Alberto El Patron Stripped of GFW Championship

GFW posted an update on their website, stating that they have stripped Alberto El Patron of the GFW Unified World Championship.

Alberto El Patron Indefinite Suspension Update

GFW has concluded its internal consideration of the events surrounding the suspension of Alberto El Patron. While it is apparent that initial reports unfairly characterized El Patron’s involvement in the incident in the Orlando airport, we are nonetheless disappointed with the manor in which he dealt with this situation; we expect more decorum from all on the GFW roster, especially the World Champion.

We have communicated with El Patron our decision to strip him of his championship title. No decision has been taken as to the date on which he will be reinstated to the roster, the conditions of which are a private matter between the company and El Patron.

Though he was cleared by police of battery charges from the Orlando airport incident with Paige, he remained suspended by GFW while they conducted their own “internal investigation.”

According to Dave Meltzer, GFW/Anthem head Ed Nordholm had the final say on the matter and appeared to be the main person behind the decision to keep Alberto suspended (and likely to strip him of the title), since his long term behavior had been a concern.

GFW will tape several episodes of Impact starting this week, which will take them through the end of October. It appears that Alberto El Patron may not be part of the tapings, so he would be off TV for the next few months at least.

According to Dave Meltzer, GFW has signed John Morrison and he is expected to be at the TV tapings this week, and is expected to be in a “top spot.”

Update

Alberto El Patron posted this in response:

This is a positive guys I promise. Please treat it like such! God bless everyone and I hope you all have a great day! 🙏🏼

A post shared by Alberto El Patron (@prideofmexico) on Aug 14, 2017 at 3:58pm PDT