WWE 2011 Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year winner should be ...
by Geno Mrosko on Dec 8, 2011 8:00 PM EST
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Just days away from the WWE 2011 Slammy Awards, which will take place on next Monday's (Dec. 12) episode of Raw, the company website is asking for fans to vote for who will be the "Superstar of the Year."
There are six candidates to choose from:
1. Alberto Del Rio
Del Rio did it all this year. He won the Royal Rumble but failed in his bid to win the world heavyweight championship (because of a late change in plans thanks to Edge retiring). He won the Smackdown Money in the Bank briefcase and later the WWE championship. His feud with Edge was memorable. His title reign, not so much.
2. CM Punk
Kicked off the year with an outstanding feud with Randy Orton that culminated in a great match at WrestleMania. Not long after, he delivered his infamous shoot promo on Raw and went on to have one of the greatest and hottest matches in WWE history at Money in the Bank against John Cena. He faltered mid-year under the weight of Triple H and Kevin Nash but recovered to win the WWE title, which he still holds today.
3. John Cena
He would be a shoo in for this award every year, no matter what he does, simply because of his name. He started the year feuding with The Miz for the WWE title while simultaneously setting up his big money program with The Rock. He was also the guy who put Punk over at Money in the Bank. He's won and lost the WWE title and mostly remained either directly in the main event scene or right on the fringe of it.
4. Mark Henry
"The World's Strongest Man" didn't do much of anything to start the year but his being drafted to Smackdown and subsequent heel turn in April has led to great things. He won the world heavyweight championship from Randy Orton and hasn't looked back ever since.
5. The Miz
I'm not entirely sure why he's on this list. He started the year as WWE champion and feuded with John Cena through WrestleMania, where he successfully defended his title in the main event but he was an afterthought throughout the entire process. All eyes were on Rock vs. Cena, not Miz vs. Cena. He eventually dropped the title and went on to tag team with R-Truth for most of the remainder of the year to mixed results.
6. Randy Orton
As noted previously, Orton had a great feud with Punk leading to a match at WrestleMania. Shortly after, he was drafted to Smackdown and quickly won the world heavyweight championship while engaging in a solid program with Christian that yielded multiple pay-per-view main event quality matches. He dropped the title to Mark Henry, putting him over in a big way, and has since gone on an unprecedented run of elevating talent around him. He's in the process of doing that with Wade Barrett as of this writing.
Those are your candidates, Cagesiders. For my money, it's a difficult decision. On the one hand, Punk did an awful lot to rekindle interest in pro wrestling as a whole. On the other, Henry has almost single-handedly made Smackdown a great show for months on end. Then again, the fact that Orton has been using his talent in the ring and standing within the company to elevate talent earns him strong consideration alone.
It's a tough one, folks. My vote, along with a poll so you can cast yours, is after the jump.
My vote goes to Mark Henry with Randy Orton coming in right on his heels and CM Punk a close third. Your turn:
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I voted 4 CM for what he has brought to the industry this year
but i cannot say he will win…I believe Del Rio has the inside track to this one because of the championship match at WM with edge the royal rumble win with 40 guys and actually holding/defending the title at MITB/Hell in a cell.
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Er…I voted for Mark Henry. Imposing monster heels who talk a mean game on the mic and back it up in the ring are totally awesome. More of those in wrestling, please.
Orton
Gotta respect what he’s been doing on Smackdown. Punk may talk about change but Orton’s the one actually going out there, trying to help create new stars.
Punk will win it
I voted Orton though, as said he won the belt, had a bunch of quality matches with Christian. Then put over Mark Henry, Cody Rhodes, and now working with Wade Barrett. I’m such a fan of when top guys help elevate others around them, improves the overall product in a hurry..
Punk 2nd, Henry 3rd…
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by Doors Hate MMA Fighters on Dec 8, 2011 10:16 PM EST reply actions
Henry
Been on a tear on SmackDown and the ratings show it. Outstanding big man matches, very good on the mic, and can legitimately sell a move.
More importantly, doesn’t have to contend with HHH black-holing the spotlight. But its probably gonna go to CM Punk, which I don’t have a problem with.
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5 votes went to Juan Cena.. just curious as to why.
2 to Miz.. curious as well.
Its rought.. I think the other 4 have great cases.. and as a stand alone.. any of them could win it & it wouldn’t be a slap in the face. I voted Orton.. but could have gone with any of them… minus Miz/Cena.
