Miro has finished his time with AEW and the former TNT Champion has made a successful return to the ring after over a year on the shelf. During a Qatar Pro Wrestling event held on February 22nd in Doha, Miro took on fellow WWE and League of Nations alum Alberto El Patron.

This marked Miro’s first match since his bout against Andrade El Idolo at the AEW Worlds End pay-per-view on December 30, 2023. Despite a 14-month absence from the ring, Miro proved he could still compete at a high level.

Miro joined AEW in 2020 and despite a strong initial push, would become less utilized from 2022 until the end of his tenure. In late 2024, it was shared that Miro had requested his release, but that his request was turned down. Miro was nevertheless let go in early 2025 alongside Malakai Black and Ricky Starks, the latter of whom has joined WWE NXT as Ricky Saints.

Whether Miro returns to WWE remains to be seen, though his ex-wife CJ Perry has teased Miro taking on Andrade, another AEW alum who’s since returned to WWE. Whatever’s next for the Bulgarian, Miro is proving that his absence from the ring hasn’t dulled his skills.

El Hijo del Vikingo has set his sights on the AAA Mega Championship after making his return to the promotion’s programming this week. On the latest episode of AAA Lucha Libre, Alberto El Patron and Konnan were in a backstage segment interrupted by the returning Vikingo.

Later on, El Patron was asked about Vikingo’s return and made clear he was in no mood to discuss the former champion.

“You are in my locker room and come here to talk about Hijo del Vikingo, who looks like a member of Kumbia Kings? He comes in sandals, he probably doesn’t even know Spanish because I do not understand the dialect coming out of his mouth. I do not need to give an explanation to anyone, much less you.”

El Hijo del Vikingo held the AAA Mega Championship from December 2021 to March of this year and his 833-day reign is the longest in the title’s history. Vikingo’s reign came to an end due to an injury which he underwent surgery for in February.

In his absence, Nic Nemeth won the AAA Mega Championship at TripleMania XXXII: Monterrey in April of this year. The ‘Wanted Man’ lost the gold to El Patron at TripleMania XXXII: Mexico City last week, thanks to Konnan’s interference.

El Hijo del Vikingo had been making serious waves, both in and out of AAA before his injury. Stay tuned to SE Scoops for the latest on El Hijo del Vikingo and his quest to regain the AAA Mega Championship.

Plenty went down at AAA TripleMania XXXII: Mexico City, including surprising debuts, returns, and plenty of title changes. The show was the third TripleMania event of this year and followed on from the Monterrey show in April and the Tijuana event in June.

Nic Nemeth Finds Ally, Loses Title

The show saw AAA Mega Champion Nic Nemeth in action as the ‘Wanted Man’ continues to be a highlight in various promotions. Ahead of his championship match with Nic Nemeth, it was revealed that WWE Hall of Famer John ‘Bradshaw’ Layfield had aligned with Nic.

Despite this newfound ally, the show did not go as Nemeth had hoped. In a rematch of the bout that saw Nemeth win the gold, Alberto El Patron captured the title from his former WWE rival.

Matt Riddle Wins Gold

Matt Riddle was also a part of AAA TripleMania XXXII: Mexico City and left the city with some new hardware. The Original Bro captured the AAA Cruiserweight Championship from Komander in a Trios match that included Laredo Kid.

Raj Dhesi & Satnam Singh Win Tag Titles

Since his release from WWE in September 2023, Raj Dhesi has been making an impact and captured the Black Label Pro title in July of this year. Now the former Jinder Mahal has more gold as he and Satnam Singh have won the AAA Tag Team Championships.

WWE Superstars Return

TripleMania XXXII: Mexico City also saw former CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Marco Corleone (previously known as Mark Jindrak in WWE) make his return to AAA. Corleone last appeared for AAA in 2010 and this year was part of the Copa Bardhal.

Corleone wasn’t the only former WWE name who competed in the match in which the winner earned a guaranteed title match. Former WWE Superstar Kenzo Suzuki was also part of the match. Kenzo’s wife Hiroko will make her return to wrestling after close to a decade later this year.

The match was won by Octagon Jr. who now has the opportunity of a lifetime. Stay tuned to SE Scoops for all the latest from the world of AAA.

The ‘Wanted Man’ of wrestling Nic Nemeth is once again a World Champion after capturing the AAA Mega Championship at TripleMania XXXII Monterrey. 

Nemeth won the title in a hard-fought match with Alberto El Patron, another WWE alum. Nemeth won the title with the Danger Zone and the win marks the first AAA Championship in Nemeth’s career. 

