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Best Angle                              

Award Description:

To be given to the best angle you've seen in the sport this year. 

Previous Winners:

  1990: Horsemen turn heel 
  1991: "Real World Champion" Ric Flair challenges Hulk Hogan 
  1992: Ric Flair "knew Elizabeth first" 
  1993: WWF brings in Sean Waltman as 1-2-3 Kid 
  1994: Shane Douglas forfeits NWA title moments after winning it 
  1995: Barry Horowitz finally wins on WWF television
  1996: NWO forms and attempts takeover of WCW
  1997: Bret Hart turns on USA, reforms Hart Foundation
  1998: Mr. McMahon offers Steve Austin the easy way - or the hard way
  1999: "Countdown to the Millennium" ends with Chris Jericho's WWF debut
  2000: Triple H, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, Kurt Angle love triangle
  2001: ECW joins WCW, forms alliance
  2002: Goldust, Booker T turn "At the Movies" gig into friendship

**2003**: Kurt Angle presented with Team Angle by Paul Heyman

125 first place votes
118 second place votes
109 third place votes

 17 24  7  171   Kurt Angle presented with Team Angle by Paul Heyman
 19  6 11  135   Chris Jericho attempts to get Steve Austin removed as RAW co-GM
 14 10 12  124   Rock sings, plays guitar, argues with Hurricane
 11 14  7  111   Kane unmasks, turns heel
  6  9  9   75   Matt Hardy slims down to win Cruiserweight title
  7  4  2   51   Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar form friendship
  4  5  8   51   John Cena, Spanky engage in rap-off
  3  8  5   49   Steve Austin named RAW co-GM, splitting power with Eric 
                 Bischoff
  4  6  2   42   Raven vows to win NWA title despite New Church
  1  5  9   38   Triple H places bounty on Goldberg
  3  3  5   34   Vince McMahon attempts to unmask Mr. America as Hulk Hogan
  5  1  2   32   Rock brings back Gillberg to dance a jig and humiliate Goldberg
  2  5  0   25   Chris Jericho idolizes, then despises Shawn Michaels
  2  1  4   21   Hurricane names Rosey Super Hero in Training
  2  2  2   20   Chris Jericho flirts with Trish Stratus
  2  0  1   12   Mick Foley returns to referee Hell in the Cell match
  0  3  1   11   Goldberg interrupts Rock Concert II
  2  0  0   10   Tommy Dreamer saves Raven, then Raven & Dreamer force CM 
                 Punk to drink beer for the first time 
  1  1  1   10   Paul Heyman Screws Lesnar, Introduced as Big Show's
"Agent"
  1  1  0    8   Chris Hammrick fakes knee injury during match against CM Punk
  1  0  1    7   Shawn Michaels gives Ric Flair a pep talk, Flair cries
  1  0  1    7   Lita comes back after over a year off from neck surgery
  1  0  1    7   Eddie Guerrero Cheats 2 Win
  1  0  1    7   Christian does it for the peeps
  1  0  1    7   Cade Sydal knows nothing about other races
  1  0  1    7   Brock Lesnar, Big Show Collapse Ring with Superplex
  0  2  0    6   Triple H, Ric Flair form Evolution
  1  0  0    5   Rodney Mack destroys white boys
  1  0  0    5   Rock has Rock Concert
  1  0  0    5   Raven refuses the Flock's help
  1  0  0    5   Raven debuts in TNA attacking Jarrett and stealing the belt
  1  0  0    5   NJPW's top singles titles both held by outsider Yoshihiro
                 Takayama
  1  0  0    5   Katsushi Takemura joins with Jado & Gedo to form "rudo jr.
                 army" 
  1  0  0    5   Kashmere double turn at CZW Night of Infamy 2
  1  0  0    5   Jonathan Coachman, Al Snow win RAW announcing jobs
  1  0  0    5   Jerry Lynn, Christopher Daniels form Army of Darkness 
                 with Mikey Whipwreck, Sinister Minister
  1  0  0    5   Jeff Jarrett sneak attacks Hogan in Japan
  1  0  0    5   Gail Kim wins title in first match
  1  0  0    5   Apache Army declares war on Zero One
  1  0  0    5   Al Wilson marries Dawn Marie
  0  1  1    5   Steve Austin proclaims Lance Storm boring
  0  1  1    5   Pete Madden, Jack Adonis return to form 4rth Reich with 
                 Nikki Strychnine
  0  1  1    5   Kid Kash disrespects legends
  0  0  2    4   Vince McMahon Demands the REAL Brock Lesnar
  0  1  0    3   WMF & WEW join together
  0  1  0    3   Spanky and John Cena have a rap battle
  0  1  0    3   NJPW's Makai Club
  0  1  0    3   John Cena, Kurt Angle engage in rap-off
  0  1  0    3   CM Punk is after Raven because Punk's father was a drunk
  0  0  1    2   Terry Funk feuds with Extreme Horsemen
  0  0  1    2   Tajiri acquires black-suited flunkies
  0  0  1    2   Rock, Steve Austin battle one more time at WrestleMania
  0  0  1    2   Rock calls it quits, but Goldberg spears him
  0  0  1    2   Paul London confronts AJ Styles over his choice of Red as 
                 tag team partner
  0  0  1    2   Just before WrestleMania, Booker T revealed to have served time
  0  0  1    2   Goldberg Bounty
  0  0  1    2   Faarooq says he's proud that he masturbates
  0  0  1    2   Evolution v. Goldberg
  0  0  1    2   Bob Sapp & Tsubo Genjin form a team

