Wrestling

WWE NXT Year-End Awards return for first time since 2020

December 21, 2023

Here’s who’s nominated, and how you can vote for your favorites in the 2023 edition.

From 2015–2020, WWE NXT handed out Year-End Awards. The fan-voted honors went away with the 2.0 era. But things are black-and-gold again with Shawn Michaels at the reins of the company’s developmental/third brand, and evidently that means the Year-End Awards are back too.

No word yet on when voting ends or the winners announced, but polls are open at WWE.com. Here are the nominees… the category headers double as links to vote.

Match of The Year

Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge – NXT Deadline
Carmelo Hayes vs. Ilja Dragunov – No Mercy
Ilja Dragunov vs. Dijak – Battleground
Becky Lynch vs. Tiffany Stratton – No Mercy
Axiom vs. Tyler Bate – Global Heritage Invitational
Johnny Gargano vs. Grayson Waller
Seth “Freakin” Rollins vs. Bron Breakker
Roxanne Perez vs. Blair Davenport
JD McDonagh vs. Dragon Lee
Roxanne Perez vs. Kiana James – Halloween Havoc
Eddy Thorpe vs. Damon Kemp – NXT Underground Match

Moment of The Year

Roxanne Perez collapses after defeating Meiko Satomura
Bron Breakker smashes Von Wagner with steel steps
Fallon Henley dresses up like Tiffany Stratton
The #FreeTonyD movement
Trick Williams gets attacked by a mystery assailant
Lash Legend slams Otis
Dominik Mysterio ends Wes Lee’s historic North American Title reign
Jacy Jayne kicks Gigi Dolin through a door
Bron Breakker spears Carmelo Hayes through a wall
The Undertaker comes to NXT
Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin crash through Shawn Michaels’ office wall