Every month, I choose five matches from Mexico to highlight some of the best lucha matches of the year. The focus is to shine light on some lesser seen matches, so CMLL/AAA matches are not considered unless they are co-promoted shows with indie promotions. Last month I was busy with the Violent People 100 rollout, […]
10. Kazuchika Okada (58 ballots, 3107 points) – LOWEST RANKED 58 BALLOT WRESTLERLast Year’s Rank: 13High Vote: stephen malkmus, Liam (1)Average Rank: 28.8184.06% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– vs. Jay White (NJPW, 1/4)– w/ Togi Makabe vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura (NJPW, 1/21)– vs. Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH, 2/21)– vs. SANADA (NJPW, 4/8)– w/ Hiroshi […]
20. Will Ospreay (39 ballots, 2225 points) – LOWEST RANKED 39 BALLOT WRESTLERLast Year’s Rank: 30High Vote: Robert Warns, Andrew Ridener, Robin Reid (1)Average Rank: 26.156.52% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– vs. Kenny Omega (NJPW, 1/4)– vs. Taichi (NJPW, 2/4)– vs. Luke Jacobs (RevPro, 2/26)– vs. Lance Archer (NJPW, 6/4)– vs. Kenny Omega (AEW/NJPW, 6/25)– […]
30. El Desperado (36 ballots, 1742 points) – HIGHEST RANKED 36 BALLOT WRESTLERLast Year’s Rank: 16High Vote: Bucky (5)Average Rank: 33.3952.17% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– w/ Mistico & Soberano Jr. vs. DOUKI, Hechicero & Templario (NJPW/CMLL, 2/26)– w/ Minoru Suzuki & Ren Narita vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW, 5/3)– vs. […]
40. Giulia (24 ballots, 1393 points) – HIGHEST 24 BALLOT WRESTLERLast Year’s Rank: 133High Vote: Steven Graham (4)Average Rank: 35.0434.78% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– vs. Suzu Suzuki (Stardom, 2/4)– vs. Maya Yuki (Stardom, 3/4)– vs. Himeka (Stardom, 3/16)– w/ Syuri vs. Himeka & Maika (Stardom, 4/14)– vs. Willow Nightingale (NJPW, 7/5)– vs. Saori Anou […]
50. Yuji Okabayashi (24 ballots, 1224 points)Last Year’s Rank: 236High Vote: Austin Shermer (6)Average Rank: 27.7534.78% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani (BJW, 1/2)– w/ Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura (BJW, 2/13)– w/ Ryuji Ito vs. Kazumi Kikuta & Takuya Nomura (BJW, 3/4)– vs. So Daimonji (BJW, 3/11)– w/ Yasufumi […]
60. Chad Gable (27 ballots, 1031 points) – LOWEST RANKED 27 BALLOT WRESTLERLast Year’s Rank: 266High Vote: Logan Kenny, Austin Daniels, SolPosting (15)Average Rank: 46.1539.13% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– vs. Cody Rhodes (WWE, 2/27)– w/ Otis vs. Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford vs. Braun Strowman & Ricochet vs. Erik & Ivar (WWE, 4/1)– w/ […]
70. Masashi Takeda (21 ballots, 878 points)Last Year’s Rank: 498High Vote: CFOS (3)Average Rank: 43.1430.43% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– vs. Jun Kasai (FREEDOMS, 1/3)– w/ Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura (BJW, 2/8)– w/ Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Abdullah Kobayashi & Daiju Wakamatsu (BJW, 2/13)– vs. Suzu Suzuki (Prominence, 3/18)– w/ Jun Kasai […]
80. Komander (18 ballots, 766 points)Last Year’s Rank: 153High Vote: Stardy (10)Average Rank: 47.3326.09% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– vs. Bandido (PWG, 1/8)– vs. Konosuke Takeshita (PWG, 1/8)– vs. Lio Rush (GCW, 2/18)– vs. Arez (wXw, 3/10)– vs. Black Taurus vs. El Hijo del Vikingo (WrestleCon, 3/30)– vs. Jay White (AEW, 4/19)– vs. Claudio Castagnoli […]
90. Hiromu Takahashi (15 ballots, 642 points) – HIGHEST RANKED 15 BALLOT WRESTLERLast Year’s Rank: 81High Vote: Jacob Shearin (5)Average Rank: 41.9321.74% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– vs. YOH (NJPW, 2/5)– vs. AMAKUSA (NOAH, 2/21)– vs. DOUKI (NJPW, 5/13)– vs. Lio Rush (NJPW, 5/14)– vs. KUSHIDA (NJPW, 5/15)– vs. Titan (NJPW, 5/23)– w/ Soberano Jr. […]