Lucha Underground Broadcast Team Issues

There have reportedly been some issues with the Lucha Underground broadcast team. Vampiro is said to have become a point of frustration with many in the promotion.

Sources have noted that Matt Striker will often feed Vampiro a line about the style or history of Lucha Libre, which Vampiro will quickly dismiss or sound disinterested with. Vampiro has also been criticized for not knowing some basic Lucha moves, as well as for confusing the babyfaces and heels. It's also apparent that Vampiro's audio track is often censored and requires extensive mixing in post production. A source indicated that Vampiro routinely uses foul language, which has caused the production team to spend hours adjusting the commentary for the 60 minute weekly series.

There are some in the company that feel as if Matt Striker's efforts are being compromised by Vampiro. It remains to be seen if the company will search for a replacement. Jim Ross was recently rumored to be in talks with the promotion, however he told me a couple of weeks ago that he hadn't had any talks with the organization.

"I haven't had any conversations with Lucha Underground," Ross told WrestlingINC.com. "I have yet to talk to any of them. The last person I talked to from Lucha Underground was Matt Striker at Wrestle Kingdom 9. I have not had one phone call, text, fax, whatever from Lucha Underground. Will those take conversations take place? I have no idea, I have a manager who handles that."

While JR admitted that he hasn't spoken with Lucha Underground, he didn't close the door to working for them.

"Maybe they [Lucha Underground] liked my work at Wrestle Kingdom, maybe they know I'm not contracted to anybody, maybe I'm a candidate for something, I don't have any idea. It would take a very special engagement for me to re-engage a weekly TV show. I have so many projects that I love to do. I'm trying to finish an autobiography, which is an incredible undertaking. I have 70,000 words on this book already... I'm at the age where I enjoy working a part-time schedule. Never say never, but it would have to be an extraordinary situation."