10 Times Wrestlers Blew Out Their Quads

6. Alberto El Patron

Tripleh Injury
Lucha Underground

Date: 2015

El Patron is one of Lucha Underground's hottest superstars, but most wrestling fans know him better as Alberto Del Rio. Debuting in the WWE as a smarmy, Mexican aristocrat, Del Rio was pushed to the moon, winning the 2011 Royal Rumble and clinching the top belts in the company three times. But then, he threw it all away when he lost control of his temper, and slapped a WWE employee who allegedly made a racist joke (he deserved it, but that's besides the point).

El Patron suffered a partial quad tear this past March, but like Bully Ray before him, decided to work through the injury. It's done little to slow his roll, and he's still a World Heavyweight Champion in his current promotions.

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