Leyenda de Plata (2015)
The Leyenda de Plata (2015) was professional wrestling tournament produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that ran from May 15, 2015, over the course of two of CMLL's Friday night shows in Arena México with the finals on May 22, 2015. 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.
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
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| City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Venue | Arena México | ||
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The participants of the first round were: Bárbaro Cavernario, Dragon Lee, Fuego, Kamaitachi, Luciferno, Mephisto, Místico, Niebla Roja, The Panther, Titán, Virus and Volador Jr. In the end Dragon Lee pinned Virus to win the torneo cibernetico, which meant he would face the previous year's winner Negro Casas the following week. On May 22, Casas defeated Dragon Lee in the finals to win the tournament.
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 2015 edition of La Leyenda de Plata was the 13th 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 |
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| 1 | Fuego | Niebla Roja |
| 2 | The Panther | Bárbaro Cavernario |
| 3 | Niebla Roja | Titán |
| 4 | Mephisto | Volador Jr. |
| 5 | Volador Jr. | Mephisto |
| 6 | Kamaitachi | Místico |
| 7 | Titán | Luciferno |
| 8 | Bárbaro Cavernario | Dragon Lee |
| 9 | Luciferno | Místico |
| 10 | Místico | Virus |
| 11 | Virus | Dragon Lee |
| 12 | Winner | Dragon Lee |
Results
May 15, 2015
| No. | Results[5][6][7] | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hombre Bala Jr. and Súper Halcón, Jr. defeated Akuma and Espíritu Negro | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match |
| 2 | Estrellita and Marcela defeated Dalys la Caribeña and Tiffany | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match |
| 3 | Atlantis, Marco Corleone, and Máximo defeated El Felino, Negro Casas, and Thunder | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 4 | Los Guerreros Laguneros Euforia, Gran Guerrero, and Último Guerrero defeated Los Revolucionarios del Muerte (Dragón Rojo Jr., Pólvora, and Rey Escorpión) | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 5 | Dragon Lee defeated Místico, Volador Jr., Titán, The Panther, Fuego, Mephisto, Niebla Roja, Bárbaro Cavernario, Virus, Luciferno, and Kamaitachi | 2015 Leyenda de Plata semi-final, 16-man torneo cibernetico elimination match |
May 22, 2015
| No. | Results[8] | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demus 3:16 and Pequeño Violencia defeated Shockercito and Último Dragóncito | Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match |
| 2 | Pegasso, Stigma, and Tritón defeated Disturbio and Los Hombres del Camuflaje (Artillero and Súper Comando) | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 3 | La Amapola, Dalys la Caribeña and La Seductora defeated Goya Kong and Lluvia, Silueta | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 4 | Dragón Rojo Jr., Pólvora, and Rey Escorpión defeated Gran Guerrero, Mephisto, and Niebla Roja | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 5 | Negro Casas defeated Dragon Lee | 2015 Leyenda de Plata finals |
| 6 | Euforia, Thunder, and Último Guerrero defeated Marco Corleone, and Máximo, Volador Jr. | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
References
- "Torneo Leyenda de Plata". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). July 25, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
- Madigan, Dan (2007). "El Santo". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre& honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 71–78. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- 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.
- Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
featuring clearly distinguished good guys and bad guys, or técnicos and rudos
- "Viernes 15 de Mayo '15" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Archived from the original on 2014-11-04.
- Peralta, Gonzalo López (May 16, 2015). "Lucha Libre función viernes 15 de mayo". Yahoo! Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
- "Dragón Lee y Negro Casas, por la Leyenda de Plata". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. May 16, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
- 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.