Best CMLL: 2004

Updated: Best Matches of 2004. Actual year 2004, sorted by date.

01-02 Apolo/MascaraY2K/Caras/Universo2K vs Shocker/Magica/Terrible/Perro Jr.    87
01-02 Averno, Mephisto, Tarzan Boy vs Atlantis, Super Porky, Volador Jr.	86	
01-16 Tarzan Boy vs Atlantis                                                    88 Tohoku Jr. Title
01-16 Ultimo/Rey/Crazy vs Park/Vampiro/Shocker                                  87	

02-06 Wagner/Tiger/Pierroth vs Park/Rayo/Shocker                                85	
02-13 Tarzan/Ultimo/Warrior vs Park/Shocker/Rayo                                87	

03-19 Zumbido, Super Crazy, Olimpico vs Felino, Safari, Volador Jr.		86 Mexican Trios
03-26 Zumbido, Super Crazy, Violencia vs Volador Jr., Alan Stone, Virus         90	

04-09 Super Crazy, Zumbido, Dr. X vs Volador, Safari, Alan Stone		85	
04-16 Universo2K/Terrible/Rey vs Park/Shocker/Magica                            85	

07-16 Satanico, Atlantis, Virus, Alan Stone, Averno, Mephisto, Tarzan Boy, 	91 LdP Cibernetico
      Misterioso II vs Negro Casas, Mistico, Black Warrior, Volador Jr., 
      Mascara Magica, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Emilio Charles, Super Crazy
07-23 Garza/Terrible/Rey vs Park/Niebla/Satanico                                86	
07-30 El Hijo del Perro Aguayo vs Felino                                        85 LdP Final
07-30 Garza/Ultimo/Rey vs Atlantis/Negro/Santo                                  87	

08-06 Perro/Tarzan/Garza vs Santo/Atlantis/Negro                                85

09-03 Mephisto, Olimpico, Sangre Azteca vs Safari, Felino, Volador Jr.          85
09-03 Averno vs Zumbido                                                         91 NWA Middleweight
09-03 Shocker/Park/Santo vs Ultimo/Rey/Perro                                    85
09-10 Perro/Ultimo/Rey vs Santo/Park/Negro                                      85

Old: This Friday’s Arena Mexico show is in the period, but since we probably won’t be seeing until next year and voting ends 12/01/04, it won’t matter. Eying the upcoming list, Zumbido/Averno and Park/Ultimo would seem like good bets to make this list if they air complete, and I’d expect at least one of the Santo vs Perro trios matches to make 85.

I’ve also grabbed some tapes of stuff GALA skipped and hope to watch them soon: #124 (GdI vs Shocker/Park – the knee injury one), and the Park/Guerrero Guadalajara match, both of which I expect will make this list.

Still, only two matches at 90 or above makes for a poor year. Big step down from previous years, as a result of no hot worker feud dominating TV (even the Mexican Trios stuff was a step down from the Havana/Marvin/Virus/Volador stuff) and losing thirty minutes of undercarders or more complete matches. All the 85-89 matches says there was a lot of good stuff, but they needed a little more to make it memorable.

I’ll update this as warranted, and try to overlay with the best matches of the calendar year.