Drew McIntyre off Friday’s WWE SmackDown due to health issue

Drew McIntyre is off tonight’s WWE SmackDown due to a health issue, according to Dave Meltzer.

It’s unknown what the issue is and the timetable for his return. 

McIntyre was in action last Sunday at WrestleMania 39 in a losing effort to WWE Intercontinental Champion Gunther and Sheamus in a three-way. The highly physical match was one of the highlights from both nights of action.

After the match, McIntyre simply tweeted the following with nothing since:

This will be the first SmackDown post-Mania and the first after the announcement that WWE will merge with Endeavor-owned UFC into a new publicly traded company.

Here’s the current lineup for tonight:

  • Rey Mysterio & Santos Escobar vs. Dominik Mysterio & Damian Priest
  • Sami Zayn vs. Jey Uso
  • The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Butch & Ridge Holland) vs. Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser, Giovanni Vinci & Intercontinental Champion Gunther)
  • Triple H to “address the WWE Universe”
  • New WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley to appear
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Josh Nason
Josh Nason

Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.