The following is an interim list of nominations for the 2016 Theszie Awards. These nominations are neither complete nor exclusive: they will only serve as a set of guidelines for voters to consider potential candidates, but will not limit voters from selecting other candidates if they so wish.
If you want to talk about this or add to the list, see the blog post.
Most recent update: December 12, 2016.
Contents:
- Best Wrestler
- Best Tag Team
- Best Heel
- Best Babyface
- Best Worker
- Best Flyer
- Best Brawler
- Most Favorite Wrestler
- Most Improved Wrestler
- Most Overrated Wrestler
- Best Wrestling Gimmick
- Best Wrestling Move
- Best Match
- Best Feud
- Worst Wrestler
- Worst Tag Team
- Worst Heel
- Worst Babyface
- Worst Worker
- Least Favorite Wrestler
- Most Underrated Wrestler
- Worst Wrestling Gimmick
- Worst Wrestling Move
- Worst Match
- Worst Feud
- Most Disappointing News item
- Best Wrestling Media
- Best Announcer
- Best Promos
- Best Angle
- Best Organization
- Best Regular Wrestling Show
- Best Major Show
- Best Wrestling Media
- Worst Announcer
- Worst Promos
- Worst Angle
- Worst Major Show
AJ Styles
Asuka
Bayley
Becky Lynch
Bobby Lashley
Brian Kendrick
Charlotte
Chris Hero
Chris Jericho
Courtney Rush (Rosemary)
Dalton Castle
Dean Ambrose
Dragon Lee
Fenix
Finn Balor
Hallowicked
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Io Shirai
Jay Lethal
John Cena
Katsuyori Shibata
Kazuchika Okada
Kenny Omega
Kevin Owens
Kota Ibushi
Matt Hardy
Meiko Satomura
Michael Elgin
The Miz
Pentagon Jr.
Princess KimberLee
Ricochet (Prince Puma)
Sami Zayn
Samoa Joe
Sasha Banks
Seth Rollins
Shingo Takagi
Shinsuke Nakamura
Tetsuya Naito
TJ Perkins
Tommy End
Trevor Lee
Will Ospreay
Addiction: Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian
American Alpha: Chad Gable and Jason Jordan
Authors of Pain: Akam and Rezar
Breezango: Tyler Breeze and Fandango
Briscoe Brothers: Jay and Mark
Broken Hardy Boyz: Brother Nero and Broken Matt Hardy
Club: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson
Devastation Corporation: Max Smashmaster and Blaster McMassive and Flex Rumblecrunch
DIY: Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa
Enzo Amore and Big Cass
FSU: Mark Andrews and Eddie Dennis
Heath Slater and Rhyno
Helms Dynasty: Gregory Helms and Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett
Heroes Eventually Die: Chris Hero and Tommy End
Hundred Faces: Sansón and Cuatrero
Jeri-KO: Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho
Los Ingovernables de Japon: SANADA and EVIL and BUSHI
Lucha Dragons: Sin Cara and Kalisto
Motor City Machine Guns: Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin
Moustache Mountain: Trent Seven and Tyler Bate
New Day: Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston and Big E
reDRAGON: Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish
Reno SCUM: Adam Thornstowe and Luster the Legend
Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder
SAnitY: Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe and Sawyer Fulton
Sheamus and Cesaro
Strong BJ: Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okaybayashi
Thunder Rock: Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani
TM61: Shane Thorne and Nick Miller
Usos: Jimmy and Jey
Worldwide Underground: Johnny Mundo and Jack Evans and PJ Black
Wyatt Family: Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper and Randy Orton
Young Bucks: Nick and Matt Jackson
Adam Cole
AJ Styles
Alexa Bliss
Baron Corbin
BJ Whitmer
Bobby Lashley
Bobby Roode
Bray Wyatt
Brian Kendrick
Brock Lesnar
Charlotte
Chris Jericho
Dash Wilder
Dario Cueto
Drew Galloway
Eli Drake
Ethan Page
Eva Marie
Hallowicked
Jack Evans
Johnny Mundo
Kamaitachi
Kenny Omega
Kevin Owens
Marty ‘The Moth’ Martinez
Matt Hardy
The Miz
Nia Jax
Rusev
Rush
Samoa Joe
Scott Dawson
Stephanie McMahon
Tetsuya Naito
Ultimo Guerrero
Zack Gibson
AJ Styles
Bayley
Becky Lynch
Big Cass
Candice LaRae
Cedric Alxeander
Dalton Castle
Daniel Bryan
Dean Ambrose
Drew Galloway
Enzo Amore
Finn Balor
Fire Ant
Goldberg
Heidi Lovelace
Hiroshi Tanahashi
James Ellsworth
Jack Gallagher
Jervis Cottonbelly
John Cena
Kairi Hojo
Kazuchika Okada
Kota Ibushi
KUSHIDA
Kyle O’Reilly
Matt Hardy
Michael Elgin
No Way Jose
Pentagon Jr.
