Results have all been taken from the February 26 2024, 2023 Observer Awards edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD
(WRESTLER OF THE YEAR)
1. WILL OSPREAY (302) 1,814
2. Cody Rhodes (119) 1,330
3. MJF (80) 927
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE
1. JON JONES (57) 474
2. Islam Makhachev (51) 472
3. Leon Edwards (34) 332
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER
1. WILL OSPREAY (548) 3,086
2. Bryan Danielson (122) 1,773
3. Kenny Omega (19) 590
MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
1. ISLAM MAKHACHEV (129) 793
2. Leon Edwards (26) 367
3. Sean Strickland (32) 306
TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR
1. FTR (344) 2,341
2. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn (106) 1,128
3. Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi (71) 712
BEST ON INTERVIEWS
1. EDDIE KINGSTON (199) 1,483
2. MJF (140) 1,441
3. Christian Cage (148) 921
PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
1. WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT (406) 2,359
2. All Elite Wrestling (194) 1,965
3. New Japan Pro Wrestling (17) 1,011
BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW
1. AEW DYNAMITE (430) 2,707
2. AEW Collision (74) 1,483
3. WWE Smackdown (128) 1,434
PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR
1. KENNY OMEGA VS. WILL OSPREAY 1/4 TOKYO (474)
3,018
2. Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay 6/25 Toronto (116) 1,227
3. MJF vs. Bryan Danielson 3/5 San Francisco (115) 1,065
MMA FIGHT OF THE YEAR
1. ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI VS. ISLAM MAKHACHEV 2/11 PERTH, AUSTRALIA (164) 822
2. Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Moreno 7/8 Las Vegas (7) 285
3. Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev 3/18 London (2) 171
UNITED STATES/CANADA MVP
1. CODY RHODES 268
2. Bryan Danielson 139
3. MJF 135
JAPAN MVP
1. WILL OSPREAY 434
2. Kazuchika Okada 243
3. Tetsuya Naito 80
MEXICO MVP
1. MISTICO 416
2. El Hijo del Vikingo 314
3. Rocky Romero 68
EUROPE MVP
1. WILL OSPREAY 754
2. Michael Oku ` ` 45
3. Zack Sabre Jr. 26
HODGE AWARD/NON-HEAVYWEIGHT MVP
1. EL HIJO DEL VIKINGO 189
2. Hiromu Takahashi 144
3. Darby Allin 139
WOMEN’S WRESTLING MVP
1. RHEA RIPLEY 359
2. Giulia 162
3. Athena 114
WOMEN’S MMA MVP
1. ALEXA GRASSO 147
2. Zhang Weili 45
3. Amanda Nunes 20
FEUD OF THE YEAR
1. SAMI ZAYN & KEVIN OWENS VS. BLOODLINE 268
2. Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland 119
3. Kento Miyahara vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 98
BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW MMA
1. JON JONES
2. Israel Adesanya
3. Islam Makhachev
BEST BOX OFFICE PRO WRESTLING
1. ROMAN REIGNS
2. Cody Rhodes
3. John Cena
MOST IMPROVED
1. JULIA HART 117
2. Dominik Mysterio 86
3. Mariah May 49
MOST CHARISMATIC
1. MJF 162
2. Roman Reigns 88
3. Kento Miyahara 81
BRYAN DANIELSON AWARD (BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER)
1. BRYAN DANIELSON 549
2. Zack Sabre Jr. 427
3. Josh Alexander 17
BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER)
1. JON MOXLEY 383
2. Tomohiro Ishii 91
3. Adam Page 78
BEST FLYING WRESTLER
1. EL HIJO DEL VIKINGO 595
2. Will Ospreay 52
3. Rey Fenix 37
MOST OVERRATED
1. SANADA 114
2. Roman Reigns 109
3. CM Punk 63
MOST UNDERRATED
1. CHAD GABLE 84
2. Konosuke Takeshita 80
3. Daniel Garcia 50
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1. YUMA ANZAI 205
2. Action Andretti 140
3. Megan Bayne 65
BEST NON-WRESTLER
1. DON CALLIS 266
2. Paul Heyman 198
3. Prince Nana 175
BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER
1. EXCALIBUR 183
2. Ian Riccaboni 139
3. Kevin Kelly 137
WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER
1. BOOKER T 198
2. Kevin Patrick 162
3. Jim Ross 90
BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW
1. AEW REVOLUTION 3/5 SAN FRANCISCO 188
2. AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door 6/25 Toronto 128
3. AEW All In 8-27 London 111
WORST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW
1. WWE CROWN JEWEL 11/4 RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 141
2. NWA Samhain 10/28 Cleveland 89
3. AEW Worlds End 12/30 Uniondale, NY 79
BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER
1. WILL OSPREAY HIDDEN BLADE 139
2. Will Ospreay stormbreaker 76
3. Kenny Omega one winged angel 68
MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC
1. WWE ENABLING VINCE MCMAHON AND HIM BEING BACK IN POWER/TKO KEEPING HIM IN POSITION OF POWER 197
2. WWE Continued relationship with Saudi Arabia 140
3. NWA cocaine spot on PPV 89
WORST TELEVISION SHOW
1. NWA POWERR 194
2. WWE Raw 176
3. WWE NXT 112
WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR
1. BRAY WYATT VS. LA KNIGHT 1/28 SAN ANTONIO 105
2. Tyrus vs. EC 3 8/27 St. Louis 85
3. Shane McMahon/Snoop Dogg vs. The Miz 4/2 Los Angeles 58
WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR
1. MJF VS. THE DEVIL 167
2. Outcasts vs. AEW Originals 114
3. Tyrus vs. EC 3 74
WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
1. NWA 456
2. AAA 88
3. WWE 61
BEST BOOKER
1. PAUL LEVESQUE 360
2. Tony Khan 146
3. Juan Manuel Mar 104
PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
1. NICK KHAN 371
2. Tony Khan 239
3. Dana White 146
BEST GIMMICK
1. TONI STORM 239
2. Christian Cage 204
3. Orange Cassidy 48
WORST GIMMICK
1. THE DEVIL 76
2. QTV 72
3. Toni Storm 49
BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK
1. THE LAST REAL WORLD CHAMPION BY TIM HORNBAKER
77
2. Tod is God by Tod Gordon 50
3. Ringmaster by Abraham Josephine Riesman 49
BEST PRO WRESTLING DOCUMENTARY
1. DARK SIDE OF THE RING: CHRIS AND TAMMY 97
2. VOW: The Life, career and death of Eddie Gilbert 80
3. American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes 69
