Lucha Underground stars Johnny Mundo (Morrison) and Taya Valkyrie announced that they’re engaged.
The couple took to social media late last night to drop the news with dual photos of the ring … Mundo saying “She said yes” and Valkyrie saying “I said yes!”
* Sudden Death: Lucha Underground Championship: (C) Johnny Mundo vs. The Mack (all night long continues until there is a winner)
* Dario makes an announcement
* Boyle Heights Street Fight: Prince Puma vs. Mil Muertes
* The Reptile Tribe
Season 3 of Lucha Underground continues as it returns tonight on the El Rey Network.
All Night Long…Again – The Mack faces champion Johnny Mundo in an All Night Long Match. The luchador with the most pinfall and submission victories the end of the night is the Lucha Underground Champion. The show airs at 8PM ET on the El Rey Network…
Lucha Underground posted the following on twitter, revealing their mid-season return will be May 31st at 8PM ET on the El Rey Network:
The deal between Anthem and AAA may see wrestlers from Lucha Underground appear on Impact, but they’re not allowed to portray their El Rey characters.
Sources with knowledge of the situation say El Rey officials are very happy with LU and optimistic about making another season of the show, once all the episodes they’ve filmed have been shown.
Because so many episodes have already been filmed, the network is way ahead of production and not in a rush to officially green-light the next season yet.
As for AAA’s new partnership with Impact, sources say it’s possible for wrestlers from Lucha Underground to appear on Pop TV … as long as they don’t infringe on any of LU/El Rey’s intellectual property — which makes sense considering the company has been fighting Pentagon Jr and Fenix over the rights to their characters.
Ricochet aka Prince Puma tweeted about LU possibly allowing their talent to appear on Impact and said, “So they can randomly do IMPACT but I can’t do ROH?? Hummm???”
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Lawyers for AAA threatened to sue a company who booked Pentagon Jr. and Fenix on an upcoming show … but the fed isn’t run by dummies, and they fought back with a legal letter.
Lucha Libre FMV — the joint company run by AAA and Lucha Underground — sent a message through lawyers to PCW in Los Angeles earlier this month which states they are “the legitimate owner of the intellectual property related to the name, characteristics, characters and designs of ‘FENIX’, ‘REY FENIX’, ‘PENTAGON Jr.’ and ‘PENTA 0M’, among other trademarks.”
As we previously reported, LL FMV filed for a trademark on Pentagon’s new name one-week after he announced it at a Crash show in Tijuana.
The letter continues, “At the light of the above, we are sending you this communication requesting you to cease and refrain from the unauthorized and misuse of the intellectual property.” Adding, “And also please avoid to hire any person that uses such intellectual property or any other confusingly similar” … otherwise they may exercise legal action.
PCW, however, didn’t take kindly to what seems to be a pretty petty move on FMV’s part.
They fired back with a letter this week that says, “While we thank you for your concern with making sure that we are not going to use the names of performers or characters legally owned by your client, we can assure you that we are only promoting performers by names that either the performers control themselves or which no entity controls as of this date.”
The company goes on to point out that Rey Fenix filed his trademark for the name last year, long before FMV, and they have reason to believe it will get approved. As for Pentagon, they’re confident the company’s trademark attempt will be denied after he fights it in court.
PCW also mentions promotional materials don’t refer to either wrestler as Fenix or Pentagon Jr.
The initial letter and scathing response can both be found by CLICKING HERE.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Chavo Guerrero Sr. passed away yesterday at the age of 68. He was the older brother to Eddie Guerrero and the father of Chavo Guerrero Jr. Chavo Jr. took to his Instagram to send out a tribute to his father:
WWE issued this statement on his passing:
Chavo Guerrero Sr. passes awayWWE is saddened to learn that Chavo Guerrero Sr., the legendary wrestler, brother of WWE Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero and father of Chavo Guerrero, Jr., passed away Saturday at age 68.
His death was first announced on Instagram by his son, former WWE Superstar Chavo Guerrero Jr.
“Today the world lost a true rebel,” Guerrero Jr. wrote on Instagram. “He did things “HIS” way. Not always right, not always wrong, but He always followed what he believed in. He was diagnosed with Liver Cancer in early January of this year.”
Chavo Classic, as the elder Guerrero came to be known in the WWE Universe, was born Salvador Guerrero III on Jan. 7, 1949, in El Paso, Texas. He was the oldest of six children in a family that’s synonymous with sports-entertainment — from the early efforts of his father, Gory Guerrero, to the later success of his brothers, including Mando, Hector and Eddie.
His exploits made him a household name around the world and especially in the NWA Hollywood Wrestling territory, where he was a celebrated 15-time champion and a longtime rival of WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.
In 2004, Chavo Classic formally introduced himself to the WWE Universe, landing right in the middle of an ongoing rivalry between brother Eddie and son Chavo Jr. Chavo Classic made WWE history that same year by becoming the oldest Superstar to win the original Cruiserweight Championship.
WWE extends its condolences to Chavo Guerrero Sr.’s family, friends and fans.
After news broke on the passing of Chavo Guerrero Sr., WWE stars and wrestling personalities took to social media to give their thoughts:
Source: WrestlingINC
Lucha Underground posted:
Son of Havoc says he broke his leg last month, then walked on it for weeks before getting diagnosed … however, the Lucha Underground star is doing his best to remain positive through it all.
Havoc told Uproxx that the accident occurred on January 13th during DEFY Wrestling‘s inaugural event when he injured himself during a moonsault gone wrong.
He adds, “Multiple people offered to take me to the hospital … my thought process being, ‘if I can stand on it, and get around, it’s not broken’. Only in retrospect do I realize how foolish that sounds.”
SoH says he finally decided to get an x-ray this week and it was painfully obvious that his leg was broken once the the film hit the screen. As of right now, there’s no timetable for his return.
“I just wanna say thank you to everyone who’s reached out and helped to make me feel like I’m not alone.” He adds, “My heart is broken, my leg is broken, but my spirit is not.”
For those of you looking to help, Havoc says buying one of his t-shirts is the best way to support.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Lucha Underground star Pentagon Jr. may not be able to wrestle using the new name he announced after leaving AAA … because it’s been trademarked by his former employer.
Lucha Libre FMV — the company who owns AAA and Lucha Underground — filed the documents one week after the wrestler announced he left their company and would now be known as Penta OM.
The document says the trademark is now live … but, with the filing date being so recent, the wrestler still has time to file an opposition to fight their attempt to own his name.
According to Lucha Blog, the company also filed for the same trademark in Mexico.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
MLW Radio first tweeted earlier this week that the first two seasons of Lucha Underground will air on Netflix. They added that the promotion will NOT be leaving the El Rey Network and is not for sale, as seen below:
On MLW Radio yesterday, via @luchablog, it was noted that the show would premiere on Netflix on February 15th for the U.S. and other parts of North America. Netflix Canada confirmed that the series will be airing in Canada on Twitter:
As for the current third season of Lucha Underground, the mid-season finale aired on January 11th. As seen below, the second half of the third season will return to the El Rey Network on May 31st:
Source: WrestlingINC
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