and the number of votes counted. The following is a list of categories in which PWI has issued awards. Wrestler of the Year (since 1972) Tag Team of the Year (since 1972) Match of the Year (since 1972) Feud of the Year (since 1986) Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (since 1972) Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (since 1972) Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (since 1978) Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (since 1972) Rookie of the Year (since 1972) Stanley Weston Award (since 1981) Comeback of the Year (since 1992) Woman of the Year (1972 to 1976, re-established in 2000) Manager of the Year (1972 to 1999) Midget Wrestler of the Year (1972 to 1976) Announcer of the Year (1977) World championship status Historical recognition Although many wrestling organizations promote their lead title as a world heavyweight championship, Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) has only recognized a few championships as valid world titles at any one time. PWI has also generally recognized any tag team title from a promotion with a recognized world heavyweight championship as a world tag team championship and certain other select titles from those promotions as world championships. In 1983, PWI withdrew world title recognition from the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, citing how champion Bob Backlund was not facing contenders from outside the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) territory and was only facing rulebreakers. This coincided with the WWF's withdrawal from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in summer 1983. PWI reinstated the WWF's world title recognition in 1985 on account of the WWF's massive mainstream media profile. The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was stripped of its world title status in January 1991 when the American Wrestling Association (AWA) was in its final days. By this time, the championship was vacant and would remain so until the promotion's closure. Until March 1991, PWI and its sister publications steadfastly referred to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as "the NWA" despite WCW having increasingly phased out the latter name in the preceding months. In spring 1991, the family of magazines adopted a new policy of referring to the current promotion and its champions as WCW and the promotion's pre-1991 past as the NWA. The magazine also announced it would refer to the overall history of the promotion's world title as the "NWA/WCW World Championship" (and likewise with other WCW championships). PWI generally traced the lineage of the NWA/WCW World