Last night, WWE held the 2009 edition of the Slammy Awards as the backdrop for a three hour RAW held live in Corpus Christi, Texas. A highly entertaining Dennis Miller hosted the show live, which fit right in with RAW’s current guest hosting gimmick.
The Slammys were originated in 1986 and were brought back to life last year. Last night’s show was much like last year’s, with a nice little red carpet podium and platform on top of the entrance stage just right of the wrestlers’ entrance. Miller hosted with quips and mini monologues while WWE talent presented the actual awards. The actual wrestling for the night again took a backseat to the comedy and pageantry.
Award Results:
Tag Team of the Year (presented by R-Truth & Jillian Hall)
Winner – Chris Jericho & The Big Show
Other Nominees – DeGeneration X (Shawn Michaels & Triple H), Legacy (Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase), The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd & DH Smith)
Breakout Superstar of the Year (presented by Tiffany & Teddy Long)
Winner – Sheamus
Other Nominees - Drew McIntyre, Yoshi Tatsu, Abraham Washington
Shocking Moment of the Year (presented by Vickie Guerrero & Santino Marella)
Winner – CM Punk retires Jeff Hardy
Other Nominees – Randy Orton DDT's and kisses Stephanie McMahon, Batista snaps on Rey Mysterio, Sheamus beats up Mark Cuban
Match of the Year (presented by Triple H)
Winner – Shawn Michaels v. Undertaker (25th Anniversary of WrestleMania)
Other Nominees – John Cena v. Randy Orton (Breaking Point), Jeff Hardy v. Edge (Extreme Rules), Team RAW v. Team SmackDown (Bragging Rights)
Guest Host of the Year (presented by Mr. McMahon)
Winner – Bob Barker Other Nominees – Seth Green, Shaquille O'Neal, The Osbournes
Extreme Moment of the Year (presented by Carlito, Chris Masters & Eve)
Winner – Jeff Hardy’s Swanton Bomb off a tall ladder
Other Nominees – Kofi Kingston's leg drop onto Randy Orton through the announce table, Big Show throwing John Cena into a search light at Backlash, Triple H's home invasion on Orton
Diva of the Year (presented by MVP & Goldust)
Winner – Maria
Other Nominees –All of the Divas (voted on via wwe.com)
Oh My Moment of the Year (presented by Abraham Washington, Tony Atlas & Big Dick Johnson)
Winner – Michael Cole throws up on Chris Jericho at the SmackDown Tenth Anniversary
Other Nominees – Chris Masters’ dancing pecs, Shawn Michaels superkicks a little girl in the restaurant, Santino Marella gets a face full of pies on Thanksgiving by all the divas.
Superstar of the Year Winner – John Cena
Other Nominees – Undertaker, Randy Orton, CM Punk
Much like in years past all awards were presented in good, campy fun with no actual ballots released or votes being counted. It was all done in good fun to further current storylines, start new feuds and enhance character profiles. The Grammys or the Oscars could stand to learn a thing or two from The Slammys.
Match Results: ECW Champion Christian, Kane & The Great Khali beat William Regal, Vladimir Kozlov & Ezekiel Jackson when Khali pinned Kozlov.
Kofi Kingston versus Cody Rhodes was changed to a tag team match when Ted DiBiase interfered on Rhodes’ behalf and Evan Bourne made the save for Kingston. In the tag match Rhodes & DiBiase beat Kingston & Bourne when Rhodes pinned Bourne.
John Cena made CM Punk submit to the STF in about 90 seconds to advance in the Superstar of the Year tournament.
Randy Orton beat Undertaker by count out to advance in the Superstar of the Year tournament.
Chris Jericho & Big Show beat DeGeneration X by disqualification in a WWE Unified Tag Titles match when Triple H pushed the referee seconds after opening bell rang.
Yoshi Tatsu, Mark Henry & John Morrison beat The Miz, Drew McIntyre and Zack Ryder when Tatsu pinned Ryder.
In a fourteen Divas match, Mickie James, Maria, The Bella Twins, Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly & Melina beat Michelle McCool, Maryse, Layla, Natalya Neidhart, Beth Phoenix, Alicia Fox & Rosa Mendes when Mickie pinned Rosa. All fourteen were in evening gowns and only Mickie and Rosa actually wrestled.
In the main event John Cena beat Randy Orton to win Superstar of the Year.
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