The ballot boxes are closed and the votes are tallied in ProWrestlingDigest.com's Favorite PGWA Newcomer of 2012 poll, and
to say there has been an upset would be a massive understatement!
As always, the PGWA prides itself on helping to discover and promote new talent, but a special effort was made in 2012 to
introduce fans to truly outstanding talent on both sides of the Atlantic, as it was the organization's twentieth anniversary.
And as the poll shows, some exceptionally outstanding ladies graced the PGWA rings last year.
Early on, speculation was rife within the fan community as to which woman would win the voting, and in the opening days the
lead shifted between several wrestlers. However, within a few days, one woman edged out her rivals and as days passed, her
lead grew until it became insurmountable.
Perhaps few would have predicted early on that the front runner would be Vyper... at least, few in North America. But clearly,
the blonde bombshell has many fans in her native Britain, and they rallied to show their support for the only Scottish daughter
in the contest. When the results were announced, Vyper was humbly stunned by the honor, announcing, "I'd just like to say
thank you very much for being nominated and to everyone that voted for me. I'm very pleasantly surprised!"
Meanwhile, the battle for a very respectable second place was a heated one throughout the voting, with two wrestlers trading
places until the very end. Ultimately, Kowgirl Kissey of Texas edged out Sweden's Mia Svensson.
Over the course of the two weeks of voting, all twelve women displayed solid strength in the tallies. Perhaps if the poll
had lasted an additional week or two, there might even have been some radically different results.
The official tally is as follows:
1st Vyper
2nd Kowgirl Kissey
3rd Mia Svensson
4th Burgandi Turner
5th Taryn Shay
6th Aleida Ortiz
7th Santana Garrett
8th Alexis Parrish
9th Jezabella
10th Mackenzie York
11th Vision
12th Lil' Naughty
The PGWA would like to extend our thanks to ProWrestlingDigest.com for conducting this poll, which saw over 1500 votes cast!
And we also look forward to many of these great women...along with many other newcomers... appearing in the PGWA in 2013!
More photos and info on Vyper coming very soon.