In a recent interview on El Ring,<\/a> Andrade confirmed the fight many fans speculated about for months. He detailed how the tension began when he heard that Sammy had been talking trash behind his back. Andrade confronted him one-on-one in the bathroom before the drama spilled over onto Twitter.<\/p>\n\u201cI ran into him alone in the bathroom. I said, \u2018Do you have a problem with me?\u2019 He told me, \u2018No, everything\u2019s fine.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite that calm exchange, things didn\u2019t stay quiet for long. AEW\u2019s legal team stepped in to prevent things from escalating, especially with the company still reeling from the CM Punk\u2013Elite locker room brawl.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Tuesday, the company put us in a group chat and asked us not to make anything public. They told us, \u2018Please don\u2019t escalate this. We\u2019ve had too many problems lately.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
But by the time AEW Dynamite rolled around, it was too late. Andrade admitted he was still fired up\u2014especially after fellow Mexican wrestlers hyped him up, half-jokingly encouraging him to confront Sammy again. He did just that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was already upset. And when I saw him backstage, I went up and boom \u2014 right to the head. Yes, we fought. Yes, punches were thrown. But no one really saw what happened, just a few people: Rush, Jos\u00e9 (my assistant), and someone from Private Party. Only they know what really happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
AEW veteran Mark Henry had tried to talk Andrade down earlier that night.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark Henry called me over and said, \u2018Is this real or are you just trying to stir up drama?\u2019 I told him it was real. He said, \u2018Don\u2019t do anything dumb. Let it go.\u2019 And I really appreciated that \u2014 it helped calm me down.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Andrade admits he ignored the advice and threw hands anyway. Security broke it up quickly, and Andrade was sent home before the Dynamite broadcast began. Meanwhile, Sammy stayed\u2014and even scored a win in the main event, sparking backlash among fans.<\/p>\n
Following the fight, Andrade revealed he used the three-month suspension to get surgery on a torn pec muscle\u2014an injury he had kept hidden to keep wrestling.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a muscle tear in my chest, but I didn\u2019t tell the company. I kept wrestling. But once I got suspended, I said, \u2018Well, now I can finally get the surgery and recover properly.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
This full breakdown adds a whole new layer to the original story, especially after months of online speculation and mixed reports.<\/p>\n
Is Andrade telling the full truth? Should AEW have handled this differently\u2014or did Tony Khan play it right by only sending one man home?<\/p>\n
What\u2019s your take on Andrade confirming the fight? Do you think he really wanted to get fired? Sound off in the comments and let us know where you stand.<\/p>\n
Please credit Ringside News<\/a> if you use the above transcript in your publication.<\/p>\nDecember 10, 2025 3:17 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrade El \u00cddolo has finally broken his silence on the infamous AEW backstage altercation with Sammy Guevara\u2014and yes,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[38531,76148,49,48,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-337813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-aew-featured","9":"tag-andrade-el-idolo","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}