Lucha Underground helped introduce American fans to new wrestlers as storytelling as the show took a cinematic approach and highlighted the likes of Prince Puma (Ricochet), Pentagon Jr, Rey Fenix, and more.
MLW has revived the legend of Lucha Underground with AZTECA Underground and Court Bauer is happy to keep Lucha alive on US TV.
"I really loved my time with Konnan, both on the podcast, but also working in Triple A around 2015-16, which was right around the time I was working with Lucha Underground, which was kind of a hybrid thing. It wasn't traditional Lucha, it was Lucha with all these other qualities that you'd see in a (Robert) Rodriguez film, kind of mashed together to make something very special and different. Very cinematic. I've always loved Lucha. Originally, in MLW we had LA Park, Shocker, and I've always wanted that featured and represented in MLW. What Lucha Underground did was expose the world to a whole new generation of great talent; Pentagon, Fenix, Dario Cueto, who is now Cesar Duran. I love having that representation, I think Lucha is sorely underrepresented in American wrestling. When you realize where we are going culturally, to see it ignored to the level it is, is shocking and ignorant. Wrestling, at its best, is a reflection of society and if you can reflect that and what America looks like today and where it's going, you're going to be in a good place. When wrestling ignores it, it feels very passe very quickly," said Bauer on Under The Ring.
MLW held its AZTECA Underground tapings while in Dallas for WrestleMania week. Fans can check out spoilers for the show by clicking here.
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