5 reasons why WWE should buy Lucha Underground

#2 Dario Cueto

Dario Cueto reinvented the heel authority figure role.

The heel authority figure role is largely played out in wrestling. Eric Bischoff was very good in the role for WCW in the late 1990s (and even on Monday Night Raw years later). Vince McMahon made the gimmick into an archetype through his brilliant showmanship and chemistry with Stone Cold Steve Austin.

There have been others who have succeeded with this part as well, but it's by and large tired and overplayed. Mercifully, there’s no one really working this gimmick consistently on any WWE brand at this particular moment.

Dario Cueto, however, breathed new life into the heel authority figure shtick for Lucha Underground. While some fans baulked at him at first, once the character and the actor found his footing, he came one of the most intriguing parts of the show. Yes, Cueto was by and large evil. The guy also just loved violence, though.

This love offered a logical reason for him to run Lucha Underground and provided a rationale for the ultra-violent style of wrestling the brand so often engendered. It’s unclear if Cueto could translate to a mainstream WWE audience, but I, for one, would be interested to see him get a try heading up Raw, SmackDown, or NXT.