Tag: lucha underground

Get excited!

This is still the best news I have heard all week.

Set your DVRs. This should be great.

This would be awesome.

If you’re a wrestling fan, you owe it to yourself to catch up on this show.

> Mil Muertes and Catrina taking over the temple and possessing all of the original Aztec gold is obviously a major storyline. Dario Cueto on the run and what that means for the temple and his future makes for a great storyline.

This is going to be so great. I can’t wait for this to start (even if it’s going to be less than the 39 episode Season 1.)

I can’t wait for the end of January.

Such great news. I’m super pumped for this show to be back on the air. It was so, so great.

Here’s the money quote from executive producer Eric Van Wagenen

> There is very little doubt in my mind about the “if”. I’d say its a 99.9% chance that a second season is happening. LU is a partnership, and each of the partners are committed to making season 2 happen. The “To be continued…” at the end of UltimaLucha was not just us trolling you, it was more of a promise.

> The issues about money and production costs are indeed real, although vastly overstated. We didn’t spend $20 Million – not even close. El Rey is the one of the best networks I’ve ever worked with, but what they have to spend doesn’t quite cover the costs of a show like Lucha Underground. So our choices are to either 1. Raise the money from another source, or 2. Make the show cheaper.

I guess this makes me feel a little better, but I still wish there would be an official announcement. I am anticipating that we won’t be seeing any new *Lucha Underground* in 2015, however.

Speaking of *Lucha Underground*, here’s [an excellent recap](http://wallsofjerichoholic.blogspot.com/2015/07/not-just-another-promotion-looking-back.html) from Baba T over at *The Wrestling Blog*. I especially like this point about what *Lucha Underground* did so well:

> Fuck reality, but don’t screw with the internal logic of your show. Create your own rules but don’t randomly abandon them in the middle without warning. LU has done all of this really well. On the other hand (sigh), you have reality era in WWE. WWE tries to be as “real” as possible: women can’t wrestle men because they are not strong enough, not too much flippy stuff because it doesn’t feel like the right psychology etc etc. Ok, so arbitrary limitations on your soap opera in tights show with Irish Whips and perfectly co-ordinated back body drops, cool, fine, accepted, your show, your story. But then none of these real men and women go and behave remotely like anybody we can relate to.

The story telling (both inside the ring and out) was what really set *Lucha Underground* apart. I really will miss it if it goes away.

From the *Steve Austin Podcast*:

> El Rey absolutely wants us back. There’s an offer on the table for 40 more episodes, start airing in October. We want to maintain a certain level of production value. There’s the amount of money El Rey is willing to spend, and then there’s the amount of money we need to maintain the level of quality that we’ve established.” Van Wagenen adds, “There is a combined effort from everyone involved to bridge the gap between what El Rey is offering and what we need. All options are on the table, whether that’s Netflix or iTunes or a secondary broadcast partner, DVD sales, merchandise, whatever it takes. Once we close that gap, we’re announcing.”

This has to happen, right? **RIGHT?**

There are more and more rumors that this might be one and only season of *Lucha Underground*. It’s a huge bummer if that turns out to be the case. I have loved this show.

I completely agree. Lucha Underground is currently my favorite wrestling show. I am going to be majorly bummed when Season 1 ends and the show goes on break.

Awesome news. *Lucha Undergroud* and *NXT* are always battling for my favorite wrestling show of a given week.