Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza (born November 3, 1989) is a Mexican
professional wrestler
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who is currently signed to the American promotion
All Elite Wrestling
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AEW is owned by Shahid Khan and his son Tony, ...
(AEW) under the
ring name
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Andrade El Idolo (also stylized Andrade "El Ídolo"). He is also known for his appearances in Mexico for
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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and in Japan for
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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as La Sombra (Spanish for "The Shadow"), and for his appearances with the United States-based promotion
WWE as Andrade "Cien" Almas (later shortened to simply Andrade).
[
A third-generation professional wrestler, Andrade made his debut a month before his 14th birthday and worked under the name Brillante Jr. in reference to his father, who wrestled as Brillante. He spent eight years wrestling for ]Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexi ...
(CMLL) under the name La Sombra, where he won the 2007
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'' Torneo Gran Alternativa'' tournament and the 2011
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Universal Championship and simultaneously held the Mexican National Trios Championship
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, NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
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and CMLL World Tag Team Championship
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. He was one of the founding members of the ''los Ingobernables
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'' ("the Ungovernables") stable, and won the masks
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of El Felino
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, Olímpico
Joel Bernal Galicia (born December 6, 1965) is a Mexican ''Luchador'', or professional wrestler retired, better known under the ring name Olímpico. Olímpico is sometimes Anglicised as "Olympico", and means "Olympian" in Spanish. From his debut ...
and Volador Jr. by defeating them in ''Lucha de Apuestas
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'' matches before losing his own mask to Atlantis
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. Andrade also made appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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as part of a working agreement between CMLL and NJPW, winning the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
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.
Andrade joined WWE in 2015. He initially wrestled for its NXT
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** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
brand under the ring name Andrade "Cien" Almas, winning the NXT Championship
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. In April 2018, he joined WWE's main roster where his ring name was shorted to simply "Andrade". Andrade held the WWE United States Championship
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for several months in 2019-2020. He departed WWE in March 2021, debuting in AAA
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Arts, entertainment, and me ...
and AEW that summer.
Early life
Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza[ was born in ]Gómez Palacio, Durango
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, on November 3, 1989. He is the son of Jose Andrade Salas, who wrestles as Brillante. He became part of the third generation of the Andrade family to compete in ''lucha libre''. His grandfather, José Andrade, wrestled under the name "El Moro", while his uncles wrestle or wrestled under the names Diamante/Moro III (Sergio Andrade), Zafiro/ Pentagoncito (real name unrevealed), Kevin (Juan Andrade), Espanto Jr.
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/Pentagón
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(Jesús Andrade), and Espiritu Magico (Juan Andrade), and one of his cousins works as the current Espanto Jr.
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(real name unrevealed). Due to the secretive nature of ''lucha libre'', where the real names of masked wrestlers are often not revealed, it is possible that some more of Andrade's siblings or cousins are also professional wrestlers.
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2003–2007)
With his father, uncles and grandfather being involved in running a local ''lucha libre'' promotion and school in Durango, Andrade began training for a professional career from an early age, initially by playing around with his father and uncles, but later began to train seriously for a career in the wrestling ring. He made his professional wrestling debut on October 3, 2003, a month before his 14th birthday, but only after his father signed a waiver for the local boxing and wrestling commission to issue him a license.[ He began working under the ring name Brillante Jr. in honor of his father.]
Working for his family's wrestling promotion Andrade used the name "Brillante Jr." from 2003 through early 2007. During that period of time, he got involved in a storyline rivalry with his uncle who wrestled as "Zafio", leading to his first ever ''Lucha de Apuestas
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'', or bet match. By defeating Zafiro he won his first headline match, forcing Zafiro to have all his hair shaved off after the match per ''lucha libre'' traditions.[ He later won another ''Lucha de Apuestas'' match, forcing the masked wrestler Camorra to unmask in the middle of the ring and reveal his real name.][ During this time period Andrade also competed as the ''enmascarado'' (masked) characters "Guerrero Azteca" ("Aztec Warrior") and "Rey Azteca" ("Aztec King") on occasion.][
]
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Técnico (2007–2014)
In 2007 he signed with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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("World Wrestling Council"; CMLL), and began training under CMLL head trainer El Satánico
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. He made his CMLL in-ring debut on February 27, working as "Brillante" just like his father had. In June CMLL changed his name, rechristening him La Sombra ("The Shadow"). CMLL previously had other people work under the name "La Sombra" in the 1980s and 1990s; CMLL did not promote the most recent La Sombra as having any relation to the previous incarnations at all, although the relationship was later subtly acknowledged when La Sombra began wrestling in a black and silver version of his father's mask.[
La Sombra quickly moved up the ranks of CMLL in the months after his debut. The first sign of CMLL putting their faith in La Sombra came when the promoters him teamed up with CMLL's main ]good guy
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(known as a ''técnico'' in Spanish) Místico
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for their annual '' Torneo Gran Alternativa'' ("Great Alternative Tournament") where a rookie and a veteran team up. La Sombra and Místico defeated Heavy Metal and Super Nova
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in the first round, Dr. Wagner Jr.
