Announcing the Winners of the Smarkies, the Botchies, and the 2024 Wreddit Awards

(Bold means winners, italicized means an exact tie in voting)

The Smarkies, or the Best of Wrestling in 2024

Best Overall Wrestler

Nominee Percentage
Will Ospreay 29.7%
Cody Rhodes 14.6%
Gunther 12.9%
Byan Danielson 9.6%
Drew McIntyre 7.9%
CM Punk 5.6%
Swerve Strickland 4.7%
"Timeless" Toni Storm 3.3%
Kevin Owens 3.0%
Zack Sabre Jr. 2.4%
Roxanne Perez 1.2%
"Hangman" Adam Page 1.0%

Best Male Wrestler

Nominee Percentage
Will Ospreay 33.9%
Cody Rhodes 13.6%
Gunther 13.3%
Bryan Danielson 8.9%
Drew McIntyre 8.4%
CM Punk 5.7%
Swerve Strickland 4.9%
Zack Sabre Jr. 3.3%
Kevin Owens 2.1%
Bron Breakker 1.5%
Oba Femi 1.3%
Ilja Dragunov 1.1%

Best Female Wrestler

Nominee Percentage
"Timeless" Toni Storm 28.5%
Rhea Ripley 14.7%
Iyo Sky 11.5%
Roxanne Perez 6.3%
Liv Morgan 5.3%
Mercedes Mone 5.0%
Tiffany Stratton 4.7%
Chelsea Green 4.7%
Athena 3.1%
Mariah May 3.1%
Sareee 2.6%
Willow Nightingale 2.6%
Kris Statlander 2.5%
Mayu Iwatani 2.3%
Jordynne Grace 1.5%

Best Tag Team or Trio

Nominee Percentage
Fraxiom 30.0%
The Outrunners 13.8%
Motor City Machine Guns 10.4%
Sting & Darby Allin 10.3%
MxM Collection 7.5%
The Young Bucks 6.3%
The Bang Bang Gang 4.2%
FTR 3.7%
The Awesome Truth 3.7%
The Wolfdogs 3.3%
Roxanne Perez & Cora Jade 2.4%

Best Non-Wrestler

Nominee Percentage
Paul Heyman 23.5%
Nigel McGuinness 14.9%
Samantha Irvin 12.6%
Michael Cole 9.6%
Nick Aldis 8.1%
RJ City 7.6%
Prince Nana 5.8%
Wade Barrett 3.9%
Taz 3.4%
Don Callis 2.8%
Adam Pearce 2.1%
Stokely Hathaway 1.9%

Best Faction

Nominee Percentage
Solo Sikoa's Bloodline 19.0%
The OG Bloodline 14.9%
The Hurt Syndicate 11.7%
The Judgement Day 10.3%
The Wyatt Sicks 9.5%
Chase U 7.0%
The Patriarchy 6.0%
The Conglomeration 4.7%
TMDK 4.7%
War Dogs 4.3%
No Quarter Catch Crew 3.0%
Los Ingobernables de Japon 2.3%

Match of the Year

Nominee Percentage
CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre, Bad Blood 29.0%
Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns, WrestleMania XL 18.6%
Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay, Dynasty 18.2%
Bryan Danielson vs. Swerve Strickland, All In 9.6%
"Hangman" Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland, All Out 4.7%
Sting & Darby Allin vs. The Young Bucks, Revolution 3.6%
Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay, Worlds End 2.0%
Swerve Strickland vs. Will Ospreay, Forbidden Door 1.7%
Kyle Fletcher vs. Will Ospreay, Full Gear 1.6%
MJF vs. Will Ospreay, Dynamite 250 1.5%
Gunther vs. Sami Zayn, WrestleMania XL 1.4%
AJ Styles vs. Cody Rhodes, Backlash 1.4%
Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada, Wrestle Kingdom 18 1.2%
Chase U vs. Fraxiom, Heatwave 1.1%

