WWE Rumours: Alberto Del Rio was originally going to be a Paul Heyman guy
Alberto Del Rio has been in the spotlight for some time now, and not for good reasons. It was announced a few weeks ago that Alberto Del Rio was given a 30-day suspension, and soon after that, his girlfriend Paige was also announced to have a suspension. It is not the suspensions themselves, but rather the timing that seemed odd to most.
Also, not to forget, Triple H has not been quite pleased with Del Rio and Del Rio himself has not been happy for a while now with the WWE, as he was apparently promised a main event push upon his return. WWE brought him back because they wanted a Latino star to appeal to the Hispanic fan base.
It was recently reported that Del Rio has opted out of his contract that expires later this year, and will not be making any future appearances with WWE. It appears that both parties have come to some sort of agreement. Del Rio’s second run has ended up being stale, to say the least, but from what was promised to him, this was not meant to be the case.
Dave Meltzer from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter had the following to say about Del Rio’s departure.
"Originally, things were supposed to be huge. He was promised a main event push with Paul Heyman as his manager, with the idea of ending up as the big Hispanic superstar babyface the company has lacked since Rey Mysterio stopped working full-time. Early on, Vince McMahon treated him so well that the two would fly together and even sat next to each other on some trips on the company jet. But his pairing with Zeb Colter, a McMahon idea, was a mismatch for a number of reasons. When that pairing didn’t work, McMahon moved on to his next toy, so to speak. His next run as part of the League of Nations was no better and he was just a guy on the card, even though he had a top main eventer contract. He had been openly leading the crowd in “Si, Si, Si” cheers in working to make himself a babyface, but no angle to follow up was ever shot."