recaps (on the 2019 side of the calendar)
I think that’s it. That’s probably it for ratings purposes. Other stuff will turn up and I may even watch some of it but there’s an unending supply of new stuff to wade through. (Though, I’ve already had to go back and watch the AAA Juarez dark match. It was OK.) Puebla didn’t have anything super notable. Instead of just a very short list for a very short week, this is what I have for best of the year:
excellent
| 01-18 | Soberano Jr. vs Bárbaro Cavernario  |
| 02-22 | Titán vs Cavernario  |
| 03-31 | Titán vs Bárbaro Cavernario  |
| 05-31 | Metálico vs Virus [career]  |
| 06-09 | Laredo Kid © vs Hijo Del Vikingo for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship    |
| 07-13 | Puma King & Ricky Marvin vs Arez & Látigo  |
| 08-03 | Blue Demon Jr. vs Dr. Wagner Jr. for the mask and for the hair |
| 10-19 | Fénix © vs Kenny Omega for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship |
| 11-05 | Kastigador vs Vengador for the mask |
| 12-04 | Hijo Del Vikingo vs Puma King, Taurus in a tournament final match  |
| 12-08 | Titán vs Soberano Jr. for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship and in a tournament final match  |
| 12-14 | Big Mami vs Lady Maravilla for the hair |
I’ve got to figure out VOW’s list this week. I’m sure I’m adding the GCW trios match to the top ten, probably the PWG trios match, and I have think about what else I saw. There’s a lot of matches in NJPW, I hear. (But they’re going to win anyway, so it feels more useful to go someplace else with the votes.)
stuff that was actually great but no one has time for great nowadays
| 12-30 | Bandido (Indie) vs DJZ, Isaias Velazquez, Gringo Loco |
| 01-04 | Dragón Lee vs Cavernario |
| 01-04 | Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón © vs Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Soberano Jr. for the Mexican National Trios Championship |
| 01-18 | Cuatrero & Sansón vs Dragón Lee & Místico [CMLL FAMILY] and in a tournament final match |
| 01-21 | Volador Jr. vs Carístico |
| 01-26 | Joe Lider & Pagano vs Cíclope & Miedo Extremo |
| 01-27 | Dragón Lee & Golden Magic vs Fénix (LU) & Flamita  |
| 02-01 | Terrible vs Dragón Lee for the CMLL Universal Championship and in a tournament semifinal match |
| 02-02 | Erick Ortiz vs Madness |
| 02-02 | Aeroboy vs Laredo Kid |
| 02-02 | Bandido (Indie) vs Sammy Guevara |
| 02-08 | Laredo Kid vs Taurus |
| 02-10 | Dinastía, Lady Shani, Niño Hamburguesa vs Lady Maravilla, Lanzelot, Villano III Jr. |
| 02-10 | Hijo Del Vikingo vs Jack Evans, Taurus |
| 02-10 | Drago vs Laredo Kid, Flamita |
| 02-17 | Aero Boy vs Aramis |
| 03-02 | Gallito Tapatío & Microman vs Chamuel & Zacarias el Perico    |
| 03-03 | Aramis vs Hijo de Canis Lupus  |
| 03-15 | Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero © vs Carístico, Dragón Lee, Volador Jr. for the CMLL World Trios Championship |
| 03-16 | Laredo Kid vs Hijo Del Vikingo, Jack Evans, Sammy Guevara, Eclipse Vengador Jr., Taurus, Golden Magic, Aerostar, Myzteziz in a AAA’s Rey de Reyes Tournament match |
| 03-17 | Aramis vs Ángel de Oro  |
| 03-17 | Sádico vs Hijo de Canis Lupus |
| 03-19 | Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón vs Esfinge, Titán, Tritón for the Mexican National Trios Championship  |
| 03-19 | Mephisto © vs Dragón Lee for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship |
| 03-31 | Aramis, Imposible, Metaleón vs Dragón Bane, Eterno, Golden Magic |
| 03-31 | Dragón Bane vs Hijo de Canis Lupus |
| 03-31 | Arez vs Ricky Marvin |
| 03-31 | Virus vs Flamita |
| 04-02 | Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón vs Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Soberano Jr. |
| 04-06 | Miedo Extremo vs Arandú |
| 04-09 | Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón © vs Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Soberano Jr. for the Mexican National Trios Championship |
| 04-12 | Carístico & Mephisto vs Cavernario & Titán [Torneo Increible de Parejas] and in a tournament semifinal match |
| 04-14 | DJZ, El Bandolero, Isaias Velasquez vs Golden Dragón, Gringo Loco, Pat Monix  |
| 04-20 | Arez vs Aramis |
| 04-26 | Último Guerrero & Volador Jr. vs Bárbaro Cavernario & Titán [Torneo Increible de Parejas] and in a tournament final match |
| 04-26 | Golden Magic vs Hijo Del Vikingo, Villano III Jr., Flamita for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship and in a Number One Contenders Match match |
