Okay guys, here's the deal.
Ya boi got his hands on PWI's May 2006 double issue a couple months ago, the second half of which is pretty much nothing but predictions for the careers of a bunch of wrestlers who were active that year. About 60 pages of your favorites, most hated, and never-heard-of's of 2006. Some predictions sad, some ironic, some disturbingly accurate, some funny, some just very wrong, it's a good mix. They go from 'what are they gonna do for the rest of the year?' to 'what will they be doing in 2011?' to 'what will they be doing in 2016?', so it's some real fun and games with hindsight. What I wanna do is ask y'all to comment anyone whose predictions you're interested in hearing and I'll post a scan of that page and a transcription. It'll be like a series if I get enough requests, and I'll comment here and there because that's what I do. Feel free to comment as many names as you'd like. Names include (and this is all of them in the order they are listed, alphabetically by last name):
Kurt Angle
Abyss
Austin Aries
Batista
Shelton Benjamin
Chris Benoit
Big Show
Booker T
Traci Brooks
Monty Brown
Christian Cage
Candice
Carlito
John Cena
Christopher Daniels
Bryan Danielson
Edge
Ric Flair
Jeff Hardy
Matt Hardy
Triple H (I'm not writing his full fucking name like they did)
Hulk Hogan
Mickie James
Jeff Jarrett
Johnny Jeter
Kane
Kid Kash
Stacy Keibler
Gail Kim
Bobby Lashley
JBL (again fuck your full name)
Lita
Chris Masters
Nigel McGuinness
Melina
Shawn Michaels
Rey Mysterio Jr.
Randy Orton
CM Punk
Raven
Rhino
Chris Sabin
Samoa Joe
Sting
Trish Stratus
Roderick Strong
AJ Styles
The Undertaker
Rob Van Dam
Petey Williams
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M U S E S
FEMALES / without fandom
・❥・VALERIE | [19-25] | madelyn cline
・❥・HAILEE | [19-26] | emily alyn lind
・❥・BROOKLYN | [19-25] | maia reficco
・❥・EMORY | [21-26] | sydney sweeney
・❥・DELILAH | [20-25] | kathryn newton
・❥・VICTORIA | [20-25] | abigail cowen
・❥・VIOLET | [18-25] | lily rose depp
・❥・OPHELIA | [20-26] | kristine froseth
・❥・AURORA | [19-26] | dove cameron
・❥・AYLEEN | [19-26] | jenna ortega
・❥・CASSIDY | [19-24] | hailee steinfeld
・❥・NOVA | [19-24] | grace van dien
・❥・JORDYN | [19-25] | natalia dyer
・❥・BLAIR | [20-27] | alexa demie
・❥・MADDIE | [18-24] | katie douglas
MALES / without fandom
・❥・LOGAN | [20-26] | benjamin wadsworth
・❥・MILES | [21-29] | drew starkey
・❥・AIDEN | [20-26] | jacob elordi
・❥・ELIJAH | [21-26] | rudy pankow
・❥・NOLAN | [20-25] | ross lynch
・❥・VINCE | [20-25] | gavin casalegno
・❥・FYNN | [21-27] | timothée chalamet
・❥・NIC | [20-26] | chase stokes
・❥・JUSTIN | [21-28] | thomas doherty
・❥・TONY | [34-42] | chris evans
・❥・MILO | [19-24] | joe kerry
・❥・JESSE | [21-30] | dylan o'brien
・❥・AARON | [22-29] | tyler posey
・❥・CHASE | [20-27] | cody christian
・❥・BENJI | [19-26] | christopher briney
FEMALES / with fandom
・❥・IVORY | [19-25] | ¡final girl | tatum's &' dewey’s sister | madelyn cline | — scream (1996) muse! —
・❥・MAE | [19-26] | could be a ¡final girl | stu macher’s sister | willa fitzgerald | — scream (1996) muse! —
・❥・ALYSSA | [19-25] | randy’s sister | natalia dyer | — scream (1996) muse! —
・❥・ELLIE | [18-25] | maia reficco | — scream muse! —
・❥・CASSIDY | [18-24] | john b's sister | hailee steinfeld | — outer banks muse! —
・❥・BAILEE | [19-25] | topper's sister | ester exposito | — outer banks muse! —
・❥・EVERLY | [20-26] | ¡hunter | crystal reed | — supernatural muse! —
・❥・SOFIA | [19-26] | ¡demon | young¡ megan fox | — supernatural muse! —
MALES / with fandom
・❥・MICAH | [21-26] | stu machers brother | ¡ghostface | amadeus serafini | — scream (1996) muse! —
・❥・JORDAN | [19-28] | ¡helps ghostface | jacob elordi | — scream (1996) muse! —
・❥・CAZ | [19-26] | sidney’s brother | ¡ghostface | alex fitzalan | — scream (1996) muse! —
・❥・CARDAN | [21-26] | tatum’s &' dewey's brother | rudy pankow | — scream (1996) muse! —
・❥・KIERAN | [19-25] | sarah's, rafe’s and wheezie’s brother | ¡blonde andrew garfield | — outer banks muse! —
・❥・ATLAS | [20-25] | jj's brother | gavin casalegno | — outer banks muse! —
・❥・ATTICUS | [21-27] | ¡hunter | charles melton | — supernatural muse! —
— my fandom muses are usually just for rp’s on discord, means i probably wont use them in threads on tumblr. but still, if you’re feeling like doing a canon x oc just ask!!
