History Wrestling / AlbertoDelRio

* HiddenDepths: Alberto Del Rio isn't just a once-in-a-generation marriage of the kind of look, height, and physique Vince [=McMahon=] likes with an hispanic ethnicity and [[BilingualBonus ability to speak and perform in two languages fluently]]. Jose Alberto Rodríguez is the son of the famous Wrestling/MilMascaras, got a college degree in architecture, has many legitimately impressive amateur sporting credentials (he only went pro because Mexico made the controversial decision not to send a team to the Olympic games in 2000 and at 23 he didn't believe he'd still be in prime enough condition to wrestle at that level four years later), and even scored a perfectly respectable 9-5 record in MMA before coming to WWE. It's a shame that a mixture of [[HisOwnWorstEnemy his personal demons]] and the eternal specter of mid-2000s/early 2010s WWE rotten creative ensured he never quite found success there... before he ultimately destroyed himself.

''[-"¡Damas y caballeros! Aquí es mi gran honor de presentar la esencia de excelencia, el campeón mundial de pesocompleto del WWE y el orgullo de la gente de México... Él es...-][[labelnote:In English]]Ladies and gentlemen! It is now my great honor to present the essence of excellence, the world heavyweight champion of the WWE and the pride of the people of Mexico... He is...[[/labelnote]]

->''[-"[[BrickJoke AlbertoooooOOOOoooooOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOooooooooo...]] '''[[BrickJoke DEEEEEEEEL RRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOO!]]"'''-]''\\

* DreamTeam: Himself, Rey Misterio Jr and Wrestling/{{M|istico}}yzteziz were dubbed this when they teamed up in Triple A.

* {{Flanderization}}: After he won the Royal Rumble, he proclaimed that it was his destiny to win the World Title, to go along with his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob gimmick, with him being naturally better than anyone due to being descended from [[{{Kayfabe}} Mexican royalty]]. However, as time went on he started losing just about every other part of his gimmick outside of having Ricardo Rodriguez as a personal ring announcer and coming out in expensive cars every week. And then, after he turned face, he lost the expensive cars, too and just became a DashingHispanic.

** He taped Wrestling/TheBigShow's feet to bottom rope during their Last Man Standing match at the Royal Rumble, to ensure he'd stay down for the ten count.

* WeaponOfChoice: A bucket during his face run.

''[-"[[BrickJoke AlbertoooooOOOOoooooOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOooooooooo...]] '''[[BrickJoke DEEEEEEEEL RRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOO!]]"'''-]''
->''[[MemeticMutation "Are you okay with this for Del Rio's TV Tropes page. Just asking because I know he became a big deal, fairly quick."]]''

''[-"¡Damas y caballeros! Aquí es mi gran honor de presentar la esencia de excelencia, el campeón mundial de pesocompleto del WWE y el orgullo de la gente de México... Él es...[[labelnote:In English]]Ladies and gentlemen! It is now my great honor to present the essence of excellence, the world heavyweight champion of the WWE and the pride of the people of Mexico... He is...[[/labelnote]] [=AlbertoooooOOOOoooooOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOooooooooo=]... '''DEEEEEEEEL RRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOO!"'''-]''

* WickedCultured: He's a finely dressed sophisticate who enjoys wine and a good fiesta. Throws one heckuva retirement party, too! Although Wrestling/{{Edge}} wasn't too impressed.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Del Rio got pushed to the moon in 2011, as the company desperately wanted him to be their next top star. Unfortunately, just like everything else in 2011, he had to go against the second "Summer of [[Wrestling/CMPunk Punk]]", which completely derailed any momentum he had towards becoming WWE's next top heel and an overall established main event talent.

* CompositeCharacter: Of [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]] [[note]]Wrestling/{{Christian}} even called him "Juan Bradshaw Layfield" once.[[/note]], Wrestling/{{Ted DiBiase}}, and Wrestling/EddieGuerrero.

* {{Jerkass}}: As a heel.

* VeryPunchableMan: Del Rio himself often qualifies, but Ricardo Rodriguez in particular gets it pretty bad. Every time he attempts to interrupt a match in Del Rio's favor usually leads to a very nasty beatdown from his opponent. Even more passive Faces such as Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr have been driven to a merciless rage over his interfering. This did not disappear even now that Del Rio was a {{Face}}. In fact, it seems to have been cranked UpToEleven, now that Big Show has singled out Ricardo as a target.

''[-"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome at this time, Alberto Del Rio's personal Wiki/TVTropes announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez!"-]''