Lucha Underground

*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 episodes	15 (as of February 18, 2015)
Production
Executive producers	Mark Burnett; Robert Rodriguez; Eric van Wagenen
Producers	Matthew Stollman; Chris Roach; Chavo Guerrero Jr.; Sue Vial
Production locations	Lucha Underground Arena; Boyle Heights, California
Camera setup	Multicamera setup
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	El Rey Network (English); UniMás (Spanish)
Release	October 29, 2014 –; 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

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

^ ^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

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "El Rey Network announces more details of AAA Lucha Libre project". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
^ "Lucha Underground promotion TV debut moved back three weeks". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
^ Steinberg, Brian. "Univision To Use El Rey Wrestling Show To Bolster UniMas". Variety. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ de la Fuente, Anna Marie. "Univision's Fourth Quarter, Full Year Revenue Rises". Variety. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ Farrell, Mike. "Suddenlink Launches El Rey Network". Multichannel News. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ "Television Station Information KFSF Channel 66 Programming: Unimas". Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ Johnson, Mike (2014-10-05). "Lucha Underground spoiler". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
^ http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/550411-notable-names-sign-with-lucha-underground
^ http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/shane-strickland-9145.html

External links

Official website

[Enmascarado-10] ^ ^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.

[1] 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] 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.

[LUChamp-9] Johnson, Mike (2014-10-05). "Lucha Underground spoiler". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2014-10-06.

[11] ttp://www.wrestlezone.com/news/550411-notable-names-sign-with-lucha-underground

[12] ttp://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/shane-strickland-9145.html

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