Alberto El Patrón

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Alberto El Patrón
Alberto Del Rio in March 2016.

Alberto Del Rio in March 2016.

Data
Surname José Alberto Rodríguez
Ring name Alberto Banderas
Alberto Del Rio
Alberto El Patrón
Dos Caras Jr.
Hustle Came Gold
Additions to names Mexico's Greatest Export
height 197 cm
Fighting weight 108 kg
birth May 25, 1977
San Luis Potosí , Mexico
nationality MexicoMexico Mexico
Announced from San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Trained by Dos Caras
debut August 11, 2000

José Alberto Rodríguez (born May 25, 1977 in San Luis Potosí ), better known by his former ring name Alberto Del Rio , is a Mexican wrestler and MMA fighter who currently works under the name Alberto El Patrón for various independent leagues and for Combate Americas occurs. He received a total of four times the highest title in the WWE .

Wrestling

Rodríguez finished fifth in 1997 and sixth in 1998 at the Pan-American Games in the Greco-Roman style light heavyweight division. He was also supposed to represent Mexico as a wrestler in the Greco-Roman style at the Olympic Games in 2000 , but Mexico did not provide a national team that year.

Wrestling career

AAA and CMLL (2000–2009)

In 2000 Rodríguez made his debut with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in Mexico. Until 2005 he worked in independent leagues in Mexico and Japan .

From 2004 Rodríguez appeared regularly at Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre . He played several matches for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title , but was not allowed to win it. On July 8, 2007 Rodríguez was able to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Title . He lost this title again in December 2008.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2009-2014)

WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio in 2011.

On July 15, 2009, Rodríguez made his debut in the WWE Development League Florida Championship Wrestling as Dos , but changed his ring name to Alberto Banderas shortly thereafter .

From April 2010, Rodríguez appeared at some house shows and dark matches in the WWE. On August 17, Rodríguez made his debut as Alberto Del Rio , along with his personal ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez , at SmackDown against Rey Mysterio and feuded against him until the end of the year. In Season 4 of WWE NXT , Rodríguez served as the pro of Conor O'Brian. After a swap, he acted as Pro of Brodus Clay.

On January 30, 2011 he won the Royal Rumble Match at the major event Royal Rumble , which guaranteed him a title match in the main event at Wrestlemania. He then feuded with his ring announcer and Clay against the then World Heavyweight Champion Edge and Christian until May 1, 2011, but remained unsuccessful in the course of the feud, for example he lost the main event match against Edge at WrestleMania.

On April 25, 2011 Rodríguez was the WWE Draft 2011 into raw - roster changed. On July 17, 2011, he won the Money in the Bank ladder match of the raw roster at the event of the same name . He redeemed the contract on August 14, 2011 at PPV SummerSlam against CM Punk and thus became the new WWE Champion . He had to surrender the title to John Cena two months later on September 18 at Night Of Champions , but received it back shortly afterwards on October 2, 2011, as he was able to prevail against Cena and Punk at Hell in a Cell in the match of the same name . On November 20, 2011, Rodríguez lost the WWE Championship at the Survivor Series again, this time to CM Punk .

World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio in 2013.

After sustaining an injury in December 2011, he had to take a break of several months. He made his return to RAW on April 2, 2012. On April 20, 2012, it was announced at the SmackDown broadcast that Rodríguez is back on the SmackDown roster. There followed feuds against Sheamus for the World Heavyweight Championship and later against Randy Orton .

At the SmackDown tapings on January 8, 2013, he won the World Heavyweight Championship from The Big Show after a Last Man Standing Match. On April 8, 2013, he lost the title to Dolph Ziggler at RAW when he redeemed his Money in the Bank suitcase for a title match, but was able to win it back at PPV Payback on June 16, 2013 in Chicago . On October 27, 2013 Rodríguez lost the title at PPV Hell in a Cell to John Cena, who returned on the same day .

On August 7, 2014, WWE announced on its website that Rodríguez had been fired for unprofessional behavior and an argument with an employee. Rodríguez allegedly hit a WWE social media manager for making an offensive statement.

