Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Wrapping Up The 2010 Gorilla Awards - Part 6

The Mark Calaway Award - The Best Gimmick of 2010
Winner - Alberto Del Rio : Mexican aristocrat
1st Runner Up - CM Punk: Straight Edge preacher
2nd Runner Up - Jeff Jarrett: Wannabe MMA Specialist

The Keiichi Yamada Award - The Best Wrestling Maneuver of 2010
Winner - RKO (Randy Orton)
1st Runner Up - 450 Splash (Justin Gabriel)
2nd Runner Up - Shooting Star Press (Evan Bourne)

The Kurt Angle Award - The Best Debut Performer of 2010
Winner - Wade Barrett
1st Runner Up - Alberto Del Rio
2nd Runner Up - Justin Gabriel

The Oscar Gutierrez Award - The Best High-Flier of 2010
Winner - Rey Mysterio
1st Runner Up - Chris Sabin
2nd Runner Up - Evan Bourne

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Wrapping Up The 2010 Gorilla Awards - Part 5

The Katie Vick Award - The Worst Wrestling Storyline of 2010
Winner - Edge kidnapping Paul Bearer, holding him hostage and Kane accidentally killing him
1st Runner Up - Abyss getting magic powers from Hulk Hogan's Hall of Fame Ring
2nd Runner Up - John Cena getting fired, but appearing on every show since

The Dalip Rana Award - The Worst Wrestling Performer of 2010
Winner - Lucky Cannon
1st Runner Up - Titus O'Neil
2nd Runner Up - Jamie Keyes

The Ted Dibiase Award - The Best Heel of 2010
Winner - The Miz
1st Runner Up - Wade Barrett
2nd Runner Up - CM Punk

The Mike Adamle Award - The Worst Wrestling Announcer of 2010
Winner - Taz
1st Runner Up - Todd Grisham
2nd Runner Up - Jerry Lawler

The Michael Hickenbottom Award - The Best Performer of 2010
Winner - John Cena
1st Runner Up - Randy Orton
2nd Runner Up - The Miz

Friday, March 11, 2011

Wrapping Up The 2010 Gorilla Awards - Part 4

The Morasca/Sullivan Award - Worst Wrestling Match of 2010
Winner - Kaitlyn vs. Maxine (WWE NXT, October 19 2010)
1st Runner Up - Bret Hart vs. Mr. McMahon (Wrestlemania XXVI)
2nd Runner Up - Naomi vs. Alicia Fox (WWE NXT, October 12 2010

The Benoit/Guerrero Award - Most Memorable Wrestling Moment of 2010
Winner - Shawn Michaels Retires From Professional Wrestling
1st Runner Up - The Nexus Invades Monday Night Raw
2nd Runner Up - Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels embrace in the middle of the ring

The Jacobs/Levesque Award - Worst Feud of 2010
Winner - Robbie E/Cookie vs. Jay Lethal/Snooki
1st Runner Up - Ev2.0 vs Fortune
2nd Runner Up - Edge vs. Kane

The Chris Benoit Award - Best Technical Wrestler of 2010
Winner - Jack Swagger
1st Runner Up - Daniel Bryan
2nd Runner Up - Kurt Angle

The Fred Ottman Award - Worst Wrestling Gimmick of 2010
Winner - Robbie E and Snooki (Jersey Shore Parody)
1st Runner Up - Abyss (Insecure Neurotic)
2nd Runner Up - Hornswoggle (Mischievous Leprechaun)

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Wrapping Up The 2010 Gorilla Awards - Part 3

The Paul Heyman Award - Best Wrestling Show of 2010
Winner - WWE Raw
1st Runner Up - WWE Smackdown
2nd Runner Up - TNA Impact

The McMahon/Hart Award - The Off-Screen Story of 2010
Winner - Shawn Michaels Retires From Wrestling
1st Runner Up - Bret Hart Makes Peace and Returns to WWE
2nd Runner Up - Daniel Bryan gets fired for violation of PG Guidelines

The Curt Hennig Award - Most Underrated Wrestler of 2010
Winner - Christian
1st Runner Up - John Morrison
2nd Runner Up - Kofi Kingston

The Steve Austin Award - The Marquee Name of 2010
Winner - John Cena
1st Runner Up - Randy Orton
2nd Runner Up - Kurt Angle

The Patricia Stratigias Award - Best Female Wrestling Performer of 2010
Winner - Mickie James
1st Runner Up - Michelle McCool
2nd Runner Up - Layla

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Wrapping Up The 2010 Gorilla Awards - Part 2

The Phil Brooks Award - The Best Executed Face/Heel Turn of 2010
Winner - Randy Orton (From Heel to Face - Slow Turn in January 2010)
1st Runner Up - Mr. Anderson (From Heel to Face - at TNA Sacrifice)
2nd Runner Up - Jeff Hardy (From Face to Heel - at TNA Bound For Glory)

The Eddie Guerrero Award - The Wrestler Whose Absence Was Felt Most in 2010
Winner - Shawn Michaels (Retired on March 29, 2010)
1st Runner Up - Triple H (Inactive due to injury from April 25, 2010)
2nd Runner Up - Chris Jericho (Left WWE on September 20, 2010)

The Matt Cappottelli Award - The Most Inspirational Wrestling Personality of 2010
Winner - Shawn Michaels
1st Runner Up - The Miz
2nd Runner Up - John Cena

The Roderick Toombs Award - The Best Talker of 2010
Winner - The Miz
1st Runner Up - CM Punk
2nd Runner Up - Wade Barrett

The Vince McMahon Award - The Best Non-Wrestling Performer of 2010
Winner - Michael Cole
1st Runner Up - Vickie Guerrero
2nd Runner Up - Eric Bischoff

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Wrapping Up The 2010 Gorilla Awards - Part 1

We're already almost done with a quarter of 2011, and this post seems very out of date. But I promised I would finish this, and so I will. Here are the remaining awards that I didn't have time to write about. I'm only including the names:

The Mick Foley Award - Best Spot of 2010
Winner - Kurt Angle Moonsaults off the Steel Cage on to Mr. Anderson
1st Runner Up - Randy Orton RKOs Evan Bourne in the middle of his Shooting Star Press
2nd Runner Up - Mickie James jumps off the Steel Cage on to Tara.

The Terry Bollea Award - Most Overrated Wrestler of 2010
Winner - Jeff Hardy
1st Runner Up - Abyss
2nd Runner Up - Kane

The Hart/Austin Award - Best Match of 2010
Winner - Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (Career vs. Streak) - Wrestlemania XXVI
1st Runner Up - John Morrison vs. Sheamus (WWE Championship #1 Contender Ladder Match) - Tables, Ladders and Chairs
2nd Runner Up - Beer Money, Inc vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (TNA World Tag Team Championship Series 2 out of 3 Falls Match) - TNA Impact, 12 August 2010

The Hector Guerrero Award - Biggest Letdown of 2010
Winner - The payoff to the John Cena vs. Nexus storyline
1st Runner Up - Daniel Bryan being given the losing treatment on NXT
2nd Runner Up - The Vince McMahon vs. Bret Hart match at Wrestlemania XXVI

The Austin/McMahon Award - Best Feud of 2010
Winner - Beer Money, Inc. vs. The Motor City Machine Guns
1st Runner Up - CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio
2nd Runner Up - The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan