Velasquez, awaiting trial, OK'd for lucha libre event

Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was cleared Tuesday by a California tribunal to execute connected a nonrecreational wrestling amusement for the Mexican promotion Lucha Libre AAA, according to tribunal records.

Velasquez, 40, is inactive facing charges successful an attempted execution lawsuit successful Santa Clara County, and Tuesday's determination comes little than a period aft helium was released connected $1 cardinal bail Nov. 8.

As a information of his bail, Velasquez is expected to beryllium confined to his home, deterioration a GPS tracker and not travel wrong 300 yards of the alleged victims of the case. However, justice Arthur Bocanegra temporarily waived the location confinement and tracker for this lucha libre event. Velasquez indispensable wage retired of his ain pouch for instrumentality enforcement to travel him to the wrestling show, successful lieu of the tracker.

The AAA amusement volition instrumentality spot astatine Mullett Arena connected the field of Arizona State University, wherever Velasquez was a two-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler.

Sources told ESPN that Velasquez's squad began talks with AAA past week and a woody successful rule was reached. On Monday, Velasquez's ineligible squad asked the tribunal for the peculiar permission, and Bocanegra granted it Tuesday.

Velasquez volition execute successful a trios lucifer connected the lucha card, teaming with Pagano and Blue Demon Jr. against Taurus, Sam Adonis and Gringo Loco, sources told ESPN.

Velasquez, 40, is being charged with attempted execution and 10 different gun-related charges. He is accused of chasing down a man, Harry Goularte, successful his conveyance and shooting astatine him. Goularte is being charged with sexually assaulting a young comparative of Velasquez. In a civilian suit filed successful June, Velasquez said that Goularte molested Velasquez's 4-year-old son.

Goularte was not deed by Velasquez's shots, but Goularte's stepfather, Paul Bender, was. Bender, who was not earnestly injured, helps Goularte's mother, Patricia, tally the daycare halfway wherever Goularte allegedly abused Velasquez's son. The 3 of them -- Goularte, Patricia and Bender -- were each successful the car erstwhile Velasquez gave pursuit successful his ain conveyance and fired the shots.

Velasquez retired from the UFC successful 2019 and made the determination to pro wrestling, archetypal with Lucha Libre AAA. Velasquez, who is Mexican-American, is precise fashionable successful Mexico and grew up a instrumentality of the lucha libre style. After occurrence successful matches for AAA, Velasquez signed a multi-million-dollar woody with WWE and had a immense lucifer successful November 2019 against Brock Lesnar successful Saudi Arabia.

Velasquez was released by WWE, on with galore others, erstwhile the COVID-19 pandemic deed successful 2020. He resurfaced with AAA successful December 2021 successful Mexico.