| 04-28 | Aramis & Imposible © vs Dragón Bane & Hijo de Canis Lupus for the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship |
| 05-03 | Ángel de Oro & Niebla Roja vs Adam Brooks & Mecha Wolf 450 |
| 05-04 | Arez vs Kratoz, Látigo, Iron Kid (Estado de México), Aramis (Estado de México) |
| 05-05 | Flamita, Hijo Del Vikingo, Myzteziz Jr. vs Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana |
| 05-24 | Star Boy, Viento, Zarco vs Animal, Demencia, Silver Star  |
| 05-24 | Místico vs Cavernario |
| 05-25 | Hijo Del Vikingo, Laredo Kid, Myzteziz Jr. vs Australian Suicide, Eterno, Súper Fly |
| 05-31 | Ortiz (LAX) & Santana (LAX) vs Hijo Del Vikingo & Laredo Kid   |
| 06-02 | Soberano Jr. © vs Negro Casas for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship |
| 06-06 | Aramis, Imposible, Metaleón vs Demonio Infernal, Eterno, Lunatic Extreme |
| 06-07 | Cavernario vs Templario in a lightning match |
| 06-09 | LA Park & Voltron vs La Bestia Del Ring & Rush  |
| 06-09 | Golden Magic & Myzteziz Jr. vs Australian Suicide & Villano III Jr. |
| 06-16 | Fénix & Pentagón Jr. vs Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson © for the AAA World Tag Team Championship |
| 07-03 | Dinastía & Iron Kid vs Arez & Látigo |
| 07-06 | Hijo Del Vikingo, Laredo Kid, Myzteziz Jr. vs Chik Tormenta, Eterno, La Parka Negra |
| 07-18 | Golden Magic & Lady Shani vs La Hiedra & Villano III Jr. |
| 07-30 | Euforia & Gran Guerrero © vs Ángel de Oro & Niebla Roja for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship |
| 08-03 | Aramis, Arez, Toxin vs Arkángel Divino, Astrolux, Dragón Bane |
| 08-03 | Golden Magic, Hijo Del Vikingo, Myzteziz Jr. vs Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana and Mamba, Máximo, Pimpinela Escarlata for the AAA World Trios Championship  |
| 08-04 | Místico vs Sansón |
| 08-05 | Eléctrico © vs Virus for the Mexican National Lightweight Championship |
| 08-10 | Fénix © vs Laredo Kid, Puma King, Taurus for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship |
| 08-23 | Aramis (Estado de México) vs Látigo [RIOT CHAMP] and in a tournament quarterfinal match |
| 08-24 | Arez vs Aramis (Estado de México), Iron Kid (Estado de México) [RIOT CHAMP] and in a tournament semifinal match |
| 09-15 | Daga vs Puma King, Flamita, Aerostar in a Number One Contenders Match match and for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship |
| 09-15 | Fénix & Pentagón Jr. vs Ortiz (LAX) & Santana (LAX) for the AAA World Tag Team Championship |
| 09-27 | Microman vs Chamuel for the mask |
| 10-04 | Soberano Jr. vs Templario |
| 10-06 | Soberano Jr. © vs Templario for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship |
| 10-14 | Niebla Roja © vs Gran Guerrero for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship |
| 10-18 | Fugaz & Místico vs Star Jr. & Valiente in a CMLL Gran Alternativa Tournament match and in a tournament final match |
| 10-19 | Aerostar vs Hijo Del Vikingo, Murder Clown, Iron Kid, Parka Negra, Dave The Clown, Monsther Clown, Tritón, La Hiedra, Faby Apache, La Parka Negra for the Copa Antonio Pena |
| 10-26 | Canibal, Mike, Teelo, Voltrex vs Águila Oriental, Dinámico, Noise Boy, Spyder Boy |
| 10-26 | Laredo Boy vs Mini Psycho Clown, Dinastía ©, Demus, Drago Kid for the AAA World Minis Championship |
| 10-26 | Taurus vs Hijo Del Vikingo, Arez, Aramis |
| 10-27 | Cavernario © vs Forastero for the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship |
| 11-02 | Caifan II vs Demonio del Aire |
| 11-02 | Arez © vs Aramis [RIOT CHAMP]  |
| 11-12 | Ángel de Oro vs Euforia |
| 11-13 | Flamita vs Hijo Del Vikingo, Carta Brava Jr. |
| 11-17 | Látigo vs Atomic Star for the mask and for the hair  |
| 11-27 | Lady Shani vs Keyra, La Hiedra |
| 12-01 | Kenny Omega © vs Dragón Lee (Munoz) for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship |
| 12-07 | El Bandido vs Aramis |
| 12-14 | Aramis, Dinastía, Octagoncito vs Arez, Mini Psycho Clown, Parkita Negra |
| 12-14 | Fénix & Pentagón Jr. © vs Australian Suicide & Rey Horus and Hijo Del Vikingo & Myzteziz Jr. for the AAA World Tag Team Championship |
| 12-15 | LA Park vs Blue Demon Jr. |
I don’t know why I put the 2018 match in the 2019 list to start with but now I’ve gone a year with it there and I can’t let it go. There was so much good AAA stuff. I probably didn’t watch as much Naucalpan as I should’ve. Almost no one else seemed to watch RIOT so you can’t tell if I’m overrating it. Slightly less Lucha Underground than previous years.
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