WWE: Ivar Suffered “Injury” at Tues’ NXT Show, Saudi GEA Chairman on Hoping to Host Royal Rumble in 2026 or 2027, Drew McIntyre on His New Contract

WWE States Ivar Suffered “Injury” at Tuesday’s NXT Show

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show featured Gallus making their surprise return to NXT. At the end of the show, Ivar, Wes Lee, and Josh Briggs were all seen being attended to by NXT officials backstage after being attacked off-screen by a mysterious attacker, who revealed themselves to be Gallus’ Wolfgang and Mark and Joe Coffey.

WWE provided an update earlier today on Twitter stating that Ivar had suffered an “injury” and is currently out of action indefinitely.

BREAKING: As a result of the heinous attack by #Gallus at the end of #WWENXT, @Ivar_WWE has suffered an injury and will be out of action indefinitely. pic.twitter.com/8LDL9uGlMo

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) May 16, 2024

Ivar had been scheduled to compete in a #1 Contender’s Triple Threat match for the NXT North American Championship at next week’s NXT show, which was taped this past Tuesday.

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Saudi GEA Chairman Confirms Current Talks with WWE to Bring Royal Rumble to Saudi Arabia in 2026 or 2027

As noted before, Saudi Arabia has been in talks with WWE to potentially host a Royal Rumble or WrestleMania event in the future as part of the terms for a new “enhancement” of their current deal with the company.

A recent episode of The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani show featured Saudi General Entertainment Authority Chairman Turki Alalshikh. One of the topics discussed included Alalshikh confirming that his country is currently in talks with WWE to host a future Royal Rumble or WrestleMania event.

In response to a question from Helwani about Saudi Arabia hosting a potential future Royal Rumble event, Alalshikh stated:

“We are talking around 26-27.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Drew McIntyre Comments on What was Most Important for His New WWE Contract

As noted before, Drew McIntyre recently signed a new contract with WWE to remain in the company for the foreseeable future.

The Daily Mail held a recent interview with McIntyre. One of the topics discussed included McIntyre’s thoughts about what was the most important to him for his new contract with WWE.

“Being happy. At this point of my life and career all that matters is I’m happy and I can get time with my family that I’ve not had for 20 years.”

McIntyre also gave his thoughts about WWE’s current creative under WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s leadership.

“When it comes to creative, I can only control the controllable. As we’ve seen, almost for the past couple of years, there’s been a lot more leeway given to talent, a lot more collaboration. It’s been awesome, as you can see across the board. A lot of people breaking out and an opportunity for myself to show what I can truly do. I know with that it’s always going to be a case of roll with the punches, peaks and valleys, but there’s more to it than just that.

We’ll see what the future holds, I just know that I’m in my prime and Drew McIntyre is not going to stop wrestling.”