John Morrison On ‘Lucha Underground,’ Wrestling Cage [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]

John Morrison, the professional wrestler who goes by Johnny Mundo in the ring, currently wrestles for Lucha Underground, the franchise and acclaimed weekly TV series.

John Morrison On Lucha Underground

Lucha Underground airs on the El Rey Network and boasts an hour of highly polished professional wrestling on its weekly episodes. According to Morrison, who previously wrestled with the WWE, it’s the next step in the evolution of the sport.

“The world we’ve created in Lucha Underground is a more larger than life world than WWE. There’s elements of supernatural characters, there’s elements of horror, there’s the gritty action film vibe,” Morrison told uInterview in an exclusive interview. “In the vignettes, there’s elements of old Kung-fu movies, and it’s all blended into this comic-booky type of world and the way that it’s presented is also different in that the way we film the backstage vignettes is similar to how you would film a TV show or a movie, with coverage, which enable the characters and actors to be a lot more subtle in their performances, which gives characters more intricate nuances for example, than you might see in other wrestling shows.”

In the current, second season of Lucha Underground, Morrison’s main storyline involves Cage, a fellow wrestler who apparently thinks he’s a machine. The trouble brewing between the two has to do with becoming the next Lucha Underground champion.

“Cage is standing in the way of my title shot,” Morrison explained. “I don’t know if I’m supposed to say this, but about a week from today, next Wednesday, I think one of the best matches of my career is gonna be on TV. The build up for it is tonight, it’s me versus Cage and that’s all I’ll say about it.”

Morrison, who counts hitting Cage in the head with a cinderblock as one of his favorite moments of the season, doesn’t genuinely have hard feelings against him, admitting, “Cage is alright — when he doesn’t smell like hard-boiled eggs.”

The wrestling matches in Lucha Underground are taped inside The Temple in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles. For Morrison, who has wrestled all over the world during his illustrious career, counts The Temple as one of his favorite venues.

Lucha Underground airs Wednesdays on the El Rey Network at 8/7c.