5) Male Competitor of the Year Award
– Our Winner: Johnny Gargano
Johnny Gargano has had an insane year in 2018. Every match that he had at an NXT TakeOver event was really, really good. This includes classics against Tommaso Ciampa, Andrade Almas, and Aleister Black.
2018 has been a really great year for NXT. I don’t think that there is a Superstar on the roster who can say they have a better resume of matches than Gargano in 2018. He deserves all the praise in the world.
An honorable mention goes to Tommaso Ciampa. Ciampa is in second place in my books for his great heel work. He loses points only because he missed a few months at the start of the year due to injury. Still, he has had an incredible year and deserves a lot of credit.
4) Female Competitor of the Year Award
– Our Winner: Shayna Baszler
Looking at 2018 as a whole, I would say that Shayna Baszler deserves the award for the female competitor of the year in NXT.
Shayna has really improved over the past several months. It has been great to see her progress and put on better and better matches as the year went on. There is no doubt that she is only going to improve as she gets more experience.
I am excited to see what the future holds for Shayna. She is my pick for the best female in NXT in 2018.
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