Alberto El Patron Says He’s Retiring in 3 Years + Talks About Leaving WWE

Alberto El Patron was interviewed by ESPN and had a few interesting things to say.

He said one of the main reasons he left WWE was because of their “brutal schedule”:

“That’s actually the main reason I decided to leave WWE, the brutal schedule that you have when you work for a company like WWE. I couldn’t take it anymore. I didn’t want to be on the road for 210-220 days per year,” El Patrón said. “That was one of my first things when I started having conversations with Impact Wrestling. They were asking me for a certain number of dates, and I said, ‘There’s no way I’m gonna do those dates because I also have my dates with Combates America, the MMA company. If I put all of those dates with you guys, I’m gonna end up doing what I was doing with WWE and that’s something that I don’t want. I want to be able to enjoy my ride. Of course I want to continue doing pro wrestling shows, but my time is for my family. So if you guys aren’t comfortable with this, I can give you this number amount of dates, and I promise I will give you my best.’ And of course they said yes. That’s the reason they’re happy with me. I’m happy with them.”

He said that he wants to retire in Impact Wrestling and spend “the last three years of [his] career” there:

“When it comes to United States, I want to retire in Impact Wrestling,” El Patrón said. “I know it’s always the same when a wrestler goes to a different company, he always puts the company over and forgets about the other one. The difference between me and other talent that has left WWE is — I left the company. In most of the other situations, the company fired them or not wanting to do with business with them. The company wanted me to stay, and I didn’t want to for the all the reasons that I already mentioned and because I wanted to have a place where I could be happy in my last three years of my career, and that place is Impact Wrestling.”