Most notable in these early instances was when Dario was about to introduce the Lucha Underground Championship.
Thats one of the nice touches about the show.
When Kane showed up, Vince McMahon started screaming, THATS GOTTA BE KANE!
because Vinces character knew just as much as we did.
OnLucha Underground, were the only ones who see the backstage stuff.
The crowd isnt shown anything and the commentators are portrayed as being in the dark.
That means that a LOT happens onLucha Undergroundthat only we, the viewers, know about.
That includes a ridiculous B-plot happening throughout season 1.
Eventually, she confronted Dario, demanding information on Matanza.
Dario played dumb and shrugged it off, claiming he had no idea what she was talking about.
But there wasanotherwrinkle in the story.
Dario had a trio of goons named the Crew Mr. Cisco, Cortez Castro, and Bael.
They failed to capture the Lucha Underground Trios Championship despite having it handed to them on a silver platter.
To show he meant business, Dario introduced them to Matanza Cueto…his baby brother.
Although viewers couldnt see Matanza, the Crew were collectively disturbed by his presence.
Shit got real several weeks later when the Crew failed yet again.
This time, Dario said that one of the Crew had to die.
Regardless, Matanza wasnt 100% at the top of the food chain.
Dario was less than thrilled.
When Dragon Azteca arrived to rescue her, Black Lotus murdered her teacher.
Nobody really knew what to make of it.
Of course, the question came of who could play Matanza.
Who could they get to fulfill the role and actually pull it off after all this build?
Catrina took over as proprietor while their flunkies, the Disciples of Death, held the Trios Championship.
As for Dario, he was training Matanza to get back into ring shape in his own special way.
During this time, Dario also gave Black Lotus and the viewers some backstory.
When Dario was a child, his mother was terrible and abusive.
All the while, there was a new El Dragon Azteca out there.
Unlike Black Lotus, he finished his training.
During the training, Mysterio laid down some more exposition.
Thats why hes this vicious monster.
Matanza is possessed by a god.
In another interesting way to tell the story,Lucha Undergroundreleased four free digital comic books online.
Each told stories of what certain wrestlers were up to in-between seasons and was considered completely canon.
This includes Mil Muertes murdering Big Ryck to explain his disappearance from the second season.
Written by Fabian Rangel Jr. and drawn by Jamie Jones, the comic didnt fill in too many blanks.
What was important was that in this format, we got our first real look at Matanza Cueto.
This was released around the time of the second seasons seventh episode.
In the eighth episode, Dario decided that Matanza was finally ready.
It was time to return and reclaim the Temple.
Shown on TV for the first time, Matanza walked outside, covered in fresh blood.
Catrinas hold on the Temple was imploding and this came close to driving her over the edge.
Keep in mind, this was taped well before the 2016Royal Rumble, so they had the idea first.
Catrina was aware of him.
Mysterio and Dragon Azteca Jr. were aware of him.
Presumably undercover cop Joey Ryan as well.
And we the fans knew about him for a year and a half.
He seemed extremely similar to Mr. Luckily, as Matanza, the latter part was unnecessary.
They attacked all at once, but he shrugged them off and picked them off one-by-one.
Taken down by the Wrath of the Gods (a scoop powerslam twisting the opposite direction).
Taken down by a German suplex.
Three rolling, deadlift, gutwrench suplexes.
El Dragon Azteca Jr.?
Standing shooting star press.
Wrath of the Gods.
Since then, its been about the next payoff: how does onestopMatanza?
Matanza completely destroyed him and sent him to the hospital.
A week after that, he took on a fully-rested Fenix and once again came out the winner.
This time, Fenix was saved by the most unlikely of saviors, Mil Muertes.
Lucha Undergroundis the best, you guys.
