working 2016 lucha MOTYC list, thru June TV

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We’re halfway thru the year, so it’s long past time I’ve posted a working MOTYC list. Working plan is to update this after every month of TV. You can find it linked here even after it gets moved off the top of the page. I use air dates, because the post is recommending matches rather than an arbitrary date limit.

Note that I’m as behind as always on watching matches which aren’t on the shows I usually recap.

I’m thinking the end of Lucha Underground will allow me to catch up more, but it’ll probably be the usual November/December rush.

Please also remember, my tastes in wrestling are awful and wrong. (But no AAA matches in the top category make me sad.)

excellent

11-22 Mil Muertes © vs Prince Puma, Pentagón Jr. [LU CHAMP]
11-22 Mil Muertes © vs Fénix [LU CHAMP]
01-01 Máximo Sexy vs Kamaitachi for the hair
01-09 Sexy Star vs Mariposa [no mas] and [Aztec Medallion]
01-17 Cage vs Matanza © [LU CHAMP]
01-24 Dragón Lee vs Kamaitachi for the CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship
03-04 Kamaitachi © vs Dragón Lee for the CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship
03-18 Rush vs Máximo Sexy for the hair
03-18 Volador Jr. vs Negro Casas for the hair
03-28 Máscara Dorada © vs Cavernario for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship
04-24 Negro Casas vs Rey Hechicero
07-01 Rey Cometa vs Cavernario for the hair
07-01 Diamante Azul, La Máscara, Máximo Sexy, Rey Escorpión, Rush, Shocker, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr. vs Johnny Idol, Kushida, Marco Corleone, Michael Elgin,Okumura, Sam Adonis, Tama Tonga, Tangaroa in a CMLL Gran Prix Tournament match

