ROHWorld.com 2013 Awards

[ROHWorld_Harry]

On the latest ROHCast myself, Jon and Des looked back at 2013 to discuss our year end awards. Here's what we decided upon as our winners.

Let us know what you think. Sorry we didn't open official Fan Awards this year. This thread can serve the same purpose

Wrestler of the Year:
Michael Elgin

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Ciampa

Most Improved of the Year:
Kyle O'Reilly

Feud of the Year:
reDRagon vs. American Wolves

Show of the Year:
Night of Hoopla

Moment of the Year:
SCUM chaos at the 11th Anniversary

ROHCast 'Toot' Award for Funniest Moment:
Haas swings Cheeseburger into barricade or Davey Richards humps turnbuckle at Night of Hoopla (Tied)

We actually couldn't agree on a Match of the Year, so let us know what your vote would be.

2012 Awards:

Spoiler: show

2012 ROHWorld.com Awards
2012 Wrestler of the Year : Kevin Steen
2012 Tag Team of the Year : The Briscoes
2012 Breakout Star of the Year : Adam Cole
2012 Most Improved of the Year : Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander
2012 Feud of the Year : Steen vs. Richards
2012 Show of the Year : Glory by Honor XI
2012 Match of the Year : Richards vs. Elgin - Showdown in the Sun
2012 Moment of the Year : Cole at BITW '12 (Hybrid Fighting Rules)
2012 ROHCast 'Toot' Award: Charlie Haas' 2012 antics
From ROHCast Episode 70

2012 Fan Awards
2012 Wrestler of the Year : Kevin Steen
2012 Tag Team of the Year : The Briscoes
2012 Breakout Star of the Year : Adam Cole
2012 Most Improved of the Year : Mike Bennett
2012 Feud of the Year : SCUM vs. ROH
2012 Show of the Year : Glory by Honor XI
2012 Match of the Year : Richards vs. Elgin - Showdown in the Sun
2012 Moment of the Year : GBH XI Conclusion (Steen receives El Generico mask)
2012 Thread of the Year: 'A Tough Decision'

2011 Awards:

Spoiler: show

2011 ROHWorld.com Awards
2011 Wrestler of the Year : Eddie Edwards
2011 Tag Team of the Year : The Briscoes
2011 Breakout Star of the Year : Michael Elgin
2011 Most Improved of the Year : ANX
2011 Feud of the Year : Kevin Steen vs. ROH
2011 Show of the Year : Best in the World 2011
2011 Match of the Year : Richards-Edwards II
2011 Moment of the Year : Edwards wins World Title

2011 Fan Awards
2011 Wrestler of the Year : Eddie Edwards
2011 Tag Team of the Year : The Briscoes
2011 Breakout Star of the Year : Michael Elgin
2011 Most Improved of the Year : ANX
2011 Feud of the Year : ANX vs Briscoes
2011 Show of the Year : Best in the World 2011
2011 Match of the Year : Richards-Edwards II
2011 Moment of the Year : Kevin Steen at BITW '11

[KL_]

My votes:

Wrestler of the Year:
Adam Cole

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Ciampa

Most Improved of the Year:
Kyle O'Reilly

Feud of the Year:
ROH vs SCUM

Show of the Year:
All Star Extravaganza V

Moment of the Year:
SCUM chaos at the 11th Anniversary Show

Match of the Year:
Michael Elgin vs Jay Lethal - Supercard of Honor VII

[JigsawVs.Jason]

Wrestler of the Year:
Adam Cole

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Ciampa

Most Improved of the Year:
Kyle O'Reilly

Feud of the Year:
Wolves vs reDRagon

Show of the Year:
Supercard of Honor VII

Moment of the Year:
Jay Briscoe wins the title at SCOH

ROHCast 'Toot' Award for Funniest Moment:
Davey Richards humps turnbuckle at Night of Hoopla

Match of the Year:
Michael Elgin vs Jay Lethal - Supercard of Honor VII

[Tenryu's Perm]

I'm only up to Death Before Dishonor in my viewing for this year, so I may edit this a little later as I watch some of the more recent shows. I did see Final Battle though on VOD.

