Andrade officially released by WWE, this announcement came via WWE official Twitter handle following WWE Fastlane 2021 pay-per-view. Now, Dave Meltzer discussed about the future of Andrade following his WWE release.
WWE has come to terms on the release of Andrade. We wish him all the best in all of his future endeavors. https://t.co/h5HggeFPjv
— WWE (@WWE) March 22, 2021
Previously, it was reported that Andrade asked for his WWE release on March 8th, 2021 during Raw tapings but WWE rejected his request. Andrade also confirmed this reports through his Twitter account and now, finally he got his release.
On the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer spoke about Andrade’s WWE release and what options he had following his exit from the company. He said that Andrade can got CMLL but it’s not running good and he also can go to New Japan but it depends on their budget.
“Andrade has got places to go. He can go literally anywhere, I think but it’s like, what is there? He can go to CMLL and be the top guy but CMLL is not really running anything. There’s probably no money there, you know, everybody over there is working other jobs right now trying to make ends meet. He could go to New Japan. Takaaki Kidani loves him. So he could go back to New Japan. Again, it’s one of those things like what’s their budget like.”
Dave Meltzer also discussed whether he could join in AEW but they already signed more talent for the amount of time they have for television. He also stated that bringing Andrade along with Thea Trinidad (Zelina Vega) would be a perfect. Currently, he had 90-day non compete clause and anything can happen for that time.
“And then there’s AEW and I don’t know what the situation there is. They’ve been hiring so many guys. There’s got to be a limit on how many guys they can hire. I mean, in a perfect world do you bring him in with Thea Trinidad? Absolutely. They were a great act in NXT. They could have been a great act in WWE if they were allowed to be. You’re kind of getting a polished and very good act handed to you and that rarely happens but there are so many good wrestlers in this business right now and AEW can’t sign everyone. They already have too many people for the amount of television they have. I presume he’s on a 90-day non-compete so that’s mid-June. By mid-June, everything’s going to be different anyway.” (H/T: SK Wrestling)
