Drew McIntyre Reacts After WWE Championship Defeat

Published: Mar 7, 2026 by Connel Rumsey | Last Updated: Mar 7, 2026 by Connel Rumsey

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Drew McIntyre Reacts After WWE Championship Defeat WWE

Drew McIntyre has reacted to his WWE Championship loss to Cody Rhodes on last night’s episode of SmackDown.

Last night’s episode of WWE SmackDown saw a major shakeup on the road to WrestleMania 42, with Cody Rhodes defeating Drew McIntyre to win the WWE Championship for the third time in his career.

Following his victory, it has now been confirmed that Rhodes will face off against Elimination Chamber winner Randy Orton in one of the main events of WWE WrestleMania 42.

Jacob Fatu made an appearance in the match, where he took a steel chair form McIntyre as he attempted to hit Rhodes with it while the referee was down.

Drew McIntyre took to social today following his defeat on last night’s WWE SmackDown show, sharing a rather simple reaction to his WWE Championship defeat to Cody Rhodes.

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He simply wrote:

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Drew McIntyre claimed that last night’s match with Cody was a ‘breach of contract’ after he initially said Cody would only get a rematch for the title by winning the Royal Rumble or Elimination Chamber match.

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