The year 2009 was a year like no other in the PWF. It had a little bit of everything. One can not start looking back on the year without first mentioning "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, the man who entered 2009 as PWF Champion. This was a man who had always suffered great disappointment in big matches previous to his title-win at Nuclear Frost 2008, and it was a stigma he was determined to beat as the New Year took shape. Although Austin lost the PWF Championship to Rob Van Dam for a cup of coffee, he more or less dominated the PWF, successfully defending his title against Edge, Van Dam, the Raven, and countless others throughout the year. Perhaps his crowning achievement was surviving a Fatal Four-Way match against Van Dam, Edge, and Shane Douglas at WrestleFest V. Austin made it a goal to break the Raven's Wrestler of the Year streak at two, and he just may have done that.

Speaking of the Raven, his career came to an end in 2009 -- not at the hands of anyone but himself. How fitting. The Raven will be remembered not just for his accomplishments, too many to list here, but for his unending drive to be the best in the business. Like Austin, the Raven once held the stigma of choking in big matches, but he overcame it in grand style, winning the PWF Championship a record five times. But by the end of 2009, the Raven began to live by a new motto: I win; I lose; You still come for me. This was punctuated by Mr. Perfect challenging the Raven upon his return to the PWF instead of the champion, Austin. The Raven ended his PWF career in a match with Perfect at WrestleFest V that set the standard for main events in the PWF, something the Raven had grown accustomed to doing -- setting the standard.

The year 2009, though, was not "The Year of the Raven" or "The Stone Cold Age" but, instead, an era marked by returns. By year's end, Mr. Perfect, Excellence, Rob Van Dam, Razor Ramon -- now preferring the name Scott Hall, and Chris Jericho had all returned to active competition in the PWF, softening the blow of the Raven's departure. And also by year's end, all five had acclimated themselves back into the grind of the PWF, engaging in lengthy battles and stellar matches all throughout America. With that, 2010 will prove to be an interesting year as we watch to see if these men can reclaim the magic of the PWF's initial year, 2005, or if the PWF's new blood will stand tall.

Nobody represents the new blood in the PWF better than "Diamond" Dallas Page, a man who has steadily climbed the ranks of the PWF ever since his 2007 debut. Page, the self-proclaimed greatest Television Champion of all-time, spent the entire year in some sort of title picture. If he wasn't challenging the Raven to "make him famous," he was claiming the PWF's Intercontinental and World Tag Team Championships. But it was at Nuclear Frost, just a few weeks ago, that all his dreams became a reality, as he defeated Steve Austin and Edge in a Triangle of Terror match for the PWF title, cementing his legacy with all the greats that have passed by in the PWF and held that prestigious championship before him. It's anybody's guess if Page can hold on to the title for any length of time, but one thing is for sure: "Diamond" Dallas Page is, indeed, famous.

What does the New Year hold for the PWF? Who knows? And who cares!? The PWF has never had the kind of talent it does today. Austin, Douglas, Page, Perfect, Van Dam, Bam Bam Bigelow, Ted DiBiase, and the list goes on and on; it doesn't matter WHERE the PWF goes because wherever it does, us fans will surely follow. That is all for now. Pay attention to any other comments I may have on the PWF because, as we all know, Scoop Scoopson ALWAYS gets the inside scoop!