Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza
Biography
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). 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 NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship, and the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. During his time as La Sombra, Andrade was a founding member of Los Ingobernables, won the masks of El Felino, Olímpico, and Volador Jr. in Lucha de Apuestas matches, later lost his own mask to Atlantis, and also competed internationally in NJPW from 2010 to 2015, where he became a one-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion. He is also known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he made his NXT debut in 2016 as Andrade “Cien” Almas, won the NXT Championship in 2017, and, after joining the main roster in 2018, captured the WWE United States Championship in 2019 before being granted his release in 2021. He went on to compete in AEW from 2021 to 2023, returned to WWE in 2024, where he won the WWE Speed Championship, and departed in 2025 before rejoining AEW in 2026.
Known For
All Movies (60)
- AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 20262026 · as Andrade El Idolo
- NJPW Dominion 6.14 In Osaka-Jo Hall2026 · as Andrade El Idolo
- AEW Double or Nothing 20262026 · as Andrade El Idolo
- NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 12026 · as Andrade El Idolo
- AEW Dynasty 20262026 · as Andrade El Idolo
- AEW Revolution 20262026 · as Andrade El Idolo
- NJPW The New Beginning USA 20262026 · as Andrade El Idolo
- AEW Grand Slam Australia 20262026 · as Andrade El Idolo
- NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 20262026 · as Andrade El Idolo
- NJPW New Year Dash !! 20262026 · as Andrade El Idolo
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 202026 · as Andrade El Idolo
- WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday2025 · as Andrade
- WWE Money in the Bank 20252025 · as Andrade
- WWE Royal Rumble 20252025 · as Andrade
- WWE Crown Jewel2024 · as Andrade
- WWE Money in the Bank 20242024 · as Andrade
- WWE Money in the Bank Kickoff 20242024 · as Andrade
- WWE Royal Rumble 20242024 · as Andrade
- AEW Worlds End 20232023 · as Andrade El Idolo
- AEW All Out 20222022 · as Andrade El Idolo
- Jim Crockett Promotions: Ric Flair's Last Match2022 · as Andrade El Idolo
- AAA Triplemania XXX: Monterrey2022 · as Andrade El Idolo
- AEW Revolution 20222022 · as Andrade El Idolo
- AEW Full Gear 20212021 · as Andrade El Idolo
- Triplemania XXIX2021 · as Andrade El Idolo
- AEW Fyter Fest2021 · as Andrade El Idolo
- AEW Road Rager2021 · as Andrade El Idolo
- WWE Clash of Champions 20202020 · as Andrade
- WWE SummerSlam 20202020 · as Andrade
- WWE Backlash 20202020 · as Andrade(Preshow)
- WWE Elimination Chamber 20202020 · as Andrade
- WWE Super ShowDown 20202020 · as Andrade
- WWE Royal Rumble 20202020 · as Andrade (Preshow)
- WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 20192019 · as Andrade (Preshow)
- WWE Crown Jewel2019 · as Andrade (Preshow)
- WWE Super ShowDown 20192019 · as Andrade
- WWE Money in the Bank 20192019 · as Andrade
- WWE WrestleMania 352019 · as Andrade (Preshow)
- WWE Best of NXT TakeOver 20182019 · as Andrade
- WWE Fastlane 20192019 · as Andrade
- WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 20182019 · as Andrade "Cien" Almas
- WWE Royal Rumble 20192019 · as Andrade
- WWE: AJ Styles: Most Phenomenal Matches2018 · as Andrade "Cien" Almas
- WWE SummerSlam 20182018 · as Andrade "Cien" Almas
- WWE Extreme Rules 20182018 · as Andrade "Cien" Almas
- NXT Takeover: New Orleans2018 · as Andrade "Cien" Almas
- NXT: Best of 20172018
- WWE Royal Rumble 20182018 · as Andrade "Cien" Almas
- NXT Takeover: Philadelphia2018 · as Andrade Almas
- NXT TakeOver: WarGames2017 · as Andrade Almas
- NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III2017 · as Andrade Cien Almas
- NXT Takeover: Orlando2017 · as Andrade Cien Almas
- NXT Takeover: San Antonio2017 · as Andrade "Cien" Almas
- NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II2016 · as Andrade Cien Almas
- NXT TakeOver: The End2016 · as Andrade "Cien" Almas
- NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2015 - Day 62015 · as La Sombra
- NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 112014 · as La Sombra
- NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 22011 · as La Sombra
- NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2011 - Day 12011 · as La Sombra
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 52011 · as La Sombra
All TV Shows (19)
- WWE Speed2024 · as Andrade
- All Elite Wrestling: Collision2023 · as Andrade El Idolo
- The SmackDown LowDown2022 · as Andrade
- All Elite Wrestling: Rampage2021 · as Andrade El Idolo
- AEW Dark: Elevation2021 · as Andrade El Idolo
- AEW Dark2019 · as Andrade El Idolo
- All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite2019 · as Andrade El Idolo
- WWE NXT2010 · as Andrade Alamas
- WWE NXT2010 · as Andrade Cien Almas
- WWE NXT2010 · as Andrade "Cien" Almas
- WWE NXT2010 · as ANDRADE "CIEN" ALMAS
- WWE NXT2010 · as Andrade Almas
- WWE NXT2010 · as Andrade
- WWE NXT2010
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown1999 · as Andrade
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown1999
- Raw1993 · as Andrade
- Raw1993
- WWE Pay Per View1985