Savio Vega Talks WWE, Puerto Rican Wrestling & Stone Cold Steve Austin: PRIME TIME VAULT

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

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4.7 • 797 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Step into Mooney's Vault for another unforgettable conversation! This time, we’re joined by former WWE Superstar Savio Vega. Savio dives into the rich history of professional wrestling in Puerto Rico, sharing how legends like Carlos Colon shaped the business. He takes us back to the iconic 80s and 90s, reflecting on why that era was so special for wrestling fans.

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0:00.0	This is a Prime Time with Sean Mooney production.
0:03.8	Savio, thank you so much for joining us on Primetime. How are you?
0:07.9	Thank you. Thank you very much for having me here and, you know, to talk to the fence.
0:13.2	So it's a pleasure. Thank you very much.
0:16.6	Yeah, I tell you know the...
0:17.4	You are a legend, too.
0:21.2	Well, thank you very much. I appreciate that. I don't know about that, but tell you know, you are a legend, too. Well, thank you very much.
0:22.5	You are.
0:22.8	I appreciate that.
0:23.1	I don't know about that, but thank you.
0:24.9	Yes, sir, you are.
0:26.2	Yeah, but I tell you, I mean, you're right in the, the people who listen to prime time, my podcast, are, Savi, they love that era.
0:34.5	The 80s, the 90s is, it's just a golden time, and people just love that period. The 80s, the 90s is, uh, it's just a golden time and people just, just loved
0:40.5	that period. Why do you think that that was such a great time for professional wrestling?
0:46.6	Characters. Yeah. Characters. You have characters. You have, you have people that you don't see these days you have you have a
0:57.6	well you have under the giant you have a bull of the butcher you have Bruce a Brody you have
1:04.1	a junior dog you have Jim Duggins you have Holhuggins you got characters you see characters you see people that you
1:13.0	don't see these days I mean of course these days you have a new era you know and you have different
1:19.6	characters but though that time that those 80s those let's say the 70s 80s yeah uh was was characters i mean you know see uh no more
1:33.8	the big guy that maybe the fat guy but the that fat guy that moved fast it was you know a gimmick
1:42.3	you know you know everybody want to be slim beautiful pretty you know and uh you
1:49.1	you don't see characters yeah i believe that's one of the major keys i don't know i don't know
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