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2023 Tapatia Awards Results

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Hola. These are the results for 2023 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 252 ballots this year, nearly twice as much as last year (which was twice as much as the year prior.) The ballots have increased so much in the last couple of years that it’s a bit of a struggle to count everything up; I may have to change how I do some minor things next year.

Full results from past years: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.
(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
2023: Mascara Dorada (Panterita del Ring Jr. )

(corrected 2024-02-06 10pm)

Name 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
Máscara Dorada 56 53 42 16 23 894
Rocky Romero 49 52 28 26 15 803
Volador Jr. 24 29 34 31 14 515
Místico 25 8 14 13 9 317
El Hijo del Vikingo 16 14 10 12 16 268
Stephanie Vaquer 9 8 10 15 26 198
Soberano Jr. 6 10 15 12 9 176
Komander 2 8 6 6 2 88
Titán 5 3 2 8 5 82
Templario 2 3 4 5 8 61
Ángel de Oro 0 2 3 14 3 50
L.A. Park 3 1 3 1 1 41
QT Marshall 2 2 1 4 1 38
Avisman 4 0 1 0 2 37
Rush 1 4 1 2 2 37
Ludark Shaitan 1 2 3 3 0 33
Psycho Clown 1 1 4 2 4 33
Black Taurus 0 2 2 2 4 24
Ciclope 1 1 3 1 0 24
Sadika 1 1 3 1 0 24
Virus 1 0 1 4 2 21
Atlantis Jr 0 0 3 4 3 20
Hechicero 1 1 1 1 2 20
Demus 0 2 1 2 1 18
Blue Panther 2 0 0 0 0 16
Flammer 0 1 3 1 0 16
Stuka Jr. 0 1 1 3 2 16
Bandido 1 0 2 0 0 14
KeMalito 1 0 2 0 0 14
Pagano 1 1 0 0 1 14
Wotan 1 0 1 1 1 14
Ricky Marvin 1 1 0 0 0 13
The King Rey Misterio 1 1 0 0 0 13
Andromeda 0 1 0 1 5 12
Brillante Jr. 1 0 0 1 2 12
Hell Boy 1 0 1 0 1 12
La Catalina 0 1 1 2 0 12
Lunatik Fly 1 0 0 2 0 12
Neon 0 1 1 1 2 12
Pentagon Jr. 0 1 1 1 2 12
Hatana Himura 1 0 1 0 0 11
Rina Yamashita 1 0 1 0 0 11
Tromba 1 0 1 0 0 11
Zandokan Jr. 0 1 1 0 3 11
Andrade 1 0 0 1 0 10
Arez 0 0 2 2 0 10
Cinta de Oro 1 0 0 0 2 10
Drago Kid 0 1 1 1 0 10
El Hijo del Fishman 0 1 1 1 0 10
Metalik 1 0 0 0 2 10
Negro Navarro 0 1 1 1 0 10
Aero Boy 1 0 0 0 1 9
Aramis 0 1 0 1 2 9
Calibus 0 1 1 0 1 9
Drago II/Baby Extreme 1 0 0 0 2 9
Ivan Rokov 1 0 0 0 1 9
Aster Boy 0 1 1 0 0 8
Blue Demon Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 8
Carlito 1 0 0 0 0 8
Daga 1 0 0 0 0 8
DMT Azul 0 1 1 0 0 8
Flyer 1 0 0 0 0 8
Frankenstein (Laguna) 1 0 0 0 0 8
Galeno Del Mal 1 0 0 0 0 8
Iron Kid 1 0 0 0 0 8
Joe Hendry 1 0 0 0 0 8
Judas el Traidor 0 0 0 3 2 8
La Hiedra 1 0 0 0 0 8
La Parka Negra 1 0 0 0 0 8
Labyrinth 1 0 0 0 0 8
Mamba 1 0 0 0 0 8
Mario Bros. 1 0 0 0 0 8
Miedo Extremo 0 1 1 0 0 8
Minos 1 0 0 0 0 8
Niebla Roja 1 0 0 0 0 8
Pig Decapitador 1 0 0 0 0 8
Pig Destroyer 0 1 1 0 0 8
Satanico 1 0 0 0 0 8
SB KENTo 1 0 0 0 0 8
Tyrus 1 0 0 0 0 8
Ultimo Dragon 1 0 0 0 0 8
Dios Del Inframundo 0 1 0 1 0 7
El Terrible 0 1 0 1 0 7
Taya 0 0 1 2 0 7
Tonalli 0 1 0 1 0 7
Solar 0 1 0 1 0 7
Jack Cartwheel 0 0 2 0 0 6
Laredo Kid 0 0 0 2 2 6
Travis Banks 0 0 2 0 0 6
Aero Star 0 1 0 0 0 5
Akino 0 1 0 0 0 5
Akuma 0 0 1 1 0 5
Averno 0 0 1 1 0 5
Dark Panther 0 1 0 0 0 5
Dave the Clown 0 1 0 0 0 5
Dralistico 0 0 1 1 0 5
El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. 0 0 0 2 1 5
Erick Ortiz 0 1 0 0 0 5
Genio del Aire 0 1 0 0 0 5
Gravity 0 0 1 1 0 5
Jessy Ventura 0 1 0 0 0 5
Jitsu 0 1 0 0 0 5
Jordynne Grace 0 1 0 0 0 5
Kodai Nozaki 0 1 0 0 0 5
Lluvia 0 1 0 0 0 5
Marty Scurll 0 1 0 0 0 5
Myzteziz Jr. 0 1 0 0 0 5
Natalia Markova 0 1 0 0 0 5
Octagon Jr. 0 1 0 0 0 5
Pig Desenterrador 0 1 0 0 0 5
Sexy Star 0 1 0 0 0 5
Takuma 0 1 0 0 0 5
Trauma I 0 1 0 0 0 5
Willie Mack 0 1 0 0 0 5
Barbaro Cavernario 0 0 0 2 1 5
Trinity 0 0 1 0 1 4
Zeuxis 0 0 0 1 2 4
Argenis 0 0 1 0 0 3
Baby Love 0 0 1 0 0 3
Black Skayde 0 0 1 0 0 3
Black Terry 0 0 1 0 0 3
Cuervo from Lucha Maniaks 0 0 1 0 0 3
Dragón Rojo Jr. 0 0 1 0 0 3
El Hijo de Blue Panther 0 0 1 0 0 3
Emi Sakura 0 0 1 0 0 3
Flamita 0 0 1 0 0 3
Hijo de La Parkita 0 0 1 0 0 3
La Jarochita 0 0 0 1 1 3
La Parkita Negra 0 0 1 0 0 3
Latigo 0 0 1 0 0 3
Morphosis 0 0 1 0 0 3
Oni el Bendito 0 0 1 0 0 3
Ovett Jr. 0 0 1 0 0 3
Panic Clown 0 0 1 0 0 3
Spider Fly 0 0 0 1 1 3
Trauma II 0 0 1 0 0 3
Vampiro 0 0 1 0 0 3
Alberto El Patron 0 0 0 1 0 2
Ayako Hamada 0 0 0 0 2 2
Blue Panther Jr. 0 0 0 1 0 2
Crazy King 0 0 0 1 0 2
Dominik Mysterio 0 0 0 1 0 2
Draego 0 0 0 1 0 2
Futuro 0 0 0 1 0 2
Great Eku 0 0 0 0 2 2
Gringo Loco 0 0 0 0 2 2
Halloween Jr. 0 0 0 1 0 2
Hijo del Volador 0 0 0 1 0 2
Histeriosis 0 0 0 1 0 2
Kenny Omega 0 0 0 0 2 2
L.A Park Jr. 0 0 0 1 0 2
Lince Dorado 0 0 0 1 0 2
Mei Suruga 0 0 0 1 0 2
Murder Clown 0 0 0 1 0 2
Noisy Boy 0 0 0 1 0 2
Parkita Negra 0 0 0 0 2 2
Pig Destructor 0 0 0 1 0 2
Quemonito 0 0 0 1 0 2
Radioactivo 0 0 0 1 0 2
Raider 0 0 0 1 0 2
Sam Adonis 0 0 0 1 0 2
Skayde 0 0 0 1 0 2
Star Jr. 0 0 0 0 2 2
Toxin 0 0 0 1 0 2
Ultimo Dragoncito 0 0 0 0 2 2
Ultimo Guerrero 0 0 0 1 0 2
Vangellys 0 0 0 1 0 2
Abismo Negro Jr. 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bestia del Ring 0 0 0 0 1 1
Big Mami 0 0 0 0 1 1
Cibernetico 0 0 0 0 1 1
Cuatrero 0 0 0 0 1 1
Danger King 0 0 0 0 1 1
Datura 0 0 0 0 1 1
Dulce Gardenia 0 0 0 0 1 1
El Hijo de L.A. Park 0 0 0 0 1 1
El Hijo del Alebrije 0 0 0 0 1 1
El Hijo Del Dr. Wagner Jr. 0 0 0 0 1 1
El Hijo Del Santo 0 0 0 0 1 1
Frankenstein (Veracruz) 0 0 0 0 1 1
Golden 0 0 0 0 1 1
Harley Cameron 0 0 0 0 1 1
Impulso 0 0 0 0 1 1
Kaho Kobayashi 0 0 0 0 1 1
Kamille 0 0 0 0 1 1
Karis La Momia Jr. 0 0 0 0 1 1
Lady Shani 0 0 0 0 1 1
Luka 0 0 0 0 1 1
Microman 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mini Durango Kid 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mr. Iguana 0 0 0 0 1 1
Murcielago Plateado Jr. 0 0 0 0 1 1
Pig Pool 0 0 0 0 1 1
Polly Star 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rey Bowser 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rey Misterio Heredero 0 0 0 0 1 1
Robin 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sick Boy 0 0 0 0 1 1
Swerve Strickland 0 0 0 0 1 1
Tenay 0 0 0 0 1 1
Tiger Mask IV 0 0 0 0 1 1
Villano IV 0 0 0 0 1 1
Volcano 0 0 0 0 1 1
Wesley Pipes 0 0 0 0 1 1
Xtreme Tiger 0 0 0 0 1 1

