Andrade El Idolo Didn’t Realize Fans Were Chanting For Him To Take His Pants Off At First

Andrade El Idolo has become one of the most popular stars in AEW, and it all started when he began to take his pants off.

Andrade removing his bottoms has become commonplace in AEW, but even he was confused by the chant at first.

Speaking to Renee Paquette on Close Up, Andrade gave the origin story of taking his pants off.

“I love wrestling and I respect the ring. In the ring, I like to show who I am. I know I’m a good wrestler. One moment, I was beating some wrestler, and the people started saying something, but I didn’t understand it. I asked the ref, ‘What are the people saying?’ ‘The people are saying to take your pants off.’ ‘What?’ It was weird because it’s usually ‘Tables! This is awesome!’ But people saying ‘take your pants,’ I don’t understand. I’m in there, I’m beating him, I’m heel. ‘Maybe they want more punches,’ but they continued (to chant for me to take my pants off). I go over to ref Aubrey, ‘What did they finally say?’ ‘Take your pants off.’ ‘What? No.’ ‘Yeah, they want your pants off.’ Okay, you want the pants off. I take my belt off, my zipper down, and the people go crazy. Okay, I’ll take my pants off. I always have trunks to cover me because something can happen with the pants; they can rip. This is why I always wear trunks, not because I was prepared. One time I didn’t have trunks; I had boxers. People started that chant, so I took my pants off, and people [cheers]. ‘I am the heel.’ The people chant, ‘Take your pants off,’ So, I took my pants off,” he recalled.

Andrade successfully defended the AEW National Championship against Tommaso Ciampa at AEW WrestleDream.

The pants almost cost him the match.

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