Andrade El Idolo Says He Was Happy In AEW, Returned To WWE For 'Personal Reasons'

Andrade El Idolo is one of the more unique stars in the professional wrestling world, in that he's made the jump from WWE to AEW twice. During an episode of "Talk Is Jericho," he explained he was happy the first time he was in AEW, but left due to personal reasons, as his wife at the time, Charlotte Flair, was on the road with WWE.

"My contract expired. I had a conversation with my wife," Andrade explained. "'Maybe you want to go back to WWE?' I said, 'I'm happy now in AEW.' My last seven months, I was so happy in AEW... She worked like on the weekends. I was working in the middle of the week. So, it's like the schedule was different, we didn't see each other a lot. We were talking, [got] on the same page."

Andrade said that he thanked AEW President Tony Khan for the opportunity and said he hoped to see him in the future. The star also said WWE treated him differently the second time around, compared to the first.

"They always treat me good," he said. "Give me more opportunities. I feel like getting more opportunities, it's like, 'Okay. I'm here. So, what?' It's difficult to say, but it wasn't bad. I want to show more, but later, it was a little hard."

The star said it was hard after Flair suffered a knee injury and was out for over a year. He said he was given a few stories, including his best of seven series with Carmelo Hayes, as the company liked them working together. He said his second run with WWE was better, and he doesn't feel bad about it.

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