great

11-14 King Cuerno vs Fénix © [LU GotG]
11-15 Fénix vs King Cuerno [last man standing]
11-15 Prince Puma vs Pentagón Jr.
11-21 King Cuerno © vs Fénix [GIFT OF THE GODS] and in a ladder match
12-12 Matanza vs Fénix ©, Rey Mysterio, King Cuerno, Argenis, Johnny Mundo, Joey Ryan,Prince Puma, Jack Evans, Taya, Cage, Máscarita Sagrada, Marty Martinez, Drago, the Mack, Chavo Guerrero, PJ Black, Aerostar, Dragón Azteca Jr., Texano, Mil Muertes[Aztec Warfare] and [LU Champ]
12-13 Texano vs Daga [Aztec Medaillon]
12-13 Dragón Azteca Jr., Prince Puma, Rey Mysterio vs Cage, Johnny Mundo, Taya [LU TRIOS] and in a tournament match
01-09 Cage vs Johnny Mundo in a cage match and [aztec medallion]
01-10 Dragón Azteca Jr., Prince Puma, Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Fénix, Jack Evans, PJ Black andCortez Castro, Joey Ryan, Mr. Cisco and Ivelisse & Son of Havoc © [LU TRIOS]
01-15 Carístico vs Rush
01-16 Jack Evans, Johnny Mundo, PJ Black © vs Dragón Azteca Jr., Prince Puma, Rey Mysterio [LU TRIOS]
01-16 Aerostar & Drago vs Jack Evans & PJ Black [nunchucks]
01-16 Fénix vs Pentagón Jr., Ivelisse, Johnny Mundo, Taya, King Cuerno in a Number One Contenders Match match and [LU CHAMP]
01-18 Máximo Sexy © vs Vangellys for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
01-19 Esfinge vs Puma in a CMLL La Copa Junior tournament match and in a tournament final match
01-22 Mistico & Volador Jr. vs Mephisto & Último Guerrero
01-22 Titán vs Bárbaro Cavernario © for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship
01-22 Australian Suicide, Fireball, Jack Evans vs Daga, Parka Negra, Súper Fly
01-24 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Titán vs Bárbaro Cavernario, Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura
01-27 Black Dragón, Centvrión, Diablo Jr. I, Freyser, Hijo de Máscara Sagrada, Hijo del Alebrije, Imposible, Power Bull vs Balak, Danger King, Energia, Imposter, Motocross,Novasonic, Orión, Royer Boy [Copa Higher Power]
01-30 Prince Puma vs Dragón Azteca Jr.
01-30 Johnny Mundo vs Fénix
02-15 Volador Jr. © vs Negro Casas for the NWA World Welterweight Championship
02-19 Máscara Dorada © vs Mephisto for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship
02-19 Dragón Lee, Stuka Jr., Volador Jr. vs Gran Guerrero, Kamaitachi, Negro Casas
02-20 Belial vs Centvrión
02-21 Dragón Lee vs Extreme Tiger
02-23 Zeuxis © vs Silueta for the Mexican National Women’s Championship
03-01 Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto © vs Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr., The Panther for the Mexican National Trios Championship
03-01 Máscara Dorada © vs Negro Casas for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship
03-04 Pentagón Jr. vs Hijo del Fantasma, Fénix, Octagón Jr. in a tournament semifinal match and in a AAA’s Rey de Reyes Tournament match
03-04 Carta Brava Jr. & Súper Fly vs Ludxor & Venum
03-18 Dragón Lee, Máscara Dorada, Mistico, Valiente vs Fujin, Kamaitachi, Okumura, Raijin
03-21 Carístico vs Último Guerrero
03-23 Averno & Chessman © vs Daga & Joe Lider and Argenis & Australian Suicide [TLC] andfor the AAA World Tag Team Championship
03-30 Extreme Tiger vs Máscara Dorada in a Liga Elite match
04-06 Carístico vs Volador Jr. in a Liga Elite match
04-25 Rush vs Último Guerrero
04-27 Volador Jr. vs Máscara Dorada in a Liga Elite match
05-03 Máscara Dorada © vs Mephisto for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship
05-04 Carístico, Máscara Dorada, Mistico vs Euforia, Rey Escorpión, Último Guerrero
05-20 Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr., Titán vs Cavernario, Misterioso Jr., Pólvora
06-03 Pentagón Jr., Psycho Clown, Texano Jr. vs Akebono, Ikuto Hidaka, Masato Tanaka[Lucha World Cup] and in a tournament quarterfinal match
06-05 Cage, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Johnny Mundo vs Dr. Wagner Jr., Dragón Azteca Jr., Rey Mysterio Jr. [AAA LLVWC] and in a tournament semifinal match
06-10 Cavernario © vs Rey Cometa for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship
06-14 Dragón Rojo Jr. © vs Guerrero Maya Jr. for the CMLL World Middleweight Championship
06-24 Zeuxis © vs Princesa Sugehit for the Mexican National Women’s Championship
06-25 Michael Elgin vs Volador Jr. [Elite Internacional] and in a tournament final match

the best lucha libre matches of 2013

I’m done. At least I think I’m done. Please don’t tell me if I’m not done.

This is the second year I’ve worked at putting this list together during the year and tracking down more matches outside the shows I usually recap (CMLL DF + any AAA). This year, that meant matches from TxT, IWRG, ChilangaMask, Monterrey, and a match I saw live in Arena GALLI which never aired anywhere (and probably won’t) made the list.

The goal of this project is to end up with a digestible list of recommended matches for people who don’t want to watch everything. Excellent matches are of a quality where I think everyone who likes professional wrestling will like. Great matches are just a notch below. There are good matches which don’t make the list; the line has to be drawn somewhere. These are all based on my tastes in professional wrestling, which may be a poor thing.

This list remains up there on the menu bar under 2013 MOTYC. I’ll be switching that over to the 2014 list soon, but it’ll always be part of the drop down.

Video links are drawn from my database and may not always be correct, but should be in the neighborhood.

