Homenaje a Dos Leyendas

Masked wrestler Atlantis in the ring during an outdoor wrestling event
Atlantis, one of two wrestlers to have appeared on 15 out of 20 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas shows

Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") is the collective name of a series of annual lucha libre, or professional wrestling major show promoted by Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The show started out as Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth, honoring CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth, it would later honor Lutteroth and El Santo until 2005 where the event would honor Lutteroth and a different retired or deceased luchador each year. CMLL has held a total of 20 Homenaje events, starting in 1996 and one each year since then. The shows are usually main evented by a Lucha de Apuestas or "Bet match" where competitors wager either their wrestling mask or hair on the outcome of the match.

Event history

CMLL has paid homage to its founder Salvador Lutteroth since Lutteroth's death in 1987 but it was not until 1995 that they held a specific event in his honor. On March 24, 1995, during their regular Friday night CMLL Super Viernes show they held a one night Trios tournament called the Salvador Lutteroth Trios Tournament.[1] The following year CMLL decided to hold a special major event in March to commemorate Lutteroth, creating a show called Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth ("Homage to Salvador Lutteroth"). in 1995, 1996 and 1999 the event hosted a one-night tournament in Lutteroth's name. The Lutteroth memorial tournament concept has not been used since then. In 1999 CMLL decided to also honor Mexico's most famous wrestler El Santo at the same event, changing the name of the event to Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth ("Homage to Two Legends: El Santo and Salvador Lutteroth"). After a dispute with El Santo's son El Hijo del Santo in late 2004/early 2005 CMLL decided to change the show name to simply Homenaje a Dos Leyendas and honor Lutteroth and a different "lucha libre legend" each year. The 2005 event honored Perro Aguayo, who returned to the wrestling ring for one last match on that night, teaming up with his son Perro Aguayo Jr.. CMLL has on occasion promoted the March event under a different name as well as the Homenaje name, in 2000 and in 2001 they also billed their March shows as Juicio Final ("Final Justice") and in 2002 it was also billed as Apocalipsis ("Apocalypse").[2][3][4]

Wrestler Shocker, still wearing his ring jacket during an outdoor wrestling event.
Shocker, who had his hair shaved off in the 2014 event.

As of 2015 a total of 156 wrestlers had wrestled in a total of matches 120 matches over the 20 shows, 14 female wrestlers, 17 Mini-Estrellas and 148 male wrestlers from the regular division. Atlantis and Negro Casas are the wrestlers with the most Homenaje a Dos Leyendas matches, 15 each, Marcela is the female wrestler with most matches, six, and Pierrothito is the most frequently featured Mini-Estrella with three matches in total. Several wrestlers has worked on different Dos Leyendas shows under different ring names; Ephesto / Safari, Metro / Diamante Azul, Místico / Astro Boy, Silver King / Black Tiger III, Ultramán Jr. / Starman, Tarzan Boy / Toscano and Villano V / Ray Mendoza Jr.[Note 1] All of the twenty shows have featured a Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match as the main event. The match type is the most prestigious match form in lucha libre as illustrated by its main event status. In total seven wrestlers have lost their masks as a result of a Luchas de Apuesta loss; Scorpio Jr., Villano III, Villano V, Veneno, El Felino, Namajague and Kamaitachi.[Note 1] Twenty one times a wrestler has had their hair shaved off as a result of their Dos Leyendas matches; El Brazo, La Fiera, Bestia Salvaje, El Satánico, Perro Aguayo, Gran Markus Jr., Máscara Año 2000 (twice), Cien Caras (twice), Universo 2000 (twice), Héctor Garza, Brazo de Plata, Máximo, Negro Casas, Blue Panther, La Amapola, Shigeo Okumura, Dalys la Caribeña, Shocker, El Terrible and Rey Bucanero[Note 1] The Dos Leyendas show series has hosted seven championship matches, with five championship changes and two successful defenses.[Note 1] There have been a total of five tournament finals held at a Dos Leyendas show, including a tournament for the vacant CMLL World Trios Championship, the Lutteroth singles and Trios tournament and the finals of the 2012 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles 2014 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournaments.[Note 1]

