PTW Awards

The PTW Awards (Nagrody podsumowujące rok, loosely translated as End-Of-Year Awards) are a PTW initiative where awards, similar to the Academy Awards or WWE-estabilished Slammy Awards, are given to professional wrestlers and other individuals within PTW, such as commentators and referees, for notable achievements during the year.

The awards were originally planned to be hosted annually, at the end of the year. However, so far only one edition has been held, in Dec 2022/Jan 2023, to summarize the first chapter of PTW's existence, from PTW#1: Revolucja until the end of 2022. Fans nominated their candidates by voting with reactions on PTW's Facebook page, which posted selected nominees in multiple categories.

This award ceremony was held during PTW Underground 12. Each of the winners was awarded a physical trophy, crafted out of acrylic plastic, depicting a wrestler figure flexing his muscles against the "Kinguin PTW" logo, with individual signatures on the base.

Although most of the fan-voting went uninterrupted, there was one category which caused controversy. While Sędzia Seweryn and Sędzia Matek fought a close battle for the prize, Sędzia Rafał unexpectedly and rapidly gained over 250 reactions. Until that moment he had just around 40, compared to his opponents' 150 reactions. After a short investigation, it was found that somebody decided to buy around 200 reactions from well-known Vietnamese social media bot farms. This escalated into the so-called "Afera Azjatycka" (Asian Scandal), concluding in Sędzia Rafał's disqualification from the voting, and suspension from referee duties. His reputation among PTW's fans and other workers also suffered dramatically.

Later it turned out that the entire thing was orchestrated as a prank by Szymon "Modzel" Modzelewski - a wrestling fan who wanted to tease PTW and Pawłowski by interfering with the poll results.

Results of fan-voting in each category

Wrestler of the Year

Puncher - 441 votes
Justin Joy - 365 votes
Joe Hendry - 65 votes
Matt Sydal - 54 votes
Krampus - 27 votes

Hero of the Year

Axel Fox - 215 votes
Samuray Del Sol - 40 votes
Taras - 39 votes
Nano Lopez - 19 votes
Disco Pablo - 8 votes

Villain of the Year

Sinister - 165
Bad Bones - 60
Syriusz Dziedzic - 43
Puncher - 36
Gabriel Queen - 14

Newcomer of the Year

Vic Golden - 130
Wiktor Longman - 93
Samson - 65
Spartan - 33
Aron Wake - 11

Speaker of the Year

Puncher - 219
TAXI Złotówa - 83
Syriusz Dziedzic - 49
Sinister - 24
Axel Fox - 19

Tag Team of the Year

Pure Gold (Gabriel Queen & Vic Golden) - 172
PAKA (Disco Pablo, Taras & Boro) - 124
Bright Lights (Marcelito & Karol "Iskra" Górski) - 25

Commentator of the Year

Arek Paterek - 171
Łukasz Baliński - 75
Piotr Małecki - 56
Santino - 35
Lewis Costello - 12

Female Wrestler of the Year

Diana Strong - 135
Myla Grace - 86
Xia Brookside - 11
Helena Sixt - 3
Gaya Glass - 0

Show of the Year

Match of the Year

Justin Joy vs Axel Fox - Legends - 165
Matt Sydal vs Samuray Del Sol - Legends - 25
Disco Pablo vs Diana Strong vs Pure Gold - RyuCon - 16
Jonny Storm vs Jody Fleisch - Revolucja - 7
Axel Tischer vs Bad Bones - Blackout - 7

Finisher of the Year

Puncher - Wylew - 174
Robert Star - Stallion Cutter - 137
PAKA - Blok 3D - 31
Spartan - Spartan Bomb - 28
Nano Lopez - Last Plane to Spain - 14

Moment of the Year

Justin Joy & Axel Fox's reunion - 93
Joy dropped on a table - 58
Krampus chokeslamming Nano through a table - 15
PAKA's 6-man suplex - 9
Santino's Cobra - 9

Referee of the Year

Sędzia Seweryn - 174
Sędzia Matek - 149
Sędzia Rafał - 234 pre-disqualification (36 excluding paid bot votes)

Feud of the Year

Axel Fox vs Justin Joy - 88
Nano Lopez vs Sinister - 60
Taxi Złotówa vs Employers - 24
Puncher vs Influencers - 12
Bad Bones vs PTW - 9

Gallery

Nominees for the Hero Of the Year category.
Awards statues made of acrylic glass, set on the ring in PTW Performance Center
Facebook post announcing winners in each category.