¡TENEMOS NUEVO MEGACAMPEÓN AAA! ¡NIC NEMETH LO ACABA DE HACER! #TriplemaniaXXXII Monterrey EN VIVO por @FiteTV, @canalspace, @StreamMaxLA y @Clarosports. pic.twitter.com/YyPMuogHnX

— Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (@luchalibreaaa) April 28, 2024

The AAA Mega Championship had previously been held by El Hijo Del Vikingo who had held the title for a record-breaking 833 days. Vikingo surrendered the gold after suffering an injury that has kept him out of action since. 

Hopefully, Nemeth can avoid the trend of the AAA Mega Championship being vacated. Kenny Omega, the champion before Vikingo, also had to vacate the title in November 2021 due to injuries. The AEW EVP had held the gold for an impressive 765 days. 

Nemeth Vs. El Patron

This was hardly the pair’s first time competing against each other for a World Championship. Nemeth (then Dolph Ziggler) won his first WWE World Heavyweight Championship on the Raw after WrestleMania 29 by cashing in his Money on the Bank contract on Patron (then Alberto Del Rio.)

Nemeth’s role as AAA Mega Champion continues an impressive run the Wanted Man has been on ever since his lengthy career with WWE ended in 2023. Nemeth is also in his first reign as IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion with NJPW and won the gold at The New Beginning in Sapporo: Night 1. Nemeth is also appearing for TNA and recently unsuccessfully challenged for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. 

More on Nic Nemeth

Here are some recent articles on Nic Nemeth as the former WWE Superstar continues to take the wrestling world by storm. 

A battle of former WWE Superstars will culminate with either Nic Nemeth or Alberto El Patron emerging as the next AAA Mega Champion next month. 

The title was recently vacated by El Hijo del Vikingo, who boasted the records for the longest individual reign and for the most title defenses. Vikingo, who also appears for AEW, gave up the gold after suffering a leg injury last month which resulted in that night’s match ending abruptly. 

New AAA Mega Champion

In an announcement, AAA confirmed that El Patron, who won a spot in the upcoming title match via winning a three-way, will face Nic Nemeth. Their match will go down at AAA TripleMania XXXII which will take place on April 27. The show will take place from the Mobil Super Stadium and will serve as the first of three TripleMania events this year.

Nemeth Vs. Patron

Though they’ve yet to face off under their current names, Nic Nemeth and Alberto El Patron are no strangers. The pair feuded in 2013 after Nemeth (Dolph Ziggler) cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Patron (then Alberto Del Rio.) The World Heavyweight Championship win is still considered one of the best Money in the Bank cash-ins in the 19-year history of the concept. 

The pair’s feud would also see the rarely-seen ‘double turn’ during their title match at Payback that same year. The intensity and underhanded tactics of Del Rio would turn him heel while Ziggler’s resilience in the face of adversity turned him face in the process. 

Former WWE Champion Alberto El Patron (aka Alberto Del Rio) believes he’ll make it into the WWE Hall Of Fame one day.

Recently, El Patron was interviewed by Sportskeeda and discussed the possibility of one day getting the nod for a Hall Of Fame induction.

El Patron said he believes the day will eventually come where he can share what would be a special day with his family.

“I would love to be there and walk into the scenario and just grab the microphone and from the top, look at my dad, my mom, my beautiful children, my girlfriend, my family, and to finally put an end to this amazing career with my name out there in the stars with the legends of our sport,” Del Rio said.

“I know one day it will happen. Of course, the decision is not mine. But I know someday, I will get my justice.”

El Patron debuted in WWE as Alberto Del Rio back in 2010 on SmackDown. It marked the beginning of what would turn out to be a rather successful career with the company overall.

The Mexican star is a former Royal Rumble winner, Money In The Bank Ladder match winner, a four-time WWE World Champion, and a two-time United States Champion. He’s been featured in big feuds alongside stars such as John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, The BIg SHow, and many more.

Aside from WWE, Del Rio has worked for promotions such as AAA, Ring Of Honor (ROH), Lucha Underground, IMPACT Wrestling, and many more.

Of course, Del Rio has no shortage of controversies outside of the ring, which may prevent or delay a Hall Of Fame opportunity with WWE from becoming possible.

Quotes via Wrestling Inc.

Alberto Del Rio has announced the passing of the mother of his three children.

The former WWE and AAA star had been asking for help finding blood donors in an effort to save Ángela Velkei, his ex-wife. While it appears donors were found, things quickly went awry, and Velkei has died.

