What was Alberto Del Rio doing in Lucha Underground?

It’s been too long since The Hawk has watched some Lucha Underground. So today it’s the short run of Del Rio/ El Patron who had recently been fired from WWE. So the question is will his time in this new company be a tale of redemption for Del Rio? Find out on this exciting episode of Ring Of The Hawk!
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[@am2382]

Someone once said that Del Rio sounded like the spanish version of John Laurinaitis and since then I could never unhear this.

[@FloridaGuy53]

Just as charismatic.

[@thaheartbreaker]

He doesn’t.

[@TriViuM2k22]

PEOPLE POWER!

[@djpegao]

@@TriViuM2k22 PODER DEL PUEBLO!!

[@FloridaGuy53]

@@TriViuM2k22 Instead of just 👆, It's 👉👆👉👆👉👆

[@james_the_animator]

Alberto Del Rio’s entrance was the most over thing about him. The nice car, the personal ring announcer, and the banging music all made him seem like a huge star. Unfortunately, the man couldn’t put it all together.

[@cool-lemon]

100% agree. Entrance was perfect, but in-ring he was just so generic and boring.

[@LumpyAdams]

And he still came out to crickets.

[@ofs82]

@@cool-lemon I always felt he was a very good in-ring wrestler in terms of just execution of spots and pacing of a match; he just didn't have any real connection that made anybody care about him or make the moves, and then he got entitled, lazy, started messing up more frequently and became an out-of-ring trainwreck. The brief El Patrón run before he returned to WWE was the one time people had a reason to care about him, and that's why it worked pretty well. But the problem was, the reason people cared was he became emblematic of rebelling against attitudes within WWE at the time, not because people actually loved or wanted to see ADR.

[@heyyoitsmebrian]

and the WWE can give anyone that same entrance

[@gameplaysolotheblade]

His bookings were shit, and we're talking "Power to the people" era which WWE has been dull during those years.

[@mattmaverick3602]

Alberto Del Rio in 2010-2012 felt like the perfect main event heel for WWE. Outside of that, he felt like he'd only be a main event guy outside of WWE. That's still better than most pro wrestlers at face value. But in the end, he ruined his own career and legacy with his actual personality and behavior.

[@Qtipz123]

The guy was pushed to the moon within several promotions, and all that kept him away from staying on top was himself. Talk about being your own worst enemy. I have no respect for this real life woman beater.

[@clarencesimmons8580]

Listen and listen really good, Mark d! I want episode of the story of Amy Christine Dumas aka Lita. "Was she any Good????

[@devlinsmith942]

Konnan said it best "Bro, you were given 4 or 5 chances by God. How can you continue to screw up still?"

[@dustinsonnier5602]

@@Qtipz123that’s understandable I agree with a lot you said yeah he screwed himself around even if he was proven right in most cases

[@codylaighton9023]

​@@dustinsonnier5602 "most cases"? What cases exactly?

[@clockworkorangecassidy1114]

Alberto El Patron, who the girls shouldn't be with alone

[@ConorKhabibBrunson]

Uhh why he’s goodlooking

[@IBeNerdy76]

​@ConorKhabibBrunson he abused all his gfs. Even holding his gf and her son hostage

[@jetcrosofz1987]

@@IBeNerdy76 He was declared innocent and that his ex-girlfriend invented everything

[@IBeNerdy76]

@jetcrosofz1987 Well, we still have the Paige drama and also the fact he got drunk while wrestling. Even adam from wrestletalk confirmed that at a WCPW show Patron was drunk

[@rotomwash0355]

RIP to the daddy of the wild slapnuts, Jerry Jarrett. He was a man dedicated to rpo wrestling and the world is poorer to have lost him, but not as enriched as it was to have had him.

[@erikurizita6702]

I agree. Jerry Jarret was akin to losing Vince McMahon. He's just as important if not more so too the indie guys trying to make it. He and Slap Nuts together did amazing things too, so rip daddy of slap nuts. Keep booking those dream matches in wrestling heaven.

