2021 Boards PW Draft - The Slammies

beakerjoe

Well deserved Mr G.... loved both the HC and the Hart Foundation expanded. Honoruable mention to Rectify and Goldrush too.

Necro

A hotly contested award every year this one. True sign of quality write ups as well when you have so many matches picked by the voters

The Meltzer Seven Star Award (Match of the Year)



Some notable mentions


Sting VS The Fiend (Uncle Walt)
Jon Moxley VS Jake Roberts (beakerjoe)
WALTER VS John Cena (beakerjoe)
Dana White VS Vince McMahon (Bounty Hunter)
Lou Thesz VS Darby Allin (Mr. Guappa)
Big E VS Hulk Hogan (Necro)
Hangman Page VS Stone Cold Steve Austin (The White Wolf)

Necro

Not much separating each of the top three in this category


In 3rd Place with 10 points


Mike Tyson VS Brock Lesnar (Mr.Nice Guy)

A great main event from MNG here, something very different and deserving of the love it was given.


In 2nd Place with 11 points


Shawn Michaels VS Johnny Gargano (Bounty Hunter)



Ironman matches are so difficult to write but BH made it look so easy so again this is another deserved podium place for BH imo.


And in FIRST Place with 14 points



Becky Lynch VS Trish Stratus (Necro)






I'm absolutely delighted to have won my first slammy off the back of the Trish/Becky match. Once I got Becky I wanted to pair her with another legend and Trish seemed the obvious choice given their contrasting beginnings in the WWE. Loved writing it and making it believable that Trish could go 60 mins with Becky was fun to work out. Thank you for the votes folks.

Necro

Next up we examine some of the feuds of the 2021 PW Boards Draft

The Wrestling Observer Feud of the Year (Feud of the Year)


Some very notable mentions first, again a LOT of variety here showing the quality of the writeups this year

Dana White VS Vince McMahon (BH)
Hangman Page VS Stone Cold Steve Austin (The White Wolf)
Bret Hart VS Darby Allin (Mr. Guappa)
Becky Lynch VS Trish Stratus (Necro)
Jon Moxley VS Jake Roberts (beaker)
Hollywood Connection VS The Hart Family (Mr. Guappa)
Tyson VS Lesnar (Mr Nice Guy)

beakerjoe

Well deserved Necro. Ironman matches are tough and glad your hard work is regonised. Plenty of Drama, surprise returns and a worthy ending. Hat tip to you.

Necro

In 3rd place with 8 points

Johnny Gargano VS Shawn Michaels (Bounty Hunter)


Bounty with another podium for his epic main event feud. HBK and Gargano would stop any show in fairness.


And in JOINT FIRST Place with 17 points


The New Day VS The New World Order (Necro)







AND




WALTER VS John Cena (beakerjoe)







Another slammy for me, shared with beaker this time and deservedly so. Delighted my main feud got so much love but have to agree with the Cena/WALTER feud gaining the same amount, it was epic and particularly how Cena was showcased really showed beaker's writing to be brilliant this year. Congrats to both of us

Bounty Hunter

beakerjoe wrote: »

Well deserved Necro. Ironman matches are tough and glad your hard work is regonised. Plenty of Drama, surprise returns and a worthy ending. Hat tip to you.

Yeah gotta agree Iron man matches ain’t easy so a draft winning one is definitely some damn good work

beakerjoe

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Yeah gotta agree Iron man matches ain’t easy so a draft winning one is definitely some damn good work

Esp with massive competition from you and MNG. I wouldnt recommend it but at the same time my Ironmatch won it for me years ago with Cesaro and Flair...sooooo.

Necro

Next up we take a look at the bad guys (Hey Yo)

The Bad Guy (Heel of the Year)





Some honourable placements:

Ricky Steamboat (MNG)
Vince McMahon (BH)
Tomasso Ciampa (BH)
Iron Shiek (Uncle Walt)
Bayley (beaker)
Shawn Michaels (BH)


BH getting 3 of his draft picks voted for is pretty damn impressive I have to say

Necro

In Third Place with 6 points


Bret Hart (Mr. Guappa)







In Second Place with 7 points



‘Hollywood’ John Cena (beakerjoe)









But this one was never really in doubt…


In FIRST Place with a sizeable majority of 26 points



Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts!! (beakerjoe)





So beaker doesn't just match BH but gets his two main heels on the podium in a 1-2 combo... that's phenomenal.

