Andrade El Idolo Hits Back At Recent AEW Reports

Written by Alex Hunt • Published 7th June 2023
Andrade El Idolo

Andrade El Idolo has refuted statements regarding his AEW return.

Ahead of the announcement that All Elite Wrestling would be launching their third show, AEW Collision, multiple stars made their return to TV on Dynamite. Previously out of action stars such as Miro and Thunder Rosa were seen making unannounced appearances, being interviewed backstage before walking into Tony Khan’s office.

Andrade El Idolo Shoots Down Reports Regarding His AEW Return

A press release was published one week later officially announcing that Collision would be airing on Saturday June 17th, and would feature aforementioned stars Miro and Thunder Rosa along with a returning Andrade El Idolo, who did not appear on the May 10th episode.

In a recent update, it was reported that El Idolo was also scheduled to be another one of the surprise Dynamite appearances. However, the report states that the idea was rejected by Andrade.

A further update has been posted to social media by the All Elite wrestler. Andrade has quoted a news article regarding the report, and has given the following response:

oh really!!! I don’t want to imagine what you will say behind my back!!!

Andrade El Idolo Return Match Announced

El Idolo has been out of action since the House of the Dragon special episode of Dynamite back in August 2022. The match in question saw La Facción Ingobernable face The Young Bucks and a returning Kenny Omega in a trios match, where Andrade would suffer a torn pectoral injury.

While no return match in All Elite Wrestling has been announced for El Idolo, a return match for an independent promotion has. Being billed as Andrade, the AEW star is set to compete in Mexico on June 15th in a 3 way match against Cibernetico and Psycho Clownn.

A return to action may be announced very shortly, as Tony Khan’s latest announcement will involve the main event of the debut episode of Collision.