Savio Vega & Carlito WWE Backlash Surprise Was Planned Months Ago + Backstage Reaction to Savio's Appearance and More

In an exclusive interview for WrestlingNews.co, Steve Fall spoke Savio Vega about his surprise appearance at WWE Backlash in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Scroll down to watch the entire interview.

Vega on when he knew he was going to appear at Backlash:

“About two months ago. This is the mastermind by Damian Priest and of course, Bad Bunny. They are big fans of myself when they growing up watching TNT. In Dallas when they did the farewell of The Undertaker, that was the first time I saw him there. We met. We talked a little bit. We exchanged numbers. Then once in a while, hello. Then I got the call from Bruce Prichard. 'Do you want to be part of the pay-per-view? We're going down to Puerto Rico?' 'Of course. Why not?’”

On the crowd reaction to his appearance at Backlash:

"Brother, you see the explosion of the people when they see my face. I mean, that was a boom. It’s obvious there was going to be some reaction, of course, but that was a big-time reaction. At this point, they don’t know Carlito is coming down. During the match, Carlito showed up to help Rey Mysterio and Bad Bunny, and boom. In the middle of that, here comes the music of Savio Vega, and boom. That was crazy. That was an out of the ordinary pop. They compared it to the pops of The Rock and Stone Cold.”

On backstage reaction to his surprise appearance:

“The guys in the back went crazy. ‘What the hell happened there?' They started telling me, ‘Brother, what the hell did you do? You come as an invited guest and now you steal the show.’ ‘Well, Puerto Ricans do that.’ I joked with the guys.

On when it was decided that he was going to get physically involved and attack Finn Balor:

“That was already in the script. ‘We’re going to do this. We’re going to do that.’ Everything went smooth. I believe it was Michael Cole when I did the martial arts, he said, ‘We just saw a little bit of TNT.’

On when he knew Carlito was going to be involved:

“The same day they called me. They were looking for Carlito too. Let’s do it. Let’s make some money. Let’s make some noise.”

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