US EditionBREAKING: Andrade breaks silence after leaving WWE
Andrade was suspended and escorted out during a WWE SmackDown taping in mid-August, disrupting plans for his tag team with Rey Fenix, before his release was confirmed on September 13.
- Andrade, a 35-year-old former WWE and AEW star, was released by WWE in September 2025 after his last match at SummerSlam on August 3, 2025.
- His release followed a suspension without pay for violating WWE's wellness policy, specifics of which remain undisclosed, and he was escorted out during a SmackDown taping last month.
- Andrade had two separate WWE runs, first from 2015 to March 2021 and again from January 2024 until his 2025 departure, with an AEW stint from June 2021 to December 2023, where he teamed with Rey Fenix.
- On September 15, 2025, Andrade apologized on Twitter saying, "I made a mistake violating WWE's wellness policy," and expressed remorse to his family, friends, and fans.
- His departure disrupted WWE storylines, including a planned tag team title match with Rey Fenix at WWE Clash in Paris, underscoring WWE's strict enforcement of its wellness policy regardless of status.
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Andrade Breaks Silence On His WWE Departure
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