Schedule of Discussion:
Monday: Best Wrestler
Tuesday: Best Promotion, Best Rivalary
Wednesday: Best Tecnico, Best Rudo
Thursday: Best Legend, Best Female, Most Improved, Most Underutilized
Friday: Best Match, Best Singles Match, Best Non-Singles match
Much Later: Lucha Awards Elsewhere
Didn’t get a chance to do this previously.
Information taken from Doctor Lao’s Intern (WON), RSPW.org and a list of magazine awards passed to me by a third party but I believe typed up by Steve Sims. For the WON and RSPW awards, I’m listing their highest eligible winner as the lucha pick of the year.
It should go without saying, but every voting group has it’s own biases and problems. And for a lot of the RSPW awards (which run from 12/04 to 11/05), they appear to just be what I voted for, because of the lack of other people who watched lucha voting.
1) Best Wrestler
WON WOTY: Perro Aguayo Jr. (3rd overall)
WON MOW: Perro Aguayo Jr. (7th)
Box Y Lucha: Mistico
Guerreros del Ring Mag Most Popular: Dr. Wagner Jr. (CMLL) and Intocable (AAA)
Guerreros del Ring Mag Biggest Ticket Sellers: Mistico (CMLL) and La Parka (AAA)
Super Luchas: Mistico
RSPW: Perro Aguayo Jr. (14)
2) Best Match
WON: 02/05 Mistico vs Ultimo Guerrero: (8th)
Guerreros del Ring Most Dramatic Match
CMLL: 12/16 Averno & Mephisto vs Santo & Casas
AAA: 12/09 Shocker & Abismo Negro vs Electroshock & Konnan
Super Luchas
CMLL: 10/28 El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas
RSPW: 05/13/05 Perro Aguayo Jr. v. Mistico (23rd)
5) Best Tecnico
Guerrero del Ring Mag: Mistico (CMLL) and Latin Lover (AAA)
Super Luchas:
CMLL: Mistico (1st), Dr. Wagner Jr., Dos Caras Jr., Blue Panther
AAA: Latin Lover (1st), Octagon, Zorro, Intocable
Indy: LA Park
RSPW: Mistico (11th)
6) Best Rudo
Guerreros del Ring Mag: Atlantis (CMLL) and Cibernetico (AAA)
Super Luchas:
CMLL: Universo 2000 (1st), el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Ultimo Guerrero, Atlantis
AAA: Cibernetico (1st), Abismo Negro, Chessman, Charly Manson
Indy: Joe Lider
RSPW: Perro Aguayo Jr. (13th)
7) Best Female
Guerrero del Ring Mag
Tecnicas: Marcela (CMLL) and Esterllita (AAA)
Rudas: Amapola (CMLL) and Tiffany (AAA)
Super Luchas:
CMLL: Marcela (1st), Dark Angel, La Nazi, Amapola
AAA: Tiffany, Martha Villalobos, La Diabolica, Esterllita
Indy: Lady Apache
8) Best Promotion
WON: CMLL (2)
RSPW: CMLL (6)
9) Best Rivalry
WON: Perros del Mal vs Los Capos (10)
Guerrero del Ring Mag: Perro Aguayo Jr. vs Universo 2000 (CMLL) and Octagon vs Fuerza Guerrera (AAA)
Super Luchas: Perro Aguayo Jr. vs Universo 2000 (CMLL) and Shocker vs everyone (AAA)
RSPW: Mistico vs Ultimo Guerrero (19)
10) Best Legend
Guerreros del Ring Mag: Satanico, Villano III, Sangre Chicana
11) Most Improved
RSPW: Mistico (15th)
12) Most Underutilized
RSPW: Rey Bucanero (17th)