From the interview, Andrade said he is negotiating with WWE to get a deal to get out of a 12-month non-compete clause. He also mentioned that WWE activated the non-compete clause after his AEW appearance, before that, he was free.
Says he jumped to WWE because of Charlotte even though he was happy at AEW. Supposedly he had a friendly agreement to leave WWE again and they only got pissed when he turned back up at AEW. And insane that WWE’s non-compete is world wide.
I guarantee you if he went anywhere else, even CMLL, that non-compete clause wouldn’t have been a thing. I ALSO guarantee you IF he went CMLL and then did a single match in AEW suddenly that non-compete clause WOULD be a thing again.
For a company that doesn’t view AEW as a threat, they sure do view AEW as a threat.
Absolutely correct. WWE wasn’t counting on Andrade actually having goodwill left with TK.