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Wrestler of the year – Ric Flair/Lou Thesz Awards:
- (1) Kazuchika Okada (NJPW)
- (2) Kenny Omega (NJPW)
- (3) Tetsuya Naito (NJPW)
- (4) AJ Styles (WWE)
- (5) Kento Miyahara (AJPW)
Most outstanding wrestler:
- (1) Kazuchika Okada (NJPW)
- (2) Kenny Omega (NJPW)
- (3) AJ Styles (WWE)
- (4) Tetsuya Naito (NJPW)
- (5) Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW)
Tag team of the Year:
- (1) The Young Bucks (ROH/NJPW) (4th year in a row)
- (2) The Usos (WWE)
- (3) War Machine (ROH in 2017)
- (4) Sheamus & Cesaro (WWE)
- (5) Nueva Generacion Dinamitas (CMLL)
Best on Interviews:
- (1) Conor McGregor (UFC)
- (2) Chris Jericho (WWE)
- (3) The Miz (WWE)
- (4) Kenny Omega (NJPW)
- (5) Kevin Owens (WWE)
Promotion of the Year:
- (1) NJPW (by far. 5871 votes)
- (2) ROH (1297 votes)
- (3) WWE
- (4) UFC
- (5) CMLL
Best weekly TV show:
- (1) NJPW on AXS
- (2) NXT
- (3) CMLL Friday Night Arena Mexico
- (4) Being the Elite
- (5) ROH
Match of the Year:
- (1) Okada vs. Omega, WrestleKingdom 11 (NJPW)
- (2) Okada vs. Omega, Dominion 6.11 (NJPW)
- (3) Okada vs. Shibata, April 9th (NJPW)
- (4) Naito vs. Omega, G1 CLIMAX 27 (NJPW)
- (5) Okada vs. Omega, August 12th (NJPW)
Feud of the Year:
- (1) Omega – Okada (NJPW) (by far. 938 votes)
- (2) McGregor – Mayweather (UFC/Boxing) (62 votes)
- (3) Tanahashi – Naito (NJPW)
- (4) KUSHIDA – Takahashi (NJPW)
- (5) Jones – Cormier (UFC)
Most charismatic:
- (1) Tetsuya Naito (NJPW)
- (2) Conor McGregor (UFC)
- (3) Kenny Omega (NJPW)
- (4) Matt Riddle (PWG)
- (5) Shinsuke Nakamura (WWE)
Best technical wrestler:
- (1) Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW) (4th year in a row)
- (2) KUSHIDA (NJPW)
- (3) Hideki Suzuki (BJW?)
- (4) Marty Scurll (ROH)
- (5) Pete Dunne (WWE)
Best brawler – Bruiser Brody Memorial Awards:
- (1) Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW)
- (2) SHIBATA (NJPW)
- (3) Minoru Suzuki (NJPW)
- (4) Walter (WXW)
- (5) Samoa Joe (WWE)
Best flying wrestler:
- (1) Will Ospreay (NJPW)
- (2) Ricochet (NJPW in 2017)
- (3) Volador Jr. (CMLL)
- (4) Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW)
- (5) Rey Fénix (free agent)
Most overrated
- (1) Jinder Mahal (WWE)
- (2) Roman Reigns (WWE)
- (3) Baron Corbin (WWE)
- (4) CODY (ROH/NJPW)
- (5) The Miz / Bray Wyatt (a tie) (WWE)
Most underrated:
- (1) Rusev (94 votes)
- (2) Tomohiro Ishii (92 votes)
- (3) Finn Bálor
- (4) Sami Zayn
- (5) Kassius Ohno
Rookie of the Year:
- (1) Ketsuya Kitamura (NJPW)
- (2) Microman (CMLL)
- (3) Bianca Belair (WWE)
- (4) Tomoyuki Oka (NJPW)
- (5) Austin Theory (WWN)
Best non-wrestler:
- (1) Daniel Bryan (WWE)
- (2) Zelina Vega (WWE)
- (3) Paul Heyman (WWE)
- (4) Stokely Hathaway (EVOLVE)
- (5) Dario Cueto (Lucha Underground)
Best TV announcer:
- (1) Mauro Ranallo (WWE)
- (2) Corey Graves (WWE)
- (3) Don Callis (TNA/NJPW)
- (4) Shinpei Nogami (NJPW)
