AEW star Andrade El Idolo has criticized WWE over what he sees as a big difference. He pointed out the differences in how the company treats Samoan and Mexican wrestlers.
The former WWE Superstar believes some Samoan wrestlers get chance after chance to succeed. This luxury doesn’t apply to others. He outlined that Mexican performers have had far fewer opportunities to show what they can do.
Andrade El Idolo says WWE keeps giving some wrestlers chances while Mexicans miss out
Andrade made the scathing comments while speaking with Latin Lover. During the conversation, they discussed wrestlers Andrade feels did not receive a real chance to reach their full potential.
He did not name the specific wrestlers he was talking about. However, the AEW star questioned why WWE gave some wrestlers so many chances while others seem to have to prove themselves repeatedly.
Andrade also feels his own WWE career followed a similar pattern. Although he won championship gold in WWE, he believes he never received the consistent platform needed to establish himself as one of WWE’s top stars.
“When WWE wants to push you, they will push you; it’s that simple. There are wrestler who have been given a chance WWE about 20 or 30 times and they still push them until they become stars. It doesn’t matter how bad you are because they want to make you a star. I feel that I never got to be given the opportunity. They never gave me a chance, but when it was my turn to be on television, I took advantage of it. If I won or lost, those 10, 15, 20 minutes, I took advantage of them and I sold myself because I said, ‘The public is watching me; I still got it.’ I always thought that way. Yes, I got championships in WWE and all that. But I saw that there were people who gave them a chance and kept giving them another chance,” Andrade said (H/T: Fightful Select).
Andrade mentioned Berto and Angel Garza. He stated that both have what it takes to become major WWE stars. However, they didn’t receive enough chances to prove their worth.
“They have Humberto Garza… Well, Garza, Berto, very good friends of mine, they haven’t been given a real chance. When I returned to WWE, they tell me, ‘Hey, we’d love you to be in AAA’, but I told them that I sign with WWE. I didn’t want to return to AAA. I know that AAA is a big company, but it’s at the national level, at the Mexican level. Maybe one or more places in the world knows them, but it’s not WWE,” Andrade added.
Santos Escobar emerged as another name mentioned before Andrade turned his attention to WWE’s treatment of Samoan talent.
“Escobar never had the opportunity. Then you see wrestlers, maybe it’s going to sound bad, but there are some jokes about the Samoans. Not everyone. Roman Reigns succeeded. He did well, but there are several that don’t got it, and they are constantly pushed. I’m there like they’ve been doing it for 20 years, and they still don’t have it, and we never had those opportunities,” Andrade said.
Andrade believes WWE’s willingness to keep investing in certain wrestlers plays a huge role in turning them into stars at the cost of the rest.
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