Andrade is the new WWC Universal Champion.
The former WWE and AEW star defeated Xavant at the WWC Lockout event on Saturday night at the Cancha Pepín Cestero in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
During his appearance on the Sportskeeda Wrestle Binge podcast, Andrade said his lawyer received a letter from WWE allowing him to wrestle at the event, despite his current one-year no compete clause. Andrade further clarified the letter was only giving him permission to work this specific event. He had originally been scheduled to wrestle at the WWC show back in October, but had been pulled due to his contract situation with WWE.
Back on October 4, Andrade won the The Crash Heavyweight Championship, having ended DMT Azul’s reign of 900 days as the champion.
After making a surprise appearance on the 6th Anniversary episode of AEW Dynamite back on October 1, he was quietly removed from AEW TV after it was learned that he violated his 90-day no-compete clause, which has been been keeping him from initially competing for one-year.