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Several things separateLucha Undergroundfrom other wrestling shows.
For one, a lot of the storylines are told via more cinematic backstage scenes that arent widely seen.
They dont do that here.
The commentators havent seen it.
The other wrestlers havent seen it.Wejust happen to see it as if its just another TV show.
They also go a bit weirder.
One wrestler is a dragon.
One wrestler is a human rocket.
One is a man who is unable to die.
One is the personification of Death and is planked by a teleporting sorceress and a trio of skeleton men.
Its completely over-the-top, but works.
Through 39 episodes (told in an economical 40 hours), the first season ofLucha Undergroundabsolutely killed it.
With the second season underway, here are the ten best storylines of the first season.
THE MACK VS. CAGE
The Mack is a likeable powerhouse brought into the Temple by his cousin Big Ryck.
While it never came to that, the patch-wearing Ryck had to turn a blind eye to Macks suffering.
DelAvar Daivari had acquired Rycks services and got them a title shot against the Trios Champions.
All they needed is a third partner.
When asked what would make him a better choice, Cage annihilated Mack backstage and left him lying.
Daivari accepted and off they went.
The sun suddenly flared in the background for the sake of flourish, and they went back to battling.
They would be too focused on each other in multi-man matches to worry about their other opponents.
Then when they had a singles match, Mack won fairly early on with a roll-up.
They had a rematch and once again, Mack rolled Cage up for a surprise pin.
This time it was in mere seconds.
It was the perfect way to piss off a wrestler whos dedicated to overpowering his enemies.
Things culminated at the big finale showUltima Lucha.
The two took part in a Falls Count Anywhere Match.
Their massive brawl spanned the Temple and came to an end when Cage smashed Macks head through a cinderblock.
Yeah, that would do it.
The unpredictable sadist Pentagon Jr.
It was blatant, sadistic sabotage from Dario and it worked.
Pentagon went to snap Super Flys arm, only for Sexy Star to make the save.
Dario decided to have these two friends face off in a friendly singles match.
Still, rules are rules and the two fought for their pride.
Sexy Star came out the winner.
The two acted very emotional afterwards with Sexy Star apologetic about her win.
Super Fly seemed to take it well and had her unmask him.
Suddenly, Pentagon ran out, knocked Sexy Star to the outside and ambushed Super Fly.
Miraculously, she got Pentagon locked in a hold that could have possibly made him tap.
Well never know as an unmasked and healed-up Super Fly ran out and attacked Sexy Star.
Pentagon made her submit and would have broken her arm if not for the intervention of Vampiro.
This whole time, it seemed like Super Fly knew what he was talking about.
After all, he was the one who was winning.
But it ended up being a major mistake.
Therefore, she could fight ruthlessly.
That certainly shut him up.
In the wrestling world, Alberto Del Rio was making waves after leaving WWE in spectacular fashion.
He was almost like a folk hero.
Soon he showed up onLucha Undergroundas Alberto El Patron and gave a pumped, heartfelt speech to the audience.
Backstage, he came across familiar face Mundo and greeted him, albeit in a more passive aggressive way.
They kept it friendly enough, but there was definitely tension.
They felt that they were each more deserving.
Soon after, El Patron got his opportunity against Hernandez, but Mundo couldnt let that happen.
Not only did Hernandez win, but Dario decided he liked Mundos new attitude.
After Hernandez failed to unseat Puma, Mundo was handed a title match.
An Iron Man Match taking place across an entire episode.
Afraid of losing, Mundo tried to evade his opponent long enough for the clock to run out.
Prince Puma won by the time the clock hit zero.
Their hatred boiling, Mundo and El Patron were given a match atUltima Lucha.
Another great match, this one ended when Mundos girlfriend Melina showed up and interfered.
Although Mundo won the match, El Patron got his final revenge by slamming HIS head through a window.
PUMA VS. CAGE
Cage made his debut inLucha Undergroundshortly after Prince Puma was crowned theLucha UndergroundChampion.
Cage absolutely annihilated his opponents and proved himself to be a force of nature.
At the end of the show, Puma defeated Fenix.
Dario Cueto liked that line of thinking, so he put Cage in a title match with Puma.
The match went 10 minutes and Cage, growing a bit too frustrated, ended up getting himself disqualified.
Then, toreallymake a statement, Cage took Pumas title belt andtore it in half with his bare hands.
Dario didnt mind and figured hed just make a bigger and better belt.
He decided that Cage deserved at least an opportunity to get another title shot.
All he had to do was beat Puma in a non-title match.
This time, Cage kept his anger in check and annihilated Puma.
Despite Pumas misgivings, Konnan swore it was an act of strategy.
Another title match was signed, this time a Boyle Height Street Fight where anything goes.
More importantly, they spent various segments building up Konnans quest in getting a replacement cane.
This show, I swear…
In the final battle, Cage finally got his just desserts.
Hes usually been an accessory to Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, and so on.
Hes fine enough in the ring, but hes never really stood out as someone to focus on.
Starting with the first episode ofLucha Underground, they succeeded in making Chavo genuinely compelling.
The first episode was about Dario awarding thousands of dollars to whoever best impressed him over the night.
The very first match was Blue Demon Jr. vs. Chavo and Chavo tapped out.
If anyone was getting that money, it certainly wasnt going to be Chavo.
Dario confronted him backstage to lay it on thick that he failed.
In the second week, Chavo worked alongside Sexy Star against Son of Havoc and Ivelisse as a face.
Only then he started beating Blue Demon with a chair.
Blue Demon Jr. would obviously want his revenge upon coming back.
Sexy Star would want revenge in the present and would indeed feud with Chavo for a while.
The entire country of Mexico was going to come and make Chavo pay.
