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Jan 26, 2017 02:56
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Benne posted:KONNAN'S MURDER CANE FORGED IN THE FIRES OR MORDOR I think Puma hit Mil or one of the DoD with it once, before Konnan got coffined
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Jan 26, 2017 03:24
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Jan 26, 2017 03:33
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They had the coffin out at some of the shows, in the staging areas where the fans could touch it and take pics with it before the show. That lid is not soft, its some real metal
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Jan 26, 2017 03:48
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God, Fenix just looks like he's been in a fuckin car wreck
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Jan 26, 2017 03:55
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https://twitter.com/darewolf333/status/825149203718496256 It's good to see the Worldwide Underground keeping busy in the off-season.
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Jan 28, 2017 02:32
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Take it for what it's worth, as from any non-official source, but: https://twitter.com/MLW/status/825376135273971714 https://twitter.com/MLW/status/825376346939461632 https://twitter.com/Darryn1226/status/825385842638217220 https://twitter.com/MLW/status/825386453043666946
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Jan 28, 2017 21:55
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Benne posted:Is there another source for this? I Googled to check all the "what's coming to Netflix in February" clickbait articles, and none of them mention LU. No source yet aside from MLW. But Melissa Santos said on a live broadcast recently that a Netflix deal was very close and should be finalized soon, and Van Wagenen also said last week that big announcements were coming soon and then "no commented" when they asked him if that meant Netflix, so this all lines up with what we've been hearing. The MLW show also said that it may also reach some areas of South America as well as NA, and that while it'll start with the previous two seasons, it's a situation where they could keep adding more onto it like a lot of still-active TV shows do. If that deal is inked, it's great news for Season 4 budgeting.
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Feb 1, 2017 07:10
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AKA Driver posted:Per El Rey, the season break ends on May 31st, and would probably finish around mid October. Yup, "summer" is a little earlier than expected! Also EVW low-key confirming the Netflix deal: https://twitter.com/EricVanWagenen/status/826837670559043585 https://twitter.com/EricVanWagenen/status/826839566170492930
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Feb 1, 2017 18:47
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Call Me Charlie posted:I don't know if this means anything but Season 2 of Lucha Underground was added to Amazon's VOD store. That's new as far as I know! Maybe they were going to drop that info at the same time as the Netflix deal and Amazon jumped the gun a little? ANYWAY aside from LU suddenly being available on all sorts of stuff, tonight on the re-runs we got the end of the Trios Tourney (possibly my favorite moment from S1) and a deathmatch! (Edit): I like that the Amazon URL starts with "Phoenix-Dragon-Spaceman"
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Feb 2, 2017 01:19
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Also Netflix Canada confirming the deal will extend there; https://twitter.com/Netflix_CA/status/826890540054634496 (Edit) also confirmed the February 15 date so I think we can call that official: https://twitter.com/Netflix_CA/status/826947186239930368 StarkRavingMad fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Feb 2, 2017 |
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Feb 2, 2017 01:23
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Fresh Like Zafo posted:I went to go watch tonight's episode, and got a message saying that Univision pulled all their channels from Spectrum due to their want for a fee increase. Yeah that sucks a lot. Every so often a network gets into playing chicken with a particular provider and they get pulled. Usually it's only for a couple months, but it's a real bummer when it happens. If I remember right, I lost ScyFy for like four months right in the middle of watching some dumb miniseries on it when that poo poo happened with them. Benne posted:I totally forgot that Daivari used to be a thing There's a lot of stuff on these rewatches that I forgot about. Seeing Texano and Cage teaming up here is real weird.
