Lucha Underground Lucha Underground was an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2014 by United Artists Media Group. Partly owned by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), ''Lucha Underground'' also refers to its weekly television program, which featured c ...

has held a number of

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s involving

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that are a part of their roster as part of their television series.

Tournaments

Trios Tournament

Lucha Underground Trios Championship Tournament (2015)

Lucha Underground held a tournament to determine which team of three wrestlers would become the first to hold

Lucha Underground Trios Championship } The Lucha Underground Trios Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship promoted by Lucha Underground. In contrast to usual tag team championships for two wrestlers, it is exclusively for three-man tag teams, also know ...

. The matches took place over four weeks, starting with Episode 21 ("Uno! Dos! Tres!) and culminating on episode 24 ("Trios Champions"). ;Tournament participants *

Pentagon Jr. In geometry, a pentagon (from the Greek πέντε ''pente'' meaning ''five'' and γωνία ''gonia'' meaning ''angle'') is any five-sided polygon or 5-gon. The sum of the internal angles in a simple pentagon is 540°. A pentagon may be simpl ...

Sexy Star Dulce Maria García Rivas (born September 20, 1982) is a Mexican ''luchadora'' '' enmascarada'', or masked female professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and professional boxer who is better known by the ring name Sexy Star. She is best kno ...

and Super Fly *

Big Ryck Rycklon Stephens (born April 22, 1978) is a Guyanese-American retired professional wrestler and bodybuilder. He is best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Ezekiel Jackson, where he was the final ECW Champion under the WWE brand of t ...

, Killshot and

Willie Mack Willie McClinton Jr. (born January 5, 1987) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Willie Mack, currently appearing in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. He is best known for his tenure with Impact Wrestling, where he is a ...

Angélico Adam Bridle (born 7 May 1987), better known by the ring name Angélico (), is a South African professional wrestling, professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his work in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide ...

, Ivelisse and

Son of Havoc Matthew Capiccioni (born December 31, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names M-Dogg 20, Matt Cross and Son of Havoc. He currently competes on the independent circuit and Major League Wrestling. Cross has also ...

Aero Star Aero Star (real name unrevealed; born October 22, 1984) is a Mexican luchador, which is a masked professional wrestler currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Aero Star won the 2008 ''Alas de Oro'' tournament and is known for his hig ...

, Drago and

Fenix Fenix, Fénix (Spanish and Portuguese) and Fênix (Brazilian Portuguese) all mean Phoenix (mythology), phoenix and may refer to: Business * Fenix Automotive, a British supercar manufacturer founded by Lee Noble in 2009 * Fénix Directo, a Spanish ...

* Hernandez,

Johnny Mundo John Randall Hennigan (born October 3, 1979) is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by the ring name John Morrison. He is best known for his time in WWE, Impact Wrestling and Lucha Underground. Hennigan currently makes ap ...

and

Prince Puma Trevor Dean Mann (born October 11, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Ricochet. Before signing with WWE, Mann is best known for his tenure wit ...

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King Cuerno Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly (born April 30, 1984), is a Mexican second-generation ''luchador'' (professional wrestler). He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Santos Escobar. Before his WWE car ...

and Texano

Lucha Underground Trios Championship Tournament (2016)

Lucha Underground held a tournament to determine which team of three wrestlers would become the new

The matches took place over four weeks, starting with Episode 11 ("Bird of War") and culminating on episode 16 ("Graver Consequences"). The champions were allowed a bye to the finals beings the defending champions. ;Tournament participants * Mariposa, Marty Martinez and

* Cortez Castro, Joey Ryan and Mr. Cisco *

, Ivelisse and

and Taya *

, Jack Evans and

P. J. Black Phillip Paul Lloyd (born 3 March 1981) is a South African-American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, under the ring name Justin Gabriel. He is currently wrestling under the ring name P. J. Black. A second-generation w ...

* Dragon Azteca Jr.,

and

Rey Mysterio Óscar Gutiérrez (born December 11, 1974), better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. Widely regarded as one of the greatest profes ...

*The Disciples of Death ( Barrio Negro, El Sinestro de la Muerte and

Trece Richard Mathey (born June 27, 1987) is an American professional wrestler who currently competes on the independent circuit and also wrestles for Lucha Underground and Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. Professional wrestling career Lucha Un ...

Tournament 4 A Unique Opportunity (2016)

Battle of the Bulls Tournament

Lucha Underground held a tournament to determine which wrestler would become the new

Lucha Underground Championship The Lucha Underground Championship was a professional wrestling world championship owned by the Lucha Underground. The championship is the top championship of the promotion and is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which p ...

number 1 contender and face the winner of the match between

and

, which resulted to be the latter. The matches took place in fatal four-way matches over three weeks, starting with Episode 14 ("Bulls of Boyle Heights") and culminating on episode 16 ("The Battle of the Bulls").

The Cueto Cup

A 32-person tournament, part of

Season 3. The tournament was announced on episode 21, and began on episode 22.

Matches

Aztec Warfare

Aztec Warfare I

''Lucha Underground'' held a 20-person intergender elimination match where a wrestler could be eliminated by pinfall or submission and has to take place inside a ring and not by throwing over the tope ropes and having both feet must landing the floor. There are no count outs and no disqualifications. The match took place on October 5, 2014 and was broadcast as Episode 9 of ''Lucha Underground'' on January 7, 2015. The 20 wrestlers entered the match at timed intervals, every 90 seconds. The previous week (Episode 8, "A Unique Opportunity")

Mil Muertes Gilbert Cosme Ramírez (born May 25, 1972) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler, better known by his ring names El Mesías, Mil Muertes, Ricky Banderas and King Muertes. He began his career in the International Wrestling Association based in ...

defeated Fénix, giving Muertes the last entrant and Fénix would start the match. In the end

pinned

to become the first ever

Lucha Underground Champion The Lucha Underground Championship was a professional wrestling world championship owned by the Lucha Underground. The championship is the top championship of the promotion and is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which p ...

. ;Aztec Warfare I entrances and eliminations

Aztec Warfare II

Lucha Underground held the second ever Aztec Warfare match during the second season, which featured 21 participants in total with the

at stake. The match was recorded on December 12, 2015. The match was broadcast as Episode 9 of Lucha Underground's second season on March 23, 2016. ;Aztec Warfare 2 entrances and eliminations

Aztec Warfare III

Lucha Underground held the third ever Aztec Warfare match during the third season, which featured 20 participants in total with the

at stake. The match was recorded on April 9, 2016. The match was broadcast as Episode 11 of Lucha Underground's third season on November 16, 2016. ;Aztec Warfare 3 entrances and eliminations

Aztec Warfare IV

Lucha Underground held the fourth ever Aztec Warfare match during the fourth season, which featured 20 participants in total with the

at stake. The match was recorded on February 24, 2018. The match was broadcast as Episode 1 of Lucha Underground's fourth season on June 13, 2018. ;Aztec Warfare 4 entrances and eliminations

Battle royales

Season 1

;Episode 8 battle royale ;Episode 37 battle royale

Other accomplishments

Golden Aztec Medallion

Season 1 holders

Season 2 holders

=Episode 22 holders

Season 3 holders

Season 4 holders

References

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