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Yep, way to get people to buy the PPV, by spoiling the results of the two biggest matches on the card (I will be happy as hell if I'm wrong)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97-ySU5ZT3Q

From this week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter...

This isn?t confirmed, nor, obviously, will it be until he?s seen in Phoenix, but the word within wrestling is that John Morrison will be in the Rumble as a surprise, and that?s why Morrison is only working the first night of the three Dragon Gate shows in California.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2012 Awards are out...

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR)

1: Hiroshi Tanahashi

2: CM Punk

3: Kazuchika Okada

4: John Cena

5: Daniel Bryan

6: Austin Aries

7: Bobby Roode

8: CIMA

9: Sheamus

10: The Rock

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE FIGHTER

1: Anderson Silva

2: Jon Jones

3: Ronda Rousey

4: Georges St-Pierre

5: Chael Sonnen

6: Benson Henderson

7: Junior Dos Santos

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER

1: Hiroshi Tanahashi

2: Kazuchika Okada

3: Daniel Bryan

4: El Generico

5: CM Punk

6: Austin Aries

7: Davey Richards

8: Dolph Ziggler

9: Daisuke Sekimoto

10: Tetsuya Naito

MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER

1: Anderson Silva

2: Jon Jones

3: Ronda Rousey

4: Johny Hendricks

5: Benson Henderson

6: Georges St-Pierre

7: Junior Dos Santos

8: Renan Barao

9: Jose Aldo Jr.

10: Cain Velasquez

BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW

1: The Rock

2: John Cena

3: Brock Lesnar

4: Anderson Silva

5: Georges St-Pierre

6: Chael Sonnen

7: Hiroshi Tanahashi

8: Jon Jones

9: CM Punk

FEUD OF THE YEAR

1: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada

2: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen

3: The Rock vs. John Cena

4: CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan

5: Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate

6: John Cena vs. CM Punk

7: Blue Panther vs. Negro Casas

8: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar

9: Yuji Nagata vs. Stack of Arms

10: Bobby Roode vs. James Storm

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR

1: Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels & Kazarian)

2: Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane)

3: The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)

4: The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe)

5: GET WILD (Takao Omori & Manabu Soya)

6: Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno & Stupefied)

7: STRONG BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi)

8: TenKoji (Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan)

9: Laughter7 (Katsuyori Shibata & Kazushi Sakuraba)

10: Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow)

MOST IMPROVED

1: Kazuchika Okada

2: Michael Elgin

3: Rush

4: Damien Sandow

5: Bully Ray

6: Adam Cole

7: Karl Anderson

8: Titus O'Neil

9: Dolph Ziggler

10: Kazarian

BEST ON INTERVIEWS

1: CM Punk

2: Chael Sonnen

3: The Rock

4: Paul Heyman

5: Christopher Daniels

6: Kevin Steen

7: Bully Ray

8: Daniel Bryan

9: The Big Show

10: Austin Aries

MOST CHARISMATIC

1: The Rock

2: Hiroshi Tanahashi

3: John Cena

4: CM Punk

5: Daniel Bryan

6: Chael Sonnen

7: Brock Lesnar

8: Georges St-Pierre

9: Shinsuke Nakamura

10: Austin Aries

BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER

1: Daniel Bryan

2: Prince Devitt

3: Davey Richards

4: Hiroshi Tanahashi

5: Zack Sabre Jr.

6: Yuji Nagata

7: Austin Aries

8: Daisuke Sekimoto

9: Negro Casas

10: Eddie Edwards

BRUISER BRODY MEMORIAL AWARD (BEST BRAWLER)

1: Kevin Steen

2: Togi Makabe

3: Bully Ray

4: Sheamus

5: Brock Lesnar

6: Sami Callihan

7: Michael Elgin

8: The Big Show

9: Minoru Suzuki

10: LA Park

BEST FLYING WRESTLER

1: Kota Ibushi

2: Ricochet

3: PAC

4: El Generico

5: AR Fox

6: La Sombra

7: Samuray Del Sol

8: Prince Devitt

9: Mascara Dorada

10: Kenny Omega

MOST OVERRATED

1: Ryback

2: The Miz

3: Garett Bischoff

4: Randy Orton

5: Mr. Anderson

6: Sheamus

7: Matt Morgan

8: The Big Show

9: Rob van Dam

10: Brodus Clay

MOST UNDERRATED

1: Tyson Kidd

2: Dolph Ziggler

3: Daniel Bryan

4: Kassius Ohno

5: Jack Swagger

6: Drew McIntyre

7: Sin Cara

8: Tomohiro Ishii

9: Hunico

10: Justin Gabriel

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

1: New Japan Pro Wrestling

2: Ultimate Fighting Championships

3: World Wrestling Entertainment

4: Dragon Gate

5: Chikara

6: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

7: Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

8: IWRG

9: AAA

10: Ring of Honor

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW

1: Impact Wrestling

2: Ring of Honor

3: WWE NXT

4: WWE RAW

5: WWE Main Event

6: Dragon Gate Infinity

7: WWE SmackDown

8: Bellator

9: New Japan World Pro Wrestling

10: Fight Factory

MATCH OF THE YEAR

1: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki (October 8th)

2: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar (April 29th)

3: Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin (March 31st)

4: Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (June 16th)

5: The Undertaker vs. Triple H (April 1st)

6: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (March 4th)

7: Kota Ibushi vs. Kenny Omega (August 18th)

8: CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan (May 20th)

9: The Rock vs. John Cena (April 1st)

10: Blue Panther vs. Negro Casas (March 2nd)

FIGHT OF THE YEAR

1: Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier (May 15th)

2: Frankie Edgar vs. Benson Henderson (February 26th)

