All Other Awards

Nomination and Election Procedures – All Other Awards

Who may submit nominations:

Nominations are accepted from all members of the Cauliflower Alley Club.

When are nominations due:

Deadline for nominations for all awards except for Future Legend and Historian is July 31 annually.  Nominations made after this deadline WILL NOT be on the ballot.

What must be included with a nomination:

• A brief bio detailing the nominee’s qualifications for the nominated award
• The nominees contact information (address, phone number, e-mail address)
• Confirmation that the nominee has been contacted and has agreed to attend the Reunion if they are selected

Where nominations should be sent:

Nominations should be made ONLY to Jason Sanderson at bpsanderson90@yahoo.com.  Nominations made to other board members WILL NOT be on the ballot.

What happens next:

By September 1 of each year, Jason Sanderson will forward a ballot to all active (non-emeritus) members of the Board of Directors (except the Club’s Executive Vice President who will only vote in the event of a tie). 

All honorees are subject to ratification by the Executive Board

The nominees receiving the highest number of votes for their nominated award will be selected the next year’s honoree.

Qualifications and criteria for each award

Iron Mike Award

• The nominee must be “immediately recognizeable” both to those in wrestling and to many people outside wrestling

• The nominee must be recognized as having achieved success in more than one field
  
  

Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award

• The nominee must have achieved success in more than one area of professional wrestling.  Areas for consideration would include in-ring wrestling, refereeing, managing, announcing, booking or other areas associated with management of the wrestling industry.

Lou Thesz Award

• The nominee must have a legitimate wrestling background – collegiate, amateur or MMA
• The nominee should have held a recognized version of the world title, though this is not a requirement

Men’s Wrestling

• The nominee must have been an active professional wrestler
•  As it is impossible for us to know every person who has ever been a professional wrestler, in some cases, verification of one’s career via pictures, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks or historian accounts may be required for placement on our ballot.

Ladies Wrestling

• The nominee must have been an active professional wrestler, referee, manager, announcer or other affiliated person.
•  As it is impossible for us to know every person who has ever been a professional wrestler, in some cases, verification of one’s career via pictures, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks or historian accounts may be required for placement on our ballot.

Posthumous

• The nominee must have been a well-recognized professional wrestler, manager, referee, promoter, booker, announcer or other affiliate of the professional wrestling business
• A relative of the nominee MUST be a current member of the Cauliflower Alley Club and the relative or the nominee must have attended at least one prior Cauliflower Alley Club reunion

Red Bastien Friendship Award

• The nominee should have never worked in any major capacity in the pro wrestling business or been under contract to a major wrestling promotion
•  The nominee MUST have attended at least three prior Cauliflower Alley Club reunions

Special Awards

• Special awards would be the International Award, Family Award, Referee Award, Manager Award, Promoter Award or other applicable category not covered by any other award
• The nominee must be recognized within the wrestling world as having contributed to the industry in a significant fashion