Categories and Nominees announced for WWE NXT Year-End Awards 2019
WWE has announced the list of categories and nominees for this year's NXT Year-End Awards. The official Twitter account of WWE NXT has also shared the news and has provided the WWE Universe with instructions as to how they can cast their votes. Fans will have to include the hashtag of the category and the hashtag of the nominee if they want to cast their vote on Twitter.
Much like last year's Year-End Awards, this year also has a total of nine categories and the WWE Universe can cast their vote via Twitter or on the company's official website. However, last year's winners were announced on the pre-show of NXT TakeOver: Phoenix but for 2019's Year-End Awards WWE will announce it on the January 1, 2020 episode of NXT on the USA Network.
The categories and nominees for the 2019 NXT Year-End Awards are as follows:
Female Competitor of the Year: #NXTAwardFemale
* #IoShirai
* #ShaynaBaszler
* #RheaRipley
* #KayLeeRay
* #ToniStorm
* #BiancaBelair
Male Competitor of the Year: #NXTAwardMale
* #TommasoCiampa
* #JohnnyGargano
* #VelveteenDream
* #AdamCole
* #WALTER
* #TylerBate
Overall Competitor of the Year: #NXTAwardOverall
* #IoShirai
* #ShaynaBaszler
* #RheaRipley
* #KayLeeRay
* #ToniStorm
* #BiancaBelair
* #TommasoCiampa
* #JohnnyGargano
* #VelveteenDream
* #AdamCole
* #WALTER
* #TylerBate
NXT Tag Team of the Year: #NXTAwardTag
* #UndisputedERA
* #StreetProfits
* #GrizzledYoungVets
* #AndrewsWebster
* #VikingRaiders
NXT TakeOver of the Year: #NXTAwardTakeOver
* #NXTPhoenix
* #NXTBlackpool
* #NXTNewYork
* #NXTXXV
* #NXTToronto
* #NXTCardiff
* #NXTWarGames
NXT Match of the Year: #NXTAwardMatch
* #WomensWarGames – Women's WarGames Match (TakeOver: WarGames)
* #BatevsWALTER – Tyler Bate vs. WALTER (WWE United Kingdom Championship Match, NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff)
* #ShiraivsBaszler – Io Shirai vs. Shayna Baszler (NXT Women's Title Cage Match, NXT TV, June 26)
* #LeRaevsShirai – Candice LeRae vs. Io Shirai (TakeOver: Toronto)
* #3StagesOfHell – Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano (2-out-of-3 Falls NXT Championship Match, TakeOver: Toronto)
* #RaidersvsERA – Viking Raiders vs. Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong (NXT Tag Team Championship Match, TakeOver: Phoenix)
* #2OutOf3Falls – Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole (2-out-of-3 Falls NXT Championship Match, TakeOver: New York)
* #LadderMatch – Street Profits vs. Forgotten Sons vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch vs. Undisputed ERA (NXT Tag Team Championship Ladder Match, TakeOver: XXV)
* #DunnevsCole – Pete Dunne vs. Adam Cole (NXT Championship Match, Survivor Series)
* #LeevsDijakovic – Keith Lee vs. Dominik Dijiakovic (NXT TV, Aug. 28)
* #WomensFatal4Way – Candice LeRae vs. Bianca Belair vs. Io Shirai vs. Mia Yim (NXT TV, Sept. 18)
* #TagTeamTripleThreat – Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster vs. Gallus (NXT UK Tag Team Championship Match, NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff)
Rivalry of the Year: #NXTAwardRivalry
* #GarganoCole – Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole
* #LeRaeShirai – Candice LeRae vs. Io Shirai
* #RipleyBaszler – Rhea Ripley vs. Shayna Baszler
* #BritishStrongStyleImperium – British Strong Style vs. Imperium
* #DreamStrong – The Velveteen Dream vs. Roderick Strong
Breakout Star of the Year: #NXTAwardBreakout
* #KeithLee
* #DominikDijakovic
* #MattRiddle
* #CandiceLeRae
* #DamianPriest
* #AngelGarza
* #RheaRipley
* #JoeCoffey
* #PiperNiven
Future Star of NXT: #NXTAwardFuture
* #CameronGrimes
* #Kushida
* #IsaiahSwerveScott
* #TeganNox
* #DakotaKai
* #XiaLi
* #Taynara
* #BronsonReed
* #IljaDragunov
These were the categories and winners for the 2018 NXT Year-End Awards:
Male Competitor for the Year: Tommaso Ciampa
Female Competitor of the Year: Kairi Sane
Overall Competitor of the Year: Kairi Sane
Tag Team of the Year: The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong)
Rivalry of the Year: Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
Breakout Star of the Year: Ricochet
TakeOver of the Year: NXT TakeOver: New Orleans
Future Star of NXT: Io Shirai
Match of the Year: Andrade (c) vs. Johnny Gargano for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia