Drew McIntyre pulled from the December 9th 2022 edition of WWE Smackdown

For the December 9th 2022 edition of WWE Smackdown, Drew McIntyre was scheduled to team up with Sheamus in a match against the unified tag team champions. On Monday night, McIntyre announced via Twitter that he will be unable to wrestle…

“Unfortunately I am medically disqualified to compete this Friday on Smackdown. I don’t like to miss any shows as everybody knows but I promise I’ll be back soon.”

During the December 5th edition of RAW, it was announced that Butch will replace McIntyre in the Smackdown match.

McIntyre last wrestled at a house show in Portland, Maine on November 27th (day after Survivor Series) and the exact nature of him being pulled from the show is unknown at this time.