Leyenda de Plata (2001) explained

Leyenda de Plata (2001)
Promotion:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Venue:Arena México
City:Mexico City, Mexico
Liveevent:Y
Lastevent:CMLL 68th Anniversary Show
Nextevent:Sin Piedad
Event:Leyenda de Plata
Lastevent2:2000
Nextevent2:2002

The Leyenda de Plata (2001) was professional wrestling tournament produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that ran from October 5, 2001, over the course of three of CMLL's Friday night shows in Arena México with the finals on October 19, 2001. The annual Leyenda de Plata tournament is held in honor of lucha libre legend El Santo and is one of CMLL's most important annual tournaments.

The 2001 Leyenda de Plata was the first tournament to feature a battle royal to determine the two teams for the torneo cibernetico elimination match. The first eight men eliminated from the battle royal would be one team and the remaining eight wrestlers would form the other team in the cibernetico match that followed immediately after the battle royal. Team "A" consisted of Averno, Black Warrior, Black Tiger, Fuerza Guerrera, Juventud Guerrera, Dr. Wagner Jr., Mephisto and Másacara Mágica. Team "B" consisted of Antifaz, Atlantis, Blue Demon Jr., El Hijo del Santo, El Felino, Ricky Marvin, Safari and Virus. The last two survivors were Black Warrior and Black Tiger, both from Team "A". On October 12, 2001, Black Warrior and BlacK Tiger faced off in a singles match that Black Warrior won. The storyline of the match was Black Tiger turning Rudo (heel or "bad guy") while Black Warrior was turning Tecnico (face or "good guy") during the course of the match. The following week Black Warrior's momentum helped him gain the victory over Negro Casas to win the 2001 Leyenda de Plata.

Production

Background

The Leyenda de Plata (Spanish for "the Silver Legend") is an annual lucha libre tournament scripted and promoted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).[1] The first Leyenda de Plata was held in 1998 and was in honor of El Santo, nicknamed Enmáscarado de Plata (the Silver mask) from which the tournament got its name. The trophy given to the winner is a plaque with a metal replica of the mask that El Santo wore in both wrestling and lucha films.[2]

The Leyenda de Plata was held annually until 2003, at which point El Santo's son, El Hijo del Santo left CMLL on bad terms. The tournament returned in 2004 and has been held on an almost annual basis since then.[1] The original format of the tournament was the Torneo cibernetico elimination match to qualify for a semi-final. The winner of the semi-final would face the winner of the previous year's tournament in the final. Since 2005 CMLL has held two cibernetico matches and the winner of each then meet in the semi-final. In 2011, the tournament was modified to eliminate the final stage as the previous winner, Místico, did not work for CMLL at that point in time[3] The 2001 edition of La Leyenda de Plata was the fourth overall tournament held by CMLL.[1]

Storylines

The events featured a total of number of professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (técnicos in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]

Tournament overview

Cibernetico

data-sort-type="number" scope="col"EliminatedEliminated by
1 and 2Dr. Wagner Jr. and AtlantisDouble disqualification
3SafariMásacara Mágica
4MephistoBlue Demon Jr.
5Antifaz del NortreAverno
6AvernoEl Felino
7VirusBlack Tiger
8Blue Demon Jr.Black Warrior
9Juventud GuerreraEl Hijo del Santo
10Ricky MarvinMásacara Mágica
11Másacara MágicaEl Hijo del Santo
12El FelinoBlack Tiger
13El Hijo del SantoBlack Warrior
14WinnersBlack Warrior and Black Tiger

Results

October 19, 2001

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Torneo Leyenda de Plata . July 25, 2008 . September 23, 2009 . Súper Luchas Magazine . Spanish.
  2. Book: Madigan, Dan . Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre& honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling . HarperCollins Publishers . 2007 . El Santo . 71–78 . 978-0-06-085583-3.
  3. Web site: Volador Jr. se llevó la plata . Rodríguez, Édgar . October 8, 2011 . October 8, 2011 . . Spanish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009005955/http://www.record.com.mx/luchalibre/2011-10-08/volador-jr-se-llevo-la-plata . October 9, 2011 .
  4. Book: Madigan, Dan . Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling . HarperCollins Publishers . 2007 . "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?" . 31 . featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos . 978-0-06-085583-3. New York, New York.