Lucha Underground Season 2 premiere date

El Rey Network has announced that Season Two of Lucha Underground will premiere on Wednesday, January 27 at 8:00 p.m. EST/PST.

The hour-long weekly show is “currently in production” following recent TV tapings in the Boyle Heights district of Los Angeles, California.

“Season Two of ‘Lucha Underground’ absolutely stands on the shoulders of last season with even more excitement and high-flying drama than ever before,” said El Rey Network Chairman and Founder Robert Rodriguez.  “Mark Burnett and his team have delivered a truly compelling series and we are proud to bring the ancient traditions of Luche Libre to life in an unexpected and action packed format that has become a favorite for wrestling fans everywhere.”

Leading into the Season 2 premiere, El Rey is going all-out with a marathon of Season 1 episodes.

There will be five hours of back-to-back episodes starting Wednesday, January 6. Then, a 40-hour marathon of the entire season from Saturday, January 23 to Sunday, January 24.

[ FYI: “Lucha Underground” is produced by United Artists Media Group in association with FactoryMade Ventures for El Rey Network.  Executive producers are Mark Burnett, Eric Van Wagenen (also showrunner), and Brian Edwards of United Artists Media Group; Dorian Roldán from Lucha Libre AAA; Alejandro Garcia and Antonio Cué Sánchez-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 United Artists Media Group. ]