AEW President Tony Khan addresses reports that Andrade El Idolo is leaving the company
It was recently reported that Andrade El Idolo could be returning to WWE after the 2023 AEW Worlds End PPV event. Andrade ended up losing to Miro after Andrade’s manager CJ Perry turned against him.
While speaking to media after the event, AEW President Tony Khan addressed the rumors of Andrade leaving…
“Somebody who has not been with us the entire five years, but they’ve been with us about half the time, and they’ve been outstanding and somebody I really respect, and I don’t expect to see necessarily, as it stands right now, renewing the contract, but somebody that I have a great amount of respect for and would be parting on good terms and was tremendous and was here and did wrestle tonight was Andrade El Idolo.
Andrade El Idolo’s contract is up at the end of the year, we’ve had great talks. I have a ton of respect for Andrade El Idolo, he’s been a huge performer in the Continental Classic. I wanted to keep him involved at the top, and if had been able to reach an agreement, certainly he would be somebody we would slot in in a prominent position. I think we did everything we could to show Andrade El Idolo that we do value him, and this last run he’s had in recent months has been tremendous. If this is the way he’s going to leave AEW, talk about leaving on a high note.” (quote courtesy of Jeremy Lambert)
Tony Khan announces that Andradé’s contract is expiring today, put him over huge on his way out of AEW
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