NXT Year-End Award

NXT Year-End Awards
NXT Year-End Awards
	2017 NXT Year-End Awards logo
Country	United States
Presented by	WWE
First awarded	January 13, 2016; 8 years ago

The NXT Year-End Awards is a concept used by WWE, where awards, similar to the Academy, Grammy and WWE's own Slammy Awards, are given to professional wrestlers who have competed in NXT in the previous year. There have been five editions of the concept. Fans cast votes online, via Twitter or WWE's website, to decide the winners. Recipients of the award are given a golden ring bell with a hammer.^[1]

Starting with the 2019 edition, the NXT Year-End Awards also recognize wrestlers from the NXT UK brand.

Versions

2015 NXT Year-End Awards

The award winners were announced on the January 13, 2016 episode of NXT via video presentation.^[2] Votes were cast through WWE's website.^[3]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[1]^[3]

Male Competitor of the Year Finn Bálor Kevin Owens Samoa Joe Sami Zayn Tyler Breeze	Female Competitor of the Year Bayley Sasha Banks Charlotte Becky Lynch Asuka
Overall Competitor of the Year Finn Bálor All Male and Female Competitor of the Year nominees were eligible	Tag Team of the Year Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady Blake and Murphy The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara)
TakeOver of the Year TakeOver: Brooklyn TakeOver: Rival TakeOver: Respect TakeOver: London TakeOver: Unstoppable	Match of the Year Sasha Banks (c) vs. Bayley for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Brooklyn Kevin Owens (c) vs. Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship at The Beast in the East Charlotte (c) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Becky Lynch in a Fatal 4-Way match for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Rival Finn Bálor (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: London Sami Zayn (c) vs. Kevin Owens for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Rival Bayley (c) vs. Sasha Banks in a 30-Minute Iron Man match for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Respect Sasha Banks (c) vs. Becky Lynch for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Unstoppable Sasha Banks (c) vs. Charlotte for the NXT Women's Championship on NXT (July 15) Finn Bálor vs. Adrian Neville to determine the No. 1 contender for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Rival Kevin Owens (c) vs. Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship on NXT (March 25)

2016 NXT Year-End Awards

The award winners were announced on the TakeOver: San Antonio pre-show on January 28, 2017. Votes were cast through Twitter.^[4]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[4]^[5]

Male Competitor of the Year Shinsuke Nakamura Samoa Joe Finn Bálor Bobby Roode	Female Competitor of the Year Asuka Nia Jax Bayley
Overall Competitor of the Year Shinsuke Nakamura Asuka^[6]	Tag Team of the Year The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) TM-61 (Nick Miller and Shane Thorne) #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)
Breakout of the Year Billie Kay and Peyton Royce Andrade "Cien" Almas Ember Moon No Way Jose Sanity (Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe, Sawyer Fulton, and Nikki Cross)	TakeOver of the Year Winning event was never announced TakeOver: Dallas TakeOver: Toronto TakeOver: The End TakeOver: Brooklyn II
Match of the Year The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) (c) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) in a two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: Toronto Finn Bálor vs. Shinsuke Nakamura on NXT (July 13) Asuka (c) vs. Mickie James for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Toronto American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) (c) vs. The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) for the NXT Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: The End Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura at TakeOver: Dallas Bayley (c) vs. Asuka for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Dallas Sami Zayn vs. Samoa Joe in a Two-out-of-three falls match to determine the No. 1 contender for the NXT Championship on NXT (March 9) Samoa Joe (c) vs. Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship in a Steel Cage match at TakeOver: The End Bayley vs. Nia Jax on NXT (July 20) Tye Dillinger vs. Bobby Roode at TakeOver: Toronto Neville vs. Finn Bálor on NXT (March 2) Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Toronto The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) (c) vs. American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) in a Two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Tag Team Championship on NXT (July 6)