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and Mascara Purpura in the semi-final and the team of Último Guerrero
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and Euforia in the finals to win the 2007 ''Tornero Gran Alternativa''. The following month, La Sombra teamed up with El Sagrado
El Sagrado (born June 19, 1980) is a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). His ring name is Spanish for "The ...
and Volador Jr. to defeat Mr. Águila, Damián 666
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, and Halloween
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, collectively known as ''Los Perros del Mal
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'' ("The Bad Dogs"), to win the Mexican National Trios Championship
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.[ On November 27, 2007, La Sombra added the ]NWA World Welterweight Championship
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to his collection when he defeated Hajime Ohara
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to win the title; his victory made him the youngest wrestler to hold the championship, winning it at the age of 18.[ Throughout 2008 La Sombra was busy defending both championships on several occasions. On January 16, 2009, La Sombra became a triple champion as he teamed up with Volador Jr. to defeat Averno and ]Mephisto
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, winning the CMLL World Tag Team Championship
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. La Sombra's time as a triple champion lasted just over two weeks, until February 3, when Sangre Azteca
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, Black Warrior, and Dragón Rojo Jr., collectively known as Poder Mexica
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("Mexican Power") defeated La Sombra, Volador, and Sagrado to win the Mexican National Trios Championship. On May 27, 2009, La Sombra lost the NWA World Welterweight Championship to Mephisto.
In early 2010 La Sombra began a storyline feud with El Felino
Jorge Luis Casas Ruiz (born March 22, 1964), better known by his ring name El Felino ("The Feline"), is a Mexican '' luchador'' (or professional wrestler) working for Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Casas starte ...
. The feud began on February 2, 2010, during a singles match between El Felino and La Sombra; when tied at one fall each, Puma King
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, El Felino's son, showed up wearing an El Felino outfit and mask, distracting both the referee and La Sombra long enough for El Felino to land a low blow on La Sombra to win the match. The two met in a ''Lighting match'' (a one fall, 10 minute time limit match) on the February 19 CMLL Super Viernes
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show. Once again Puma King tried to help his uncle, but this time the referee disqualified El Felino for the transgression. La Sombra and El Felino continued to feud, both interfering in a match between Volador Jr. and Místico. The storyline led to Místico, Volador Jr., La Sombra and El Felino being booked in a four-way ''Lucha de Apuestas'' match as the main event of the 2010 '' 2010 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas'' ("Homage to Two Legends") show. La Sombra was the first man pinned at ''Dos Leyendas'' and El Felino was the second, forcing the two to compete with their masks on the line. La Sombra pinned El Felino, forcing him to unmask and reveal his real name.
On May 14, 2010, La Sombra teamed up with Máscara Dorada
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and La Máscara to defeat the then CMLL World Trios Champions ''La Ola Amarilla
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'' ("The Yellow Wave"; Hiroshi Tanahashi
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Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, his accolades in NJPW include a record setting eight reigns as IWGP Heavywei ...
