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#2 Vince McMahon did not want Tito Santana to turn heel
Tito Santana worked under Vince McMahon across three different WWE spells between 1979 and 1998, including a 10-year run between 1983 and 1993.
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The two-time WWE Intercontinental Champion defeated The Executioner in the first match at the inaugural WrestleMania event in 1985, which shows just how much faith Vince McMahon had in his babyface Superstar.
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Speaking on his Something to Wrestle With podcast in 2020, WWE director Bruce Prichard explained why Vince McMahon never turned Santana into a bad guy.
“Absolutely [Vince McMahon did not want to turn Santana heel]. Because it’s hard to hate Tito Santana. The human being is, you know, what you saw is what you got on Tito. Tito was a very, very warm, natural, just real person. And there’s nothing put on about him. He’s a good guy.” [H/T 411mania]
As well as his two WWE Intercontinental Championship reigns, Santana also won the 1989 WWE King of the Ring tournament and the WWE Tag Team titles on two occasions (w/Ivan Putski and w/Rick Martel).
He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004.
