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TORCH MONTHLY AWARD VOTING: Results for Best and Worst in pro wrestling for March Apr 13, 2009 - 12:37:04 PM
We've tallied up the totals from the best and worst in pro wrestling during the month of March 2009 in ten monthly categories.
We'll track these throughout the year and keep a running tally to look back at at the end of the year. Check back later this week for the First Quarter 2009 leaders.
MVP of the Month (1) Randy Orton (35 percent)
(2) Shawn Michaels (28 percent)
(3) Chris Jericho (18 percent)
(4) Nigel McGuinness (6 percent)
Best Wrestler of the Month (1) Christian (16 percent)
(2) Shawn Michaels (11 percent)
(3) Evan Bourne (10 percent)
(4) Nigel McGuinness (10 percent)
(5) Kurt Angle (8 percent)
Best Tag Team of the Month (1) The Miz & John Morrison (54 percent)
(2) Carlos & Primo Colon (18 percent)
(3) Beer Money, Inc. (12 percent)
(4) Motor City Machineguns (11 percent)
Female Wrestler of the Month (1) Santino Marella (26 percent)
(2) Maryse (16 percent)
(3) Beth Phoenix (13 percent)
(4) Mickie James (11 percent)
(5) Awesome Kong (8 percent)
Match of the Month (1) Nigel McGuinness vs. Jay Briscoe - 3/28 ROH on HDNet (16 percent)
(2) Colons vs. Miz & Morrison - 3/13 WWE Smackdown (15 percent)
(3) Ultimate X match - TNA Destination X PPV (13 percent)
(4t) Shelton Benjamin vs. MVP - 3/20 WWE Smackdown (12 percent)
(4t) 20-man gauntlet match - 3/26 TNA Impact (12 percent)
Promo of the Month (1) Shawn Michaels as fake Undertaker - 3/27 WWE Smackdown (27 percent)
(2) Ric Flair and Chris Jericho exchange - 3/23 WWE Raw (16 percent)
(3) Chris Jericho vs. Legends promos building to WrestleMania 25 (14 percent)
(4) Randy Orton WrestleMania Address - 3/30 WWE Raw (12 percent)
(5) Shawn Michaels from the graveyard - 3/23 WWE Raw (11 percent)
PPV/Event of the Month (1) 3/23 WWE Raw - Intense angles (Jericho-Flair, Orton-Stephanie) (42 percent)
(2) 3/21 ROH debuts on HDNet (17 percent)
(3) 3/26 TNA Impact - 20-man gauntlet match (10 percent)
(4) 3/13 Ric Flair debuts in ROH (7 percent)
Best Angle/Storyline of the Month (1) Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker build-up (39 percent)
(2) Randy Orton vs. Triple H & McMahon Family (27 percent)
(3) Chris Jericho beats up Ric Flair to promote Legends match (17 percent)
(4) Hardy vs. Hardy feud (3 percent)
Rising Star of the Month (1) Evan Bourne (21 percent)
(2) Randy Orton (16 percent)
(3) MVP (15 percent)
(4t) Christian (9 percent)
(4t) Tyson Kidd (9 percent)
Crashing Star of the Month (1) Vladimir Kozlov (36 percent)
(2) Samoa Joe (17 percent)
(3) Chris Jericho's Legends program (8 percent)
(4t) The Brian Kendrick (5 percent)
(4t) Mike Knox (5 percent)
(4t) Jack Swagger (5 percent)
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