Andre Chase Says His WWE Contract Was Up At The Beginning Of 2027, Already Planned On Leaving

Andre Chase was released by WWE on April 24, ending his tenure with the company after six years. Chase spent his entire run in NXT, notably forming Chase U.

He had been seldom seen on television after Chase U split at the end of 2024, and a reboot failed to gain traction in 2025.

Speaking to Duke Hanson on Between Two Jobs, Chase discussed his WWE release.

“I feel like I manifested my release. It’s a week before WrestleMania, and it’s another WrestleMania that I’m not on. My contract was up at the beginning of next year and I was leaving anyway. I’m like, ‘What’s on the other side?’ I’ve only been in the WWE bubble for almost six years. WrestleMania weekend, Chris Hero wrestles [Senka Akatsuki]. It was unplanned, and it was awesome. The crowd, you could feel it watching it through the screen. I remember being home WrestleMania weekend and being bummed. ‘What do I want to be doing?’ I saw this clip and was like, ‘That’s what I want to be doing. I want to be in front of these crowds wrestling the way I want to and do wrestling the way I think it should be and not have anyone tell me, don’t do that. When my contract is up, I’m going to go do this.’ I’m sitting at home WrestleMania weekend. This isn’t what I dreamed of doing. I didn’t want to collect a paycheck and sit on the sidelines,” he said.

Chase has since rebranded himself as Andre Chance.

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