The Slammy Awards, also known as the Slammys, is a concept used by WWE, where awards, similar to the Academy and Grammy Awards, are given to professional wrestlers and other individuals within WWE, such as commentators and managers. Introduced in 1986, there have been 13 editions of the concept. The awards are a mixture of "serious" and "tongue-in-cheek". Winners of the award receive a statuette that depicts one wrestler holding another over his head.
John Anthony Nicholas Gargano is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand and is one-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with Tommaso Ciampa in their second reign. Gargano is best known for his time in NXT, where he became the first-ever NXT Triple Crown winner by winning the NXT Championship once, the NXT North American Championship a record three times, and the NXT Tag Team Championship once. His popularity and success in NXT led him to be given the moniker "The Heart and Soul of NXT".
Austin Kirk Jenkins, known by the ring name Adam Cole, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of the Undisputed Kingdom. He is also known for his tenures with WWE and Ring of Honor (ROH).
Tommaso Whitney is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Tommaso Ciampa and is one-half of the current WWE Tag Team Champions with Johnny Gargano in their second reign.
Samuel Robert Shaw is an American professional wrestler. As of August 2022, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Dexter Lumis and is a member of The Wyatt Sicks faction. He is also known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performed as Samuel Shaw from 2010 to 2015.
DIY is an American professional wrestling tag team composed of Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa. They are currently signed to WWE, where they perform on the SmackDown brand and are the current WWE Tag Team Champions in their second reign. They are known for their time in NXT, where they are former NXT Tag Team Champions.
NXT TakeOver: New Orleans was the 19th NXT TakeOver professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on April 7, 2018, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana as part of the WrestleMania 34 weekend festivities.
NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia was the 18th NXT TakeOver professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on January 27, 2018, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as part of that year's Royal Rumble weekend.
Patrick Clark Jr. is an American professional wrestler. He is currently performing on the independent circuit under the ring name Velveteen Man. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Velveteen Dream from 2015 to 2021.
NXT TakeOver: Chicago was the 15th NXT TakeOver and inaugural TakeOver: Chicago professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on May 20, 2017, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois as part of that year's Backlash weekend.
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 was the 21st NXT TakeOver and the fourth and final TakeOver: Brooklyn professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on August 18, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York as part of that year's SummerSlam weekend.
The Undisputed Era was a professional wrestling stable from WWE's NXT brand. It formed on August 19, 2017, at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III shortly after Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly signed with WWE, although Fish and O'Reilly had already been a tag team since 2012 under the name reDRagon. After, Fish suffered an injury in March 2018, April 7 at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans marked a turning point for the Undisputed Era: during the event, Cole became the inaugural NXT North American Champion, he and O'Reilly won the 2018 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, and Roderick Strong joined the stable at the end of a lengthy feud against it; both Cole and Strong were subsequently recognized as co-Tag Team Champions under the Freebird Rule. O'Reilly later had two more additional reigns as NXT Tag Team Champion, one with Strong and one with Fish, while Cole became NXT Champion at NXT TakeOver: XXV, becoming NXT's second Triple Crown winner. On September 18, Strong won the NXT North American Championship, making the Undisputed Era the first stable to simultaneously hold all the male titles on NXT. All four stayed champions until January 22, 2020, when Strong lost his title to Keith Lee. The Undisputed Era are regarded as one of the greatest and most dominant factions in WWE history.
NXT TakeOver: Phoenix was the 23rd NXT TakeOver professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on January 26, 2019, at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona as part of that year's Royal Rumble weekend.
The 2018 NXT TakeOver: WarGames was the 22nd NXT TakeOver and the second annual NXT WarGames professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on November 17, 2018, in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California as part of that year's Survivor Series weekend.
NXT TakeOver: New York was the 24th NXT TakeOver professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on April 5, 2019, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York as part of the WrestleMania 35 weekend festivities.
NXT TakeOver: XXV was the 25th NXT TakeOver professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on June 1, 2019, at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The 2019 NXT TakeOver: Toronto was the 26th NXT TakeOver and the second and final TakeOver: Toronto professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on August 10, 2019, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as part of that year's SummerSlam weekend.
NXT TakeOver: Portland was the 28th NXT TakeOver professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on February 16, 2020, at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. It was also the first NXT TakeOver to be held on a Sunday.
The WWE Year-End Awards is a concept used by WWE, where awards, similar to the Academy and Grammy Awards, are given to professional wrestlers at the end of the year who have performed on Raw and SmackDown. Introduced in 2018, there have been two editions of the concept. In the first edition, the winners were voted by fans, while for the second, WWE picked the winner themselves. Previously, wrestlers from Raw and SmackDown had been rewarded Slammy Awards between 1986 and 2015.
The Way was a professional wrestling stable in WWE. The stable was led by Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae, and featured Austin Theory, Indi Hartwell, and Dexter Lumis. The stable worked between 2020 and 2021 in WWE on the NXT brand. During that time, Gargano won the NXT North American Championship twice, while LeRae and Hartwell won the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship.
