The former United States Champion Andrade recently had an interview with Lucha Libre Online and spoke several details about his WWE release.
Andrade revealed that he had great contract with three million dollar per year before his release. He also stated that he was earning a lot more than several superstars coming up from NXT.
“I’ve been with WWE. I had a great contract with WWE, a great contract. Three million per year. Several million dollars per year, a lot more than plenty of guys coming up from NXT. I heard about some of those contracts. I made a lot more than those guys” (H/T: Fightful)
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
During the interview, Andrade spoke about facing Drew McIntyre, when McIntyre was WWE Champion last year. Andrade and McIntyre had history past in NXT, he even defeated McIntyre to win the NXT Title.
El Idolo revealed that WWE producer said him to make sure Drew McIntyre looks like monster because he’s WWE Champion but McIntyre came to him and said to wrestle at his best.
“When the pandemic started, they put me with Drew McIntyre. Drew was great with me and behaved well with me in NXT and on the main roster. We had the matches and a producer came to me and said, ‘Make sure Drew looks like a monster, because he’s the champ.’ Drew came to me and told me to wrestle how I know to wrestle, saying that he doesn’t need me to make him look good, but to wrestle how I wrestle best.” (H/T: Fightful)
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