Andrade El Idolo Reveals Origins Of Female Fan Selfie Spot During AEW Matches

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Andrade El Idolo has reflected on coming up with the idea to take selfies with female members of the AEW audience during his matches in the company.

Since returning to the company on a full-time basis in January, one of the hallmarks of Andrade El Idolo’s AEW performances has been his tendency to stop and takes selfies with female fans in the front row of AEW events.

With the idea being something he didn’t do previously in both WWE and his first run in AEW, Andrade was asked how the idea for the spot came about during an interview with SHAK Wrestling.

“In AEW almost I say 90-95% the wrestlers are amazing. So all wrestlers (say) ‘I want to the best, I want the best, I want to show.’ So (I) always compete and in the matches too, like for example (I have a match) with Kenny, maybe MJF have a match with Bandido.

“He wants to show this match is better than this match. So I’m thinking I need to do something different.

“So when coming (up with) the idea (I) said, ‘Yeah, I’m latino and I look good.’ And so I know I hear many ladies want a picture with me, (me being) a little heel and arrogant, ‘Okay, you want a picture with this handsome guy? Okay let’s go take a picture.’ And people like it and ladies like it.”

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Andrade El Idolo Addresses Differences Between Wrestling With Mask vs. Without

Andrade El Idolo had previously competed under a mask as La Sombra in promotions such as CMLL and New Japan Pro Wrestling, but would be repackaged to wrestle without it upon arriving in WWE in 2015.

Now wrestling for a decade without his mask, Andrade was asked to compare competing with a mask vs. without during his interview with SHAK Wrestling.

Andrade said:

“When you have a mask the simple thing is you can breathe less. Because you have pressure here (nose and mouth). I worked with a mask before so it’s totally different. But this is normal in Mexico when I was a kid, when you use masks and play with masks, when you’re old you feel normal. For America who never use masks or put the mask (on) when 20-25 years old and it’s like you can’t breathe. 

“Here in the United States it’s a different way because people can see your face, can see your expression. When you have masks you need to use more body language, show your punches because you can’t show your face. When you don’t have a mask you can show your face and is laughing, with masks it’s like, ‘Are you laughing, or tired, or angry? It more shows in your body.”

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