Paige and Alberto Del Rio: 5 facts you need to know about them

#5 The WWE allegedly wanted the two to break up

Mark Carrano apparently spoke to Paige and Del Rio asking them to discontinue their relationship

We’ve covered this story at Sportskeeda before and it truly came as a surprise to everyone when the news broke that the WWE didn’t want Alberto Del Rio and Paige to be in a relationship. Mr. Saint Laurent, on his podcast with Kevin Sullivan was quoted as saying:

“I do know that Mark Carrano, who fans might know from Total Divas, kind of like the office liaison guy, approached Del Rio and Paige individually and harassed each of them about their relationship. It was indicated that the office wanted them to sever their romantic relationship,”

This is highly uncharacteristic of the WWE as there have been relationships within the organisation in the past and there have never been any reports of the company making an attempt to sever those. The Paige-Alberto relationship seems to have been a special case, however.

Subsequently, the couple were split in the draft to different shows. Following which, Del Rio eventually quit the company and started wrestling on the independent circuit instead.

Since the reveal by MSL, Dave Meltzer and Jim Ross have both expressed their doubt on someone like Mark Carrano directly saying anything to either of the wrestlers, but haven’t ruled out the possibility that WWE splitting Del Rio and Paige in the draft was influenced by the company not being in favour of their relationship.

Despite all odds, the two have persisted and stayed with each other so far. We hope that the relationship works out for the now-engaged Paige and Alberto and they bot have extensive, fruitful wrestling careers for years to come.

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