Masked wrestler Atlantis in the ring during an outdoor wrestling event
Atlantis, one of two wrestlers to have appeared on 15 out of 20 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas shows

Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") is the collective name of a series of annual lucha libre (or professional wrestling) major shows promoted by Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The show started out as Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth, honoring CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth, it would later honor Lutteroth and El Santo until 2005 where the event would honor Lutteroth and a different retired or deceased luchador each year. CMLL has held a total of 27 Homenaje events, starting in 1996 and one each year since then. The shows are usually main evented by a Lucha de Apuestas or "Bet match" where competitors wager either their wrestling mask or hair on the outcome of the match.

Event history

CMLL has paid homage to its founder Salvador Lutteroth since Lutteroth's death in 1987 but it was not until 1995 that they held a specific event in his honor. On March 24, 1995, during their regular Friday night CMLL Super Viernes show they held a one night Trios tournament called the Salvador Lutteroth Trios Tournament.[1] The following year CMLL decided to hold a special major event in March to commemorate Lutteroth, creating a show called Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth ("Homage to Salvador Lutteroth"). in 1995, 1996 and 1999 the event hosted a one-night tournament in Lutteroth's name. The Lutteroth memorial tournament concept has not been used since then. In 1999 CMLL decided to also honor Mexico's most famous wrestler El Santo at the same event, changing the name of the event to Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth ("Homage to Two Legends: El Santo and Salvador Lutteroth"). After a dispute with El Santo's son El Hijo del Santo in late 2004/early 2005 CMLL decided to change the show name to simply Homenaje a Dos Leyendas and honor Lutteroth and a different "lucha libre legend" each year. The 2005 event honored Perro Aguayo, who returned to the wrestling ring for one last match on that night, teaming up with his son Perro Aguayo Jr. CMLL has on occasion promoted the March event under a different name as well as the Homenaje name, in 2000 and in 2001 they also billed their March shows as Juicio Final ("Final Justice") and in 2002 it was also billed as Apocalipsis ("Apocalypse").[2][3][4]

Wrestler Shocker, still wearing his ring jacket during an outdoor wrestling event.
Shocker, who had his hair shaved off in the 2014 event.

As of 2015 a total of 156 wrestlers had wrestled in a total of matches 120 matches over the 20 shows, 14 female wrestlers, 17 Mini-Estrellas and 148 male wrestlers from the regular division. Atlantis and Negro Casas are the wrestlers with the most Homenaje a Dos Leyendas matches, 15 each, Marcela is the female wrestler with most matches, six, and Pierrothito is the most frequently featured Mini-Estrella with three matches in total. Several wrestlers has worked on different Dos Leyendas shows under different ring names; Ephesto / Safari, Metro / Diamante Azul, Místico / Astro Boy, Silver King / Black Tiger III, Ultramán Jr. / Starman, Tarzan Boy / Toscano and Villano V / Ray Mendoza Jr.[Note 1] All of the twenty shows have featured a Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match as the main event. The match type is the most prestigious match form in lucha libre as illustrated by its main event status. In total seven wrestlers have lost their masks as a result of a Luchas de Apuesta loss; Scorpio Jr., Villano III, Villano V, Veneno, El Felino, Namajague and Kamaitachi.[Note 1] Twenty one times a wrestler has had their hair shaved off as a result of their Dos Leyendas matches; El Brazo, La Fiera, Bestia Salvaje, El Satánico, Perro Aguayo, Gran Markus Jr., Máscara Año 2000 (twice), Cien Caras (twice), Universo 2000 (twice), Héctor Garza, Brazo de Plata, Máximo, Negro Casas, Blue Panther, La Amapola, Shigeo Okumura, Dalys la Caribeña, Shocker, El Terrible and Rey Bucanero[Note 1] The Dos Leyendas show series has hosted seven championship matches, with five championship changes and two successful defenses.[Note 1] There have been a total of five tournament finals held at a Dos Leyendas show, including a tournament for the vacant CMLL World Trios Championship, the Lutteroth singles and Trios tournament and the finals of the 2012 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles 2014 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles tournaments.[Note 1]