3: Georges St-Pierre vs. Carlos Condit (November 17th)

4: Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate (March 3rd)

5: Miesha Tate vs. Julie Kedzie (August 18th)

6: Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner (August 4th)

7: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (July 7th)

8: Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson (May 19th)

9: Jon Fitch vs. Erick Silva (October 13th)

10: Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (December 10th)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1: Dinast?a

2: Mr. Touchdown Mark Angelosetti

3: Eita Kobayashi

4: ACH

5: Saturyne

6: Tadarius Thomas

7: Ross & Marshall von Erich

BEST NON-WRESTLER

1: Paul Heyman

2: Ricardo Rodriguez

3: Vickie Guerrero

4: AJ Lee

5: Gedo

6: John Laurinaitis

7: Truth Martini

8: Vince McMahon

9: Nigel McGuinness

10: Jim Cornette

BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER

1: Jim Ross

2: Nigel McGuinness

3: William Regal

4: Joe Rogan

5: John Bradshaw Layfield

6: Kevin Kelly

7: Mike Tenay

8: Michael Schiavello

9: Jesse Manuel Guillen

10: Mike Goldberg

WORST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER

1: Michael Cole

2: Taz

3: Booker T

4: Jerry Lawler

5: Josh Mathews

6: The Miz

7: Todd Keneley

8: Mike Goldberg

9: Jesus Zuniga

10: Mike Tenay

BEST MAJOR SHOW

1: New Japan King of Pro Wrestling

2: WWE Extreme Rules

3: WWE WrestleMania XXVIII

4: New Japan Dominion

5: ROH Glory by Honor XI

6: All Japan March 20th Sumo Hall

7: CMLL Anniversary Show

8: UFC 146

9: WWE TLC 2011

10: TNA Destination X

WORST MAJOR SHOW

1: UFC 149

2: Extreme Reunion (April 28th)

3: WWE No Way Out

4: TNA Against All Odds

5: TNA Genesis

6: WWE Royal Rumble

7: TNA Lockdown

8: WWE Hell in a Cell

9: TNA No Surrender

10: UFC on FX 4

BEST WRESTLING MANEUVER

1: Kazuchika Okada - Rainmaker

2: Antonio Cesaro - Neutraliser

3: Daniel Bryan - Yes/No Lock

4: Antonio Cesaro - Pop Up European

5: Ricochet - 630

6: Sonjay Dutt - Moonsault Double Foot Stomp

7: Dragon Kid - Dragon Rana

MOST DISGUSTING PROMOTIONAL TACTIC

1: WWE's presentation of Paul Heyman and CM Punk coming in during Jerry Lawler's return, airing clips of him while he was dead and being revived, and the fake heart attack promo

2: Extreme Rising using Sabu's overdose/passing out while advertising his return to the promotion

3: UFC's handling of Jeremy Stephens' arrest, trying to bail him out and still have him fight on the show while he was stuck in jail that afternoon

4: Linda McMahon's senatorial campaign and how WWE handled it

WORST TELEVISION SHOW

1: WWE RAW

2: Impact Wrestling

3: Ultimate Fighter: Team Nelson vs. Team Carwin

4: WWE SmackDown

5: Ring of Honor

6: CMLL

7: Championship Wrestling from Hollywood

WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR

1: John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis (May 20th)

2: Santino Marella vs. Ricardo Rodriguez (June 17th)

3: Clay Guida vs. Gray Maynard (June 22nd)

4: John Cena vs. Kane (January 29th)

5: Gunner vs. Kris Lewis (August 23rd)

6: Divas Battle Royal (August 20th)

7: Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (April 1st)

8: Brodus Clay vs. David Otunga (June 17th)

9: Gunner vs. Garett Bischoff (February 12th)

WORST FEUD OF THE YEAR

1: John Cena vs. Kane

2: TNA vs. Aces & Eights

3: John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis

4: Kane vs. Zack Ryder

5: Vickie Guerrero vs. AJ Lee

6: AJ Styles vs. Claire Lynch

WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

1: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

2: Ring of Honor

3: World Wrestling Entertainment

4: Pro Wrestling NOAH

5: Extreme Rising

6: Strikeforce

7: Bellator

8: Inoki Genome Federation

9: Championship Wrestling from Hollywood

BEST BOOKER

1: Jado & Gedo

2: Joe Silva

3: Mike Quackenbush

4: Vince McMahon

PROMOTER OF THE YEAR

1: Dana White

2: Takaaki Kidani

3: Vince McMahon

4: Mike Quackenbush

BEST GIMMICK

1: Joseph Park, Esq.

2: Damien Sandow

3: Daniel Bryan

4: Kazuchika Okada

5: CM Punk

6: Ryback

7: Team Hell No

8: Antonio Cesaro

9: Bray Wyatt

10: Bully Ray

WORST GIMMICK

1: Aces & Eights

2: Tensai

3: Natalya

4: Claire Lynch

5: Brodus Clay

6: The Miz

7: AJ Lee

8: Joseph Park, Esq.

BEST PRO WRESTLING BOOK

1: Jonathan Snowden - Shooters

2: Steven Johnson, Greg Oliver, Mike Mooneyham & JJ Dillon - Heroes & Icons: The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame

3: Booker T - From Prison to Promise

4: Lance Storm - Storm Front

BEST PRO WRESTLING DVD

1: CM Punk - Best in the World

2: The Last of McGuinness

3: Such Great Heights: The Jon Fitch Story

Is TNA really that polarising? According to them then, they've got the best weekly show around, but they're still the worst promotion. I do not agree with the Best Gimmick winner, BTW. :p That definitely should have gone to Damien Sandow.

Bit of a surprise how many awards NJPW won. Might be worth checking out for anyone looking to get into new promotions...

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