I was stunned that Mascara Dorada won in his first full year when I counted up the numbers. (I had him 5th.) The top four were all from CMLL, where the top three (Vikingo, Bandido, Villano) did their most high profile work in AAA in 2022.

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
2023: 09-16 Angel de Oro vs Volador Jr.

updated on 02/12 (Avisman/Solar placement)

Match 1st 2nd 3rd Total
09-16 Angel de Oro vs Volador Jr. 74 34 18 508
07-28 Mascara Dorada vs Rocky Romero 38 55 18 391
01-20 Rocky Romero vs Volador Jr. 21 12 10 161
07-15 Pentagon Jr vs QT Marshall 4 11 30 113
07-15 El Hijo del Vikingo vs Kenny Omega 13 7 7 100
09-23 Titan vs Mascara Dorada 10 9 5 87
12-15 Rocky Romero vs Mascara Dorada 7 8 1 61
09-16 Stephanie Vaquer and Zeuxis vs La Jarochita and Lluvia 7 5 4 58
10-13 Místico vs Templario 4 3 11 51
08-12 Taya vs Flammer 1 9 9 50
12-10 Rina Yamashita vs Ludark Shaitan 4 4 4 40
01-21 Komander vs Jack Cartwheel 3 4 3 33
03-26 Wotan vs Demus 4 2 3 32
04-16 DMT Azul and Blue Demon Jr. vs Rush and L.A. Park 4 2 3 32
08-18 Soberano Jr. vs Stuka Jr. 1 8 1 31
06-30 Rocky Romero vs Volador Jr 4 2 2 30
08-11 Virus & Volador Jr. vs Rocky Romero & TJP 2 3 4 27
10-13 Futuro & Neon vs Magnus & Rugido 0 5 6 27
##-## Mascara Dorada vs Rocky Romero 5 0 0 25
09-16 Templario vs Dragon Rojo Jr. 0 4 6 24
12-10 Ciclope vs Lunatik Fly 2 3 2 23
09-19 Mascara Dorada vs Soberano Jr. 2 2 3 22
06-30 Mascara Dorada vs El Desperado 3 0 2 19
01-14 Action Jackson vs Elemental vs Extasis vs Forneo vs Mr. Win vs Potro 2 2 0 16
11-10 Volador Jr. vs Soberano Jr. 0 4 2 16
02-24 Brillante Jr., Gran Jefe, Hijo de Stuka Jr., Insólito (Laguna), Misterio Blanco, Misterio Negro vs Futuro, Max Star, Neón, Príncipe, Tonalli, Vegas Torneo de Escuelas 3 0 0 15
10-21 Avisman vs Solar 1 3 0 14
03-03 CMLL Team Mexico City vs Team Guadalajara Match 1 2 1 13
07-14 Rey Cometa & Espiritu Negro vs Akuma & Dark Magic 1 0 4 13
07-15 Rush and L.A. Park vs Sam Adonis and Psycho Clown 1 2 1 13
01-06 Soberano Jr. vs Templario 0 2 3 12
04-21 Panterita Del Ring Jr. vs Templario 0 2 3 12
09-29 Esfinge vs Cavernario 0 2 3 12
04-16 Myzteziz Jr vs Argenis 1 2 0 11
01-24 Místico v Stuka Jr. 1 1 1 10
08-13 Damien 666, and Ciclope, and Miedo Extremo vs Joe Lider, John Wayne Murdoch, and Reed Bentley 0 1 3 9
08-18 Team Mexico vs Team International 0 1 3 9
03-30 John Tito vs Avisman 1 1 0 8
08-05 Negro Navarro, Solar, Tigre Universitario vs Blue Panther, Espartaco, Silver Star 1 1 0 8
08-06 Blue Panther & Solar I vs Negro Navarro & Satanico 1 1 0 8
09-29 La Catalina vs Stephanie Vaquer 1 1 0 8
03-04 Tyrus vs Daga 1 0 1 7
07-02 Octagon Jr. vs Villano III Jr. 0 1 2 7
08-12 QT Marshall vs Pentagon Jr. 1 0 1 7
09-23 Hechicero vs Michael Oku 1 0 1 7
01-28 Aero Panther & Fight Panther vs SB KENTo & Takuma 0 0 3 6
08-12 El Hijo del Vikingo vs Daga vs Mike Bailey vs Jack Cartwheel 0 2 0 6
09-17 Zumbi vs Avisman 0 2 0 6
10-27 CMLL Women’s International Grand Prix 0 2 0 6
##-## Rocky Romero vs Volador Jr. 1 0 0 5
01-06 Dark Panther, Panterita Del Ring, Panterita Del Ring Jr. vs Cancerbero, Luciferno, Virus 1 0 0 5
02-17 Místico & Averno vs Soberano Jr. & Templario 1 0 0 5
03-23 Gannicus, Hell Boy, Tonalli vs Brazo Celestial, Brazo Cibernetico, Brazo De Oro Jr. 1 0 0 5
04-20 Cuervo vs Erick Ortiz 1 0 0 5
05-20 Dralistico & Gringo Loco vs Hijo del Vikingo & Pentagon Jr. 0 1 1 5
06-02 Atlantis Jr., Star Jr. and Volador Jr. vs Euforia, Hechicero and Mephisto 0 1 1 5
06-03 Demencia vs Tromba vs Dark Pain vs Neptuno 1 0 0 5
06-16 Místico vs Titan 1 0 0 5
06-30 El Satanico vs Tiger Mask IV 1 0 0 5
07-09 Atlantis Jr., Hechicero & Mascara Dorada 2.0 vs Euforia, Soberano Jr. & Titan 1 0 0 5
07-22 Kratoz & Prometeo vs SB Kento & Takuma 1 0 0 5
08-16 Aramis vs Calibus 1 0 0 5
09-08 Atlantis Jr., Mascara Dorada, and Místico vs Guerrero Maya Jr., Templario, and Titan 1 0 0 5
09-16 Atlantis Jr., Mascara Dorada, and Místico vs Kevin Knight, Rocky Romero, and TJP) 1 0 0 5
09-16 Averno & Ultimo Guerrero vs Angel de Oro & Volador Jr. 1 0 0 5
09-20 Takuma & SB Kento vs Delta Force 1 0 0 5
09-21 Avisman vs El Mimo 1 0 0 5
09-29 Vaquer, Zeuxis vs Jarochita, Lluvia 1 0 0 5
10-21 Sadika vs La Brava Rebel 1 0 0 5
12-22 Atlantis Jr. vs Soberano Jr 0 1 1 5
01-21 Galactico Dragon, Gremlin, and Samurai Azteca vs Dark Crazy, Kastigador, and Vengador 0 0 2 4
04-16 El Hijo del Vikingo vs Komander vs Rich Swann vs Swerve Strickland 0 0 2 4
09-29 Místico vs Virus 0 0 2 4
11-26 Chris Sabin & Trinity vs Chik Tormenta & Dinamico 0 0 2 4
