- Since Andrade was outright cut, belief from WWE sources was there was no 90 day period
- WWE informed Andrade after appearances that the 90 day period was still in effect even though he would not be getting paid
- A WWE source said this had to be enforced because they wouldn’t allow someone to be fired then immediately perform somewhere else
WWE doing WWE things.
if this is true it’s more pettiness from WWE. the company that has “never” viewed AEW as a threat clearly views AEW as a threat.
Also if you let someone go due to contract violations you can’t continue to enforce said contract and then proceed to not pay them. There’s gotta be more to this story. Who the hell cares if Andrade is on AEW tv? out of ALL the people from WWE that have gone to AEW suddenly Andrade going BACK is the one they have issue with?
There’s way more here we’re not being told.
The WWE ruined MLW getting a show on Tubi. They don’t care if the competition is a threat or not. They don’t want any competition at all.
I don’t think that’s legal in the USA
Non-competes are legally dubious even in the best of circumstances. If the contract was already terminated, I’m not sure WWE has a leg to stand on. IANAL though.
The word making its way in lucha circles today is that Andrade could be kept out of ring for ONE YEAR by WWE contractually due to breach of his WWE deal when he was terminated. That would be subject to whether that stipulation of his WWE deal could be challenged successfully legally.
the clauses are pretty bullshit anyway and aew should absolutely say fuck it and just go business as usual and make wwe prove it in court.
I mean yes but wait to do it until it is someone worth doing it for, not Andrade.
A year? That’s insane!
Hopefully Andrade and AEW can lawyer up and get them to back down.
