8 Things Lucha Underground Did Better Than WWE

7. Consequences And Continuity

King Cuerno Lucha Underground
Lucha Underground

When something major happened in Lucha Underground, you knew full well that the following episode wouldn’t whitewash it. Mil Muertes, the unbeatable dominant force that ploughed a path of destruction through season one, had his arm broken by Pentagon Jr. at the beginning of season two. Did he no-sell the injury the next week? Absolutely not. Instead, we were treated to the sight of the monstrous Lucha Underground Champion sat on his throne in The Temple, complete with his arm in a sling.

King Cuerno lost a Death Match to Muertes at Ultima Lucha Dos, and he wasn’t seen for an entire season. When wrestlers lost it mattered, just like wins matter. There was continuity in Lucha Underground, that most basic necessity for any episodic television show. In WWE, weeks pass by and no one seems truly affected by anything that is happening on the weekly television show.

Wrestling fans frequently lament the lack of consequences in WWE, the lack of continuity. When the biggest wrestling promotion on the planet references something in its past, fans throw up their arms to congratulate Vince McMahon and co. This shouldn’t be a celebratory thing - this should be the norm.

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