Between the Ropes Best of 2020 Awards
Between the Ropes" Best of 2020 Awards
Welcome BTWF fans. Now, I wanted to give you guys more of a voice by allowing you to vote on who the best wrestler, match, show, etc. is on the BTWF (and on S7W too). Thanks a lot to DarkChild316 for helping out with this, and if you want your vote to count, you have to reply in the comments section of the Fanfiction on Fanfiction.net. Voting ends after all of Christmas Chaos has been uploaded, and the Award results will be shown in a separate Awards Show upload.
Lou Thesz/AJ Styles Award (Wrestler of the Year): Shinji Ikari [BTWF]
Kaworu Nagisa [BTWF]
Natsu Dragneel [BTWF]
Katsuki Bakugo [BTWF]
Crona Gorgon [BTWF]
Rei Ayanami [BTWF]
Lucy Heartfilia [BTWF]
"The Detonator" Nolan Clancy [S7W]
BTR Road Warrior Memorial Award (Tag Team of the Year): Team RWBY (Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long) [BTWF]
The Elite (Naruto Uzumaki and Sheldon Lee) [BTWF]
The Brotherhood (Robbie and Thompson) [BTWF]
The Golden Guns (Stephan Kriggs and Dario Pastrnak) [S7W]
BTR Trish Stratus/Becky Lynch Award (Women's Wrestler of the Year): Rei Ayanami [BTWF]
Lucy Heartfilia [BTWF]
Sherry Blendy [BTWF]
Zia Simpson [BTWF]
Rally Vincent [BTWF]
"Amazing" Luna Collins [BTWF]
Kyoka Jiro [BTWF]
Clover Lamoreaux [BTWF]
BTR Best Weekly TV Show: BTWF Saturday Night Intensity
BTWF Friday Night Octane
S7W Tuesday Night Turmoil
BTR Match of the Year:
Izuku Midoriya vs Katsuki Bakugo: BTWF World Heavyweight Championship Match with Special Guest Referee All Might (BTWF Cyber Sunday, Day 1)
Natsu Dragneel vs Kaworu Nagisa: Three Stages of Hell Match for the BTWF Championship (BTWF Cyber Sunday, Day 2)
Denki Kaminari vs Rogue Cheney (BTWF Friday Night Octane: September, Week 3)
Rally Vincent vs Madison: Street Fight (BTWF New Horizons, Day 1)
Kurt Bale vs Crona Gorgon: BTWF Cruiserweight Championship Match (BTWF New Horizons, Day 1)
Mercury Black and Akira Hayami vs Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami: Mixed Tag Team No Disqualification Winner Take All Match (BTWF New Horizons, Day 2)
Clover Lamoreau vs Rei Ayanami: BTWF World Women's Championship Match (BTWF New Horizons, Day 1)
"Amazing" Luna Collins vs Lucy Heartfilia: Title vs Career Match for the BTWF Women's Championship (BTWF Trouble in Tokyo, Day 2)
The Women's Elimination Match (BTWF Bragging Rights)
Rei Ayanami vs "Amazing" Luna Collins: Champion vs Champion Match (BTWF Bragging Rights)
"The Detonator" Nolan Clancy vs "The Blood Angel" Carmine Io: Ladder Match for the Inaugural S7W World Heavyweight Championship (S7W Fire in the Sky)
Los Muertos Ingratos vs AKECHI & "The Jersey Devil" JD: (S7W Tuesday Night Turmoil: May 30th)
Hibiki Nishikawa vs King Lokesh vs General Brooks vs Carmine Io: Extinction Match (S7W Edge of Extinction)
Hazama Clover vs "The Detonator" Nolan Clancy: 2/3 Falls Match for the S7W World Heavyweight Championship (S7W Edge of Extinction)
BTR Feud of the Year:
Izuku Midoriya vs The nWo
Natsu Dragneel vs Kaworu Nagisa
Bickslow vs Zancrow
Rally Vincent vs Madison
"Amazing" Luna Collins vs Lucy Heartfilia
Zia Simpson vs The Sisterhood of Darkness
BTR Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (Best Babyface): Natsu Dragneel [BTWF]
"Amazing" Luna Collins [BTWF]
Rei Ayanami [BTWF]
Shinji Ikari [BTWF]
Shoto Todoroki [BTWF]
Izuku Midoriya [BTWF]
Mordecai [BTWF]
Zia Simpson [BTWF]
"The Detonator" Nolan Clancy [S7W]
BTR Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (Best Heel): The nWo [BTWF]
