Lucha Underground Officially Release Hernandez Following TNA Controversy

Lucha Underground officially announced today that they have parted ways with Hernandez. His release comes off the heels of a very controversial summer for Hernandez in which he was not legally able to appear at TNA’s tapings in June, even though he told them that he was free. This lead to TNA having to make major edits to their broadcast.

‘LUCHA UNDERGROUND’ PARTS WAYS WITH SHAWN HERNANDEZ

Los Angeles, CA (September 25, 2015) – Lucha Underground, the Lucha Libre wrestling franchise from United Artists Media Group and FactoryMade Ventures, has released Shawn Hernandez from his contract and they have amicably parted ways.

“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; and FactoryMade Ventures and El Rey Network co-founders John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa. The series airs on El Rey Network and is distributed internationally by United Artists Media Group.

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