Return to the AAA (2014-2015)

On August 17, Rodríguez returned to the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración at the Pay-Per-View Triplemanía XXII. He won the AAA World Heavyweight Championship from El Texano Jr. on December 7, 2014 . At the same time, he appeared in the television program Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network .

Ring of Honor (2015)

Rodriguez made his Ring of Honor debut on January 3, 2015 . On March 1, he challenged the ROH Television Champion but failed.

Return to WWE (2015-2016)

On October 25, 2015 Rodríguez returned to WWE as part of the Hell in a Cell PPV and won the United States Championship from John Cena. He ran alongside Zeb Colter , who became his manager. The two formed the MexAmerika team . He took part in the tournament for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship . In the first round he eliminated Stardust and in the quarterfinals he defeated Kalisto . At the Survivor Series he lost in the semifinals against Roman Reigns .

From November 30, 2015 to April 18, he formed the stable The League of Nations together with Sheamus , Rusev and King Barrett . A week later he split from Zeb Colter . He had a minor feud against Jack Swagger for the United States Championship. At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2015 he was able to successfully defend his title against Jack Swagger. On January 11, 2016 at Monday Night RAW , he lost the WWE United States Championship to Kalisto. One day later at the following SmackDown edition he defeated Kalisto in a rematch and was able to regain his title. On January 24, 2016 at the major Royal Rumble event , he lost the WWE United States Championship again to Kalisto. With the League of Nations he feuded against Roman Reigns and The New Day, among others .

On August 17, 2016, the WWE suspended him for 30 days for the first violation of the company's own anti-doping policy ( Wellness Policy ). He was released from the WWE on September 9, 2016.

Impact Wrestling (2017-2018)

On March 2, 2017, Rodríguez made his Impact Wrestling debut on the TV recordings of Impact Wrestling . Rodríguez defeated Magnus at the end of April and became GFW Global Champion. At Slammiversary XV he won the Impact World Heavyweight Championship from Bobby Lashley . Both championships were combined. The title was revoked on August 14th.

Private life

In 2013 Rodríguez, like Kurt Angle , was one of the former wrestlers who publicly protested against the plans of the International Olympic Committee to remove wrestling for the 2020 Olympic Games from the competition program.

At the beginning of January 2017, Rodríguez and his brother El Hijo de Dos Caras attended a performance by the European Wrestling Association in Leoben , Austria , where they played a match with Chris Raaber . After the match, however, there was a scramble at a party, whereupon a man was beaten up to hospital. Because of this incident, the two brothers were taken to the police station. But there the situation escalated again, this time the brothers attacked each other. It took 10 police officers to separate the two. The handcuffs were too small for Rodríguez and cable ties were put on him. But he tore these so that ankle shackles were used. According to a spokesman for the department, the property damage was minor, including a wall had to be repainted due to blood splatters. His brother had to be taken to hospital, and Rodríguez himself was charged with bodily harm and property damage.

Titles and awards

Wrestling

Impact World Heavyweight Champion Alberto El Patrón in 2017.
  • Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre
    • CMLL World Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
    • La Copa Junior (2006)
  • World Association of Wrestling
    • WAW Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • World Wrestling League
    • WWL World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Wrestling

  • World Junior Championships
    • Gold (1997)

Individual evidence

  1. Rodriguez Alter Egos on cagematch.de
  2. Mexico's Greatest Export on wwe.com
  3. ^ A b Alberto Del Rio suspended. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
  4. ^ Rodriguez career on cagematch.de
  5. WWE: Alberto Del Rio but seriously injured on cagematch.de, accessed on January 21, 2012
  6. Alberto Del Rio released on wwe.com
  7. WWE: Alberto Del Rio dismissed on cagematch.de
  8. Rodriguez for Triplemania XXII announced on cagematch.de
  9. WWE Survivor Series 2015 "Event Database" CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
  10. Raw edition from January 11, 2016 ( Memento from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  11. WWE Thursday Night Smackdown # 855 Results + Report from Lafayette, Louisiana from January 14, 2016 (incl. Videos) | Wrestling-Infos.de. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
  12. WWE "Royal Rumble 2016" results + report ( Memento from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  13. Wrestling star devastates police station. January 3, 2017, accessed July 1, 2019 .

Web links

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