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| - | Arguably and controversially not exactly accurate due to the high volume and consideration of nominations, GBYWN strives to select the utmost correct winners for their efforts. To date, there have been 4 End of Year awards that have taken place.{{small|[[Global_Backyard_Wrestling_News_awards#External_links|[R]]]}} | + | Arguably and controversially not exactly accurate due to the high volume and consideration of nominations, GBYWN strives to select the most warranted winners. To date, there have been 4 End of Year awards that have taken place.{{small|[[Global_Backyard_Wrestling_News_awards#External_links|[R]]]}} |
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| | ==Current awards== | | ==Current awards== |
| | ===End of the Year awards=== | | ===End of the Year awards=== |
| | ===Super awards=== | | ===Super awards=== |
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| | + | | <center> The Prodigy was the first recipient of the Legend <br> of the Year award in 2008 while wrestling for <br> [[Championship Wrestling Association]] (CWA).</center> |
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| | ====GBYWN Legend of the Year==== | | ====GBYWN Legend of the Year==== |
| - | This award is honored to the [[backyard wrestler|backyard wrestlers]] who have worked to acquire the consideration of being called a legend in the recreational sport of backyard wrestling within the community [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]]. The award was also created in 2008. The inaugural winner of the award was The Prodigy from the federation [[Championship Wrestling Association]]. His stint in backyard wrestling ranged back to the mid-90's, and during his tenure in CWA beginning in 2005 displayed very professional technical proficiency which gained him much fandom and respect in the practice.
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| | ====GBYWN Overall Wrestler of the Year==== | | ====GBYWN Overall Wrestler of the Year==== |
| - | This award is proposed to [[backyard wrestlers]] who have overall given their best work and performance all year and was created since 2008 after there were only awards for different wrestling surfaces. The first winner of this award was [[PJ Matthews]]. His two compelling "I am Better Than You", and "Are You Alive" gimmicks rose him to popularity in 2008 climaxing with defeating considered marquee backyard wrestling athlete, [[Joe Randa]].
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| | ====GBYWN Federation of the Year==== | | ====GBYWN Federation of the Year==== |
| - | This award is given to the best [[backyard wrestling]] federation of the year that had the overall most outstanding presentation. The award was created in 2006 and for that year was the only award issued. The first winner was the backyard wrestling trampoline promotion, [[Extreme Wrestling Alliance]] (EWA). At that time, EWA was one of the leading trampoline federations when trampoline wrestling was at an all-time high.
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| | ====GBYWN Best Video/Match of the Year==== | | ====GBYWN Best Video/Match of the Year==== |
| - | Given to the best match of the year available as a video. This awards was started in 2008 and the first winner was the [[Prodigy]] vs [[AJ Badd]] match at [[RLSW No Remorse 3]], which was a high profile match of the year.
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Originally, only one award alone was rewarded to a single federation until 2007 when Cam extended the amount of awards. The awards are separated into different categories, the "Super awards", the "Grand awards", and "Awards" crediting the efforts of well-deserved nominees. They were also first voted for in the forum community until a decision was made to have the award nominations chosen exclusively by special personnel within before Cam picked the final selections.
Arguably and controversially not exactly accurate due to the high volume and consideration of nominations, GBYWN strives to select the most warranted winners. To date, there have been 4 End of Year awards that have taken place.[R]