[@ryanm7905]

​@@erikurizita6702 what a stupid thing to say 😂😂

[@bernardosantosribeiro6665]

lu was extremely important, be it the cinematic fights, the gimmiks that differ from the fighter in the indies and all the talent that was discovered outside the indie scene, I think it is the Most ephemeral company since cornette's smw and is probably an inspiration for WWE nowadays as many things are similar

[@arostwocents]

LU was very good, I enjoyed it at one time. Agreed they actually used gimmicks and felt like a TV product which was awesome rather than the indie card feel of AEW & TNA

[@thatpersonyouknow8911]

Lucha underground Was so underrated and they all had really decent matches every episode and even the stories were so weird they were interesting to follow

[@arostwocents]

Agreed. It was a TV product through and through. I wish TNA had cloned LU rather than AEW

[@zeerocool666]

Can't wait for more LU from the hawk. But another very vital piece of info you did not mention with Bertos run here is that LU had him penciled in to wrestle Pentagon and ultimately put him over but Berto being the butthead he is refused to put him over and so Vamp took that job on himself which turned out amazing.

[@MrMctuck]

9:57 'the referee that looks like an easter egg' That tickled me 😂

[@DukeofItaly]

So hyped for more lucha underground content. One of my favorite promotions

[@AdrianM865]

This was my guy at one point. When SmackDown did a taping in my town I was the ONLY one in the arena cheering him. When he got fired around this time period he was someone I was rooting for to succeed....until this man never STFU about WWE any chance he got and his mental going to absolute poop with him losing his mind.

[@jordankuttler1859]

Lucha Underground was so awesome 👍🏻😄 Especially Mil Muertes 💪🏻 and Catrina ❤️they were my favorites

[@Markyd123]

Especially Catrina

[@Jonathan_Lazauskas]

Lucha Underground was always one of my favorites to watch. It's crazy to see how many guys worked for Lucha Underground that are now signed to either AEW or WWE.

[@Qtipz123]

Not surprising, Many of those wrestlers were known even if they wore a mask. They all would have ended up in a bigger promotion.

[@KruelAidMan]

@@Qtipz123 Penta was as low on the card as possible before _Underground_ it without question made his career.

[@PKDeviluke25]

More Lucha Underground videos please. Am about half way through Season 2 and it is a wild ride.

[@denniswilliams6519]

Alberto Del Rio was a guy carried by his aesthetic (His entrance, the theme the whole presentation) but couldn't push it past that first impression. His ring work was reliable but nothing eye popping, and his character work heel or face always felt lacking. It felt like companies trying to force him to be a star more than he ever could actually become one.

[@sheldondillon]

Gotta admit I was a Lucha Underground fan when it was on. I was introduced to Ivelisse Velez and Taya Valkyrie 2 of my favorite female wrestlers and was impressed by a lot of high flyers, even though I'm not really a fan of that style. These guys were damn good at it. I liked this episode of Ring of the Hawk . Awesome, with a capital A !!

[@hotcoldman9793]

Lucha underground was amazing!!! I'd love a video about anyone from Lucha!!!

[@rpl1318]

Alberto has one of the greatest backbreakers in the industry. such a shame he's like he is

[@jacobvanveldhuizen4365]

Alberto Del Rio/El Patron is one of my all time favorites. He has a knack for making everything look and seem real, whether it's the in-ring action or promo work.

[@bananielrush8602]

I always thought Texano was going to be the next big thing from Mexico here in the US. Sadly never saw him outside of Lucy’s underground.

[@williammoore6128]

Congrats on becoming FAM Hardcore champ Hawk👏🏿😂

[@Markyd123]

I am honoured

[@williammoore6128]

@@Markyd123 You cut hell of promo before you got jumped also

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Where

[@williammoore6128]

@@ShubhamMishrabro Look up the channel Forever A Moment and the video FAM Royal Rumble

[@CallumDickson666]

Paul London's Lucha Underground run pls

[@franchise3531]

I've always liked Del Rio/Patron, to me he has the It Factor but he couldn't get out of his own way

[@JacobMobley]

Me personally I am a big fan of Alberto and I did like his Lucha Underground run

[@AwkwardLoser]

Didn’t watch any WWE from his era but he seems like a nice WWE style heel he I’m sure was great in his flawed ways.

