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UPDATE: Never mind, he's not retiring On Wednesday, Conor McGregor shocked the world when he apparently announced his retirement from mixed martial arts via Twitter. At 27 years old, McGregor sported a 19-3 record, at one point going on a 15 straight win streak, and only lost one time in UFC. In his career, he won the UFC Featherweight Championship from Jose Aldo in a 13 second fight, and won two other titles in the UK's Cage Warriors Fighting Championship .Since his tweet, the rumor mill has been running as people speculate what McGregor does next with his career. One of the more persistent rumors that's been passed around is that McGregor could possibly venture into professional wrestling, with WWE's Becky Lynch tweeting him to "#ComeJoinMeBro", and EVOLVE booker Gabe Sapolsky offering him a spot at EVOLVE, citing the success of former fighter Matt Riddle. McGregor has also recently followed Lynch, Triple H, and Stephanie & Shane McMahon on Twitte...

Every year, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter chooses some of the best and worst of professional wrestling (and to a lesser extent, mixed martial arts) for the year. Voted on by the readers of the newsletter, the awards range from singular awards, such as Most Outstanding Wrestler and Most Improved, to group awards, such as Tag Team of the Year or Rivalry of the Year, and awards for companies themselves, such as Promotion of the Year and Best Major Show. The awards also feature dubious awards, such as Most Overrated and Worst Worked Match of the Year. I thought I'd give my thoughts on who and what the winners of each award should be. I'm at a bit of a disadvantage since I'm not too familiar with some big promotions like Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling (especially New Japan), so this  So here are my (Not) Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards. Note: There are some awards the WON (do people use that acronym?) has that I don't really feel I can make a good ch...