Blue Demon Jr.
Lucha Libre Reality Weekly Series, Shooting in Los Angeles Premiering Wednesday, October 8th at 8:00 PM ET/PT
Austin, TX — El Rey Network is tapping into a popular attraction in the Latinos community, Lucha Libre and is bringing Lucha Underground, an original action-packed series from Emmy Award®-winning producer Mark Burnett’s One Three Media.
Production will begin on September 6th in front of a live audience in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. The character-driven, freestyle wrestling series is set to debut Wednesday, October 8th at 8:00 pm ET/PT.
Luchadora Sexy Star
On August 17th in Mexico City in conjunction with the TripleMania XXII produced by Lucha Libre AAA El Rey Network revealed the names of five Luchadores joining Lucha Underground directly from Lucha Libre AAA. They are: Blue Demon, Jr, son of the legendary original Blue Demon and is the first Mexican and the second masked wrestler to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship; Sexy Star, who has held the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship and FILL Women’s Wrestling Championship; Fenix, the inaugural AAA Fusión Champion (March 2013) has also wrestled in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Wave; Drago is a dead dragon, a character brought back to life asan immortal being, to protect La Parka in the last fight against his enemies; and Pentagon Jr. who has spread terror and fear in his adversaries without exception since his introduction in the 2012 War of the Titans. Additional Luchadores will be announced shortly.
“Our Luchadores are fantastic, the action will be intense – and this season is just the beginning,” said executive producer Mark Burnett.
Lucha Underground features all the drama that luchador fans have come to expect, good versus evil, intense action, humor, drama, great characters. Luchadores are the superheroes of Mexico and just like telenovelas, they have fervent fans that follow them, their careers and their family drama. Currently, Lucha Libre’s colorful world of freestyle wrestling is a huge draw in its home country of Mexico with over 85% of television audiences tuning into the high-flying antics of this popular franchise. Each week Lucha Underground will bring drama, excitement and action to U.S. audiences as the masked heroes and villains battle it out in the ring for wrestling supremacy.
Lucha Underground is produced by One Three Media in association with FactoryMade Ventures for El Rey Network. Executive producers are Mark Burnett, Eric Van Wagenen (also showrunner) and Brian Edwards of One Three Media; Dorian Roldán from Lucha Libre AAA; Alejandro Garcia and Antonio Cué Sánchez-Navarro; El Rey Network co-founder Robert Rodriguez; and FactoryMade Ventures and El Rey Network co-founders John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa. The series will be distributed internationally by One Three Media.
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