FEMALES / canon
・❥・SARAH CAMERON | outer banks
・❥・KIARA CARRERA | outer banks
・❥・TATUM RILEY | scream (1996)
・❥・SIDNEY PRESCOTT | scream (1996)
・❥・CLAIRE REDFIELD | resident evil
・❥・ADA WONG | resident evil
・❥・CASSIE HOWARD | euphoria
・❥・LYDIA MARTIN | teen wolf
・❥・ALLISON ARGENT | teen wolf
・❥・MAX MAYFIELD | stranger things
・❥・NANCY WHEELER | stranger things
・❥・VIOLET HARMON | ahs
・❥・ALLIE PRESSMAN | the society
・❥・ELLE TOMKINS | the society
・❥・HANNA MARIN | pretty little liars
・❥・AVA JALALI | pretty little liars: the perfectionists
・❥・NOA OLIVAR | pretty little liars: original sin
・❥・CAROLINE FORBES | the vampire diaries
・❥・KATHERINE PIERCE | the vampire diaries
MALES / canon
・❥・STU MACHER | scream (1996)
・❥・RANDY MEEKS | scream (1996)
・❥・JJ MAYBANK | outer banks
・❥・JOHN BOOKER ROUTLEDGE | outer banks
・❥・TOPPER THORNTON | outer banks
・❥・MIKE WHEELER | stranger things
・❥・STEVE HARRINGTON | stranger things
・❥・LUCAS SINCLAIR | stranger things
・❥・EDDIE MUNSON | stranger things
・❥・STILES STILINSKI | teen wolf
・❥・SCOTT MCCALL | teen wolf
・❥・LIAM DUNBAR | teen wolf
・❥・PETER PARKER | mcu / tom or andrew
・❥・STEFAN SALVATORE | the vampire diaries
・❥・EIJAH MIKAELSON | the vampire diaries
・❥・HARRY BINGHAM | the society
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated: 1995 THE YEAR IN WRESTLING. March 1996
PWI ACHIEVEMENT ‘95 AWARDS
The time for waiting is over. The time for discovery has begun. You’ve made your decisions, and here are the results. On the following pages, we proudly present our choices for the PRO WRESTLING ILLUSTRATED Achievement ‘95 Awards!
In 1995, wrestling enjoyed one of its most exciting, dramatic, and controversial years, and PRO WRESTLING ILLUSTRATED brought all that excitement, drama and controversy to you. Of course, readers created plenty of excitement themselves. More than 70,000 helped to choose the 11 winners of the 1995 Achievement Awards.
Alex Wright rebounded from a shaky start to capture Rookie of the Year honors. Among the runners-up were a woman, Madd Maxine, and a retired football great, Lawrence Taylor. What happened to The Renegade? Seems that although he won the WCW TV belt in 1995, voters were convinced it was a fluke.
Fans had no problem choosing Barry Horowitz as Inspirational Wrestler of the Year. Also receiving strong consideration were the legendary Antonio Inoki and the wild Sabu, who offered inspiration of a different spot.
Readers were less than thrilled, however, with the choices for Manager of the Year. Jim Cornette won in a walk, but many believed it was a pretty lame year for managers. They were right.
The year was anything but lame for Shawn Michaels who captured Most Popular honors, was the first runner-up for Wrestler of the Year, and was involved in the Match of the Year with Diesel. Michaels has participated in the Match of the Year three straight years.
To know Jerry Lawler to lathe him, say our readers. This Most Hated monarch was “King” of nothing in 1995. Voters were also dismayed with a man they once considered a hero, Davey Boy Smith.
From broadcaster back to wrestler–that was “Macho Man” Randy Savage’s big Comeback in 1995. He didn’t win big, though. One of the runners-up was The Ultimate Warrior, who five years ago was one of the most celebrated men in the sport.
When fans voted Diesel Most Improved Wrestler for 1994, they may not have realized just how improved he was. The WWF World champion capped off a terrific 1995 by winning Wrestler of the Year honors. His buddy Shawn was a fairly close second, but this year, Diesel was the man. He left us asking “Vinne Who?”
