Line #48 Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas


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4	Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza (born November 3, 1989 at Gómez Palacio, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}) is a Mexican {{professional wrestl\|ing}}er currently signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Andrade, shortened from his previous ring name, Andrade "Cien" Almas.
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6	Manuel began his career at 14, working initially as Brillante Jr. In 2007, he was hired by Wrestling/{{CMLL}} and performed as La Sombra, winning the 2007 Torneo Gran Alternativa and the 2011 Universal Championship. He also performed at Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and was one of the founders of the mexican PowerStable Wrestling/LosIngobernables, from which a more popular [[Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon Japanese branch]] later flourished. His stint in CMLL came to an end after he lost his mask in a [[HumiliatingWager Lucha de Apuestas]] against Atlantis.
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8	In 2015 he was hired by the WWE, and began performing in the ''[[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]'' brand as Manny Andrade, before settling onto Andrade "Cien" Almas as his ring name. Initially a {{face}} wrestler who could never connect with the audience, he turned {{heel}} and got [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Zelina Vega]] as his manager, getting a proper propulsion to his career ending with him conquering the NXT Championship, losing the title to Wrestling/AleisterBlack on ''NXT [=TakeOver=]: New Orléans'', before being called to the ''[=SmackDown=]'' brand on the 2018 Superstar Shakeup. In 2019, he was drafted to ''Raw'' during that year's Shakeup. However over the next few years he was constantly underused, rarely appearing on TV (especially after Vega was released from the company in 2020) and in early 2021 he requested his release. Despite initially refusing to grant it, the company reconsidered and he was released on the 21st of March. After much anticipation about where he would end up next (including an appearance in Wrestling/{{AAA}}), he [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling became All Elite]] on the 4th of June as "Andrade el Idolo". On July 31, 2022, he tag-teamed with his real-life father-in-law Wrestling/RicFlair for what was promoted as Flair's last-ever match.
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10	Among his accolades, as La Sombra, he's 1x NWA World Welterweight Champion, 2x NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion, 1x CMLL World Tag Team Champion (w/Volador Jr.), 1x CMLL World Trios Champion (2/La Máscara and Máscara Dorada), 1x IWGP Intercontinental Champion and 1x NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion. As Andrade "Cien" Almas, he's 1x WWE NXT Champion and 1x United States Champion. He also ''never'' missed the [[Wrestling/ProWrestlingInsider PWI 500]] ever since entering in 2007, his best rankings being 2010 (91), 2013 (52) and 2018 (13).
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12	!! Tropos Tranquilos
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15	[[folder:In General]]
16	* FinishingMove: The Hammerlock DDT (known as "El Ídolo" in AAA and AEW). He's later added his wife's finisher the Figure 8 (bridging figure 4 leglock)
17	* IHaveManyNames: Andrade, Andrade "Cien" Almas, Andrade El Idolo, Andrade "El Ídolo", Brillante, Brillante Jr., Guerrero Azteca, La Sombra, Manny Andrade, Rey Azteca
18	* LikesOlderWomen: In 2022, he married Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, who's three years and a few months older than him. See also "Wrestling Family" below.
19	* MaskedLuchador: Formerly. And unlike some of his ilk that unmask, his past as a luchador was referenced and discussed on commentary. He even made his entrance to ''NXT [=TakeOver=]: Philadelphia'' being played in by a full masked mariachi band and wearing his old mask, which he removed before entering the ring.
20	* SignatureMove: A running double knee strike to the head of an opponent seated in the corner. A top rope moonsault feint into a standing moonsault. A feint front kick into a back elbow
21	* ThemeNaming: "La Sombra" means "the shadow" in Spanish, while "Cien Almas" means "hundred souls" in the same language.
22	* WrestlingFamily: With his marriage to Charlotte Flair, he became the son-in-law of Wrestling/RicFlair and brother-in-law of Ric's surviving son David Flair (and Ric's late son Reid Flair). Also, Conrad Thompson, the husband of Ric's older daughter Megan, is the host/moderator of several wrestling podcasts, and co-organized Ric's "Last Match" in 2022. Andrade's father also a wrestler known as Brillante.
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25	[[folder:As La Sombra]]
26	* BashBrothers: With Wrestling/{{Mistico}}.
27	%% * CoolMask
28	* EvilMentor: To Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito, who was part of the original Los Ingobernables during his stint in Mexico before returning to Japan and forming Wrestling/LosIngobernablesDeJapon. This means that rather than Sombra being an {{expy}} of Naito as some may think, Rush and Andrade pretty much [[InvertedTrope taught Naito how to get over]].
