As it was reported last month, Impact Wrestling has acquired a new partnership with Mexico’s Lucha Libre AAA (Asistencia AsesorÃa y Administración) and have strengthened their allegiance with the news of launching upcoming cross promotional shows respectively celebrating each company’s anniversary: Impact’s Slammiversary XV & AAA’s TriplemanÃa XXV. Read the full press release below: TORONTO … Read more
Lucha Underground continues to expand its footprint, this time announcing that Seasons 1-3 are now available on Amazon. The new availability comes after LU debuted Seasons 1 and 2 on Netflix in March. Lucha Underground made the announcement via Twitter: BELIEVERS!! Now you can watch all three seasons of Lucha Underground on Amazon – Buy … Read more
Last summer it was reported that Sexy Star was leaving the wrestling world behind and trading in her mask for a pair of boxing gloves. Well, that’s not the case anymore. In an interview with Fightful, she clarifies those statements and says she’s not retiring at all. At no point did I ever actually say [that … Read more
This past month it was reported that Lucha Underground will be making its debut on Netflix, originally thought to premiere in February. Now Lucha Underground and Entertainment Weekly are officially announcing a premiere date of March 15 for Seasons One and Two of the series! This news makes Lucha Underground the first televised wrestling series … Read more
It’s finally happening! After months of persistent rumors, today its being announced that Lucha Underground will arrive on Netflix’s streaming service. According to 411Mania, the site is reporting that on the latest edition of Court Bauer’s MLW Radio (via PWinsider), Bauer confirmed that the first two seasons of Lucha Underground will debut on Netflix on February 15. … Read more
Though Lucha Underground is on hiatus until the summer, ring announcer Melissa Santos is keeping busy, appearing on the new season of The Celebrity Apprentice. TVInsider caught up with Santos to talk about her role on the show, discuss how she got into ring announcing, her role in Season 3 of LU and more. Highlights … Read more
On last night’s Lucha Underground mid-season finale Sexy Star, Catrina, and Mariposa were the focus of brief vignettes that highlighted things to come for our luchadoras in the Temple. Up first, after Cage demolishes newcomer Veneno, Sexy Star rushes out to attack Veneno. She accuses him of planting those spiders and messing with her head! … Read more
Lucha Underground will air its mid-season finale tonight and is hyping several matches for the show. Though it’s unknown whether the focus will be on any luchadoras at this time either in match ups or vignettes, LU promises tonight will be memorable. LU announced several matchups including: El Dragon Azteca vs Matanza in a Death … Read more
Welcome back to the Temple this week, Believers! After Sexy Star‘s loss to Johnny Mundo, she’s eager to get even with whoever keeps sending her those spiders. She set her sights on Mariposa and takes her head on. Before we get to that match, Catrina stands by with Mil Muertes. He’s in disbelief at the … Read more
Diva Dirt presents its sixth annual Writers’ Choice Awards, as decided by the Diva Dirt team. As we come to the end of 2016, we have picked the best of the best to be awarded our Writers’ Choice trophies. Luchadora of the Year: Sexy Star There’s no other luchadora in Lucha Underground who embodies a … Read more
Diva Dirt presents its sixth annual Writers’ Choice Awards, as decided by the Diva Dirt team. As we come to the end of 2016, we have picked the best of the best to be awarded our Writers’ Choice trophies. Best Manager: Catrina Despite old school heel tactics from Maryse on SmackDown or Dana Brooke‘s effective … Read more
Diva Dirt presents its sixth annual Writers’ Choice Awards, as decided by the Diva Dirt team. As we come to the end of 2016, we have picked the best of the best to be awarded our Writers’ Choice trophies. Best Promotion: Lucha Underground No other promotion has been the most consistent in championing it’s women … Read more
Diva Dirt presents its sixth annual Writers’ Choice Awards, as decided by the Diva Dirt team. As we come to the end of 2016, we have picked the best of the best to be awarded our Writers’ Choice trophies. Best Tag Team/Group: The Black Lotus Triad (Black Lotus, Hitokiri, Doku, and Yurei) Though the Black Lotus … Read more
