WWE Champion Drew McIntyre To Address Positive COVID-19 Result On Raw

Drew McIntyre WWE Raw Appearance Confirmed To Address WWE Universe.

by Andrew Pollard
Drew McIntyre
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With WWE having confirmed earlier today that WWE Champion Drew McIntyre is quarantining after testing positive for COVID-19, the company has made a follow-up announcement stating that the Scottish Psychopath will address this issue on tonight’s episode of Raw.

From WWE.com:

“With the announcement of the WWE Champion testing positive for COVID-19, we can confirm Drew McIntyre will make his first comments tonight on Raw.”

Presumably, these comments will be pre-recorded and done from a safe environment away from Tropicana Field.

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McIntyre is believed to be one of several wrestlers to have recently tested positive for COVID-19 following the holiday season, with Fightful Select claiming that numerous names across WWE, AEW and IMPACT Wrestling have provided a positive test result in recent days.

The current WWE Champion had previously been announced as facing Randy Orton in a non-title match to close out tonight’s Raw. While Orton will still be main eventing this week’s outing for WWE’s red brand, WWE is now weighing up who to put against the Viper as Raw goes head to head with the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship game between Alabama and Ohio State.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks/Saints, Jamie Hayter, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.