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Savio Vega On His In-Ring Chemistry With Steve Austin And Their Matches Together

July 8, 2021 | Posted by Joseph Lee
Savio Vega Image Credit: WWE

In an interview with Fightful, Savio Vega spoke about his WWF feud with Steve Austin and the chemistry the two had in the ring. Here are highlights:

On his first night working with Austin: “Okay, listen to this. The first match (I had with) Steve was in San Antonio, Texas. I remember I was in the catering area, lacing my boots, and here comes Pat. I saw the paper and I saw Savio Vega against Steve Austin by that time. I said, ‘Okay.’ Here comes Pat, he says, ‘Savio, this is Steve. He’s gonna do (this match) with you. Put it together. Let me know.’ I say, ‘Okay. No problem.’ Honest, I don’t know Steve from before. Maybe I seen some pictures here or there, [but had] went out of my mind. I said, ‘Brother, I don’t know you. You don’t know me. My finishing move is a spinning kick. Let’s call it in the ring.’ He says, ‘Okay. When he says okay, hey, I didn’t even realize in that moment, that okay—thinking later—he was ready for this. He knows already and through the years, I say, ‘Why him and me, we have this type of chemistry that worked perfect?’ Thinking, this is after I left WWF—WWE in that time—thinking about why, why? Of course, he was working in Atlanta. He was working Florida, Texas. All that area and many, many guys in that area work with me here in Puerto Rico. So, we got that timing already. We studied the same book.”

On their in-ring chemistry: “Man, we had a great match. Even Pat Patterson—rest in peace, his soul—he came to me, ‘Savio! Tell me.’ What I said to him was, ‘You see the match?’ He says, ‘Yes.’ I said, ‘You tell me.’ He says, ‘Looked great,’ and he said, ‘Tomorrow you guys going back in the ring.’ I say, ‘Okay.’ Now, next day, next tryout, that’s when—like I said, we touch other—now I know his timing. ‘Let’s do this, let’s do that.’ Then from that moment on they put us together for almost a year, I believe. Maybe less, but it looked like a year. We worked every night every where. Pay-per-views, left and right, stories with him. Like he says, ‘Savio beat the hell out of me.’ I never hurt him. He never hurt me. But, we worked solid. We worked strong. Every time he had something in mind like the first stunner, he said, ‘Savio, I have in mind that this finishing move, it’s a new one. I want to try. Can we do it today?’ I say, ‘Of course!’ I mean, we don’t have a ‘no,’ brother. We never, never, never have a ‘no’ for something. Something new, ‘What about this,’ ‘What about that?’ Yes. We have a big time routine for an hour. Easy. Non-stop. Then we chop this here and there, adding at all angles. Man, I enjoyed working with him.”

On their match at Beware of Dog: “If you see, the camera looks at me for one second, the lightning strikes and [boom]! Lights went out. So, we killed, I dunno, maybe ten minutes around the ring doing the gaga to see if the lights [are] coming back. One of those [strikes], Steve swings the belt and hit me right here in the back of my head. Oh, my God, and hard because he was swinging hard. So, now here comes Bruce. ‘You have to do that match. So, let’s go inside.’ You could see the people could see, but not bright. So, we did the match. Great match. It was a good match. We do whatever the routine we have in mind.”

On learning they’ll do the match again: “We come back to the dressing room, that’s when Pat comes. He says, ‘Savio, Steve—on Tuesday, you guys have to do the match again because nobody see it.’ We are like, ‘Oh, man.’ ‘Cause, we’re beat up. We beat the hell out of each other that night. So, I think it was, Monday night off and we work on Tuesday. Now they add the point where Ted DiBiase’s leaving to WCW. So, they put the chauffer type of deal where if I lost I’m gonna be the chauffer and blah, blah, blah, and if he lost, he’s gone out of WWE. So, man, the match come out good. But, to be honest, Steve and me, we love more the first match than the second one. Because maybe we’re already bruised or whatever. But, we worked hard. We take a few things from that first match. But, we love it, man. We love it. We love working each other.”

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