Excellent

01-01 Pólvora vs Titán for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship
01-22 Terrible vs Rush for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
01-29 Volador Jr. vs Rey Escorpión for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
02-04 Negro Casas vs Valiente for the NWA World Welterweight Championship
03-15 Rey Cometa & Stuka Jr. vs Namajague & Shigeo Okumura for the mask and for the hair
04-15 Dinastía, Máscarita Divina, Rey Celestial vs Mini Abismo Negro, Mini Charly Manson, Mini Histeria
05-11 Dr. Wagner Jr. vs LA Park
05-31 Shinsuke Nakamura vs La Sombra IWGP IC
06-02 Negro Casas vs Máscara Dorada for the NWA World Welterweight Championship
06-14 Angélico, Drago, Jack Evans vs Carta Brava Jr., Eterno, Steve Pain
06-28 La Sombra vs Volador Jr. IWGP IC
08-04 Rey Hechicero vs Charles Lucero Poder Y Honor
08-16 Aerostar, Angélico, Jack Evans vs Machine Rocker, Pentagón Jr., Soul Rocker
09-13 Blue Panther vs Averno for the hair
09-13 La Sombra vs Volador Jr. for the mask
10-06 Virus vs Guerrero Maya Jr. for the CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship
11-17 Belial vs Ricky Marvin
12-01 Averno vs Titán for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship

Great

01-11 Hijo del Fantasma, Stuka Jr., Valiente vs Namajague, Puma, Tiger
01-18 Fuego, Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. vs Namajague, Vangelis, Virus
01-26 Ricky Marvin & Super Crazy vs Fenix (AAA) & Pesadilla GHC JH TAG
02-01 La Sombra vs La Máscara, Titán, Hijo del Fantasma, Rey Cometa, Delta, Stuka Jr., Sagrado, Averno, Euforia, Dragón Rojo Jr., Mr. Águila, Pólvora, Namajague, Felino, Tiger in a CMLL’s Reyes del Aire Tournament match and in a tournament semifinal match
02-17 Chico Che, Freelance, Hijo del Pantera vs Apolo Estrada Jr., Avisman, Eita
03-03 Trauma II vs Oficial 911, el Ángel in a losers advance match
03-03 Fuego & Stuka Jr. vs Namajague & Shigeo Okumura for the Arena Coliseo (DF) Tag Team Championship
03-03 el Ángel vs Trauma II for the mask
03-15 La Máscara, Máscara Dorada, Valiente vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
03-17 Juventud Guerrera vs Daga, Fénix, Crazy Boy AAA FUSION and in a tournament final match
03-17 Texano Jr. vs Blue Demon Jr. for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship
03-21 Dinamic Black vs Fenix (AAA) for the IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship
03-29 Crazy Boy, Joe Lider, Willie Mack vs AR Fox, Dr. Cerebro, Eterno
04-07 Black Terry, Negro Navarro, Villano IV vs Averno, Blue Panther, Shocker
04-07 Centvrión, Dinamic Black, Golden Magic vs Alan Extreme, Carta Brava Jr., Imposible
04-14 Blue Panther & Sagrado vs Caifan & Rey Hechicero
04-20 Kaientai vs Zema Ion, Extreme Tiger, Samuray del Sol
04-26 Atlantis & Hombre Bala Jr. vs Boby Zavala & Rey Escorpión in a CMLL Gran Alternativa Tournament match and in a tournament final match
04-30 Rey Escorpión vs Stuka Jr. for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship
05-12 Angélico, Drago, Jack Evans vs Argos, Chessman, Halloween
05-12 Blue Panther vs Virus in a lightning match
05-26 Dinamic Black, Fenix (AAA), Trauma II vs Black Terry, Fresero Jr., Pentagón Jr.
06-24 Black Metal (Guadalajara), Pegasso, Tritón vs Bárbaro Cavernario, Espíritu Maligno, Skándalo
07-06 Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards vs Drastik Boy & Flamita and Daga & Eterno
07-09 Averno vs Titán for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship
07-15 Angélico & Jack Evans vs Chessman & Eterno
08-12 Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa vs Boby Zavala, Namajague, Shigeo Okumura
08-13 Último Guerrero vs Rey Escorpión
08-16 La Sombra vs Volador Jr. in a super libre (no rules) match
08-25 Valiente & Virus vs Trauma I & Trauma II
08-25 Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Black Terry
09-12 Ciclón Black, Guerrero Mixtico, Tony Rivera vs Black Terry, Dragón Celestial, Fulgor I
09-13 Máscara Dorada, Mistico, Valiente vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Pólvora, Rey Escorpión for the CMLL World Trios Championship
09-17 Terrible vs Shocker for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
09-22 Blue Panther, Brazo de Oro, Negro Casas vs Black Terry, Negro Navarro, Shu el Guerrero
11-03 Namajague & Shigeo Okumura vs Delta & Guerrero Maya Jr. for the Arena Coliseo (DF) Tag Team Championship
11-11 Negro Casas vs Rush and Shocker
11-15 Angélico, Australian Suicide, Jack Evans vs Daga, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pentagón Jr.
11-18 Rush vs Shocker
12-09 Blue Panther vs Averno
12-10 Alan Extreme, Astro Rey Jr., Blue Monsther, Canis Lupus, Centvrión, Fresero Jr., Golden Magic, Picudo Jr. vs Dragón Celestial, Emperador Azteca, Fulgor I, Látigo, Matrix Jr., Power Bull, Sky Ángel, Zurdog Toreno FILL
12-22 Black Terry, Bombero Infernal, Dr. Cerebro vs Apolo Estrada Jr., Avisman, El Hijo del Diablo
12-30 Stigma vs Camorra for the mask

