5 things learned from former WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio's Sportskeeda interview

Alberto Del Rio has experienced great success in WWE and other promotions during his professional wrestling career.

Del Rio is a former two-time WWE Champion, a two-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion and a former two-time United States Champion. Outside of WWE, Del Rio has held additional world championships in promotions such as IMPACT Wrestling and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.

Sportskeeda Wrestling's Dr. Chris Featherstone recently interviewed Alberto Del Rio for another episode of UnSKripted. A variety of topics in the world of professional wrestling were discussed, including Del Rio's extensive professional wrestling career.

Let's take a closer look at five things we learned from Alberto Del Rio's Sportskeeda interview.

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#5. The loudest WWE ovation he ever received in Mexico

Alberto Del Rio feuded with John Cena over the WWE Championship through the fall of 2011 on WWE television. This included matches in Del Rio's home country of Mexico at WWE television tapings.

The event marked the first time that WWE had ever held television tapings in the country of Mexico. Del Rio recalled just how loud the ovation was for himself during his match against John Cena in Mexico City

"Oh my god, it was Mexico City when I wrestled John Cena, when we were doing TV. When WWE was doing TV. RAW and SmackDown in Mexico City for the first time. It was a singles match against John Cena. I remember Kevin Dunn and Vince McMahon asking me if I was born in Mexico City."

Alberto Del Rio recalled explaining to Vince McMahon and WWE Executive Kevin Dunn that he wasn't born in Mexico City. The city was simply supporting a fellow countryman:

"It doesn't matter that I wasn't from the city. It was Mexico supporting a Mexican. Here in the states there's a lot of superstars everywhere, singers, actors, athletes. But in Mexico, we don't have too many and back then I was one of the most popular athletes and personalities coming out of Mexico."

#4. The origins of the aristocrat gimmick Alberto Del Rio portrayed in WWE

WWE saw the debut of Alberto Del Rio on SmackDown in June 2010. Weeks of vignettes portrayed Del Rio as a rich Mexican aristocrat with his own personal ring announcer and a fleet of luxury cars.

When asked who came up with the aristocrat gimmick and the lavish automotive vehicles, Del Rio revealed it was all WWE's idea, except for the name:

"Well that was WWE. That's a multi-billion dollar company. They have the money to do things like that. I was lucky and blessed to be the one to bring Alberto Del Rio to life. It was all them, it was them creating everything. Everything but the name. The name, they gave me the option to decide the name I was going to use in WWE."

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#3. Alberto Del Rio recalls wrestling WWE Hall of Famer Bret 'Hitman' Hart

Alberto Del Rio was asked which WWE Superstars from the Golden Generation he would have liked to step in the ring with.

Before answering that question, Alberto Del Rio recalled wrestling one of his childhood heroes, Bret 'Hitman' Hart:

"I had the privilege of wrestling against Bret "The Hitman" Hart, one of my idols. One of those wrestlers that i followed when i was a little kid."

Del Rio revealed just how special it was to share the ring with the WWE Hall of Famer. He stated that it truly was a dream come true to work with Hart:

"Having the opportunity of sharing the ring with one of your idols and someone so big and so amazing like Bret 'The Hitman' Hart, it was a dream come true."

#2. Alberto Del Rio shares his thoughts on former WWE Champion CM Punk's return to professional wrestling with AEW

Former WWE Champion CM Punk made his spectacular return to professional wrestling last week on AEW Rampage: The First Dance in Chicago, Illinois at The United Center in Chicago.

The event marked Punk's return to wrestling after a seven-year absence.

Alberto Del Rio revealed that he considers CM Punk to be a friend and is incredibly happy to see Punk return to the industry that he loves:

"It's awesome. I know the fans are thrilled 'cause CM Punk is back. I consider CM Punk a friend and i know he considers me a friend. We had to leave the business or the company where we used to work for whatever reasons. But i'm happy he's back doing what he loves the most because he's one of those wrestlers who started in this business for the love or passion for the business. Not so much for being rich or being famous, he started with this business cause he was in love with the business from the first time he went to a wrestling show..."

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#1. Alberto Del Rio reveals which name he would like to face if he returned to WWE

When asked which WWE Superstars that Alberto Del Rio would like to face should he return to WWE, Del Rio surprisingly picked his former rival John Cena.

Alberto Del Rio was quick to praise Cena, stating that he doesn't get the praise that he deserves:

"Well John Cena. John Cena is so great. I always say the same in all my interviews. They don't give him the credit that Cena deserves. I don't even know why. But, i have always been a good wrestler. But i became a better wrestler the day i wrestled John Cena. That day and all the following matches through my career in WWE against Cena, i learned something from him. He was the one teaching me how to really listen to the crowd and be you the performer, taking the crowd in that rollercoaster of emotions..."