Andrade El Idolo Negotiating With WWE Over 1-Year Non-Compete Clause

WWE and Andrade El Idolo are currently in negotiations over the one-year non-compete clause which was activated after the company fired Andrade with cause in September 2025.

Andrade addressed his WWE exit while speaking to DeporTV, noting that medicines and supplements he was taking that were legal in Mexico were against WWE's Wellness Policy.

"I returned to WWE a year and a half ago. I was in AEW, and at that time I was happy earning millions but I was married. My ex-wife's name is Charlotte Flair and the idea was to return to WWE to be with her, and many things happened. We got divorced and I was not comfortable in some things, I had a warning call because many medicines and supplements that in Mexico can be consumed but not there. We have certain restrictions on recipes that we cannot consume as athletes because of doping and things like that. I was also a little annoyed," Andrade said.

El Idolo then revealed that WWE only activated the one-year non-compete clause after he made his return to All Elite Wrestling on the October 1 episode of Dynamite.

"I talked to WWE, we reached an agreement to leave WWE and we ended up in the best way in that time. Then I returned to AEW, I imagine they didn't like WWE (that he returned to AEW), I really don't know. I'm very grateful to WWE. Since the lawyer I had was also my ex-wife's lawyer, you can't use the same lawyer anymore. The contract I signed, the lawyer did not realise a clause of 12 months without competition, and from there they took that clause. Right now we are in that phase. It wouldn't be a year, we're negotiating. I'm going to be 3-months inactive, and I can't compete worldwide," he continued.

"At first I didn't have clause, I could fight leaving WWE. Then the clause came when they saw me debut in AEW. Well, now it's nothing more than getting ready and a normal day is waking up, having dinner, training, going down to the beach, sunbathing, tanning. More than anything, not thinking about that."

Andrade noted that his lawyers are in talks with WWE attorneys, and the two sides are "already reaching an agreement." It is unknown how long it will take for a deal to be finalised, however.

"We can fight, we can go to court, but the lawyers told me that the process may be longer. It is also the expense, the process, and they are trying to negotiate so as not to go to court. They have reached a good arrangement and are doing things better. I think I have a date and my lawyer too, but it remains for WWE to officially sign it to say, 'Okay, this is the day Andrade returns to the ring,'" he added.

Andrade's second run with WWE lasted from January 2024 until September 2025. Prior to that, El Idolo had performed for All Elite Wrestling from the summer of 2021 until December 2023.

H/T Fightful