WWE SmackDown star and a former WWE NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar who is the leader of the Legado Del Fantasma stable recently talked about the recent mask trading segment with wrestling legend Rey Mysterio and discussed about the importance of it.
Legado Del Fantasma was a dominant mid card faction from the NXT brand of WWE which was the development territory of the promotion. The fraction made their debut back in mid 2020, during the time of the covid 19 pandemic era. The stable mostly focused on mid card feuds even though their leader had some NXT title opportunities.
Santos Escobar Discusses The Importance Of Mask Trading Segment Of Rey Mysterio
One of their Prime members of the stable was Elektra Lopez and she was the only female member of the stable. Before joining the stable, Lopez work mostly as a jobber in the NXT. She was first seen jobbing to Franky Monet aka Taya Valkyrie. After joining Legado Del Fantasma, she got better chances and she earned a fan base for herself as well.
Legado Del Fantasma recently made their main roster debut on Friday Night Smackdown, but Lopez who was one of their key members, was missing from the faction. Instead she was replaced by former Queen’s Crown tournament winner Zelina Vega. A lot of fans like to the move, but some fans still prefer Lopez. It is possible that we might get to see a feud between the faction and Lopez in the near future.
He mostly worked as a heel along with his faction throughout his WWE career but during his recent storyline with Rey Mysterio and The Judgment Day, he turned babyface and he was doing quite good since turning babyface.
Santos Escobar who is the leader of the Legado Del Fantasma stable recently spoke to WWE Die Woche where he talked about the recent mask trading segment with wrestling legend Rey Mysterio and discussed about the importance of it. He said;
“That was one of those moments that will be there forever, that anyone can reference that moment (exchanging masks with Rey Mysterio). 20 years from now, people will look back and reference that specific moment. It’s one of those moments that you don’t even realize how big or important it is until afterwards.
“Say Halloween Havoc with Eddie Guerrero, they didn’t know it was that special. They knew it was a good match. But look back 20 years after the fact when I wore Rey Mysterio’s gear from Halloween Havoc on NXT, then you can look back and say, wow, that was an important moment. 20 years from now, who knows what’s gonna happen? I think that’s an iconic moment if I may say so.”
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