01-01 Blue Demon Jr. and Rey Espectro vs DMT Azul and El Hijo del Fishman 0 1 0 3
01-17 Angelito, Kaligua, Pequeno Magia vs Full Metal, Minos, Pequeno Olimpico 0 1 0 3
02-10 Juicy Finau vs Crazy Frank vs Damián 666 0 1 0 3
02-24 Blue Panther vs Virus 0 1 0 3
03-17 Angel de Oro vs Oraculo vs Rocky Romero vs Volador Jr. 0 1 0 3
03-30 Brazo De Oro Jr. vs Tonalli 0 1 0 3
04-16 Pentagon Jr. and Alberto El Patron vs Sam Adonis and Psycho Clown 0 1 0 3
04-27 Atlantis Jr vs Rocky Romero vs Místico 0 1 0 3
05-26 Noisy Boy & Spider Fly vs John Tito & Rey Halcon 0 1 0 3
05-27 Baby Love & Silver vs Sadika & Rey Supremo 0 1 0 3
06-29 Tonalli vs Fussion 0 1 0 3
07-15 Copa Triplemanía XXXI Tijuana Match 0 1 0 3
09-29 Baby Xtreme & Black Spider Jr. vs SB Kento & Takuma 0 1 0 3
09-29 Cuervo vs Erick Ortiz, Hair vs Mask 0 1 0 3
09-29 Lady Maravilla vs Sexy Star 0 1 0 3
11-03 Bárbaro Cavernario vs Stuka Jr. 0 1 0 3
01-01 Ayako Hamada vs Davinha vs Estrellita vs Goya Kong vs Hija de Fuerza Guerrera vs Miss Janeth vs Reina Dorada vs Star Fire vs Therius vs Muneca de Plata 0 0 1 2
01-01 CMLL Sin Salida Cage Match 0 0 1 2
01-01 Diagonal, Horizontal, and Vertical vs Lobito I, Lobito II, and Lobito III 0 0 1 2
01-01 Faby vs Marcela, Sin Salida 0 0 1 2
01-13 Dulce Gardenia vs Virus 0 0 1 2
01-13 Euforia vs Hechicero 0 0 1 2
01-29 Negocio Traumado vs Puerquiza Extrema 0 0 1 2
02-04 Aramis vs Willy Banderas 0 0 1 2
02-05 Miedo Extremo vs Sadika 0 0 1 2
02-14 Komande, Kratoz, Prometeo vs Black Taurus, Latigo, Toxin 0 0 1 2
02-16 Gallego, Romano Garcia, Hellboy & Amnesia vs Freelance, Cerebo Negro, Fantasma de la Opera & Carta Brava 0 0 1 2
03-03 La Parkita & Mini Vikingo vs Mini Psycho Clown & Parkita Negra 0 0 1 2
03-20 Princesa Nocturna, Zira, and Tenay vs Lady Win, Dark Magik, and Lady Andy 0 0 1 2
03-21 Brillante Jr., Neon, Valiente Jr. vs Raider, Tonalli, Vaquero Jr. 0 0 1 2
04-07 Angel De Oro, Niebla Roja, Dragon Rojo vs Titan, Panterita Del Ring, Templario 0 0 1 2
04-07 Místico vs Atlantis Jr. vs Rocky Romero 0 0 1 2
04-15 Lady Shani vs Dalys vs Ludark Shaitan 0 0 1 2
04-16 10-man Triplemania Steel Cage match 0 0 1 2
04-21 Místico, Stuka Jr., Ultimo Guerrero vs Atlantis Jr., Averno, Volador Jr 0 0 1 2
04-23 Mario Bros and Luigi vs Rey Bowser and Yoshi 0 0 1 2
04-27 John Tito & Spider Fly vs Aguila Roja & Rey Aztaroth 0 0 1 2
05-16 Virus vs El Audaz 0 0 1 2
07-02 Aster Boy, Noisy Boy, and Spider Fly vs Brazo de Oro Jr., Brazo Cibernetico Jr., and Brazo Celestial 0 0 1 2
07-14 Esfinge, Fugaz, and Star Black vs Difunto, Furia Roja, and Zandokan Jr 0 0 1 2
07-18 Rocky Romero vs Mascara Dorada 0 0 1 2
07-27 Brillante Jr., Clásico, Sparko Jr., Misterio Negro vs Platino Kid, Emperador Azteca Jr., Misterio Blanco, Hassan 0 0 1 2
08-17 Aero Panther & Fight Panther vs SB Kento & Takuma 0 0 1 2
09-17 Travis Banks vs Ricky Marvin 0 0 1 2
09-21 Judas El traidor vs Aramis 0 0 1 2
09-23 Danger vs Tromba 0 0 1 2
10-14 Alushe vs Chucky vs Coloradito vs Gallito vs Gatito Eveready vs Girito vs Microman vs Lokillo 0 0 1 2
10-22 Spider Fly vs Aguila Roja 0 0 1 2
10-27 Místico, Mascara Dorada, Atlantis Jr. vs Angel De Oro, Niebla Roja, Templario 0 0 1 2
10-28 Morrigan, Guerrera Negra and Mujer Demonio vs Merlina, Makoto and Mei Suruga 0 0 1 2
10-31 Women’s Gran Prix 0 0 1 2
11-10 Bendito vs Helios 0 0 1 2
11-10 Blue Panther Jr., Dark Panther, and El Hijo De Blue Panther vs El Hijo De Stuka, El Hijo Del Villano III, and Villano III Jr. 0 0 1 2
11-25 Hechicero vs Stuka Jr 0 0 1 2
11-30 Mary Apache vs Sadika 0 0 1 2
12-09 SB Kento and Takuma vs Arez and Latigo 0 0 1 2
12-16 Puerquiza Extrema vs Rhinos Crash 0 0 1 2
12-17 El Hijo de LA Park, El Hijo del Fishman, LA Park Jr. & Rey Espectro vs Pig Decapitador, Pig Destroyer, Pig Destructor & Pig Pool 0 0 1 2
12-17 Hell Boy vs Cerebro Negro 0 0 1 2
12-21 Cinta de Oro vs Andrade El Idolo vs DMT Azul vs Penta El Zero M 0 0 1 2
12-29 Magnetico, Karma I, Karma II vs Skayde, Nygma, Heddi Karaoui 0 0 1 2
12-29 Volador Jr. vs Andrade 0 0 1 2

 

Having the most memorable match at the biggest show of the year usually places you pretty high on these awards, and that’s what happened again here. (Votes for Dorada/Romero or Volador/Romero without specifying a date were left in their own category; they wouldn’ thave changed much.) The Rina Yamashita/Ludark Shaitan match from the December Zona 23 show stuck out as a match doing pretty well that I had known nothing about until starting to add these up.