Prince Puma
Princess KimberLee
Rich Swann
Rusev
Sami Zayn
Sasha Banks
Sexy Star
Shane McMahon
Shinsuke Nakamura
TJ Perkins
Volador Jr.
Willie Mack (The Mack)
AJ Styles
Becky Lynch
Brian Kendrick
Cedric Alexander
Cesaro
Chad Gable
Charlotte
Chris Hero
Dalton Castle
Dean Ambrose
Drew Gulak
El Hijo de Mascara Segrada
Fenix
Finn Balor
Hechicero
Heidi Lovelace
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Io Shirai
Jack Gallagher
Jason Jordan
John Cena
Johnny Gargano
Kazuchika Okada
Kenny Omega
Kevin Owens
Kota Ibushi
Kyle O’Reilly
Mark Haskins
Matt Hardy
Matt Riddle
Pentagon Jr.
Rey Mysterio
Ricochet (Prince Puma)
Roderick Strong
Roman Reigns
Sami Zayn
Sasha Banks
Samoa Joe
Seth Rollins
Scott Dawson
Shinsuke Nakamura
Tetsuya Naito
Tomohiro Ishii
Zack Sabre Jr.
ACH
Aerostar
AJ Styles
Angelico
Apollo Crews
AR Fox (Dante Fox)
BUSHI
Cedric Alexander
Drago
Dragon Lee
Ember Moon
Fenix
Io Shirai (Hitokiri)
Jack Evans
Johnny Gargano
Johnny Mundo
Kairi Hojo (Doku)
Kalisto
Kota Ibushi
KUSHIDA
Lince Dorado
Lio Rush
Mascara Dorada (Gran Metalik)
Mark Andrews
Matt Sydal
Mayu Itawani (Yurei)
Noam Dar
Neville
Rey Horus (Dragon Azteca Jr.)
Rey Mysterio Jr.
Rich Swann
Ricochet (Prince Puma)
Sami Zayn
Seth Rollins
Shane Strickland (Killshot)
Shynron
Tony Nese
TJ Perkins
Volador Jr.
Will Ospreay
Akira Tozawa
Asuka
Big E
Bray Wyatt
Brian Kendrick
Brock Lesnar
Cage
Cesaro
Chris Hero
Dash Wilder
Dean Ambrose
Drew Gulak
Eddie Kingston
El Terrible
Ethan Page
Jeff Cobb (Matanza Cueto)
Katsuyori Shibata
Kevin Owens
Luke Harper
Matt Hardy
Marty Scurll
Moose
Mil Muertes
Pentagon Jr.
Roman Reigns
Rusev
Rush
Samoa Joe
Scott Dawson
Sheamus
Shinsuke Nakamura
Silas Young
T-Bone
Texano Jr.
Timothy Thatcher
Togo Makabe
Tommaso Ciampa
Tommy End
Tomohiro Ishii
AJ Styles
Alexa Bliss
Asuka
Bayley
Becky Lynch
Big Daddy Walter
Bobby Fish
Bobby Roode
Bray Wyatt
Cesaro
Cedric Alexander
Charlotte
Cherry Bomb
Chuck Taylor (TM)
Dalton Castle
Dean Ambrose
DUSTIN
El Hijo De Mascara Segrada
Ember Moon
Emma
Estonian Thunder Frog
Ethan Carter III
Finn Balor
Heath Slater
Hechicero
Io Shirai
Jack Gallagher
Jason Jordan
John Cena
Kairi Hojo
Katsuyori Shibata
Kazuchika Okada
Kevin Owens
Kota Ibushi
Matt Hardy
Matt Riddle
The Miz
Orange Cassidy
Pentagon Jr.
