Santos Escobar speaks highly of NXT North American Champion Dragon Lee.
Despite facing each other at WWE Survivor Series last month, Santos Escobar recently spoke to Freddie Prinze Jr. on Wrestling With Freddie and explained why he thinks Dragon Lee is going to be a “big star.” (H/t Jeremy Lambert of Fightful)
“Dragon Lee is going to be a big star,” Escobar said. “It’s pretty obvious that he’s got something going on. He’s been on the main roster for less than two months. He already had his first one-on-one at a premium live event. [We have] crazy chemistry. Triple H said it in the press conference after. Two lucha guys that bring more than just being two lucha guys. That’s what I wanted. That was my vision.
“I know the urge is there, you have 12 to 15 minutes, to go out and just do crazy stuff, but the truth is, if you stay lucha, you stay lucha. I want to create a hybrid, much like we did with Lucha Underground and other places. Try to bring my style with the American style, so anyone that watches the show will connect and understand what I’m trying to do. Also, because I want to work with Randy [Randy Orton], I want to work with Roman [Roman Reigns], I want to work with everyone out there. Keeping myself in a box is not going to help me. I needed to portray this and share this vision. Dragon Lee, he got it.”
Escobar beat Lee to advance in the WWE United States Championship Tournament on the December 8 episode of WWE SmackDown. Lee bounced back by beating Butch on the December 22 episode.
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