Santos Escobar sends a daring message after forming a model new faction with two WWE Superstars

On this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown, Santos Escobar fashioned his latest faction with Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo.

Santos was beforehand part of the Latino World Order however proceeded to betray Rey Mysterio after Carlito made his return to WWE. Escobar’s betrayal of Mysterio led to him exiting the LWO.

Taking to Instagram, Escobar posted a photograph of him embracing Garza and Humberto after the duo assisted the 39-year-old in beating Bobby Lashley. With the win, the 39-year-old star proceeded to the finals of the USA Championship Match, the place he’ll face Kevin Owens.

Within the caption, the SmackDown star additionally seemingly teased his faction’s title.

“L. W. O. Legado. World. Order. 👊☠️❤️‍🔥POR. LA. RAZA,” wrote Escobar.

Take a look at Escobar’s Instagram put up:

Santos Escobar claimed that he went off-script whereas unmasking Dragon Lee

Santos Escobar was just lately in motion towards Dragon Lee, not as soon as however twice. On the Survivor Collection Premium Dwell Occasion, Escobar defeated Lee earlier than continuing to unmask him.

Talking in an interview on the Wrestling with Freddie podcast, Escobar claimed that he went off-script when he proceeded to unmask Lee. He said:

“At Survivor Series, I tore Dragon Lee’s mask. That was 100% non-scripted. That was just the heel in me. I think it’s important that our audience gets that feel because now we have Dragon Lee. Now we have Axiom. Now we have Rey. Now we have more and more people diving into the Lucha culture, but really, really doing it, like the mask and the tradition, the respect that’s behind the mask, so it’s important that our audience knows for a fact that when someone goes against the mask, it means something. It ups the stakes. We were in Chicago of all places. Chicago is Mexico, so when I tore that mask, I could feel the white heat,” said Escobar.

Escobar will face Kevin Owens within the remaining of the USA Championship event.

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