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)
2023: CMLL

Promotion Votes
CMLL 191
AAA 14
Zona 23 12
IWRG 3
Big Lucha 2
Lucha Memes 2
New Elite Wrestling 2
ASPW 2
GALLI 1
Guanatos Hardcore Crew 1
Lucha Maniaks 1
Lucha Wrestling Puroresu/Inoki Dojo 1
Luchatitlan 1
RGR 1

The outcome here, even the one sided nature of it, wasn’t much of a surprise. Zona 23 almost beating AAA in a year was a bit of one. I discarded 1 vote for AEW and one vote for CMLL Lady’s Ring on them not being lucha libre promotions, but you got them mentioned here anyway.

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
 2023: La Puerquiza Extrema

Best Unit (Team & Trio & Group) Votes
La Puerquiza Extrema 73
Los Hermanos Chavez 45
El Triangulo/La Escuadra (El Hijo del Villano III, Villano III Jr., & Zandokan Jr.) 12
Los Infernales 11
Stephanie Vaquer & Zeuxis 9
Arez & Komander 6
Atrapasuenos 5
Futuro & Neon 5
Rocky Romero & TJP 5
Las Chicas Indomables 4
Los Depredadores 4
Black Generation 3
La Ola Negra 3
Las Toxicas 3
Los Indestructibles 3
Neon & Futuro 3
Chavez Brothers 2
Ciclope & Miedo Extremo 2
Dr. Karonte I & Dr. Karonte II 2
Los Guerreros Laguneros 2
Lucha Bros 2
NGD 2
Panterita del Ring & Panterita del Ring Jr. 2
Rhinos Crash 2
Atlantis Jr. & Soberano Jr. 1
Barbaro Cavernario, Demonio Maya & Principe Daniel 1
Cerebro Negro & Cerebro Negro Jr. 1
Chris Sabin & Trinity 1
Dark Power & Neptuno 1
Delta Force 1
Divinos Laguneros 1
DMT Azul & El Hijo del Fishman 1
DMT Azul vs Blue Demon Jr. 1
Gemelos Diablos 1
Gringo Loco & Sam Adonis 1
Katara & Hatanna 1
King & Kong 1
La Catalina, Stephanie Vaquer, & Zeuxis 1
La Fuerza Poblana 1
Las Viudas del Toreo 1
Los Barbaros 1
Los Golpeadores 1
Los Parks 1
Los Terribles Cerebros 1
Los Tortugas Negras 1
Los Vipers 1
Micro Gemelo Diablos 1
Misterio Negro & Misterio Blanco 1
Negocio Traumado 1
Negro Casas & Dalys 1
Pentagon & Panic Clown 1
Psycho Circus 1
Random AEW Luchador Combinations 1
Rocky “Azúcar” Romero & Oraculo 1
Sam Adonis & Psycho Clown 1
SB KENTo & Takuma 1
Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. 1
Stephanie Vaquer & La Catalina 1
Vikingo & Komander 1
Villano III Jr. & El Hijo Del Villano III 1

I don’t want to take away from the Pigs but a couple of votes that picked them “because who else?” It was not a strong year for teams.

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.
2023: Rocky Romero vs Volador Jr.

(corrected 2024-02-06 7pm)

Best Feud Votes
Rocky Romero vs Volador Jr. 82
Rocky Romero vs Mascara Dorada 64
Rocky Romero vs Místico 8
Volador Jr. vs Angel de Oro 8
LA Park vs Rush 7
Rocky Romero vs CMLL 6
Atlantis Jr. vs Soberano Jr. 5
El Hijo del Vikingo vs Gringo Loco 5
QT Marshall vs Pentagon Jr. 5
DMT Azul vs Blue Demon Jr. 4
Psycho Clown vs Sam Adonis 3
Templario vs Dragon Rojo Jr. 3
AAA vs Drawing Big Crowds 2
AAA vs Good Production Values 2
AAA vs Producing watchable TV shows 2
Arez vs Psicosis 2
Cuervo vs Erick Ortiz 2
KeMonito vs CMLL 2
Rocky Romero vs Mexico 2
Stephanie Vaquer vs Tessa Blanchard 2
AAA vs Good Booking 1
AAA vs Having Good Commentary 1
AAA vs NWA 1
AAA vs Running that promised Marvel Lucha Libre show 1
Águila Roja vs Spider Fly 1
Alberto El Patron vs Carlito 1
Arez and Aramis vs Getting their MLW releases 1
BCC vs La Factión 1
Cibernetico vs Master Chef 1
CMLL and their Ridiculous YouTube Subscription Prices vs Their Fans 1
CMLL vs Bring back Sofia Alonso 1
CMLL vs Ever Being a Modern Wrestling Promotion 1
Cuatrero supporters vs Being Good Human Beings 1
Dorian Roldan vs Reality 1
El Brujo Iztapalapa vs Viajero 1
El Nuevo Poder del Norte vs IWRG 1
Konnan vs Being a good booker 1
La Parkita vs Parkita Negra 1
La Puerquiza Extrema vs Rhinos Crash 1
Las Chicas Indomables vs Zeuxis/Stephanie Vaquer 1
Luchablog guy vs Dorian Roldan Peña 1
Luchatitlan vs Making Money 1
Místico vs Titán 1
Negro Casas vs Nicho 1
New Exotic vs Drawing any money 1
Pagano vs Texano Jr. 1
Puerquiza Extrema vs Rhinos Crash 1
Puerquiza vs Negociante Traumada 1
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley (it’s kinda like the Apaches/Billy Boy angle) 1
Sam Adonis vs Psycho Clown 1
Soberano Jr. vs Ultimo Guerrero 1
Tecnicos vs Rudos 1
Ultimo Guerrero vs Averno 1

I was a little disappointed the his stuff didn’t finish higher in the other categories, but Rocky Romero having the top three feuds of the year is actually a really good way to sum up 2023

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.
2023: Mascara Dorada (Panterita del Ring)

(corrected 2024-02-06 7pm)

Most Improved Votes
Mascara Dorada 80
Rocky Romero 12
Neón 10
QT Marshall 9
Spider Fly 8
Soberano Jr. 8
Místico 7
Zandokan Jr. 6
Volador Jr. 6
Stephanie Vaquer 6
La Catalina 5
Komander 5
Andromeda 5
Zonik 4
Lunatik Fly 4
Tessa Blanchard 3
Sexy Star 3
Magnus 3
Brillante Jr. 3
Tromba 2
Templario 2
Sam Adonis 2
Hatana Himura 2
Drago II 2
DMT Azul 2
Cuervo de Texas 2
CMLL’s womens division 2
Calibus 2
Bestia del Ring Jr. 2
Tirano 1
Tenay 1
Super Crazy Jr. 1
Stuka Jr. 1
Star Jr 1
Sick Boy 1
Rugido 1
Raider 1
Puerquiza Extrema 1
Noisy Boy 1
Los Indestructibles 1
La Estrella 1
L.A. Park 1
Ivan Rokov 1
Gravity 1
Golden 1
Galeno Del Mal 1
Futuro 1
Fresero Jr. 1
Esfinge 1
El Hijo Del Wagner Jr 1
El Hijo Del Vikingo 1
El Hijo de Blue Panther 1
Dralistico 1
Dominik Mysterio 1
CMLL’s booking 1
CMLL 1
Cavernario 1
Blue Win 1
Black Andrómeda 1
Belcegor 1
Bárbaro Cavernario 1
Atlantis Jr. 1
Akuma 1

Most Improved often translates to people who got a bigger opportunities. I’m sure the top four all showed improvement, but they all also got bigger chances than in past years.

