10 Shocking Winners Of Wrestling Observer Awards

10. John Morrison and The Miz - Tag Team Of The Year 2008

Thirteen years before they reunited on Smackdown, The Miz and John Morrison were an established tag team on the old ECW brand, gaining popularity through their web series, The Dirt Sheet. The duo picked up two tag team championships during their first run, which ended in 2009 when The Miz rather predictably turned on his partner.

In 2008, Miz and Morrison picked up the prestigious Tag Team Of The Year award from the WON. The two Ms are part of a pool of winners including The Fabulous Freebirds, The Steiner Brothers, Edge and Christian, The Shield, and The Young Bucks.

Whilst not a bad team and miles better than they would become in 2020, to put Miz and Morrison in the same conversation as those teams is a bit of a long shot, especially over other nominated teams in 2008 including The Motor City Machine Guns, Tencozy, and Kevin Steen and El Generico.

If you told an Observer reader today that The Miz once picked up an award over Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, then they'd probably try and punch you, but it's all there in black and white. Strange how times change, huh?