Drew McIntyre joins WWE SmackDown roster

Drew McIntyre is officially a member of the WWE SmackDown roster. Ahead of tonight’s show, WWE posted a video with SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis announcing that McIntyre as the newest signing to his brand. There will be a triple threat Elimination Chamber qualifying match tonight with McIntyre vs. LA Knight vs. Jimmy Uso. John Cena and CM Punk have already secured their places in the men’s Elimination Chamber match, which will feature six participants in total. The PLE is taking place in Toronto on Saturday, March 1. There was a situation at the Royal Rumble last weekend where McIntyre was legitimately unhappy backstage after the timing of a spot he was involved in with Damian Priest got messed up by Knight doing moves that weren’t planned and got in the way of what McIntyre and Priest were doing. In the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that was posted this morning, Dave Meltzer confirmed that McIntyre was joining SmackDown and would be working a program with Priest. Meltzer wrote that W