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Feb 2, 2017 02:40
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Feb 2, 2017 03:16
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Benne posted:I totally forgot that
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Feb 2, 2017 03:19
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Vampiro: "Sexy Star, you are a pioneer and an idol and I thank you for being on this interview..." Sexy Star: "Gracias" Vampiro: "...and that's why my boy Pentagon Jr is going to kill you next week" Sexy Star: "Que?" Vampiro: "what"
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Feb 2, 2017 03:21
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Benne posted:lol Konnan burying Hernandez from ringside I did like Konnan's stint as manager here, the way he was always talking to Puma like an MMA ring guy during a match
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Feb 2, 2017 03:32
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I forgot how much Hernandez and Puma tore it up here, this was a great match. Easy to forget about it since the Deathmatch was the main
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Feb 2, 2017 03:37
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https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/827550141976571908 https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/827550812406702081 The underlying source (the MMM Podcast) said his information is coming from a "very credible source" on the 2/15 date probably not happening -- the host often has DeJoseph or Van Wagenen on his podcast so odds are that it's one of them. He said "maybe that date happens but maybe it doesn't" meet that date (and probably not), but it really shouldn't be reported as news right now that it's going to hit that date. He also said it's nothing to worry about, it's just a thing where all the episodes have to be properly dubbed and closed captioned (season 1 in two languages) and everything up to Netflix's specifications, and it's a lot of episodes to do that to, between the two seasons. And it hadn't made it on Netflix's coming soon list, either. StarkRavingMad fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Feb 3, 2017 |
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Feb 3, 2017 17:27
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You can tell Matt Cross is a pro because at the same time he shows off his broken leg, he pimps his merch
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Feb 8, 2017 04:14
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Lone Goat posted:Just call yourself Hexagon Jr or Heptagon Jr or Nonagon Jr or something, cmon dude Dodecahedron Dark Tonight on the rewatch we got All Night Long (one of my personal favorites) and Penultima Lucha!
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Feb 9, 2017 01:36
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Benne posted:I've always loved Johnny's strategy in this match, because it's such an obvious heel thing to do. Even if it wasn't no DQ, it's a strategy that would make sense for the heel - lose one fall to a DQ after you brain the other guy and then rack up like six pins.
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Feb 9, 2017 03:12
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Benne posted:I forgot that Bengala I miss Bengala. He was the best kind-of-chubby kitty man
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Feb 9, 2017 03:37
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Benne posted:It's weird to see Marty back when he was "random creepy guy" instead of "rich sociopath who may or may not have a 'thing' with his sister" Yeah, for someone who started as kind of a harmless comedy character he's come a long way.
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Van Wagenen on the MMM show podcast again: Netflix: As that podcast reported previously from a "credible source" (likely him behind the scenes), there's no known hard date for when the Netflix episodes go up. The deal is done, and they expect that they'll deliver all the episodes to Netflix by the 15th, but there's a QC process that Netflix goes through and he doesn't know how long it will take. The 15th date was something that someone not at LU (i.e. MLM Radio) pulled out of thin air and then all the news reporting sites ran with it. The reason you haven't seen any official announcement from El Rey or LU is that they haven't been given a date from Netflix yet. He not privy to exactly where it it will be available, but he believes there are "multiple regions." The Spanish language versions of the Season 1 episodes will also be available on Netflix with the Hugo/Vampiro commentary. There isn't a deal yet for Season 3, but EVW thinks that's more from LU's side -- these things are typically delivered seasonally and he expects that they'll cut a deal for Season 3. He said that he also expects that it is going to do better audience-wise then Netflix thinks which could mean they could cut an even better deal for Season 3. On the people leaving AAA: AAA, through Lucha Libre LLC, licensed LU through MGM/El Rey the right to use characters from AAA. However, for the TV show, they have their own separate contracts with the guys from AAA. EVW looks at "are there guys that I have under contract." Even though he knows that there's overlap in the ownership between AAA and LU, for the TV show, as the showrunner, his job is to "protect this little entity that is his show on the El Rey network." While all the things that are going on in the wrestling business do affect him, as far as he is concerned, as long as they haven't somehow violated their LU contract, they're on the active roster that the creative staff are writing for and at the next taping they're showing up. When asked directly, "Do you have a good feeling that Fenix/Pentagon/Sexy Star/Jack Evans will be back when you start shooting Season 4?" He said he has "zero reason right now to believe those people won't be there" and they still have an active contract to perform on US television. "We're planning that they will be there." He said there's things going on to try and put some key people in place to "connect the two arms of this thing" and make sure in the future that LU talent are treated properly in Mexico and people coming up from Mexico are treated properly here. They're trying to move to a situation where they can do better at supporting their people year-round. He said, coming from a TV show background, they didn't really think about keeping people busy between seasons, since that's not how it works in TV. But it doesn't do anyone any good if their people are starving in the off-season. Right now there's not any infrastructure in place to do much for people when they are on the off-season and they need to change that and do something with licensing guys to use their gimmicks in the off-season and support them better. Return date: He said if the 5/31/17 date is on the El Rey banner, it's probably gospel. He had heard that date thrown around before. It would line up with what he was thinking before about El Rey wanting to run the premiere of new shows on the same date as Ultima Lucha 3. StarkRavingMad fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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https://twitter.com/LIGERFEVER/status/830944930101153793 https://twitter.com/LIGERFEVER/status/830945419760979970 https://twitter.com/LIGERFEVER/status/830945137190633476 It's real interesting if you read this guy's timeline (he's translating a Pentagon interview) -- Pentagon talking about how miserable AAA is but also wanting to work with LU still. I hope everything EVW was saying is true and LU can still use all the AAA people who left it. StarkRavingMad fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Feb 13, 2017 02:10
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In case you wanted a gif of Argenis and Aerostar rubbing their nipples: I don't think I'll get to watch the repeat tonight, but according to twitter it's Ultima Lucha 1, so enjoy watching Vamp get set on fire! StarkRavingMad fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Feb 16, 2017 |
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Feb 15, 2017 17:26
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Benne posted:I can't wait to see Hernandez get stiffed by goony fans again I'm one of those goony fans! 
