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My Cavalier(e) Thoughts: Alberto Del Benoit

April 12, 2026·53 min·4 clips

A Mexican reporter claims Alberto Del Rio intended to kill his wife over jealousy.

1. Kev Manning hosts My Cavalier Thoughts on the Wrestle Lingus Show, reacting in real time to wrestling news compiled by producer Kosty Walnut, whom he calls Fausti. 2. Kev is the sole host; Walnut is off-mic and sends the week's articles directly to Kev's phone, which Kev opens and reads on air for the first time. 3. The episode's central question is how serious the Alberto Del Rio situation actually is, with Kev asking what specific evidence supports the 'attempted murder' framing from the Mexican press report. 4. WWE 2K26 revealed a Demolition character reveal, and Kev calls Demolition 'probably the greatest WWE tag team' while dismissing the argument they were ripoffs of the Road Warriors as 'goofy.' 5. Dave Meltzer reported that WWE is planning a Backlash celebrity tag match: Randy Orton and Pat McAfee vs. Cody Rhodes and Jelly Roll, stemming from WrestleMania storyline fallout. 6. Kev correctly predicted the Backlash match lineup — Orton, McAfee, Rhodes, Jelly Roll — before reading the article, calling himself 'a genius of himself.' 7. Eric Bischoff responded to a Twitter fan asking if he would appear on his podcast with Tony Khan, with Bischoff stating 'no fence to mend' and declining any reconciliation. 8. Kathy Kelly described a carjacking attempt in Milan where two men on Vespas, one of whom popped her rear tire, claimed a flat and tried to steer her group to a quiet street to steal their luggage. 9. Kelly said she recorded the man pretending to fix the tire and later noticed he was turning the wrench the wrong way, and that the man wore an earpiece coordinating with others. 10. Alberto Del Rio was arrested in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, with Mexican radio journalist Gabriel Cuevas claiming on air that Del Rio had allegedly 'intended to kill' wife Maria Carmen. 11. According to Cuevas, a neighbor contacted him via WhatsApp during his live broadcast describing months of abuse, a broken nose, and multiple police calls that resulted in no charges. 12. Cuevas reported that Del Rio became convinced Maria Carmen's cycling was cover for meeting a male cyclist named Noyola, leading to him throwing and damaging her bicycle to prevent her from leaving. 13. Kev reacts to the bicycle detail with disbelief, noting the irony of Del Rio being jealous about a bicycle while facing an attempted murder charge with a potential eight-to-twenty-year sentence. 14. NXT call-up rumors ahead of WrestleMania include Ethan Page, Ricky Starks, Blake Monroe, JC Jane, Sol Ruka, and Joe Hendry, with Meltzer noting Tony D'Angelo and Lola Vice's title wins may take them out of immediate call-up discussions. 15. Kev expresses skepticism about Joe Hendry's act translating to the main roster despite his cult popularity peak in 2024. 16. Nikki Bella appeared on multiple outlets claiming a double standard in wrestling where older women face criticism that older male wrestlers like CM Punk do not. 17. Kev counters by citing Trish Stratus, Lita, and AJ Lee as older women who return to WWE without backlash, concluding the criticism of Nikki is personal — 'she's annoying as shit' — not systemic. 18. In a second Nikki Bella story, she told Angie Martinez's podcast IRL that she ignored red flags in past relationships and has learned to 'slow down and really dissect the red flags.' 19. Kev's commentary throughout is profanity-heavy, unscripted, and reactive, with extended riffs that sometimes overlap with reading aloud from the articles. 20. The episode suits fans of wrestling insider news who prefer an unfiltered commentator willing to take strong personal positions on both in-ring topics and off-screen celebrity behavior.

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A blunt wrestling talk episode that turns live news into messy, high-energy conversation.

This episode moves fast and doesn’t bother sanding off the rough edges. Cav and Fausti talk wrestling news with a blunt, loose energy that keeps the pace up, from main-roster call-up chatter to the uglier Alberto Del Rio allegations.

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For a raw, unfiltered take on WWE rumors and the Alberto Del Rio allegations.

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