Andrade El Idolo Reflects On Origins Of “How You Know?” Catchphrase In AEW
Andrade El Idolo is happy “How You Know?” is beloved by fans, even if some forget how it started out.
In wrestling, having a catchphrase can be one of the easiest ways to connect with fans and get them to chant for you. For Andrade El Idolo, his catchphrase, “How You Know?” has taken on a life of its own, helping him transform into one of the most over wrestlers in AEW. Now, the former National Champion has looked back on where it came from.
During the latest episode of Talk Is Jericho, Andrade reflected on how it all started during his first tenure with the company.
“People started, ‘Andrade, how you know?’ Because I did an interview a couple years ago with Tony Schiavone, and Tony Schiavone told me something about, ‘Oh, Sting and Darby are good friends.’ And I said, ‘How you know? How you know they’re friends? Maybe it’s something else.’ Now people like it. ‘How you know? Andrade, how you know? I have a question for you, how you know?’ Everybody taught me that. I know it’s, ‘How do you know?’ But in this moment I was like, ‘How you know? How you know these guys are friends? You just think that?’ I know it’s not correct, but people like it.”
-Andrade El Idolo
Even before Andrade started using it as his official catchphrase, the “How You Know?” moment caught on like wildfire online, becoming a meme people use often. It’s fascinating that even after he departed and returned to AEW years later, that moment stuck with people and became part of Andrade’s new persona.
Plus, after losing the AEW National Championship, Andrade made it clear online what his two goals now are.
It’s clear that Andrade won’t lose sight of his true dream of being the first AEW Mexican World Champion. Plus, he has a chance to get it soon via the confirmed contract he holds that guarantees him that very title shot. In terms of being a double champion, though, whether he’s able to reclaim the National Championship from Tommaso Ciampa remains to be seen.
Andrade was the fourth champion in the belt’s history. With his reign ending at 104 days, he was just nine short of equalling Ricochet for the longest short in its short tenure thus far. Now, though, Ciampa looks to begin his second title reign in AEW, with the hope that it lasts longer than his 11 days as TNT Champion earlier this year. To do that, he’ll have to successfully defend against Mike Bailey this Wednesday night.
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As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on Andrade as soon as we hear more.
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