Lucha Underground
| Lucha Underground | |
|---|---|
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| Genre |
Professional wrestling Lucha libre Hardcore wrestling Drama Action |
| Developed by | One Three Media |
| Starring | Lucha Underground roster |
| Narrated by |
Matt Striker Vampiro |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 84 (as of January 11, 2017) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Mark Burnett Robert Rodriguez Eric van Wagenen Anthony Jensen Chris DeJoseph |
| Producer(s) | Matthew Stollman Chris Roach Chavo Guerrero Jr. Sue Vial Barry Murphy Ryan Hermosura Nick Staller |
| Location(s) | Lucha Underground Arena (AKA The Temple) Boyle Heights, California |
| Camera setup | Multicamera setup |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | United Artists Media Group |
| Distributor | MGM Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
El Rey Network (English) UniMás (Spanish) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | October 29, 2014 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Lucha Underground is a professional wrestling promotion and serial drama television series owned and produced by the United Artists Media Group. The weekly series airs in English on the El Rey Network and previously aired in Spanish on UniMás and features wrestlers from the American independent circuit and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), one of the biggest wrestling promotions in Mexico. AAA also owns a percentage of Lucha Underground.
The series premiered with its first season on October 29, 2014, that ran for 39 episodes. The second season of Lucha Underground started on January 27, 2016. Prior to the taping of the last Lucha Underground episode for season 2, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a third season which premiered on September 7, 2016. It was also revealed that episodes from the show would be available on iTunes for purchase.
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 affiliated with Mexico's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). In July 2014, the show was tentatively called Lucha: Uprising. 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, Fénix, Drago, and Pentagón 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.
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