Wrestling Observer has published its year end awards which is voted on by both readers of the Wrestling Observer online and newsletter and hand chosen people within or covering the industry, e.g. Bill Apter, etc. The most surprising result is that for the first time in nine years, Daniel Bryan did not win the Best Technical Wrestler award, being beaten out by Pro Wrestling NOAH's Zack Sabre Jr, from England. Paul Heyman secured Best Interview for the second year in a row, New Japan Pro Wrestling won Best Promotion for the third year running and NXT won Best Weekly TV show also for the second year running. Below are several of the results, but not all, featuring the winner, runner-up and third place position.

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR)

1. SHINSUKE NAKAMURA (323): 2,262

2. A.J. Styles (188): 1,739

3. Hiroshi Tanahashi (145): 1,563

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER

1. A.J. STYLES (220): 1,819

2. Tomohiro Ishii (247): 1,671

3. Shinsuke Nakamura (190): 1,639

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR

1. YOUNG BUCKS (509): 3,374

2. reDRagon (159): 2,042

3. T-Hawk & Eita (158): 1,344

MOST IMPROVED

1. RUSEV (181): 1,372

2. Charlotte (152): 1,281

3. Sasha Banks (2): 383

BEST ON INTERVIEWS

1. PAUL HEYMAN (411): 4,395

2. Conor McGregor (169): 1,675

3. Jay Briscoe (44): 582

BEST TECHNICAL WRESTLER

1. ZACK SABRE JR. (145): 1,221

2. Kyle O’Reilly (78): 841

3. A.J. Styles (58): 610

MOST UNDERRATED

1. CESARO (377): 2,275

2. Tomoaki Honma (99): 1,189

3. Tyson Kidd (29): 585

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

1. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (779): 4,064

2. Ring of Honor (16): 1,038

3. Dragon Gate (36): 884

BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW

1. WWE NXT (416): 2,961

2. Ring of Honor (175): 1,744

3. Lucha Underground (106): 1,369

BEST MAJOR WRESTLING SHOW

1. NEW JAPAN G-1 8/1 TOKYO (313): 2,227

2. New Japan G-1 8/3 Osaka (166): 1,297

3. WWE WrestleMania 4/6 New Orleans (115): 920