Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Alberto El Patron (Alberto Del Rio) apparently will be returning to MMA soon. It’s believed that he will fight for either Bellator MMA or Glory Kickboxing. Other MMA promotions have talked to him but those are the two groups that have been in negotiations as of late.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter via WrestlingINC.com
Lucha Underground announced January 17th that they have signed AAA World Heavyweight Champion Alberto El Patron (Del Rio) and that has competed in his first match. Lucha Underground airs Wednesdays nights at 8/7c on El Rey Network and on Saturdays at 4pm in Spanish on UniMas.
TNA has announced that they have re-signed Madison Rayne, Mr. Anderson & The Wolves (Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards).
Update: TNA has re-signed Eric Young.
TNA wants former WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio for Wednesday’s live Impact Wrestling debut on Destination America. TNA has reportedly offered him big money.
Source: F4WOnline via WrestlingINC.com
Alberto El Parton (Alberto Del Rio) will make his Ring of Honor debut against Christopher Daniels at the January 3rd ROH TV tapings in Nashville, Tennessee.
His second ROH opponent will be ACH at a event in Dearborn, Michigan on January 30th.
His third ROH opponent will be Roderick Strong at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton, Ohio on January 31.
Ring of Honor announced last night that they signed Alberto Del Rio and he will make his ROH debut at the January 3, 2015 TV tapings in Nashville, TN and will also be part of ROH’s next PPV on March 1, 2015 in Las Vegas.
Del Rio will be known as Alberto El Patron in ROH.
Last night at AAA’s Guerra de Titanes event “El Patron” Alberto Del Rio won the AAA World Title. Del Rio became the first wrestler to hold the CMLL, WWE and AAA World Heavyweight Titles. Below is a photo and tweet from Lucha Libre AAA after his win:
Source: WrestlingINC.com
PWInsider elite reports that former WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio says he plans to wrestle for 2 companies with TV in 2015, The 2 companies reportedly are AAA’s Lucha Underground and TNA.
During appearances this past weekend in the Northeast, Del Rio made it clear that he plans on working for Lucha Underground and TNA in 2015. There is no word on how it would work contractually.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
Above is a interview with the former WWE Superstar known as Alberto Del Rio. He discusses the racist incident that led to the altercation that got him fired from WWE, legal actions, & more. The Interview is in Spanish. Wrestinginc.com has the translation of the interview. You can check out the translation at this link.
F4WOnline reports that WWE has informed AAA that Alberto Del Rio (El Patron) will not be able to wrestle for them this Sunday at TripleMania XXII. WWE has locked up Del Rio in a long non-compete clause. Del Rio can’t wrestle in the US for one year, probably because he was found to have breached his deal.
At a press conference yesterday in Mexico with AAA President Joaquin Rolden, Alberto Del Rio said he would no longer be using the Del Rio name because it is owned by WWE. He revealed that his new ring name is El Patron. He acknowledged that he can’t wrestle for AAA for 90 days but his lawyers are working on finding a way that he could wrestle at AAA’s TripleMania XXII event this Sunday. He has challenged El Texano Jr. for the AAA Mega Heavyweight Title.
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