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NAPW 2008 Year-End Awards
WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
Krusty Kid Paul (58%)
"LDK" Lloyd Rees (18%)
Jake Phoenix (18%)
KRENSHOV (6%)
Taking home a whopping 56% of the voting with 18 votes, even those who hate him acknowledge the tremendous year Krusty Kid Paul has had. KKP started the year as one-half of the Tag Team champions along with Tommy Deathrow. After breaking off from his long-time friend, KKP established himself as a new force in singles competition, culminating in an NAPW World Title win. With wins over names like "LDK" Lloyd Rees, D!, Billy Kryenik, Tommy Deathrow, Mystic Exposition and Stone Zellor, KKP capped off a renaissance year by retaining the NAPW championship against "The Show" Chad Kurtis - ending Kurtis' NAPW career in the process. KKP is without a doubt the NAPW Wrestler of the Year.
TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR
Chris Casino & Evan Cartwright (45%)
Faces of Death (24%)
Mystic Exposition (15%)
Sexy Adorable Drunks (12%)
Chris Kamikaze & Stein (3%)
How can you deny the success? Chris Casino & Evan Cartwright returned to NAPW, supposedly for a four show "reunion tour." Instead, they won every match they had en route to becoming two-time NAPW tag team champions, and then broke the record for tag title defenses. They also broke into the top ten longest title reigns. Casino & Cartwright have only one loss in regular tag team action in 2008 with an astounding 7-3-1 record. It's no wonder 47% of fans voted them as tag team of the year! Not bad for a team returning "temporarily."
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Trent Daniels (42%)
Jer$ey (24%)
Danny Chaos (21%)
O'Connor Boys (6%)
KBOND (6%)
Fans were split between three men for this vote, but by the end, Trent Daniels pulled away from the pack. Daniels spent most of 2008 embroiled in lengthy, heated feuds with three different men... three of the best NAPW has to offer. D!, "The Ego Buster" Dan Ryan, and Jake Phoenix had all they could handle and more from the newcomer. Daniels spent much of the year wrestling through a series of rib injures, a gutsy performance that impressed fans and peers. Daniels was the man to unseat Stone Zellor as Heritage Champion, and made it to the final round of the 2008 Canada Cup (he lost to Dan Ryan). In the final months of the year, fans have seen a new side of Trent Daniels, as he seems willing to go to any lengths to win matches and is now on the receiving end of boos. Still, 40% of voters is enough to secure him the Newcomer of the Year award.
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
D! (36%)
Chris Casino & Evan Cartwright (27%)
Billy Kryenik (15%)
Ravager (12%)
Bruce "The Beast" Richards (9%)
For much of the voting, it looked like Dirty Money were going to walk away with another award. Then the votes began pouring in for D!. When the dust cleared, it was D! taking the winner's share of the purse. That D! returned to NAPW at all after vanishing in late 2006 was a shocker. The malevolent D! returned at Sole Survivor and almost won the whole thing if it wasn't for Trent Daniels. Engaging in epic feuds with Daniels, "The Ego Buster" Dan Ryan and even getting into it with Dirty Money, D! has kept himself busy - even if it means pounding on Joey Malone again and again. D! was unsuccessful in his only NAPW World Title shot in 2008, but fans have to wonder: How long before the former face of NAPW once again holds championship gold?
MOST POPULAR OF THE YEAR
"LDK" Lloyd Rees (45%)
Billy Kryenik (21%)
Bruce "The Beast" Richards (15%)
"The Ego Buster" Dan Ryan (9%)
"WHITE CHOCOLATE~" Tiffany Macintyre (9%)
"Da Technical Terror"... and undeniably the most popular man in New Alberta Pro. Even if most fans can't understand what the hell he's talking about beneath an increasingly thick Newfie accent. The most decorated man in NAPW history spent 2008 doing what he does best: Win. And win big, taking home the Sole Survivor match, a second Tagstravaganza victory, and a top-notch World Title run. As Rees blew roof after roof off with potential MOTY candidates, the fans cheered louder and louder. With a commanding 45% of the vote, it's clear that the fans are behind the "East-Coast Sensation." The only thing that could put his popularity even higher... is dethroning the Faces of Death for the tag team titles with his partner Dan Ryan.
MOST HATED OF THE YEAR
Krusty Kid Paul (36%) / Ravager (36%)
D! (15%)
KRENSHOV (6%)
Chris Casino (6%)
Krusty Kid Paul or Ravager? That was the question as the votes came in and almost every other vote was for either man. In the end, the fans agreed that they hated the current NAPW World Champ and one-half of the Tag Team champions equally.
Last year, Ravager was voted both Wrestler of the Year and Most Popular. How things have changed. In the summer, Ravager turned his back then-partner Dez Carter and the NAPW fans, aligning with KRENSHOV as the Faces of Death. The level of violence the FoD have brought to NAPW is unprecedented; they have injured and forced out of NAPW several wrestlers. Their most shocking act of violence put NAPW Commissioner Terry Brandon into a coma. Yet although virtually all of Ravager's despicable acts have been as unit with KRENSHOV, clearly the fans were almost willing and ready to hate Kenny Krenshov. But Ravager, at one-time the savior of NAPW and perhaps at one time the most popular man in history, betrayed them. And they may not ever forgive.