Pete Dunne
Ricochet (Prince Puma)
Rusev
Sami Zayn
Samoa Joe
Sasha Banks
Seth Rollins
Sexy Star
Shinsuke Nakamura
Tetsuya Naito
Yuji Nagata
Zack Sabre Jr.
Akam
Alexa Bliss
Billie Kay
Brian Kendrick
Bray Wyatt
Braun Strowman
Carmella
Cedric Alexander
Charlotte
Chris Jericho
Dana Brooke
Donovan Dijak
Eva Marie
Forestero
Hermit Crab
Jack Evans
Jeff Cobb (Matanza Cueto)
Juice Robinson
Liv Morgan
Matt Hardy
Matt Riddle
Missile Assault Man
The Miz
Nia Jax
No Way Jose
Pete Dunne
Peyton Royce
Rey Mysterio Jr.
Rezar
Roman Reigns
Samoa Joe
Space Monkey
TJ Perkins
Tommaso Ciampa
Tanga Roa
Tye Dillinger
Will Ospreay
Apollo Crews
Aron Rex
Baron Corbin
Big Cass
Big Show
Bobby Roode
Braun Strowman
Bray Wyatt
Brock Lesnar
Charlotte
Cody Rhodes
Dana Brooke
Dean Ambrose
Eli Drake
Elias Samson
Enzo Amore
Finn Balor
Goldberg
James Ellsworth
Jeff Hardy
John Cena
Kane
Kazuchika Okada
La Mascara
Matt Jackson
Matt Hardy
Matt Riddle
The Miz
Natalya
Nia Jax
Nick Jackson
Randy Orton
Roman Reigns
Sami Zayn
Sasha Banks
Seth Rollins
Shane McMahon
Taichi
Tanga Roa
TJ Perkins
Triple H
Undertaker
AJ Styles is The Face That Runs The Place
Alexa Bliss as a spoiled brat
Asuka as the Empress of Tomorrow and dominant champion
Baron Corbin hates indie wrestlers/cruiserweights
Billie Kay and Peyton Royce as Australian mean girls
Bray Wyatt / The Wyatt Family
Breezango as self-obsessed models
Brian Kendrick as a desperate veteran
Broken Matt Hardy (incl. Brother Nero Jeff Hardy)
Bullet Club / The Elite
Chris Jericho is obsessed with his List/hates Stupid Idiots
Chuck Taylor (TM)
Dalton Castle as the Peacock of professional wrestling
Dean Ambrose as the Lunatic Fringe
The Decay
Drago as an actual dragon in luchador form
Enzo Amore as Smacktalker Skywalker
Finn Balor as the Demon King
Gentleman Jack Gallagher
Glorious Bobby Roode
Hallowicked as the Broadsword of Nazmaldun
Heath Slater as the hottest free agent in sports entertainment
Hechicero as the wizard of lucha libre
Kairi Hojo as a pirate queen
Kevin Owens as a horrible person
James Ellsworth has two fists and a fighting chance
Jervis Cottonbelly
Joey Ryan as the King of Dong Style
Los Ingovernables De Japon
Marty Scurll as The Villain
Matanza Cueto as an unstoppable monster
Mil Muertes is the Man of a Thousand Deaths
The Miz as a Hollywood Superstar
The New Day as insincere trombone unicorns
Noam Dar is bad at jackets
No Way! Jose! No Way! Jose!