Del Rio took to his Twitter account to issue the following statement:

“It is with pain in my heart and with a torn soul that I officially confirm the unexpected and unfortunate death of Ángela Velkei, mother of my three children. Angela was an exceptional human being and an exemplary mother to my three children. I thank each and everyone who went to donate blood and platelets, to the media that spread the word so that more people could go to help us and the whole family that is present for my children in this very difficult moment in their short lives.

“Angela passed away this past Saturday 30 April 2022 and fought with all his might until his last second in this world. Today she rests with God and is watching over Sofia, Stephanie and Joseph from heaven. Angela, you were my wife for many years, the mother of my children, my best friend, advisor and you were there for me.

“In many moments where the world turned its back on me with words of encouragement and a sincere hug. Thank you so much Angela. We miss you like you have no idea. But I swear to you that our children will grow up to be good men and women like you always asked me to. Dad will be here for them. Rest in peace. In this world you were always my angel and so I always let you know. Now you truly become an angel watching over us from heaven. You will always be my angel. Our angel. We love you Angela. Thanks for being you.”

We at SEScoops wish the family of Ángela Velkei the very best during this difficult time.

Health insurance had become the talk of town in the wrestling world recently, with John Oliver having an entire segment on WWE refusing to provide its workers with insurance on Last Week Tonight. AEW, on the other hand, has promised benefits and lighter schedule for wrestlers – but has the same answer more or less when it comes to the question of health care.

There is, however, one promotion who claims to give health insurance and life insurance to its wrestlers. Speaking to Miami Herald, Alberto El Patron – formerly Alberto Del Rio – revealed that his new promotion Nacion Lucha Libre will offer “stuff they don’t have in other companies”, including insurance.

El Patron, who is teaming with Chavo Guerrero Jr. to form the promotion said (transcription via Wrestling Inc.), “We’re always going to have doctors. [Our wrestlers] are going to have health insurance and life insurance. Stuff they don’t have in any other companies.”

“Most of the companies, including WWE, they have their own doctors. They don’t provide you with health insurance. They force you to get your own health insurance. If you don’t get you own insurance, you’re not allowed to perform. If anything happens in their shows, yes you’re completely covered, which I think is the only company doing that. Me, I remember having a terrible injury about eight years ago and they took care of everything. I think they’re the only company doing that but they don’t actually provide you with health insurance. They’re just covered in their events.”

El Patron explained that NLL will also include a retirement plan. He claimed that other promoters don’t care about wrestlers’ well-being and they’re “just meat” to them.

The promotion has also secured a television deal with Imagen TV in Mexico. NLL’s debut show will be held on Friday, 11 July at Sala de Armas in Mexico City, Mexico. Ricardo Rodriguez will work as a referee in the promotion and names such as MVP, The Lucha Brothers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., El Hijo del Fantasma will be competing at the event. The entire lineup is as follows:

• Alberto El Patron, Hijo Del Fantasma & Rey Wagner vs MVP, Apolo, & Mesias
• The Lucha Bros (Pentagon & Fenix) vs Chavo Guerrero & Mechawolf 450
• Daga & Flamita vs Puma King & Rey Horus
• Thunder Rosa, Cristy James, & Stephanie Waquer vs Sexy Star, Lady Flammer, & Reina Oscura
• Solar vs Negro Navarro vs Damian 666 vs Canek
• Mr. Iguana & Fresero Jr vs Bestia 666 & Black Taurus vs Laredo Kid & the Tiger
• Hijo De Dos Caras, Hijo De Wagner, Dual vs. Bram, La Mascara and Batab El Guerrero
• Relampago vs. Heddi Karaoui

Alberto Del Rio (AKA Alberto El Patron) will launch a new lucha libre promotion in Mexico next month. Details regarding the new promotion were revealed yesterday at a press conference. Nacion Lucha Libre will debut next month on July 11th from the Sala de Armas in Mexico City.

The promotion has also secured a television deal with ImageTV for Saturday nights in Mexico. Alberto said during the press conference that the promotion will be looking into health benefits and other ways to improve conditions for their athletes as well.

Alberto Del Rio and Nacion Lucha Libre

The lineup for the first show is as follows:

• Alberto El Patron, Hijo Del Fantasma & Rey Wagner vs MVP, Apolo, & Mesias
• The Lucha Bros (Pentagon & Fenix) vs Chavo Guerrero & Mechawolf 450
• Daga & Flamita vs Puma King & Rey Horus
• Thunder Rosa, Cristy James, & Stephanie Waquer vs Sexy Star, Lady Flammer, & Reina Oscura
• Solar vs Negro Navarro vs Damian 666 vs Canek
• Mr. Iguana & Fresero Jr vs Bestia 666 & Black Taurus vs Laredo Kid & the Tiger
•  Hijo De Dos Caras, Hijo De Wagner, Dual vs. Bram, La Mascara and Batab El Guerrero
• Relampago vs. Heddi Karaoui

Alberto’s former valet, Ricardo Rodriguez will work as a referee on the show as well.

