Concern arose when Braun Strowman took Drew McIntyre’s spot at this weekend’s WWE house shows. It turns out that he had a solid cause for not making the towns, at least in accordance with a story by PW Insider.
McIntyre has reportedly been “extremely unwell” with “severe” food illness, according to Insider. He made a promo and physically fought with Karrion Kross on this past week’s broadcast of Friday Night SmackDown, so it seems terrible enough that he needed an IV treatment just to be able to work the show.
He also performed admirably considering that there were no obvious signs of a problem during that portion. But, according to Insider, he just “gutted his way through” it.
McIntyre, thankfully, ought to recover from his illness quickly and return to full health.
On October 8 in Philadelphia, he’ll face Kross in a Strap match at Extreme Rules.