2017 NXT Year-End Awards

The award winners were announced on TakeOver: Philadelphia on January 27, 2018. Votes were cast through Twitter.^[7]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[8]^[7]

Male Competitor of the Year Aleister Black Bobby Roode Drew McIntyre Andrade "Cien" Almas Roderick Strong	Female Competitor of the Year Asuka Ember Moon Nikki Cross Ruby Riott The Iconic Duo (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce)
Overall Competitor of the Year Asuka Aleister Black^[9]	Tag Team of the Year Sanity (Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe, and Killian Dain) The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)
Rivalry of the Year Aleister Black vs. Velveteen Dream Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode Ember Moon vs. Asuka Tyler Bate vs. Pete Dunne The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) vs. Sanity (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, Killian Dain, and Nikki Cross) Kassius Ohno vs. Hideo Itami #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) vs. The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar)	Breakout Star of the Year Aleister Black Andrade "Cien" Almas with Zelina Vega The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) Sonya Deville Ruby Riott Velveteen Dream Lars Sullivan
TakeOver of the Year TakeOver: WarGames TakeOver: San Antonio TakeOver: Orlando TakeOver: Brooklyn III TakeOver: Chicago	Future Star of NXT Cezar Bononi Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) Heavy Machinery (Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight) Shayna Baszler Kairi Sane Fabian Aichner Lio Rush Bianca Belair Lacey Evans
Match of the Year Tyler Bate (c) vs. Pete Dunne for the WWE United Kingdom Championship at TakeOver: Chicago Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas at TakeOver: Brooklyn III Asuka (c) vs. Ember Moon for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Brooklyn III Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: WarGames The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) (c) vs. The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) in a Triple threat elimination match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: Orlando The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) vs. The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) and Roderick Strong vs. Sanity (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, and Killian Dain) in a WarGames match at TakeOver: WarGames Asuka (c) vs. Nikki Cross in a Last Woman Standing match for the NXT Women's Championship on NXT (June 28) The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) (c) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) in a Ladder match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: Chicago Bobby Roode (c) vs. Roderick Strong for the NXT Championship on NXT (June 5) NXT Women's Championship Qualifying Battle Royal on NXT (October 25)* Aleister Black vs. Velveteen Dream at TakeOver: WarGames Johnny Gargano vs. Kassius Ohno on NXT (December 6)

Competitors in the match were Abbey Laith, Aliyah, Bianca Belair, Billie Kay, Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Lacey Evans, Mercedes Martinez, Nikki Cross, Reina Gonzalez, Rhea Ripley, Sage Beckett, Santana Garrett, Sarah Logan, Taynara Conti, Vanessa Borne and Zeda.

2018 NXT Year-End Awards

The award winners were announced on the TakeOver: Phoenix pre-show on January 26, 2019. Votes were cast through Twitter.^[10]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[11]