HACK-MAN: Wow.  I didn't realize how bad a year this really was until I
had to vote for "Raven vows to win NWA title despite New Church",
"Triple
H places bounty on Goldberg", and "Rock sings, plays guitar, argues with
Hurricane" as the best angles!

PAUL ZOROVICH: There weren't many, but I got a kick out of John Cena and
Spanky doing a rap-off.  Special props for getting the ref to act as a
human beatbox.

BIGDADDYLOCO:  How can you not love the 'White Boy Challenge'?  Well many
of you didn't, but I did!

CRIMEFIGHTER:  Man, I can't believe someone actually thinks Al Wilson
marrying Dawn Marie was a BEST angle candidate.  YOU IDIOT!  The Gillberg
vs. Goldberg angle was something I've longed to see, Spanky vs.  Cena was
a show stealer, and Rock putting over Hurricane when HHH won't put over
anyone but himself were the best of the year.

MICHAEL: 2nd:  Steve Austin named RAW co-GM, splitting power with Eric
Bischoff. At least we werenąt subjected to only having the one Evil GM.
3rd:  Rock brings back Gillberg to dance a jig and humilate Goldberg. It
added heat eat to their match, kept Rock as a heel, and let us see
Gillberg one more time.

YNAE316: On the Raw side, Austin's year-long rivalry with Bischoff was the
best thing they had going.  Austin can't go in the ring anymore but his
rivalry with Bischoff was as entertaining as anything else on Raw. The Mr.
America angle was critically blasted but I for one had a blast watching
it.  I've always been a fan of those "face gets suspended returns as
masked man" angles (yes, I liked the Midnight Rider).  The
Hogan/Zack/Vince segments were the entertainment highlight of Smackdown
for me.  Triple H's bounty gimmick on Goldberg was also a solid promo
piece.  It allowed Goldberg to smash through tons of guys to help build
him up and it played well to Triple H's character.

SCOTT CHRIST: The whole Flair v. HHH angle on the May 19 Raw was
tremendous, but what really stuck out, for me, was Shawn Michaels giving
Flair a pep talk backstage and Flair crying. It was the sort of real
emotion very few guys can capture anymore, and Flair does it like it's no
big thing. Goldberg's debut on Raw was very well-done. HHH's bounty on
Goldberg was some super fun.

CHRISTOPHER SHEA: Okay, the WWE writing staff takes a lot of flak, most of
it deserved, but they should get some kudos on having the courage to try
to reinvent Kane, who's been in a rut since 1999. Sure, there were
stumbles along the way (trying to make Kane look "hideous" with black
smears on his face), but in the end, they've created a strong new villain
for the show. And I'm still looking forward to the Kane/Taker feud next
year.

AERO: Gotta go with the Al Wilson angle, the man had two penii. Honorable
mention to Kane trying to fry Shane's nads.

RYAN FAULCONER: Chris Hamrick's "knee injury" at the Spirit of 76 show
worked better than any other angle in recent memory at creating an
illusion of reality. Ian Rotten went nuts swearing his head off and that
helped sell the angle. The rap battle between Spanky and John Cena was a
lot of fun and also deserves mention.  Spanky showed a glimpse of what he
can do as an "entertainer" and John Cena, well, he pretty much did his one
trick and did it well.  Brian Hebner was the unsung hero of that angle as
well.

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