Huge Steel Cage Match Involving Ex-WWE World Heavyweight Champion Announced
The AAA Mega Championship match at Triplemania Regia between El Hijo del Vikingo and Alberto El Patron has been escalated following a chaotic press conference.
José Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan (born 25 May 1977) is a Mexican professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter, sports commentator, and mixed martial artist. He is currently signed in WWE and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) as a wrestler, where he is a former 2-time AAA Mega Champion. In professional wrestling, he is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name Alberto Del Rio, and Impact Wrestling under the ring name Alberto El Patrón.
Before working for WWE, Rodríguez used the name Dos Caras Jr. as both a mixed martial artist and luchador in mostly Mexico and Japan, achieving success in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) by winning the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship once. Rodríguez signed with WWE in 2009 and made his debut on their main roster the following year as Alberto Del Rio. In WWE, he became the first Mexico-born world champion in WWE history after he won the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship twice each. He also won the 2011 Royal Rumble and the 2011 Money in the Bank ladder match, making him the only professional wrestler to win both in the same calendar year.
Rodríguez departed WWE in 2014 and wrestled as Alberto El Patrón in…
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The AAA Mega Championship match at Triplemania Regia between El Hijo del Vikingo and Alberto El Patron has been escalated following a chaotic press conference.
Dave Meltzer reports Alberto Del Rio’s WWE future hinges on Paul Levesque, citing divided opinions and Del Rio’s controversial past.
Hugo Savinovich, on Lucha Libre Online, criticized WWE’s handling of El Hijo del Vikingo’s AAA Mega Title win from Alberto Del Rio as disrespectful.
El Hijo Del Vikingo secured the AAA Mega Championship on May 31, making his June 7 WWE Worlds Collide match against Chad Gable a championship contest.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports Alberto El Patron’s relationship with WWE isn’t entirely severed, suggesting an eventual return is possible.
WWE lists El Hijo del Vikingo as AAA Mega Champion for a Worlds Collide match vs. Chad Gable, despite Alberto El Patron’s upcoming title defense against Vikingo.
Alberto Del Rio attacked El Hijo del Vikingo’s father on TV’s ‘Venga la alegría’ show promoting their May 31st AAA Mega Title match.
WWE’s June 7 NXT x AAA: Worlds Collide to feature TNA, described as “Forbidden Door” event; AEW/AAA ties cut, Vikingo central to new WWE/AAA deal.