The Conglomerate [BTWF]
Clover Lamoreaux [BTWF]
Kaworu Nagisa [BTWF]
Gaara [BTWF]
The Sisterhood of Darkness [BTWF]
"The Real American" Stan Smith [BTWF]
The Golden Guns (Stephan Kriggs and Dario Pastrnak) [S7W]
"The Blood Angel" Carmine Io [S7W]
BTR Most Improved Wrestler of the Year: Ed [BTWF]
Denki Kaminari [BTWF]
2Cool (Gene Belcher & Eddy) [BTWF]
Clover Lamoreaux [BTWF]
Juvia Lockser [BTWF]
Rally Vincent [BTWF]
BTR Dwayne Johnson Award (Most Charismatic Wrestler): Natsu Dragneel [BTWF]
Shinji Ikari [BTWF]
Izuku Midoriya [BTWF]
Hollywood Hooligan [BTWF]
Clover Lamoreaux [BTWF]
Lucy Heartfilia [BTWF]
Kyoka Jiro [BTWF]
Hazama Clover [BTWF]
BTR Bryan Danielson/Zach Sabre Jr. Award (Best Technical Wrestler) Shinji Ikari [BTWF]
Kaworu Nagisa [BTWF]
Gray Fullbuster [BTWF]
Kuro Sakuragawa [BTWF]
Rei Ayanami [BTWF]
Lucy Heartfilia [BTWF]
Clover Lamoreaux [BTWF]
King Lokesh [S7W]
BTR Bruiser Brody/Mick Foley Award (Best Brawler): Pete Corvus [BTWF]
Ed [BTWF]
Katsuki Bakugo [BTWF]
Gaara [BTWF]
Madison [BTWF]
Shoto Todoroki [BTWF]
"The Blood Angel" Carmine Io [S7W]
Rhys Hoskins [S7W]
BTR Rey Mysterio/Jushin Thunder Liger Award (Best High Flyer): Shinji Ikari [BTWF]
Mordecai [BTWF]
Death the Kid [BTWF]
Zia Simpson [BTWF]
Ochako Uraraka [BTWF]
Alex Vasquez [BTWF]
BTR Bobby Eaton Memorial Award (Most Underrated Wrestler): Kuro Sakuragawa [BTWF]
Erza Scarlet [BTWF]
Ochako Uraraka [BTWF]
Rally Vincent [BTWF]
Kurt Bale [BTWF]
Gray Fullbuster [BTWF]
The Yu-Gi-Bromans (Yugi Moto, Joey Wheeler & Tristian Taylor) [BTWF]
The Legacy (Sting Eucliffe & Rogue Cheney) [BTWF]
2Cool (Gene Belcher & Eddy) [BTWF]
BTR Bobby Heenan/Paul Heyman Award (Manager of the Year): Mr. Enter [BTWF]
Rachel Light [BTWF]
Tim Scam [BTWF] BTR Jim Ross Award (Best Television Announcer):
Jim Cornette [BTWF]
Matt Striker [BTWF]
Kendrick West [S7W]
BTR Wrestling PPV of the Year: BTWF Cyber Sunday Day 2
BTWF New Horizons Day 1
BTWF Trouble in Tokyo Day 2
BTWF Bragging Rights
S7W Edge of Extinction
BTR Best Wrestling Maneuver of the Year:
Nolan Clancy's Blast Protocol (Spanish Fly Backbreaker)
Hazama Clover's Serpent's Infernal Rapture (Repeated head stomps followed by a Superkick to the back of the kneeling opponent's head)
Rei Ayanami's Light From Above (Frog Splash)
Shinji Ikari's Peace of Mind (Curb Stomp)
Lucy Heartfilia's Lock and Key (Cross Armbreaker)
Natsu Dragneel's Five Star Dragon Splash (Five Star Frog Splash)
Clover Lamoreaux's White Cyanide (Running Brainbuster)
Zia Simpson's Blue Arrow (Red Arrow)
Shoto Todoroki's Hot and Cold (Mushroom Stomp)
Katsuki Bakugo's AP Shot (The Stroke)
BTR Best Wrestling Gimmick of the Year: Kaworu Nagisa [BTWF]
Kyoka Jiro [BTWF]
Lucy Heartfilia [BTWF]
The Sisterhood of Darkness [BTWF]
Hazama Clover [S7W]
"The Blood Angel" Carmine Io [S7W]
BTR Wrestling Segment of the Year:
The Jim Cornette Experience w/Special Guest Shoto Todoroki (BTWF Friday Night Octane – July, Week 4)
The Deli Counter w/Special Guests Rei Ayanami and Shinji Ikari (BTWF Friday Night Octane – September, Week 2)
BTWF Championship Conference (BTWF Friday Night Octane – October, Week 4)
Luna Collins Returns to Intensity (BTWF Saturday Night Intensity – October, Week 1)
Lisa's Classroom w/Special Guest Izuku Midoriya (BTWF Saturday Night Intensity – November, Week 1)
The Happy Place (BTWF New Horizons, Day 1)
Contract Signing for S7W World Heavyweight Championship Match at S7W Fire in the Sky (S7W Tuesday Night Turmoil – April 25)