, Okumura, and Taichi
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) in a non-title match to earn a shot at the Championship the following week. One week later the trio defeated ''Ola Amarilla'' again, ending the Japanese trios title reign after just two weeks.[ On July 12, 2010, at the ''Promociones Gutiérrez'' 1st Anniversary Show La Sombra participated in a match where 10 men put their mask on the line in a match that featured five '' pareja incredibles'' ("Incredible Pairs") teams, with the losing team being forced to wrestle each other with their mask on the line. His partner in the match was Histeria, facing off against the teams of ]Atlantis
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and Olímpico
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, Místico and El Oriental
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, El Alebrije and Volador Jr., Último Guerrero and Averno. La Sombra and Histeria were the first team to escape the match and retain their masks. While La Sombra had traveled to Japan to participate in the 2010 Best of the Super Juniors (BOSJ) tournament Volador Jr. had begun showing ''rudo'' signs, but when La Sombra returned the two teamed back up without any signs of problems between the two
Sombra and Volador Jr. lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to the ''Los Invasores
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'' team of Mr. Águila and Héctor Garza
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on July 23, 2010, again without any signs of dissension between the two. During a later show Volador Jr. finally turned fully ''rudo'' when he attacked La Sombra and tore La Sombra's mask off, provoking a feud between the two longtime partners. La Sombra entered the 2010 Universal Championship tournament and qualified for the finals when he won "Block A" on the July 30, 2010 Super Viernes show by defeating Mephisto, El Texano Jr., and Último Guerrero. In the finals Jyushin Thunder Liger
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, with help from Okumura at ringside, defeated La Sombra to claim the tournament trophy. The unresolved issues between La Sombra and Volador Jr., as well as the storyline between La Sombra and Jyushin Thunder Liger, led to all three wrestlers being booked in the main event of the CMLL 77th Anniversary Show, a 14-man steel cage
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''Lucha de Apuestas'', mask vs. mask match. The match came down to Olímpico and La Sombra after the other 12 men had escaped the cage; La Sombra pinned Olímpico to force him to unmask.
On March 13, 2011, La Sombra defeated Mephisto to win the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
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. On July 15, ''La Generación Dorada'' lost the CMLL World Trios Championship to ''Los Hijos del Averno
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'' (Averno, Ephesto
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and Mephisto).[ On September 2, La Sombra entered CMLL's annual tournament of champions, the Universal Championship tournament. After defeating Mexican National Trios Champions ]Ángel de Oro
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and Diamante
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in his first two matches, La Sombra defeated NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion Rey Bucanero
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in his block's finals to advance to the tournament finals. On September 16, La Sombra defeated Averno to become the 2011 Universal Champion. On February 13, 2012, La Sombra lost the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship to Negro Casas
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, ending his reign at 337 days. On November 28, 2012, La Sombra won the advanced category in CMLL's annual bodybuilding
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contest.[ On December 14, La Sombra defeated ]Tama Tonga
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to win the 2012 ''La Copa Junior'' Tournament in the main event of CMLL's 2012 ''Sin Piedad
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'' ("No Mercy") show.
On February 15, 2013, La Sombra defeated Volador Jr. to win the '' 2013 Reyes del Aire'' tournament. Following their clash over the ''Reyes del Aire'' trophy Volador Jr. and La Sombra were teamed up for the 2013 '' Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles'' tournament, the same tournament that in 2010 was the impetus for Volador Jr.'s ''rudo'' turn. The rivals put their issues aside for the tournament, defeating the teams of Guerrero Maya Jr.
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and Negro Casas, La Máscara and Averno, and Shocker and Mr. Niebla
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to qualify for the finals of the tournament. On March 15, at the 2013 ''Homenaje a Dos Leyendas
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'' show, Volador Jr. and La Sombra defeated Altantis and Último Guerrero to win the ''Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles''.[ The truce between La Sombra and Volador Jr. that allowed them to win the tag team tournament only lasted until the next time the two rivals were in the same ring. On February 17, 2013, La Sombra teamed up with Marco Corleone and ]Místico II
Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde (born December 22, 1982), better known by his ring name Místico (Spanish for "Mystic"), is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler), who currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha L ...
against Volador Jr., Euforia and Último Guerrero. During the match Volador Jr. attacked both La Sombra and the referee, causing a disqualification before leaving the ring and his confused partners behind. On September 13 at CMLL's 80th Anniversary Show, La Sombra and Volador Jr. defeated Atlantis and Último Guerrero in a ''Relevos Suicidas'' match and thus advanced to a Mask vs. Mask ''Lucha de Apuestas'' against each other. In the end, La Sombra was victorious, forcing his rival to unmask.
