Dave Meltzer releases The Wrestling Observer Awards 2020 with Jon Moxley coming up top

Dave Meltzer’s The Wrestling Observer has released its official The Wrestling Observer Awards 2020 with AEW’s Jon Moxley coming on top.

Check out the list of winners and losers according to Meltzer below.

Wrestler of The Year: Jon Moxley

Female Wrestler of The Year: Bayley

Tag Team of The Year: Young Bucks

Most Outstanding Wrestler of The Year: Kenny Omega

Most Improved Wrestler of The Year: Britt Baker

Most Underrated Wrestler of The Year: Ricochet

Most Overrated Wrestler of The Year: Bray Wyatt

Rookie of The Year: Pat McAfee

Best Non Wrestler of The Year: Taz

High Flyer of The Year: Rey Fenix

Technical Wrestler of The Year: Zack Sabre Jr

Most Charismatic Wrestler of The Year: MJF

Move of The Year: Kenny Omega’s One Winged Angel

Feud of The Year: Jon Moxley vs Eddie Kingston

Worst Feud of The Year: Bray Wyatt vs Braun Strowman

Match of The Year: Kenny Omega & Hangman Page vs Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Team Titles at Revolution

Worst Match of The Year: Bray Wyatt vs Braun Strowman in a Wyatt Swamp Fight

Best Weekly Show of the Year: Dynamite

Worst Weekly Show of The Year: Raw

Promoter of The Year: Tony Khan

Best Promotion of The Year: AEW

Worst Promotion of The Year: WWE

Best Major Show of The Year: AEW Revolution

Worst Major Show of The Year: WWE Super ShowDown

Gimmick of The Year: Orange Cassidy

Worst Gimmick of The Year: The Fiend

Best Announcer of The Year: Excalibur

Worst Announcer of The Year: Michael Cole

Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic of The Year: WWE firing employees during a pandemic where they were setting profit records

Best On Interviews: Eddie Kingston

Best Documentary of The Year: Dark Side of The Ring

Its a mixed bag for me with the awards. For one, it felt like he was giving in to what peers are saying rather than looking at the products and promotions objectively. Moxley and Bayley were good choices for winners here.

Also Bray Wyatt as The Fiend was an awesome gimmick. They just gave him bad bookings last year and prematurely ended his undefeated streak for a quick buck. Alexa Bliss taking over the role to torment Randy Orton also proves a point that Wawae could go all over the place with The Fiend character.

I also agree with Ricochet being an underrated talent. I already forgot anything memorable he did last year because creatives weren’t utilizing him that much.

Also why is there no NJPW mentioned here?

Anyway I’d love to hear your thoughts on thia. Leave a comment below and follow me on Twitter at @thefanboyseo!