PW Insider noted that Zelina Vega received a lot of praise for her involvement in that Santos Escobar heel turn angle. Her emotions were real, and her name has been spoken about positively internally after that went down.

“There have been quite a few people internally who have raved about Zelina Vega’s performance and her emotional work during the Escobar turn on this past Friday’s Smackdown. Vega has some done film acting work pre-WWE.“