The 2014 Roundtable Award Nominees & Balloting

Hello everyone, Jason Namako from Wrestleview.com here. First off, want to thank any and all of you who have listened to the Independent Roundtable and the iPPV/DVD Reviews here on Radio Influence. Secondly, want to thank the owner of this site, Ken, for allowing me to move the podcasts from Wrestleview to Radio Influence once the VIP section of Wrestleview was closed down last December. Finally, want to thank all my co-hosts for their great work in reviewing these shows this year and they would be: Nicholas Gray, Greg McNeish, Robert Pandola, Dave Muscarella, Clinton Bowman and Martin Bentley.

Now, I present to you the nominees for the Roundtable Awards, looking at the best in independent wrestling, unless it is a promotion-specific award for Ring of Honor, NXT and New Japan Pro Wrestling, with NXT and New Japan Pro Wrestling specific awards being added to the award categories this year. This is the third annual Roundtable Awards, as the last 2 years have been part of Wrestleview’s VIP section. If you would like to vote on these awards, please send me an e-mail to jason@wrestleview.com. The following is the rules on voting for these awards:

* Every category must be voted on
* One vote per category
* To vote on something not included in each categories’ nominee list, write in your vote under “Other: “Insert Name Here”
* Voting period ends on December 25, 2014 at 12:00 PM ET, ballots won’t be counted if not sent in after the deadline.
* If ANY of these rules are not adhered to, the ballot WILL NOT be counted.
* If 30 ballots are not received by the deadline, then myself and Robert Pandola will decide who wins each award.

With that being said, here are the categories & nominees for the 2014 Roundtable Awards! Let’s get voting!

Best Character(s)
Jay Lethal
Team TREMENDOUS
Ashley Remington
Matt Cage
Greg Iron
Su Yung

Best Finisher
The Lumbar Check (Cedric Alexander)
Shooting Star Meteora (Mike Bailey)
Saka Otoshi (Biff Busick)
Pazuzu Bomb (Chris Dickinson)
The Desert Eagle (Ivelisse)
The 630 (Ricochet)

Best Tag Finisher
Meltzer Driver (The Young Bucks)
Killshot (Ohio is 4 Killers)
Chasing the Dragon (reDRagon)
Burning Hammer/Sit-Out Spinebuster (Monster Mafia)
Doomsday Sliced Bread (Team TREMENDOUS)
Wheelbarrow Facebuster/Top Rope DDT (The Hooligans)

Best Commentator
Lenny Leonard
Denver Colorado
Excailbur
Dave Prazak
Steve Corino
Rob Naylor

Best High-Flyer
ACH
Ricochet
Mike Bailey
Candice LeRae
Shynron
Shane Strickland

Best Brawler
Tommaso Ciampa
Jay Briscoe
Matt Tremont
Eddie Kingston
Kevin Steen
Jessicka Havok

Best Techinical Wrestler
Drew Gulak
Biff Busick
Timothy Thatcher
Johnny Gargano
Adam Cole
Chris Hero
Kyle O’Reilly

Best Powerhouse
Michael Elgin
Uhaa Nation
Hanson
Brian Cage
Keith Walker
Joe Gacy

Best on the Mic
BLK Jeez
Jimmy Jacobs
Veda Scott
Jay Briscoe
Adam Cole
Eddie Kingston

Feud of the Year
Eddie Kingston vs. Silas Young (AAW)
Greg Iron vs. Veda Scott (AIW)
Allysin Kay vs. Jessicka Havok (SHINE)
Cedric Alexander vs. The Decade (ROH)
The Young Bucks vs. World’s Cutest Tag Team (PWG)
Ethan Page vs. Eddie Kingston (AIW)

Best Manager/Valet
Truth Martini (ROH)
Maria Kanellis (ROH)
Veda Scott (ROH)
April Hunter (SHINE)
Daffney (SHINE)
Su Yung (EVOLVE)

Women’s Wrestler of the Year
Ivelisse
Athena
Mia Yim
LuFisto
Kimber Lee
Candice LeRae

Tag Team of the Year
The Young Bucks
The Juicy Product
Ohio is 4 Killers
reDRagon
The Addiction
World’s Cutest Tag Team

NXT Wrestler of the Year
Adrian Neville
Sami Zayn
Tyson Kidd
Tyler Breeze
Bo Dallas
Kalisto

ROH Wrestler of the Year
Adam Cole
Michael Elgin
Jay Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Tommaso Ciampa
Cedric Alexander
ACH

