NXT Year-End Award

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NXT Year-End Awards
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2017 NXT Year-End Awards logo
CountryUnited States
Presented byWWE
First awardedJanuary 13, 2016; 5 years ago (2016-01-13)

The NXT Year-End Awards is a concept used by WWE, where awards, similar to the Academy, Grammy and WWE's own Slammy Awards, are given to professional wrestlers who have competed in NXT in the previous year. There have been five editions of the concept. Fans cast votes online, via Twitter or WWE's website, to decide the winners. Recipients of the award are given a golden ring bell with a hammer.[1]

Starting with the 2019 edition, the NXT Year-End Awards also recognize wrestlers from the NXT UK brand.

Versions[]

2015 NXT Year-End Awards[]

The award winners were announced on the January 13, 2016 episode of NXT via video presentation.[2] Votes were cast through WWE's website.[3]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[1][3]

Male Competitor of the Year
Female Competitor of the Year
  • Bayley
Overall Competitor of the Year
  • Finn Bálor
    • All Male and Female Competitor of the Year nominees were eligible
Tag Team of the Year
  • Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady
TakeOver of the Year
Match of the Year
  • Sasha Banks (c) vs. Bayley for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Brooklyn
    • Kevin Owens (c) vs. Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship at The Beast in the East
    • Charlotte (c) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Becky Lynch in a Fatal 4-Way match for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Rival
    • Finn Bálor (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Lonndon
    • Sami Zayn (c) vs. Kevin Owens for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Rival
    • Bayley (c) vs. Sasha Banks in a 30-Minute Iron Man match for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Respect
    • Sasha Banks (c) vs. Becky Lynch for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Unstoppable
    • Sasha Banks (c) vs. Charlotte for the NXT Women's Championship on NXT (July 15)
    • Finn Bálor vs. Adrian Neville to determine the No. 1 contender for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Rival
    • Kevin Owens (c) vs. Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship on NXT (March 25)

2016 NXT Year-End Awards[]

The award winners were announced on the TakeOver: San Antonio pre-show on January 28, 2017. Votes were cast through Twitter.[4]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[4][5]

Male Competitor of the Year
Female Competitor of the Year
  • Asuka
    • Nia Jax
    • Bayley
Overall Competitor of the Year
  • Shinsuke Nakamura
Tag Team of the Year
Breakout of the Year
TakeOver of the Year
Match of the Year
  • The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) (c) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) in a two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: Toronto
    • Finn Bálor vs. Shinsuke Nakamura on NXT (July 13)
    • Asuka (c) vs. Mickie James for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Toronto
    • American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) (c) vs. The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) for the NXT Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: The End
    • Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura at TakeOver: Dallas
    • Bayley (c) vs. Asuka for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Dallas
    • Sami Zayn vs. Samoa Joe in a Two-out-of-three falls match to determine the No. 1 contender for the NXT Championship on NXT (March 9)
    • Samoa Joe (c) vs. Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship in a Steel Cage match at TakeOver: The End
    • Bayley vs. Nia Jax on NXT (July 20)
    • Tye Dillinger vs. Bobby Roode at TakeOver: Toronto
    • Neville vs. Finn Bálor on NXT (March 2)
    • Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Toronto
    • The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) (c) vs. American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) in a Two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Tag Team Championship on NXT (July 6)

2017 NXT Year-End Awards[]

The award winners were announced on TakeOver: Philadelphia on January 27, 2018. Votes were cast through Twitter.[7]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[8][7]

Male Competitor of the Year
Female Competitor of the Year
Overall Competitor of the Year
  • Asuka
    • Aleister Black[9]
Tag Team of the Year
  • Sanity (Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe, and Killian Dain)
    • The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar)
    • The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder)
    • The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)
    • #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)
Rivalry of the Year
  • Aleister Black vs. Velveteen Dream
    • Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode
    • Ember Moon vs. Asuka
    • Tyler Bate vs. Pete Dunne
    • The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) vs. Sanity (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, Killian Dain, and Nikki Cross)
    • Kassius Ohno vs. Hideo Itami
    • #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) vs. The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar)
Breakout Star of the Year
  • Aleister Black
    • Andrade "Cien" Almas with Zelina Vega
    • The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly)
    • Sonya Deville
    • Ruby Riott
    • Velveteen Dream
    • Lars Sullivan
TakeOver of the Year
Future Star of NXT
Match of the Year
  • Tyler Bate (c) vs. Pete Dunne for the WWE United Kingdom Championship at TakeOver: Chicago
    • Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas at TakeOver: Brooklyn III
    • Asuka (c) vs. Ember Moon for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Brooklyn III
    • Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: WarGames
    • The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) (c) vs. The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) in a Triple threat elimination match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: Orlando
    • The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) vs. The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) and Roderick Strong vs. Sanity (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, and Killian Dain) in a WarGames match at TakeOver: WarGames
    • Asuka (c) vs. Nikki Cross in a Last Woman Standing match for the NXT Women's Championship on NXT (June 28)
    • The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) (c) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) in a Ladder match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: Chicago
    • Bobby Roode (c) vs. Roderick Strong for the NXT Championship on NXT (June 5)
    • NXT Women's Championship Qualifying Battle Royal on NXT (October 25)*
    • Aleister Black vs. Velveteen Dream at TakeOver: WarGames
    • Johnny Gargano vs. Kassius Ohno on NXT (December 6)
  • Competitors in the match were Abbey Laith, Aliyah, Bianca Belair, Billie Kay, Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Lacey Evans, Mercedes Martinez, Nikki Cross, Reina Gonzalez, Rhea Ripley, Sage Beckett, Santana Garrett, Sarah Logan, Taynara Conti, Vanessa Borne and Zeda.

