Tony Khan comments on Andrade El Idolo's status with the company.
Heading into AEW Worlds End, Fightful Select reported that Andrade El Idolo's time with the company was coming to an end and that his match against Miro was expected to be his final one with the company.
During the media scrum following the event on December 30, Tony Khan commented on the status of El Idolo, noting that he doesn't believe Andrade will be continuing with the company. Still, Tony thanked him for his contributions and said that if he was to stay with the company, he was going to be slotted in at a top spot.
"Somebody who has not been with us the entire five years, but they’ve been with us about half the time, and they’ve been outstanding and somebody I really respect, and I don’t expect to see necessarily, as it stands right now, renewing the contract, but somebody that I have a great amount of respect for and would be parting on good terms and was tremendous and was here and did wrestle tonight was Andrade El Idolo. Andrade El Idolo’s contract is up at the end of the year, we’ve had great talks. I have a ton of respect for Andrade El Idolo, he’s been a huge performer in the Continental Classic. I wanted to keep him involved at the top, and if had been able to reach an agreement, certainly he would be somebody we would slot in in a prominent position. I think we did everything we could to show Andrade El Idolo that we do value him, and this last run he’s had in recent months has been tremendous. If this is the way he’s going to leave AEW, talk about leaving on a high note," said Khan.
Tony also confirmed the departure of Rafael Morffi. Morffi headed up the Live Event/Touring sector behind the scenes. Read his comments here.
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