POST Wrestling’s ‘Best of 2019’ show was released earlier this week as the panel assembled featuring John Pollock, Wai Ting, Braden Herrington, and Davie Portman.
The four make selections in twenty-four categories and below are the full list of picks along with last year’s choices from each panelist.
The Worst of 2019 show will be released this Tuesday for members of the POST Wrestling Café and will be out for everyone on Thursday.
MATCH OF THE YEAR (Male)
John Pollock: Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay (G1 Climax Night 7)
Last Year: Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega (NJPW Dominion)
Wai Ting: Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston (WrestleMania 35)
Last Year: The Golden Lovers vs. The Young Bucks (NJPW Strong Style Evolved)
Braden Herrington: Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano (NXT TakeOver: New York)
Last Year: Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12)
Davie Portman: Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano (NXT TakeOver: New York)
Last Year: Andrade Cien Almas vs. Johnny Gargano (NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia)
MATCH OF THE YEAR
John Pollock: Io Shirai vs. Candice LeRae (NXT TakeOver: Toronto)
Last Year: Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch (Evolution)
Wai Ting: Team Baszler vs. Team Ripley War Games (NXT TakeOver: War Games)
Last Year: Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch (Evolution)
Braden Herrington: Io Shirai vs. Candice LeRae (NXT TakeOver: Toronto)
Last Year: Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch (Evolution)
Davie Portman: Io Shirai vs. Candice LeRae (NXT TakeOver: Toronto)
Last Year: Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch (Evolution)
STORY OF THE YEAR
John Pollock: The launch of All Elite Wrestling
Last Year: WWE’s television deals with Fox and USA Network
Wai Ting: The launch of All Elite Wrestling
Last Year: WWE Crown Jewel controversy
Braden Herrington: The launch of All Elite Wrestling
Last Year: Ronda Rousey signs with WWE
Davie Portman: The launch of All Elite Wrestling
Last Year: Daniel Bryan’s return
BEST WRESTLER (Male)
John Pollock: Will Ospreay
Last Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Wai Ting: Will Ospreay
Last Year: Kenny Omega
Braden Herrington: Will Ospreay
Last Year: Kenny Omega
Davie Portman: Will Ospreay
Last Year: Johnny Gargano
BEST WRESTLER (Female)
John Pollock: Tessa Blanchard
Last Year: Becky Lynch
Wai Ting: Shayna Baszler
Last Year: Becky Lynch
Braden Herrington: Io Shirai
Last Year: Becky Lynch
Davie Portman: Io Shirai
Last Year: Meiko Satomura
BEST TAG TEAM
John Pollock: Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix
Last Year: The Undisputed Era
Wai Ting: Santana & Ortiz
Last Year: The Golden Lovers
Braden Herrington: The Young Bucks
Last Year: The Young Bucks
Davie Portman: The Undisputed Era
Last Year: The Young Bucks
BEST PROMOTION
John Pollock: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Last Year: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Wai Ting: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Last Year: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Braden Herrington: NXT
Last Year: NXT
Davie Portman: NXT
Last Year: NXT
BEST FEUD
John Pollock: Minoru Suzuki vs. Jushin Thunder Liger
Last Year: Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
Wai Ting: Jordan Devlin vs. David Starr
Last Year: Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
Braden Herrington: Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair
Last Year: Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
Davie Portman: Kofi Kingston vs. Everyone
Last Year: Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
BEST ON THE MIC
John Pollock: Cody
Last Year: Samoa Joe
Wai Ting: Cody
Last Year: Samoa Joe
Braden Herrington: Chris Jericho
Last Year: Tommaso Ciampa
Davie Portman: Chris Jericho
Last Year: Daniel Bryan
BEST CHARACTER
John Pollock: MJF
Last Year: Becky Lynch
Wai Ting: Orange Cassidy
Last Year: Becky Lynch
Braden Herrington: Chris Jericho
Last Year: Velveteen Dream
Davie Portman: Chris Jericho
Last Year: Velveteen Dream
BEST BROADCASTER
John Pollock: Excalibur
Last Year: Mauro Ranallo
Wai Ting: Mauro Ranallo/Nigel McGuinness/Beth Phoenix
Last Year: Kevin Kelly
Braden Herrington: Kevin Kelly
Last Year: Mauro Ranallo
Davie Portman: Mauro Ranallo
Last Year: Mauro Ranallo
BEST EVENT
John Pollock: NJPW Royal Quest
Last Year: NXT TakeOver: New Orleans
Wai Ting: G1 Climax A Block Final (Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi)
Last Year: Wrestle Kingdom 12
