The Scottish Warrior Drew McIntyre was off to WWE TV from four weeks due to neck injury. He was taken off during the WWE Day 1 premium live event when Madcap Moss and Happy Corbin attacked him backstage.
At Royal Rumble 2022, the former two-time WWE Champion Drew McIntyre made a surprise return in Men’s Royal Rumble match at #21. He lasted for 19 minutes and also the one of the final two competitors in the along with Brock Lesnar, who eliminated him to become the winner.
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Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Drew McIntyre made a comeback at the Royal Rumble but he is still not fully healthy. It was also noted that the former champion will be on WWE TV but he will not compete at live events until he is completely recovered.
“The Drew McIntyre return was kept a surprise,” wrote Meltzer. “He was not fully ready as far as being healed up, but is expected to be on television going forward, but not wrestling on the road shows until being more healed up. He didn’t seem to be impacted by the injury in this match, but before he took time off, even in his last match before the injury angle which was done to cover his neck injury, you really couldn’t see a difference.”