I have to say Jake Roberts was superbly written this year, definitely my favourite character by a mile. Everything was so believable with his angle with Moxley too. Kudos to you beaker for all of that.

Mr. Guappa

Delighted to pick up a couple of Slanmies for Stu and The Hollywood Connection.

The competition in some categories was fierce, and it was genuinely so difficult narrowing down to a Top 3.

Necro

Next, and we're nearly there before the big categories but we move on to

The Mae Young Classic Award (Best Female Star of the Year)



Votes were cast here for


Sasha Banks (Mr Guappa)
Britt Baker (Mr. Guappa)
Sunny (The White Wolf)
Shayna Baszler (BH)


Well done to Mr G here. Two of his roster got votes which is impressive.

Bounty Hunter

Necro wrote: »

Some honourable placements:

Ricky Steamboat (MNG)
Vince McMahon (BH)
Tomasso Ciampa (BH)
Iron Shiek (Uncle Walt)
Bayley (beaker)
Shawn Michaels (BH)


BH getting 3 of his draft picks voted for is pretty damn impressive I have to say

Splitting the vote and the bauld Beaker takes advantage, well deservedly too.

beakerjoe

Necro wrote: »

In Third Place with 6 points


Bret Hart (Mr. Guappa)







In Second Place with 7 points



‘Hollywood’ John Cena (beakerjoe)









But this one was never really in doubt…


In FIRST Place with a sizeable majority of 26 points



Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts!! (beakerjoe)





So beaker doesn't just match BH but gets his two main heels on the podium in a 1-2 combo... that's phenomenal.

I have to say Jake Roberts was superbly written this year, definitely my favourite character by a mile. Everything was so believable with his angle with Moxley too. Kudos to you beaker for all of that.

I can leave happy. Jake was my best ever character to wrote for... maybe Flair. Thank you all so much for appreciating him.

Necro

In 3rd place with 8 points


Bayley (beakerjoe)







In 2nd place with 14 points


Sherri Martel (The White Wolf)








And in 1st place with 17 points



Becky Lynch (Necro)






Best Match and Best Female for the Beckster, very impressive indeed. And delighted to get the votes, Sherri Martel was indeed excellently protrayed by The White Wolf, as was Bayley so winning this was great. Thanks guys!

Necro

Penultimate Slammy coming up, where the faces get a chance to shine...


The Cenation Award (Face of the Year)




Notable mentions:


Daniel Bryan (A Brad Maddox Guy)
Johnny Gargano (BH)
Brian Pillman (The White Wolf)

Necro

In Third Place with 10 points however

WALTER (beakerjoe)







In Second Place with 20 points



Big E (Necro)











But taking home the bacon in FIRST place with 23 points

Darby Allin (Mr. Guappa)






The classic underdog tale here, and Mr G portrayed Darby Allin brilliantly including the major twist at the end. A very deserving victory in this category.

Mr. Guappa

Ah class. Loved writing for Darby. Cheers folks, delighted with that.

Necro

And FINALLY we come to the Big Cheese, the Main Slammy…

The Best There Is, Was, Or Ever Will Be (Superstar of the Year)





Some of the votes cast here went to


Jon Moxley (beaker)
Ricky Steamboat (MNG)
Tommaso Ciampa (Bounty Hunter)
John Cena (beaker)
Bret Hart (Mr Guappa)
Hangman Page (The White Wolf)

Necro

But our placements go to

In 3rd place with 9 points

Johnny Gargano (BH)





I mean beating HBK in the main event of Wrestlepalooza - in an Iron Man Match - absolutely deserving the podium finish here. Well done Bounty.

Necro

In 2nd Place with 10 points



Brock Lesnar (Mr Nice Guy)






A match made in heaven from the beginning. The Beast of the wrestling world and the Beast of the draft. Absolutely brilliant portrayal of Lesnar by MNG.

