Hola.
These are the results for 2022 Tapatia Awards, honoring the best in lucha libre. Thanks to everyone who voted, and thanks to those who didn’t for still reading this. We had 136 ballots this year, twice as much as we have gotten in any other year. This was slightly up from last year, despite me still not doing much of a job promoting it.
One change I made this year is taking a hard line on cutting out non-Mexican wrestling candidates and votes. It wasn’t counted unless it was a match that happened for a Mexican wrestling promotion or a US promotion that was specifically a lucha libre promotion. They’ve been there in the past, but this year it got to a volume where I was annoyed enough to take more drastic action. It’s more fun to include the GCW lucha libre trios matches, but if I include them then why not include Ciclope vs Rina Yamashita? I’d just be picking favorite styles. If I decided to include Ciclope/Yamashita, then why not include Sadika vs Hoodfoot from central Illinois? I’d just be picking favorite promotions. Why not Mexican matches AEW? Why not Legado del Fantasma matches in NXT? Why not Dragongate? What’s the point of any of it?
The point of having these awards is to make sure the best stuff in Mexican wrestling each year gets recognized or at least recorded as happened. There are plenty of places recognizing all sorts of wrestling and where Mexican wrestling is all but ignored. These awards exist to make sure there’s one place where Mexican wrestling gets the spotlight, and the best way to do is to make sure it’s not sharing that light with a bunch of stuff that’s plainly not Mexican wrestling. There are a bunch of votes I threw out because it wasn’t in the spirit of what I’m trying to do. I went as far as not counting the Death Triangle votes for Group (which, as you’ll see, ended up making absolutely no difference) because I was that serious about not counting non-Mexican wrestling votes. I still absolutely kept in every eligible vote – there were people who seemed to be doing prank votes just to see if they’d stay in, and they did – but I didn’t have space for the ones that people knew wasn’t Mexican wrestling but voted for anyway in a Mexican wrestling poll.
Full results from past years: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.
(These numbers will probably shift when someone spots a duplicate I missed.)
Best Wrestler
2004: LA Park
2005: Perro Aguayo Jr.
2006: Mistico
2007: Gran Apache
2008: Blue Panther
2009: Negro Casas
…
2017: Volador Jr.
2018: LA Park
2019: Hijo del Vikingo
2020: Laredo Kid
2021: Hijo del Vikingo
2022: Hijo del Vikingo
| Name | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 4th Place | 5th Place | Total |
| Hijo del Vikingo | 40 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 499 |
| Bandido | 10 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 244 |
| Villano IV | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 152 |
| Atlantis Jr. | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 116 |
| Titán | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 108 |
| La Jarochita | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 100 |
| Laredo Kid | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 94 |
| Pentagón Jr. | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 84 |
| Soberano Jr. | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 64 |
| Fénix | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 63 |
| Hechicero | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 61 |
| Taurus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 49 |
| Komander | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 48 |
| Ángel de Oro | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 43 |
| Mistico | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 39 |
| Reyna Isis | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 38 |
| Psycho Clown | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 33 |
| Pagano | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| Panterita del Ring Jr. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 29 |
| Rush | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| Volador Jr. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| Sadika | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Tonalli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| Stuka Jr. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| Hell Boy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Gringo Loco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Jessy Ventura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| LA Park | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Cibernetico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Arez | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Puma de Oro | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Taya Valkyrie | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Drago Kid | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Flamita | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Lady Flammer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Stephanie Vaquer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Templario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Dalys la Caribena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Dragon Lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Konnan Big | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Parkita Negra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Puma King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Skayde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Baby Love | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| La Hiedra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Látigo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Alberto El Patron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Aster Boy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Mascarita Dorada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Micro Man | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Nino Hamburguesa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Panic Clown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Parka Negra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Sexy Star II | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Shocker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Soberano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Cinta de Oro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Faby Apache | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Lady Maravilla | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Solar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Baby Xtreme | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Black Skayde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dave the Clown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Demus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Electroshock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Emperador Azteca | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jessy Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Negro Navarro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sam Adonis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Virus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Jarochita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Keyra | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Lady Frost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Ludark Shaitan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mei Suruga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Negro Casas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Toxin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Yutani | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Abismo Negro Jr. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bendito | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Blue Demon Jr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Caballero de Plata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Carlito | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ciclope | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dark Panther | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dralistico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| El Hijo del Skayde (Big Lucha) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hijo de Doctor Wagner Jr. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jimmy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Juventud Guerrera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Murder Clown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Panterita del Ring | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ricky Marvin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| The Tiger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ultimo Guerrero | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Violento Jack | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bestia del Ring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Black Terry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Blue Panther | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Fugaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Judas el Traidor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Lluvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mamba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Miedo Extremo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| SB KENTo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ultimo Dragon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ayako Hamada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Camuflaje | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Diamante | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DMT Azul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Euforia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Luka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Niebla Roja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shun Skywalker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Terror Purpura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vampiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vangellys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hijo del Vikingo wins for the third time in four years. I’m not sure he can be defeated outside of a significant injury or a US deal that takes him away from regular AAA dates. Bandido moved up a few spots from last year but didn’t get half the votes. Laredo Kid getting 0 first place votes and ending up seven is the most Laredo Kid outcome possible.
