Andrade’s Family Didn’t Inform Him of His Mom’s Death Until After WWE Event

Andrade just opened up about one of the hardest moments of his life—and how it happened while he was fulfilling WWE obligations overseas.

During a January 26, 2026 interview with Carolina Ross, Andrade revealed that he was in Saudi Arabia for a WWE event when his mother passed away. The emotional moment left a permanent mark, especially since he never got to see her one last time. He explained that he had a gut feeling something was wrong, but his family kept the truth from him.

“I was in Saudi Arabia when it all happened… no one told me anything until I got back. I left on a Tuesday, arrived Wednesday, and my match was either Friday or Saturday. My friends and family just kept asking, ‘Can you come to Torreón when you return?’ But no one told me what was really going on.”

Andrade said he intentionally avoided updates to protect himself emotionally until after the match. When he returned to the U.S., he finally turned on his phone—and that’s when he got the devastating news.

“I didn’t want to check my phone because if they told me something had happened to my mom, I’d have it in my head the entire match. So I chose not to know anything. Once I landed back in the U.S., I turned on my phone and got the news. I was going through immigration, and WWE staff asked me what was going on. I told them, and they told me to go—‘Fly to Mexico.’”

He arrived in San Francisco on Saturday, only to learn his mother had passed the day before. The family was planning to bury her immediately, but Andrade asked them to delay it so he could make it home in time. But the part that hurt the most? He never got to say goodbye.

“I arrived in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon. My mom had passed away Friday. They were planning to bury her that Saturday, but I asked them to wait two more days so I could be there. I never got to say goodbye. That was the hardest part.”

Between personal heartbreak and professional transition, Andrade’s journey has been anything but smooth. But his willingness to open up about that journey shows a side of the wrestling world fans rarely see—one that lives outside of matches and storylines.

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