Los Ingobernables (2014–2015)
The main event of the 80th Anniversary show was not well received by the fans as they had been expecting a match between Atlantis and Último Guerrero, loudly chanting "fraud" during the main event.[ After the match the fans rallied behind Volador Jr., giving him the crowd support that made CMLL return him to the ''técnico'' side. Conversely the fans began to boo and heckle La Sombra, the supposed ''técnico'', leading to a change in how La Sombra was booked and presented by CMLL. La Sombra formed a partnership with Rush and effectively began working as a ''rudo'', though the two refused to acknowledge themselves as such, instead referring to themselves as ''técnicos diferentes'' ("a different kind of good guy"). On June 6, La Sombra defeated Volador Jr. with help from Rush and La Máscara to win the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship in a match, where La Sombra's Historic Middleweight Championship was also on the line.] The trio of Sombra, Rush and La Máscara was eventually named ''Los Ingobernables
''Los Ingobernables'' (Spanish for "The Ungovernables") is a ''lucha libre'' (Mexican professional wrestling) stable, based in the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion. It was formed in April 2014 by La Máscara, Rush and La Sombra, ...
'' ("The Ungovernables"). On August 1 at '' El Juicio Final'', La Sombra lost the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship back to Volador Jr. Later in August, La Sombra made it to the finals of the 2014 Universal Championship tournament, before losing to Último Guerrero. On May 1, 2015, La Sombra won the 2015 ''Reyes del Aire'' tournament ("Kings of the Air").
On July 21, La Sombra and Rush were involved in an incident in Guadalajara, where they attacked fans who were throwing beers at them during a match. The following day, Jalisco
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's Boxing and Wrestling Commission suspended the two from wrestling in the state for three months. While the commission only suspended them from wrestling in Jalisco, CMLL decided to pull both La Sombra and Rush from their ''Super Viernes'' show three days later. CMLL did not offer an official explanation for the change. Over the summer of 2015 ''Los Ingobernables'' started to wrestle against ''tecnico'' teams instead of generally facing ''rudo'' teams as they had been up to that point. By August 2015, ''Los Ingobernables'' found themselves facing off against Atlantis on multiple occasions, often with La Sombra going out of his way to attack Atlantis, tearing Atlantis' mask apart during matches to show his disdain for the veteran ''tecnico''. On August 31, La Sombra lost the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship to Último Guerrero, ending his two and a half year reign. In the main event of the CMLL 82nd Anniversary Show on September 18, 2015, La Sombra, the winner of the main event of the 80th Anniversary, put his mask on the line against the winner of the main event of the 81st Anniversary Show, Atlantis. Atlantis won the ''Lucha de Apuestas'' match and, as a result, La Sombra was forced to unmask and reveal his real name.[ In early November, La Sombra and Rush began having issues with each other, which led to a match between the two on November 13, where Rush was victorious. After the match, which turned out to be La Sombra's final with CMLL, the two founding members of ''Los Ingobernables'' made peace with each other.
]
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2010–2015)
In 2010 La Sombra was selected to be the CMLL representative for New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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's (NJPW) Best of the Super Juniors XVII (BOSJ) tournament that took place from May 30 to June 16, 2010, in Japan. The tournament marked the first time that La Sombra toured Japan. On May 30, 2010, La Sombra wrestled his first match in the tournament, defeating Tiger Mask
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. On the final day of the tournament he defeated the junior heavyweight wrestling innovator, Jyushin Thunder Liger. With just three wins in the tournament and a total of six points, he did not advance to the semi-finals. In November 2010 La Sombra and Máscara Dorada took part in New Japan's five-day-long Super J Tag League. After winning two out of their four matches in the group stage, La Sombra and Dorada finished third in their block, missing the finals of the tournament.
La Sombra and Dorada returned to New Japan on January 4, 2011, at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome, where they defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger and Héctor Garza in a tag team match, when Sombra pinned Liger. As a result of his victory he was granted a match for Liger's CMLL World Middleweight Championship
The CMLL World Middleweight Championship (Spanish: ''Campeonato Mundial de Peso Medio del CMLL'') is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). While lighter wei ...
in the process. La Sombra received his match for the championship on January 22, 2011, at ''Fantastica Mania 2011
''Fantastica Mania'' 2011 was the name of two professional wrestling major shows produced that took place on January 22 and January 23, 2011 in Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The event was the first ever co-promoted events between Japanese New Ja ...