Necro

But in 1st place, with 16 points…

Big E (Necro)





I must admit, I expected Darby and Jake to be up here instead of Big E but I'm absolutely delighted that my portrayal of him gets him this honour. Thanks for the votes folks!!

Necro

So that's all our slammies folks, a quick recap below:

Superstar of the Year: Big E (Necro)

Best Female Star: Becky Lynch (Necro)

Face of the Year: Darby Allin (Mr Guappa)

Heel of The Year: Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts (beakerjoe)

Feud of The Year: The New Day VS The New World Order (Necro)/WALTER VS John Cena (beakerjoe)

Match of The Year: Becky Lynch VS Trish Stratus (Necro)

Best Repackaged Star of the Year: Fake News Barrett (wrestlemaniac)

Tag Team of The Year: New Age Outlaws (Bounty Hunter)/World’s Greatest Tag Team (Mr.Nice Guy)

Faction of The Year: Hollywood Connection (Mr Guappa)

Draft Pick of The Year: Jake Roberts (beakerjoe)/DIY (Bounty Hunter)

Under-Rated Draft Pick of the Year: Stu Hart (Mr Guappa)

LOL Moment of the Year: Elias in concert/Heath Slater’s antics (beakerjoe)

Best Draft Newcomer of The Year: The White Wolf

Celebrity Draft Pick of The Year: Dana White (Bounty Hunter)

OMG Moment of The Year: Jon Moxley costs WALTER the BCW Title (beakerjoe)


Well done to all the slammy winners.... but we now move on to our main three categories... starting with..


BEST ROSTER






We now kick off the main events with our first major individual award, one which celebrates the quality of rosters assembled throughout the picking phase.

Necro

And just a note on the rosters.

Abraham Colossal Groin and SlickRic picked up some fantastic votes for their rosters... but sadly they didn't submit their own votes. They would have placed very highly if they had of done.

Both picked up a fantastic 49 points each. But to be fair to the players who submitted votes I have applied a 50 point bonus to all 10 players who submitted votes.

Kicking off with our top 10 shortly.

beakerjoe

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

Ah class. Loved writing for Darby. Cheers folks, delighted with that.

He got my vote. Really like how you portrayed him and his struggle from going overlooked to winning the big one only to get screwed. Well earned

Necro

In TENTH Place with 66 points in total



paulie21


In NINTH Place with 69 points


wrestlemaniac


In EIGHTH Place with 72 points



JP Liz V1




In SEVENTH Place with 78 points



Mr Guappa




In SIXTH place with 82 points



Beakerjoe




In FIFTH Place with 92 points



Mr.Nice Guy




In FOURTH with 97 points



A Brad Maddox Guy



Congrats to all the above, it was a difficult choice this year.

Necro

And our top three….

In THIRD Place… amassing 100 points


BOUNTY HUNTER


Just a class roster, oozing with star power in fairness. From DIY to HBK, Vince, Dana and all the MMA crew, even Bounty himself made an appearance. Well done BH!!

Necro

In second place with 106 points….

NECRO


I can't believe it I never do well in the roster category so to get second is an absolute honour. I'm delighted that it went down so well with the voters.

Bounty Hunter

I wouldn’t have voted myself top 2 even if I could so I’m well happy with 3rd to be honest

Necro

But this was one award that was never really in doubt… the 2021 Boards PW Draft Award for Best Roster goes to…


With a huge score of 129 POINTS :eek:



Uncle WALT!!!!!!




I mean... just look at this for star power

Randy Savage
Eddie Guerrero
Sting
Bray Wyatt
Young Bucks
Rey Mysterio
The Ultimate Warrior
Jim Cornette
Bruno Sammartino
Taz & Sabu
Iron Shiek
Colby Covington
Rock'N'Roll Express
Tony Khan
Midnight Express
Tiger Mask
Aja Kong & Bull Nakano
Alundra Blayze


Even his Round SIXTEEN pick is a bonafide wrestling legend... it was an incredible roster.

Well done Walt.