Alberto Del Rio parted ways with WWE last month, but he’s not done with wrestling. The former WWE World Champion declared during a press conference that he will be wrestling on a part-time basis for the next few years.
ESPN recently caught up with Del Rio, and they asked him about what’s next for his wrestling career. He noted that he’s been talking with Ring of Honor, and he also noted that he’s looking forward to working with TNA.
“I already talked to my friends from Ring of Honor, and I’m a big fan of that company and their talent. I had a blast a few years ago, and I’m going to have fun with all those guys again pretty soon, as well as doing something with my friends in TNA, especially because my friend Drew McIntyre [Galloway] works for them. I have other friends like Damien [Sandow, a.k.a Aron Rex] and Cody Rhodes. I’m just looking forward to doing an appearance with them pretty soon.”
MMA promotion Combate Americas has announced that Alberto Del Rio, who the company is referring to as Alberto El Presidente, has been named the president of the company.
Alberto plans to continue wrestling wrestling on a part time basis until 2018, when he will turn his focus completely to MMA. Alberto told ESPN that he will work to recruit talented fighters, and help develop them into entertainers.
“I am going to try and bring all of that experience to not just make great fighters, but great entertainers. We know Ronda [Rousey] and [Conor] McGregor are great fighters but they are also showmen. McGregor is an amazing fighter and his Octagon skills are not in debate. But the reason why he has accomplished all of those things is because he is a showman. And people want to see him winning or losing — but they want to see him. At the end of the day this is fighting, so they are going to be fighting. But we also want them to entertain the crowd.”
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