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January 4th at the Tokyo Dome
Wrestling Observer Award Winners
Oh, I Know That Guy!
200

He won the WWF Intercontinental Championship in the main event of SummerSlam 1992 -- on home turf, no less

Who is "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith?

200

Bryan Danielson

Who is Shawn Michaels?

200

New Japan Pro-Wrestling's first January 4 Tokyo Dome show took place in this year

What is 1992?

200

Dave Meltzer infamously rated a March 2010 rematch between these two competitors "only" 4.75 stars -- but Observer voters still named it Match of the Year

Who are the Undertaker and Shawn Michaels?

200

This former Freebird was the interviewer for Stone Cold's "Austin 3:16" promo at King of the Ring 1996

Who is Michael Hayes?

400

Adam Cole and MJF hit this move to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship in the first match on All In London 2023

What is a double clothesline?

400

Kazuchika Okada

Who is Ultimo Dragon?

400

He "flies high" above the rest of the field with ten January 4 Tokyo Dome main event matches, the most in history

Who is Hiroshi Tanahashi?

400

SANADA was the recipient of this award in 2023, marking New Japan Pro-Wrestling's first "win" in this category

What is Most Overrated Wrestler?

400

Members of this often-amorphous group that would later hit the big time include Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Carmella, and Braun Strowman

Who are the Rosebuds?

600

This event, which emanated from London's Wembley Arena, is notable for being first Raw-exclusive PPV and the last event to run under the WWF name, though you may have heard more about the plane ride home

What is Insurrexion 2002?

600

Triple H

Who is Killer Kowalski?

600

The first women's match to be on the main card of a January 4 Tokyo Dome show was at Wrestle Kingdom 17 in 2023, which featured Kairi versus Tam Nakano for this recently-established title

What is the IWGP Women's Championship?

600

He was the first luchador to win the Wrestler of the Year award, earning the honor in 2006

Who is Mistico?

600

Early in his career, he played "Stan" at Cyber Sunday 2006 and was promptly superkicked by Shawn Michaels -- I give his performance a "perfect 10"

Who is Shawn Spears?

800

In May 2019, this luchador died in the ring during a match against Juventud Guerrera in London

Who is Silver King?

800

Kevin Owens

Who is Jacques Rougeau?

800

He locked in the winning STF submission in the main event of the very first Wrestle Kingdom, in 2007

Who is Masahiro Chono?

800

The longest winning streak in Observer Award history belongs to him, who took home every Bruiser Brody Award for Best Brawler from 1991 to 2000

Who is Mick Foley?

800

At WrestleMania 6, he drove the pink Cadillac that carried Greg Valentine and The Honky Tonk Man to the ring -- and he got the gig because he actually owned the car

Who is Diamond Dallas Page?

1000

He was the first RevPro Triple Crown Champion

Who is Marty Scurll?

1000

Tiffany Stratton

Who is Greg Gagne?

1000

This Japanese singer was seated at ringside at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in 2017 and was moved to tears by the Kenny Omega-Kazuchika Okada match

Who is Jurina Matsui?

1000

Established in 2018, the award for Non-Heavyweight MVP was named in honor of this Oklahoman, who was still crushing apples with only one hand when he was 80

Who is Danny Hodge?

1000

Johnny Gargano's first appearance on WWE programming was as Cedrick Von Haussen, who was recruited to face MVP as the champion of this European nation

What is Liechtenstein?

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