Ring name(s) Alberto Banderas[1][2]Alberto Del Rio[1][3]
Dorado[1]
Dos[1]
Dos Caras[1][4]
Dos Caras, Jr.[1]
El Dorado[1]
El Hijo de Dos Caras[1]
Billed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[5][6]
Billed weight 263 lb (119 kg)[5][6]
Born May 25, 1977 (age 34)[1][5][7]
San Luis Potosí, Mexico[5][8]
Billed from San Luis Potosí, Mexico[6]
Biography
Alberto Rodríguez (born May 25, 1977) is a Mexican professional wrestler, currently signed onto World Wrestling Entertainment, performing on itsSmackDown brand as Alberto Del Rio. A former mixed martial artist and luchador enmascarado (Spanish for masked professional wrestler) who has worked primarily in Mexico and Japan, he is noted for his work in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he was a World Heavyweight Champion. On June 17, 2009 it was announced that Dos Caras, Jr. had signed a three-year contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he wrestled in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling as Alberto Banderas.
Son of noted luchador Dos Caras, nephew of Mil Mascaras and Sicodelico and cousin to Sicodelico, Jr. and Hijo de Sicodelico, Rodríguez is part of one of the most well known Mexican wrestling families to date. His former ring name translates as Two Faces, Junior, after his father Dos Caras, or “Two Faces” and refers to the symbol of a double headed eagle on his mask.
Biography
Born in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, the son of Luchador Dos Caras, his real name is not officially documented as per luchador tradition; only his last name “Rodríguez” is known, as Dos Caras, Sr’s name is a matter of public record (Jose Luis Rodríguez). Dos graduated from Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí where he earned a degree in architecture.[6][8] Growing up in a family of wrestlers Dos Caras, Jr. decided to take up Greco-Roman wrestling, training under Leonel Kolesni and Juan Fernández.[8] He earned a place on the Mexican national team in Greco-Roman wrestling and while competing on the national team obtained several accomplishments. In 1997 he placed third at the World Junior Championships, in the Czech Republic. He also won the Central American and Caribbean Games in his weight division three times and won a medal at the Pan American Games. Dos Caras, Jr. was on track to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but due to lack of funding and support Mexico did not send a wrestling team that year.
Ring name(s) Alberto Banderas[1]
Alberto Del Rio[2]
Dos Caras[3]
Dos Caras, Jr.
El Hijo de Dos Caras
Billed height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[4]
Billed weight 106 kg (230 lb; 16.7 st)[5]
Born May 25, 1977 (age 33)[6]
San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí[5]
Billed from Mexico City, Mexico
Trained by Leonel Kolesni (Greco-Roman wrestling)
Juan Fernández (Greco-Roman wrestling)
Dos Caras (Professional wrestling)[7]
Marco Ruas (MMA)
Debut September 16, 2000
World Wrestling Entertainment
June 17, 2009 Dos Caras, Jr. confirmed that he had signed a three-year contract with WWE, stating that he would not have to go to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW, the WWE’s developmental territory) but would go directly to the main roster. Furthermore he would retain the rights to his name, mask and image but allow the WWE to use it for promotional purporses while he is under contract with them. He agreed to the contract since it addressed the main reasons why he turned down the WWE’s offer in January 2009.[21] Dos Caras Jr. had a match with Kris Logan at FCW which he lost and was announced simply as “Dos”, despite what was originally stated about him not going to FCW.[22] Then at the August 6, 2009 FCW taping Dos Caras, Jr. had a new gimmick and unmasked as Alberto Banderas during a segment on Abraham Washington show.[1] On April 7, 2010 during Raw’s “WrestleMania Revenge” tour of Europe, Caras made numerous appearances in dark matches for the Raw brand. On the night he wrestled as Dos Caras (without the Jr.), but did not wear his trademark mask. He was presented as a heel in his losing effort against Christian.[3][23] The following month Caras put his mask back on for WWE’s tour of Mexico and worked as a face, prior to returning unmasked during dark matches for subsequent RAW and SmackDown shows.
SmackDown
On the June 25, 2010, edition of SmackDown Caras debuted on a pre-taped promo as the unmasked Alberto Del Rio, claiming to be the “only real honest man.” Thereafter, a vignette aired every week on Smackdown hyping his debut until the August 20th edition of Smackdown when he debuted as a heel defeating Rey Mysterio by submission.
Alberto Del Rio Pictures
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