Nominees Revealed for First Ever Year End WWE NXT Awards

January 1, 2016

wwe nxt WWE has opened the voting for the first ever year end NXT awards, and you can cast your vote via WWE.com from now until January 6th at 10am EST.

Below are the categories and nominees for this year’s awards:

Overall Competitor of the Year: Finn Balor, Bayley, Kevin Owens, Sasha Banks, Samoa Joe, Charlotte, Sami Zayn, Becky Lynch, Tyler Breeze, Asuka

Male Competitor of the Year: Finn Balor, Kevin Owens, Samoa Joe, Sami Zayn, Tyler Breeze

Female Competitor of the Year: Bayley, Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Asuka

Tag Team of the Year: Blake and Murphy, The Vaudevillains, Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady, Dash and Dawson, The Lucha Dragons

Takeover of the Year: Rival, Brooklyn, Respect, London

Match of the Year: Bayley vs. Sasha Banks (Takeover: Brooklyn), Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens (Brock Lesnar: The Beast in the East, Live from Tokyo), Women’s Fatal 4-Way (Takeover: Rival), Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor (Takeover: London), Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens (Takeover: Rival), Bayley vs. Sasha Banks – 30-Minute WWE Iron Man Match (Takeover: Respect), Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch (Takeover: Unstoppable), Charlottevs. Sasha Banks (WWE NXT, July 15, 2015), Finn Balor vs. Neville – No. 1 Contender’s Tournament Final (Takeover: Rival), Kevin Owens vs. Finn Balor (WWE NXT, March 25, 2015)

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.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.