Mexican-Wrestling Show Heads to UniMás

LOS ANGELES: Lucha Underground, a Spanish-language wrestling series from Robert Rodriguez, FactoryMade Ventures and Mark Burnett’s United Artists Media Group, has been slated to debut on UniMás in the U.S.

The 39-episode wrestling program will become part of the network’s Saturday lineup beginning November 1, following Wednesday night premieres on Rodriguez’s own cable channel, El Rey Network. The original series will seek to introduce American audiences to the distinctive wrestling techniques of lucha libre, one of Mexico’s most popular sports.

United Artists Media Group, in association with FactoryMade Ventures, produces the show for El Rey Network. Executive producers are Burnett, Brian Edwards and Eric Van Wagenen (who is also the showrunner) for United Artists Media Group; Dorian Roldán from Lucha Libre AAA; Alejandro Garcia and Antonio Cué Sánchez-Navarro; Rodriguez; and FactoryMade Ventures and El Rey Network co-founders John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa. United Artists Media Group will distribute the series internationally.

“We are extremely proud of Lucha Underground and believe the intense action, humor, drama and great characters will speak to both English and Spanish-language audiences,” said Fogelman. “We are so thrilled that through our partnership with UniMás we can make this exciting new series available to even more viewers.”

“Through Lucha Underground, we continue to expand UniMás’ lineup of alternative programming to best serve our core network audience,” said Alberto Ciurana, the president of programming and content for Univision Communications. “We are looking forward to this new production which will feature the iconic sport and a dose of reality from the acclaimed Mark Burnett.”