Andrade El Idolo Pushes Back At Dave Meltzer Criticisms, Says He Thanked Tony Khan After 2023 AEW Exit

Andrade El Idolo is taking issue with criticisms of his AEW return, pushing back on social media against comments by Dave Meltzer. Meltzer has been critical of AEW’s decision to bring El Idolo back after he exited WWE, arguing that he had “lots of problems in AEW over disciplinary reasons” among other things. El Idolo posted to Twitter to address Meltzer, writing:

“@davemeltzerWON You talk too much s**t without proof, and Sir, I’ll only tell you one thing: when my contract with AEW ended, I personally went man to man to thank MR. TONY KHAN for the opportunity to be in AEW, and that’s all I’ll tell you. If I wanted to talk more, I would show you that you’re wrong about many things. But you keep killing the business! Yo le deseo lo mejor!!”

El Idolo returned at last week’s Dynamite, attacking Kenny Omega and aligning with the Don Callis Family.

@davemeltzerWON You talk too much shit without proof, and Sir, I'll only tell you one thing: when my contract with AEW ended, I personally went man to man to thank MR. TONY KHAN for the opportunity to be in AEW, and that's all I'll tell you. If I wanted to talk more, I would show…

— “EL IDOLO” ANDRADE (@AndradeElIdolo) October 5, 2025