Independent Wrestler of the Year – Lowki
Independent Tag Team of the Year – Da Hit Squad
Independent Match of the Year – Lowki –vs- Christopher Daniels –vs- Spanky –vs- Doug Williams
Independent Feud of the Year - Lowki -vs- Christopher Daniels
Independent Female Wrestler/Valet of the Year – Tie: Becky Bayless & April Hunter
Lightweight Independent Wrestler of the Year - Tie: Red and Deranged
Most Improved Independent Wrestler of the Year – Deranged
Most Popular Independent Wrestler of the Year - Lowki
Most Hated Independent Wrestler of the Year – Skinhead Ivan
Lifetime Achievement Award – Bobby Lombardi

Bobby Lombardi (Owner of the Doghouse and the L.I.W.F/D.P.W. as well as a friend and father figure to so many)is this years winner of the Declaration of Independents Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Lombardi for numerous years gave so many young potential workers a chance to train, perform in a ring and most importantly gave them a place to go and get off the streets. The Doghouse was the breeding ground for so many wrestlers. Here are some of the names that Bobby Lombardi has given the opportunity to shine and a chance to make something of themselves in the business of Professional Wrestling:

Homicide
Lowki
Low Life Louie
Wrecka
Da Hit Squad
Laithon
Slugger
Ricky Atlas
Azrieal
Deranged
J-Train
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz
Grim Reefer
Smoked Out
The Solution
The Christopher Street Connection
The Rednecks From Hell
All Money is Legal - Ka$h and Kaoz
Devious
Eddie Guapo
Ghost Shadow
Johnny Bravado
Hector The Great
Tekno Heat
Darksyde
Yung Cannibal
Valentina
Becky Bayless
The Elm Street Kids - Rayza and Psycho
Amanda Violet
Princess Jasmine
Cynthia Fulle
Gina Marie
Sister Anita Bouche
Joel Grayson
Marc Adler
Michael Zevon

There were so many more to name. So to the ones left off this list, we apologize.

Thank you Mr. Bobby Lombardi for allowing us the privledge of stepping into the squared circle. For this accomplishment you are the first person to be given the Declaration of Independents Lifetime Achievement Award!