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Why Drew McIntyre's push was delayed

Drew McIntyre is finally getting a big push and will be challenging Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 36. The Scottish Psychopath was reportedly supposed to get this big push much earlier but it was delayed due to an injury or illness. Sportskeeda's Tom Colohue said on Dropkick DiSKussions:

It was clearly a last-minute decision and it’s something Paul Heyman has been pushing for a long time. He believes in Drew McIntyre. We’ve seen the changes been made, we’ve seen that they want to market Drew to particularly the UK crowd, BT Sport move is definitely is something that worked out, and I also reported at the time of the King of the Ring tournament that a big push and match was coming Drew McIntyre’s way but it wasn’t there because of an injury he had at that time or illness.

I think it was a sickness of some sort. So they have come back around, the opportunity is still there and they have taken it. I’m very pleasantly surprised and I’m looking forward to what comes next.

Things have panned out exactly how Tom Colohue reported back in December and McIntyre is finally getting that push.