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Lucha Underground is a wrestling program that runs on the El Rey network. The show incorporates elements of pulp, sci-fi, and b-movie horror in addition to its acrobatic and highflying lucha libre style. The result is like if someone combined the scripts for Fight Club and From Dusk Till Dawn and filmed the whole thing like a telenovela. It's awesome in the same way something like The Rocky Horror Picture Showis awesome. The whole thing is campy, violent, and over-the-top fun.The show has more in common with the Marvel Cinematic Universe than it does with any other form of sports entertainment. Lucha Underground's plot revolves around the evil Spanish businessman Dario Cuteo, who has set up an illegal fighting operation in order to honor the old Gods of the ancient Aztec tribes. All matches are held inside a Los Angeles warehouse called The Temple. Performers include a time traveling spaceman, the immortal personification of death, and a Mexican royal who dresses like a puma. The announcing team is made up of a former schoolteacher and a fucking vampire. Among the supernatural characters are some of wrestling's more recognizable names, including Johnny Mundo—formerly known as John Morrison—and the legendary Rey Mysterio Jr.Over the course of its two seasons Lucha Underground has established these character's motivations and goals, taking them through feuds that reveal the larger narrative of the show. For example: The company's current champion is a stocky rage monster named Matanza, the in-canon brother of the
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