NXT Year-End Award

NXT Year-End Award
	2017 NXT Year-End Awards logo
Country	United States
Presented by	WWE
First awarded	January 13, 2016

The NXT Year-End Awards is a concept used by WWE, where awards, similar to the Academy, Grammy, and WWE's own Slammy Awards, are given to professional wrestlers who have competed in NXT in the previous year. There have been three editions of the concept. Fans cast votes online to decide the winners; initially through WWE's website in 2015, but voting has shifted to Twitter in the years since. Winners of the award receive a golden ring bell with a hammer.^[1]

Versions

2015 NXT Year-End Awards

The award winners were announced on the January 13, 2016, episode of NXT, via video presentation.^[2] Votes were cast through WWE's website.^[3]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.^[1]^[3]

Male Competitor of the Year Finn Bálor Kevin Owens Samoa Joe Sami Zayn Tyler Breeze	Female Competitor of the Year Bayley Sasha Banks Charlotte Becky Lynch Asuka
Tag Team of the Year Enzo and Cass Blake & Murphy The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara)	TakeOver of the Year NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn NXT TakeOver: Rival NXT TakeOver: Respect NXT TakeOver: London NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
Overall Competitor of the Year Finn Bálor Bayley Kevin Owens Sasha Banks Samoa Joe Charlotte Sami Zayn Becky Lynch Tyler Breeze Asuka	Match of the Year Sasha Banks vs. Bayley for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn Kevin Owens vs. Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship at The Beast in the East Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Becky Lynch in a Fatal 4-Way match for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: Rival Finn Bálor vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: London Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: Rival Bayley vs. Sasha Banks in a 30-Minute Iron Man match for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: Respect Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte for the NXT Women's Championship on NXT (July 15) Finn Bálor vs. Adrian Neville to determine the #1 contender for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: Rival Kevin Owens vs. Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship on NXT (March 25)

2016 NXT Year-End Awards

The award winners were announced on the NXT TakeOver: San Antonio pre-show on January 28, 2017. Votes were cast through Twitter.^[4]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.^[4]^[5]

Male Competitor of the Year Shinsuke Nakamura Samoa Joe Finn Bálor Bobby Roode	Female Competitor of the Year Asuka Nia Jax Bayley
Overall Competitor of the Year Shinsuke Nakamura Asuka	Tag Team of the Year The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) TM-61 (Nick Miller and Shane Thorne) #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)
Breakout of the Year Billie Kay and Peyton Royce Andrade Almas Ember Moon No Way Jose Sanity (Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe, Sawyer Fulton, and Nikki Cross)	Match of the Year The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) in a two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at NXT TakeOver: Toronto Finn Bálor vs. Shinsuke Nakamura on NXT (July 13) Asuka vs. Mickie James for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: Toronto American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) vs. The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) for the NXT Tag Team Championship at NXT TakeOver: The End Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura at NXT TakeOver: Dallas Bayley vs. Asuka for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: Dallas Sami Zayn vs. Samoa Joe in a Two-out-of-three falls match to determine the #1 contender for the NXT Championship on NXT (March 9) Samoa Joe vs. Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship in a Steel Cage match at NXT TakeOver: The End Bayley vs. Nia Jax on NXT (July 20) Tye Dillinger vs. Bobby Roode at NXT TakeOver: Toronto Neville vs. Finn Bálor on NXT (March 2) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: Toronto The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) vs. American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) in a Two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Tag Team Championship on NXT (July 6)

2017 NXT Year-End Awards

The award winners were announced on NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia on January 27, 2018. Votes were cast through Twitter.^[6]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.^[7]^[6]

