Summary

Drew McIntyre said WWE's reduced non-televised schedule has changed how often he wrestles, and he believes that shift makes sense both for talent health and for the company's bottom line.

Speaking on The BobbyCast, McIntyre said he now works only occasional matches and prepares for each one more like a fighter getting ready for a bout. He pointed to injuries from the old house show schedule and said WWE's biggest money now comes from television and major business deals rather than running frequent live events.

McIntyre's latest match came at WrestleMania 42, where he lost an Unsanctioned Match to Jacob Fatu. Even with fewer matches on his calendar, he has remained a prominent WWE name, including a WrestleMania week fan moment tied to "Broken Dreams".

Quote from Drew McIntyre

"These days, I probably wrestle one match every couple of months. They finally eliminated most of the non-televised shows. One, the talent were just getting hurt all the time and going out quicker, and two, from a profit standpoint, it just didn't make sense. It never made sense to me, profit-wise. So now, the money's in the TV deals and all the other massive deals that the billion dollar man Nick Khan is constantly making so because I'm wrestling once every two months, every three months, I do feel like I've been in a car crash after the matches and I train for each match now, like, I assume a boxer would train for a fight, UFC fighter would train for a fight, I train for each pro wrestling match."

What Drew McIntyre's comments mean for WWE's schedule

McIntyre's remarks underline how different WWE's business model looks compared to the heavier road schedule of earlier eras. If top names like McIntyre are wrestling less often outside major shows and television, that puts even more focus on preserving stars for the biggest dates on the calendar.

His comments also help explain why a wrestler coming off a physical match with Jacob Fatu can disappear from the ring for stretches without falling out of the picture. For WWE, keeping McIntyre healthy may matter more than asking him to work extra non-televised dates.

Sources

Drew McIntyre while speaking on The BobbyCast