Any team that wins four WCW World tag team titles in less than 12 months is going to get serious consideration for Tag Team of the Year. Harlem Heat received more than consideration, they won the award, but not by a huge margin. The Steiners came back from Japan to capture a runner-up spot.
“Diamond” Dallas Page did win Most Improved by a comfortable margin, making a successful transition from manager to wrestler. Harlem Heat got a mention here, too; they were second runner-up. Booker T and Stevie Ray also were first runners-up for Feud of the Year, thanks to their thunderous confrontations with The Nasty Boys.
Ian and Axl Rotten’s violent and bloody ECW war wasn’t nationally televised, but it did get international attention, so no surprise it was voted Feud of the Year. Hey, in one match they taped shards of glass to their fists. That’s a brotherly feud!
For the second time in three years, neither Hulk Hogan nor Ric Flair won an Achievement Award. They once dominated these honors, but this year, they were only runners-up (Hulk in Popular and Wrestler, Flair in Feud). One must begin to ask: Will it soon be time for these two great athletes to step aside? You know what their answers are.
Sting deserves a special mention. The “Stinger” didn’t win a big prize, but the WCW U.S. champion was first runner-up in the Most Popular balloting and second runner-up in Wrestler voting. There is no doubt that he is still a major force in this sport.
Finally, this year’s Editors’ Award goes to Rick Steamboat. For 18 years, “The Dragon” fought the good fight with courage, honor, and intensity. Forced to retire due to injury, Steamboat remains an inspiration to fans who remember that he never took the rulebreakers’ route.
The only thing left to do is turn the page…and enjoy.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ALEX WRIGHT: 26,192 votes
When Alex Wright arrived in WCW, he immediately began to establish himself as a candidate for a top award alright: Modest Annoying Wrestler of the Year. Fans and wrestlers alike were turned off by the manner in which “Das Wunderkind'' danced around the ring before and after matches. He came in with a lot of good press, but he began squandering it on his first day.
Several months later, however, it became evident that Wright was indeed one talented wrestler. His aerial style was effective and exciting. And a few months after he arrived in WCW, he killed the dance routine. In his first pay-per-view appearance at Starrcade ‘94 he defeated Jean-Paul LeVeque (a.k.a. Hunter Hearst Helmsley). His defeat of Brian Pillman at The Great American Bash proved he belonged in WCW, and though he lost to the-TV champion Arn Anderson at Slamboree, Wright demonstrated he was a contender for championship gold.
Solid showings against men like Sabu, Dean Malenko, and Chris Benoit further buttress the arguments of those fans who voted Wright Rookie of the Year.
“I thought Wright was just a pretty boy when he came to WCW,” wrote Sandra Olson of Macon, Georgia. “But I ended up voting for him. He deserves the honor more than anyone else.”
Even Ric Flair, who nearly lost to Wright several times in ‘95, was eager to praise the rookie.
“He still has a long way to go,” Flair said, “but there’s a lot of promise there. He’s got the stuff. He’s on his way to becoming a major player in WCW.”
For that, Wright gives a lot of credit to his father, former pro wrestler Stephen Wright. “My father was always able to give me really good advice without pushing me,” Alex said. “I am able to handle what happens in the ring so much better because of what he taught me.”
Wright added that he was determined not to become a victim of the sophomore jinx. One wrestler, who was a victim of Wright’s stunning moonsault, doesn’t think that is going to happen either.
“I can’t stand the guy,” he offered, “but I know that somewhere down the road, I’m going to have to deal with him, and so are a lot of the other guys.”
Wright can deal with that.
RUNNERS-UP
SGT. CRAIG PITTMAN: 15,219 votes
First runner-up: The former Marine brought his peculiar brand of discipline to WCW, and so far he has had success with it. Opponents cringe at the thought of being put in Pittman’s “Code Red” armbar, and they respect the fact that he is well-schooled in the basics. A feud with fellow former Marine Cobra promises to enliven Pittman’s second year.
LAWRENCE TAYLOR: 12,995 votes
Second runner-up: We already know Taylor is the greatest linebacker in the history of professional football, but we didn’t know he could wrestle…until this year. Okay, he’s no Lou Thesz, but LT was solid in his victory over Bam Bam Bigelow at WrestleMania. We suspect that if he ever takes to the ring full-time, he’d do very well indeed.
MADD MAXXINE: 5,230 votes
Third runner-up: Maxxine became only the third woman to be included in the “PWI 500.” She deserved the distinction; the fearsome 5’9”, 195-pound rulebreaker has beaten almost every man in North Carolina’s PWF. Maxxine’s unexpected success has made her a prime target, but foes first will have to figure out a way to counter her effective choke-slam.
VOTES FOR OTHERS (17,425)
Some of the top vote-getters who did not capture a runner-up spot include: The Renegade, The Gargoyle, Colorado Kid, and Ubas.
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