Anthony Mango ( founder of and host of the podcast Smack Talk.Goldbergīleacher Report's lineup will answer the tough questions about the WWE landscape and provide predictions for each match on the WWE Fastlane 2017 card. Raw Tag Team champions Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs.The rest of the match card for the Fastlane PPV offers plenty more intrigue as it relates to WrestleMania. new school, and it will be interesting to see which direction WWE decides to go. The result of Sunday's championship match will send a clear message: Either WWE CEO Vince McMahon favors nostalgia over the continued growth of the company's deep roster or that WWE is finally turning a corner and giving its most talented workers a chance to shine under the brightest lights. Goldberg, already booked for a rematch against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 33 on April 2, could walk into the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, as the champion of the company's flagship brand, making that match the de facto main event of the industry's biggest spectacle. It all starts with the main event, where Kevin Owens and Goldberg will face off for the WWE Universal Championship. WWE Fastlane 2017 is the final pay-per-view stop on the Road to WrestleMania, and Sunday's card features an impressive lineup of matches that will have far-reaching ramifications for the Showcase of the Immortals. Georges St-Pierre is a three-time winner of the category.Will Kevin Owens walk out of WWE Fastlane 2017 when he faces Goldberg? Credit: WWE.com Note: Was known as "Shootfighter of the Year" until 2008. Most Outstanding Wrestler Bryan Danielson/Daniel Bryan is a record five-time winner of the category. Georges St-Pierre and Brock Lesnar are three-time winners of the category. Shootfighter of the Year was renamed to Most Outstanding Fighter and Shoot Match of the Year was renamed to MMA Match of the Year to match a new award called Mixed Martial Arts Most Valuable, which is similar to the Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Award except it is for mixed martial artists.Ĭurrent awards "Category A" awards Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Award (Wrestler of the Year) Ric Flair is an eight-time winner and co-namesake of the category. In the Decemedition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, it was announced that from that year onwards, mixed martial artists are no longer eligible for the Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Award, thus reserving it for professional wrestlers only. Best Box Office Draw and Promotion of the Year). Still, some primarily professional wrestling-focused awards remained intact for MMA promotions/fighters to win, due to the similar business aspect between both sports (i.e. This led to, in 1997, the creation of Shootfighter of the Year and Shoot Match of the Year to recognize MMA achievement specifically. Over the years, various MMA promotions or individual mixed martial artists were deemed eligible to win some awards when it seemed as though they were more deserving to win than the conventional wrestler or wrestling promotion. For the "Category B" Shad Gaspard/Jon Huber Memorial Award, the recipients are chosen by a committee headed by Meltzer. For "Category B" awards, voters simply indicate their top choice. The choice with the most points overall wins. First choices are awarded five points, second places three points, and third places two points. For "Category A" awards, voters indicate their top three choices. The awards are organized into two categories. The awards are voted for by the newsletter's paying readership, primarily wrestling fans, although it is claimed that some industry workers also vote. There are currently forty-five categories that are actively assessed every year and twenty that are no longer active. there are also a handful of awards to recognize the dubious distinctions in the business during that year such as Most Overrated and Worst Match. The awards are given every year in various categories such as Wrestler of the Year, Most Outstanding Wrestler, Tag Team of the Year, Most Improved, Pro Wrestling Match of the Year, etc. The awards were created to recognize the individual achievements of a select few wrestlers who exemplified a specified criterion. After starting the Wrestling Observer in 1982, the awards took on a greater life, with an increasing number of awards given out every year. The first fourteen awards were created in 1980 as an informal poll between Meltzer and his friends and others he corresponded with on the subject of professional wrestling at the time. This is a list of both active and inactive Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards created by professional wrestling and mixed martial arts (MMA) journalist Dave Meltzer.
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