 

2011 Lucha MOTYCs, v0.5

Pretty table:

2011-01-02 Ángel de Oro, Diamante, Rush b Metal Blanco, Palacio Negro, Sagrado [#1 Contenders, MEX TRIOS, finalDaily Motion
2011-01-08 Negro Navarro b Solar I [AMERICAS LH]
2011-01-09 Black Terry & Negro Navarro b Ángel Mortal & Gran Apache Fall 1 Fall 2 Fall 3
2011-01-16 Ángel Mortal & Gran Apache DQ Black Terry & Negro Navarro [super libreFall 1 Fall 2 & 3
2011-01-19 Robin Maravilla, Rocky Santana, Sádico b Black Terry, Trauma I, Trauma II Fall 1 (part 1) Fall 1 (part 2) Fall 2 Fall 3
2011-01-23 Místico b Averno
2011-01-23 Comando Negro, Gran Apache, Masada b Dr. Cerebro, Multifacético, Negro Navarro Fall 1 Fall 2 Fall 3
2011-01-23 Ángel Mortal b Black Terry [hairFall 1 Fall 2 Fall 3 Fall 4
2011-01-25 Amapola b Marcela [CMLL WOMENDaily Motion
2011-01-29 Fabi Apache & Mari Apache b Trauma I & Trauma II Part 1 Part 2
2011-01-29 Villano IV b Negro Navarro [torneo maestros, semifinal]
2011-01-30 Comando Negro b Dr. Cerebro [IWRG IC LightFall 1 Fall 2 Fall 3
2011-02-04 Ángel Azteca Jr., Ángel de Oro, Ángel de Plata b Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
2011-02-19 Extreme Tiger & Jack Evans b Silver King & Último Gladiador YouTube
2011-03-03 Hijo de Pirata Morgan & Pirata Morgan b Negro Navarro & Trauma I [IWRG IC TAGPart 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
2011-03-05 Blue Panther & Solar I DRAW Negro Navarro & Satánico
2011-03-06 La Máscara, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada b Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto [CMLL TRIOSPart 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
2011-03-13 Solar I & Ultraman vs Black Terry & Negro Navarro Fall 1 Fall 2 Fall 3
2011-03-13 La Sombra b Mephisto [NWA WELTERPart 1 Part 2 Part 3
2011-03-16 Blue Panther, Rocky Santana, Solar I DRAW Black Terry, Negro Navarro, Ray Mendoza Jr. Fall 1 Fall 2 Fall 3 (part 1) Fall 3 (part 2)
2011-03-31 El Hijo del Diablo, Negro Navarro, Shu el Guerrero b Black Terry, Dr. Cerebro, Solar I Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
2011-04-01 Dr. X, Hooligan, Nitro b Metálico, Starman, Tigre Blanco YouTube
2011-04-05 Pierrothito b Astral [MEX LIGHTPart 1 Part 2
2011-04-14 Negro Navarro, Trauma I, Trauma II b Barba Roja, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
2011-04-20 Atomic Boy, Fenix, Relampago b Dark Dragon, Tigre Cota, Tito Santana YouTube
2011-04-20 Chessman, Silver King, Último Gladiador b Electroshock, Extreme Tiger, Jack Evans YouTube
2011-04-22 Ángel de Oro b Palacio Negro [Forjando un IdoloYouTube
2011-04-24 Blue Panther b Negro Casas Part 1 Part 2
