The History of Lucha Underground

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[spjulyer]

I love wrestling it’s my sport of choice, but my stepdad loves soccer but when Lucha Underground released it’s the only thing that caught his eye, he would introduce me to it and gave us something to bond about, I wish it came back

[perceivedvelocity]

I loved LU. The WWE is a TV show who pretends that it isn't. Lucha Underground embraced the fact that it's a show. Every episode told a story.

[kidzp]

If someone asked me “How would you describe Lucha Underground?”, I would tell them that I view it a “dark version of CHIKARA”. The cinematic scenes, the fighting styles of some of the wrestlers, the superpowers and magical objects used by said wrestlers, the... deaths of various characters. You see those traits in CHIKARA, but Lucha Underground displays a much darker tone to them.

[vicenteguerrero]

Vampiro and Matt Striker were a great commentary team. Johnny Mundo and Taya came off as so badass with worldwide underground, good seeing Ivelisse being so high profile in almost every match. had several really great death matches too. it would have been nice seeing Alberto El Patron vs Johnny Mundo feud go longer.

[JOBdOut]

I was part of that small but loyal fanbase. Loved lucha underground. From the soap opera aspects to the tip of the hat to WMAC Masters (holy crap props for mentioning that yourself - never forget season 3 of WMAC was filmed and never released) the fact they played kayfabe by having the wrestling itself actually only be a show within its own larger universe was a chefs kiss.

[LoneLeeGH]

During Wrestlemania weekend, a man from Australia saw my Lucha Underground beanie and wanted to talk about the promotion. Crazy to think the people this little show reached. I never did watch that final season. The promotions' heart had stopped by then.

[daschwah]

I miss LU so much. It was starting to get wobbly near the end, but I’d take another season of it over six months’ worth of the current mainstream product.

[Badnone]

LU was the best. My favorite moment comes from Season 2's No Mas match, coupled with Sexy Star's very audible "Fuck You" to her opponent.

[christopherwall]

_Lucha Underground_, to me at least, always felt like a modern-day successor to those old _lucha_ movies where guys like Santo and Blue Demon would fight vampires or Martians or something, updated for the 2010's and given a grittier, more adult-orienter aesthetic, without losing the supernatural stuff. It was so unlike anything else at the time, and it hooked me personally so much that I envisioned a major bad guy in a superhero-themed RPG I was part of at the time as being played by Dario's actor, but I digress.

[Johnkiernanmusic]

Thank you for doing this. Honestly… Some of my all-time favorite wrestling came from season one and season two of the show.

I also got to drop you a message about how I almost went to a live taping…

[cole]

Dario is one of the best authority figures in wrestling!

[tsaqiftsaqif]

I still remembered when fennix got defeated and took of his mask i cried when that happened

[kristofercarter]

i miss that show so much that was the best wrestling show ever all of it.

[WrestlingColin]

Man I loved Lucha Underground. Wrestling in America felt stale at that time, and LU was not only innovative with their storytelling techniques, but they had the production budget to back it up.

[stacymirba]

The one I'll never forget about Lucha Underground was the year long build up and eventual match between Vampiro and Pentagon Jr. That has to be the greatest wrestling story I've ever seen play out and at the every end when Pentagon Jr learns who is his master I was just losing my mind going, "What the fuck just happened?" It was perfection.

[TheIndustrialRetrospective]

Yes WMAC masters! These shows always reminded me of eachother!

[nicktaylor]

The debut of Matanza Cuerto in Azecta Warefare 2 which was like a big gauntlet match where the winner was Lucha Underground champion Basically Jeff Cobb under a mask and while Cobb is a good wrestler his work as Matanza is his best

[claymathewselevator]

I wish Lucha Underground got a video game

[dalesanteford]

I really did enjoy watching a Lucha Underground they're going for their only take like a TV show mix with pro wrestling especially the Supernatural characters

[rvaldrich]

FINALLY!!! Oh my word, I've been waiting for some attention to be paid to Lucha! Single-handedly got me back into pro-wrestling.
Edit: Like, legitimately dude. Thank you for making this video. Made my Friday.
2nd Edit: Dammit, man, and now you throw in a WMAC Masters reference? Crap, now I *GOT* to join your Patreon!