Santos Escobar recently spoke with Metro U.K. for an interview promoting his U.S. Title Invitational Finals bout against fellow Latino World Order member Rey Mysterio on tonight’s SummerSlam 2023 “go-home” edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown on FOX.
Ahead of tonight’s show from New Orleans, Louisiana, the veteran WWE Superstar spoke about how it was Rey Mysterio who got WWE to add “Viva La Raza!” to the LWO theme music.
“That was Rey’s idea,” he said. “Rey’s a genius. Every single good thing that you could say about this industry, he is that.”
Escobar continued, “Sure enough with that, [Rey] said, “We need something that elevates the LWO and pays respect and homage to who we need to do it. I believe that’s – as opposed to having us imitate him every step of the way, which I feel would not be the right move, we have that [instead]. It’s sort of like him saying, “It’s my people! I’ll leave you to decide if they’re good enough.” That’s it! Viva la Raza.”
Check out the complete interview at Metro.co.uk.
