Lucha Underground Season 3

[8WON6]

Yep. It's amazing what you can do when you clearly set the rules of your "universe" . LU clearly has set it so that the women aren't sideshows. They are full blown members of the roster, it completely opens up everything. Pentagon vs Dem Japs is still one of my favorite episodes of a wrestling show ever. The whole story behind it and how they played everything out was perfect.

 

[CEOHaize]

the world lucha is set in makes women fighting more palatable than the traditional wrestling shyt where we know these are regular men and women.
The women in LU have magic powers and shyt, plus they still get beat down against men and typically have to play the counter/spoiler game.

I have to disagree to an extent. Most the women who's been shown as really competitive don't have powers. Ivelise, Sexy Star, Kobra Moon, Taya don't have powers but they've been more than competitive with the men. Catrina is probably the most powered woman on the show and doesn't get in the ring. I get you point of the rules they've set in this universe and that surely helped a lot. Everyone on this show you could believe has a legit chance at the title and that's what you want from a wrestling show. Then add the great character work and development to that it's just amazing.

 

[David_TheMan]

I have to disagree to an extent. Most the women who's been shown as really competitive don't have powers. Ivelise, Sexy Star, Kobra Moon, Taya don't have powers but they've been more than competitive with the men. Catrina is probably the most powered woman on the show and doesn't get in the ring. I get you point of the rules they've set in this universe and that surely helped a lot. Everyone on this show you could believe has a legit chance at the title and that's what you want from a wrestling show. Then add the great character work and development to that it's just amazing.

they've done a pretty good job in showing that none of the combatants in the temple are normal people though. All of them are pretty far ahead of normal people. That said when I think about it, the women don't really go at the men straight up, and when they do they are underdogs, even when the women came out on Pentagon Dark, it was more via accumulation of fighting 5 bytches back to back to back, that got him.
Just good writing and world building has made it easy to see and accept.
Kudos to the writers, you are right too most don't have powers either.

 

[8WON6]

they've done a pretty good job in showing that none of the combatants in the temple are normal people though. All of them are pretty far ahead of normal people. That said when I think about it, the women don't really go at the men straight up, and when they do they are underdogs, even when the women came out on Pentagon Dark, it was more via accumulation of fighting 5 bytches back to back to back, that got him.
Just good writing and world building has made it easy to see and accept.
Kudos to the writers, you are right too most don't have powers either.

I think the women are seen as equal to like the lower level men. Like Taya or Sexy Star beating someone like Angelico or Argenis isn't on some underdog shyt. But if its Mil, Fenix, Puma, Matanza, etc...then it's underdog shyt. And I'm trying to remember if Sexy Star vs Mil (title match) had outside fukkery.

 

[CEOHaize]

they've done a pretty good job in showing that none of the combatants in the temple are normal people though. All of them are pretty far ahead of normal people. That said when I think about it, the women don't really go at the men straight up, and when they do they are underdogs, even when the women came out on Pentagon Dark, it was more via accumulation of fighting 5 bytches back to back to back, that got him.
Just good writing and world building has made it easy to see and accept.
Kudos to the writers, you are right too most don't have powers either.

There's a lucha underground podcast I listen to called For The Love of lucha. They joke that the moment someone signs a contract with Lucha Underground they get powers. They whole way they write this show is a draw for me. But on the flipside I wonder if part of the reason viewership has been slow to catch on is it may be hard for someone to just jump into the show. Like if you told someone who's never seen an episode to watch they'd have so many questions and so many episodes to catch up on that it may turn them on. There's no real easy entry point for new viewers to just jump in.

I know for example I didn't watch any of season 1 when it first aired, but when I heard about it I binged the whole first season before season 2 started. that was 40 episodes most people see that their that many episodes behind and just say eff it. I really hope they stay around though.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Martha

 

[mrken12]

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Only in LU can you find Nunchuka matches







Martha

 

[DaylitoJames]

I'm running in for this piff TONIGHT!

IN

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

How do you guys watch this live if you don't have El Rey?

 

[Nero Christ]

How do you guys watch this live if you don't have El Rey?

probably gonna have to find a stream

and also

IN

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

In

 

[jackswstd]

Cueto Cup Finals and Rey vs Mundo

 

[David_TheMan]

Card of the year tonight.
Mundo vs Rey
Pentagan vs. Puma 3

 

[David_TheMan]

Damn Cisco, why they keep doing this to my boy