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. 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"). 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. 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 The
Dos Leyendas show series has hosted seven championship matches, with five championship changes and two successful defenses. 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. ==Dates, venues, and main events==