Braden Herrington: NXT TakeOver: New York
Last Year: Wrestle Kingdom 12
Davie Portman: NXT TakeOver: New York
Last Year: NXT TakeOver: New Orleans
BEST WRESTLING TV SERIES
John Pollock: GLOW Season 3
Last Year: GLOW Season 2
Wai Ting: NXT
Last Year: NXT
Braden Herrington: NXT
Last Year: NXT
Davie Portman: NXT
Last Year: NXT
BEST WRESTLING EPISODE
John Pollock: November 1st edition of Friday Night SmackDown (NXT invasion)
Last Year: September 8th edition of ROH (Jay Lethal vs. Jonathan Gresham)
Wai Ting: November 1st edition of Friday Night SmackDown (NXT invasion)
Last Year: GLOW Season 2 Episode 4 ‘The Mother of All Matches’
Braden Herrington: October 2nd edition of NXT (Adam Cole vs. Matthew Riddle, Finn Balor appears)
Last Year: July 18th edition of NXT (The Undisputed Era vs. Moustache Mountain)
Davie Portman: October 23rd edition of NXT (Finn Balor’s turn on Johnny Gargano)
Last Year: July 18th edition of NXT (The Undisputed Era vs. Moustache Mountain)
BEST BOOK
John Pollock: Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Storytellers by Greg Oliver & Steven Johnson
Last Year: NITRO by Guy Evans
Wai Ting: n/a
Last Year: n/a
Braden Herrington: n/a
Last Year: n/a
Davie Portman: n/a
Last Year: n/a
BEST DIGITAL SERIES
John Pollock: AEW’s ‘Road to’ series
Last Year: Ten Pounds of Gold
Wai Ting: NWA Powerrrrrr
Last Year: Being the Elite
Braden Herrington: Tommaso Ciampa series of videos
Last Year: WWE 24
Davie Portman: Steve Austin’s ‘Broken Skull Sessions’
Last Year: WWE 365
BEST THEME MUSIC
John Pollock: Kenny Omega’s AEW theme ‘Battle Cry’ by Little V
Last Year: WALTER’s theme
Wai Ting: Mia Yim’s theme, ‘Number 1’
Last Year: Wrestle & Flow’s Guerrillas of Destiny theme
Braden Herrington: The Fiend’s theme by Code Orange
Last Year: ‘All In’ by Downstait
Davie Portman: The Fiend’s theme by Code Orange
Last Year: ‘Blood Water’ theme for NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn
BEST PIECE OF MERCHANDISE
John Pollock: A Little Bit of the Bubbly
Last Year: Bad Luck Fale’s ‘Fuck ‘em’ shirt
Wai Ting: Taichi’s tearaway pants
Last Year: Villain Club Golden Edition shirt
Braden Herrington: A Little Bit of the Bubbly
Last Year: Custom ‘CHAOS’ Chicago-style shirt
Davie Portman: A Little Bit of the Bubbly t-shirt
Last Year: Kairi Sane’s pirate hat
BEST CELEBRITY INVOLVEMENT
John Pollock: Cain Velasquez debuts at TripleMania
Last Year: Wheatus performs at Joey Janela’s Lost in New York
Wai Ting: ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ and their coverage of WWE
Last Year: Wheatus performs at Joey Janela’s Lost in New York
Braden Herrington: Joan Jett performs Ronda Rousey’s theme at WrestleMania
Last Year: Stephen Amell at ‘All In’
Davie Portman: Tyson Fury at Crown Jewel
Last Year: Stephen Amell at ‘All In’
ANGLE OF THE YEAR
John Pollock: Katsuyori Shibata’s brawl with KENTA
Last Year: Gedo turns on Kazuchika Okada
Wai Ting: Katsuyori Shibata’s brawl with KENTA
Last Year: The Bullet Club is Fine
Braden Herrington: Cody and Dustin Rhodes reunite at Double or Nothing
Last Year: Aleister Black’s parking lot attack
Davie Portman: Finn Balor’s attack on Johnny Gargano
Last Year: Aleister Black’s parking lot attack
MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER
John Pollock: Lance Archer
Last Year: Hangman Page
Wai Ting: Jon Moxley
Last Year: Becky Lynch
Braden Herrington: Rey Mysterio
Last Year: Cody Rhodes
Davie Portman: King Corbin
Last Year: Becky Lynch
BEST SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT
John Pollock: RJ City
Last Year: Game Changer Wrestling
Wai Ting: RJ City
Last Year: Becky Lynch
Braden Herrington: Oney Lorcan
Last Year: Tommaso Ciampa
Davie Portman: Oney Lorcan
Last Year: Becky Lynch
BEST PODCAST (NON-POST WRESTLING)
John Pollock: Pacific Rim Podcast with Jim Valley & Fumi Saito
Last Year: Wrestling Observer Radio
Wai Ting: Talk is Jericho
Last Year: Wrestling Observer Radio
Braden Herrington: PWT Cast
Last Year: SNME
Davie Portman: GRAPPL Spotlight
Last Year: Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard
BEST INTERVIEW ON A MEDIA OUTLET
John Pollock: Jon Moxley on Talk is Jericho
Last Year: Kenny Omega on Talk is Jericho
Wai Ting: Jon Moxley on Talk is Jericho
Last Year: Kenny Omega on Talk is Jericho
Braden Herrington: Jon Moxley on Talk is Jericho
Last Year: John Cena
Davie Portman: Jon Moxley on Talk is Jericho
Last Year: Kenny Omega on Talk is Jericho
BEST MOMENT OF 2019
John Pollock: Kofi Kingston wins WWE title at WrestleMania
Wai Ting: Kofi Kingston wins WWE title at WrestleMania
Braden Herrington: Kofi Kingston wins WWE title at WrestleMania
Davie Portman: Kofi Kingston wins WWE title at WrestleMania