Today on Sportzwiki Wrestling Gossip Galore (SWGG) we would look at a massive update about Drew McIntyre that is provided by none other than Seth Rollins, WWE to promote NXT as their major third brand, dream match for CM Punk rumored at Forbidden Door, nixed plans for Mercedes Mone, and more.
World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins recently spoke with Mark Andrews: My Love Letter to Wrestling where he talked about the former two times WWE World Champion Drew McInyre and the Visionary revealed that he thinks McInyre is on the injured list of WWE right now.
Sportzwiki Wrestling Gossip Galore: Massive Update On Drew McIntyre, Major Third Brand For WWE, CM Punk Dream Match For Forbidden Door, Major, Mercedes Mone Nixed Plans, And More
Drew McIntyre is out of action since his defeat at WrestleMania 39 and there is no words about him yet. He had been mentioned a couple of times by WWE on Live Television unlike Bray Wyatt. McIntyre was drafted to RAW in spite he was out of action and still there is no sign of him.
According to reports from WRKD Wrestling, WWE CEO Nick Khan wants to treat NXT as a major third brand of WWE with multiple “tie-ins in the near future.” We already knew that Bron Breakker would be challenging Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship and we are expecting to see more such matches in the future.
Drew McIntyre Might Be Injured According To Seth Rollins
Previously, WWE attempted to promote NXT as the third brand of WWE next to Smackdown and RAW back in 2019. At Survivor Series ppv event of the mentioned year NXT went on a head to head battle with Smackdown and RAW. The NXT title was also got defended on the show. Everything was going fine until the covid-19 pandemic struck.
Reports from Fightful Select suggest that there are plans for booking a dream match between CM Punk and Kenta at the upcoming AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event that is scheduled for June 25. CM Punk was out of action for quite a while but his return to AEW is now confirmed.
Mercedes Mone aka Sasha Banks is currently injured out of action. It is believed that there were plans for her to work at Forbidden Door. According to reports from Fightful, Saraya was pitched to be her potential opponent at the mention event. But it does not look like Mone would be able to work in the mentioned event anymore.