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2024 Fightful Award Winners List

Wrestling
Fightful Staff Jan 27, 2025 4:30PM

Indie Awards

Indie Act of the Year: Matt Cardona

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Company Awards

Promotion of the Year: WWE

Event of the Year: WWE WrestleMania Night 2

Booker of the Year: Triple H

Storyline of the year: Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman, and Hangman's descent

Media Awards

Best Talent Media: HEY! EW with RJ City

Documentary/Film Category: Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal

Wrestling News Story of The Year: Vince McMahon Steps Down Amid Lawsuit

Tag Team Awards

Women's Tag Team of the Year: Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill

Men's Tag Team of the Year: Fraxiom

Tag Team Match of the Year: Sting & Darby Allin vs. Young Bucks (AEW Revolution 2024)

Trios/Stable of the Year: The New Bloodline

Individual Awards

Manager of the year: Prince Nana

Men's Best on Promos: Hangman Page

Women's Best on Promos: Toni Storm

Best Individual Promo: "Say Goodbye to Swerve's House" by Hangman Page.

Gear of the Year: It's STING(s), AEW Revolution 2024

Announcer of the Year: Nigel McGuinness

Rookie of the year: Izzy Moreno

Big Bossman Memorial HATER OF THE Year Award: Drew McIntyre

Funniest Wrestler of the year: Harley Cameron & Chelsea Green (a virtual tie)

Finisher of the year: Bronson Reed's Tsunami

Moment of the Year: Cody Rhodes finishes his story

Feud of the year: Hangman Page vs. Swerve Strickland

Men's In-Ring Wrestler of the Year: Will Ospreay

Women's In-Ring Wrestler of the Year: Athena

Men's Singles Match of the Year: Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay

Women's Singles Match of the Year: Mercedes Mone vs. HAZUKI, NJPW Strong Style Evolved

Women's Overall Performer of the Year: Toni Storm

Men's Overall Performer of the Year: Cody Rhodes

Stats and Facts:

- Matt Cardona has won the Indie Act of the Year all three years of the Fightful Awards existence

- Chelsea Green has now won an award each of the three years, and all different awards -- Women's Indie Wrestler of the Year, Women's Tag Team of the year, and the Funniest Wrestler of the year award.

- RJ City has won "Best Talent Media" both years.

- Harley Cameron and Chelsea Green landed in the first tie in Fightful Awards history.

- Toni Storm won Women's Best on Promos for the second straight year

- Will Ospreay won Singles Match of The Year, Men's In-Ring Performer for the second year in a row.

- WWE and Triple H won Promotion of the Year and Booker of the year for the second straight year, respectively.

- Sting & Darby Allin's win for tag team match of the year was the widest margin of victory.

- New Day's "You broke your neck, so what?" promo was the most narrow margin of victory, with 0.1 percent over Hangman Page burning down Swerve's house.

- The Stable of the Year voting between first and third place were all within one percent of each other.

- Cody Rhodes, Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland were all within two percent of each other for Overall Performer of the Year.

- Hangman/Swerve, Punk/Drew McIntyre and Rocky/Cody/Roman/Rollins saga were all within three percentage points for storyline of the year.

- Last year saw MJF and Rhea Ripley win a substantial amount of awards, but saw them miss significant time this year.

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