With the result of our first annual Year-End Awards just two days away, the Diva Dirt team had our own chance to air our opinions on how we would have voted in each of the categories. Who would we have voted as Diva of the Year? What about the Match of the Year? Read below for our “blogger’s choice”…
Please note, that the below is not the results of the awards. The results will go online on New Year’s Day!
Diva of the Year
Erin: Michelle McCool. She seriously came into her own this year, not only becoming the first Divas Champion, but also developing her move-set and personality in ways I never expected. She had one hell of a year, and it’s the unexpectedness of it that puts her over the edge.
Melanie: I’m with Erin on this one, Michelle McCool for me too. She has had a fantastic year, I don’t really need to go into detail…
Knockout of the Year
Erin: The Beautiful People. Kong may be dominating the division, but Velvet and Angelina have made TNA more entertaining than anyone else with their “paper bag” routine. They’re the Mean Girls of TNA, and even in a world of jealousy-fueled feuds, they seem ironically unique.
Melanie: My vote goes to Awesome Kong, she may have gotten stale but she’s still the best thing about the Knockouts division.
Match of the Year
Erin: Beth vs. Melina (I Quit). I’ve always wanted to see a Diva “I Quit” match, as I’ve always loved seeing the girls compete in more male-oriented gimmick matches, and Beth and Melina definitely delivered. There’s always a risk that the Divas could be cheated for time or be ill prepared for such big matches, but they met all expectations and performed in one of the year’s most memorable matches in all of the WWE.
Melanie: Again, the “I Quit” match from One Night Stand. Easily the best Divas match of the year. Beth and Melina got a good amount of ring time, had some great chemistry, had a strong storyline going into this match. Just an amazing match, technical and made me very proud to be Diva fan.
Brand of the Year
Erin: Smackdown. They sucessfully added a new Diva’s title and managed to put on fresher and more exciting matches and feuds than their “flagship brand” counterparts. Smackdown always seems to play second fiddle, but in this case, they most certainly deserve to be on top.
Melanie: With Erin once again, SmackDown has been consistently entertaining in 2008. The group of Divas they have seem to work really well together. The writing has been far better than Raw and they’ve had some great matches too. All the Divas on this brand have something to do and all appear on a regular basis, which is what I love.
