Alberto Del Rio

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodriguez and the second or maternal family name is Chucuan.

Alberto Del Rio
Del Rio in 2016
Birth nameJosé Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan
Born (1977-05-25) 25 May 1977 (age 47)[1][2][3]
San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí, Mexico[2][4]
Alma materUniversidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
Spouse(s)
Angela Velkei
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(m. 2012; sep. 2016)​
Children3
Family
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Billed height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)[2][15]
Billed weight239 lb (108 kg)[16][15]
Billed fromSan Luis Potosí, Mexico[15]
Trained by
Debut29 September 2000[19]

José Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan[20] (born 25 May 1977)[1][2] is a Mexican-American professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter, sports commentator, and mixed martial artist, currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as a commentator. He also makes appearances for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) as a wrestler, where he is the current AAA Mega Champion in his second reign. 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 other promotions such as Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Ring of Honor (ROH), Lucha Underground, Japanese and Puerto Rican promotions, and various United States independent promotions. In AAA, he won the AAA Mega Championship once. He returned to WWE in 2015, winning the United States Championship twice, before departing again in 2016. He subsequently signed with Impact Wrestling and won the Impact World Championship title at Slammiversary XV.

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