Event of the Year

Nominee Percentage
WrestleMania XL 58.5%
All In 17.2%
Revolution 8.7%
Backlash France 4.8%
All Out 3.9%
Worlds End 2.5%
Heatwave 1.7%
Forbidden Door 1.1%

Breakout Star

Nominee Percentage
Jacob Fatu 24.8%
Oba Femi 15.6%
Joe Hendry 13.9%
Mariah May 13.1%
Kyle Fletcher 13.0%
Bron Breakker 6.4%
Mina Shirakawa 4.3%
Jaida Parker 3.3%
Je'von Evans 1.9%
Wren Sinclair 1.1%

Best Face

Nominee Percentage
Cody Rhodes 39.7%
Bryan Danielson 10.8%
Will Ospreay 10.7%
Willow Nightingale 8.5%
Sami Zayn 8.2%
Jey Uso 7.4%
Joe Hendry 4.9%
CM Punk 4.1%
Orange Cassidy 2.6%
Trick Williams 1.1%

Best Heel

Nominee Percentage
Drew McIntyre 31.0%
Dominik Mysterio 21.0%
"Hangman" Adam Page 13.5%
The Rock 11.8%
Christian Cage 11.3%
Gunther 4.9%
Mariah May 4.3%
Jon Moxley 1.1%

Best Talker (Wrestler)

Nominee Percentage
CM Punk 29.9%
Drew McIntyre 17.6%
"Timeless" Toni Storm 8.6%
Kevin Owens 7.5%
The Rock 6.5%
MJF 5.0%
Christian Cage 3.7%
Cody Rhodes 2.9%
Harley Cameron 2.7%
Samoa Joe 2.6%
Mark Briscoe 2.1%
Swerve Strickland 2.1%
Will Ospreay 1.4%

Best Talker (Non-Wrestler)

Nominee Percentage
Paul Heyman 50.6%
Nigel McGuinness 19.6%
MVP 8.4%
Nick Aldis 6.6%
RJ City 5.7%
Don Callis 5.3%
Stokely Hathaway 3.4%

Most Improved

Nominee Percentage
Solo Sikoa 19.7%
Kyle Fletcher 16.4%
Harley Cameron 13.9%
Nia Jax 13.0%
Dominik Mysterio 11.3%
Oba Femi 10.3%
Julia Hart 3.4%
Karrion Kross 3.1%
Anna Jay 2.8%
Lash Legend 2.5%
Komander 1.8%

Most Underrated

Nominee Percentage
Chad Gable 21.8%
Ludwig Kaiser 16.7%
Jay White 13.2%
Big Bill 7.3%
PAC 6.3%
Komander 5.3%
Tatum Paxley 5.1%
JD McDonagh 5.1%
Jack Perry 4.9%
Axiom 3.4%
Thea Hail 2.8%
Akira Tozawa 2.5%
Tavion Heights 2.1%

Best Promotion

Nominee Percentage
WWE 62.8%
AEW 24.5%
Deadlock Pro Wrestling 4.7%
NJPW 1.8%
Stardom 1.8%
CMLL 1.5%

Best Weekly Show

Nominee Percentage
RAW 31.3%
Dynamite 29.5%
NXT 25.2%
SmackDown 11.6%
Collision 1.2%

"Markout Moment" of the Year

Nominee Percentage
Cody Rhodes defeats Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship 26.5%
Bryan Danielson wins the AEW World Championship at All In 9.7%
"Hangman" Page burns down Swerve Strickland's childhood home 9.0%
Nigel McGuiness returns to the ring at All In 7.0%
Cody Rhodes confronts The Rock and Roman Reigns at the WrestleMania Press Conference 6.9%
Sting's retirement match 6.9%
Joe Hendry debuts on NXT 5.5%
Fans in France singing "il est vraiment (x3) phè-no-mè-nal la lala la (x4)" 5.1%
Final Boss Rock gets chokeslammed by the Undertaker 4.5%
The Wyatt Sicks make their debut 4.2%
Paul Heyman refuses to acknowledge Solo Sikoa as the Tribal Chief 3.8%
Mariah May turns on "Timeless" Toni Storm 3.3%
Sami Zayn hits Gunther with a BRAINBUSTAAAAAH 3.3%
CM Punk aligns himself with the OG Bloodline 1.2%

