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Credit: All Elite Wrestling
To help get things going positively in 2021, All Elite Wrestling held an awards show ahead of this week’s Dynamite on the Bleacher Report App to celebrate its biggest and brightest stars.
The show included regular awards such as Breakout Star for Men and Women, as well as categories such as Hardest Moment to Clean After and Best Twitter Follow.
Tony Schiavone served as night for night, while Britt Baker provided additional commentary. The show started with Schiavone giving us a quick preview of what we could expect from the show.
Baker interviewed most of the winners after accepting their awards and providing some amazing comic moments with her Superstars.
Let’s see who took home the prize in each category.
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Nominees:
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MJF “We deserve better” speech
- Cody Rhodes Accepts Dog Collars Match
- Jon Moxley Accepts Inner Circle Invitation
- Brandi Rhodes Confront Jade Cargill
- Orange Cassidy debate Chris Jericho
Winner: Cody Rhodes Accepts Dog Collars Match
Honestly, it was a surprising result. Cody’s promotion aimed at Brodie Lee was good, but it did not stand out as much as MJF’s promo or Cassidy in the debate with Jericho.
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Nominees:
- Matt Hardy’s debut
- Jake the Snake Roberts Confronts Cody
- Brodie Lee arrives as The Exalted One
- Sting’s AEW Debut
- Miro revealed as Best Man
Winner: Sting’s AEW Debut
It was the only moment that could win this award. All the others were miles behind the importance of Sting’s arrival in AEW.
The fact that his debut was a real surprise made it much more special. If it did not win, there would have been a commotion.
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Nominees:
- Orange Cassidy
- Darby Allin
- Eddie Kingston
- John Silver
Winner: Darby Allin
All four of these stars would have been good choices, but Allin clearly had the best year out of the four in terms of overall success.
His new alliance with Sting will still keep Allin in the spotlight, and his reign as TNT champion could eventually make him one of the company’s top stars.
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Nominees:
- Hikaru Shida
- Anna Jay
- Tay Conti
- Groot Swole
- Penelope Ford
Winner: Hikaru Shida
Shida was great in AEW, even though she was not seen as much this year as many would have liked, but it’s weird to call the champion a breakaway.
Shida has been in AEW since the beginning and has always been seen as a potential champion. This award would have made more sense to go to Anna Jay after all her work with The Dark Order and to be The Elite.
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Nominees:
- Inner circle spring Orange Cassidy
- Dark Order attacks Nightmare Family
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Nyla Rose puts Riho and Hikaru Shida through tables
- Brian Cage sneak attacks Jon Moxley
- The Nightmare Family and Inner Circle brawl
Winner: The inner circle jumps Orange Cassidy
This award could reasonably go to any of the nominees, but Cassidy who was attacked by The Inner Circle was the most one-sided battle, so it made sense to win.
Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara accepted the award and delivered a quick speech behind the stage.
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Nominees:
- Rey Fenix
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Marq Quen
- Nick Jackson
- PAC
Winner: Rey Fenix
Fenix has been one of the most exciting people to watch in the entire AEW over the past year, so this award was given to the perfect person.
PAC was not enough, Nick Jackson set a light schedule and Marq Quen is no better than his partner, Isiah Kassidy. Fenix was the only choice that made sense, and he deserves the award after stealing the show several times.
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Nominees:
- Orange Cassidy drops orange juice on The Inner Circle
- The car park
- The Bunkhouse Game
- Big Swole throws garbage at Dr. Britt Baker by
Winner: Parking clearance
It was a strange category for the award. But given the criteria, a parking lot that was literally used to use trash fits the bill.
Santana and Ortiz gave a hilarious speech in which they questioned why they got the award when they lost the match.
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Nominees:
- Cody Rhodes steel cage maansault
- Sammy Guevara hit by golf cart
- Kenny Omega wins AEW World Championship and walks out of AEW
- Bloody Dr. Britt Baker teen Hikaru Shida
- Young Bucks frog splashes off stadium railing
Winner: Kenny Omega wins AEW World Championship and walks out of AEW
The definition of what makes a WTF moment is vague, so AEW could have gone with any of these moments and justified the decision.
Omega to take the title and appear on Impact Wrestling the following Tuesday was a great story and definitely created a bit of excitement for both promotions.
Opening the bakery was probably a second choice. The image of her smiling with a crimson face sticks in your brain.
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Nominees:
- Jericho and MJF: Le Dinner Debonair
- Britt Baker was Tony Schiavone
- Young Bucks kick MJF in a pool
- Inner Circle Vegas Trip
Winner: Young Bucks kick MJF in a pool
It’s shocking that Dinner Debonair did not win this award after all the attention it received, but perhaps AEW thought it was reason enough to give the award to someone else.
When MJF found out what award he was getting, his reaction was as funny as you would expect. He plays everything like an old-school heel, and it’s great to watch.
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Nominees:
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MJF
- Orange Cassidy
- Dr Britt Baker
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Nyla Rose
Winner: Nyla Rose
This is the most subjective award of the evening, as the best Twitter version is going to be different for every person on the platform.
Rose is a good choice, but MJF should probably have won it. His interaction with fans online was one of the best parts of his character. Even when he posted something nice about his grandfather, he did it in a typical MJF way.
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Nominees:
- Stampede Stadium
- Moxley wins AEW championship
- Shida wins AEW women’s championship
- Omega and Page defeat The Young Bucks
- Darby Allin wins Cody’s TNT title
- The Young Bucks win the AEW Tag Team title
Winner: Stampede Stadium
AEW had many memorable moments in 2020. But Stadium Stampede was a whole match full of unforgettable moments, so it was the right choice.
Even if you did not like this fight, you have to admit that it had some entertaining places. Seeing Hangman Page ride the horse across the field will never grow old.
Shaq also challenged Cody Rhodes before presenting the nominees. Cody has responded to Dynamite and it looks like he will partner with Red Velvet to tackle Shaq and Jade Cargill in the future.