- Category:
- Richest Athletes › Wrestlers
- Net Worth:
- $2 Million
- Birthdate:
- May 25, 1977 (47 years old)
- Birthplace:
- San Luis Potosí
- Gender:
- Male
- Height:
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Profession:
- Mixed Martial Artist, Wrestler
- Nationality:
- Mexico
What is Alberto Del Rio's Net Worth?
Alberto Del Rio is a Mexican professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, promoter and commentator who has a net worth of $2 million. Alberto Del Rio has earned his net worth as a signed performer for the WWE Raw brand under the aforementioned ring name.
Early Life
José Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan was born on May 25, 1977, in San Luis Potosí into a wrestling family; His dad is luchador Dos Caras, uncles are wrestlers Mil Máscaras and Sicodelico, and cousins are wrestlers Sicodelico Jr. and Hijo de Sicodelico. His younger brother Guillermo joined the WWE in August of 2012 and was assigned to NXT under the ring name Memo Montenegro before being released the next year.
Alberto Del Rio started his amateur wrestling career by training in Greco-Roman wrestling under trainers Leonel Kolesni and Juan Fernández. He did well enough to earn a place on the Mexican national team, and while competing on the national team, obtained several accomplishments. He also earned a degree in architecture from Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí.
Pro Wrestling
Before his professional career in WWE, Alberto Del Rio went by the name Dos Caras Jr. as a mixed martial artist and luchador in Mexico and Japan. He started training with his father to become a professional wrestler and made his professional debut in 2000 when he ran in during an AAA (now Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide) match to save his father from a beat down from El Texano and Pirata Morgan. He did Japanese promotions from 2001 to 2004 wrestling for Pro Wrestling Zero1 and All Japan Pro Wrestling under the names Dos Caras Jr. and Hustle Kamen Gold. He had success in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) winning the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship but had only four title defenses in 533 days before losing the title and leaving for WWE.
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WWE
Alberto Del Rio came to life in 2009 when he signed a contract with WWE. He made his debut the following year playing a heroic character known for his finishing move of the Cross Armbreaker. Del Rio was drafted from SmackDown to Raw on April 25, 2011 and won the 2011 Royal Rumble and 2011 Money in the Bank ladder match, becoming the only professional wrestler to win both in the same calendar year. He also became the first Mexican-born world champion in WWE history by winning the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship two times each.
Alberto Del Rio left WWE in 2014 to wrestle as Alberto El Patrón in AAA, Ring of Honor, Lucha Underground, various independent United States promotions and some Japanese and Puerto Rican promotions. He won the AAA Mega Championship before returning to WWE in 2015. He won the United States Championship twice before departing again in 2016 when he joined Impact Wrestling and won the Impact World Championship at Slammiversary XV.
In pro wrestling history, Alberto Del Rio is the only person ever to have won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, Impact World Heavyweight Championship, GFW Global Championship, AAA Mega Championship, and CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. He has wrestled under the stage names of Alberto Banderas, Alberto Del Rio, Dorado, Dos, Dos Caras, Dos Caras Jr., El Dorado, and El Hijo de Dos Caras over his career.
Personal Life
Alberto Del Rio and Angela Velkei had three children together, but the couple divorced in 2016. In 2022, he shared a video asking for blood donations to save Angela's life. Later that year, he reported on social media that she had passed away. In 2016, Del Rio and professional wrestler Saraya-Jade Bevis, AKA "Paige," went public with their relationship but ended up breaking it off in 2017 after an engagement.
In 2016, he opened a restaurant in San Antonio, Texas, called La Cantinita that closed down in 2017. Del Rio became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 2018. In 2020, Alberto Del Rio was arrested for sexually assaulting his girlfriend. He was released on $50,000 bail and charged with aggravated kidnapping and sexual assault. The trial was delayed several times, and chargers were eventually dropped in December of 2021.
