6-Time WWE Champion Suspended Following Real-Life Arrest
A former multi-time WWE Champion was indefinitely suspended after their recent arrest.
On April 6, Alberto Del Rio was arrested in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, on charges of physical assault by his wife. The local police responded to a 911 call and arrested him after they witnessed him attacking his partner.
Videos uploaded on social media showed him in handcuffs at the police station.
A day later, the Attorney General’s Office of the State of San Luis Potosí announced that an investigation had been opened against the ex-WWE Champion and that he would be presented before the judicial authority for the initial hearing.
According to the victim’s complaint, upon meeting Alberto [Rodriguez] inside a home in the Lomas del Tecnológico [neighborhood], an argument ensued that led the accused to commit various physical and verbal assaults against his partner.
After the arrest carried out by [State Civil Guard] agents, the accused was placed at the disposal of agents of the Public Ministry, who will be in charge of duly compiling the investigation file and presenting him before the judicial authority at the initial hearing, where he will have to answer for the acts he is accused of.
This is not the first time that Del Rio has found himself in cuffs or behind bars.
In 2020, he was arrested in San Antonio, Texas, for allegedly sexually assaulting and battering his then-girlfriend. Ex-WWE Divas Champion Paige, who has dated The Essence of Excellence in the past, too, spoke about physical abuse at his hands.
Former WWE Champion Suspended By Current Wrestling Promotion
Following his WWE departure in 2014, Alberto Del Rio mainly competed in the independent circuit.
He also represented AAA Lucha Libre, where he became the Mega Champion twice. However, he left after the Stamford promotion acquired it last year.
Earlier in the day, The Crash Lucha Libre, a Mexico-based wrestling company, issued an official statement related to Del Rio, where it revealed that the 48-year-old had been indefinitely suspended from making appearances.
Through this notice, The Crash Lucha Libre is a company with values that promotes sports entertainment in a family-friendly manner and condemns any act of violence outside the sports entertainment. For this reason, we will suspend Alberto Del Rio “El Patron” from our programming following the events that recently occurred.” (Via Google translate)
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Del Rio now awaits a date for his appearance before the judicial authority.