Lucha Underground: Short review + links to Episodes One & Two

No spoilers here, just a quick summary/review with links to both episodes.

Lucha Underground is a pro wrestling show that is shot like a television drama.  It has historical context, a television style plot, characters that you can relate to and an easy to hate villain. The in-ring action is tied into the overreaching narrative of the show and the overall feel is of a television show with some wrestling in it, rather than a pro-wrestling show with some bad television in it, and yes I am referring to WWE programming here.

The show looks great, is professionally produced, very tight and shot like a Mexican version of Fight Club. It doesn’t look like a wrestling show. Instead it looks like a crime drama television show. It’s 43 minutes long, and who wins and loses the wrestling matches actually matters to the plot of the show.

This is not three long hours of WWE filler matches. It’s tight, interesting and narrative based. There are old stars, and new, and the wrestler being pushed as the most important part of the show (Prince Puma) is young, athletic and exciting to watch.

If you enjoy pro wrestling, but are fed up with long WWE shows that increasingly feel like a chore to sit through, then you’ll want to watch Lucha Underground. It’s short, interesting, produced like a quality television programme and easily the most exciting new wrestling show that I’ve seen in a very long time. Review over, click the links below, and enjoy.

Episode One:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/kSwGNMsxsJfXX39cJy4?start=41

Episode Two:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x29fcv6_lucha-underground-s01e02-2014-nov-05-hdtvx264_shortfilms

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