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Legado Del Fantasma is a professional wrestling stable composed of leader Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro and Zelina Vega currently performing in WWE on the SmackDown brand. The trio was formed in 2020 when El Hijo del Fantasma turned on Drake Maverick and joined forces with Wilde and Del Toro (then known as Raul Mendoza) and unmasked himself, thus changing his ring name to "Santos Escobar" and forming the group Legado Del Fantasma. As part of the group, Escobar was a one-time NXT Cruiserweight Champion.

On August 16, 2022, during the NXT Heatwave special, Tony D'Angelo defeated Escobar in a street fight, and per stipulation, he had to leave NXT. The following week he took the rest of the stable with him away from NXT, ending their tenure on the brand, and debuting on the main roster nearly two months later as part of SmackDown.

History

Formation and Cruiserweight title reign (2020-2021)

On the June 3, 2020 episode of ''NXT'', El Hijo del Fantasma defeated Drake Maverick in the finals of a tournament to become the interim NXT Cruiserweight Champion due to outside interference by the two masked abductors who had attacked various cruiserweights. The following week, on ''NXT'', Maverick congratulated Fantasma and demanded a title shot but then two masked men who had been attacking wrestlers randomly confronted the duo and then Fantasma turned on Maverick by attacking him and unmasked himself. He changed his name to "Santos Escobar" while the two masked men were revealed to be Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza. On the night one of The Great American Bash, the trio was named "Legado del Fantasma". In their first match as a team, Legado del Fantasma defeated Maverick and Breezango in a six-man tag team match on the second night of The Great American Bash.

The group was focused on ensuring that Escobar retained the Cruiserweight Championship while Wilde and Mendoza also began competing in NXT's tag team division and ''205 Live''. At NXT TakeOver XXX, Wilde and Mendoza competed against Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze) and the team of Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch in a triple threat match to determine the #1 contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championship. The match was won by Breezango. At the night one of Super Tuesday, Legado lost to Isaiah Scott and Breezango in a street fight when Scott pinned Escobar, leading up to a match between Escobar and Scott for Escobar's Cruiserweight Championship at NXT TakeOver 31, where Wilde and Mendoza assisted Escobar in retaining the title.

In 2021, Wilde and Mendoza entered the 2021 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic in which they lost to the eventual winners MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) in the semifinal round. They also faced MSK and Grizzled Young Veterans ( James Drake and Zack Gibson) on night one of NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver in a match with the Tag Team titles on the line, which MSK won. On the night two of Stand & Deliver, Wilde and Mendoza assisted Escobar in defeating the reigning Cruiserweight Champion Jordan Devlin in a ladder match to become the undisputed Cruiserweight Champion. However, Escobar lost the title to Kushida on the April 13 episode of ''NXT''. Escobar would fail to regain the title from Kushida in a two out of three falls match on the May 11 episode of ''NXT''.

Introduction of Elektra Lopez and various feuds (2021-2022)

At NXT Takeover: In Your House, Legado del Fantasma would face NXT North American champion, Bronson Reed and NXT Tag Team champions, MSK in a winners take all, six man tag team match in which, Legado del Fantasma would lose the match. On the August 24 episode of ''NXT'', Elektra Lopez made her debut helping Legado Del Fantasma win against Hit Row. On the September 28 episode of NXT 2.0, Lopez would defeat Hit Row's B-Fab in a no disqualification match and two weeks later, Escobar would fail to win the NXT North American Championship from Scott ending the feud (Hit Row would get drafted to SmackDown in the WWE Draft. In early 2022, Escobar would feud with NXT Champion Bron Breakker unsuccessfully winning the NXT Championship at NXT Vengeance Day despite interference from Dolph Ziggler. At NXT Stand & Deliver, Escobar would fail to win the NXT North American Championship in a ladder match. Shortly after Stand & Deliver, Legado del Fantasma would feud with Tony D'Angelo, the self proclaimed "Don of NXT" and his "family". At this point, they would slowly turn into faces while portraying heelish tactics. After multiple meetings and kidnappings, Escobar would defeated D'Angelo on the May 17 episode of NXT however at NXT In Your House, Legado del Fantasma lost to the D'Angelo Family (Tony D'Angelo, Stacks and Two Dimes) with the losers having to join the other person's family. With Legado joining the D'Angelo Family, they would accompany each other during matches with them usually losing. On the June 21 episode of NXT, Escobar would cost D'Angelo his title match against NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes. At the Great American Bash, it was revealed that Escobar was hospitalized and the other members of Legado began working with the D'Angelo Family. On the August 2 episode of NXT, Escobar would return and cost D'Angelo and Stacks their title match against the Creed Brothers signaling that their alliance has come to an end. D'Angelo would then challenge Escobar to a match at NXT Heatwave, where the stipulation would be that if Escobar won, then Legado would've been freed from D'Angelo. However if he had lost, then Escobar would've been banned from NXT. At Heatwave, D'Angelo defeated Escobar, signaling the end of his time on the brand. However on the August 23 episode of NXT, Escobar appeared in a backstage segment inside a van. He would pick up the rest of his Legado teammates, and they would drive off, signaling that the stable had left NXT.

Main roster (2022-present)

On the October 7 episode of ''SmackDown'', Legado Del Fantasma (with Zelina Vega replacing Lopez) attacked Hit Row during their entrance, marking the group's main roster debut.

Championships and accomplishments

*WWE
**NXT Cruiserweight Championship ( 1 time) – Escobar

References

External links

Santos Escobar's WWE profileJoaquin Wilde's WWE profileRaul Mendoza's WWE profileLegado Del Fantasma profile at Cagematch

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WWE NXT teams and stables