One of the best WWE events of the year came when they brought Backlash to Puerto Rico. Bad Bunny entering a match against Damien Priest with backup in the form of the recently reformed Latino World Order was one of the best matches of the year, and a defining moment in the career of everyone involved.
While Bad Bunny is not a full time member of the faction, Santos Escobar is – and might have been the driving force behind the WCW faction returning.
Santos Escobar Wanted The L.W.O Back Since Day One
While speaking on Out of Character with Ryan Satin, Santos Escobar had the following to say about the Latino World Order, and how he wanted to bring it back since he joined WWE.
That was something I wanted since day one. So here’s the thing. I’ve always thought that, as a minority, we have to stay together somehow to present who we are, where we come from, and what we’re about. If we present those three every time we go out there, eventually everyone will know what lucha libre is, who I am, where I come from, and all these rules and regulations and traditions that lucha libre has.
The very first conversation I had with Triple H, and he asked me, ‘What do you want to do?’ I told him, ‘Can I bring back the LWO?’ Before I said the letter ‘O,’ he said, ‘No. I want you to be you, and I want people to see you, and not think of anybody else. I want you to think of something. You want a group? We can do a group. But write something down, think about it, give it to me, and we’ll see. So that kind of shot down my initial desire, but Triple H was right. The time wasn’t right, it wouldn’t have been what it is right now.”
Needing An OG Member To Get The Ball Rolling
The faction would finally return when Escobar linked up with Rey Mysterio on Smackdown Live – which was a crucial part of making his dream into a reality.
”Also, it needed a very important ingredient, an O.G, an original LWO member, and that’s Rey. So that’s why Legado came about, and it was beautiful. It gave me the opportunity to do everything I wanted to do. Who I am, where I come from, what I’m about, and that’s what I did every single time I was out there. Every promo, every backstage, every scene, every feud, every rivalry was letting people know that I’m all about lucha libre, that lucha libre is about tradition, heritage, culture, familia. All the values that you have, whether you’re Mexican, Latino, or not, are the values I have. We relate, and that’s how Legado got over, that’s how Santos got really over on NXT. Because everything I say, it’s real,”
Right now the L.W.O contains Escobar, Mysterio, Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde & Zelina Vega. Are you happy with seeing the Latino World Order brought back to WWE? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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