There’s no going underground for El Rey Network’s Lucha Libre series…
On the heels of its Season 2 premiere, the Robert Rodriguez-co-founded network has renewed the popular wrestling series Lucha Undergroundfor a third season.
Production is set to begin in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles for premiere in 2017.
Lucha Underground has introduced American audiences to the high-flying aerial maneuvers, slingshot moves, dramatic masks, intricate, rapid-fire combinations and distinctive wrestling techniques of lucha libre, one of Mexico’s most popular sports.
Lucha Underground is produced by MGM in association with FactoryMade Ventures and AG Studios for El Rey Network.
The series airs on El Rey Network and is distributed internationally by MGM.
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