'', but lost to Liger. La Sombra returned to NJPW in August 2011 to take part in the 2011 G1 Climax. La Sombra started the tournament by picking up wins over Wataru Inoue
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
Professional wrestling career
Inoue made his debut on New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 1999. He aligned himself with New Japan Junior Seikigun, a face ...
and fellow CMLL worker Strong Man, but then went on to lose his remaining seven matches in the tournament, finishing eighth out of the ten wrestlers in his block. La Sombra returned to Japan in January 2012 to take part in the ''Fantastica Mania 2012
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'' events. In the main event of the second night of the tour, La Sombra successfully defended the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship against Volador Jr. La Sombra returned to New Japan in April 2012 to take part in the 2012 New Japan Cup __NOTOC__
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. After defeating Yoshi-Hashi
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in his first round match, he was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Hirooki Goto
is a Japanese professional wrestler. Since his debut, he has wrestled primarily for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He is also known for being the longest reigning NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with his Chaos stablemates, Tomohiro Ishii ...
.
In January 2013, La Sombra took part in the three-day ''Fantastica Mania 2013
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'' event. During the second night of the tour, La Sombra unsuccessfully challenged Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship
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. During the third and final night, La Sombra defeated Dragón Rojo Jr. to win the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship. On May 31, 2013, La Sombra defeated Nakamura in a rematch in Mexico City to win the IWGP Intercontinental Champion, becoming the first Mexican to hold that championship. On July 20, he lost the IWGP Intercontinental Championship back to Nakamura during a tour of Japan. From November 23 to December 6, La Sombra took part in the 2013 World Tag League
__NOTOC__
The is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro-Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of ...
, where he and Tetsuya Naito
is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the leader of the ''Los Ingobernables de Japón'' faction.
Tetsuya Naito began training for a professional wrestling career in 2000, initially under Anima ...
finished with a record of three wins and three losses, failing to advance to the semifinals. In January 2014, La Sombra took part in the five-day '' Fantastica Mania 2014'' tour. La Sombra returned to New Japan in November to take part in the 2014 World Tag League, teaming with Tetsuya Naito once more. The team finished in the middle of their block with four wins and three losses. In January 2015, La Sombra returned to Japan to take part in the ''Fantastica Mania 2015
The ''Fantastica Mania'' 2015 event was a series of six professional wrestling events in Japan, co-produced by the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and took place bet ...
'' tour, during which he feuded with Máscara Dorada, culminating in a singles match between the two on January 19, where La Sombra was victorious.
WWE
Early feuds (2015–2017)
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with WWE. He later reported to the WWE Performance Center
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to begin his WWE career, focusing initially on improving his English language skills with the help of Sarah Stock
Sarah Stock (born March 4, 1979) is a Canadian professional wrestler, who was most recently signed to WWE as women's trainer and producer. Stock began her career in Canada and moved back and forth across the country, working for various promotio ...
, a WWE trainer who worked for CMLL for almost a decade. He made his WWE in-ring debut at an NXT house show
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in Tampa, Florida on January 8, 2016, wrestling under the name "Manny Andrade" and defeating Riddick Moss
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. He made his NXT TakeOver
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debut at NXT TakeOver: Dallas on April 1, where he defeated Christopher Girard during a dark match
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.
The following month, Andrade was given the new ring name Andrade "Cien" Almas (Spanish for Andrade "100" Almas). At NXT TakeOver: The End on June 8, Almas defeated Tye Dillinger
Ronnie William Arneill (born February 19, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Shawn Spears, where he is a current member of The Pinnacle ...
. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II on August 20, Almas was defeated by the debutant Bobby Roode. On October 5 episode of ''NXT'', after losing to The Revival in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is an annual professional wrestling tag team tournament held by the American promotion WWE, and is featured on its NXT brand, having first been established in 2015. In subsequent years, wrestlers from the NXT UK and ...
, Almas took out his frustrations by attacking his tag team partner Cedric Alexander
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Alexander worked for Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2010 until 2016. He started as part of C&C Factory, ...
, thus turning heel
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Structure
To distribute the compressive for ...
in the process. By defeating No Way Jose on December 14 episode of ''NXT'', Almas qualified for a fatal four-way match to determine a new number one contender to the NXT Championship
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but was eliminated by Roderick Strong
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. At NXT TakeOver: San Antonio on January 28, 2017, Almas was defeated by Roderick Strong.
