Tuesday, June 15, 2021
FEDERACION WRESTLING EVENT RESCHEDULED AFTER ANDRADE, OTHERS PULL OUT
Federacion Wrestling has rescheduled their pay-per-view event after Andrade el Idolo, Rush, and the rest of La Faccion Ingobernable pulled out of the show.
The promotion sent out a press release confirming the show will no longer take place on June 19, providing information on refunds. They later released another statement saying that the show has been rescheduled due to logistical issues.
Andrade was the first to pull from the event, then Rush and the rest of La Faccion de Ingobernable pulled out soon after. Rush cited logistical problems as the reason he was pulling from the event. Andrade said that he “did not reach a good agreement” with the company.
The main event for the show was to feature Andrade, Bestia del Ring, Rush, and a mystery partner against The Briscoe Brothers, Matt Taven, and PJ Black. Elsewhere on the card, Dragon Lee was scheduled to team with Bandido against Fenix, and Penta El Zero M. Kenny King was scheduled to compete in the Torneo Copa Federacion tournament. Red Velvet and Tay Conti of AEW were also scheduled to be on the card.
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Andrade’s time with Federacion Wrestling has ended before it could even begin. In a tweet early Monday evening, the recent AEW signee announced he was pulling out of Federacion’s debut event, being held this Saturday in Mexico City.
“For all the people of Mexico City I want to inform you that this Saturday, June 19, I WILL NOT APPEAR at said event,” Andrade tweeted in Spanish. “A good arrangement was not reached with this new company. I hope to see you soon and I wish you a good start to the week.”
Only minutes after Andrade’s tweet, Ring of Honor Champion Rush announced on Twitter that he, along with Los Faccion Ingobernables members Bestia del Ring, Dragon Lee and Kenny King were also pulling out of the show. Rush noted the reason was “logistical issues.”.
An hour later Lee would take to Twitter to confirm he also would be missing the event. He didn’t elaborate any further.
“We inform you that the Los Faccion Ingobernables will not participate in the event,” Lee tweeted in Spanish. “We wish you every success.”
Andrade, Bestia and Rush were scheduled to main event Saturday’s show against ROH stars Matt Taven, PJ Black and the Briscoe Brothers. Other matches scheduled are AEW stars Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix taking on ROH’s Bandido and a partner (originally scheduled to be Lee), a twenty man battle royal ROH star Vinny Marseliga and AEW’s Tay Conti making her Mexico debut in a six women’s tag match.
There is no word on the status of other ROH talent on this show. Likewise Fenix’ status was also up in the air, as he has been recovering from an injury over the last several weeks. The involvement of ROH talent with Federacion Wrestling’s debut was largely considered the catalyst to the demise of ROH’s working relationship with CMLL. After Taven was announced for the show, CMLL released a statement officially cutting ties with ROH after five years.
Andrade’s only appearance for Federacion Wrestling was at their inaugural press conference, where he announced his ties with the promotion. His Federacion was to be his third match since leaving WWE in the spring, following two tag matches in California that pitted him against lucha legend El Hijo del Santo. Andrade’s next scheduled appearance will be this Friday on AEW Dynamite, where he will have a special sit down interview with Jim Ross.