Leyenda de Plata (2014)

Leyenda de Plata (2014)
Tournament finalist Titán
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date
  • December 20, 2013
  • December 27, 2013
  • January 3, 2014
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México
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The Leyenda de Plata (2014) was professional wrestling tournament produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that ran from December 20, 2013, over the course of three of CMLL's Friday night shows in Arena México with the finals on January 3, 2014. 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.

After a two-year hiatus the Leyenda de Plata tournament returned in late 2013 with two qualifying Torneo cibernetico elimination matches and a final match between each elimination match winner. The first match took place on December 20, 2013, as part of CMLL's Super Viernes show and was won by Titán. The second torneo was won by Negro Casas a week later. On January 3, Casas defeated Titán 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 2014 edition of La Leyenda de Plata was the 12th 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 1 (December 20, 2013)

# Eliminated Eliminated by
1 Okumura Delta
2 Tritón Tiger
3 Olímpico Atlantis
4 Tiger Atlantis
5 Atlantis Averno
6 Delta Virus
7 El Felino La Máscara
8 Stuka Jr. Virus
9 Virus Disqualification
10 La Máscara Disqualification
11 Averno Titán
12 Winner Titán

Cibernetico 2 (December 27, 2013)

# Eliminated Eliminated by
1 Pegasso Pólvora
2 Fuego Rey Escorpión
3 Pólvora Máximo
4 Puma Blue Panther
5 Guerrero Maya Jr. Negro Casas
6 Blue Panther Reaper
7 Reaper Valiente
8 Máximo Rey Escorpión
9 Valiente Mephisto
10 Mephisto Rey Escorpión
11 Rey Escorpión Negro Casas
12 Winner Negro Casas

Results

December 20, 2013

No.Results[5]Stipulations
1Leono and Pegasso defeated Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Cancerbero and Raziel)Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match
2Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr., and El Sagrado defeated Boby Zavala, Misterioso Jr., and PumaBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
3Blue Panther, Máximo, and Brazo de Oro defeated Dragón Rojo Jr., Mr. Niebla, and Negro Casas by disqualificationBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
4Titán defeated Atlantis, Averno, La Máscara, Olímpico, Delta, El Felino, Tritón, Tiger, Stuka Jr., Okumura, and Virus2014 Leyenda de Plata qualifier, 16-man torneo cibernetico elimination match
5Volador Jr. defeated ReapperBest two-out-of-three falls match

December 27, 2013

No.Results[6]Stipulations
1Oro Jr. and Sensei defeated Los Hombres del Camuflaje (Artillero and Súper Comando)Best two-out-of-three falls tag team match
2Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Cancerbero and Raziel) and Sangre Azteca defeated Hombre Bala Jr., Súper Halcón, Jr., and TritónBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
3La Amapola, Dalys la Caribeña, and Tiffany defeated Estrellita, Goya Kong, and SiluetaBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
4Negro Casas defeated Blue Panther, Guerrero Maya Jr., Valiente, Fuego, Máximo, Pegasso, Rey Escorpión, Mephisto, Pólvora, Reapper, and Puma2014 Leyenda de Plata qualifier, 16-man torneo cibernetico elimination match
5Atlantis, Brazo de Oro, and Volador Jr. defeated Rey Bucanero, El Terrible, and Vangellys by disqualificationBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match

January 3, 2014

No.Results[7][8][9]Stipulations
1Pequeño Violencia and Pequeño Black Warrior defeated Fantasy and Pequeño HalcónBest two-out-of-three falls tag team match
2Starman, Stigma, and Tritón defeated Arkángel de la Muerte, Hooligan, and NitroBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
3Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr., and Stuka Jr. defeated Boby Zavala, Okumura, and Virus by disqualificationBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
4Máximo, Shocker, and Brazo de Oro defeated Rey Bucanero, El Terrible, and TigerBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match
5Negro Casas defeated Titán2014 Leyenda de Plata finals
6Máscara Dorada, Valiente, and Volador Jr. defeated Averno, Mephisto, and Último GuerreroBest two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match

References

  1. ^ a b c "Torneo Leyenda de Plata". Súper Luchas Magazine (in Spanish). July 25, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  2. ^ 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.
  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. ^ 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
  5. ^ "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Salazar Lopez, Alexis (December 20, 2013). "El Negro Casas por el XII Torneo de la Plata". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  9. ^ "CMLL Super Viernes". CageMatch. January 3, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2019.