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These are the results for 2017 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 60 ballots submitted, far more than we tried this project last decade.

Full results from past years: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. There were no awards from 2010 to 2016.

Best Wrestler

2004: LA Park

2005: Perro Aguayo Jr.

2006: Mistico

2007: Gran Apache

2008: Blue Panther

2009: Negro Casas

2017: Volador Jr.

Name 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Total Points Volador Jr. 13 6 8 99 Rey Fénix 10 6 2 72 Soberano Jr. 6 3 9 57 Penta Zero M 5 7 2 50 Dr. Wagner Jr. 7 1 4 46 Psycho Clown 3 3 3 30 Rush 3 3 2 28 Barbaro Cavernario 1 2 4 19 Ultimo Guerrero 1 3 2 18 Niebla Roja 3 1 17 Sam Adonis 3 4 17 Hechicero 1 3 1 16 Dragon Lee 2 1 13 Sanson 3 1 11 Caristico 3 9 Negro Casas 1 2 9 Flamita 2 1 8 Mistico 1 1 8 Andrade Cien Almas 1 1 7 Gran Guerrero 1 1 5 Keyra 1 1 5 Prince Puma 2 4 Demus 1 3 El Hijo del Fantasma 1 3 LA Park 1 3 Microman 1 3 Trauma II 1 3 Zeuxis 1 3 Bandido 1 2 Demonio Infernal 1 2 Imposible 1 2 Johnny Mundo 1 2 Mephisto 1 2 Pagano 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

Match 1st 2nd 3rd Total 02-27 Barbaro Cavernario & Volador Jr. vs Ultimo Guerrero & El Valiente 8 9 1 69 03-11 LA Park vs Rush 7 2 5 51 08-26 Psycho Clown vs Dr. Wagner Jr . 7 2 2 45 06-20 Volador Jr. vs Barbaro Cavernario 4 4 5 42 06-25 Killshot vs Dante Fox 7 1 37 04-28 Zack Sabre Jr. vs Negro Navarro 2 6 1 30 09-16 Niebla Roja vs Gran Guerrero 4 3 29 10-05 Rey Fénix vs Flamita 3 1 2 22 09-16 Princesa Sugheit vs Zeuxis 1 1 4 16 06-16 Carístico & Soberano Jr. vs Sansón & Último Guerrero 1 3 14 09-01 CMLL Gran Prix 1 1 3 14 08-04 Sam Adonis vs Blue Panther 1 1 2 12 07-14 Volador Jr. vs Ultimo Guerrero 1 1 1 10 01-06 Hechicero vs Caifan 1 2 9 03-03 Sky Man vs Saturno 1 3 9 06-18 Iron Kid vs Demus 3:16 3 9 12-29 Caristico vs Volador Jr. 3 9 02-11 Dragon Lee vs Hiromu Takahashi 1 1 8 11-03 Copa Inframundo 1 1 8 01-14 Demus 3:16 vs Wotan 1 5 04-07 Torneo Reyes Del Aire 1 5 05-05 Flamita vs AR Fox 1 5 06-26 Johnny Mundo vs Prince Puma 1 1 5 10-13 Leyenda De Plata 1 5 11-29 Rey Fénix vs Flamita 1 1 5 12-15 Mistico, Volador Jr. & El Terrible vs Caristico, El Soberano Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero 1 5 04-21 Ayako Hamada vs Taya 2 4 10-02 Soberano Jr. vs Barbaro Cavernario 2 4 10-20 Sansón & Cuatrero & Forastero vs Niebla Roja & Ángel de Oro & Soberano Jr. 2 4 01-22 Imposible vs Relámpago 1 3 03-18 Penta el Zero M & Rey Fenix vs Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson vs Matt Sydal & Ricochet 1 3 05-05 Young Bucks vs Lucha Brothers 1 3 07-04 Imposible Vs Super Nova 1 3 07-15 Virus vs Xtreme Tiger 1 3 08-04 Sansón, Cuatrero, Forastero vs Soberano Jr., The Panther, Rey Cometa 1 3 08-26 Hijo del Fantasma vs Texano Jr. vs Johnny Mundo 1 3 10-20 Caristico vs Volador Jr. 1 3 10-28 Dasher Hatfield vs Moose 1 3 11-03 Dalys vs Marcela 1 3 11-21 Dragón Lee vs Bárbaro Cavernario 1 3 01-08 Imposible Vs Relámpago 1 2 04-30 El Gallito & Microman vs El Perico Zakarías & Mije 1 2 05-12 Soberano Jr. vs Rey Cometa 1 2 06-19 Atlantis vs Hechicero 1 2 06-30 Volador Jr. vs Hechicero 1 2 09-13 Flamita vs Fenix 1 2 10-01 Pagano vs El Mesias vs Joe Lider 1 2 10-08 Rush vs Caristico vs Mr. 450 1 2 10-21 Centvrion vs Kalibus vs Low Rider vs Nino de Cobre vs Rafy 1 2 10-27 Sky Team vs Los Guerreros 1 2 11-02 Castillo del Terror IWRG 1 2 11-20 Caifan vs. Mr. Niebla 1 2 11-20 Rush, Volador Jr., Dragon Lee vs Ultimo Guerrero, Gran Guerrero, Euforia 1 2

