#3 The next step in the women’s revolution
Professional wrestling has become more and more of a welcoming place for women, who strive to be more than mere eye candy. TNA's Knockouts Division in the mid-2000s and the NXT Women's influence over the past few years up to today have proven, that ladies that want to actually wrestle, have a place on screen alongside the men.
Lucha Underground takes the women's revolution to a place it's never been before, and that's right up to the men. Athletes like Sexy Star and Ivelisse aren't just figuratively battling the men for the main events; they're literally going blow for blow against them.
Ivelisse has carried the Trios Championship along with a couple of her male buddies, and Sexy Star very recently held the Lucha Underground Championship. Sexy won the title during Aztec Warfare and had to battle the monstrous Mil Muertes in the closing moments of that contest.
Sure, it's not realistic at all that someone like Ivelisse or Sexy Star, could defeat massive heavyweights like Mil Muertes and Olympic competitors like Jeff Cobb, but Lucha Underground doesn't claim to be realistic. It's a supernatural realm with heroes and villains.
The women are sometimes the perfect heroines to conquer their mighty foes and given their presentation; it usually works very well.