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

2023: Rocky Romero

Favorite Votes
Rocky Romero 53
Mascara Dorada 50
Místico 17
Stephanie Vaquer 13
Volador Jr. 12
Soberano Jr. 8
Komander 8
El Hijo del Vikingo 7
Titán 5
LA Park 5
Neon 4
Hechicero 4
Virus 3
Psycho Clown 3
Blue Panther 3
Avisman 3
Wotan 2
Vikingo 2
Tromba 2
Sadika 2
Rush 2
Hatana Himura 2
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. 2
El Coyote 2
Andromeda 2
Aero Boy 2
Ultimo Dragon 1
Templario 1
Taurus 1
Stuka Jr 1
Satanico 1
Radioactivo 1
QT Marshall 1
Pig Pool 1
Pig Destroyer 1
Pentagon Jr. 1
Mr. Iguana 1
Minos 1
Mei Suruga 1
Lunatik Fly 1
Lluvia 1
La Parka Negra 1
La Hiedra 1
La Catalina 1
Judas El Traidor 1
Jessy Ventura 1
Jessy Jackson 1
Harley Cameron 1
Gringo Loco 1
Gravity 1
Demus 1
Ciclope 1
Calibus 1
Blue Demon Jr. 1
Black Taurus 1
Bandido 1
Atlantis Jr. 1
Arez 1
Akuma 1

Mascara Dorada winning wrestler of the year and most improved but not most favorite was unexpected.

What did you think of the year 2023 in Mexican wrestling, from 1 to 10? The average rating was 8.04, up from 7.26 last year.          

2022 Tapatia Awards Results

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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.

2020 Tapatia Awards Results

thecubsfan

(Should these be the 2021 awards from the 2020 year? I’m never sure.)

Hola.

These are the results for 2020 Tapatia Awards, honoring the best in lucha libre. Thanks to everyone who voted, and thanks for those who didn’t for still reading this. We had 56 ballots this year, far down from last year. 2020 sucked and I didn’t do a strong job of promoting the awards, so not a big surprise.

Full results from past years: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019.

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

Wrestler 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Laredo Kid 17 7 8 122
Fénix 10 5 3 71
Arez 4 4 2 36
Titán 3 5 2 34
Bandido 2 3 4 27
Lady Shani 3 1 3 24
Pagano 2 3 1 21
Hijo del Vikingo 2 2 1 18
Templario 0 3 4 17
Pentágon Jr 0 3 2 13
LA Park 1 0 3 11
Aramis 1 1 0 8
Blue Demon Jr. 1 1 0 8
Hijo de Fishman 1 1 0 8
Rush 1 1 0 8
La Hiedra 0 2 1 8
Villano III Jr. 0 2 1 8
Reyna Isis 1 0 1 7
Lady Maravilla 0 1 2 7
Avisman 1 0 0 5
Chessman 1 0 0 5
Kaho Kobayashi 1 0 0 5
Principe Aereo 1 0 0 5
Ryu Lee 1 0 0 5
Octagón Jr. 0 1 1 5
Hades 0 1 0 3
Hechicero 0 1 0 3
Mistico 0 1 0 3
Soberano Jr 0 1 0 3
Toxin 0 1 0 3
Último Guerrero 0 1 0 3
Wotan 0 1 0 3
Big Mami 0 0 1 2
Caristico 0 0 1 2
Demonio Infernal 0 0 1 2
Soberano Jr. 0 0 1 2
Euforia 0 0 1 2
Hijo del Canis Lupus 0 0 1 2
Kenny Omega 0 0 1 2
Latigo 0 0 1 2
Ovett 0 0 1 2
Psycho Clown 0 0 1 2
Ricky Marvin 0 0 1 2
Shun Skywalker 0 0 1 2
Texano Jr 0 0 1 2

(A second place vote for “Bandido Jr.” was presumed to be Bandido here. Half votes or people voting for two people in one line were skipped.)

Best Match

2004: Averno vs Zumbido 09/03
2005: Mistico vs Ultimo Guerrero 02/25
2006: Black Warrior vs Mistico 09/29
2007: Mistico vs Dr. Wagner 07/27
2008: Blue Panther vs Villano V 09/19
2009: Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Mesias 06/13
…
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
Match 1st 2nd 3rd Total
12-12 Laredo Kid vs Kenny Omega 23 10 3 151
09-25 Titán vs Soberano Jr. 10 9 9 95
03-01 Villano III Jr. vs Aéreo 9 3 5 64
12-12 Pagano vs Chessman 6 6 4 56
09-25 Volador vs Templario 1 6 1 25
11-06 Arez vs Tromba 1 0 3 11
02-08 La Bestia Del Ring, LA Park, Rush Toro Blanco
vs Fénix, Laredo Kid, Pentagón Jr.		 0 2 1 8
12-12 Fénix & Pentagón Jr. © vs Myzteziz Jr.
& Octagón Jr. vs Rey Escorpión & Texano Jr.		 0 2 1 8
09-25 Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
vs Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus		 1 0 1 7
10-04 Laredo Kid vs Octagon Jr. 0 0 3 6
02-15 Wotan & HIjo de Mascara Sagrada
vs Hijo de Fishman & Mr. Condor		 1 0 0 5
02-28 Soberano Jr. & Titan
vs Templario y Hijo del Villano III		 1 0 0 5
12-30 AKINO & Sonoko Kato
vs Kaho Kobayashi & Kakeru Sekiguchi		 1 0 0 5
04-18 Laredo Kid vs LA Park 0 1 1 5
04-18 Pentagon Jr vs Hijo del Vikingo 0 1 1 5
01-17 Bandido vs Artemis Spencer 0 1 0 3
01-25 Fénix, Pentagón Jr., Psycho Clown vs
La Bestia Del Ring, LA Park, Rush Toro Blanco		 0 1 0 3
01-25 Villano III Jr. & Lady Maravilla vs Big Mami & Nino
Hambuguesa vs Dinastia & Vanilla vs Arez & Keyra		 0 1 0 3
02-03 Aramis vs Látigo 0 1 0 3
02-09 Ryu Lee vs Hiromu Takahashi 0 1 0 3
02-23 Dement Extreme, Toxico & Ultimo Gladiador
vs Gallego, Mr. Condor & Rocky Santana		 0 1 0 3
03-07 Blue Demon Jr., Drago, Laredo Kid
vs La Bestia Del Ring, LA Park, Rush Toro Blanco		 0 1 0 3
03-08 Arez vs Aramis 0 1 0 3
07-11 Arez vs Tromba vs Látigo 0 1 0 3
09-20 Dragon Bane vs Shun Skywalker 0 1 0 3
10-03 El Texano Jr. vs Laredo Kid vs Octagon Jr. 0 1 0 3
10-04 Arez vs Black Taurus 0 1 0 3
11-04 Tlaloc vs Mr Iguana 0 1 0 3
11-29 Trauma II vs Arez 0 1 0 3
01-10 Atlantis Jr., Star Jr., Valiente vs
Hechicero, Rey Bucanero, Templario		 0 0 1 2
01-18 TJP vs Hijo del Vikingo 0 0 1 2
02-08 Hijo Del Vikingo, Puma King & Rey Horus
vs Taurus, Texano Jr & Rey Escorpion		 0 0 1 2
02-09 Bandido & Flamita vs Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe 0 0 1 2
02-20 Hijo del Vikingo, Myzteziz Jr., Octagon Jr.
vs Averno, Chessman, Rey Escorpion		 0 0 1 2
02-22 Bandido & Dragón Lee vs
Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham		 0 0 1 2
04-05 Ricky Marvin vs Arez 0 0 1 2
04-18 Dinastia vs Laredo Boy 0 0 1 2
04-18 Mr. Iguana vs Rey Wagner Jr. 0 0 1 2
04-18 Pentagon Jr. vs Psycho Clown 0 0 1 2
08-24 Latino vs Arez vs Enigma vs Iron Kid 0 0 1 2
09-25 Caristico & Místico
vs Rey Cometa & Espíritu Negro		 0 0 1 2
10-16 Águila Oriental, Dinámico, Noisy Boy, Spider Fly
vs Hellboy, Mike, Teelo, Voltrex		 0 0 1 2
11-11 Penta El Zero M vs Rey Fénix 0 0 1 2
12-04 Soberano Jr. & Stuka Jr. vs Rey Bucanero & Virus 0 0 1 2
12-05 Antheus & El Hijo de Fishman
vs Super Dragons & Wotan		 0 0 1 2

