Andrade El Idolo did not want to do the same segment we had seen for Thunder Rosa and Miro on the May 10th edition of AEW Dynamite.
Andrade has been out of action for quite some time now, after causing a spat with Sammy Guevara backstage at an AEW taping last year. Andrade would undergo surgery shortly after, but is expected to make his return to the ring this month.
Fightful Select now reports that Andrade was scheduled to be involved in a segment where he would walk into Tony Khan’s office to tease AEW Collision. This refusal came on the May 10th edition of Dynamite, where fellow out of action competitors Thunder Rosa and Miro made their return to the company.
Andrade is heading back to AEW, but it hasn’t been without some speed bumps. Fightful Select can confirm that Andrade was at the May 10 AEW Dynamite tapings. Originally, Andrade was set to appear in a segment similar to that of Miro and Thunder Rosa where he’d walk into Tony Khan’s office, teasing the impending announcement of AEW Collision. However, we’re told that he didn’t want to do that segment, but weren’t told why. He was at the May 17 episode of Dynamite and filmed a backstage segment for social media, and is expected to compete on the Collision brand as announced.
Andrade is nearing an in-ring return and was seen working out in the ring ahead of the May 10 Dynamite, but those close to him say that he’s insisted he wasn’t not physically ready yet. Things have changed, as he’s confirmed for a show in Mexico, and was in talks for an event in Puerto Rico in June, but we haven’t been told if he’s planning on wrestling at the latter or simply making an appearance.
There were rumors that Andrade got surgery in the fall to be ready for the debut of Collision, but we’ve confirmed that Andrade, nor the rest of the AEW roster knew about Collision or the potential of it at that point.
Fightful Select
We will have to wait and see when AEW will officially announce Andrade’s return date, but many speculate we could see Andrade as early as June 17th on the debut of AEW’s new brand.
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