Best Entrance

Nominee Percentage
Sting, Revolution 22.4%
Jey Uso, Backlash France 15.7%
AJ Styles, Backlash France 11.6%
Bryan Danielson, All In 11.1%
Sami Zayn, RAW in Montreal, 4/15 9.3%
Roman Reigns, WrestleMania XL 7.6%
The Rock, WrestleMania XL 7.0%
Rhea Ripley, WrestleMania XL 5.6%
Nigel McGuiness, All In 3.4%
Will Ospreay, All In 3.1%
Joe Hendry, Slammiversary 2.6%

Best Attire

Nominee Percentage
Sting and his sons, Revolution 38.6%
Rhea Ripley, Survivor Series 16.2%
"Timeless" Toni Storm, All In 10.3%
Cody Rhodes, WrestleMania XL Night Two 8.6%
Tiffany Stratton, Christmas Gear 7.6%
Will Ospreay, All In 7.0%
Tatum Paxley, NXT Casket Match 4.1%
Swerve Strickland, Dynasty 3.9%
Mina Shirakawa, Winter is Coming 1.9%

Promo of the Year

Nominee Percentage
"Hangman" Page sets fire to Swerve's House 17.8%
The Rock's promo in the rain on a bloodies Cody Rhodes 13.2%
The New Day's Tenth Anniversary Segment 11.8%
Drew McIntyre: "I prayed for this and it happened" 11.6%
Seth Rollins and CM Punk confrontation on the final RAW of the Year 9.9%
"Hangman" Page: "I gave them every damn thing that I had, and they chose him." 7.1%
Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins, The Rock and Roman Reigns at the WrestleMania XL Press Conference 6.2%
CM Punk, Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre on the final RAW before WrestleMania 5.5%
Bo Dallas laments the death of Bray Wyatt in an interview with Uncle Howdy 4.5%
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods insult each other the week before the New Day Tenth Anniversary 3.3%
Jeff Jarrett discusses the importance of winning the Owen Hart cup 2.7%
Erick Rowan talks about losing Bray and Brodie in a Wyatt Sicks interview 2.4%
CM Punk and Drew McIntyre's final encounter before Hell in a Cell 1.7%
"Timeless" Toni Storm: "Nothing happens for a reason" 1.3%

Feel Good Moment of the Year

Nominee Percentage
Cody Rhodes wins the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, also featuring Samantha Irvin breaking down 48.6%
Sting retiring on top with his sons as part of his final match 17.5%
Bryan Danielson wins the AEW World Championship 11.7%
Nigel McGuiness returns at All In 4.6%
El Phantasmo comes back to the ring after beating cancer 3.1%
Jay Briscoe's kids walking out on Dynamite with Mark Briscoe 3.0%
Zack Sabre Jr. wins the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship 2.5%
Sami Zayn wins the Intercontinental Championship 2.0%
R-Truth's hot tag at the Royal Rumble 1.9%
Kenny Omega returns at Worlds End 1.8%
Jey Uso wins the Intercontinental Championship 1.7%

Gimmick of the Year

Nominee Percentage
"Timeless" Toni Storm 38.7%
"The Final Boss" The Rock 17.2%
Drew McIntyre 9.5%
Joe Hendry 7.4%
The Outrunners 5.5%
Chelsea Green 5.2%
Dominik Mysterio 5.0%
"Hangman" Adam Page 4.2%
The Wyatt Sicks 3.0%
Harley Cameron 1.4%

Best Ancillary Content

Nominee Percentage
WWE Vault 26.7%
Botchamania 18.8%
Hey!(EW) 12.9%
Deadlock Podcast 10.4%
Wrestling With Wregret 6.6%
OSW Review 5.8%
Simon Miller's Youtube Channel 3.4%
Wrestling Bios 3.0%
BV&G: The Bryan and Vinny Show with Bryan Alvarez's 90-something year old grandmother reviewing wrestling 2.8%
Markyd123 2.5%