Best Match
2004: 09-03 Averno vs Zumbido
2005: 02-25 Mistico vs Ultimo Guerrero
2006: 09-29 Black Warrior vs Mistico
2007: 07-29 Mistico vs Dr. Wagner
2008: 09-19 Blue Panther vs Villano V
2009: 06-13 Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Mesias
…
2017: 02-27 Barbaro Cavernario & Volador Jr. vs Ultimo Guerrero & El Valiente
2018: 06-22 L.A. Park vs Rush
2019: 06-09 Hijo del Vikingo vs Laredo Kid
2020: 12-12 Laredo Kid vs Kenny Omega
2021: 03-21 Hijo del Vikingo vs Arez
2022: 10-05 Pentagón Jr. vs Villano IV
(edit: fixed Cibernetico/Pagano placement on 02/26)
| Name | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| 10/15 Pentagón Jr. vs Villano IV | AAA | 26 | 24 | 14 | 230 |
| 09/16 La Jarochita vs Reyna Isis | CMLL | 20 | 8 | 15 | 154 |
| 10/23 Laredo Kid vs Hijo del Vikingo | AAA | 13 | 7 | 7 | 100 |
| 10/15 Hijo del Vikingo vs Fenix | AAA | 11 | 6 | 8 | 89 |
| 09/16 Atlantis Jr. vs Stuka Jr. | CMLL | 3 | 13 | 8 | 70 |
| 04/30 LA Park vs Villano IV | AAA | 7 | 5 | 4 | 58 |
| 07/29 Soberano Jr. vs Templario | CMLL | 4 | 10 | 2 | 54 |
| 12/28 Bandido vs Hijo del Vikingo | AAA | 4 | 2 | 8 | 42 |
| 09/23 Bandido vs Flamita | Big Lucha | 3 | 6 | 3 | 39 |
| 06/18 Bandido vs Hijo del Vikingo vs Fenix vs Laredo Kid vs Taurus | CMLL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| 08/19 CMLL Men’s Gran Prix | CMLL | 1 | 7 | 1 | 28 |
| 09/16 Hell Boy vs Caballero de Plata | IWRG | 4 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| 10/15 Cibernetico vs Pagano | AAA | 2 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| 10/16 Hechicero vs Jonathan Gresham | Lucha Memes | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| 09/23 Panterita del Ring & Panterita del Ring Jr. vs Blue Panther & Dark Panther | CMLL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| 08/19 Hechicero vs Euforia | CMLL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 11/06 Emperador Azteca vs The Tiger | KAOZ | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 12/16 Aster Boy vs Tonalli vs Puma de Oro | IWRG | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 10/28 CMLL Women’s Grand Prix | CMLL | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 04/22 Titán vs Niebla Roja | CMLL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 06/18 Psycho Clown vs Villano IV | AAA | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 09/30 Suicida vs Titán | CMLL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 12/28 Hijo del Vikingo vs Bandido | CMLL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 10/15 Taya vs Kamille | AAA | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 01/30 Ciclope & Lobo Blanco vs Damian 666 & El Mago | Vanguardia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 03/06 Hechicero vs Matt Makowski | Lucha Memes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 10/02 Hijo del Vikingo vs Laredo Kid vs Taurus | AAA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 10/15 Marvel Lucha Libre match | AAA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 12/23 Mistico & Panterita Del Ring Jr. vs Gran Guerrero & Raider | CMLL | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 12/28 FTR vs Dragon Lee & Dralistico | AAA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 03/31 Psycho Clown vs Taurus | AAA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 04/28 Alberto El Patron, Carlito & Ultimo Dragon vs Cibernetico, Dr. Wagner Jr. & LA Park | KAOZ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 04/29 Mistico vs Titán vs Templario | CMLL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 09/18 Taya Valkyrie vs Lady Flammer | Republic of Lucha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 09/30 Los Infernales vs Los Malditos | CMLL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10/05 Virus vs