Leyenda de Plata

The Leyenda de Plata (Spanish for "the Silver Legend") is an annual lucha libre tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1998. The tournament honors El Santo, Enmáscarado de Plata (the Silver mask) and has been held every year since 1998 except for 2003 when El Hijo del Santo (El Santo's son) did not work for CMLL.[3] CMLL still holds the annual tournament despite the fact that El Hijo del Santo no longer works for CMLL. It is the most prestigious of all of CMLL's annual tournaments.

Leyenda de Plata Tournament
The Leyenda de Plata trophy with the mask of El Santo on it.
Details
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date establishedJuly 31, 1998[1]
Current champion(s)Titan[2]
Date wonJuly 30, 2021 [2]
Statistics
First champion(s)Scorpio Jr.
Most reignsMístico and Negro Casas (3)

The original format of the tournament was the Torneo cibernetico to qualify for a semi-final. The winner of the semi-final faces 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. The winner is given a plaque with a solid silver El Santo mask on it. Only two wrestlers have won Leyend de Plata more than once, Místico won it in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and Negro Casas in 2000, 2014 and 2015. After a two-year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2011.

Tournament winners
Místico, three times Leyenda de Plata winner
Year Winner Defeated Date Note
1998 Scorpio Jr. El Hijo del Santo July 31, 1998 [1]
1999 El Hijo del Santo Scorpio Jr. December 3, 1999 [4]
2000 Negro Casas El Hijo del Santo October 6, 2000 [5]
2001 Black Warrior Negro Casas October 19, 2001 [6]
2002 El Felino Black Warrior August 9, 2002 [7]
2004 Perro Aguayo Jr. El Felino July 30, 2004 [8]
2005 Atlantis El Hijo del Santo November 11, 2005 Perro Aguayo Jr. refused to defend the trophy.[9]
2006 Místico Atlantis September 15, 2006 [10]
2007 Místico (2) Mr. Águila June 8, 2007 [11]
2008 Místico (3) Perro Aguayo Jr. July 25, 2008 [12]
2011 Volador Jr. Jushin Thunder Liger October 7, 2011 [13]
2014 Negro Casas (2) Titán January 3, 2014 [14]
2015 Negro Casas (3) Dragon Lee May 22, 2015 [15]
2016 La Máscara Negro Casas July 22, 2016 [2]
2017 Volador Jr. Carístico October 20, 2017 [16]
2018 Bárbaro Cavernario Fénix November 23, 2018 [17]
2021 Titán Templario July 30, 2021

References
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  2. Valdés, Apolo (July 23, 2016). "Con trampa, La Máscara es 'plateada'". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  3. "Torneo Leyenda de Plata". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). July 25, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  4. "Leyenda de Plata 1999". ProWrestlingHistory.com. November 26 – December 3, 1999. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  5. "Leyenda de Plata 2000". ProWrestlingHistory.com. September 22 – October 6, 2000. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  6. "Leyenda de Plata 2001". ProWrestlingHistory.com. October 5–19, 2001. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  7. "Leyenda de Plata 2002". ProWrestlingHistory.com. July 26 – August 9, 2002. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  8. "Leyenda de Plata 2004". ProWrestlingHistory.com. July 16 – October 30, 2004. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  9. "Leyenda de Plata 2005". ProWrestlingHistory.com. October 28 – November 11, 2005. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  10. "Leyenda de Plata 2006". ProWrestlingHistory.com. August 25 – September 15, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  11. "Leyenda de Plata 2007". ProWrestlingHistory.com. May 18 – June 8, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  12. "Leyenda de Plata 2008". ProWrestlingHistory.com. July 4–25, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  13. 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.
  14. Salazar López, Alexis A. (January 4, 2014). "Resultados Arena México Viernes 3 de Enero '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  15. Barradas, Bibiana (May 23, 2015). "Resultados Arena México® Viernes 22 de Mayo '15". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  16. "Volador Jr. consiguió su segunda Leyenda de Plata". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  17. "Cavernario, el nuevo campeón del torneo Leyenda de Plata 2018". MARCA Claro México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2018-11-25.
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