WrestlePurists Awards are annual awards that have been made to highlight and recognise the very best that the Pro Wrestling World has to offer.
We collected votes from Fans & Media, then we combined both %’s to work out the overall winner of each award. We also collected votes from Wrestlers for our “Wrestler’s Wrestler of the year.
A huge thank you to everybody that voted and/or reacted to us announcing the Awards Yesterday on our Twitter.
The categories for the overall vote are as follows:
- WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
- WOMENS WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
- TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR
- MATCH OF THE YEAR
- PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
- BEST IN-RING WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
- SHOW OF THE YEAR
- BOOKER OF THE YEAR
- BEST ON PROMOS
- BEST NON-WRESTLER
- MOST IMPROVED WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
- MOST UNDERRATED WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
- ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
There is also the following Awards for Wrestler of the Year
- FANS WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
- WRESTLER’S WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
- MEDIA/CRITICS WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
OVERALL VOTE –
WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:
1 – JON MOXLEY (40.6%)
2 – Roman Reigns (22.4%)
3 – Will Ospreay (15.4%)
4 – Seth Rollins (12.3%)
5 – Dax Harwood (9.3%)
WOMENS WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:
1 – BIANCA BELAIR (45.9%)
2 – Jamie Hayter (19.5%)
3 – Syuri (18.9%)
4 – Giulia (11.5%)
5 – Saya Kamitani (4.2%)
TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR:
1 – FTR (65.5%)
2 – The Usos (14%)
3 – Young Bucks (10%)
4 – The Acclaimed (8.75%)
5 – Aussie Open (1.75%)
MATCH OF THE YEAR:
1- FTR V THE BRISCOES 1 (22.3%)
2 – FTR v The Briscoes 3 (21%)
3 – GUNTHER v Sheamus, CATC (16.8%)
4 – Okada v Ospreay, G1 (16.5%)
5 – Rhodes v Rollins, HIAC (16.2%)
6 – CM Punk v MJF, Revolution (7.2%)
PROMOTION OF THE YEAR:
1 – AEW (51.6%)
2 – WWE (25.65%)
3 – STARDOM (19.2%)
4 – NJPW (2.7%)
5 – IMPACT (0.85%)
BEST IN-RING WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:
1 – WILL OSPREAY (48.2%)
2 – Dax Harwood (18.6%)
3 – Seth Rollins (17.3%)
4 – Jon Moxley (9.2%)
5 – GUNTHER (6.7%)
SHOW OF THE YEAR:
1 – AEW x NJPW FORBIDDEN DOOR (45.65%)
2 – WWE WrestleMania 38 Night 1 (23.95%)
3 – WWE Clash at the Castle (11.95%)
4 – AEW Full Gear (10.7%)
5 – AEW Revolution (7.75%)
BOOKER OF THE YEAR:
1 – TONY KHAN (50.95%)
2 – Paul Levesque (25.2%)
3 – Rossy Ogawa (16.75%)
4 – Sanshiro Takagi (4.55%)
5 – Gedo (2.55%)
BEST ON PROMOS:
1 – MJF (56.5%)
2 – CM Punk (15.5%)
3 – Jon Moxley (13.4%)
4 – Eddie Kingston (10.1%)
5 – Jay White (4.5%)
BEST NON-WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:
1 – WILLIAM REGAL (53.5%)
2 – Paul Heyman (25.5%)
3 – Stokely Hathaway (16%)
4 – Michael Cole (4%)
5 – Mark Sterling (1%)
MOST IMPROVED WRESTLER(S) OF THE YEAR:
1 – THE ACCLAIMED (58.6%)
2 – Mina Shirakawa (12.5%)
3 – Liv Morgan (11.3%)
4 – Angelo Dawkins (10%)
5 – Solo Sikoa (7.6%)
MOST UNDERRATED WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:
1 – CHAD GABLE (33.3%)
2 – Speedball Mike Bailey (30.75%)
3 – Emi Sakura (18.6%)
4 – Mustafa Ali (11.7%)
5 – Ludwig Kaiser (5.65%)
WRESTLER’S VOTE
WRESTLER’S WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:
1 – JON MOXLEY (19.2%)
2 – Speedball Mike Bailey (16.4%)
3 – Dax Harwood (13.7%)
4 – Roman Reigns (12.3%)
5 – Will Ospreay (11%)
FANS VOTE
FANS WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:
1 – JON MOXLEY (46.7%)
2 – Roman Reigns (21.6%)
3 – Will Ospreay (13.4%)
4 – Seth Rollins (11.1%)
5 – Dax Harwood (7.2%)
MEDIA/CRITICS VOTE
1 – JON MOXLEY (34.6%)
2 – Roman Reigns (23.1%)
3 – Will Ospreay (17.3%)
4 – Seth Rollins (13.5%)
5 – Dax Harwood (11.5%
