The Leyenda de Azul (Spanish for "the Blue Legend") is a lucha libre tournament held seven times by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) between 2000 and 2008 and again in 2011 and 2012. The tournament honors Blue Demon, or Demonio Azul as he's sometimes referred to. The tournament is not nearly as prestigious as CMLL's annual Leyenda de Plata tournament. The winner is given a plaque with a Blue Demon mask on it and a championship belt featuring Blue Demon as well. All tournaments have taken place in Arena México in Mexico City and all were held on Fridays during CMLL's Super Viernes show. In 2009 Blue Demon Jr. threatened to take legal action against CMLL on behalf of the National Wrestling Alliance over CMLL's use of three NWA branded championships.[1] While CMLL did not publicly respond to the threat they dropped the tournament from their schedule for two years. In July 2011, CMLL, still not on good terms with Blue Demon Jr., announced the return of the tournament. The tournament would instead be endorsed by Blue Demon's biological son and Blue Demon Jr.'s adopted brother, El Hijo de Blue Demon.

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Leyenda de Azul
Details
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date establishedOctober 27, 2000
Current champion(s)Rush
Date wonDecember 22, 2017
Statistics
First champion(s)Blue Panther
Most reignsNo multiple champions
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Tournament winners

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Year Winner Defeated Date Note
2000 Blue Panther Mr. Niebla October 27, 2000 [2]
2003 Tarzan Boy Shocker August 8, 2003 [3]
2004 Universo 2000 Canek October 8, 2004 [4]
2005 Lizmark Jr. Último Guerrero July 15, 2005 [5]
2006 Rey Bucanero Atlantis November 3, 2006 [6]
2008 El Terrible Marco Corleone December 12, 2008 [7]
2011 Mr. Niebla Atlantis July 29, 2011 [8]
2012 Diamante Azul Último Guerrero October 12, 2012 [9]
2014 Atlantis Último Guerrero June 20, 2014 [10]
2016 Último Guerrero Valiente November 18, 2016 [11]
2017 Rush Euforia December 22, 2017 [12]
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Leyenda de Azul 2000

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Blue Panther, first ever tournament winner
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateOctober 27, 2000
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena Mexico
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The first Leyenda de Azul tournament took place on October 27, 2000, just 21 days after the 2000 version of the Leyenda de Plata tournament. 16 men competed in a Torneo cibernetico match for the trophy. Only the second half of the match was shown on television, which means that the order of the first eight eliminations is only known to the people in attendance at Arena México that night. The first eight are listed alphabetically. During the match Máscara Año 2000 allowed himself to get pinned by Shocker while he himself had Shocker pinned to ensure that Shocker was eliminated from the tournament. Blue Panther won the torneo cibernetico when he pinned Mr. Niebla.[2][13][14]

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# Eliminated Eliminated by Time
# Brazo de Plata Unknown  
# Bestia Salvaje Unknown  
# Cien Caras Unknown  
# Emilio Charles Jr. Unknown  
# Lizmark Jr. Unknown  
# Perro Aguayo Unknown  
# Rayo de Jalisco Jr. Unknown  
# Villano IV Unknown  
9 Apolo Dantés Unknown  
10 Villano III Unknown  
11 Universo 2000 Unknown  
12 Shocker Máscara Año 2000
(double pin)
 
13 Máscara Año 2000 Shocker
(double pin)
 
14 El Satánico Mr. Niebla  
15 Mr. Niebla Blue Panther  
16 Winner Blue Panther  
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Leyenda de Azul 2003

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Shocker, last man eliminated in the tournament
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateAugust 8, 2003
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena Mexico
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CMLL 70th Anniversary Show
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2000
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CMLL did not hold a Leyenda de Azul in 2001 or 2002 but did promote the tournament in 2003. Like the first Leyenda de Azul, the second version also centered around a 16-man Torneo cibernetico match. The match came down to Shocker and Tarzan Boy, at the time both mid-card wrestlers hoping to move into the main event picture. Tarzan Boy pinned Shocker to win the 2003 Leyenda de Azul trophy.[3][15]

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# Eliminated Eliminated by Time
1 Villano IV Unknown  
2 Máscara Año 2000 Unknown  
3 Pierroth Jr. Unknown  
4 Violencia Unknown  
5 Takemura Unknown  
6 Black Tiger Unknown  
7 Mr. Niebla Unknown  
8 Blue Panther Unknown  
9 Lizmark Jr. Unknown  
10 Vampiro Unknown  
11 Rey Bucanero Unknown  
12 Rayo de Jalisco Jr. Unknown  
13 Dr. Wagner Jr. Unknown  
14 Último Guerrero Shocker  
15 Shocker Tarzan Boy  
16 Winner Tarzan Boy  
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Leyenda de Azul 2004

