WrestleZone Radio is proud to present this exclusive interview with Lucha Underground’s Chavo Guerrero Jr, in conjunction with Chavo’s upcoming comic book series Warrior’s Creed being released by Lion Forge Comics on June 1, 2016.
On how his partnership with Lion Forge Comics to create Warrior’s Creed came about:
CG: This is something that is so cool. This kind of happened on accident, if you want to call it that. Sometimes the best things happen on accident. I was at CES in Vegas maybe two years ago. I was with Rampage Jackson and he has a comic book with Lion Forge and I didn’t even know that. We are walking around and checking out all the cool things and all of a sudden I see Dave Steward. Dave is one of the owners of Lion Forge, one of the jefes. He basically comes up to Rampage like, “Oh! What’s up?” Rampage introduces me to Dave and he’s like, “Oh! Chavo! Hey, how are you doing?” Such a nice guy. Then he goes, “Chavo, great to meet you.” We exchange numbers. The next day I get a text or email from him that says, “Would you be interested in opening some discussions and starting a comic book?” I went, “ABSOLUTELY!” There was an expletive in between “AB-SO-EFF’N-LUTELY!” I said, “That is great.” Then it just kind of went from there.
On working with Deadpool writer Fabian Nicieza to develop the story:
CG: They said to me, “Are you familiar with him?” I said, “Sorry, I am not.” They said, “Well, he created this comic called Deadpool.” I said, “Oh? The Deadpool?” They said, “No. Deadpool.” I said, “Ok, I’m not too familiar with it yet.” My background was always that I loved comics but I was an old school Spiderman and Superman guy. There’s so many new, great comics out there that I just haven’t gotten in to all of them. They said, “Yeah, Deadpool, they are making a movie about him.” All of a sudden this movie comes out and it’s just this blockbuster hit. They called me and said, “Well, that’s the guy who created your comic book.” I was like, “Well alright! That’s pretty cool man!”
On a potential Warrior’s Creed movie starring Chavo:
CG: That’s definitely something that everybody keeps in mind. It starts with a comic book and goes from there. Then it morphs in to video games, cartoon series… there’s a bunch of different stuff. Depending on the popularity of it. We will see, you never know!
Related: Chavo Guerrero’s Warrior’s Creed Comic Book Debuting In June From Lion Forge Comics
We will have more transcribed quotes from Chavo’s interview released over the weekend.
The full interview features Chavo commenting on:
- The possibility of Lucha Underground becoming available on Netflix
- Rey Mysterio’s Lucha Underground debut in Aztec Warfare 2
- How his partnership with Lion Forge Comics to develop Warrior’s Creed came about
- Working with Deadpool writer Fabian Nicieza
- What kind of superpowers his character may have
- Who his nemesis is in the story
- Lion Forge’s all hispanic creative team that helped bring the comic to life
- His thoughts on Kalisto & Sin Cara’s respective title matches at WrestleMania 32
- Donald Trump’s recent political success
- More…
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