• Alberto El Patron vs. Tito Ortiz Rumored For MMA Fight

While many believe that we’ll never see Alberto El Patron back in WWE, the former WWE Champion himself claims that the door for a return is open.

Alberto was recently interviewed by Super Luchas where he talked about his relationship with Triple H, leaving WWE in 2014 and more.

While talking about a possible return to the company, the former Champion said that a comeback is not out of the question while also clarifying that neither of the parties are begging for it:

“Returning to WWE before retiring is not a question of whether they want to or I want to return, neither I hope nor want to return nor do they expect me to return or want me to return. But the two of us have had approaches, especially to make the peace, which opens the door to the fact that before I hang up my boots I can have some last matches in WWE. I clarify it: neither they beg me, nor I beg them. It’s just that the door is open for a future.”

Alberto Del Rio has been talking about retirement from a while now but so far he hasn’t announced a timetable for the same. So it’s hard to say how long he will be wrestling before hanging his boots.

Here are several Impact Wrestling news items coming out of Sunday’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view and Monday’s Impact tapings from Queens, NY:

– Impact is looking to bring back Alberto El Patron. The company feels his personal issues have calmed down and the upside of his name recognition outweigh the risks. The hope is to have him work the November Las Vegas TV tapings (11/11-13). Alberto has been keeping busy lately with bookings in Mexico and his role with the Combate Americas MMA promotion.

– James Ellsworth, who made a surprise appearance at Bound For Glory as Eli Drake’s mystery opponent, has turned down an offer to join the Impact roster. Ellsworth was said to be very appreciative and gracious about the offer, but is still on WWE’s radar and will be working SmackDown 1000 tonight.

– There was heat on several wrestlers for arriving late for Bound For Glory at the Melrose Ballroom. Pentagon Jr., in particular, arrived very late.

– Impact is planning to run more “undead realm” vignettes and some sort of cosmic-themed stipulation match for TV in December.

Click here to read spoiler results from Monday night’s Impact Wrestling TV tapings from Queens, NY. Impact will be running another round of tapings tonight. Check back later for those results.

Alberto El Patron (FKA Alberto Del Rio) recently took a crack at his former partner, Paige, during a social media post. El Patron was responding to a post from a fan on Twitter when he made the comments.

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Alberto was found in the comments section of the post, taking a crack at his former love interest:

Paige and Alberto in 2018

Alberto has been wrestling sparingly thus far this year. His duties with Combates Americas keep him busy enough that he only wrestles about once per month. His last match was on August 7th, 2018. He defeated Savio Vega in a match for ICWA in Puerto Rico.

As for Paige, she announced WWE officials would no longer medically clear her for in-ring competition earlier this year. She made the announcement on the Raw after WrestleMania and then was announced as the new General Manager of Smackdown the following night.

Alberto El Patron, better known as Alberto Del Rio from his time in the WWE, recently spoke with Chair Shots to the Cranium to talk about various topics.

CM Punk

El Patron worked with CM Punk during his time with the company while battling for the WWE Title on numerous occasions. He recalled one match with Punk in Japan where he thought that they had a masterpiece of a match despite being jet lagged. He brought up how he is good friends with Punk and have nothing but respect for everything he’s done in his career and his MMA career. The reason for that respect is due to Punk needing “to be a real man to take that challenge to go inside the cage and fight.”

Paige

El Patron dated former WWE Divas Champion and current SmackDown General Manager Paige. Although they no longer date, he did keep an eye on her career and the fact that she is no longer medically cleared to wrestle in the WWE. He stated that he closed that book a long time ago and wishes nothing but the best to Paige.

“It’s too bad she cannot wrestle anymore,” El Patron stated as he noted that she has a lot of talent and believes she could have been the most successful Diva of all-time.

While his exit from the company was not on the best terms, Alberto El Patron is confident that he will one day be back in WWE for a final run because he has maintained a good relationship with Vince McMahon.

The Roman Show recently interviewed Patron, where he talked about the reason why he pulled from the AAA Triplemania and more.

While discussing a possible WWE return of Rey Mysterio, Alberto brought his own return too. He said that Mysterio would be the perfect person for him to work with, in a world tour to say goodbye.

Continuing on the topic, the former World Champion said that he would also like to work with some other guys again like Dolph Ziggler and Ken Anderson.

Patron then went on to say that he has always stayed the same because he has a good relationship with Vince McMahon.