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Canek, last man eliminated in the tournament
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateOctober 8, 2004
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena Mexico
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CMLL 71st Anniversary Show
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2005
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The third Leyenda de Azul tournament took place on October 8, 2004, and like the two previous Leyenda de Azul tournaments featured a 16-man torneo cibernetico. The final two wrestlers in the match were Canek and Universo 2000. Universo 2000 pinned Canek to win the tournament, gaining a small measure of revenge on the man that beat him for his mask only three weeks prior at the CMLL 71st Anniversary Show.[4][16]

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Leyenda de Azul 2005

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Último Guerrero, tournament finalist
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateJuly 15, 2005
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena Mexico
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Torneo Gran Alternativa
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CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show
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2004
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2006
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The fourth Leyenda de Azul took place on July 15, 2005. Unlike previous years' tournaments CMLL did not use the torneo cibernetico format but instead opted for a 16-man, one night tournament to take place on the July 15, 2005 CMLL Super Viernes show. The winner of the tournament would also be considered the first CMLL World G1 Heavyweight Champion and win a place in New Japan Pro-Wrestling's (NJPW) upcoming G1 Climax tour in August, 2005. While it was never confirmed officially it is believed that NJPW actually decided who they wanted to tour with them and thus who won the tournament. The final match saw Lizmark Jr. pin Último Guerrero to earn both the Leyenda de Azul trophy and the CMLL World G1 Heavyweight Champion. The G1 championship was never referred to again after July 15, 2005, not even when Lizmark Jr. competed in NJPW.[5][17]

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Lizmark Jr. W
Olímpico  
Lizmark Jr. W
Black Warrior  
Black Warrior W
Máscara Sagrada  
Lizmark Jr. W
Héctor Garza  
Pierroth Jr. W
Blue Demon Jr.  
Pierroth Jr.  
Héctor Garza W
Brazo de Plata  
Héctor Garza W
Lizmark Jr.
Último Guerrero  
6 Dos Caras Jr. W
11 Tarzan Boy  
Dos Caras Jr. W
Rey Bucanero  
3 Heavy Metal  
14 Rey Bucanero W
Dos Caras Jr.  
Último Guerrero W
7 Rayo de Jalisco Jr. W
10 Canek  
Rayo de Jalisco Jr.  
Último Guerrero W
2 El Bronco  
15 Último Guerrero W

Leyenda de Azul 2006

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Leyenda de Azul (2006)
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Damián 666, eliminated in the first round
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateNovember 3, 2006
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena Mexico
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CMLL 73rd Anniversary Show
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Sin Piedad
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2005
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2008
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The 5th Leyenda de Azul took place on November 4, 2006, and was like the 2005 version a one night, 16-man single elimination tournament. CMLL used the same tournament format as the previous year as they had the winner of the first and the last match of the first round face off in the finals. The finals saw Rey Bucanero defeat Atlantis to win the trophy and belt.[6][18]

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Rey Bucanero W
Damián 666  
Rey Bucanero W
Black Warrior  
Heavy Metal  
Black Warrior W
Rey Bucanero W
Héctor Garza  
Último Guerrero W
Damian El Terrible  
Último Guerrero  
Héctor Garza W
Olímpico  
Héctor Garza W
Rey Bucanero
Atlantis  
6 Dr. Wagner Jr. W
11 Pierroth Jr.  
Dr. Wagner Jr. W
Alex Koslov  
3 Hirooki Goto  
14 Alex Koslov W
Dr. Wagner Jr.  
Atlantis W
7 Lizmark Jr. W
10 Halloween  
Lizmark Jr.  
Atlantis W
2 Último Dragón  
15 Atlantis W

Leyenda de Azul 2008

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Marco Corleone, last man eliminated in the tournament
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateDecember 12, 2008
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena Mexico
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Pequeños Reyes del Aire
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The sixth Leyenda de Azul took place on December 12, 2008, and was the focal point of CMLL's Friday night CMLL Super Viernes show. This tournament was the first Leyenda de Azul tournament to see the winner being crowned as a result of outside interference as Ephesto and El Texano Jr. helped El Terrible overcome Marco Corleone to win the tournament.[7][19]

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# Eliminated Eliminated by Time
1 Máximo Misterioso II 12:28
2 Ephesto El Sagrado 16:36
3 Valiente Rey Bucanero 17:30
4 Misterioso II Toscano 18:29
5 Sagrado Villano V 20:23
6 Villano V Shocker 21:02
7 Toscano El Texano Jr. 22:58
8 Rey Bucanero Blue Panther 24:29
9 Blue Panther Mr. Niebla 25:40
10 Shocker Atlantis 26:27
11 Mr. Niebla Dos Caras Jr. 28:38
12 Atlantis Marco Corleone 30:11
13 Dos Caras Jr. El Terrible and El Texano Jr. 34:12
14 El Texano Jr. Marco Corleone 35:04
15 Marco Corleone El Terrible 36:21
16 Winner El Terrible 36:21
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Leyenda de Azul 2011

