Andrade Contract Situation Brewing

[Tiger Millionaire]

Dec 30, 2023 16:55:15 GMT -5 polarbearpete said:

Dec 30, 2023 16:51:49 GMT -5 Tiger Millionaire said:

Is it really a situation? He's going to lose tonight, go back to WWE, maybe be more motivated, and hopefully get what he's looking for. Considering all the nonsense that goes on, it's pretty normal.

I read elsewhere that some in AEW felt he exploited a contract loophole somehow. I’ll see where I read that and if it’s reputable.

Then AEW is just silly. It's been obvious to a schmuck like me Andrade and we know some of the other characters want to go back without Vince there, and there is enough talent on the AEW roster that they should let him go.

[jm]

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Let him crawl back to WWE if he wants so badly to be back there. Let him take Miro along with him pretty please.
He should've been sacked after he punched Sammy.

[daaave]

Not exactly upset by this. Great worker but incredibly boring most of his run. Except C2 where he looked decent. I was mildly looking forward to seeing what they did with him post C2 though, but not that much to be upset by him leaving

Shame it's not Rush going over him tonight and sending him packing

[Bo Rida]

If true then it's ridiculous that he beat Danielson on the way out. What a waste of a rare clean loss
(Exploiting an injury is sill clean).

Also stupid wasting a ppv slot on him.

I think it's better for everyone he goes, especially my enjoyment of aew, despite some decent matches.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Andrade's a guy I used to be really big on but am long, long, long removed from at all caring about.

[raymondo316]

So either Andrade didn't realize how long his contract was, or Tony just got fed up and let him leave early.

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

Dec 30, 2023 17:35:57 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Andrade's a guy I used to be really big on but am long, long, long removed from at all caring about.

It's annoying how much often he goes "I'm really frustrated with my usage" and then reversing and going "why are you reporting that, are you trying to make me look bad?"

[daaave]

Andrade vs Miro could potentially stink the joint out tonight now. Neither the most motivated of workers at best of time. Could be a Goldberg/Brock situation where fans shit on Andrade and he thinks feck it, I'm working RAW monday

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

Dec 30, 2023 17:37:16 GMT -5 raymondo316 said:

So either Andrade didn't realize how long his contract was, or Tony just got fed up and let him leave early.

I suspect that doing the C2 and not making any sort of carry on was probably a condition of an early release.

[The Captain]

Dec 30, 2023 17:10:46 GMT -5 daaave said:

Not exactly upset by this. Great worker but incredibly boring most of his run. Except C2 where he looked decent. I was mildly looking forward to seeing what they did with him post C2 though, but not that much to be upset by him leaving

Shame it's not Rush going over him tonight and sending him packing

With Andrade working CMLL dates lately and Rush still associated with AAA, that was never going to happen.

If he's gone after today, oh well.

[Kalmia]

Oh no. How will we cope without Andrade.

[Gawk Rivers]

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YEAH WE DONT STOP GONNA PUSH IT HARDER 

[Fade]

TF did I do for this dude to wind up still on American teievision, go away my guy.

[markymark]

[floundertime]

Dec 30, 2023 16:55:01 GMT -5 Fake Jesus said:

Hey Andrade, what did you do in Retalhuleu, Guatemala in 2009? Just asking questions.

I was there that night. La Somba vs Ultimo Guerrero was legendary. No behind the scene shenanigans happened!

[Mid-Carder]

Triple H booked him well in NXT so maybe he'll be better off in WWE second time around?

[HMARK Center]

Dude goes to a company with a working relationship with NJPW and doesn’t once run into Tetsuya Naito. What a waste.

Once he tried to get out early by hitting Sammy, the writing was probably on the wall. They did seem to try and revitalize him when Collision began but they backed off fairly quick.

[bearned]

Honestly, him leaving quietly is probably a win for AEW. He has done nothing except look like he would rather be somewhere else the whole time.

Very poetic that his final match would be vs Miro - another dude who would also much rather be somewhere else.

[Facetious]

It appears the Andrade and AEW relationship has come to an end.

PWInsider and WrestlePurists have also reported details that Fightful Select can confirm about how things stand with Andrade and AEW ahead of Worlds End. 

Fightful Select learned this week that Andrade and AEW were set to no longer work together, with most expecting it to culminate at the AEW Worlds End show. Numerous sources indicated that Andrade made it clear this past Wednesday at AEW Dynamite he no longer wanted to be with the company and was planning on leaving. We're told that the situation surrounding Andrade's exit was less than pleasant, with some even saying a major disagreement had unfolded. 

WWE sources had been told by those close to Andrade that his deal wouldn’t be up until at least the spring, but many we spoke to in AEW expected his deal to be up imminently.  There were many both AEW and WWE that expected him to head back to WWE. Fightful was able to learn of internal chatter about a potential return at WWE Day 1 Raw, which Triple H also teased. However, one source we spoke to seemed befuddled at the idea that would be Andrade, without outright denying it. It's unlikely they would confirm such a thing considering Andrade is still with AEW. 

[doomish]

Dec 30, 2023 18:26:46 GMT -5 bearned said:

Honestly, him leaving quietly is probably a win for AEW. He has done nothing except look like he would rather be somewhere else the whole time.

Very poetic that his final match would be vs Miro - another dude who would also much rather be somewhere else.

I'm just curious to see how it ends since it's a match between two dudes who don't like doing the j-o-b.