Dates, venues, and main events

Event Date In Honor of Main Event
Winner(s) Loser Match
1996 March 22 Lutteroth Rambo El Brazo Hair vs. Hair match[5]
1997 March 21 Lutteroth Silver King La Fiera Hair vs. Hair match[6]
1998 March 20 Lutteroth Emilio Charles Jr. El Satánico Hair vs. Hair match[7]
1999 March 19 Lutteroth and Santo Hijo del Santo and Negro Casas Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio Jr. Mask and Hair vs. Hair and Mask match[8][9]
2000 March 17 Lutteroth and Santo Atlantis Villano III Mask vs. Mask match.[2]
2001 March 30 Lutteroth and Santo Universo 2000 Perro Aguayo Mask vs. Hair match.[3]
2002 March 17 Lutteroth and Santo Gran Markus Jr. Veneno Hair vs. Mask match.[4]
2003 March 21 Lutteroth and Santo Pierroth Jr. Gran Markus Jr. Hair vs. Hair match.[10]
2004 March 19 Lutteroth and Santo Perro Aguayo Jr. and El Terrible Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 Hairs vs. Hairs match[11]
2005 March 18 Lutteroth and Santo Perro Aguayo and Perro Aguayo Jr. Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 Tag team Hair vs. hair match.[12]
2006 March 17 Lutteroth and Santo Perro Aguayo Jr. Universo 2000 Hair vs. hair match.[13]
2007 March 30 Lutteroth and Huracan Ramirez Marco Corleone Universo 2000 Hair vs. hair match.[14]
2008 March 21 Lutteroth and Black Shadow Perro Aguayo Jr. Héctor Garza Hair vs. hair match.[15]
2009 March 20 Lutteroth and Cavernario Galindo Último Guerrero Villano V Mask vs. mask match.[16]
2010 March 19 Lutteroth and Ray Mendoza El Felino La Sombra Mask vs. mask match.[17]
2010 March 18 Lutteroth and Ángel Blanco El Terrible and El Texano Jr. Brazo de Plata and Máximo tag team Hair vs. hair match.[18]
2012 March 2 Lutteroth and Bobby Bonales Negro Casas Blue Panther Hair vs. hair match.[19]
2013 March 15 Lutteroth and Rayo de Jalisco Sr. Stuka Jr. and Rey Cometa La Fiebre Amarilla (Okumura and Namajague) Mask and hair vs. mask and hair match.[20]
2014 March 21 Lutteroth and Cien Caras Rush Shocker Hair vs. Hair match.[21]
2015 March 20 Lutteroth and El Faraón Máximo and Volador Jr. TRT: La Máquina de la Destrucción (El Terrible and Rey Bucanero) Hair vs. Hair match.[22]
2016 March 18 Lutteroth and Lizmark Volador Jr. Negro Casas Hair vs. Hair match [23]
2017 March 17 Lutteroth and Villano III Diamante Azul Pierroth Mask vs Mask match[23]
2018 March 16 Lutteroth and Mil Máscaras El Cuatrero Ángel de Oro Mask vs Mask match[24]
2019 March 15 Lutteroth and Blue Demon Ángel de Oro and Niebla Roja El Terrible and La Bestia del Ring Hair vs. Hair match
2021 September 17 Lutteroth and Sangre Chicana Bárbaro Cavernario El Felino Hair vs. Hair match[25]
2022 March 18 Lutteroth and Ringo Mendoza Averno and Místico TJP and Volador Jr. Tag team match[26]
2023 March 17 Lutteroth and Irma González Volador Jr. Rocky Romero Hair vs. Hair match[27]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e The match statistics are supported by the sources listed in the "Dates, venues and main events table.

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