[@donzellmccalipp8510]

I loved alberto growing up as a kid seeing his entrance with the cars i thought he was smooth hearing how he was with paige i lost all respect for him some things you just can't forgive others for he was a damn good wrestler but wwe now has a huge upgrade in santos escobar

[@kenthegamer]

To be fair Paige was pretty bad during that relationship too

[@donzellmccalipp8510]

@@kenthegamer I know i had lost respect for her too because i expected better from her

[@timothyronlloyd9817]

Santos escobar is an upgrade!!Lol

[@donzellmccalipp8510]

@@timothyronlloyd9817 Did i stutter yes he's an upgrade yeah his booking isn't that good but he's a much better wrestler than alberto

[@xilon3]

Gonna keep asking :D Would love to see Ludvig Borga WWF run. Also AOP main roster run would be cool!

[@VXGaming]

AOP would be a very short RoTH.

[@anonluxor470]

I never knew del Rio was in lucha underground

[@dhall888]

Wow, only watched the first match so far, but dang, hope it continues!!

[@fairviewboy95]

We need a Texano ring of the hawk I thought the guy was going to be a star. But lucha underground made everyone look phenomenal

[@Markyd123]

Yea they certainly made him feel big time. Then he went to tna and he was just a random guy

[@glenncross4987]

There are quite a few more LU stars that could qualify for Ring of the Hawk. I'm thinking AR Fox, Mariposta, I think Killshot and Matanza had 30 or fewer matches

[@dakotathompson185]

Hey markeyd you need to check out the insane and great death match between killshot and Dante fox. One of the best luncha underground matches ever.

[@koreybaker8199]

LU was so awesome it sucks that the problem was money issues with the company because I could have really seen LU being so great and such they had so many great matches and plus some of these wrestlers I never heard of except for some

[@MitchellBay]

Honestly a lot of these matches were really awesome and surprised me.

[@philiphunn194]

I miss Lucha Underground so much. It was a really fun show.

[@AJK1DD]

Excellent vid Marky. Once Del Rio left WWE a void was left which they've tried to fill but they've failed quite a bit. Let's hope Santos Escobar comes good, he probably will in all honesty. Anyway, I have a suggestion for a video on the Ring of The Hawk. Finn Balòr's run in NXT from 2019, October 2nd, where he made his return to the brand up to 2021. The goal of the run was for him to go from the happy, smiley guy who didn't mind letting others taking his place to The Prince, the main event, a gimmick that elevated him into the main event scene back in New Japan. This run was incredible and I think he might be a contender to win this or the next season of Ring of the Hawk. So if you'd like lad, have a look at The Prince. Keep up the good work! 👊

[@KruelAidMan]

Santos is 40 next year lols. He'll be just as successful in WWE as every other Mexican who isn't Rey/Eddie/Alberto.

[@AJK1DD]

@@KruelAidMan Ah shit

[@lewisaino]

Maybe Dragon Lee has luck

[@KruelAidMan]

@@lewisaino spoiler: he won't.

[@larryhammer5183]

Anyone else hoping for a Wild Slap Nut RUN IN ?

[@RC99_Productions]

Thing is around this time, I was a Del Rio fan. He could still wrestle at the highest level and I loved his work in Lucha Underground... but then everything else happened. He just comes across as a delusional bitter man nowadays (and really, he should be in prison for the things he did but that's a whole different story). According to Cagematch, he does work the rare obscure indy show in Mexico every now and then but not AAA or CMLL or anywhere major and it's safe to say, NO ONE, not WWE, TNA, AEW, MLW, AAA or anyone else in a functioning brain would work with him again. In conclusion, he's a good wrestler but terrible, awful human being.

[@Turdtowns]

Didn’t he almost wrestle at triple mania last year?

[@RC99_Productions]

@@Turdtowns He's always saying "(insert company here) is reporting Del Rio to come back" which is obviously not true, so he's lying.

[@Turdtowns]

@@RC99_Productions ah got ya

[@889654]

WWE seems to be positioning both Dominik Mysterio and Santos Escobar (who was King Cuerno in LU) to succeed Rey as their top stars for the Spanish-speaking demographic.

