NXT Announces 2018 Year-End Award Nominations

NXT announced the nominations for their 2018 Year-End Awards on tonight’s NXT episode.

The winners, which will be decided by fan votes on Twitter, will be announced on the NXT TakeOver pre-show on Saturday, January 26.

Here are WWE’s instructions for voting:

There are nine different categories for the NXT Universe to vote on, exclusively on Twitter. In order for a vote to be official, you must include BOTH of the following in your tweet: (1) the hashtag of the category, and (2) the hashtag of the nominee you are voting for. Please limit your votes to one category/nominee per tweet.

Here are the nominees…

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Female Competitor of the Year

#NXTAwardFemale
#NikkiCross
#ShaynaBaszler
#KairiSane
#EmberMoon
#BiancaBelair

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Male Competitor of the Year

#NXTAwardMale
#Ciampa – Tommaso Ciampa
#Gargano – Johnny Gargano
#Ricochet
#Aleister – Aleister Black
#Velveteen – Velveteen Dream
#Andrade – Andrade “Cien” Almas
#AdamCole
#PeteDunne

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Overall Competitor of the Year

#NXTAwardOverall
#Ciampa – Tommaso Ciampa
#NikkiCross
#Gargano – Johnny Gargano
#Ricochet
#ShaynaBaszler
#Aleister – Aleister Black
#KairiSane
#Velveteen – Velveteen Dream
#Andrade – Andrade “Cien” Almas
#EmberMoon
#AdamCole
#PeteDunne
#BiancaBelair

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NXT Tag Team of the Year

#NXTAwardTag
#UndisputedERA
#WarRaiders
#StreetProfits
#HeavyMachinery
#LorcanBurch – Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch
#MoustacheMountain

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NXT TakeOver of the Year

#NXTAwardTakeOver
#Philly
#NewOrleans
#ChicagoII
#BrooklynIV
#WarGames

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NXT Match of the Year

#NXTAwardMatch
#WarGames – WarGames Match (TakeOver: WarGames)
#GarganoAlmas – Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas (NXT Championship Match, TakeOver: Philadelphia)
#NXTTags – Moustache Mountain vs. Undisputed ERA (NXT Tag Team Championship Match, NXT TV, July 11, 2018)
#GarganoCiampa – Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa (Unsanctioned Match, TakeOver: New Orleans)
#NATitle – NXT North American Championship Ladder Match (TakeOver: New Orleans)
#SaneBaszler – Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler (NXT Women’s Championship Match, TakeOver: Brooklyn IV)
#RicochetDream – Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream (TakeOver: Chicago)
#CiampaBlack – Aleister Black vs. Tommaso Ciampa (NXT Championship Match, NXT TV, July 25)
#DunneGibson – Pete Dunne vs. Zack Gibson (WWE U.K. Championship Match, NXT TV, Aug. 22)
#ColeBlack – Aleister Black vs. Adam Cole (Extreme Rules Match, TakeOver: Philadelphia)
#DunneOReilly – Pete Dunne vs. Kyle O’Reilly (WWE U.K. Championship Match, NXT TV, June 13)
#ERABurchLorcan – Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan vs. Undisputed ERA (TakeOver: Chicago)
#CrossBelair – Nikki Cross vs. Bianca Belair (NXT TV, Sept. 12)
#ChampvsChamp – Ricochet vs. Pete Dunne (NXT North American Champion vs. WWE U.K. Champion Match, NXT TV, Sept. 19)
#NATitleTripleThreat – Ricochet vs. Pete Dunne vs. Adam Cole (NXT North American Championship Triple Threat Match, NXT TV, Oct. 10)

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NXT Rivalry of the Year

#NXTAwardRivalry
#GarganoCiampa – Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
#SaneBaszler – Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler
#AleisterAttack – Aleister Black/Johnny Gargano/Tommaso Ciampa/Nikki Cross
#GarganoAlmas – Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas
#ERAMoustache – Moustache Mountain vs. Undisputed ERA
#MoonBaszler – Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler
#RicochetDream – Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream

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Breakout Star of the Year

#NXTAwardBreakout
#BiancaBelair
#LaceyEvans
#RheaRipley
#DakotaKai
#LarsSullivan
#Ricochet
#WarRaiders
#EC3

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Future Star of NXT

#NXTAwardFuture
#MattRiddle
#KeithLee
#MiaYim
#ForgottenSons – Forgotten Sons (Jaxson Ryker, Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake)
#DominikDijakovic
#IoShirai
#CandiceLeRae
#DukeShafir – Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir
#KonaReeves