Andrade On Why He Wanted To Leave WWE - And When He Decided
Former NXT and US Champion Andrade speaks on how he made the decision to leave WWE.
Andrade has revealed that conversations with big names like Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton helped him make the decision to leave WWE earlier this month.
Speaking with Lucha Libre Online, the former NXT and United States Champion recalled working with McIntyre at the onset of the global health crisis, and Orton openly asking why Andrade wasn't being booked (h/t Fightful for the transcription, Carlos Toro for the translation):-
“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. A lot of people treated me well, Drew too and Randy Orton. [Randy] would ask me, ‘Why aren’t they using you?’ I didn’t know what to say and didn’t know what was going on. After that, I made the decision [to leave]."
The interview also saw Andrade reveal his hefty WWE salary, amongst other things.
Andrade was cut loose from WWE without the standard 90-day non-compete clause last week. The promotion had previously denied his request to leave, as is common practice in situations like this.
The former La Sombra is yet to make his next major move in professional wrestling. He had been with WWE since November 2015.