[@lewisaino]

I just want Penta lol Heck Psycho Clown vs Demon King or Fiend jaja

[@KruelAidMan]

Escobar isn't even a decade younger than Rey @@lewisaino lel there is no way Penta or Psycho would ever sign to WWE

[@Casey_The_Editor]

God I miss Lucha Underground. I'm glad I got to go to a few season 1 tapings.

[@willkayl8793]

If you can get past the BS that was Alberto’s personal life, he was an excellent pro wrestler.

[@LumpyAdams]

Wouldn't call what he did BS and excellent is a big stretch lol. He was sloppy and hurt a lot of guys. Plus he couldn't really adapt to the North American style. I don't remember him having any GREAT singles matches in WWE.

[@KruelAidMan]

@@LumpyAdams ...which continent do you think Mexico is in?

[@cloudsombrero]

​@@KruelAidManMexican and north american wrestling styles are way different

[@KruelAidMan]

@@cloudsombrero dumb bot

[@TerryB01]

Please do a Ring of the Hawk for ODB in TNA.

[@art_the_king02]

She had more than 30 matches Ring of the Hawk requires 30 or less matches

[@TerryB01]

@@art_the_king02 It would still be cool to see a video on her.

[@TheFailedmessiah]

I’d say Alberto’s best wrestling run was in LU.

[@KennyHavoc]

Genuinely so close. Great look great charisma great mic work great in ring he’s perfect why did he have to be such a real life a hole

[@pacmanrespector9552]

Strange to see del Rio play a face role, he has such a natural heel look

[@Qtipz123]

The guy is a natural heel. Brings out the worst in himself despite the promotion he works for. Also, don't forget this man is a real life woman beater.

[@KruelAidMan]

It's also weird because he came off like such a dipshit in the vignettes of _Underground_

[@_The_Journey]

As a 22 year old 3rd generation Luchador I would love to see him come back to WWE but Ik itill never happen and I do understand he’s been known to not be the best of guys outside the company but from everyone I’ve ever met who knows him personally they say he’s an amazing person💯 I never met him so I really don’t know but In terms of his in ring work he’s an idol of mine

[@dlcdnl]

Love me some Ring of the Hawk

[@rockstar42021]

I loved lunca underground awesome wrestling interesting storylines and I thought best storyline was son of havoc Ivey and angelico love triangle lasted forever and I was never bored

[@BabyMaharaja0]

Yes I would love to see him again in WWE

[@cristian2973]

Great vid but i feel like the match breakdowns could be a bit shorter.

[@dillonstahlman4768]

I mean del Rios return run could be a decent episode but I'm not sure if it's lower then 50 matches

[@deadpooliskool4800]

Could u do the Brian Kendrick 2016-2020 run on nxt??

[@Gelato150]

When it comes to wrestlers who didn’t get the FULL PUSH .. I love Alberto Del Rio and Angelico .

[@neo700crisvj]

He knows how to wrestle and his been cleared of all those allegations, they were false, unfortunately it doesn’t matter to the people anymore, they just see him as a crazy madman

[@scottmorrison3929]

Alberto El Patron is an A tier talent and a F tier person. He deserves to never work in the industry again, and it's a shame the number of great matches we will never see in the US as a result.

[@coded3604]

So I see where FTR GOT THAT TAG FINISHER TOO

[@gjfwang]

I like Del Rio as a wrestler. He gets stale and formulaic for promos and wrestling but he's skilled and looks like a star especially outside the WWE where the size difference between him and indy wrestlers get magnified. I think short runs with smaller promotions and moving onto another promotion before he gets stale is the best use for him. He just self sabotaged his career.

[@marcohavokkhaos]

The show was build around Mundo. Which, was better. Until they made it about Jake Hager. Brian Cage run, was fun.

[@knkonwd3374]

Man I miss Lucha Underground. Equal opportunity arse kicking!

[@theguy1233]

Can you do Esikel Jackson in lucha underground?

[@matt_c80]

Alberto in WWE was the reason I stopped watching wrestling as a kid. I just hated him a lot for some reason and he was all over the show after his debut.

