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Who Was Named Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Wrestler of the Year?, Roman Reigns Wins “Most Hated” Award and More

January 13, 2017

WWE Champion AJ Styles won wrestler of the year in PWI’s 44th annual Achievement Award balloting. Styles won with 51% of the vote.

AJ Styles also won in the Match of the Year category for his WWE SummerSlam match against John Cena.

Additionally, Styles’ 2016 matches against Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, Chris Jericho, John Cena at Money in the Bank and Shinsuke Nakamura in NJPW also received first-place votes from PWI readers.

Others PWI Achievement Award winners were as follows:

-Nia Jax (Rookie)
-Bayley (Inspirational)
-The Miz (Most Improved)
-Goldberg (Comeback)
-Charlotte Flair (Woman)
-Charlotte-Sasha Banks (Feud)
-Shinsuke Nakamura (Most Popular)
-Roman Reigns (Most Hated)
-The New Day (Tag Team)

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.