Wrestler of the Year:
Adam Cole

His character changed drastically this year, going from the golden boy of ROH to a greaseball, chickenshit heel. All the while bringing intrigue to the world title picture and delivering solid matches night in and night out.

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

They've held the tag titles for what seems like the duration of 2013, save for the few title changes that took place near the end of the summer. For the most part though, they've been running roughshod over the tag division, remaining dominant into the new year.

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Ciampa

Ciampa returned to much fanfare and quickly rose above the hype and began to dismantle everyone and everything on his path to becoming TV Champion. One of the most exciting wrestlers on the current roster, he brings an unhinged intensity that is always fun to watch.

Most Improved of the Year:
Michael Bennett

It's amazing what a small tweak to a character can do. Bennett has finally fully embraced his methodical, deliberate and dismantling style to deliver, arguably, the two best matches of his career against Richards and Steen in the latter half of 2013. A truly unlikable heel who will do whatever it takes to achieve victory, and also a man who is finally realizing his full potential inside the squared circle.

Feud of the Year:
ROH vs SCUM

It may not have ended or even escalated the way we had all wanted, or hoped, but it was a drawn-out, chaotic feud that spanned months and could only be resolved inside Steel Cage Warfare!

Show of the Year:
Death Before Dishonor XI

Arguably the most important show for this calendar year, and holy smokes did it deliver. Easily one of the strongest booked midcards in company history, with a perfect flow to the show and stellar matches from top to bottom.

Moment of the Year:
Jay Briscoe - ROH World Champion. From the very first show, through countless feuds, heel turns, grudges and all-out wars, Jay Briscoe finally realized his dream of becoming ROH World Champion. The reign, and matches, may not have been what we expected, but the excitement and elation of the title win was a true mark-out moment for a lot of long time ROH fans.

Match of the Year:
*May update this after watching the last few shows from 2013, but as of right now it's Adam Cole vs. Roderick Strong, Ringmaster's Challenge. I love the concept of this match type, and Strong and Cole played it to absolute perfection in a high-intensity, knock-down drag out competition where survival and attrition were the keys to success. The ending may have been a little deflating, but from a storyline standpoint, it was perfect ****1/2

[Jeremy]

You could also make the point of saying Bobby Fish was the break-out star of the year. He had only been with the company for a couple months before winning the tag titles and he immediately stepped up and became one of the best performers in the fed.

I mean, yeah Ciampa rose in stock but he was out for a chunk of the year and was already getting over in 2012, they just had no idea what to do with him due to the shoddy booking.

Just my two cents.

[DieHard]

reDRagon vs Wolves is the feud of the year?

Strong/Cole and Briscoe Cole >>>>

[The Dragon Saga]

We did our awards on Wrestle Enigma, got 157 votes in total over the span of three weeks with an average of 37 per category which isn't so bad, interesting to see the differences between them and everyone else's choice. I didn't like Chris Hero's return winning our headline of the year because I know for a fact the only reason it was voted in was because it had just happened. God forbid AJ Styles' return had been announced before I put them up.

IMO while Elgin was the most consistent in-ring performer of the year, Adam Cole has to be Wrestler of the Year. Dude started it as TV Champion and ended it as World Champion. His losses in the first half of the year is an argument but from the heel turn on hes been pretty much gold.

[Mattxx87]

Wrestler of the Year:
Adam Cole

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year:
Bobby Fish

Most Improved of the Year:
Silas Young

Feud of the Year:
Adam Cole vs Roderick Strong

While it wasn't as long as ROH/SCUM, it was my favorite feud of the year. You knew you were getting your money worth when they were on the card, and you really pulled for Roddy to kill Cole in the last two matches of the feud. This feud allowed Cole to change from a fun loving baby-face, to a shitgrin heel over night. The ability of Roddy to make us hate Cole and feel sympathy for him (he who has been a heel most of his run), really made this feud great.

Pay-Per-View of the Year:
Death Before Dishonor XI

Live Show of the Year:
Pursuit: Night 1

I had A Golden Dream, as well as A Dragon's Reign here until I remembered how great Pursuit Night 1 was. The two triple threats were electric, Eddie/Lethal and Strong/Davey had great fast paced matches with hot finishes, and of course Jimmy Jacobs selling everyone on the main event after his Trial Series, made this one of the hottest selling pre-order shows in years, and caused many people to sit on the edge of their seat waiting to watch it for the first time for a live event in years.

