Andrade El Idolo Explains Why He Turned Down Working For AAA During Last WWE Run

Andrade has detailed why he had an issue with being told to wrestle in Mexico during his second WWE tenure.

It’s fair to say that Andrade El Idolo has had a true journeyman career, going across multiple promotions over his lifetime to get to where he is right now as one of the most over wrestlers in AEW. However, when he returned to WWE a few years back, he got lost in the shuffle and was later told to work primarily with AAA. Now, he’s discussed why he turned down the opportunity to return to Mexico.

Talking in the latest episode of Talk Is Jericho, Andrade cited AAA’s smaller reach in comparison to WWE’s global audience as a reason he didn’t want to be sent to the Mexican promotion.

“So later, they wanted to send me to AAA. Like, ‘Hey, Andrade. It’s a good opportunity. It’s for AAA.’ I moved here to work with WWE. I know AAA, I respect AAA, I respect all the companies, but I know that WWE is worldwide and AAA is just in Mexico. People in Mexico know me. I wanted people to know me around the world like in Australia, Arabia, Europe, and other countries where WWE, you can see on TV or Netflix or whatever. I made my name in Mexico, so why go back to Mexico? I wanted to work in WWE with the top guys.”

-Andrade El Idolo

Not long after his departure, he would go back to AEW, immediately slotting in as a key member of the Don Callis Family. Having just lost the National Championship, the star is coming off his first title reign in the company, while also having a guaranteed world title shot in the future. It’s worth noting Andrade has worked in Mexico with AEW, but he’s also gotten his wish of being seen all over the world.

Elsewhere in the interview, Andrade recalled how his popular “How You Know?” catchphrase came to be. You can read more about that here.

As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on Andrade El Idolo as soon as we hear more.

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