Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1997)

Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1997)
Atlantis, who teamed up with Lizmark and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. for the tournament.
Information
Promotion	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date	March 21, 1997
Venue	Arena México
City	Mexico City, Mexico
Event chronology
Torneo Gran Alternativa (1996 #2) Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1997) International Gran Prix (1997)
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas chronology
Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1996) Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1997) Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1998)

Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1997) (Spanish for "Homage to Salvador Lutteroth") was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on March 21, 1997 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event was to honor and remember CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth who died in March 1987. The annual March event would later be renamed Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends") as CMLL honored both Lutteroth and another retired or deceased wrestler. The main event was a singles match between Silver King and La Fiera under Lucha de Apuestas ("Bet Match") rules, which meant that whichever wrestler lost the match would be forced to have all their hair shaved off after the match. The show also hosted an eight team tournament to crown the next CMLL World Trios Champions as the championship had been vacant at the time.

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. 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 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". Traditionally CMLL holds their major events on Friday Nights, which means the Homenaje a Dos Leyendas shows replace their regularly scheduled Super Viernes show. The 1997 show was the second overall show officially billed in honor of Salvador Lutteroth.