Moment of the Year:
Jay Briscoe wins ROH Championship+ post-match

Match of the Year:
"Champions vs Contenders" Glory by Honor XII, ****1/2

'Toot' Award for Funniest Moment
Steve Corino's commentary the entire year.

I have had to pause several, if not countless, shows just to laugh. While he can be over the top, and sometimes out right distracting, when he hits, his comedy is on no one else's level. His snarkiness and his ability to think on the fly just crack me up. He is the perfect partner for Kevin Kelly, who's straight shooting, dull, product pushing play by play needed this comedy to bounce off of.

[Robareid]

Wrestler of the Year:
Michael Elgin

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Ciampa

Most Improved of the Year:
Mike Bennett

Feud of the Year:
reDRagon vs. American Wolves

Show of the Year:
Manhattan Mayhem V

Moment of the Year:
SCUM chaos at the 11th Anniversary

Match of the Year:
Champions vs. All-Stars

ROHCast 'Toot' Award for Funniest Moment:
Corino commentary

[DXvsNWO1994]

Wrestler of the Year:
Adam Cole

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Ciampa

Most Improved of the Year:
Kyle O'Reilly

Feud of the Year:
ROH vs. S.C.U.M.

Show of the Year:
11th Anniversary Show

Match of the Year:
Adam Cole vs. Tommaso Ciampa - Death Before Dishonor XI

Moment of the Year:
Adam Cole wins the vacant ROH World Title and turns heel at Death Before Dishonor XI

I'd also say the S.C.U.M. Invasion at the 11th Anniversary Show, Jay Briscoe winning the World Title at Supercard of Honor VII, and the ending of Final Battle 2013 are all up there as well and any of these could be Moment of the Year.

ROHCast 'Toot' Award for Funniest Moment:
The entire Night of Hoopla show.

[felkerpat]

Wrestler of the Year- Adam Cole

Tag Team of the Year- reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year- Tommaso Ciampa

Most Improved of the Year- RD Evans

Feud of the Year- American Wolves vs. reDRagon

Show of the Year- Night of Hoopla

Moment of the Year- Cole's championship win and heel turn

Match of the Year- Champions vs. All Stars

[Ladrao12]

Wrestler of the Year:
Jay Briscoe

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Ciampa

Most Improved of the Year:
Tomasso Ciampa

Feud of the Year:
Cole vs. Briscoe/Elgin

Show of the Year:
Final Battle

Match of the Year:
Adam Cole vs. Tommaso Ciampa - Death Before Dishonor XI

Moment of the Year:
The return of Chris Hero

ROHCast 'Toot' Award for Funniest Moment:
Night of Hoopla, the build up videos with Truth Martini and Scarlett going around trying to sign talent were great.

[Hellfont93]

Wrestler of the Year:
Adam Cole

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Ciampa

Most Improved of the Year:
Kyle O'Reilly

Feud of the Year:
Briscoe vs. Cole

Match of the Year:
Michael Elgin vs Jay Lethal - Supercard of Honor VII

Show of the Year:
Manhattan Mayhem V

Moment of the Year:
SCUM chaos at the 11th Anniversary

ROHCast 'Toot' Award for Funniest Moment:
Night of Hoopla

[ROHFanAnthony]

Wrestler of the Year:
Adam Cole

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Ciampa

Most Improved of the Year:
Mike Bennett

Feud of the Year:
reDRagon vs. American Wolves

Show of the Year:
Supercard of Honor 7

Moment of the Year:
Jay Briscoe wins the title. The post match with the family and then "Gimme Back My Bullets" playing(only those in the crowd saw this), just awesome!

ROHCast 'Toot' Award for Funniest Moment:
Scarlett's version of the National Anthem

Match of the Year:
Michael Elgin vs Jay Lethal Supercard of Honor

[Die Harder]

Wrestler of the Year:
Adam Cole

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Ciampa

Most Improved of the Year:
Kyle O'Reilly

Feud of the Year:
ROH vs. S.C.U.M.