Dates, venues, and main events

Event Date City Venue In Honor off Main Event
Winner(s) Loser Match
Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1996) March 22, 1996 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth RamboEl BrazoHair vs. Hair match[5]
Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1997) March 21, 1997 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth Silver KingLa FieraHair vs. Hair match[6]
Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1998) March 20, 1998 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth Emilio Charles Jr.El SatánicoHair vs. Hair match[7]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (1999) March 19, 1999 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Santo Hijo del Santo and Negro CasasBestia Salvaje and Scorpio Jr.Mask and Hair vs. Hair and Mask match[8][9]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2000) March 17, 2000 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Santo AtlantisVillano IIIMask vs. Mask match.[2]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2001) March 30, 2001 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Santo Universo 2000Perro AguayoMask vs. Hair match.[3]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2002) March 17, 2002 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Santo Gran Markus Jr.VenenoHair vs. Mask match.[4]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2003) March 21, 2003 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Santo Pierroth Jr.Gran Markus Jr.Hair vs. Hair match.[10]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2004) March 19, 2004 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Santo Perro Aguayo Jr. and El TerribleCien Caras and Máscara Año 2000Hairs vs. Hairs match[11]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2005) March 18, 2005 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Perro Aguayo Perro Aguayo and Perro Aguayo Jr.Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000Tag team Hair vs. hair match.[12]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006) March 17, 2006 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Santo Perro Aguayo Jr.Universo 2000Hair vs. hair match.[13]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2007) March 30, 2007 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Huracan Ramirez Marco CorleoneUniverso 2000Hair vs. hair match.[14]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2008) March 21, 2008 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Black Shadow Perro Aguayo Jr.Héctor GarzaHair vs. hair match.[15]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2009) March 20, 2009 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Cavernario Galindo Último GuerreroVillano VMask vs. mask match.[16]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2010) March 19, 2010 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Ray Mendoza El FelinoLa Sombra Mask vs. mask match.[17]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2011) March 18, 2011 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Ángel Blanco El Terrible and El Texano Jr.Brazo de Plata and Máximotag team Hair vs. hair match.[18]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2012) March 2, 2012 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Bobby Bonales Negro CasasBlue PantherHair vs. hair match.[19]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2013) March 15, 2013 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Rayo de Jalisco, Sr. Stuka Jr. and Rey CometaLa Fiebre Amarilla (Okumura and Namajague)Mask and hair vs. mask and hair match.[20]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2014) March 21, 2014 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Cien Caras Rush Shocker Hair vs. Hair match.[21]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2015) March 20, 2015 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and El Faraón Máximo and Volador Jr. TRT: La Máquina de la Destrucción (El Terrible and Rey Bucanero) Hair vs. Hair match.[22]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2016) March 16, 2013 Mexico City, Mexico Arena México Lutteroth and Lizmark     [23]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The match statistics are supported by the sources listed in the "Dates, venues and main events table.

References

  1. ↑ "Salvador Lutteroth Tournament 1995". Pro Wrestling History. March 24, 1995. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "March 2000 PPV". Pro Wrestling History. March 17, 2000. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  3. 1 2 "March 2001 PPV "El Jucio Final"". Pro Wrestling History. March 30, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  4. 1 2 "March 2002 PPV "Apocalipsis"". Pro Wrestling History. September 28, 2001. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Los Brazos Familia Ejemplar / the Brazos a model Family". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 2005. pp. 184–190. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
  6. ↑ "Luchas 2000". La Dinastia Wagner (in Spanish) (Juárez, Mexico: Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V.). pp. 1–35. Especial 23.
  7. ↑ "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". Satánico (in Spanish) (Portales, Mexico). November 2008. p. 55. 17.
  8. ↑ "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Santo, Hijo (in Spanish) (Mexico). October 2007. pp. 31–32. Tomo IV.
  9. ↑ "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Scorpio Jr. (in Spanish) (Mexico City, Mexico). November 2007. p. 42. Tomo IV.
  10. ↑ "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2003". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 5, 2004. 40.
  11. ↑ "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2004". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. 91.
  12. ↑ Ocampo, Jorge (March 21, 2005). "El Perro se va triunfante". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). pp. 5–8. issue 101.
  13. ↑ "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 23, 2006. Issue 192. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  14. ↑ Ocampo, Ernesto (March 31, 2007). "Resultados Arena Mexico (30 March 07)". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 20, 2009.
  15. ↑ Yoav (March 21, 2008). "Cobertura total Homenaje a 2 Leyendas". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved September 21, 2009.
  16. ↑ Manuel Flores and Manuel Rivera (March 23, 2009). "Cayó la máscara de Villano V". SuperLuchas (Mexico). pp. 3–7. 307.
  17. ↑ Marquina, Alva (March 19, 2010). "CMLL- Arena México (Cobertura y Resultados 19 marzo 2010) – Felino y Místico vs. Volador Jr. y Sombra por las máscaras". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  18. ↑ "Pelones Súper Porky y Máximo". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  19. ↑ Martin, Andrew (March 10, 2012). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly" (in Spanish). Wrestleview. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Candente Conferencia En La Arena México". Noticias (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. February 21, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  21. ↑ Valedez, Apolo (March 22, 2014). "Rush cobró su cuarta víctima, rapó a Shocker". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  22. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (March 21, 2015). "Máximo y Volador raparon a los TRT". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Lizmark en el Homenaje a Dos Leyendas" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
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