Andrade Done With AEW?

Andrade El Idolo will be taking on 10 of the Dark Order next week on AEW Rampage live. 10 puts the mask given to him by the late Mr. Brodie Lee on the line. Andrade puts his AEW contract on the line, in turn. The match was announced on last night’s Rampage and has some real stakes. Tony Khan reminding everyone that the late Brodie Lee gave 10 his Dark Order mask provides some legitimate intrigue for me. When you combo that with the rumours of Andrade wanting to leave AEW, you get a really good addition to the live show.

The rumours are that Andrade has been unhappy since joining AEW. Personally? I don’t blame him. Call it the curse of the upper midcard. Both he and Malakai Black were brought in by AEW after leaving WWE and were expected to get huge pushes in their new digs. That did not happen. Malakai was reportedly granted his conditional release but recently went on a live stream and denied that happening. However, he like Andrade have been booked worse than their WWE NXT runs that made them into players in WWE.

As with everything, take it with a grain of salt. However, it would make sense as to why he’s unhappy. He was brought in that first night on June 4th with some steam behind him. The flame quickly died down for Andrade after his debut. He suffered from confusing booking decisions that included brief pairings with Vickie and Chavo Guerrero. His debut was also overshadowed by CM Punk, Bryan Danielson and Adam Cole showing up within 2 months of his debut.

From there, Andrade had underwhelming storylines with Matt Hardy and a bunch of job guys on the roster. Andrade sat by and watched Cole, Punk and even Lance Archer get Title shots against AEW World Champion, Hangman Adam Page. The two should have worked a program together for the Title. That would have been much better than the program with Archer that came out of left field.

You can easily make the argument AEW has squandered Andrade’s talent. This guy is Ric Flair’s son in law. Have him come out styling and profiling. I hope that this match with 10 provides him with some much needed steam. If he goes back to WWE, this past year and a half will literally be for nothing.

Let me know your thoughts on this and if you think Andrade will finish up with AEW. Follow along on Twitter and on here for updates.

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