Santos Escobar Emphasizes Mask’s Significance to Audiences – In Lucha Libre, the significance of a luchador’s mask is deeply rooted in tradition and respect. It’s considered a severe act of disrespect to attempt to remove or tear off a luchador’s mask during a match.
At the Survivor Series premium live event, Santos Escobar’s actions took a villainous turn within WWE as he endeavored to remove Dragon Lee’s mask. Discussing this incident on the Wrestling With Freddie podcast with Freddie Prinze Jr., Escobar highlighted the audience’s profound understanding of the mask’s significance in Lucha Libre culture. He revealed that the specific moment involving Dragon Lee was not scripted, indicating that it was an unplanned and spontaneous act during the match.
“I think nowadays, our audiences are understanding the importance of the mask. I don’t know if you recall, at the latest premium live event, Survivor Series, I tore Dragon Lee’s mask. That was 100% non scripted. That was just the heel in me and I think it’s important that our audiences get that feel. 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 like really, really doing it with the mask, the tradition, the respect that’s behind the mask. It’s important that our audiences know, for a fact, that when someone with the mask goes against the mask, it means something. It ups the stakes. We were in Chicago of all places, Chicago is Mexico [laughs]. So when I tore that mask, I could feel the white heat.”
Santos Escobar Emphasizes Mask’s Significance to Audiences
