Surprising everyone at Aggravated Assault, Matthews made his return, and has been red hot since, much to the dismay of Creative Control. Kimberley McDevitt and company focused on taking Matthews out. At one point, they humiliated him by shaving his head. But Matthews would fight back. Fans cheered as Matthews ended the year-long reign of former Heavyweight Champion Adam Flash. And the fans continued to cheer, as Matthews would successfully keep the title away from Creative Control, until his former best friend, Christian York, joined Creative Control, in order to take the title off Matthews. Even with that loss, fans continue to support Matthews. And with the undeniable support, Matthews is named MCW's Most Popular Wrestler of The Year. With a 30% differential, Matthews wins with the largest margin of victory in any category.

 

The former ECW World Tag Team Champion and former MCW Heavyweight & Tag Team Champion continues to have the support of the MCW fans. Doring also had to deal with Creative Control this year, with his former partner Danny Jaxx betraying him, and costing him the Heavyweight title at Shamrock Cup VII. But the fans continued to support him, as he not only had to fight off Danny Jaxx & Creative Control, but also Phat Blues, Inc. and company, as they attacked the Baltimore Ravens. It was Doring who came to their aid, and enlisted them as partners, defeating Buzz Stryker, Doyle Day, & Buck Chyld in a handicap match at Kickoff Chaos.

 

Brink had a lot of fan support this year, starting in the beginning of the year with his feud with his former Tag Team Championship partner The Bruiser. But even Brink didn't realize how much fan support he had, until the fans voted him into the Rage TV title match against Tyler Hilton. Brink rewarded them, by defeating Hilton and winning his first singles championship. Had it not been for the fans, Brink would have never enjoyed his first taste of singles championship success.

 

If there is a wrestler who has earned the respect of the MCW fans the hard way, it is Josh Daniels. At the beginning of the year, Daniels was absent from the roster. However, when Matt Sydal pulled out of the Shamrock Cup (as he signed a WWE developmental contract), Daniels stepped up to the plate, and hit a Grand Slam. Daniels upset then-Cruiserweight Champion Derek Frazier in the first round. And then, Daniels would shock everyone, by defeating "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels in the final fall, to win Shamrock Cup VII. Fans would grow to love the intensity that Daniels brought to every match. And his dramatic chase of the Cruiserweight Championship caused fans to get behind him, and follow him all the way to his title victory at Holiday Homecoming.