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 |
Thank you so very, VERY much Cubs! We all appreciate such hard work and care you put into things like this :)