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#3. Hope is true: WWE's change of heart with Andrade's release

Andrade is done with WWE.

In what has been unfortunate news, Andrade has been released from WWE. It is unfortunate, but only from one perspective. Andrade confirmed on Twitter that the rumors of him asking for a release from WWE were true.

It was reported that WWE first denied his release request, but soon after Fastlane 2021, it was confirmed by the company that the former NXT and United States Champion was released.

Andrade got his wish, and Fightful went into more detail about WWE's change of heart. Sportskeeda's Abhilash Mendhe wrote:

According to Fightful, sources within WWE said that they were surprised to see the company granting Andrade his release. Sources further stated that they were told last week that the former NXT Champion was not expected to get his release immediately. Fightful's sources added that WWE's higher-ups had a change of heart over the past week or so. His contract has a 90-day non-compete clause attached to it and will expire on June 20, 2021.

We hope this is true because it's good that Andrade got his wish. If he truly felt like he needed to take a chance outside of WWE, then the company did the right thing by eventually releasing him.