Male Competitor of the Year Tommaso Ciampa Johnny Gargano Ricochet Aleister Black Velveteen Dream Andrade "Cien" Almas Adam Cole Pete Dunne	Female Competitor of the Year Kairi Sane Nikki Cross Shayna Baszler Ember Moon Bianca Belair
Overall Competitor of the Year Kairi Sane Tommaso Ciampa^[12]	Tag Team of the Year The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe) The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) Heavy Machinery (Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight) Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate)
Rivalry of the Year Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler Aleister Black/Johnny Gargano/Tommaso Ciampa/Nikki Cross Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) vs. The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream	Breakout Star of the Year Ricochet Bianca Belair Lacey Evans Rhea Ripley Dakota Kai Lars Sullivan War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe) EC3
TakeOver of the Year TakeOver: New Orleans TakeOver: Philadelphia TakeOver: Chicago II TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 TakeOver: WarGames	Future Star of NXT Io Shirai Matt Riddle Keith Lee Mia Yim The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler, Wesley Blake, and Jaxson Ryker) Dominik Dijakovic Candice LeRae Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke Kona Reeves
Match of the Year Andrade "Cien" Almas (c) vs. Johnny Gargano for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Philadelphia Pete Dunne, Ricochet, and War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe) vs. The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong) in a WarGames match at TakeOver: WarGames Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) (c) vs. The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) for the NXT Tag Team Championship on NXT (July 11) Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa in an Unsanctioned match at TakeOver: New Orleans Adam Cole vs. EC3 vs. Killian Dain vs. Lars Sullivan vs. Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream in a Ladder match for the inaugural NXT North American Championship at TakeOver: New Orleans Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Kairi Sane for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream at TakeOver: Chicago II Aleister Black (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT Championship on NXT (July 25) Pete Dunne (c) vs. Zack Gibson for the WWE United Kingdom Championship on NXT (August 22) Aleister Black vs. Adam Cole in an Extreme Rules match at TakeOver: Philadelphia Pete Dunne (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the WWE United Kingdom Championship on NXT (June 13) The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) (c) vs. Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan for the NXT Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: Chicago II Nikki Cross vs. Bianca Belair on NXT (September 12) Ricochet (NA-c) vs. Pete Dunne (UK-c) in a Champion vs. Champion match for both the NXT North American Championship and the WWE United Kingdom Championship on NXT (September 19) Ricochet (c) vs. Pete Dunne vs. Adam Cole in a Triple threat match for the NXT North American Championship on NXT (October 10)

2019 NXT Year-End Awards

The award winners were announced on the January 1, 2020 episode of NXT. Votes were cast through Twitter and WWE's website.^[13]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[14]^[13]

Male Competitor of the Year Adam Cole Tommaso Ciampa Johnny Gargano Velveteen Dream Walter Tyler Bate	Female Competitor of the Year Shayna Baszler Io Shirai Rhea Ripley Kay Lee Ray Toni Storm Bianca Belair
Overall Competitor of the Year Adam Cole Shayna Baszler	Tag Team of the Year The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson) Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar)
Rivalry of the Year Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole Candice LeRae vs. Io Shirai Rhea Ripley vs. Shayna Baszler British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven, and Tyler Bate) vs. Imperium (Walter, Alexander Wolfe, Fabian Aichner, and Marcel Barthel) Velveteen Dream vs. Roderick Strong	Breakout Star of the Year Keith Lee Dominik Dijakovic Matt Riddle Candice LeRae Damian Priest Angel Garza Rhea Ripley Joe Coffey Piper Niven
TakeOver of the Year TakeOver: WarGames TakeOver: Phoenix TakeOver: Blackpool TakeOver: New York TakeOver: XXV TakeOver: Toronto TakeOver: Cardiff	Future Star of NXT Dakota Kai Cameron Grimes Kushida Isaiah "Swerve" Scott Tegan Nox Xia Li Taynara Bronson Reed Ilja Dragunov
Match of the Year Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole in a Two-out-of-three falls match for the vacant NXT Championship at TakeOver: New York Rhea Ripley, Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, and Tegan Nox vs. Shayna Baszler, Io Shirai, Bianca Belair, and Kay Lee Ray in a WarGames match at TakeOver: WarGames Walter (c) vs. Tyler Bate for the WWE United Kingdom Championship at TakeOver: Cardiff Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Io Shirai in a Steel Cage match for the NXT Women's Championship on NXT (June 26) Candice LeRae vs. Io Shirai at TakeOver Toronto Adam Cole (c) vs. Johnny Gargano in a Two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Toronto The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) (c) vs. The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) for the NXT Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: Phoenix The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) vs. The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake) vs. Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch vs. The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) in a Fatal Four-Way Ladder match for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: XXV Adam Cole (c) vs. Pete Dunne for the NXT Championship at Survivor Series Keith Lee vs. Dominik Dijakovic on NXT (August 28) Candice LeRae vs. Bianca Belair vs. Io Shirai vs. Mia Yim to determine the No. 1 contender for the NXT Women's Championship on NXT (September 18) Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson) (c) vs. Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews vs. Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) in a triple threat tag team match for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: Cardiff

