Vamp Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 I can see why they're worried about the current roster not drawing, I suppose the only names for those markets that they have access to are Blue Demon and Alberto but there's a fine balance in keeping the product feeling like an alternative and I'd say they're pretty close to it already. If anything that would diminish one of their main selling points to me. Â I still can't get over the fact that Drago and Pentagon Jr got to have featured matches on US television. I kinda feel that they should get behind those two more but maybe I'm just biased. They've got strong looks and Pentagon in particular really works his character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted February 12, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 12, 2015 Lucha Libre is coming back to London in July! Lucha Libre World is bringing Lucha back to London on July 9th, 10th & 11th. El Hijo del Santo, Dr Wagner Jr & Cassandro confirmed. I fondly remember the Lucha Libre London shows from years ago so will definitely be trying to go to this! Â http://www.luchalibreworld.co.uk/ ...and Lucha Future (the group behind the previous tour) are stating at least the 11 July event will be at ROYAL ALBERT HALL. Â Highlight of the year for me (well, WRWRESTLING-based highlight). Loved the previous shows, and Wagner is pretty much my favourite wrestler EVER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane O' Mac Version 2 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I still can't get over the fact that Drago and Pentagon Jr got to have featured matches on US television. I kinda feel that they should get behind those two more but maybe I'm just biased. They've got strong looks and Pentagon in particular really works his character.  I love Drago. Best look of any luchador I've seen- like an improved, updated Ultimo Dragon- who incidentally would be my next pick for best look. Drago has the skills to back up the look as well. Not totally sold on Pentagon Jr yet.  I haven't caught up on Lucha Underground yet- just downloaded the last couple of months to catch up on- but I did watch Alberto El Patron's debut promo thanks to the LU Facebook page. Fuck me, Alberto has never spoke and carried himself more like a star. I don't know whether to say, shame it was in front of 300 people in a small venue, or that it was because he was in front of only 300 people in a small venue. Either way, he seemed a ton more natural than when he used to go on about "destiny" ad nauseum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Drago got over pretty quickly in AAA too but got stuck in the middle of the card. Â Alberto looks like a star in Mexico too, he seems pretty motivated. He's heading to a big hair match at triplemania, it seems that way anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSM Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015  Lucha Libre is coming back to London in July! Lucha Libre World is bringing Lucha back to London on July 9th, 10th & 11th. El Hijo del Santo, Dr Wagner Jr & Cassandro confirmed. I fondly remember the Lucha Libre London shows from years ago so will definitely be trying to go to this!http://www.luchalibreworld.co.uk/ ...and Lucha Future (the group behind the previous tour) are stating at least the 11 July event will be at ROYAL ALBERT HALL. Just went on the Royal Albert Hall website and its true. Prices ranging from £38.20 (restricted view) up to £104.50! Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted February 12, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 12, 2015 A lot of tickets for the last tours were available on places like LastMinute for a lot cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Linus Posted February 13, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 13, 2015 Hey, it's Lucha Underground! But you already knew that! Â The show started in Dario Cueto's office. Last week's show had ended with Alberto el Patron walking in and introducing himself to the Lucha Underground owner. We picked up from there. Â Alberto told Dario that he admired his HUGE KEY, and wanted to know what it opened. He said he wanted to talk to the crowd tonight, but Dario told him that the Temple is a place for combat. Alberto promised him that, if he granted his wish, the next time he came into Dario's office he would be asking for BLOOD. Well, that ruled. Â Hey, it's Mariachi el Bronx! They're tonight's band again, and they are awesome. Check out any of their albums - they're all called the same thing so it doesn't really matter which one you start with. Â Argenis was already in the ring, awaiting his opponent, and Melissa Santos introduced him - Fenix! Last week we saw Fenix be on the receiving end of a sneaky kiss from Catrina, Mil Muertes's woman... Â So they had a match, and it was fine. Vampiro talked up Argenis, saying he's the new Mistico. He's not, but he is the old Mistico's brother. Â During the match, Catrina walked down the steps to ringside. She said last week that she wanted to keep their dalliance a secret. I guess that's out of the bag now. Â After some incredible offense, mostly from Fenix, the finish came when Fenix countered a martinete into a Fire Thunder Driver for the win. Afterwards, Catrina slinked into the ring and licked Argenis's face, keeping her eyes locked on Fenix at all times. Fenix looked confused. Â Backstage, we saw Alberto getting out of a fancy car, and the announcers speculated what he might want to talk about... Â Mil Muertes was backstage and encountered Catrina. She told him that the power of a thousand lives was too much for him. He grabbed her by throat and calmly lifted her six inches from the ground, and told her he needed nothing. Â He returned her to the ground and walked off, bumping into Chavo Guerrero Jr in a corridor. He grabbed him by the throat and threw him into the wall, saying he'd pay his debt next week... Â Hey, it's Big Ryck! He's in a confessional booth, and he told the priest that he was about to sin. He swore vengeance against his Crew, who had turned on him and almost blinded him a few weeks ago. He promised to go Old Testament on them, and then lit his cigar, revealing an eye patch. An on-screen graphic promised Big Ryck: Vengeance! This was amazing. Â El Mariachi el Bronx welcomed us back into the Temple, as the announcers talked about King Cuerno stalking Johnny Mundo. This led into our next match, with Son of Havoc already in the ring. Â Havoc took the mic' and told the crowd he was happy to have some real competition tonight, and he was dedicating the match to the biggest bitch in the building, his girlfriend Ivelisse. She