Barrett & McIntyre are off TV now due to REAL work visa issues! WTF!?

[EricxGNRxSTARx]

If this is true, why didn't WWE take care of this sooner? I know next to nothing about VISAS but surely they knew this day was coming.

Credit: PWInsider

- Wade Barrett, leader of RAW’s Nexus stable, has been pulled from WWE TV and live events because his work visa has expired and he’s no longer eligible to work in the United States. Barrett has returned to the UK where he’s waiting on a new visa to be cleared.

Drew McIntyre is going through the same problems. You may remember from SmackDown where WWE started a storyline saying Drew was being deported. This isn’t far from real life but it’s possible that McIntyre is still here in the States. Regardless, he’s also unable to work right now. If McIntyre is still here, it’s possible that he can stay while a green card application is approved since he’s married to WWE Diva Tiffany.

There’s no timetable yet on when Barrett or McIntyre can return.

[Yankee1012]

When I heard about this last night I was laughing my ass off that this was real. I just hope I get to see both of them at the Smackdown taping/supershow next week.

[Hammy]

Word is that WWE creative has been told not to expect Wade Barrett or Drew McIntyre back until after SummerSlam in August. It’s still possible they could be back sooner.

This is bad news with Barrett being the leader of The Nexus stable and with the new report that McIntyre was scheduled to win the SmackDown briefcase at WWE’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view.

A fan saw McIntyre in Scotland this weekend so apparently he’s back home also.

There has been some speculation that WWE Champion Sheamus may get caught up in the same work visa situation but the feeling from one WWE source is that either WWE caught it on Sheamus’ end while missing it on Barrett & McIntyre’s end, or Sheamus was proactive in bringing the situation to WWE’s attention and they handled it without thinking about Drew or Wade.

Source: F4Wonline.com

[EricxGNRxSTARx]

This is some straight up bullshit. I hope McIntyre comes back and beats whoever wins the case so he can claim it (like Edge did to Kennedy, I think) Unless of course Matt Hardy wins the case.

[Hammy]

Complete disaster, it works better with Drew because of his current angle, but for Wade this is massive for him and The Nexus, the angle without him I think is going to struggle, at the very least they need Daniel Bryan back now.

[D]

Damn... to drop Drew or not... hell of a gamble............

[More Cowbell]

Damn... to drop Drew or not... hell of a gamble............

Drop him for who, there ain much out there, when I think of the SD MITB match Cody Rhodes is going to win it 100%

[Hammy]

The situation with Wade Barrett’s work visa is said to be not as serious as it’s been made out to be. Apparently everyone knew the situation was coming as Barrett had been talking about it for weeks. He is expected to be back in the country as early as today and back on WWE TV as early as this coming week. There is still no word on Drew McIntyre’s return but it’s believed that he may be out for a bit longer.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

[BlowUpYourVideo]

Would suck if they were kept off TV for a long period, especially Barrett. I've been enjoying him as the leader of the former NXTers. I guess with McIntyre it fits with his current storyline, but I'd like to see him back soon too.

Bloody foreigners!

[D]

U know the shitty part is, these guys are making an honest living and paying taxes but get booted out over a work visa whereas we have hundreds of thousands of illegals not paying **** in this country right now and nobody doing a thing about it.

[Yankee1012]

I am glad both wrestlers will be back shortly. If they had to both wait a month or so that would have sucked for the storylines.

[Izzy]

U know the shitty part is, these guys are making an honest living and paying taxes but get booted out over a work visa whereas we have hundreds of thousands of illegals not paying **** in this country right now and nobody doing a thing about it.

indeed, very odd