During that period of time, he got involved in a storyline rivalry with his uncle who wrestled as "Zafiro", leading to his first ever Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match.

[11] He later won another Lucha de Apuestas match, forcing the masked wrestler Camorra to unmask in the middle of the ring and reveal his real name.

La Sombra and Místico defeated Heavy Metal and Super Nova in the first round, Dr. Wagner Jr. and Mascara Purpura in the semi-final and the team of Último Guerrero and Euforia in the finals to win the 2007 Tornero Gran Alternativa.

[13] The following month, La Sombra teamed up with El Sagrado and Volador Jr. to defeat Mr. Águila, Damián 666, and Halloween, collectively known as Los Perros del Mal ("The Bad Dogs"), to win the Mexican National Trios Championship.

The storyline led to Místico, Volador Jr., La Sombra and El Felino being booked in a four-way Lucha de Apuestas match as the main event of the 2010 2010 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to Two Legends") show.

[23] La Sombra entered the 2010 Universal Championship tournament and qualified for the finals when he won "Block A" on the July 30, 2010, Super Viernes show by defeating Mephisto, El Texano Jr., and Último Guerrero.

[31] On February 13, 2012, La Sombra lost the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship to Negro Casas, ending his reign at 337 days.

[37][38] On March 15, at the 2013 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show, Volador Jr. and La Sombra defeated Altantis and Último Guerrero to win the Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles.

[39] The truce between La Sombra and Volador Jr. that allowed them to win the tag team tournament only lasted until the next time the two rivals were in the same ring.

[40] On September 13 at CMLL's 80th Anniversary Show, La Sombra and Volador Jr. defeated Atlantis and Último Guerrero in a Relevos Suicidas match and thus advanced to a Mask vs.

La Sombra formed a partnership with Rush and effectively began working as a rudo, though the two refused to acknowledge themselves as such, instead referring to themselves as técnicos diferentes ("a different kind of good guy").

[53] While the commission only suspended them from wrestling in Jalisco, CMLL decided to pull both La Sombra and Rush from their Super Viernes show three days later.

On August 31, La Sombra lost the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship to Último Guerrero, ending his two and a half year reign.

[56] Atlantis won the Lucha de Apuestas match and, as a result, La Sombra was forced to unmask and reveal his real name.

[73][74] On May 31, 2013, La Sombra defeated Nakamura in a rematch in Mexico City to win the IWGP Intercontinental Champion, becoming the first Mexican to hold that championship.

[78] From November 23 to December 6, La Sombra took part in the 2013 World Tag League, where he and Tetsuya Naito finished with a record of three wins and three losses, failing to advance to the semifinals.

[86] He made his WWE in-ring debut at an NXT house show in Tampa, Florida on January 8, 2016, wrestling under the name "Manny Andrade" and defeating Riddick Moss.

[104] On February 3 during an NXT house show, Almas teamed with Zelina Vega in her first match as part of the company, in which they were defeated by Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae.

[112][113][114] Almas defeated Sin Cara on July 10 episode of SmackDown Live[115] and again five days later in a rematch at the Extreme Rules Kickoff Show to end their feud.

[116] On July 17 episode of SmackDown Live, Almas suffered his first loss as part of main roster by then–WWE Champion AJ Styles in a non–title match.

[127][128][129][130][131] On January 15, 2019, his ring name was shortened to Andrade,[132][133] and he was announced as an entrant for the Royal Rumble match, where he was one of the final four, before being eliminated by Braun Strowman.

[142][143] In August, Andrade competed in the King of the Ring tournament, where he defeated Apollo Crews in the first round,[144] but lost to Chad Gable in the quarterfinals.

[146] On December 26, during a house show at Madison Square Garden, Andrade defeated Rey Mysterio to win the United States Championship for the first time.

[162] Andrade began a tag team with Garza, including a title match against The Street Profits at SummerSlam and Clash of Champions, where they were unsuccessful.

[172] On April 30, 2022, at Triplemanía XXX: Monterrey, Andrade, who was teamed with Cibernético and Deonna Purrazzo, was defeated by Bandido, Taya, and Pagano in a trios match.

[180] On May 29, 2022, during the promotion's Double or Nothing pay-per-view, Andrade introduced a debuting Rush as his tag team partner as part of La Faccion Ingobernable (LFI).

[181] The two then began a feud with the Lucha Brothers (Penta Oscuro and Rey Fénix), which ended in a tornado tag team match on the August 10 episode of Dynamite, where Andrade and Rush were victorious.

Andrade, now a babyface for the first time since 2016, returned from injury on the debut episode of AEW Collision on June 17, 2023, where he defeated Buddy Matthews.

From 2007 through 2014, Andrade portrayed the masked character "La Sombra" as a heroic, young, high-flying wrestler who used a lot of lucha libre moves, especially dives off the top rope and occasionally out of the ring to the floor.

His heel turn in 2016 saw a return of the arrogant tranquilo character he had used with success while working as "La Sombra", now bolstered by the presence of manager Zelina Vega, who helped him win matches by unfair means.