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TORCH MONTHLY AWARDS: Updated List of the Best & Worst Torch Monthly Award winners - August edition Sep 7, 2009 - 12:45:30 AM
Following is the list of 2009 Torch Monthly Award winners from MVP to Crashing Star of each month this year. The standings reveal it was the Summer of C.M. Punk with another round of victories for Punk in August as voted by the Torch readers.
(1) MVP of the Month
January - Randy Orton (71%)
February - Chris Jericho (48%)
March - Randy Orton (35%)
April - Randy Orton (33%)
May - Chris Jericho (26%)
June - C.M. Punk (43%)
July - C.M. Punk (53%)
August - C.M. Punk (55%)
(2) Best Wrestler of the Month
January - Shawn Michaels (26%)
February - Shawn Michaels (36%)
March - Christian (16%)
April - Shawn Michael (28%)
May - Chris Jericho (30%)
June - Chris Jericho (49%)
July - John Morrison (56%)
August - C.M. Punk (37%)
(3) Best Tag Team of the Month
January - The Miz & John Morrison (67%)
February - The Miz & John Morrison (62%)
March - The Miz & John Morrison (54%)
April - Carlito & Primo Colon (22%)
May - Beer Money (34%)
June - Beer Money (35%)
July - Chris Jericho & Edge (28%)
August - Chris Jericho & Big Show (30%)
(4) Best Female Wrestler of the Month
January - Beth Phoenix (55%)
February - Beth Phoenix (19%)
March - Santina Marella (26%)
April - Santina Marella (20%)
May - Angelina Love (31%)
June - Maryse (23%)
July - Mickie James (23%)
August - Mickie James (29%)
(5) Match of the Month
January - John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels - 1/12 WWE Raw (34%)
February - Smackdown Elimination Chamber match - No Way Out PPV (35%)
March - Nigel McGuinness vs. Jay Briscoe - 3/28 ROH TV on HDNet (16%)
April - Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker - WM25 (100%) and Edge vs. John Cena - Backlash PPV (35%)
May - Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho - Judgment Day PPV (42%)
June - Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho - The Bash PPV (42%)
July - Jeff Hardy vs. John Morrison - 7/28 WWE Smackdown (48%)
August - Jeff Hardy vs. C.M. Punk TLC match - Summerslam (64%)
(6) Best Promos of the Month
January - Randy Orton-Vince McMahon exchange - 1/19 WWE Raw before Royal Rumble (34%)
February - Chris Jericho-Roddy Piper exchange - 2/16 WWE Raw (35%)
March - Shawn Michaels as Fake Undertaker - 3/27 WWE Smackdown (27%)
April - The Miz insults John Cena - 4/27 WWE Raw (27%)
May - The Miz's collection of promos on John Cena (64%)
June - C.M. Punk's straight edge tweener promos on Jeff Hardy (30%)
July - C.M. Punk's straight edge on Jeff Hardy & fans (60%)
August - C.M. Punk's straight edge promos on Jeff Hardy & Fans (61%)
(7) Best PPV/TV episode/Event of the Month
January - WWE Royal Rumble PPV (51%)
February - WWE No Way Out PPV (69%)
March - 3/23 WWE Raw (42%)
April - WWE WrestleMania 25 PPV (43%)
May - WWE Judgment Day PPV (31%)
June - Every episode of WWE Smackdown (41%)
July - 7/31 WWE Smackdown - Jeff Hardy vs. John Morrison (38%)
August - WWE Summerslam PPV (60%)
(8) Best Angle/Storyline of the Month
January - Randy Orton vs. McMahon Family (48%)
February - Chris Jericho vs. Legends building to WM25 (45%)
March - Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker building to WM25 (39%)
April - Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker completing build at WM25 (53%)
May - The Miz calls out John Cena weekly on Raw (33%)
June - C.M. Punk as tweener World Hvt. champion (55%)
July - C.M. Punk feuding against Jeff Hardy and the fans (68%)
August - C.M. Punk vs. Jeff Hardy Summerslam build-up (59%)
(9) Rising Star of the Month
January - Jack Swagger (51%)
February - Jack Swagger (34%)
March - Evan Bourne (21%)
April - The Miz (26%)
May - The Miz (54%)
June - John Morrison (44%)
July - John Morrison (67%)
August - John Morrison (28%)
(10) Crashing Star of the Month
January - Manu (34%)
February - Colt Cabana (21%)
March - Kozlov (36%)
April - Samoa Joe (21%)
May - Mr. Kennedy (69%)
June - Shelton Benjamin (18%)
July - Jeff Jarrett (22%)
August - Kurt Angle (28%)
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