As far as the current World Champion goes, the fans hated Krusty Kid Paul the entire year. First he and Tommy Deathrow nearly put The Expositioner out of wrestling. Then KKP turned on Deathrow. But as much as the fans hated him then, they would come to hate him even more as NAPW World Champion. The title put KKP into a position to do what he loves most: crush the dreams of all around him. As one part of Dirty Money, KKP has kept all challengers out of his reach. But perhaps the act that makes fans hate him more than ever is the one he committed at the close of 2008: forcing "The Show" Chad Kurtis out of NAPW... for good. And as 2009 begins, the two most hated men in NAPW are still on top. What will the new year hold?
MOST IMPROVED OF THE YEAR
Krusty Kid Paul (76%)
Trent Daniels (15%)
Jer$ey (9%)
The year of the Showstoppa continues. KKP trounced his competition in vote-getting. Again, as with wrestler of the year, it seems that the fans of NAPW - despite their noted hatred for the man - have no choice but to recognize the banner year Paul has had. When KKP debuted in NAPW, he seemed to be destined for the mid-card, largely acting as Tommy Deathrow's lackey. After a prolonged absence, KKP returned and finally won tag gold with Tommy. It wasn't until after SAD broke up that the fans truly began to see how much KKP had altered. Slowly but surely, KKP began racking up wins in the singles division. KKP surprised everybody when he came just within a three-count of defeating "LDK" Lloyd Rees for the World title. It was a clear sign that Krusty Kid Paul was evolving into a top-level competitor.
Then he won the World Title and truly became a CHAMPION. From lowly curtain jerker, to tag team champion, to the most dominating NAPW champion since Ravager, KKP walks away with the Most Improved Wrestler award.
FEUD OF THE YEAR
"The Show" Chad Kurtis vs Krusty Kid Paul (30%)
Chris Casino vs Faces of Death (15%)
"LDK" Lloyd Rees vs Jake Phoenix (12%)
"The Ego Buster" Dan Ryan vs D! (12%)
Mystic Exposition vs Sexy Adorable Drunks (3%)
There were any number of heated, intense feuds in NAPW over 2008. But when the dust settled, perhaps the feud with the biggest ramifications received the most votes. "The Show" Chad Kurtis and KKP began their feud by meeting in a #1 Contender's match to the World Title. The match ended in a draw and saw both men receiver a World Title match against then-champion "LDK" Lloyd Rees. In the title match, KKP pinned Rees. Then began "The Show's" pursuit of another title shot and KKP's refusal to give him one. KKP taunted "The Show" through-out the fall, but in a non-title encounter and tag encounters, KKP could beat "The Show" but never pin him. Finally, the two met at Black Thursday IV in a Last Man Standing encounter. With copious help from paramour Suzy Scum, KKP defeated the tenacious, heroic "The Show" Chad Kurtis. Kurtis, honoring his vow, would leave NAPW, being unable to win the World Title before 2008 ended. KKP not only won the feud, but has made it so that he will never have to face "The Show" again.
MATCH OF THE YEAR
12/18/2008, BLACK THURSDAY IV - Krusty Kid Paul vs 'The Show' Chad Kurtis (Last Man Standing for the NAPW World Championship (30%)
10/31/2008, ANNIVERSARY ASSAULT III - Chris Casino & Evan Cartwright vs Faces of Death (Tag Team Championship) (22%)
NAPW Match of the Year: 3/25/2008, SOLE SURVIVOR '08 - 'LDK' Lloyd Rees vs Chris Casino (30-Minute Time Limit Draw) (9%)
NAPW Match of the Year: 6/17/2008, CHAOS IN COWTOWN - Jake Phoenix vs Matthew Kurtis vs Krusty Kid Paul (Barbed Wire Tables match for the Heritage Championship) (9%)
NAPW Match of the Year: 6/25/2008, THE 150th SHOW - 'The Nexus One' Rex Caliber vs D!
NAPW Match of the Year: 10/31/2008, ANNIVERSARY ASSAULT III - Krusty Kid Paul vs 'LDK' Lloyd Rees (Hallowe'en House of Horrors Cage Match for the World Championship) (9%)
NAPW Match of the Year: 4/29/2008, BINGO TANGO!! - Ravager vs Jake Phoenix (3%)
NAPW Match of the Year: 8/19/2008, PRELUDE TO HONOR - 'The Show' Chad Kurtis vs D! (3%)
NAPW Match of the Year: 12/18/2008, BLACK THURSDAY IV - Billy Kryenik vs Jersey (Gangster's Paradise Match) (3%)
NAPW Match of the Year: 3/25/2008, SOLE SURVIVOR '08 - Mystic Exposition vs Sexy Adorable Drunks (Three Stages of Hell for the Tag Team Championship) (3%)
Tying in with the feud of the year, the fans have voted the final match of 2008 as the Match of The Year. "The Show" vs KKP in a Last Man Standing match tore the house down, as each man used every weapon in his arsenal and then some to put his opponent down for the ten count. "The Show" seemingly would not die, but one last K-Cutter through a steel chair finally put a bloody, unwavering Kurtis down for the count, and out of NAPW. It was one hell of a way to go out, even if the fans could wish for a different result.
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