Current ROH Men’s World Champion Bandido has not been seen in AEW since his loss to Andrade El Idolo at AEW Revolution on March 15, and the query of when fans might see him at any kind of event is a little more complicated than originally thought.
Bandido has recently needed to cancel plenty of independent appearances across the USA, and in response to Dave Meltzer in the most recent edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, that’s right down to a visa issue that has yet to be taken care of. Nonetheless, it’s currently unknown how long that issue will take to be remedied as a consequence of President Donald Trump’s recent ruling where visas for athletes competing in the USA from countries that are not normally issued visas now being allowed, something that was introduced to coincide with the 2026 FIFA World Cup. All major sport leagues in the USA fall all under this ruling, including AEW, WWE, and UFC, and while this ruling doesn’t appear to apply to those coming from Mexico, Bandido’s future in the USA is currently unknown because the visa process has develop into so much more complicated than what it was.
With all that said, there may be a likelihood that AEW fans could see Bandido in the approaching weeks because of the undeniable fact that all the company’s shows in the primary half of April happen in Canada, somewhere Bandido could be allowed to perform even and not using a visa. This does mean that Bandido would in theory give you the chance to perform on the upcoming Dynasty pay-per-view on April 12 in Vancouver, but outside of the transient window in April, AEW’s next show outside of the USA that has been officially announced is All In London at Wembley Stadium on August 30. It’s unlikely AEW would wish to wait that long to bring Bandido back into the fold, but as previously mentioned, it’s unknown when this visa issue might be sorted out.