18 Ups & 15 Downs For WWE In 2023

11. LWO Fractures

LWO Carlito Rey Mysterio Santos Escobar
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As a faction, the LWO has been a perfectly fine mid-card act. It’s not a main event stable like the Bloodline, and it doesn’t dominate its brand’s storylines like the Judgment Day.

But the Latino World Order provided a home for the former Legado Del Fantasma while giving them a rub from Hall-of-Famer Rey Mysterio. The group’s high point came during Backlash when Savio Vega and Carlito returned to WWE to side with the LWO and help Bad Bunny overcome Damian Priest and the Judgment Day.

Things finally bubbled over this fall when Santos Escobar attacked Mysterio and left the group over Rey’s embrace of Carlito. Escobar as a jealous, egotistical superstar works well, and a program with Rey when he returns could further elevate the lucha libre superstar.

The fracturing also has opened the door for Dragon Lee to associate with the LWO, giving the new SmackDown star a purpose out of the gate. He’s already received Rey’s endorsement, which carries a lot of weight, and he adds some gravitas to the LWO while Mysterio and Carlito convalesce.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.