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Lucha Underground
Developed byOne Three Media
StarringLucha Underground roster
Narrated byMatt Striker
Vampiro
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes15 (as of February 18, 2015 (2015-02-18))
Production
Executive producersMark Burnett
Robert Rodriguez
Eric van Wagenen
ProducersMatthew Stollman
Chris Roach
Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Sue Vial
Production locationsLucha Underground Arena
Boyle Heights, California
Camera setupMulticamera setup
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkEl Rey Network (English)
UniMás (Spanish)
ReleaseOctober 29, 2014 (2014-10-29) –
present

Lucha Underground is a professional wrestling television series produced by United Artists Media Group. The weekly television series airs in English on the El Rey Network and in Spanish on UniMás, featuring professional wrestlers from the American independent circuit and Mexican wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The series was originally referred to as Lucha: Uprising, however this was never used on-air.

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]

On October 5, 2014, Prince Puma was crowned the first Lucha Underground Champion when he won the Aztec Warfare match.[9]

On February 8, 2015, Angélico, Ivelisse and Son of Havoc were crowned the first Lucha Underground Trios Champions when they won the Trios Tournament.

Championships

Championship Current champion Date won Event Previous champion(s)
Lucha Underground Championship Prince Puma October 5, 2014 Lucha Underground TV Taping Inaugural champion
Lucha Underground Trios Championship Angélico, Ivelisse and Son of Havoc February 8, 2015 Lucha Underground TV Taping Inaugural champions

Roster

Prince Puma

Male wrestlers

Ring name Real name Notes
Alberto el Patrón José Alberto Rodriguez
Angélico Adam Bridle Lucha Underground Trios Champion
Aero Star Unknown[Footnotes 1]
Argenis Unknown[Footnotes 1]
Bael Benito Cuntapay
Big Ryck Rycklon Stephens
Cage Brian Button
Cortez Castro Rick Diaz
DelAvar Daivari Shawn Daivari
Drago Víctor Flores
El Texano Jr. Juan Aguilar Leos
Famous B Brian Winbush
Fenix Unknown[Footnotes 1]
Jeff Cobb[10] Jeff Cobb
Johnny Mundo John Hennigan
Kill Shot[11] Unknown
King Cuerno Unknown[Footnotes 1]
El Mariachi Loco Clemente Hernandez
Marty Martinez Martin Casaus
Mascarita Sagrada Unknown[Footnotes 1]
Mil Muertes Gilbert Cosme
Mr. Cisco Unknown
Pentagon Jr. Unknown[Footnotes 1]
Pimpinela Escarlata Mario Lozano
Prince Puma Trevor Mann Lucha Underground Champion
Ricky Mandel Richard Mathey
Shawn Hernandez Shawn Hernandez
Son of Havoc Matthew Capiccioni Lucha Underground Trios Champion
Super Fly Erick Muñoz
Vinny Massaro

Female wrestlers

Ring name Real name Notes
Ivelisse Ivelisse Vélez Lucha Underground Trios Champion
Sexy Star Dulce García

Other on-air personnel

Ring name Real name Notes
Black Lotus Angela Fong
Dario Cueto Luis Fernandez-Gil On-air authority figure
Catrina Karlee Perez Manager of Mil Muertes
Holly Meowy Holly King Manager of Magnificent Martin
Konnan Charles Ashenoff Manager of Prince Puma

Broadcast team

Ring name Real name Notes
Hugo Savinovich Hugo Savinovich Spanish play-by-play commentator
Matt Striker Matthew Kaye English play-by-play commentator
Melissa Santos Melissa Santos Ring announcer
Vampiro Ian Hodgkinson English and Spanish Color commentator

Referees

Ring name Notes
Justin Borden
Marty Elias
Rick Knox

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f In lucha libre the true identity, birth name etc. of masked wrestlers is kept secret to the general public. News does not report nor speculate on real names even if they may be able to find out out of respect for the Lucha Libre traditions.

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. ^ http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/550411-notable-names-sign-with-lucha-underground
  11. ^ http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/shane-strickland-9145.html

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