Finally, El Patron claimed that he is sure he will be back into the company before he decides to retire where he will once again be able to work with all the stars he used to wrestle with.

Do you think Alberto El Patron will have another run with WWE somewhere down the line or is he done with the company for good? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.

Earlier this week Alberto Del Rio pulled from his appearance at AAA TripleMania.

Del Rio recently spoke to The Roman Show and explained the reason for his withdrawal. He explained that he wasn’t happy with the way the promotion did business:

“I don’t like how they are doing things in the business,” he said. “We continue to see promoters take advantage of the talent. Thank God I am in the position where’ I am able to say, ‘OK you can do this, but you won’t do this to me’. It happened with Triple A.”

He further explained that the promotion failed to pay him for the agreed upon appearance. Apparently he was “spoiled” and pitched a big match at their largest event of the year. However, AAA was unable to fulfill their financial promise to him. Thus, he pulled from the appearance:

“They called me and found me and took me somewhere and spoiled me to see if I can do their biggest event of the year,” El Patron stated.

“Then, they never sent the money. They never came. I was supposed to fight someone and they were never able to seal the deal… They didn’t fulfill their commitment with me.”

Discussion: What do you think about Del Rio pulling from the AAA show? And what do you make of his explanation? Sound off in the comments below!

Check out the updated card for TripleMania below:

TripleMania Lineup
August 25th, 2018

• Cruiserweight Championship
  Australian Suicide (c) vs Multiple opponents TBD
• AAA Mixed Tag Championships
  Big Mama and Nino Hamburguesa vs Hijo Del Vikingo and Vanilla vs Dinastia and Lady Maravilla vs Angelikal and La Hiedra
• AAA Tag Team Championships
  Aerostar and Drago vs Golden Magic and Laredo Kid vs Bandido and Flamita vs Andrew Everett and DJZ
• Mamba, Maximo, Pimpinela Escarlata vs Carta Brava Jr, Mocho Cota Jr, Tito Santana vs Hijo de LA Park, Puma King, and Taurus
• Jack Evans, Juventud Guerrera and Teddy Hart vs Averno, Chessman, Super Fly
• La Mascara, Rey Escorpion, and Texano Jr. vs Joe Lider, Murder Clown, and Pagano
• AAA Heavyweight Championship
  Jeff Jarrett (c) vs Fenix vs Brian Cage vs Rich Swann
• Mask vs Hair
  Lady Shani vs Faby Apache
• One Luchador Will Be Unmasked Cage Match (After 2 Luchadors escape the other 2 wrestle, loser losing his mask)
  Psycho Clown vs Hijo Del Fantasma vs LA Park, vs Pentagon Jr.

Alberto El Patron (Del Rio) has had a falling out with another pro-wrestling promotion. Yesterday, AAA Lucha Libre announced the full card for this weekend’s TripleMania show. Alberto was noticeably absent from the lineup.

“The promotion soured on him when he no-showed the Impact vs. AAA show in New Orleans and just felt with his track record that he wasn’t worth the risk,” wrote Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Earlier in the year, Alberto teased he would face a legendary opponent on the show. He has said he had talks with the promotion about wrestling against or teaming with Rey Mysterio Jr. for the event. While Albero has never officially left the promotion, his name has not been mentioned on their television in months.

Alberto El Patron TripleMania

AAA owner, Dorian Roldan, went public in Mexico saying Alberto’s no-showing the Impact vs LU was a significant factor. Alberto has gone public and said the two sides were negotiating after his no-show.

TripleMania takes place August 25th, 2018. The main event of the show will feature a 4-way cage match. Pentagon, Psycho Clown, El Hijo Del Fantasma, and LA Park will be the participants. After 2 luchadors have escaped the cage, the final two will wrestle a single’s match. The loser of that match also loses their mask.

Alberto El Patron (Del Rio) has withdrawn from AAA’s premier annual event, TripleMania. The event is scheduled to take place on August 25th.

Alberto is saying the company did not pay his agreed upon deposit and did not make other necessary arrangements for his participation. The letter also says he will send out information about new projects he is working on shortly.

