOR SHOW OF THE YEAR
1. WWE Battleground

BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER
1. Adrian Neville’s Red Arrow Corkscrew Shooting Star Press

MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC

1. WWE’s endless promotion of the WWE Network and it’s $9.99 price tag.

WORST TELEVISION SHOW
1. TNA IMPACT

WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR
1. El Torito vs. Hornswoggle WeeLC Match

WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR
1. Naomi vs. Cameron

WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
1. TNA

BEST BOOKER
1. Joe Silva

PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
1. Dana White

BEST GIMMICK
1. MizDow

WORST GIMMICK
1. Adam Rose

BEST WRESTLING BOOK

1. The Best in the World: At What I Have No Idea By: Chris Jericho

BEST WRESTLING DVD
1. Ladies and Gentleman, My Name is Paul Heyman