Santana and Ortiz, LAX, appearance on the Shining Wizards

In their first
interview since leaving Impact Wrestling, Santana (@SantanaLAX) and Ortiz
(@Ortiz5150), LAX, joined the Shining Wizards. Some highlights:

On their time in IMPACT
and what it meant to them:

Santana: They trusted us in positions where guys
at our level coming in… we were brand new to TV… brand new to working that kind
of style. Every situation they threw us in, they trusted us to hit
it out of the park, not even knowing who we were. The fact that they
gave us that meant the world. Especially at that time coming
in. We were kids. They actually believed in everything we
could do.

Ortiz: They took a risk on us and it paid
off. Them putting us in the best possible situation all the time
definitely played a huge part in our success. We were able just to
take the ball and run with it.

Santana: Also, the fact that all the veterans
there, especially at that time, all took the time to sit with us and to spit
knowledge. Tommy Dreamer, Abyss, Sonjay They took
the time and sat with us and made sure that “hey, maybe do this different,” or
“this will get you better in this way.” They took the time and
there are not a lot of places like that.

On who referred them to
IMPACT:

Santana: So, it was like 3 in the morning and I
got a text on my phone from Shane Strickland. Shout out to Shane and
everything he’s doing. Proud of that dude. It was a
text from him and was like “yo, is it ok if I give Konnan your
number?” I was like, “what the hell? Hell
yeah.” I guess him and Konnan were talking and Konnan asked him “Do
you know any Latino tag teams because we’re trying to start this up,” so I’m
assuming Impact had already contacted him and all that stuff. And he
(Strickland) was like, hell yeah, I know these two dudes from New York and here’s
their number.

Ortiz: And then, Homicide was like
our stamp of approval and everything just happened how it happened.

On Jeff Jarrett:

Ortiz: I know there’s a lot of lore when it
comes to Double J but he was nothing but good to us. He was the say
all. He was the one to give the stamp whether to say ok, yay or nay
to us. He took a shot on us and he loved us.

On their future:

Ortiz: I will say this: people won’t
be disappointed with our decision.

Santana: Not only that, just know that if you
know anything about our careers and what we’ve done to this point, and what we
did to get to this point, we’re about making history.

For more with Santana and
Ortiz, visit www.shiningwizards.com and
listen to Episode 441: Santana and Ortiz – So Hot and Hungry. The Shining Wizards airs live every Tuesday at 7PM East on Tune In under Rant Entertainment Media and at rantemradio.com.