The LWO was initially formed by Eddy Guerrero during the wrestling icon's tenure in WCW. Despite a star-studded lineup, including La Parka, Juventud Guerrera, and Psychosis (along with a reluctant Rey Mysterio), the faction never really got off the ground due to dismissive booking.
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Santos Escobar Recalls Pitching Reforming The LWO To Triple H
While speaking on Out of Character with Ryan Satin, Santos Escobar spoke about how much the LWO means to him as a Latino. For him, the faction is a chance to represent himself and his culture. Wrestling News Co. has provided the following transcription:
I've always thought that as a minority, we have to stay together somehow to represent who we are, where we come from, and what we're about. If we present those three every time we go out there, eventually everyone will know what Lucha Libre is, who I am, where I come from, and all these rules and regulations and traditions that Lucha Libre has.
He went on to talk about how he initially pitched reforming the LWO to Triple H long before the idea came to fruition. Triple H shot down the idea initially, and Santos Escobar now understands why the Chief Content Officer did so.
So the very first conversation I had with Triple H, he asked me, 'What do you want to do?' I told him, 'Can I bring back the LWO?', and before I said the letter O, He said, 'No. I want you to be you and I want people to see you and not think of anybody else. I want you to think of something. You want a group? We can do a group, but write something down, think about it, give it to me, and we'll see.' So that kind of shut down my initial desire, but Triple H was right. The time wasn't right. It wouldn't have been what it is right now and also, it needed a very important ingredient, an OG, an original LWO and that's Rey [Mysterio].
