{"id":27423,"date":"2016-07-28T16:20:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T21:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=27423"},"modified":"2016-07-29T01:25:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T06:25:12","slug":"lucha-underground-season-3-premiere-date-number-episodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/28\/lucha-underground-season-3-premiere-date-number-episodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucha Underground Season 3 premiere date &#038; number of episodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2907815927\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lucha Underground will return for Season 3 on Wednesday, September 7, El Rey Network has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The series will continue as an hour-long show at 8:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday nights this fall.<\/p>\n<p>El Rey has ordered 40 episodes of Season 3, which will build to the conclusion at &#8220;Ultima Lucha Tres&#8221; in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The description of Season 3 reads: &#8220;Masked heroes and villains will continue to battle it out for wrestling supremacy in the hour-long weekly series, giving fans a ringside seat to the blood-pumping, chant-starting lucha libre drama and excitement. With Dario Cueto&#8217;s fate unclear, only one thing is for sure, this new season will bring even more death defying action with a new set of luchadores ready to leave their mark on the Temple.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[ FYI:\u00a0&#8220;Lucha Underground&#8221; is produced by MGM in association with FactoryMade Ventures for El Rey Network. Executive producers are Mark Burnett, Eric Van Wagenen (also showrunner) and Brian Edwards of MGM; Dorian Rold\u00e1n from Lucha Libre AAA; Alejandro Garcia and Antonio Cu\u00e9 S\u00e1nchez-Navarro; El Rey Network co-founder Robert Rodriguez; FactoryMade Ventures and El Rey Network co-founders John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa and Skip Chaisson of Skip Films and El Rey Network. The series airs on El Rey Network and is distributed internationally by MGM. ]<\/p>\n<p>[ Full Press Release\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thefutoncritic.com\/news\/2016\/07\/28\/el-rey-networks-original-wrestling-series-lucha-underground-returns-for-season-3-on-wednesday-september-7-at-8pm-et-508211\/20160728elrey01\/#TkDlLBW8B3fbei6C.99\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-442780267\"><div id=\"pwtor-4281130525\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor Lucha Underground will return for Season 3 on Wednesday, September 7, El Rey Network has announced. 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