Best Promotion

2004: CMLL
2005: CMLL
2006: CMLL
2007: AAA
2008: CMLL
2009: CMLL2017: CMLL
2018: CMLL
2019: AAA
2020: AAA

Promotion Votes
AAA 37
CMLL 6
IWRG 4
Lucha Memes 2
RIOT 1
Vanguardia 1
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
Feud Votes
Chessman vs Pagano 16
Aéreo vs Villano III Jr. 5
Euforia vs Ultimo Guerrero 3
Hijo de Fishman vs Wotan 3
COVID-19 vs Lucha Libre 2
Ingobernables vs AAA 2
Mr. Iguana vs Tláloc 2
Arez vs Aramis 1
Big Mami vs Lady Maravilla 1
Blue Demon Jr vs L.A. Park 1
Cancerbero & Raziel vs Espiritu Negro & Rey Cometa 1
Hijo Del Vikingo vs Taurus 1
Hiromu v Ryu Lee 1
Kenny Omega vs great luchadors 1
L.A. Park vs Rush 1
Lady Maravilla & Lady Shani 1
Laredo Kid vs Kenny Omega 1
Puma De Oro vs Toxin 1
Rush & La Faccion Ingobernable vs Ring of Honor 1
Villano III Jr. vs Centella Oriental 1
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
Group Votes
Lucha Brothers 11
Poder del Norte 9
Nueva Generación Dinamita 7
Jinetes del Aire 4
La Faccion Ingobernable 3
Los Negociantes 3
Los Cancerberos 2
Los Guerreros Laguneros 2
Atrapasueños 1
Caristico and Místico 1
Death Triangle 1
Los Mercenarios 1
Los Shotas 1
Los Strippers Big 1
Psycho Circus 1
Strange Group (Arez & co.) 1
Strippers Big 1
Terriblemente Chavez 1
(All versions of Los Ingobernables were considered one. I left the one Death Triangle on it’s own.)
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
Name Votes
Diosa Quetzal 6
Octagon Jr. 4
Arez 3
Hades 3
Mr. Iguana 3
Tromba 3
Laredo Kid 2
Pagano 2
Templario 2
Villano III Jr. 2
Abismo Negro Jr 1
Atlantis Jr 1
Calibus 1
Charro Negro 1
Dominik Mysterio 1
El Hijo de LA Park 1
Hijo del Canis Lupus 1
Hijo del Vikingo 1
Karis La Momia Jr 1
La Hiedra 1
La Parka Negra 1
Misterioso Jr. (NJPW) 1
Nino Hamburgesa 1
Raziel 1
Reyna Isis 1
Serpentico (AEW) 1
Soberano Jr 1
Titan 1
Favorite Wrestler
2017: Barbaro Cavernario & Hechicero (tie)
2018: Pentagon Jr.
2019: Hijo del Vikingo
2020: Hijo del Vikingo
Name Votes
Hijo del Vikingo 8
Fenix 4
LA Park 4
Laredo Kid 4
Bárbaro Cavernario 3
Titán 3
Bandido 2
Hechicero 2
Psycho Clown 2
Artemis Spencer 1
Avisman 1
Bandido Jr. 1
Cibernetico 1
Drago 1
Euforia 1
Hijo del Santo 1
King Jaguar 1
Komander 1
La Parka II 1
Magnus 1
Microman 1
Mr. Iguana 1
Octagon Jr. 1
Pentagón Jr 1
Rush 1
Taya Valkyrie 1
Texano Jr. 1
Villano III Jr. 1
Virus 1
Wotan 1

2019 Tapatia Awards Results

thecubsfan

Hola.

These are the results for 2019 Tapatia Awards, honoring the best in lucha libre. Thanks to everyone who voted, and thanks for those who didn’t for still reading this. We had 89 ballots this year, up by about a third.

Full results from past years: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018.

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

Name 1st
Place Votes		 2nd Place Votes 3rd Place Votes Points
Hijo del Vikingo 10 8 7 88
Fénix 9 6 2 67
Bandido 9 4 3 63
Bárbaro Cavernario 5 5 7 54
Rush 3 2 5 31
LA Park 3 4 23
Titán 2 2 2 20
Dragon Lee 2 3 19
Taurus 1 7 19
Blue Demon Jr. 1 4 17
Laredo Kid 2 1 2 17
Aramis 1 3 1 16
Microman 1 1 4 16
Soberano Jr. 2 1 13
Dr. Wagner Jr. 1 1 2 12
Caristico 2 1 12
Big Mami 1 2 11
Dalys 2 10
Virus 1 1 1 10
Arez 1 2 9
Psycho Clown 1 1 8
Último Guerrero 1 2 7
Puma King 1 2 7
Sadika 1 5
Keyra 1 1 5
Hechicero 1 1 5
Star Jr. 1 5
Hiedra 1 3
Ayako Hamada 1 3
Euforia 1 3
Chamuel 1 3
Lady Shani 1 3
Taya 1 3
Marcela 1 3
Templario 1 3
Aeroboy 1 3
Rey Escorpion 1 3
Rey Horus 1 3
Demonio Infernal 1 3
Lady Flammer 1 2
Pentagon Jr. 1 2
La Hiedra 1 2
Flamita 1 2
Myzteziz Jr. 1 2

 

Best Match

2004: Averno vs Zumbido 09/03
2005: Mistico vs Ultimo Guerrero 02/25
2006: Black Warrior vs Mistico 09/29
2007: Mistico vs Dr. Wagner 07/27
2008: Blue Panther vs Villano V 09/19
2009: Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Mesias 06/13
…
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
I’ve called out the non-Mexico matches for clarity
Match 1st
Place
Votes		 2nd
Place
Votes		 3rd
Place
Votes		 Total
06-09 Hijo del Vikingo vs Laredo Kid 21 10 4 143
08-03 Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Blue Demon Jr. 11 10 1 87
05-31 Metálico vs Virus 8 4 9 70
10-19 Fénix vs Kenny Omega 4 4 7 46
12-14 Big Mami vs Lady Maravilla 3 4 2 31
02-22 Titán vs Cavernario 2 4 4 30
09-27 Microman vs Chamuel 1 3 2 18
01-04 Dragon Lee vs Bárbaro Cavernario 2 1 2 17
07-26 Black Taurus, Laredo Kid & Puma King vs
Bandido, Flamita & Rey Horus (PWG)		 1 1 1 10
08-05 Electrico vs Virus   1 3 9
12-15 LA Park vs Blue Demon   2 1 8
01-18 Bárbaro Cavernario vs Soberano Jr. 1 1   8
08-10 Fénix vs Puma King vs Laredo Kid vs Black Taurus 1   1 7
12-08 Titán vs Soberano Jr.   1 2 7
08-11 Sádika vs Sadik Maiden 1   1 7
10-18 Star Jr. & Valiente vs Fugaz & Mistico 1   1 7
10-13 LA Park vs Rush 1   1 7
11-02 Aramis vs Arez   2   6
10-04 Templario vs Soberano Jr.   1 1 5
03-24 Aeroboy vs Rey Fénix 1     5
05-26 Boomer Hatfield vs Dasher Hatfield (CHIKARA) 1     5
07-19 LA Park, Hijo de LA Park & LA Park Jr.
Vs Rush, Bestia del Ring & Mìstico		   1 1 5
08-24 Arez vs Aramis vs Iron Kid 1     5
12-07 Aramis vs Bandido 1     5
12-04 Vikingo vs Taurus vs Puma King   1 1 5
05-24 Mistico vs Bárbaro Cavernario     2 4
12-01 Dragon Lee vs Kenny Omega     2 4
09-19 Bandido & Flamita vs Penta 0M & Rey Fénix (PWG)   1   3
08-31 Young Bucks vs Lucha Bros   1   3
07-05 Dinamitas vs Titán/Triton/Esfinge   1   3
06-16 Lucha Bros vs Young Bucks (AEW)   1   3
11-27 Keyra vs Lady Shani vs La Hiedra   1   3
03-15 Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero vs
Carístico, Dragón Lee, Volador Jr.		   1   3
05-03 Ángel de Oro & Niebla Roja vs Mecha Wolf & Adam Brooks   1   3
01-01 Flamita vs Rey Horus   1   3
12-30 Caristico vs Volador Jr.   1   3
09-27 Caristico/Mistico/Valiente vs NGD     1 2
08-24 Black Taurus vs Rey Horus (Black Label Pro)     1 2
10-09 Copa Antonio Pena     1 2
10-13 Dragón Bane & Hijo de Canis Lupus
Vs Demonio Infernal & Lunatik Xtreme		     1 2
05-31 Amapola vs Kaho Kobayashi     1 2
10-26 Arez vs Aramis vs El Hijo del Vikingo vs Taurus     1 2
11-07 Látigo vs Atomick Star     1 2
09-12 Satanico vs Sangre Chicana     1 2
03-02 Impulso vs Fly Star     1 2
12-20 Diosa Quetzal/Alas de Oro vs Amazona/Rider     1 2

