I would like to start by saying Happy New Year to everyone! I would also like to thank all of you who voted at the end of the year. Thanks to your votes, I was able to decipher through all the clutter and be able to finally unveil the big winners of 2008.
With that, here are the winners of the 2008 Pro Wrestling Awards:
2008 Tag Team of the Year: The Dirt Sheet
Like I said, you may not like them, but they were one of the most talked about tag teams in 2008. Entering the year, The Miz and John Morrison were WWE Tag Team Champions. They were the hosts of one of the biggest syndicated web shows on WWE.com. They also won the 2008 Slammy Award for Best Tag Team at the end of 2008.
Even better for them, they ended the year the same way they started: As Tag Team Champions. They defeated The Kings of Punk to win the World Tag Team Champions, making them the first team to win tag team gold on both brands in a single year. They are The Dirt Sheet, and in their world, there are winners and there are losers...Be Jealous!
2008 Diva of the Year: Beth Phoenix
Despite being the first Divas Champion, Michelle McCool was not the Diva of the Year. That prestigious honor goes to "The Glamazon" Beth Phoenix. She spent the majority of the year either as Women's Champion or contending for the gold. She sent two huge divas (Candice Michelle and Melina) to the injured list. And she has been involved in an interesting relationship with Santino. Either way, she's the muscle, and Marella is the mouth. But as long as she's the Women's Champion, she doesn't care what happens.
2008 Knockouts of the Year: Awesome Kong & The Beautiful People
While the men of TNA have been focused on each other, the Knockouts have been making some serious noise this year. Awesome Kong did everything in her power to win matches and cripple her opponents. She bloodied Roxxi, decimated ODB and even retired Gail Kim. But it was her rivalry with Taylor Wilde that made everyone focus on the raw power of Kong. She began the year as Knockouts Champion, and she ended the year just as she started. But she wasn't the only one who made some noise in 2008.
You can look, but you can't touch The Beautiful People. They have beauty and brains, but I wondered if they could wrestle. They managed to prove me wrong when they were involved in several key matches in 2008. Despite their animosity for everyone that isn't them, TBP managed to keep themselves in the center of the spotlight for the duration of 2008 with a rivalry against Wilde. But it was their current rivalry that may have sealed their fate as Co-Knockouts of the Year as TNA is poking fun at former VP Candidate Sarah Palin with the "Extreme Makeover" storyline.
2008 Couple of the Year: Glamarella
He considers himself the greatest Intercontinental Champion "of all the times!" He made headlines when he shocked Umaga in his home country of Italy (thanks to Bobby Lashley) to become IC Champion for the first time. But in 2008, he was the co-winner for the 2008 Mic Check Award. His comedy is the reason why he was one of the best characters on RAW in 2008. But his obsession so to speak with The Glamazon is what makes he and Phoenix the Couple of the Year. So for one more day, Glamarella is the greatest couple "of all the times!"
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