Escobar backstage at Raw after re-signing fueling return speculation

Santos Escobar was backstage at Monday night’s WWE Raw in Anaheim but did not appear on the broadcast, according to reports, days after re-signing with the company following a brief lapse in his contract. Raw aired from the Honda Center on October 27, 2025, and Escobar’s presence at the show revived speculation about how and when he might return to television.

Escobar’s contract reportedly expired on October 7 and was renewed the following day. The timing of his re-signing and his reported attendance at Raw stirred interest because he has not been a regular on WWE programming since early summer. The last widely reported WWE appearance by Escobar took place in June at the Worlds Collide event, when he teamed with Berto and Angel as part of Legado Del Fantasma.

Escobar’s career in WWE has included multiple shifts. He rose to prominence in NXT as El Hijo del Fantasma before unmasking and assuming the Santos Escobar identity as leader of Legado Del Fantasma, during which he held the NXT Cruiserweight Championship. After a 2021 departure from WWE, he returned to Mexico’s Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, capturing the AAA Mega Championship, and staged a surprise reappearance in WWE as a...