Hercules Potosino, La Esencia de la Excelencia, El Presidente
Name history
Dos Caras Jr./El Hijo de Dos Caras (debut - current; brother takes over the "Hijo de Dos" name version in 2013), Hustle Kamen Kin (Hustle; 10/21/04), Dos, Alberto Banderas, El Dorado (FCW 2009), Alberto del Rio (WWE 6/25/10 -8/2014, 10/2015 - ), El Patrón Alberto (AAA 9/2014- 10/2015), Alberto El Patrón (Lucha Underground 1/2015- 8/2015)
Was apparently set to debut for LLI in mid-1994 (at the age of only 17) as part of a trio with aging relatives Dos Caras and Mil Máscaras, but this never panned out as he became successful in Greco-Roman wrestling. He became part of the Mexican Greco-Roman wrestling team. After not making it into the 2000 Olympic team he finally entered lucha libre.
Dos was always on the side of good, and pushed as an agile guy for his size. He also did some MMA fighting sometimes with his mask and sometimes without.
2009
Dos Caras Jr. turned heel shocking many in CMLL. He briefly feuded with Shocker before signing with the WWE.
My name is Alberto del Rio...but you already know that
On August 20, 2010 Alberto made his television debut for the WWE and began a feud with Rey Misterio Jr. Alberto would soon be joined by Chimaera now known as Ricardo Rodríguez who would serve as his ring announcer for the majority of his time in WWE. Over the next four years, Alberto would go on to have an illustrious career by winning the 2011 Royal Rumble, becoming a Money in the Bank winner, WWE Champion, and World Heavyweight Champion.
Departure from WWE
In August 2014 Alberto was fired from the WWE due to "unprofessional conduct" following an altercation with an employee. According to Alberto, the employee made a racially discriminatory comment towards him, and when Alberto confronted the employee he refused to apologize instead smirking at Alberto to which Alberto slapped him.
On October 25th, 2015 Alberto returned to WWE defeating John Cena for the United States Championship.
Indies & Impact Wrestling
Alberto left WWE again in late 2016 & began wrestling in independent promotions all over the world such as in Mexico & the U.K. Was to return to AAA only to leave after becoming upset with AAA for attempting to trademark his name. He debuted for TNA now known as Impact Wrestling in early 2017 and began a feud with Bobby Lashley for the Impact Wrestling heavyweight Championship. He won the belt, but was quickly suspended and stripped over a domestic issue. He was fired in 2018 after no-showing an Impact/Lucha Underground crossover event. With nowhere else to go, he started Nación Lucha Libre which only really had one run in 2019 and flopped after that.
Return to AAA
Alberto El Patrón made his AAA return in Lucha World Cup, 2023, and became their top domestic técnico very quickly.
