TMZ Sports caught up with Alberto El Patron and girlfriend Paige while in New York City to promote Friday night’s Combate Americas MMA event. At a VIP meet & greet press event on Tuesday night in NYC, it was announced that Alberto is now the President of Combate Americas (Video). Here are some highlights:
–Â Del Rio is very excited about his new role with Mexican MMA group Combate Americas. he will continue wrestling on the indies and sounds very open to working for TNA
– Paige says she will get into more trouble if she talks about her situation, saying she doesn’t want anymore trouble. She hopes 2017 will be better. Del Rio says WWE can do what they want in regards to the Wellness Policy, calling it “same shit, different day.” Paige indicates she will return to the company but doesn’t sound so sure about it. She says she will recover from neck surgery for about 6-7 months and plans on being at Del Rio’s side the whole time.
– Del Rio does not believe he will ever return to a WWE ring. He wanted to leave this time and wasn’t happy for the past 6 months but he will always be grateful to WWE. He also supports Paige staying in wrestling. She says she loves wrestling and will stay in the business for as long as she can, if it’s with WWE or not. She also jokes about having such a long-term contract
– Del Rio downplays the stabbing incident in San Antonio, saying he was in the wrong place at the wrong time and a guy dissed his girl. Del Rio says the situation is past them now and that it lasted just 25 or 30 seconds. He says he’s fine now and doesn’t want to talk about the story. He thinks it’s ridiculous that people are speculating on the incident. Del Rio thanks fans for their support and says he’s just like them, he gets in trouble and out of trouble the same