Best Video Package

Nominee Percentage
Sting reminisces to "The Silence" ahead of his final match 24.4%
Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes: WrestleMania XL Hype Package 22.6%
AEW Full Gear, "November Rain" 14.8%
CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre, SummerSlam Hype Package 10.7%
Bryan Danielson "Good Riddance" video 9.0%
The History of the NXT Women's Division 6.2%
Jimmy vs. Jey, "My Brother's Keeper" 6.2%
Iyo Sky vs. Bayley, WrestleMania XL Hype Package 2.9%
Money in the Bank's Cold Open 2.0%

Hater of the Year

Nominee Percentage
Drew McIntyre 63.4%
"Hangman" Adam Page 19.2%
Nigel McGuiness 5.3%
The New Day 4.0%
CM Punk 3.8%
Mariay May 1.1%
Jamie Hayter 1.0%

The Botchies, or the Worst of Wrestling in 2024

Worst WWE Event

Nominee Percentage
SmackDown, Feb 2nd (Cody hands the Main Event of WrestleMania to the Rock) 46.6%
Crown Jewel 37.8%
Survivor Series: WarGames 3.6%
Saturday Night's Main Event 2.8%
Royal Rumble 2.2%
Bad Blood 1.9%
Money in the Bank 1.8%
Halloween Havoc 1.6%
BattleGround 1.0%

Worst AEW Event

Nominee Percentage
Dynamite, April 10th (The All In Footage Episode) 60.0%
Dynamite, October 23rd (Chris Jericho wins the ROH Title) 22.5%
Forbidden Door 6.3%
Blood and Guts 4.3%
Double or Nothing 2.8%
Full Gear 2.6%

Worst International Event

Nominee Percentage
AAA TripleMania XXXII Tijuana 49.0%
AAA TripleMania XXXII Monterrey 18.8%
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 14.0%
AAA TripleMania XXXII Mexico City 11.4%
Stardom World Rendezvous 5.6%

Worst Other Event

Nominee Percentage
MLW Eric Bischoff's One Shot 61.8%
TNA Hard to Kill 24.4%
MLW Pit Fighters 11.7%

Worst AEW Match

Nominee Percentage
Billy Gunn vs. Jay White 32.2%
Chris Jericho vs. HOOK, Dynasty 22.9%
Britt Baker vs. Mercedes Mone, All In 19.9%
Jon Moxley vs. Tetsuya Naito, Forbidden Door 16.9%
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Madison Rayne 7.2%

Worst International Match

Nominee Percentage
Chris Jericho vs. Mistico, CMLL 91st Anniversary 28.7%
Kota Ibushi vs. Naomichi Marufuji, NOAH The New Year 26.2%
Alberto El Patron vs. Nic Nemeth, AAA TripleMania XXXII Mexico City 21.8%
Vampiro, El Mesias & Pagano vs. La Secta Cibernetica, AAA TripleMania XXXII Monterrey 7.9%
EVIL vs. SANADA, NJPW G1 Climax 34 Day 3 3.1%
Bestia 666, Dr. Wagner Jr. & Tigre Blanco vs. Negro Casas & Los Dinamitas, AAA TripleMania XXXII Monterrey 1.5%
Danshoku Dino vs. Yuni, DDT Get Alive 1.0%

Worst WWE Match

Nominee Percentage
Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso, WrestleMania XL 64.2%
Liv Morgan vs. Nia Jax, Crown Jewel 8.3%
Women's War Games Match 7.7%
Jinder Mahal vs. Seth Rollins, RAW January 15th 7.3%
Kelani Jordan vs. Wendy Choo, No Mercy 3.9%
Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley, Bad Blood 3.8%
Ivy Nile vs. Zoey Stark, RAW May 6th 2.6%
Iyo Sky vs. Sonya Deville, RAW August 5th 1.4%

