Donald Wood, Mike Chiari and Brandon Galvin interviewed Alberto El Patron on Ring Rust Radio this week. You can check out the full interview in the video above, below are some highlights:
Mike Chiari: During your time in Lucha Underground and ROH so far you’ve been working as a babyface, but most American fans are probably most familiar with your work as a heel. From your perspective, which role do you enjoy playing most and why?
I love being the bad guy. Everybody loves the bad guy including the chicks. That’s a place where I would like to but at the end of the day I’m going to be what the fans want me to be or where they put me. When I left the other company, they decided to put me in the good guy side. I have been working as a baby face since then. I’m not going to say I am not enjoying it but I do. If you would ask me, though, I would love to be a bad guy again.
Brandon Galvin: You’re one of the most well-rounded in-ring wrestlers in the business right now. Since you’re so comfortable wrestling different styles, how or when do you decide which type of style you’re going to wrestle that night?
I’m one of those wrestlers that leaves everything to the audience and to the fans. I never plan anything and you will never see Alberto Patron planning in the back what he is going to do in the match. I always go out there, listen to the crowd and the fans, and give them what they want. If you plan something in the back, you go out there, and the fans don’t want what the fans last night wanted you are done. You won’t be able to give them a good show and a match. I always go out there and listen to the crowd, and depending on what they want that’s what I do.
Donald Wood: Lucha Underground already has a stacked roster right now, but there are rumors that former WWE star Rey Mysterio could be eventually making his debut in the promotion. As someone who understands the mainstream appeal of Mysterio, what would an addition like that mean to the company and how do you think he would be welcomed in the locker room if he does make the jump to Lucha Underground?
It would be fantastic! I don’t know if he is going to join or not because he already joined AAA in Mexico. We know that AAA and Lucha Underground are partners. That pretty much tells me we will see Rey Mysterio at some point in the future and it will be fantastic. We already have a great product and having Rey Mysterio joining the company would make it 1,000 times better. We already have the Latinos watching Lucha Underground. Now we will have superstars like Rey Mysterio and Alberto Patron that will make the American fans turnaround and watch the program because they know us from other companies.
Mike Chiari: One person who a lot of American wrestling fans relate to you is Ricardo Rodriguez. You guys reunited in AAA, but do you think there’s any chance that you’ll join forces again in Lucha Underground? Is that something you’d be interested in?
Well never say never. I have been trying to bring Ricardo to every organization I have worked with but I do not make the final decisions. I always talk about Ricardo with others but at the end of the day they are paying the bills and make that decision. In Ricardo’s situation, I know Lucha Underground already talked to him but nothing happened. I would love to have him on the roster. I wouldn’t want him the way he was before like the other company because he was like my servant. He is not my servant, he is my friend, and I would love to see him do well and showcase his talent in a company like Lucha Underground.
