Award Description:

To be given to the wrestler who did the most and the best high-flying
maneuvers throughout the year. In 1994, this award was split into two:  
North American and Non-North American.  In 1998, it was recombined.

Previous Winners:

  1991: Jushin Liger
  1992: Jushin Liger
  1993: 1-2-3 Kid (Lightning Kid)
  1994: (NA)     1-2-3 Kid
  1994: (non-NA) Jushin Liger
  1995: (NA)     Sabu
  1995: (non-NA) Jushin Liger
  1996: (NA)     Rey Mysterio, Jr.
  1996: (non-NA) Jushin Liger
  1997: (NA)     Rey Mysterio, Jr.
  1997: (non-NA) Taka Michinoku
  1998: (Billy) Kidman
  1999: Jeff Hardy
  2000: Jeff Hardy

**2001**: Rob van Dam

299 first place votes
298 second place votes
287 third place votes

113 71 29  836   Rob van Dam
 71 85 30  670   Jeff Hardy
 13 17 24  164   Billy Kidman
  7  9 13   88   Rey Mysterio Jr.
  4 14 13   88   Hurricane
  3  7 26   88   Shane McMahon
  6  5 14   73   Tajiri
  5  6 14   71   Essa Rios
  6  8  8   70   Cash (Kid Kash)
  5  3 10   54   Jason Jett
  5  2  8   47   Red
  7  1  3   44   Dragon Kid
  3  6  5   43   CIMA
  3  5  6   42   Naomichi Marufuji
  6  1  4   41   Jushin Liger
  3  1  9   36   Chris Jericho
  2  4  7   36   Chris Benoit
  2  5  5   35   Low Ki
  1  6  4   31   Yang
  1  4  5   27   Elix Skipper
  4  0  2   24   Super Dragon
  2  2  3   22   Ricky Marvin
  2  1  3   19   Silver King
  2  1  3   19   Kaz Hayashi
  2  2  1   18   Beckie the Farmer's Daughter
  1  3  2   18   Taka Michinoku
  3  0  1   17   Hayabusa
  1  2  2   15   Matt Hardy
  2  0  2   14   Great Sasuke
  0  2  4   14   Jerry Lynn
  1  2  1   13   AJ Styles
  0  3  2   13   Kurt Angle
  1  1  2   12   Jungle Grrrl
  1  2  0   11   Jodie Fleisch
  0  3  1   11   Rising Son
  2  0  0   10   Momoe Nakanishi
  1  1  1   10   Magnum Tokyo
  1  1  0    8   Noki-A
  1  1  0    8   Masamichi Marufuji
  1  0  1    7   Dr. Wagner Jr.
  1  0  1    7   Devon Storm
  0  2  0    6   Kanyon
  0  0  3    6   Christian
  1  0  0    5   Virus
  1  0  0    5   SUWA
  1  0  0    5   Mascarita Sagrada 2000
  1  0  0    5   American Dragon
  0  1  1    5   Shocker
  0  1  1    5   Chavo Guerrero Jr.
  0  0  2    4   Spike Dudley
  0  1  0    3   Tomokazu Morita
  0  1  0    3   Ric Blade
  0  1  0    3   Octagoncito
  0  1  0    3   Naohiro Hoshikawa
  0  1  0    3   Mr. Niebla
  0  1  0    3   Jardi Franz
  0  1  0    3   Brian XL
  0  0  1    2   Super Crazy
  0  0  1    2   Shannon Moore
  0  0  1    2   Ruckus
  0  0  1    2   Onryo
  0  0  1    2   Naphtali
  0  0  1    2   Jamie Knoble
  0  0  1    2   Edge
  0  0  1    2   Eddie Guerrero
  0  0  1    2   Douglas C. Driver
  0  0  1    2   Chikayo Nagashima
  0  0  1    2   Chaparita ASARI

RYAN HALL: Jeff Hardy, Shane, Benoit. Hardy continues to take incredible
bumps consistently

EDDIE BURKETT: I like Billy Kidman, and its a shame that he's been stuck
in the muck of the Invasion angle at this point.  The Hurricane is both
fun and a good flyer, and he wasn't half bad as Sugar Shane Helms earlier
in the year.  Jeff Hardy continued risking life and limb this year, but
given that he's been in TLC-like matches for about two years now, I've
been desensitized to it.  I used to cringe every time he did a Swanton
Bomb, cuz I thought he'd hurt himself.  Now, I yawn, cuz its old.  I
cringed the first time he did it on the knees (I think against his brother
Matt), but he's even done that again, and its getting old

HIRO: Wrestlemania X-7 and SmackDown! TLC comes to mind when I voted for
this category.

