Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2010)
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | March 19, 2010 | |||
| Venue | Arena México | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2010 (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on March 19, 2010 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event paid tribute to CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth who is always honored at Dos Leyendas and to Ray Mendoza, the father of Los Villanos (I, II, III, IV and V). The main event was a tag team elimination match with Volador Jr. and La Sombra facing Místico and El Felino. The first two wrestlers eliminated from the match were then be forced to face off in a Lucha de Apuestas match with their masks on the line. The show was La Sombra and El Felino eliminated from the match and La Sombra pinning El Felino to force him to unmask. The show featured a further four matches, all featuring CMLL's traditional Best two out of three falls Six-man tag team match format.
Production
Background
Since 1996 the Mexican wrestling company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) has held a show in March each year to commemorate the passing of CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth who died in March 1987.[1] For the first three years the show paid homage to Lutteroth himself, from 1999 through 2004 the show paid homage to Lutteroth and El Santo, Mexico's most famous wrestler ever[2] and from 2005 forward the show has paid homage to Lutteroth and a different leyenda ("Legend") each year, celebrating the career and accomplishments of past CMLL stars. Originally billed as Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth, it has been held under the Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends") since 1999 and is the only show outside of CMLL's Anniversary shows that CMLL has presented every year since its inception. All Homenaje a Dos Leyendas shows have been held in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico which is CMLL's main venue, its "home".[3] Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, which means the Homenaje a Dos Leyendas shows replace their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show.[3] The 2010 show was the 15th overall Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show.
Storylines
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The event featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (referred to as rudos in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (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.
The storyline featured in the main event started on On January 22, 2010 during CMLL's "Torneo Nacional de Pareja Increíbles" tournament ("National Amazing Pairs tournament"). Místico and Averno faced off against Volador Jr. and El Terrible in the second round of the tournament. Místico usually wrestled as a técnico but during the match Místico's attitude seemily changed as he began attacking Volador Jr., someone he usually teams with. Místico went so far as to ripping up Volador's mask, a rudo move, and won the match after an illegal low blow to Volador Jr.[4] Further hints at Místico potentitally turning Rudo came a few days later as Volador Jr. challenged Místico to a one on one match to settle the issue between the two.[5] The two met in the main event of Super Viernes on February 5, 2010 and this time Místico was clearly a Rúdo, tearing so viciously at Volador's mask that a new mask had to be brought to the ring during falls. In the second fall Místico pulled his mask off and threw it to Volador Jr. in an attempt to get Volador Jr. disqualified. The end came when Volador Jr. reversed Místico's La Mística and won by applying the same move to Místico. Following the match Místico angrily proclaimed “¡Yo soy la máxima figura de la lucha libre!”. ("I am the greatest figure in wrestling").[6] On February 12, 2010 Místico lost the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship to Volador Jr. losing two falls to one. After the match Místico beat up Volador Jr. and left the ring with the title belt.[7] After a trios match between Místico, La Máscara and Negro Casas against Volador Jr., Último Guerrero and Héctor Garza Místico challengede Volador,Jr. to a Lucha de Apuesta, or bet match, between the two with their masks on the line.[8] During the night La Sombra came to Volador, Jr's aid while El Felino helped Místico.[8] On March 4, 2010 it was announced that Místico and El Felino would team up to face Volador Jr. and La Sombra as the main event match of Homenaje a Dos Leyendas. The match was contested under Relevos Suicida rules, with the first two wrestlers eliminated by pinfall, submission, disqualification or count out would have to face each other in a Lucha de Apuesta match with their mask on the line.[9]
The full card for Homenaje a Dos Leyendas, which beyond the main event did not focus on any of the current storylines in CMLL. The card featured four additional matches, all of them Best two out of three falls Six-man tag team matches.[9]
Results
| No. | Results[10] | Stipulations |
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| 1 | Poder Mexica (Sangre Azteca, Dragón Rojo Jr. and Misterioso Jr.) defeated Ángel de Oro, Fuego and Stuka Jr. | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 2 | Los Hijos del Averno (Mephisto, El Texano Jr. and El Terrible) defeated El Hijo del Fantasma, Máscara Dorada and Valiente | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 3 | Blue Panther, Brazo de Plata and La Máscara defeated Ray Mendoza Jr. and La Ola Amarilla (Okumura and Taichi) by disqualification | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 4 | Héctor Garza, Negro Casas and Máximo defeated Los Guerreros del Atlantida (Atlantis, Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero) | Best two-out-of-three falls six-man tag team match |
| 5 | Místico and Volador Jr. survived the tag team match that also included El Felino and La Sombra | Relevos Suicida Tag Team match |
| 6 | La Sombra defeated El Felino | Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas mask vs. mask match. |
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