AEW: Andrade El Idolo on His Return to AEW, Tony Khan on 2025 Being AEW’s “Most Consistent Run” of TV and Pay-Per-Views, Orange Cassidy on “I Don’t See Myself As A Pillar Or Whatever”

Oct 2, 2025

Andrade El Idolo Comments on His Return to AEW

As noted before, Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite 6th Anniversary show in Hollywood, Florida featured Andrade El Idolo making his surprise return to AEW and being revealed as the newest member of the Don Callis Family.

Andrade reflected earlier today on Twitter about his return to AEW and thanked everyone for the support they have shown towards him.

“Thank you God, thank you Mom, and also to you, brother, because you and I are one and the same, for this new day, for the blessings you have given me, and for the strength you give me to keep moving forward. 🙏🏽
I also want to thank all the fans, friends, and family for all the support, whether in comments or messages
May no one clip your wings 🪽

Gracias Dios, Gracias Mama y también para ti hermano que tu y yo somos uno solo, por este nuevo día, por las bendiciones que me has dado y por la fuerza que me das para seguir adelante. 🙏🏽

I also want to thank all the fans, friends, and family for all the support, whether in… pic.twitter.com/XzRvrYphhU
— “EL IDOLO” ANDRADE (@AndradeElIdolo) October 2, 2025

Tony Khan Comments on 2025 Being
AEW’s “Most Consistent Run” of TV and Pay-Per-Views

Forbes held a recent interview with AEW CEO Tony Khan. One of the topics discussed included Khan’s thoughts about AEW’s success in 2025 and his praise of it only being possible due to AEW’s loyal fan base and having the best wrestlers in the world. This interview was held prior to Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite 6 Year Anniversary show.

“As we head into the six-year anniversary show tonight, AEW is still making great memories, maybe more than ever. This year we had our highest U.S. attendance at All In Texas, which I believe was the greatest show we’ve ever done. That kind of success is only possible because AEW has the best wrestlers in the world, an incredible staff, and the most loyal fans we could ever hope for.”

Khan also gave his thoughts about AEW’s television ratings and streaming audience on HBO Max.

“AEW has been delivering great pay-per-views for years, but I think 2025 has been our most consistent run of both TV and pay-per-views. That’s my opinion, but I know a lot of fans share it. We’ve grown the television audience, and that’s a fact, especially with HBO Max coming on board. Some thought that Dynamite on TBS and Collision on TNT might lose viewers to HBO Max, but in 2025 our viewership has actually gone up compared to where we ended last year.
If you look at Q4 of 2024, and then all of 2025—first quarter, second quarter, and now as we wrap up the third—we’re ahead of where we finished 2024. It’s been a really great year.”

Orange Cassidy Comments on “I Don’t See Myself As A Pillar Or Whatever”

The Sportster held a recent interview with Orange Cassidy. One of the topics discussed included Cassidy’s thoughts about him not considering himself as being a “pillar” of AEW.

“I don’t see myself as a pillar or whatever. That’s like… I think MJF used that term pillar, and I don’t think he really understood what it meant.”

Cassidy also gave his thoughts about his praise of his fans for believing in him and leading to him signing with AEW.

“I think it’s really the fans’ fault because they were very open and receptive before AEW, before Tony Khan really knew who I was, and they were reacting. I think it allowed them to be like, ‘All right, well, if they’re reacting, he must know something that we don’t.’ I was very lucky that the fans were reacting to what I was doing.
He still works very close to me about what I’m doing. It’s nice to have your boss understand what you’re doing and facilitate it. I could have got pigeonholed somewhere else. It could have been the same thing we see all the other times, but I think he allowed me to do this stuff because he also knew that I wanted to wrestle, too. That was nice. I’m just very grateful to be a part of AEW and to be a part of the history. I do like that when you think of AEW, you have to at least think of me, and that feels very special.”