Official NXT Awards and Nominees Revealed

Tis the season for awards. We’re in a new year now and that means it’s time to celebrate the year we just finished. As with so many other cases, NXT is looking at its best and brightest of 2017 with a collection of awards. These are held every year but there are some new categories this year for fans to vote on. We’ve got you covered on the categories and nominees.

WWE.com has released a list of nine awards with nominees for each. These include standard categories such as Takeover of the Year and Male/Female Competitors of the Year, but also includes new categories such as Breakout Star of the Year and Rivalry of the Year. Here are all of the nominees:

Takeover of the Year
San Antonio
Orlando
Brooklyn III
Chicago
WarGames

Female Competitor of the Year
Asuka
Ember Moon
Nikki Cross
Ruby Riott
Iconic Duo

Male Competitor of the Year
Bobby Roode
Drew McIntyre
Aleister Black
Andrade Cien Almas
Roderick Strong

Overall Competitor of the Year
Asuka
Ember Moon
Nikki Cross
Ruby Riott
Iconic Duo
Bobby Roode
Drew McIntyre
Aleister Black
Andrade Cien Almas
Roderick Strong

Tag Team of the Year
Authors of Pain
Sanity
Revival
DIY
Undisputed Era

Breakout Star of the Year
Aleister Black
Andrade Cien Almas/Zelina Vega
Undisputed Era
Sonya Deville
Ruby Riott
Velveteen Dream
Lars Sullivan

Future Star of NXT
Street Profits
Heavy Machinery
Shayna Baszler
Kairi Sane
Fabian Aichner
Cezer Bononi
Lio Rush
Bianca Belair
Lacey Evans

Match of the Year
Gargano vs. Almas – Takeover: Brooklyn III
Asuka vs. Moon – Takeover: Brooklyn III
McIntyre vs. Almas – Takeover: WarGames
DIY vs. Revival vs. Authors of Pain – Takeover: Orlando
Bate vs. Dunne – Takeover: Chicago
WarGames – Takeover: WarGames
Asuka vs. Cross – NXT – June 28
DIY vs. Authors of Pain – Takeover: San Antonio
Strong vs. Roode – NXT – July 5
Women’s Battle Royal – NXT – October 25
Black vs. Dream – Takeover: WarGames
Gargano vs. Ohno – NXT – December 6

Rivalry of the Year
Nakamura vs. Roode
Moon vs. Asuka
Bate vs. Dunne
Sanity vs. Undisputed Era
Black vs. Dream
Ohno vs. Itami
DIY vs. Authors of Pain

Voting takes place exclusively on Twitter and information can be found here.

http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/nxt-2017-year-end-awards

At least the trophies are nice.

Breakout of the Year winner announced: 2016 NXT Year-End Awards

Opinion: I can dig these things and for once, WWE isn’t missing any major nominees (save for Bate vs. Dunne from “Takeover: Chicago” but that’s a pretty good average otherwise. There are a lot of different ways you could go with any of these but the important thing is that NXT seems to have a bright future, which is more than you would have expected after all the names that they’ve lost recently.

Who do you like for these awards? Did NXT miss any major nominees? Let us know in the comments below.