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HOLY poo poo THERE'S A NEW SEASON OF LU PREMIERING TONIGHT ON EL REY NETWORK Here's the trailer if you haven't seen it yet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0evAv6Zr8w Season 3 thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3789028 I'm not going to make this OP as effort-posty as the last time. To put it frankly, LU has lost a ton of interest over the past year, to the point where they literally didn't tape a single show in all of 2017. Some questionable business decisions, an out-of-nowhere hiatus in Season 3, and the continued existence of Matt Striker have combined to turn off many people, and it's unlikely that the company will ever recapture the buzz it had in the first two seasons. Nevertheless, the show goes on, with a smaller budget, a new Temple, and a talent exodus (reportedly wrestlers who wanted to leave were allowed out of their contracts as long as they showed up at the first taping to get written off). Even with the negative behind-the-scenes news, there's still some incredible wrestling and batshit crazy storylines worth following. Also Pentagon is finally the champion so HELL YEAH LET'S DO THIS. Time: Wednesdays, 8 p.m. ET TV: El Rey Network Online: Sling TV, iTunes Lucha Underground Champion: Pentagon Dark Lucha Underground Trios Champions: The Mack, Killshot, Gift of the Gods Champion: Vacant Aztec Medallion holders: None WHAT HAPPENED AT ULTIMA LUCHA TRES Dr. Wagner Jr. and Famous B def. Texano -- This was part of a weird storyline where Famous B wanted to make Texano his new client (and presumably give him a personality) and Texano refusing, then kinda agreeing? Or something? I forgot, it's been too long. Wagner has since unmasked in AAA so I doubt he's showing up again. Killshot def. Dante Fox in Hell of War match -- Easily the best match of Season 3, and arguably the whole show. Your mileage may vary on the "wrestlers playing fake soldiers" story, but these guys went all-in to sell the hatred and betrayal in an absolutely insane three-stages match (first blood, no-DQ, ambulance match). Somewhere in the old Temple, a piece of AR Fox's back is still laying on the floor. Also they were teamed up and won the trios belts the next night because "respect" or something. The Mack won a "Battle Royale for a Unique Opportunity" -- Our favorite flippy dadbod won the opportunity to team up with the other black guys on the show in the trios title match against the lizard people. Does he know his cousin Big Ryck is dead yet? Who wants to tell him? Ivelisse def. Catrina -- This match got set up in the Season 3 premiere, then Ivelisse blew out her leg and missed the entire season. She came back in time to do the match, which nobody on God's green earth remembers a thing about. Fenix def. Marty "The Moth" Martinez in Hair vs. Mask Match -- Marty was going full incel on Fenix's girlfriend/ring announcer Melissa Santos and Fenix wasn't having any of it, so they had a match. Fenix is the best and should probably just hold the title forever. Sexy Star def. Taya in Last Luchadora Standing Match -- Sexy died on the way back to her home planet. Dante Fox, Killshot, The Mack def. Drago, Pindar, Vibora to win LU Trios titles -- The reptile people (led by Kobra Moon, who found a useful role that thankfully doesn't involve wrestling) failed to keep the belts and this pissed off Kobra, who punished them by using mind-controlled Daga (!!!) to chop off Pindar's head (!!!!!!).  my beautiful square lizard man.Pentagon Dark def. Son of Havoc in ladder match to win Gift of the Gods Championship -- Yup, this was a good-rear end match. Matanza def. El Dragon Azteca Jr. in steel cage match -- Azteca flew through the cage door and onto the drat floor. It was way cooler than that lame Roman/Brock spot. Matanza won after Black Lotus beat up Azteca for something something "my parents." Mil Muertes def. Cage and Jeremiah Crane in elimination match -- This was for the Medieval Times gauntlet that Cage used to punch Lorenzo Lamas to death. It probably would've stolen the show if Hell of War didn't happen, an awesomely violent match. Muertes won and almost put on the Power Glove, but our homeboy KING CUERNO ran in to steal it and add it to his taxidermy collection. King Cuerno is the loving best. Prince Puma def. Johnny Mundo in Title vs. Career Match for Lucha Underground Championship -- You've seen Ricochet wrestle John Morrison, right? Yeah, it's incredible every time. With Puma's LU career on the line, he overcame everything Worldwide Underground threw at him to finally defeat Johnny and win the title back. OR SO WE THOUGHT ... Pentagon Dark cashes in Gift of the Gods, def. Prince Puma for Lucha Underground Championship -- THAT'S RIGHT MOTHERFUCKERS PENTAGON IS FINALLY THE CHAMPION AND HE'S HERE TO CERO ALL OF THE MEDIO. That ended Puma's career, and he got a nice sendoff from the crowd as he left the Temple. Goodbye Puma, may your flips be high and mighty in the sunny fields of Orlando. Other important stuff that happened -- Rey Mysterio didn't have much to do last season, but he miraculously escaped Matanza's cell in time to enter the Royal Rumble and compete in New Japan, so I guess he's just fine. -- Oh yeah DARIO CUETO GOT loving SHOT THEY KILLED OFF THE SHOW'S BEST CHARACTER WHYYYYYYY  There's a potential out where the gunshot wound wasn't fatal and Dario survives, and we've seen characters come back from the dead before, so I'm still holding out hope. Still, it was a ballsy move to end the season on, and with El Jefe out of the picture (and more importantly, an uncaged Matanza on the loose), we'll have to see what the immediate fallout is on the Season 4 premiere. Benne fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Jun 14, 2018 |