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Officia poster advertising the 2011 Leyenda de Azul tournament
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateJuly 29, 2011
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena Mexico
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On July 25, 2011, CMLL released a poster for an event, which revealed that after a two-year break, Leyenda de Azul would return on July 29.[20] While CMLL was still on bad terms with Blue Demon Jr., the tournament was instead endorsed by his adopted brother and Blue Demon's biological son, El Hijo de Blue Demon, who also presented Mr. Niebla with the trophy after his win.[21]

Leyenda de Azul 2012

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Tama Tonga, 2012 participant.
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateOctober 12, 2012
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena Mexico
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Reyes del Aire
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The eighth Leyenda de Azul tournament took place on October 12, 2012, on CMLL's Super Viernes show.[22][23] The match included 16 wrestlers in total and saw Diamante Azul win the tournament.[9]

Leyenda de Azul 2014

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Poster for the 2014 Leyenda de Azul tournament
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateJune 20, 2014
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena Mexico
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Juicio Final
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After no Leyenda de Azul tournament in 2013 CMLL promoted the ninth version of the event on June 20, 2014, as the main event of their weekly Super Viernes ("Super Friday") show. The tournament format saw 16 men complete in a Torneo cibernetico elimination match. The finals of the match saw Atlantis eliminate long time rival Último Guerrero to win the tournament.[10][25][26][27]

Leyenda de Azul 2014 Order of elimination

Leyenda de Azul 2016

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Leyenda de Azul (2016)
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateNovember 18, 2016[28]
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México[28]
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The 2016 Leyenda de Azul (Spanish for "Blue Legend") was a one-night professional wrestling tournament, produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council") that was held on November 18, 2016 as part of their weekly Super Viernes show held at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. The 18-man torneo cibernetico elimination match was held in honor of Blue Demon, and was the tenth time CMLL held the Leyenda de Azul tournament.

The teams for the 16-man torneo cibernetico match were split by the rudo/tecnico ("bad guys"/"good guys") roles each wrestler portrayed with Team Tecnico consisting of Atlantis, Blue Panther, Marco Corleone, Diamante Azul, Máximo Sexy, Stuka Jr., and Valiente, while Team Rudo consisted of Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Hechicero, Kráneo, La Máscara, Rey Bucanero, El Terrible, and Último Guerrero. The match ended with Último Guerrero pinning Valiente to eliminate him and win the Leyenda de Plata for the first time.[29]

Leyenda de Azul 2016 Order of elimination
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# Eliminated[30] Eliminated by[28] Time
1 Stuka Jr.Gran Guerrero07:21
2 Blue PantherMáximo Sexy09:00
3 Rey BucaneroDiamante Azul12:21
4 Gran GuerreroLa Máscara15:31
5 Máscara Año 2000Máximo Sexy17:59
6 Marco CorleoneKraneo20:28
7 HechiceroEuforia22:04
8 KraneoAtlantis22:47
9 La MáscaraValiente23:11
10 El TerribleÚltimo Guerrero23:48
11 EuforiaDouble disqualification24:34
12 Diamante AzulDouble disqualification24:34
13 Máximo SexyÚltimo Guerrero25:37
14 AtlantisValiente27:07
15 ValienteÚltimo Guerrero 
16 WinnerÚltimo Guerrero 
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Leyenda de Azul 2017

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Leyenda de Azul (2017)
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
DateDecember 22, 2017[28]
CityMexico City, Mexico
VenueArena México[28]
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The 2017 Leyenda de Azul (Spanish for "Blue Legend") was a one-night professional wrestling tournament, produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council") that was held on December 22, 2017 as part of their weekly Super Viernes show held at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. The 18-man torneo cibernetico elimination match was held in honor of Blue Demon, and was the eleventh time CMLL held the Leyenda de Azul tournament.

The 2017 competitors first faced off in a battle royal to determine the teams for the main match. Team "A" consisted of Euforia, Forastero, Máscara Año 2000, Mr. Niebla, El Terrible, Rush, Vangellys and Sansón while Team "B" consisted of Último Guerrero, Shocker, Kráneo, Rey Bucanero, Gran Guerrero, Pierroth, Hechicero, and Misterioso Jr. In the end Rush won the tournament, lastly eliminating Euforia to win the event.[28][31]

Leyenda de Azul 2017 Order of elimination
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# Eliminated[32] Eliminated by[28] Time
1 Misterioso Jr.Sansón09:10
2 VangellysHechicero13:11
3 Máscara Año 2000Pierroth13:34
4 ShockerEuforia14:12
5 ForasteroRey Bucanero15:16
6 Rey BucaneroMr. Niebla17:58
7 Gran GuerreroMr. Niebla (double pin)21:30
8 Mr. NieblaGran Guerrero (double pin)21:30
9 HechiceroRush22:20
10 SansónKraneo23:05
11 KraneoEl Terrible23:32
12 El TerribleÚltimo Guerrero24:33
13 Último GuerreroRush25:44
14 PierrothEuforia26:54
15 EuforiaRush28:40
16 WinnerRush28:40
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