NATE GURNETT: 5 Star, Senton, and Yang?  What?  Oh, yeah, I was a wcw
mark.  So shoot me.  Yang time still looks great.

VIKRAM BIRRING: Kid Kash is a human flying assault. Whether it is the
springboard sky twister press, the double springboard plancha, powerbomb
into a rana, or the springboard somersault senton, he always seems to have
something up his sleeve. Essa Rios has the best moonsault, ever. The
hangtime is just amazing.

DEAN RASMUSSEN: I really don't get worked up by high-fliers anymore but
Red was really impressive in every match I saw- taking more from Jackie
Chan than from Rey Misterio Jr. He's fun! Naomichi Marufuji was really
graceful and fabulous but not as much in the ring when you got past his
spots.

CHIP BOOTS: No one gets as high as Rob Van Dam.

MARKUS: These 3 are here due to the lack of anyone else doing anything
approaching outstanding lately.

SCOTT WORDEN: best flyer Kidman..  Love the shooting star, when he is
allowed to do it.

OTTO "HACK-MAN" HEUER: I feel bad typing "Hurricane" for best flyer.  AS
Shane Helms in WCW he was one of the best flyers in the world.  As
Hurricane he jobs with no highspots.

CHRIS BIRD: Yun Yang makes Jeff Hardy look like a wimpy accountant.

CANZ: Mascarita Segrada is little more than a volleyball with legs yet
pulls off highspots out of his little ass that endanger his skull.
Octagoncito is smoother but lacks the insanity of his peer.

SHOCKER 2K: He's a flyer and so much more. RVD IS the whole f'n show.

DONNY L: RVD is the king of highspot, taking over Jeff Hardy who's second

JOHN C.: RVD, Jeff Hardy and Kid Kash. If Van Dam ever learns how to use
transitions in between his highspots he'll be a complete wrestler. Until
then, he'll be considered a flyer.

SCOTT CHRIST: I don't see most of what I presume to be the world's best
high-flyers, so I went with RVD.

BLAZEJ SZPAKOWICZ: Jeff Hardy is still insane. I'm consistently amazed he
has yet to end up in a wheelchair. He's probably made of rubber. RVD gets
second. He's amazingly graceful and athletic. Eddy Guerrero still has the
best Frog Splash though. (Well, Art Barr's was the best ever, but...) Essa
Rios gets third, more or less by default, and due to personal preference.

MATTY TONKIN: See above for Jeff Hardy. Rob Van Dam is awesome & is
spectacular to watch, but not so much "death defying", so he gets a close
second place.

YNAE316: All three, though out of the spotlight have awesome,
breath-taking spots, unlike the tired, over-exposed Jeff Hardy

JEREMY SORIA: Shane McMahon made my top three if only for the amazing
bumps that he took during his match at WrestleMania and at other instances
in the year. He doesn't have to be this good, so we're very glad that he
chooses to be this good.

SHANE SPEAR: Man, if the way of the flyer hasn't diminished with the fall
of WCW.  I had trouble even thinking of five flyers without looking at the
nominations list.  After much thought, the imcumbant Jeff Hardy really
didn't do anything to make him lose the top spot, and nobody really
stepped up to take it from him.  Kid Kash did enough stunts in a short
amount of time (and with better precision than Elix Skipper, whom I was
thinking of voting for.)  Three flying moves doesn't get you much, but for
RVD it can get you the number three spot, just above Elix and possibly
Spike Dudley.

BEE MONTEVERDE: I voted for Angle as a high flyer for those moonsaults of
his. Specifically the one off the cage.