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Chris
Jericho Wins The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Wrestler Of The Year Award -
6th
February 2020
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James Ryder The
Wrestling Observer Newsletter has published its reader-voted awards for the period
between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2019, and our very own Chris Jericho
won the big one! Coming
in a whopping 562 points above second-placed Kazuchika Okada saw Jericho win the
coveted Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Award for Wrestler Of The Year for a third time, having
previously won in 2008 and 2009. The only other wrestlers to have won the award
three or more times are Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and
Ric Flair, which puts Jericho in esteemed company. The
full history of the award since inception can be seen below. 1980
– Harley Race; 1981 – Harley Race; 1982 – Ric Flair; 1983 –
Ric Flair; 1984 – Ric Flair; 1985 – Ric Flair; 1986 – Ric Flair;
1987 – Riki Choshu; 1988 – Akira Maeda; 1989 – Ric Flair; 1990
– Ric Flair; 1991 – Jumbo Tsuruta; 1992 – Ric Flair; 1993 –
Vader; 1994 – Toshiaki Kawada; 1995 – Mitsuharu Misawa; 1996 –
Kenta Kobashi; 1997 – Mitsuharu Misawa; 1998 – Steve Austin; 1999 –
Mitsuharu Misawa; 2000 – HHH; 2001 – Keiji Muto; 2002 – Kurt Angle;
2003 – Kenta Kobashi; 2004 – Kenta Kobashi; 2005 – Kenta Kobashi;
2006 – Mistico; 2007 – John Cena; 2008 – Chris Jericho; 2009 –
Chris Jericho; 2010 – John Cena; 2011 – Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2012 –
Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2013 – Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2014 – Shinsuke Nakamura;
2015 – A.J. Styles; 2016 – A.J. Styles; 2017 – Kazuchika Okada;
2018 – Kenny Omega Jericho
would also win Best On Interviews for the fourth time with his previous wins in
2003, 2008, and 2009. In addition, he won the United States/Canada MVP, Best Box
Office Draw, and Most Charismatic. In
other notable awards Tag Team of the Year went to Pentagon Jr and Rey Fenix, Promotion
of the Year went to New Japan, Best Weekly Show was won by Dynamite, Match Of
The Year was Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi from NJPW Best Of The Super Junior
XXVI, Most Overrated By King Corbin, Most Underrated by Shorty G, Rookie of the
Year by Jungle Boy, and Best Gimmick by The Fiend. To
read the full awards, you can subscribe to the excellent Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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Is Jericho Greg
Tingle Absolutely
Chris Jericho is WON 'Wrestler Of The Year'. He has to be a serious contender
for any list regarding 'Wrestler Of The Year'. From the initial press conference
to all the promos, angles, matches, news stories, podcasts, social media buzz
and beyond. Jericho has outdone himself in every category. Oh, and how can we
forget the theft of the AEW belt scenario, which I believe to be one of the most
effective wrestling industry publicity stunts of all time (despite the exact way
Chris describes in on the Talk Is Jericho podcast). The missing belt garnered
national and international headlines for the AEW brand with major buzz being carried
by TMZ and so it goes on. And, the guy gets to use his own band's (Fozzy) music
in his ring introductions. Then there's the massive amount of people he's getting
over with the fans and The Inner Circle is just tremendous. Somehow Chris also
manages to also do a number of Good deeds away from the ring to help and support
his fellow man. A champion in so many regards, and 100 years from now people will
still be taking about the legend of Jericho. A true credit to the profession and
brotherhood of professional wrestling. Thanks. News Talk
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