WWE announces nominees for 2025 Slammy Awards

The Slammy Awards are returning as part of WWE’s WrestleMania 41 weekend festivities in Las Vegas.

For the second straight year, the Slammy Awards will be presented at the WWE World convention during WrestleMania weekend. The awards show is being hosted by Big E & Cathy Kelley and will be broadcast live on WWE’s social media channels on Sunday, April 20.

There are 12 awards categories this year, with fan voting now open to determine the winners. The full list of nominees can be seen below:

Female Superstar of the Year

• Liv Morgan
• Rhea Ripley
• Bayley
• Nia Jax
• Tiffany Stratton
• Chelsea Green
• IYO SKY

Male Superstar of the Year

• Cody Rhodes
• Roman Reigns
• Gunther
• CM Punk
• Damian Priest
• Drew McIntyre
• Jey Uso
• Seth Rollins

Most Memorable Entrance

• Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 40
• Jey Uso with Travis Scott on Raw’s Netflix premiere
• Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40
• The Rock at WrestleMania 40
• Bayley at WrestleMania 40
• Randy Orton at Bash in Berlin
• Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 40 with the Philadelphia Mummers Band
• Sami Zayn in Montreal with Jey Uso
• Sami Zayn at WrestleMania 40 with Kevin Owens and Chad Gable
• Logan Paul at SummerSlam with MGK
• Dominik Mysterio at Bad Blood with Liv Morgan in the Low Rider
• Drew McIntyre at Clash at the Castle

OMG Moment of the Year

• Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns match finish at WrestleMania 40
• Dominik Mysterio turning against Rhea Ripley with Liv Morgan at SummerSlam
• Kevin Owen turning against Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes in October
• New Day turning against Big E
• Tiffany Stratton’s Money in the Bank cash-in on Nia Jax
• Damian Priest’s Money in the Bank cash-in on Drew McIntyre
• The Wyatt Sicks debut on Raw
• Bron Breakker spearing iShowSpeed at the Royal Rumble
• Bronson Reed hitting a Tsunami on Braun Strowman onto a car
• John Cena turning against Cody Rhodes at Elimination Chamber
• Roman Reigns returning at SummerSlam
• IYO SKY defeating Rhea Ripley to become the Women’s World Champion

Faction of The Year

• The OG Bloodline
• The Judgment Day
• New Bloodline
• American Made
• Damage CTRL

Tag Team of the Year

• DIY
• Awesome Truth
• A-Town Down Under
• Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair
• Motor City Machine Guns
• The Bloodline
• The War Raiders
• The Judgment Day
• The Street Profits
• Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez

Rivalry of the Year

• CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre
• Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes
• Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley
• Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor
• Kevin Owens vs. Cody Rhodes
• Nia Jax vs. Tiffany Stratton
• Bloodline vs. Bloodline

NXT Superstar of the Year

• Oba Femi
• Roxanne Perez
• Trick Williams
• Ethan Page
• Giulia
• Kelani Jordan

Match of the Year

• Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 40
• CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre Hell in a Cell Match at Bad Blood
• Roman Reigns & The Rock vs. Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 40
• Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley at SummerSlam
• Damian Priest vs. Gunther at SummerSlam
• Cody Rhodes vs. AJ Styles at Backlash
• 2025 Men’s WarGames Match (Bloodline OG vs. New Bloodline)
• Bayley vs. IYO SKY at WrestleMania 40
• Sami Zayn vs. Gunther at WrestleMania 40
• Gunther vs. Randy Orton at Bash in Berlin
• Seth Rollins vs. CM Punk at Raw’s Netflix premiere

WTF Moment of the Year

• R-Truth calls Triple H “Ciampa”
• Kevin Owens’ car interviews
• Chelsea Green goes into the dumpster
• Dominik Mysterio in the shark cage
• iShowSpeed with Logan Paul at WrestleMania 40
• LA Knight in Logan Paul’s pool
• R-Truth wrestles with John Cena
• Rabid noises from Tama Tonga
• Jacob Fatu: “I Love You Solo”
• The Wyatt Sicks debut

Social Star of the Year

• Chelsea Green
• Drew McIntyre

Breakout Superstar of the Year

• Bron Breakker
• Lyra Valkyria
• Penta
• Oba Femi
• Giulia
• Tiffany Stratton
• Jacob Fatu
• Chelsea Green
• Stephanie Vaquer

The Slammy Awards first took place in the 1980s and have been brought back sporadically in the ensuing decades. Before returning last year, the most recent edition of the awards show was in 2020.

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