Update on Andrade El Idolo

Yesterday, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Andrade El Idolo would be wrestling at Wrestle Kingdom 20 on January 4th alongside United Empire.

The new business backer for United Empire is none other than @andradeelidolo!

And he’ll be on the UE side at Wrestle Kingdom!!#njpw #njwk20 pic.twitter.com/PfJbo7bEQ2

— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) December 22, 2025

Fightful Select reported that Andrade is now free from his WWE contract and eligible to sign anywhere that he’d like. His deal officially ended around December 12th.

Andrade is now eligible to sign with AEW, I'm told.

Lawyers negotiated an early exit from WWE that came to be in the last couple of weeks.

More details on how it all happened, now on @FightfulSelect for subscribers pic.twitter.com/44ZtQEmflF

— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) December 22, 2025

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