Paul London On Joining Lucha Underground
Former WWE superstar Paul London is joining the cast of Lucha Underground and spoke on what about the show attracted him to be a part of the show.
London appeared on the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast and talked about joining Lucha Underground and his thoughts on the show itself.
“I’ll be honest, when I first saw Lucha Underground I was living in Austin (Texas) at the time and that was in Season One,” London said. “I don’t own a television, I still don’t so I was watching it on my friend’s television and I was really impressed with how different it was. You can’t really categorize it and say oh, it is a wrestling show (but ) what you can say is it is episodic, what you can say is it is thrilling, what you can say is it is engaging, what you can say is it is intriguing, it is obviously unique, it is a completely different rainbow full of completely different colors that remain to be seen, So all of those aspects were completely intriguing to me. I think I really enjoyed and I do enjoy the emphasis they do put on each individual.”
The former WWE Cruiserweight champion said that Lucha Underground’s uniqueness and willingness to cater to London’s needs were a factor in bringing him aboard.
“As a performer you want to add to something, you don’t want to take away from it,” London said. “I was pretty burnt out on wrestling for a long time and in some ways I still am. Just on how boring it was, not Lucha Underground specifically but wrestling in general is just like looking at the same flipbook. No matter how slow or how fast you flip it; it is still the same images. When I started speaking with them and we started talking and having a mutual flirtation, I emphasized this and that is I am not into head dropping and I don’t want to do anything that I’ve already done, I don’t want to look how I’ve looked before and I don’t want to do anything that people recognize. They asked if I wanted to keep my name and I said well it is my real name so we might as well use it. I’m not really into wearing masks (unless there is a female involved) and I’m not really interested in being a toy and they completely agreed which was music to my ears.”
The third season of Lucha Underground will premiere on September 7 on the El Rey Network.
