Andrade Has Reportedly Departed WWE Less Than Two Years After His Return

"Fightful was told in August that Andrade was not on the company's internal injury list, when we asked about him not being booked for a certain match, we were told 'if it was possible, he would be,'" Ross Sapp said Saturday afternoon.

Not much information regarding his departure has surfaced at this time. It is not clear if he asked for his release or if it was a company decision to part ways, but it would be surprising if his contract had expired.

"One WWE source indicated that the departure had been in the works for at least a week, and that this did affect immediate creative plans after Summerslam," Ross Sapp said in his report. "A number of talent we spoke to had no idea what was going or that Andrade had left or was leaving the company."

Andrade's lastest run ends quietly

The team of Andrade and Rey Fenix had really caught fire heading into the 'Biggest Party of the Summer.' The duo was an unexpected, but excellent addition to an already stacked SmackDown Tag Team Division. Many here at The Takedown on SI expected the creative team to ride the hot hand and put the WWE Tag Team Championships on them at MetLife Stadium.

Rey Fenix had also been absent from WWE programming, but he returned on Friday's episode in Norfolk, Virginia by answering Sami Zayn's open challenge for the Men's United States Championship.

Prior to teaming with Fenix, Andrade was fairly regular singles competitor on the Blue Brand. His most notable performances came during the Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match and in his 'Best of Seven' series against Carmelo Hayes. Despite the quality of his in-ring work, however, he never really received a significant push.

Andrade departed AEW back in December of 2023, and did not leave on necessarily the best of terms. Company President Tony Khan had hoped to lock him up long-term, and believed he had a deal in place to retain him at one point.

Sean Ross Sapp has been told that the door could potentially still be open for Andrade to return at some point in the future.