2020 NXT Year-End Awards

The award winners were announced on the December 30, 2020 on WWE.com. Votes were cast through WWE's website.^[15]

Winners will be listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Male Competitor of the Year Adam Cole Finn Bálor Johnny Gargano Keith Lee Walter Tommaso Ciampa	Female Competitor of the Year Io Shirai Rhea Ripley Candice LeRae Dakota Kai Kay Lee Ray Tegan Nox
Overall Competitor of the Year Io Shirai Adam Cole	Tag Team of the Year The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong) Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) Imperium (Walter, Alexander Wolfe, Fabian Aichner, and Marcel Barthel) Gallus (Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey, and Wolfgang) Legado Del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Raul Mendoza, and Joaquin Wilde)
Rivalry of the Year Adam Cole vs. Pat McAfee Candice LeRae vs. Io Shirai Damian Priest vs. Johnny Gargano Dexter Lumis vs. Cameron Grimes Shotzi Blackheart vs. Robert Stone Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel González Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov Kay Lee Ray vs. Piper Niven	Breakout Star of the Year Shotzi Blackheart Pat McAfee Damian Priest Cameron Grimes Dexter Lumis Timothy Thatcher Raquel Gonzalez Santos Escobar Ilja Dragunov
Event of the Year TakeOver: WarGames TakeOver: Blackpool II TakeOver: Portland TakeOver: In Your House The Great American Bash TakeOver XXX TakeOver 31 Halloween Havoc	Future Star of NXT Austin Theory Jake Atlas Leon Ruff Kacy Catanzaro Kayden Carter Indi Hartwell Xia Li A-Kid Aoife Valkyrie Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker)
Match of the Year Finn Bálor (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the NXT Championship at TakeOver 31 Finn Bálor vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano in a Fatal 4-Way Iron Man match for the vacant NXT Championship at Super Tuesday Adam Cole vs. Finn Bálor for the vacant NXT Championship at Super Tuesday II (September 8) Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa: One Final Beat on NXT (April 8) Keith Lee (c-NA) vs. Adam Cole (c-NXT) in a Winner Takes All match for both the NXT Championship and NXT North American Championship at The Great American Bash Damian Priest vs. Bronson Reed vs. Cameron Grimes vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Velveteen Dream in a Ladder match for the vacant NXT North American Championship at TakeOver XXX Io Shirai (c) vs. Candice LeRae in a Tables, Ladders and Scares match for the NXT Women's Championship at Halloween Havoc Walter (c) vs. Ilja Dragunov for the NXT UK Championship on NXT UK (October 29) The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong, and Bobby Fish) vs. Team McAfee (Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne, Danny Burch, and Oney Lorcan) in a WarGames match at TakeOver: WarGames Team Candice (Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Raquel González, and Toni Storm) vs. Team Shotzi (Shotzi Blackheart, Ember Moon, Rhea Ripley, and Io Shirai) in a WarGames match at TakeOver: WarGames Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Io Shirai in a Triple Threat match for the NXT Women's Championship at TakeOver: In Your House Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) (c) vs. Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) vs. Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster in a Fatal 4-way tag team ladder match for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship at TakeOver: Blackpool II Tyler Bate vs. Jordan Devlin at TakeOver: Blackpool II Bronson Reed vs. Roderick Strong vs. Johnny Gargano in a Triple Threat match to qualify for the vacant NXT North American Championship Ladder match at NXT TakeOver: XXX on NXT (July 22) Matt Riddle vs. Timothy Thatcher in a Fight Pit match with Kurt Angle as the special guest referee on NXT (May 27)

2023 NXT Year-End Awards

The winners were announced on December 26, 2023, on NXT. Votes were cast through WWE's website.^[16]