Savio Vega made a surprise appearance this past Saturday at WWE Backlash 2023 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, helping Bad Bunny defeat Damian Priest in the San Juan Street Fight.
During a recent interview with The Ten Count’s Steve Fall, Vega recalled the late WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall helping him receive a tryout with WWE in the 1990s.
Vega credited his WWE career to the late nWo icon and revealed the criticism he received from Hall following his tryout. He said,
“I did my first match, tryout, and when I come back from the ring, Scott was waiting for me in the back and chopped me. As soon as I walked in, he chopped me, hard. I look at him and say ‘What was it?’ He says ‘What the hell is that?’ I say ‘What do you mean?’ ‘Where’s the TNT that kicked my ass in Puerto Rico? Where is that TNT?’ I said ‘Well, I just wanted…I don’t want to be tough or rough.’ He goes ‘No, no, no. Bring me that TNT.’ I said ‘Okay, I will.’ He said ‘Tomorrow you have another tryout.’ I said ‘Alright.’ So I bring TNT the next day, I did the heel stuff, the kicking, the blah blah blah, whatever. He comes by and says ‘That’s the TNT I want to see.’ I said ‘Alright man.’”
