We've tallied up the totals from the best and worst in pro wrestling during the month of August 2009 in ten monthly categories.

We'll track these throughout the year and keep a running tally to look back in December to see whether the stars at the beginning of the year are still the stars at the end of the year.

MVP of the Month
(1) C.M. Punk (55 percent)
(2) Jeff Hardy (32 percent)
(3) Chris Jericho (5 percent)
Punk won MVP of the Month for the third straight month. This time, his percentage of votes was 55 percent compared to 53 percent in July and 43 percent in June.

Best Wrestler of the Month
(1) C.M. Punk (37 percent)
(2t) John Morrison (19 percent)
(2t) Jeff Hardy (19 percent)
(4) Chris Jericho (8 percent)
(5) Dolph Ziggler (6 percent)
C.M. Punk scored his first Best Wrestler victory in 2009. Meanwhile, Morrison has been in the Top Two for the past three months.

Best Tag Team of the Month
(1) Chris Jericho & Big Show (30 percent)
(2) Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase, Jr. (28 percent)
(3) Shawn Michaels & Triple H (11 percent)
(4) Beer Money (8 percent)
(5t) Hart Dynasty (6 percent)
(5t) Young Bucks (6 percent)
Chris Jericho won last month with Edge. This month, he wins with Big Show after finishing fourth with Big Show in July.

Female Wrestler of the Month
(1) Mickie James (29 percent)
(2) Beth Phoenix (18 percent)
(3) Hamada (12 percent)
(4) Melina (10 percent)
(5) Sarita (9 percent)
Mickie James won the Best Female category for second straight month, making her the first two-time female wrestler of the month. Her percentage increased from 23 last month to 29 this month.

Match of the Month
(1) Jeff Hardy vs. C.M. Punk TLC - Summerslam (64 percent)
(2) C.M. Punk vs. Jeff Hardy cage match - 8/28 Smackdown (11 percent)
(3) DX vs. Legacy - Summerslam (7 percent)
(4) John Morrison vs. C.M. Punk III - 8/14 Smackdown (5 percent)

Promos of the Month
(1) C.M. Punk's "straight edge" promos on Hardy & Fans (61 percent)
(2) Chris Jericho talks about anything (14 percent)
(3) Sting talks A.J. Styles out of retirement - 8/20 Impact (8 percent)
(4) Shawn Michaels rants on Attitude Era - 8/31 Raw (7 percent)
C.M. Punk won the Best Promos for the third straight month. In July, his percentage was 60 percent. In August, he managed to increase that to 61 percent. Meanwhile, Chris Jericho made another Top Two appearance by simply speaking about anything in August.

PPV/TV episode/Event of the Month
(1) WWE Summerslam PPV (60 percent)
(2) 8/28 WWE Smackdown - Jeff Hardy's farewell (27 percent)
(3) 8/31 WWE Raw - Dusty Rhodes (3 percent)
(4) 8/17 ROH TV debut on Monday nights (3 percent)

Best Angle/Storyline of the Month
(1) C.M. Punk vs. Jeff Hardy Summerslam build (59 percent)
(2) The Undertaker returns at Summerslam (11 percent)
(3) Jeff Hardy's Farewell (10 percent)
(4) Dusty Rhodes turns on DX and John Cena - 8/31 Raw (4 percent)
Three straight months for C.M. Punk to be at the top of the list for Best Angle or Storyline starting in June with his Tweener program, then turning heel in July, and then building to Summerslam in August.

Rising Star of the Month
(1) John Morrison (28 percent)
(2) Dolph Ziggler (27 percent)
(3t) Sheamus (9 percent)
(3t) Hernandez (9 percent)
(5) Matt Morgan (7 percent)
John Morrison has won three straight months. It was 44 percent in June, 67 percent in July, and now 28 percent in August. At some point, Morrison just becomes a star, but he finds a way to elevate his game every month even though he's arrived as a star. Also of note, for the second straight month, it was both Morrison and Ziggler at the top.

Crashing Star of the Month
(1) Kurt Angle (28 percent)
(2) Chavo Guerrero (21 percent)
(3) Rey Mysterio (20 percent)
(4) Evan Bourne (7 percent)
Rough month when a company's World Hvt. champion is at the top of the Crashing Star list. Angle was arrested and Rey Mysterio was suspended, putting them in the Top Three. Sandwiched in there was Chavo Guerrero, who only received nine percent of the votes last month. The program with Hornswoggle never ended, so the visibility for Chavo increased leading to more votes for this category.

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