However.. lets look at this from a different angle.. since that’s what pro-wrestling really is.. showing you the angles they want you to see why hiding everything else. Who would getting the slammy go to elevate most? I think it would help legitimize Punk, but a heel getting it certainly would gloat the most with it. So.. who do you think will get it? Aside from the kiddies voting Cena.. we all know that is going to happen.. but will the Fed allow Cena to win, or do they have their minds made up already?
However.. lets look at this from a different angle.. since that’s what pro-wrestling really is.. showing you the angles they want you to see why hiding everything else. Who would getting the slammy go to elevate most? I think it would help legitimize Punk, but a heel getting it certainly would gloat the most with it. So.. who do you think will get it? Aside from the kiddies voting Cena.. we all know that is going to happen.. but will the Fed allow Cena to win, or do they have their minds made up already?
by Rawuncutnxrated on Dec 8, 2011 10:52 PM EST reply actions
2 votes for Miz?
Seriously you guys, who voted for Miz?
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
Maybe he reads the site.
Hmm, and he got a friend to vote along with him?
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by McKinley B. Noble on Dec 9, 2011 1:38 AM EST up reply actions
Two hipsters went on this site to vote for Miz "ironically."
At the very least I hope that’s what it is, Miz is probably my least favorite guy on the roster right now, including Mark Henry and Kane.
Punk, no question
Not even close.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 9, 2011 2:27 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Punk is #1 because he overcame a largely forgettable 2010 to finally join the main event scene alongside John Cena. He started out the year with an upper card feud with a big star (Orton) and also fought John Cena numerous times on Raw throughout the first half of the year. So even prior to his explosion in June, he stayed relevant in the upper card picture in the earlier part of the year. And of course the main reason he wins this award is for his work from June through now. His epic promo along with the MITB main event match created the most memorable moments of the year for WWE. He has now joined John Cena in the depleted main event scene. He’s a bigger star than Randy Orton right now, which shows you just how much Punk accomplished this year.
Cena is #2. He wrestled in the main event of every single PPV this year except for the one in September (HHH vs Punk). Even for Cena’s standards, that is a ridiculous spotlight on him, and it lasted all year long since he stayed healthy.
Orton was a solid performer all year long, especially in the summer with his great matches with Christian and his recent work with trying to get some lesser heels over. And he was clearly a big star even though he was never the main event presence this year. But he consistently had upper card feuds all year long and got the job done and it still means something to beat him. I’d stick him at number three. Prior to this year I was never a big fan of Orton’s in-ring work, but he’s definitely turned my opinion of him around this year in a big way.
Del Rio probably has the most accolades this year as far as in-storyline accomplishments go, so I suppose that’s enough gets him #4. But if we are judging beyond that then he clearly did not have as big a year as Punk or Cena. I think having him curtain jerk Mania and lose to Edge was a huge blow to his credibility and strong heel presence. I don’t understand why he didn’t go over that night and continue a strong heel run through the remainder of the year. Punk’s win at Survivor Series would have felt like a much bigger deal if ADR really was the Superstar of the Year.
Miz is #5 of this group even though he really doesn’t belong on the list. His main title feud at the start of the year was with Lawler, I think, which is kind of a joke. He had a horrible match with Cena at WrestleMania and wasn’t even the main foil to Cena in that feud, as Rock was clearly Cena’s main rival. And he was a tag wrestler for much of the rest of the year.
Mark Henry also doesn’t belong on the list and he is a worse choice than the Miz. The fact that he’s been booked to be a dominant champ for several months now doesn’t change the fact that aside from the Royal Rumble, his first PPV match this year came in July, and that was a 6-minute snoozer with the Big Show. How can a guy be in contention for superstar of the year if he was completely irrelevant for the first 6 or 7 months of the year? He had to settle for the pre-show battle royal at WrestleMania as well. He’s had a very strong presence on the show since September, but even in that time he has not headlined any PPVs, and prior to that he was largely a non-factor this year.
Even with the latest developments its Punk by a landslide.
He’s the first guy to break through the glass ceiling since Cena, Orton, and Edge did all around the same time back in 2005/2006.
If Jericho is coming back to feud with Punk through Wrestlemania then it should get him back all the heat he had this summer.
by Jonathan Loesche on Dec 9, 2011 8:32 AM EST reply actions
WWE dosen’t hand out this award purely on fan voting do they?
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by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Dec 9, 2011 12:09 PM EST reply actions
it would be interesting to see who actually wins their fan vote
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by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Dec 9, 2011 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
My vote went to Mark Henry
just to spite astrick
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I vote Henry
Hes been on a great tear, and put on one of the best matches I’ve seen with his first Match with Big Show when the broke the ring.
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