Show of the Year:
Death Before Dishonor XI

Match of the Year:
Adam Cole vs. Tommaso Ciampa - Death Before Dishonor XI/Champions vs All Stars Glory by Honor XII

Moment of the Year:
Jay Briscoe winning the World Title at Supercard of Honor VII

ROHCast 'Toot' Award for Funniest Moment:
Kevin Steen

[Big Red Machine]

Wrestler of the Year:
Elgin

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Ciampa

Most Improved of the Year:
Mike Bennett

Feud of the Year:
Wolves vs. reDRagon

Show of the Year:
Manhattan Mayhem V

Moment of the Year:
SCUM chaos at the 11th Anniversary Show

Match of the Year:
Final Battle main event.

[AmericanDolphin_3]

Wrestler of the Year:
Adam Cole

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon

Breakout Star of the Year:
Bobby Fish

Most Improved of the Year:
Tommaso Ciampa

Feud of the Year:
Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin vs. Jay Briscoe

Show of the Year:
Final Battle (In all fairness, I haven't seen Manhattan Mayhem yet)

Moment of the Year:
Cole's Championship win and heel turn after the match.

ROHCast 'Toot' Award for Funniest Moment:
Davey Richards humps turnbuckle at Night of Hoopla

[canUsaythis]

Wrestler of the Year:
Jay Briscoe such a good year and even with injury was still relevant with his promos on youtube some of the best promos of 2013 were Jay Briscoe and to going to Tag Champion, The World Champ which no saw coming, A good champion, Injury causing him to be desperate as to telling everyone not to strip him of the World Title, Going crazy with Adam kicking him in the head and creating his own world title and ending it with possibly being in the Main Event at the 12th Anniversary Show with Title vs Title. He will never have a year like this again so good at all ends and for me my ROH Wrestler of the Year.

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon was there any other tag team that proved that Tag Team wrestling meant so much in ROH then Kyle and Fish

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Champa from injury to coming back strong to having great matchs with Elgin, Jay Leathel and Adam Cole to ending the year as TV Champion for me not only is Champa the breakout star of 2013 but I will say he will be either competing for the ROH World Title sometime in 2014 or main eventing ROH Shows in 2014

Most Improved of the Year:
Jay Briscoe from Tag Team expert to winning the World Title has had a great run as World Champion and many people thought he was going to be a transnational champion and that his regin was not going to be much BUT it has elevated him to main event status which I will admit I did not think it would work but he has proved me wrong. Matt Taven gets a very close 2nd

Feud of the Year:
Adam Cole vs Jay Briscoe yes they only had 2 matchs one of them being a triple threat but the promos on Youtube and to the point that Jay has his own World Title to me is being a good feud. Also in some way it is Old School vs New School with these 2 it started in May and is still going even though they have touched each other little but verbally and actions is a whole nother matter

Show of the Year:
Final Battle really good show with the expectation of The Tag Match but for me it was watchable at least but only just

Moment of the Year:
Jay Briscoe winning the ROH World Title because no one expected it to happen but I also want to say when Nigel hit the Tower Of London on Corino and when he hit the larit should get a mention as they not only got big pops but also was something we all wanted

ROHCast 'Toot' Award for Funniest Moment:
Border Wars when the Hoppla Hoties kissed....The crowd LOL that to me was the TootToot award that crowd that was lol. I have not seen Night Of Hoppla so I can not say anything about Davey

And I had to add these 3 Awards I just had to

ROH Match Of The Year iPPV
Eddie Edwards vs Taiji Ishimori
Really great match and for iPPV the one match I watched over again more times really good to watch
2nd pick for me would be Jay Briscoe vs Kevin Steen really high emotion with the last 10 min OMG was still hoping Steen kept the title as his my fav but still great match
3rd Adam Cole vs Champa Semi Finals So good wished I could watch it more as I was only able to watch it once at a mates house when I saw the event at his

ROH Match Of The Year TV
Adam Cole vs Jimmy Jacabos any either the TV Title match or the World Title Match. The World Title build up was epic and made you believe that Jimmy should win the World Title and the match was good as well. The TV Title match was solid from start to finish and that it was Jimmy 1st singles match in over a year I think they said it was awesome. In a pinch I would say the World Title match just gets it because of the build was better.