[@mercurialmeee]

Is lucha underground watchable in the uk? It used to be on tubi via a vpn but its gone from there now.

[@kryptonianknight2344]

11:08 Something happened with Drago and Aerostar that I missed?

[@e93sports80]

Nice!

[@GokaikillerTobi]

Hard to believe he went from wwe to high school gym with 13 people

[@JobberJerry]

Marty the moth Martinez would be a good video. It sucks he pretty much disappeared after LU went off air

[@OmarPerez-cq7zf]

9:00 Hernandez was the only wrestler in Lucha Underground who didn't do a promo,I mean I don't remember seeing a promo from him,why is that?

[@DolFunDolhpinVtuber]

I loved Lucha Underground.

[@EraDaGod]

Make a vid on the briscoes / jay briscoe !

[@motelmicrowave]

LU was so good at mixing in women with the men, ivalise is one of those wrestlers that's fine but mixed with son of havok and angelico she was terrific

[@extremeking425]

Can you do Matt Hardy in ROH please??? He had 23 matches.

[@Markyd123]

Is the footage easy to get?

[@thefloridaman41]

I know the Sexy Star controversy was there something with Drago or Aerostar?

[@nicktaylor2657]

Should do one on Marty the Moth I know he wrestled in other independents but none I seen He would be... interesting 🤨

[@jabbarmuhammad8804]

Alberto del Rio's time in lucha underground was short despite the good matches he had there

[@RaphIsStillASmark]

Alberto El Patron.. he sounded like a good fit for Lucha Underground.. no no a GREAT fit. Even though his personal demons would get to him a few years after this, there's no denying he was one hell of a wrestler.. someone give me a smack I sound so freaking generic.

[@Todaymma]

Lucha Underground is the shit

[@dante666jt]

Love me some lucha libre

[@eastsidereviews727]

Even The Hawk knows about the Ex-Con Dom!

[@swags4335]

"Noteable Prick" Alberto El Patron

[@eugenedantzler4485]

2 As and a B to start off??? That's a first!!

[@Just5Skykes]

Is there enough matches to have an Mascrita Segrada of RoH??

[@alphawilliams7923]

Will you do his TNA run?

[@deandreushayes9836]

Rey Mysterio in Lucha Underground

[@Aman--Wangnao77]

0:03 What's her name ?

[@Devitciiu]

Karlee Perez. She was Catrina in Lucha Underground and MLW and Maxine in old NXT.

[@StrikeByStrike]

Should’ve been watching this instead of the elimination chamber

[@petesmart1983]

Patron was a good talent, good gimmick, good talker and decent in the ring. Just his personality killed his career

[@johnpaxton3098]

This is one of the most bouncy rings I've ever seen in wrestling. It's distracting cause its almost like there on a trampoline 😂

[@Absauce]

U should review kharma in wwe

[@marcohavokkhaos]

I loved when Melina came back, and helped Johnny.

[@matthewpulama106]

Alberto was one of those talents that looked poised to be a huge star...but his in-ring work and presentation was just...okay and let's just say that later events in his life practically put a black mark on his career. However, I will say that his time in Lucha Underground was at least his last hurrah, so there's that.

[@dirkjewitt5037]

Why didn't people watch Lucha? It was easily one of my favorite things running on TV at the time.

[@Turdtowns]

Poor tv network in US

[@user-ez5nh3yz1u]

Luchado... Its kinda in the name. What else would he be doing?

[@princezzalmighty5889]

Do Johnny Mundo in lucha underground.

[@vherostar]

Would love to see a Taryn Terrell in AEW video.

[@ramses1500]

He was great he had it all besides the fire promos he was better in Mexico

[@razieltalos]

whats the controversy with Drago and Aerostar? Alberto and Sexy Star i know have done some shit but the others I have no clue

[@bigkev316]

Was was he wearing his Alberto del Rio boots in Lucha 😂

[@artirony410]

No Limit in TNA next inshallah

[@willsimz144]

Alberto del Rio was cool asf in wwe i intro was fire

[@redjohn8012]

WHAT THE HAWK IS GOING ON?