Leyenda de Azul

The Leyenda de Azul (Spanish for "the Blue Legend") is a lucha libre tournament held six times by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) between 2000 and 2008 and again in 2011. 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. There was no Leyenda de Azul in 2009 and no plans for a 2010 tournament has been announced so far. 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. 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.
==Tournament winners==
Year	Winner 	Defeated 	Date	Note
2000	Blue Panther 	Unknown 	 	
2003	Tarzan Boy 	Shocker 	 	
2004	Universo 2000	El Canek 	 	
2005	Lizmark, Jr. 	Último Guerrero	 	
2006	Rey Bucanero 	Atlantis 	 	
2008	El Terrible 	Marco Corleone 	 	
2011	Mr. Niebla 	Atlantis 	 	
==Leyenda de Azul 2000==
The first Leyenda de Azul tournament took place on October 27, 2000, just 21 days after the 2000 version of the Leyenda de Azul 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.
# 	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 	 
# 	Villaño IV 	Unknown 	 
9 	Apolo Dantés 	Unknown 	 
10	Villaño 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 	 
==Leyenda de Azul 2003==
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.
# 	Eliminated 	Eliminated by	Time
1 	Villaño 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 	 
==Leyenda de Azul 2004==
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 El 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.
# 	Eliminated 	Eliminated by 	Time
1 	Apolo Dantés 	Brazo de Plata 	11:12
2 	Máscara Sagrada 	Cien Caras 	12:57
3 	El Satánico 	Héctor Garza 	13:50
4 	Cien Caras 	Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. 	14:48
5 	Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.	Universo 2000 	15:50
6 	Black Tiger 	Black Warrior 	17:48
7 	Vampiro 	Mr. Niebla 	19:23
8 	Dr. Wagner, Jr. 	Universo 2000 	21:29
9 	El Terrible 	El Canek 	23:10
10	Brazo de Plata 	Héctor Garza 	24:03
11	Mr. Niebla 	Pierroth, Jr. 	24:39
12	Black Warrior 	Héctor Garza 	26:44
13	Héctor Garza 	Black Warrior(Double elimination)	26:44
14	Pierroth, Jr. 	El Canek 	28:00
15	El Canek 	Universo 2000 	29:37
16	Winner 	Universo 2000 	29:37
==Leyenda de Azul 2005==
The fourh 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 G-1 Heavyweight Champion and win a place in New Japan Pro Wrestling's (NJWP) upcoming G-1 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 G-1 Heavyweight Champion. The G-1 championship was never referred to again after July 15, 2005, not even when Lizmark, Jr. competed in NJPW.
==Leyenda de Azul 2006==
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.
==Leyenda de Azul 2008==
The sixth and so far last 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.
# 	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 	Villaño V 	20:23
6 	Villaño 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
==Leyenda de Azul 2011==
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. 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.
# 	Eliminated 	Eliminated by 	Time
1 	Metro 	Psicosis II 	
2 	Psicosis II 	El Hijo del Fantasma 	
3 	Ángel de Oro 	Rey Bucanero 	
4 	Último Guerrero 	Strong Man 	
5 	Strong Man 	Rey Bucanero, El Terrible and El Texano, Jr.	
6 	Rey Bucanero 	Shocker 	
7 	El Hijo del Fantasma	El Texano, Jr. 	
8 	El Texano, Jr. 	Rush 	
9 	Shocker 	El Terrible 	
10	El Terrible 	Shocker (Double elimination) 	
11	Blue Panther 	Héctor Garza 	
12	Héctor Garza 	Rush 	
13	Rush 	Mr. Niebla 	
14	Máximo 	Atlantis 	
15	Atlantis 	Mr. Niebla 	
16	Winner 	Mr. Niebla 	
==See also==
*Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Category:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre events