WWE NXT 2018 Year-End Award Nominees Announced, Voting Now Open

– WWE has announced the nominees for the 2018 NXT Year-End Awards, with voting now open via Twitter. You can see the full list of nominees below. Voting runs through January 25th at midnight, with the winners to be announced at NXT Takeover: Phoenix. Voting must include both the hashtag of the award category and the hashtag of the nominee, with one vote per category allowed:

Female Competitor of the Year
Category Hashtag: #NXTAwardFemale
#NikkiCross – Nikki Cross
#ShaynaBaszler – NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler
#KairiSane – Kairi Sane
#EmberMoon – Ember Moon
#BiancaBelair – Bianca Belair

Male Competitor of the Year
Category Hashtag: #NXTAwardMale
#Ciampa – NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa
#Gargano – Johnny Gargano
#Ricochet – NXT North American Champion Ricochet
#Aleister – Aleister Black
#Velveteen – The Velveteen Dream
#Andrade – Andrade “Cien” Almas
#AdamCole – Adam Cole
#PeteDunne – WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne

Overall Competitor of the Year
Category Hashtag: #NXTAwardOverall
#Ciampa – Tommaso Ciampa
#NikkiCross – Nikki Cross
#Gargano – Johnny Gargano
#Ricochet – Ricochet
#ShaynaBaszler – Shayna Baszler
#Aleister – Aleister Black
#KairiSane – Kairi Sane
#Velveteen – The Velveteen Dream
#Andrade – Andrade “Cien” Almas
#EmberMoon – Ember Moon
#AdamCole – Adam Cole
#PeteDunne – Pete Dunne
#BiancaBelair – Bianca Belair

NXT Tag Team of the Year
Category Hashtag: #NXTAwardTag
#UndisputedERA – NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era
#WarRaiders – The War Raiders
#StreetProfits – The Street Profits
#HeavyMachinery – Heavy Machinery
#LorcanBurch – Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch
#MoustacheMountain – Moustache Mountain

NXT TakeOver of the Year
Category Hashtag: #NXTAwardTakeOver
#Philly – Takeover: Philadelphia
#NewOrleans – Takeover: New Orleans
#ChicagoII – Takeover: Chicago II
#BrooklynIV – Takeover: Brooklyn IV
#WarGames – Takeover: War Games II

NXT Match of the Year
Category Hashtag: #NXTAwardMatch
#WarGames – WarGames Match (TakeOver: WarGames)
#GarganoAlmas – Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas (NXT Championship Match, TakeOver: Philadelphia)
#NXTTags – Moustache Mountain vs. Undisputed ERA (NXT Tag Team Championship Match, NXT TV, July 11, 2018)
#GarganoCiampa – Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa (Unsanctioned Match, TakeOver: New Orleans)
#NATitle – NXT North American Championship Ladder Match (TakeOver: New Orleans)
#SaneBaszler – Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler (NXT Women’s Championship Match, TakeOver: Brooklyn IV)
#RicochetDream – Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream (TakeOver: Chicago)
#CiampaBlack – Aleister Black vs. Tommaso Ciampa (NXT Championship Match, NXT TV, July 25)
#DunneGibson – Pete Dunne vs. Zack Gibson (WWE U.K. Championship Match, NXT TV, Aug. 22)
#ColeBlack – Aleister Black vs. Adam Cole (Extreme Rules Match, TakeOver: Philadelphia)
#DunneOReilly – Pete Dunne vs. Kyle O’Reilly (WWE U.K. Championship Match, NXT TV, June 13)
#ERABurchLorcan – Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan vs. Undisputed ERA (TakeOver: Chicago)
#CrossBelair – Nikki Cross vs. Bianca Belair (NXT TV, Sept. 12)
#ChampvsChamp – Ricochet vs. Pete Dunne (NXT North American Champion vs. WWE U.K. Champion Match, NXT TV, Sept. 19)
#NATitleTripleThreat – Ricochet vs. Pete Dunne vs. Adam Cole (NXT North American Championship Triple Threat Match, NXT TV, Oct. 10)

NXT Rivalry of the Year
Category Hashtag: #NXTAwardRivalry
#GarganoCiampa – Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
#SaneBaszler – Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler
#AleisterAttack – Aleister Black/Johnny Gargano/Tommaso Ciampa/Nikki Cross
#GarganoAlmas – Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas
#ERAMoustache – Moustache Mountain vs. Undisputed ERA
#MoonBaszler – Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler
#RicochetDream – Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream

Breakout Star of the Year
Category Hashtag: #NXTAwardBreakout
#BiancaBelair – Bianca Belair
#LaceyEvans – Lacey Evans
#RheaRipley – NXT UK Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley
#DakotaKai – Dakota Kai
#LarsSullivan – Lars Sullivan
#Ricochet – Ricochet
#WarRaiders – The War Raiders
#EC3 – EC3

Future Star of NXT
Category Hashtag: #NXTAwardFuture
#MattRiddle – Matt Riddle
#KeithLee – Keith Lee
#MiaYim – Mia Yim
#ForgottenSons – The Forgotten Sons (Jaxson Ryker, Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake)
#DominikDijakovic – Dominik Dijakovic
#IoShirai – Io Shirai
#CandiceLeRae – Candice LeRae
#DukeShafir – Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir
#KonaReeves – Kona Reeves