29	* FaceHeelDoubleTurn: Wrestling/{{CMLL}} set up a [[HumiliatingWager revelos suicidas]] between two teams of rivals at their 80th anniversary show, which lead to Wrestling/LaSombra and Volador Jr getting XPacHeat when they lost to Atlantis and Último Guerrero, as the latter had a longer, more heated feud and fans [[ReplacementScrappy were more interested in seeing them]] in the resulting Lucha de Apuestas for their masks. However, Volador Jr was already a rudo, so booing hardly affected him and fans felt sympathy for him after he was forced to unmask, leading to him becoming a tecnico, while La Sombra became more violent and short tempered as a result of being booed at the biggest show of the year, becoming a rudo, ([[WildCard sort of]]).
30	* NominalHero: Only avoided being officially designated rudos by the latter's sheer insistence that he and his teammates La Máscara and Rush were merely "Los Ingobernables, técnicos diferentes", and that the other técnicos they typically opposed like Volador Jr. and Wrestling/{{Mistico}} were still their brothers. This resulted in them becoming {{Tweener}}s in the sense that they could feud with both tecnicos and rudos alike.
31	* PowerStable:
32	** "Los Ingobernables", with Marco Corleone, La Máscara, Rush and Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito.
33	** "La Ola Lagunera", with Black Warrior, Blue Panther, Dragón Rojo Jr., Misterioso #2, Último Guerrero, Ephesto and Stuka Jr.
34	* PowerTrio:
35	** "Los Comandos del Aire", with El Sagrado and Volador Jr.
36	** "La Generación de Oro", with La Máscara and Máscara Dorada.
37	** "Super Sky Team", with Wrestling/{{Mistico}} and Volador Jr.
38	** "Los Indeseables", with Rush and La Máscara.
39	* RedBaron: “Prince of CMLL”.
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42	[[folder:As Andrade ("Cien" Almas or El Ídolo)]]
43	* AlliterativeName: His 'proper' ring name in WWE, Andrade Almas.
44	* ArchEnemy:
45	** Has had several major rivals in ''NXT'' over the NXT Championship, namely Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre, Wrestling/JohnnyGargano, and Wrestling/AleisterBlack.
46	** His first feud in ''Smackdown'' was against Wrestling/SinCara.
47	** Also in ''Smackdown'', Rusev Day (Wrestling/RusevAndLana and Aiden English).
48	** 2019 saw him feuding with Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio\|Jr}}, Apollo Crews and Humberto Carrillo.
49	* BeardOfEvil: He's been mostly a Heel and one of his distinguishing physical traits is his beard.
50	* TheBully: He often picks on other wrestlers who are weaker or meeker than him such as Ho Ho Lun and Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio\|Jr}}.
51	* BullyingADragon: Tried to bully Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre and was crushed by him in a match.
52	* ContinuityNod: While perhaps not attracting attention to the same level as, for example, former members of Wrestling/BulletClub in WWE, he still carried several mannerisms of his former ''Wrestling/LosIngobernables'' stable in Mexico, such as the ''Tranquilo'' taunts and the raised fist symbol.
53	* FaceHeelTurn: After he and Cedric Alexander lost in the first round of the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, Almas viciously attacked Cedric out of frustration and anger due to his losing streak and the crowd's consistent hostile reaction to him.
54	* HeelFaceTurn: On the April 5 episode of [=SmackDown=], Andrade turned on Wrestling/DominikMysterio by helping Wrestling/ReyMysterio, turning face for the first time since 2016. This led to a match at Wrestling/WrestleMania XL, where Andrade teamed with Rey to defeat Dominik and Santos Escobar.
55	* IShallTauntYou: His in-ring antics are ''incredibly'' cocky. He'll even pass up opportunities to attack if it means he can mock his opponent.
56	* OnlyOneName: "Cien Almas" was dropped as of the January 15, 2019 episode of ''[=SmackDown=]''.
57	* PlatonicLifePartners: With [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Zelina Vega]]. They have been allies since 2017 and their relationship is clearly professional.
58	* RedBaron: "''El Ídolo''", or "The Idol".
59	* ShoutOut: His entrances at Andrade El Ídolo has him coming out dressed as ComicBook/{{Batman}} villain Black Mask.
60	* TookALevelInBadass: Since [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Zelina Vega]] joined him as a manager, he started winning more, with Vega either psyching him up or cheating on his behalf. Although coupled with this, his skill in the ring became more apparent as well, and was eventually paid off with an NXT championship reign as well as being one half (along with Wrestling/JohnnyGargano) of the first five-star match awarded by Dave Meltzer under the WWE banner in six-plus years (Cena v. CM Punk, MITB 2011)
61	* WorthyOpponent: After Cedric Alexander defeated him, Almas congratulated him and shook his hand. The next episode they were one of the first teams announced for the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Unfortunately this respect didn't last long, as noted above.
62	* YouAreNumberSix: Plus BilingualBonus. 'Cien' is Spanish for 100.
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