Para que no exista ni duda ni malentendidos.
Simplemente las cosas como son https://t.co/ujKXHHzXw8

— Alberto El Patron (@PrideOfMexico) August 21, 2018

TripleMania Lineup
August 25th, 2018

1. Cruiserweight Championship
   Australian Suicide (c) vs Multiple opponents TBD
2. AAA Mixed Tag Championships
   Big Mama and Nino Hamburguesa vs Hijo Del Vikingo and Vanilla vs Dinastia and Lady Maravilla vs Angelikal and La Hiedra
3. AAA Tag Team Championships
   Aerostar and Drago vs Golden Magic and Laredo Kid vs Bandido and Flamita vs Andrew Everett and DJZ
4. Mamba, Maximo, Pimpinela Escarlata vs Carta Brava Jr, Mocho Cota Jr, Tito Santana vs Hijo de LA Park, Puma King, and Taurus
5. Jack Evans, Juventud Guerrera and Teddy Hart vs Averno, Chessman, Super Fly
6. La Mascara, Rey Escorpion, and Texano Jr. vs Joe Lider, Murder Clown, and Pagano
7. AAA Heavyweight Championship
   Jeff Jarrett (c) vs Fenix vs Brian Cage vs Rich Swann
8. Mask vs Hair
   Lady Shani vs Faby Apache
9. One Luchador Will Be Unmasked Cage Match (After 2 Luchadors escape the other 2 wrestle, loser losing his mask)
   Psycho Clown vs Hijo Del Fantasma vs LA Park, vs Pentagon Jr.

The fallout from Alberto El Patron’s departure from Impact Wrestling is still a discussion.

El Patron failed to appear at the Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground event at WrestleCon earlier this month during WrestleMania weekend. At the show, he was originally scheduled to team with Penta El 0M against Austin Aries and Rey Fénix.

This led to the promotion releasing El Patron due to him not appearing at the show.

SI.com recently interviewed Impact Wrestling executive Scott D’Amore. During this interview, D’Amore opened up on the release of the former world champion.

“It was obviously an unfortunate situation. When Alberto failed to show up to the event, we made our decision on a new main event for the show. It was important for us to give our fans, in a capacity crowd at the Sugar Mill in New Orleans, a great event, and we did not want them to focus on someone who wasn’t there.

We wanted them to focus on the match we were giving. Those three guys went out, were so professional, and put on an amazing match. Then we sat down and huddled.”

What are your thoughts on Impact Wrestling parting ways with El Patron? Sound off in the comment section below.

Alberto El Patron has broken his silence regarding why he no-showed the big Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground live event at WrestleCon during WrestleMania 34 weekend.

The former Impact Wrestling World Champion was scheduled to team with Penta El Zero M against Austin Aries and Rey Fénix in the main event, but did not appear – despite fans seeing him in New Orleans before and after the show.

Impact, which had Alberto booked in the main event of the upcoming Redemption pay-per-view, responded by announcing that his contract with the promotion has been terminated – effective immediately.

IMPACT Wrestling announced today that it has terminated its agreement with Alberto El Patron, effective immediately.

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 8, 2018

During an interview with SportingNews, Alberto El Patron gave his side of the story and explained that a “family situation” needed his attention.

“I had a family situation that I needed to tend to. As you know, my family, my kids are my priority. The situation was involving them and that’s why I decided to take care of business and take care of my family situation. And that’s all that happened. And that comes to what I was just saying to you. I know people wanted to know absolutely everything. This only concerns my family: my parents, my sister, myself and my kids. And that’s the way it’s going to stay.”

Alberto’s Rocky Relationship With Impact Wrestling, Retirement

Alberto explained that he is doing just fine after being released by Impact Wrestling and says their working relationship was rocky at best.

“Our relationship wasn’t pretty good or completely good. And this was just something that ended up breaking it. I’m fine, I guess. I’m going to do what I was planning on doing, as everybody knows I planning on leaving the pro wrestling business in the next year.”

He also vented about his personal life becoming fodder for wrestling journalists and fans.

“I have said it several times over and over. And it’s because of some of these things where everybody thinks they can get their nose into your business. Is it right to know absolutely everything about you? It’s not. I’m just going to continue to do that and doing my stuff here, in Mexico like exactly how I was doing it and sometime next year and say goodbye to the pro wrestling business.”

Alberto El Patron is scheduled to compete at TripleMania XXVI in Mexico this summer.

It’s been well documented that Alberto El Patron failed to appear at Friday’s Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground event at WrestleCon. At the show, he was originally scheduled to team with Penta El 0M against Austin Aries and Rey Fénix.

His excuse was that he had got sick through the course of the day despite word among talent that he actually no-showed.

This led to the promotion releasing El Patron effective immediately. The release is due to him not appearing at Friday’s show. Aries was originally slated to defend the Impact Title against El Patron at their Redemption PPV later this month.

The promotion sent out the following statement:

“IMPACT Wrestling announced today that it has terminated its agreement with Alberto El Patron, effective immediately.”

Thus, the promotion has announced a new main event for their Redemption PPV. It will now be Aries vs. Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr. for the Impact World Championship.