Officer Warren Barksdale
Pentagon Jr. becomes Pentagon Dark
The Revival as old-school tag specialists
SAniTY
Tetsuya Naito hates you all
Tye Dillinger is the Perfect Ten
Worldwide Underground as unbearable jackholes
AJ Styles’ Phenomenal Forearm springboard flying forearm
AJ Styles’ springboard 450 splash
Akira Tozawa’s snap German suplex
Athena/Ember Moon’s O-Face/Eclipse top rope corkscrew stunner
American Alpha’s Grand Amplitude popup into bridging belly-to-back suplex
The Authors of Pain’s double back-to-back powerbomb
Bray Wyatt’s Sister Abigail swinging reverse STO
Brian Kendrick’s Bully Choke/Captain’s Hook bridging reverse chinlock
Carmella’s Code of Silence figure-four headscissors
Cesaro’s Cesaro Swing giant swing
Cesaro’s flying uppercut
Cedric Alexander’s Lumbar Check back suplex into double knee backbreaker
Chad Gable’s deadlift German suplex
Chad Gable’s Chaos Theory O’Connor roll into bridging German suplex
Charlotte’s moonsault
DIY’s colliding kneestrike/superkick combo
Eric Young’s Youngblood wheelbarrow neckbreaker
Finn Balor’s Coup de Grace top rope double stomp
Goldberg’s spear
Hallowicked’s Never Wake Up fisherman DDT
Jack Gallagher’s Full Windsor Knot arm trap pretzel lock
Jeff Cobb’s Tour of the Islands/Matanza Cueto’s Wrath of the Gods reverse spin powerslam
Joey Ryan’s Youpornplex penis flip
Kairi Hojo’s flying elbowdrop
Kalisto’s Salida Del Sol standing sitout shiranui
Kazuchika Okada’s Rainmaker inverted short-arm clothesline
Kenny Omega’s One-Winged Angel one-handed electric chair driver
Kevin Owens’ pop-up powerbomb
Matt Hardy’s Twist of Fate front facelock cutter
Mascara Dorada/Gran Metalik’s Metalik Driver
Neville’s Red Arrow corkscrew shooting star press
Ricochet/Prince Puma’s 630 senton
Randy Orton’s RKO cutter
The Revival’s Shatter Machine flapjack into double knee facebreaker
Rich Swann’s standing 450 splash
Roman Reigns’ spear
Sami Zayn’s Blue Thunder Bomb
Sami Zayn’s Helluva Kick
Sami Zayn’s torpedo DDT
Samoa Joe’s Muscle Buster
Sasha Banks’ Bank Statement backstabber into crossface
Shinsuke Nakamura’s Kinshasa running knee strike
Tetsuya Naito’s Destino shiranui into inverted DDT
Tommaso Ciampa’s Project Ciampa powerbomb into double knee backbreaker
TJ Perkins’ wrecking ball dropkick
TM61’s Thunder Valley double sitout gorilla press slam
The Young Bucks’ Meltzer Driver springboard somersault spike piledriver
01/04: Kazuchika Okada v. Hiroshi Tanahashi (IWGP title)
01/04: AJ Styles v. Shinsuke Nakamura (IWGP IC title)
01/16: Will Ospreay v. Marty Scurll (Rev Pro #1 Contender match)
01/24: Kevin Owens v. Dean Ambrose (last man standing WWE IC title)
01/24: Royal Rumble match
01/24: Dragon Lee v. Kamaitachi (CMLL World Lightweight title)
01/31: Prince Puma v. Rey Mysterio Jr.
02/11: Katsuyori Shibata v. Tomohiro Ishii (NEVER title)
02/14: Kenny Omega v. Hiroshi Tanahashi (IWGP IC title tourney final)
02/21: Brock Lesnar v. Dean Ambrose v. Roman Reigns
03/19: Killshot v. Marty Martinez (Weapons of Mass Destruction)
03/19: Princess Kimberlee v. Heidi Lovelace (CHIKARA Grand Championship)
