Lucha Underground

Lucha Underground
Developed by One Three Media
Starring Lucha Underground roster
Narrated by Matt Striker
Vampiro
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 25 (as of April 29, 2015)
Production
Executive producer(s) Mark Burnett
Robert Rodriguez
Eric van Wagenen
Producer(s) Matthew Stollman
Chris Roach
Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Sue Vial
Location(s) Lucha Underground Arena
Boyle Heights, California
Camera setup Multicamera setup
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) United Artists Media Group
Broadcast
Original channel El Rey Network (English)
UniMás (Spanish)
Univision (Spanish)
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original run October 29, 2014 – present
External links
Website

Lucha Underground is a professional wrestling promotion and television series produced by United Artists Media Group. The weekly television series currently airs in English on the El Rey Network and in Spanish on UniMás and Univision, featuring wrestlers from the American independent circuit and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), one of the biggest wrestling promotions in Mexico.

History and broadcasting

In January 2014, it was announced that producer Mark Burnett of One Three Media would be partnering with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network to launch a weekly hour-long television show in the United States in the second half of the year; the show would be affliated with Mexico's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).[1] In July 2014, the show was tentatively called Lucha: Uprising.[2] In August 2014, the show was renamed as Lucha Underground, and it was announced that five AAA wrestlers would join the show, namely Blue Demon Jr., Sexy Star, Fenix, Drago and Pentagon Jr. The show would be taped in front of a live audience in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, with the first taping being on September 6, 2014.[3]

The series premiered on October 29, 2014 on the El Rey Network and airs on Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET.[4] and in Spanish on November 1, 2014 on UniMás where it airs on Saturdays at 4:00 p.m.[5] El Rey is available through cable and satellite television companies Comcast, Time Warner, Cox Communications, DirecTV,[6] Bright House Networks, Dish Network, and Suddenlink Communications.[7] UniMás is available on DirecTV and Dish Network.[8] Unlike other promotions, matches are typically shown in their entirety without commercials. Video packages highlighting wrestlers and/or angles air throughout each broadcast as well as several interactions between either the wrestlers themselves or with storyline promoter Dario Cueto, who is portrayed as a heel.

On January 7, 2015, Prince Puma was crowned the first Lucha Underground Champion when he won the Aztec Warfare match.[9] On April 22, 2015, Angélico, Ivelisse and Son of Havoc were crowned the first Lucha Underground Trios Champions when they won the Trios Tournament.

On March 25, 2015, it was announced that Lucha Underground will be holding their first major event in early August 2015 entitled Ultima Lucha.[10] On April 19, 2015, Fénix was crowned the first Lucha Underground Gift of the Gods Championship when he won a seven-way battle royal match.

Roster

Championships

Current champions

Championship Current champion(s) Date won Event Previous champion(s)
Lucha Underground Championship Mil Muertes April 19, 2015 Ultima Lucha Prince Puma
Lucha Underground Gift of the Gods Championship Fénix April 19, 2015 Ultima Lucha Inaugural champion
Lucha Underground Trios Championship The Disciples of Death
(Disciple of Death I, Disciple of Death II and Disciple of Death III) 		April 18, 2015 Lucha Underground TV Taping Angélico, Ivelisse and Son of Havoc

Other championships

Championship Current champion(s) Date won Event Previous champion(s)
AAA Mega Championship Alberto el Patrón December 7, 2014[11] Guerra de Titanes El Texano Jr.

References

  1. ↑ de Moraes, Lisa. "TCA: Mark Burnett To Launch Lucha Libre AAA League In U.S. With El Rey Network; ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ To Premiere In March". Deadline.com. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Caldwell, James (2014-07-10). "AAA news: El Rey announces AAA Lucha Libre show for U.S. TV - timeslot, show title, more details". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  3. ↑ "El Rey Network announces more details of AAA Lucha Libre project". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
  4. ↑ "Lucha Underground promotion TV debut moved back three weeks". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  5. ↑ Steinberg, Brian. "Univision To Use El Rey Wrestling Show To Bolster UniMas". Variety. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  6. ↑ de la Fuente, Anna Marie. "Univision’s Fourth Quarter, Full Year Revenue Rises". Variety. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Farrell, Mike. "Suddenlink Launches El Rey Network". Multichannel News. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Television Station Information KFSF Channel 66 Programming: Unimas". Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Mike (2014-10-05). "Lucha Underground spoiler". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  10. ↑ "Big Update on “Ultimo Lucha” TV Special".
  11. ↑ Hernandez, Kennedy (December 7, 2014). "El Patrón es el nuevo Megacampeón de AAA". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved December 7, 2014.

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