DTRT Wrestling News Staff Make Year End Selections

Right after Christmas, each member of the DTRT Wrestling News Staff was asked to make their picks for the following:

1. Match of the Year
2. Superstar of the Year
3. Best Storyline of the Year
4. Worst Storyline of the Year
5. Shocker of the Year
6. Breakout Star of the Year

So without further ado, here are our choices. If you have different ideas, please use the comment section to tell us where you differ.

DTRT Wrestling News Co-Founder Trevor’s Choices with comments:

 

1. Match of the Year – Undertaker VS Triple H WrestleMania 28: Without a doubt this earns the title of match of the year. The buildup to the match was intense. You had two icons of the “attitude era” battling it out against the undertakers undefeated streak.
2. Superstar of the Year – CM Punk he has been able to successfully hold fans attention with one of the longest title raigns while also having a successful heel turn.
3. Best Storyline of the Year – CM Punk respect, again this angle has performed well this year.
4. Worst Storyline of the Year – AJ crazy chick, I am proud of the popularity AJ achieved after WrestleMania 28. Until then she was known simply as “Daniel Bryans girlfriend”. However after the kiss of death that cost Bryan his match at mania and to lose his championship and a very good public breakup WWE creative didn’t know when enough was enough. AJ became known as “the crazy chick” kissing all the top male superstars and didn’t see any in-ring action for months.
5. Shocker of the Year – Rybacks sudden rise in popularity: Going from squash matches to a fan favorite in just a couple of months has to be a record. It felt like he only had 2 or 3 matches and the crowd was already breaking into chants of “Feed me more”. This was one of the best comebacks and all props to Ryan Reeves who up until an injury was going by the name Skip Shepfield and do a horrible gimmick which he himself admitted he hated. Ryback was the original gimmick he had perfected during his developmental period at FCW / now NXT and it should have stayed that way in the first place.
6. Breakout Star of the Year – Say what you like about how WWE creative has done with her character of AJ Lee, there is no doubt in my mind that if you are going to count for the entire year it has to be April Mendez. Not since Trish or Lita have we seen a diva be so popular with the audience and ultimately carry the ratings for Raw for several weeks during the summer. It is proof to me that Diva’s should be considered superstars and billed as such in matches. April Mendez has the talent and in-ring ability if she should ever be allowed to properly use it? Hopefully against her friend and another talented diva Kaitlyn.

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DTRT Wrestling News WWE Reporter and Diva Opinion Writer Vanessa’s choices:

 

1. Match of the Year: Undertaker vs Triple H Hell in the cell at wrestle mania 28
2. Superstar of the Year: CM PUNK
3. Best Storyline of the Year: The who attacked Kaitlyn storyline
4. Worst Storyline of the Year: the AJ/cena scandal
5. Shocker of the Year: Ziggler winning money in the bank
6. Breakout Star of the Year: Kaitlyn

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DTRT Wrestling News Raw and Impact Recap Reporter John’s choices: