We just listed the Top 30 Matches from the Movie Trivia Schmoedown according to EYG.  Now we are going to do the different awards.

Once again, this is my opinion.  You are allowed to disagree with me all you want.  Just be respectful.

And yes there are Schmoedown Spectacular IV SPOILERS here so be aware.

Player of the year:  Dan Murrell. It was tight, but Dan won the singles title, defended it, won the teams title, defended it, won the Free4All.  Runners-Up:  William Bibbiani, Mike Kalinowski, Ben Bateman, Rachel Cushing

Team of the Year: Shirewolves.  This was really tough too.  The year was split into two halves in team competition and the Shirewolves just had a more dominant first half than anyone else.  Runners-Up:  Founding Fathers, Shazam, KOrruption, Odd Couple, Who’s the Boss

Manager of the Year:  Tom Dagnino.  He solidified this award in the last few months.  The first half of the year, it looked as if Tom was done.  After Spectacular, clearly he is on top of the world and the leading candidate for 2020.  Runners-Up: Roxy Striar, Kaiser, Ken and Grace.

Live Event of the Year:  Free4All.  Just a great day with Bibbs and his incredible run, Murrell picking up the win, The Kid announcing himself a star.  Always such an unpredictable day.  Runners-Up Schmoedown Spectacular IV, Houston,  New York.

Rookie of the Year:  Kevin Smets.  This is one that was won at the Spectacular.  When he won the IG title in a pretty dominant fashion and Oyama dropped his title, Smets calimed this award.  He was one word (Peter) away from undefeated.  Runners-Up:  Paul Oyama, Tom, Paul Preston.

Faction of the Year:  The Five Horsemen.  Another one that did not look to be happening at the year’s start, but the Horsemen stood tall at the end of the Spectacular.  Runners-Up:  The Dungeon, KOrruption

Face of the Year:  Rachel Cushing.  Still just a great face character and a wonderful human being.  I hope rachel is having a good retirement.  Runners-Up:  Dan Murrell, John Rocha, William Bibbiani, The Kid.

Heel of the Year:  Mike Kalinowski.  He was really more of a tweener this season for most of the time, but Mike knew how to push the fans buttons if he needed to and we saw that at the Spectacular again.  Runners-Up:  Andrew Ghai, Kaiser, Paul Oyama

Moment of the Year:  John Rocha shows up at Spectacular.  Is Rocha gonna show up?  He has been sick in real life and now his match with the Founding Fathers vs. Shazam is in question.  Great moment when those lights go down and even better performance from the Outlaw.  Runners-Up:  Matt Atchity challenges his team’s win, Bibbiani goes #1 to #40 in Free4All, Andrew Ghai returns at Spectacular IV, Ben Bateman spins Spinner’s Choice twice in Houston, Shirewolves retire.

Shock of the Year:  Shirewolves announce retirement.  Who saw this coming?  Apparently Rachel was burning out and needed time off.  The Shirewolves were dominant and their departure opened the league wide up.  Runners-Up:  Matt Atchity challenges his team’s win, Andrew Ghai retires in backstage interview, The Nuke, Dagnino wins Draft Bowl.

Best Cosplay/Costume of Year:  Greg Alba from Free4All. He came out in the outfit of Bradley Cooper from A Star is Born and acted out the scene where Cooper pissed himself.  Hilarious on the live stage.  Runners-Up: Chandru Dhandapani, Jeanine the Machine.

Best Competitor (Entrance):  William Bibbiani.  No one does more creative entrances, whether it is as a single or as a team, than William Bibbiani.  He is constantly raising his game in the ideas.  Runners-Up:  The Paddington Two, Jeanine the Machine.

Backstage Interview of the Year:  Founding Fathers lose to KOrruption in sudden death.  Such emotion in this interview that Jenn Sterger nearly started crying too.  Both John Rocha and Dan Murrell were questioning themselves but they turned it back to gold.  Runners-Up:  Founding Fathers win titles, Mike Kalinowski wins IG title, Founding fathers defend titles at Spectacular.

Best Promo Guy:  Ken Napzok.  There is some serious competition here too, but Ken is just so good on the mike that it reminds you of the best years of Cactus Jack, Ric Flair or other star wrestlers.  Runners-Up: John Rocha, Mike Kalinowski, Andrew Ghai, William Bibbiani.

Best Interviewer:  Jenn Sterger.  No contest.  She is just the best.  She can give with the best and can get the emotions out of everyone.  She is not afraid to ask the tough questions.  The backstage interviews are never as good when she is not there.  Runners-Up:  Emma Fyffe, Brianne Chandler.

