Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1998)
Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1998) (Spanish for "Homage to Salvador Lutteroth") was a professional wrestling supercard show event, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council"). The Homenaje show took place on March 20, 1998 in CMLL's main venue, 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. This was the third overall March supercard show held by CMLL and the last to only honor Lutteroth, it would be renamed Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends") as CMLL honored both Lutteroth and another retired or deceased wrestler.
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Atlantis, one of eight participants in the Torneo Salvador Lutteroth | |||
Promotion | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | ||
Date | March 20, 1998 | ||
City | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Venue | Arena México | ||
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The main event was a best two-out-of-three falls match, fought under Lucha de Apuestas, or "Bet match" rules. The match saw Emilio Charles Jr. defeat El Satánico. As a result El Satánico was forced to have all his hair shaved off after the match in full view of the crowd as per Lucha Libre traditions. The show also hosted a Torneo Salvador Lutteroth in honor of the CMLL founder, which was a one night eight-man single elimination tournament featuring some of CMLL's top competitors at the time, including the then reigning CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Universo 2000. The final of the tournament saw Mr. Niebla defeated Black Warrior.