Tony Deppen | Lucha Memes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10/14 Bandido vs Yutani | Big Lucha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11/20 Keyra vs Bengalee | IWRG | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10/25 CMLL Gran Prix Women | CMLL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 02/06 Brazos vs Villanos | IWRG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 04/17 Puma de Oro vs Black Terry | IWRG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 05/06 Ultimo Guerrero vs Averno | CMLL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 05/27 Atlantis Jr. vs Mistico | CMLL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 08/05 Lady Shani vs Hijo del Tirantes | AAA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12/25 Hijo del Vikingo vs Bandido (Big Lucha) | Big Lucha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 02/05 Blue Demon Jr. vs DMT Azul | Invasion Indy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 03/12 Hijo del Vikingo vs Flamita | AAA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 04/30 Canek vs Psycho Clown | AAA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 05/15 Lunatik Fly, Osiris, Chucho el Roto, Amnesia vs Lunatik Xtreme, Ovett Jr., Super Boy, Vengaza | Zona 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 06/18 Lady Flammer vs Chik Tormenta | AAA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 07/23 Panthers vs Pantheritas | CMLL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 09/16 Ángel De Oro vs Mistico vs Volador Jr. | CMLL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10/14 Ciclope & Miedo Extremo vs El Mago & Drew Parker | Vanguardia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10/16 Joey Janela vs Pagano | Zona 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10/21 La Jarochita vs Lluvia | CMLL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11/04 Atlantis Jr., Gran Guerrero, Ultimo Guerrero vs Mistico, Soberano Jr., Volador Jr. | CMLL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12/02 Big Lucha Cage Match | Big Lucha | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12/03 NGD vs Arez, Komander, Dave The Clown | AAA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12/08 Aeroboy vs Violento Jack | Luchando Libre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12/30 Ángel de Oro & Niebla Roja vs Titán & Volador Jr. | CMLL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
For as much slack as AAA gets, they’ve also has the best match in Mexico for three of the last four years. (The fourth was AAA guys in RIOT.) La Jarochita vs Reyna Isis is the best finishing women’s match in the history of these awards. Bandido vs Flamtia in Big Lucha is the highest-finishing non-Big 2 match.
Match votes by Promotion
| Promotion | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
| AAA | 66 | 54 | 57 | 606 |
| CMLL | 41 | 56 | 46 | 465 |
| IWRG | 5 | 6 | 5 | 53 |
| Big Lucha | 4 | 7 | 4 | 49 |
| Lucha Memes | 4 | 4 | 1 | 34 |
| KAOZ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| Vanguardia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Republic of Lucha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Zona 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Invasion Indy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Luchando Libre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Best Promotion
2004: CMLL
2005: CMLL
2006: CMLL
2007: AAA
2008: CMLL
2009: CMLL
…
2017: CMLL
2018: CMLL
2019: AAA
2020: AAA
2021: AAA
2022: AAA & CMLL (tie)
| AAA | 40 |
| CMLL | 40 |
| Big Lucha | 14 |
| Nacion Lucha Libre | 14 |
| IWRG | 5 |
| Lucha Memes | 5 |
| KAOZ Lucha Libre | 4 |
| GALLI | 1 |
| Promoción AVE | 1 |
A tie for first is strange. A tie for for first, third, and fifth is just bizarre.
