Summary

Wade Barrett said a potential match with Drew McIntyre would be difficult for him to turn down, even though he believes it could physically finish him in the ring.

The source text says Barrett has not wrestled since April 2016 and later returned to WWE in 2020 as a commentator after a short run in NWA.

Barrett added that if a McIntyre bout did happen, he would likely treat it as his final match.

He also said he does not want to encourage anyone to book him into physical angles with heavy hitters.

Wade Barrett and Drew McIntyre tease keeps one final-match scenario alive

Wade Barrett acknowledging that he would struggle to refuse Drew McIntyre creates a concrete consequence, WWE now has a clearly defined one-off return scenario tied to personal stakes and finality.

Because Barrett framed it as a potential big goodbye, any move toward that match would immediately read as an endgame decision rather than a full in-ring comeback.

Quotes

Quote from Wade Barrett

"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."

Wade Barrett later went on to say:

"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."

Wade Barrett later went on to say:

"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!"

Sources

As reported by Fightful.