Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza

About

Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza, better known by his ring name Andrade El Idolo, is a Mexican professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a one-time AEW National Champion. In 2026, he joined New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)’s United Empire stable at Wrestle Kingdom 20 and later that year won the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship. He was ranked No. 13 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2018 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Andrade made his professional wrestling debut in 2003, a month before his 14th birthday, initially working under the ring name Brillante Jr. In 2007, he began wrestling for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as La Sombra, where he found major success by winning the 2007 Torneo Gran Alternativa and the 2011 Universal Championship, and at one point simultaneously holding the Mexican National Trios Championship, the...

Known for

RawSeries • 1993All Elite Wrestling: DynamiteSeries • 2019WWE NXTSeries • 2010WWE Friday Night SmackDownSeries • 1999WWE Main EventSeries • 2012All Elite Wrestling: CollisionSeries • 2023All Elite Wrestling: RampageSeries • 2021AEW DarkSeries • 2019AEW Dark: ElevationSeries • 2021WWE SpeedSeries • 2024The SmackDown LowDownSeries • 2022AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026Movie • 2026WWE WrestleMania 35Movie • 2019WWE Royal Rumble 2025Movie • 2025WWE Royal Rumble 2019Movie • 2019WWE Royal Rumble 2018Movie • 2018WWE Royal Rumble 2020Movie • 2020WWE Royal Rumble 2024Movie • 2024WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019Movie • 2019WWE Super ShowDown 2020Movie • 2020WWE Money in the Bank 2019Movie • 2019WWE SummerSlam 2018Movie • 2018WWE Elimination Chamber 2020Movie • 2020WWE Backlash 2020Movie • 2020