was delighted by this. Â So, Johnny Mundo came to the ring and he and Havoc had quite the fun little match. Havoc gets better and more comfortable with every match, although that may be because - as time goes on - I'm forgetting he used to be M-Dogg20. Â The crowd were into Son of Havoc, but also into Johnny Mundo. This weirdly lent an air of authenticity to proceedings. Why would everyone cheer for the same guy? Â The finish came when Son of Havoc had Mundo primed for the Shooting Star Press off the top rope, but he took too long and Mundo popped up with an enzuigiri to set up the End Of The World. Ivelisse was not happy at this development. Poor Son of Havoc. Â After the match, King Cuerno ran in and DESTROYED Johnny Mundo with stomps and the Thrill of the Hunt. This feud must continue! Â More Mariachi el Bronx segued us into our next match, and Ricky Mandel was already in the ring. Vampiro did some hilarious comedy around mistaking Mandel for Rick Martel. Back to stand-up school, Vamp. Â Mandel is fighting Pentagon Jr, who is on a bit of a run right now and who is super over with the crowd in the Temple. This is because he is kicking and chopping people to death, before breaking their arms with a wacky submission hold. Â He did the same to Ricky Mandel, earning a submission victory and refusing to break the hold, finally snapping Mandel's arm back. A trainer came in to see to Mandel while Pentagon Jr again dedicated his victory to his mysterious master... Â Hey, it's our main event! And it's not a match! What is this, Raw? Alberto el Patron came to the ring, to HUGE appreciation from the crowd, and he told them that there were only friends there tonight. Aww. Â He talked about his family - his legendary uncle Mil Mascaras, and his father Dos Caras - and how he had thrown off the name Dos Caras Jr to conquer a new place - America. He said he became an icon for his people there, but - and he switched to Spanish - was stabbed in the back. He said he was disrespected and he left and that was why he was here. Â He said that in Lucha Underground you aren't held back by the colour of your skin, you are only held back if you fail to deliver in the ring. He promises that he will start a revolution but was attacked by a man quickly identified as Texano Jr. Â Now Alberto and Texano Jr have been feuding in AAA, and Alberto beat Texano for the AAA Megacampeon title back in November. Their feud has now bled into Lucha Underground, just as last week's AAA show had Cage making his way south. These two shows are linked in an odd way, but a good way. Â Texano Jr beat down Alberto and whipped him with his bull rope. He grabbed a mic' and said that he would get his title back, and left Alberto lying in the ring as the show went off the air. Â This was a Good Show. It continued some storylines and broke some brand new ones. I say it every week, but this show just goes from strength to strength. Only a catastrophe could derail it now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerful_Fox Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 The Son of Havok/Johnny Mundo match was tremendous. SoH lifting himself across the posting and 'phantom planking' before dropping onto Mundo was excellent. I will be honest, I was actually getting a little bored of the repeating SoH/Ive pre-match promo then loss. Although this followed the same mould, it was great and made me jump back on board with him again. Â Great show, great wrestling, great birds, great promo's, great vignettes. Once again, two thumbs up from me for LU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted February 13, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 13, 2015 How fucking awesome was the Big Ryck promo!? Total badassery. Â Alberto's promo ruled too, thought he came across as a huge star and the people responded accordingly. Â Great hour of wrestling once again this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSM Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015   Lucha Libre is coming back to London in July! Lucha Libre World is bringing Lucha back to London on July 9th, 10th & 11th. El Hijo del Santo, Dr Wagner Jr & Cassandro confirmed. I fondly remember the Lucha Libre London shows from years ago so will definitely be trying to go to this!http://www.luchalibreworld.co.uk/ ...and Lucha Future (the group behind the previous tour) are stating at least the 11 July event will be at ROYAL ALBERT HALL. Just went on the Royal Albert Hall website and its true. Prices ranging from £38.20 (restricted view) up to £104.50! Yikes. Just to clarify on this we now have 2 Lucha companies putting on shows in July. July 11th at Royal Albert Hall is Lucha Future.  Lucha Libre World have the dates of July 9th, 10th and 11th and have just announced will be held at the York Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted February 13, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 13, 2015 Bizarre. On the Saturday they are running the SAME DAY. Wonder if they're sharing crew? Wonder if the York Hall show that day will be a matinee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 That's just mad. Although I did wonder with the lucha future show looking like it's headlined by AAA guys. Â Still mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution4life Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 This is mental! Head to head Lucha shows in London. Hoping the prices of the Royal Albert hall come down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Can I just nominate SOH vs Johnny Mundo and Big Ryck's Promo for end of the year awards now? Best ep of LU yet. I hated Del Rio, but El Patron seems to have some vim and vigour. Best show I have seen in ages and LU being amazing, that's some accolade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Southside crew Posted February 16, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 16, 2015 The Son of Havok/Johnny Mundo match was tremendous. SoH lifting himself across the posting and 'phantom planking' before dropping onto Mundo was excellent. I will be honest, I was actually getting a little bored of the repeating SoH/Ive pre-match promo then loss. Although this followed the same mould, it was great and made me jump back on board with him again. Â Great show, great wrestling, great birds, great promo's, great vignettes. Once again, two thumbs up from me for LU. Â Â Agree totally , I guess an amazing thing is about the hour show it always seems finished too soon . Would love just an extra half an hour but I guess the key is making us want more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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