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I meant to have a thread tag but I suppose this is appropriate
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LU's intergender matches would probably have a better reputation if it didn't sound like Striker and Vampiro were jerking off to them the entire time
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exploded mummy posted:or if the very first one they ever put on had the champion of women everywhere get absolutely belittled and pinned in a 3 minute sqaush Not their fault she didn't go for the shoot armbar 
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Let's gooooooooo
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drat, I'll miss AR Fox
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Wait, I thought Stephen Amell killed Joey Ryan 
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Nothing but respect for my champion
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA TOMMY loving DREAMER
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Goddamnit why is Hernandez back
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WELCOME TO SLAMTOWN
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RIP Angelico
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Jesus Christ Sami almost killed Fenix
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Tall guy in black pants, does a chokeslam and V-Trigger Vibora is peak E-Fed Wrestler
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That match was a total clusterfuck and I'm not sure in a good way
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DangerDummy! posted:It was a bit disappointing compared to past Aztec Warfare matches, but I still had fun seeing everyone again. I look forward to seeing where the season goes. I guess, but it just felt like half "people coming in to eat quick pins and gently caress off out of their contracts" and half "hastily reminding you of storylines still going on" without letting anything sink in. It didn't have the cohesion or flow of the other Aztec Warfare matches, and looked edited to hell and back. At least Pentagon got a strong win and the most eliminations, which was the right call. Also unless Melissa, uh, put on some weight over the past year, that definitely wasn't her in the Mariposa suit.
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Erebus posted:I guess I started watching WWE sort of later in his career but does Jack Swagger really warrant a "holy poo poo" chant "Holy poo poo, this guy is still around"
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Mascarita
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I never lost faith in the thread title
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And for some reason LU didn't let him talk for like 3 seasons I hope Fantasmo wins and gets to be King Cuerno everywhere he goes because that gimmick loving rules
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Explosions posted:I'll always suspect that part of what happened was the difference between a production team made up of Trump stans in 2014 and the same crew in 2018. Other than a few jobber appearances by Cubanish Sammy Guevara, I don't think they added a single Latino character in Season 3 or 4. The show went from being passionate about Mexican and Mexican-American culture to Jack Swagger and Sami Callihan. I still have a strong suspicion that when Konnan left, he took all the good ideas with him
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Pretty sure Hernandez is still around, but that's only because nobody else wants him
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I got an exclusive scoop for the main event of Ultima Lucha Cinco: All Contracts On A Pole Match. The first 5 wrestlers who can reach their specific signed contract are granted an immediate release. Everyone else has to stay and vaguely promise future seasons we all know aren't happening. My sources tell me this match will happen in, oh, well, you know how it is, gotta get the money and timing right. He assured me it's definitely happening though, and by gosh we gotta take them at their word.
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If you're wondering whether Vampiro stops sounding like he's edging every time a man beats up a woman then ... no, the commentary doesn't get better.
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Season 4 had Johnny Mundo and Taya invading a lizard temple while dressed as Indiana Jones and Marion and cutting off a lizard man's head and it's not even the weirdest part of the season. Even at its worst, S4 is still worth watching just so I can type sentences like that.
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https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/1168288365202026497 Guess we'll know for sure if talent suddenly starts announcing bookings everywhere
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