{"id":147225,"date":"2022-10-05T10:50:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T15:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=147225"},"modified":"2022-10-05T10:55:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T15:55:20","slug":"ric-flair-confirms-he-wanted-to-manage-andrade-el-idolo-in-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/10\/05\/ric-flair-confirms-he-wanted-to-manage-andrade-el-idolo-in-aew\/","title":{"rendered":"Ric Flair confirms he wanted to manage Andrade El Idolo in AEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4222333487\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>On his\u00a0 To Be The Man podcast, Ric Flair confirmed that he wanted to manage Andrade El Idolo in AEW, but that he doesn&#8217;t follow his storylines much at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t spoken with him, I knew he had a big match, but I really haven\u2019t kept track of what he\u2019s doing there,&#8221; Flair said of following El Idolo&#8217;s work in AEW. &#8220;I had hoped, as I told you before, I wish Tony would have let me manage him. He is an absolutely phenomenal worker and a tough kid. I wish I could have managed him, but I guess Tony elected not to go with me for whatever reason. (h\/t to <a href=\"https:\/\/tjrwrestling.net\/news\/ric-flair-wishes-manage-aew-star\/\">TRJ<\/a> for transcription.)<\/p>\n<p>Andrade El Idolo signed with AEW after requesting his release from WWE. He is married to Flair&#8217;s daughter and former WWE Champion, Charlotte Flair.<\/p>\n<p>El Idolo is facing 10 from the Dark Order on this week&#8217;s AEW Rampage. If Andrade wins, 10 will have to remove his mask. If 10 is victorious, Andrade will have to leave AEW permanently.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/10\/04\/ruby-soho-provides-update-on-injury\/\">Ruby Soho provides update on injury<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3372384289\"><div id=\"pwtor-4152938780\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>On his\u00a0 To Be The Man podcast, Ric Flair confirmed that he wanted to manage Andrade El Idolo in AEW, but that he doesn&#8217;t follow his storylines much at the moment. \u201cI haven\u2019t spoken with <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/10\/05\/ric-flair-confirms-he-wanted-to-manage-andrade-el-idolo-in-aew\/\" title=\"Ric Flair confirms he wanted to manage Andrade El Idolo in AEW\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":52295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6163,2],"tags":[6121,6120,6761,191],"class_list":["post-147225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew-news","category-prowrestlingnews","tag-aew","tag-all-elite-wrestling","tag-andrade-el-idolo","tag-ric-flair"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2017\/12\/FlairRic_TeschJoel_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147226,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147225\/revisions\/147226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}