Best Character(s):  The Loony Bin.  Where did these two come from?  Video Drew and Tom exploded on the scene and became everyone’s favorite new characters with the awesome new gimmick.  And, they are dang good at the game too.  Runners-Up:  Andrew Ghai, Robert Meyer Burnett, Mike Kalinowski

Innergeekdom Player of the Year:  Mike Kalinowski.  Even with the tough defeat at Spectacular, Mike wins this one.  He defeated Rachel Cushing to win the title and he defeated Smets for the first time.  It was close with Smets, but Mike gets this one.  Runners-Up:  Kevin Smets, Chandru Dhandapani, Rachel Cushing.

Best on the Desk:  Mark Ellis.  Still the best…around.  Mark Ellis has the best quips, the best banter and…comedy..ha ha ha ha ha. Runners-Up:  Ken Napzok, Clarke Wolfe, Kristian Harloff, Danielle Radford, Emma Fyffe

Exhibition Match of the Year

#5.  MCU Gerber wins

#4.  Patriots vs. Schmoes

#3.  Horror 2- Bibbiani wins

#2.  Star Trek match- Ethan Erwin wins

#1.  Rocky Championship Match- Kristian Harloff defeats Tom Dagnino

The magic season.

This was, perhaps, the most difficult list that I have compiled yet.  The Movie Trivia Schmoedown was just amazing this season.  There were so many awesome matches from the first live event in New York to the Schmoedown Spectacular IV.

By the way… this post will contain SPOILERS for the Spectacular so be warned.

So literally, from 7 or 8 to 20 or so, any of these could be interchangeable.  There were so many great matches in all of the leagues.  It was amazing.

This will be my top 30 matches of 2019.  You may disagree and that is perfectly fine.  With this many great matches, you probably have an argument.

Some of these are matches because of entertainment value (like #30) and some of them are here because of exciting play.

#30.  Robert Meyer Burnett defeated Tom Dagnino 7-5, June 21

#29.  The Wildberries defeated Late to the Party, 30-26.  Sept. 20

#28.  Paul Oyama defeated Jeff Sneider, 16-15 sudden death.  Championship match Sept. 6

#27.  Inky & the Brain defeated Movie Guys, 24-23.  April 4th

#26.  John Rocha defeated Marc Andreyko, 19-17.  March 22

#25.  William Bibbiani defeated Ethan Erwin, 25-20.  Tournament.  Oct. 11

#24.  Tom Dagnino defeated Emma Fyffe & Kaiser.  Draft Bowl.  Oct 25

#23.  Chandru Dhandapani defeated Brandon Hanna.  21-20.  Oct. 24

#22.  Founding Fathers defeated KOrruption, 33-31.  Won Team Titles.  Oct. 25

#21.  William Bibbiani defeated Chance Ellison, 25-21.  Tournament.  Sept. 20

#20.  Time Machine defeated The Paddington Two, 33-32 Sudden Death.

#19.  Loony Bin defeated Self-Righteous Brothers, 33-31 Tournament.  Nov. 21

#18.  Odd Couple defeated Shirewolves 25-22 to win Team Titles.  May 31

#17.  Mike Kalinowski defeated Rachel Cushing, 26-25 for the Innergeekdom title.  July 26

#16.  John Rocha defeated Mike Kalinowski, 15-14.  Tournament. Oct. 10

#15.  Odd Couple defeated Who’s the Boss, 27-26.  #1 Contender Match.  April 18.

#14.  Shazam defeated the Odd Couple, 36-33.  Tournament.  Nov. 29

#13.  The Family defeated The Paddington Two, 32-31.  Tournament.  November 26.

#12.  Shirewolves defeated Critically Acclaimed, 35-33.  Defended Team titles.  March 21

#11.  Shazam defeated The Movie Guys, 32-30, tournament.  Nov. 14

#10.  Kevin Smets defeated Chandru Dhandapani, 28-24.  #1 Contender Match for IG Title.  Nov. 1

#9.  William Bibbiani defeated Ethan Erwin & John Rocha in #1 Contender Triple Threat.  April 12

#8.  Loony Bin defeated Time Machine, 32-31. Tournament.  Nov. 28

#7.  Founding Fathers defeated Shazam, 31-30 to defend Team Titles.  Dec. 7

#6.  KOrruption defeated The Founding Fathers, 32-30 #1 Contender Match.  July 15

#5.  KOrruption defeated Shirewolves, 36-32 to win Team titles.  Shirewolves retire.  August 29.

#4.  Mike Kalinowski defeated Kevin Smets, 26-21 in #1 Contender match.  June 28.

#3.  Shirewolves defeated Odd Couple, 33-30 and won Team titles.  June 28

#2.  Dan Murrell defeated Ethan Erwin 25-23 to win Single Championship, Feb. 1

#1.  Rachel Cushing defeated Mike Kalinowski, 31-30 in Sudden Death.  Wins Innergeekdom championship.  March 1.

There are memes every year.. in fact, too many to deal with.  However, we at EYG like to pick out a couple of the biggies for the year and highlight them here.

I have chosen three memes for the year.

#3.  Ok, Boomer.

