Tag Archives: Lucha Underground

Future Stars Of Wrestling announced on their social media accounts that Kevin Kross has signed a deal to be part of the fourth season of Lucha Underground. “Future Stars of Wrestling Heavyweight Champion, Kevin Kross has officially signed with Lucha Underground, and will start full time for Season 4.”

The September 21st edition of Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network drew 134,000 combined viewers, down from last week’s 154,000 combined viewers. The show drew 99,000 first-run viewers and 35,000 viewers for the replay. The show last week drew the same amount of first-run viewers, but drew 55,000 viewers for the replay of the  Continue Reading »

New York Comic Con announced that there will be a Lucha Underground panel at the event next with with Lucha Underground Executive Producer Eric van Wagenen, Rey Mysterio Jr, Ivelisse Velez, Kartina, Marty Elias, Taya, Dorian Roldan and more confirmed as appearing. Also of note, the series is scheduled to debut on Samurai TV next  Continue Reading »

Top independent wrestling star Ricochet, who works with Lucha Underground under the Prince Puma persona, is reported to be opting out of his contract with the promotion before the next season is taped to explore new possibilities. Ricochet’s contract with Lucha Underground keeps him from appearing anywhere else on television until either all of his  Continue Reading »

Former WWE superstar and current Lucha Underground star Rey Mysterio has signed a “first look” deal with the El Rey Network to develop, produce and consult on television shows, according to a report from Deadline. Speaking about the deal, El Rey Network GM Daniel Tibbets had the following to say, “Rey Mysterio’s incredible talent extends  Continue Reading »

The Chad Dukes Wrestling Show sent out the following: Lucha Underground superstar Brian Cage joined the Chad Dukes Wrestling Show this past week to discuss Lucha Underground Season 3, AAA Triplemania, Suicide Squad and comic book films. Highlights of the interview are below: On the chemistry of Lucha Underground’s locker room: “I think it’s really  Continue Reading »

In an update for customers of the Verizon FiOS service, The El Rey Network is now available in Standard Definition on channel number 198. The third season of the show returns this September.

El Rey Network sent out the following: El REY NETWORK’S ORIGINAL WRESTLING SERIES ‘LUCHA UNDERGROUND’ RETURNS FOR SEASON 3 ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 AT 8PM ET Austin, TX – July 28, 2016 – “Lucha Underground,” El Rey Network’s exhilarating, lucha libre wrestling series from Emmy Award®-winning producer Mark Burnett, MGM, Robert Rodriguez and FactoryMade Ventures  Continue Reading »

El Rey Network sent out the following: THE FINAL CHAPTER OF SEASON TWO CLOSES WITH AN UNFORGETTABLE, TWO-HOUR SUPERSIZED EPISODE OF ‘LUCHA UNDERGROUND’ WEDNESDAY, JULY 20th AT 8:00 PM ET/PT ON EL REY NETWORK MISSED A MATCH OR WANT TO RELIVE THE ACTION? ENCORE PRESENTATIONS OF THE FULL SEASON CONTINUES WITH A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY  Continue Reading »

The July 13th edition of Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network drew 108,000 viewers. The viewership is slightly up from last week’s 104,000 viewers.

Entertainment Earth sent out the following: Lucha Underground Superstars Scheduled to Make Special Guest Appearances during San Diego Comic-Con 2016 Entertainment Earth and Lucha Underground are excited to announce FREE celebrity signings at the Entertainment Earth booth #2343 during San Diego Comic-Con. Thursday, July 21, 2016: Pentagon Jr. from 2:15pm – 3:15pm Dario Cueto from  Continue Reading »

Lucha Underground superstar Prince Puma (aka Ricochet) has finished up his commitments with the promotion at their last television tapings, which concluded the filming for season three, meaning that he is effectively done with the company as of now. For those wondering, despite the company’s interest in signing him to a deal, Ricochet will not  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling superstar and former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada was in attendance, as well as backstage at last night’s Lucha Underground tapings in Los Angeles, California. Lucha Underground’s Executive Producer Eric van Wagenen posted a photo of Okada with Rey Mysterio backstage at the tapings on his official Twitter account. Look who  Continue Reading »

King Cuerno was recently in the Los Angeles area taping backstage vignettes for future Lucha Underground episodes, according to a report from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. King Cuerno has not been at any of the Season 3 tapings for the show due to a contract dispute, as well as the fact that he underwent back  Continue Reading »

WWE are reportedly interested in signing Lucha Underground ring announcer Melissa Santos to a deal with the company, according to a report from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The report notes that one idea discussed would be to repackage Alberto del Rio, with Santos as his new personal ring announcer, however there could be a hold-up  Continue Reading »

The April 20th edition of Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network drew 149,000 viewers, up from last week’s 139,000 viewers. The replay of the show drew 49,000 viewers, which was down from 66,000 viewers the week prior.

Lucha Underground are reported to have signed independent wrestler Kevin Martenson to a deal with the company, according to former TMZ Senior Producer Ryan Satin of ProWrestlingSheet.com. The report notes that the Martenson (formerly known as Johnny Goodtime) signed a deal with the promotion a few weeks ago and that his appearance in a dark  Continue Reading »

Lucha Underground filed to trademark Pentagon Dark, Kobra Moon, Night Claw, Six to Survive Match, No Mas Match and 4 A Unique Opportunity Match in recent weeks. The company are also expected to file for trademarks in a few weeks for new talents that will appear on the third season of the show.

The El Rey Network sent out the following: THE TRIOS TOURNAMENT CONTINUES WITH MORE MIND-BLOWING ACTION ON THE NEWEST EPISODE OF ‘LUCHA UNDERGROUND’ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13TH AT 8:00 PM ET/PT ON EL REY NETWORK The Trios Tournament continues with an all-star line-up consisting of Rey Mysterio, El Dragon Azteca Jr. and Prince Puma. Dario Cueto  Continue Reading »

Former WWE and TNA Wrestling superstar MVP released a video recently announcing that while he did sign a deal with Lucha Underground, that his contract has been terminated by the company as he recently interviewed some Lucha Underground talent for his podcast and in doing so, inadvertently violated some terms of his contract, specifically segments  Continue Reading »