New Japan Wrestler of the Year
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Kazuchika Okada
AJ Styles
Shinsuke Nakamura
Tomohiro Ishii
Tetsuya Naito
Tomoaki Honma

Independent Wrestler of the Year
Drew Gulak
Biff Busick
Johnny Gargano
Ricochet
Eddie Kingston
Kyle O’Reilly
Chris Hero

NXT Match of the Year
Sami Zayn vs. Cesaro (NXT Arrival)
Natalya vs. Charlotte (NXT Takeover)
Fatal 4-Way for NXT Title (NXT Takeover 2)
Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn (NXT TV 11-13-14)
Charlotte vs. Bayley (NXT Takeover 2)
Paige vs. Emma (NXT Arrival)
Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze (NXT Takeover)

ROH Match of the Year
AJ Styles vs. Kyle O’Reilly (Death Before Dishonor XII)
Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin (Best in the World)
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Steen (War of the Worlds)
Cedric Alexander vs. Michael Elgin (Flyin’ High)
reDRagon vs. The Young Bucks (War of the Worlds)
Jay Lethal vs. ACH (ROH TV August 2014)
Kevin Steen vs. Michael Elgin (Supercard of Honor IX)
The Young Bucks vs. Forever Hooligans vs. Time-Splitters (Global Wars)
Michael Elgin vs. Tommaso Ciampa (Death Before Dishonor XII)
Michael Elgin vs. Jay Briscoe (All-Star Extravaganza VI)

New Japan Match of the Year
AJ Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki (G1 Day 7)
Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (G1 Finals)
Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii (New Beginning)
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kota Ibushi (Yokohama)
Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki (G1 Day 12)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata (Destruction)
Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata (Wrestlekingdom 8)
Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata (G1 Day 8)
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yuji Nagata (G1 Day 4)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hirooki Goto (G1 Day 7)

Women’s Wrestling Match of the Year
Athena vs. LuFisto (WSU Mutiny)
Rain vs. Ivelisse (SHINE 16)
Ivelisse vs. Mercedes Martinez (SHINE 17)
Athena vs. Mia Yim (AIW Girls Night Out 11)
Shanna vs. La Rosa Negra (SHINE 18)
Hania vs. Shanna (WSU United)
Kimber Lee vs. Ivelisse (SHIMMER 62)
10-Woman Tag (SHINE 19)
Allysin Kay vs. Jessicka Havok (SHINE 21)
Athena vs. Candice LeRae (SHIMMER 62)

Independent Match of the Year
Johnny Gargano vs. Ricochet (DGUSA Open the Ultimate Gate)
The Young Bucks vs. World’s Cutest Tag Team (PWG Eleven)
Biff Busick vs. Drew Gulak (CZW To Infinity)
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Timothy Thatcher (EVOLVE 34)
Heidi Lovelace vs. Matt Cage (AAW All Hail)
Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly (PWG Sold our Soul)
Ethan Page vs. Johnny Gargano (AIW Absolution IX)
Biff Busick vs. Timothy Thatcher (Beyond Wrestling)
ACH vs. Kenny Omega (PWG BOLA Night 2)
Biff Busick vs. Mike Bailey (CZW New Heights)

Most Improved (Male)
Joe Gacy
Jay Lethal
Adam Page
Shane Strickland
JT Dunn
Josh Alexander
ACH

Most Improved (Female)
Heidi Lovelace
Nevaeh
Kimber Lee
Shanna
Athena
Taylor Made
Mia Yim

The One(s) to Watch in 2015 (Male)
The Hooligans
Louis Lyndon
Davey Vega
Team TREMENDOUS
Trevor Lee
Silver Ant

The One to Watch in 2015 (Female)
Tessa Blanchard
Leah Von Dutch
Kay Lee Ray
Crazy Mary Dobson
Jasmin
Jenny Rose

Show of the Year
ROH War of the Worlds
PWG Eleven
CZW Best of the Best 13
SHINE 16
WSU Mutiny
AIW Absolution IX
Beyond Wrestling Americanrana
CHIKARA You Only Live Twice
EVOLVE 35
PWG BOLA Night 1

The Promotion to Watch in 2015
SMASH Wrestling
On Point Wrestling
CWF Mid-Atlantic
Beyond Wrestling
FIP
Dreamwave
Alpha-1 Wrestling
Interspecies Wrestling
Inspire Pro Wrestling
VALKYRIE Women’s Pro Wrestling

Promotion of the Year
ROH
CZW
CHIKARA
PWG
Beyond Wrestling
AIW
SHINE
EVOLVE