concrete1992 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Sorry if I'm ruining the plans of someone who was going to post an actual award process for PWO. Going to come back to this later but I think AAW and wXw would be my front runners for this. Good business. Good wrestling. Expanded their efforts in 2017. Both have big finales coming up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartMark15 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 I don't have the most nuanced and broad view on this but I think New Japan deserve a nod here. Made a huge splash critically, and their end year build to WK 12 has done a lot to really pique people's interest in their product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 What is FREEDOMS and why does it have an S on the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 FREEDOMS is a deathmatch company most well known for being Jun Kasai's home base for a few years. Stuff that makes BJW look tamer by comparison. My vote is ICW (Scotland) because they're the only company I regularly follow whose shows feel like actual pro wrestling programming and not tongue in cheek comic books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 I don't know, Stardom? It's been enjoyable all year. CWF Mid-Atl. Does NXT count by itself or do you have to include WWE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 I probably have to go with PWG, followed closely by AAW and wXw. I thought NJPW had a really good year but I didn't watch it as much as the others for me to rate it higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Not CMLL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Lucha Underground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concrete1992 Posted December 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Lucha Underground. They didn't run a show in 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 S3 was released in 2017. So there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 And GLOW, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Liska Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 FREEDOMS is a deathmatch company most well known for being Jun Kasai's home base for a few years. Stuff that makes BJW look tamer by comparison. My vote is ICW (Scotland) because they're the only company I regularly follow whose shows feel like actual pro wrestling programming and not tongue in cheek comic books. Yes! Someone else voting ICW, usually I'm alone. 100% agree, they have a serious, hard-edged, non-ironic or meta approach to indy wrestling that is so refreshing. CMLL provides me consistent solid weekly entertainment, something to be said for that. I've gotten into OTT, very fun. I've enjoyed SD and NXT quite a bit this year. I don't like NJPW main events enough to vote them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 FREEDOMS is a deathmatch company most well known for being Jun Kasai's home base for a few years. Stuff that makes BJW look tamer by comparison. My vote is ICW (Scotland) because they're the only company I regularly follow whose shows feel like actual pro wrestling programming and not tongue in cheek comic books. Yes! Someone else voting ICW, usually I'm alone. 100% agree, they have a serious, hard-edged, non-ironic or meta approach to indy wrestling that is so refreshing.I wouldn't say it's not ironic or meta, this is the company that made Grado famous after all, but there's always a feeling that something relevant is occurring thanks to Mark Dallas booking with the future in mind. That's what makes it easy to sit through any of the various lousy matches on an ICW card because even a disappointing match will lead into the next chapter of the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 My top 3: 1. DDT 2. CWF Mid Atlantic 3. NJPW DDT as my #1 is pretty easy. The comedy stuff with Dino landed for me more this year than in the past. I really appreciate that for a singular universe, their streaming service really gives a shit load of content with all of the DDT proper house shows being uploaded in addition to DNA, BASARA, Tokyo Joshi Pro etc. Takeshita took a step up from being exciting prospect to legitimate ace and I would put his 2017 up against the year Okada had in 2012-2013. A young group of exciting prospects as well. CWF carried over most of the good things that made 2016 such a great year for the company but I do think they started seeping in a few tendencies that knocked it down a peg. I understand the idea of getting the Hardys to come in but I didn't think they fit into the narrative of promotion. Chip Day and Logan Easton Leroux both had good/great matches within the promotion but they felt more like outsiders both in the Weaver Cup and getting the prominent spot in the Lee title defense on the Kernodle Cup show. In addition, some minor artistic choices like the CWF that was made in pop up video style didn't work for me. All of these a pretty minor points but the reasoning from why I think 2016 was an all time great year for a promotion for CWF and 2017 was just merely a really damn good year. My #3 spot was a toss up between NJPW and wXw. Both have some flaws. NJPW had a wide array of high end matches that even if I dont think 2/3 of the Omega vs Okada matches are some of the best matches I have ever seen, tons of people do and they are replaced for me by stuff like Tanahashi vs Naito which I do think was an amazing series. The reason NJPW falters a bit is three fold. 1. The BOSJ tournament wasn't near as good this year as 2016. 2. G1 was worst in 2017. 3 King of Pro Wrestling was a non factor show and came off the heels of a maligned Destruction September tour. wXw creates amazing weekend experiences with the tag league and 16 carat and beyond that they have a large output of quality stuff with their tour shows featuring generally something good with WALTER and Shotgun having a good episodic format. Really the emphasis of Rise and the insistence on shoving them down the viewers throat is why I ultimately give the nod to NJPW for the #3 spot. Shows like Broken Rules were just derailed by Rise as a unit and the main event was extremely unsatisfactory in a turn off the promotion kind of way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss Rock Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 NJPW Arguably the best in-ring company this year and for the most part, really good booking focusing on popular and younger talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkix Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 DDT NJPW BJW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Liska Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 ICW. OTT. CMLL. SD and NXT. Just my tastes. Really not a fan of most NJPW big shows although I enjoy the Korakuen shows more than most of their fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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