According to The Wrestling Observer, voting for the year’s WWE Slammy Awards was entirely legit, and while there is speculation every year as to the validity of the voting, the fans indeed chose the winners this year.
One of the biggest complaints from fans regarding the Slammys this year is the lack of top stars appearing on Raw who won awards. Names like The Rock, John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Sting, The Undertaker and Ronda Rousey were all Slammy winners but did not appear on Raw to claim their award.
An issue with the way voting works is that WWE is unaware who will win the Slammy Award until voting closes, and in most cases that does not leave the company enough time to bring the winners into Raw. The bigger issue, however, is that when top names do not show up to claim their awards, it gives fans the impression that the Slammys are not important enough for the top stars to appear on Raw.
To solve the above issues, two changes were proposed following the Slammys this year, and one is to close the voting one week ahead of time so WWE has time to contact and bring in any top stars who win awards. The second idea is to hold the Slammys around WrestleMania time when many top stars will be in town anyways, but because that is such a busy time of year, having the Slammys on the post-Mania edition of Raw would be changing one of the biggest events of the year.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