Impact Wrestling will hold their Redemption pay-per-view event on April 22nd, 2018 in Orlando, Florida at Universal Studios. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app. Here is the updated card:

Impact Wrestling champion Austin Aries vs. Rey Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr.

X-Division champion Matt Sydal vs. Petey Williams

Impact Wrestling Tag Team champions LAX vs. Eli Drake & Scott Steiner

The “first-ever” House of Hardcore Match: OVE vs. Moose & Eddie Edwards & Tommy Dreamer

Impact Wrestling star Alberto El Patron will be appearing at this year’s TripleMania XXVI show from Mexico City.

Lucha Libre AAA held a TripleMania press conference on Tuesday and had been teasing an “international luchador” for the show.

The announcement of Alberto El Patron’s involvement follows a report by PWInsider that Alberto was actually spotted At WWE Headquarters in Stamford, CT last week.

TripleMania XXVI takes place on Saturday, August 25th from the Mexico City Arena.

.@PrideOfMexico será parte de #TriplemaniaXXVI

Su rival será anunciado más adelante en https://t.co/XUmLI1be2K pic.twitter.com/rt6eQX6D1O

— Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (@luchalibreaaa) March 6, 2018

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Impact Wrestling star Alberto El Patron appears to be working to rebuild his public image. While promoting a charity event this Saturday with proceeds going to orphaned children in Mexico, Alberto claims to have apologized to Triple H for ‘things he said about him in the past’ and hopes to return to WWE.

The article was in Spanish, a Google Translate version (i.e not perfect) of his comments are below:

“I apologized to Triple H for the issues we were in when I was with the relationship with my ex-partner. She and her entire family made me believe that those who affected our relationship were them, specifically him. She made me believe that the videos (compromising of the fighter) and all that was outside was by Triple H and the company. Surely before I retire I will do something special with them.”

Alberto said some pretty horrendous things about Triple H less than a year ago when he was dating WWE Superstar Paige. In a Periscope (or in this case, Perro-scope?) video that is still online, Alberto got deeply personal with his insults towards WWE’s COO:

“Triple H, you are a f**** p*ssy, and I don’t have to be drunk to say this, you’re a p*ssy. You just married well, that’s all you did. You married well and you’re a p*ssy.”

He continued, “Come to La Cantanita and I’ll say it again. I don’t have to be drunk or sober. You’ve got a big nose and no balls.”

Alberto El Patron in AAA

LuchaBlog.com also translated a recent Spanish language interview with AAA officials who indicated talks between the promotion and Alberto are ongoing. The article mentions it is likely Alberto returns to AAA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7L4nOJZy50

Former WWE Champion and current IMPACT Wrestling star Alberto El Patron (a.k.a. Alberto Del Rio) recently did an interview with The Miami Herald to talk about his run with IMPACT as well as his past experiences with WWE. El Patron made his IMPACT Wrestling debut back in March of 2017 after being released from WWE in September of the previous year. El Patron explained how much more creative freedom he has with IMPACT as opposed to his previous employer:

“They let you be yourself and just do it on the fly, it feels better. People appreciate that even more, it’s natural. When I went back to Impact Wrestling for Bound for Glory, I was just telling the truth and speaking from the heart and making people open their eyes to the situation.

“And it’s going to continue, as long as I’m at Impact, I have the freedom to say what I think. … I keep hearing people say ‘Every time you’re on the mic in Impact, it’s amazing. What happened? Why wasn’t it like that in the other company?’ Well, the reason was I never had that freedom.”

The former GFW Global Champion also offered his thoughts on former IMPACT Wrestling frontman Jeff Jarrett and the current management within the promotion:

“I was having a lot of fun with Jeff Jarrett, he’s a personal friend. He was the one giving me the opportunity to have my Dad and my Brother in that storyline with LAX. I was always grateful for that and wanted to say ‘thank you’ to Jeff for giving me the opportunity to have them in the ring with me, but it was also a fantastic storyline.

“It was not something they just did to please me. … I know Jeff is no longer with the company, but we have another group of people with the same idea, with the same goal, which is to take Impact Wrestling to the place where it belongs.”

During his early professional wrestling days in the 2000s El Patron used to wear a mask, a normalcy in the Mexican professional wrestling world. El Patron was then asked about the possibility of competing with a mask once again as the 40-year-old begins to wind down in his career:

“That would be amazing! That would be fantastic, but it’s a little bit difficult when it’s done in Mexico. Once you lose it, you lose it. They don’t want to see you wearing it, they would feel like you’re disrespecting the lucha libre tradition, but I never lost the mask, it was a personal decision.

