Andrade El Idolo Confirms Departure from AEW & Thanks AEW for Time in Company

As noted before, Andrade El Idolo is currently expected to be leaving AEW following this past Saturday’s AEW Worlds End event. During the post-show media scrum, AEW CEO Tony Khan confirmed that Andrade’s contract with AEW would expire at the end of 2023.

Andrade issued an official statement on Twitter today confirming that he has departed from AEW. In his statement, Andrade thanked AEW CEO Tony Khan, other AEW wrestlers, AEW’s staff, and the fans for his time in the company.

“I want to thank you for this time that I belonged to the company @aew and above all to Tony khan I also want to say goodbye to all the talent, security people, cameramen, referees and everyone who works in the company for being part of my time in AEW. kenny, young bucks, tazz, Shiavone, Aubrey, Jerry, Hobbs, hook, Kingston, Ricky, Orange, thunder, jack Perry, Austin, Colten, Sonjay and many more that I can name, also how to forget all the Mexicans (todo el relajo) I enjoyed sharing the ring with STING, PAC, Darby, Garcia, Jay and many more. I would have loved to face MOX, Page, Hobbs, Ricky, Dante, Cage, Dustin. Thank you AEW AND Thank you to all the fans for your support always. I wish you the best always!!!”

Thank you so much @AEW @TonyKhan 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼 pic.twitter.com/yAers9cMTH

— “EL IDOLO” ANDRADE (@AndradeElIdolo) January 2, 2024

Prior to his departure, Andrade had been with AEW since June of 2021.