We reported yesterday here on eWrestlingNews.com that during a recent iMPACT! Wrestling teleconference call, Alberto El Patron (Alberto Del Rio in WWE) noted that he’s considering going on a retirement tour in 2019. Here are some highlights from the call:
On what iMPACT! Wrestling needs to do to hit the next level: “It has been an amazing journey. As I’ve been saying from the beginning, I love the company, I love what we’re doing. We are all working together to make this product something amazing. We have a good group of people, we have good talent who need to bust their [rears] with me outside and inside the ring to bring more fans and to make this product what this product [has the potential] to be.”
On possibly retiring in 2019: “Yes, I’ve been thinking about it and I’ve been saying it in every single interview, in every single promo after my matches: I’m not tired of wrestling, I love wrestling. The real fans, I like the real fans. I’m tired of all the b.s. behind doors, behind the curtains. B.S. drama with promoters, companies, keyboard warriors, all the backstabbing, the darkside of wrestling. So that’s what’s making me think of leaving the business pretty soon, and also because life is fantastic and I’ve been really blessed and lucky with all the projects that I have coming my way. Also my work with Combate America, which is going fantastic because the company keeps climbing and climbing to the top. So that’s the reason why I want to stop, I’ve been saying that I’ll do 2018 and then maybe 2019 I’ll start like a farewell tour.”
On if his retirement plans could change: “I’m saying this right now, but maybe things change next year. Or maybe the situation is not the best one and I have to stay for more years, but so far that’s my idea. If everything goes the way I think, then yes, I’m gonna be leaving the pro-wrestling business pretty soon.”