Worst Other Match

Nominee Percentage
Chris Jericho vs. Matt Cardona, ROH Final Battle 46.4%
Bully Ray vs. Raj Dhesi, MLP Forged in Excellence 33.5%
Crazzy Steve vs. Tommy Dreamer, TNA Hard to Kill 11.4%
Paul Walter Hauser vs. Tom Lawlor, MLW Never Say Never 7.8%

Worst International Storyline

Nominee Percentage
Alberto El Patron as AAA Mega Champion 73.2%
SANADA joins the War Dogs 13.0%
The Eye in AAA 5.2%
Yuki Ueno trying to prove himself as the new ace of DDT without ever challenging the former ace 3.1%
Team 2000 X 2.6%
Saya Kamitani turns heel 1.4%

Worst WWE Storyline

Nominee Percentage
The Crown Jewel Championships 31.7%
Brooks Jensen teases a serious mental health episode and "breaks kayfabe" to say it's real 17.1%
Ridge Holland's too dangerous storyline, sudden kayfabe retirement, ends Chase U 12.7%
Judgement Day vs. the Terror Twins 12.0%
WWE rushes the Bloodline's reunion 11.0%
The dissention and "break-up" of A-Town Down Under 6.7%
Lola Vice's sob story to Roxanne Perez 4.6%
Chad Gable leaves the Alpha Academy 2.5%

Worst AEW Storyline

Ok, this is a weird one. I gathered nominees for the category, I wrote them out, and it just ... I guess it didn't enter my mind when I made the forms or something? And no one noticed for a whole month? Genuinely, I fucked up here and it's on me. Here's how the nominations looked.

Nominee Percentage
The reignited Adam Cole & MJF storyline and the sudden double turn 138 votes
The Death Riders takeover of AEW's main event scene 61 votes
Chris Jericho mentioning Jay Briscoe, then beating Mark Briscoe for the ROH title 45 votes
Chris Jericho vs. HOOK 43 votes
The Elite Takeover 22 votes
Showing the CM Punk Footage 16 votes
Mercedes Mone vs. Britt Baker 13 votes

The Shockmaster Award for Worst Gimmick

Nominee Percentage
"The Learning Tree" Chris Jericho 34.2%
The Death Riders 12.1%
Matthew and Nicholas Jackson as EVPs 11.4%
The Pure Fusion Collective 11.3%
"The Scapegoat" Jack Perry 8.4%
JBL and his love of run-ins 7.2%
American Champion MJF 5.9%
Wendy Choo 5.9%
Jonathan Gresham 2.6%

WTF Moment of the Year

Nominee Percentage
AEW airs the Jack Perry/CM Punk footage 37.7%
Cody Rhodes gives up his WrestleMania main event spot to the Rock 36.2%
Tessa Blanchard returns to TNA 10.2%
TNA doesn't pull the trigger on Joe Hendry, then books him in a "Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl Match" 7.9%
Jon Moxley chokes Bryan Danielson with a plastic bag 4.2%
Tony Khan wears a Neckbrace during the NFL Draft 1.5%
The Rock shows up at Bad Blood 1.4%

Worst Wrestler

Nominee Percentage
Chris Jericho 26.4%
Tonga Loa 16.3%
Jon Moxley 12.4%
Odyssey Jones 8.9%
Nia Jax 8.6%
Vampiro 8.3%
Britt Baker 6.4%
Ridge Holland 3.6%
Adam Cole 3.5%
Ash by Elegance 1.5%
EVIL 1.2%
Liv Morgan 1.0%

Worst Tag Team or Trio

Nominee Percentage
The Learning Tree 29.9%
The Pure Fusion Collective 17.4%
The Young Bucks 17.1%
The Good Brothers 7.9%
Finn Balor & JD McDonagh 6.3%
Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa 6.0%
Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill 5.6%
A-Town Down Under 5.3%
AOP 2.8%
The Brrothers of Funstruction 1.3%

Worst Faction

Nominee Percentage
The Learning Tree 31.7%
Death Riders 17.9%
The Pure Fusion Collective 14.4%
Undisputed Kingdom 13.7%
The Judgement Day 7.0%
The Elite 6.1%
The lWo 5.3%
The System 2.6%

