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Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Tito Santana Opens Up About His El Matador Character: PRIME TIME VAULT

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Sports News, Sports, News, Wrestling

4.7796 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Tito Santana WWE El Matador gimmick finally gets the full story straight from Tito himself! In this exclusive Sean Mooney interview from the Prime Time Vault, Tito Santana reveals the real truth behind how the El Matador character happened, what WWE wanted from him, and how he felt about the gimmick during one of the most memorable eras in wrestling history.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a Prime Time with Sean Mooney production.

0:03.8

All right.

0:04.3

It's time to get to the main event.

0:06.8

Well, everybody, I'm really excited to welcome our guests this week on Primetime,

0:11.0

one of the absolute most popular superstars to ever step into the ring for the WWF slash

0:16.8

WWE.

0:18.6

Tito Santana, thank you so much for coming on with us. How are you, my friend?

0:24.2

I'm doing great, and thank you for having me on your show.

0:28.7

You know, when you think about it, and, you know, people remember you, of course, during that period of time,

0:35.6

like they think in many people's minds

0:38.3

was the greatest era of wrestling ever, 80s and 90s.

0:42.2

But, you know, I was,

0:43.6

as I do my prep work for these,

0:45.3

for these podcasts,

0:46.6

and I was saying, man, I didn't realize how much you accomplished

0:50.9

in the WWF with there.

0:52.5

I mean, what has become the WW, of course.

0:55.7

But between that period of time, you there, 79 to 93, and you had a couple little breaks in

1:01.4

there, but you were two-time WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, two-time WWF tag

1:07.3

team champion.

1:08.9

You won the 89 King of the Ring tournament.

1:14.4

And this is quite a, you know,

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