S7W World Heavyweight Championship Press Conference for 2/3 Falls Match at Edge of Extinction (S7W Tuesday Night Turmoil – June 20)
My Crack Ships
You know, I miss talking to a lot of you guys. I know I haven't been on DeviantArt a lot, because this site changed for the worst, but I wanted to create an opportunity for us to talk again. So, I'm going to list my crack ships below this paragraph, and you all have the freedom to ask whatever questions you have for me about headcanons in regard to these ships or whatever else. Hope you enjoy it and I hope I get a lot of questions.
Katsuki Bakugo x Mei Hatsume (My Hero Academia)
Millianna x Sho (Fairy Tail)
Flare Corona x Risley Law (Fairy Tail)
Beth Vanderwood x Arana Webb (Fairy Tail)
Brandish Myu x Dimaria Yesta (Fairy Tail)
Sue and Boze (Fairy Tail Anime)
Liz Thompson x Crona Gorgon (Soul Eater)
Pros and Cons of Lucha Underground
When I was still only watching WWE and some of TNA, this was the first company that really felt...different. Nowadays, I try and watch as much wrestling as I can such as NWA, MLW, ROW, and other companies, but back when Lucha Underground was around, it was my first taste to something different, and I loved it. And, I wanted to share what was awesome about Lucha Underground with all of you. Oh, and all of these episodes are available for free on an app called Tubi. It's also a website, and all you have to do is make a free account and you can watch all 4 seasons.
Pros:
Dario Cueto (He played the owner and general manager of Lucha Underground, and for someone who hasn't been in the wrestling business before, he did a damn good job playing the part of an evil boss. Someone should bring him back to wrestling, maybe AEW can have him be the mouthpiece for the Lucha Bros or something).
Roster (They mad a great mix of known talent such as John Morrison, Konnan, and Chavo Guerrero Jr., and some new talent that I had never seen before and still love to this day, like Pentagon Jr., Fenix, Jeff Cobb, Willie Mack, Brian Cage, and Ricochet)
Commentary (I loved the team of Matt Striker and Vampiro, as they gave me vibes of Michael Cole and Tazz on SmackDown, which is always a good thing. Plus it was nice to hear Matt Striker again after he had been released from WWE)
Setting (I love the arena they were always in, as it had that dark and gritty look that really made them feel underground while looking professional enough to have a sporting event there).
Cons:
Ring Announcing (I never liked Melissa Santos as the ring announcer, as she really just sounded...someone who was not interested trying to sound as interested as she possible could, and it resulted in my being very annoyed).
Some of the Stories (I get wrestling doesn't have to be serious all the time, but they came up with some wild and magical stories that I really felt was...just too much. Like if they just did that with Mil Muertes, then fine, but they did that with a lot more people and it was just weird).
Meh:
Intergender Wrestling (Intergender wrestling was a norm in Lucha Underground, especially since they didn't get a bigger female roster until a couple of seasons in. I'm not that big a fan of intergender wrestling personally, but I will give them credit for trying to make intergender wrestling normal with how they presented it on their television. Not a lot of promotions on TV at the time were doing so and I know there are fans of intergender wrestling out there, so props to them for that).