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Drew McIntyre says he is coming back to WWE, just not yet, and he is not sitting out because of an injury.
Speaking to CNN-News18 about his acting career, McIntyre said the timing for his return still is not right, but WWE remains his home. He thanked Nick Khan and Triple H for letting him go out and explore acting, and he said he hopes the work outside wrestling helps both sides.
“I will be back to WWE. WWE is my home, and I appreciate Nick Khan and Triple H letting me go out and explore this world, and hopefully it is beneficial to both worlds,” McIntyre said. “But when the time is right, Hollywood Drew will be back. But the time is not right quite yet.”
McIntyre has not appeared on WWE television since losing to Jacob Fatu in an Unsanctioned Match on Night 1 of WrestleMania 42 in April. He has said he filmed three movies during his time away, and he appears in WWE’s ReelShort microdrama Agent of Shadows.
Injury talk has followed McIntyre since April, but Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp says he has heard nothing to point that way. Answering a fan question on Fightful Select, Sapp said McIntyre is busy filming, and he added that he met McIntyre in September, when McIntyre said he wanted to work WWE’s tour of South America.
McIntyre has also said he kept training while he was away. He told Bully Ray on Busted Open Radio that he kept working in the ring while spending three months in Barcelona filming The Last Druid.
His comments cool down talk of a quick return after he teased a Survivor Series appearance on Instagram last month, and after an October report that WWE was discussing ideas for his comeback.
What is confirmed is that McIntyre plans to return, that he is not injured as far as Fightful has heard, and that he is still filming. What is not confirmed is when he comes back, or what WWE has planned for him when he does.
Source: CNN-News18, via SEScoops
