While the main event scene of 2009 was very stagnant, behind the scenes was a year of turmoil like never before. The year has ended with some major announcements that could rock the wrestling world. Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff have signed with TNA while two members of the McMahon family announced they were leaving the WWE.
10 Biggest Stories of the Year
Vince McMahon saw his son and wife leave his company while also seeing his old WCW enemies Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff join TNA.
10 Biggest Question to be Answered in 2010
2010 promises to be a crazy but entertaining year as the first week of the year will feature the first shot in a new Monday Night War that features Hulk Hogan joining TNA and Bret Hart returning to the WWE.
2009 PPV Results and Recaps
The WWE went through a rebranding effort for their PPV events and created several new concept PPV events based upon a theme.
2009 Title Changes
2009 saw every singles title on RAW and SmackDown switch brands while the championship of both brands changed hands so frequently that one would assume the wrestlers were allergic to their gold belts.
The WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2009
Steve Austin headlined this year's class. Here is a photo gallery from the ceremony.
Photo Gallery of WWE DVDs Released in 2009
A visual look back at all of the DVDs the WWE released this year with links to dozens of reviews.
2009 About.com Pro Wrestling Awards
- Turkey of the Year: This fan proves that is is possible to love wrestling too much.
- Rookie of the Year: Some Ring of Honor fans are sure to be insulted that a former champion of that organization has won this award.
- Rookie of the Year - Take 2: After announcing this year's Rookie of the Year Award, the runner-up did something so spectacular that I had no choice but to reverse my previous decision.
- Most Hated Wrestler of the Year: Is it better to be a gelatinous parasitic tapeworm or and idiot sycophant?
- Most Popular Wrestler of the Year: The winner of this year's award also won it last year.
- Feud of the Year: A contender for this award two years ago, this renewed rivalry saw these two men battle for the WWE Championship for five straight PPV events.
- Tag Team of the Year: The winning and runner-up teams battled each other in the final WWE PPV match of the '00s.
- Match of the Year: The Streak being put on the line against Mr. WrestleMania was the greatest non-title/non-stipulation match I have ever seen.
- Wrestler of the Year: The winner of this award had a great year in the ring and in the process gave the rub to three young superstars.