Best Promotion

2004: CMLL
2005: CMLL
2006: CMLL
2007: AAA
2008: CMLL
2009: CMLL

2017: CMLL
2018: CMLL
2019: AAA

Promotion Total Votes
AAA 46
CMLL 8
GALLI 1
IWRG 3
MexaWrestling 1
Zona 23 1

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:v Negro Casas vs Mistico
…
2017: Princesa Sugehit vs Zeuxis
2018: L.A. Park vs Rush
2019: Big Mami vs Lady Maravilla

Rivalry Total Votes
Big Mami vs Lady Maravilla 26
Blue Demon Jr. vs Dr. Wagner Jr. 14
Chamuel vs Microman 9
Lucha Bros vs Young Bucks 4
Rush vs LA Park 3
Arez vs Aramis 1
Fénix vs Kenny Omega 1
Kastigador vs Vengador 1
Nueva Generacion Dinamitas vs Los Guerreros Laguneros 1
Poder Del Norte vs Vikingo & Friends 1

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

Name Votes
Poder del Norte 18
Nueva Generación Dinamita 13
Lucha Brothers 10
Los Jinetes del Aire 4
Chavez Brothers 3
Ingobernables 2
La Rebelion Amarilla 2
Los Mercenarios 2
Strippers Big 2
Big Mami/Niño Hamburguesa 1
La Peste Negra 1
Los Diabolicos 1
Los Golpeadores 1
Los Guerreros Laguneros 1
Mexablood 1

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.

Name Votes
Atlantis Jr. 10
Hijo del Vikingo 6
Big Mami 5
Blue Demon Jr. 4
Star Jr. 4
Taurus 4
Aramis 3
Dulce Gardenia 3
Arez 2
La Hiedra 2
Myzteziz Jr. 2
Villano III Jr. 2
Aero Panther 1
Air Wolf 1
Bandido 1
Cain Velasquez 1
Chamuel 1
Fulgor I 1
Lady Shani 1
Mistico 1
Mr. Iguana 1
Soberano 1
Templario 1

Favorite Wrestler

2017: Barbaro Cavernario & Hechicero (tie)
2018: Pentagon Jr.
2019: Hijo del Vikingo

Name Votes
Hijo del Vikingo 10
Bárbaro Cavernario 6
Bandido 5
Taurus 5
Hechicero 4
LA Park 4
Caristico 3
Microman 2
Negro Casas 2
Rush 2
Titán 2
Virus 2
Aeroboy 1
Aramis 1
Arez 1
Artemis Spencer 1
Big Mami 1
Dinastia 1
Dragon Lee 1
Fénix 1
Komander 1
La Parka 1
Laredo Kid 1
Pentagon Jr. 1
Razerhawk 1
Star Jr. 1
Ultimo Guerrero 1

2018 Tapatia Awards Results

thecubsfan

the award presentation

Hola.

These are the results for 2018 Tapatia Awards, honoring the best in lucha libre. Thanks to everyone who voted, and thanks for those who didn’t for still reading this. We had 89 ballots this year, up by about a third.

Full results from past years: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017.

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

Name Points Firsts
L.A. Park 223 29
Fénix 161 20
Bárbaro Cavernario 116 11
Pentagon Jr. 81 11
Rush 65 5
Bandido 46 3
Hijo del Vikingo 20
Ricky Marvin 16 1
Lady Shani 15 2
Micro Man 12 2
Aramis 12 1
Psycho Clown 12 1
Hechicero 11
Volador Jr. 11
Niebla Roja 7 1
Kraneo 5 1
Ultimo Guerrero 5 1
Dragon Lee 5
Laredo Kid 5
Soberano Jr. 5
Cuatrero 4
Dragon Bane 4
Puma King 4
Averno 3
Caristico 3
Negro Casas 3
Templario 3
Titan 3
Zeuxis 3
Aeroboy 2
Andrade 2
Dr. Wagner Jr. 2
Faby Apache 2
Hijo De Fantasma 2
Kevin Kross 2
Keyra 2
Police Man 2
Taya Valkyrie 2
Terrible 2

Best Match

2004: Averno vs Zumbido 09/03
2005: Mistico vs Ultimo Guerrero 02/25
2006: Black Warrior vs Mistico 09/29
2007: Mistico vs Dr. Wagner 07/27
2008: Blue Panther vs Villano V 09/19
2009: Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Mesias 06/13
…
2017: 02-27 Barbaro Cavernario & Volador Jr. vs Ultimo Guerrero & El Valiente
2018: 06-22 L.A. Park vs Rush

There’s a problem with this award. 8 different people voted for Barbaro Cavernario versus Fenix as their first place match without indicating which of the two matches they meant, and people did that down ballot as well. If all of those went towards the November match, that would’ve been the first place winner. If I split them among the two, it wouldn’t change the order. I’ve left it as a separate line.

I’ve also left in some matches that I don’t really think count but don’t really affect the voting in a meaningful fashion.