NXT Champion (2017–2018)
On the July 19 episode of ''NXT'', Almas appeared with an unidentified woman and attacked Cezar Bononi
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Early life
Prior to his wrestling career Bononi played Amer ...
before threatening No Way Jose, though Almas ran away when Jose ran back into the ring. After being absent from in-ring competition, Almas returned being accompanied by the woman who turned out to be his new manager
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Management includes the activities ...
Zelina Vega
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, defeating Jose on the August 9 episode of ''NXT'' and pacting a match at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III against Johnny Gargano
John Anthony Nicholas Gargano (born August 14, 1987) is an American professional wrestler best known under the ring name Johnny Gargano. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. He is best known for his time in NXT, wh ...
on August 19, which Almas won. Almas returned on the October 11 episode of ''NXT'', where he once again defeated Gargano. On the November 1 episode of ''NXT'', Almas signed a contract where he pacted a match against Drew McIntyre
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McIntyre is a two-time WWE Champion, one-time WWE Int ...
for the NXT Championship, before attacking him later that night. On November 18 at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, Almas defeated McIntyre to become the new NXT Champion.
On January 27, 2018, at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia, Almas successfully defended the title against Johnny Gargano. Almas's match with Gargano at TakeOver: Philadelphia was highly acclaimed, earning five stars from Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four We ...
journalist Dave Meltzer
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Since 1983, he has been the publisher and editor of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON''). He has als ...
, making it the first match in NXT history to receive a five-star rating. On January 28, at the Royal Rumble
The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event, produced annually since 1988 by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle roya ...
, Almas made his first main roster appearance entering as a surprise entrant at number 7 during the Royal Rumble match
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, in which he eliminated Kofi Kingston
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before being eliminated by Randy Orton
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. On February 3 during an NXT
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Professional wrestling
* ''WWE NXT'', a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that began in 2010
** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
house show, Almas teamed with Zelina Vega in her first match as part of the company, in which they were defeated by Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae
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L ...
. On February 21 episode of ''NXT'', Almas retained the title against Gargano after interference from Tommaso Ciampa
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Whitney began his career in 2005, working on several independent ...
. At NXT TakeOver: New Orleans on April 7, Almas lost the NXT Championship to Aleister Black
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, ending his reign at 140 days. On April 18 episode of ''NXT'', Almas accompanied Zelina Vega during her first televised match against Candice LeRae, in which she was defeated and this turned out to be Almas' and Vega's last appearances on NXT.
Various feuds (2018–2019)
On April 17, 2018, Almas, alongside Zelina Vega, was drafted to SmackDown
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brand
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as part of the Superstar Shake–up. A month later, in his in-ring debut, Almas defeated a local wrestler on the May 15 episode of ''SmackDown Live
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''. Shortly after his debut, Almas was placed in his first feud
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with Sin Cara
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, who tried to convince him to "reconnect" again only for Almas to attack him. Almas defeated Sin Cara on July 10 episode of ''SmackDown Live'' and again five days later in a rematch at the Extreme Rules Kickoff Show to end their feud. On July 17 episode of ''SmackDown Live'', Almas suffered his first loss as part of main roster by then–WWE Champion
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AJ Styles
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in a non–title match. Throughout August, Almas and Vega started a feud with Rusev and Lana
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*Francesco Lana de Terzi (1631–1687), Italian Jesuit priest and scientist
*Lana (wrestler), professional wrestler and pro wrestling manager
*''Wild Energy. Lana'', a 2006 Ukrainian fantasy novel
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whom they would defeat in various singles matches. This led to a mixed tag team match
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between the two teams on the Kickoff Show for SummerSlam
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on August 19, where Almas and Vega were victorious. Two days later on ''SmackDown Live'', Almas and Vega lost to Rusev and Lana in a rematch, ending their feud in the process. Throughout the rest of the year, Almas continued to perform in various singles and tag team matches, most of which he would go on to lose.
On January 15, 2019, his ring name was shortened to Andrade, and he was announced as an entrant for the Royal Rumble match
The Royal Rumble match is a professional wrestling match based on the classic Battle Royal match in which a number of wrestlers (traditionally 30) aim at eliminating their competitors by tossing them over the top rope, with both feet touching the ...
