Former WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio Arrested For Sexual Assault

Alberto Del RioFormer WWE champion Alberto Del Rio was arrested this weekend after a woman accused him of beating and sexually assaulting her. Del Rio, whose real name is Jose A. Rodriguez Chucuan was charged over the weekend with second-degree sexual assault after his a woman claimed he had brutally beaten and sexually assaulted her on multiple […]

Alberto Del Rio

Former WWE champion Alberto Del Rio was arrested this weekend after a woman accused him of beating and sexually assaulting her.

Del Rio, whose real name is Jose A. Rodriguez Chucuan was charged over the weekend with second-degree sexual assault after his a woman claimed he had brutally beaten and sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions.

NBC News 4 San Antonio broke the news about the 42-year-old being arrested in their report which read. “Professional Mexican-American wrestler Alberto Del Rio was arrested over the weekend after a woman came forward with photographs alleging he brutally beat and sexually assaulted her.”

The report goes into graphic detail about an alleged incident that took place on May 3. Del Rio accused the woman of being unfaithful and got angry when she denied his claims. The former WWE superstar slapped her more than ten times before trying to force her to put on a dress and dance for him. When she refused, he told her to stop crying or he’d take her son and “drop him off in the middle of the road somewhere.”

According to police Del Rio then tied the woman to a chair, gagged her, and sexually assaulted her for several hours using various objects. The victim was also punched in the back leaving a visible injury. She may have lost consciousness after Del Rio put his hands around her throat as at that point her memory of the incident is hazy. Del Rio had his bond set at $50,000. The records show this was posted and he was released from police custody at around 3:30 am on Sunday.

MMA fans will be familiar with Del Rio as he recently made an unsuccessful return to the sport against Tito Ortiz. The pair fought at Combate Americas 51. Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Ortiz picked up a quick submission victory in the main event late last year. Del Rio had previously gone 9-5 during his MMA career. He had once fought for promotions such as Pride and against legends like Mirko Cro Cop. However, he effectively retired from the sport in 2010 to focus on professional wrestling.

LowKickMMA will bring you all the updates on this case as it develops

Alberto Del Rio Reflects On Tito Ortiz Loss, Believes He Could’ve Won

Alberto Del RioThis past December, former WWE star Alberto Del Rio made his return to mixed martial arts (MMA) action at the Combate Americas 51 show. Del Rio, known as Alberto El Patron, took on former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz in the main event of the night. There, Ortiz was able to easily dispatch of […]

Alberto Del Rio

This past December, former WWE star Alberto Del Rio made his return to mixed martial arts (MMA) action at the Combate Americas 51 show.

Del Rio, known as Alberto El Patron, took on former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz in the main event of the night. There, Ortiz was able to easily dispatch of El Patron, taking the fight to the ground and picking up the submission victory. The show was Combate Americas’ first pay-per-view (PPV) since 2013. Speaking to MMA Junkie, El Patron opened up on the loss and said he was “very upset” after the defeat.

“I was very upset, and people are never going to know what goes on in the mind of a fighter or athlete after losing a fight,” Del Rio said. “You have live another battle because you have to deal with the fact that you lost in a fight, that there’s a better man than you, that you trained so hard for so many months and that wasn’t enough. But after processing the loss, I felt good about it because I trained hard, I gave it my all in the training camp.

“It was tough adapting to the cage and I think a lot of people don’t understand that it’s night and day fighting in a cage as opposed to a ring. It’s completely different. And all that time away from MMA and since MMA has evolved a lot when I used to fight in Japan. You could win many fights with just wrestling and ground and pound, but now everyone has a good base in wrestling, striking, and grappling.

“So if I would’ve came back and had more time to prepare, maybe the result would’ve been different. But I leave happy, I didn’t have any major injuries from the fight, I don’t think I looked bad against a legend like Tito Ortiz, and I leave mixed martial arts happy. I’ll just continue growing talent with Combate Americas and keep doing what we’ve been doing from the beginning.”

Furthermore, El Patron really thinks he could’ve won that fight. It was his first MMA fight since 2010, meaning he was out-of-action for nearly a decade. The former WWE Champion said ring rust is very much a real thing, and he made two big mistakes that led to his downfall.

“I think I could’ve won that fight, I really do,” Del Rio said. “I made some mistakes with the strategy. but once again the would’ve doesn’t exist. Ring rust is real and it was there. I made two big mistakes and with someone as experienced as Tito that’s deadly.”

El Patron believes that he could do much better in a rematch, however, he’s going to stick to his word that his fight with Ortiz would be the last of his combat sports career. He even mentioned that Saudi Arabia wanted to bring Combate Americas to their country, with El Patron fighting on the card. So, there’s still a demand for the Mexican star to fight, and the money is certainly there, but he feels at this point in his life that he’s done fighting.

“I said it from the beginning, this was going to be one fight and that’s it,” Del Rio said. “There was a possibility because, as you know, people in Saudi Arabia are buying everything and they wanted us to bring Combate Americas there, specifically with me fighting on that event.

“They were putting down a lot of money and like “The Godfather” said, it was an offer we couldn’t refuse. But that just stayed on the table, and since the beginning, I said I was going to do it so the company would keep growing. For me, to do my last fight was to take that stake off my chest from Japan since in my last fight I wasn’t training the way I was supposed to.’

“For this one I trained very well, but you know, Tito is someone with a lot of experience and me retiring for so long from MMA, being 14 years away from the sport that did affect me. But oh well, like I said, it was one fight and that’s it.”

There was no gold on the line, officially, for El Patron vs. Ortiz, however, there was a gentleman’s agreement. El Patron put up his old WWE Championship belt on the line, while Ortiz put up his UFC title belt. With Ortiz winning, he took home El Patron’s WWE Title, offering it to his younger sons, who are professional wrestling fans.

“I still have that void because I had that belt framed and hanged on shelf,” Del Rio said. “It was very nice and it was the original, but I had to give it to him because that was the deal. I gave him my word as a man, so yeah. Right now I’m making a replica so I can have a copy, so I can at least have that memory on my wall.”

What do you think about Del Rio saying he thinks he could’ve won his fight against Ortiz?

Alberto Del Rio Says He ‘Could’ve Won’ Against Tito Ortiz

Alberto Del Rio believes he could’ve beat Tito Ortiz in his return to MMA. Del Rio returned to the cage back in December for the first time in nearly 10 years when he battled Ortiz. It was an anticipated fight and the two did not like each other …

Alberto Del Rio believes he could’ve beat Tito Ortiz in his return to MMA. Del Rio returned to the cage back in December for the first time in nearly 10 years when he battled Ortiz. It was an anticipated fight and the two did not like each other in the lead up to the scrap. […]

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