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| Lucha Underground Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Lucha Underground Championship belt (2014 — 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Lucha Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 5, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | March 19, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Lucha Underground Championship was a professional wrestling world championship[1] owned by the Lucha Underground promotion. The championship was the top championship of the promotion and was generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than in direct competition.[2] The championship was introduced in episode 8 ("A Unique Opportunity") taped on October 4, 2014, and broadcast on December 17, 2014, with the first champion being determined on episode 9 ("Aztec Warfare") which was taped on October 5, 2014, and broadcast on television on January 7, 2015. The final champion was Jake Strong, who won the title on the last episode of Lucha Underground.
As it was a professional wrestling championship, the title was not won by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers.[a] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline,[b] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[c] or leaving the company.[d]
- ^ "Lucha Underground on Twitter". Twitter. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
A look at #LuchaUnderground World Champion Johnny Mundo ...
- ^ Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
- ^ Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.
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