03/04: Young Bucks v. Matt Sydal and Ricochet (PWG tag title)
03/04: Dragon Lee v. Kamaitachi (2/3 falls CMLL World Lightweight title)
03/09: Samoa Joe v. Sami Zayn (2/3 falls NXT title #1 contendership)
03/18: Negro Casas v. Volador Jr. (hair v. hair)
03/27: Mil Muertes v. Prince Puma (Grave Consequences)
04/01: Shinsuke Nakamura v. Sami Zayn
04/01: Revival v. American Alpha (NXT tag title)
04/01: Asuka v. Bayley (NXT women’s title)
04/03: Charlotte v. Sasha Banks v. Becky Lynch (WWE Women’s title)
04/03: Kevin Owens v. Sami Zayn v. Sin Cara v. Dolph Ziggler v. Zack Ryder v. The Miz v. Stardust (ladder IC title)
05/01: Kevin Owens v. Sami Zayn
05/16: Sexy Star v. Mariposa (No Mas match)
05/22: Kevin Owens v. Sami Zayn v. Cesaro v. The Miz (WWE IC title)
05/22: AJ Styles v. Roman Reigns (WWE World title)
05/27: Ricochet v. Will Ospreay (Super Juniors)
06/10: Chris Hero v. Timothy Thatcher
06/15: Matt Hardy v. Jeff Hardy (Final Deletion)
06/19: Kenny Omega v. Michael Elgin (ladder IWGP IC title)
06/19: Alberto Del Rio v. Cesaro v. Sami Zayn v. Kevin Owens v. Chris Jericho v. Dean Ambrose (Money In The Bank match)
06/24: Revival v. American Alpha (2/3 falls NXT tag title)
07/24: Kevin Owens v. Sami Zayn
07/24: Shingo Takagi v. YAMATO (Open The Dream Gate title)
08/06: Kazuchika Okada v. Tomohiro Ishii (G1 Climax match)
08/10: Kota Ibushi v. Cedric Alexander (CWC second round)
08/10: Tajiri v. Gran Metalik (CWC second round)
08/12: Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Kazuchika Okada (G1 Climax match)
08/13: Kenny Omega v. Tetsuya Naito (G1 Climax match)
08/14: Kenny Omega v. Hirooki Goto (G1 Climax final)
08/20: Revival v. DIY (NXT tag title)
08/20: Asuka v. Bayley (NXT women’s title)
08/21: AJ Styles v. John Cena
08/26: Kota Ibushi v. Brian Kendrick (CWC quarterfinal)
09/03: Young Bucks and Adam Cole v. Will Ospreay & Ricochet & Matt Sydal
09/04: Young Bucks v. Pentagon Jr. and Fenix
09/04: Trauma I v. Canus Lupis (mask v. mask)
09/11: Dean Ambrose v. AJ Styles (WWE world title)
09/14: Kota Ibushi v. TJ Perkins (CWC semifinal)
09/14: TJ Perkins v. Gran Metalik (CWC final)
09/30: Addiction v. Young Bucks v. Motor City Machine Guns (Ladder War RoH tag title)
10/03: Sasha Banks v. Charlotte (WWE Women’s title)
10/09: Dolph Ziggler v. The Miz (WWE IC title)
10/10: Kazuchika Okada v. Naomichi Marufuji (IWGP title)
10/30: Kevin Owens v. Seth Rollins (Hell In A Cell WWE Universal title)
10/30: Charlotte v. Sasha Banks (Hell In A Cell WWE Women’s title)
11/10: Chris Hero v. Tomohiro Ishii
11/16: Aztec Warfare match
11/19: Revival v. DIY (2/3 falls NXT tag title)
11/19: Asuka v. Mickie James (NXT women’s title)
11/20: Kevin Owens & Chris Jericho & Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins & Braun Strowman v. AJ Styles & Dean Ambrose & Bray Wyatt & Randy Orton & Shane McMahon (elimination tag)
11/29: Charlotte v. Sasha Banks (falls count anywhere WWE Women’s title)
11/30: Pentagon Dark v. Black Lotus Triad (gauntlet match)
12/03: Drew Gulak v. Mike Quackenbush
