Every Cinematic Wrestling Match Ever - Ranked!

4. Lucha Underground

It is impossible to praise the achievements of both WWE and TNA, without acknowledging the work done by Lucha Underground in all of this. While they never put on a match in quite this vein, they made pro-wrestling a cinematic art form in ways never before seen in any company. In a formulaic age, they pushed the boat out further than anyone had dared do so previously.

They approached their weekly show not as a wrestling event that needed to be shot for television, but as a television show that needed to be shot for wrestling. This meant using the full gamut of TV production, adding high-level soap opera drama, and not being constrained by the "realism" of trying to maintain kayfabe.

Every week saw the show pushing forward as a Days-Of-Our-Lives style drama, packed with elements of the supernatural, with all the feuds settled in a wrestling ring. Produced by Robert Rodriguez (yep, that Robert Rodriguez) it was arguably the WWE's most exciting competition until its announced closure in 2020. I mean, Drago once got turned into a literal dragon FFS.