Lucha Underground star Johnny Mundo recently spoke with Brian Fritz for Sporting News, talking about how the second season of Lucha Underground has been received,
Johnny Mundo talks about how the second season has gone so far:
I think something that rarely happens in sequels is that the second of Lucha Underground is even better than the first. The people in front of the camera and behind the camera have gotten better, they’re very polished and the talent is literally one-upping themselves and competing with each other in a good way.
Can Johnny Mundo pinpoint what Lucha Underground exactly is?
There’s always resistance. (laughs) Jim Cornette did an interview about how he’ll never understand what Lucha Underground is. There’s traditionalists and longtime people that are mostly in the business that have the most resistance towards Lucha Underground. The way that I convince or explain to anyone what Lucha Underground is is to just say you need to watch it. It’s self-explanatory. If you’ve never been to a live wrestling show, you need to go to one. To understand Lucha Underground, you need to watch it.
Mundo talks about performing at South By Southwest, if he’d like LU to tour more:
I was a little hesitant about it but the South by Southwest event went so well that I feel like we represented Lucha Underground at that live event very well. For people who have never seen Lucha Underground or lucha libre for that matter, coming to a live wrestling show it’s an experience that has no equal. It is something that I hope we continue to do and do more of. And I hope we do it slowly. I think for stuff like that, it’s quality over quantity.
How important is it for Lucha Underground to get a TV deal in Mexico?
Extremely important. It’s frustrating sometimes as a performer to feel like we’re doing this awesome product that’s not on TV in Mexico and half the roster lives in Mexico City. I also think that as important as a deal is in Mexico, the right deal is the most important. I think that’s why it’s taking a little time. Finding a partner for Lucha Underground that’s the right partner is probably the most important thing.
As long as we’re going there, I’d say we just cut deals — we’re starting to air in Asia in Singapore, Malaysia and some other territories. We’re on in Canada, Spain, Morocco and getting these TV deals in all these foreign territories is a process. The people who are in charge of it are working very hard at it. It is starting to pick up and the long-term sustainability of Lucha Underground is going to depend on getting this product out to a global market. It’s what’s happening. You always want it to happen faster.
