The (WWE) Fake News Awards

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The interest in, and importance of, these awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated, but after an unexpected delay, they are here!

The first ever (WWE) Fake News Awards will pay tribute to those within the Sports Entertainment world that have won bigly in recent years. Those that just can't help themselves. Those that build walls of success they don't even pay for. Those that just have to grab life by the pustules!

These are traits few men (and women too, these awards have actually shattered glass ceilings for women) have. It's about time everybody got together and gave a little bit of recognition to these people - a nuclear war or global warming could rob generations of the opportunity to, even those both of those possibilities almost certainly aren't even real!

Let's drain the swamp of negativity around the industry and pay tribute to those that deserve nothing but praise dropped on them from almighty height! Satire might be dead, but like finally being allowed to say 'Merry Christmas' around the holidays again, it's about time we all got together for a big laugh! Merry Christmas! Fake News!

And The Winners Are...

10. 'Youthful Exuberance' - Kane

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Vince McMahon is a smart man, and it's perhaps why he once piped up during a conversation about an ongoing 2012 storyline between Daniel Bryan, CM Punk and AJ Lee with the frankly brilliant suggestion of including Kane.

The plot only featured two of the best wrestlers in the world tied together but dragged apart by the unhinged affections of one of the most organically popular females on the roster in years. It was clearly lacking something big. Something red. Something machine-like.

The Chairman had his finger on the pulse yet again in 2017, with Braun Strowman in desperate need of a rival that matched his stature and youthful intensity. Enter the better-than-ever demon, lumbering through matches with the grace of a man twice his age! Or half, whichever one's better.

Never one to misread the beating heart of his audience, McMahon knew a Braun/Brock rematch needed extra heat, and had a 300lbs sack of fire content ready and willing to go once he'd burned Finn Bálor's aspirations to a crisp.

The great masked wrestlers maintain the veneer of agelessness thanks to their disguise - Kane mastered the art after he ripped his off.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett