Lucha Underground Championship

Lucha Underground Championship

Ricky Banderas, the unmasked alter ego of former champion Mil Muertes
Details
Current champion(s) Johnny Mundo
Date won April 10, 2016
Date established October 5, 2014
Promotion Lucha Underground

The Lucha Underground Championship is the highest ranking professional wrestling championship promoted on the Lucha Underground television show. Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.[1] The championship was introduced in episode 8 ("A Unique Opportunity") taped on October 4, 2014, and broadcast on December 17, 2014, with the first champion being determined on episode 9 ("Aztec Warfare") which was taped on October 5, 2014 and broadcast on television on January 7, 2015. Prince Puma was the first Lucha Underground champion, while Johnny Mundo is the current Lucha Underground Champion.

History

During Episode 8 ("A Unique Opportunity") of Lucha Underground's first season the storyline owner of Lucha Underground, Dario Cueto, announced that he was introducing the "top prize" in the promotion, the Lucha Underground Championship, revealing the belt to the audience in the arena and viewers at home. He explained that on the following week's show 20 wrestlers would compete in an Aztec Warfare match, featuring a mixture of male, female and Mini-Estrella competitors in the ring at the same time.[2] During episode 8 Mil Muertes defeated Fénix in a match, earning him the number 20 spot, while forcing Fénix to be the first man in the match.[2] Episode 9 ("Aztec Warfare") was dedicated to the championship match and saw Prince Puma pin Johnny Mundo to eliminate him from the match and win the championship.[3][4][5] During the follow week's broadcast ("Law of the Jungle") the debuting Cage tore the championship belt apart, ripping the leather strap in half.[6] As a result, Dario Cueto introduced a new Lucha Underground Championship belt in Episode 12 ("They Call him Cage") that was presented to Prince Puma.[7]

Prince Puma retained his championship in many matches for the title against Fénix, Cage, King Cuerno, Drago, Hernandez, Johnny Mundo, and Chavo Guerrero Jr.

On Episode 31 ("The Desolation of Drago") Drago defeated King Cuerno, Cage and Hernandez to earn a match against Prince Puma at Ultima Lucha, Lucha Underground's season finale. Afterwards Cueto announced that Drago would face Mil Muertes on episode 33 for the right to challenge the champion.[8] Episode 33 was taped on April 11, 2015 and had Muertes defeat Drago to earn the match against Prince Puma.[9] At Ultima Lucha Mil Muertes defeated Prince Puma to win the title and end the last episode of the first season as the champion.[10]

Title history

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily

As of May 6, 2016.

# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Air date Show
days		 Successful Defenses Episode Notes
1 Prince Puma 1 October 5, 2014 196 January 17, 2015 200 8 Aztec Warfare This was a 20–man elimination Aztec Warfare match. Prince Puma lastly eliminated Johnny Mundo to become the inaugural champion.[3][5][11]
2 Mil Muertes 1 April 19, 2015 217 August 5, 2015 214 2 Ultima Lucha [10]
3 Fénix 1 November 22, 2015 20 March 16, 2016 7 0 Life After Death [12]
4 Matanza 1 December 12, 2015 119 March 23, 2016 44+ 3 Aztec Warfare II This was a 21–man elimination Aztec Warfare match. Matanza lastly eliminated Rey Mysterio Jr. to win the championship.[13]
5 Sexy Star 1 April 9, 2016 1 TBD N/A Aztec Warfare III This was an Aztec Warfare match. Sexy Star lastly eliminated Mil Muertes to win the championship.[14]
6 Johnny Mundo 1 April 10, 2016 26+ TBD N/A N/A [15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  2. 1 2 "A Unique Opportunity". Lucha Underground. Season 1. December 17, 2014. El Rey Network (US), UniMás (MX).
  3. 1 2 "Aztec Warfare". Lucha Underground. Season 1. January 7, 2015. El Rey Network (US), UniMás (MX).
  4. ↑ Johnson, Mike (October 5, 2014). "Lucha Underground spoiler". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Dehnel, Joel (2015-01-08). "Dehnel's Lucha Underground report 1/7: First Lucha Underground champion determined in Aztec Warfare". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  6. ↑ "Law of the Jungle". Lucha Underground. Season 1. January 14, 2015. El Rey Network (US), UniMás (MX).
  7. ↑ "They call him Cage". Lucha Underground. Season 1. January 28, 2015. El Rey Network (US), UniMás (MX).
  8. ↑ "The Desolation of Drago". Lucha Underground. Season 1. June 10, 2015. El Rey Network (US), UniMás (MX).
  9. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (April 18, 2015). "Viva la Raza! Lucha Weekly for 4/18/15". WrestleView.
  10. 1 2 Boutwell, Josh (2015-04-26). "Viva la Raza! Lucha Weekly for 4/26/15". Wrestleview. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  11. ↑ "Lucha Underground Spoiler".
  12. ↑ "Lucha Underground Season 2 Episode 8 Taping". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  13. ↑ "Lucha Underground TV taping results 12/12: Aztec Warfare match". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Big Lucha Underground Aztec Warfare 3 spoiler". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  15. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (April 18, 2016). "April 18, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Blackjack Mulligan and Balls Mahoney pass away, NJPW Invasion Attack review, plus tons of news". Wrestling Observer Newsletter (Campbell, California): 35. ISSN 1083-9593.
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