Best Unit
2004: Guerreros del Infierno (as Best Tag Team and Best Trio)
…
2006: Los Guerreros del Atlantida
2007: Real Fuerza Aerea AAA
2008: Oficiales 2009: Peste Negra
…
2017: Nueva Generación Dinamita
2018: Nueva Generación Dinamita
2019: Poder del Norte
2020: Lucha Brothers
2021: Lucha Brothers
2022: Lucha Brothers
| Unit | Votes |
| Lucha Bros. | 20 |
| Hermanos Chávez (Ángel de Oro & Niebla Roja) | 15 |
| Black Generation | 13 |
| Los Infernales | 11 |
| NGD | 8 |
| Los Vipers | 6 |
| Las Toxicas | 5 |
| Los Mazisos (Ciclope & Miedo Extremo) | 3 |
| Dulce Atrapasuenos | 3 |
| La Puerquiza Extrema | 3 |
| Golden Guns | 2 |
| La Empresa | 2 |
| Los Gorila Brothers | 2 |
| Negocio Traumado | 2 |
| Los Parks | 2 |
| Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf | 1 |
| Carlito Colon & Primo Colon | 1 |
| Dalys & Lady Frost | 1 |
| Delta Force | 1 |
| Depredadores | 1 |
| Hamburguesa/Iguana/Microman | 1 |
| Hermanos Lee | 1 |
| Jinetes del Aire | 1 |
| La Jarochita & Lluvia | 1 |
| Los Malditos | 1 |
| Los NGDs | 1 |
| Los Porros NG | 1 |
| Los Un-Mexicans | 1 |
| Los Villanos | 1 |
| Lucha Squad | 1 |
| Panterita Del Ring/Panterita Del Ring Jr. | 1 |
| Psycho Circus | 1 |
The Lucha Brothers barely teamed in Mexico in 222, but they did team. Hermanos Chavez did not get a single vote in 2021. Neither did Black Generation, but they weren’t really a thing.
Best Rivalry
2004: El Hijo del Santo vs Perro Aguayo Jr.
2005: Mistico vs Ultimo Guerrero
2006: Mistico vs Black Warrior
2007: Billy Boy vs Gran Apache
2008: Blue Panther vs Villano V
2009: Negro Casas vs Mistico
…
2017: Princesa Sugehit vs Zeuxis
2018: L.A. Park vs Rush
2019: Big Mami vs Lady Maravilla
2020: Chessman vs Pagano
2021: Rey Escorpión vs Psycho Clown
2022: Atlantis Jr. vs Stuka Jr.
| Name | Votes |
| Atlantis Jr. vs Stuka Jr. | 37 |
| Bandido Gym vs Black Generation (includes Bandido vs Flamita) | 8 |
| La Jarochita vs Reyna Isis | 8 |
| Soberano Jr. vs Templario | 5 |
| Hijo del Vikingo vs Fenix | 4 |
| Pagano vs Cibernético | 4 |
| Villano IV vs the Ruleta de la Muerte entrants | 4 |
| Brazos vs Villanos | 3 |
| Big Lucha vs Los Locos Evans | 2 |
| Dalys vs Lady Frost | 2 |
| La Empresa vs AAA | 2 |
| Volador Jr. vs Rocky Romero | 2 |
| Albert El Patron and Cinta De Oro vs Carlito and Co. | 1 |
| Arez vs Taurus | 1 |
| Atlantis vs Fuerza Guerrera | 1 |
| Blue Demon Jr. vs DMT Azul | 1 |
| Caballero de Plata vs Hellboy | 1 |
| Dark Silueta vs Princesa Sugehit | 1 |
| El Gallo vs Rayman | 1 |
| Emperador Azteca vs The Tiger | 1 |
| La puerkiza extrema vs NGD | 1 |
| Laredo Kid vs. Hijo del Vikingo | 1 |
| Puma de Oro vs Tonalli vs Aster Boy | 1 |
| Satania vs Bengalee | 1 |
| Soberano Jr vs Ultimo Guerrero | 1 |
| Tonalli vs Aster Boy vs Puma de Oro | 1 |
| Ultimo Guerrero vs Mesias | 1 |
CMLL got 3 of the top 4 spots after not winning this category for years.