ROH Disappointment Of The Year
C and C Wrestling Factory
They should have won the World Tag Titles and they never did. Had so many chances and never won it and now them being singles is good but I will still look at them and shake my head as I do believe they should have had the shot at Final Battle and become the new ROH World Tag Team Champions

[JigsawVs.Jason]

Wrestler of the Year:
Jay Briscoe such a good year and even with injury was still relevant with his promos on youtube some of the best promos of 2013 were Jay Briscoe and to going to Tag Champion, The World Champ which no saw coming, A good champion, Injury causing him to be desperate as to telling everyone not to strip him of the World Title, Going crazy with Adam kicking him in the head and creating his own world title and ending it with possibly being in the Main Event at the 12th Anniversary Show with Title vs Title. He will never have a year like this again so good at all ends and for me my ROH Wrestler of the Year.

Tag Team of the Year:
reDRagon was there any other tag team that proved that Tag Team wrestling meant so much in ROH then Kyle and Fish

Breakout Star of the Year:
Tommaso Champa from injury to coming back strong to having great matchs with Elgin, Jay Leathel and Adam Cole to ending the year as TV Champion for me not only is Champa the breakout star of 2013 but I will say he will be either competing for the ROH World Title sometime in 2014 or main eventing ROH Shows in 2014

Most Improved of the Year:
Jay Briscoe from Tag Team expert to winning the World Title has had a great run as World Champion and many people thought he was going to be a transnational champion and that his regin was not going to be much BUT it has elevated him to main event status which I will admit I did not think it would work but he has proved me wrong. Matt Taven gets a very close 2nd

Feud of the Year:
Adam Cole vs Jay Briscoe yes they only had 2 matchs one of them being a triple threat but the promos on Youtube and to the point that Jay has his own World Title to me is being a good feud. Also in some way it is Old School vs New School with these 2 it started in May and is still going even though they have touched each other little but verbally and actions is a whole nother matter

Show of the Year:
Final Battle really good show with the expectation of The Tag Match but for me it was watchable at least but only just

Moment of the Year:
Jay Briscoe winning the ROH World Title because no one expected it to happen but I also want to say when Nigel hit the Tower Of London on Corino and when he hit the larit should get a mention as they not only got big pops but also was something we all wanted

ROHCast 'Toot' Award for Funniest Moment:
Border Wars when the Hoppla Hoties kissed....The crowd LOL that to me was the TootToot award that crowd that was lol. I have not seen Night Of Hoppla so I can not say anything about Davey

And I had to add these 3 Awards I just had to

ROH Match Of The Year iPPV
Eddie Edwards vs Taiji Ishimori
Really great match and for iPPV the one match I watched over again more times really good to watch
2nd pick for me would be Jay Briscoe vs Kevin Steen really high emotion with the last 10 min OMG was still hoping Steen kept the title as his my fav but still great match
3rd Adam Cole vs Champa Semi Finals So good wished I could watch it more as I was only able to watch it once at a mates house when I saw the event at his

ROH Match Of The Year TV
Adam Cole vs Jimmy Jacabos any either the TV Title match or the World Title Match. The World Title build up was epic and made you believe that Jimmy should win the World Title and the match was good as well. The TV Title match was solid from start to finish and that it was Jimmy 1st singles match in over a year I think they said it was awesome. In a pinch I would say the World Title match just gets it because of the build was better.

ROH Disappointment Of The Year
C and C Wrestling Factory
They should have won the World Tag Titles and they never did. Had so many chances and never won it and now them being singles is good but I will still look at them and shake my head as I do believe they should have had the shot at Final Battle and become the new ROH World Tag Team Champions

Wow, I disagree so much with everything you said about Jay Briscoe, to me the worst champ since Homicide, and the one big booking blunder of 2013.

[Mattxx87]

Not to mention neither Jimmy Jacobs/Adam Cole match were taped for ROH TV. If we're going by those standards of it airing on tv, then the Champions vs All-Stars match or Generico/Steen easily blow those away As for matches that were actually taped for television, Steel Cage Warfare or Kyle/Davey II were obviously much better.

Really heavy on the Jay Juice there. I don't think I've ever seen anyone mark out so much for Jay Briscoe being champion.