Leyenda de Azul
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The mask of Blue Demon, which the tournament honors
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||||||
| Date established | October 27, 2000 | ||||||
| Current champion(s) | Atlantis | ||||||
| Date won | June 20, 2014 | ||||||
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| First champion(s) | Blue Panther |
| Most reigns | No multiple champions |
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Blue Panther, first ever tournament winner
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | October 27, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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Shocker, last man eliminated in the tournament
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | August 8, 2003 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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Canek, last man eliminated in the tournament
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | October 8, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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Último Guerrero, tournament finalist
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | July 15, 2005 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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Damián 666, eliminated in the first round
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | November 3, 2006 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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| Leyenda de Azul (2008) | ||||
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Marco Corleone, last man eliminated in the tournament
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | December 12, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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| Leyenda de Azul (2011) | ||||
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Officia poster advertising the 2011 Leyenda de Azul tournament
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | July 29, 2011 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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Tama Tonga, 2012 participant.
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| Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | |||
| Date | October 12, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Arena Mexico | |||
| City | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
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The Leyenda de Azul (Spanish for "the Blue Legend") is a lucha libre tournament held seven times by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) between 2000 and 2008 and again in 2011 and 2012. 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.
The first Leyenda de Azul tournament took place on October 27, 2000, just 21 days after the 2000 version of the Leyenda de Plata 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.
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