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Feb 16, 2017 02:41
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Gavok posted:With LU hitting Netflix soon, I wrote a non-spoiler beginner's guide. Nice write up! It's funny to read that and think about how much things changed over the seasons.
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Benne posted:I'm still laughing that even in LU, Alberto can't take a clean loss, and immediately beats up Johnny to get his heat back. On the season finale. Yeah that was my first thought when seeing it -- that one really felt like a WWE match.
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So for some reason there's four repeat episodes tonight, starting at 6 eastern. Weird. I'll have to miss at least the first two since I'll still be at work.
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Various minor news: https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/834619851540987904 Also the official Lucha Underground website got redone, with video links and direct merch links and news sections and stuff. Nice to see it as more than the barebones rear end page it has been since the start. Also, the Wrestling Guy Store in Huntington Beach is selling these: https://twitter.com/WrestlingGuyHP/status/834627870613868544 Which are bizarre. It's hard to believe those are officially licensed but on the other hand he @ed LU and that store is pretty tightly connected to them (lots of signings and appearances there) and he has to know how rabid Lucha Underground/MGM legal is about protecting its IP so...maybe they are official?
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Seasons 1 and 2 up on Netflix on March 15 according to CNet: https://www.cnet.com/news/netpicks-everything-coming-and-going-on-netflix-for-march-2017/ (Should be official as this is coming from Netflix's new releases list) Edit: or, maybe not! https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/835177682614767616 Final edit: March 15 is indeed the date: https://twitter.com/EricVanWagenen/status/835214535111815168 StarkRavingMad fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Feb 24, 2017 |
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The only person I can think of who that might apply to would be Daga, who it was public knowledge that he had some visa issue. I can't think of anyone else who was missing (not counting injury reasons). Blue Demon maybe?
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OctoberCountry posted:https://twitter.com/maskedrepublic/status/836309246576775168 AAA is bad
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MassRafTer posted:It'd be Lucha Underground's job to secure the American visas anyway. It probably should have been, but they've told the story a bunch of times about how they got caught flat-footed and had to rewrite the first couple episodes on the fly because AAA told them the day before the first taping that a bunch of the talent couldn't work. So it definitely sounds like they were letting the AAA people handle that side of things, and I'm not at all surprised that AAA hosed it up and then pulled some sketchy poo poo to get guys across the border ASAP. Ghidzilla posted:I hope this won't rattle things too much going into season 4. It shouldn't. Everyone who was already working S3 should have their papers in order, since according to Van Wagenen at that point MGM was checking these things -- which is probably why Daga got written out. If you want to talk who is running things, MGM is the real power behind LU at this point. In terms of S4, the big question is whether the people who left AAA will still work LU, but both Pentagon and Fenix have said they want to keep doing it (Pentagon calling it the "best company he's ever worked for"), and Van Wagenen has said he still intends to use everyone. Sexy Star is maybe questionable since she "retired" that character and unmasked herself. Jack Evans, no one knows about but I imagine he's in the same boat as Fenix and Pentagon. The only possible wrench in the works is that they put Dorian Roldan as a GM for the Lucha Libre FMV LLC. He's supposedly there primarily to get their merch in order and start setting up touring stuff, but if starts insisting that they not use the ex-AAA guys, who knows what it does. I have my doubts that he has the power on the LU side of things to insist on anything like that, especially for key guys like Pentagon and Fenix, but we'll see if he tries to be a problem.
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Yo, due to some real life stuff I probably won't be around the forums much for the foreseeable future. If the time comes to make a new thread (like when the hiatus ends) and I'm not around, whoever wants to has my blessing to raise a new thread like Catrina resurrecting Mil Muertes.
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