Alberto Del Rio Reaches Deal With Impact Wrestling; At Tapings Tonight

Alberto El Patron (Alberto Del Rio) has reached a deal with TNA and will be debuting tonight at the Impact Wrestling tapings, where he is expected to get a “massive push,” according to PWInsider.

It was previously reported that TNA’s former management was in talks with Del Rio and he was expected to debut at the last set of tapings, but those talks stopped after Jeff Jarrett came in. However, talks apparently restarted in the last couple of days, possibly after Drew Galloway and the Hardys decided to not re-sign.

He will be in TNA “full time,” according to PWInsider.

Ed Nordholm, “executive vice president” of Anthem (TNA’s owners), tweeted this pic:

Exciting night … pic.twitter.com/zZsW8SOn2F

— Ed Nordholm (@EdNordholm) March 2, 2017

Paige is also backstage at the Impact tapings with Del Rio, though she is obviously still under WWE contract (until 2019).

Update:

Alberto El Patron made his Impact Wrestling debut at tonight’s TV tapings (airing March 9). Click here if you’d like to see what happened (spoilers, obviously).