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
Promotion	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date established	July 31, 1998[1]
Current champion(s)	Titan[2]
Date won	July 30, 2021 [2]
Statistics First champion(s) Scorpio Jr. Most reigns Místico 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 would face the winner of the previous year's tournament in the finals. Since 2005 CMLL would hold two cibernetico matches and then the winner of each would meet in the semi-finals. 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.
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6. "Leyenda de Plata 2001". ProWrestlingHistory.com. October 5–19, 2001. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
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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.
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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.