Wade Barrett Says It Would Be Difficult To Turn Down A Match With Drew McIntyre, ‘It Would Destroy Me For Good’

Wade Barrett gets honest about a potential match with Drew McIntyre.

Barrett has been out of the ring since April 2016, when he competed on an episode of WWE Raw. A few weeks later, Barrett hit the independent scene as an on-screen figure following his release from WWE. In 2020, he returned to the company as a commentator following a brief run with NWA.

Speaking with Metro for a recent interview, Barrett was asked about possibly returning to the ring to square off with Drew McIntyre.

“That would be a difficult one to turn down, I’m not gonna lie. I think physically, it would destroy me for good, because Drew’s a bit of a beast in that ring, he’s a nasty piece of work when he wants to be.”

Barrett noted that if he did have the match, it would be his “big goodbye”.

“Back in my day, I could give as good as I got. I don’t know if I could still give as good as I would get from Drew. So, if that one did happen, hard to turn down, but that probably would be the end, the big goodbye.”

Still, the former Intercontinental Champion doesn’t want to put any ideas in anyone’s head.

“I don’t want to put any ideas in anyone’s head. ‘Oh, Wade’s rolling around pretty well. Oh, I like that landing. You know what? Let’s have Brock Lesnar or Drew or Sheamus beat the hell out of the commentator this week.’ Let’s, let’s not put that out in the universe. Don’t give anyone any bad ideas!”

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Special thanks to Metro for the quote(s) in this interview.