2018 NXT Year-End Awards[]

The award winners were announced on the TakeOver: Phoenix pre-show on January 26, 2019. Votes were cast through Twitter.[10]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[11]

Male Competitor of the Year
Female Competitor of the Year
Overall Competitor of the Year
  • Kairi Sane
Tag Team of the Year
  • The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong)
    • War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe)
    • The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)
    • Heavy Machinery (Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight)
    • Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan
    • Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate)
Rivalry of the Year
Breakout Star of the Year
TakeOver of the Year
Future Star of NXT
Match of the Year
  • Andrade "Cien" Almas (c) vs. Johnny Gargano for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Philadelphia
    • Pete Dunne, Ricochet, and War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe) vs. The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong) in a WarGames match at TakeOver: WarGames
    • Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) (c) vs. The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) for the NXT Tag Team Championship on NXT (July 11)
    • Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa in an Unsanctioned match at TakeOver: New Orleans
    • Adam Cole vs. EC3 vs. Killian Dain vs. Lars Sullivan vs. Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream in a Ladder match for the inaugural NXT North American Championship at TakeOver: New Orleans
    • Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Kairi Sane for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Brooklyn 4
    • Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream at TakeOver: Chicago II
    • Aleister Black (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT Championship on NXT (July 25)
    • Pete Dunne (c) vs. Zack Gibson for the WWE United Kingdom Championship on NXT (August 22)
    • Aleister Black vs. Adam Cole in an Extreme Rules match at TakeOver: Philadelphia
    • Pete Dunne (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the WWE United Kingdom Championship on NXT (June 13)
    • The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) (c) vs. Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan for the NXT Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: Chicago II
    • Nikki Cross vs. Bianca Belair on NXT (September 12)
    • Ricochet (NA-c) vs. Pete Dunne (UK-c) in a Champion vs. Champion match for both the NXT North American Championship and the WWE United Kingdom Championship on NXT (September 19)
    • Ricochet (c) vs. Pete Dunne vs. Adam Cole in a Triple threat match for the NXT North American Championship on NXT (October 10)

2019 NXT Year-End Awards[]

The award winners were announced on the January 1, 2020 episode of NXT. Votes were cast through Twitter and WWE's website.[13]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[14][13]

Male Competitor of the Year
Female Competitor of the Year
Overall Competitor of the Year
Tag Team of the Year
Rivalry of the Year
Breakout Star of the Year
TakeOver of the Year
Future Star of NXT
Match of the Year

2020 NXT Year-End Awards[]

The award winners were announced on the December 30, 2020 on WWE.com. Votes were cast through WWE's website.[15]

Winners will be listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Male Competitor of the Year
Female Competitor of the Year
  • Io Shirai
    • Rhea Ripley
    • Candice LeRae
    • Dakota Kai
    • Kay Lee Ray
    • Tegan Nox
Overall Competitor of the Year
  • Io Shirai
    • Adam Cole
Tag Team of the Year
Rivalry of the Year
Breakout Star of the Year
Event of the Year
Future Star of NXT
Match of the Year

Records[]

  • Most wins – Adam Cole (7)
  • Most wins in a single year – Adam Cole (4, 2019)
  • Most wins for Female Competitor of the Year – Asuka (2)
  • Most wins for Tag Team of the Year (individually) – Kyle O'Reilly (3)
  • Most wins for Match of the Year – Johnny Gargano (3)
  • Most wins for Rivalry of the Year – Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole (2)
  • Most nominations – Johnny Gargano (24)
  • Most nominations in a single year – Ricochet (2018) and Adam Cole (2020) (8)
  • Most nominations for Overall Competitor of the Year – Asuka (3)
  • Most nominations for Female Competitor of the Year – Asuka (3)
  • Most nominations for Tag Team of the Year (team) – The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) (3)
  • Most nominations for Tag Team of the Year (individually) – Kyle O'Reilly (4)
  • Most nominations for Match of the Year – Johnny Gargano (13)
  • Most nominations for Match of the Year in a single year – Sasha Banks (2015), Pete Dunne (2018), and Ricochet (2018) (5)
  • Most nominations for Rivalry of the Year – Johnny Gargano (6)
  • Most nominations for Rivalry of the Year in a single year – Johnny Gargano (3, 2018)
  • Most nominations for Breakout Star of the Year – Andrade "Cien" Almas, Lars Sullivan, Rhea Ripley, and Damian Priest (2)
  • Most nominations for Future Star of NXT – Xia Li (2)
  • Event with the most Match of the Year nominations – TakeOver: Toronto (4, 2016)
  • Event series with the most TakeOver of the Year wins – TakeOver: WarGames (3)
  • Championship with the most Match of the Year wins – NXT Championship (3)
  • Championship with the most Match of the Year nominations – NXT Championship (17)
  • Championship with the most Match of the Year nominations in a single year – NXT Women's Championship (5, 2015)

See also[]

References[]

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