Best Promotion

2004: CMLL

2005: CMLL

2006: CMLL

2007: AAA

2008: CMLL

2009: CMLL

2017: CMLL

Promotion Votes CMLL 24 The Crash 18 AAA 4 Lucha Memes 4 Lucha Underground 4 DTU 1 IWRG 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: Negro Casas vs Mistico

2017: Princesa Sugehit vs Zeuxis

Rivalry Votes Princesa Sugehit vs Zeuxis 9 Psycho Clown vs Dr Wagner Jr. 8 Volador Jr. (& Mistico) vs Carístico 7 LA Park vs Rush (& families) 5 Rey Fénix vs Flamita 4 Sam Adonis vs Blue Panther 4 Soberano Jr. vs Sansón (and related trios) 3 Dante Fox vs Killshot 2 Hijo del Fantasma vs Texano Jr. 2 Niebla Roja vs Gran Guerrero 2 Volador Jr. vs Cavernario 2 Alvarado Family vs Ultimo Guerrero’s car 1 CMLL Bookers vs Logical Booking 1 CMLL Micros 1 Crash vs Rebellion Amarilla 1 Imposible vs Relámpago 1 Negro Casas vs Sam Adonis 1 Sexy Star and Dignity 1 Vampiro vs Logic 1

Best Unit

2004: Guerreros del Infierno (as Best Tag Team and Best Trio)

2005: (no award)

2006: Los Guerreros del Atlantida

2007: Real Fuerza Aerea AAA

2008: Oficiales

2009: Peste Negra

2017: Nueva Generación Dinamita

Unit Votes Nueva Generación Dinamita 29 Los Ingobernables 6 Lucha Brothers 4 La Rebelión Amarilla 3 Los Traumas/Negro Navarro 3 La Peste Negra 2 OGT 2 Casas Family 1 Guerreros Laguneros 1 La Rebelión Rojo 1 Las Tortuga Ninja 1 Los Divinos Laguneros 1 Los Ingobernables del Japon 1 Los Macizos 1 Microstars 1 Nuevo Poder del Norte 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.

Most Improved Votes Soberano Jr. 11 Niebla Roja 6 Sam Adonis 5 Gran Guerrero 4 Sansón 4 Andrade Cien Almas 2 Bandido 2 Flamita 2 Iron Kid 2 Killshot 2 Aramis 1 Argenis 1 Barbario Cavernario 1 Bestia 666 1 Demus 3:16 1 Garza Jr 1 Heddi Karaoui 1 Johnny Mundo 1 Magia Blanca 1 Robin 1 Rush 1 Sagrado 1 Taya Valkyrie 1 Xtreme Tiger 1

Favorite Wrestler

2017: Barbaro Cavernario & Hechicero (tie)

Favorite Votes Barbaro Cavernario 6 Hechicero 6 Negro Casas 5 Rush 4 Soberano Jr. 4 Dr. Wagner Jr. 3 Micro Man 3 Penta Zero M 3 Volador Jr. 3 Atlantis 2 Flamita 2 LA Park 2 Ultimo Guerrero 2 Aero Star 1 Caristico 1 Demonio Infernal 1 Diamante Azul 1 Dragon Lee 1 Niebla Roja 1 Sam Adonis 1 Sansón 1 Stuka Jr. 1 Ultimo Panda 1 Virus 1 Zeuxis 1

(Errata: 2 ballots were thrown out; one person appeared to vote twice, and another voted as if this was a more general wrestling awards. I did my best to guess which match people meant, but those of you who just put “Rey Fenix vs Flamita” or “Ultimo Guerrero vs Volador” or “Impossible vs Relampago” or other repeated matches without specifying a date may end up with the wrong one. (I’ll make that a bigger point next year.) I left in PWG, NJPW & CHIKARA matches but threw out the person who voted for Sam Adonis & Negro Casas – save that for next year. I combined some of the feuds to make a little more sense.)

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