“I never lost the mask in the ring. I decided to remove that mask and give light to Alberto Del Rio. … Maybe for my last match, maybe for the day when I say ‘adios’ to the pro wrestling business.”

H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

IMPACT Wrestling star Alberto El Patron (a.k.a. Alberto Del Rio) recently did an interview with The Orlando Sentinel to talk about a variety of professional wrestling topics. El Patron discussed feeling at home while working at IMPACT, portraying a heel as a professional wrestler, and possibly retiring soon. Here are the highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqsAYnQ73xc

Feeling at home while working with IMPACT Wrestling:

“I know in a spot like the one Impact gave to Alberto, I need to live my life in a certain way. When you’re asked to carry a company, there are certain things you should and shouldn’t do, certain things you have to do, and I didn’t.

“I enjoy Impact so much because some places, if they see you down, they won’t be good enough to come take your hand and help you with what you’re going through. I really appreciated that.”

Portraying a heel:

“I love being a heel. I don’t like being a babyface and a good guy. But it’s not always about what we want, it’s what the fans want. [Before] this last storyline, they liked me. You can’t force the audience, though, if they want to boo or they want to cheer. Right now, I’m really having fun — I’m working as a bad guy, doing all the heel things, but still getting cheered by most of the fans. It’s the best of both worlds.”

Retiring soon:

“Alberto will continue to do this for two years, then start to think about retirement. I’m not tired of the business, or the fans, or the ring — what I don’t like is what goes on behind the curtain. When I went to Impact, I started to feel like I got my passion back. So I’ll wrestle in 2018, then maybe 2019 I’ll start to think about a farewell tour.”

As noted before, Alberto El Patron was recently a guest on Keeping It 100 with Konnan where among other things he also talked openly about his second WWE run. Below are some more highlights from his interview:

Difference between his early pay in Indies and when he joined WWE:

“Well, of course, the first WrestleMania I was in I was like, damn, this is cool. I was always making good money in Mexico after my run in Japan, and MMA companies, but when I started in Mexico I was making $80; that was my salary because my dad didn’t want to put everything on a silver plate for me, he wanted me to work for my stuff, I’m the one going to the promoters and negotiating. My dad never went there and made it easy for me, so in the beginning I was making $80, so driving in a bus for 10 hours to go to Monterrey, and 10 hours back, and then I earned my airplane tickets and I earned more money, so I was doing good. I was also doing good in Japan, but nothing compared to that WrestleMania check.”

Why the company brought him back in 2015:

“To be honest it’s because, and this came from Triple H himself and Johnny Ace; apparently Vince [McMahon] was mad after a TV taping because he didn’t feel that the heels were being real heels. You know nowadays heels want to be cheered and be cooled, but in those days when a heel was a badass and ass-kicker, those days are gone,” he said. “Nowadays, everyone wants to be cheered and wants thousands of followers on social media. They are afraid of heat that the business can give them, so McMahon wasn’t happy, and believe it or not Triple H agreed to it, so he said, let’s do it. He mentioned how I was doing great things on the independent circuit and Lucha Underground and how I was in phenomenal shape. After a while of negotiations, I ended up going back.”

WWE calling him the night before his return and how they made him:

“They called me a night before Hell in a Cell; they called me for weeks on it, I said that they needed to pay me, and that I was doing fantastic on the independent circuit. For someone like me, who has a name in Mexico, and for the name that the WWE gave me, no matter what, WWE made me. They gave me a name and gave me an opportunity, The haters were say that I talk crap about WWE; yeah, I talk crap about the things I don’t like, but I also put the mover on things that are real. The reality is that they made me and they made me go from a national icon to an international icon, and because of that I did fantastic when I was not in the company. Long story short, they asked me if I can come back to the company the next night, I said I could, and I ended up signing a contract at 2-3 in the morning; sending everything via fax, and the next day I was there for my big comeback.”

The League Of Nations stable and how none of its members wanted to be a part of it:

“WrestleMania was around the corner, and they said that we have these guys [Barrett, Rusev, Sheamus, Del Rio] and were like, let’s put them together and do something. None of us wanted to work as a team, or be on a team. Everybody was just not happy by doing that, and we talked to the boss and ended up splitting,” he said. “You know, because they showed me the way, they opened my eyes and I was just being home one day per week, I asked myself if it was really worth it, and I said that I didn’t think so. I remembered when I was free and enjoying my family and my time, I said to myself that I was going to leave. I talked to WWE and they were like, no, just hold on, we are going to bring you back to the Champion Del Rio, the badass Del Rio, but that didn’t happen.”

You can check out some more highlights from El Patron’s appearance including him talking about his relationship with Paige here.

Quotes via WrestlingInc