Feud of The Year
The PWI Feud of the Year Award recognizes the best rivalry of the year, normally between two wrestlers but also between groups as well. Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger are tied with Vince McMahon vs. Steve Austin each winning twice. Ric Flair and Vince McMahon have won this award 4 times individually.
| Year | Winner | First runner-up | Second runner-up | Third runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Orndorff | Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes | The Sheepherders (Luke Williams and Butch Miller) vs. The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) | The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton) vs. The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) |
| 1987 | Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Lex Luger) vs. The Super Powers (Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff) and The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) | Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat | Jerry Lawler vs. Tommy Rich and Austin Idol | Brian Adias vs. Kevin Von Erich |
| 1988 | Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger | Rick Rude vs. Jake Roberts | Kerry Von Erich vs. Jerry Lawler | The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage) vs. The Mega Bucks (Ted DiBiase and André the Giant) |
| 1989 | Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk | Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage | Skandor Akbar's Devastation Inc. vs. Eric Embry | Roddy Piper vs. Rick Rude |
| 1990 | Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger | Hulk Hogan vs. Earthquake | The Ultimate Warrior vs. Rick Rude | Chris Adams vs. Steve Austin |
| 1991 | The Ultimate Warrior vs. The Undertaker | Hulk Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter | Sting vs. Cactus Jack and Abdullah the Butcher | Lex Luger vs. Ron Simmons |
| 1992 | The Moondogs (Spot and Cujo) vs. Jerry Lawler and Jeff Jarrett | Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage | The Ultimate Warrior vs. Papa Shango | Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat |
| 1993 | Bret Hart vs. Jerry Lawler | Rick Rude vs. Dustin Rhodes | Cactus Jack vs. Vader | Tony Anthony vs. Tracy Smothers |
| 1994 | Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart | Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan | Randy Savage vs. Crush | Sabu vs. Terry Funk |
| 1995 | Axl Rotten vs. Ian Rotten | Harlem Heat (Stevie Ray and Booker T) vs. The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) | Jeff Jarrett vs. Razor Ramon | Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage |
| 1996 | Eric Bischoff vs. Vince McMahon | Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage | The Undertaker vs. Mankind | Jamie Dundee vs. Wolfie D |
| 1997 | Diamond Dallas Page vs. Randy Savage | Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart | Hollywood Hogan vs. Roddy Piper | Sabu vs. Taz |
| 1998 | Vince McMahon vs. Steve Austin | nWo Wolfpac vs. nWo Hollywood | Ric Flair vs. Eric Bischoff | The Rock vs. Ken Shamrock |
| 1999 | Triple H vs. The Rock | Jerry Lynn vs. Rob Van Dam | Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan | |
| 2000 | Triple H vs. Kurt Angle | Booker T vs. Jeff Jarrett | Edge and Christian (Edge and Christian) vs. The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy) | |
| 2001 | Shane McMahon vs. Vince McMahon | Booker T vs. The Rock | Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle | Edge vs. Christian |
| 2002 | Eric Bischoff vs. Stephanie McMahon | Kurt Angle vs. Edge | Triple H vs. Stephanie McMahon | Trish Stratus vs. Molly Holly |
| 2003 | Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle | Hulk Hogan vs. Vince McMahon | Steve Austin vs. Eric Bischoff | Jeff Jarrett vs. Raven |
| 2004 | Triple H vs. Chris Benoit | Randy Orton vs. Mick Foley | Christian and Trish Stratus vs. Chris Jericho | Matt Hardy vs. Kane |
| 2005 | Matt Hardy vs. Edge and Lita | A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels | Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero | Batista vs. Triple H |
| 2006 | John Cena vs. Edge | D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) vs. The McMahons (Shane and Vince McMahon) | Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett | Trish Stratus vs. Mickie James |
| 2007 | Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe | Batista vs. The Undertaker | John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels | John Cena vs. Randy Orton |
| 2008 | Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels | Kurt Angle vs. A.J. Styles | The Undertaker vs. Edge | Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm) vs. The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) |
| 2009 | Randy Orton vs. Triple H | CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy | Main Event Mafia vs. TNA Frontline | Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett |
| 2010 | Nexus vs. WWE | Bret Hart vs. Vince McMahon | Kurt Angle vs. Mr. Anderson | John Cena vs. Batista |
| 2011 | CM Punk vs. John Cena | Randy Orton vs. Christian | Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett | Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) vs. All Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus) |
| 2012 | Aces & Eights vs. TNA | The Rock vs. John Cena | CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan | Adam Pearce vs. Colt Cabana |
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Famous quotes containing the words feud and/or year:
“Sisters we are, yea, twins we be,
Yet deadly feud ‘twixt thee and me;
For from one father are we not,
Thou by old Adam wast begot,
But my arise is from above,”
—Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672)
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—Simone Weil (1909–1943)