, where he was one of the final four, before being eliminated by Braun Strowman
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. A match between Andrade and Rey Mysterio
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was scheduled for the Fastlane pay-per-view, but it was cancelled in favor of both men competing in a fatal four-way match for the United States Championship, where Samoa Joe
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retained in a match also involving R-Truth
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Killings worked for World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WW ...
. At WrestleMania 35
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, Andrade competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
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, but failed to win after he accidentally eliminated himself, when he eliminated Apollo Crews
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He started his career in 2009, originally working under the ring name ...
. On April 15, both Andrade and Vega were drafted to Raw
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* Raw food, uncooked food
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brand as part of Superstar Shake-up. However, on April 23, Andrade and Vega were moved back to the ''SmackDown'' brand. At the Money in the Bank, Andrade competed in the ladder match
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, which he failed to win. At Super ShowDown
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, Andrade failed to capture the Intercontinental Championship from Finn Bálor
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Devitt is widely known for his t ...
. In August, Andrade competed in the King of the Ring
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tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
, where he defeated Apollo Crews in the first round, but lost to Chad Gable
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in the quarterfinals.
United States Champion and teaming with Angel Garza (2019–2021)
As part of the 2019 draft, Andrade and Vega were drafted to Raw. On December 26, during a house show at Madison Square Garden
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, Andrade defeated Rey Mysterio to win the United States Championship for the first time. Andrade successfully retained the title against Mysterio on the January 6, 2020 and January 20 episodes of ''Raw''. At the Royal Rumble
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on January 26, Andrade defeated Humberto Carrillo
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to retain his championship. The next day, Andrade was suspended for 30 days, for violating WWE's Wellness Policy. To write him off television, an angle took place on ''Raw'', where Carrillo delivered a Hammerlock DDT on Andrade onto cement.
With Andrade absent over the next month, Zelina Vega brought up her new associate, Angel Garza
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He is a th ...
, who is Carrillo's cousin, and the two then feuded. Andrade returned at Super ShowDown
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, competing in the gauntlet match
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for the Tuwaiq Trophy, but was eliminated by R-Truth. At Elimination Chamber
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, Andrade retained his title against Carrillo once again. Andrade was scheduled to team with Garza to face The Street Profits
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(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) for the Raw Tag Team Championship
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at WrestleMania 36
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, but Andrade was removed from that match due to an injury and was replaced by Austin Theory
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. On the April 13 episode of ''Raw'', Andrade, Garza and Theory attacked Akira Tozawa
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, creating a new faction. However, this would be short-lived, as Theory was kicked out of the faction on the May 18 episode of ''Raw''. On the May 25 episode of ''Raw'', Andrade lost the United States Championship to Apollo Crews, ending his reign at 151 days. He failed to regain the title from Crews at Backlash
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, after failed interference from Garza.
Andrade began a tag team with Garza, including a title match against The Street Profits at SummerSlam
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and Clash of Champions
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, where they were unsuccessful. After these failures, Zelina Vega left the group and on the October 12 episode of ''Raw'', Andrade lost to Garza before allowing him and Vega to be attacked by The Fiend
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and Alexa Bliss
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, thus officially splitting up the team. This would wind up being his final WWE match as Andrade disappeared from WWE programming soon after while Vega was released in November. In March 2021, Andrade requested his release from WWE and was initially denied, but WWE eventually granted his release on March 21.
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2021–2022)
On May 2, 2021, Andrade appeared via video package on Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide's Rey de Reyes
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show, challenging AAA Mega Champion
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Kenny Omega
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to a championship match at Triplemanía XXIX
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. On May 18, the match was officially announced. At the event, Andrade, accompanied by Ric Flair
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, was defeated by Omega.
On April 30, 2022, at Triplemanía XXX: Monterrey, Andrade, who was teamed with Cibernético and Deonna Purrazzo
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, was defeated by Bandido, Taya, and Pagano in a ''trios'' match.