12/03: Hallowicked and Mark Angelosetti and the Batiri and Jigsaw and Icarus and Frightmare v. Dasher Hatfield and Ophidian and Fire Ant and Oleg the Usurper and Heidi Lovelace and Missile Assault Man and Estonian Thunder Frog and Princess KimberLee (torneo cibernetico)
12/04: AJ Styles v. Dean Ambrose (TLC WWE world title)
12/15: Broken Hardy Boyz v. Decay v. Rock n’ Roll Express v. Helms Dynasty v. Bravado Brothers v. Rockstar Spud and Swoggle (Tag Team Apocalypto)
AJ Styles v. Chris Jericho
AJ Styles v. Dean Ambrose
AJ Styles v. John Cena
AJ Styles v. Roman Reigns
Alexa Bliss v. Becky Lynch
Asuka v. Bayley
Becky Lynch v. Charlotte
Broken Hardy Boyz v. Decay
Bullet Club v. RoH
Cherry Bomb v. Courtney Rush
Chuck Taylor ™ v. DUSTIN
The Colony v. HeXed Men
Daniel Bryan v. The Miz
Dolph Ziggler v. The Miz
Dragon Lee v. Kamaitachi
EC3 v. TNA
Finn Balor v. Samoa Joe
Katsuyori Shibata v. Yuji Nagata
Kenny Omega v. Michael Elgin
Kevin Owens v. Sami Zayn
Kyle O’Reilly v. Adam Cole
Matanza Cueto v. Rey Mysterio
Matt Hardy v. Jeff Hardy/Brother Nero
Revival v. American Alpha
Revival v. DIY
Sami Zayn v. Samoa Joe
Sasha Banks v. Charlotte
Sexy Star v. Johnny Mundo
Shinsuke Nakamura v. Samoa Joe
Tetsuya Naito v. Kazuchika Okada
TJ Perkins v. Brian Kendrick
Tye Dillinger v. Bobby Roode
Adam Rose
Alex Riley
Aliyah
Bad Luck Fale
Bobby Lashley
Bram
Brandi Rhodes
Braun Strowman
Brutal Bob Evans
Brie Bella
Captain New Japan (BONE SOLDIER)
Carmella
Da Mack
Dana Brooke
Darren Young
Dean Ambrose
Elias Samson
Erick Rowan
Eva Marie
Jack Swagger
James Ellsworth
Jinder Mahal
Kane
Kendo Kashin
Kobra Moon
Liv Morgan
Ho Ho Lun
Mahabali Shera
Mojo Rawley
Natalya
Nia Jax
Pierroth
R-Truth
Shelly Martinez
Sin Cara
Texano Jr.
Tian Bing (Bin Wang)
Titus O’Neil
Tyrus
Viktor
YOSHITATSU
Ascension: Konnor and Viktor
Authors of Pain: Akam and Rezar
BONE SOLDIER and Yujiro Takahashi
Broken Hardy Boyz: Broken Matt Hardy and Brother Nero
Bromans: Robbie E and Jessie Godderz
Cabinet: Kenny King and Rhett Titus and Caprice Coleman
Club: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson
Crummels and DeFarge
Decay: Abyss and Crazzy Steve
Golden Truth: R-Truth and Goldust
Guerillas of Destiny: Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa
Headbangers: Mosh and Thrasher
Hype Bros: Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley
New Day: Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods and Big E
SANitY: Eric Young and Sawyer Fulton and Alexander Wolfe
Shining Stars: Primo and Epico
Spirit Squad: Kenny and Mikey
Tian Bing and Ho Ho Lun
TM61: Shane Thorne and Nick Miller
Tribunal: Basile Baraka and Baron Dax
Usos: Jimmy and Jey
Vaudevillains: Aiden English and Simon Gotch
Young Bucks: Nick and Matt Jackson
Abyss
Adam Rose
Alberto Del Rio
Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas
Ariya Daivari
Baron Corbin
Bo Dallas
Bobby Roode
BONE SOLDIER
Braun Strowman
Bray Wyatt
Brock Lesnar
Carmella
Curt Hawkins
Elias Samson
Epico
JBL
Jinder Mahal
Karl Anderson
Kevin Owens
La Mascara
Luke Gallows
Natalya
Pentagon Jr.