The 2024 Wreddit Awards

Wredditor of the Year

Nominee Percentage
/u/daprice82 33.3%
/u/hikingbeginner 20.7%
/u/magus7000 19.4%
/u/scavgraphics 10.3%
/u/sinch- 9.6%
/u/dogglesnake 4.5%

Submission of the Year

Nominee Percentage
Should Japanese wrestlers have their ink glands removed? - by b5jeff 32.2%
Every John Cena clothesline to Masked Kane - by LoneBlack3hadow 22.3%
Trump Admits Entire Political Career Has Been WWE Storyline To Set Up Match With Cody Rhodes, by The Onion - posted by ravioli207 16.8%
My uncle gave me the ECW One Night Stand DVD - Can someone identify the signature? - by illrathergofirst 11.7%
(K&QOTR SPOILERS) main event ending [Okay daddy] - by here_to_vibe1 8.3%
Every year my Brother creates a Wrestlemania sign to hang above the TV. - by MrOxBull 7.8%

Comment of the Year

Nominee Percentage
This entire comment chain - https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/SMmKcnQtLX 24.1%
We are not flinching - by so many people 19.7%
Toni Storm's stolen dog - by snakebitegreen - https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/9bEgI2ulRR 8.0%
Eddie Kingston addresses his leg - by KneeHighMischief - https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/VLLtSbQugh 7.0%
This image by KneeHighMischief - https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/4r8lb8Bj8X 6.5%
Jim Cornette Fan's vast preponderance - by Docjackal - https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/fLk4giffaC 5.8%
AEW World Trios Champions - by Bluepaynxex - https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/EoP6d2K6mm 5.3%
Defconwrestling's story on meeting Virgil - https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/jxf5kKM3lm 4.8%
"I did it, for The Rock" - The Rock - by OptimisticRealist__ - https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/bbpD1jdojR 4.6%
Making him work on a holiday smdh - by RaceCarGrin about RVD working on the 4/20 Dynamite https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/dPuLv7x08U 3.9%
Nothing wrong with putting on a great match for the buoys in the back - by 100PercentAdam - https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/5fiyhPHP4O 3.6%
Mark Henry regarding Mercedes/Britt - by Default_Defect - https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/QuuEmnOzuw 3.4%
Mark Henry sleeps, REAL SHIT - by The_Homestarmy - https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/yiLusJjz87 3.2%

The "SquaredCircle is Leaking" Award for Best SquaredCircle Moment in a Non-Wrestling Subreddit

Nominee Percentage
Samoa Joe being in the new Yakuza game and all related gaming subreddits: (/r/games, /r/yakuzagames, etc.) going straight into Steiner Math promos. 45.6%
/r/AskLegal thread asking if Shad Khan committed bribery to get AEW a good deal with WBD 25.8%
/r/nba breaking out in non-stop ratings talk 17.5%
/r/okbuddycinephile confuses WLW for a wrestling promotion. 6.4%
/r/criterion comment comparing the purchase of Criterion to AEW and ROH 4.7%

Best Related Subreddit

Nominee Percentage
/r/truth 29.1%
/r/wrasslin 19.7%
/r/deadlockpw 17.7%
/r/AEWOfficial 12.7%
/r/WWE 7.2%
/r/njpw 6.1%

Running Joke/Meme of the Year

Nominee Percentage
The Rock claiming credit for everything 21.8%
Dave Meltzer GIF 13.6%
Taz saying anything "Jones" 13.6%
GOONER 12.6%
We are not flinching 10.0%
Saying Joe Hendry's Name 8.5%
____ banned from Collision 8.3%
Folks, where's the lie 6.8%
Chase U Okada 3.7%

Best Original Content

Nominee Percentage
Wrestling Observer Rewind 32.4%
GOONER 24.7%
Jinder Mahal - Hate Me Now 15.7%
Thealogy 10.3%
Ibou vs. Bloodline Fans twitter space 9.2%
It's a New Day by /u/hikingbeginner 7.4%