Over the weekend, news broke that WWE had quietly parted ways with Andrade and the only details that were known at that time was that it was not a case of his contract expiring, which strongly pointed to a WWE initiated release. Furthermore, it was also revealed that Andrade's departure was almost expected as he was not listed on internal roster sheets nor was he backstage at recent live events.
In an update on the situation, several more key pieces of information are now known on the situation summarized below:
- Dave Meltzer of f4wonline.com reported that Andrade's exit was due to a "discipline thing" and entirely a move made by the company with zero input from the wrestler. Meltzer added that while he did not know the exact nature of the incident that led to disciplinary action, it occurred "a couple of weeks ago" at a TV event where Andrade was told to go home and was never used after that. Meltzer reported that the incident was not related to drugs, alcohol or his past relationship with Charlotte Flair.
- Meltzer also claimed that WWE wanted to use Andrade in relation to AAA but that he never did it and he was unsure whether that had anything to do with his release.
- Jon Alba of The Takedown on SI confirmed that WWE released Andrade from his contract, and while it cannot be verified if the wrestler ever requested a release, the decision to cut him was made solely by the company and not related to any budgetary reasons.
- In providing further context to Meltzer's report that Andrade was slapped with disciplinary action, Alba added that the wrestler had at least one wellness policy violation during his most recent stint with WWE, however, it is not known what the violation was nor is it clear if it contributed in any way to his release. Andrade was suspended without pay for the violation though.
- Alba also reported that Andrade was told to leave a TV taping last month and ended up being escorted out of the building apparently directly due to the above suspension. It ended up having a significant effect on creative plans for Andrade's tag team with Rey Fenix.
- Cory Hays of bodyslam.net reported that another incident played out with Andrade where WWE was unable to communicate with him for several weeks. Multiple attempts were made, all unsuccessful.
- Mike Johnson of pwinsider.com also commented on the story about the wellness policy violation. While not completely confirming the story, Johnson noted that the violation was something talked about internally among wrestlers in August and was once again brought up this past weekend when news broke that Andrade was gone. He also provided more context about WWE being unable to contact Andrade, noting that the wrestler left the United States and traveled to another country in South America and simply didn't respond to WWE's overtures.
- Johnson did deny the AAA rumor as being true, stating that multiple WWE sources have indicated that Andrade never turned down a request to work for AAA and in fact, at no point was Andrade even included in any creative pitches or ideas for AAA.