Most Improved
2004: Olimpico
2005: Maximo
2006: Black Warrior, Marco Corleone, Mistico (tie)
2007: Super Fly & X-Pac (tie)
2008: Sombra
2009: Mascara Dorada
…
2017: Soberano Jr.
2018: Templario
2019: Atlantis Jr.
2020: Diosa Quetzal
2021: Komander
2022: Atlantis Jr.
| Improved | Votes |
| Atlantis Jr | 18 |
| Titán | 17 |
| Komander | 12 |
| Panterita del Ring Jr. | 11 |
| Bendito | 5 |
| CMLL | 5 |
| La Jarochita | 4 |
| Reyna Isis | 3 |
| Arez | 2 |
| El Hijo de Dos Caras | 2 |
| Hijo del Vikingo | 2 |
| Lady Frost | 2 |
| Mr. Iguana | 2 |
| Tonalli | 2 |
| Astral | 1 |
| Black Skayde | 1 |
| Caballero de Plata | 1 |
| Dalys | 1 |
| Dark Panther | 1 |
| Diamante | 1 |
| DMT Azul | 1 |
| Drago Kid | 1 |
| El Hijo de Villano III | 1 |
| El Suicida | 1 |
| Elemental | 1 |
| Emperador Azteca | 1 |
| Fishman Jr | 1 |
| Forneo | 1 |
| Gringo Loco | 1 |
| Hell Boy | 1 |
| La Parka Negra | 1 |
| Lady Flammer | 1 |
| Mini Vikingo | 1 |
| Myzteziz Jr. | 1 |
| Panic Clown | 1 |
| Raider | 1 |
| Rugido | 1 |
| Rush | 1 |
| Satania | 1 |
| Sexy Star II | 1 |
| Shun Skywalker | 1 |
| Star Jr. | 1 |
| Stuka Jr. | 1 |
| Super Crazy Jr. | 1 |
| Toxin | 1 |
Atlantis Jr. is a predictable winner – and the first two time winner of most improved. Komander came close to that achievement by finishing third. It kinda makes sense for both of them.
Favorite Wrestler
2017: Barbaro Cavernario & Hechicero (tie)
2018: Pentagon Jr.
2019: Hijo del Vikingo
2020: Hijo del Vikingo
2021: Hijo del Vikingo
2022: Hijo del Vikingo
| Favorite | Votes |
| Hijo del Vikingo | 20 |
| Bandido | 13 |
| Villano IV | 8 |
| Taurus | 7 |
| Titán | 7 |
| LA Park | 6 |
| Hechicero | 5 |
| Místico | 5 |
| Komander | 3 |
| La Jarochita | 3 |
| Laredo Kid | 3 |
| Panterita del Ring Jr. | 3 |
| Atlantis Jr. | 2 |
| Fenix | 2 |
| La Parka Negra | 2 |
| Pagano | 2 |
| Psycho Clown | 2 |
| Sadika | 2 |
| Sexy Star II | 2 |
| Virus | 2 |
| Ángel de Oro | 1 |
| Aramis | 1 |
| Bendito | 1 |
| Black Terry | 1 |
| Cibernetico | 1 |
| Dave the Clown | 1 |
| Dr. Wagner Jr | 1 |
| El Burrito | 1 |
| Faby Apache | 1 |
| Gringo Loco | 1 |
| Hell Boy | 1 |
| Jessy Ventura | 1 |
| Johnny Hardy | 1 |
| KeMonito | 1 |
| Konan Big | 1 |
| Luka | 1 |
| Mei Suruga | 1 |
| Micro Man | 1 |
| Pentagón | 1 |
| Puma de Oro | 1 |
| Reyna Isis | 1 |
| Shocker | 1 |
| Skayde | 1 |
| Soberano Jr. | 1 |
| Solar | 1 |
| Stephanie Vaquer | 1 |
| Stuka Jr | 1 |
| Templario | 1 |
| Villano III Jr. | 1 |
| Willie Mack | 1 |
I presume someone will knock Vikingo off this perch, but I’m not sure who. Bandido came closest to consensus opposition.
What did you think of the year 2022 in Mexican wrestling, from 1 to 10?
I hope this is a useful metric if I or someone else keeps checking in every year. There’s not much context to it for year one, but here’s how the numbers were distributed:
The votes averaged out to a 7.26.