{"id":124995,"date":"2024-06-19T07:28:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=124995"},"modified":"2024-06-19T07:29:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:29:13","slug":"whats-next-for-drew-mcintyre-after-quitting-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/06\/19\/whats-next-for-drew-mcintyre-after-quitting-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Next For Drew McIntyre After &#8216;Quitting&#8217; WWE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Drew McIntyre<\/strong> has QUIT and is no longer with <strong>WWE<\/strong>. Or, at least, that\u2019s what he\u2019s telling us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the <em><strong>WWE Raw<\/strong><\/em> episode on Monday 17th June 2024, McIntyre made his way to the ring and cut a surprisingly short promo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After <strong>CM Punk<\/strong> cost him the World Heavyweight Championship at <em><strong>WWE Clash at the Castle 2024<\/strong><\/em>, many had assumed that the \u2018Scottish Psychopath\u2019 would be out for violent revenge on <em>Raw<\/em>. That\u2019s why his uncharacteristically short segment was so shocking.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Summer of Drew McIntyre<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YYwq8PjvM8Y?si=mBPsBnIhn13j7EHc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, the expectation has been that McIntyre and <strong>CM Punk<\/strong> would be feuding for the majority of the summer, if not the rest of the year, but there are now plenty of questions to be asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With WWE\u2019s recent work with other promotions, the opportunity is there to have McIntyre pop up in various different locations. Perhaps he could make his way to the likes of <strong>TNA<\/strong> or <strong>Pro Wrestling NOAH<\/strong>, following in the footsteps of <strong>AJ Styles<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This story has the potential to be one of the more captivating pieces of work in recent WWE, especially with the added links to the \u2018Summer of Punk\u2019 in 2011. If WWE are interested in replicating that story, they should have McIntyre show up all over the place.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Scottish SmackDown Psychopath<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h8X6CW7YOUs?si=IOAR_jR8FBaHwT8b\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, it could be even simpler for McIntyre and Punk. During the post-show press conference after <em>WWE Clash at the Castle 2024<\/em>, CM Punk explained that he will be on <em><strong>SmackDown<\/strong><\/em>, emanating from his hometown of Chicago, on June 21st.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If McIntyre has \u201cquit\u201d, he may have simply cut his ties with the red brand. If that\u2019s the case, he could turn up on Friday night and enact a brutal beating on \u2018the Voice of the Voiceless\u2019 in his own backyard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea of the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion \u201cquitting\u201d the company, just to turn up on <em>SmackDown<\/em>, feels underwhelming, but it is absolutely a possibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s going to be interesting to see how this story pans out, especially considering the intensity of the rivalry between McIntyre and Punk at this moment in time. Will we see McIntyre on WWE television again any time soon? Only time will tell.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drew McIntyre has QUIT and is no longer with WWE. Or, at least, that\u2019s what he\u2019s telling us.\u00a0 During the WWE Raw episode on Monday 17th June 2024, McIntyre made his way to the ring and cut a surprisingly short promo. 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