Konnan was recently a guest on 83 Weeks, where he spoke about his plans to launch a new Lucha Libre promotion in the United States.
āI canāt get into details, but thereās a very good chance Iām going to be put in a position to run a Lucha Libre-ish company in The United States on a humongous scale.ā
āWait until you see whatās going to happen because what we did in the ā90s has now opened up doors to what you see now.ā
āIs there too much Lucha in a lot of matches? Yes, because people donāt know how to do it, but everybody has Lucha on their shows, or Luchadores, or a Lucha match, and thatās thanks to what we did in the ā90s. Now itās accepted. Now I donāt have to convince people. Now I donāt have to be laughed at or ridiculed or all the sh*t I went through, which I donāt give a f*ck. Iām not one of those, āOh, Iāll show you. Iām going to motivate you. Iām coming back to show everybody.ā I donāt have to show anybody anything.ā
āIāve always been an advocate for Lucha. Itās very creative, different, and artistic. It has its own cadence. Not only that, but to be able to use all the music of my culture, whether itās Salsa, Meringue, Banda, Mariachi, Reggaeton, all that Cuban music, Puerto Rican music, all that Latin Hip Hop, thatās going to be a big part of the show also.ā
āI hope it goes through, because Iām ready to unleash Lucha Libre in 2022.ā