This week’s Lucha Underground further explored the blooming triangle between Catrina, Mil Muertes, and Jeremiah Crane. Elsewhere Sexy Star is confronted by a familiar enemy and rekindles a feud. First up is a match between Mil Muertes, accompanied by the Mistress of the Macabre, and Jeremiah. The match ends in Jeremiah’s favor after Prince Puma … Read more
Welcome back to the Temple, Believers! Last night we were treated to a rematch for the Lucha Underground Championship that also continued to showcase how women are breaking the mold. Sexy Star fought Johnny Mundo in a steel cage, becoming the first luchadora to compete with such a stipulation. The intensity of their rivalry reached its … Read more
Tonight on Lucha Underground Sexy Star squared off against Johnny Mundo in a rematch for the Lucha Underground Championship. Surrounded by a steel cage, Sexy became the first woman in the Temple to participate in a match with such a stipulation. Sexy would use the cage to her advantage and wasn’t afraid to get dirty … Read more
Tonight on Lucha Underground a longstanding rivalry will come to a head when Sexy Star takes on Johnny Mundo surrounded by a steel cage for the Lucha Underground Championship. Sexy will become the first female in the Temple to compete in a match with such a stipulation. Last week the mind games between the two continued … Read more
Welcome back to the Temple, Believers! This week things get ultra violent as several of our Luchadoras find themselves either playing or at the mercy of mind games. The Battle of the Bulls Tournament also continues, this week showcasing Mariposa’s skills against Killshot, Jeremiah Crane, and Dante Fox. That match is up first, let’s watch: … Read more
Things are about to heat up on Lucha Underground as Kobra Moon steps into the ring against Drago this week. Elsewhere, Mariposa will participate in The Battle of the Bulls tournament. The dragon had a few choice words for Kobra Moon and Lucha Underground’s twitter shared them: Drago has some choice words for Kobra Moon before … Read more
While Season 3 of Lucha Underground is underway, few details have been revealed about the status of Season 4. Last week Lucha Underground executive producer Eric Van Wagenen was on the Mid Week War podcast where he discussed last week’s Gauntlet Match along with all things LU. He had this to say about the prospect of … Read more
Welcome back to the Temple, Believers! This week Sexy Star looks to get some vengeance against Worldwide Underground for costing her the Lucha Underground Championship. Elsewhere we get some more movements on key stories involving other luchadoras, including the continued effort by the police department to put away the Temple’s proprietor once and for all. … Read more
Tonight on Lucha Underground Sexy Star beat PJ Black for a rematch with Johnny Mundo for the Lucha Underground Championship. The match will take place in a steel cage. This will make Sexy the first female competitor to be granted such a stipulation. The match was made with PJ under certain conditions, if Sexy won … Read more
Welcome to the Temple, Believers! We have a special episode coming our way and one of the most enjoyable hours of television I’ve seen recently in a long time as the debuting Black Lotus Triad takes on Pentagon Dark. Black Lotus has been looking to get even with Pentagon after he broke her arm last … Read more
Tonight on Lucha Underground the Black Lotus Triad will make their in ring debuts against Pentagon Dark. The Triad introduces Stardom competitors Io Shirai, Kairi Hojo, and Mayu Iwatani who will now go by the names Hitokiri, Doku, and Yurei respectively. Lucha Underground hyped their debuts on twitter yesterday: Looks can be deceiving. Doku arrives to the … Read more
Welcome back to the Temple, Believers! This week promises to see Sexy Star face long time adversary Johnny Mundo. This will be her first title defense. Up first though is a sighting of Kobra Moon as she makes an appearance during the Super Friends Trios Title defense against newcomers the Rabbit Tribe‘s Paul London, Saltador, … Read more
Tonight at Lucha Underground, Sexy Star’s reign as Lucha Underground Champion came to an end. Sexy Star, who won the Lucha Underground Championship during last week’s Aztec Warfare, lost the title to Johnny Mundo after he cashed in his title opportunity by surrendering the Gift of the Gods title. Before Sexy Star’s main event match … Read more