2011-04-29 Último Guerrero b Hirooki Goto [CMLL HEAVYPart 1 Part 2 Part 3
2011-05-15 Hijo de LA Park & LA Park DQ Dr. Wagner Jr. & Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. Part 1 Part 2
2011-05-18 El Mesías, Extreme Tiger, Jack Evans b Decnnis, Halloween, LA Park Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
2011-05-27 Ángel de Oro b Pólvora [Forjando un Idolo, finalFall 1 Fall 2 Fall 3
2011-06-04 Aerostar, Argos, Laredo Kid b Decnnis, Súper Fly, X-Fly Part 1
2011-06-07 Virus b Guerrero Maya Jr. [CMLL SLYouTube
2011-06-17 La Máscara b Averno [maskYouTube
2011-06-18 LA Park b El Mesías [hair, maskPart 1 Part 2 Part 3
2011-06-21 Rey Bucanero b Hijo del Fantasma [NWA LHLATV Part 1 Part 2
2011-07-15 Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto b La Máscara, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada [CMLL TRIOSYouTube
2011-07-17 Oficial 911 b Multifacético [mask]
2011-07-24 Turbo b Black Thunder [NWA MEX LIGHT] Part 1 Part 2
2011-07-31 Daga DRAW Suicida [IWL INTERNET] Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
2011-08-07 Argos, Black Terry, Multifacético DQ Dr. Cerebro, Mortiz, Semental Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
2011-08-19 Argenis, Atomic Boy, Fenix b Mortiz, Semental, Tito Santana YouTube
2011-08-27 Trauma I & Trauma II b Black Terry & Negro Navarro Part 1 Part 2
2011-08-30 Virus vs Stuka Jr. [CMLL SL]
2011-09-16 La Sombra b Averno [CMLL Universal, finalYouTube
2011-10-03 Electroshock, Heavy Metal, Joe Lider b Chessman, Silver King, Último Gladiador YouTube
2011-10-09 Fuego & Stuka Jr. b Arkángel de la Muerte & Skándalo [Arena Coliseo TAGYouTube
2011-11-20 Pantera b Trauma I [Rey del Ring] Fall 1 Fall 2 Fall 3

That’s about 50, which is probably more than anyone’s ever going to watch. Don’t really have a process for narrowing it down. Will be adding video for the few that are missing (can’t believe I didn’t have Dr. Landru’s video marked for the DB already but working on it), but are there any more matches to add? We did this in mid November, so ther’s six weeks missing from the end. Got to add the Invasors/Atlantida match for sure.

best matches of 2011, v0.1

This is a draft and a starting point. Since everyone wants this sort of list in a month, I figure I might as well start on it now. Most of this was just from flipping thru recaps; it is not meant to be definite and probably is missing quite a few. Additions and corrections are encouraged.

List is in chronological order. YouTube links where available.

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