TheLeyenda de Plata (2001) wasprofessional wrestling tournament produced by the Mexican wrestling promotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that ran from October 5, 2001, over the course of three of CMLL'sFriday night shows inArena México with the finals on October 19, 2001. The annualLeyenda de Plata tournament is held in honor of lucha libre legendEl Santo and is one of CMLL's most important annual tournaments.
The 2001Leyenda de Plata was the first tournament to feature abattle royal to determine the two teams for thetorneo cibernetico elimination match. The first eight men eliminated from the battle royal would be one team and the remaining eight wrestlers would form the other team in the cibernetico match that followed immediately after the battle royal. Team "A" consisted ofAverno,Black Warrior,Black Tiger,Fuerza Guerrera,Juventud Guerrera,Dr. Wagner Jr.,Mephisto andMásacara Mágica. Team "B" consisted of Antifaz,Atlantis,Blue Demon Jr.,El Hijo del Santo,El Felino,Ricky Marvin,Safari andVirus. 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. Thestoryline of the match was Black Tiger turningRudo (heel or "bad guy") while Black Warrior was turningTecnico (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 2001Leyenda de Plata.
TheLeyenda 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 theTorneo 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 ofLa Leyenda de Plata was the fourth overall tournament held by CMLL.[1]
The events featured a total of number ofprofessional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existingscripted feuds,plots andstorylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as eitherheels (referred to asrudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") orfaces (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]
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