Tag: motyc

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.)

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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.

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Pretty table:

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

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.

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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