- (5) Kevin Kelly (NJPW)
Worst TV announcer:
- (1) Booker T (WWE)
- (2) Percy Watson (WWE)
- (3) JBL (WWE)
- (4) Matt Striker (Lucha Underground)
- (5) Byron Saxton (WWE)
Best major show:
- (1) WrestleKingdom 11 (NJPW)
- (2) Dominion 6.11 (NJPW)
- (3) UFC 217
- (4) NXT Takeover: Chicago (WWE)
- (5) G1 Finals (NJPW)
Worst major wrestling show:
- (1) Battleground (WWE)
- (2) Triplemania XXV (AAA)
- (3) Bound for Glory (TNA)
- (4) WrestleMania 33 (WWE)
- (5) Payback (WWE)
Best wrestling move:
- (1) One-Winged Angel (Kenny Omega, NJPW)
- (2) Rainmaker (Kazuchika Okada, NJPW)
- (3) Destino (Tetsuya Naito, NJPW)
- (4) V-Trigger (Kenny Omega, NJPW)
- (5) Black Mass (Aleister Black, WWE)
Most disgusting promotional tactic:
- (1) WWE promoting Jimmy Snuka a hero in death (WWE)
- (2) Jinder Mahal racial interview about Nakamura (WWE)
- (3) Ultimate Warrior lionization – Breast Cancer campaign (WWE)
- (4) Pushing Jinder Mahal as a champion for the Indian market (WWE)
- (5) Gabi Garcia against smaller women (Rizin)
Worst TV show:
- (1) RAW (WWE)
- (2) Impact (TNA)
- (3) 205 Live (WWE)
- (4) SmackDown! (WWE)
- (5) AAA
Worst match of the year:
- (1) Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton, WrestleMania 33 (WWE)
- (2) Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton, House of Horrors (WWE)
- (3) AAA Rumble
- (4) Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley, Kendo Stick on a Pole (WWE)
- (5) Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal, Punjabi Prison (WWE)
Worst feud of the year:
- (1) Orton vs. Wyatt (WWE)
- (2) Nakamura vs. Mahal (WWE)
- (3) Orton vs. Mahal (WWE)
- (4) Bayley vs. Bliss (WWE)
- (5) Wyatt vs. Balor (WWE)
Worst promotion:
- (1) TNA
- (2) AAA
- (3) WWE
- (4) ICW
- (5) Lucha Underground
Best booker:
- (1) Gedo (by fucking far. 1,025 votes) (NJPW)
- (2) Triple H (48 votes) (WWE)
- (3) Jun Akiyama (AJPW)
- (4) Smallman, Briley, Joseph (PROGRESS)
- (5) Christian Michael Jakobi (WXW)
Promoter of the year:
- (1) Takaaki Kidani (NJPW) (771 votes)
- (2) Dana White (UFC) (198 votes)
- (3) Triple H (WWE) (109 votes)
- (4) Showtime Sports (36 votes)
- (5) Jim Smallman (25 votes)
Best gimmick:
- (1) Los Ingobernables de Japon (NJPW)
- (2) Velveteen Dream (WWE)
- (3) Marty Scurll (ROH)
- (4) The Elite (ROH/NJPW)
- (5) Drew Gulak (WWE)
Worst gimmick:
- (1) Bray Wyatt & Sister Abigail (WWE)
- (2) Jason Jordan as Kurt Angle’s son (WWE)
- (3) Dolph Ziggler (WWE)
- (4) Jinder Mahal (WWE)
- (5) Mike Kanellis (WWE)
Best pro-wrestling book:
- (1) Crazy like a Fox – The Brian Pillman story
- (2) Slobberknocker, Jim Ross
- (3) Best seat in the house, Justin Roberts
- (4) Sisterhood of the Squared Circle,
- (5) No is a four letter word, Chris Jericho
Best documentary:
- (1) Ric Flair 30-for-30
- (2) Bruiser Brody, the last wrestling rebel
- (3) Fight Owens Fight
- (4) WWE 365 with Kevin Owens
- (5) WWE 24: Finn Bálor
