
Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza
Acting
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) who also competes in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he made his debut as a member of the United Empire stable at Wrestle Kingdom 20 in 2026. Andrade made his professional wrestling debut in 2003, a month before his 14th birthday, and initially worked 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, where he became a one-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion. He is also known for his time in WWE, where he made his NXT debut in 2016 as Andrade “Cien” Almas and won the NXT Championship in 2017, joined the main roster in 2018 and captured the WWE United States Championship in 2019, competed in AEW from 2021 to 2023, returned to WWE in 2024 where he won the WWE Speed Championship, and departed the company in 2025 before rejoining AEW in 2026.
Born: November 3, 1989 · Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico
Filmography (42)

AEW Revolution
2026

WWE SummerSlam 2025: Sunday
2025

WWE Money in the Bank 2025
2025

WWE Royal Rumble 2025
2025

WWE Crown Jewel
2024

WWE Money in the Bank 2024
2024

WWE Speed
2024

WWE Royal Rumble 2024
2024

All Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023

AEW All Out 2022
2022

The SmackDown LowDown
2022

AEW Revolution 2022
2022

AEW Full Gear 2021
2021

All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
2021

AEW Dark: Elevation
2021

WWE Clash of Champions 2020
2020

WWE SummerSlam 2020
2020

WWE Backlash 2020
2020

WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
2020

WWE Super ShowDown 2020
2020

WWE Royal Rumble 2020
2020

WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019
2019

WWE Crown Jewel
2019

AEW Dark
2019

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019

WWE Super ShowDown 2019
2019

WWE Money in the Bank 2019
2019

WWE WrestleMania 35
2019

WWE Fastlane 2019
2019

WWE Royal Rumble 2019
2019

WWE SummerSlam 2018
2018

WWE Extreme Rules 2018
2018

NXT Takeover: New Orleans
2018

WWE Royal Rumble 2018
2018

NXT Takeover: Philadelphia
2018

NXT TakeOver: WarGames
2017

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
2017

NXT Takeover: San Antonio
2017

NXT TakeOver: The End
2016

WWE NXT
2010

WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999

Raw
1993