Primo
Randy Orton
Rusev
Ryback
Seth Rollins
Sheamus
Stephanie McMahon
Titus O’Neil
Triple H
Aliyah
Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas
Aron Rex
Big Show
Carmella
Curtis Axel
Darren Young
Dolph Ziggler
EC3
Jack Swagger
James Ellsworth
John Cena
Liv Morgan
Mahabali Shera
Randy Orton
Roman Reigns
Seth Rollins
Shane McMahon
TJ Perkins
YOSHITATSU
Abominus Rex
Akebono
Alberto Del Rio
Alicia Fox
Aliyah
Bayley
Braun Strowman
Brock Lesnar
Captain New Japan (BONE SOLDIER)
Carmella
Curt Hawkins
Dana Brooke
Darren Young
Dean Ambrose
Elias Samson
Erick Rowan
Eva Marie
Grado
Ho Ho Lun
James Ellsworth
Jinder Mahal
Konnor
Kane
Liv Morgan
Mahabali Shera
Marco Corleone
Matt Hardy
Mil Muertes
The Miz
Mojo Rawley
Nia Jax
R-Truth
Reby Hardy
Riddick Moss
Roman Reigns
Rusev
Ryback
Shane McMahon
Sheamus
Sin Cara
Tian Bing
Titus O’Neil
Tyrus
Viktor
Alberto Del Rio
Ariya Daivari
Aron Rex
Baron Corbin
Big Show
Bo Dallas
Bobby Lashley
Bray Wyatt
Braun Strowman
Brock Lesnar
Captain New Japan (BONE SOLDIER)
Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Dana Brooke
Darren Young
Dean Ambrose
Dolph Ziggler
Drew Gulak
Eli Drake
Erick Rowan
Eva Marie
Goldust
Ho Ho Lun
Jack Swagger
Jay Briscoe
Jeff Jarrett
John Cena
JT Dunn
Kane
Mahabali Shera
Maria Kanellis
The Miz
Mojo Rawley
Natalya
Noam Dar
R-Truth
Randy Orton
Roman Reigns
Ryback
Sami Callihan (Solomon Crowe / Jeremiah Crane)
Sami Zayn
Shane McMahon
Stephanie McMahon
Texano Jr.
Sheamus
Titus O’Neil
Tyrus
Undertaker
Aiden English
Aron Rex (Damien Sandow)
Baron Corbin
Bayley
Bo Dallas
Cedric Alexander
Cesaro
Chad Gable
Curtis Axel
Dalton Castle
DJ Z
Dolph Ziggler
Drew Gulak
Emma
Fire Ant
Gran Metalik
Jack Gallagher
Jason Jordan
Jay White
Jey Uso
Josh Alexander
Karl Anderson
Luke Harper
The Miz
Natalya
Neville
Nikki Cross
Sami Zayn
Tomohiro Ishii
Tye Dillinger
Tyler Breeze
Willie Mack (The Mack)
Aiden O’Shea as an Irish hooligan
Alex Riley has Silent Rage
The All Night Express form The Cabinet with Caprice Coleman
Andrade “Cien” Almas as suspender-wearing cool guy
The Ascension as Legion of Doom knockoffs
Bo Dallas becomes super-intense about Bo-lieving
The Bollywood Boyz
BONE SOLDIER
Breezango as selfie-obsessed fashion police
Broken Matt Hardy
Bull Dempsey is Bull-Fit
The Cabinet
Carmella when she’s not with Enzo and Cass
The Club as dominant badasses who never win matches
Crummels and DeFarge as gross Dickensian businessmen
Curt Hawkins does Chuck Norris facts but about himself
Death Count Council
Elias Samson as the Drifter
Emmalina
Famous B as Agent To The Stars
Liv Morgan – she’s from New Jersey!
Mahabali Shera does the Shera Shuffle
Make Darren Young Great Again
Mick Foley as Raw General Manager
The Miz as a Hollywood Superstar
Mojo Rawley gets hype
Oney Lorcan goes back to his roots and remains the exact same person
The Rabbit Tribe
Roman Reigns as THE Guy
Rusev acts exactly like a babyface should but he’s a heel because he’s a foreigner
SANitY
The Shining Stars Of The Caribbean
Solo Darling as a sugar-fueled furry
Stephanie McMahon as tyrannical boss who never gets put in her place
Titus O’Neil tries to sell the Titus Brand
TJ Marconi as the Blue Eyed Devil
TJ Perkins really likes video games
The Tribunal are evil because they’re French
Tye Dillinger as the Perfect Ten
YOSHITATSU as the Hunter of Bullet Club
Alberto Del Rio’s tree of woe diving double stomp
Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas’ corner double knee smash
The Authors of Pain’s Last Chapter clothesline/Russian leg sweep combo
Big Show’s WMD knockout punch
Billie Kay’s big boot
Bobby Roode’s Glorious Bomb pumphandle slam
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Tony Nese’ pumphandle driver
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01/08: TNA Women’s Gauntlet battle royale
01/08: Abyss v. Grado (Monster’s Ball)