All Elite Wrestling (2021–present)
Andrade made his debut for All Elite Wrestling
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(AEW) on the June 4, 2021 episode of ''Dynamite'', under the new ring name "Andrade El Idolo". He allied himself with Vickie Guerrero
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, who would serve as his manager. At the Road Rager event on July 7, Andrade made his in-ring debut for AEW, defeating Matt Sydal
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. Later that month, he would end his affiliation with Vickie Guerrero, and introduced her nephew Chavo Guerrero
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as his new "consultant". In August, Andrade began a feud with Pac, leading to a match on the September 10 episode of ''Rampage'', which Andrade won; after the match he would attack Chavo, ending their partnership. On the October 6 episode of ''Dynamite'', Andrade competed in a Casino Ladder Match
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for an opportunity at the AEW World Championship
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, but the match was won by Adam Page
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.
Professional wrestling persona
Throughout his career, Andrade has portrayed two main characters, La Sombra and Andrade "Cien" Almas, with both of those characters having phases of being heroic and villainous.
From 2007 through 2014, Andrade portrayed the masked character "La Sombra" as a heroic, young, high-flying wrestler who used a lot of ''lucha libre'' moves, especially dives off the top rope and occasionally out of the ring to the floor. At the time, he often used a split-legged corkscrew
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senton dive off the top rope to finish his matches.[
When he transitioned from a face to a heel character in 2014, he developed a more individual personality, acting cockier and more laid back in the ring, acting unimpressed with his opponents by adopting a more arrogant ''tranquilo'' attitude that became synonymous with all the ''Los Ingobernables'' members. As a heel, he began using the ''Sombra Driver'' (sometimes referred to as the ''Shadow Driver''), a Schoolboy ]suplex
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, that illustrated his transition from high-flyer to a more power-based wrestler.
Initially, the Andrade "Cien" Almas character was portrayed as a face, although without much depth to the character. His heel turn in 2016 saw a return of the arrogant ''tranquilo'' character he had used with success while working as "La Sombra", now bolstered by the presence of manager Zelina Vega
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, who helped him win matches by unfair means. After his heel turn, Andrade often used a running double knee smash against an opponent sitting in the corner of the ring, or sometimes on an opponent leaning against the ring post on the outside of the ring. After his heel turn, he began using a hammerlock DDT (which he named ''La Sombra'') as a finisher. As of his debut at AEW Road Rager
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, Andrade would enter the ring wearing a white suit with black stripes and a black skeleton mask, resembling DC Comics
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supervillain Black Mask.
Other media
Andrade is a playable character in the video games ''WWE 2K19
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'' and ''WWE 2K20
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''.
Personal life
In February 2019, Andrade began dating fellow professional wrestler Charlotte Flair
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She is a second-generati ...
. The couple got engaged on January 1, 2020, and they got married on May 27, 2022, in Mexico.
Championships and accomplishments
*CBS Sports
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**NXT Match of the Year (2018)
* Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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** CMLL Universal Championship
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(2011
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)
** CMLL World Tag Team Championship
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( 1 time) – with Volador Jr.[
** ]CMLL World Trios Championship
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( 1 time) – with Máscara Dorada
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and La Máscara
** Mexican National Trios Championship
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( 1 time) – with El Sagrado
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and Volador Jr
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.
** NWA World Welterweight Championship
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( 1 time)
** NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
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( 1 time)
** NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
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(2 times
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)
** ''La Copa Junior
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'' (2012
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)
** ''Cuadrangular de Parejas'' (2014) – with Omar Brunetti
** '' Reyes del Aire'' (2013
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, 2015
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)
** ''Torneo Corona'' (2008) – with Metalik
** '' Torneo Gran Alternativa'' (2007
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) – with Místico
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[
** '' Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles'' (]2013
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) – with Volador Jr.
** CMLL Bodybuilding Contest (2012 – Advanced)
** CMLL Tag Team of the Year (2009) – with Volador Jr.
** CMLL '' Technico'' of the Year (2010)[
** CMLL Trio of the Year (2010) – with Máscara Dorada and La Máscara][
* Lucha Libre Azteca
** ]LLA Azteca Championship
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( 1 time)
* New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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** IWGP Intercontinental Championship
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( 1 time)[
*'']Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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''
** Ranked No. 13 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''PWI 500
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'' in 2018
* WWE
** NXT Championship
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( 1 time)
**WWE United States Championship
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( 1 time)
**NXT Year-End Award
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for Match of the Year (2018
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)
''Luchas de Apuestas'' record
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