From a Google search: “Thousands of teens have responded through remixed reaction videos and art projects with a simple phrase: “ok boomer.” “Ok boomer” has become Generation Z’s endlessly repeated retort to the problem of older people who just don’t get it, a rallying cry for millions of fed up kids.”

#2.  Baby Yoda.

Baby Yoda has become a phenomenon from Disney +’s Star Wars program, The Mandalorian.  Baby Yoda is cuter than all get out and it has inspired a rush of memes.

#1.  Nancy Pelosi’s clap.

It was the State of the Union and it sure seemed as if Nancy Pelosi was conveying a message to President Donald Trump besides just applause.  At least, the Internet sure thought so.

Saw some more tweets about how terrible the “Worst of” lists are and how no one should be doing them.  To that I say…. if you do not like posts that list the “worst of” then don’t read them.  However, it is my right to do them if I so choose.

I chose not to comment on the Tweet, which I wanted to but I avoided.  I was proud of myself.

Anyway… here are the nest 10.

#90-81

#90.  The A-Team.  I was looking forward to this one, but I was really disappointed.  I watched the TV show as a youngster but the movie was severely lacking.

#89.  Hangover 3.  This was actually the best of the Hangover sequels (there may be another one of those on this list eventually. SPOILER).  Too many penises all over the place.

#88.  The Nun.  This one made a lot of money considering, but the film was just not that scary.  Maybe a sequel will do better like Annabelle did.

#87.  Dark Phoenix.  The final FOX X-Men movie was not good.  This was the second time that FOX was unable to make a good film based on the Phoenix Saga.  Maybe Marvel Studios will give it a shot at some point.

#86.  RIPD.  This was basically Men in Black with ghosts.  Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges should have made this more successful, but this comic book adaptation was anything but.

#85.  Neighbors 2.  I did not like this movie or the original.  Too much juvenile humor in my mind, despite a solid cast.

#84.  The Lone Ranger.  This movie did not know what tone it wanted to have or what kind of movie it wanted to be.  Johnny Depp as Tonto was most likely a poor decision.

#83.  Jonah Hex.  Another DC property that did not work despite seemingly being cast well.  I did not hate this as much as many, but there is no denying that the film was not good.

#82.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:  Out of the Shadows.  This was the last time the Turtles have made the big screen.  It was one of the worst times as well.

#81.  Inherent Vice.  This one a lot of people liked, but I found it boring and confusing.  I honestly do not remember much about it.

This has been a fantastic year for the child actors.  There is a crop of actors who just seem to bring it every time.  The days of it being acceptable practice to have a kid actor who cannot hold their own are over.  Heck, there are projects that are the lead of the show.

This can be a kid actor from either movies or television.

Previous Winners:  Emjay Anthony, Jacob Trembley, Millie Bobby Brown, Dafne Keen, Elsie Fisher

Runners Up

#13.  Oakes Fegley (Goldfinch)

#12.  Gabriel Bateman (Child’s Play)

#11.  Louis Ashbourne Serkis (The Kid Who Would Be King)

#10.  Charlie Shotwell (Eli)

#9.  Julia Butters (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

#8.  Jackson A. Dunn (Brightburn)

#7.  Asher Angel & Jack Dylan Grazer (Shazam)

#6.  The Cast of Stranger Things 3

#5.  Saniyya Sidney (Fast Color)

#4.  Jacob Trembley, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon (Good Boys)

#3.  Kyliegh Curran (Doctor Sleep)

#2.  Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit)

If someone had told me that Roman Griffin Davis wasn’t going to win this award this year, I would have laughed in their face because he was so brilliant in Jojo Rabbit that he was a shoo-in.  This is one of the best kid performances ever.  In fact, it other years, Kyliegh Curran‘s work in Doctor Sleep, the Good Boys cast, or Saniyya Sidney‘s Fast Color could have won this.  The Stranger Things 3 cast is great every time they appear.  Asher Angel & Jack Dylan Grazer made a wonderful pairing in the DC Comics movie Shazam. Julia Butters had my favorite scene in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.  Louis Ashbourne Serkis was the modern day King Arthur with Excalibur.  Charlie Shotwell led the horror movie Eli on Netflix.  Gabriel Bateman led the remake of Child’s Play and he was vital to make that film work.  Even though The Goldfinch was terrible, Oakes Fegley wasn’t the issue.

And the winner…

Noah Jupe (Honey Boy)

Noah Jupe was transcendent in Honey Boy, the film based on the life of Shia LaBeouf.  He had to carry so much of the emotional weight of the film that Honey Boy would never have worked.  He took this character through the spectrum and it was a marvel to watch.

Best Kid Performance of the Decade

#10.  Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (Sing Street)

#9.  Emjay Anthony (Chef)

#8.  Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)

#7.  Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)

#6.  Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place)

#5.  The cast of It

#4.  Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit)

#3.  Dafne Keen (Logan)

#2.  Noah Jupe (Honey Boy)

#1.  Jacob Trembley (Room)