Big Ryck answered to Dario Cueto while the Crew answered to Ryck.
The big feud for a while was Puma and Mundo against Ryck and the Crew.
He was none too happy with their failures and his lack of backup caused him to lose the match.
The Crew took that as their cue to gang up on their boss.
The Crew soon answered to only Dario Cueto, but Ryck wasnt done.
He visited a church and appeared before a priest to confess his upcoming sins.
He would have his vengeance.
Things werent looking good for her until Big Ryck walked down the steps with an eye-patch on.
The distraction was enough for Sexy Star to win via roll-up.
Soon both Bael and Castro were gone, leaving only Mr. Cisco.
Aero Star and Drago had a match.
Drago won and the two showed mutual respect.
A few weeks later, they had an evenbettermatch and Aero Star won.
The battles took a toll on their friendship and caused a lot of animosity.
This was most notable when Dario held his trios title tournament and put them on a team with Fenix.
Aero Star and Drago couldnt get along and it cost them in the first round.
In the finale of the series, Drago got the win.
Despite Dragos efforts, he couldnt defeat Puma and had to leaveLucha Underground.
He did thisby transforming into a literal dragon and flying off into the night sky while spitting fire.
Dario looked on like it was the most normal thing ever.
Drago wasnt gone forever, thankfully.
Dario put together a match where the only ones qualified were those who had challenged for the title before.
Drago used that loophole to get Dario to reinstate him.
Dragotransformed into a dragon and flew awaywhile Aero Star revealed himselfas an actual rocket manand blasted away.
Mil Muertes is the personification of death.
Obviously, these two would go on to become blood rivals, but it started out a bit simpler.
The winner would get the #20 spot in Aztec Warfare while the loser would get #1.
Mil Muertes won and cursed Fenix with the worst spot in the big champion-crowning match.
Muertes came close to winning, but the combined might of Puma and Mundo kept him down.
Away from Muertes, Catrina would start coming onto Fenix and told him not to tell Muertes about it.
A vicious and bloody affair, Fenix came out on top and locked Muertes away.
…or so he thought.
Being done in by an avatar of life caused Mil Muertes to be resurrected, stronger than ever before.
Hes also been accompanied by three disciples in skeleton masks who follow his and Catrinas every whim.
Catrina appeared before Fenix to laugh at him for being tricked into being her pawn.
There would be one more rematch.
This time a Death Match.
Muertes won and Fenix remained gone for a while.
Much like Muertes, Fenix didnt know when to quit either.
Coincidentally, Muertes bulldozed through the competition and won theLucha UndergroundChampionship from Prince Puma atUltima Lucha.
Nothing keeps Fenix down for good.
This didnt go over well with Ivelisse, his girlfriend and Baddest Bitch.
Havoc continued to lose while Ivelisse wrestled more and started showing him up while bossing him around.
He pinned Son of Havoc, which annoyed Ivelisse.
Then they did a rematch of Ivelisse vs. Angelico with Son of Havoc as the guest referee.
Angelico won and he had one more match with Son of Havoc.
This time, Havoc won while taking a brief break to publicly dump Ivelisse prior to hitting his finisher.
Ivelisse kicked Angelico in the head afterwards and stormed off.
Even though Ivelisse walked out, Son of Havoc still got the pin and they advanced to the finals.
Despite Ivelisse legitimately injuring her ankle, the team ended up coming out on top.
That was all well and good, but Dario had one more card up his sleeve.
The TRUE finals was against the Crew.
So, yeah, Bael isfucking deadafter having his face chewed off.
But there were bigger things to worry about as they had new challengers going intoUltima Lucha.
By the end of the show, Catrina represented both theLucha UndergroundChampion and the Trios Champions.
Rather than cut ties, the Unlikely Trio agreed that this wasnt over.
Before Angelico rode off on his bike, Son of Havoc told him that theyd get those belts back.
Angelico nodded and left.
Havoc then walked over to Ivelisses motorcycle, asking to go on one more ride together.
With an annoyed smile, Ivelisse told him to shut up and get on.
VS. VAMPIRO
Pentagon started as this cool-looking dude who didnt really have much going.
Soon after, Pentagon found a new role after being sought out by The Master.
Regardless, Vampiro was spooked by what almost happened.
Pentagons master appeared to him and told him that he still wasnt ready to reach the next level.
to make it do that, hed have to sacrifice Ian Hodgkinson.
That would be Vampiros real name.
Vampiro tried to apologize for getting involved, but Pentagon wouldnt let things be.
He kept antagonizing Vampiro and challenging him to a match.
Vampiro soon accepted the challenge…via chokeslam.
It was a Cero Miedo Match, which meant nothing was off-limits.
Pentagon came out the victor after slamming Vampiro through a flaming table and pinning him on the outside.
Afterwards, a hurt Vampiro crawled back into the ring and egged him on.
Pentagon wanted a sacrifice?
Then break the arm, already!
Pentagon shrugged and went through with it, breaking Vampiros arm as suggested.
He grabbed the microphone and boasted about his victory and how it made him worthy.
Yet there was no sign of his master.
Speaking English for once, Pentagon yelled, WHERE ARE YOU, MASTER?!
Vampiro stood up, clutching his destroyed arm, and told Pentagon that he was finally ready.
Just as shocked as the audience around him, Pentagon bowed down to Vampiro and embraced his newly-revealed master.
followed by, CERO MIEDO!
During the shows ending montage, Vampiro told his disciple that they were going to go somewhere much darker.
Hes like Scorpion inMortal Kombatin more ways than the look.
He may not be the hero he mayneverbe the hero but hes the one were behind the most.
Im so pumped that we have at least two more seasons of this shit.
