Leyenda de Plata (2001)

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Leyenda de Plata (2001)
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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

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

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

# Eliminated Eliminated by
1 and 2 Dr. Wagner Jr. and Atlantis Double disqualification
3 Safari
Másacara Mágica
4 Mephisto Blue Demon Jr.
5 Antifaz del Nortre Averno
6 Averno El Felino
7 Virus Black Tiger
8 Blue Demon Jr. Black Warrior
9 Juventud Guerrera El Hijo del Santo
10 Ricky Marvin
Másacara Mágica
11
Másacara Mágica
El Hijo del Santo
12 El Felino Black Tiger
13 El Hijo del Santo Black Warrior
14 Winners Black Warrior and Black Tiger

Results

October 5, 2001

No.Results
Scorpió Jr.
Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match

October 12, 2001

No.Results
Scorpió Jr. by disqualification
Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
5Black Warrior defeated Black Tiger2001 Leyenda de Plata semi-finals[1][5][6][7]

October 19, 2001

No.Results
Arkángel de la Muerte, Mr. México, and Virus defeated Alan Stone, Chris Stone, and Tony Rivera
Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match h
3
Scorpió Jr. defeated Black Tiger, El Felino, and Olímpico
Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
4Atlantis, Lizmark Jr., and Mr. Niebla defeated Dr. Wagner Jr., El Satánico, and Shocker by disqualificationBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
5Black Warrior defeated Negro Casas2001 Leyenda de Plata finals[1][5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Torneo Leyenda de Plata". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). July 25, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  2. .
  3. ^ Rodríguez, Édgar (October 8, 2011). "Volador Jr. se llevó la plata". Récord (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  4. . featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
  5. ^ a b c "Leyenda de Plata 2001". ProWrestlingHistory.com. October 5–19, 2001. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  6. ^ a b c Ocampo, Jorge (September 30, 2007). "La historia de la Leyenda!". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). issue 271.
  7. ^ a b c Box y Lucha staff (November 11, 2001). "Black Warrior Ganador!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). pp. 3–6. issue 2531.
  8. ^ "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. October 5, 2001. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  9. ^ "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. October 12, 2001. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  10. ^ "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. October 19, 2001. Retrieved December 14, 2019.