By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

El Rey Network announced that Lucha Underground will return for a second season in early 2016.

Production of the next season will begin in at the end of this year, returning to the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.

“We brought together some of the best athletes from lucha libre and wrestling to fight in Los Angeles this year on ‘Lucha Underground.' It was fresh, it was compelling and it got the attention and created buzz across the entire wrestling world,” said executive producer Mark Burnett in Monday's press release.

“The explosive combination of athleticism and storytelling makes for such great television and I’m so pleased that this legendary wrestling tradition will continue to have a home on El Rey Network," said El Rey founder Robert Rodriguez.

[ FYI: “Lucha Underground” is produced by United Artists Media Group in association with FactoryMade Ventures and AG Studios for El Rey Network. Executive producers are Mark Burnett, Eric Van Wagenen (also showrunner), and Brian Edwards of United Artists Media Group.

Also contributing are Dorian Roldán from Lucha Libre AAA, Alejandro Garcia and Antonio Cué Sánchez-Navarro from AG Studios, El Rey Network co-founder Robert Rodriguez, and FactoryMade Ventures and El Rey Network co-founders John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa. The series will be distributed internationally by United Artists Media Group.]

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