Male Competitor of the Year Aleister Black Bobby Roode Drew McIntyre Andrade "Cien" Almas Roderick Strong	Female Competitor of the Year Asuka Ember Moon Nikki Cross Ruby Riott The Iconic Duo (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce)
Overall Competitor of the Year Asuka Aleister Black	Tag Team of the Year Sanity (Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe, and Killian Dain) The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)
Rivalry of the Year Aleister Black vs. Velveteen Dream Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode Ember Moon vs. Asuka Tyler Bate vs. Pete Dunne The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) vs. Sanity (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, Killian Dain, and Nikki Cross) Kassius Ohno vs. Hideo Itami #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) vs. The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar)	Breakout Star of the Year Aleister Black Andrade "Cien" Almas with Zelina Vega The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) Sonya Deville Ruby Riott Velveteen Dream Lars Sullivan
TakeOver of the Year NXT TakeOver: War Games NXT TakeOver: San Antonio NXT TakeOver: Orlando NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III NXT TakeOver: Chicago	Future Star of NXT Cezar Bononi Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) Heavy Machinery (Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight) Shayna Baszler Kairi Sane Fabian Aichner Lio Rush Bianca Belair Lacey Evans
Match of the Year Tyler Bate vs. Pete Dunne for the WWE United Kingdom Championship at NXT TakeOver: Chicago Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III Asuka vs. Ember Moon for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III Drew McIntyre vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: WarGames The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) vs. The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) in a Triple threat elimination match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at NXT TakeOver: Orlando The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) vs. The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) and Roderick Strong vs. Sanity (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, and Killian Dain) in a WarGames match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames Asuka vs. Nikki Cross in a Last Women Standing match for the NXT Women's Championship on NXT (June 28) The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) in a Ladder match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at NXT TakeOver: Chicago Bobby Roode vs. Roderick Strong for the NXT Championship on NXT (June 5) NXT Women's Championship Qualifying Battle Royal on NXT (October 25) Aleister Black vs. Velveteen Dream at NXT TakeOver: WarGames Johnny Gargano vs. Kassius Ohno on NXT (December 6)

Records

Aleister Black and Asuka have won the most NXT Year-End Awards with three each.
Asuka is the only female to have won "Overall Competitor of the Year", as well as being the only person consecutively nominated for a category ("Female Competitor of the Year").
For the "Match of the Year" category, Finn Bálor has the most nominations with seven.

References

1 2 James, Justin (January 13, 2016). "1/13 WWE NXT – Women's #1 contender Battle Royal, NXT Title drama, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
↑ Namako, Jason (January 13, 2016). "WWE NXT Results – 1/13/16 (#1 Contenders Battle Royal)". Wrestleview. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
1 2 Thomas, Jeremy (January 1, 2016). "Nominees Announced For WWE NXT Awards". 411mania.com. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
1 2 WWE.com Staff (January 16, 2017). "Triple H announces that voting is now open for the NXT Year-End Awards". WWE. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
↑ Witner, Arya (January 28, 2017). "NXT TakeOver San Antonio live results: Nakamura vs. Roode". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
1 2 WWE.com Staff (January 3, 2018). "Voting is now open for the 2017 NXT Year-End Awards". WWE. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
↑ Witner, Arya (January 27, 2018). "NXT TakeOver Philadelphia live results: Almas vs. Gargano". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

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[2015_PWTorch-1] 1 2 James, Justin (January 13, 2016). "1/13 WWE NXT – Women's #1 contender Battle Royal, NXT Title drama, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

[2] Namako, Jason (January 13, 2016). "WWE NXT Results – 1/13/16 (#1 Contenders Battle Royal)". Wrestleview. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

[2015_411mania-3] 1 2 Thomas, Jeremy (January 1, 2016). "Nominees Announced For WWE NXT Awards". 411mania.com. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

[2016_WWE-4] 1 2 WWE.com Staff (January 16, 2017). "Triple H announces that voting is now open for the NXT Year-End Awards". WWE. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

[5] Witner, Arya (January 28, 2017). "NXT TakeOver San Antonio live results: Nakamura vs. Roode". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

[2017_WWE-6] 1 2 WWE.com Staff (January 3, 2018). "Voting is now open for the 2017 NXT Year-End Awards". WWE. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

[7] Witner, Arya (January 27, 2018). "NXT TakeOver Philadelphia live results: Almas vs. Gargano". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 26, 2018.