Former WWE and AAA star Alberto Del Rio/El Patron – real name Alberto Rodriguez – had his initial hearing before a judge on Thursday after he was arrested for domestic violence on Monday. 

Rodriguez appeared before a judge in La Pila, where he is being detained, behind closed doors on Thursday, primarily to protect the integrity of his children. His wife, Mary Carmen Rodriguez Lucero, was present for the hearing as it was decided by the judge that he is to remain in preventive detention while the case is ongoing. 

La audiencia de este día del Patrón ante un juez de control fue a puerta cerrada, para cuidar sobre todo la integridad de sus hijos, el juez determinó que el Patrón permanezca en prisión preventiva y fue puesto a disposición de la Fiscalía General del Estado de San Luis Potosí

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He was accused of verbally and physically assaulting his wife on Monday, with her placing a call to emergency services and State Civil Guard officers catching him in the act, finding his wife with injury to her arms and face, thus placing him under arrest for the corresponding charges. He is under the jurisdiction of the State of San Luis Potosí’s Attorney General, who will be compiling evidence against him in the case. 

The Office confirmed on Tuesday that he had been designated to the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Attention to Women, Family and Sexual Crimes. San Luis Potosí’s penal code indicates the alleged crime, dependent on severity, can carry either one to seven or eight to twenty years custodial imprisonment.  

Rodriguez was previously arrested and charged with sexual assault and aggravated assault in San Antonio, Texas, in 2020. His trial was ultimately delayed until December 2021 and he was acquitted after his accuser did not show up to testify. He was also suspended by AAA prior to his eventual departure last year for an altercation with fans in Tijuana.

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s live coverage for “TNA Thursday Night iMPACT” on April 9, 2026, coming to you from the Alario Center in New Orleans, Louisiana!

The Righteous were previously unsuccessful in dethroning Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy as TNA World Tag Team Champions at TNA Genesis on January 17. Tonight, Vincent and Dutch will have another chance to win the titles from The Hardys when they challenge them again in a Tables Match. The Righteous revealed themselves as the men who attacked Matt Hardy on the March 26 episode of “Thursday Night iMPACT” and TNA Sacrifice during last Thursday’s edition of “Thursday Night iMPACT”, leading to an agreement between The Hardys and The Righteous that they would settle their issues in the way of extreme.

Before he squares off with Elijah at TNA Rebellion this coming Saturday, Frankie Kazarian looks to score a victory when he goes head-to-head with BDE. This will mark BDE’s first match since coming up short to Ryan Nemeth on the Countdown to Sacrifice Pre-Show on March 27, while Kazarian’s last match also came that same night when himself and AJ Francis scored a win against The Home Town Man and Elijah on the Sacrifice main show.

Mustafa Ali of Order 4 will be making an appearance on tonight’s show with something on his mind to share. Ali will be challenging Trey Miguel for his International Championship at Rebellion, with Miguel having previously dethroned “NXT” star Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo to win the title at TNA No Surrender on February 13.

Additionally, Taryn Terrell will be making an appearance on tonight’s show with something on her mind to share before she joins forces with ODB and Mickie James to take on The Elegance Brand’s Ash By Elegance, M By Elegance, and Heather By Elegance in a Hardcore Country Match. Titleholder Mike Santana and The System’s Eddie Edwards will also be making their TNA World Championship match at Rebellion official tonight when they put pen-to-paper via a contract signing.

According to Bully Ray, former WWE CEO Vince McMahon would have likely turned down an offer for Las Vegas to host WrestleMania for the second consecutive year if put in the same situation. The possibility of returning to the city may have been considered for a future point in time, but considering that another deal would have already been struck, Ray believes McMahon would keep his promise to New Orleans, the original host of WrestleMania 42.

“This is where TKO and Vince McMahon differ,” Ray said. “And I don’t know Vince McMahon like he’s my best friend in the whole world. I know the man that I worked for seven years, so I have a little bit of an idea of the guy. TKO has shown us now this is about one thing and one thing only: the almighty dollar. Vince would have made a deal with New Orleans. He would have shook on it. He would have signed on the dotted line. And if Las Vegas would have come over the top a couple of months later and said, ‘Hey, Vince, we’ll give you $3 million up front,’ Vince would have said, ‘Thank you. Maybe I’ll see you the year after. I already have a deal with New Orleans.’ That’s the businessman that Vince was.”

Looking back on TKO’s decision to replace New Orleans with Las Vegas as the site for “The Show of Shows,” Ray noted that the company wasn’t necessarily wrong to do so from a business perspective at that point in time, especially given that “Sin City” previously succeeded in making money. With the benefit of hindsight, though, Ray, like many others, now see that it is not working out as expected due to a variety of factors.

“They’re scrambling to make things work,” Ray added, referencing the creative and promotional tactics now being used to potentially boost WrestleMania ticket sales.

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