Alberto Del Rio Was To Be Managed By Paul Heyman For WWE Return
Heyman and Del Rio together? Si! Si! Si!
With Alberto Del Rio's WWE career appearing to come to a lackluster and underwhelming end, news has come out that things should have gone quite a bit differently for him.
The Wrestling Observer has reported that upon Del Rio's return to the company last year, he was originally supposed to be pushed as a huge babyface. Ever since Rey Mysterio Jr. left the company, WWE has wanted a top Hispanic star in that role. Del Rio was promised he would be given this slot, which of course, never came to fruition.
Despite being paid as a top star, Del Rio was pushed as a mid-card talent in the League of Nations, and never did anything of consequence after beating John Cena.
But to get Del Rio over in that planned role, they were going to pair him up with Paul Heyman, instead of Zeb Colter.
That certainly would have been an interesting route to go. We haven't seen Heyman play a babyface since his days in ECW, so it would have been a big transition. Perhaps it could have worked out well.
Even though Heyman didn't do much for the careers of Curtis Axel, Ryback and Cesaro, his alliance with Del Rio still would have likely worked out much better than the confusing mess of Colter and Del Rio.
Wherever Del Rio lands next, hopefully he's used better than he was in WWE this time around.