10 Things WWE Could Learn From Lucha Underground

9. Less Emphasis On Authority

There is no doubt that Dario Cueto runs The Temple in Lucha Underground. He’s in nearly every episode in some sort of backstage segment, or in-ring promo, but the company doesn’t completely revolve around him like WWE promotes The McMahon family. You get the sense that there are still bigger things in play in LU than what Dario is up to that week.

He also doesn’t emasculate the wrestlers like Triple H and Stephanie McMahon have done over the years. Power may go to Dario's head, but he doesn't humiliate the talent. Wrestlers respect that he’s the boss, but they don’t fear him like WWE talent does The McMahons.

El Jefe is also a far better actor than any General Manager WWE has ever put in front of us. His character far out-evils Steph, because he's capable of murder. He's a rich sociopath who runs an underground fight club, so when he messes with the talent, he's doing it for his own amusement.

WWE is presented as a giant corporation, so it makes absolutely no sense that The Authority constantly stacks the deck against their babyface wrestlers. They're losing money, and the shareholders should be mad.

Cueto is the only person who has made the tired evil authority figure interesting again. But since WWE can't have him, they should dial back on what they do have.