01/24: Jack Swagger and Mark Henry v. Dudley Boyz v. Darren Young and Damien Sandow v. Ascension (Royal Rumble qualifier match)
02/21: Curtis Axel v. R-Truth
03/12: Brock Lesnar v. Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper
04/01: Shane McMahon v. Undertaker (Hell In A Cell)
04/01: Dean Ambrose v. Brock Lesnar (street fight)
04/01: Roman Reigns v. Triple H (WWE world title)
04/04: Usos v. Dudley Boyz (tables match)
04/22: Shelly Martinez v. Rebel
05/01: Enzo Amore and Big Cass v. Vaudevillains (#1 tag contender)
05/22: Dean Ambrose v. Chris Jericho (Ambrose Asylum)
06/12: Tribunal v. Mahabali Shera and Grado
06/19: Golden Truth v. Breezango
07/11: New Day v. Wyatt Family (Wyatt Compound brawl)
07/13: Ariya Daivari v. Ho Ho Lun (CWC first round)
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08/17: Noam Dar v. Ho Ho Lun (CWC second round)
08/21: Randy Orton v. Brock Lesnar
08/22: Bayley v. Dana Brooke
09/28: Asuka v. Liv Morgan (NXT women’s title)
10/02: Gail Kim v. Maria Kanellis (TNA Knockouts title)
10/02: Aron Rex v. Eddie Edwards (Impact Grand Championship)
10/17: Bayley v. Dana Brooke
10/30: Brian Kendrick v. TJ Perkins (WWE cruiserweight title)
11/03: Broken Hardy Boyz v. Death Count Council (TNA tag title)
11/04: Bromans and DJ Z v. Grado, Mahabali Shera and Eddie Edwards
11/04: Jade v. Marti Bell v. Sienna
11/20: Brock Lesnar v. Goldberg
Abyss v. Grado
AJ Styles v. James Ellsworth
Baron Corbin v. Kalisto
BONE SOLDIER v. YOSHITATSU
Brian Kendrick v. TJ Perkins
Carmella v. Nikki Bella
Charlotte v. Natalya
Charlotte v. Sasha Banks
Cesaro v. Sheamus
Darren Young v. Titus O’Neil
Dean Ambrose v. Chris Jericho
Dolph Ziggler v. Baron Corbin
Dudley Boyz v. Usos
Elias Samson v. Apollo Crews
Enzo Amore and Big Cass v. Rusev
Golden Truth v. Breezango
Golden Truth v. Social Outcasts
Kalisto v. Alberto Del Rio
Kevin Owens v. Seth Rollins
New Day v. League of Nations
New Day v. The Club
New Day v. Wyatt Family
Randy Orton v. Bray Wyatt
Roman Reigns v. Rusev
Roman Reigns v. Triple H
Ryback v. Kalisto
Shane McMahon v. Stephanie McMahon / Smackdown v. RAW
Wesley Blake v. Buddy Murphy
YOSHITATSU v. Bullet Club
Austin Aries suffers extremely dangerous facial injury
Brock Lesnar caught using PEDs for his UFC fight
CM Punk loses badly in UFC debut
Daniel Bryan announces his retirement from active wrestling
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Death of Chyna
Death of Hayabusa
Death of Iron Mike Sharpe
Death of Mr. Fuji
Emma injured and misses most of year
Finn Balor injured during Universal title victory match
Hideo Itami spends most of year injured
Hulk Hogan sues Gawker into bankruptcy
Ivalisse spends most of year injured then almost immediately is re-injured in her return match
Joey Styles fired from multiple independent promotions after making insensitive joke
Kota Ibushi declines to sign WWE contract
New Day breaks Demolition’s tag title record because Demolition is suing WWE
Randy Orton concussed after being asked to take unprotected elbow shots from Brock Lesnar
RAW suffers record-low ratings
TNA spends much of year in massive financial crisis / Billy Corgan sues Dixie Carter over TNA
TNA loses UK television deal
WWE brand-splits RAW and Smackdown
WWE books cruiserweights very badly on RAW
WWE cancels all NXT shows in Ontario because of Takeover Toronto
WWE fires Alberto Del Rio
WWE releases Cody Rhodes
WWE releases Damien Sandow
WWE releases Ryback
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Io Shirai turns on Mayu Itawani
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Charlotte and Sasha Banks hot-potato the Women’s Championship
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Enzo Amore walks around naked and tries to seduce Lana
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