odessasteps Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I wonder if there was ever a stronger year of "hive mind" voting for the awards. Oddly, there was probably more diverse voting when there was a smaller voting pool, even if it skewed Japan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 56 minutes ago, Smelly McUgly said: The readership of the WON is attracted to it partially because its head likes the same things they like And that's what I was saying a couple pages ago. There is no Dave Meltzer figure on this board whose opinions are treated as facts. There would be some stark differences (Not that I am advocating for such awards) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Just now, Niners Fan in CT said: There would be some stark differences The only stark difference there would be is if there is a better WAR trio than Maki Itoh, Lance Archer, and Bugsy McGraw. Other than that it's going to be a lot of namecalling and trying to invalidate the votes of others. So basically, the response after every WON awards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said: There is no Dave Meltzer figure on this board whose opinions are treated as facts. I am, by people who don't watch anything anymore. Um, AEW is probably fine, good for Kingston. Carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Elsalvajeloco said: The only stark difference there would be is if there is a better WAR trio than Maki Itoh, Lance Archer, and Bugsy McGraw. Other than that it's going to be a lot of namecalling and trying to invalidate the votes of others. So basically, the response after every WON awards. I think a perfect example for this year would be Roman Reigns. Yeah, maybe Moxley still wins Wrestler of the Year but I feel Roman would be very close because people here appreciate the character work and he has worked his ass off to produce a solid body of work during the same time frame. It's not held against him here that he appears on WWE branded television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 And think about how much time Roman missed during the pandemic too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said: I think a perfect example for this year would be Roman Reigns. Yeah, maybe Moxley still wins Wrestler of the Year but I feel Roman would be very close because people here appreciate the character work and he has worked his ass off to produce a solid body of work during the same time frame. It's not held against him here that he appears on WWE branded television. It would be because: 1. There is a good segment here that doesn't watch WWE or watch WWE regularly 2. There is a good amount of AEW fans here which frankly pisses off some people here. The AEW fans are going with Mox. The WWE fans will be divided up among people in all three brands. If there was one singular WWE brand or even just only one or two notable WWE wrestlers, you would have a case. There is more avid fandom among several different wrestlers in WWE whereas AEW only has 1-3 people you can really call stars above and beyond everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: Other than that it's going to be a lot of namecalling and trying to invalidate the votes of others. And when it's all over, Dominion is going to sue the board for $1.3 billion. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 It would also be interesting for some stats head to look at the awards results from before/after people who subscribed online starting voting versus when it was print subscribers only. Speaking of being print subscriber, the shoddy state of the USPS has led to things like this happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Reigns made the top ten in wrestler of the year, best interviews, box office draw, feud, most improved, U.S. MVP, and best gimmick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 minute ago, John from Cincinnati said: And when it's all over, Dominion is going to sue the board for $1.3 billion. I feel like OSJ would be our Rudy Giuliani because no one voted for the Kentuckians and The Assassins over that bullshit we call tag team wrestling today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: Reigns made the top ten in wrestler of the year, best interviews, box office draw, feud, most improved, U.S. MVP, and best gimmick. That's cause Dave Meltzer wanted it that way. So due to this, we should automatically DQ him in our hypothetical awards. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 If he sees you compared him to Big Rudy, he might write a horror novella about you. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 If we only count the legal votes, Bunkhouse Buck wins Most Underrated in a landslide. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: It would be because: 1. There is a good segment here that doesn't watch WWE or watch WWE regularly 2. There is a good amount of AEW fans here which frankly pisses off some people here. The AEW fans are going with Mox. The WWE fans will be divided up among people in all three brands. If there was one singular WWE brand or even just only one or two notable WWE wrestlers, you would have a case. There is more avid fandom among several different wrestlers in WWE whereas AEW only has 1-3 people you can really call stars above and beyond everyone else. Interesting hypotheticals. I wonder how we could verify. Oh wait. It’s March 1 on Monday. (You know what that means.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, Matt D said: (You know what that means.) It's Billie Kay month here at DVDVR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 If we ever did a DVDVR Best of the Year poll it should be everyone writes in their own winners and maybe even their own categories and explains them. If any of them jive then we have a consensus, and there should be a definite consensus vote on "Most Outlandish Answer". I think that would actually be a lot of fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 If DVDVR did awards, I would fucking shoot myself 4 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 See, my idea would involve nobody tabulating anything if we just cut out the second sentence. A better idea would be for us to never speak of this again though haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 You know what? I'm starting to slowly side with having these awards now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 56 minutes ago, odessasteps said: It would also be interesting for some stats head to look at the awards results from before/after people who subscribed online starting voting versus when it was print subscribers only. Speaking of being print subscriber, the shoddy state of the USPS has led to things like this happening. You live in Delaware? Eww. *hits unfollow* But seriously, you're lucky you got both of them. I'm assuming that first one got lost in the snow somewhere and they found it. It takes two weeks automatically for something to get here cross country under normal circumstances. The only reason I get stuff fast here is: (a) It's Amazon Prime or (b) it's from Walmart and I fucking live in Northwest Arkansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) I think the safest thing is to completely eliminate legitimate categories like Wrestler of the Year, Promotion of the Year, whatever. Stick to the board classics. Best Punches. Best WCW Worldwide match. Best Squashes. "The Cody Rhodes Award" for worst tattoo. Edited February 27, 2021 by John E. Dynamite 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 The Cody Rhodes Autofellatio Award Brought To You By Triple H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, John E. Dynamite said: I think the safest thing is to completely eliminate legitimate categories like Wrestler of the Year, Promotion of the Year, whatever. Stick to the board classics. Best Punches. Best WCW Worldwide match. Best Squashes. "The Cody Rhodes Award" for worst tattoo. Probably because otherwise I think the first day would have: "FUCK YOU MEAN I CAN'T VOTE FOR WILDCAT WILLIE FOR BEST ON INTERVIEWS?! THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY, YOU FUCKING FACISTS!" And then, it furthers devolves from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, John E. Dynamite said: "The Cody Rhodes Award" for worst tattoo. Undertaker's Sara tattoo is a classic. But I think the age Bob Holly was when he made his generic bad choice really gives him a leg up. Anyone who nominates Bam Bam's head tattoo would need to be banned. Obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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