 The CMLL Gran Prix show featured four professional wrestling matches where wrestlers were matched up specifically for the tournament instead of as a result of pre-existing scripted feuds.The wrestlers themselves portray either faces ("técnicos" in Mexico, the "good guy" characters) or heels (referred to as "rudos" in Mexico, those that portray the "bad guys") as they perform for the fans before, during and after the matches.CMLL International Gran Prix (1997)

The CMLL International Gran Prix (1997) was a "lucha libre", or professional wrestling, tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council" in Spanish) which took place on April 4, 1997 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico, CMLL's main venue.