Match Points Firsts
06/22 L.A. Park vs Rush 130 17
11/23 King Phoenix vs Barbaro Cavernario 93 16
06/29 Barbaro Cavernario vs King Phoenix 82 7
??/?? Bárbaro Cavernario vs King Phoenix 45 8
05/25 Flyer, LA Park, Volador Jr. vs La Bestia Del Ring, Rush, Terrible 42 5
08/02 Fénix vs Bandido vs Flamita 29 3
08/25 Mexablood vs DJZ & Everett vs Laredo Kid & Golden Magic vs Drago & Aerostar 28 4
04/20 Black Danger, Mirage, Último Maldito vs Arcángel Divino, Black Destiny, Genio del Aire 19 1
08/04 Toxin vs Fly Star 19 1
10/21 Eterno vs Aramis 19 1
08/25 Dr. Wagner vs LA Park vs Hijo del Fantasma vs Pentagon Jr. 15 1
10/12 Último Guerrero vs Michael Elgin 15 2
08/25 Lady Shani vs Faby Apache 14 1
03/15 Angel de Oro vs Cuatrero 12 0
08/03 LA Park, Penta and King Phoenix vs Rush and the Briscoes 11 1
01/23 Titan vs Mephisto 10 0
06/03 Poder del Norte vs OGT 10 2
03/27 Soberano Jr. vs Barbaro Cavernario 9 0
09/14 Matt Taven & Volador Jr. vs Rush & Barbaro Caveranrio 8 1
07/29 The King (Rey Fénix) vs Laredo Kid 8 1
09/23 Rey Fénix vs Aero Boy 8 1
01/19 Gran Guerrero vs Niebla Roja 8 0
01/07 Ricky Marvin vs Keyra 7 1
02/04 Fuerza Guerrera vs Demus 6 0
09/08 Daga vs Hechicero 6 0
01/27 Andrade Almas vs Johnny Gargano 5 1
03/16 Pentagón Dark vs Marty Martinez 5 1
05/18 Toxin & Látigo vs Aramis & Astrolux 5 1
06/10 Ciclope vs Drako vs Leviatham vs Lunatik Extreme vs Toxico vs Wotan 5 1
07/08 Dragon Lee vs Hiromu Takahashi 5 1
07/27 Niebla Roja vs Sanson 5 1
08/18 Dr. Wagner Jr. and L.A. Park vs El Hijo del Fantasma and Psycho Clown 5 0
08/25 Pagano/Joe Lider/Murder Clown vs Texano Jr/La Mascara/Rey Escorpion 5 1
09/14 Diamante Azul & Los Lucha Bros vs Carístico, El Hijo de LA Park and LA Park 5 0
09/16 Hechicero vs Daga 5 1
10/19 Bandido vs Rey Fénix 5 1
02/23 Último Guerrero & Volador Jr. vs Rush & Terrible 4 0
??/?? ANY Micros match 3 0
??/?? Hechicero vs Daga 3 0
01/19 Cuatrero vs Angel De Oro 3 0
02/23 Fenix vs Mil Muertes vs Jeremiah Crane 3 0
02/23 Los Tortugas Ninja vs Capo Del Norte, Dragon Bane, Rokambole Jr., and Villano V Jr. 3 0
03/11 Ultimo Guerrero vs Corsario Negro Jr. 3 0
03/23 Flamita & Bandido vs Dezmond Xavier & Zachery Wentz 3 0
04/28 Toxin vs Fly Star 3 0
06/01 Cuatrero vs Angel de Oro 3 0
06/08 Fénix, Mistico, & Caristico vs Ultimo Guerrero, Negro Casas & Barbaro Cavernario 3 0
08/09 Daga vs Hechicero 3 0
08/30 Lucha Bros vs Bandido/Flamita 3 0
11/06 Cuatrero vs Titán 3 0
12/02 Aramis vs Virus 3 0
12/02 Hijo del Vikingo, Laredo Kid, Myzteziz Jr. vs Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana 3 0
??/?? Averno, Chessman, Súper Fly vs Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana 2 0
??/?? Every Bandido match outside of Mexico 2 0
??/?? Taya vs anyone. 2 0
01/14 Rey Pantera Jr., Hijo de Rey Pantera vs As del Espacio, As del Espacio Jr. 2 0
01/26 Faby Apache vs Lady Shani 2 0
02/11 Lady Flamer vs Sucii Love 2 0
02/13 Volador & Ultimo Guerrero vs Rush & Terrible 2 0
03/21 Vengador vs Kastigador 2 0
03/25 Ricky Marvin vs Dr. Cerebro 2 0
04/09 Místico v Caristico 2 0
04/22 Barbaro Cavernario vs Ricky Marvin 2 0
05/01 Soberano Jr vs Magia Blanca 2 0
05/11 Negro Casas vs Soberano 2 0
07/22 Hechicero vs Aramis 2 0
08/04 Hechicero Vs Christopher Daniels 2 0
10/05 CMLL Grand Prix 2 0
10/06 Pentagon JR vs LA Park 2 0
10/21 Ricky Marvin vs Hechicero 2 0
10/28 Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana vs Mamba, Máximo, Pimpinela Escarlata vs Aero Star, Drago, Angelikal 2 0
11/02 Templario vs Sanson 2 0
11/16 Leyenda de Plata 2 0
12/02 Drago vs Hijo del Fantasma 2 0
12/03 Lucha Brothers vs L.A. Park/Hijo de L.A. Park 2 0
12/08 Hijo del Vikingo, Laredo Kid, Myzteziz Jr. vs Australian Suicide, Jack Evans, Taurus 2 0

Best Promotion

2004: CMLL
2005: CMLL
2006: CMLL
2007: AAA
2008: CMLL
2009: CMLL

2017: CMLL
2018: CMLL

Promotion Votes
CMLL 55
AAA 19
The Crash 3
Lucha Memes 3
MexaWrestling 2
PWG 1
IWRG 1
GALLI 1

Best Rivalary

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:v Negro Casas vs Mistico
…
2017: Princesa Sugehit vs Zeuxis
2018: L.A. Park vs Rush

Fued Votes
Rush vs L.A. Park 62
Poder del Notre vs OGT 5
Fénix vs Barbaro Cavernario 4
Cuatrero vs Angel De Oro 3
Lady Shani vs Faby Apache 2
AAA vs Good Commentary 1
Dragon Bane vs Aramis 1
Fénix vs Laredo Kid 1
Jeff Jarrett vs Dr. Wagner 1
LA PARK vs backstage politics 1
Los Guerreros vs La Fortaleza 1
Pentagón vs Carístico 1
Rudos vs Technicos 1
Rush vs Everyone 1
Toxin vs Fly Star 1
Volador Jr vs Matt Taven 1

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

Group Votes
NGD 36
Lucha Brothers 14
Nuevo Poder Del Norte 9
Los Guerreros Laguneros 7
Los OGTS 4
Mexablood 4
Blank 3
Los Ingobernables 3
Los Jinetes del Aire 3
Los Mercenarios 2
Kl4N 1
La Rebelión Amarilla 1
Los Macizos 1
Los Simpsons 1

Most Improved

2004: Olimpico
2005: Maximo
2006: Black Warrior, Marco Corelone, Mistico (tie)
2007: Super Fly & X-Pac (tie)
2008: Sombra
2009: Mascara Dorada
…
2017: Soberano Jr.
2018: Templario

Improved Votes
Templario 7
Audaz 6
Bandido 6
Bárbaro Cavernario 5
Hijo de L.A. Park 4
Hijo del Vikingo 4
Puma King 4
Soberano Jr. 4
Angelikal/Myzteziz Jr. 3
Aramis 3
Dragón Bane 3
La Hiedra 3
Murder Clown 3
Cuatrero 2
Flyer 2
Villano III Jr. 2
Bestia Del Ring 1
Chamuel 1
Daga 1
Diamante Azul 1
Drone 1
Fénix 1
Jeff Jarrett 1
Lady Shani 1
Laredo Kid 1
Latigo 1
Matt Taven 1
Microman 1
Mr. Iguana 1
Murcielago Plateado Jr. 1
Sanson 1
Triton 1
Vulcana 1

Favorite Wrestler

2017: Barbaro Cavernario & Hechicero (tie)
2018: Pentagon Jr.

Favorite Votes
Pentagon Jr. 12
Bárbaro Cavernario 9
Rush 8
L.A. Park 8
Hechicero 6
Fénix 6
Bandido 5
Aramis 3
Police Man 2
Microman 2
Hijo del Vikingo 2
Andrade Cien Almas 1
Wotan 1
Titan 1
Soberano Jr. 1
Samoano 1
Ricky Marvin 1
Razerhawk 1
Puma King 1
Pagano 1
Niebla Roja 1
Negro Casas 1
Mije 1
Laredo Kid 1
Jeff Jarrett 1
I can’t decide between Hechicero & Fuego 1
Hiromu Takahashi 1
Faby Apache 1
Dragon Lee 1
Dr. Wagner Jr. 1
Cuatrero 1
Carístico 1
Averno 1
Audaz 1
Artemis Spencer 1

 

voting for the 2017 Tapatia awards is now open

thecubsfan

This is the seventh Tapatia awards, designed to honor the best in lucha libre over the past year. We encourage all fans to vote, and let their voice be heard on the previous twelve months of Mexican lucha libre. This voting covers the calendar year 2017. Matches are eligible if they were TAPED in 2017 – or if it’s weird Lucha Underground and didn’t air until 2017.

Any match in any location using the Mexican lucha libre style are eligible to be included. Shows in the US and elsewhere using this style are included. Japanese lucha libre promotions such as Dragon Gate are not included, but Japanese tours by Mexican lucha libre promotions are included. Female and mini wrestlers are eligible for all categories, unless otherwise specified.

If you are reading this post, you have qualified to vote. Congratulations! Voting will be open until January 28th unless someone convinces me to leave it open even later.

You can click here to vote, or do it below.